New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-28

for some time. The cool wave which IL was
hoped might be coming is reported TO nave
moved 70 tho North Those who remain In
the city during these days cannot DO 'oo ar
full in their habits of life. temperance AZ ~
matter of eating. total abstinence iroih sp'i'
Gus drink, great personal cleanliness, anu a" q,
little anxiety about business as possible VII,
not only ward off the more serious eHecIs VI
heat but add greatly to ones comfort. ouch
precautions are especially needed after two OF
three days of hot weather The death rate
has already increased nearly 100 per cent
Out of 1913 deaths yesterday, SO were chill
dren. While this is appalling, it is encourag-
ing to know that the city is more free rom
contagious diseases than for long tme'
The Dock Commissioners have largo peain
in their official eye which they will do wen 10
remove before they begin to look ai'er .no
mote (of some size it must be admttedp III INC
| Park Commissioners organ of vision. only
a short time ago they found not the siisn'o''
difficulty in letting Pier No. to s'ea'loo"C
company for purposes which the Counsei u
the Corporation declares to be mghiy lios"i'
! The pier was turned into place OF alnuse-
ment and an admission fee was charged Jus'
| below. off the Battery walls, Is swirl
ming bath that has foated there with the
permission of the Park Board for thirty years.
The Dock Commissioners now want the bath
taken away Immediately, and their right OF
Jurisdiction to the waterfront recognized lt
| is certain that too many interests have been
allowed to encroach upon the Battery, and the
hath probably should be removed, although
its owner can make a pretty good claim OF
ancient possession. But the Dock Commis-
sioners ought to look after Pier No. before
thew charge the Park Board with giving away
privileges too freely.
The Administration has won in the matter
of the Penn Yam Post Office even less than
Cadmean victory, for the victors lose more
than the vanquished. The representatives OF
the Administration in the Senate and III the
Post Office Department have finally succeeded,
by the pressure of patronage and the use Oh
arts that have scandalized the country, III re-
versing by small majority the vote by when
the removal of an efficient and falthIul
Postmaster without good cause and on false
nretext was forbidden. They have not moved
a renudiation vote A little more than seven
DAYS of Lobbying, much of it on the very floor
of the Senate, has converted seven Democrats.
A Democrat n day seems to have been the
| limit of their influence, or rather OF the IN
Auences they exerted. The Office in question
was a small one but the principle was the
same as if it had been an attempt to remove
uniustly Postmaster Pearson himself, and Sena-
tor Miller deserves credit for making his
coura ecous and honorable resistance. The
thirteen Republicans who stood firmly against
this removal are men whom the Administration
would be fortunate to have on its side AT
all times. for they represent the best tenden-
cies of the Republican party and bear some OF
its best Names They were Messrs. Miller. OF
New-York Hoar, Window, Dawes Blair Sher-
man, Van Wyck, Morrill,, Frye, Aldrch,
Mitchell and Harrison. This is good company
for any Republican to be in.
1t has been perfectly understood, of course,
for some time that the independents IN Penn
sylvania would not surrender to Mr.. Cam
eron: but the formal refusal was put in
proper shape yesterday, and the flag of truce
WAS pulled down. The letter from the indie
pendent State Committee to the Stalwart Com
mittee SAYS that the latter's proposition can
not be accepted because to do so would be to
strengthen the very dictatorship against which
this struggle is made. The Independents did
not want to measure candidates with the
Cameron men; they wanted their principles
accepted, and the acceptance guaranteed The
sole test of sincerity which the Stalwarts
could offer was the pledge that new ticket
should be named. And that they would not
give even at the cost of Democratic victory.
The letter from the Independents contains the
polite remark that the Stalwarts must have
misapprehended the main facts That is true.
But their greatest misapprehension lay Ill sup
posing that the Independents could be easily
duped. They realized perfected well that if
their propositions were accepted, they would
be the victors in the contest There was not
any msapprehension about that. They have
not at any time meant to yield on any point
of importance to the perpetuatlon OF their
machine Now they no longer are deceived on
any point. They know that the Independent
leaders are as shrcwd as their opponents, and
cannot be deceived with fine words. Mr..
Cameron and his followers are wiser now, but
nrobably not much better men.