New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-19

S,,ator I'M saws that unrestricted debate Ia
destructive 70 legislation. Without a!scussi"s
that point We can say that most people lh'hh '"d'
Democratic legislation ought 10 be Destroyer III
fact annihilated.
Turple 81 Indiana. Senator OF the '"''eu
s,stes has reappeared on the scene Of acton.
The last time he was conspicuousy oelore ''
nublc was in April OF the present year on mat
notorious occasion he made few highly eN'''eu
remarks IN the Senate Chamber about lies
Senator Aldrlch had announced that some 4oo
amendments would be made to the farm Dill
rurp,e characterized this assertion and TWO
o,b.,s which the Rhode Island Senator maur
ma "three lies gross palpable; three Hes oase'y
harm. three lies OF inconceivable mendacity. \
,ax DAYS later not 400 but over 600 amendments
wer. offered and the valiant Turpie retired 10
his cave Now he energies from his seclusoh
to announce opposition 10 the proposed MIA
ragua Canal on the remarkable ground mat 'he
canal has not been dug because IL II p"S s'0"'
impossbnity and that the Almighty does "o'
"reauire impossibilltles of men, adding mat men
"havc TO be- content with li'te less domino"
"ov4r the earth than It's Maker has without
disputing the truth OF the last statement we
would suggest the advisability of another long
neriod Of retirement FOR the Indiana philosopher
Mr. Golf still has time 20 examine Sheehan.
Martin. Byrnes williams and Mclaughlin. 10
the work. then.
The Rerliner patent has been declared void
What we want to know is whether II Is gong To
cost less money to say hello over the telephone
wire and whether we can say II with less trouble
than formerly.
We don't hear anything more about the deep
dark plot to have the Legislature OF 1879 ue'iareo
null and void on account of the alleged lack OF
provision for It's existence In the revised consul
tuition IL Is Just possible that David H. lt'i
was perfectlng his plans for carrying out TINS
scheme during the time he was reported 10 be
"basking" I'm Florida. Probably. however, the
Tammany ofhce-holders have abandoned their
foolish plan OF preventing themselves from being
,egisIated out OF office for a year to come. The
edict has gone forth that they must go and
II IS useless for them to resist
The regulations for the collection OF the income
tax contain more than $1,000 words. and careful
examination shows that they are only little less
ridiculous than the tax ITSELF
X is charged against Secretary Gresham d.
some Of his critics tnat ne mas piunuereu s'oss's
I'm his action with reference to the outrages IN
Armenia Apparently these captous persons
wholly forget that Mr. Gresham seems to believe
that that Is what he Is there for.
Experts are about evenly divided as to whether
! the protracted and exhllaratng silence OF Old
| Mr. PETER indicates the dawn OF lucid reason or
/ a period OF intellectual coma.
1t Is of the utmost Importance to large num-
bers OF people that some assurance be given them
that when they eat raw oysters they are not
taking the germs OF disease into their systems
SO long as any doubt on this point exists the
safe thing Is to eat oysters only after they have
been cooked. The heat requisite for cooking
them Is a certain means OF destroying all noxious
germs. No one wants to run any risk OF swallow
Ing a raw oyster that may have been planted In
! q stream filled with sewage. no matter whether