New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-31

~ the en,pIoye shall go just ms II nc was 80,
and at work. In the case OF Harrison, ~ a.s.oa h
SUNDAYS occurred during the % 80 DAYS oo'o ~
his leave and he claimed pay for those TOUT ou"u'
about Saskatchewan. had he Ooen "e ~. 4.aroton
Printing Office nc would not have beeh pa"
A. ON snrdavs both work and pay are suspendeu III
,hor words not being satisfied with being pao during
his holiday rs much he would nave receNeu va" "0
rendered service he sued the Government LOT iou S
extra wages which he would not anu couiu ho' ""'o
earned under any circumstances
r, ,s not difficult 10 imagine what inrist OF Justice
vo,t, GOOD sense and learning would have to say OF
rch an apncaton and this aspect Of the episode may
he dismissed with the brief remark that HARRISON c
was rejected but the Justice has taken occasion 10 u
livep most valuable and lucid commentary on l"o 10
la,ions Of the United states Government towafu ip en-
poyes and to show with what liberaty anu co',',u'
alton tho latter are treated. IT Is compresseu
pamphlet OF only seven pages, but 1t cohSut ni
.~oat,se mat any citizen may read with profit ana
qualification.
perhans the most fearful ana WONDERFUL u''ns WI
earth is the combination employed by tue Navy DC
norment for telcgraphic purposes. Nothng was ever
Invented by human ingenuity that compared VIII !.
for compexty and mystery IL IS all well o'ous'
the compers and operators at ootn ENDS arc aDso"'
nerect and II no mistake, even the most i'l'"'e."
occurs at either end: but the very SMALLEST erro' " W
tail occasions altogether frightful resuils' ana 0
ornis of
brings woe and misery to all concerned AS the sory
roos .he reccptIon OF cipher at the Department III
yariohv produces CONSERVATION and despair The tai
ented and industrious young gentlemen VINO are charsu
with the duty Of solving the problem break ouC III WV
and blIghting persTfIaton whenever thew are hoheo
~ an arrival and for long hours ana days aiter",
they may DO seen plunged In toll such as thaV hu"0.o
by amateur attempts at the dferentai caicuus VI O
ordinary Chinese puzzle Of commerce OF tho hi"0"
10 ,n+ended m announce some occurrence on Doaru snip
a. Nagasni or CaIlao for instance the vessel nNoVe
nsrally reaches san Francisco and communicates WIZ
the Department by mail long before the iiI"rp
in Washington have finished their a~fu WORK. "'N,'i.
so far as gather. It would pay the Government ~
employ some truly gifted magician TO invent s"p -.
combination for the purpose Of neutrahzing tneSe W
6culties We could afford several millions III sucn
ca,Se considering the confusion and delay IN plo,
business and the wear and tear on expensive oihoiS
intellect.
po.v dis,rtarrotlon ,s active IN the so-called Sole
South The growing inadequacy of the supply o.
Offices furnished the ferment, but the real unoelSne
source of the trouble Is the fact that ulere Is Nv
genuine cohesion In the map that constitutes V"o
Democracy. These dsoordant and lncohsruous oo
ments have been held together by snperSuuoT
which although IL has been powerful for many years
,s growing weaker every day. There Is no more sym
pathy and community Of interest between the MANI
factlrers OF Birmingham, Ala, and the bourbon
planters of the black belt" than there is between te
Kansas Alliance and the mine owners OF PennsylVmia
They have acted in harmony heretofore, actuated oy
the memory OF their common hardships and calamluer
during the Civil War; and by the imaginary dangers %
anerro domination" But the war is fading mo
tho limbo Of oblivion, and the bugaboo OF negro
domination has lost its once frlghtful mask Inc
men who control the destines OF birmingham, besSe
mer. Decatur Admission, Sheffield. Fort Payne ana
nnrfapt
ing 10 the busy music Of progress and have no ear
for the nursery tales OF vanishing past Ana fol-
lowing these though a trihe behind, come the siaal
farmers Of tn northern counties OF Alaoam"' sho
nonoers of varied industries differentiated from the
cotton growing arstOcracy
The Alliance in Alabama Is neither more nor less
than the practical expression of this antagonist
The Alliance has its headquarters in birmingham
the seat and focus Of manufacturing deveopmehjs
behind the A SONs s sSa the the secret symps
thies of the manufacturers Al are !o rnS
in common effort to destroy the political otsIS
That has ruled Alabama 50 long and SO tetSnn-
caIly And they will succeed The day OF Bourbon,
ism in Alabama and Il rs also f re themselves
they safely f expected to ana local ana campaign S1 SG ~
talking to prominent AS3sm&T ere e se Ster
dy ' for another and still desperate fight The
leader OF the Alliance, so far as concerns ponies -
a man named KOb, Reuben F. Kolb lie Is native
Of Alabama, and has for years been a Democratic
oniticion ard oiBcehoder Up TO month or two ago
and since 1887 he had been Commissioner OF Agri-
culture for the state Last year ne asped 70 n Te
nember 10 the succession of Senator Pugh In both
aspirations he was th@eTted by the machine though s
very narrowly. The two fights. howsssr led 70 great
rancor The ogarchy realized that their supremacy
was In danger, and they fought with a savage des-
ncroton almost unparalleled In the history Of Alabama
p0liics nut with each battle the dssenters gained
Strength: after each downfall Antaens rose stronger
than before And now; my informant SAYS the :trngi
Gle is 10 be renewed this time upon terms that VIII
make reconciliation and reconsideration Impossible.
THE wedge has been Inserted the close combination
* doomed The country has much TO hope for In the
poIIcal conditions prevalent at the South; for
There upon "the almost purple rim" of the horizon,
The Intelligent observer discern the tokens Of
new day in which free thought free expression OF
plant the blind partlsanship and unquesOnng disci-
pline heretofore controlled by selfish and reckless
leaders.