New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-19

[ conc.ssona in RETURN Brazil and Central
America have been proGting by their treaties
| and dsplacing Venezuelan coffee in the American
market The President is now advised to place
country which refuses to trade on equltapie
terms on an equality with other countries which
have made great concessions to American export
! ers. Tie Mckinley act has not been repealed
The President cannot revoke his predecessor
proclamation without violating the spirit ana
letter of the Aldrich amendment
tramp who was sent to the island the other
day explained to the Judge that he smoked glass
for eclipses for living, but business had been
dull of late 1t will doubtless crafty this tent
porarily embarrassed son Of toll 70 learn that there
will be q total eclipse Of the sun next month.
It is to be feared that the public school system
Of Kentucky is sorcly in need OF the attentions
OF Colonel Wattcrson's star-cyed goddess his
painful assumption is based upon an analysis OF
the true inwardncss of the Kentucky school trustee
which appears In late number Of The Louis
vile urier-Journal" We learn from this
journal OF Kentucky civilization that the trustee
is better suited to his work If he is an awful ex-
ample of lack of early education; If he is a
hustler" with long list Of political rctainers
and If he understands the value Of patronage and
log-roling 1t remains to be seen whether or not
the star-cyed goddess, now that her attention has
been directed to this sort Of trustee, will turn the
rascal out. II is seldom that she is afforded ~
fine an opportunity OF rendering reform signal
service.
That Pittsburg conference which took the con-
tract to form brand-new National political
party was not what might be called a gsittcrng
success. II numbered twenty three men and ten
women. 1t is to be suspected that it aimed too
ambitiously at the start. Perhaps If it had de-
voted its energies to forming u progressive cuchrc
club or whist quartet or baseball nine it
might have met the best expectations and grown
ripe for the more serious work of party making.
A singular complication has arisen over the
proposed transfer Of the Rev. I. I. Frost from
prominent Methodist church in Brooklyn TO
leading church of the same denomination in Balti-
more. Many such transfers have been arranged
by churches and ministers in the past, and the
bishops who have absolute control over all ap-
pointmcnts, have given their consent without
hesitation But Bishop Newman has refused to
sanction the transfer in this case, and has APP
pointed another man 10 the Baltimore church.
Mr. Frost will accordingly have 20 remain in
Brooklyn, where he has year more to serve
before completing the five years that Methodist
pastor remain in one church, and the min
lister chosen TO succeed him must bc provided for
elsewhere. There is no question a. to Bishop
Ncwmans right to act he did, but it will
be strange if his action does not bring this mat
ter before the next Methodist General Confer
encc; and the discussion of il there may resu;
in curtailing the authority of the bishops in this
respect The leading Methodist churches have
for years selected their own pastors. and will
rot bc inclined q surrender the privilege withou;
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