New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-01-24

flee. Two new Offices are created, those
of ATTORNEY and Examiner OF 1lticS'
and General Appraiser and all payments
for the examination of titles, appraisemehts OF
the property of the insurance companies ana
the like, beyond the salaries OF these officers
are prohibited. The law is not designed 10
take effect until the end of the year. 1t VIII
be found in full. i'll its present shape, Ill our
Albany correspondence.
Nichaels. the creature who was responsible
for the rotten meat upon which the hlnGs
Comfy manners were fed, has been allowed
to retire bv resignation. 1t would have been
better if the facts had been spread in full
uDon the record and the statement had been
emphasized by an ignominOus discharge.
Two curious facts in this case illustrate the
hold which the pettiest sort OF local politics
has upon matters of this kind MlchaelS,
whose practices cannCt be supposed TO I've
new. has been for ten years in the employ oil
the Kings County an hOritles; he was formerly
tie County St0rekcepcr and then the paupeia
had rare food, no doubt. He can only have
kept himself so long in this department by
DoIitjcaI influence. The second curious fact
is that Comm ssoncr who aided IL exposing
tlfs whole matter, and could only have done so
from a desire that the poor dependents OF the
county should have decent food, actually
found il necessary to defend himself, in open
Beard, against a charge that, by so DONG he
was " breaking up his p1rty."
Mr.. Gumbcton has sDurncd another oppor-
tunity, judlcially offered to "cxhibit a little
common sense" and has obtained another
STAY of proceedings. The County Clerk might
have followed the example Of the Corporation
Attorney, who learns that the Board OF Alder
men has directed an investigation to be made
into his Official acts, and promptly informs
the Mayor that All the books and accounts O.
the Office are ready to he submitted to in
s7ection. aud that he viii do everything IN
ms power 10 make the inquiry " thorough and
"complctc" Whatever may be the facts
about Mr. Boyd, the promPtness with
which he meets the issue raises il
presumption in his flyor, while the mulish
oh>tmacy with which Nj. Gumhctcn resetS
al aoplicqtions for IN inspcction Of his books
and even all Judicial orders to show them.
la1scSthr strongest possible presumption against
him. Indeed. il public officials are public SER
wants. and are supposed TO furnish proper inlor-
nation when it is respect uig requested, the
County Clerks pres mt course would be OF
itself. in a city having the right OF sclf-GOy
eminent swift course towards removal.
We published 4 letter yesterday from Il
FLORIDA corresponding showing how LieutcD-
ante oyernor Hull. OF that state, the Demo-
cratic can lidate for Congress against Mr.. BIS
bee. set ont to buy an election after the
votes had been cast. He discovered that,
owing to the failure of several counties to
givc the vote which had been expected. he
would need few over 300 votes FROM Blc-
"varl aud Dadc" to give him a majority,
and asked friend, IN writing, if 80 O2 could
" be had The friend engaged man to 20
TO Brcvard County, and secure the commission
of the necessary fraud. This was easily accom-
pli,hed by the payment Of a trillug sam 10 Lee
Clerk of the Comfy Court, who also adorns
. seat in the d1GnifCd legislative body over
whcr Mr. Hull presideS by virtue of his Office
Interesting confirmation Of these points Is
afforded by the announcement III the telegrdpLlc
dispatches this morning that Lee was sentenced
Yesterday III the United States Circuit Court
to three years imprisonment in the Albany
Penitent,ary. Other partle@ to the fraud were
sentenced with him. All Of which goes to prove
tor Che thousandth time that such thing as
cheating in elections is unknown at the South.
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