New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-05

brothers and sisters less favored than hinSel1
In lfes many-sided struggle
The deficit for the current year Is only about
S25 OOOOOO. a mere bagatee, and the President
HES him to his fishing grounds at BuzIards
Bay, with a heart light as a seaguls feather.
If Thurber distributes chum with diligence and
discretion. 1t Is than 1G to that the Presi-
dental fishing gear will show surplus. instead
Of deficit. indicating that he excels as pisca-
tor rather than an administrator.
Railroads and a standing army we'll drilled
and ready to fight at moments notice are
what Bismarck recommends to III Hung Chang
as the proper instruments Of development and
administration in the new era upon which China
is entering. The Oriental statesman recognizes
the force and wisdom Of the counsel. and will
strive to give 1t furtherance. Germany indicates
willingness to lend him officers to drill and
discipline the latter. and he shows a disposition
to accept them. though 1t Is not likely that
monopoly Of that instruction will be given them.
Both these great men are nearing the end Of
their appointed work. and their meeting the
other day at Friedrichsruh was OF high historic
interest, in which an element of pathos was
mingled. They have written their names large
upon the century. and each has accomplished for
his nation more than any predecessor. OF the
East and West, they are not only the highest
contemporary figures. but the highest which
have appeared In centuries, If that Of Napoleon
be left out Of the estimate. Bismarck's task
seems we'll completed. and to all appearance
the foundations OF the Empire OF which he was
the real architect are firm and enduring. That
of Ii Hung Chang Is only fairly begun. and will
hay IN he w ha M
own. But he has given It the initial impulse.
and the impress Of his hand will remain upon the
recreated Empire perhaps legibly that Of
Bismarck upon Germany. Their meeting Is
worthy OF artistic we'll as historic COM
memoration. and II is quite sure Of such cele.
braton the last In this kind that either Is likely
to receive.
It wasn't an ideal day But what Of thatf The |
Eoriousness Of the Fourth doesn't depend upon |
the weather.
1t is said that Colonel Fellows wept bitterly a. |
he depleted the situation to the sound-money |
conference at Chicago on Friday evening. The |
Colonel reminds us Of Bunthorne's poem. He 10 |
"a wild weird. heshly thing. yet very tender very
"yearning. very precious
George freu NiliiuIfS - nOtIIHS ~ eeii- |
sacrificing He sacriic I'd himself In Congress. |
as all will remember, in the cause OF free trade
and Grover Cleveland; and now he announces
that he is anxious to sacrifice himself at Chicago
in the cause of free silver and John P. Altgeld |
Between Cleveland and Altged there Is a great |
gulf fixed. but George Fred has crossed 1t. And. |
with 1t ALL he realizes that he is doomed politi-
cally In Massachusetts,. II not socially and finan
-ho urI In n
move George Fred to South Carolina? Tilman |
might find constituency for him there and send |
him back to Congress on another mission to fight |
windmill.
"Come and prosecute me-" says George Fred !
Williams What a hidcous disappointment It I
would be to George Fred II nobody accepted his |
invitation!
1t requires argument to show the desirable |
,ty Of having the mails dispatched between New |
York and Brooklyn through a tube running |
across the Bridge and operated either by pneu- |
r,atc or electric force. The simple statement |
that by means Of such tube the time OF trans |
mission between the two offices would be reduced |
from nearly half an hour to five minutes or lees |
Is convincing The Government In enxious to |
have the improved means OF communicat ton and |
stands ready to enter into a contract for term !
OF years with any concern that will construct the
tube and undertake the work In the circunl- |
stances II would seem that more than a mod |
rate compensation should be demanded for the |
use OF the Bridge structure, the tube will In !!
no wise interfere with the regular uses Of the |
Bridge The people will be the gairers by the |
proposed arrangement. and their representatives |
who control the Bridge. should feel bound to |
deal with the matter liberal basis.
Fort Greene in Brooklyn. is too good a name |
to lose 1t has always been Fort Greene in the |
usage OF the people. and Will long remain So |
The name Washington Park has excuse for |
being The official designation should conform |
to the popular one
The Yale oarsmens first race at Henley will be |
with Leander. We sincerely hope 1t will not be |
their last: but to be frank rather than sanguine
II Is not improbable that Yale will be out Of the
regatta at the end Of this first heat. and no dis
grace would attach TO such a result. The Lean |
der crew is known to have speed and staying |
power and Yale may have a creditable supply Of |
those qualities without having quite enough The |
New Haven oarsmen took many chances when |
they went abroad, as they well knew. and they |
will not be In despair II they lose. though they
certainly will not be satisfied
PERSONAL.
Sir William MacGregor. who has received the |
Founders Medal Of the Royal Geographical Society
II the son Of an Aberdeenshire ploughman