New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-07
A Crank and
The only funny thing about Il Is the acrostic.

Another indication OF returning prosperity In
Ireland is seen In the annual fisheries report. In
1890 the fisheries Of Ireland took. exclusive OF
shellnsh. 1.O13.692 hundredweight OF seafsh. VAL
ued at 81. 596.035. increase OF 315GS7 hundred
weight. and S22l.3l0 over the catch Of 1895.
This happy result was attained not by any ma
terial increase OF force In boats or men. but by
the use OF improved gear and better methods OF
work Intelligence and industry are being ap-
piled TO tho redevelopmcnt OF trade In which
Ireland should be the peer Of any other land
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The man with mission is sometimes inter-
es,ing. Frank J. stuke. OF Union Hill. n. j.,
has a mission. Not satisfied with being q JUS
tlce Of the Peace and a member Of the present
Grand Jury OF Hudson County. he has an un-
quenchable yearning TO have his name forever
entwined around a monumental piece OF orig
inal legislation. Though not lawyer. nor a
member OF New-Jersey's lawmaking body, he
has announced his intention OF drafting for the
consideration OF the Legislature a bill including
in the category OF misdemeanors the offence Of
preaching political sermons" Many OF the
clergymen Of Hudson County have from time TO
time made pointed remarks on public affairs.
They have said unkind things about officials
who neglected their duty and violated their
OATH and some a them have even gone so far
as TO make personal remarks about the charac-
ter OF men active in the direction OF city and
county affairs. Mr.. Stuke knows how Disagree
able that Is. because friends OF his have not es-
ca6Ad unscathed. Mr.. Stuke's idea Is to punish
by fine or imprisonment. or both. any clergyman
who publicly addresses his congregation on any
subject not strictly religious. Unlike many re-
formers Mr.. Stuke Is conservative. II is sur
prIsing that he does not propose to make II a
penal offence for cergymen to talk on any ques-
tion or even to conduct religious services. be-
cause these have a tendency to interfere with
the popularity OF certain lines OF business In
Hudson County. Mr.. Stuke SHOULD endeavor to
overcome his constitutional timldity.
Some admirers Of Thomas Moore among the
hourlshng and ancient Order of HibernIans
have made formal complaint that the name Of
their favorite poet was omitted from the lists
OF famous men which find place on the walls
OF the new Library Of Congress. But the gay
and tuneful Irshman who visited the United
States in 1903 and could only characterize its
system OF government under Jefferson as The
brute made ruler and the man made brute"
could scarcely expect a cordial welcome. even
a century later. to an American Pantheon.
The "prnciples OF Jefferson. Tilden and Bry-
an" Great Scott Suzer Come of the perch
The fall term OF the United States Supreme
Court will begin next Monday with a docket Of
only four hundred and sixty-six cases. against
an accumulation OF six hundred and sixteen at
the close Of the recess year ago. Each year
now sees the highest Federal Tribunal meet
with a diminished volume Of hod-ove appeals
confronting It. and there 10 an excellent prospect
OF the Court actually catching up with It's
yearly work before the second decade OF the
new century. Thanks to the far-sghted and
liberal judicial reforms inaugurated by the
List Congress. the Federal Courts may soon hope
to escape the reproach Of dilatoriness too often
heaped upon the truly leaden- footed admnstra-
ton OF justice In this country and elsewhere