The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-04

. 1879.
to the surface demanding relief. after those
were winnowed out there remained 1873 fami-
lies who were awarded weekly sums. Over
seven hundred persons have enjoyed the charity.
which spontaneously doomed over the ruins OF
the burned playhouse. Those who still suner
will doubtless be cared for by other hands.
The work in Washington was done yestor-
day more by Conference Committees than by
the houses OF Congress. Latc In the evening
the deadlock over the political questions ap-
pended to tho APPROPRIATION bills had not been
broken. On them hinges the question OF an
extra session. MS agreements have been reached
concerning tho amounts OF the appropriations.
The Post gives an account OF the session
Of the Senate that ran through Sunday night
into yesterday. About o'clock OF Monday
morning things got very hot after tho speech OF
ZACH CHANDLER:
Senators BLAiSK and TnuuuAs nso had n sharp per.
sonal encounter Mr. BLAINE attempting 10 interrupt the
ono senator in some remarks, Mr. TmvaNAS SAN;
manner. When Mr. BLliNF succeeded soon after IN
pcrsoaai explanation. lie had been in the senate
IiI,e !ehIs puIl,s uln' ue t Ky w. ~ ,,. , h.
formed him privately that such conduct was disaseiuL
own age he dnrnNiN would hear from him in a az
only that such conduct had become insuiicrable"
Such language and such threat should not
have been tolerated in the Senate from Mr.
JAMES q. BLAINE or any other man. His con-
duct was disgraceiul. and should instantly
havo secured for him kind of punishment
that no would have felt for the rest OF
his life. He meant to say either that
ho would thrash THURMAN. il 1t were
not for the difference between their age or
he would challenge him To- Eight Il duel. Both
OF these things are contrary TO law. even II
there were no moral or manly objections TO
them: and Mr.. JAMES q. BLAINE thus stood up
in the Senate Of the United States defying the
law. throwing contempt upon it. and publicly
threatening to violate it, A good deal OF buster
has been heard from Mr.. JAMES q. BLAINE. but
he is now becoming intolerable.
Last winters fierce struggle in the State
Legislature over the Excise bill introduced by Mr.
HoLAHAN bids fair to be repeated this year. for
Mr.. HoLAHAN has put forward again the denti-
cal measure which was 50 nearly enacted then.
1t is too liberal in its provisions to suit the tenn
perance reformers. for it provides that any per-
son Of good reputation may DO given a license
upon proper application. The temperance
men are satisfied with the existing law
OF 1857. and work only to defeat any
now legislation on the subject The law
OF 1857 requires that liquor shall DO sold
only in inns. tavcrns or hotels. and not upon
sundays. or in the small hours OF the morning.
This law is openly violated daily in hundreds Of
saloons in New York and Brooklyn. Indeed.
there has not been for fifteen months pretenco
OF enforcing It. The first struggle over the
HoLAHAN bill upon the question Of referring it
TO committee resulted in victory for the tenn
perance men.
THE Suns showing Of the dangerous con-
dition Of the finances Of Jersey City seems to
have caused some trouble between the Jersey
City daily papers. The Journal admits that
| THE SUNS figures are correct and saddles the
blame upon the Democrats. The Argus makes
ii clear that the city's enormous debt is legacy
left by the Republican legislative commissions.
| There is no doubt that Jersey City has 10 face
the ugly fact OF debt Of sl5.500,0OO on a
property valuation Of 100000 600 1t will not
make the mortgage OF 25 per cent. on Repub-
| leans house and lot any lighter to know that
1t was loaded on by his own party. Tho best
| thing for both parties TO do now is to Join forces
in Kidding themselves OF q cumbrous and expen-
sive system Of city government 30 back tc
simpler forms. and deny themselves anything
savoring Of luxury until they pay their debts.
Carpet-bagger CoRBIN, who got the rumr
| OF bogus Legislature in South Carolina ii
| 1876 TO go through the motions OF n so-callet
election. and a certificate from CHAMBERLAIN
| the confederate OF kIMProS. expected the Re
publicans Of the Senate to rntify the fraud. an,
10 convert him into Il Senator When a larg'
| majority refused TO pass his claim. he addrcsse,
! an insulting letter 10 the Senate. rejecting oil
those who voted TO keep him out. and. imitatIni
the example OF HAYES. expressed the most re
gret on account Of the poor coored people
wnom he had quite forgotten during prosper
Gus career among them. But he did not forge
10 put in n modest bill OF ten thousand dollars
! PINcHBAcK carried OH some sixteen thousand
and CoLBIS wants the color line abolished. 5
that he may profit by the precedent
We have the report Of the visiting com
miuee Of tho public hospitals. The ventiatio
OF Bellevue Hospital. the committee say. Is. an
must always be-. bad tho air cannot be keI
pure in such a labyrinth Of passages and wards
but the erection Of ventllatins towers outsid
the walls is suggested. The Pavilion Hospit,
on llart's Island is ventilated by opening IN
windows: there are ventlators along the ridg
OF the roof. but they are boxed NJ in wnte
and. therefore. in stormy weather il is difllcu
to keep the wards warm and let IN fresh air
the same time. The ventilation Of large publ
institutions. lke schools hospitals and court
has attracted attention lately. Children. p;
tients. and Judges and jurors have felt the effe
OF impure air and complaint after complain
has been made. but excepting in the cou
rooms. little has been done 10 get proper ventili
ton. Perhaps the committee inspecting II
public schools may ind a remedy that can
applied TO the hospitals.
VIII New Jersey wonders never cease
At a recent meeting OF the Chosen Freeholde
OF Bergen County in Hackensack. Freehold
NooRIus rose and offered this astounding res
luton;
" R,.,,oi That the County Collector is instructed Il
o. YsV any bill. hereafter for dinners tor member
Tho Board nor Tor tht keeping ana feeding of tn,
horses, uud that each member of the Board be rcuur
, 10 pay las own bills 80 contracted By Alm or them
The other Freeholdors gazed on one anoth
, speechessly. and Freebooter VooRHIs went
, 10 explain. When he first entered the Boar
he SAID. he sat down to II dinner that cost q
county S9l. He thought il was wrong at 4
time. ana unsuccossfuy tried TO induce b
fellow members to join him in paying the b
i I ont ~ tb.fr VrfVotn YoaEate Evar cip.a IN D.