New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-11

whiskcy by his fellow-men.
II ANYBODY in this town is having slower
time than the Italian faster he Is to be pitied.
PcnubI;cons arc not desperately unhappy over
the poticoI situation They have President
who will veto reactonary Democratic measures
and n Senate that is still to he depended upon
TO defend Republican policy. The country also
has a new Tariff law which will steadily promote
industrial prosperity. 50 that two years hence the
American people will be able TO appreciate the
benefits of Republican legislation. Best OF all,
the Democracy is rent with factions IN this State
and already rushing headlong to destruction In
the Frec-Trade abyss. The situation is not one
that dislicartens any loyal Republican.
Hamilton Fish, IT., is reported as being rather
gratiiied than otherwise with the result of the
election in this State IT. may he merely COIN
cdencc. but Tammany Hall feels the same way
How various nations sleep is the tito of
an interesting article appearing Ill Inc
Boston Budget" 4 readable and more personal com
panon article might he written under the head OF
How various statesmen sleep. There Is Gov
crnor Hill. for example 1t is pretty well under
stood at Albany that he sleeps with one eye open
and steadily gazing in the direction of Mr. CIeye-
land.
Two years will suffice to enable tho Democracy
to render most powerful assistance i'll eiec'ing
Republican President
A church on wheels is one OF the new things
under the sun that east doubt upon the ancient
provcrb. Ii is literal fact. however. having
been constructed in the form of railway car al
the Pullman shops for Bishop Walker lProtestoh'
Episcopal. of North Dakota. The BISHOP IN
tends to travel in 1t throughout his diocese, ana
to hold services in the small Villages on railway
lines which cannot support a minister. ana wh'ch
would otherwise he without any church privileges
Within the ear tie regular equipments OF
church. the main portion of il being given up -
seats. Bishop Walkers idea is most practical
one, and there is no doubt that much good VIII he
ACCOMPLISHED by means Of this permbuatlng
sanctuary.
The work Of the Interior Department has been
esscned by the creation o! States OUT oi SIN
Territories To whose interests IT formerly had
given heed but still. according II the amman re-
port Secretary Noble and his subordina'es touhd
plenty 10 do during the last year And they
have done il well, too.
Republicans are bearing this temporary defeat
with patience. and two years hence they VIII
look back to it with positive satisfaction.
4 GOOD many ovcr-enthusiastic Democratic news
uapers are claiming that their party carried Penn
svlvania last week. Now orr opponents nave
bic enough victory to crow over without falslfyng
any returns The fact is, as " The Philadelphia
press~ noints ont that with the exception Of
the candidate for Governor, whose defeat Is
personal matter the Republicans of pennsylvania
have carried everything, clectng eighteen ont OF
,wentv-cight Congressman. and majority In Doth
branches of the legislature
Tho most charitable view that can he taken OF
the conduct of BarttclOt and jameson IS thar they
vere insane If Mr. Stanley organizes announcer
cvrcdition he should have the candidates Tor
service pass an examination before commission
de lunatico inqurcndo.
4 eide.lirht is thrown on the nature Of Governor
HIS sense of official responsibility by the STATE
ments made in recent speech by senator ives,
one Of the Governors fayorites The Senator de-
sired TO prove that Mr. Purroy, one of the Tam
many leaders, the main factor III procuring
,b. enactment of the law under which Street
Commissioner was recently elected III the An
ncxrd District lie said that the Governor OBJ
cctcd 10 signing the bill on the ground that il
was a carelessly drawn and improper piece Of
eoislation No arguments of Senator Ives and
other friends of the measure had any effect on
the Governor, whose scrupe> were apparently
very strong. One day, however, according 10
tate
Mr. Purroy asking the Governor to sign the bill
and the objections disappeared The bill was no
less imperfect than before, but the Governors
conscience required a certain amount Of influence
to overcome its scruples
II 4 man wanted food and could not get it. he
would siarvc to death in week but if he can get
il and does not want TO take il, he can live without
il for forty days. Which goes to show how pc
culiar thing human nature is.
II is not absolutely inconcevable tina, Smith
Weed now wishes he had never paradcd himself
as Governor Hills candidate for the United States
Senate. His letter to The Plattsburg Repub
can" is Likely 70 hold for long time to come
conspicuous place among things one would
rather have left unsald.'
The game of football still continues TO he the
subject OF more or less untceling nirth but, shorn
of lis brutality as it now has been almost COM
pletely il is not only the most scientific. but the
most popular of outdoor sports The managers of
the great THANKSGIVING Day game between Yale
and Princeton are preparing for an attendance OF
40, 900 to 80 900 spectators.
one hears 30 much nowadays Of the heavy
election expenses of candidates for important Offices
that it is refreshing to read the statement which
Judge Earl has just filed. II appears from this
statement that his return to the Court of Appeals
did not cost him. directly or indirectly, single
cent.
PERSONAL.
The late General David l.. Mckibben was severely
wounded at The battle OF Bull Run, and he Is pronl
mont hgure in the welnown cyclorama Of that name.