New-York tribune., 1896-10-29

legitimate consort OF the Gallo cock. also
fowl Of artihce, not only With his lofty and
shrill- sounding throat awaking the god OF day'
but Growing all round the clock In all days
and seasons. as It has continued TO do since
the Crusades. with a better prospect than ever
Of keeping It up now that the rugged Russian
bear is it's hacker and ally.
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After the election Bryan may ponder n.
Thicrs's proposition, that journalism ieads 10
everything II you keep out or IT, HIS sraoua'
ton from 1t and the merry quickstep foliowing
lead to nothing except the defeat when awaits
him next Tuesday, promising. after ALL some
thing OF triumph as the biggest thlng or
It's kind since Waterloo
The election next week will deprive the news
paper humorists OF the country OF one or the
best subjects for their humor and satire that
they have ever had. Almost without excep-
ton they have been the side Of SOUND money.
and both they and the cartOOnists have done
most effective work for Mckinley and sound
money. This is especially true OF the Few car
toonists-so-called-whO have been on the free
silver side; for most OF their caricatures have
been so utterly devoid Of humor and withal 50
vulgar that they have hurt the cause they were
Intended to help.
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OF course, 1t is to be hoped that the weather
on Election Day will be fine throughout the
country but no storm would prevent the sup
porters of Major Mckinley from casting their
ballots.
There is some likelihood Of an Improvement
i'm the service on the elevated roads In this city
ut some time i'm the future. There Is plenty or
room for Improvement, the experiments now
being made have suggestion OF hope In them'
and It is possible that engines Will some time
be done away with, and either electricity or
compressed air substituted for them. Expert
ments with an electric motor have been going
ON for several weeks and 1t is now reported
that an air motor will soon be tried on the
Sixth-ave line The electric motor has given
satisfaction thus far on the Thirty-fourth-st.
branch but how 1t will work in wet, snowy ana
icy weather can be told only after months OF ex-
perimenting. 1t Is natural enough that the
company should exercise reasonable caution
in the Introduction Of a new system Ine
cost of the change will be enormous and in this
age Of progress who can tell how soon some
new device may be invented that will greatly
reduce operating expenses? Besides. the COM
pany has large responsibilities carrier Of
censure il It should abandon steam engines
for a mode Of traction that might break down
and cause untold embarrassment TO large num-
bers OF people.
The Elm-st route seems the true solution OF
the rapd-transit problem, and will create
parallel Broadway which is likely in time, 30
far as its lower section is concerned. to become
the buster thoroughfare. Old Broadway may ere
long mourn in sackcloth and ashes that In resist
Ing the subway 1t has thrown a pearl away
richer than all the tribes encamped upon IT,
NJ. Stokvls in {. communication to the Inter-
national Colonial Institute speaks strongly In
favor OF successful colonization by Europeans
in the tropics. In this he is in accord with the
best expert opinion There arc enormous
regions in Africa such as Rhodesia. the Shire
uplands, Uganda and parts Of the Egyptian
Soudan, where Europeans-and Americans-can
live in health and comfort. The same Is true
Of the fine uplands in the northern part OF South
America including much Of the territory In
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