New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-26

,-,,. fnu attendance at the meeting # the state
c,,,r,,,... Yesterday showed that all Republi-
,ors ar. active his year. They will be- stiil
,nor.. active I'm the fall That is what the Demo-
Gratis are worrying about.
co,,,or Coner,,s confession that the Louisi-
ava Senators instead II debating the sugar SEIZED
rho ~ the Democratic Senate were forced 10y
en-, leaders II the combine to accept the surreh-
d.r ., m. re0nars' trust. seems - console some
~, ,n, Presidents friends We don't know why
,h., should get any comfort ont Of 1t. Let II
IN. granted that Senator German has been an
o.t,,no, f,r tho Sugar Trust Does that alter
The fact that Secretary Carlisle. according 20 MS
own testimony. was In consultation with the To-
Gncrs was inclined T. give them pe'''r
terms than anybody else. and rendered assistance
in preparing the schedule? or does 1t impair the
force 81 the Presidents own surrender 20 'hc
Trust I'm his letter 10 Chairman wilson! IL WI"
not DO - represent Senator German az the only
,gen. Of monopoly. Whoever may nave o'eh
living I'm the Senate the President Is on record IN
his letter to Chairman Wilson az the most ser
yic,able ally u the Sugar Trust.
Two mr. three more tariff compromises Ike the
o,. undertaken by Senator German VIII PUT
m. Democracy into such condition that lis own
leaders Will be unable To tell whether II Is a
"reminiscences or a spook. II Is already acting as
though it saw queer things crawling up ana
down the wall
Hawaii IS fu.l-nedgcd Republic and Gresham
we'll Gresham Is stll pondering over diplomatic
fireworks that explode at the wrong Time
"Thc Wine and Spirit Gazette Of this city,
makes some suggestive comments on MonsiSnor
Satolrs condemnation Of liquor dealers. II de-
clSr.s that tho strict enforcement Of his decree
,vould be- n more severe blow TO the liquor trade
than all that the temperance reformers have
done during the last forty years. Fully two
thirds II not more" it says 'of the retail liquor
dealers ~ the country are Roman Catho1cs'
Some Of these liberal contributors To church
funds" And for that reason. II adds: We voice
the sentiments If n large majority OF the liquor
"loo,ers ~ this city and Prooklyn in saving We
dare Archbishop Corrigan to enforce In letter ana
"snirit the decree against the liquor traffic just
ISSUED by Monsignor SatolN. the Papal Delegate.
LET the Archbishop do Il and watch the conse-
"quenccs" From all this 1t is evident that the
liquor dealers Of the country believe that they
have the Roman Catholic Church by the throat.
Senator Hilrs client" ought TO have con-
suited him before surrendering at discretion to
German and the Sugar Trust.
The theory that the barbed-wire fence is an
invention Of the enemy Of mankind may not be
tenable but an elaborate argument is not needed
10 demonstrate the unftness of barbed wire as
a barrier between the street and the front grass
plot Of a city house. as "A means of keeping peo-
pie off the grass In park. or even as road
fence on farm. The barbed-wire fence has Its
uses undoubtedly and its fitting place In the
world. but there are places where 1t IL utterly
Objectionable Persons who have come In con-
tact with it to their own grief and that Of their
clothes will find satisfaction In the circumstance
that in Iiaverhill. Mass. woman has brought
a suit for s. 900 against the owner of a certain
property alleging that her child was badly cut
and gashed by the barbed wire which he had
strung about his premises The case appears to
be a novel 1t will be interesting TO know
what view a Massachusetts jury will take Of
what may be termed the moral side Of the use
Of barbed wire.
The public has discovered one thing that
United States Senators do. They read Shake
spcare.
The figures given hy Postmaster Dayton In
reference 10 the worr Of the New-York Post
office for the last year are interesting and i'm
pressive The simple stotemert that the net
revenue OF the office was over four million dol
lars is. or at least should be. all the argument
needed to convince the Washington authorities