New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-01

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The case of the Fishkill Bank seems to
have been curiosity i'll savings bank misnail-
agement. national bank took in money over
| the same counter, and the affairs OF the TWO
| institutions were evidently too much merged
together for the good of the savings bank
| Then, in spite of the repeated warnings OF the
| Bank Department examiner, gentleman was
| retained in Office who was cashier to one bank
and treasurer to another This dual Official Is
row found TO have taken large sum OF
! money out Of his savings bank pocket and put
it into his national bank pocket. 1t is this
sim which the savings bank relies on for its
surplus, and the problem of the hour is the
probability of its recovery. The facts are
given on another page, and furnish curious
answer to the recent letter Of the President OF
the savings bank.
That the Informer Jayne and the Smuggler
Lawrence should be found conSpiring together
| to impcatc merchants in the transactions OF
the latter, is not surprising. The latter Is
working for a pardon he does not deserve,
| and the former doubtless dreams of such spells
"a he formerly conveyed from New York mer-
chauts. But that they should he permitted to
make the Office of the United States District
| Attorney the scene of their plotting against
| reputable citizens seems so mdec0r0us that
the attention of Mr. Bliss successor ought to
be called to it. 1t was idle to expose the TACT
| while Mr.. Bliss remained i'll Office; but zen.
! WoodGord, who cannot have forgotten how
| JAYNE pucked honest merchants on allegations
| of fraud III importatiOns and how Lawrence
robbed them by actual smuggling operations
may, we doubt not be depended upon TO Cleanse
his Office of such assistants.
A letter from the President of the Union
League Club, printed in our paper this morn
! ing, calls attention Once more to the grave oD-
iections already urged by TIE TRIBUNE to the
| appointmcnt of Judges of the Supreme Court
| rs members of the Committee of Arbitration.
Mr. jaw reminds us that the most important OF
the disputed questions bearing upon the cleo
toral count. to wit. whether there is any power
to go behind returns that are regular on Their
face. is rot settled by the Compromise bill, and
may still be proper subject for judicial de-
cision after the commission has ended Its
Iabors. But the judges have accepted the
functions which the bll imposes upon them,
inconsistent though those functions appear TO
| he WITH the USEFULNESS vi tlIt 'pul'' anu ''''N
is nothing for the people to do now but make
| the best of the unfortunate state OF things.
! Mr.. Jays letter nevertheless Is interesting rs
an illustration of the opinions Of many OF our
| leading citizen on q subject to when the
majority are bent upon refusing dispasslonate
| consideration.
For once c0roner's jury did not whitawaSh
No charge of undue leniency can be laid
against the findings of the jury which now
reports. after protracted investigation, upon
the burning of the Brooklyn Theater.
Their conclusion is, in substance, that the
theater was well built but badly managed.
They attribute the shocking loss of life,
which made this "the most disastrous ca
"lamty" that ever befell tie City of Brook
lyn, directly to the negligence of the manage
ment in not giving the employees responsible
head and establishing discipline among them,
! in not providing adequate appliances to cxtin-
guish fire. in Ovcrcrowding the stage with
scenery, in blocking up an exit, and III sighting
the warning given by the occurrence OF two
fires in the thcater just week before. No
cOrOncr's jury can undo the fearful WORK OF
| that one night of fire, but Sir. Ripley Ropes
and his colleagues have done something by
fearless decision, to make human life safer III
the future Let their recommendations be re-
enforced by public sentiment and theater
managers dare not disregard them.
Mr.. Proctor Knots committee that was
Mr.. David Dudley Fields that is-couldn't
keen I'D to the tragedy key forever. 1t
dropped yesterday into broad farce. This man
Pickett with his story about the attempt OF
the Returning Board to sell out to the De
mocracy, is a boon to the nation, for until the
Tribunal makes its decision both sides can
laugh. He is the most delicious of Chadbands
! We undertook to raise the necessary million to
bride the Board, and calls the work
"this great object continuing in it with
the approval of his conscience for If
the Board should not be bought for Tildcn, he
Knight regret it ever hereafter" Before long
this purchase ceased to be question of expo
diency with him. it became high moral
duty. He had never FUSED dollar cOrruptly
"and never expected to-" but, if lie had the
money, he would give it and Give i'll sack
"cloth and aslres.' Fees for this pure and
patriotic service Yes it seems that he would
| have taken CHS percentage" for that would
have been "spoiling the Egyptians" but he
would not have kept it, No, he intended to
distribute it among the widows and orphans
"of the South" 0 Pickett, Pickett!