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fficc. Postage free,
Blaine's Funeral promises to be as lively
is a Donnybrook Fair.
Koto Yictob Emmanuel accepts the hon
orary presidency of the Italian committee
for the 6roction of a statuo to Columbus at
Philadelphia. "Wo are likely to have many
pouveniro of regard and respect from friendly
{European nations when our centennial year
is over. Fortunately we have plenty of
/room to spare for all such.
Anothee Communist Sentenced to Die.?
After so many years that have elapsed since
the days of the Communo the civilized
world is startled by the announcement that
another Communist must die for his mis
deeds during that bloody civil strife in
l'rance. "Why has not the criminal been
promptly punished for his offence, and has
not tho time arrived when the policy of
mercy should be applied in cases where
justice has been so tardy in striking? These
are questions deserving consideration just
now in France.
NO. 1ST
A Hnrr to Boss Khxt.?If tho Boss wants
to bout Tilden let him keep Tammany in the
background.
The "Workthomen's Delegation from
France to the Centennial threatens to lail
for want of the necessary funds to pay ex
penses. Sorely Franco will spare a few thou
sand francs to send her workmen's delegates
to tho great centre of display of industry at
Philadelphia and maintain her reputation
for generosity and progressive ideas which
havo always marked her history. It is
trifling with a great element of national
strength for tho purse holders in France
to withhold their contributions from the
delegates fund after tho assurances that havo
been given of an adequate supply of money.
Prison Reform. The met ting of the Na
tional Prison Reform Association which takes
place at Stein way Hall to-morrow evening
promises to result in a number of important
suggestions that must lead to the removal of
many of the abuses that now disgrace our
prison management. Three general subjects
?will be discussed under several sub-heads,
which are given in detail in to-day's
Heeai/p -Criminal Law reform, tho Peniten
tiary system and tho Preventive system.
With such a progrniumo we cannot doubt
that a vast amount of useful information
will bo gathered and giveu which will tend
to the amelioration, to snnio extent, of tho
horrors of prison life, while removing many
of the existing causes of crime.
We Are Aituio a dark lantern Know
Kothing crowd of Tammany Indians will not
have a commanding influence upon a con
tention of honest, self-respecting democrats
who think that Tammany is a synonym for
corruption.
Maximo Gomez, the Cuban General, is re
ported to have made an attack on Ciegu do
Avila, with a force of sixteen hundred men.
on tho night of May 2G. The garrison of
only four hundred men, it is said, bravely
defended the post atnl succeeded in driv
ing tho enemy off the field with heavy
loas. If wo reverse tho condition of affairs
as to the numbers engaged and losses wo
will ;{?* much nearer the truth than
the despatch from Havana would lead us.
Cooked telegrams from Spanish sources in
Cuba are not wholly unknown to the public
tiuco the commencement of the insurrec
tion, and wo now regard all news from that
quarter with suspicion. Until a further
eonfirmation of tho alleged Spanish victory
reaches us wc are compelled to boliove that
Maximo Gome* is making it very hot for the
Dom in the Central Department of Cuba.
inilow Indefinitely Remanded.
The remand of Winslow to custody nntil
some indefinite day alter the 15th of Jnno
may ho taken, we trust, as evidence that the
British government sees the untenable
character of its position, and that it is now
merely taking time to effect a gmceful and
respectable retreat. The fact which has
leaked out in England as well as here, that
in his last despatch upon this subject Lord
Derby abandons his former base, which was
the act ot Parliament of 1870, and tries an
other tack, shows nut only that he feels the
weakness of his argument, hut also tlmt
those "Crown lawyers" under whose advice
a British Minist-er acts have at last taken
the trouble to read the act, and have found
there, as we pointed out a month ago, a sec
tion which expressly exempts the treat}'
with the United States from the operation of
the act
The facts of the case are very simple and
not liable to dispute. The treaty was made
in 1842. Since then the uniform custom of
the British, as well as the American courts,
has been, wherever it was necessary in the
ndmistration of justice, to hold and try sur
rendered criminals not only for the specific
offence for which they were extradited, but
lor others. In some cases even British
courts have tried surrendered criminals for
ott'ences not mentioned in the treaty and
not extraditable therefore, as, for instance, in j
the case of lleilbronn, which we cited among j
several others a month ago, where the man,
surrendered by the United States for forgery,
and acquitted beloro a British court, was
then immediately tried and convicted for
larceny, which, under the treaty, is not
an extradition crime. We notice in some of
the English journals a suggestion that tho
attention of tho British Foreign Office was
not called to this and other cases of the same
kind; but wo trust Lord Derby is not going
to plead neglect of duty as an excuse. That
would be too much. It would be to say to I
tho I. nited States, "We will break, when
ever we please, the rule we are now setting
up against you;" and even then the plea
would bo worthless, for there aro several
cases- those of Burley, surrendered to us for
robbery, and tried here for an attempt to
kill; of Caldwell, surrendered to us for for
gery, and tried here for bribing an officer,
and others of the same kind, which would
show, if ignorance or carelessness were
pleaded by Lord Derby, an amount of it
which would make the British government
ridiculous.
It has been suggested in this country fhat
unless some limit is fixed as to the trial of
persons surrendered under extradition trea
ties tho right of asylum for political offend
ers may be endangered; but the answer is
that there is no pretence or excuso of this
kind urged in England; no political offender
is in question ; nor has there ever been anj
dispute between tho two governments on
this point, though wo have had two treaties,
that of 1794 and the present one, in neither
of which is any reservation made about
political offenders or tho right of asylum.
Our government would probably consent
very readily to make a reservation in
any new treaty; but the surrender
of Winslow is claimed not as a
hypothetical case, but under the
plain stipulations of the treaty of 1812, and
in consonance with tho established interpre
tation of that treaty, as admitted by Lord
Hammond, Under Secretary for Foreign Af
fairs, in his evidence before a special com
mittee of the House of Commons, on this
^ery question, when ho said, "We admit in
this country that if a man is bonu fide tried
for an offence for which he was given up
there is nothing to prevent his being subse
quently tried for another offence, whether
antecedently committed or not." That an j
act of Parliament cannot alter the effect of i
a treaty was admitted in I860 by Lord Derby '
himself, who then, as Lord Stanley, said in
the Houso of Commons concerning an at
tempt to change the limitations of tho Extra
dition Treaty with France, " In a case like
this international courtesy demands that tho
treaty shall not be materially altered
without communication with tho other
party. ' In the same discussion Lord
Cairns, now Lord Chancellor, said that the
act "proposed to introduce a new ingredient
into the bargain which did not exist at the
time the bargain was made." He added:?
"To put such words into an act of Parlia
ment which did not exist in the treaty
would only be offering a gratuitous insult to
the foreign Power to whom it applied with
out securing any real advantage."
The right of political asylum is sacred.
No administration in this country would be
allowed to palter with it But it is not here
in question, for neither Lawrence,
whoso case excites so deep an in
terest in England, nor Winslow, is a
political offender. In any new extradition
treaty wo should hope to see a special reser
vation made of political offenders. It is
creditable to the two governments?our own
and that of Great Britain that in the ab
sence of any stipulation in the treaties of
1794 and 1S42, no serious dispute has ever
occurred on this subject But tho act of
Parliament of 1870, which was intended to
guard tho right of asylum, does so in a
clumsy way, needlessly obstructive of jus
tice. Tho truth is, it was framed not by
lawyers, but by eminent philanthropist*,
and their sole aim was to protect political
refugees from other European countries.
Hence the provisions of it which givo an 1
accused three different tribunals to
whom he may appeal, and any one
of which mnv set him at liberty; and
hence, also, the rigid provision that the sur
r*t?d?red person shall bo tried only for the
offenco for which ho was surrendered, and
being declared innocent must then have full
opportunity to make his escape from the
country of his detention. How this obstructs
justice may bo easily seen. Suppose a man
surrendered for an attempt to kill. On his
way to England his victim dies, and he In
comes a murderer. Tho character of the
offence is changed ; ought he to bo released?
So it would seem if the British demand is
founded in reason. Or take again the case i
of Lawrenco. His surrender was demanded
on several extraditable charges?more than
a dozen, we have heard. By the ingenuity of j
his counsel and the anxious care of those '
who in England nre supposed to be
concerned with him in his operations ho
wss surrendered on only a single one of the
charges, all of which were brought in regu
lar form before the British authorities. Is
he, by the adroitness of his defenders, to
escape justice ? Is this necessary in order to
protect the right of asylum ? Or take another
and recent case, where ft vessel's crew had
mutinied and killed the captain. They were
surrendered on a charge of murder ; but the
only witness who had seen the fatal blow
struck and had beheld the dead body of the
captain disappeared. Was it necessary or
just to set the criminals free? They were,
in fact, we believe, tried for mutiny or for
assault with attempt to kill, and convicted.
If the act of Parliament had declared that
a person surrendered under an extradition
treaty might be tried for any crimes or
offences mentioned in the treaty, and none
others, we should think this reasonable,
and should hold it wise to change the present
treaty to that effect But even in that case,
while the treaty remains as it stands, its
terms cannot be altered b)- the legislative
act of one of the contracting nations, nor
the manner or conditions of its enforcement
suddenly changed ; and thiB seems to be the
real point at issue. Wo trust Secretary Fish
has, in the despatch which is now on the
way to London, put an end to what has be
come a tedious discussion, and required a
definite answer to the demand for Winslow.
The Bulletin for Cincinnati.
Tho republican canvass is interesting.
Blaine's demise makes the road easier for
certain candidates and more embarrassing for
others. As tho field now looks Conkling
leads, with the Galena horse gaining.
Blaine is distanced and already limps off
the track. Mulligan's blow hamstrung him.
Bristow falls behind. The people do
not fancy a sentimental, detective candidate.
But as the struggle botween Conkling and
Washburne deepens the chances of the
dark horse seem to improvo. So far as New
York is concerned the nominee will be
Conkling or nobody. This would throw tho
candidate beyond the Alleghanies, and after
Washburne tho strongest is Hayes.
The Western politicians are better man
agers than our New York men. They know
politics. With them it is a business. They
are men of convictions. They believe in
their section and stand by their candidates.
If Conkling should defeat Washburne the
chances are that Hayes will win.
So far as Conkling and Washburne are
concerned either would make a good candi
date, and, if elected, a good President. Conk
ling represents tho courage, the discipline
and thefdncerity of the party. His nomina
tion would be an unequivocal indorsement
of the administration?the triumph of the
regular army. The success of Washburne
would be that of the reform element, of the
disaffected wings of tho party, of those who
believe in republican principles and fear
that they have boon injured by the President
making the administration personal.
The Bulletin for St. iaoula.
The democratic canvass at St. Louis is now
of secondary importance, as much depends
npon what the republicans will do at Cin
cinnati. But, at the same time, thcro are cer
tain features of interest in it as far as it goes.
If Tilden should find his canvass a failure,
either through a mutiny in the West or the
adoption of the two-thirds rule by the
Southern vote, why would it not be wise for
the Governor to cross the ferry and find his
dark horse in the historic county of Mon
mouth ?
New Jersey is a rattling, glorious, true
blue, sterling little State. She was the Bel
gium of the Revolution, and if there is any
sacred soil within the Republic it is the soil
of Monmouth, Princeton and Trenton. It
was in the Jerseys that Washington won vic
tory, independence and fame. Jersey pa
triotism has borne its natural fruit in Jersey
justice, as our murderers in the
Tombs would discover if they chal
lenged the judgment of a Jersey jury.
In tho war for the Union Jersey enme
to the front under generals like Kearny and
a governor like Parker. During that pro
longed and fierce contest her banner was
always in tho front. The highway, and in
some senses the suburb of the two great
cities and States of the Union, New Jersey
represents the best elements of Philadelphia
and New York?of the Quaker and the
Knickerbocker. Why would it not be well
to go into New Jersey if a Great Unknown is
needed at St. Louis and see what kind of
mettle there is in Parker?
Bayard and Tilden keep their lead for St
Lotus. Seven years of Grant do not predis
pose us to Hancock or any captain, however
renowned. Hancock's chance will come
with the next war. Hendricks means revo
lution and repudiation, and Allen's chances
are merged in tlioso of Grandfather Peter
Cooper, who is already in the field on an
Allen platform, while the Ohio statesman
has not even a nomination.
As to Bayard, there is no nonsense more
degrading than the averment that his war
record would harm him. His course was
that of a gentleman and a patriot. All this
talk about "war records" is contemptible
and unpatriotic. We fought the South and
won, and let us havo an end of tho Southern
question in polities. Boyard did nothing
during the war to forfeit the esteem of any
gentleman in the Republic, North or South.
Sunday at TnE Exhibitiok.?If our Phila
delphia correspondent is correctly informed
the closing of the Centennial Exhibition on
Sunday is becoming more and more unpop
ular. The reasons given are plausible.
Sunday is the'only time which tho majority
of our people can spare from business and
employ for recreation or study, and they
feel, under this restrictive law, like the
young prince who wept because he hod lost
a day. The only practical objection to the
rule is that the opening of the Exhibition on
Sunday would impose additional labor upon
exhibitors and employes. Yet this, wo be
lieve, could be easily removed. The in
creased profits would cnahlo the managers
to employ extra labor, and many of tho ex
hibitors would be very glad of the oppor
tunity to show their goods. Tho post office*,
the hotels, the drug stores, the street cars,
the barrooms, tho restaurants, are all open
on Sunday, and tho Exhibition ought to be
governed by similar principles which con
cern the convenience or the necessities of
the pubiio. ...
The Death of Abdnl-Axl*.
A general ripplo of incredulity will meet
the official Turkish announcement that Ab
dul-Aziz, the lately dethroned Sultan, com
mitted suicide, liko Seneca, yesterday
morning by opening the veins of his
arm. There was so wido an expecta
tion that, in accordance with what might
be called Ottoman etiquette, the dishonored
Abdul would be treated to the twist of a
bowstring about his throat, a carving by
yataghans plied by willing hands that lately
were proud to smovth the royal carpet lor
him, or a fling at night with a sack for a
shroud into the glittering waters of the Bos
phorus, that tlio wise will wag their beards,
or chins if they have no beards,
and Bay, "I told you so." So great
was the expectation of his sudden
demise thnt the Qneen of England,
whose ministers had a hand in Abdul's un
doing, hastened to beg his nephew, the new
Sultan, that the bowstring ceremony might
be omitted in the case of his uncle. That
Abdul-Aziz lived long enough to bo settled
in a gilded prison, the palace of Tcheragan,
with its "fine water view and all tho modern
Turkish improvements," was flourishingly
announced as another triumph of British
diplomacy; but for nil that the life-blood
of the unfortuuato Abdul trickled away yes
terday morning as miserably as if it ebbed
from tho veins of the meanest cur that yelps
around Stamboul. It had, however, a stream
direct from Mahmoud, the Conqueror who
raised tho Crescent above the Cross in Con
stantinople four centuries ago.
Admitting the suspicious look of the case?
and he would be very bold indeed who took
a bare official announcement for tho truth
of the matter?there were sorao motives
for Abdul-Aziz to die by his own hand.
Llko all dospots who have outgrown their
popularity?and for many years he hnd
none?he had become morose, sullen and
isolated 6ave to the creatures who ministered
to his sensual pleasures or his costly whims.
With the growth of the popular discontent
he applied all the energy spared from his
voluptuous indolence to the hoarding of
money. He was never a man of action ; the
expression of his face was half weariness
and half insonsibility ; and when the day
for action came, when the menacing softas
from the mosques and the rabble from
tho streets clamored around the
palace for a new Grand Vizier, he
had neither tho means at hand nor
the energy to stamp them out as bloodily
and effectually as did his father Mahmoud
II. the janizaries just fifty years ago.
He was as self-helpless as Clarence that was
drowned in the butt of his favorite Malmsey.
There could be no darker mind in the world
than filled tho frame of Abdul-Aziz, as, with
all tho passions of tho overthrown
pampered tyrant writhing through his
native imbecility, he staggered from his
throne urged by rebellious hands to
a prison though it was a palace, loaving
power, pleasure and tho crafty golden gath
erings of years behind. All that life was
worth was behind him, and not even tho
placo for his foot a yard before him was
assured. Would it bo marvellous, then, with
tho fato before his eyes of his grand uncle
Selitn III., who was murdered by the jani
zaries after being deposed by them, that he
should deem his murder at tho hands of tho
softas so likely that he took counsel of de
spair and killed himselt to escape butchery,
if, even, his act wanted that noble Roman
weakness that cried "Life is ended when our
honor ends ?"
His dethronement was undoubtedly the
work of England. His death or murder fol
lowing so closely thereon cannot, however,
either agree with her desires or benefit her
plans. Whatever remnant of power re
mained in his name his death has given to
Russia or to the enemies ,of the backers
of Mourad Effendi. This may not be
much, but no Power in Europe has now
any influence to spare that bears on the
Eastern question. The reign of Abdul-Aziz
represents an ineffectual struggle to implant
reforms upon tho Turkish system, ending in
the disgust of the monarch and founding
the unpopularity which his own course sub
sequently deepened into the discontent that
overthrew him. To the Turks his successor
is supposed to be the opponent of all that
Abdul-Aziz attempted. In the hands of
England Mourad will, however, be pushed
to repeat the attempted reforms that
Abdul failed in. and hence with the fanatical
Moslems he will soon bo as unpopular as his
uncle. Tho death of Abdnl-Asiz takes place
when Enrope is seething from end to end
with excitement, when the wildest rumors of
coalitions obtain belief, when Austria is
timidly hesitating whether to join England
or Russia, when Russia is holding Servia
and Montenegro in leash and looking even
to Greeeo and Egypt for allies, and when
Germany with her enormous war power
stands as an arbiter waiting to cast her
sword in ono or other ot' tho scales, and stay
or precipitate a fight of Titans that will
shake Europe till the tabled war upon Jove
Olympus, with its crash of hurled moun
tains, will no longer be a liguro to invoke
when ono would picture in a phraso the
terrors of a mighty fray. The ghost of
Abdul-Aziz may look down from tho bosom
of the Prophet upon a blazing pyre in which
tho throno of Islam shall be burned before
the eye? of all Europe in arms and to the
thunderous music of its guns.
If the Friends of Tilden mean to nomi
nate him let it go out to the West that Tam
mnny is opposed to him. The Western dele
gates have an idea that Tweed is still Gmnd
Sachcm, and they will be apt to think a Tam
many opposition tho best indorsement an
honest man could obtain.
Oovtrnor Parker a* m Presidential
Candidate.
Wo print an interesting conversation with
ex-Governor Joel Parker, who acquired a
bright and enviable reputation as a demo
cratic war Governor, nnd is now the favorite
candidate of the New Jersey democrats for
the St. Louis nomination. His war record
would neither help him nor harm him in the
South, for the electoral votes of the Southern
States will be given almost unanimously for
| any candidate whom tho National Oonven
i tion may nominate, if Governor Parker's
j admirable war record will mako him more
1 popular in th? North that U a strong reason
why the South should prefer him, for they
would feel more sore of justice
from any democratic President than
from the most moderate republican. The
South wants the democratic party to succeed,
and if the patriotic war Governor of New
Jersey would conciliate the support of re
publicans who are disgusted with their own
party the South would be better pleased to
see him nominated than a democrat whose
opposition to the administration #f President
Lincoln would lose him rotes. All tho re
publican weapons drawn from the old
armory would fall harmless at the feet of
Governor Parker, who is, moreover, a per
fectly upright and fair-minded man, and
has always been highly esteemed in his own
State by citizens of both parties. Whatever
may bo thought of Mr. Parker's chances, he
has put the canvass in one of the points of
view from whioh it will be wise for the dem
ocratic party to look at it.
The Nomination of Bbistow would in
sure a Jonathan Wild canvass.
Chines* Immigration to the Uaitcd
State*.
Tho bitterly hostile resolutions and ad
dross adopted by the immense mass meeting
bold m San Francisco in April have called
out a defensive reply, in the form of a
memorial to tlie President, which we print
in another place. This memorial is signed
by the presidents of the six Chinese com
panies and by the president of the Chinese
Noting Men's Christian Association. It re
lates to what is already the most disturbing
public question on our Pacific coast, and a
question which may become of deep interest
in other parts of the country. It is stated
in this memorial that the Chinese immigra
tion commenced about twenty-five years ago,
and that up to this time there are only
150,000 Chinamen in the United States,
CO,000 of whom are in California, and
30,000 of these in San Francisco. The Chi
nese merchants pay customs' duties to our
government amounting yearly to $'2,000,000,
and, although public sentiment does not en
courage investments, Chinamen own real
estate valued at $800,000 in San Fran
cisco alone. They also pay hundreds
of thousands of dollars in taxes for
the support of the local government
The great body of the Chinese immigrants
arc represented to be industrious and frugal,
and it is claimed that they have performed
the greater part of the rude labor on the
Pacific Ilailroad and other similar works,
and that they are largely engaged in mining
industry. If this were the whole case it
could not very well be disputed that the
Chinamen are a valuable addition to our
population.
But it is alleged against them, on the
other hand, that they are addicted to de
grading beastliness and immorality, and
that their pagan practices and filthy vices
poison the social atmosphere in every com
munity where they are found in large num
bers. As a rule they have no wives, but
largo numbers of Chinese women are brought
over, who live by prostitution, corrupting
American youth, as the men corrupt chil
dren and housemaids in families where they
are employed as servants. Tha memorial
virtually admits that there is considerable
truth in this charge; but it contends
bv way of offset that it is the fault
of the local police authorities that the houses
of prostitution exist, and hints that these
officers are bribed to connive at places kept
open for the gratification of white men. It
asserts that when a few years ago the Chinese
merchants tried to send the prostitutes back
to China, and succeeded in getting a large
number on board an outgoing steamer, a
San Francisco lawyer, employed by unprin
cipled Chinamen, caused them all to be
brought ashore on a writ of habeas corpus,
and the Court decided that they had a right
to stay. This sort of recrimination has little
force as an argument, for the dens of shamo
in all cities are supported by tho men they
demoralize, and are often able to bribe offi
cers into oonnivanoc.
The right of these people to come here
rests upon a treaty, and is as perfect as that
of persons of European birth. The treaty
and our own laws ought to be so modified as
to keep out the most objectionable class.
Several changes are necessary, but
the most important is a regulation
forbidding Mongolian women to bo
landed at any port of this country, without
evidence that they are the wives or daugh
ters of male immigrants, and tho signing"of
a bond by the officers of the steamship, with
a heavy forfeiture if the women so admitted
do not reside with the husband or father in
tho ordinary family relation. Another change
which it might be expedient to make, al
though there is no pressing need of it as
yet. is a limitation of the Naturalization law
excluding persons born in China. No alter
ation of tho treaty would be required for
this, because the treaty expressly exempts
both governments trom any obligation to
naturalize the citizens of tho other. Con
gress can, therefore, change tho Naturaliza
tion law on this point without infringing
tho treaty, which only secures tho right of
admission and residence.
The Nomination or Bristow would be
possible if we were to have a convention of
detoctives at Cincinnati.
Street Discipline.?We trust that our
city rulers will not permit our cab and car
riage drivers to go around at night with un
lighted vehicles. ()ur Rtreets ape nnmjw
and not brilliantly lighted. As we are
always tearing down or building up thev
are at times very dangerous. The neglect
of simply carrying lighted lamp is
sern m the fact that accidents are
always occurring in the metropolis.
1 his arises from the selfishness of carriage
owners or the negligence of carriage drivers
Die police should stop every vehicle that
violates this precaution and punish the
offenders. It would be a much better busi
ness than making raids on music saloons
and boor gardens.
I he Uncos obtains credence that Boss
Tweed, Dick Connolly and Bismaruk Sweeny
have no confidence in Tilden ; think his
nomination would be a blunder, and cor
dially indorse tho position of John Kelly.
Wo publish this news for the information
of the bora.
Tl?? Great Victory Ore* Tlm?.
The arrival of Jarrett and Palmer's
transcontinental express at San Francisoo
at twenty-five minutes past nine o'clock
yesterday morning, bearing copies of the New
York Herald of Thursday last, is one of
the greatest triumphs over old Father Time
that the age has recorded. A journey of
three thousand three hundred and sixteen
miles in eighty-three hours and twenty
minutes, or a fraction less than forty
miles an hour, including all stop
pages and delays, is an accomplishment that
marks a distinct era in railroad travelling.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the
journey is that it has not required any othei
appliance to complete it than those already in
use, except the injection of that quality which
to-day we call enterprise, and which Chris
topher Columbus illustrated for his belit
tlers when he crushed in the end of the egg
over three centuries ago. The same track,
engines, cars, fuel, water and offi
cials were used to lessen this journey
by three days that had combined to keep
the time of transit from ocean to ocean twice
as long during the past seven years. The
head to arrange the details before
hand, and which commanded the
ready service of a thousand trained
hands, was what made the trip from
Jersey City to Oakland a marvel among
the achievements of the rail. To all
concerned in it, from Messrs. Jarrett
and Palmer down to the Chinese laborers
in Weber Canyon, a debt of gratitude is due
which the warm instincts of the American
peoplo for all that smacks of materia]
progress will promptly recognize and
pay. That it is but the extension on a su
perb scale of what the Herald, humbly ful
filling its duty to the public, has done
in the way of fast trains over shorter routes,
detracts nothing from the brilliant feat of
the gentlemen at the head of the present suc
cessful transcontinental express. In starting
the Herald special fast trains to Philadelphia
and Saratoga we but transferred to the ser
vice of our readers what had already been
the almost exclusive right of railroad mag?
nates in a hurry to travel from point to point.
To some of the long fast dashes made upon
the New York Central, a record of whioh
will be found elsewhere, we would refer our
readers. In such occasional feats the
Herald saw its chance to make them a
permanent benefit to the community, and
the fast mail train to the West was the first
broad application of this open secret to the
Post Office service. "What is to-day a won
der in the transcontinental journey will
not easily be surpassed or even equalled fox
many a day, but as it has shown that the
thing can be done, we hope to see a
regular train soon attempt to emulate the
time of Jarrett and Palmer's express, and so
shove back further into the Dark Ages the
time when the old emigrant road across the
Plains was strewn with the graves of men
who started with a horse and wagon, and
when the pony express seemed a revelation.
Ir Bbistow were President the detective
service would be the most important under
the government.
The Jerome Emm>
The Jerome Park opening was unusually
brilliant. It is hard to fear hard times as
we think of the splendor of the attendanoe
on Saturday, the beauty, the wealth, the
fashion, the display. We are glad to note
this general acceptance of the turf as the
royal amusement. An indication of the
growing interest in outdoor enjoyments
and athletic sports is seen in the
fact, that while last year there was
but one drag in the Jerome Park,
on Saturday there were seven or eight. In
other sports there is the same interest which
marks the Jerome opening. Colonel Kane'i
coach still runs to Pelham, and next season
we hope to have a half dozen coaches ran.
ning into the delightful suburbs which sur>
round New York. The new game of Polo
new to us, but with a celebrity whioli
extends from London to Bombay?has takeo
root The yachtsmen are making ready foi
the billows ; the boating men are preparing
for their friends from over the sea; the
cricketers and base ball players are ready
with ball and bat and wicket ; the marks
men are cleaning their rifles, and, altogether,
we look forward for a busy season.
We are glad of this, as we are glad of any.
thing that gives us manliness. We
give too much time to the almighty
dollar, too little to the almighty
body, in the development of which we
are sure to find a truer national character.
It was the glory of tho Greek and the Roman
that they never sacrificcd themselves to the
pursuit of gain. England to-day, with he*
wealth and resources, feels a keener interest
in a boat race on the Thames than in the fall
of the Grand Turk. Here England shows
her wisdom. We, too, shall be wiso if we
follow her example, and remember that God
made the air, the sea and the fields for our
uses, and that wo should seek health and
manhood in their% enjoyment.
New York la the .
It is a peculiar and in some respects s
gratifying fact that the loading candidate!
on both sides are from New York. Th?
democrats present Tihlen, the republican*
Conkling. They are both men of intelleo
tn*l ability, of rare force and honesty. Eitha
would do New York honor in the Presidency
More thaii this, we have a fine lot of states
| men in reserve on both sides. The repnb
i licans have General Dix, W illiam M. Evarta
I George William Curtis, John Jay, Uamil>
I ton Fish, Edwin D. Morgan and William A.
1 Wheeler, any one of whom would adorn thi
1 White House. The democrats hare 8. E.
Church, John T. Hoffman, Horatio Seymour,
Henry C. Murphy and 8. 8. Cox, who have
all been named for the Presidency. This
does not include the fine stock of nursery
plants, who coma forward vigorously. It
would not surprise us if, when theso plants
aro all grown, we were to have throe or four
hundred candidates from New York in 18H0,
without including Mayor Wickham or
Stewart L. Woodford.
Nor must we f rget that New York has s
candidate already in nomination in the pel*
son of Grandfather Peter Cooper. Mr.
Cooper is in the field, and if elected will per*
form the duties of the office with dignity and
vigor. There will be no salary grab, no
,. Emma mine scandals, no soldicr-m^f?