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VOL. VI. NOVEMBER tatu, 1885. NO. 150. 1155 Broapway, New York. Published every Thursday, $5 a year in advance, postage free. Single copies, 10 cents. Back numbers can be had by applying to this office. Vol, I., 50 cents per number ; Vol. II., 25 cents per number; Vols. IIT., IV, and V. at regular rates. Rejected contributions will be destroyed unless accompanied by a stamped and directed envelope. V J E congratulate our esteemed but highly previous col- y ored contemporary, Puck, upon the aproposity of its | first page cartoon last week. It fits the situation in very much the same way that the Tribune's footings fit the totals of election return columns. Let the good work go on. HE New York MWor/d remarks as to Mr. Hill's election, “ Honor to whom honor is due : Roscoe Conkling.” Bosh! Bloody shirt !! HE President of the United States donated $1,000 in cash, one vote in person and the moral support of his administration to the election of a demagogue to the Gov- ernorship. It is now in order for the 7r7bune to call for Mr. Cleve- land’s resignation on the ground of offensive partisanship. . . . Tt" André monument has again been blown up. Suspicion points toward Canon Farrar as the explo- sive, as he was a guest of the celebrated Ecclesiastical Emi- grant Runner, C. W. Field, at the time. The Canon will probably be discharged, however, if he is brought to trial ‘ . . HE laboring man will doubtless rejoice to hear that the walking delegates of the Labor Union have resolved to boycott the Fifth Avenue Hotel. It will probably cost much less hereafter to belong to the Union, ° . . OW that the barriers of prejudice have been broken down and the people have waked up to the fact that it is not justice for generals, poets and statesmen to monop- olize the public squares with their statues, L1FE ventures to | propose a pet scheme. The erection of a statue to a merchant | prince simply because of his Merchantable Princeliness, leads us to believe that our proposition will be carried through on the topmost wave of public approval. It is simply this : A public park shall be set aside for the reception of bronze effigies of deceased worthies and placed in charge of a com- mittee, who shall issue permits to erect statues to the families and friends of the gentlemen whose excellence in any field in life entitles them to have brass greatness thrust upon them. The only restriction to be placed upor such | erections shall be that each walk in life suall be entitled to but one greatest man in.ten years. For instance, but one permit may be issued to a brass millionaire in a decade. At the end of that period the oc- cupant of this particular niche of fame shall be taken down and placed either in the Metropolitan Museum or some other well-known receptacle for second-hand art, and his pedestal be left open for the next man on the list. It will be seen that this plan of ours will enable gentlemen from all walks of life to.get at least ten years of immortality at the exceedingly moderate cost of the brass, the lunch for | the corner-stone and ugveiling ceremonies, and a small tax | for keeping the snow shoveled away from the park paths in | winter. } Admission here will, of course, be accorded to those who apply in time and give bonds for the completion of the work of art in good style. Another advantage of this enterprise will be that it will concentrate in one spot, which may be avoided by’ sensitive souls, all such monstrosities of art as have heretofore been inflicted upon us by private subscription. The necessity for restricting the number of greatest men in each field will be readily appreciated by those who will glance at our cartoon, where our artist has depicted the rank abundance in which the mushroom seekers after fame in our proposed park would appear, were it not for some such prohibitory law. The friends of Mr, William McGlory, emulating the zeal of the followers of Mr, Dodge, who have turned that great philanthropist into a water fountain, are already seeking estimates for a brass beer keg to be surmounted by their leader in heroic size. Mr. John L, Sullivan'is posing for a post-mortem bronze effigy of himself at the earnest solicitation of his many admirers. Even the hydra-headed piano maker who received first prize at the Centennial is not wholly forgotten, and may be | expected to join the brazen ranks at any time. There is room for a specimen of every kind, and greatness need no longer be a privilege which shall be meted out elone to the educated, the brave and the truly pious. w comicbooks.com