New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-25

Thatcher
ietv" to be nominated for Governor that one
might as soon expect the leopard to change its
spots as the nominee Of the Buffalo Convention
to give up after 1t Is within his grasp "hae TIC
sought so long and earnestly.
Judge Mcmahon in the General Sessions. has
decided that a sandwich constitutes meal, ana
his opinion led to the prompt acquittal OF oe-
PENDANT charged as the keeper OF Raines
hotel" with violating the law on recent sun
day. The question has not yet been passed on
by court competent to render an authoritative
decision but II is question OF Importance IN tne
Interpretation Of the law, and may In time come
before the Court Of Appeals.
the ss t the price Gd
the world.-(W j. Bryan
Let's have the Government FIX the price OF
potatoes at S. bushel. Then every one VINO
owns potato patch will be as well on as though
he owned gold mine.
great problem, long impending, is now
finally confronting the country for solution,
and Will not bel put aside even for the silver
question. What will the class now entering
college be called? man in college and In after
life is identified and ticketed by the year or his
class; and while "class of 1900" may do very
well for official documents there must be some
thing shorter and less formal for the colloqulai
uses of every day. We do not observe that
much progress has yet been made In determin-
ing this question; but so far as the season mas
gone we are inclined to award the palm 10
Uafts In that sedate institution, neighbor OF
Harvard but little influenced by the tone ana
sentiments of her great "ival. the FRESHMAN
class is called the double nts.
That was splendid raid Of the Anglo-Egyp-
tian gunboats up the Nile 1t Is said they went
as far as FL Debbeh That is fully hundred
miles beyond New Dongola and thirty miles be-
yond Old Dongola 1t Is not more than seventy
five miles from Ambukol and Kortl and the
great cross-country roads 70 Omdurman and
Khartoum The expedition Is evidently getting
on. and the days Of the Dervish power are num-
bered.
Major Mckinley told the young men whom he
addressed on Wednesday that he cast his first
vote for the reelection OF Abraham Lincoln,
and. said he, lit is to me a priceless memory"
To many thousands of the young men Of the
country who vote this year for the first time it
will in the future be a rich memory that they
voted for the election of Mckinley and Hobart.
and helped give the deathblow to the false
doctrines for which Bryan and the Popocrats
stand.
Mr. Bryan has been having uncommonly good
luck He has addressed audiences at the tail end
of his train in the midst of transforms And he
could not have more appropriate audiences than
men who don't know enough to go in when 1t
rains.
In some OF the Western Territories bounties
were formerly paid for coyote scalps. but in time.
AZ a result OF the destruction of its enemy, the
iackrabbit overran the land and oppressed
population pinned for the restoration Of the out
Iawed coyote. Not only the bounty for its
destruction suspended. but new laws were passed
encouraging the breeding Of the animal with the
gradual result that the jackrabbit reduced to
his normal consequence. No such protective rea
son exists for increasing the East Indian output
OF snakes. but the natives there have been breed
ing them in like manner for the sake Of the Gov
eminent bounty, which Is now withdrawn. leav-
ing the reptile to its natural increase. the supply
being always much in excess of the demand
without the stimulus OF public reward for its
production. In fact, the plague Of snakes In Hin
dostan Is permanent one, vainly battled against
by all rulers there. from Chardra Guptra down.
and because of climatic and other reasons. sure
to defy the efforts Of all who may follow them.
They a good deal worse than the jackrabbits.
though not so injurious as their civilized cousins
which have overspread Australia.
Our opponents tell us that with free coinage we
cannot borrow from abroad reply that under the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT in Brooklyn. Wednesday night
Stuff! In 1873 the public debt was 1924, 49,
003. In 1893 1t was only S1,549556,353. In
twenty years OF gold standard and Republican
policy we paid off 1854 026 $40 Any fears about
the rest OF it?
Mr. Sinjun is being put upon again by his as
sociates on the Popocratic committee How
much longer will the poor man continue to dis
play the patience of Job and bow meekly before
every affront that Is bestowed on him?
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Uron the authority Of the Navy Department,
which has received the official report of the
speed trial OF the armored cruiser Brooklyn, 1t
Is stated that Cramp q Sons, the builders will
receive a premium OF $350,0O0 for attaining q
higher speed than the guarantee clause OF the
contract called for. During the administration
of William C. Whitney as Secretary Of the
Navy In President Clevelands first term, the
premium for speed allowance on war vessels
was 500 per unit OF horsepower in excess OF
the contract requirement Subsequently pre-
miums were changed from horsepower 20
speed developed the unit being fixed at the
querter-knot. and The premium ranging at
$4,000 for each quarter-knot In excess OF the
requirement. with a penalty OF a correspond
Ing amount for deficiency Of speed Under
the premium system the vessels named have
earned for their builders the following
amounts: Baltimore. Sl06.442: Bennington,
5000: Bancroft, $4,000; Brooklyn. $350OOO:
Castine. $4,000: Columbia $350OOO: Concord.
Sla3; Detroit. $l50.00O: Indiana. $4,000:
Machias. $4,000: Marblehead. $l25O0O: Mas
sachusetts 100000; Minneapolis. $4l4.600;
Montgomery. 100000; Newark. $38,S57; New