New-York tribune., 1893-11-22


n' the legislative bodies are authorized BY the con
their proceedings. These rules must be within con
stitutional limits. No system OF rules Tor either Ma
Hen attemped to directly sSovert that other proposition
Of the Constitution: "A majority of each shall con
rules would be tolerated which would permit |
minority to control the majority. SUCH abdicatioi
f as ts oaes sss %od Se Of the
ton revolutionary in character. No one would b'
T' nit to 81 such p or abuse of legislative
thority. They would as quickly resent ,d the inso
the arrogant tyranny of maJorities.
EX-MINISTER PHELPss ADDRESS.
The next speaker was William Walter Phelps
x-Minister to Germany who, in spite OF his
snow-tinged locks looked just as sprghtly as he
did when a member of Congress twenty years
ago. aIr. Phelps received hearty welcome
He was introduced by the chairman in these
words
Gentlemen: The witty prediction Of the ex-
Minister to Germany, that the American hog
would enter via the Brandenburg gate to the
markets Of Germany was fully realized, 10 the
great advantage of American commerce, but
our friend Is scholar and philosopher as well
as business man. and / have great pleasure
in asking him to give us his Impressions about
some changes In our men and manners as seen
after four years absence.
This is what Mr.. Phelps said:
i
last found time to say these kind things Of me.
When met you on your trip. you seemed too busy
TO say them TO me. Indeed. YOU were 40 anxious
10 get rid Of me that thought at first you feared
| wanted TO borrow money OF YOU Yet, when !
noticed the book you carried. made up my mind
you were simply preoccupied. 1 couldn't help read
ing the title You carried 1t as II you wanted me
to. II was Howells's wedding Journey"
or course. you don't remember 1t was at Naples,
nd he OF X.
And yet IL was not you much; 1t was the Cham
Der OF Commerce that. in your comely person.
making the circuit of the earth. As you
walked quickly away, leaving the odors Of Ceyon
smoke OF Vesuvis nor the haze Of Capri saw
only tine old Chamber in Williamst.; the historic
snsngs h's mnSs ns s d n oor
threatened the public veal: the procession OF nooe
all Of whom since & pss1ah per
saw this table with Its victims waiting the hour
o. @ ana more no man bs, 'as the on
Grafton will be nainfu one.
that grew and When came back
found all other things so changed that meyer felt
are not changed the old guard never surrenders
and the Chamber OF Commerce never changes
| don't refer TO physical and external changes
the growth OF cites-the Increasing size and cost
Of public and private budings-the erowing scale
and corporate business sin IS admlnisered Ali these
things you would notice yourselves. | refer 10
be SO apt TO notice in their gradual EVOLUTION as
I. who came home to find them accomplished facts.
CHANGE IN NEWSPAPER rOTtCY
When | went away man read one newspaper
Of "A morning and believed In much that he read In
II: now he reads AS many as he has time TO and
believes nothing except the few things in which
they all agree. / am not rash enough 10 trace the
effect OF this journalistic debsuch upon the reader
who practises it dally-for journalists have heavy
ham ar %
but sure OF its effect OF the newspaper IL In
creases its circulation and dmlnishes its influence.
my coffee and then went or 20 business | believed
" ali onP sos than when after my as coffee read
The World" to learn that Protection was the
Possibly the editor himself contributes to this
loss Of direct moral influence over his reader Does
When ny hs cher S' o "s to
lead and instruct public opinion. Now, with rare
pss hts best and There
is but one logical conclusion to this ambitISn; the
one thing sure 10 interest every man and woman,
and that is himself. And our great journals to;
vanity of mankind. and vie with each other as TO
which paper shall make the most personal men
The lapses in journalism used to be charged 10
sensationalism-an enthHsiasm tor news that LED lea
facts But this WAS in the line OF his profession.
and he had been led AWAY by excessive zeal zeal But But
II feeds, can II stop its downward trend until some
Directory. with a sketch and portrait for every
name and this ignoble competition dies Of safety?
in this particular. one must admit that. with an
intelligent zeal and With an ndinerencs TO ,, ex-
artf ali the news Of the world in fnding and massng
such multltudes of facts as no philosopher before
in corree,ins and educating public opinion which
shall refer in another connection
THE DECLINE OF PAIrisANsHIP.
l notice another thing: party spirit Is not nearly
so strong All men used to be- more or less parti-
sans Now the outside OF the political circle
who does not seek office for himself or for his
friends Is rarely partisan. often eclectic.
You would scarcely ask me, who began his
apprenticeship with Fremont and lived after the
strictest sect of his party under such leaders as
Lincoln and Gram and other worthy successors cS
yet standing 80 near to the ith OF November
tive and no
the Republicans, az the surest way to pluck what
ons and IN the her
seal Of the commonwealth from corrupt leSisa.
the say Se that Il Eli ad se
because nothing can ever make him desert a
But. whether old partisans OF war times get fully
reconclled to II not, scratching has come 10
s"d it, to rs x0S sSTs eaSns nS
newspapers has much to do with the change. These
Sey svs 1 facts in said
be sure. the Republican, paEers give them as Re-
afa bn the eads% that
he gets his facts clothed quickly learns to examine
and and how much pure poics and walks OF ready
10 follow It's teachings.
GROWTH or TOLERANCE
He discovers that while Republican candidates
ire generally all pure diamonds there is sometimes
IN the ticket one little of color. and then he
'cra tches to get rid OF bad man. He discovers