New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-17


Tho Democratic attempt to make the Repuoh-
cans responsible for the real Billion Congress Is
characteristics. but it will not succeed. Even MI
Uoman is not equal to the task. Inc figures
nrove that the Democratic Congress spent nearly
$40 OOO. 600 more than its Republican predeces-
- and such 6plIrcs as these are stubborn Things
70 deal with. The wscst course for our Demo-
cratic friends il TO accept the responsibility, ana
not trv to shift it to other peoples shoulders.
Wc owe Constantine Buckley Kilgore. OF
Texas. an apology, which we hasten 10 o"e'
before we hear from that statesman Dy HAIL. assn
ing us to refer him to friend WHO VIII seiec'
the ncighborhood in which we prefer TO De
slauchtered. and make the necessary arrange
ments to that end. In recommending he texas
statesman for a forcicn appointment he other
day We intimated that he had not been reelected.
We were in error He will appear in the Lllld
Congress- as usual and it is said that he has
expressed determination to raise Cam III ina.
body" Cain" being in some of the reports
spelled ii" We sincerely hope that our
innocent mistake has not made Constantine
bloodthirsty. If it has, we beg that lie VIII
cxpend his bloodthirstiness on the Lllld
Congress.
The curious and sadly tangled condition OF az
fairs in the East of Europe is strikingy illustrated
by the news that the chief and Metropolitan OF
the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, resident at Con-
stantinople, has appealed to the Sultan, the su-
prcmc head OF the Mahometan Church, to Use
his power as Suzcran Of Bulgaria for the purpose
Of preventing Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria from
contracting a matrimonial alliance with Princess
Louise Of Parma, the ground that she belongs
10 the Roman Catholic Church.
General Horace Portcr's proposition that the
date Of the opening OF the Worlds Fair shall
IL. proclaimed by the managers a. signalling
the anniversary Of the formal beginning of con-
stitutiOnal government in America il meeting
with favorable attention. 4 slight change in pro-
eIamme is alone necessary. April 80 falls on
Sunday. In any case the public display at
tending the opening of the Fair would have TO
take place on Monday, May but there is no
reason why religious services should not he held
in the churches of Chicago on the actual ami
vcrsary Of Washngton's Inauguration, April 80.
and possibly a special service can be arranged
for, attended formally by the officers OF the
Fair. II is certainly most appropriate that the
great exhibition. organized 10 commemorate the
discovery of the continent. since it cannot begin
on the anniversary Of the discovery itself should
celebrate in the exercises attending its opening
the establishment OF this Republic. The Rcvo-
luton and the first few years thereafter were a
period of struggle April 80, 1889 was day
Of triumph, the beginning of n glorious national
career General Portcr's suggestion is happy
one. and entirely in keeping with the patriotic
purposes Of his society. the Sons of the American
Revolution
An cmincntly practical suggestion is offered by
n CORRESPONDENT Of The Tribune writing from In
diana i'm reference 10 the subject Of road reform.
III. SAYS there is only one way to get good roads,
and that il To build them and then pay for them.
Thi, goes straight TO the heart of the matter
Their. are. 70 be sure. different methods of road
building which may properly be weighed against
one another but the only practical test Is that
Of use and wear. Everybody who uses road
the year round knows whether it il good or not
The question of good roads Is Il question OF The
willingness of the people 10 go TO the cXpensc
Of having them. Let them once be provided and
the community enjoying the blessing would not
soon cease to wonder how it managed to get
along without them SO long
The highly moral and intrepid Democracy
which all last year was consecratlnS Itself WIFI
JUNCTION to the peoples cause" is now iii
viding up and distributing the loavcs and fishes
Extended newspaper accounts Of tho SandgatC
landslide, brought by recent English mails. show
that region extending along the kcntish coast
nearly II mile and inland about 800 feet was
affected Nearly every house in the town was
rendered uninhabitablc ly the cracking and
crlmpling of the carths surface. although The
subsistence of the land at no place exceeded ten
feet. Investigation shows that the chalk rubbish
or unicrcir on which Sandgatc stands Is imm'~
liatcly undcrlaid by Il grccnsand,' much re-
scmbling quicksand, AMI by a bed of clay, To-
cilly known as "cly;c,' which works up into
"A soapy condition under the :n!lucGcc Of water
Ncxt below this is the weald clay, slopng gently
toward the sea, and Practically ,lld under all
conditions Exceptionally heavy rains had
softcned the two slippery layers; and gravi
tation probably did the rest although notion
prevails that certain recent heavy dynamite eX
loso.s, to get rid OF wrecked ships hall
had prepared the way for the catastrophe. Land
slips due 10 similar geological causes, although
much less serious in extent, have occurred within
short time at FokestOnc, and still nearer to
Sandgatc; that this disaster becomes easily
Ineligible.
The origin Of the big fire in Boston last week
is n mystery, and will probably remain so. But
there il no mystery about the obstacles in the
way of the ircmcn. meaning the wires which in
| tcrfercd so seriously with the work of extn'
gushing the flames. They are talking about put
ting the wires underground; but in the mean
| time the trolley system, in which overhead wires
are necessity holds undsputed sway in Bos
| ton, and is steadily making its way in Other
| cities.
PERSONAL.
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