New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-05-03

- INT ~ the assumption is allowable, the
-, tbat II amounts to nothing when tested
-. local nrincple, and that while the law ru'"
- ;scloses communica tons regarded by tne
rtss rs sacred. such as those from father 70 son.
-, brober 70 sister and from partner to partner,
,mminltv from disclosure for necessary PURPOSES -
evidence cannot be granted 10 kilograms
1,.,.i,s,tts will also try the Civil Damage eX-
-,o,r,snt The Legislature which has just au-
,ourncd passed law which makes the owner as Wen
40 the tenant liable forany damage sustainea Dy ANY
b,sban3 wife child. parent, guardian employer
or other person. through the drunkenness ol any
ono IN whom the tenant may have sofa Intoxicating
5rn the same TO DE recovered IN an action Oh tort
Tbare are several notifications OF inns proViSoh'
boyrover for in the first place, the law does not
I'll =, ,,-,stipe leases. Again, no person under
g. Low con be licensed to sell intoxicating liquors
1,+bout tlle consent in writing OF ms lessor "hhe
an. o,vuer OF lessor who has been compelled TO pay
money on account Of his liability incurred under the
-. may recover the sum so paid of his
tenant IN IN action of contract OF course,
Landlords are thus afforded every opportunity
% nrotecfing themselves The fact thaC ntoxicat-
inc bouors are to be sold in the building leased
,.- Inc within their knOwed they are not
1able They must knowingly permit the sale.
There Will be a great deal for the plaintiff IN cases
arising under the act 10 prove before the owner can
he held liable. In cases against the Ter the same
5,fcultv will be experienced of procuring sufficient
and competent evidence. There will be not little
work for the jury and the summing up Of the judges
will consist mainly of. If you believe so and so
Won will find a verdict for the plaintiff, but If you
do not believe so and so you will find verdict for
the DEFENDANT while jurors, as III cases under the
old prohbtory law, viii be governed IN their find
rr,..t- afr1rp mi
statute.
Promises Of financial retrenchment are easy to
make during the heat of an election, and so hard TO
keep alterward, that the Republicans OF Massachu-
sets having in the Legislature just adjourned
really done what last Fall they promised to do. are
entitled TO honorable and special mention. No mat
ter whether they were driven to this policy OF
economy by the sharp attacks f General Butler or
not they have done what he declared that they
would not DO. and have locked the salaries Of some
o. their most active political associates. The saw
iDgs which have been effected important
arcregating a sum of not less than S266,3l6.
There has been q cutting down all round, be-
ginning with a reduction Of expenses in the legsla-
tive department of over $4,000. Some offices
have been abolished, and not too soon. new start
Is 10 Dee taken iu the management OF state charities
and prisons Several commissions have been con-
sohda,ed. 4 movement to provide for biennial
sessions of the Legislature, requiring an amendment
Of the Constitution, was carried as far as the
Legislature could carry it, viii probably pass
the next Legislature, and then be ratified by the
people. The state tax was reduced from SlOOO,OoU
to 100000. No Legislature in the country has
done better than that of observation-disclosures Of
them as we'll
The correspondent who has been describing TO
Northern readers the unknown land OF Texas, takes
us to-day to san Antonio, the frontier city where
two civil IONS meet and there countless PIC
tu-ssogr contrasts. There is some excellent coun-
sci given also as TO the size of the grain of salt With
which 81 is prudent to season the statements Of
railroad and agents