New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-03


Chicago sings small. makes a poor mouth, and
neers into an empty exchequer Ike maggie
souinting into hollow bone. She mas no money
to mend her bridges with nor to increase he'
poce force nor properly run ner hedl'h ue
partment nor clean her streets, anu III SNORT an
her municipal functions languish ior want oi
funds while the city debt expands ike the ar
hIoddar Of q basking shark threatening summary
explosion. meeting OF leading citizens mas oee''
hold 70 take the matter into consideration, but no
nlan of relief has yet been formulated, though
something Of the sort will no doubt be brought
forward without much delay. 1t VIII never 90 10
have such an ambitious municipality straitened
for funds like Spain or the Turkish Empire
Something must evidently be done, and at once
even II il has h lay an export duty on stuHeu
cheese. There is much to reform in its admin
,strative system though a good deal Of progress
has been made in tina direction Of late, and when
II learns to use it's revenues judicously 1t VIII
find them quite equal to all its Legitimate needs
Meantime we can lend II some money, If 1t Is real
X in extremity and it's securities are all right.
Mr. Reed has received a remarkable comph-
ment. but will any deny that he deserved II!
So far as we are aware, the only serious OBJ
iections made TO Mr. Hail Gaines proposed
canadian copyright bill made by printers
who are afraid thu gentle art of piracy is about
to be interfered with.
Lord Sholto has put his ancestral pride into his
empty pocket and is to appear upon the stage
in company with his bride giving the san FRAN
ciscans an opportunity Of scrutinzing the shape
and gesture Of a supernumerary who is authen-
tcallv noble so far as descent is concerned, ana
who may in time be advanced to the grade OF a
speaking part a responsibility to when ne Is
not now considered equal He may ultimately
have to support his wife on the stage as she Is
understood to have supported him or from H.
which will be a correct balance of conjugal obi
cations and a highly mertorious achievement Tor
a Oueensberry worthy to be represented IN MS
heraldry. OF the nOblemen who have sought
American brides, few have shown DISPOSE
ton TO earn their own living that the dramatic
essay of Lord Sholto takes peculiar aspect
OF interest and deserves more encouragement
than II is likely to get.
Another cold wave is predicted. If 1t comes,
and Is clear and dry and bracing. 1t will be not
unwelcOme.
the Peace a t-any-p price Cuckoos saying the Ar
menians should be supplied with arms and am
munition. and that division Of cavalry in Asia
Minor would be worth more than all the fleets
at the Dardaneles. Why, that is Jingoism,
| rank Jingoism. Won't somebody please ring the
alarm bell?
The Shah and the Misado to visit England
next summer and the Sultan will join them there
If his engagements permit. 1t is possible that
other royalties may appear In the procession,
making the number great as that which Ma
poleon assembled at Erfurt when he summoned
Talma thlther promising him that he should APP
pear before whole pit full of kings. Perlidious
Albion will be a more than usually pleasant
place for the American visitor in the coming year
with object-lessons galore Of the sort OF ruler
| VIII ch she manages to get along without.
One Of the most gratifying sights in Washing
| ton yesterday. to employ what our Irish f"endS
call a bull" the absence from Congress OF
! Economist Holman and Silver Dollar" Bland
1t has seldom happened before. but the country
can stand 1t If it happens again
There is no prospect that the prayers OF the
| Christian Endeavor societies and the Epworth
! League will produce any change In the religious
attitude OF Colonel Ingersoll. and they might have
| been omitted. They gentle and supplicatory
In tone and not like those in which the Catholics
| OF his time invoked the conversion sIbverslon
or submersion OF Voltaire, and they are no doubt
| inspired by the best and most pious intentions
But they show more zeal than wisdom on the
! part Of these societies. 1t is not TO be denied
/ that the eloquent Colonel s sometimes quite
| impertinent from their point OF view. but tina,
may be said to be in some degree In the way OF
| business It's his vocation, Hall 1t puts money
, In his purse. II 1t were not for the Pentateuch
and Moses, and Joshuas and moon OF
| Gideon and Ajalon and Jonah's whale. and the
common beliefs OF Christian people. what would
he have to poke fun at. and what would the
drawing power Of his lectures consist in? II Il
true he talks we'll any subject. but like
| Ephram, he Is welded to certain set Of idols
which he keeps, as Punch kept Judy for the pur-
| pose OF whacking them upon their heads In order
to draw crowd OF paying spectators. lie really