New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-08

Than the provisions or this bill Oiler.
Let lis have vote upon il, and the Prcsi-
dents veto. The chances arc that that ends
il. If it docs not, We are ready to appeal TO
the country.
Anioblc ncoplr. who think that Tweed
should he released because lie is good ma
cured" and has suffered enough" will per-
hans like 10 be reminded by the Mayors mes
sage that about onc-third of the cltyS cnor-
nous expenditure Of nearly S3o,OOo,oOO Is
for interest on the great debt for which
we are chiefly indebted TO Mr. William
NJ. Tweed. There is not resident OF
this city but pays in some way or other
part OF the interest on the money which the
Tweed Ring stole. If this fact was generally
appreciated, there would be Il pretty unani-
nous opinion that Tweed slfbuld suffer " a
little while longer. The justice which
would imprison for long terms OF
years man who steals n few hundred dol
lars, and then would release man whose
thcfts mount up to millions, and who has been
able to separate two terms of Imprisonment by
year OF foreign travel would he goddess
altogether 100 blind, even for a blind business.
II NAV t,lrn ont That the liberation for the
sake OF office which has existed in the British
Cabinet reached its limit when. last week,
Lord Carnarvon deprecated alarm, declared the
Crimcar war failure, and said nobody i'll Eng
land was so insane as 10 desire It's
repetition If he sought, rs is alleged, to
commit the ~ Government to peace
nolicy in this way, il is quite probable that
Lord Bcaccnsfcld forced him to retire.
Ill al Of oin l.
ever. grayer matter. There il 10 immcdi-
ate occasion for it, except that Lord BeaconS-
field may be 10 confident or so fair
minded as to submit the question of peace or
war TO the Nation before involving it mex
tricably i'll the Russo Turkish conflict
There have been t1o pariiamcnls within
the last decade. In 1868, Mg. Glad
stone carried the country on the dlScstabsh-
mcnt of the Irish Church. and acted -
Premier from that year till 1874, when
he lad the tcmerity to appeal to the
people. and was Left in minority
OF 40, in consequence Of the Conservative r.
action. Challenged now, the Liberal leader
meh; calculate upon popular response which
would place him again in power
Mayor Ely'a message presents some G'aiiiy-
inc facts with respect to the f"arcial condi-
ten Of the city, thoueh the burdcucd tax
payer may iool, upon them as small encourage
mcut. For the fls! time III twenty years, the
ycor has not Nronch' an increase of the city
debt. but n small drcicIst-$2 cOcOGO. This
is according 10 the Controllers fi-Gto-,
which place The whole debit, dcductiu@
sinking funds. at $117,C00,000. While
the accuracy Of this statement has
been disputed. tie fact of tie reduction Is
probably beyond question. There is also
saving Of nearly g. 100000 on the cyrcndi-
lures for 1875 as compared with 1877, but
The Mayor is frank enough to say that econ
omy can lie pushed much further
I'm that direction without impaiing
"he efficacy Of the city govern
mcnt" Certainly the Mayor did not tell
more than tie truth in that litllc remark.
Economy can be pushed much further in the
city government, and must be-. 1t is the duty
of such Official, as Mr. Ely, who are politicians,
but arc still good citizcns, 10 see that lao effort
IS spared to reduce the city's enormous pay
roll, abolish sinccUre>, and tighten 10y every
possible eypcdicnt the crushing burden Of
taxation. One little suggestion he make,
would save half million Il year. if carried
into effect il is simply that the city shall
get back to is old time Of COLLECTING taxes,
20 that it shall not have to live on Dor
rowed money ten months Of the year. \ mil
lion more, Mr.. Ely thinks could be saved by
funding the debt at low rate OF interest.
though tie Controller has declared the plan
Impacticablc. These suggestions, and other,
ike them, while not new, are important to the
future Of the city, whose growth has already
been sadly hndcrcd by its taxes, and il is to
bc hoped that they will produce some result