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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17
That popULAR MAJoRITY.o


The meeting Of the Electoral Colleges has
moved some of the assistant Democratic papers
to aggrieved remarks upon Mr.. Cleveland's
popular majority of 92 900, and insinuations
that the result in one or two States was de-
termined by bribery. They intimate, there
fore, that he was really elected President. Con-
sidering that Mr. Clevelands four years lease
Of the Presidency was stolen for him by the
Southern wing of the party, which for many
years controlled the House OF Representatives
by means Of the worst election frauds known
in our history, talk of this sort is hard to bear
We notice that the Southern bulldozers and
ballot-box suffers do not indulge in it. They
rather initiate the brutal ffankness Of the
Editor of "The Greenville, s. c., News,~ who
says that what is charged against the party e" is
true" and adds:
The gaunt and unkempt southerner who pokes
shotgun into voters face 10 chase him from the polls
Il better man than the Sleek pory Northern manu-
facturer who offers poor dovil Of workman the
choice between voting for high protection sarva-
ton. The most reckless rodshirt riders who ever
pulled a trigger arc less guilty than the wealthy
hypocrtes who gave and the heeers who handled tho
money that corrupted the ballot last November
. The crookedness II, Southern elections Is 10
save the credit, etc
II is hardly worth while to prove case that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17

gestions made will probably be found valuable
Whether they are not more theoretical onah
practical may, perhaps, be an open question.
The report contains a strong arraignment Oh
the marking system as the cause of much tnae
impairs the usefulness of the schools. 1t pro
poses to secure better work on the part OF inc
teachers by dividing them into two grades
I" maximum and standard" The emulation
produced by the striving of standard" teacn.
ers to reach the maximum grade, ana Oh
those already there to retain their place. would
undoubtedly have good results.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17

grsas learning, overwhelming eloQuence. and uncon.
statesmanlike qualities There Il scarcely Z
branch in homo politics IA which no has not gained IA
greatest distinction Mr.. Gladstone IS In mte Of "A
hs mistakes, true friend Of freedom and kunanstyS
and he who has done so much politician and q 4
literary man has also the right 10 make some p,ls2
takes. Future generations viii never fail to admirs
him.
her mind the other night In the Royal box ~ tAs
Munich Opera House. is sister Of the grandfather II
the King Of Spain, and mother Of tho Duchess %
Genoa She is likely to end her days In madhouss~
Her sister, the Duchess de sessa Is only kept from the
lunatic asylum by her. extreme poverty. The Ins
fanta Amelia Is o little, mepur1d woman with q
shrivelled skim and could never have been at al
pretty. She wanted to throw chains down into tA6
PIT u the Opera House. and when she was prevented
Ferdinand, has passion for anatomy and wclds one
Of the most expert scalpels In Munich He has ia his
rooms chamber Of horrors, which he hopes to e.
pand IN time into great anatomical museum.
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vrvvoRK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY 1889 rFN PAGES

is 50 frankly confessed But not many realize,
perhaps. to what extent republican institutions
have ceased to exist in many parts of the South.
The election returns for the last twelve years
afford some striking contrasts. The year 1877
was the last in which the Republican party had
anything like chance in the South. The
Ku Klux Khan had been organized the year
before, but the bulldozing policy was in It's
early stages. Bear in mind that the total vo'e
Of the United States has increased from
8,42S,273 in 1876 to II, SS3,97O in 1888
growth of 80 per cent-and then look at the
returns of the Republican vote in some OF the
Southern States:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17
TEN PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Foreign.-A letter from Henry NJ Stanley. dated
August / T. has been received at Brussels: 1t con-
firmed the news of his arrival on the Aruwhiml
= Delany. life-prisoner, gave testimony be-
fore the Parnen Commission regarding the doings
of the Irish Invincibles and the connection OF
members of Parliament with that organization
- Damage estimated ut $4,000. 900 was done
by the earthquake in Costa Rica on December 30.
- Royalists in Paris decided to vote for Cen
cral Boulanger - Minister Phelps spoke at
the BANQUET of the London Astronomers Com
pany.
Congress Both branches in sessfon. -
House: The Territorial bill were again under
discussion - Senate The debate on the
Tariff bill was continued the correspondence IN
the Samoan affair and about the seizure Of tho
steamer Haytien Republic was laid before the
Senate.
Domestic-A committee Of ministers presented
General Harrison with resolutions passed OF re-
cent meeting of the clergymen OF Indianapolis,
commencing the Presidentelect 80 1t is under
stood that Governor Hill has determined upon the
names Of the new judges of the Court Of Appeals.
- It was stated that O number Of OYSTER
dredgers were wounded in fight with the Mary
land navy 49, Mr. Creamer made speech in
the State Senate defending his Rapid Transit
bin. -- The National Guard Association met
in Albany. 49, Representatives of the State
Temperance Alliance made pleas for local option
before the New-Jersey Legislature. That body
has adjourned until Monday night
City and Suburban The Board Of Education
listened to q report recommending radical changes
In the method Of grading teachers and examining
pupils; standing committees announced. =
The funeral of Mrs. Jay Gould was held at tho
house Of her husband and the body taken 10
weodlawn Cemetery - Henry G. Marqusnd
has given his valuable collection of paintings BY
old masters to tho Metropolitan Museum Of Art.
bill introduced In the Legislature pro-
posed an appropriation Of $4,000 to complete
the annex to the Museum Of Natural History.
- The Hotel Association enjoyed its annual
dinner at Delmonico's. - The hpetonga ball
was danced in Brooklyn 80 Stocks dull and
lower under pressure. closing firm at figures
The Observation-Disclosures for today Warmer,
with heavy rain. Temperature yesterday Highest
A degrees; lowest, ga; average. 40 5-s.
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orpURLlCAN DELAWARE.

delaware seems to be thoroughly sausned
Nth the election of Anthony Higgins to the
limited States Senate, and certainly the rest
Of the country can take much pleasure In APP
plaudine her action. Mr.. Higgins himself Is
entitled to feel decidedly exutant' When no
first began to vote the Republican ticket ana
he Is a Young man still, it was almost as much
as a mans life was worth in Deiaware' lie
has supported its cause under disadvantages
such as are scarcely believable TO people out
side of Delaware, and now he sees the top
heavy autocracy of the Saulsburys and the
Bayards tumbing at his feet
Il is healthy spectacle, too. There is no
room in this country for aristocraac democ-
raoies. We want no hybrid systems In which
two or more families undertake TO parcel out
the State government among themselves and
TO transmit their lordly functions to their pos
terity. The people of Delaware have reason
TO be profoundly thankful that the Republican
victory there has given them the services OF
man who has other resources than peoigree'
and whose distinction has been won by the
force of his own character and ability. The
Republicans of the Legislature have done their
full duty to their State, the Nation and them
selves.
II must not be thought that Republican
ascendancy in Delaware is necessarily tenn
poary. 1t should be the reverse. a hepuo-
lican victory there has been imminent for near
ly ten years, and nothing was needed but
break between Bayard and Salisbury to make
Il a fact. The truth is that Delaware contains
more Republican than Democratic voters ana
only the most UNANIMOUSLY tyrannical and unlus'
kind of election laws have sufiiced " keep the
State within the grip of the autocrats. Tho Dela-
ware registry and poll-tax law is one Of tho
meanest devices to cheat the people OF tneir
rights ever oontrived, and the Legislature
should make short work Of IT, Governor Biggs
has intimated in his message that he Will OPP
nose any measure Of relief. We don't believe
he will hold TO that. He is an honest man
and a rational one, and we believe his sense
Of Justice and decency will prevent him from
resisting a measure intended Co put an end to
fraud. But il he does resist it, tho RapuDhoans
can have resource 20 Constitutional ConVen-
ton. That he cannot resist.
Delaware has our warmest fluctuations. she
only needs new methods to realize the impor-
lance to which her past history and her present
commercial strength entitle her. Those methods
the Republican party can be depended upon to
give her. In the next general election New
castle County can easily be redeemed. VIII
mington already enjoys in Mr.. Austin Harring-
ton young, handsome, popular and efficient
Republican Mayor, and with Senator Higgins TO
lead the party in the urban district and such
men as Messrs. Massey, Treat, Fisher, Loiland
and Marvil working tremendously In the
peachy counties, Delawares complete regener'i-
ton is inevitable.
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TIE MUSEUM or NATURAL HISTORY.

THE MUSEUM or NATURAL HISTORY.
The Legislature ought to find no difficulty
in passing promptly tho bill authorizing the
issue and sale Of municipal bonds to the amount
Of 100000 TO complete and equip the adj
ton to the Museum Of Natural History in Cen
trail Park, 10 make necessary changes In tho
original building, and TO grade and lay out tho
grounds. No prejudice whatsoever ought TO
exist against such an outlay In the minds oil
persons who vaguely recall the fact that an
equal amount was provided two years ago for
the still unfinished addition. This Is not
case where bad calculation and careless ex-
penditure have made the original estimate
ridiculous. II was never supposed THAI
$500, 900 would complete the work, but II was
not thought wise 10 demand that the necessary
sum should be provided by single loan. The
money has been judiciously expended and there
is every reason TO suppose that the second In
stalment viii be as faithfully applied.
The invaluable collections OF the Museum
arc now employed for public purposes az fully
as the present accommodations will permit,
but it is simply impossible with the space now
at command to make use Of one-haf the OPP
portunities for instruction and pleasure OF
which they arc capable. They have been
greatly enriched Of late years by private lib
crafty, and Il is reasonable to expect that ade-
quate accommodations and equipment Will re-
suit in the rapid development OF the Museum
into splendid and famous institution. The
situation is admirable, the surroundings are
congenial the grounds ample and accessible,
and the foundation already laid is worthy of
the future. We hope to sec the enabling act
passed without objection, the bonds issued
promptly, and the work Of building and equip
ment pushed steadily forward to completion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17

In other words while the total Voue or tne
country has increased 35 per cent, the Repub-
lican vote in these States has shrunk under the
lash and shotgun, and through the discourage
ment resulting from persistent fraud, by per-
centages ranging all the way from 16 to "a.
In South Carolina there is such despotism OF
fraud that the Republican party casts-or
rather gets counted-79,1 46 votes less than it
did twelve years ago, when ii should cast, taxi
ing the averages above. 10000 more. The
natural Republican vote OF South Carolina
would be to-day 120,O00j the actual vote
counted is 1870. Take Louisiana, where
1878 votes were cast twelve years ago. and
only 8O,096 last Misunderstanding to the
returns. The natural Republican vote would
be more than 1 90, 600, or over three times the
vote returned. Has any intelligent man any
respect for an alleged popular majority" rest
ing on such hgures2 The difference in South
Carolina between the vote counted and the
vote that would doubtless have been cast in
free election is 06, 900, or considerably moro
than the whole of Mr.. Cleyelands popular
maiorityD The difference is almost as great
in Louisiana. Taking only the five States
named above, and giving the Republicans the
average increase Of the total vote throughout
the country, which we have the right to as
sume it would have had under a republican
form Of government the party has been robbed
of more than $780, 900 votes in these States
alone. General Harrisons majority in the
North. where republican institutions prevail,
was nearly 100000 votes.
Under these circumstances, the less we hear
about Mr.. Cleyeands popular majority" the
better. Mr.. Cleveland never had majority
of the popular vote, either In this election or
the last He was never elected President, but
obtained that Office through fraud. General
Harrison has been elected President in spite
of fraud. This Is the distinction which history
will be compelled to make between the men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17
Amussmsnts.

ACADEMY OF MUSIC e-The ola Homestead.
AMBFRGs THEATRE Sour Doctor.
BIJoU OPERA HOUSE s-Pearl Of Pekin.
BROADWAY THEATRE s-Lttle Lord Baunueroy.
CASINO S1b-The Yeomen Of the Guard
DALYs THEATRE-- s:lb-The Inoonstank
poCKsTADERs- 8-yhe Fashions.
EDEN MUsEE-wsx Tablesux.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE 5-The Woman Hatsr.
HARRIeANs PARK THEATRE-5-Ihe Lorgaire
LYcEUM THEATRE s,l5-sweet Lavender.
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE s;3o-Capt Swift
NIBLo's- s-The Runaway Wife
PArMrRs THEAraE-s-Anteny ana Cleopatra
STAR THEATRB-s-La Tosca
STANDARD THKArRE-- s-The Qusens Mate.
THE GRAND MUsBUM-los q. m 70 10 a.
TONY PASTORS THEATRE s-variety.
srH AVENUE rHEATRE-s-Asin a Looking Glass
laTH STREET THEATRE - s-Bantasna
ATHAvE AND 18TH sT.-Gettysours.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17
EVEN SUCCESS HAS IT'S nhirAfioN~

The Nsw-york Tribune, in leader on tn9 8 row
of the at i has ,s SS%s es e q cents can
recognized that the SLOT on ,b ee' hnms mind can
Su s%SSs the cannot do NJ sroSac.
Of niekels entering IT'S rsh,nst Of BENJAMIN Ha
ri
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17
HARDLY THE FORMER

From The Washington Posi-. :. ,.ut an In
Isueland has concluded that she doesns s he be1
tsrnaiional Maritime Conference unless - she Amer.
lean government the proposed Apn nsd is thir
Washington has been indefinitely po o,IR,Srnbs,
a easns beIh or simply case OF muiasfups
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17
asENp THE WILD FCHoEs rLrINdP

General Harrison .has sounded bugs cal ~ ssced
purs ballot and The echo Is being heard IN man.
however, TO repeat the cal. and keep u
rom hill " valley
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81 m. CINCINNATI Commercial Gazette
fo' ,,as...ne retires ON a competency as an Ar1nH
csnera he may reflect that all the honor cp ny un
his gaiiantry and efficiency N me hea' aA'A
HE attitude as q cranky Democrat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17

Corporations are amenable 10 public opinion
when il comes in the form of threat from an
official that some of their privileges are in dan
ger. The company that runs the Hoboken fer
ries Is case in point Controller Myers re-
Gently informed it that unless there were more
and better boats, and they were run at shorter
intervals with some reference TO the needs and
comfort of the public the city would begin an
action against the company for violating the
terms Of its contract A speedy Improvement is
promised and il is announced that larger and
more convenient boats have been ordered. There
are several other transportation companies in
this neighborbood that would do well to take
this lesson home TO themselves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17

Mr.. Marquand's gift to the Museum Of Art
is one of the most notable in the history Of that
institution, which has been remarkably fort
innate of late. This collection of old masters
is said to be of equal value with the Wolfe
collection. Mr.. Marquand has always felt a
deep interest in the Museum. His munifcent
gift betokens the sort of interest which the
art-loying public will fully appreciate, and
which they would be pleased to see initiated.
AssenabIyman Creamer puts on q wonder
fully innocent air in regard TO his Rapid
TRANSIT bill. His sole idea, he says, was to
open discussion Of the subject and bring it
to the attention of the Legislature. He has
certainly succeeded in this; and likewise in
bringing it to the attention Of the people of this
city and learning that they decidedly object to
sursendering Broadway and Fifth-ave for
elevated railway purposes. The latest report
10 that the object aimed at in the bill is the
construction of such a road in Broadway up to
Tenth-st., and then through Fourth-ave. to the
Grand Central Station. Apart from the ques-
ton of obstructing Broadway, no such scheme
would meet the city's needs.
Mayor Grant, we are glad 10 see, takes en-
phatic ground against an elevated railroad in
Broadway. In his message he said that he
preferred to make no recommendation regard
ing rapid transit until he had studied the ques-
tion more thoroughly. He has evidently
studied it to some purpose in the last week.
He is not only convinced that Broadway should
never be used for this purpose, but that two
track road would not furnish the relief the
city so greatly needs. The only feasible
method, he thinks, is 10 construct road
through the blocks, or at any rate elsewhere
than In Broadway. This is sound position.
Mr.. Grant is right. too, when he says that
there must be room provided for both express
and accommodation trains.
An elaborate report was presented to the
Board of Education yesterday by special com
mittee appointed to consider the present sys-
tenn Of markings and examinations, suggest
changes in the course of study, etc. The COM
mittee consists Of Commissioners Webb, Cole,
sprague, O'Bren, Agnew, Dodge, Galloway
and Schmitt They. seem to have done their
work with care and thoroushness. and the sug-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17

THEY CAB IN THE SOUTH ABOUT ELECTioS I'm"
From The Atlanta Constitution
.a.a.s,s 20 q The Montgomery Dispatch as socl
NJ negroes Become educated they desire 70 trasci
Is ~ Re hoped that they VIII meet with every eh'"a
aRnn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17

NJ. Floquet has an excellent reason, apart IRON
moral considerations, for declining to fight duel
with NJ LAur. He has met in the field General
Boulanger. who affects 10 he the only real soldier
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17

The new Senator from Delaware has an excel
lent opportunity TO make reputation consider
ably bigger than the little Commonwealth he Is
TO represent. There is some reason TO fear that
It is going to be bad year for peaches, but
10 is 1rst-rate year for statesmen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17

We may be mistaken, and IL SO we beg to be
corrected, but we have thought that we detected
here and there In the faces of newspaper readers
aboard the street ears and elevated trains signs
that in the course of the next four years people
might get tired of being told that nobody ever
read or knows anything about the Constitution
Of the United States except The Evening POST
and the Supreme Court.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17

II is we'll understood that canvass Of the
House Of Representatives shows majority in
favor of the Copyright bill The Committee
on Rules intends TO move soon TO fix day for
It's consideration There ought not TO be any
doubt of the result Of such motion. but there
would be less If every citizen who feels that
the lack of international copyright is both
disgrace and detriment TO this country would
write to bis Congressman and urge him to support
the bill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17

General Harrison has shown from the day
OF bis nomination full sense Of the dignity Of
the great oflco TO which he has been elected
and OF the solemn obligation which it imposes
but we venture to say that he is moro interested
to-day in the recovery of his little grandson
than in the formation Of his Cabinet. No harm
win be done IL the politicians bear this in mind
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17

OF the four Senators elected on Tuesday two
are graduates of Yale, one Of Harvard and one Of
Bowdoin. As the two Yale men, however, are
new to Washington life and the Others served
their apprenticeship long ago, perhaps the honors
NAV be considered even.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-07

Among the tclegrams sent by Governor
Lee last night were these:
i. H. KdieJ. 81. Paul. Nim.:
Thanks for your dispatch. We have had
Democratic cyclone IN old Virginia
moving at the rate Of our toboSgan Sides
FITZHUOH LIE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-07
per.nnnIs and Rricfs.

A. s. Bradley qualified il the Chancery
Court Yesterday as administrators OF the
estate of Joseph Van dc Venter.
Mr.. b. Z. Barham, Of West Point. passed
through the city yesterday enr0,ae 10 Mem
phis, Tenu.. where he viii make his future
home.
John s. Gilliat. II. p, Of the we'll known
London frm Of John X. Gilliat d Co., aud
his son are in the city, the guests OF James
T.. Gray, Esq.
Among the young Democrats who re-
turned TO the city TO vote was John Il.
Anderson. Jr.. who came from his home III
Lexington en- r0uae 10 New Orleans. La.
Chief-of-Detectives George Long. OF
Rochester, n. Y. who recently visited the
city a. the guest of Captain c. Ii. Epps,
Yesterday telegraphed the latter a hearty
congratulation on the results Of Tues
DAYS elections.