New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-06

would have been oveThauled and captured IL he
had not tecgraphed to Maysyille for assistance.
a company of militia was sent up the nyer ana
met the ha1d-wcssed fcrryboat just in the nick
Of time 1t may well be doubted whether Il
more exiting and dramatic mob episode than
this race ever occurred, even IN kcntlcNy'
where lynch law has always played large part
in the administration of Justice.
So heavy a drain has been made upon the
funds of the Commissioners Of Emigration by
the enormous and unprecedented influx Of i'm
migrants at this port during the past year,
that they are nearly out Of funds, and have
applied TO the Legislature for relief. The law
taxing the steamship companies one dollar per
head for All Storage passengers landed at Castle
Garden brings no money, from ihe TACT That
the companies dispute Its conSttutiOnality and
have thrown the question into the courts. OF
course the Legislature must supply the means
necessary to carry on the Castle Garden depot
and the Wards Island hospital, but it should,
at the same time, make an camcsta appeal to Con
crcss to relieve the state from the unjust burden
of caring for the immigrants who land at this
port on their way to all sections of the coun-
try. New-York gets but little benefit from
foreign immigration. The best class Of immi-
grants 90 to the West. The worst class re-
main here 10 become burdens or pests to So
ciety. Why should the people Of Ncw-foIk
be forced to pay the whole bill for the sup
port of the sick and the paupers who land at
our great National port of entry, and to main
tain the necessary humanitarian machinery for
temporarily protecting the able-bodcd and
sending them safely to their new homes I'm
migration is a National matter, and should be
so treated by Congress-
There are no doubt score or more OF mem
bcrs whose feelings are ranking with dsap-
pointment and indignation at the treatment
they received from Speaker Kcifer in the max
ing up of the committees, but Mr.. GOdlove ).
Ortb. of Indiana, is the only one who has
shown the spirit to "spcak right out in meet
ing Yesterday he declined one Of the COM
mittee places assigned him, and took occasion
to tell the House in plain but temperate Ian
guagc that he did not think he lad received
the recognition to which his twelve years of
Congressional service entitled him. And, in
fact, under the customs of the House, by VIZ
tue of which members work up, term atier
term from unimpOrtant positions TO the
cLarmanships of leading committees, Mr.. Ortiz
has the right to feel aggrieved that many men
who are considerably ms juniors in the matter
of service should be given much better places
than lie The Speaker appointed him second
on the Foreign Relations Committee, second
on Rules. and chairman of the Committee on
Civil Service Reform. 1t is plain that Mr.
Orth does not set any value on his chairman
ship If he took hearty interest III Civil
Service Reform, however, he might make his
committee one of the most useful and impor-
tant on the whole list While doing the coun-
try a service by giving his best efforts to one
of the gravest of its governmental problems,
he would at the same time cause his personal
grievance to vanish.