New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-15

,al9 How enthusiastic IL will make them to sec
Governor Hill sent to Washington to act as tneiL
leader, because forsooth, they are too fosslzeo'
Among the multitude OF statements OF cam
uaipn expenses which have been filed, hardly any
item Is calculated to touch the popular heart more
deeply that General Francis B. Spinola's memo
randnm of rubber bands, ST. The warhorse
OF the Xth District has long been known 10 al
admiring world as Shirt-Collar Spinola. Ills ex-
travagance in the matter of rubber bands while ell
gagged in canvassing his district suggests now
ever, an improvement, or, at any rate, a mooihca-
tion. in his title Why should he not he known
in the future-at least for part OF the tlme-aS
Rubber Band Spinola? The evidence goes 10
show that he is as much addicted to rubber Dands
as TO on unwonted display Of linen in the region
of his neck and we trust that the suggestion Will
commend itself warmly to his admirers. If not to
himself.
We breathe more freely. Lord Salisbury prom
;ses not TO uunish us for passing that wicked
Mckinley bill. The last time that England took
too active an interest in the raising of revenue
in America the result was discouraglng enough
70 deter further attempts at British interference
in our affairs.
Certain Democrats. and in particular certain
Mugwumps, appear to think that last week
election has made Grover Cleveland uhe IN
evitable" Democratic candidate In leS@' LII may
be remarked that Mr.. Cleveland himsei1 enter
tains the same idea, since he has caused OF pei
mitted to be published dispatch which halls
him os secr and prophet Is not this good
time therefore. to recall the Ichabod pronounced
by that supcr-eminent Mugwump authority,
The Evening Post on Mr.. Clevelands failure
rs a Civil-Service Reformer? 1t was printed on
Nav 90. 1888: THE painful truth Is, SAID Inc
POST in q voice suffused with emo'ioh' 'ha'
we doubt il single independent voter In this
State. of the thousands who supported freSideh'
Cleveland in 1884, any longer attaches any I'LL
portance to the utterances OF the members VI ,he
Administration on the subject OF CiVii-SerVlce Nc
form, or any longer refuses 10 pene'e 'h"' '"e
Presidents promises and PROFESSIONS nave peen
violated or dsregarded, on great scale, with the
utmost boldness, in sundry places ana III ui'efS
manners. and that men like Judge Maynard and
SURVEYOR Beattie have actually been detailed or
told off 10 practice as much Civil-Servlce ABUSE
as can be readily concealed or disguiSeo "hei'
they are found out and exposed"
Assemblyman Sheehan, of Buffalo, asserts that
rather than diminished the campaign expenses of
candidates for Office. Il know never pald SO
mucb for the printing Of pastors as l did this
year." saws Mr. Sheehan. Yes but II Governor
Hill had not vetoed the original Saxton bill of
last winter. candidates would have been relieved
entirely of expenses for ballots 1t was the Gov
ernor who insisted upon the paster ballot. while
the genuine balot-reformers contended that the
use of all ballots except those furnished by the
State ought TO be prohibited.
Sir Julian Pauncefotc, the British Minister, is
quoted in The World" as saying: 1t is gen.
orally conceded that something must be done to
preserve the seal from determination" And yet
the position Of Sir Julian's Government is denial
of the fact that marine sealing threatens to ex-
tnruish the industry. Sir Julian talks in one
tone in his interviews in the Democratic news
papers and in quite another in his official letters
lie adopts a most conciliatory manner when oc-
cuped in the effort to impress the American public
with the notion that England is wooing us to a
fair and friendly settlement, but when he speaks
as the mouthpiece of Lord Salisbury he is full OF
impossible conditions and false premises. Before
anv adjustment Of this dispute can be maze
England must cOncede two facts: that pelaglc
sealing is the thing that menaces sealfe ana that
America has q peculiar property right IN the
coal resulting from their birth upon and annual
MIGRATION to American soil and from the care we
bestovy upon them there. 1t is idle to talk about
q. british anxiety for friendly settlement and
that sort of thing so long as the British atttuoe
is one that renders an agreement wholly Impossible
| Now that its energies are not engrossed py
| hot nolitcal campaign, The Albany Times" re-
| sumes IFS sandbagging of Cleveland with renewed
| zeal II yields this weapon against the eX-fresi-
| dent with force and precision which must Ill
with low the heart which beats in the Executive
| Chamber.
| Much diversity of opinion appears TO prevail
| in Europe as to the most effective method oil
ciyizing barbarous nations. Germany seems 10
believe that the object in view can best be achleVeo
nv means of obsolete rifles and old musl<ets. while
Holland manfestly considers that excellent results
may be attained by gin and rum which, notwith
standing the protests of the other European
| Powers, she persists in exporting In enormous
quantities to West Africa. England gives EVIL
| dence of her touching faith in the humanlzine
| influences of the guillotine. seventeen of which
| have Just been shipped to Bombay for use in the
vassal State of Hyderabad. The palm, however
must be awarded to our gay and light-heartet
| French friends, who, realizing the fact that II
is above all things necessary TO render clvllzauoI
| attractive in the eyes of the natives, have dis
| Matched q number Of merry-go-rounds, WIZ
musical accompaniment, to the Gaboon. WHERE
they have created the most extravagant enthu
sosm among the pleasure-lovtng blackamoor