New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-13
AD.JOTRN ALL.

In n letter to the Board OF Iraue anu ii''i"
nor,o,ion. read al the monthly meeting Oh 'ha'
hodv on Wednesday. Mr.. Edward ID. nepew
offorod = sucrcstion which, though nj first blush
/, soemed inst a trinc radical if not revolution
arv might well he taken up into the conscious
ness Of the American people and turned over
with a grain of seriousness. II was tha' 'he
BOARD of Trade and Transportation shouid start
q movement to be taken up throughout the cou"
fry the nurpose Of which should be TO express
90 rongross the general desire of the people that
il should adjourn In his Judgment ho'h'hS
that Congress can do would 50 promote 'he imam
ciol and business interests of the c"hii'r! III ~
pass the necessary appropriations WIN as h''e
talk as possible. call the previous question Oh
everything else and then just adjourn. N"'H'"I
else but that. Just adjourn Think OF II. JUS
Of the possibility of H. Seventy Mliiiohs 81
Pcope And. before dismissing II as 'rahN
notion turn ii over once or tWlc" IN your hiih"''
There's great merit in il. This seems !" De al
entirely new Dcpew. but we undertake 10 SLY
that he is Keeping up the cleul' "l III" Ha'c'
No one of course can touch our own 'haui''H
in readiness versatility. originality ana me "'h'r
great qualities which adorn the foremost ri'ii
of his own or any other period ana make nm
loved. honorcd and respected 10y the whole f''i--
Ush.speakins world Bur It strikes Us that I'd
ward is close second.
Adjourn Congress. II seems sudden. El"'"
but. after all. your head Is unrominoniy lever
why not! You have struck the keynote II i
flooding the country and the world with me
ncrcs, mess Of talk; of wrangllns, purpoScesN
talk II is IN be said. Of course. that the wh'i'
civilized world is having the slrlc general ir"u-
blc-ir seems to have followed tn" grip epidemic
and that everybody from The Emperor William
down fo Edward Iautcrbl,h. has bccom" vorii.
cruptive and vehement. II j. much Su'h time
os il WIS in Ucllas lust before The Pcloponncsian
War Everybody il aflamc in the agorl Every
1 body wants war Everybody has something :"
say And Pericles has Just died II The plague
/ The whole world relates Ia itself. just rs The
/ Greek oligarchics and dcmcrracics did I" them
sclvc, several hundred years before The Chris
tan era In NJ period Of or history has there
bccn such m eruption OF talk aS in the present
closing years Of the nineteenth century Ana
most of il is Of "A sort that would be- much more
amusing. entertaining. cdifyng and fructifynG
M the tail Of a cart, where the flkr in n peaked
hat lights his torch and sells his soap. than in
n dclibcrative assembly Poured out from the
tail of a cart II would do vastly less mischief
and sell a great deal more soap.
Call Congress or Edward. by all means call
il off. |. would not only help all our business
interests but would tend to promote peace.
| And then Edward call off the Legislature at
Albany That distinguished body IL doing moth
ing at all that cannot just a. well he dropped
where il Is AS carried TO a finish. If II should
leave everything aonc-thc ltaincs Excise bill.
the Greater NcwYork bill and all the other little
bits Of business it Is trying TO do In brutal
and no less laundering way-if IL should let
everything drop where it Is. without embarraSs-
! ing Governor Morton. or breaking up the Re
| publican party. II would be doing the best pos
sible thing for itself for the Republican party
and for the people at large. Then. Edward. call
off the Kentucky Legislature which is On the
point Of settling disputed questions with arsl-
mcnts from the hip pocket. Make that body OF
statesmen break up and go away without breach
Of the peace. No matter whether Il Republican
or a Democrat, frees ilN or man or n godbug.
be elected or defeated make them stop angry
talk and dispense There's trouble enough in
the world without Congresses and Legislatures
adding to il by nonscnsica disputationS. Get
them all TO adjourn. Let us have peace.