New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-01

thev have certainly nominated exceient c""u
do,os for Congress. Mr. Mahany's renominat'c"
,ves jpev,tabl. He has proven himself 10 ne oie
30 the most efficient Representatives tnat 'he
XXXIId District has had at Wasn'ls'o' ~
mars vears His record Is in complete harmony
with the best sentiment of his party. Coohe' AZ
.vordrs tho nominee In the xXX1iId Distric'
WAS APPOINTED United states Eistrict-A.toF"e'
by President Harrison. He was u competent
energetic and digniled official Al eienien'0 u
the party have confidence in his apility' not only
10 look after the material interests OK the o'slrc'
but TO perform a creditable part In Shaping Ma
tional legislation
Danforth will have no cause to regret the oe-
cision OF his State Committee not TO iorce MN '"
the front as its candidate When the re'u' ns
come in five weeks hence he will couh' "''''.',
,uokv not to be 'in it," especially as "o"u
be sure to receive an even sounder dru' DING TIA"
will be administered TO Porter ana scnra"o
-
Towns ia M n again. this time with an earnest
,baI,enve 10 the Rev. DR.. Parkhurst to engage
in q Joint debate with him. TownsS pdsSio" i''
a Joint debate with somebody is oVerHas'eis
Thj, IA the second or third attempt ne has '''"".
stree he cast in his lot with the SiiVerites' ""N
thus far he hasn't had any luck az ILL %
really generous offer which he MAKES u "a
Parkhurst. for If the Doctor Is "ii""s ~ 80
the East River Towns is willing 10 pay ''e u.s.
of hiring a hall 1t VIII be sol "''appH
ment to the poet of the silver cause il H' o"'
aa,sorts n debate with lin in Brooklyn Or else
where. He is devoting so much attention, - W..
r,a,ter that he seems to have forgotten all ABOUT
49, ..oot b,ackboard blackboard campaign with
,h;ch no was going to make silver converts "
,at
rho Democratic treasury is in bad way again
- chairman Jones confesses that ne doesh
,,, which way to turn to replenish it, 1t IS 10 pe
.sa that ar this juncture there Will be no more
.,ton,nt. n palm off bogus checks for SloVoo' OF
any other sum, on the guileess MIR. Sih!u'i'
uou,d assuredly be too cruel to perpetrate .ricA
y, that kind and raise false hopes when thee Is ~
much at stake
THE Illinois, institution which sells bogus dipio'
mas. making anybody an "A. ". OF W. 49, -
IL. d. who has from $50 to Sloo 10 i''eS' -
those alphabetical appendices to MS NAME ..'e''
take q leaf from the book Of the clever 'h'ei WI.
49,, u,o.,t,v STOLEN the seal of the University or
Rer,in and peddled out It's diplomas right ana '''
at any price he could get for them Ahere -
ene academic regularity in this practice in which
tho Illinois procedure is entirely lacking IL 'hoSe
who work the scheme could possess themselves Vi
the great seal of the new and much-eho'"eu
Chicago University their business wouid oe u" "
mar with that Of the Bernese Baraooas' anu
they could meet him with equality IN the neio u
competition. AS it is, the documents 'heS "i'
tribute lack the dignity OF the foreign ones. and
are too thin to bear such serious CREDENTIALS ~
is a wonder that anybody finds them worth buy
nv
bought A similar trade in bogus medical diplo-
mas WAS broken I'D in Philadelphia few years
ago and it is possible that the operators OF that
old enterprise may have gone West with the Idea
of growing up with the country
The amount paid out by>the Government In
PENSIONS during the last fiscal year was we
learn from the report Of the Commissioner OF
Pensions, S13S 214OO0. II free silver should
triumph every one Of these pensions would be
paid in debased doars-dollars worth only
trine more than half a dollar each. What do the
pensioners. and people who believe III treating
the pensioners fairly and honorably. think OF
such a prospect!
II is characteristic of the general indifference
to the welfare Of the public manifested by the
Bridge trustees that they cannot even afford the
time to take action in reference to the construc'
ton Of a tube for carrying the mails between
New York and Brooklyn. Nearly all the people
of the two cities are interested TO some extent in
this matter, which involves saving Of about ~
per cent in the time of sending letters back and
forth across the East River. company Is
ready to build the tube. The Postoffice Depart
nent Is ready to enter into a contract with tho
company The Postmasters OF both cities favor
the scheme. There ought to he no further delay
in this matter.
The New-Jersey supporters Of Bryan are COM
planning because the mail train was not delayed
longer let the Boy Orator do more talking from
the rear car They are strictly logical. The Chi
cago platform denounced the Federal Govern