New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-08

would be able 10 pay at iedst P0i NN''N "'''
dends and put aside handsome sums for sur
plus account every year.
In Texes as in some other Populistic states, the
tail coat may be made political issue at any
time. and It is possible that Representative BAL
ley's reasons for declining to wear one nave rel-
erence 10 the prosperity Of his future career his
constituents might repudiate him If 1t could be
proved that he had incased himself In one Oh
these conventional garments even for the pur-
pose of attending a Presidential dinner party
There are some legislative shypoke5 VINO might
reject the dress coat. as Jerry simpson at 'he
outset Of his parliamentary career rejected STOCK
ings without attracting any particular attention.
Being hopeless guys in any possible ou'H'' II
would not at any time matter In the least WIFI
they wore or did not wear But the case Oh the
tall and talented Texan Is different. he Wou'u
be an ornamental addition to the tail-coa'
brigade anywhere, and really ought not 10 De
diminishing around on his own hook outside or IT,
tIa must know that those who will not submit to
rational conventions are mere social guerillas,
when all is said and done. His aversion to that
garment which he says is not radical and may
abate is only remnant Of provincial preJudce,
ar outbreak of self-a5sertion like that which I'M
PEELED Garibaldi to attend the grand opera In a
red shirt and in the cosmopolitan atmosphere
which he now rradates 1t will soon disappear
Even the sockless Simpson changed his base long
before his first term was over. and famed forth
in the most gorgeous hosiery ever displayed IN
either house OF Congress 1t would not be in the
least surprising If the Hon. Mr. Bailey were to
n ount the finest dress coat sported anywhere In
Washington society before the session is over
He has the figure for 1t. and would carry 1t off
as gracefully as Julius Caesar carried OH the
most stylish toga in his wardrobe
Operate and theatrical Adventures to chicago
assert that there is no money there to pay for
tickets and that the performances take place to
empty benches. Mrs. Hetty Green has also dis
covered that there is money there to pay the
interest on her mortgages, and she IL engaged In
foreclosing them TO the tune of a couple Of mill
ions or thereabouts Now that Greater New-York
is as good as a fact, and all competitive ideas
are necessarily banished from the Chicago mind.
Chicago will very likely go TO work and make
some more money. She has an excellent stand for
business, and is of doing we'll in moderate
way so long as she will conne her attention TO It,
There are TO be reforms in Cuba and there IS
TO be a blockade of Greece. Also. when the skies
fall we shall catch larks.
The harmless. unnecessary nocturnal cat is
the object Of attention from a society which
calls itself the Midnight Band Of Mercy. The
theory OF the society is that all prowlng mid
night cats are homeless and that II will be
mercy to put them painlessly out Of existence
whenever an opportunity offers This is what
It's members pledge themselves to do, and their
Intentions are no doubt righteous. though they
are founded on a wrong conception Of feline
habits Most Of the serenading cats have COM
Portable homes, where they are esteemed and
respected their night excursions being for pur-
poses Of recreation. gallantry vocal exercise
and in some cases doubt TO put down the
pretensions OF the other cat. They preserve
open lines Of retreat. and In the morning APP
pear in the domestic circle with customary
occurrences, showing no signs Of what they have
been about night. There are some home
less. ones, OF course, but not 50 many as their
energetic evening serenadcs might imply The
Institutes of the society do not seem to contem-
plate any discrimination. but assume that any
cat found at large must necessarily be
yagrant which it would BE- n pious deed to
rince. If the could vote the proposition
they would make short work OF 1t.
There are many roads within the limits OF this
city the condition OF which Is disgrace to the
metropolis.
The announcement that the Venezuelan Con-
gress has unanimously ratified the arbitration
treaty with Great Britain, negotiated for Venez-