New-York tribune., 1900-08-14

losophy to its natural conclusion, and have each
group nominate protesting candidates of its own
shade of political dilettantesm? Here is a great
chance for kindergarten craftsmanship!
The intense heat of Saturday night In New
York City proved particularly trying to the
publishers of Sunday papers. The temperature
of the workrooms in some Of the newspaper
establishments was above 10 degrees and work
dragged painfully in consequence. Several of
the city papers did not catch the trains with part
of their editions and the out of town dispatches
were in great confusion. In the case of The
Tribune the climax capped when one OF
the horses drawing a heavy wagon load Of
papers on its way to the Grand Central Station
dropped in it's tracks, overcome by the heat,
and the wagon failed to catch the train. Many
| readers in the mountain resorts OF New-Eng-
land were probably deprived of part, if not the
whole, of their Sunday Tribune. While making
this explanation, we express the belief that the
trouble from the heat is past for this
| season.
1t will be an agreeable and auspicious feat
ure of the Cuban teachers visit to New-York
that not the Mayor, but the Acting Mayor, Will
be here to receive them.
Senator Flatt says, regarding the Republican
nomination for Governor. that he might kick
against the nomination Of any man who has not
been identified with the party organization.
Just So That is highly reminiscent of the re-
mark Of Mr.. Platts man. Mr.. Lauterbach. in
April, 1897, that he would rather have as
Mayor a Democrat or even Tammany man,
than man responsible to no party and with
mo party behind him" Would Mr. Platt like
to see the New-York City experience of 1897
repeated in New-York State in 1900?
So Ramapo does not propose to carry its fict-
tious water famine far to close the public
schools. For such condescension much thanks.
"Sockless' Jerry Simpson persists, in spite of
many hard knocks. in childlike belief that his
political career is not yet ended. Defeated for
Congress in 1895, he lowered about the Populist
and Democratic National conventions Of 1900 in
the hope Of getting fusion VicePresidential
nomination. Ignored both at Sioux Falls and at
Kansas City, he turned up as a candidate for the
United States Senate before the Populist State
Convention in Kansas. Hostile delegates hissed
him off the platform, and he failed to get
party Endorsement Now he is willing to run
again for Congress in the With District. Yet
the chances that he will fall still further
and harder before he strikes his ultimate po-
litical level
Nicely is making "the fight of his life" to
escape the tOllS or the law. But so Qld ODernn
M. Carter
The anti-imperialists find object lesson in
Cuban affairs which is somewhat discOmposing
inasmuch it affords them ground for re-
Wiling the Administration and casting scorn on
its policy. We have occupied the island for only
about eighteen months; but a Constitutional
Convention has been called, and soon as its
work is complete prepared to withdraw
all the forces we have there. The island is peace
full and orderly from end to end; old burdening
debts, relics of Spanish rapacity and misrule.
have been wiped off the slate people are allowed
to marry each other without an expensive Church
dispensation, and bury each other when they like
without a priestly fee; cities pestilentiaI for
centuries are now healthful the generality of
American cities; where almost universal ig-
norance used TO prevail is now a system of public
schools spreading all the island and this
month hundreds OF teachers are enjoying the
hospitality and sharing the instruction of the
oldest university in America. On the whole
its detachment from the ruinous grasp of Spain
and the policy of administration applied to
1t have wrought in its condition such wonders
of amelioraton that even the anti-imperialists
with all their resources of unsweet unreasOn-
abeness find in 1t nothing to criticise.
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