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FOUNDED BT HORACE GREELEY
TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1883.
THU NEWS THIS MORNING.
Foreign.?Reports sre reiterated tlint Justice
Day will refuse tn serve on th. Parnell Commission.
B-RflE The conviction of John Dillon hus been con?
firmed and n writ of luibeiis corpus for li is Beloon
refused. _?____-_ Mr. Parnell has challenged Mr.
Chamberlain to puhli-.li his local government
scheme, in order that the public mny judge be?
tween them. ?Ra Italians and Frenchmen em?
ployed by a contrni.tor fought on the frontier: one
Italian wns killed an*1 several wcr<* Branded on
both sides. ___=___ A Congress will meet at Berlin
to settle tli* Bulgarian trouble shortly.
Congress ? ]Soth branch's in sesaion. '? Bsa
ate: Mr. Viir.ee. of North Carolina, spoke on the
Fisheries Treaty, advocating it. __rr___ House; Mr.
Whit**, of Indiana, introduced a lull providing fur
un interstate minimum rate of wages. _____ Belli
houses tool; appropriate action on tho duith ol
General Sheridan.
Domestic.? It was decided that. General Sheri?
dan's body should be taken from Nonsuit to
Washington on Wednesday.-___.tr: Tho Commis?
sioners at Standing Nock put. ott till t-o-morrow
the i if ort to get the Indians to sign the treaty.
_:-General Harrison was visited by the Kan
BBS City Blaine Club, which is on the way to
New-Vork. naas A party of ph a. ure BookstS at
lihiiicbeck hod a narrow escape from death by
lightning, sessTba election iu Alabama was ii
quiet ono.
City and Suburban.? Tlie Brooklyn cross-town
railroad strike was settled yesterday at a confer?
ence, in which con essa ions were made by both
iides, ?____-__ Boban Garrett's Bo&ditioo discussed bj
Its physicians; the (wtient has delusions, and will
be taken to a cottage In a quiet place. __?2 Ac?
tive preparations for the Blaine welcome; the
Chicago delegation SUlVS-L-sass Mr. Hewitt talked
about his aspirations; he is not n Bead-date fm
Mayor, but he has many plans which he would
like to corry out osama Flags were everywhere
displayed ut half-mart, in token of the death ol
General Sheridan, which was the principal lopla
of conversation, s. ? .-. Mayor Hewitt testified be?
fore the Grand Jury, presumably in renard to tlnir
finding an indictment for libel against "Thc
IVs*." -caa Some ?i gu ifl ca tit disclosures were
?made ot the Emigration investigation. I-Bott
York defeated Indianapolis, 'A to 2: Louisville.
Brooklyn. I to 0. =_-= Pry-goods men organized
for Harrison and Morion. ESS Stocks quiet with
good advances, closing strong.
Tlie Weather.?.Indications for to-day: Cloudy;
local nins and warmer weather. Temperature
yesterday: Highest, 15 degrees; lowest, VI;
overage, 7*9 1-2.
Persons leaving town Jor the season, and sum
tticr travellcri, can have Tut. Dailt TriBURI
mailed to tltem, postpaid, for 90 cents per month,
Vie addrets bring changed as often at desired.
Tnt Daily TRIBURI xiill be sent to any addrets
in Europe at $1 50 per month, which includes
tiie ocean postage.
The Wholesale Dry-Goods Men's Harrison
and Morton Chili WBB organized amid much en
thusia.m and iR goodly uu tubers yesterday,
and we havo* BO doubt it will be heard from
repeatedly during the campaign. That busy
moR of business show so much interest in poli?
tics at this early date is an auspicious sign.
It h interest ol the right sort, too?healthy and
vigorous, and certain to increase as tho can?
vass advances.
Senator Fawell acted promptly as well as
gracefully yesterday in proposing a pension (if
$5,000 for the widow ol General Sheridan.
Tho Senate referred the bill to its Committee
on Pensions, of which Senator Davis is chair?
man, aiid beyond question a favorable report
will be made without delay. Ir the House,
however, we are prepared to soe opposition
manifested to a proposal thal the better senti?
ment of the country will cordially ap).mve.
Tho Rebel Brigadiers might well lay asid,
their prejudices for this once.
Mayor Hewitt talks in a characteristically di?
rect way in thc interview reported in another
column. He does nut mince words. Ile says
that he doesn't want to be Mayor again and
doesn't expect to be. although there are soveial
things he would like to finish RP, and he
thinks he could do it la two years more. He
is not consulting with politicians or laying
wires, snd he doesn't believe that any politi?
cal organization will nominate him again. It
is refreshing to read these wolds and kimw
that New-Vork h;ws a Mayor who is above bar?
gaining. Tho offlco will have tu seek the iii:ui
if Mr. liewitt is kept in the City Hall.
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In spite of denials, Mr. Yates insists, in his
weekly budget of foreign gossip, on the ac?
curacy of the statements m-cntly cull Sat that
the diary of Empt-rur Frederick was to be pub?
lished in England, and hints at a gi ave scandal
growing out of the present Kiiiperor's threats
to break his father's will in case the diary is
not returned to Germany. This is au unhappy
situAtion from every point of view, and stn li?
tmus efforts are being made to reconcile the
Emperor and his mother and avert the thn -at?
oned disclosures. There are skeletons even in
loyal closets, and this seems to be one of the
- ii not easily kept in retirement.
Every token of respect and magill for Gen?
eral Sheridan is being paid by tho Katta, that
hos so long watched intently the gallant strug?
gle for lifo whicb the hero of Winchester was
mabli-g. Full details of hit last hours show
tbat the end oame with startling suddenness.
I* was aot until less tha* an boor before tbs
final moment that bis condition was regarded
as immediately critical. Congress adjourned
after passing fitting resolutions in both
branches, and everywhere flags are displayed
at half-mast. The funeral exercises will tako
place in Washington, where also the bunal will
bo made. Tho family desire an unostentatious
funeral, but in the caso of so distinguished a
citizen they will yield their wishes to tho gen?
eral desire to do full honor to a bravo soldier
and a true man.
THINGS THU PLATFORM SHOULD SAY.
The Republicans have done well in this State
by boldly taking the initiative. Their con?
vention meets in titres weeks, while thc Denni
crats are so far behind them that not even Ibo
time for tho meeting of the State Committee,
which is to call the Stato Convention, has Leen
announced. Yet it would be natural for tho
Democrats to take the lead. The party in
power usually recognizes thc propriety of being
the lirst to put before the people a stat-c-ment
of its policy and the names of its candidates.
Thia is the President's own State, and he is a
candidate for re-election. The Democrats con?
trol not only thc Executive branch of the Fed?
eral Government and ihe House of Representa?
tives, but also tho Executive branch of the
New-York State Government. But tliev seem
to be afraid of a long campaign, and evidently
propose to shirk the fighting in tho great
pivotal State until the last poOB-ble moment.
When they do finally come reluctantly into tho
contest, they will bc on the defensive.
If thc Republicans will go ob Ib this cou?
rageous (ashlea they will win. Courage al?
ways pays, and wc must have plenty of it. irnl
only in the conduct of thc campaign, but in
the platform on which it ia to be fought. There
is BO need to enumerate the many issues upon
which sill Republicans arc united, bub there
are several among them upon which spot iai
street should bo laid, and the issue sharply
drawn with tho Democratic party.
1. The platform should declare, in unmis?
takable terms, for High License. General Gar?
field said, on a memorable occasion, that ho
would accept a certain memorable ruling, first,
because the majority made it, and. second, be?
cause it was "eternally right." The conven?
tion should take its stand squarely for High
License, because the Republican press and the
Republican Legislature have made it one of
the party principles in this State, and because
it is tho right thing to do. The party has gone
too far on this question to falter or retreat
now. Thc saloons are on the side of thc Dem?
ocrats, and the Republicans must look, as they
have always done, to the intelligent and moral
classes of the community for their votes. Tho
| Republicans would have everything to lose and
nothing to gain by wavering now in thc man
; fill fight which they havo made in this State
I for High License, and which would havo been
crowned with success if tho liquor-dealers had
[ not had a tool in the Governor's chair.
2. The platform should heartily commend
tbe Republicans of the Legislature for their
efforts to secure wise temperance legislation.
They deserve this, for many of them felt that
they were taking their political lives in their
hands, but did so in obedience to principle.
3. The platform should promise that tho
Legislature to bo chosen at tho next election
nf Senators will vote, if the Republicans havo
B majority, as thc present Legislature has done,
to submit thc Prohibition amendment to tho
people. A considerable number of temperance
people demand that tho voters of tho Stato
shall bo allowed to record their judgment on
this question, and tho Republican party is
pledged by its course fn tho Legislature to
give this element a chance to be heard.
4. Without necessarily committing the party
to the details of any particular measure, the
platform should declare unmistakably for the
principle that the expense of printing and dis?
tributing election ballots shall be borne by tho
State. This reform is emphatically demanded
by the best sentiment of the day. The Re?
publicans of the Legislature did their best to
incorporate it into law, but were again defeat?
ed by our demagogue Governor, who realizes
now what a shocking mistake ho rando when,
after committing his party against tho bill,
bo sees the United Labor party?to note only
one straw?resolving that it will not support
B candidate for Governor wbo does not favor
it. It is easy to understand why the idea is
popular. Poor men see that it gives poor men
a chance to run for office. Men of independent
tendencies see that it gives them the oppor?
tunity, which they sometimes want, especially
in local elections, of acting outside of the
larger party organizations. Men who wain
pure politica see thai it breaks np the assess?
ment system with all its attendant corruptions.
The Democratic leaders are against it, as they
are always against every law to protect thc
ballot-boX. Their Stupidity has made jt a Re?
publican measure, and a positive declaration
from the Saratoga Convention In favor of thl
proposed law will strengthen the party with
every conscientious Voter in tho State.
BULLDOZING Till. INDIANA
In our report of the Standing Rock Confer
ence ol Saturday tho following passage occurs:
"Judge Wright reminded them (the Sioux) ol
tho white, man and the Indian who went hunt?
ing and divided the game, the white man tak?
ing the turkey and giving thc buzzard to th!
Indian, ile admonished them to accept tin
treaty, so that they would not share the (at!
of their brother in thc story." Cuiiiinissionei
Cleveland was even Blore outspoken: "Be?
fore closing, he reminded them that if the*,
failed to incept this treaty they Blight be com?
pelled to givo up their lands without recom?
pense." Tho American people have, we trust
a conscience, and it ought to be stirred by thi:
amazing method of recommending the treat]
to the Sioux. The lino of argument empluvei
by the Commissioners is degrading and hu
miliating to the national honor in tho last de?
gree. They say in effect : " We represent i
great Nation, but one whose honesty 0BRR0
bc depended upon. It is true that Congiesi
bas decreed that this reservation shall not l.i
opined unless the consent of threo-fourths o
the Indians to whom it belongs is obtained
But yon must not rely upon that pledge bein*
kept. Ob the contrary, we now tell you plain?
ly thai unless you accept the treaty, evei
| against your judgment, there is imminent
danger that tho United States will steal you
land withoul more ado."
Let it be understood plainly that this li
practically what the United States Cominis
sinners have said to the Indians nt Standinj
Rook. Lot it be further understood that, how?
ever shameful the position taken musi >Bppeai
to all right-minded people, the Commissioner
havo not been drawing wholly upon fkeir iin
agination, have not invented a danger whicl
has nu tangible existence. For three yean
I ago Congress showed its entire willingness t.
d' precisely this outrageous thinp; to steal tin
bal( of the Sioux Reservation boldly and with
out pretence nf right ; abd bul for the foni
of public opinion then brought to bear by th'
Indian Rights ASBOCiatJOB, the sejy.ure wonk
have been carried into effect at that time
Now, however, Congress stands committed t<
abide by tho decision of the Indians. It hai
expressly provided that tho consent of thro?'
fourths of tbe Biota shall be necessary to tbt
opening of tho reservation. Is it to bo sup?
posed that the freedom of ihat consent waa not
implied in tho stipulation?
What tho Commissioners are now doing is
only too apparent. They aro trying to bull?
doze the Indians; trying to intimidate them
into consenting to the treaty; and what, is
worst of all, trying to do this bj alleging thc
di-honesty and jiortidy ol their omi Qovero
mcnt, The Sioux arc plainly told that* tiny
must not rely upon the good faith Of Congress
or believe that it will keep Itl engagements\
ard in the same breath they are. chidden bo
canse they suspect the sincerity of tho Gov?
ernment in its promises nf payment for their
land. Surely cynicism can hardly go beyond
tbe exhibition these Commissioners are mw
making a! Standing Rock. This is their idea
of "negotiating a treaty": te threaten tho
oilier party with high-handed eonflSCatioB "f
fheir lands if they refuse to sell them for le **
than they believe them to bo worth to a Gov?
ernment whoso good faith they hilve already
had a score of reasons for doubting. We are
compelled to repeat whal we have said before,
that, the most brutal and reckless seizure of
Indian lands would bo less discreditable than
j tho methods at present being eiflployed. If
j the couutry is not again to be disgraced by the
j immorality and baseness ol i!s Indian policy,
the Commissioners at Standing Rook must be
instructed so suspend their bulldozing tactics
and to tell the Indians that they aro freo
tn decide tho question (or themselves. In a
word, thc country must compel Congress to
stand by its own laws, and the outrageous
jntiimition thai nnlesfl the Sioux yield to
threats they will be plundered in enid blood
. by the people of the United Mates must be
: repudiated and rebuked emphatically.
THC HULL IN TBB CIIISA SROP.
The amazing and IQ portative ignorance of
I many free-trade legislators and journalists i-?
i the one thing which they are successfully
demonstrating in this their "campaign of ln
1 tolled." That the world should know it is de
, -.table, but, there was hardly need of a Na?
tional disturbance of industry and trade for
i the sake of proving that Mr. Cleveland, Mr.
Mills aad "The Kew-York Time."' do not
j know what they are talking aboul. The nien
! tal darkness of Mr. Cleveland in regard to wool
! growers, their Bamber and their profits, or of
| Mr. Mills in regard to seamless stockings, or
j the cos? of woollen suits of clothing, makes the
' campaign amusing, and .tot behind the laughter
i there aro tears. Not even tho funnies! display
) of foolishness can make thoughtful citizens
: forget that every ono of these ignorant raids
upon hnine ladustry means h^s ol employment
tn thousands ol workers, suffering and wan! In
' thousands ol luuiies, temptations and sin for
J some, disease and bereavement for others, and
losses for millions.
()ne cause of this amazing ignorance is tho
intense prejudice which leads free-trade sealotl
to disregard all ordinary and accepted rules in
receiving or rejecting evidence If Congress?
man Scott had asserted that tho profits of
Thurber A Co. in their grocery business were
85,000,000 yearly?that he knew it because Mr.
Thurber had admitted in conversation that
he had drawn (1,600,000 In dividends in ono
year from tbe concern?and if Mr. Thurber had
himself publicly stated that he said no such
thing, there would have been an end of the
mattor for reasonable men. Mr. Scott's wit?
ness having repudiated the evidence said t"
have been given, the supposed evidence would
have counted for nothing at all. But " The
New-York Times" and oilier ftee-trado jour?
nals and speakers continue to reiterate Mr.
Scott's assertion about the profits and dividends
of. Mr. Carnegie's works, baser] npofl a sup?
posed remark ol Mr. Carnegie, fas! as if that
gentleman had not publicly stated that ho
never made such a remark, and that lt Rai
destitute of truth. When hearsay evidence is
received in court as moro valuable than the
testimony of the witness supposed BO have been
beard to say something, the free-trade rules
of evident**? will prevail.
An exceedingly common form of this amaz?
ing ignorance is the belief that all branches of
an industry covered by a common name are
alike In conditions, profits, prices, wages and
needs. This particular stupidity is really at
the bottom of the traditional free-trado fond?
ness for level ad valorem duties, nf a cer?
tain percentage on all products of a particular
class. The ignorant man who has no idea that
there aro many different kinds of iron or of
steel manufacture, or thal they differ greatly
in conditions, cues nut in "Tho New-York
Times" : " Thc tariff rates on the products of
"he inui and steel winks of the country might
bc reduced nearly, if nut (lillie, 50 per cent."
Yet the fact ta that some establishmenta in this
country are closed already, and others are
bankrupt or on tho verge of bankruptcy, and
others struggling with great difficulty, because
of foreign competition ifl their special products
even at present rates of duty. These, and
there are many, as every practical man knows,
certainly could not live with B reduction of
duties, and yet then are others whicb ars in bo
way affected, with tho markets in their pres?
ent state, by the rates of duty enforced, the
selling price in this Country being fixed ex?
clusively by hume competition.
Turning a hull loosp in a china shop is a
sagacious and economical performance coiii
pared with intrusting thc work of tariff re?
vision to ignorant blunderers who believe all
the untruths that suit their theories, and do
not know the difference In conditions or needs
between those kinds of manufacture which are
barely kept alive Bl present rates nf duty and
those vihich existing duties defend only against
Hire and extreme conditiOBS ol tho market,
or extraordinary forms of oompetitioo. There
is something more than partisanship, there li
sober and practical oommofl sense, in the posi?
tion that the work of revising the Ians npon
which all industries depend should be intrusted
only to men who are thoroughly in favor nf
defending and maintaining thooe industries.
FUNERAL CUSTOMS.
The Rev. John Snyder protests, in "The
Fnrum." against what he denominates "Our
Barbarous Funeral Customs.'1 There i< noth?
ing new in the matter of the protest, but ii li
n*,iie tho less weighty, and the fad thal l! is
simply a recapitulation of arguments with
which most people are familiar utily m 11 ?
emphasise the tenacity ol thal social con
servatism which clings stubbornly to practices
whose iBCOBgruity aod unreason have lung
been conclusively demonstrated. It is indeed
true that the funeral Ottfltoms ol Christian nit
Hons involve a practical denial ol th-ir faith,
and at the same time imp!- a repudiation nf
their inti lb. tual progress. Tor honorer deep
may be tba grief ceased by death, bow*Prarpro
fnuiid the revenues fnr tin- memory ol tho
ib ad, it is perfectly apparent that the methods
) employed tu testify to that affection and that
? I esteem aro such as ara Incompatible with a
I j living belief in the central doctrines of Chris
! ! tianity, or, Indeed, with any theory of another
I world whicb is BOt, as Mr. Sn..di-i nys, bal-*
baroiis. Why should Christiaoi he plunged la
gloom when a Christian dies? Why should
they bury their dead with lamentations. Why
should they swaths everything, themselves
II included, in dismal black? Why, even while
listening, over the open grave, to the solemn
;is-urance?" I am the Resurrection and tho
l,i-(.-*_shMild they take Icavo of tho empty
sh*ll as though they believed nothing else but
thal their friend was there, and there forever?
Not. only is this pagan theory of death sym?
bolized in the funeral customs, but the modern
cemetery is a pagan institution. What other
meaning can be given to the erection of costly
monuments to (he dead; monuments in many
instances so costly that we must go to ancient
Egypt to find parallels for their extravagance?
The ostensible reason for these lavish ex?
penditure-* is, of courso, reverence for the dead,
but it is apparent that in a multitude of cases
this is on*y a cover fnr that pride of ostenta?
tion which influences so many people in all
worldly mattera. The erection of monuments
to those who havo done service to their conn?
lry, who have achieved eminence in literature
or art, is justifiable, beciuso such memorials
serve as examples and incitements to thc liv?
ing, breed patriotism and fniter noble aspirar
UonS. But tho ambition which finds objects in
great and imposing funerals, great and impos?
ing mortuary structures, has no root in re?
ligion and no explanation in any rational or
accepted scientific, or philosophic schemo of
existence, here or hereafter. Tho Christian
affects to believe that death liberates the spir?
it : that the body is, as Longfellow has it:
" but a worn-out foti er that fhe soul has broken
and cast away"; and that this freed spirit has
entered into a rest in which is j;crfect happi?
ness and perfect pence.
Yet the prevailing funeral customs can only
be explained rationally on the hypothesis that
Christians do not really believe what, they pn>
fessi that in fact they regard dnath as an
il separatioB] that they also bink upon
it, not as tho gate of Heaven, but rather as ihe
dark and gloomy entrance tn that dismal place
of Shades which the ancients imagined <o be
beyond 'lu* tomb. It is curious, too, how peo?
ple who would bo ashamed lo behave so to
their living friends abandon themselves to
hopeless grief over their dead. Christianity
tcai hes that death is merely the antechamber
to Heaven. Now Heaven is tho highest COfl
ccption "f happiness. If a living friend is
called away to some place where he ls sure nf
enjoying great pleasure, those he leaves, though
they feel his absenco, would think themselves
very selfish to deplore it. In tho case nf a
Christian's deaih tho cause for rejoicing la
infinitely greater than it could be concerning
any earthly pleasure| and yet it is made an
| occasion of mourning and lam-"n'ation and the
I profuse display of al! the insignia nf gloom and
' despair. These' barbarous fur.Tal customs bear
mo-?t heavily on the poor, moreover. Thc liv?
ing are commonly deprived of necessaries that
I there may be the customary barbarous waste
, upon the dead. No doubt a vanity which is
not less barbarous than what it induces has
much to do with these extravagant expend?
itures, but as Mr. Snyder lays, tho poor only
imitate the rich in these matters, and it is Idle
I tn expect more rational customs among them
, while thc example of wealth and intellect en
! courages and serves to justify thc cult of pagan
: obsequies. Reform here ta slower than in most
I things. Perhaps if the clergy everywhere
\ would make it an issue it would make moro
| progress. _______....___-_
FitOWBB WE ..o.Y/,-5.
Once more attention is directed to the painful
fact that in a compelitiv.- examination for tricked
iltarpa -ss, s Berpsntfa tooth invariably is distano-d
by a thaaklen child Thi* thankless child lins
time is Roswell P. Flower. And he shows his
I thanklessness by endeavoring in tho canvass for
tho Lieiitenant-Covernorship to get the delegates
Swag from Jones.
Consider for a moment how cruel thli ii of
Flower. In 1**5 th* Democratic State Conven?
tion made him its candidate for Lieutenant-Gov
ernor. Did he aeecpt with rotes suffused with
emotionf No. After tin convention had ad?
journ, d he threw tho party into cnn fusion by
Coming out with a letter of deelinution. Then
it- v.ns tliat, Jones magnanimously came to the
front Some imperious statesmen would have
indignantly refused to BOSOpI B warmed-over
nomination. Rut Jones, although he invariably
pays the freight is not proud Ile remarked to
| the State <'omrailteo?which, after (Jeneral Slocum
had peremptorily forbidden the uso of his linnie
j to fill the vacancy, was thinking In its despair
* nf ( nb-ring a draft to get a candidate?" Jones ls
! wH-In*.** Jones it was, and the procession pro
t cr.-'leel. In these O-ieaB-BtODOOS Jones has a right
j io hold that he Iih. considerable of a claim upon
?he consideration nf the party. Indeed, it has
! been whispered that bfl aspired to be Governor,
, and argued that t<> give him the first place on the
tn-lccl, this fall would bfl an irresistible illustration
of the most practical sort of genuine Civil Berrin
Reform.
Shall Flower, tlie man who left his party in
the lurch, bfl rewarded Ot the expense nf the hern
; who rescued it from its embairassiBflBtf Let
Flower look to it Those who ought to know
say that Jones has his war paint on and that
in the event, of not being made his party candi?
date for Governor, he will um kc s (eoolots tight tc
hold his own, Flower. Flower, beware of the day
when Jones shall confront thee in battle array.
Yes, l<*t us h;i\.* Governor's Island for a park
The points inn.le by the House OoBBfltittSS on Nova
1 Affairs are absolutely unanswerable. Governor')
bland would make a timmie park, nnd the. cit5
needs ir. It, is DSelfln as ii lori and unnecessary
j,is a military station. Turn it into a park and carr
people tn aud from it free of charge, and it w.iiil.
become one of the most, po|iiil:,r of resorts cloin t.
or in the eitjr. Kew-York la propariag to tear dowi
bulldiogfl iu order to provide small iwirks in vari
ons (pinners; yet hew is s park site mady to ham
,'i"l nt many respects unrivalled. Why not mali.
Use of lt ?
Congressman Breckinridge offered in Harlem
Saturday Bight to wager his head for a football.'
?| inTe wen bo taken.
It is highly proper to pay a brief tribute ol
lespiciful admiration to Miss Bannah Donovan, of
Booton, who on Sunday las! r, scned ti young mitt:
1 from drowning at Naotasket Beaeh. From th
I plain of a 0OttOg* she -saw his ricsiwrnt* plight
I ne. eHiti-ri d ns she \\:is in the habiliments ol
' fashion she plnnged into the water, and sw.mi t,
' his BSBiStaBee and kept him afloat until his friend*
I reached the spot In a boat. Moreover, when lu
! had boen Berried sobon it was sin* who fumi-hc
the oeedful alcoholic stimulant. It ls to be hope.
that the yoong boa was worthy of such a galtani
KOOBA, but, BOWOTOt that may be, we vent
ure to ensor VS with nil due deference that then
doesn't sum to bs anything the mutter wit!
Hannah.
Striken who noon io riotanea are taking tis
best woy to Booviacfl tba public that they Lin
u bad can at tbe outset.
?
Oom Demijohn, when punned by a crowd o
its Infuriated viotims, said: "I will throw thea
og the traek by mising tbe tty that tbs Charo!
ov-r the wa] is nu establishment for th" distribu
ti.n ii Free Whiskey." Boms (Ow boBoved hun
M..ml: Not all nhs fools are dead yet llappi
thooghl : A good many at.-. hoWBVSR
At peasant tho Mills bili la s thing ot patehn
In NoMinbi-r it will be a thing of shreds.
-?*??
Il is pleasant to oboerva that Senator Voorbsa
hus ali hitit recovered ti uni tie- cast mut iou lin wu
coin-ll.,I t*i endure iis shs result ol his tciin-rit.
in Hauling Bena tot Ingalta reoently. Ha has ta
sued fruin the retirement into which the oaustl
kansan drove hun and hu* made a speech. S
fur -? - we cnn disoover the Hpccoh contains n
n-feroiice to Mr. Ingall*. It is delightfully lmpOrton
al and hamlen. Nevertheless, ss sa evidence o
Mr. Voorhees's convalescence, it. should be wel?
comed
Come, come, Mr. President, let us have that
letter of -fllUllaatlB We have your word for it
that* ? second tenn is a frightful menace tn 'tho
country, and a loBgflS (blay won't make your
present, position any less awl. iva rd. Ry the wag,
you might explain that you were never good at
Bgaras, and that it was a third term which you had
in mind four years ago.
Ono thing may be counted on ns certain-there
will bo no surplus under free trade.
N. E. Doty, of Rensselaer Falls, N. Y., writes
us to ask whether it is true, as a Prohibition
speaker stated there tba other night, that ?tba
minister (sici who was invited to open the Re?
publican Convention nt* Chicago with pray-r,
WSS obliged to put that, prayer in writing and
submit it to the Inspection of Banoisdealors pres?
ent, hefore lu- was allowed to oll'-r it. lest th'-re
should be something in it offensive to them." The
only thiag that surprises us abofit. this statement
is net faebtaaen and tnadeqaaey. He aright have
added that all of the clergymen who opened ile
Chicago Convention with prayer were drunk at
tin- lune; thnl, Senator Hoar was taken with de
litiiim treni'iis while th'- convention was in ses?
sion; thnt Wiirner Miller was attested f"r plnymg
tin- banka gams on a Methodist. Bishop whose
nc.-uainfanec he made for the lirst time fn the
General Conference; and thut Major McKinley
ladled raw whiskey out of a hogshead to Jill
c.,tneis on the floor of the Convention. If our
Prohibitionist brother is going to lie at all he
mny a.s we'll li.- in B manner to arouse* th" ad
miraiion of other bars. Ile is evidently a man
of considerable promise in thnt direction and
ought not to allow bis prospects to h.* marred by
b.i-ty and ill-considered efforts Bkfl the above at
the outset.
Coroner Messemer, when be resumes his inquest
upon Mrs. Levy, the victim of the bobtail flor,
should bear ia Mind that tho public, is (put*-.
anxious to se.* that* aeddent-boek of the Twenty
third Street Company.
PERSONAL,
Miss Lucy Larcom .fle-nt lust week at Chicago, the
guest ol a fenner pupil, i-he wa* an Illinois school
Em* her In pioneer days.
Raron Julius Hemer ls seventy yean old, and hai
be?*n hard at, work for flfty-flvo years. Ho ls still
bright and active. Bfl his keen gray eyes which
?pierce you fruin behind grissled brea 1. sud thia, prom?
inent nose, aini a face - lliil-l With _Jt.proie.on,* Ile
ta :i tl'ient ami pleasant lalln-r, .mil nol backward In
telling of his emly hardship* when ],e wns a poor and
unknown toreigoor in London wltb a tiny atom ami
one small boy to look afcr lt. He n overworked
himself In thoso days, he -Kill tell yn-i,
Ihat 6lr James (then Mr.) Paget, Whom
he consulted for breakdown cf Ufl general
health, te.id lum in- would dla if ba did nor get sleep.
un replying thal bo mm compelled lo be obi sll night
the (real surgeon r-i'lie'l i ** Well, if yon bsve imi
ch.o, coil j ourself up on a doorstep and go to
sleep!" ile scled on the spirit if noi the letter "f
this advice, ami now Is able i" boosl thal lu* ls w<*|l
snd bean bv, ami Hutt each dey li fully occupied wl'h
hurd work. Including l constitutional walk pl live
miles, which be ls
time -nice " lt ls u
careful lo explain ls
ii nary tot my health."
loss of
Mr. (lorne ft. rabi.* will start fur California this
month, on a reading tour.
I'an El.s-trlc Garland ls with his family at Hominy
IIIU, Arkansas.
Mr. (.corgi) Vincent ls in magi nt; Chautauqua in the
place ol bis father, the Bilbop.
According to "The Paltlniore Sun" there was a
genial exchange nf eoorlesln at i/uig Branch the
other day between two well-known newspaper pro
preiors, Mr. Prank McLaughlin, ol ?'The Philadelphia
Times,** and Mr. Georg! Vi. Childs, of '-The l'hil.v
delphis Ledgn." Mr. Child! strolled down from his
hands,.me coilar-o to the West End Hotel, whet! hi
espied .Mr. McLaughlin sliting on Ute plana aul
bunn tut his gouty t""t "u S <-l.-iir. Advancing to?
ward McLaughlin, Mr. Childi bold onl his hand,
rongrotaloted bim oa his personal appearance*! and
SSld : " Vihy, you sn looking I" tter H un when I nw
you last; mav be you will live as long an I do. hut.
old fellow, when von do die, you shall have a splendid
obituary In The Ledger.' it ls ail prepared now."
" ib" -'nil'*-" proprietor wm io much overcome that he
could onlj expren les appreciation tv toola, and
could nm'lind wolds to toll Mr I hi ld! ilia! li's obitu?
ary hail not only boen prepared in -'ihe Ilmoe" otlke,
but wn In type.
Mr. Fairlea ll. Winston, Editor ol "Tho Review **
of Bpokoos Palls, Wyoming, has put a' the head of the
editorial psgfl nf Ids newsy and enterprising raper
then words: **-'Protection to lu.me induetrin I regard
a^ the most Important plank lu any platform after
?The Cnlon mu-t ami shall he preserved.'" They aro
bom a oereonal letter written to bim by Oenei il
i,ian!, november 15, 1888
Toronto, Ont., Aug. C.?Bishop Farrell, of Trenton,
N. J., ls looked upon here as tho proballi successor
to Um lalo Aii-hbl-hop Lynch, should bishop W.il.-h,
of Loadoo, Ont, deeilm.
DEMOCRACY MEANS WEE 1RADE.
Tlios.) who buy Imports pay the duty charged
thereon into tho public Trenury, bul tha great ma
jority of our eltlsooa who buy doiuntlc ar tlc In ol
th?* sail)/* class pay a sum ai lens! approximately equal
to this inly to tho home manufacturer, Tins refer?
ence to tho operation of "ur tarifl lawi ta not main
by way of I n-tn ic timi, bm In order thal we may bfl
constantly reminded "i tho manner in which they Im
pus.) a burden Upon those Who COOflUmO dollie.tic
products, ns well a- those who consume Imported
arti, len arvt tim neat" a tax upon all our people.
?iPresident's mniOgfl.
Tbs statement that purchasers of American
manufactures " pay a sum at hast, approximately
eqaal to the duty'* on iln- import, d artieles is
SO preposterous that no Democrat in the House,
except Mr. Cox, hus Krloosly attempted te de?
fend it A protective tarilf lids stead,ly reduced
[lilies in every brunch of manufacture. Thc
President can tind no support in comparative
prior-lists of 1888 and 1888 for his extravagant
assertion. It is one of the Bradesi applications
of ftee trade theories to American economic c.x
iK-rli ncc. These BBBteacoa from the menaga Baffles
to establish ths President's reputation a.s a Irce
ti-nde dogmatist.
in his nmiage to congress PreaMeal cieveiami
struck the key note of future prosperity and sound*,l
thc death knell of a robber protective tarifl by which
th., manufacturer is mad" richer and the grand army
of laboring people reduced year by tom i" povertj
uni iiliiiie-t starvation.\ system ol protection
which proteoti the few at the expenn of Ute moo)
ls 0 ipSdSl "f OlOOl legislation which ta B "!')t Upon
the (air name "f American liberty.l am oi>
pond to the iirotee-iion policy of our Government,
William ll. Harlin, Dem., lc.va?, tari lt Uubate
M.iv a.
This is the enthusiastic way in which out?
spoken tree-trade Democrata have received the
President's message. Vei Americans are asked to
believe that lint*.* ave no Fie-. Trader! in the
House of Kepr-sentntivcH ani no free-trade doc?
trines in the tammamay \
Thc i.i*lil reform which tho Pnislilent recommends
goes as far at len! i- ihe abolition or redaction ol
ii"* dudes on mw iniieii.ns. Should Congren give
??ile. i io nus proposal ii- Immediate r*-uii would be
au enormous itlmolus t" English Industry. Iron,
though a piol;. i of manufacture, ls la one seine a
raw material, mu the removal "f tho dutln on iron
would -mumal,) ii,** iron Industry in this country.
The ahoiirhni of tho duty on wool, whieh the Prow
ei.'Mi mentions, would also probably lead lo a great
export ol wool to America sad a oonslderable riv
(J Hi" prl.f that, Commodity. Tho first eirart of
the adoption of tho President'! polloy would bo a
greai Inerean In our trade wiih the Cniiod *.t*ie**
?<people's .loiirniii. Dandee, BcoUaud, Dm. io.
Thlfl WidO-awakfl Bcoteb journal declared that
the prospect nf the ehangea recommended bf the
President had 'f diffused frcsli hu,H. throughout
business cirolso" in Dundoo; and then it added
thut* frc wool would hail to ii great export tra,!,*
und that the policy of fidticing the duties on raw
materials would have ii most beneficial effeel oa
English toannfactarlng Interesta These pto.
nii.iiitions oi prosperity foi Britisb indaatrial In*
ler.-sts -.noni,I sultiee 1 , naru Americans that the
1 'resident iimJ bis parly are promotiaf the business
ends of foreigners.
The (Hilier nf all s|n p__\ ___ u 1hr. fat|l0r ?f ,|,?
tariff.?tMr. co_, Oom, Boa Pork, tarifl debate, May
'Hus ls one of the jokes of the tariff debate
that s**t ihe Damooratio sub- -on the roar."' Mr.
Cox was thoroughly in carn, st, tam, in proelalm
ing il.'- diabolism of the tariff. II.* learned
VlOS Trade under Dr. Wayland, aad practised
arba! had beea preached te him winn ha voesfl.
against ths Morrill tariff at ths ontbrflak of ths
War Tweaty-oighl fenn ol prooperity, during
whieh tin* null,sinai iBtOISSiB ot thc conni ry have
prospered under UtB tariff, huve tuuuht him
nothiiiK- Ile ia a Free Tinder now ns Ihen, and
ao ardent in hil devotion to the cause ihat he
B-BflfbSS all tho " Iniquity of tho tarli- lystecm*' to
the " Father of Lk*a.*>
" THE WORLD OF LONDON.
CIIKOMCLED ANT) CRITICISED BY MR nj,
MUND YATE&
squarrlino over emperor frederick's wir.q
?THK BATTFNBERO MARRIAGE sensation?
MB. BLAINE'S FAREWELL. TO ENGLAND
?THE PRI.MIEIt'8 SONS?I.OBD
ROBERT CF.Cir.'8 PROMISING CA
BEEB? PLAIN FACTS ABOUT
TnF. PARNELLITE
COMMISSION.
(nr BBBBJ to rna BRtBBBfc]
Copyright; 18881 Ry The MOM fork IWBBBB
London, Aug. rt.-The rumor that the Queen ln_
tended paving a visit to Haden In beptember to meet
tba Pm som winiam wss clearly untrue, it ooria
bo I ni pi c.. lt,!** for tho Queen to forego the pleasure
of being at lin'.n,,iai at iho time when thn whither
bnoks and tin* Hi-I llgaa of winter appear. Th's
iildei the weather tho more the Quen likes lt. si.,
ls, Indeed, always better In cold than In waria
weather. As the DOWOflBT Empress Victoria will Im
Wltb her shortly afterward, lt. ls not. likely that Ue.r
Majesty will lenve Scotland until she corney tr,
Windsor for the WtotSO. If Emperor V, lilian desiri*
to take the nf pw loni! J of seeing the Queen, ha
would, of course, psopsos to visit Her Majesty ?
Windsor, as lt would scarcely be In accordance with
etiquette or Wtth ordinary propriety for the Qtiee^
to lako Ihe trouble and undergo th" Journey to (ier-i
nuitiv fur the purpose of having an Interview wltk
ber grandson, 'lhere has probably bern a confusion
of persons and this absurd report has ailsen out f,j
tho Emperor's Intenilon to visit Haden-Haden with
th" Empress and thdr children at the end ol next
month, In order to be there to spend the lioth with
tho Dowager Empress Augii_ta. that day being her
lOVeaty seventh birthday. Emperor William has
prennted snrMo boola of himself to Prion bismarck
aied (.eneral Von Molt ko.
| RUMORS ABOCT THK DEAD EMPRRORTg DIART.
A Bloody seini official denial of siatenients which
appeared a foi'tnlght ago aleut thc diary of Kmjrror
PreOerfeh ha-* teen poMlshsd tB a QotMUU newspa?
per, but I BMlOlola Bm ah, "lute accuracy of my In.
furmailon on this subject. Hitter squabbling ls now
going on In fierlln and Potsdam about th.* Jo.rturo
Of Dowager Rmpnn Victoria, the allowances of har
daughters and the will of lie) dead Emperor. Ern?
ie i.ir William threatens to fake steps lo InvalMato
the will, unless the diary ls brought bock from Eng
I land and surrendered to him In order fo be placed in
j the family archives at P.eilln. 1 hear lhal ihe King
I nf BO-Ony, Prince Albrecht of Prussia, the (-rand
I nuke of Haden and Price-* Blsnnot are endeavoring
tn brio! about an ainl'-able arrangement between tho
I Emperor and his mother. In order to avert a publlo
scandal Bf the gravest lund.
THE "NOUVELLE REVUE'S" SENSATION.
The publication Of s'ate doeuTOBfl of a confldenilal
chani'icr through hostile channels always excites
.lid'-sproad Ititu-'-i. Thal <--.*iinau state papers had
lirst to obtain publicity In a French periodical makes
Hu* effect -Hil nun) piquant. It ls not surprising,
therefore, that the publication In the ??Nouvelle Ba
vue*1 of what purporia to be a eonBdenttal oonmnBi
aattoo addmnd hy Prince Bismarck to Emperor Ired-,
erich shouM have attracted much attention In all tho
eapitala of Europe. An analysis of (he paper lt wll
does Bot, ho.v.-vcr, Justify the excitement which has
b.cti Bloused, There ls nothing In lt which was not a
ii .utter of common report In Berlin at tho tlmo of
'Ije projected Battoabeif marriage. Official character
ha-, however, h'-'ii g.ven t" the common gossip i-f
tho dav by the dignified tono of the language and tho
formal style of writing. When the wife of the mosl
populSB feiiilleloiilst In I'crlln eloped a few weokj
Ogfl with tho portly Adonis who represents a highly,
sensational French Journal, revelations of a startling
character, In which tho use of the Imagination was not
neglected, inn minuted. Il ls only a matter ol sum
prNe that something more astonishing haa not been
fabricated.
MR. BLAINE'S FAREWELL
Mr. Dlalne Iel! England "ii Tuesday, In orter til
woik for iii" BepubUcan party In tho Presidential
election. The farewell eiiteilainm.'nt given un tho)
eve of his departure In his honor by bis country?
woman. Mrs. Marshall 0. Hobarts, was made moro
thoa ordinarily liilsisotlas on account of a certain am
tlc I pated announcement, which did no!, after all, coma
off. Mr. lilalne spoke with reassuring confidence ol
(ieneral Ilnilson's chances of success. Lady -sands
hurst, In Ivolre satin, entertained Mrs. Smalley, whaj
was In block, with an account of her last political A|
Home. Mrs. Mackay, In white moire and tuniuolsei^
was rory full of the merits of Eastbourne fsrhla_i|P>n-|
bod. WM Van Wurt came In palo pink. Miss Emili
cott In white. Mrs. liradh-y Martin, In blue, wafl
BblaM with diamonds. Kia, Paran btevens wor^
pansy satin, with diamonds. Mrs. Roberts'6 oartJJ
wa* a success both socially and politically.
CARDINAL HOWARD RETTER.
Cardinal Howard, who a fortnight ago was thought
to be " In extremis,-1 and who received the last i-acra*
ments of the Church, ls now much better, and waa
able to tako earring') exercise more than once last
week.
LORD ROBERT CECIL'S MARRIAGE.
Lord Robert Cecil. Lord Salisbury's third .son. whd
ls going to marry Lady Eleanor I.ambston, Lord Pur*
ham's sister, ls a barrister. Il" was called to the bas
last January, and ls considered a young man nf creal
promlso and ability-the flower of the family. Lord
Cianbourne ls a good speaker, but owing ta
his Indifferent health has not many op*
portiinitles of distinguishing himself. Lord
William waa a hard-working cur?t? at Yar?
mouth, and ls now going to the rich family
living at Hatfield. Lord .lames l- a i"ldl?r. Another
sun, Loni Hugh, has yet to win his spurs. I.i rd
Robert ought to succeed at tho bar. He has a plca-a::t
manner and appearance, ls a good speaker, and on his
mother's side ought lo have inherited Ihe legal -quali?
ties of his grandfather,, Bsroa AMsbbsb, Mho wa* on!
of England-*! groaieel lawyers and who, besides,
achieved a distinction never done before or since, ni
being both senior dents and senior wrangler of hil
year at Cambridge. Loni Hubert wtll bo the first
member ot the aristocracy ll he succeeds at Ihfl bar
who will have begun his career with the distinctive
title of ?' My La_R.a No one. I believe, has ever at?
tempted a legal career lu such clrciim* tatices. and I will
bc curious to hear how Judge* will B-MrOM the noble
lord when ho ls praetislrg before them.
THE DURR AND DU0HR88OV M AHLBOROCOH.
The Duke and Duche s of Marlborough aie al
Blenheim, where the Dobs 1- eneiiaining iii 'be park
a large contingent of iixf.ud-.hln* volunteers, who have
gone there for a week under eanVM.
THE PARRRLUTR r"MMISSION.
The Hov i in ment can hardly tool happy or satisfied
with the re<ulr of th,* debate on the I'arnelllte 88881
mi--lon. The whole mailer has been a mistake from
the beginning. Both parties have placed themselves
in a difficult position, if tho Oovernmenl kal
left alone they wooli probably have i.-r tl..* muter
drop, but the feeling of the I'nlonlst potty and the
yoong bloods of Un* Co!i.-,,-rvatives, vim were deter?
mined io go lnio the Whole subject wxs s'ich thli
tiny enid n.t. afford to dlsngoid li Mr. tMMUB
never expected that the OovsflSUBflBt would Hil ^m
at his wald and grant a commission, or he would In?
stantly hive begun prilliflfldlBBB. but wllh a
milieus mixture of audacity ?nd hesitation, which
characterizes all his conduct, he flOoM net be pre*
rolled on to make np hu m'nd to adopt, dfldrivfl stet*.
The leaders ul the Liberal party were also very
vacillating. Hail he at OBOS BS the passing of tha
second reading of the bill announced his Intention ot
bringing an Miloo for libel anali-st -The Times." he
Mould have nada lt Impossible for the i:.,veniinent to
proceed wllh the bill. Tim eon Of "TR* WAMMM* '?
BOdoubtedly very sifong, but one can easily see that
tho marlston weill,l have prvfernsl an action fur
libel to a commls.ion. lt ls not llhelv Ihat Mr.
Walter will give up the names of Informant* If ho
can possibly avoid If. but If th" Judges Insist and bfl
rcru?>s, he will not care to go to
lu,-"ii. lhere are endless account. BBl
surmises as tu Iho SBMNml Of evidence "Tha
Tinas" hos, bal than noaa n be little doubt thai
ll has gol a ObfloB MU t'tOO, which Mr. Farnell
gave Byrne to enable lum lu lean* the country aftei
Ihfl l'lio-uix Park muid,-i-s. It appeals to BB g<,n**
ii ally snooted th-it as soon as the coiiiuilssloii bad
teen appointed tin- i.um-ii.i,i will lake up the in*
diriment Whieh "Tl;.* Times'' has btOOghl again*!
Ihfl Parnellites and thus hflOSSM practically pSBSSSai
lOflB This, I believe, is n mistake I h I (.overiuiicnl
do imi intend lo ap|>eai- lu any way. Their posiil"U
Will bn so oiitlrejj neutral dial If any party bo en?
titi.-d to complain of thats attitude ii will BS ?The
lilli,'-," The till rel Hie Milich was lu danger at
tin* time ,,f tho I'h.Minv I'irk murders, ta
w tildi Mr. ('.shea allude* lu his lett;-:* lo ** The liiiien,*
was Mr. Parnell'.-,. Mr. Parnell wa. palnliilly com
HIBBS of this danger, and showed lt In tbe moot um
iiitsfak il,h* manner.
NU1ILK LORDS SEE TUE FIGHT OUT.
An attempt to bring ult a pitta fight at limul wood
oo Friday morning between two promt-lug L__-H