New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-20
STILL MORE TROUBLE.

And now our Philadelphia friends are having
trouble in their own State, In addition to the
disturbance of mind into which they were thrown
by the failure of New-York to put in an appear
ance at the dedication of the Washington monu-
ment in that city last week. Most of the news
papers in the State have expressed the most
enthusiastic admiration for the work Of the Com
mlttee Of Arrangements on that occasion But
THE Philadelphia Inquirer" whose vigorous
criticism Of New-York for its absence from the
ceremonies was referred to In yesterdays Trib-
une. says: There is a note Of discord in the
chorus The Harrisburg Patriot is imbued
with the malicious spirit of the NewYork press,
land expresses Itself In much the same fashion"
That paper, II seems. INDUCED in the faunt that
Philadelphia had to call upon the other counties
Of the State for assistance In making the parade
a success. "The Telegraph" of the same city
also "sneeringly says that Philadelphia can now
90 to sleep again. while THE Wiamsport
Sun" makes itself ridiculous by the comment
that the Philadelphia City Troop was the only
organization visible to the eyes Of the Quaker
"'City people during the parade, although the
"'other guardsmen must have been in evidence
" in the line Of march,"
Quite naturally "The Inquirer resents this
churlshness, and the absence Of proper State
pride which these comments indicate. Here in
Philadelphia it says. we look for such idiOcy
las this from New-York newspapers. but is it
patriotism on the part OF Pennsylvanians TO
thus belittle so magnificent a State demonstra-
"tOnT' 1t rcfutes with becoming spirit the in
timatiOn that the City Troop was the object of
all the attention and the recipient Of all the ap-
plause On the contrary, 1t says there We're
cheers for the interior troops all along the line"
and "there was not n Philadelphia newspaper
(which did not praise the visiting troops with
1.-THE rest" This was mot only because they
were visitors. and hence entitled to courteous
treatment. but also Because they looked like
"the soldiers they are Nothing could be hand
somer than that. That the Philadelphians are
beginning TO know how it Is themselves" on
such occasions appears from THE Inquirers"
remark that at is no light task to house and en-
terrain so many people" and that at was not to
"be expected that so many men could be assem-
"bled in any city without some discomfort to
themselves or that some OF the arrangements
would not be freely criticised by those who
"camc within their range" That Is about the
size of It, and New-York. while sympathizing
with her sister city in her disappointment over
some of the details Of her celebration, congratu-
lates her at the same time upon having found
out the impossibility Of pleasing everybody upon
such occasions. 1t Is experience which
teaches fOrbearance, patience and charity.
Meantime, let us hope that these small afflic-
tons, which are but for moment will not have
the effect upon our Philadelphia friends that the
conclusion Of the late war Lad upon the Confed
crate soldier who sat on stump beyond Apo
mattox and said he'd be hanged II he'd ever love
another country. Let them continue to erect
monuments to the ustrious dead and dedicate
them with appropriate ceremonies. no matter
what 1.-THE Harrisburg Patriot" or malicious
New-York newspapers may say about It.