New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-31
ORR RICHELIEt q.

,,hoeo GRO troublous and anxious days FER
sons who do not belong 10 our oihclai ar'S,o'
,ocv find themselves impclled to look o''i'""
,,,o,, hofore spcaking and to avoid fgura'iVe eN-
,,roesions in writing lest an imaginary maS'ou""
oYcano thcir lips and consgn them TO Il duhEeo"
for le2emaiesty. We can never De sure Wv"
orr NOW Richelcu may dispose of any ono OF Us
Nv, TINT convenient warrant: 1T IS by my OF
dor. and for the good of the State we can
ncvor bn sure when the policeman VINO Is HIS
hodvcuard Will be whstled from some corner
- fracture our skulls If we stand by door III
bI. way or Otherwise fail to show due respect
Some dirty laborer'' who strays into his palace
IN search Of work may offend the nostrils or ms
Eminencc and get into trouble.
porsous who have been accustomed 10 speak
,ho,r orinions frankly on public affairs viii do
u no,,. Tint thr former license to critlcise
"tbc State has been abolished to be on their
Guard onl not even call q bullfrog n croaker or
r.cntion their lapdog as little. Such adjecuveS
ore dangerous The man in Germany VINO
smoke slightingly Of his dog Kaiser can bear
testimony to the perils of having common things
with exalted names For orr part we are in
clnod to think that for such discussion OF the
dongS of our masters as is necessary the safest
I
contcmporarios and no' print the sacred names
If the nobility Meaningless letters Ike G-rd-r
NAV not look so well or smell 50 sweet as full
beautiful Syllablcs Of some beautiful word of
fragrant and beautiful meaning But Beauty is
at a disadvantage when pursuit Of her leads TO
tau We prefer thc uglincss of unrclcved CON
sonGrts.
The Id D-str-t Atty makes it known that
~. H.. f,,lI,
protection against criticisms which. rs Id
I.-tle says tend to disturb the public peace.
Now We shall not crticso thai decision After
noting the CONSERVATION aroused and tho injury
inflicted hy a bull n iargc in orr streets on
Wednesday we should never think of defending
n fellow who would lct q maStodOn loos" in tho
schools 10 frighten children If la Grdr
wants 20 hang him and quarter him and fasicn
4 NJ n piece Of him In front Of Columbia Invcr-
/ sty and each newspaper Office in town rs a
/ wholesome warning. far he II from us 10 com
/ plain We have no desire 10 contribute TO the dec
J orations pieces Of our WI corpse Nevertheless
! We arc filed with hun. lc curos.ty. Just when
/ I'D Id G-rd-r berome 50 Jealous in defence Of
public officers When did it become an indic-
/ able offence TO describe an official as an old
fogy in igurativc language, and just when did
/ Il cease 80 he an ndciablc offence to declare in
SET terms that public officer is dishonest?
Id G-rdr cannot have forgotten the outra-
/ gcous attack made last fall upon one Of the
/ Justices of the Supreme Court by Id R-d
/ Cr-k-r. an attac; 50 vile that The Brooklyn
Eagle" and other supporters Of that noble lord s
! State campaign denounced II and demanded
from the Id B-ss proof or retracton Of his
charge Id Cr-k-r publicly charged in so
many words that Joseph i. DAILY had mot been
mn upright Judge" If 10 raise doubts in the
J. public mind 10 Tho Integrity OF our courts
! does not tend Ito disturb the public peace" what
J does: Calling man al educational mnsto-
don: Yet the noble Id D-str-t Atty sat still
/ Will" til. Id B-Ss vllllied the Supreme Court
I I'm the ItrSOn Of one II its Judges. He could not
: ha,-c failed Ia hear the torrent of bill'ncsgate
+ which the Id Mgr used 10 pour out upon Mr..
Huhhcli. the predecessor Of Id Lille, which
v.oS intended to interfere with the working o!
The schools and bring The Department Of Edu-
cation into public contempt Yet Id G-rl-r
never tried To protect Mr.. Hubbcll. though lie
docs "lnv down this broad princ,ple-that so
long az an District-Attorney any public OIL
Ger performing his official duties and giving
his time in tho way these members Of The
Board Of Education are doing is entitled 10 the
fullest protection Of law.
! We do not pretend TO understand the Law OF