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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12
TILE .INR PIT THROCGH.

Ex-senator Pierce was made superintendent
of the Insurance Department yesterday ms
outrage upon the public originated with Gov
ornor Hill. Superintendent Maxwell although
an orthodox Democrat, had never been active
in promoting the Governors selfish little
schemes. and had resoutey kept the Depart
ment where it belonGed-out of politics. Ii was
only natural, therefore, that the most unscrupu-
lous of politicians should dislike him, and should
long 10 supplant him with one of his own tools
who could be depended upon to manage thc
Department primarily for the beneht OF hlll
and the Hill wing Of the Democracy. But, the
Republicans having majority IN the oehdtc
and the success of a nomination ny the "oN-
ernor being conditioned upon its continuation
bv that body, he was of course powerleSS 10
remove the honest and capable Maxwell unless
he could induce some of the Republican SEN
ators to assist him. By means best known to
him and 70 them he succeeded in seducing SIX
of them. When the vote was taken yesterday
these six counted with the Democrats and PIERCE
pued through-to the delight of every lnslr-
ance shark in the State.
The course pursued by these six Republicans
WAS absolutely indefenSible. As has been plain
Nv II, L
victs him of being one of the last men In the
State who ought to have been selected for the
position of responsibility which has been gwen
him. He is untrustworthy he lacks moral
stamina he was involved in the fragrant scan
daIs which attached to the Insurance Depart
ment twenty years ago. So bad was the pputa-
ton which he had made for himself that even
the leading Democratic newspapers declined TO
support the northumberland what fact could be
more significant? But if the six Senators were
without excuse on public grounds for voting
for Pierce. what shall be said of their con-
duct looking at it simply from party point
of view? This fall a Governor ana Lcuten-
ant Governor. a Senate and an Assembly are to
be chosen That is to say, the election VIII be
one of the first importance i'll this close state
Nevertheless. these six Senators do not hesitate
TO do their best TO strengthen David Is. Hi :
hands, the hands Of the most experienced ana
saCacous of the Democratic leaders.
The moral is not far to seek. When the he
| publican constituents of these six renegades
| come to hold their Senatorial conventions they
cannot be too careful in their choice OF cand-
dates They must nominate men whose fidelity
can be counted upon under all circumstances
men who are incapable of being scduced into a
deal which compels them to help pull Demo
cratic chestnutS out OF the fire.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12
1HE GENESIS OF 4 GREAT THOUGHE.

THE GENESIS OF A GREAT THOUGHT.
Jones' he pays the freight" is one of those gems
of thought that will undoubtedly go laundering
down the corridors of time, like the distant foot
steps which the poets vivid fancy heard echoine
in that locality. Indeed, it possibly may be one
of those Jewels that on the stretched forefnger OF
all time shall sparkle forever 1t is brief; 1t IS
contentious; it apparently expresses the authors
thought plainly and completely. In the nature
of things the genesis of such gem OF thought
cannot but be of universal interest. And It's
author has, wisely we think, taken the world INTO
his confidence this point lie says that he
sells scales in every State in the Union, ana thaC
when he first began to do business OUTSIDE OF
New-York he received many letters from farmers
who wanted Joncs's scales-in fact, they would
take no other-but objected to paying big freight
charges. So he made scale of prices according
to which he " could sell for certain figures ana
pay the frcightage" himself. One day" Jones
proceeds in his thrilling narrative, while trying
to make letter as brief as possible, hit upon the
words Jones, he pays the freight That Is short
and to the point, said l to myself, and concluded
to stick to the phrase, although the grammar has
been criticised"
There you have it. These magic words came
to Jones as an inspiration. They simply flashed
upon his inward eye, and he wrote them DOWN Ill
the form in which all the world knows them by
heart. There was no revision, no mark OF the
file Jones and the occasion met, and the former
rose to the latter and immortllized himself Under
such circumstances, to criticise the grammar, as
Jones says some small-minded men have DONE ID
petty business indeed. When Shakespeares eye
was in a fine frenzy rolling he was superior to
the limitations of grammar So when Jones, TO
Use his own quaint words, "hit upon his I'M
mortal aphorism, he didn't think Of grammar
General Jones may never be Governor or even
President, but nothing shall ever be permitted To
deprive him of the unique and lasting honor oil
being the sole author of that multum-in-parvo
sentcnce-a poem in five monOsyl lables-" Jones, he
pays the freight"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12
THE TIN Plate TEST.

II was considered enough by the Free Trad
erS during the last campaign to assert vocifcr-
cuSly that few monopOistS wanted to plumber
the whole people by means Of the increased duty
on tin plates. But now the manufacture has
been actually begun by several establishments.
and samples Of tin plates made in this country
begin to be seen III the markets, and the same
Free Traders think it brilliant to print elaborate
statements purporting to prove that tin plates
cannot be manufactured in this country at a
profit even with the increased duty which will
be collected after July /. Not a crazy theoriSt
Of them all explains how any monopoSt in this
country can in that case plumber anybody. Not
ole stops to ask himself the question. "What
are these concerns making tin plates for, in
that case ?" Is il for fun. or rs n political
dodge when no election is at hand, or solely a,
an eleemc synary institution, to afford work and
wages for several hundred American working
men?
The fact that many establishments have I'M
dertaken business in earnest, have provided
machinery and trained labor, and have already
invested large sums in the undertaking, would
suffice with most persons Of sense toprove that
the manufacture was expected 10 yield profit.
But these shrewd Americans do not expect it is
safe to say, that the price of foreign steel plates
will remain what it is now In May last the
plates known as |. G. b. V. were quoted in the
market at ~ 80 per box. and the same grade
now sells at s. 40, an advance of more than
% per cent. Both prices include a duty of one
cent per pound. or about ~ II per box, 50 that
the foreign makers were selling last May at
about SO Is per box, all charges to this coun-
try paid, and are now getting about 81 IS per
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY II, 1891.
FOURTEEN PAGES.
THE NEVIS THIS MORNING.

Foreign.-Mr Parnell has abandoned hope OF
coming to an agreement with the McCarthyites:
Mr. O'Brien has issued statement concerning the
reason for the failure of the negotiations. -
Three men have been arrested at Sofia on suspicion
of being implicated in reasonable plot. =-
The young King of Servia is i'll. - Queen
Victoria will start for the Continent on March 90.
- The British steamer ThancmOre has been
given up for lost. - DR.. Koch is on his way up
the Nile.
Congress-Both branches in session. 60 The
Senate: The Naval Appropriation bill was passed.
- The House The Legislative Appropriation
bill was considered; Messrs. McAdoo and Fitch
spoke against the Shipping bill. - More test
mony was taken by the Silver Pool Investigating
Committee 60 The delegation from the New
York Chamber of Commerce opposed the Free
Coinage bill before the House Committee on Coin
age Weights and Measures.
Domestic.-The State Senate at Albany con-
6rmed the nomination of James F. Pierce to be
Superintendent of the Insurance Departments six
Republicans voted for him. - The bill aI-
proprating S454.O 900 to put in operation the law
for State care of the insane and another for a
State printing bureau passed the Assembly. =
George J. Gibson, secretary of the "Whiskey
Trust" was arrested in Chicago and held in
$40, 900 bail he is charged with bribing gauger
to blow up an antitrust distillery. = The
Republicans in the Illinois Legislature cast 100
votes for Cicero j. Lndley, president OF the
+. NJ. b. A. of the State, for United States SEN
ator - Judge Claggctt was elected United
States Senator by the Idaho Legislatures he will
contest the previous election OF Dubois. --[ The
conference of Sioux with the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs ended at Washington
City and Suburban.-BusincSs men met and
spoke against the free coinage Of silver. - Inc
Builders Association continued ITS session -
The last bulletin issued by General Sherman 5
physicians reported him to BE- no better. -
The American Newspaper Publishers Association
BEGAN its annual meeting 49, The Seney pct
ure sale realized Sl 5000 for ninety nine pictures
- The Grand Jury of ROckand Codnly re-
sumed its investigation of the charges against
AssemblymaH Frank p Demarest =- bark
capsizcd in the Kill-von-Kull, sinking tug. =-
The meeting of the State Fish Commissioners was
ended. === Stocks extremely dull, and although
o fraction lower they gave no sign Of weakness.
'f7,e closing was at about the lowest points
The Weather.-ForecaSt for to-day Slightly
warmer and fair, followed by cloudiness. lem
perature yesterday: Highest, SO degrees; lowest
2S; average, 81 7-S
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12

At season when there is no political excite
ment and no great local question is at stake IL
is not an easy matter to induce great audience
to come together in this city and listen 10
speeches on financial subject. The mass-meet-
ing at the Cooper Union last night to oppose
the free coinage of silver was, however, COM
plete success. Many "solid" business men were
on the platform, and the audience was com
posed of earnest, Keen minded and appreHa'lVe
citizens, who quickly caught every telllns poin'
and were generous and discriminating IN thelr
applause. The resolutions set forth lucidly the
disastrous effects OF the debasement OF our cur
roncv which would result from free coinage,
and earnest speeches were made by MessrS,
Fairchild. Trenholm, Anderson, Dodge ana
others. Such a meeting and such an emphatic
expression of the business sentiment OF 'his
metropolis should make decided impression
on our National legislators.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12

The action of a jury in convicting Of simple
assault man accused of criminal homicide VIII
not tend 10 strengthen confidence III the jury
system. The killing was not Denied ana 'he
evidence that the boy who was killed had used
onv violence toward bis slayer was slight. If
tbc iury believed that the killing was unjustiii-
able they SHOULD have convicted of manslaughter,
or if they could from the evidence, arrive at
tie conclusion that death did not result from
the blow given. they might have convicted Of
assault in the second degree. The verdict might
even have been one of acqui;tal, but that which
WAS rendered was certainly not conformable TO
IN, proven facts. and every verdict Of that char
acter is a blow to the long cherished system OF
trial by jury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12

notes Of these great results of Republican states
man,hip, and are getting ready to support the
organization which has done and is doing so
much 70 render agriculture profitable. If they
are not ready now. they will be before the
Lid Congress adjourns its first session. Or, at
least the people they claim to represent Will
be and that is the important thing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12

of onondaga and Cortland counties who elevated
Mr. Hendricks to the Senate. They certainly ca
have no use for representative who in an enc.
gency chooses " for reasons satisfactory to him.
SELF" to play into the hands of Governor Hin
and help to demoralize an important department.
Of the State government.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12
BY FAR THE BEST.

From The Loctport IN. " Journal.
The New York Tribune Almanac for 1sol l Jus. IT,
ceivpd ot this Office, Is Of the most cOnPlos
authorities OF lis kind issued. Ii consists Oh NJ
ward of 200 pages filed with facts and figures I a
cover nearly all fields and constitute cyeiopae~ 81
~ valuable information. Especially Is this true %
The noltical tables given. This most valuable ts
emccgboolS should have place in the shop ana ~
every welreguated family.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12

An aged New-Jersey woman died the other das
in consequence of cutting her third set Of teeth
Dentition at nnety-nine must be rather wearing On
the nerves. And. BESIDES it is going through a
much to get so little, as Weller the elder, N.
marked in reference to learning the alphabet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12

seems conclusive, as the dynamite machine, the
duplicating correspondence, etc, are in the pos
session of the Government officials. II the plot
had succeeded, the lives of $50 men employed
in the dstiery would inevitably have been
sacrificed. a more diabolcal scheme was never
conc1ctel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12

a big ice crop has been harvested in Maine. and
the ice-consumer would be filled with cheer were
it not for the of the icedealer that the
ice is of such peculiar quality this year that it
will melt faster than any ice ever known in the
history Of the human race At the same time n
blight Of the peach crop is reported. The house
holder of the period cannot be happy yet. A
good many things still prove to be vanity and
veXatiOn of spirit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12

Senator Hendricks is reported by The Syracuse
Journal" as explaining that his vote for Pierce
for Superintendent of Insurance was due to
reasons satisfactory to himself" Well, the
reasons in question, whatever they may be, will
not prove satisfactory to the stapch Republicans
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12
TIE INDIAN CONFERENCE.

From The Milwaukee Sentinel. -.
With the best disposition in the world 70 90 wa go
&c poesble TO prevent causes or complaint, w.
rotary OF the Interior has not received any pron'"0s
suggestions from the visiting Indians.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12
Is THIS THE TROUBLE WITH CHICAGO.

From The Minneapolis Tribune.
If the gentlemen who are trying TO get up an
positlon AT Chicago had paid little more aucnsahA
10 exposition problems and little less 10 sis
hing the shows prospects would have been pfiSn'''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12
CHANCES OF THE COPYRIGHT BILL.

failure TO enact it at this session Is pTacteasbws
| equivalent to postponng 1t until Qat thc eaiN''" 49,
session of 1S94-'9o.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12

The Annual Appropriation bill, one of the two
great bills of the session. was ordered to o third
reading in the Assembly on Tuesday. This is a
measure in which the taxpayers of the State take
a lively interest. The total Of the appropria-
tions provided for Is larger by some $500, 900
than the total of the appropriations which made
up the corresponding bill of last year 1t is to
be remembered, however, that the present AS
sembly is Democratic while the last was Re-
publican.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12

we greet the hopeful sign with due gratitude.
The Tribune printed yesterday some eXtrIcts
from recent reports to the State Department by
ex-Minister Adams and ConsulGereral Dockery.
concerning the possibilities Of our trade with
Brazil. The Evening Post selecting n para
graph from Mr. Doclerys report. in which he
speaks of subsidized British steamship lines run
ming from Rio to Liverpool by way Of American
ports attributes the paragraph to Mr.. Adams, and
comments as follows
II seems sad pity that Mr. Adams could not have
finished this paragraph without Misrepresentation.
The steamers he is describing are what are known III
which 90 rowing round the world picking up cargo
wherever they There are large numbers Of them
Owned IN G9SG ana gy a y on w. more b
ness and less expense. they underbd our carriers
70 5 bQt 6 atcST Ysa 81 ca ' Of his 9 head and
heart. But when h's adds, and they can aEoN 10
do 50 because Of the large subsidies which are paid to
steamship lines by every GaVcrnmeh eN'rpi our OWL
We perceive that the tarlif craze mas mad lts usua'
ceves or has ever received Il Of subsidy from tho
British Government The assertion is pure invention.
made aS Horace Greeley used to with naked In
tent to deceive That The Tribune should quote it
without remark shows the dcmoalLnS effect of making
Mckinley " tables
THE Evening Posts" Ignorance is cquoled only
by its audacity. Mr.. Dockcry was not speaking
Of tramp steamers at all lie was speaking of the
Liverpool, Brazil and River Plate Steamship Com
pany, n corporation sailing from Liverpool and
Antwerp and receiving subsidies from both the
British and Belgian Governments. Its British
subsidy, thinly disguised under a postal contract.
gives il about $4,000 year. and its Belgian
subsidy $1,000 more Many Of It's steamers
take. their homeward voyage by way of New
Orleans and Savannah. laden with coffee. which
they there discharge. II is outrageous for The
Evening POST to accuse public officer Of de-
libcatc misrepresentation in an Official report.
when it knows absolutely nothing OF what it so
olibly talks about. Mr.. Dockerys assertions are
absolutely accurate. 1t is The Evening Posts y
which are pure invention, made. as Horace
Greeley used to say, with naked intent TO de
ceive.' "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12

The leading Democratic newspaper of Long
Island is The Brooklyn Eagle Ex-senator
Jim" Pierce is Democrat and a citizen of
Brooklyn Nevertheless The Eagle" declined
to afford any aid or comfort to Mr. Pierce 5
candidacy for the Insurance Supcrintcndency. The
Democratic backing which Pierce failed to get in
combination with the Republican and Democratic
opposition which he encountered, constituted a
demonstration of his palpable unfitness for the
office in which disreputabe deal landed him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12
UNLESS HE FULLY DESERVES 1T.

From The Chicago News. a..
II IS painfully apparent that when he STANDS WI ~
re election in Colorado five years hence sehaH Ut, na
colt will not get the vote OF The Ne"-io'h i'''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12

Mr.. Blaine makes a prompt and absolute de-
NAL of the report printed in Toronto news
paper that he had written letter saying that
he would negotiate only with the Liberal party
in Canada on the subject of commercial reel
procty with that country The Secretary de-
clareS that he has written no letter to any one
in Canada since he took his present office, and
no letter al all on the subject of reciprocity with
Canada The Toronto publication was evident
y nothing more than a campaign roOrback.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12
1u0ef 10 ADVERTISEMENTS.
Hnslnfss NoIlrcs.

HUSBANDS CALCINED MAGNESIA.-Four first
premium medals awarded. More agreeable to the tase
and smaller other magnesla. For sale IN DOT;
only, with United States Government REGISTERED au
attached without which is genuine At druggists
nd
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12

The opponents of the plan for State care OF
tie pauper insane made their last effort in the
Assembly yesterday. Fortunately, it was all in
vain, for the bill appropnating S454,OOO to
carry out the provisions of last years law was
passed by the gratifying majority of 93 to -.
The measure is not likely to meet with much
opposition in the Republican Senate, which
helped to pass the existing law. 1t will not be
long before the county superintendent find part
of their occupation-and their perquiSites-gone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12

The details of an astounding plot involving
at least one person high in the Whiskey Trust
to destroy an antitrust dstiery in Chicago
bear the marks of veracity The evidence
against Gibson, the secretary of the trust, who
has been arrested and held in $4,000 bail,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12

A single cable-car standing opposite the City
Hall Park does not make rapid transit any more
than one swallow makes n summer; nevertheless
we greet the hopeful sign with due gratitude.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24
7uEA,iIaNcE CONFERENCE.

WASHINGTON Jan. 2S-The Farmers
Alliance conference was resumed today.
The platform of the organization as nnaliy
agreed upon and ratified demands the
abolition of the national banks as banks OF
issue ard as a substitute for national
bank notes demands that treasury notes
be issued. such notes to be loaned to the
people at not more than 2 per cent per
annum upon non -perishable products as
indicated in the sub-treasury plan and also
upon real estate.
Second-Demands free and unlimited
coinage of silver.
Third-Demands passage of laws 'prohi-
biting alien ownership of land and that all
lands held by railroads and other corpora
tions in excess of such as actually used by
them be reclaimed by the government.
FOurth-Demands that Regulation shall
not be used to build up one interest or
class at expense of another.
Five-Demands that all revenues shall
be limited TO the necessary expenses OF the
governm- mt.
Six-Demands most rigid, honest and
Just and national control and supervision
OF the means of public communication
and transportation, aud if this control
and supervision does not remove the
abuses now existing.
Seven-Demands the government owner
ship of such means of communication and
transportation.
Eight-Demands election of president,
vice-president aud senators by direct vote
of the people
Nine-Demands that each state provide
a system that insure free, secret and OIL
cial ballot, and an honest public count
A permanent organization was then
formed by the election of Ben Terrell, of
Texas as president. and J. w. Hays, OF
Pennsylvania, as secretary and treasurer.
The amalgamated organizations will be
known as the Confederation of Industrial
The convention adjourned until tomor-
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