New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-18
I "EONESr JICTORI

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"BONES" JICTORY
The appointment as Collector OF CUSTOMS VI
fine Port Of New-Ilavcn of Henry ii. bapco'h'
known to all Yale graduates OF the HIST 'ory
years rs Harry" Babcock. ana no less lo'e"
than well known. seems To nave Stlrrch "P "i'
c,Ission i'm the Connecticut press III WHICH INV
noncrs rs far off rs Boston have taken parl. 1t
oppcars that Congressman Pigott. OF the w"
Ii,,or District. had a candidate for the place IN
thc person Of Il Ncwllav"n hpuord'ai'r u! inv
no,nc If No;ann. an active and influential Dem
ocr,tic politician. while Mr. Babcock' though
lifelong Democrat with som" experience III INV
office added to other quallhcatioi' '"S
served as Deputy Collector under MI ''''
lands first Administration was moi i''"'i III
in, sense In which the term Is uscd u! P'"'
tical politicians" Mctiann had til" support a'So
~ Colonel Osborn Of The New Haven Regis
fer" the leading Democratic newspaper III 'n'
,u.,r,c, and If all or nearly all the party work
.rs whose influence Is supposed Ia DE- Po''"'
I'm th,. distribution of patronage. ais p'l"I inv
case. IN" appointment WAS something "i Il -"
nr,sc and the occasion Of coiilih'h'' 81 a."
Interesting and varied nature. The 'ohhe''ic"'
ncw>papcrs were apparently unable I" "'''i''
stand th, Presidents reasons for III" app"'h'
mon, in the face II The opposition 81 congress
man pigott. whose candidate, tn" hauor-d'ai'F'
was especially eligible Oh account OF HIS "c'up'
tion II was thought al first that IL ih-"' ~
cxplnincd 10y the statement given "u' 10 NV
,,r'.ss thar Harry" WAS clnssnlaic OF POSI-
mastcrGcmcral Bisscl Hui 1t turns OUT ''i''
tlis was ! mistake H. WAS member 81 'h'
class If IS.3 while Big Bis" did not eve"
m,rri,ularc until dozen years later
~. have not observed that any II the con
.....,.,. r.vsn,ncrs has hit up,n 'ho poSSbl"
theory that in what la, come T." p' me WEI"
UNDERSTOOD plan and order Of the ''""'rhl Wv
eminent II l. necessary 10 appoint I" UNIV -
u.,,,,,,,. i,,.~v,l. some member ~ the Yale class
~ 1872: ana no appointment has o''h "''''
from that class since Wayn" Mac\ 'ash WIS S'"'
:, Rome to make it pleasant for NE h''- ~
Ioly and The Pope II was about lm' I"r '"'
lirhfuing ~ Official favor 10 strike thA' '''HN
,,,iu. and for The Lat uf famous names IL COZ"
faiu.,I which j. kept standing Ia All N'iiF'H"
lated uc,vsplp,r offices. - r"plrir i'"' ''''
.,nl,n,fion has not been offered. II ms b'"
suggested however that thor" may p' ""''
than app,lrs ON hr surface IN The bF'1 p"
,r,uhi,aI statement given oui Z" the press '"'''
.,t,rr,. ,,,. member 4 the skull and
Bones" Society ~ Yale Sow IT happens
though it seems fO hdt" 'scip'Hl ""'' INV
ri. Kiss" was also Il Bones man II j. III
ala, nature ~ = coincidence though II relates Ia
. ,.r,,.r Administration. that * Secretary Will
iutn & whitney was likewise Zones man
Mas, +, not ais, explain the opposition Of IN"
E1i,nr Of The New Haven Register ihat 'oi"-
mel Osborn was a member Of III" rival society
scroll and Kry.' and ~ Keys man l'i'
bouud 10 OPPOSE "Ilarry'~' appointments II II
un, entirely unworthy IL notice either ihat 'h'
,unnintm.nt has been cordially approved 10y
,,l,,l charles IL clark ~ The Hartford
courant." The leading Republican newspaper 81
,h. State Is this Endorsement 81 The actioh vi
. democratic President 10y a Republican news
manor accounted for by the fact that 'oloiiri
clark il also "A Bones man In matter so
involved I'm mystery who shall say;
A. f. congre .sman Pigott's position in Inc
matter. II can only b" said that he was NOT
yhon I'm college a member II either society nor
vct ~ "Wolrs Head society II Egyptian
origin. hut II recent date As "s"cl"N man
he does not seem To be lin H. But II l. NOT
unlikely that he may have conceived III" ln'a
that Bones is an organization asSlfn'ia'"' TO-
II not a branch -. the "A /. ~ 'oi"''"'"-
which he has views Of IN" most POSITIVE '"''
meter which he delivered cnergcncaily from nv
stuup during the late campaign ana 'hh' h'
/ onnosod Harry" on that account. " may ~
For in the matter ~ deep. unfathomapi' S''r''S
and midnight mystery solemn AMI Pr"iouhi
! "Knncs" easily holds over the N. l. n vi
the "Mnlly Maguiros" or the unsp'akahl' ana
unapproachablc Three Hundred ana lh'r!
,hirJ Degree Of the Knights that are filled WIN
Nusic Indeed the mystery OF bones II ="
nrootcr Elcusinian, mtcrstcllar III lis pro-
fu,ditv that II Is said 10 be- incumbent upon
any member who hears 1t referred 10 In the re-
notcst degree bv the uninitiltcd 10 retire I'M
mrliatcly 10 some secluded place ami sllhh'r.
The meeting places of all three Soci''ieS are Il"
buildings Of solid masonry without WINDOWS.
Mo-, slid, into them sealthiy in The edge ~ the
cvc,inc and emerge with n scared look in III"
corlv morning hours With In" exception OF me
odor Of cooked vicuas. they give forth no sign
/ tn the posscr hy Freshmen view them WIN
awe. and seniors who are left IN Inc 'l''-
tious look upon them with unconccalci aver
sion A great deal has been said about them
! by pcrsons who do not know anything about
! them: nothing by persons who do. They are
all nrofoundIv MYSTERIOUS Bones most so or
ALL And what strikes liz as strange is that none
Of the Connecticut newspapers have hit upon inc
theory that Harry" Babcock's appointment Is
"A Bones victory
THE PANIC MAKING BILL.