New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-31

accomplcr and manOf-all- WORK. In" IreSiuPnt
himself has paid his political debts by service
~ timely as it was degrading.
|
| We wonder II tho wa veg at Buzzard's Bay are
saving anything about party perndy.
An unoxpectel AMI pleasant surprise for tn"
sorelv oppressed Sic,llans has been the issue OF
| nroclamotion announcing the termination Of the
| state Of Siege I'm the island rs clover stroke
m tho nari " Prime Minister Crispi. and Is call
culatel 10 revive in n measure his sadly dimln-
! ished popularity among his fcllow-Sici!sans.
The war between China and Japan serves to
hiring once moro t. the notice OF all civilized ma
/ tons the almost absolute control which Great
| britain exercises over the submarine cable sys-
! tom - the world Tn, English companies own
! network - 10000 miles ~ submarine cable iaid
ot a cost - $50 600 oOo, and producing revenue
/ ~ more u al s2o0)00)0 per annum The bi'Sh
! Government has done everything IN IT. power To
! facilitate the laying = those cables. b"'h Dy
suhycn,lon ami patronage. the preliminary sur
| yevs having been Ia nearly every case carried
/ out by the Naval authorities. In return the FOL
! lowing three clauses are inserted In the articles
| o, incorpo~a,ian ~ the companies. First the
! t.su,tch.. II the imperial and colonial govern
! r,cnfs shall always enjoy priority over all others.
/ S..,nI no foreigner shall De employed by the
! companies. nor shall any wire pass Into the
| Offices u or be under the control Of any foreign
government Third in case Of war the ser
wants u the company shalt be replaced by Cow
eminent officials.
| II Congressman Wilson really believes that his
denomination IL a vindication he's pretty easily
satisfied man.
Governor Flower l. obviously II the opinion
! that there Is only one man with whom the
| Democracy would have any chance II carrying
IN. Empire state ;hls fall Who that man IS.
the size Of hts hat the color Of MS eyes and the
! form ~ the Identification mark on HIS arm are
details which Mr. Flower. with almost OPP
pfcssive modesty ARMY refuses TO disclose.
The saloon keepers Of Columbus. Ohio have
| been severally interrogatcd in regard 10 the ac-
ton II Bishop Watterson concerning their trade.
| and It is not found popular among them few
| declined To express their sentiments In the mat
| ter. but most II them were defiant and took the
ground that the liquor business was a secular
matter With which the Church had nothing TO do.
One of the most rhetorical and diffusive members
| OF the guild said that II the saloon men were TO
|
| few years. episcopal opposition TO the traffic
would abate AS they now gave more 10 Its
| support than any other class and without their
aid the establishment would 60 speedily into
bankruptcy. II IL not surprising that the contrib
| utOry publican should take this view OF the
importance Of his contributions nor OF the proper
| limitations Of ecclesiastical authority as they are
applied TO the rum business. 1t is natural that
he should concur with Vespasan In the theory
| that money smells sweet. whatever its source:
but there Is now and then Archbishop IA
| there are many other persons. who doesn't think
| 50.
| When speaking about blghts Mr.. Cleveland
forgot to mention the deadly blight which has
| fallen on the Democracy.
II Is pretty generally believed that the
| Tariff bill contains too many blow holes" to be
| Of any use TO anybody All hands agree that
II IS the worst piece Of botchwork ever turned
out by the legislative mill.
| As the summer days go by. II becomes more
and more evident that David Il. Hill is the one
| and only Democratic party with whom harmony
| is an eyer-present actually instead Of n barren
| ideality and an iridescent dream. The David
| B Hill Democratic party Is smaller In girth than
| certain Of its rivals and inferior to some OF them
| In length breadth and thickness. but 1t can
| place It's hand upon It's heart and be truly thank
| fuI that IL has never pawned its soul to a sugar
trust and that II doesn't have to eat crow az
| steady diet.
The more we think about Richard Cookers
tirement from politics the more admire his
| foresight
| II is rather early to discuss the amount OF in
| demnity which China must pay to Japan after
the close of hosIliies inasmuch as they are not
| vet terminated but the japanese are considering
the question and to think that 1900 900 yen
| in gold would be about the correct figure. But
| the event may reverse their calculations and
! China being the bigger If not as yet the upper
| dog I'm the fight may carry of the bone herself.
| In which event the question of indemnity would
| take another aspect.
| Emperor William has tried his hand with
| prospect OF success at short-story writing and
his production Is included In volume OF July
| Legends and Dreams bearing the name on the
| title page OF Count Gutenberg. German Ambas-
sador at Vienna. The scene is laid In res
| taurant OF Berlin. to which only the greatest
| swells are admitted. and presents group OF
| army officers spending more money on their en-
| tsrtainmsnt than the Kaiser deems 3udlolaus and
N keaptpG With the EAailenA eeonamx Is ~