New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-15


wild absurdity of this suggestion. Somebody
must have been humbuggiHg The Register"
they represent are merely warehouse receipts for
the coin on deposit. They are not legal tender
And II IS for legal tender for silver that the people
are now fighting st Louis Republic.
This plaintive plea for silver suggests the case
Of man who. having put all his household
furniture in a storage warehouse for his own
convenience should go around complaining that
he could not use his warehouse receipt TO eat
on or sleep on or sit on. II he would present his
receipt and take his furniture he could use II
for the purpose for which 1t was intended II
THE st. Louis Republic" and the people for
whom 1t speaks will present their silver certif-
Gates to the United States Treasury or any ac-
commodating bank. they Will receive for them
silver dollars. which are an unlimited legal
tender for all their debts. unless they have spe-
cially contracted to pay those debts in potatoes
or coal or horses or gold some other COM
modify.
Weather Of this sort ought to remind many
compa ssonate persons of the Importance OF re-
plenishng The Tribune Fresh Air Fund.
The thing for the gold Democrats to do is to
make their opposition to Bryan and all he rep
resents as effectual az possible. That is the
only question for them to settle. whether by con-
ferences or correspondence.
We are glad to see that the affairs of Barnard
College are in so prosperous a state that plans
have been perfected for the buildings which
are to furnish the institution with fitting
home on Morningside Heights. The site was
freed from debt only few weeks ago through
the special efforts Of we'll ishers Of the institu
ton, and by the fulflment of that condition
xift Of 100000 for a building became available.
Another like sum had previously been provided,
and 80 two Of the needed buildings will be
erected forthwith 1t Is to be hoped that suit
able endowment may soon be provided. that
the college may proceed with Its work without
constant reference TO the question Of mainten-
ance.
Buchanan and Cleveland. History repeats
itself Democratic Presidents have got into the
habit OF leaving their party in a state OF wreck
and chaos.
Mr.. Mckinley IL right I'm laying that the pro-
ceedings at Chicago have imposed on patriotic
citizens duty and responsibility greater than
any since the Civil War. II the people do not
understand this already they soon will do 30.
We are going to have a campaign of education.
II has already begun and 1t will go on until
the votes are cast. Then patriotism and the
ronor Of the Nation will be found to be as dear
to the hearts OF the people they were in the
epochal years from 1861 to 1865.
The issues are fairly and sQuarely drawn and
men who believe in honesty. decency and order
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erned can have no doubt with which party TO
ally themselves.
Chairman Huxley OF the Democratic State
Committee, denies that he has any intention
OF opening State headquarters in this city at
once. Certainly there does not seem to be any
need Of headquarters 80 far as the work at
Chicago Is concerned. The first thing for the
New-York Democrats to do Is to decide what
course they shall pursue TO make their an
nounced opposition TO Bryan tell with the great
est force.
TIN horse sharper Is the product OF no country
In particular, but Of the racecourse In general.
spontaneously generated by its heat. moisture
and other conditions. and showing similar feat
ures the world over Perhaps the American
variety displays on the whole the most vivid
ensemble II he Is not a greater scoundrel than
the rest. he, at any rate. looks II. and when
examined microscopicelly II Is found that he
has a set OF habits OF his own. difYerentating
him from other species. One Of them Is Just
now under investigation and In jail In Germany,
and, though charged to the account Of America.
Ia registered under q name extremely red
doient OF sauerkraut. as 10 leave no doubt that
he came ancestrally out OF the land which he
went back 10 play his points upon. There is
some comfort In the reflection that his forebears
did not come over In the Mayhower. and that
the Fatherland which has locked him up In as
much responsible for him as we are who have
only afforded him training ground and In
struction In the ways OF our local practitioners
some Of the knotty questions growing out of
the administration OF the Raines law are In q
fair way Of settlement through a case now on
trial In the Kings County Court-the first case
brought to trial before a court OF higher juris-
dction in this part Of the State. What con.
sttutes q hotel under the law? and What con-
stitutss meslf are among these questions The