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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-12
Nstp9lork Dailu Gribnate
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER ~, 1889.
TEN PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Foreicn.-Great less Of life has been caused IN
China by a food in the Yang-tze Kiang River
there is a distressing drouth in the Province OF
Fo-Kjen - General Boulanger has Issued
q manifesto to the French people from the Isle
of Jersey - Conflicting reports about the
alleged killing of Dr. Peters, the German explorer
come from Zanzibar. - famine is ahlctng
the Transvaal country of South Africa -
London court has been investigating the scandal
Gus conduct of members of a West End club
Domestic.-The Congress of Catholic laymen
was formally opened at Baltimore. - Ularlng
electoral frauds committed in several Troy us
tricts are described 80 The President issued a
proclamation admitting Washington to the Union.
- Great Britain removed the limitation placed
upon her delegation at the International Maritime
Conference, in regard to the scope of the pro-
pramme to be considered. - The Pan-Amcr1can
delegates were entertained in Philadelphia. -
The clothing and medical instruments OF Dr.
Cronin, recently found were identified IN the
court at Chicago. - Miss Frances T. willard
was reelected president of the Womans Chfistlan
Temperance Union 80 Snow fell IN South
Dakota. - A passenger steamer was burned IN
the Straits of Fuca.
City and Suburban.-In the Dock Board IN
vestigation witness that he paid $4,000
lease of pier for 81 900 year. 80 The Broad
way and Seventh Avenue Railroad Company guar
anteed the city an annual payment of 10000 in
return for permission to change it's motive power.
- Chaancey NJ. Depew deprecated and G. T.
Huntington favored extensive combination of rail-
way interests - An elephant got loose in Ho-
boken and made things interesting for his pur-
suers - Robert Bonner announced that he had
bought Sunol, the famous three-year-old trotting
flly, from Ex-Governor Leland Stanford, OF Cali
fornia - Winners at Elizabeth: Fordham
Trestle, Harrisburg, Now-or-Ncver, Golden Reel
nnd Puzzle 80 The National League of profess
sonal baseball clubs began its annual convention
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel 80 Stocks quiet and
irregular Missouri Pacific losing over l per cent
and Northern Pacific gaining nearly as much
The Weather.-Forecast for to-day: Fair or
partly cloudy and slightly warmer. Temperature
yesterday: Highest, sc degrees; lowest, 46; aver
age, SO IA.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-12
.FOR CABLES ON BROADWAE.

After Yesterdays proceedings before the
Sinking Fund Commissioners 1T IS evident that
some progress is being made toward the de-
sirable contamination of cables as motive
power ON the street railroads of this city. In
response to the application recently made IN
behalf of the Broadway and Seventh Avenue
Company the commissioners listened to argu-
ments in favor Of the change, or, moro proper
" speaking, listened to answers to questions
propounded by the Mayor. These answers ap-
peared to be entirely frank and satisfactory.
The company made the fact known informally
few weeks ago that it was ANXIOUS TO meet
the wishes of the city authorities in every par
ticular, and it officially declared the same pur-
pose Yesterday. The Mayors suggestion of
$3.50, 600 year as guaranteed revenue 10
the city was promptly accepted by the com
pany, and no difficulty was made about rails
or cars, payements or track cleaning. In
word, the company is evidently DESTROYS OF
entering upon its proposed undertaking with
the sympathy and hearty goodwill Of the
municipal government.
THE TRIBUNE has repeatedly expressed the
conviction that cable propulsion was vastly
preferable to horse power, and likely TO remain
for considerable time to come the best avail
able motive force for street cars; and there Is
no occasion to renew the argument at present
The most interesting element in the present
situation is the attitude of the municipal a'i-
thorities They have fought the Third Avenue
Company long and persistently, and have been
prepared to fight the law under which that
company was authorized to lay cables without
their consent. The Broadway Company has
gone about the business in another way. 1t
begins by conciating, and if its initiative
should result in compromise to the practical
benefits of which the Third Avenue Company
should be admitted for good and substantial
reasons, and in consequence the attempt tc
prove the law of 1889 unconstitutional should
be abandoned, the city might gain much and
could not lose anything.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-12
REFORM OF DIVORCE LAWS.

An impulse to a National movement in favor
of a uniform system of divorce laws through
out the Union has been impaired by a re-
cent influential meeting in Philadelphia. The
demonstration was tentative one, designed to
arouse public interest in the subject and to re-
veal the urgent need for action, without COM
hitting the eminent jurists and clergy who
took part in the proceedings to any specific
measures. The National Reform Association,
under whose direction the meeting was held,
has reason to be satisfied with the admirable
manner in which this great question was opened
for general discussion. Judge Thayer's brief
but vigorous and comprehensive speech was an
appeal TO the moral elements OF American So
ciety to unite in the abatement Of the evils of
divorce legislation which have reduced mar
rage law in nearly all the States to the level of
buresque The Rev. Drs. Dickey and Beck
lev. Judge Wilson and the other speakers made
forcible addresses on the same general line of
argument, and resolutions expressing hearty
approval of the work of the National Reform
Association were adopted with many signs of
interest in the movement.
The necessity for a radical reform of the d.
yorce laws is apparent to the most superficial
observer of the tendencies of American social
life and the heplessness Of the courts to sur
round marriage with adequate safeguald s. With
q record of 400, 900 divorces obtained in this
country during twenty years there is no ground
for argument against reform. The National
Reform Association does not need to hold many
meetings in American cities for the single pur-
nose of demonstrating the urgency of this
movement The moral elements of society are
already convinced of the necessity for action
but there is the widest divergence of views re-
specting the methods to be adopted for counter
acting the tendencies of demoralizing legisla-
ton, and promoting a uniform system of mar
rage and divorce law. The Protestant Epsco-
nal Convention during its recent session in this
cjty could easily have united in the passage of
sucb resolutions as were presented at Phila-
delphia. but when the attempt was made to in
troduce n canon incorporating the substance of
tbe Leyitical law Of marriage and divorce.
definite action was at once perceived to be inn
practicable, and the subject was dropped with
undisguised feelings Of relief. The same diff
culties will arise whenever the leaders of this
National movement propose definite measures
| OF practical expedients. The passage of a Ma
| tiona law of divorce by Congress will be We
hemently opposed by close constructionists Of
the Constitution and States right advocates.
| The attempt TO codify the divorce and mar
| riage laws Of the various States and to evolve
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iority of the people in any state, II deprived
Of the right to govern themselves The remedy
for this evil also exists, but through announcer
cIause of the Constitution, which confers upon
Congress still broader power. Section A. Ar
tcIe 4 proyides "The United States shall
guarantee TO every State in the Union a re-
nublican form of government" Exactly how
this power shall be exercised, the Constitution
does not say, but the grant OF power indis-
Dutablv embraces exclusive and final authority
70 decide whether State has a republican form
Of government and in Luther VS.. Borden,
Howard 1, the Supreme Court held that the
question whether government organized In
State is the duly constituted government OF
the State belongs to the political, not TO the
judicial power and must therefore De declded
by the President, or by Congress- or by both.
Wbenever the President and Congress decide
that in Mississippi, for instance wnere only a
minority If the adult male citizens of the
limited States are permitted to vote, there does
not exist republican form OF government
within the meaning of the Constitution, 1t VIII
be the instant and indisputable CONSTITUTIONAL
duty Of the President and Congress to " guar
antee to the Stateo such form OF government.
b,- sucb legal process as may be necessary.
That emergency will be the less likely ever
to arise if Congress first provides needful
regulations for elections of Representatives.
For when the 2O1, 900 male adults of native
birth in South Carolina can vote and do vote
freely for Representatives, while less than
90. 600 vote for Presidential electors, and less
than go. 900 for State officers, as happened IN
1883. there will very soon come remedy
Even of the minority now voting In such
State very few will uphold the infamy when
its nature and extent are thus plain. Or
in Jersey City, when an honest registration OF
all lawful voters by National authority is in ex-
istence, even the Democrats will not long
tolerate the presence of 10000 fraudulent
names upon the lists for State and local cleo
tons.
The first step is to establish a method OF
registration and voting which will give abso-
lutte Justice to all legally qualified citizens and
exclude others. When that has been done, the
country will have gone far toward establishing
self government on sounder basis than 1T has
had hitherto.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-12
THE DRAMA.
MR.. wYNDHAM IN THE CANDIDATE,

MN. W1NDhAM IN The CANDIDATEs
Mr. Charles Wyndham opcned tho second week a
his season at Palmers Theatre last night with NJ
Justin McCarthys lively comedy new here. tn.
Candidate The play, as the title indicates touches
always brshy and good-naurediy, the politics a
the day In England, and the humor OF its situations
arises from the candidacy (by proxy OF young Con.
sentative nobleman for seat In Parliament for North
ampton. This young nobleman finds life at hh
country seat little rksome under the exacting scyu
tiny of motherin-law whose sole diversions are anti
Home Rule agitation and the FIJI ISLANDERS and msss
pretext of standing for Northampton to escaEe 70
two weeks OF bachelor pleasures In London In
fortunately, his secretary, who goes up into Mr.
Bradaughs constituency TO pose before the electors
is himself an ardent Radical and Home Ruler
and in moment Of enthusiasm declares
his Liberal principles, is taken up by its LlberAi
caucus and wins the seat on a Home Rule platform.
Besides doing this he makes violent love to North
ampton woman, one OF whose after-elecdon mssIves
falls promptly into the hands Of the everwatchfu do
wager moherin-law. Ali these complications, and many
minor ones, are caught up together In tange which
furnishes a constant and amusing interplay Of pup
poses and the plot straightens out at the end only
after many humorous crosSfrings, In which the
delicate art of Mr. wyndham and his company finds
congenial and varied expression.
Mr. wyndham Lord Oldacre, the easy going and
much misunderstood candidate gave a clever and
comedy lies in bland attempt to follow the involu.
lions Of a plot to which he has lost the key. His
grotesque efforts to give an intelligent account Of
his candidacy, the result OF which he does not
know are mirth- provoking throughout, aud his gay
banter and raiery put life and spirit in the scene
at all times His passages alarms with the Dowager
Lady Osterley, his mother n-law, are made dlveFtnz
by many comic touches and, indeed, the lines Of
the comedy lend themselves easily everywhere 10
effects Of sarcastic sort. Mr. BlaKely, as Barnabas
GOodeve former missionary to tho Eli Islands. and
now exploiting method OF electrical treatment foe
the numptives of the South sea, adds ~ the mer
ment OF the piece with an exceedingly unctuOus
sketch of a political and religious Stiggins He "a
oily enough, Lord oldacre remarks to Keep light
house going for week. Miss Moore had ght,
but graceful role and the playing OF the rest of the
company up TO its uniform standard OF excellence.
The Candidate" Is of slighter texture and far mora
farcical I'm intention than " David Garrick' But the
change OF bill will 10 show another side d
Mr. Wyndham's vivacious and versatile art. A large
and enthusiastic audience crowded the theatre. and
there were numerous curtain calls. The Candidate
was preceded by One-act comedetta, % nt OF With
Shilling, which failed to excite more than pass
ing interest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-12
arHE Ex1LEs, AT N1BIo,s GARDEN.

The big stage of Niblos Garden. which always
seems to be put TO its most appropriate use wneo "
Is occupied by a hinge spectacle or an eaooraep
mounted meodrama. fulfilled its mission last hsn'
in furnishing a place for the production OF -ia'
Exiles7 adapted from the French OF Victonen ssrol
1t was seen here some twelve years ago. DE
five acts and nine tableaus, and depends WI -
effect quite as much on scenery ana
nroneries and appliances as on dramatic ART in con
str,Icton or performance. These requirements We"
generally compiled with, and the scenes and s~S
effects we're such as TO excite the applause OF u'
large audience that was present The piece gives W
portunity for the Introduction of several dogs N'
some reindeer. 49, - -, o-,s,
The acting was naturally OF the melodramauc oeues
and some OF it was excellent Of its KIND. licII
Xyelnc as the villanous chief of imperial police. ~
terpreted the character WELL and Nestor Lennon ~
" : Uarkins were good as Max do Lussieres Az
Count Vladimir Lanine Miss Adele Belgaries l%
personation of Nadege Lanine also deserves Heh'''
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excuse for not looking in the pockets before sne
began her laundry operations is that she had gone
through our pockets for money for twenty years
and never found any, and had therefore become
discouraged And IL the reader will believe IL, that
beast of a COW had the effrontery about tne MD
die of the afternoon to lie down under tree
directly opposite our house and contentedly chew
her demonstrating our sI4, we doubt not"
Who can read this simple yet touching account
unmovedp In our opinion the Editor of The
Blade bears his loss with remarkable fortitude.
1t is no light thing thus TO have sl4 swallowed
nm. The country editor-and we presume our
Pennsylvania friend is exception-usuaily mas
enough to contend with without any new and I'M
expected trouble. There is the overdue paper
bill, the man who takes out his advertisements
every time he has fit Of indigestion, the tenyear-
back delinquent subscriber who returns MS paper
marked refused" the man who wants something
kept out of the paper, the man VINO wants inc
same thing put in, the smoky office stove, the IN
ebriated printer the melted press roller, tne man
who never took the paper In bis HE VINO sehos
in the column letter finding fault with its edtoriai
position and signs himself " Old SUBSCRIBER, ana
hundred other trials which we will not stop 10
mention; when on top of all this his hard-eafned
money goes to feed rapacious cow at the rate Oh
STA per meal, we could not blame him II he De-
came discouraged We hope other men VIII be
warned in time and see that they have left no
money in any of their summer clothing. we can
only close by reprinting this pathetic Item 1ouhd
among the local news of the same issue OF The
Blade" Remember We editor needs money worse
than ever since the ate up that roll OF DIS
Pay up, you delinquents Cordwood taken the
same as cash-in fact, we had rather have lt-tne
cow can't more than gnaw the bark OIL that at
the worst
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-12
w. J. SCANLAN IN "MYLES AROON.'

Since his last appearance in this city W. j. seaman
has made tour in England. Scotland and ireland,
and If reports OF the receptions that he met may
be relied on, he many friends wherever ne went
His return 10 this country, some three months ago.
was followed by prosperous engagements in the West
and South, and last night he again tempted fate In
New-York at the Star Theatre, playing Myies
Aroon,' an Irish play by George H. Jessop and
Horace Townsend.
The piece Is not altogether new In New-fork II
is not strongly dramatic work. but 1t holds the A.
tention of the audience and the dialogue is usually
easy and sometimes amusing. Mr.. scanlan's own
part and personality form the brightest spot In the
performance The Irish boy that he represents has
the conventional Irish humor. honesty, brightness,
softness of heart iovabe nature and brogue and tho
actor is capable Of winning his hearers by his render
ing of all of these qualities His songs are not tho
least pleasant and attractive Of his efforts to please
and the swing song proved especial favorite. Is
pretty effect gained not little from the fact that the
girl in the swing seemed 10 enjoy the whole proceeding
quite as much any body in the theatre.
Among the other actors those especially worthy Oh
mention are Thaddeus Shine as Mike Carney, Robert
McNair as Pat Phelan, Miss Matte Ferguson, who
pretty and pleasing the heroine OF the piece;
stance wallace Nellie Glover. The mounting OF
the play good, and some OF the characteristic
Irish landscapes had enough beauty TO call Nor ap,
plause.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-12
1.-THE COUNTY FAIR"

Neil Burgess in " The County Fair one or those
amusing plays. set of with picturesque scenery which
present homely phases Of country life, attraded
large audience the Union Square Theatre last night
Undoubtedly the remarkable run enjoyed by this pay
last winter did much TO swell last nights audience
There are many amusing lines and situations IN inc
piece and IL it doesn't appeal TO the highest qualities
of the mind, to the nobest impulses Of the heart
It IS at least effective in making people laugh. 10
that numerous and amiable body OF theatregoer VINO
would rather be amused than otherwise moved, II
entirely satisfactory. II has among its properties
real horse and real cow features of undoibed popu-
laIity.
Mr.. Burgess takes the part OF Abigail Prue, and
enabled of 10 advantage his ability as comc
player. Tie audience gave him again the same nearly
applause he earned with the piece last winter. A
good company supported him. and together tney
started The County Fair upon what will undoubtedly
be another successful season.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-12
PERSONAL
taste.

Professor John Dougall OF Pollokshieds, Scotland,
recently sent to DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes some
daisies which he had gathered at MossGlel IN uo
vary field where Burns composed his famous poem
on tbe wee modest flower" and which he had
pressed between the leaves Of The Autocat OF the
Breakfast TABLE, and the " Medtatons" OF Marcus
AureIius In his letter OF acknowledgment Dr.
Holmes wrote: The daisies from Mossg'el remain
as when YOU sent them. except that gave one OF
them IN a lady who know, would value 1t highly.
feel much obliged to you for sending them, and
thew ar, not less welcome for the pleasant leter
that comes with them am p Uuu 10 vi o' Mar saS
Aureus and that It should hold between It's leaves
the modest flower which Burns has invested Win
a tender beauty 1t never drew from the sou or ar
In which IL grew You need not be surprised that
Americans are frequent pilgrims TO the places MADE
dear TO them and to all that read his songs By the
nnetrv of BURNS He ought TO have passed ten years
Of his life-or five az least-tn America, for those
words of his
A mans man for a. that
show that true American feeling belonged to him
as much as If he had been born In sight OF the hill
before me / write-Bunher Hui.'
The Hon. J. Q. A. Bracket, who has just been
elected Governor Of Massachusetts, has pleasant homo
at Arlington, near Boston. The house stands Wen
back from the street, In the midst OF beautifully
kent lawn and next to ono OF the Arlington churches
so that really Il Is surrounded with the beautiful square
OF lawn and Swallowed in the uxurance OF the oiase
OF many large trees The house Itself has All All ~
hospitality. 10 Is modern, old fashioned mousse MI
wide plazEas large windows and generous DOORS wacn
swing open with the most cordial invitation TO enter
and say as plainly as doors may come IN W" "''
welcome.'
The German Emperors crown. which he wears
however only as King OF Prussia has frame OK
solid gold. Its weight Is three and thru pounus
and 1t bears seven hundred and fifty cares OF dia-
monds. The lower band bears twenty-four huge diar
monds, Round tho rim rise eight clover leaves OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-12
4TIUN4L ELECIIONS.

"The Sum- is entitled to be corrected with
courtesy even when it mas small excuse for
error Quoting the remark, "A National
measure for guarding the purity of the regis
tration and the suffrage has become neceS-
sity," it says We understand this to mean
that State elections should be regulated by
Federal laws-that the modes of choosing State
officers in the several States shall be subjected
TO control by the Congress OF the United States"
"Ihe Sun's' misunderstanding is Of course I'M
warranted. The conduct Of certain State cleo
tons has proved that the same authorities can
not be trusted to guard the purity of suffrage
or the rights Of citizens in the choice of mem
bers of Congress. The conclusion u.s. therefore,
that National laws regarding The election Of
members of Congress have become a necessity.
Persons who know nothing of the Constitu-
ton, and have never read Section A, Article ,
OF that instrument, imagine that this would be
a revolutionary step. But the Constitution there
declares that The Times, Places and manner
of holding Elections for Senators and Repre-
sentatiyes shall be prescribed in each State by
the Legislature thereof but the Congress NAV
at any time by Law make or alter such Reon.
| lations, except as TO the Places of chus;ng
Senators" There can be no possible question,
| therefore, as to the power of Congress TO de-
termine the times and manner of holding cleo
ton of Senator'S or to determine the times
places and manner of holding elections fol
Representatives. The exercise of that power
not deemed expedient when States did not
tolerate organized and wholesale fraud. has
now become necessity.
Rut ia tbere no remedy Whateyer for the ma
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-12
Gmusemenls.
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Exhibition.
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nocxsTApERs THEATRE-s:3o -MinstrelA
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MADISON SQUARE THEATRE-s so-Aunt Jack
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urANpARD THEATRE-2 and sl6-The Seven Ages
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TONY PASTORS THEATRE-s-variety.
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ITH.AvE. AND lsrHsT.-Gettysburg.