New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-01-13

Committee on Cities Senator Palmer now
holding that position. and one OF ene 'e,y
best of the Senators, is infected WIN Sno
heresy of Liberalism, which presumably uhn''
him for duty. Nobody will take cne p,'oo'
because its duties are arduous; and the new
York newspapers and politicians. it is ciai'ned,
make miserable the life of the Chairman Vi
tbe Committee on Cities. The emergency is
dire IL is dreadful to he reduced to the neces-
sitv of going on with an infected Senator
suppose the Senate try fumigatlon
We give in a letter, to-day, the comments OF
Berlin journal usually credited with being
the medium of semi-official communications OF
the Prussian Government, on the report pub
lished here that that Government was endeav-
oring to obstruct emigration. The measure is
represented as being merely one of domestic
administration. At the time of receiving by
cable the summary of this article we stated
that any proceeding on the part Of Prussia to
prevent emigration is certainly question OF
domestic administration, but it disappoints
the just expectations which have been
raised of the freedom of emigration
to this country. Now that we have the text
of the article before us we see no reason to
alter the opinion then expressed, although
some Of the remarks of our Berlin cotem-
porary are accompanied with an unnecessary
exhibition of temper. There is, however, a
distinct accusation made against the American
GoyeTpment, which deserves attention. 1t is
said that our Government is responsible for the
failure of the negotiations, begun several years
ago, for the protection of emigrants on the
voyage to America. These negotiations were
supposed to be based ON purely humanitarian
grounds, and the accusation is of such nature
as to render very opportune some statement
from the State Department at Washington.
1t is not natural to expect the superintendent
of the East River Bridge, who has managed,
with a subscription of $4,000 and the judi
ciOus use of few convenient proxies, to keep
control of an enterprise in which New York and
Brooklyn have nearly five millions invested,
to relinqush voluntarily his power to an AL
bany-appOinted Commission. While the danger
of the one man power in control OF so great a
work is apparent, the proposed Commission is
not to be contemplated without much hesita-
ton. We hav MT doubt that Mr.. Kingsley
or any other man in his position, and with his
opportunities, ought to be more restricted than
he now is and we advocate such restrictions.
But the late investigation shows that Mr.
Kingsley has done the work faithfully, eco
nOmically, and with energy. Is there any asSlr-
ance that a Commission will he more honest
or economical and is it not quite likely that
it will prove less energetic, and, in the end,
more political concernY The question is one
/ e IF
we are not sorry that the Directors on Satur-
day concluded to think it over again. After
ALL it is not of the State but of the two city
governments that action should be asked. The
Governor has about as much to do with the
Bridge as Prince Billy.
Two Governors will be inaugurated in Lou
isiana to-day. One of these is VIM. Pitt Kel-
logg, formerly Collector of the Port of New
Orleans, now United States Senator from
Louisiana. He was on the regular Republican
ticket. The other is Mr.. John McEnery, who
was chosen on the Fusion ticket. As long as
Kellogg has the United States Court and the
authority of the Federal Government on his
side he must be considered as holding the
actual powers of the Governorship. At any
rate, his Inauguration will dispense with that
gross fraud-the Pinchback domination; but
it is no less q usurpati0n. 1t is well that
there are no indications of a violent collision.
The vapOrings of the retiring Pinchback have
been somewhat cooled by the declaration of
the President and Gen. Sherman that U. s.
troops shall not b. used except il sharp
emergency and to preserve the peace. This
iudcious instruction to Gen. Emory has given
the Pinchback people to understand that they
are not to faunt their military support IN the
face of the other party; it will have the effect
to keep the peace 1t is a matter for regret
that the Senate Committee on Louisiana affairs
| could not find it expedient to send trusty
| Commission to New Orleans; but, if they will
give the case an open and thorough inyestiga-
ton, the country will be satisfied.