The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-16

many triumphs In his extraordinary career,
but mono like this, which comes to crown and
close his life Taking the lead of his party
defeated and discredited, overwhelmed and
beaten down by reform agitations and revo-
lutions. by free trade and suffrage, he has led
it for nearly a generation from one defeat
to another. every defeat lesson and a
hope-undaunted. uncompromising- it
rules the British Empire, and rules it
in obedience to his will Such career
that Of an English statesman. in the prosy
nineteenth century. is as romantic as
any fancy in ''Vivian Grey or the ''Won-
drous Tale of Alroy." How will the new ruler
discharge his trust? Will his extraordinary
qualities of leadership-his tact, patience and
quick. subtle adaptation of means to ends,
suffice to compose the affairs of q great
people2 Will exquisite political dexterity
control the hundred burning questions now
agitating the mind of England? Is it not
possible that this very majority which dooms
the Gladstone Ministry has within it the ele-
ments of destruction? A majority may agree
that Mr.. Gladstone is too "heroio" and 'radi-
cal for uneasy, agitated England; but will it
agree upon any one other point? And when
other points press for consideration, as in
time they must, for politics. like nature, hath
seasons of blossoming and fruit can the
new Minister hold under his banner the
incongruous majority that has given him en-
pire?
In the meantime the wave has receded
Public opinion. which rolled Mr.. Gladstone
into power six years ago. now GIBBS away, and
his rival reigns in his stead. Mr.. Gladstone
will probably accept the verdict Of his coun-
trymen as a retirement from public life, and
spend the remainder of his days in the shell
tered splendor of the peerage. He is weary,
wornout old man, and may well crave rest
Whatever sadness this verdict may bring him,
we feel certain that history will modify it so
far as to say that he ruled his country with
genius and courage. and that in his high
place he made q name second to none in the
illustrious line of statesmen who have for
centuries governed England.
Our Charitable and Benevolent In
stitutions.
The exhibit of number of the charitable
and benevolent institutions of the city which
we have published for some days past is
read with interest, now that attention has
been directed to the manner in which money
raised for the relief of the poor is, in many
Instances, expended. We have rea-
son to - be proud Of the 4unif-
cence of our charities; but it is
essential that the money given for the needy
should be faithfully devoted to thot purpose
and not suffered to leak away before breaches
the object for which it is intended. How far
the funds of the institutions are diverted from
charity the reports will show, unless, indeed,
we may regard it as part of the charitable
work to support an army Of distribution with
liberal pay. In some cases we find that up
wards of forty per cent of the receipts is
eaten up in salaries, and in many the expen-
ditures do not seem to be so closely econo-
mixed as the character Of the work demands.
The Ladies' Five Points Mission Society IN
1872 expended s1s.9s9 and of this amount
$40, O46 went for salaries, printing, &C., and
S., 943 in charitable relief. The salaries
alone amounted to So, 100, leaving
the impression that the institution must be
closely connected with the Five Points House
of Industry. The New York Juvenile Asylum
in 1873 expended ninety-four thousand dollars,
and declines to say how much of this went for
salaries The House of Refuge, on Randall s
Island, as we stated yesterday, shows that the
salaries reach over fifty per cent Of the amount
expended in relief. There are several othe,
cases, as will be seen from the exhibit We
give to-day, in which the money paid for sal
aries is greatly In excess of what it ought to
be- The Northern Dispensary, for example
expends for relief $3.50 and for salaries
$500. The House of Refuge, Randall
Island, pays out for charitable purposes
s61, O36, and for salaries $33, 238
Some Of the institutions make m UGH more
creditable exhibit. The Roman Catholic
Protectory expended, in 1878, for relief,
$365, OLA, and for salaries, including teach.
ers', only $10,374. The Home for Aged and
Infrm Hebrews discussed $4,000, and paid
only one salary, that of physician, s1,274.
The Roman Catholic Founding Asylum dis.
bursed $3.50, 489 and paid for salaries only 500.
st. Vincent's Hospital paid out $4,000 fol-
relief and only $4,000 for salaries. st. Johns
Guild expended for relief $4,000 and for sal
aries nothing The House Of Rest for Consump-
tives makes also very creditable exhibit, ex.
pending for relief 0,239, and for salaries
$3.50. The Society for the Relief Of Widows
with Small Children pays no salaries at all, its
labors being gratuitously performed by the
lady managers. The Colored Home, in Sixty
fifth street, expended 1923, 56S, and only 50, IT'S
in salaries and all other expenses. The He
brew Benevolent Society expended 1924, 900 in
relief and only 500 in salaries. We CON-
mend these reports to the consideration of
Messrs Brace and Barnard and of all who