New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-30


ellie it with the pretensions of an Administers
ton cOnsecrated TO virtue and holiness.
Governor Waite. Of Colorado, Is generally rec
ognized as the worst investment which SOW
ereign commonwealth has made In recent years
And that is saying a great deal. with Pennoyer
Alteeld. Tllman and Lewelling still visible
above the horizon.
New-York business men do not want an In
come tax, and it would be wise for Congress 10
listen carefully to what they have to say on
the subject
One question which has been frequently asked
since the appointment Of the present Cabinet
has been admitted to be poser by the deVout
worshippers at the Cleveland shrine VINO De-
ljeve In their IDOLS infallibility. II IS, "hy
did he appoint Gresham The Supreme Court
having by the latest advices reversed SIX Vi
Judge Gresham's decisions as Circuit Judge
the "cuckoos" may we'll answer that In no one
of his appointments has the President SHOWN
such excellent judgment as In this II was not
made 10 get Gresham into the Cabinet, but OH
the Bench.
Governor Flowers weak and fatuous effort to
semblance of a spotless statesman is sure to re-
act.
Mr. William r. Grace has taken pains to
deny publicly a rurnor that he was making
arrangements for a deal with Tammany at the
coming fall election. 1t hardly necessary
The rumor was absurd on its face. This is not
Mr. Grace's year for dealing with Tammany
He and the combination OF Anu-Snappers ana
Mugwumps whom he stands for always serve
as stool pigeons for Tammany in the of years
by making a feint OF opposition to the organGa-
tons with a view to dividing the Republicans.
The last time the game was played was when
Mr. Scott was put up the Anti-Tammany
candidate for Mayor 10 catch Republicans. Al
the next election he ran for judge as County
Democracy candidate with the sole purpose, as
he shamelessy confessed, Of strengthening the
general Democratic ticket But that game Is
played out.
One has only 10 glance at the daily record OF
kes riots and meetings Of the unemployed 70
see how magnifcently the Democratic promises
OF plenty and prosperity have been fulfilled
7, Il remarked By our Democratic contem-
porary. The New-York Sum-" that there have
been but two ringing Democratic bugle calls
heard In Congress during the past six months
and these were IN the form Of denunciaton OF
the Populist income tax by Senator Hill. Of
New-York and Smith. OF New-Jersey. This Is
accounted for. We presume. by the fact that the
bugle is a little too heightened as a wind In
strlme&t FOR the business the Democratic party
has been engaged in during the period named
They sell fish with horn. not with a buge.
The general impression is that II the police
had considered Changers presence in this city
last week as desirable as he considered his alb
s.nco the task Of capturing him would not have
proved insuperable.
I, ,s probably untrue that monkeys are
caugh, In large numbers by means OF cocoahu'
sheus in which a hole just large enough To
admit the animals paw is cut and lump o'
sugar inserted The theory Is that the monkey
"a framed by the sugar which. once In his
nav ne won't let 20 Of and can't pull out II Is
NOT generally believed. And yet wouldn't II be
funny ~ the august committee OF the United
States Senate now engaged in an effort behind
closed doors 20 account for the milk in the
cocoonut" should discover that II isn't milk
q, all but sugar and that several Senators
have a hand In II?
Governor Flowers removal Of Sheriff Beck
of Erie County naturally suggests the sup
nosition that Sheehan and Beck had fallen out
before the latter put out IL Is 100 muoh
~ a tax on creduty to be asked TO oeIeVe
,ha, the Governor has removed a public official
from considerations OF public duty.
Irpon the insufficient pretext ;hat they didh
serve subpoenas the District-Attorney mas as
charged five subpoena servers, VINO nave zee"
drawing 1920 a year for leaning against
bar Mt an angle OF forty-fve degrees ana sup
portlng in that attitude the Constitution OF the
limited States the Constitution OF the state
and their own. The Dstrict-Attorney Is as
unreasonable as the man who patronized the
co,ored yender Of hot mutton-pies Here
,ou black rascal" said ne. what do you mean
nv CRYING hot mutton-pies? This one Is 'oiu
as n stone" why dats the name Oh en- ooss'
said the darkey hot mutton-pes Is de name Cd
.en," Colonel Fellows evidently made the his
take OF supposiIg that the subpoena-serVers
served subpoenas. when It is only de name 90
EN-"
Eror, Indiana comes the interesting intelI-
oerca that "Jack the Paint Thrower' has been
caught and identified as one Charles Reasoner'
Tho name could not be more inappropriate II
he were a Democratic Senator OF the ohi'eu
States.
Yale men will probably be glad to hear that
CAPTAIN Bob" Cook is not satisfied with the
Yale crew II has been observed that ia'e
victory Is apt to follow public announcement
in the spring OF Captain "Bob's' DISSATISFACTION
Lest this should be interpreted as a rehecuoh
upon the Nervousness OF the Yale expert we