New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-15

,ainlv il, has had great deal to say about Ohihah
n,attcrs and the wicledncss Of Pat Egan" and
the American Navy: but This, perhaps, was IDLE
rant and decamatiOn-not discussion lt mas
seemed to be very much iii earnest about IT, bu'
we SUPPOSE we must take its word Tor ~ 'na'
there has been newspaper discussion WORTHY
NJ serious considcration-at least of the iacts Vi
the case since it has probably been talking apou0
something else Nor has there been any at@hpo
TO appeal 10 the Judgment of the moral ana re-
liqious public since our neghbor has apparently
been rafting for the gods of the upper gallery
Ex-Judge DAILY has demonstrated IN inos'
striking way the value of keeping a scrapoooh.
As is well known, he has long been lh'ereseu
:, that fascinating study, geography, and early
in life he began to collect newspaper c"pp'nHs
on Geographical matters, which he arranged
tonicoIlv in scrapbooks. Now he has turned his
ortire collection Of 700 volumes over to the Ameri
oo, coooranhical Society, of which he Is pres
idcnt. The gift is both valuable ana uhique,
os oourse in these books there is vast 1uhu VI
- ,orm.tion which can be procured from no other
source.
Mr. precsnridge's reciprocity resolution wac
,oodod with Blaine and some OF the lree-U'"'
cOons have been brought to inc siou"O'
,r.o wor,ds Fair buildings, it is authorltatiVeiy
.1 ros+ on y basis Of solid clay, and are
therefore not likely to sink into the cart" ~
,ho closing of the Fair in October, 1875 lhe'o
raotc may be commended to dilatory lesls'a'olS
who accept any prctext for blocking eAhi'iV up
preparations
rho Alliance wiseacres who foisted OH Texas the
1u 70 abolish the ownership Of land by Aliens
a. o not inst now receiving the praise to winch
tbev Gu sanguinely looked forward. Inc law III
fact has proved an unmitigated nuisance Near'y
evcrv benefit il was expected TO insure mas lailcu
of accomplishment, and the drawpacks anu "o'i'
ments have been general. Many OF the courts
have declared it unconstitutional, capltm urgently
,,ooded for thc States development has been
rr;l,,enod away and mortgage holders find them
selves unable TO foreclose property not heid py
natives The law will no doubt be speedily re
pcaled Meantime q few more such experiments
will probably tend to convince voters that there
are some things the Alliance had better let
alone.
The Democratic majority at Albany is talking
Of passing an excise bill which will break down
the Sunday laws OF course, current Democracy
in this State is nothing if not the slave OF the
saloons.
One of the things which the Delaware peach
grower has disc0vered-or inyented-as a good
reason for predicting early in each season the
failure Of the forthcoming peach crop Is a mys-
tcrious disease called the "yellows.' There is en-
enlargement in the fact announced IN recent
dispatch from San Francisco that the peach
growers Of California have set their faces squarely
AGAINST the "yellows" A quarantine has been
declared against some $4,000 Delaware peach
trees. and it was said that they would be burned
on account of their suspicious character. mat l.
an heroic remedy, truly; but the California
people have reason enough for drastic measures.
They must eschew and abhOr all the ways ana
devices Of the Delaware peach tree II they WOULD
enjoy earthly prosperity and the satisfaction oil
a clear conscience. To admit that the yeiiows
il Tor are, in your peach orchard is the hrst s'ep
toward the spreading broadcast OF reports 'ha'
all tine peaches OF an entire State have Dceh lr"-
,riev,blv blighted. Let California profit by Del
laware's example.
There have been two light snowfals 1his WIZ
er-borelv enough to allow seighs to rum SeC
c,ree. Cleaning Commissioner Brennan announces
that his appropriaiion for removing Ice ana sho"
his winter is practically all used up This Is an
astonishing statement Mr.. Brennan must Know
a. we'll as everybody else that the money couiu
not have been used legltimately in getting rd OF
such triiing amount of snow as we nave Already