New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-13

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II is stated on good authority that Attorney
General Garland has promised President Cieye-
land that he will retire from the Cabinet on
March a.
From Berlin it is announced that the Samoan
conference will be delayed until the arrival OF
special commissioner to be sent from the United
States Who will be the American representa-
tive? With Weber and Becker in Berlin acting
as mentors Prince Bismarck will have all the
details OF the controversy at his command Inc
American commissioner ought to have special
ocouaintauce with Samoan affairs but Mr.. Bates
and the few other experts are not believed 10
be in sympathy with Secretary Bayards policy
What is TO be demo in these circumstances we are
M a loss IN conjecture correspondent OF The
Herald dominates Secretary Whitney as the moso
tborou ebgong American in the Cabinet That
would not be a bad choice by any means; but
HE recent correspondence has disclosed lack OF
svmuathy with Secretary Baynrd's policy In
Samoa. Perhaps the Secretary OF State Will
think 10 necessary 10 go in person 10 Berlin TO
,au, over matters with Prince Bismarck He
would have one marked advantage over any other
| candidate. He understands his own policy which
nobody else seems TO do.
Fngland's answc- to Russia's Central Asian
railroad appears in the SulSSur bridge, which is
% no oprned for use in few weeks. This gigantic
viaduet across the Indus the greatest bridge in
the world. will enable troops TO be sent from Cal
cut,a and the Pnnjaub without change of cars to
within n short distance Of Kandahar. and. when
the Pishn rail-oad is finished. to Kandahar ITSELF
The bridge hos not made much noise In the
world. nor appealed so picturesquely 10 popular
fancy Ms General AnncnlSoiTs steel highway across
Turkestan 20 Samarlnnd: but for purposes OF
military strategy it is at least its equal.
Mr.. Bayard has fortnight longer 10 survey
| from the pinnacle of the State Department the
melancholy ruin Of his reputation as diplomatst
and statesman.
u is disappointing to find Mr.. Gillette who has
| won an envable place among American writer's
| for the stage by his own work, processing
willingness 10 appropriate the work OF others
This is what he is doing in insisting that Mrs.
| Humphrey Ward has no legal right TO pfotest
| AGAINST the Naturalization OF Robert Elsmere"
| Cor,ainlv literary man should have been the
last 20 compel her to assert her moral right, which
Mr. A. NJ. Palmer recognized in so positive and
manly n fashion. Mr.. Palmers prompt announce
ment. by the way, upon hearing OF Mrs. Wards
protest. that the play could not be performed
| In his theatre was as forcible word on the sldc
/ OF honesty in these matters has been spoken
| in MANY n long day. and every friend OF inter-
national Copyright should be grateful to him 1or
| IL.
Yes, that stone Assembly ceiling was more
| hut han
appear TO have been cleaner
The Canal Convention which meets at Albany
to-day may be OF use to the Legislature oy
pointing out what are the pressing needs oil tne
| canals at this time. 1t will be rememDered
that at the close OF the season Of canal navisa-
ton last fall not few boatmen protested that
10 was idle for the State TO expend vast sums
| Of money annually for canal improvements unless
| something was done 70 check the hagrano eNtor-
tons TO which they and their fellows were sub
iected by certain rings The abuses in question
| will doubtless be thoroughly ventilated ut TINS
| convention, and representatives of the rings be
given an opportunity 70 reply. The convention
| Is likely TO bring together a good many practical
men who are familiar with the canal question
! in all its phases and thus the Canal Committees
| Of the two houses can readily obtain the light
| which they need to guide them In shaping the
canal legislation of the session.
It is more or less agreeable 10 be only forty-two
years old and find yourself one Of the famous men
of the world This is. at this precise moment, the
pleasant pickle in which Mr.. Thomas A. Edison,
q leading citizen Of Orange. n. j., finds himself.
The German Emperor has formally declared that
| the absence Of Prince Alexander of Battmberg
| from Berlin is very precious to him. Under the
circumstances the Prince is likely TO conclude
| that Berlin is not n pleasant winter city-a con-
| cusion in which common folks who are not afraid
of being snubbed by royalty will cordially agree
with him. 1t would be hard 20 find earth a
more dismal spot than the German Capital from
November TO May.
There doesn't seem 10 be much chance that the
new Secretary Of Agriculture will make two blades
of grass grow where one grew before during his
brief term; but IL Mr.. Colman is only able TO
assure the country that the strawberry and peach
crops are all right, his fortnight Of official ex-
istence will not have been lived in vain.
The contractor under whose supervision the
blasting operations on Eag!e-aye, Monday after
noon were so carelessy conducted that they closely
resembed bombardment, spent the night in the
! Morrisania lookup. That was good, as far as IL
went, but month would have been more salts
factory to the neighborhood. New-York is ex-
panding northward so rapidly, aud building opera
tions are carried on with such pre-emipent reclS-
lessness, TO meet the demands Ct population. that
| the scarcity of fatal disasters is amazing. But