New-York tribune., 1882-04-20
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lallnlul missionary III hidudlnd'
MacIean. who fred at Queen Victoria few
weeks ago, is not to share Guiteau's fate
II was proved conclusivey on his trial.
which began and ended yesterday, that lie
was incapable of approaching the nature anu
Quality of his acts at the time he did the shoot
ing The Queen. who has been overWheImipu
with kindly expressions OF JOY ana giautuuc
at her escape, is now to be newly cohgralu-
lated on the demonstration which tins verdict
affords that it was no sane subject OF hers
that had designs upon her life.
Sindram the murderer must hang alone to-
morrow. Leighton. who was expected 10 nc MS
companion on the scntiold, has had his lease Oh
life extended to May 10. Justice has moved III
10th cases with hating step. Leightons crime
was committed in June 1850, and he was con-
vcted in the following December. Slndlam
shot Mrs. Crave in January of last year. an"
was sentenced to death in December, year
after Leighton. And yet he must die moh'n
earlier The equity of this is not clear Al"
what sort Of warning to men tempted TO mnrder
| is it when punishment is delayed lor almost
two years after the crimef
Lord Deaconsfelds admirers are reported 10
have honOred his memory on the anniversary
of his death by pinnng prlmioses III lheii
| button-hOles The Conservative statesman IL
seems. rs well as Mr.. Oscar Wilde, had his l'N-
orite flower less fantastic but more eull!
inc token of remembrance would have peeh
dov of sober reflection on the dangerous Ten
denotes of partisan leadership like Lord Sails
bnrv's Lord Beaconsiicld was not trust
worthy Premier but as political leader his
conduct was always swayed by patriotic con-
siderations The safety and welfare OF the
country were never sacrificed to partisan aa-
vantage. Ii is not so now, as sober-mihded
Conservatives are forced to admit.
Arctic adventures can be had this season IN
low latitudcs without the tedlum cf protIacted
VOYAGES. Every incoming steamer reports 'ha'
the ice line has been encountered where 1t was
least expected, and several stanch ships have
had narrow escapes from ice5ergS and iloes.
Within twenty-four hours crew which was
forced TO abandon steamship has been
brought into port. The vessel was caught III
an icc-pack and crushed in the ordinary ocean
lane of traffic between England and the United
States. a rescue being effected by passing
steamship. Is it possible that the North Pole,
after beng securely anchored under the North
Star all these years, has suddenly slipped from
IFS moorngs and drifted out to sea
Senator Grady attempted Yesterday to eX-
plain away some criticisms which had been
| made on the action of the Senate COmnIttce on
! Cities. Anyone who processes to devote him
self to the explanation or defence of the Com
mittce on Cities in either the Senate or the AS
! semblv will have his hands full. 1t does not
seem too much to say that these committees
are likely to prove on the whole, the most mis-
chevous which have afflicted Albany and de-
vastated New York since Mr.. Tweed had seat
| in the Capitol. There may be few reasonably
| righteous men in each, but they are constantly
overborne by the advocates of ext.dvagancc,
| trickery and the worst sort of Democratic par
tisanship. No bill apparently can be too bad
| for the stomachs OF some of these committee
men. No matter how much heavier it may
propose to make the burdens of the taxpayers
in this city, no matter how much it may tend to
confuse and weaken our already confused and
feeble system of government, it will not fail OF
supporters in the Committees on Cities
| The Assembly yesterday passed the bill Gre
atjng a State Railroad Commission after
amending it so as to provide that the COM
missioners should be elected by the people.
The bill as originally introduced and as re-
ported from the railroad committee provided
that the commissioners should be appointed by
the Governor, with the consent of the Senate.
The amendment was carried by vote OF &C
| to 81, and those recording themsclN cs in the
negative are to be presumed as standing for
the proposition that such an Office as Railroad
Commissioner could better be filled by APP
pointment than election 1t is a grave
point ard the fact that the amendment
only prevailed by a majority OF in a
vote of 123 indicates that there is q
very stronc sentiment in the Assembly in
favor of an appointed commission. TIE
Governor now appoints several of the
leading State ollicers-nOtably, the Super
intendents of Insurance, Banks and Pub
lie Works-and it is a question which the
Senate, 10 which the Commission bill now
goes, would do well carefully to consider
whether. as a rule, the Governor of the State
be he Republican or Democrat, wOuld not
anpoint higher order of commissioners
than is likely to lie secured by leaving theiI
selection to political conventions run, as those
conventions generally are, by the bosses and
not by the people.