New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-02
T0LC CONPETITORS.

The bancf,ll spirit of rivalry has ut last taken
hold of inauimatc things We have feared all
Along that This might happen. The breaking
forth of Pcnnoycr Of oregon. early in the
came suggested the possibility that the violence
of the crrptlon might be communicated 10 those
extinct volcanoes. Mount Hood and Mount
Rainier. and that shortly the three together
Pcnnoycr. Hood and Rainier would be dcVa>-
t,,ing the whale State Of Oregon with fiery
streams that all the water in Ill the stocks OF
NIL thc railroads Of the State would not suffice
to cxtngush That danger seems To nave
passed Hood and Rainier are quicsccnt' ana
pcnnoyer has somewhat subsidized Last Sprihg
and summer. when Governor Davis II. Waite,
the Rev Myron II. Reed and the Hon Mr.
Hclfnrd- known as "thc RcdiIcadcd Rooster
of thc Rockies were simultaneously in erup-
ZION. no one would have been surprised had
pixies Peak taken il into its head. 50 10 speak.
to spout fire Then Colorado would have been
inundated with lava and language. ana the
world would have witnessed with the intenscSt
interest the spectacle Of Davis II. Wait" stand
inc at n second story window with his SKATES
in his hand waiting for il TO freeze over,
meanwhile ndugmg in remarks corresponding
with the climatic conditions and audible to the
rcmotcSt nations of the earth.
The Kansas disturbance has not n any time
Threatened such wide and farrcachlng ConS"-
uucnccs rs those Of oregon or Colorado. ms
is probably accounted for 10y tn" fact that kan-
sas IS 4 prairie State With The exception of
John lanes Ingalls il docs not contain. we
believe a single extinct volcano. Governor
Lcwolling has wrcSllcl indrstriously ana with
uncommon energy with his local cnyir1nmcnt
but the State is 50 fat that he cannot De- said 10
have had Il fair chance M the forces OF Nature"
Scientists generally agree we believe that on
Level land volcanoes rarely burst OFT, even
under HE proyocalon of combined outbreak
on the surface Of stat Sm1nshlp and siat">lady-
ship If TN" most sfar,linS description More
over. in Kansas, II the statements Of Governor
I.rNrllins are al all accurate. the land = 80
heavily weighed down with mortgages that any
ordinary earthquake struggling 10 the 'Hri"'e
would see at once tia, it had no chance. ard
would tumble back into the bowels Of the earth
discouraged and perhaps Disguised. Governor
Icwcling has somewhat publicly proclaimed
that Mary Lease. The S;atoslady 80 whom he
owe. his election. is "frobraul' but In s".s-
mic disturbances "nrcbrands do not count.
Mary is not seismic and is consequently " not
in f..
IN South carolina II was thought n ono time
that The Charleston earthquake, reused into
new activity by the evident purpose # GOV
crn,r Tillmnn 10 break the record. might spit
on il, bands and come back 10 tiy titles with
him. Uu' Tine Charleston earthquake either is
tired ont with lis last effort. and. proliting by
the experience Of The Yale football team in the
game with Princeton, has decided 10 wait until
1t gets in condition. or, having learned what
sort If man T.llman Is. has concluded that it
j. oufcllssod Tier" seems To be now 10 i'm
mrdiair prospect Of Governor Tillman's having
TO encounter the competition Of anything sciS-
mic either in the liquor business, Of which he
has the monopoly by law. or in any other de-
partiIcnt Of his administration.
But we are reminded that the restless and
turbulent forces Of Nature. though manifcstly
cow,I ly the fiery energy and roSistl"Ss vol
umc Of the Populist eruption. must hnl vent
somewhere. They have broken ont In Mexico.
Popocaiapcll IS in eruption. II has been quiet
for more than three hundred and nifty years. In
1910 about the time CortcZ left the country and
returned 10 Spain. II ceased 10 spout fire. II
may be only Il coincidence. but 10 the thought
ful mind IL IS very suggestive Of cause and
effect that Governor Waite. Of Colorado visited !
Mexico few weeks since To- make arrange
ncnts with that Republic for the initiation OF
n new financial system under which Colorado |
and Mexico can swap silver with each other. !
each calling 80 cents worth of it n dollar. |
popocalaprtI kept quiet until Governor Waite |
got ont of the country. We may imagine the |
forces Of Nature coming mp and leaning over |
the clgc of the crater watching the Governor
rs hc len the country and then pulling them
selves together for the tuSslo. We shall prob |
ably hear from the Governor presently. AZ be-
tween him AMI Pope every American citizen |
who has sparl, Of patriotism viii lay odds on |
the Governor