New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-24

probably manage to "ameliorate the relations DC
tween Austria and Russia This result Is much
T. hc hoped, especially in view oil the latesY
rumors. according to which an understanding had
been arrived at between England and Austria, the
latter TO be allowed to advance to the harpor oil
Salonica. and full freedom to be left to the FORMER
TO act as she peases in ConStantlnople "aVrs'
The Archduke's visit to St. Petersburg VIII seq
ot rest such wild rumors, and probably also VIII
result in creating peaceful "modus Vlvehdi,
under which Russian and Austrian influence In
tho Balkan States will lie so arranged as to pre-
vent q conflict, at least for the present
For a feet of forty-onc of the finest naval
vessels ever hoatcd the United States have pald
exactly Sj3,0.3, 605. 1t may he asserted Una,
no such expenditure has ever before PRODUCED
such admirable results. In every respect INC
new ships are perfect types of their classes, ana
the chcapness with which they have been oo-
tanned is remarkable.
"Tbc Cato of the Senate That, according to
Assembyman Connolly, is what DAVID d. Iini
is going to be- Cato was born PA Il. ~ anu hoo
being more than ordinarily lOng-livcd has pech
dead a good while. More than that, IL Is en-
cecdingly doubtful if the post0ilice addresS VI
any of his descendants, in either the dliect Vi
indirect line is known to anybody IN enher l'h
isphcrc Hence the cowardice of this unproVoked
attack on the great Roman statesman Neither
he nor his blood relations are in position 10
bur back the stigma which Connolly has placed
upon him.
The Springfield Republican thinks that NJ
William C.. Endicott cxSecretary OF war de'
serves n place on the bench Of the lnltcN STATES
Supreme Court Docs The Republican recall
the fact that so able an authority In us own
party as 1.-THE Brooklyn Eagle has dlsihiSSe,
Mr. Endicott as person with an "ante-t IcVefaho
Massachusetts local conSpicuty" only that ana
nothing more?
They are all preparing to get into line. Even
the Governor Of Delaware in his inaugural address
favored the Australian balloU system. IN"
strength Of the ballot-reform movement became
evident when Governor Hill was forced To yieid
to it.
The Secretary of the Chamber Of Commerce
rave out some figures on Tuesday when were do
humiliating in one sense as they were gratifying III
another Merchandise, coin and bullion 10 ''c
tremendous value of 81 ,6ji, 1888 were eA-
norted from and imported into American ports
durinc, 1890 OF those great carg0eS Only
5000 O23,610 were carried IN American supp
Whenever it is proposed u take measures Tor the
restoration Of our merchant marine, LOUD chorus
Of frec-trade cries goes up, claiming thlt IL 'ne
protective policy were only abandoned our snip
nirr would restore itself because we should then
have a foreign trade and if we had the trade the
sbips 10 carry it would come matter of course.
But haven't We got the foreign trade alreany
Isn't sixteen hundred millions pretty ftr Dus'-
ness? Why, then, if natural laws VIII opeI
ate to supply demand, don't they go aheaa anu
give MS the ships? II cannot be answered that
they are interfercd with by the statute requiring
American vessels to be built in American yards
because the old-timc difference between the cost
or shin here and its cost abroad has now become
practically Of no account, and under the Mchihey
bill. which admits shipbulding materials lrce' 1t
will soon disappear entirely. Why, them are the
Free Traders natural laws 50 shy?