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FOUNDED BT HORACE GREELEY
MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1889.
TBE NEWS THIS MORNING.
Foreign.?Negotiations on thc subject ol tho
marriage of Prince Alexunder and lYInnw Vic?
toria arc passing between tho Emperor and tho
Czar, ssa Mr. Balfour partly succeeded in pre?
venting National L-ngue meetings In Ireland
yesterday; in some places soldiers charged on tho
peojile, wounding many; Mr. O'Brien spoke a
short time at Loughrea. :-It ls rammed tlmt
tho Mexleaa flo I lira IB lint is considering a propo
bition mado by nn English syndicate to coinpleto
Hm Tchuantcpco Railway,
Domestic?Further opposition to tho Direct
Tux hill was threatened by the filihnsters in tlio
House of Kopresentati\cs. ? ' '? The (.'reset ni Club
(Democratit>, of Baltimore, showed opposition lo
S : .tor Gorman ami tho Administration. -
i- A new yacht for a member of Um New-York
Club was launeht.tl ut Borton. ~^=r. The supple
m.-mary cl-etions in Bhode leland remited g n
erally in favor of the Bepabliean*. r-i??. The
Library Committee of Congress is considering
the purchase of a sword once owned by Wash?
ington at a cost of 126,000. s-**ss- The RepabUean
S- Batea at Albaay decided to hold ? cauoua to
ligllt ou the Ilixh-Lk'ciiso hill.
City ami Suburban.? Views of many prominent
lawyers of this city on the question of whom the
1'resident should appoint as Chief Just iee of the
United Stutts, sass Ettasaa, Ihe murderer, died
from thc effects of the poison he swallowed on
Fritlay Bight in the Tombs; tbe Charities and
Correction Commissioners will make an Investi?
gation.- Jacob Sharp buried quietly. .
Lillian Oleott, tin aetn ss. died. :, The Brook?
lyns defeated Um Newark 'mseball team by a
tem* of 5 to 4. rrrrrrr=-rz A liberated convict coll.nut
|*d suicide on the grave of his wife 9% Tonken.
Ihe Wiathcr.?Indications for to-day : Warmer
und fair, followed by cloudiness. Temperature
yesterday : Highest, 45 degrees; lowest, ll;
average, 'At', ,'i-4.
Tho deadlock in thc House of Representa?
tives is attracting M much attention that our
readers will he glad lo Know just who tho men
ara that are making the light against Uie
Direct Tax Lill. Our Washington correspond?
ence enlighten! them on I li is point. Thc
ramos of all the filibuster! ara given, with the
Siiti-s they rcpie.sont and ihe amounts ap?
portioned to those States, which most of them
havo never paid.
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It will he seen from a loiter written bj Mr
AI. I). Conway, which i^ printed elsewhere,
that an important decision is expected to he
made in a few days bj the United States
Bupreeae Court. The question involved h
whether a State can ho med bj one of its own
ditmas lt is of especial Interest at ih" present
lime in view of the decision last October in tin'
Virginia coupon eases. Mr. Conway's study of
the Xlth Amendment of the Constitution will
lepay careful study on the jiait of all inteiBSti 1
in a decision that is likely to involve wide
reaching consiliences.
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Coercion got the upper hand in Ireland yes?
terday. The Nationalists only succeeded to a
limited extent in carrjing out their programme
of holding meetings in various towns in Older
to prove that the Leagne is still in a condition
of vig.-rotis health despite proclamation* and
suppression, police and mi rta ry. Various
nmes wets resorted to to evade the authorities,
hut generally they were unavailing. Mr
O'llrien. however, was able to get in a ten
minutes' speech at Loughrea, Considerable
violence, accompanied tlie attempts to ).itali ap
thc meetings, and in one CMS the crowd was
charged upon by Hilde rs and numbers of
people were wounded. There was no repetition
of (he Mitobelstown butchers-, nor. so lui- as
rapoited were any of the Irish leaden arrested.
Notwithstanding what the Queen called Mr.
Balfour's "careful" execution of the Crimet
Act. the work of making tlie Irish people con
toted and happy hy force Dake! slow progti M.
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Wandoa Walsh declare! thal he positively
"emms investigation." He should get it: and
in suth a scaiching and drastic form ss to
cause him to remember it for many a day.
Pitman, the Tombs pris*.ncr who took a large
quantity of opium, is .Nad. and the evidence
that tbe opium was in liquid lora ia strong
That presuppose! a bottle, and if a bottle wns
conveyed to the Murderer*! <cll it proves that
the searching lo which visitors aie subjected
at thc Tomb* is lucien! to the last degree
What has Mr. "Pattj" Walsh to say on this
point? He ha* abandoned?of course with
extreme reluctance?his theory of " nervoii
prostration." to which he (liing as the la-.'
despoiate hope of raeapiag the consequences oi
his loose and careless methods There ought
to lie an end to this scandalous slate of thing
it the Tomi*. The Commissioner! of Charities
?nd Correction must realize hy this time the
rad blunder they made ia appointing a man of
Walsh's notorious character to such an offii,
?
Tho interview* with prominent member* of
the New-York bar as to the vacant Chiel
Justiceship, which we print on another page,
will be found both timely and inU-ioMing.
There is general agreement among Btpublicait
law7er* that so marked a scarcity of Demo?
cratic material exist* as to embarrass the I'resi?
dent in making his choice, or at least to limit
his selection to a narrow range. Some are em?
phatically of the opinion that one of the
Associate Justices thould lo promoted; by
right of priority on the bench Justice Miller ls
thought by several to be entitled to the honor,
while Justice Field U considered by other* an
abler man and moro worthy of advancement.
Apart from theso thero are numerous names
mentioned. Those most favorably regarded
are Mr. James C. Carter, ex-Judge lloadly and
Minister Phelps. If a man under sixty ls
chosen?and thero is a strong feeling that tlio
new Chief Justice should not bo older than
threo score?tho first and tho last of these
would, we believe, lie ruled out. Ex-Governor
lloadly is the subject of warm praise on all
sides, hut whether he is not much better fitted i
to bo an advocate than a Judge is nn open
qaSStioa Many New-York lawyers practise
liefore the Supreme Court, and their judgment
on this important question is naturally keen
and discriminating Still. Mr. Cleveland is not |
likely to be influenced largely hy their opinions.
THE SEX ATE AND DIG ll LICENSE.
Tho Republican Senators meet in caucus to?
night in Albany to decide whether tho High
Licenso bill shall be mado a party measure. |
Thero can bc little doubt as to the decision of
tho caucus, because an overwhelming majority
of the Republican Senators favor tho bill on
it* merits, only six of the twenty-one, in fact,
being counted as against it or doubtful. Theso
six aro Messre. Coggeshall, Laughlin, Russell,
Sweet, Van Cott and Worth. They aro under?
stood to favor a reduction of tho boeT liocnso
fee, but wo have reason to believe that several
of them, If tho caucus decide* that the mcasuro
?hould pass in the shape In which it comes
from tho Assembly, will accept its decwion
and loyally support tho bill.
Any other course would, we aro convinced,
be suicidal, both for tho individual Senator
and his party. This ls a time to speak plainly.
Tho Republicans of the Assembly have carried j
through this bill, which is iiupcrativly de- j
manded hy puhlio sentiment. No measure
that has been before thc Legislature in years
has aroused so much popular feeling in il* j
favor. The question now is whether the |
Senato shall also pass it, and leave with Gov- |
ernor Hill tho responsibility of saying whether |
it shall become a law or not. If it should fall ;
short of passing, even hy a vote or two, tho !
word failure would bo written against tho \
temperance record of this Legislature. The
enemies of tho Republican party, especially the
apostates, would seize tho opportunity to _
charge it with insincerity and trickery. Tem- j
peranco men would ho disheartened, and tho ]
leaders of the Third Party Prohibitionists,
who bitterly oppose a High-License bill, would
double a corner quickly enough to denounce '
tho Republicans for not having passed it j
The party would go into the campaign harassed
and weighted with this failure, having gained
tho bitter enmity of thc liquor dealers by thc
attempt te pass the bill, and having lost the !
support of many temperance men which would
havo heen outs if. it had passed. Tho Re- j
publican party has barned i's bridges on tli is ,
question. If it falls bat U,' it will be attacked
on both sidesi if it presses forward, ii will :
find reinforcements among the men who want
to seo it take advanced ground. The man
who, in opposition to ibo united Republican
press and an overwhelming majority of his
party in both houses, bring* it to tho plight
we have described, "ill take i very heavy
responsibility upon himself.
Tho effect up<m his personal fortune! will
be quito as serious as upon those of his party
If the bill fails, ihe issue will assume i leading
place in tho coming campaign. The Senators
do not como up for re-election thi! year?a
fortunate circumstance for any Republican!
who may vote against it. Lui the question
will not disappear from our politics with tho
beginning of the High-License experiment
The temperance question will occupy thc Lcg
Matara for years to come, and every year Re?
publican voters will grow nure exacting as to
tho record and position of their candidates.
Tho man who should defeat the High-Lie.-n-"
bill now will hardly find it a recommendation
with this class of votei-s, when ho conies up
for re-election.
There are two good reasons for not reducing
tho beer license fee. One is that if it is re?
duced the bill will well-nigh cease to be a
High-Lit ense bill. The ol her is that (ho
session is so far advanced that if the bill is
sent link tt. llie Assembly it will probably
never be seen again. The Republican! of the
Senate sh'.uld stand or fall with the bill as it
i.-. The beer license ll not too high; the dis?
proportion, if there il any. is in tho fact that
the liquor license is too low.
Of courM\ as in every reform movement,
there are prop!.- going shout wringing their
hands over the dire things that will happen lo
the pany. Hui the Republican party has
always had the most vote* win n it planted
itself upon the highest mon] ground and let
tho consequence! take care of themselves.
A GOT 1\M, SI UNDEE WEEBA
It i> seriously proposed that the railroad
hands throughout the country should be made
employee of the National Government, under
it! control and pay. This, it is argued, would
put an end to tho wanton interruption of traffic
and travel by itrikei, to tho unreasonable de?
mands of employee by which the safety and
excellence of the sen ice tuc often impaired, and
to ih'- bankruptcy of railroad! in consequence
of tho dictation of workers, lt is pot at all t ! ai
thal any of these resultl would be attained by
the course j i. |...s tl. Hands in Government
employ do BOmetimea si like, anti thi'ie is
nothing to prevent their doing so whenevei
any demand (hey please to make ii not granted,
unlt'ss Ihe wages they receive aie higher than
those generally paid for similar woik. In a
gioat manj ca*ei ihe demands made by em?
ploye! of the Government have been granted
xxh, ii the public service was thereby tendered
more cosily and lesa efficknl And it is only
necessary t<> remember the ihameful condition
of the public printing office at Washington to
ica'ize that life and property would become
horribly insecure on railroads managed bj Gov
(iniiK m officials.
The fad is ihat the strikers, who have so
wantonly disturbed bu*ine*a and travel, would
have their own IWCet will if they had only poli?
ticians to deal with. The number of thc em?
ployes i> so large that their votci would be
ftarod by every public offit r not i ndov ed with
a rare heroism of character. Iii 1880 the ct il?
lus reported 118,967 persons employed by rail
i"ads operating r*(.'ir*'i) mile* of load, or about
1.77 person! to the mile. At that rate the
160,000 miles of railroad now in operation
would employ about 716,600 person*, tin.]
neatly all of them voter-. The patronage at the
disposal of suth a President si Mr. ( leveland
would at a single stroke bc increased teven
fold. About one lil mooral in fifty can new get
some position lintier Government; more than
one in seven Would then be in Government pay.
In thc selection of these nun. Un power of
patronage would be so vastly increased that
political principles would have infinitely littlo
to do with the conduct of such a party as th*
Demon atic
As the next step, the power of the voting em?
ployes and their friends, being great enough
presumably to defeat almost any President or
any other elected official, would soon be iwr
deoi to dictate terms to the Government. Tho
wage* paid, the hours of work, the mles of ser?
vice, would bo just what the men might choose
to domand. If anybody Imagine* that a Pem
ooratio Administration would resist, be has only
to consider tho stat? of tho Washington prink?
ing oflice. Having created disciplined cohorts
of his partisan*, a I'resident like Mr. Cleveland
would be entirely at their mercy, and tli ii com?
pact army of voter! would dictate to him, Just
as tho armed legion* dictated to tho Roman Em?
perors when the days of Decline and Fall had
come. Men like Martin Irons would direct tho
army of voters, nnd any interference w ith their
lawless will would be punished by political os?
tracism.
All this ls not necessary to show that Gov?
ernment control of railroad employes would bo
fatal, both to tho railroads and to the Govern?
ment. But lt ls of uso as an indication of
tendencies now in visiblo operation. Presi?
dent Cleveland has already organized his par?
tisan cohorts of 100.000 men or more, and tho
number is increasing every year. The army
has already become so big and powerful that it*
General is afraid of it, and no longer dares to
resist its will in many matters. Thc President's
demoralization of the public 6Crvico i9 also de?
moralization of thc (Jovernment and thc appoint?
ing power. A genuine reform of thc service a
.radical and thorough restriction of the appoint?
ing power, has become essential not only to tho
intelligent and faithful performance of public
duties by subordinate*, but even to ths political
independence of the Executive. ^
THE OEM r DEE ATE FILIEU8TEEE
The bili to refund to tho States tho amount
of direot tax paid during tho war, against
which Confederate Brigadiers havo been fili?
bustering in the House tho past week, ought
to stand on Its own merits. It is simply dis?
honest to say that tho hill means thc refunding
of the cotton tax also, for some at least of
thoso who prominently urge this measure havo
publicly declared that they will oppose the
other when reached. Tho Confederate army
in Congress is fighting the bill because it re?
pays tho tax to those who did pay it, while
their States, being in lcbellion, did not pay.
It is not less dishonest to represent that tho
measure has anything to do with tho tariff or
tho surplus revenue. Nobody but n Demo?
cratic Brigadier or a Mugwump "Tariff Bo
former" would imagine the people ignorant
enough to be misled by an assertion ko palpably
foolish. The refunding bill concerns only the
disposition of gundry millions which have
already boen collected, and are now in tho
Treasury, and has not the slightest thing to
do with tho surplus revenue, at this or any
future time, with the amount that fhould be
collected, or the way it ihall be raised. That
explanation entirely fits a set of persons so
ignorant that they tre despised by their own
party for thi ir incompetence as legislators
even by the people who think them eminently
competent to revise the whole tariff system of
the Nation, because their ignorance makes
them Free Traders.
If every dollar of the surplus whieli has thus
far gathered in tbe Trcasuiy should be ex?
pended, or returned to the 6tates, that would
make no difference whatever ai to the need of
reducing taxation hereafter in order to prevent
future accumulation of Boney. The bill
would pay out i ia rt of the money now in tho
Treasury to the stairs, instead of paying the
whole of it to the bondholders, si was author?
ized by the Bond Purchase bill, which recently
passed the House. Thai is all there ii of the
question about which the Congresimen -till in
rebellion are howling and drinking whiskey
night and day. and the attempt of -'The \ow
York Herald" to excuse their disgraceful per?
formance, on the pica ihat it has something
to il., with the Milli bill, if not, Intentionally
deceptive, is m ignorant ss the Congressmen
themseivt a
Whether irondry millions of Um u-.i i;.
money, which have been collected in ths past
and are not now needed by the Treasury,
ought to be paid back te the loyal Slates, is a
question on which it is a pieoe of impudenoe
for persons who wera pardoned traitor*, and
who, if they had their deserts, would have
bein banged, to expresi a very strenuous
opinion. Loyal snd patriotic citizens paid this
money into the Treasury, to meet part of the
expense of putting down a Democratic re
beilion. The loyal and patriotic citizen* have
?oms righi to raj whether they want it loch
again, particularly as they asked no bondi for
it and want do interest. The person* who ara
now in Congres! by rirtue of the exceeding
generosity of the Nation?a generosity thej
bave not yet shown iliein- Ives capable of
comprehending?might fitly lit in humiliated
and repentant silence, when it is proposed that
the Nation they tried to destroy should pay
back any of it* debi. But Ior Ihat, as for
other evidence of capacity to govern, they have
nol thc self-respect or the manly patriotism of
feeling. 'I bey are qualified only to draw pay
from the Treasury for wasting pul.lie time?to
plunder tho Government they failed to destroy.
777ll PEP8SING BRIDOh Finn: LE.V.
Them are Indication* that the Bridge trust
nt their meeting to-day may take oap Judg?
ment ..n thc admirable Wellington plan for in?
creasing the carrying capacity of the Bridge to
an extent thal make* tbe present facilities aremra,
?mall iuul pitiful In tb* extreme ot coane i
set of public officials sensible of their respoiui
i.iliti.s and determined to perform to tb* beet ol
their ability the dutle* committed to th. ii- charge
would not think for a moment of disposing t.lf
liantl of l mit ter m Important, and which has
been so carefully elaborated and has rennel the
unanimous and unqualified approval of the Board
of Expert*, chosen because of pre-eminent and
recognised ability to pam upon this very problem.
That the experts have don* th. ir work consci?
entiously and well there is no denying, i'r baldy
no other engineer* eould liavc been found in the
country mere competent for tbe task or more
trilling to devote time, can aad thought to the
ipi. si ion submitted for their disposal Thal they
ha\e given their sdbesion without dissent t>. the
plan oi Mi. Wellington oul oi the levcnteen
plans submitted ut prim* fScie evidence of the
strongest hind tbat the einulating system is Im?
measurably supencr to any ot h.r scheme yet
-ted.
Ilene* the publie will ii"* look with patience
on any attempt to dismiss the experts'
with tbe vague nmark thal this plan is imprac?
ticable or U l be coil cannot be |
at: it eau only i"' determined by thorough in
quiiy and investigation. Eo one who examines
Mr. Wellington's nport snd sees how easil] un?
der h;s system tratns of eighteen tars ma
run, giving each pa-- n. ir i - st, and how ample
and convenient an the exit* and entrance! to be
provided, eaa fad to ie* what an immense im
|.i..\. in- ni ii would be upon any expansion of
the i resi ni si si n of " tail sa Itching," as thc et
pert* l un h. Tb* alternative to tbe Wellington
pian s.?? ms t,, be wbal is eal! d i
Barnee plan, which Involve! the enlargement ol
tbe Brooklyn lu.mi.il station so thal trains ot
il - liv.- can can be run. '1 bbl i
iry n of th* ira- ks in this . ,t>?
ever t. ntn I I Iher with ;>u extension . | ?
i in Um other direction se tar thal |
gen taking Um forward ean wonk) be com?
pelled io walk nearly half wai lo the East Uiver,
'ihe utmost eapaeity ol five-ear trains, even ai
Um dangerously clo** intervals uf Iftg
is 18,000 pa?eugen un h..ur. And to entry thal
?amber it wttl u,- Mosasary to crowd i IO peraon*
into a rnr thai contains nat! tor only forty-two.
lin- ilgbma eat t rn tnt sf the Wellington lystcm
will parry <>v,-r IO,SOO paaseagen an hour and
I urn ish every one uf them with u scat.
'Mien* would have b**a a uuiu on thu sid.- ,.f
siniuiicity, ut hast, ir Mr. WsUiagtsn lu lim tilth
lng hil plan bad confined himself to Ita essential
feature*, and hud not gone into a consideration
of a second-story cable track, of street-cars over
th* roadways, of news-stand*, eta These thing*
(five th* opponent* of the plan an opportunity
for criticism, whloh they hav* not been slow to
Improve. But they are mero incidentals-sug?
gestions whloh lt may or may not be deemed wis*
to carry out They do not affcot the substantial
feature* of tho plan Itself. It it simple, safe, '
practioable, and promises to be economical in
operation. It e>|uinds the possibilities of the
Bridge to the furthest limit. It will furnish tx
sorvioo In a large decree proportionate to the eos*
of the Bridge itself. To have spent $15,000,000
in building this structure nnd then to refuse to
spend a littlo more to mako that investment pro- I
ductive in the largest way will bo most foolish I
economy. Wo waru Um present Brldgo authori?
ties tliat if this excellent phvn is oast aside, they
must be prepared to furnish the best of reasons
for their action. This is a mutter in which tho
people of New-York ond Brooklyn have a vital
interest, and they ar* In no mood to be trilled
with. ?_.?_____________?____??______-________?___.
MOSE Y^ND~BWxJMS!t.
A remarkablo rise in stocks has followed tho
termination of Western railroad strikes and tho
passage of tlie Bond Purchase bill. Reali/iuj,'
after an unusual advance appeared on Saturday,
but closing prices averaged $3 8 03, a gain of
$2 32 for the entire list, and thc average has ad?
vanced as much In ono week as it had previously
lost in four weeks. As every long risc is broken
by drops and u scoop*,? which help to relievo
large operators of too much compnny, so a bear
pnnio does not necessarily mean that the course
of the market is permanently changed. Tho fear
that it may bo, when stimulated by the united
efforts of leading operators on both sides to create
a rally, makes a rapid advance easy, but then
the question remains, which side is to havo tho
best of it afterward? Beyond tho narrow circle
of speculation, the public is meanwhilo taking
no hand in the business.
A pinch in money oftens comes about April 1,
when heavy settlements occur in neighboring
States, and over $1,000,000 wns sent to Boston
one duy this year to meet present needs, but tho
comparative inactivity of business renders thc
monetary supply ample in all parts of tho coun?
try. A close market is reported at thrco or four
clearing houso cities, but nearly all havo au
abundant supply of funds, nnd thi point of ap?
prehended pressure ls pnssed Largo Government
disbursements nnd thc destruction of $1,380,531
bank notes took $3,300,000 out of the Treasury
last week, and the reserve of New York bunks
probably increased, though the averages show, d
a decrease of nearly $1,000,000. Treasury re?
ceipts are less than they were, though imports
hist week rose again to $11,170,016, a gain over
last year of 28 per cent. It ls dearly an un?
favorable feature that, while imports increase,
exports for four weeks past show a decrease ot
20.4 per cent, and that not because of thc loss
in one week, as might be supposed. List, week*!
loss was 10.2 per cent. Fur the present, how?
ever, there is money enough, though the Treas?
ury has diminished thc circulation since Jami?
ll ry l of coin $7,700.ono, of gold certificate*
14,800,000, and of legal tenden und bank note!
$17,700,000, while Increasing the circulation of
silver certificate* 114,700,000. .
The transporting businees tails behind last year,
partly because hist year's earning! were at this
time exceptional. Roads reporting for March
show a loss of o 1-2 pei cut, mid ior the fourth
week ot March 10 per cent ; the tonnage txotB New
York westward was unly 08,454 t?.ns in Mareil,
against 180,144 last year, and th" decrease in
east bound shipment* has been as great. But the
si..rms whieh have ended and the strikes whieli
mihi to have ended have mad* much trouble this
year, and the bank exchange* for thc flrst week
of April wears more favorable aspect. The record
of failures, also, is practically equal io that of
last year to date In the United States, though
greater in Canalla, whieh, considering thc large
number of speculative failures, ls not a bad show?
ing. In ihut, but for the obvious depression in
some gr.at bran.hes af industry, the outlook would
be considereti generally encouraging,
During th;' year en.Lti March 1, thc number of
l'.l. ked fell 4.0 [KT cent b. low Hie, previous
year, and the quantity of meat! and laid produced
ans 8.8 p>r itu' smaller, a di Piesse shoat twice
ns targe is expected for the summer. The recent
sales of woollen! have shown that the nianufael arc
is poorly remunerated, prices averaging low, while
impotts arc large. In February lhere was an
ii., nas'- of 2,000,000 yunis In imports of dress
good* over last, year, and "Jin.ooo poonda of yarn
and '-.'"I.,ooo pounds of cloth, while the imports
of raw wool increased 1,153,000 pounds. But
though reduced price* have caused mon- activity
af laie, the total sales of wool al Heston for tho
past iiiii" months show ! (her. ase of 30.4 per eent.
The avenge decline in prices on mote than loo
qualities quoted has been half I pent since January
1, and 3.bl cents since Mar. li, 1 ^r*7, or 14 per
cent, while ou woollen goods authorities slate
that thc average decline has b> *D 5 to 10 lier
tent. Liifct yt ar in .March the average price of
104 qualities of wool was li?>. 1 ~> cents per pound,
In April, $8.38; this year, in March tho average
was 22.49 anti in April 22.34 cents.
The cotton receipt* up to April 1 have been
8,548,810 bales, while thc lu-,! entire crop was
6,513,628, and the New-Orleans Cotton Exchange
and the Agrieultaral Bureau estimated this crop
at 8,800,000 or less. After April 1 3T.7, I*.'.'.-bales
tain.' forward last y-'ar; ir only 850,000 should
appear this year, the crop would reach ti,tf00,0i)0
bales. Th.- quantity taken by spinners is
now reported as 1,861,000 bahs, against l,hui,ooo
for the mihi, months last, year, bit the increase or
decrease in stock ls not known. The April Stato
ment, of iron furnaces in blast is not yet out, b it,
thc closing of Mr. Carnegie's works at Braddock,
and of eight or nine other establishments during
the i?vst mouth, hoe probably reduced the output
again, so that it is supposed to have been about
SO p.r oent below that uf Maieh, 1887. imports
?if all kinds of iron in February were 80,756 tons,
agatnat 145,237 last year, bat the hume demand
does not appear to have improved as yet.
SOMETHING TUE FISHERS WAST.
Till'. Timbi Ni: received the other day a pack?
age of plants which Jam. s Vick, thc Rochette!
seedsman, had expressed lo Canada mid caused
t.. be mailed there to us, benaan under the new
poatal tn at> with Can.ula he could lend thea a
gnat deal cheaper that way than bs could mail
th.ui Hom Roch Her to New-York A Canadian
leedsman can mail icedi to i euitomei in the
United Sat s at four cents a pound phis the duty,
thc American leedsman Baal pay sixteen cents
a pound, american eeedamen, m,i wanting to
sc themselves driven oat of business by the
Canadian*, have been tending plant! to Canada
to be mailed back to tbe United State*, bat Ptoct
maeter-Genetal Dickinson has baaed a request
to the i anadiaa Government to exact the full
rate of United State* poatag.i such packages,
ami has i nh i q peatmasteis here to " rate up11 all
packages reoeived. The result is that tho
great teed industry linds Ita di w ri i illy imperilled,
and the farmer*are complaining loudly.
There is an easy way to end tbs difficult?.
lt is claimed that tbe treat] la aa edvant*
..ne. It open* tbe malla of eaeh country io all
matter mallabie in the other, and u, each country
nt..ms tl..- postage on all matter mailed within
ii-, b, ri ra, the nv nu, to tbe Halted State* from i
inaner nailed to (ana.hi ia mu.h grcatei than '
ti," revenue to Canada from matter mailed to the !
United Bute*. However ii.., may be, a Mdaetioa '-.
of thc |M.sta^c ,n seeda, ete., t<. fooi oeat* par
pound, the Caiialau rat", will iolv* the whol- j
difficulty-. A induction has bean aoked for by I
lilmosl every fHUIft in tl..- cuiitiy. 'Ihe farmers
warn it. The Senate has anaaimoaafy [wanfl a
lill making th.- redaction to futir cuts. Now
let tho Iloa.se concur.
'iii.- BhodS Island Mugwump, who has I..ni
.ryii..r ah.u.l for fne wool, hius ft-lt unoommottly
tkaspish since the late eleetioii.
Mae* Alexander is np.,rt. .1 to care less about
the proposed mari iiK" ,,f Maa*** Victoria than
tue ui ul duui, 3 of Qesmaajf and Lugano. In
d?*d, h* profSsaaa to he very comfortable and
happy aa h* ls?a bacholor princo who ha* had
?tining adventure* in the field and tho cabinet.
To Uh* imperial romance-mongors thi* will be th*
unkindest out of alL
If the fisheries treaty la reverted by th* TTnfted
Statei li will i," lu deference io the I ri gh- Am "ric an vote,
and the fact will have to be regarded a* a distinct tri?
umph of Irish Influence In Amorlca. Thst the triumph,
however, If it como*, will be very long-lived, we
oeonot believe. lt ls hardly po-slbio to Imagine thal
thc uiaM of American public opinion will ultimately
allow the Irish vote to control thmr commercial polio/.
Tbs Uiilled KUlw are a tolerant people, but even they
have a limit beyond which they will not suitor the
Irish to affoot their National altair*.?(Loudon Econo?
mist
This ls a fair samplo of Knglish Ignorance
respecting American affairs. The Fishorles Treaty
is opposed, and probably will be defeated, simply
and solely be on uso lt involve* a surrender of
historic American rights and of reciprocal maritlmo
and commercial right* that aro guaranteed alike
by tho public law of Great Britain and tho United
States. Tho Fisheries question is an American
question, and will be dealt with by tho Senate
without reference to the Irish vote. ? The Econo?
mist" apparently does not know that tho pending
treaty was negotiated by ar Administration repre?
senting a party which ordinarily counts upon ro
ociving the great mass of tho Irish American voto
in tho main centres of population. Tho fact tliat
such an Administration should have humbled itself
beforo Great Britain and been duped Into making
so un-American a compact is a striking proof that
Irish Influence does not control tho State De
pertinent's dlplomaoy. Otherwise, Mr. Chamber?
lain, who is uot tho patron saint of the Green Isle,
would not havo enjoyed so complete a triumph.
It ls time to put, tho sale of ? Kongh on Eats"
under some regulation. It is becoming thc favorite
means of suicide among tho very poor.
Tn* Tribune would suggest to thc members
of tho Chamber of Commerce to read Governor
Hill's reason for vetoing a hill providing for
the building, under contract, of a wall on the
Erle Canal at nion. He protest* against restrict?
ing the Superintendent of Publlo Works to the
provisions of the bill requiring tho work to be
done by contract, and says: "It is customary to
leave the work to tho wise discretion of the Super?
intendent." At tho meeting of the Chamber or,
Thursday a resolution wus adopted to the offect
that the Republicans should not oppose thc bill
providing for tho expenditure of $1,000,000 in
repairing down-town streets upon the presumption
that the money would bo used as a weapon of
political patronage, because " the work is to be
done by contract to the lowest bidder," hence it
could not, he exerted as u politieul lever. Governor
Hill evidently does not agree with the Chamber of
Commerce
The Canadian Pacific is a highly favored
monopoly. It dictates its own terms to the Do?
minion Government, and it has sullicient influence
at. Washington to secure most advantageous rul?
ings from the Secretary of the Treasury.
PERSONAL.
Captain L. Livingston Dree**, bte Flee! Captain
nf the South Atlantic Squadron, has taken advantage
of tho law of retirement lur Navy officers, ami been
put on thc retired list at hU own request. Thia
action has removed tho necessity for a court of In?
quiry a^ to the illili, uty bet woe ti himself a..I Bear
Adm rai Bralne, in which it ls oharged ti,ai both ex
changed opli ons ol each other that, wero deeIdedly
uncomplimentary aud disgraceful
IfaJorOeneral Alfred Bowe Terry, who wai placed
on tim retired ll-t of the Anny last ireek, ls tald to
be lu a critical eoadlttoB ol heal h. He is suffering
from Bright'! discaso. General Terri has had a dis?
tinguished Dareen For mary years prior to th* civil
War ha iras active la thc Comic M-'iu Btato militia ami
In command of thc 2d Rogtmant, Thc regiment was
mustered Into tho United State* service In NCPOMS
to thc call for three month*' volunteers, ami wus
enyagd In iho first battlo ot Bull Hun wllh Terry
in command. Upon tho return of tho regiment
cnioi.ei Terry orpaa'aed thc Tth Connecticut Volun
te-is. fur three yea-.' lervlce, anl h.' went Into 'h.
tiel I with ti.om. He m. pr-muted io h- Ur gadler
i,.iu ml in April. I8C2, (oi scat and bravery; aad la
January, l-ii.".. after tao failure of tbe Orel attempt
lo capture Fort Flutter, he inn selected tu command
thc bow expedition which surct'ssfullv carri .I thal
Murk by a-'-auli en January 16. I or this he receive I
a voto of thanks (rom Ct ngteu and was promoted to
be Majoi (. ii. rai of Volunteers and Urlgadk-r-ueii
eral in th: Regular Army.
Dr. Patton, tho president elect of Princeton college,
I" ' .ted at Louisville, Ky., ou Friday evening, on
'?What ls Presbyterianism I" <>n Saturday he pto
re .led to Chicago to lay, yesterday, the coinoi-stouo
of a uew i linn li.
Mis. Bawley attends to much of hor husband's
conespoudciii e.
Covernor Ames, of Massachusetts, will give hl
annual reception to tho Legislator* on Timrsdiy
even.ng of next weeli.
A har. N'.iuc marl.lc table? has been pliecd on the
front of the house at N'o. "WA Main st.. Charlestown,
Miss, beating tt.is Inscription: "lion ira* bom
Samuel Finley Br*W? M rn. 21 April, 1701 ; In?
ventor ol tho Kio m. Te', graph."
Ih,- late William Sewell Gardner, formerly Judge
of thc Buprem* Court af Maasaahuaetta, was al Bow
il..In College a cla-iiinalo of General O. O. Howard and
lae na! ur Frye. ___^___
TUE TALE Ot THE DA T.
??Tho Philadelphia Time-" ref.-rs loftily to "Sen?
ator Hal ??'- Con.mlitoc of pt II tlc al blum scraper "
A6 the eommlttee referred to ls Investigating lome
Philadelphia Democrats, lt naturally has tu du some
" alum scraping." Tri' aga u. ColnnoL
Oscar Wlldn has grown thin, llo la now liko his
irt.tl.otlr gt?pel.
Closed Right Thara?Arl Dealer (descanting on the
virtues ol the p.ctiu*)?You x\iu observe, slr. that
the drawing ll free, that
Agilcu tur st.? V e i, If tho drawln' ts fr'e, au' you
don't lax nu- too much fer tho (rame, b'gosh. i'll tako
lt.?(The Epoch.
Tho Eilsctipallaas of Southern California aro making
a vigorous ctTort to erect a now diocese of Southern
Calif urilla.
A FARMER'S VIEW OF TIIE CHUEI H.
Well, wife, i've hail a r.un.l with Wayne
'llout Jiu.ri' our chuich ;
Ho tried the sceptic dodge on mc,
Thc argument of Unlton.
Says he, " look at your membeis now,
Hero's Jones got drunk, an' Suem
Will ch-a' a friend to malu- a ttade,
Ain't 1 a-, g.od as thom!"
Says I. " a butcher buying sto> k
1 '.,.?- Just tho way you do .
lie hunts around thc rattle yard,
An' Hills the nieai.e t two;
Thea ev'ry otter that hi iiau.es,
An' ev ry ons he heals,
Is coupled with tho neerin' words?
'Jest look at thom two su?ers I'
"You pick tho luca: ct Ctutstlans out,
An' then witn tricky lei is
Vo'i run th- wh de church down by that?
?J.st loo! at them two Steer*I'
No fanner'-, fo 1 tl by that olo trek.
An' so you can't afford
To risk your soul In tryln' lt
L'pon tho all-wlv L"i-<1.''
?(Tied Nyc lu "Omaha Wot ld."
The Crant Memorial I'nlveislty, of Athens. To:;n.,
will observe General Grant's blitkdav. April 27. with
appropriate creaton!**, pp'si.'cnt Bpeooe will p
? ii'.e. Judge Bea, of Ulnae* ta, Commaadet In chief of
il,- ciand Army of tho It'put ll.-, will de!lver the
oration. Th* university was founded In 1807, Oen?
eral tirant eoatrihatlog the flisi cash goaat'sa it
has tum. d out over a thousand preachers and teachers,
amt owns property valued at $_'( 0< OO.
lie was a ba-cball player, aud ho aske<l a girl to
marry h.m.
"Out un Ant," she said, tilth a coM, rejective
smile
"Doa'l Iln?ter yourself," he replied, as he niched
hlmi if up. ".l's out on third." -(Washington Critic.
The Anier'can In-tltute of Iaatruoilun, which ls
believed lo le th! *M**I tea h>-iV oigatnzatlon In tho
wold, will hold Hs annual meeting this year at Now
port on July D.
Young Wlfe-Oeorge, I'm not going to tho theatre
again till high hali go out of fashiuu. I always bave
: lu.-k to sit behind aaa
(.eorge?That'j Just what 1 h**fd tho man say who
?ai behind you last night.
why d'.n't tho** two ***Ja*at and re|rcsmitat|v?
lulu..frats, Marnia Raadafl and Wattuisou, tell the
r,,ui.try Mh.it lg the Du in oe ia lo putitluii ou tho
tai ult
Wedded It Eternity?* hleugn Dame--If your l!b>
ls ?,, msarabU, why don't ju., n a dion
se*x\ur., Dame DI\or *1 BotlOial Wt wero
inarii'tl in S's-mla*) i Abbey, .aod tae Prince of
\\ *?li--. sat tn tho ltoyal pew (i iniaha World.
The goori c tlx?na of Mansaebuoetti never fully re?
cover flinn the sarine*,, ai.d gloom of Minti until
Fut 1 ay. which they atwagl *b**tV* un rn festival of
thc must pronoun'eil kind. Ihat U th" kind of
l'ur tana th y aie.
1 tie enjo. nient thc hovs amt nut ot last Imv ls
_n.a*..u auuugh fut hooping lt up. ikey aro tull lui
dara afterward ol tb* *vent* of their uttu orr,,**
who bu beea mysteriously absont du.- n? L,.? \K2a
hours of Faot Day when lt would hove MaailStsS
venlent to hav. had him rak? ut. tho fr.mi yaJ*
?Johnny, what wa. the text I" \vn which QSMtSi
th. uniutpecMng Johnny answers. "Bevon to thnil
nine inning*. ?-<_U?aloa Trai.sorlpl **"?'
?m
M U8I0- THE DR A MA.
MUSICAL MENTION AND COMMBNT.
Both scries of Mr. Thomas's eoneerts will b? con*
eluded this wmk, the laat Symphony concert tatting
place on Tuesday evening and th? last Popular mai*
Ineo on Saturday afternoon. At the Symphony roi*,
cert Liszt'. "Faust" symphony will be given, th*
final vocal part being sung by Theodore J. 'merit and
a chorus of men from the German L'ederkranz, Th*
solo featuro of the programme Is an s'tartlvo on*
Madame Fursch-Madl, who ls .oon to go to London ta
take part In Mr. Augusts. Harris's tea-on of I ta) I aa
opera, will .lng Hiv tho* en's "Ah, pertf.lo!" Pi*
the twelfth Yoi n* I'o lido's Matinee this programma
ha* been pvc pa red :
Ifaaftarsglia, op. 182 . , . . Rhelnberjjsr
Oavotto ...... . . BS
Rlrlll.-i.rit?.' 'jY^V. '
Itourree.j,?ch
fiymi.hi.nlo l'oem . , Ferdinand Priegmr
{;?rK?4.Ila uriel
Minnel.Boerherlril
" I.liljast ee" ... . , . . no. Kloln
" Horhreltlilacngc".BO Kldn
" Wslrtweben".Wilmer
? Hai Costume" (2d series! , . Rubinawtn
The result of the agitation In favor of America*
composer, must be set down as eminently satisfactory.
It ls safe to say that not one of the leading op-heat ral
conductors tn the oountry I. unwilling now to en*
amine a work that shows talent, or to perform lt lg
lt. merits Justifies so much attention. Mr. Thoma*
has two compositions by a local composer on the pro
gramme printed afcovo. Mr. Van der Ktu.ken will
bring forward an overture by Mr. O. W. Chadwick,
of Heston, at his next Arion concert, and possibly a
symphonlo poem by Mr. IL W. Nicholl, of New-Vork,
an.l Mr. Scldl projioses to help along tho good worit
In his summer concerts at Brighton Leach. Ho ha*
l-sucri an announcement of these concerts, which con?
tains this statement:
Two Popular, two Symphonic and two " Soloist"
Concerts will be given In tho course of each week,
and fur'her. ono Operatic Festival Concert represent?
ative of the composers of different nation ill* ex
bpeclal attention will bo paid to tho production A
muslo by American composers, arni Mr. Sd.ll, w!th
this object In view, soil, iu tho eo-operailon of ail nor
k.n-, intcies ed wiiu mav address him on tho sn.,Jool
in care of ihlckerlng Hall.
Arthur ______ Crook, organist and choirmaster of Cal.
vary Church, at Fourth ave. ami Twcuty-flrst-st., will
give an " Inaugural recital" on tho new organ bulli
for tho church by Frank Roosevelt, on to-morroW
evening.
Mr. Whitney Mocfcrldge, sss'sfed by Mis. Jenn*
Ditton. M'si I'm ly VMnant, Ovido Musln, Max II- n
rl'h, Elwin Klahre. Harry Howe Shell v and Al'.ri
Greenhalgh, will give a concert In nickeling 11.11
tliN cv cnlng.
Afc i arri Protl.on annourco a concert lo bo given
at i Mckeans Hair to-morrow evening.
Tbe C**ond concert of tho Rubinstein Club, a*
which an " Avo Marla." composed for the rluh hf
Henry Holden Huss. ot tbls city, will bo perfi.riiie.l,
will take place at ChteaerlBg Hall on Thursday even?
ing
Mks Lucio F,. Mawson announces a conceit at
Steinway Hall fur Wein.-day evening, th* will b*
al<Ie.| bf Mis. Mar!.; Orara.
The las! concert of tho llrooklyn Phil1 armenia
Society for this sonson wi 1 lalo- pine next fvituriay
evening, the pubic rehearsal aa Friday afieu.oonu.
Ihe programmn ls as folluws:
Overttire, " Taiiiiha.-us.r'' .... XTopxtm
?? Siegfried Idyl" ....... Wagner
Concerto No. L E minor . . Chopin-Tau?ig
Hufn.-l J'.selTy.
Symphony, ? Laendli. ho Hoch/.H" . C.-Idmark
THEATRICAL MISCELLANY.
The cast of "Tho yinen's Mate," to bo produced a!
tho now Broadway Theatre on or about April no, wm
Incliirio Miss Carolina Darvlllo, an F.ugllsh vocalist:
Miss Marie Alton, Mr. F. Darrell, J. ll. Ryley and
Kr, ii. Panltoo.
Tho April nuiiiber nf "The Cosmopolitan" magazine
contains an lnteroMlng article, written by Mr. (,. tl
Mt.ni joinery, on tho late production of ?'A Midsummer
Night's Dream," at Daly's Theatre. Tho article ls pro
fusoly Illustrated, several nf the pictures being In color,
and tho whole constitutes a good memorial uf thi*
famous theatrical product lou.
Mr. Frohmau announce* a series of Wednesday murn?
ini; performances io benin on April ll. at tho Lg*?
Theatre. There ls " a ru-;!." te M* " Th* Wife," at thi*
houso, and this es redlen! la prompted by the good butt*
aaa*. M**?n. Beuaeo anti De Mille, of this theatre.
have gone Into tho country to tlnisli a new play lor
Mr. K. H. sm I,.in.
Mr. Scanlau will reappear In New-York ta Apill lt*
In "Tho Irish Minstrel."
Robert Mauiell will aet lu Chicago on April S, aad la
Sf. Louis on April DJ.
A new play entitled "On tho Frontier" ls to ba
otrcred fur tho tirst time lu this elly this week at
tho Wlnrisni- Theatre. Mr. James AI. Hardie ,,ntt
Miss Sara von lx-er aro lo play tho chief parts In lt
Dockstader's Minstrels aro acting on the mad, and
lt ls reported that they are doing a good business.
A tragic actor named James Owen O'Connor is to
como forth this wooli at th* Siar Theatre, where ho
will pec tut Bl fur one weeli, In ''Hamlet," "tin,, Hu,"
?' Shylock," Bte. Many new-paper articles abojjt Mr.
O'Connor have recently been distributed, tht 'one ti
whit h se.'ins to indi, ato that thb actor is a'.tllcted
with that form of mental Intiiniily which somo peoplo
.?.insider a 111 subject for ridicule. Wo are tuhl fur
example that "such au actor a- Hr (VCoooor wm
never y?;t seen In thit or In any Other city," and that
"ho will surprise the metropolis." Life ls toa short
and tuu torlooa for this tort of fully, Oae Cooa! ol
Jones waj quite enough for uno generation of play
goers. ________________________________________________
POLITICAL SOU S.
Alger's admirers mean buslt ess. Not only are they
organizing clubs all over Michigan, but short bio?
graphical thetrthni al tho gallant >i nam aai aro bo
,i!,' dhtrailna*fj throughout tho couutrv, lu order
that their hem may be well knowu. Ills rotofd la
uot ono to be ashamed of.
With Uialno ont of tho way, ala* tootha of tho
Kentucky Republicans aro said to be fur i-hcrman. A
canvass of tho State, l.y letter, lifts leen conducted
by "Tho Loulsvilln Commoiciai," with this result.
Certain expressions ut Senator sherman In lflOd,
In his report on an International aioaey stannard,
arc now eitel by "Th- Philadelphia B***rC es worthy
ol Allaru Bmlth or Richard Cobden. This paper in?
sists that a* then "vveni, noi mer. ly up to, bul
quito over tho targa of ' Brltllh hs* tra.].'.' ?
A straw voto for Preeldent, at tho recent meettag
of the Kansas Republic in Leaga*, resu.tcd u-a tallowal
Iilalno 186, [ngaBl 17, Sherman 2b, Or*sh*a D'>, I m
COln 13, Harrlsun 5, Dopew 'A, I'tumb, Hawley ami
Ponier e*eh B, and B>arti L "lin: Topeka Capital*
says that at this |athntlf. whenovor tho name ol
.lames G. Iilalno was mentioned, ricer aflat choor
went up until tho noise was deafening.
Oigfa linns.- |,a.s cut flown th* number of saloont
in Pittsburg about live sixths. Last year there were
between 1,400 ami i,:.oo. This year 22:1 licenses hav*
been granted, and the wuik Is practically finish. 1,
"The Commerelal Qaaette" yay-*: Few, ll any, mure
win be panted. Temperaaee maa aro rejoicing over
this radical chango.
Instead of running a full municipal ticket, nf theil
own thia year, th* New Orleans Republicans have
vole.] ta support that iiotiunateri by the Young Men's
DMsoeratk AsaoolaUoa, la eppoeltlaa io th* Mag >.r
Custom Ilene DMBMnitl* Ticket. Wan.iuth, Hie Uo
publican t-auiLtlato fur Co\ enior, I* said tu luxe tOXOtat
this pulley.
Colonel Thomas Cogswell, who was th* D**BMratM
nominee fur Governor of Voa Hasii shire in ISMS, ts ta
be offered thc help of Charles II. AliWtaa la k-'ttrng
a Federal appointment, so rumor says, If he will give
way to tho latter gentleman lu the Stato Convention
Uris year.
W. D. noanl, who has argaolaad no end of farm r-,'
institutes, ls a " travelling aoep*l*pa*dla of tho genii*
Cow" ito quote an Ostko-h papen, ami can tell storlee
as few men ian, ls among thi l"1'^ adttltlous tu Ih!
list of Hepubllcan candidates for Oo.ornot lu Wis?
consin.
Jutl^o W. IL West, of Ohio, " tho blind man elo?
quent," declares that ho ls couvlncod that Llaliu ought
to accept tho presidential nomi nat on. being able to
carry moro States than any other candidate. ? With
103 Southern electoral votos solid against ut.' tars
Judge Watt* " ?ur margin ls too small for luriulgenc*
lu btato pride or 'favorite suii-lsm'.?
Ignatius Donnelly ls among the aspirant* for fiona*
ror bablu's seat; but Air. Sabin still has th* l**d la
the raco apparently.
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IT IS HOLND TO GROW, fc
I'rom The Worcester 8py.
Tho republican majority tn Rhode Isalnd le not M
larg" as lt might be, but lt will du.
NOT STRICTLY BUSINESS-LIKU
From The llrooklyn Stanriard-Union.
Like the charge of a oelebrated brigade fa!***!?
the " favorite son" Idea In pullilos may b* maa-nu*
cont?but lt ls not war.
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MK Urara OF VKUMONTS EXlltESSIOM.
From The Newark Qt JA Advertlsea
As long as thore ls any chance to secure Blain*1*
l.? .1 11 inp. iiobtKlv eau 01 nt roi thu title that will exreop
in h.s faior. Th* Vermont eiampla ls the n,..r?
not .1.10 beena** li l* a aomo'?tiatiou ^ucullariy e?one
tancou*.