The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-04


The increase Of duty imposed upon 10
police force BY the operations Of tbs
Health Board and Registry law Is re-
ferred to. by the Commissioners, but with
remarkable modesty, they do not urge an In
crease Of pay for the officers. We will supply
the deficiency by recommending, as we have
done on previous occasions, that the pay ofths
force be advanced in proportion to their addf
tional services. II it is worth while having N
efficient police. it ID worth while giving them
living salary. No service, whether Of public
or private character, can be expected to b.
satisfactorily rendered unless 1t is paid for at
remunerative rate.
The Refsrm Msvs.est in Eaklasd-PrebaAls
Policy Of ths Derby Gsvsrnnest.
Interest in the reform question does nos
abate in England Is the time approaches for
the reassembling OF the Houses Of Pariiamenk
The wings remain stndiously silent, but Il =
manifest from variety Of circumstances thaa
thsf auxiety - to the probable issue i hourly
increasing. The Reform League have agrssa
for the present 70 suspend tasir demonstzsr
tons, but Preparations are being made fss
. grand affair which IL 10 take place b.
fore the assembled Houses in February. Tho
government are evidently girding themselves
for the difficult task which lies before them,
and we shall not be surprised il Mr.. Disraelf
and his colleagues shall bring forward . moa-
sure which shall ct once bafle the schemes Of
their political antagonists and increase the OBJ
legations under which the country already lies
to the much and perhaps unnecessarily ms
ligned conservative party.
1t is well known that since the revolution Of
1888, which resulted in the downfall OF the
stubborn and intractable Stuart dynasty, tina
government Of the country has, with the ex-
ception OF certain brief intervals, been con-
Quoted by and in the interests of the great
wing families. The accession Of William and
Mary and the arrangement a. to the Hano-
verian succession were so dexterOusly man.
aged as to secure for themselves complets
ascendancy in the councils OF the nation. Elk
cepting the somewhat protracted period during
which the genius of the younger Pitt presided
over the destinies Of England, and the briefer
periods which mark the ascendancy Of Wei
lington and Peel, the offices under the Grown
have been mainly in their hands. Naturally
there has been not little of what may fairly
be called class legislation. OF this the Re-
form bill of 1882, Notwithstanding many I'M
doubted excellences, is noted specimen.
Under the guise Of enfranchising q larger por-
ton Of the population they wers successful il
carrying . measure the practical result Of
which really was the establishing upon
armer basis their own authority in the State.
Long accustomed to rule, they are nstnrally
enough impatient when power is In other
hands. The authors of the first Reform bill.
proud Of their work, tremble to sec Il
touched by alien hands. The objection to
the late Reform bill a. put by their opponents
mainly was that, like the Reform bill of 1854,
II too exclusively contemplated the interesh
Of their party. The position which the wings
have so long enjoyed, and their connectiea
with the arst Reform bill In particular, have
acquired for them the reputation, which has
perhaps been toe literally recorded, Of being
the friends of the people. It il in this char
acter, and chiefly because Of the failure Of
their late measure, that they now stand before
the people. ss.
Whatever be the claims Of the wings to popa-
lar favor, 1t Is simply absurd to imagine this
they alone are favorable TO progressive reform.
Some Of the most bene6cent measures which
have become law in England during tho lase
quarter Of . century for example, - 10
Catholic Emancipation act and the Repeal q
the Corn Laws-have been carried by theiR
political opponentA We shall not be surprised
II to these the present government adds tAs
settlement Of this reform question Mr.. Dis
raeii we have reason to believe, has ct last pro.
vailed upon his colleagues to grapple with ths
dinlculty. Backed up, - he Is certain to be.
BY the great abilities Of Lord Stanley, who =
one Of tho most promising statesmen 81 the
age, and by others in the Cabinet, it ID not too
much to expect that Mr.. Disraeli, with his
broad, comprehensive genius, will bring for
ward such measure ~ shall secure for his
psrty ths coaRdence Of the nation and psrna.
pentiy place the wings IN minority. rhia
much ct least ID certain: that the convictios
has become pretty general among conservatives
themselves that an unnecessary obstructiveucsa
has already occasioned the loss Of moro thaa
one opportunity favorable to the permanent
strengthening of the party, and that II The
opportunity now presented Is also lost they
must yield up their position as leading power
In the State. tae a@l
QuARANrrn. providental exemption
from cholera in this city last summer should not
be regarded as . guarantee against that
scourge in the approaching hot season. Our
quarantine regulations last year were very In
perfect and we escaped severe in6ictioa a
disease more by chance than good quarantine
management We are glad to perceive that
Governor Fenton, in bis message, hes drawn
the attention Of tho Legislature to this subject
There 10 plenty Of time to provide proper