New-York tribune., 1879-03-12

we'll as the Senate, and is at this time III INC
hands of the Governor. Unless vetoed, the Dill
will sweep the State Resumption law from
the statute book. 1t is indeed strange to ina
the Legislature of the State OF New ORR
repealing this Act, and thereby authorizing
the receipt of silver as we'll as gold 1or
taxes. after the banks of this city ana the
other great cities have declined to re-
ceive silver on deposit. New-Iork state
thus takes itself out of accord with the Clty
of New-York, which makes laws in commerce
for the continent. What will the State do
with its deprecated silver when 1t has re-
ceived it, as it undoubtedly will, under TINS
Act? Governor Robinson should consider the
answer to this question before he signs the
bill.
Professor Laws suggestion of the only
method bv which the cattle plague can be sue
cessfully resisted and conquered, should re-
ceive the attention of Legislators IN every state
There must be, if possible, an intelligent con-
cert of action between the States In this mat
ter. OF this disease viii fasten itself 1ncradl-
cablv upon the whole country, infllcting almost
ipc3lculable damage. Professor Law shows
that the malady comes only by cOntaglon, and
that when it has once been communicated,
there is no way of preventing Its further
spread except by slaughter of the cattle. AS he
tersely remarks, " we may quarantine the sick'
but we cannot quarantine the air." The IN
fection in the air defes the vigilance OF deputy
shcIiif5. Quarantine is, moreover. very ex-
penyive process as well as an Intellectual one,
and inoculatiOn protects one animal at the
+ L rxov,opal Loo Oipp The nOllcV
of determination has been tired elsewhere,
and is the only method of combating the
plague that has been found successful If the
country would avoid universal diffusion OF "a
disease which has thus far been confined,
within our borders, to limited area, 1t should
profit by the experience of other nations.
The increase in the number of applicants
for the Broadway Railroad franchise suggests
the reflection that good many capitalists
and corporations are, in measure, out OF
employment. The Broadway Railroad Is the
latest petitioner and asks the privilege OF
laying tracks from its present terminus down
Broadway. 1t is safe to predict that
this scheme will never be adopted, inasmuch
as it would not help Broadway at all in re-
spect to its retail trade, and would merely
authorize the construction of road through
that part of the street where it would be OF
very little service, and would inevitably prove
a public nuisance. But the most singular
proposal of all is made by Mr.. John B. Haskln.
who has never accumulated much of reputa-
ton as a practical joker, but who gravely
suggests that if the city is not willing to dis
pose of the franchise to him for S1,OOO,OOO,
it will grant 1t to a company composed OF
aspiring politicians, whom he names, In
consideration of the fact that Mayor
Cooper and the majority of the pres
ent Board of Aldermen were elected
mainly by their efforts, and in cOnsidera-
ton also of the payment of certain proper
ton of the roads profits into the city treas
ury. This really ought to be amusing, but
somehow OF other. in the dulness of its
gravity, 1t fails to be.