New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-17

1t Is sadly inconsistent on tne part OF
Roumania to boast of her newly acquired in
dependence and persist in denying equal
rights to the Jews. Had she evinced this in
tolerant spirit at the time OF the Berlin Con-
gress, her promises 70 redress the Jewish
grievances would not have been accepted
without ampler guarantees. Although less
than twenty years have elapsed since the
British Parliament removed Jewish disabili-
ties. the spirit of the age is now inf1exibly
opposed to prescription on the ground of race
or religion.
According to the testimony taken yesterday
In the investigation of the SheriM's official
conduct, scale of sliding charges--highly
slippery charges they might be called-seems
to have prevailed in that functiOnary's Office.
Fees seem to have fluctuated like the market
rates of produce the Sheriff getting good
figure sometimes, sometimes less. and always
probably as much as he could get. One wit
ness had an offer of So as a compromise
for illegal fees eXacted. Another witness
was once charged $40 rs. but, probably be-
cause business was dull and the market
fiat, the Sherif7s representatives finally ac-
cepted So rs.
The latest art candidate for the honors of
admission to Central Park must survive the
ordeal of an examination by competent au-
thority. The proposition to bestow upon the
city o bronze monument representing Column
bus in the act of getting his first
glimpse of his Promised Land, has been
referred by the Park Commissioners to
O committee consisting of the Presidents
of the National Academy of Design,
the Metropolitan Museum of Art. and
the American Institute of Architects. by
their decision the Commissioners will be gov
erned. If the supervision of such a tribunal
had always been invoked some pieces of
statuary which are in the Park now would
not it is safe to say, have ever been allowed
there; but it is not too late to rejoice at such
q rule.
In view of the depressed state of agricul-
fure in England. there is much significance
in the announcement that an agent of the
Canadian Government will shortly leave Man
chester with party of Lancashire
farmers who intend to settle In Mani
toba. The movement indicates strongly that
the British farmer is coming to the conclusion
that he can no longer compete successfully
with the cheap produce, meat and live stock
which are so largely exported to his
markets from this country and Canada.
With less rent and security for improve
ment he might maintain his own, but
these are matters of slow adjustment.
1t would be better for the pioneers in this
migratory movement to settle in this country,
but like many other immigrants they are likely
to cross the border when they have acquired
sufficient experience to compare the relative
merits of Canadian and American settlements.
Nh Tilden is one of the quietest men in
the United States. His voice is not heard in
the Fourth of July GRAFTON, or the frequent
newspaper interview. If he has views upon
contemporaneous topics, the public learns
them only through vague and indirect gossip.
But the Pennsylvania Democratic Convention
adopted yesterday just such platform as MIR.
Tilden will no doubt be glad to read in his re-
tiremeDt 1t reDews the cry of Fraud"
conspicuous by its absence from some recent
Democratic gatherings of which Mr. Tilden,
of course, has not heard. The platform aban-
dOns the soft money theories which have char
aeterized Pennsylvania Democracy since the