New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-18

footwear" for disciplinary purpooeS i"e ''"
son for IT, we presume, Is that IL Is Always
handy The people OF this state lor Instance
recently administered discipline with number
thirteen boot because 1t was so accessible avail
able and uplifting
We have II on the highest authority that the
horse is a vain thing for safety, but never
| theless the fact Is worth recording that there
has not been a single accident at the MAUI
son Square Garden this week
"There is no public interest in the Hawaiian
affair" saws 1.-THE New-York World" Well, at
least there is public interest In the question
whether the American Government Is actihs
In bad faith toward a friendly government
whether 1t has sent out an American Minister
IN hear a letter of credit in one hand and
menace in the other. whether American arms
are TO be used to upset progressive and en-
lightened government and to uphold an ignorant
and depraved one and whether the Stars and
Stripes are TO head column In defence or
preposterous monarchy as against rational
republic These questions are interesting, any
how.
Governor Mckinley deserves all the rest and
recreation which a vacation in New-York can
give him. He has worked hard and long for
the promotion Of the common welfare not
primarily for his own advancement. and the
metropolis offers him hearty welcome.
The Civil Service Reform League has adopted
a frank and vigorous resolution condemnng
President Cleveland for giving the Italian En-
bassv to Mr. Van Allen in return for $4,000 con-
trbuted TO the Democratic Campaign Committee
| TO buy votes with This Is very well. so far as
II goes but Mr. Cleveland also turned out of
office one OF the best Secretaries Of Legation
| that the United States has ever had in foreign
/ country and gave his place to another man. and
for a similar reason. He has made ducks and
brakes OF the consular service by turning out
most OF its experienced and competent men, and
by sending out lot Of inexperienced and unht
people in acknowledged payment of campaign
services He Is now endeavoring to break
! down the Civil Service barriers that President
Harrison erected around the Indian service. The
rcforrners have not done their whole duty by
n long shot. They are much too tender or MI.
| Cleveland And many people who remember
the ridiculous stream Of oil and molasses In
which Mr. Carl Schurz almost drowned the
| President at n public dinner just after ne was
elected and who observed that Mr.. Schurz &C.
clpied the chair at the recent meeting Oh the
! reformers will be apt TO find an explanation
| OF this tenderness in the general rule that men
hate to acknowledge 1t when they nave made
geese of themselves.
| II all that Blount learned In his paramount
! capacity In Hawaii supports the position taken
| by Secretary Gresham. what earthly reason Is
there for keeping the Commissioners report so
securely under lock and key?
Notwithstanding the great drain upon the
| revenue entaed by military and naval expendi-
| ure Austria is able to show a surplus In the an
| nual budget just published OF more than z?'ooo'-
600 forms. while in Hungary the surplus amounts
| 70 30 900 900 forms. This Is n state or AFFAIRS
that must certainly De viewed with jealous
owes by the German Government. and especially
by Austria's Italian ally now grooming under a
burden OF taxation far too onerous for the re-
sources Of the people. and rendered necessary
| by the enormous cost Of maintaining an army
of a size altogether out OF proportion to national
| needs.
II the President adheres to his policy Of using
| the members Of his Cabinet to test public opn-
| ion. the maxim that few die and none re-
sign" may have to be withdrawn for repairs.
IL ought to be reasonably safe to assume that
Grover cleveland and Walter q. Gresham are not
foos.-(New-York World
Yes that ought to be reasonably safe. But
still. what are we to think? 1t ought to be
safe to assume that they would have n better
motive for a public act than that OF pique
jealousy or personal luminosity toward pre-
vious Administration And yet. what are We to
think? II ought to be safe TO assume that they
wouldn't sell high diplomatic offices in payment
OF campaign subscriptions. And yet, that is
what they did There IL one thing that is safe |
to assume-the people are not fools, and they |
will require much more than Mr.. Gresham's
word for 1t before they believe that Minister
stevens has lied and that President Harrison
was the dupe of his deceit.
District-Attorney Nicoll has just six weeks |
In which to confirm and enhance the public es-
innate OF his loyalty to duty. to throw away |
the enviable reputation which he has won for |
courage and honorable zeal. And 1t would be |
an insult to Mr.. Ncolls intelligence to suppose |
that any comprehends this fact more fully |
than he does.
The cold wave which came upon all of us a |
couple Of days ago struck the Democratic party |
just week earlier than 1t did any one else.
All reputable citizens are agreed that the
Gravesend scoundrels ought to be punished,
but the best way to go about the business does |
not seem TO have been found out yet. The
proverb about multitude Of cooks spelling the
broth should be kept in mind by those most
interested
The experiments to determine the practical
tty of using electricity OH the canals have
been long postponed. but il Is now promised
that the trial will be made to-day. OF
course such an experiment will be re-
garded with large degree of interest
To the ordinary observer 1t would seem
that electricity was well adapted to the pro-