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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-27

Although the weather continues rather too
warm for football. there are a number of con-
tests to record to-day. having taken place yes
tcrday afternoon. Most important Of them all
was the game at Cambridge, Mass. between
Harvard and Cornell, constituting as it did
the first Of the intercollegiate series AS might
have been expected after Cornels defeat by
Lafayette week ago. Harvard won an easy
victory, the Lafayette team being themselves
beaten yesterday afternoon at Philadelphia by
the University Of Pennsylvania. In the i'm
mediate vicinity of New-York the Crescents may
be said TO have completely routed The Williams
College team at Eastern Park, Brooklyn, while
a large crowd witnessed a spirited contest at
Orange between a Princeton University team
and the Orange Athletic Club neither scoring
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-27

The question OF freproof ships Is one that may
well attract the attention OF mechanical engineers
and builders. 1t ought &c be possible quickly to
flood any part OF a ship so thoroughly as to en-
tinguish fire without delay.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-27
anner 10 ADVERTISEMENTS.
Bnsinrss Notices.

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TRIBUNE 'I'"' Single
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-27

II there has over been a finer month OF October.
so far as the weather was concerned. than this
one I'D TO date. we should like 10 know the year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-27

The magnificent aims basin which is used at the
opening service OF every Episcopal General Conven-
ton was presented to the Episcopal Church by MEM
bers Of the University of oxford in 1852 in conneo-
ton with the jubilee of the Venerable Society for
the Propagation Of the Gospel In Foreign Parts.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-08-12
Pushed Out by a Woman's Hand.

Colonel w. G. p. Breckinridge an
nounces that he is out of politics. lie
will never again apply for or accept
public position.
We have no desire to recall the story
of the colOncIS downfall, but the close
of his political career has a lesson in it
which should be needed. The people
of this country are not as good as they
might be- but they are united in the
determination not to accept the leader
ship of men who are guilty of scandalouS
relations with women whose youth and
helplessness should have been their pro-
lection. Breckenridge was Il silver
tongued orator and 4 popular idol. lie
was strongly entrenched in the affections
of his people. He had scared 50 high
that his friends confidently expected
him to go still higher.
Suddenly the strong man was thrown
down into the mire by a woman's hand
He was pushed by that sanp hand from
his i"fty station one 10y one, all the
places That had known him were slarrcd
against him by that little white hand.
In our civilization the whole world
is unit against a great man when he
wrongs a woman and leaves her TO bear
the burden of her shame. while he poses
before the people as an apostle Of moral
ity and wisdom. Then, the silver tongue
is only sounding brass. Then, the strong
man becomes as weak as a child. Then.
his boosted wisdom is folly, and his elo-
quence is mere drivcl.
Sometimes a little. soft. white hand
has nerves of steel under its velvety sur
face-somc tines it has the grip of a
tigresS- sometimes it can pull down the
mighty and east them into pit of dark
ness. II may be only Il wOman'S hand.
but with n burning wrong behind II no
man can measure its power.
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II o." silver standard has left Mexico
IN such Jep.o-:.Llc condition as some
II O.. go,Ghugs assert, why Is It that the
Democrats II Texas. who are eve-wit-
nessrs 70 thr su-C1.l,I monetary desra-
d&tien Of ;Ec Mexican republic. should
be almost unanimous IN favor Of the
restoration az silver. despite the fact
thai tle members Of the cabinet ana
other agents Of Wall street are going
about the country declaring That the
independent free coinsge Of silver viii
MsxicaBize tie country?
According 10 these agents Of Wall
street the United States have no more
influence on the trade and commerce.
of the world than Mexico has. They
have no more 20 sell than Mexico and no
more 20 buy. Being In : -tagnant con
dit,on with respect to The worlds com
ueree. rs Mexico is. the restoration oe
silver TO les Old place rs = money metal
would add no more to IT'S commercial
value than tine open miuts of Mexico
have done.
This = the sinister and unpatriOtic
contention * those who are trying to
commit the democratic party 70 the per-
pcruariou cf the British gold standard
Declaring trct the restoration 81 silver
viii "NyXlcani2c" this people, they main
tain thst ~" are already worse than
Al.zicauizcl since our foreign trade and
our irfueHcc ga European commerce
would have 10 more effect on the com
mcrcill value Of silver than the open
m.Hts ~ Mexico now have.
II we are al.eldy thuS Moxicanized IN
fact. why hesitate shout putting our
selves On 4 lcyd with Mexico aud reap
some ~ the benefits that Mexico Is now
respin-? Eu- il We are not already
AieNican'zci why not restore silver to
IFS oil place. a'j thus restore lis value.
by dePfoei';ins tie value 81 gold, which
viii no longer b. ga exclusive demand
a the money % final payment:
Honest voters who arr Keeping an eye
on the ms und outs Of thc discussion
would lo Wei fo hear Ia mind these bot
tom facts; That ths Mexican dollar will
huy IS much in Mexico - the gold dol
lar VIII huy in tie United States. and
Jlas tie same Mexican dollar VIII buy
more wheat aud cotton In the United
States today than the gold do,iar.would
hay In 1879.
Is wc have s1ii q hundred times be
fore. the whole controversy hinges on
prices. Tho producer. who deals i'm the
pra,iucts - his labor. wants these
products 10 bay is many dcht-paying
dollars as possible. TIE men who deal
exclusively in money want thclr dollars
u buy rs much Of he products of hu-
man labor rs possible. ON the enc
hand tto producer is interested IN max
iHc ais products more valuable. ON The
other the money dealer is interested in
making his dollars more valuable. This
Is al that there is in the whole discus
sioa- The force Of the argument is With
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-08-12
The south Gets All the Blame.

The Boston Transcript thinks that
many colored men who have been
lynched in the past died innocent of the
crimes charged against them. and says;
whittier is the south drifting?" is a
question that its best friends in the north
often ask one another. To many II seems
like society sweeping toward the mael-
strom of darkness and dissolution.
Whittier is lne north GrftinSE What
about that riot in Boston over Il little
red schoolhouse in procession? What
shall be said of the recent stripping, tar
ring and feathering of a woman by
mob of both sexes in New York
village?
Whittier is the west drifting? As we
write the negroes of Chicago are SO in
cenSed over the murder of Il doZ"u or
more of their race in Spring Valley by
a mob of white miners that they are
preparing to go to the scene of the dis
turbancc and fight for the rights of their
oppressed fellow citizens. Then, take
a case at Lemont, Ill. Here is the story
in The Chicago Record:
John w. Mccarthy is mayor of Lemont.
a community within the confines Of civ
tliZation. The town is now and has been
for some time notorious FOR lawlessness.
Vice is common. Holdups and murders
are frequent events. Mayor Mccarthy now
appears in n role which may explain why
Icmont is so badly governed.
Saturday night Stanislaus Schubert; q
young fellow nineteen years of age. while
drinking in a public saloon I'm company
with an alderman, was struck on the head
and killed. While the ease was under con-
sdcration by the coroner's jury Mayor
Mccarthy slipped a note into the coro-
ner's hands which read as follows: rs
there not some chance OF its being made
to appear heart troub!e?' The coroner,
TO the mayors establishment, Cnfoldcd the
note and read it aloud, following Il with
the remark: You have lot OF that kind
of sickness in Lemont." But the jury
found that Schubert came TO his death al
tae hands of man unknown.
Win mUbS IN Massachusetts, mObS
in New York and mobs il Illinois, and
the mayor Of Il town in that state in
league with rntIrsi..i-crss nDd outlaw il
StriheS u> ttut Jhc TrIuScript need not
concern itself SO much about the dircc-
ton in which the south is drifting. The
truth is. lawlesSncSs is a national evil
ii is confined to no one section.
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by asking, as there man in the coun-
try who shows such fitness to ruler
The contention is, of course, that Il
president is ruler and that no man
in the country has shown such fitness for
ruling" as Mr.. Cleveland. We have
here the admission that Mr.. Cleveland,
instead of carrying out the will of his
party and the people, has set himself up
as ruler" and that he has been so sue
cesSful in the business that mo other
man in the country has such fitness to
rule"
According to the theory of Mr.. Mer-
riam, and those who agree with him,
the only security for the institutions of
this country is for the people TO become
dependent on the will, whims and dis
position Of one person. This may be
democracy in Massachusetts in these lat
ter days, but it is not the kind of de-
mocracy that Jefferson and his follow
ers taught, and it is not the kind of de-
mocracy taught by Daniel Webster.
In short, the fact is becoming more and
more evident that the democratic party
is 10 be sifted as wheat. but there still
remains those in the ranks who will
strive TO strengthen the brethren.
Therefore let the hopeSt voters of the
country look forward 10 the future with
hone
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Political Fakirs as Work.

IL Il given out from Washington with
some emphasis dat tho national league
OF democratic clubs" has determined to
make a campaign I'm favor ~ the British
gold standard. The emphasis with which
tie announcement is made Will lead
honest democrats in all parts OF the
country 10 rack their brains for an ex-
PLANTATION Of this political phenomenon,
4 national league " democratic clubs"
lending its influence IN support of the
financial views that are advocated by
the republican party.
For fear that gone OF our readers may
he inclined 10 so into comatose CON
dl;ion over this announcement, The Con
s.itutiOn begs leave 10 say that this ma
ti0nal lesgue OF democratic clubs is
abOu. the most harmless combination of
mugwumps and ex-regUMicans thar has
ever pretended 10 Ice organized in the
country. 1t exists on paper only, ana
Is for the purpose OF preparing an oilgi-
bic list Of oiIics seekers n he submitted
10 any democratic president who may
chance 10 be elected 10 rule" the people.
Ia Pennsylvania, whore the electoral
vote Of TIE state IS always insfayor Of
the republican candidate these clubs of
democratic muyVunIps are rampant At
the beginning ~ 4 campaign they meet
in a ciubrOOm. dose themselves with
champagne, plsy with their .k'd gloves,
and pass series of fierce resolutions
that are just about rs effective ~ the
bray 81 the trick Inulo when a circus
tent has blown down
Who ever heard ~ The national lcague
Of demucrs &c clubs" IN Georgia. ~ in
any democratic slater IL - not here.
aud has no place here. II has no place
IN any state Ot the union whore
he ceRiosatc party has charge Of
the situation. Coming down. 20 plain
business. we Crly hear of These demo
cratic clubs" IN the ststcs that aro
Solidiy Republican, aud the elemont that
Is busiest n advertising thom Is COM
posed ~ muswumps ana * republicans.
Apply The scheme 10 Georgia or any
other democratic state. What would
the democratic party 80 II Il depended
on 4 Few kid glove gentry % manipulate
lnd control fi~ organization OF tina par
"? The parry. as 1 party. would dis
appear. :u.l. In ia place we should only
haV. : combination Of iniprac,icahIo
uugvvumps and Office seekers. What
'aS national league or democratic
clrbs' may 10 ga PeunsyIvanin- ish"sio
iss--ar NJ --ft- rl'tf republican states
So" na..hr- hrow ncr care. we know
tEat domncrs ,.c success caH only come
hy means ~ democratic harmony I'm The
safe and strong demon. tie states. How
FAR Jhc effort - .e-.aiu democrats TO
commit thc party - qoIjbU.rery may
- toward destroying Ills harmony time
alone VII show.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-08-12
A "Ruier.1


When prominent wholesale grocer
OF Memphis announced i'm Atlanta that
! the salary of Mr. Cleveland ought TO be
doubled and that he ought to be elected
for life, the applause that the remark
excited Occasioned great surprise among
those who are honest enough to be
democrats. On the other hand. it met
the cordial approval Of Il large section of
office holders and those who expect TO
be office holders. This was the first bold
and distinct uttsrance behind which the
third term boomers could afford to take
shelter.
Here was 4 prominent and infuen-
tial citizen who wanted Mr. Cleveland
TO be dictator, with a salary of 100000
year. What harm, then, could it he
for few patriotic and long-SufferinS
office holders TO nominate Mr.. Cleveland
for Il third term? Why none in the
world. They We're not proposing die
tatorShip; they did not want Mr.. Cleve-
land to be president for life, but only
for another term-iuSt one more. Thus
the pleasing and entertaining campaign
has begun, and we find some of the more
oificious OF the pap-suckers putting Mr..
Cleveland forward for third term on
the plea that they do not desire him to
be dictator. Those who desire to smile
over this may do so, but ii is not by any
means Il smiling matter for the demo
cratic party.
The situation is very peculiar. and the
honest democrats of the country may
as well look it in the face first as last.
There is no eastern candidate on which
the national party can unite There is
but one man on whom the eastern gold
bugs can unite and that man is Cleve-
land. Consequently the animated talk
about third term is sSomethin. more
than mere passing joke or sensation
1t began with proposition in favor Of
an election for life which was vocifer-
ously applauded by convention of
wholesale merchants, every man of them
processing TO be democrat, and 1t will
end with compromise insfavor of
fourth nomination and third term.
The discussion has begun in earnest
in Massachusetts, the cradle of all the
isms and ologicS that have ever afflicted
or threatened the social peace ana wei
fare Of the country. MIR George s. Mcr-
Ram, who lives in the neighborhood of
Springfield. takes a brand new position
on the question. He declares. in effect.
that presidents are not elected to admin
RAM puts the matter in debatable shape
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Our Missionaries in China.

| Several English missionaries, and
| among them a number of women and
children, have been barbarously muir
| dered by some Chinese fanatics near
Kucheng. An American lady was in
| jured, but the other Americans made
| their escape.
Our minister and consuls and the Brit
| ish officials in China will demand repara-
| ton and a guaranty of future security
for the missionaries sent out by the two
countries. These demands will probably
be granted, but it will be on account of
England's prestige. The British are
feared in China. They have vast inter
ests and possessions there, and their
where culture and refinement and CON
genial tastes draw men and women
closer together, there society exists, and
it may he found on the back streets, as
well as on the most fashionable avenues
in the stately mansions of the rich.
Doubtless, society on every street-in
the circle of the 400 and In the wider
circle OF the 4,000-has it's weaknesses
and faults, but denunciation and abuse
will not reform what needs reforming.
For the doctors sake, and for the sake
of the cause he represents, we hope
that he will see his way clear to change
in the methods of his crusade. His VIC
lent and sweeping charges will arouse
anger and resentment and will only in
tensify the evils he complains of. A
more conservative style of argument
would he far more effective, when
backed by zeal and facts. 1t is not nee
esSary to make a wholesale attack upon
society in order to reform n few fashions
and customs which some people may
think Objectionable, and the chances are
that such Il mode of warfare will cause
the victims of so much abuse to get to-
gether and organize Il counter crusade
under the impression that they are mis-
represented and prosecuted.
This is our view of the matter. Posi-
bly, it is a mistaken one. but we have
tried to look ut the situation from IA
tional and dispasSionate standpoint.
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A ScIf-NIade King.

His majesty, King James 1. OF the ISL
and of Trinidad, deserves the sympa-
thy of all right-minded people. and he
should be aided in his effort to save his
kingdom from the rapaciOus BritOnS
who have seized it,
King James did not steal his crown
nor slaughter Il host of people To gain
it, as some monarchS have done 1t was
a fair and square transaction with him.
He was an American newspaper man
named James Hlrden-IIickey. He mar
ricd the daughter of the Standard Gil
magnate, John II. Fiagler. ana pro
cecded to enjoy life in his own way
The island of Trinidad struck his fancy
and he bought it. Then, he proclaimed
himself king, with the consent of the
islanders, who are very few in number,
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circulating as subsidiary eating the peo-
pie of Georgia are paying very little at
tention to the question of free silver or
money of final payment. Those OF them
who have anything to sell find that the
money they get il good enough for them.
The very fact that the people of Geor-
gia have something to sell makes them
all the more interested in the currency
question. Under the good old bimetallc
standard there was money in sending
Georgia watermelons and peaches to
market, but the blight of gold monomet-
allism strikes down this industry as it
does everything else.
The falling prices caused by the de-
monetiZation of silver are disastrously
felt by our fruit growers, as they are
by every class of producers. At this
end OF the line our contemporary
sp1ghtly paragraph falls fiat.
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As the SpaniarCis See US.

III Pueblo. government organ publish
ed ut Puerto Principe. opposes the pay
ment of the Mora claim 10y Spain to the
United States 1t says that the claim Is
unjust and darcs our government to
send Il fleet TO Havana to collect it..
The Spanish paper then proceeds TO
show us up in the following fashion;
No one secs in this country or In Spain
the labor troubles and riots which daily
disgrace the name and besmirch the ma
uGn@l honor of our next door negh5or.
The United States is country of gold,
ana her Inhabitants. from the meanest TO
the highest are all gold lovers, and IN
mat country ii is the key which opens the
doors to all things and all places. AS a
consequence of this condition of things
the country is in the throes of uiSintegra-
ton and not even their so-called statesmen
are able to pilot the unfortunate model
republic out of it's present trouble.
As an illustra ton of pettifoggery, the
much-heraldcd doctrine is the best illus
tration possible. and 1t will show conclu-
slNely TO what extent that country can
dos" For God only knows how many
years England has been steadily eating up
me rlch gold country of Venezuela, and
the United States has not said word
Some of its citizens have an interest in a
told NINE there, and as a consequence
theS are uispoSed TO protest. therefore, IL
Is not the justice Of the Monroe doctrine
that causes their protest, but the fact that
some of their citizens have gold invested
in Venezuela.
In the main, these charges are we'll
founded. The record of the past year
shows a long list of riots aud disturb
anceS i'll this country. 1t is also true
That we are a money-loviug people-a
nation of shylocks and shop keepers
Of the national honor and every
thing else when The almighty dollar is in
sight.
But, Notwithstanding our faults, we are
going to collect the Mora claim, and
some time i'll the near future we are GO
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The Organs shoaId Cali a Halt.

We observe with regret that the gold
bug organs in this Section-cSpecall
those that are engaged in promoting the
revised views Of Secretary Smith on
The silver queSJion-are inclined 10 make
great TODD over the action of the
democrats Of Iowa on the silver question.
While thus demonstrating the great
growth of gOldbuggery and republican
financial doctrines on the root Of the
democratic vine, they ignore or belittle
the fact that the great democratic states
of Texas. Mississippi and Missouri
states that have been true 10 the demo-
cratic faith and the democratic party
in season and out of season for thirty
years have rc-aSScrted democratic prin-
cipleS. aud. with a unanmity that has
no parallel except in opposition to re-
construction. have declared i'll favor of
the free coinage of silver at tine ratio
OF IT. 10 /.
Compared with the action Of these
great democratic states. what Signih-
cance has the declaration of the demo
Gratis of Iowa. q state thar has never
given democratic majority in ma
tional election since the war: It has
been standing joke with newspapers
for years that there were but fifteen
genuine democrats in Iowa. This eXag
geration marked the truth of the siiua-
ton. The democrats never had any
showing in Iowa mt all until the repub-
leans proper alienated the republican
prohbitiOniSts.
The democrats have no chance there
this year or the next Why, then, should
the organs which are engaged in preach
ing the revised views of Secretary Smith
make great fuss over the action of
Iowa, which is naturally republican. and
ignore or belittle the action of three
great states which are solidly democratic
at all times?
Where will the democratic party. i'm
the nature of things. expect to get elec-
toral votes next year-in Iowa, or in
Texas. Mississippi and Missouri? We
advise the organs TO 20 slow. They are
not helping democratic harmony by adj
vocating republican financial doctrine.
Still less arc they helping it by ignoring
or belttes democratic action in the
safe democratic states
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and ordered from Tiffany gold crown
for $500 and a jeweled scepter for Sl2o.
Everything was lovely until the Brit
ish seized the island 4 few weeks ago
and turned it over TO a cable company.
King James protests, and makes the
poiIft that England had no right to thus
wipe out an independent kingdom IN
times of peace Brazil also objects and
puts in the claim that she has Jurlsdlc-
ton over the island. 1t is claimed. too,
that the island was taken possession or
by the confederate privateer Georgia, at
a time when no country laid claim to II,
and that il now belongs to the United
States as the residuary legatee of the
confederacy.
Aside from all technicalities, we are
inclined to side with King James. When
a plain American newspaper man makes
himself king, pays as he goes, and
invests nearly 500 in the gewgaws or
ROYALTY We think that he ought 10 have
a fair showing. If he had conquered
his kingdom. or obtained il by intrigue,
it would he different. But he bought 1t,
ana if he and few dozen half naked
islanders want to set up n toy throne
and have a miniature monarchy it is
nobody's business but theirs. 'Rah for
King james,