New-York tribune., 1896-10-24

Tennvson certainly never heard. nor heard OF.
the Boy Orator Of the Platte. Yet he wrote OF
farmers and workingmen Truthful, trustful,
looking upward to the practsed hustings-liar"
The likeness Of the present political campaign
10 that Of 1860 has often been observed In no
feature is II moro evident than In tho desperate
attempt the Bryanites arc now making 10 str
IN sed:ion. violence and insurrection Inat Is
a repetition OF the secession movement OF thirty
six years ago with this difference. that it is led
bv William J Bryan instead Of by Jefferson
Davis Tho descent from the great scccssionlst
Of 1850 70 the Boy Anarchist Of 1856 is de-
scent from the formidable 10 the merely detes-
table
Mr. Cireathcad. the distinguished engineer,
whose death is reported from London was the
originator of n method Of constructing deep tun
nels which was first successfully used under the
Thames River. This tunnel was built five or Fix
years ago. and has been in profitable operation
ever since. II really consists of two separate tun
nels trains moving ono way using one. ana those
in the opposite direction tho other Such tun-
mel can be constructed at any depth below the
surfa cc-so far below as To cause not the slight
cs, interference with structures ~ the level ~
tho ground. Another tunnel on tho same sys-
TEN has been begun In London. and. II is OK
pected will be extended twenty miles. This sys-
tom IL also being successfully employed In Ber-
lin and Paris when the question Of under
ground road- for this city was frat under discus.
sion. there we're those who believed that the
C;rcathcad plan could be employed with ndvan-
tax. here but though strongly urged on the
Rand Transit Commission II did not meet with
acceptance
Mr.. Carlisle may be consoied stale eSgs are
more fragrant and moro welcome than Popo-
cratic applause would he.
We learn that The Tribune was In error in
stating on October II. that IN" ceremony ~ pre-
senting tho magnificent silver service 10 the bat
tlc-ship Texas. given by the citizens Of Texas.
could not take place at Galveston because the
Texas draws too much water to permit its enter
ing the harbor of Galveston. As a matter ~
fact, steamers drawing twcnty-three feet of
water constantly cross the bar which guards the
Galveston IIarbor and as the Texas draws twen-
ty-two and n half feet. IT will find no difficulty
in entering the harbor. While We regret that we
fell into an error. which We need hardly say was
unintcntiona are glad that II gives us an
opportunity 10 congratulate the city OF Galveston
and the grca, state Of Texas on the fact that the
noble battlc-ship which bears The name Of the
state will be able to enter the splendid harbor ~
Galveston where tho citizens ~ the State may
form n personal acquaintance with H.
Senator Jones doubtless thinks II safe to or
ganizo riot and outrage in Chicago since Altgeld
is still Governor To shield the criminals.
Wheat IL king Just now. It's rituals Of corona
ton being particularly lively and interesting.
ceremonial which Is active everywhere, In all
capitals and marts around the world. 1t Is not
the vassal and dependent of silver. ms the Popo-
Gratis would have us believe. after all The now
sovereign has touched the button OF prosperity,
and before long all it,. wheels Will be humming
on full time. They are pretty well started al
ready and as few days OF the campaign are
vet left II IL possible that Bryan may spring
the proposition that the Chicago platform did
the business as he claimed that II brought In
the foreign flood of gold. However. nobody now
PAYS much attention to what he says. his now
Of speech ebbing like tho Platte In midsummer.
and promising after the election to dry up alto
gcthcr.
"Tryin' sdurtguns on the burnin' PIT IL a
poor business Bryan and the whole Popocratic-
Anarchis,ic crew should be so tremendously
beaten they never will be heard OF again.
Prince Michael Hllkor. Russian Imperial
Commissioner OF the Ways and Means OF Trans
portation. returns to Russia with by no means
an easy task upon his hands. that OF con-
yincing the directors Of tho Transsiberian Rail-
way Of the superiority OF the American mode Of
transportation. The Prince may not hyper
boliye when he says that the railway TO
vladivostok will give tn Central Asia a now
civilization which will make Oriental history
in tho twenty-frst century. and permit Jour
ney around the world to he made In thirty
three days via Ncw-YOrk. Bremen, st. Peters
burg Vladvostok and San Francisco, but he
is well aware that In India and China a rival
scheme Is under way which Will benefit China
and England. but no other nation. Hence ii is
that he would have American rolling stock In
Siberia. while he points out the advantages OF
the Transsiberian system 10 American mer
chants and capitalists. An English syndicate
has secured through Lord Salisbury promises
Of financial aid from the British and Indian
Governments for the construction OF a line from
Upper Burmah to Szumao. the centre OF the
most productive region In Asia. And thus
whatever may be the respective strategic ad- |
vanages to Russia and Great Britain. their
rivalry in Asia will certainly mark Il new era
In Chinese civilization when the twenty first
century dawns
II was nothing that platform fell the other
night while Tom Watson was speaking from IT, /,
The only wonder Is that there was not an earth
quake.
The fierce competition for speed In warships I,
still goes on Last year torpedo-boat built in |
England created a sensation by making more |
than thirty knots an hour. Early this year the !