New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-18

vote next Thursday. The best thing to be
hoped in the interests Of education, is a new
board pretty evenly divided.
The excellent people who wish to suppress
betting and other forms Of gambling have had
an interview with the Home Secretary and have
asked him TO do il for them. They are organ
lied under the name Of the Anti-Gambl!ng
League and their deputat!on to Mr. Asqu.th
was headed by Canon Scott Holland clergy
man Of more energy than discretion. Their aim
Is to stop betting on the turf by a Kind OF side
wind. a statute framed for other purposes Is
to be put in force. These being democratic days.
Canon Scott Holland tried to manufacture "A little
cheap public opinion by alleging. not untruly,
that the prohibitions and penalties Of the existing
law fall more heavily the poor than on the
rich Mr. Asquiths reply would do credit to
diplomatist. and it may be that his true place
ia in the Foreign Office. He has no wish 20 turn
the Home Office into branch of the Anti
Gambling League. He therefore declares for a
new local veto. insisting that local authorities
ought TO have power to prohibit racing or to
license It under such conditions as they think ht.
He warns them, however, that the law IS in
very uncertain state. The courts have yet to
interpret the statute authOritatively with refer
ence to rdcecourse betting. TIL then the League
opinion is stronger than the courts.
Racing and betting on races are two Of the
most popular pursuits in this country. The turf
Is an immense evil. but aboishing the House Of
Lords would be joke to abolishng the turf or
betting on the turf. Mr.. Asquith is aware Of
that. and he therefore contents himself with as
surfing Canon Scott Holland that the law shall
be enforced impartially when he knows what the
law is 1t would be awkward if the Home Secre-
tary found himself obliged 20 prosecute the Prime
Minister for winning the Derby or losing the 81.
Leger
The Australians have invented new word
1t is unusual If not new-in order to describe
Miss Flora Shaw. the very gfted'la who has
been instructing the English in colonial matters.
They call her a sta teswonan." Miss Shaw is at
any rate in a unique position. She is on the
staff Of THE Times and has contributed to
that journal a great number Of papers on colonial
affairs in which imperial and colonial views are
skilfully blended. She lectures on this subject
also anu is probably at this moment one Of the
influences which make most strongly fOr more
closely knit relations between the mother country
and her big daughters across the II would
be simpler and equally correct to call her a
statesman.
been a
The language used about 1t in some of the Eng
sh papers would imply that they had just dis
covered. or perhaps red.scovered. the great his
torian He has been patronized and rentroduced
to the English pubic as II he a lost classic.
OF course he has never been lost Mr.. Frederick
Harrison delivered Kind Of official eulogy On
Him Mr. Harrison is an able. ovor-emphatc
writer. so infected with positivlsm that to all
no bri a st
from the tomb Of Auguste Comte. iIe j. more
over a man of many crOtchets. in whom the
modern note is extremely ,oud. and he has an
odd way of undermining ancient history and
historians Many things about Gbbor BEE says
we'll; some with curious happiness However. n"
has enthusiasm and perhaps bu. for Mr.. Han
rison there would have been NJ Gibbon ce.chra-
ton and perhaps also people Will read Nj Har-
rison less and Gibbon more. and 50 "a VIII b.
done g. w :
HIS STORY OF SHIPWRECK D1SCKEDlTED
Halifax Nov 1.-THE rcpor, that ship named
the Dauntess has been lost is probably untrue.
The story perhaps originated with a sholburne
newspaper. which printed the story Of an alleged
named Mcdonald who asserted that d.
was on board the Daun;less when she was run
into and sunk. The tale IL follows:
a giving his name as Angus Mcdonald ar
rived the other day at Shciburre having long
story. which he has toll TO every one here. w.
belongs In Cape Breton. h. saws. IL recent years
he was first mate OF tho ship Daunioss. and aloHi
two weeks ago. while on tho trip from Liverpool 10
Boston with cargo Of railway iron. tho vessel
into and sunk by an unknown steamer
when about one hundred and hfty miles on Cape
Sable He asleep when the accident nap
pened. When ne awoke he hurried on deck. where
all was confusion. He put on one OF the Two ne
twenty-five In number. striving TO get the
nfeboats launched. but before they could accom-
plish II the vessel went down. Mcdonald says he
was the only survivor he was picked M BY the
Gloucester schooner Quckstep which landed him
on Dryer Island From that place he went 20
Weymouth and from there on to harrington. thence
to she.burne foot. AccOr ling TO bis story, he
DID not communicate with one about tho loss
OF the ship. but apparently was content TO make
his way around on foot. His destination IS cape
Breton.