New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-31

When Cinnamon converse they cay that they
understand each other but nobody believes
them; and when Cleveland and Wilson confer on
currency and revenue matters they may pretend
to comprehend each other. but they deceive no.
body Neither knows what the other means nor
what he means himself. the National pocket
book meantime waxing hatter than either Of
them or any OF their financial ideas.
Good for Colonel Waring. He cleans the
streets. and he cleans them quickly.
PETERS treatise on agricultural depression Is
calculated still further to depress the agricut-
wrists who read IT, but few OF them do II lies
IN stacks on the shelves at their Capitol. while
the farmers for whom it was intended are read
ing "Tr.lby" and the aphorisms Of Josh Billings
Officially Il Is catalogued as a Pub. Doc,
but II might be more accurately described as
Dry Doc superior In aridity to last summers
drouth II is no wonder tina; his constituents
prefer uncut copies and leave them In storage
In this they exhibit wisdom quite In contras:
with their folly In sending him to represent them
in Washington. In his youth he possessed some
poeticaI attributes, but for an immense period
ha. really represented nothing but hair. having
in him the making OF a mattress. but not OF
sage or n Senator.
The Power of Removal bill gets started and
then a cog slips.
Mr. Cleveland has offered amendment to his
statement that at is not a theory but condition
which confronts US" This time II Is pre-
dicamcnt which confronts us" Just 50. No one
should know what It IL better than the man VINO
caused II.
Senator Lexow says the public indorses his re-
port and his recommendations. What public?
This public Is bowling In der,sion
The Board Of Health has not acted too
promptly in inspecting those schoohouses re-
ported to be In bad sanitarj condition and order
ing the Board OF Education to take prompt
measures to improve them. These buildings
were reported by School Commissioner Wehrum
nearly n year ago. and while some OF them are
now said to be In a better state than they were
then. others naturally nave gone from bad to
worse. II is shocking ana disgraceful that so
many children In the city have to spend their
school hours In i.l.ventllated. poorly lighted and
sometimes foul smelling rooms. 1t is bad enough
that a considerable number are unable TO go TO
school at all on account Of lack OF room; II is
perilled by their surroundings during school
hours.
IL will be a happy day for Delaware when
stubborn Mr.. Addcks relents so far as to permit
her to elect Senator of her own choosing
The other day THE New-York Sun" had a letter
from Rome telling how the Pope honorcd Colonel
George Bliss OF this city, with long personal
| audience II IL an interesting fact that two &C.
clesiastcaI events In this country were closely CO.
incident with that audience. namely, the assign
ment of DR. McGlynn To a parish by Archbishop
Corrigan and the censure OF Bishop McQuaid by
the Supreme PontifY. II the Colonel was In any
way responsible for these two events. II would
Indicate that he had good deal Of influence AT
the Vatican. but not Of the sort with which he IL
usually credited
| President Cleveland just lodged a censure from
| Congress and q Democratic Congress. too.
Hill used to be distinguished by asceticsn,
and dletetic rigor but he mgrates southwark
and comes under the melting solar beam OF the
capital. where the feeding Is high and the pran-
dial temptations are great. these characteristics
seem to undergo change. and he Is rapidly
blossomlng into a diner out of high lustre and
quality. His appearance the White House
banquet while ago was the most notable din
ner event OF the season. eliciting the widest
| comment and awakening the most copious sur
mise. but nothing revolutionary came OF II. eX-
cept in the Senator's habits. lie Is now fitting
from feast to feast In Washington IAN amber
scent OF odorous perfume his harbinger" and
there Ia no telling TO what lengths this social
and convivial departure Is to carry him. All his
success In politics has been due to the fact that
perfectly temperate and abstinent himself he
could always Outwit the gluttons and tosspots
Of his party and keep them where they belonged
| II he now abandons these Spartan ways there Is
no telling what may befall him. He may spread
into the proportions OF the present Executive
qualifying himself for The belt OF that robust
official when he lays II aside; but there Is no
certainty about It, After all the feeding tina
can be administered to him ne may remain as
attenuated as ever. and with the same set OF
principles proof against all dietetic systems and
| theories.
In Formosa Is a highly Oriental reptile which
when cut In pieces grows together again as good
as new. and starts afresh In business with all
III old proportions and attributes. The meetings