New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-18

her own record by four hours ana bnlrty minutes
and beaten the best Eastern record THAT OF the
Etruria) by almost two hours. This is notable
performance, but judging the future oy the past
it is not likely that the Etruria VIII long allow
her rival to maintain her present precedence
The City of New-York has not yet accomplished
the wonderful things expected of her. although
Il would seem that By this time she ought to have
got into her PAGES pretty well. The rivalry that
is so sharp win no doubt be kept up until i've
DAYS and some hours mark the limit OF last
voyage All the same safety is of far more conse-
auence than swietness. and it is questionable
whether the enormous consumption OF coal re-
ouired to maintain such high speed really makes
these quick voyages profitable
II is a disgrace to the Congress Oh the united
States that it should be necessary for private
individuals to raise money by subscription 10
supply the wants Of General Seridan's family.
Such ingratitude to the memory of a hero ike
Sheridan would be impossible in any other country
in the world
Our friend. q The New-Yorx World" humorously
claims the credit for the publication OF Stanley
letter It assumes that great was the con-
sternaton caused abroad by its announcement tnat
it had sent Mr.. Stevens on q bicycle in quest OF
the explorer that the letter was at once produced
from musty pgeon-hole in Brussels Unsus-
picious people without imagination ex-
planned the delay in the appearance OF
the letter by the fact that several weeks
ere required for the passage Of mail steamer
from the mouth of the Congo to Lisbon; but our
neighbor having embarked in voyage Of African
adventure is determined to make startling dis
coveries at every stage. Not only has the letter
been suppressed at Brussels, but it is probable
that Tippoo lib invented it, and there is Congo
negro of herculean stature in the African news
bureau, while King Leopold is making millions out
of the ivory trade We congratulate our friend
upon opening fields Of enterprise and discovery
that are both new and safe We trust that Stevens
will be sent posthaste on his bicycle to Brussels
10 rummage the pgeon-holes and to photograph
the Congo negro in King Leopold's wood-pile
The Copyright bill was never probably so well
advanced as it is to-day. Public opinion sustains
H. The Senate has passed it. The majority of
the House favor it, All that is needed is day
for its consideration. Cannot the House of Repre-
sentatives give 1t
II is said that The Indianapolis SentineT
denounces Judge Woods in unmeasured terms
for bis decision upon the Dudley letter. There
is nothing surprising in this, considering what
the Democratic party OF Indiana has been and is,
and the relations of The Sentinel TO it as
its organ. Judge WoOds's decision strikes the
average layman as being good law, and the fact
that Justice Harlan, of the United States Supreme
Court sustains il will strengthen that impression.
The decision turns merely upon construction
of the statute, and has no more to do with the
moral character of the Dudley letter than with
the tenets of the Koran.
An farm vi 1q n
70 console him, has hanged himself through
grief at the death of his favorite dog 1t is
understood that he widower.
Il is not true. as Henry George asserts in
Progress and Poverty that the rich are grow
ing richer and the poor poorer. But 10 is true
that the City of New-York is growing richer from
year TO year. Witness the increase in the as
sessed valuation of real estate for this wear over
the year 1888. II is little trfe of s31 .966.9s9
The figures in which the total is told of are al
most appalling 1874, 7S5. s66.
| One at least Of the laws proposed by the
Railroad Commission OF this State deserves early
| and earnest consideration at tho hands OF the
| legislature This act has three objects in view
all highly desirable. II proposes TO prevent
railroads hereafter constructed from crossing
highways at grade, TO prevent new highways from
being opened over railways at grade, and to
provide for a separation of grades where grade
crossings now exist The first two should be
put into law without delay; it is hard to see
why a single objection can be raised to either
With the third more gradual progress must be
expected, but beginning cannot be made too
soon In cities and towns grade-crOssngs have
become intolerable. Public sentiment is strongly
In favor OF change. New-York State should take
An advanced position in this much-to-be-desired
reform.
Judge Tuley's decision upholding the right of
| free speech in Chicago, for Anarchists as well
as for the rest of the community is sound law
and good public policy. 1t is better that ninety
uine Anarchists should be allowed to froth at
the mouth than that one good citizen should
be- denied his rights as free man.