New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-08

the election district plan. which the Republicans
put into successful operation last year.
Have these Democratic cuckoos. who are con-
doning the Presidential policy of infamy In the
House ever reflected upon the significance or
the Bartnoiui statuec 1t stands for the CO.
operation OF France with q country which was
fighting the battle OF civil liberty. II that
generous ally, instead Of befriending the revolu-
tionists, had taken an active part In restoring
the colonies TO the British Crown. Jefferson
would never have said AN American has two
countr ies-his own and Frapce." and Liberty
would not now be on guard in New-York harbor.
Cannot these craven cuckoos understand that
In defending the Presidents Hawaiian policy
they are Withholding sympathy American
legislators from nation that is struggling for
It's liberties. and are openly violating the best
traditions OF their own country?
In the opinion OF Senator Voorhees,. what the
country needs IL action. action" Isn't II singu-
lar that the thought didn't TO him last fall
when the Senate was haggllng Unfortunately over
the silver question?
The action Of the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad Company in deciding to adopt
a block system of signals on It's Norris and Essex
division Is full OF significance 1t justes all the
criticisms which have been made upon the COM
pany for undertaking to run its numerous trains
on the happy-go-ucky principle. The block sys
tenn is essential to the running of trains In
safety.
Speaker Suzer Is reported as saying at Albany
that the Republicans did not unseat certain
Democratic Assemblymen because they did not
have sufficient evidence. That is where Repub-
cans differ from Democrats Republicans re-
quire ample evidence before they dispace legis-
lators who 20 to Washington or to any Of the
State capitals. But Democrats unseat Republi-
cans whenever and wherever they are bold
enough, whether they have any evidence or not.
Wheat Is selling at prices which fill the hearts
OF wheat growers with despair The bottom
seems to have dropped entirely out of the
wheat market All kinds of grain are at figures
go low az barely 10 meet the actual cost of pro-
ductlon on the farms. Cotton is at amazingly
low prices also. and the Southern planters are
over the miserable returns for the prod
uct OF their cotton fields. But the great coal
compaI.ies the wholesale dealers and the retail
dealers. keep up their excessive prices for coal,
and make unreasonable profits on every ton
which they sell. Why should the people OF the
country be compelled to pay an exorbitant trb- |
ute to the owners OF the anthracite coal lands |
while farmers. planters and wage-earners Of all |
classes in all parts of the country are overtaken |
by disaster and distress?
Strictly speaking. Mr.. Sheehan had no more |
right to nfct long statement on the Senate |
on Monday night than any other man not a men, |
Der Of that body had. His place in the Senate Is |
simply to preside. He cannot take part In de-
bate or make speeches.
President Dole might with proprety quote
from Washington's Farewell Address the follow
Ing words of warning: Against the insidous
wies OF foreign influence I conjure you to be-
lieve me, fellow-citizens. the jealousy of a free
people ought to be constantly awake, since his
tory and experience prove that foreign influence
Is among the most baneful foes Of republican
government" Those words are tru. respect
Ing Hawaiian liberty to-day. Foreign influence
IS the baneful foe OF republican government
there, and anomaly Of anomalies. 1t Is the for
eign influence OF free and republican America
The excessive valuations which Tammany
Han puts upon tenement-house property keep
me rents OF the poor at unreasonable figures
renement-house rentals are altogether too high
II the metropolis. Wage-earners must have
over rents or they will be drivei from New
York to Long Island and New-Jeney.
Ahefe Is certainly no reason why the Senate
mould be In hurry to confirm the nomination
rbrother-n-law Jenkins. which Governor Flower
las sent In after some deliberatioa. 1t was just