New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-10

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No session of the Legislature would he COM
plete without the consideration OF Dill 10
regulate, or in other words to reduce, the
freight charges on railroads. bill oil this
kind came up in the Assembly yesterday on
an adverse report from the Railroad Commit
tee, and met its inevitable defeat.
The prosperity of Yale College is not q mat
ter of news, but every alumnus and friend OF
The institution will bo interested i'll the details
of its new life and prospects as given to-day
in our New-Haven letter. The new features
of instruction arc lot less suggestive OF thor
oughness than of progressiveness.
Auditor Thayer's statements before the Canal
/ Investigation Committee yesterday were con-
/ fined mainly to matters already familiar to
| the public through the disclosures MAIDS by
The TRIBUNE, but he brought the iniqulty OF
unbalanced bids into holder relief and showed
that the tendency of the system of award
which has prevailed heretofore has been to
into tho hands of q few favored men, who
/ have had every opportunity to get rlch VIII
cut being disturbed by competition
The power Of the human tongue, when used
by an able man, was never better eXemplified
than in the operations Of the swindlcr whose
exploits are given today in our city re-
| ports This man, by his volatility
and enthusiasm, WAS able to transform
good photographs into "pictures carved On
"lcathcr by peculiar process. and the pc
culiar process appeared to have been conf
pletcly successful in deceiving persons who
imagine themselves cOnnOisscius in ant.
! In the latest reports from the Pennsylvania
coal region, there is CLEAN OF returning
reason on the part of the miners. Those in
! the LaciiawanDa section, whose cooperation III
the strike has been confidently expected have
decided not to join in the movement. There
are some comparatively small acccssions to
| the army OF strikers, but the presence of the
State troops ut the scenes OF threatened
trouble has undoubtedly had good effect, de-
spite the protests which greeted their appear
| ance.
Of executing a sentence of capital punishment
upon Michael Sullivan, of MolTistOwn, n. D.,
endeavOred to escape criticism by preventing
the reporters Of New York papers from wit
Messing the Geath-scene. The prohibition was
not effective in the case OF THE TRIIUSH, but
that our criticisms upon the manner of an ex-
ecution in neighboring town were not nm
needed was shown by the care taken 10y the
! Sheriff in this instance to have the sentence
executed with some regard TO decency.
In the Board Of AppOrtiomnent yesterday tao
! Controller sought to have authority given
Cor the issue Of $190,000 in bonds to meet
judgments not yet made on claims still in liti-
CATION. The other members OF the Board
were justifably curious as to these
mysterious claims, the particulars concerning
which Mr.. Green stouBy refused to give. But
the Controller gained his point. Possibly the
compliance of the Boatd viii, Mr.. Green's de-
mand may have bad some prompting in the
unexpected strength shown by the Controller
in the Assembly at Albany this week.
A very favorable view OF the commercial re-
lations of the United States OF Colombia Is
taken by correspondent, whose letter is pub
lished on our sixteenth page. The statement that
the country only needs better means OF conlmu-
nicat0n to become great must be received with
some allowance. The first thing necessary is a
proper guaranty Of settled institutions. When
this is given there can be no reason to fear
that the resources of the country will not be
adequately developed. Up to this time, how
ever the governments OF the republics OF
Central and South America have been pioverb-
Tally Insecure.
The persistence with which the Assembly
sustains the legal paper job is remarkable, aid
seems 10 defy any explanation consistent with
intelligence and honest purpose. In view of
the fact that no job of the present session has
been so thoroughly exposed, we do not
wonder (whe making due allowance for
tie dullncss OF comprehension displayed
by certain lcgislators) that it is believed at
Albany that improper influences have been
brought 10 bear TO defect a motion Tor Il re-
consideration of the vote which sustained the
swindle. We print to-day the Yeas and Nays
on this motion the list may hereafter be use
full for reference.
Rochester, the home Of the Lords, and SYRIA
cuse, the home OF the BclGens and Dcnison,
divide The celebrity of being the headquarters
of the Canal Ring. Syracuse, however, was
one of the first cities to speak in approval OF
the Reform movement, and now Rochester is
heard from in equally emphatic words to the
same effect. The Rochester meeting Was held
last night and seems TO have been fairly
representative of the sentiment Of the best
classes in the community, irrespective OF politi-
cal affiliations. TIE course of the Governor