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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24

It is proposed that in the effort to reduce
the burden on taxpayers the reduction of
expenditure should be made in part at the
expense of the salaries paid to teachers in
the public schools, to men in the Fire De-
partment and on the police. In so far as
the proposed economy in the schools aims
blow at what might be called the fancy ele-
ments of our common school system it
seems to us o very good one. Music and
French and similar branches Of education
could never have obtained foothold in the
public schools except under that false and
fraudulent municipal system in which the
heads of every department simply employed
their ingenuity to increase expenditures
If men steal thirty per cent they pre-
fer ON expenditure of o hundred thou
sand dollars to one of ten thousand
dollars. 1t is no part Of a system of
practical education supported by general
taxation to touch other subjects than those
included in plain English education. But
an economy practised at the expense Of
teachers salaries would not be very great in
it's financial results and would be disadvanta-
geous to the school system, for the teachers
are now not overpaid. On the contrary they
are poorly paid for services so onerous, ex-
haustive and important as they render. It
should never be forgotten in the considera-
ton of municipal economy that our bad
financial position is not due to even ex-
travagant legitimate expenditure, but to the
filching of the public treasury by dishonest
officials.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24

ment is cut away from under them. That
the bill is in perfect conformity with the
constitution cannot be doubted by any can
did man capable of seeing the force of
arguments after perusing the conclusive
and mastery speech of Senator Conkling.
We will make no attempt to abridge or sum-
marize it, as we SO often do in tho case Of
ordinary speakers, because the interest of
the subject and the great ability of the
orator are sufficient guarantee that
nobody will fail to read it. 1t some
times happens that logical speeches
are not very readable but the soft and at
trnctive language of Senator Conkling and
the lucid order in which he unfolds his ideas
will prevent that sense of WEAKNESS and dry
ness which makes the reading Of an ordinary
long speech SO oppressive. We are conf
dent that every citizen who bestows upon
this clear and convincing speech deliber-
ate perusal will dismiss all doubts that the
Electoral bill is as constitutional as it is fair,
wise, just, efficient and satisfactory to the
general sense of equity.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24

The friendly meeting and interchange OF
views between Mayor Ely and distinguished
citizens which took place yesterday turns out
to have been of little significance, as we an
ticipated. This kind of intercourse between
leading citizens and the municipal officers
is to be approved, even though nothing
more important may result from it
than the maintenance of friendly re-
lations but we did not expect the
conference yesterday to be quite SO empty
and pointless rs the opinions expressed
prove it to have been. The Mayor presented
no points ON which he asked the judgment
OF his visitors, and the visitors offered no
definite practical propositions for the con-
sideration of the Mayor. We are sorry that
the important question of refunding the
city debt ut lower rate of in
terest was utterly ignored, for the
suggestions of leading financial men might
have been of some value, and would GER
tainly have been of great interest on this
important subject. The resolution of Sena-
tor Morrissey. offered in the Senate on
Monday, calling for an exact statement
description of all the city bonds,
had given q freshness to the subject
which invited the attention Of o conference
on city affairs. Nor had anybody specific
plan to offer for the reduction of municipal
taxes, although the meeting, if not utterly
purposeless, should have dealt with this
question on some ineligible basis. The
lesson to be drawn from this conference, so
far as it can be thought to furnish any,
is that we must depend mainly on
the responsible city officers for initiating
and digesting plans of reform. It is their
duty to study and master this class of ques-
tions, and they have strong incentive to
promote the interests of the city in the
credit and reputation which the possession
of Office gives them an opportunity to nc
quire. There is homely proverb that "what
is everybody's business is nobodys bust
ness, and the feebleness and futillty Of yes
terday's conference does not discredit the
maxim. Mayor Ely and Comptroller Kelly
must not 60 ''wool gathering" in
search of ideas, but must evince suf-
fcient energy of mind to project wise
schemes of improvement and carry them
into execution. Our citizens stand ready
to indorse and applaud when their officers
are sagacious and efficient, but they have
no time to give detailed study to munich
pal questions. Let Mayor Ely now inform
us what his own plans are and submit them
for the discussion of the city press.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24

Another army, which in the miscellaneous
condition of Mexico sustained the cause Of
Iglesias, has surrendered to Diaz, and, doubt
less discouraged by the monotony with
which incidents of this nature succeed one
another, the Chief Justice of the Republic
has determined to leave his ungrateful and
otherwise unsatisfactory country. 1t is
even reported that he is on his way to the
United States. and that we shall presently
possess, therefore, one carpet-bagger more.
Popular enthusiasm, meantime, is rampantly
for Diaz. 1t has been observed on several
occasions in the history Of our planet that
there is nothing SO successful as success, but
we believe no people were ever known that
could hold candle to the Mexicans for the
exhibition of diversities in division so long
as they are free to divide, or for unanimity
when they cannot help themselves. AS
Diaz is now the most popular man in
Mexico Ire bids fair to make Mexico popu-
lar elsewhere, and is actually reported to
have initiated his administration by sending
three hundred thousand dollars in specie to
this country in discharge Of claims.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24
wORKINGMEN'S CONVENTION.

POLITICAL ''REroRM" DENOUNCED AS SHAM
AND CURSE TO THE INDUSTRIOUS Pooh.
ALBANY n. Y, Jan. 90, 1877
Tho thirteenth annual session OF the Workingmenu
Assembly is In at the Iron Mouldcrs Hail. In
his address the President George Blair, OF New York
stated that Of great Importance 10 tho work.
ing classes would be before tho Legislature viz -
Frs-Thc management Of prisons md how best 70 prc
them from degrading honest industry tho markets
OF the world.
Sscon-Thc management of the canal aud how hast IN
cheap importation TO the seaboard
Third-Tbe government OF municipalities the State In
which u proposed to deprive worxingmcn 9th re- ot
holding real estate from the right Of franchise ali mat
tors concerning finance.
Tho report concluded that retrcnchment and reform
OF which We hear much, has thus far resulted In
stopping almost all public work, reducing tho wages OF
labor and bringing consequent misery among
OF the worKingmen's families Of tho State. willie uso
less officers and cxtravagaDt salaries continue as of
old without Interruption, and which must continue so
long ms most OF our public servants secure
their places not through merit or PATRIOTISM but tho
amount 0i money tncy can spend upon election which
aitcrward Is repaid from the peoples treasury In tho
shape oil large salaries, fees, &c
The officers are-President C;coroc Roir Novv
York city, vco President, James s. Graham, OF
Rochester; Secretary, NJ \. McKiernap. Of Troy and
TREASURER. n. g. Morton. Of Txak
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24
An Account Settled.

Fortunately it is not always true that
crimes Likes the famous midnight raid on a
gentleman's house at Astoria can be prac-
tiscd with impunity in the neighborhood of
this city, Sometimes there is such de-
nouement to the story as this one closed
with in the courts the other day, when three
burglars, for that and another crime, were
sentenced to collective period of seventy
three years. Our prisons are not the
most secure places, and pardons are
granted without so much discrimination
as should be given to tho cases, and it is
not therefore certain that the public may
count upon security from these three rufians
for the periods respectively of thirty-fve,
twenty and eighteen years. Indeed, it is
tolerably certain that all three men will be
at large again within five years. But even
to keep them out of mischief for that period
is great deal, and the effect of sentences
like this OH tho minds of other men of the
same stamp may be to mako country houses
|, somewhat safer for time.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24
The Ashtnbula Bridge.

If year ago the chief engineer of the
Lake Shore Railroad had informed his en-
ployers that he could not conscientiousy
was safe, what would have been the
result? Would he not probably have been
informed that if he could not certify to the
safety of that bridge the company would be
pleased to have his resignation in order that
it might fill his place with an engineer who
could and would certify as aforesaid? In
other words, would a corporation animated
by the average spirit of corporations have
changed the bridge or the engineer, when it
cost nothing to change the latter and great
deal of money to change the former? Had
the engineer been able to prove to the COM
pany that the continued use of this bridge
would cost nearly q million dollars in one
way or another, while q now one could be
put up for hundred thousand dollars,
it is doubtful if, even then, his words
would have received respectful Mt
tention; for the expenditure of the
hundred thousand dollars would be to the
officers and directors the only certainty in
the case, while the possible million would
be always contemplated as a chance and the
visionary fear of an overscrupulous en-
gineer. 1t is only necessary to consider
what would probably have been the fate of
the proper advice in regard to that bridge to
comprehend the tragically painful position
of the engineer who has just slipped away
from oil his earthly responsibilities in the
case by suicide. He could not but be aware
of the defects of that bridge. He knew that
it was not fairly constructed even on the
original plan that its parts were deficient
from the outset that it was put up by in
competent persons that essential parts had
fallen out and were not replaced he knew
that the proper advice in regard to it would
not be palatable at headquarters, and that
a great calamity must necessarily result
from its constant use. He seems to have
elected not to exhibit any zeal in the dis
charge of his duty that could bo unpleasant
to his superiors, and so 'chancod it" with
regard to the accident, with the result
already known
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24
Disappointed En- tcrprise.

If two of the most distinguished person.
ages in that resolute fraternity which visits
by night, equipped with jimmies and false
keys, the treasure vaults of banks and SINH.
lar places, had prepared little game for
the seizure of the richest treasure in the
world; if they had tunnelled passage that
could at the last moment be opened with
the greatest facility, and had secured i'm
pressions of the lock on the last door
and were in possession of the whole
secret of its structure and the material
with which to make practical use of
that secret; and if at the given hour they
reached that door and proceeded to operate
on it, and then discovered that during
the preceding day it had been supplied
with terrible new lock, against which all
their study of the other lock was of no use.
how bitter would be their disappointment
and how fierce their indignation against
the theory and practice of the applica-
ton of new locks. It is conceivable
that in such case they might feel
as savage as Senators Morton and Cam
eron feel, suddenly confronted by the de-
vice of new electoral law, which comes be-
tween them and the little game of making q
President without much regard to the will
of the people.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24

THE WEATuER.-Thc Gulf depression makes
very slow progress eastward, and is attended Nv
IN area of heavy rain, which extends into the
South Atlantic States. Brisk winds prevail mt
Indinnola and Galveston. Another storm centre,
with high winds, has moved over the upper lake
region, causing light snow and rain fall at few
points in Canada. During its passage to-day
through the st. Lawrence Valley local
weather will be affected, and cloudiness, with,
possibly, rnin or snow may prevail. The highest
pressure is now in the Lower Mississippi Valley
aud low temperature is general throughout the
country The areas of cloudiness are confined to
the regions where the lowest pressure prevails
namely, over the lakes and the Eastern Gulf and
South Atlantic States. The Ohio and Cumbcr-
land rivers have fallen steadily and the Lower
MISC ppi has risen during the past twcnty-four
hours The weather in New York to-day will he
ws.irner and partly cloudy or cloudy, possibly
With light rain or snow, and followed By colder
And clearing weather
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24

In New Jersey the election for o new
United States Senator is still in doubt,
though there is every probability that the
successful candidate will be Mr.. McPher-
son, the democratic nominee. In this
event the democrats will obtain an ad-
ditional vote in the Senate, but they are
not greatly to be congratulated upon it,
and neither the Senate nor the country
will gain by the substitution of an al
together commonplace person for Mr.. Freling-
huysen. In Illinois the conflict is still un-
decided. On the last ballot taken yesterday
Mr.. Logan had ninety-two votes, and
at the caucus held last evening he
formally withdrew his name. One of
the possibilities of the case is that
the choice may fall upon Mr. WASH
burne, our Minister to France. Illi-
nois could do nothing more agreeable to
the country at large than to send this gen.
tleman to the Senate. His term in Paris
will expire shortly, and his services
in Congress were always of such
value, and SO conspicuously on the
side of good legislation, honesty and
economy, that his temperance in the
councils of the nation would be subject
for public congratulation. Should the vote
hitherto given to Logan 60 to him
his election would be easy. and we
trust the conflict may have this issue.
In Georgia it ia probable from present
appearances that the choice will fall upon
Mr. Norwood, now one OF the representa-
tives of that State in the Senate. But the
friends of Mr.. Hill are waging resolute
battle in his behalf Evidently his course
in the House has commended itself to the
judgment of the better disposed division of
the Georgia democracy, and it will be o
subject for regret equally that wise
and patriotic course in o great crisis
should be the means Of defeating o
mans honorable ambition and that the i'm
portant State of Georgia should be deprived
of the services in the Senate of one of her
most capable sons. But should Mr. Hill
be defeated he will not be lost to public
life, as he has been reelected to the House.
His competitor, Mr.. Norwood, has served in
the Senate respectfully, but without attract
ing attention for any conspicuous relation
to the great topics of the time. Part of the
campaign of opposition to Mr.. Hill was
personal difficulty, the Vancouver of which
seems to have yielded to that common i'm
pediment, an eff"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24
Our Home supply Of Heathen.

The many good people who imagine that
Christian civilization is all-embracing in
our own land must be somewhat taken
aback by the particulars of the vile outrage
lately perpetrated near Neshanic, N. j., and
within fifty miles of Americas metropolis.
An invalid woman, whose principal fault
seems to have been that she worked hard to
support an invalid husband, was waylaid
by gang of drunken ruffians, outraged,
beaten, kicked, stripped, covered with tar
and feathers and then left insensible and
freezing at her own doorstep. Except that
the tortures to which she was subjected were
rude instead of ingenious in their nature.
there was nothing in the deed to make it
different from the fendish outrages for
which the Indians of the Plains have here
tofore been distinguished beyond all other
savages and heather. If it is proper to
convert the heather by means of either
bullets or Bibles the Neshanic Mountains
should be occupied by small army and
car load of missionaries at once. The
locality is not the only one of its kind in
the neighborhood of New York there are
dozen or more of just such tribes of
heather almost within sight of the church
steeples of New York; but the righteous are
SO busy in looking after the denizens of Asia
Africa and the isles of the ocean that they
have no time to search out and reform these
beings who speak their own language, are
almost within hearing of their own church
bells, and who send recruits to that great
army of dangerous characters which makes
life and property unsafe in our largest cities.
The revelations, both of the social status of
these communities and the manner in which
they are neglected by those who are trying
to reform the world, are deeply humiliating.
but humiliation is of no use unless it leads
to a change for the better
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24

CAPTAIN JoHSsToNs REPORT as Indian Agent
mt Standing Rock, Dakota, contains not word
about the spiritual condition of the Indians and
It therefore differs greatly from the conventional
agency report. AS an exhibit, however. of the
proper manner Of conducting an agency and of
the way in which the government has heretofore
been swindled by Indian agents, it is extremely
entertaining and instructive. We print the
document entire.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24

THE VIRTUous CouNTRYMAN can learn a
much-needed lesson from wicked New York No
one ever finds malarial locality in the country
it is always in the next town that people have
chils and fevcr-but in New York the Board of
Health admits more than two hundred deaths
from malaria in 1876, and names the boundaries
of the malarious districts.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24

BUSINESS MEN are unanimous in favor of the
,oint committees plan for counting the vote.
and between them and the politicians who find
their money in opposing the plan no one can hest
tate to choose.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24

OUR EXHIBIT of years work by the Society
for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Children shows
what urgent need there is for the existence of
zach associations. May the society increase in
energy and effectiveness until even cruel parents
IN good society shall stand in awe of it,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24
II RIPLE SH e e II !.
NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY "a, 1917
NOTICE TO COUNTRY DEALERS.

The Adams Express Company run special news
paper train the Pennsylvania Railroad Its
connections. leaving Jersey City at quarter past four
A. N. daily and Sunday, carrying the regular edition
Of the HERALD far Wcst Harrisburg and South to
Washington, reaching Philadelphia at quarter past
Fix A. u. and w ASH pgton at one P. NJ
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24

WALL STREET YESTERDAY.-Thc stock specli-
latiOn developed few important changes and the
outside public show little inclination to support
the pools. Gold opened at 1864 and sold at
1868 Money on call was supplied at and
per cent. Government and railway bonds gen
orally were firm.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24

The BOARD OF HEALTH has ordered general
inspection of milk. and it is confidently believed
that ono cause of the inordinate consumption of
Croton water will thereby be done away with
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24

DIVORCE SUITS for extreme cause may be indi-
.afions of high standard of social morality, hut
40 such thing can be said of the large attendance
If la,lies at a certain suit in progress at Bridge
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24

From oar reports his morning the PROBABILITIES
are that the heather IN Nc'v YORK. to-aay rW be
'eormer md partly cloudy or ciondy, possibly Nth
light rain or sno'c, and oiloccd By colder and clear
inn iccnfLcr
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24

A REGIMENT OF REDcoATs have asked permis-
sion to pass through New York. The British
were not quite so polite in this neighborhood a
hundred years ago.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24

THAT Doc who resides at the Eleventh pre-
cinct station house. Brooklyn, should be at once
set to drilling the police force. See report
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24

SHOOTING M a mea%s of reformation received
dscouraging blow from the sentence of Eugene
Christ yesterday.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24

a READING OF OuR STATEMENT of the Vein
berg case will tend to make business men more
careful about commenting would-bc purchasers
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24

THE PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT. thus far OF the
great forgery case, is that business men are too
careless and trustful in handling checks and
drafts.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24

JOHN BRADY. SENTENCED YESTERDAY fol-
drunkenness, made capital temperance address
in court.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.


PA1leIAN SKATING DAILY. BROOKLYN RINK.
FIFTH AVENUE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
WALLACK's TnEATRE.--,LL FOR Her
BROADWAY TliEArRE.-uScLr TONS CABIN.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE-Miss MUTTON
NIBLO'S GARDEN.-ARouSp THE WORLD
BOwERy THEATRE.-Tns Two ORPHANS.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.-NAS AND WIFE
GERMAAIA ThEATRE.-DeR AcrrsBUprxER.
LYCEUM NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. III.
EAGLE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. THE CONTINENT.
TONY PASTORS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
TIvOLI THEATRE.--vARIKrY.
PARK TIIEATRE.-THs GENEVA Cross.
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRKLs
KELLY 4 Icons MINsTRELs.
NEW YORK AQUARIUM.
IiELLER'S EATRE.-PREsrIpicrrArIox
EGYPTIAN HALIA-SESsArIoNAL VARIETY
GILMOKE's GARDEN-GnASD EaUEsrRrAx FESTIVAL
PARTISAN VARIETIES.
NEW AMERICAN MUSEUM
COLUMBIA OPERA HoUSE.-vARIrrY.
THEATRE COMIQUF.-vARirry
CHICKERING HALL-GRANp CONCERT.
ACADEMY OF MUsIC-FAusr
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