Judge — May 3, 1884 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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THE JUDGE. $24, 326 and 323 Pearl St., (Franklin Square.) TERMS TO SUBS (Carre 8: SRIBERS. y. for 19 weeks, farrostsoe rnen. at JSHING COMPANY. = $4, 226 and <8 Peart St, New YORE SEUROPRAN AGENTS asarional. News Cowrasy, 111 Loxp oTwe teres averie St. (Vleet St.) | NOTICE. Contributors mast pat thelr valuation upon the articles they | send to us (subject to a price we may ourselves fix), or otherwise they will be regarded as gratuitous Stamps should be Inclosed for return postage, with name and address, If writers wiab to regain their dectined article. CORRESPONDENTS. SW ConnearovoerTe WiLL FLEAKE once HAY TuRY 0 Mea To THIS OFFICE AT THEIR OW WHERE eTanre (ENCLOSED WH WILL RETCRN REJECTED MATTER AM FAR AS POS. S2NLE, NOT WR DISTINCTLY REFC LITY FoR sccm PE EVERY CARR. WHERE 4 PRICE I8 SOT AFFIXED AY THR WRITER, CONTRINUTIONS WILL RE REQARDED TURTOUR, AND #O ACRE QUENT CLAIM FOR REMUNERATION WILL 8 RXTERTAINED, A LION IN THE PATH. Tne lion in politics is a very dangerous beast, and just now he is even more fierce and truculent than usual. He has taken the shape of the tariff question, and both Democrats and Republicans are afraid to pass him by. Certain it is that the question of tariff reform will have to be grappled in one shape or another by whichever party reaches the White House. It is the burning question of the hour, and yet both parties shrink from it. Many signs indicate that the tariff question will be, as it ought to be, a vital one in the impending campaign. It long been an important factor in federal politics, and year by year, like the rolling snow-ball, it has been gathering weight and importance. The Western Republicans, true to the traditions of their party, have already emblazoned “high protection” on their anners in letters which they would find it hard to erase even if they desired to do so. But how anyone who enjoys the blessings of this country, and feels it to be, must, the richest in natural resources, and far ahead of the rest of the world in every- thing except pauperism—how na any one nyone could desire to introduce into our midst the curse of free trade (whose havoc in England has become historical), must remain a mystery to everyone except a Democrat thirsting for a campaign issue.’ Even Mr. Randall, voic- ing the Democratic cry of a tariff for revenue only, yet trims his sails to catch any waver- ing gust of the protectionist gale by add- THE JUDGE. ing, “and the tariff the only source of | revenu Why, this amounts to the same thing that protectionists advocate, only it is not so ingenuously avon This means ns an import tax of | fty per cent; this means another of protection, however you may For if Tue Junge takes half of pple from his little girl after dinner— wisely opining that the entire fruit may prove too much for her small digestion— what diffe whether he deprives her of the moiety that ho may eat it himself, or that he may guard inst consequent colic? The question urdly simple one to have statesmen. Be the tariff for revenue or protection, the children must not have more apple th 1 for them. high duties; this me: lustrum phr her cit. en does it make to the child her ay seems to be an a puzzled so mans nis g THE STORY OF A STREET. Sourvopy—probably ja—has called Fifth the world. It is long, extensively patronized by millionaires is also given up almost entirely to the dw ings of fashion and to churches. Trade does not defile its palatial precincts, or if it does, it is trade of the most wsthetic and Yet, withal, Fifth Avenue is probably the worst paved street in the whole metropolis, and that is saying a big word. And furthermore, the city is to repair it, lest some of the money appropriated for the purpose might be stolen. This is a nice commentary on our city. Is it possible that we have no men public spirited enough to accept such a contract without looking for more than legitimate profit on the transaction. could cite a score of names which would bea guar- antee of honesty in themselves, but the bother is that these men will not take the trouble to administer a fund, and those who would be willing to serve might not be honest. And so Fifth Avenue remains un- paved. George Av o it is, Augustus the in nue finest street in many respects. and it is broad, a sumptuous description. afraid MASHERS. Tue Jupor ers, and ha has little to say about mash- already pretty well exhausted the subject in various recent remarks anent the dude. To tell the truth, the masher is not a pleasant object of discussion, nor are his manners and customs such as to encour- imitation. To quote a witty saying, otherwise applied, ‘‘ Manners he has none, and his customs are disgusting.” He lives to engage the attention of silly women, and no monkey antic is beneath him if he can but secure his object. He dresses, cats, sleeps, lives, moves and has his being with this sole object in view. A few very foolish women perhaps admire him—some people are silly enough for anything—but as a gen- eral rule the masher is absolutely and abhor- rently disgusting to every human being but himself. age | old THE OLD TICKET. Tere is much virtue in an “if.” Mr. Dana, who probably understands the subtle- ties of the languag well a Newspaper Row, deals largely in ifs, Mr. Dana is fond of the potential mood, and does not disdain the subjunctive. In his opinion the Democratic party may come out pretty near the top at the forthcoming ¢ tion, if the old tic! is nominated. The ticket Tilden and Hendricks, ticket came very near the front some ndeed Mr. Dana and mi ruple to avow that it ea lutely to the head of the race. But Mr. ‘Tilden is not so young as he used tot of us are for that matter. any editor in means That years a ny others did not me abso- —few and a disappoint ment which he would bear bravely er some years ago would fall with crushing force on him to-day, at least the chances are that it would, a the risk. 1 he is not disposed to run He loves the grand old Demo- 8 well Ho cratic party ever, he was always partial to it. LYS. When other tonguc He fled the unwelco Or found een in the fav Some gleams of future glory ts follies nated story, s they blamed He still wa Consy true when newer friends to wrong it—slight it The heart that now its conduct rends, Would then have bled to right it But that Mr. Tilden’s love for his party has ceased to be anything more than platonic. He cannot stand the strain as he once could have stood it. It is all over, and Mr, Tilden, in active political life, will soon be nothing more than a memory—Mr. Dana and hie dreams to the contrary notwithstanding. all over now. Tre JupGe had a visit recently from that genial gentleman and able journalist, Mr. John T. Clements, formerly of Missouri, and now at the helm of the Correspondents’ Union and Statistical Bureau, Washington, D. C., which is furnishing a spicy synopsis of events—political and otherwise—at the national capital to upward of five hundred leading newspapers, daily and weekly in every State and Territory throughout the Union, Tne JupGe is informed that the list is fast increasing. We return thanks for the following allusions: located “The appearance of Nast's cartoons in Harper's Weekly has raised the question as to whether his present efforts are equal to those of the campaign of 1872. We think they are in every way equal; but the fact that since then Tn nd other papers have introduced colored cartoons, where more grotesque effects can | field with which ght out, presents rival are drawn, while then he d without a rival. ‘The d although in the business for on a recent flying visit to New York, being favored with an inside view of the office of Tix Jupar, we were more than surprised. In- stead of being merely an office for the publication of Tue Jupar, we found it to be one of the largest and most complete colored printing and photo-litho comicbooks.com