Morning journal and courier., 1890-05-13

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 NEW YORK, May 12.
 To the editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 New York has just now quite lively topics of conversation. First in interest is the Cleveland Dana incident. Dana published in the balmy English for which the Sun is famed an article setting forth that Cleve- lands ponderosity was increasing, and that the ex-president in alarm had placed him- self under treatment. The World, snifing fun ahead, interviewed Cleveland. Accord ing to the published account Of the inter view, Cleveland waxed very wroth and applied to Dana number of exasperating epithets. The next day, or the day after, Dana in return for the epithets abused Cleveland unmereifully and editorially. Whereupon the World pub. lished an amended account of the interview, leaving out the abuse, and stated that the abuse had been added by the reporter on his own responsibility and for artistic purposes only. The reporter forthwith, choosing to consider his interviewing veraeity aues- tioned and his reportorial accuracy condemn ed, leaves the World in magnificent huff, is at once picked up by Frank Leslie and comes out with reamended account of the inter- view, setting forth that Cleveland actually used far more awfully shocking language than at first reported in fact, language unfit for publication: adding on his own account that his honor etc. etc. is quite as dear to him, the reporter, ss Cleveland's hanor etc. etc. can be be to him, the ex president. All of which the Sun enjoys with the emotion technically known as ghoulish glee.
 Cleveland undoubtedly used strong verbi- age. He has strong passions and manifests them in various ways, as all strong men are apt to do. As to the precision of the words used, that is question of philology. In all languages, owing to the innate weakness of speech, words are used in different signi6ca- tions, and one must have an acquaintance with the particular science or occupation in which the word is used in order to know it's meaning in the particular science, or occupa- tion, in question. For instance, to call a man "a son of gun" is in the science of abuse extremely offensive. To a person ignorant of the terminology of the science of not possibly engender son, and if it could, the son would probably be as useful wea- pon as the father. Modern physiology has exposed the meaningless character of all terms of abuse involving heredity, by show ing the impossibility of the existence of the objects used as images of com parison. Such terms are still used, however; and have value must not be taken literally; and if the in- tensity of the abuse intended to be heaped is in question an export should be called in. As this was not done at the time, and as even the words used are in dispute, the question has that comforting vagueness which enables each party to discuss it after it's own fashion. So far as sympathy has been elicited, Cleve- land has more of it than Dana. Cleveland's chances have not suffered whit. He Is stronger than ever.
 The second topic is the Grant-Flossie in- cident. Grant Is the present mayor and the late sheriff of the city of New York. Flossie is Crocker's daughter. Crocker was the Tammany boss at the time Grant was made sheriff. The boss of Tammany is the man every Tammany man must "see" in order to be a Tammany nominee. Under the search" ing questions of committee of the legisla- Oh two occasions he put bundle of bills into Flossie's hands. At the time of the putting Flos- | sic was two years old, and the amount of the | putting was $10,000. Grant, with gurgling simplicity and with blush of coy innocence and virginal unsophistication mantling his hirsute bosom, asks New Workers to believe that his one and only motive in the matter was disinterested affection for the gentle Flossie. The murmuring and muttering an swers to thls modest request are not particu- larly reassuring to tender susceptibili. ties How much better 1t would have been to come squarely out tand say "Why, of course, Croker got me he nomi. nation for sheriff and I paid him SIG, 900 fol doing it. Doesn't everybody know by this time that it takes money to get an office. holding an office now-a days is whether more cash can be made out of tht office than 1t takes cash to get 1t. Wha | further use of assuming Ignorance? We live in an age of cash. There have beer ages of iron and of brass, and golder ages. There have been ages wher art, religion, learning, fourished, were esteemed, and when cash was happy to ds them service. These ages may return, but the particular age through which we ars passing is cash age. There have been 1T all ages scallywags, who were willing to lie steal and swear for cash, but now-a-day' everything is done for cash. People preacf and pray for cash. If very celebrated re vivalist pray as we'll as preach at revtva meeting, he is paid extra for the prayer The reason is, that everything ane everybody depends on cash. Civilization Ii 50 reconstruoting itself that everything car be had for cash, and nothing can be had without 1t. Social position, honor, renown
 ease, comfort, all the clements of happiness all the objects of ambition can be had fo
 cash and have very feeble life without 1t.
 a man have principles to enforce, views tt potentize, hobbies to ride. tastes to indulge cash will make every provision. He mus
 have the cash frst, and have i
 under his own control. Flossie Grant ss he will hereafter be known in politics history, made the mistake of supposing tha
 he must still recognize the existence of ol fashioned notions of honesty. Therefore hi l ,o.k Iama aYcusa wae offerad Men achiey