New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-15

needed to relieve the monotony of the sky,
since NJ. Schmidt's new star in the Swan is
fading away, and there was no hope of any
thing worth looking for till March 22-23'
when the search for NJ. lie Vcrriers intra-
Merc,uial planet is to be again attempted.
In considering the appointment OF new
Superintendent of Insurance, the Senate has no
need to be in haste. The present 1ncumDeht
is doing exceedingly well, and is much more
likely to make clean and thorough work than
new man would be. Besides the fact that
there is no special occasion for change, IL Is
rumored that the person who has been named
for appontment is supported by men in whom
sound insurance companies have little con-
fdcnce. At all events there should be a very
thorough inquiry as to the antecedents and the
supporters of new Superintendent.
Late kilograms Justify the deep concern for
the peace of Europe manifested on the Lon
don Stock Exchange. The Car is about to
mobilize six more army cOrps' and has de-
cided upon his plan of campaign. The
Czarowitz, who ought to know, has declared
that war will soon begin, and advlces from
the Russian headquarters and other points
tend to confirm the announcement. The war
like attitude which Russia has thus hastily
reassumed must be owing to the approaching
termination of the Tmco-Servian armistice.
That circumstance renders it imperative for
the Car to determine his course explicitly.
The Electoral Commission certainly deserves
the general gratitude for the industry and
,tu ml,.lra
their work. Twice already counsel have
begged reprieve, because OF fatigue when
the Commissioners were ready to proceed, ana
Yesterday they sat for nine hours continuously,
except half hours recess. BY pushing ahead
in this way they hope to conclude the inter-
minable Louisiana case to-day, and reacn
decision in time to make a report to the JOINT
Convention Tomorrow morning. This dispatch
of business ought to please everybody. Even
the people who grumble at the decisions ought
to be glad to be put promptly out OF their
misery.
If the House of Representatives will abandon
this foolish business OF counting electoral votes
which have already gone into the waste
basket of the Electoral Commission, and de-
vote itself to honest legislative work. the coun-
try will be grateful. Only one OF the appro-
priation bills has passed both houses, and that
one of the least important only thirteen work
! ing days remain of this Congress. 10 perfect
the remaining appropriation bills and other
indispensable legislation will require all OF this
| time and yet the House, it is SAID, Is about 10
enact lust such drcary farce, with Louisiana
for its subject matter, as that which consumed
valuable time yesterday. If there is not a
little more zeal for genuine public business,
this Congress will die with its work undone,
and an extra session of the next House will
become necessary. Unless we are much mis-
| taken, that is Just what the people don't want.
| This unhappy country has been subjected 10
| altogether too much politics of late, and too
much Congress, and, especially, too much
House. They want to drop it all as soon as
possible-and, especially, the House.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Fish, which Is
now pending in the Assembly, to provide for
| the custody and refOrmatOry treatment or
Migrants, originated with members OF the
| State Charities Aid Association, and has the
strong support of Howard Potter, Theodore
Roosevelt Theodore w. Dwight, Elisha Harris
and others who have had large experience in
| the treatment of Migrants The principal
measure of the bill provides for the commit
ment of those who are now sent to county
iails to spend their time in idlencss, to
district warehouses instead, where they
are compelled to labor at useful employ
ment, the proceeds of which go to pay
the expenses of their maintenance. Such
disposition of Migrants in this State would re-
suit in the education of few of them to
trades by which they could support them
selves, while a great majority would find the
tasks to which they would be subjected so
irksome that they would leave the State, and
inflict their presence on other communities.
| The proposed law does not contemplate the
building of costly warehouses;. but provides
for the hiring of buildings at cheap rents and
will not therefore prove expensive. DR.. Elisha
Harris, whose experience with Migrants has
been very extensive, believes that within two
wears one half of the confirmed Migrants i'll
the State would be driven by such a law as
! this to find refuge elsewhere
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