New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-16


any time but when firms and banking houses
need all their CREDIT, and one false report may
disturb the whole business world the circulation
| of false statements becomes q nigh crime. The
law makes the act punishable by imprisonment
but the enforcement of the law In this regard is
difficult. The drcuator Of false rumors becomes
| however. quickly known to his associates, and II
| he persists in lis course he should receive the
scorn Of all his acquaintanccs. and be an outcast
| from the society of reputable business men.
| Mr.. Clevelands friends declare that the Demo-
cratic victory vas entirely due 70 their chief.
II is asserted or equally good authority that the
"rear guard" reilly deserves tho credit Of Stan
ley's success In finding Enin.
| An Imperial PROCLAMATION has just been issued
| at Pekin ushedng the first silver coinage OF
| China into the world. Hitherto there has been
no gold or silver coinage in Emperor Kwangsu's
dominions. Throughout the country silver was
| taken by weighs and lneness, and was carried
about in small hooks called shoes" from which
the necessary amount was obtained with a chisel
| and hammer. The new coins have been struck
! off at the recently established Government mint
at Canton, and resemble the dollar and half-dolar
pieces of the United States Heavy penalties
are threatened TO- all who attempt to impede their
circulation, or who refuse to take them at their
| standard value
"The Son Of Liquor Dealer Vindicated' is
the title which The Wine and Spirit Gazette
places over an article congratulating Mayor Grant
| on his reelection. If the Mayor enjoys COM
pliments served up in that style he certainly
Is welcome to them. There is no accounting for
tastes
| The dairy companies of London have recently
| inaugurated practice which deserves to be
| initiated without delay by our own purveyers OF
milk here in New-York Whenever they discover
that infectious naladies such as measles, scar
letina, diphtheris, etc. prevail at the residences
of any of their customers, they Immediately adopt
extra precautions for their supply. Instead Of the
| ordinary milkman, special messengers are EN-
| ployed, who are not permitted either to set their
foot in the dairy or in the houses supplied. The
bottles and CONS, moreover are specially prepared
and sealed, and are disinfected with particular
care after every use. Milk is vehicle SO
peculiarly well adapted for the conveyance OF
germs of all kinds that the consumers here in
| New-York should insist on their purveyoS adopt
ing the same precautions which are now In use
| in London.
To defeated Candidates Mr.. Longfellow has
written lovely little poem which you may
care to learn by hart. 1t is entitled To Stay
| at Home is Best
It is pleasant t. realize that the turkey crop
| of 1890 is large and of superior quality. The
| Democratic rooster has been too pervasive and
osentatious since tie first Tuesday of this month,
or rather the first Wednesday, and it is well in
| the interest of harmony that he should be super
wi
cranberry sauce annex, the justly popular and
entirely non-partisan turkey.
When President Woodruff, the Prophet, Seer
| and Revelator Of the Mormon Church, declared
recently that polygamy must and would cease,
there was q widespread disposition 10 take him at
his word. Political motives undoubtedly had
much to do with this, for the Democrats have
been snatching for several years after an excuse
to admit Utah. Still, there were many people
who, without crediting tie Mormons with good
motives, supposed it reasonable to think that they
had sense enough to know when they were beaten
Recent reports, however, show that arrests for
polygamous crimes are still numerous and that
the devotees Of the Church p.rsist In defying the
law To count on anything disc is to shut ones
eyes to the history and character Of the Church.
in temporal affairs: that He Indicates His will
through their Prophet by revocation; that po-
lygamy was instituted by Divine Injunction; that
it is religious ordinance, and tina, the law of the
land is to be held subservent to the law of God
revealed through the Church. Undoubtedly the
great bulk of the Mormon people believe this
doctrine, and their authorities have every selfish
interest in preserving their faith In all possible
strength. No one whose credulity Goes not ex-
coed his common sense can know the Mormons,
their creed and their condition, and not conclude
that their entire system Is at variance with the
principles upon which Government rests.
Polygamy is by far the worst, but 1t is only one
expression of an utterly bad and dangerous sys-
TEN.
The cable road in Third-ave. is promised by
October 1, 1901, the contracts for constructing 1t
having been already given out. New-York has
resolved to give the cable system q thorough
trial. both on Third-ave. and Broadway, and Is
mildly impatient to see what the result will be-
The other surface lines have shown no disposition
as vet to follow suit, but it will doubtless be wine
to test the cables the roads that will 5000
operate them before favoring change in motive
power elsewhere.
1t stands Governor Hill in hand to persuade
Smith Weed-if he can-that 10 wasn't this mex,
Senatorship, but some other Senatorship, which
! he promised him.
The American society which wishes to excavat,
at Delphi, in Greece, finds that it cannot obtair
the privilege Of bringing works Of ancient Greciar
art to this country. The rulers Of Greece are NOR,
cear-sighted than those of some other Eastern
countries They know that the relics have .
double value on the soil Of the country which
produced the artists. The advancement Of knowl
edge Of ancient art and manners is importan
enough, however, to warrant the expenditure
considerable sums Of money to receive the copie
and photographs, which can be taken exclusivel,
: by the society making the excavations, and tn,
, fund required will probably be raised