New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-08
that they will not dare to do 80 unless tney ca"
point to a Tariff bill Of some kind enacted

Il
inquire what has been accomplished The OBJECT
-, Tho srec,aI session was to repeal the purchase
ing clause OF the silver act OF 1890 1t might nave
,,ao, aoro IN a week or a fortnight. but In point
OF fact II took the better part OF three moh.ns'
and reneal would never have been secured WITH
ont ,be aid of Republican votes. Outside OF this'
uho can recall anything Of value or Importance
,,o, tho Lid Congress has done In Its eleven
,,or,bs NJ existence? It's record OF incompetehcS'
- ,yssted opportunities OF rank inehclency' has
,o,.er hesn SURPASSED. Is the Democratic party
,o,d Of 80 II IS on this record that II must ~
hatore the country at .he coming Congressional
elections
President Cleveland must be wondering II ne
re,l,v had Cleveland luck" as was once sup
posed
Senator Murphy has Ideas OF his own OH Tue
subject OF harmony In the Democratic rahhs ii''
cordial invitation to the outsidcrs " 'o' =.
and secure control of the regular organization :"
they can--will not be accepted WIN ease'"0' "
view Of the condition ne lays down-ha''ei'' '""'
II they fail they will be In hon'r oou'u " sup
port the regular" ticket.
The attempt OF the Western kHghts Oh Iaoo'
m impeach Attorney-General Oiney ior Ills ao''o'
IN directing the use of Federal troops u" up"'''
irg the National authority in Chicaso uu''"s VIC
recent strike disturbances IS an u"oei'a
which ts instructive only as showing the 'a'"S ~"
,a,,,,,arc. of the men engaged in it, The most
limited sort of acquaintance WIN H"'e' 'e"'' mo
,orv woud have shown those over-zealous gen.
,,emen that this same question OF The right OF the
Federal Government to enter State to protect
Ia TIC
and that after a long and highly animated con-
troyersy. ending at Appomattox IL was ue0''eu :"
the affirmative. The Knights OF Labor may also
learn by little inquiry that the decision 'n''e
given was final there being no court anywhere
with power to reverse It,
CAPTAIN Devery has been stricken win 'ha' III
noes which relentlessly pursues the Police De-
partment In these days.
There are over 200 prisoners under ihoc'he"'
and awaiting trial IN the Tombs, and the cases
., so,re seventv more are to go before the Grand
Jurv AT once. Recorder Smyth. however mas just
,,,o,od a months vacation and although IL -
.,,,,s, wllI no dot bit go TO work with VIII ana
a,oar ~ the calendar .,apidly. That's way the
Recorder has; and good way II Il.
The only capacity now revealed by Democratic
s.atesmanship IS that Of proving that somepoay
or other is obstinate and cannot be Induced 10
yield.
An English bicyclist has Just driven his wheel
a hundred miles In a trNe more IMAM lo"r anu
a half hours breaking all records 80 lar es'ao-
lishcd and setting an example 81 oVer-eNer"o"
likely To be followed he e and elsewhere III '"e
hope Of shortening the rur by fe" seconds IL
is quite possible to overdo these exports OF "''"-
lation making the wheel an instrument OF per"''-
n.nt injury 10 !ts rider. instead OF the graceful
llxht. fylng and wholly benehcent vehicle which
IL ought always 10 be-
Evidently the example II Mr. Croker and Mr..
Gilroy has no weight with Governor Flower. On
the other hand. the case Of Maynard seems 10
fasclnate him
n a free-born American there can be nothing
NOR. inconceivable than the public professions
q, c,r,nlete subserviency not alone II action. nut
even 81 sentiment and opinion. to Queen Victoria
~ n large and important moiety OF her SUD-
tects I'm many respects" says the Lon
don standard" the principal organ OF the
Tory party in the United Kingdom. tne
Queen has become the conscience OF inc
nation Conlning herself with the strie'eS'
nunctilio 10 the exercise OF those functions which
the Constitution assigns her, she nevertheless Is
as IL were silently Intercepted By the nation
as % her views, her sentiments. her Judgments;
and when once these are grasped BY the people
tho statesman does not live and the party does
not exist that could hope 10 run counter 10
them" From this are TO gather that a large
proportion Of the British people before vsntur-
ing 20 form any opinion OF It's own. goes to the
trouble OF finding out the Views OF the univer-
sally respected lady who presides Mt the Court or
ST James and having once made Itself ac-
oualnted with them. adopts them az It's own
without dreaming OF exercising Its independent
Judgment in the matter II ths really be the
case we can look forward TO the inauguration
Of an era II general frvolity when the Prince
Of Wales comes To the throne. since the Views
entertained by him about men and things. when
will I'm due course be adopted by such or his SUBJ
iects as happen to belong 10 the Conservative
persuasion are far from being characterized
by as much sobriety, common sense and serious
moss as those Of his august mother
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