New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-16

rro which was drafted by the Hepburn Com
mittee and submitted as one OF the appearances
of their report in 1879. Its chances OF p"Ss'
ing the Assembly are considered exceiieh''
Reaching the Senate it must of necessity en-
counter the opposition of the leading anu
monopolist member of that body, MI crazy.
We recently took occasion to recall the iac'
that Mr.. Grady was member OF the Hepburn
Committee and as such, presented minority
report to the Assembly, in which he Sharply
antagonized the Commission bill. All Things
considered, his present lot is not happy one
What view the majority of his brother Sena-
tors take of the bill does not yet appear
Another boiler has suddenly popped up IKE
q champagne cork This time the explosion
has occurred in Massachusetts, shoe-factory,
and with such terrific force as to level the
building and to drive ton OF iron quarter o.
n mile The engineer, as was the case III the
recent explosion in Brooklyn, has paid the ex-
treme penalty of his carelessness, If he were at
fault. Naturally this will be the explanation
offered by the owners of the factory, and the
widespread destruction wrought by the explo-
sion will be cited as conclusive evidence that
the steam pressure was far above the safety
point. Undue advantage should not be taken
Of the death of the engineer, however con-
venient it may be to do so. The boHer-maker
and the official inspector should be rigldly
called to account. The engineer is seldom the
only one to be held responsible for the cOndi-
ton of boiler.
Receiver 0Neill yesterday made some aston
ishing revelations concerning the way In when
he got his appointment. When he was told 10y
Mr.. John Kelly that he was to be made re-
ceiver of the Continental Life Insurance COM
pany he did not even know what the company
was or where its Offices were situated, ana had
not heard that it was bankrupt He was ut
terly at a loss where to get bOndsmen until
Mr., Edward Kearney-whom he had never met
-dropDed in and kindly offered his services.
In a like haphazard way ex-senator Bradley
became his other surety. This remarkable re-
ceiver, who knew nothing about the company
thrown into his hands, seems to have cOnsld-
cred it his duty to pay anybody and every
body who presented claim against the COM
pany. no matter how excessive and eXorbltant
it might be- provided it had the Tammany
stamp of approval. Having got his position
from the head of Tammany, he seems to nave
worked the receivershp for all it was worth
in the interest of Tammany Hall.
The most OminOus sign above the European
horizon this week is the mobilization OF the
Montenegrin army, which the Prince is re-
ported to have ordered. This may be either a
precautionary OF an aggressive measure. The
design may be to prevent the enlistment Oh
Montenegrins in the ranks of the insurgents or
TO offer direct menace to the Austrian troops
engaged in aueling the revolt in Herzegovina.
| In either view of the case active military pre-
| paratons among the heroic mountaineers must
| be regarded as a direct menace to the peace OF
| Southeastern Europe. There Is no standing
| army in Montenegro, but all the men not phys
ically incapacitated for war are trained as
soldiers and expected to respond to call to
arms. An army of 10000 men can be enlisted
! in a critical emergency. 1t would be body OF
| soldery of the same race as the HerzegOvlnlans
and Dalmatians who are now in revolt against
| the Austrian CONSUMPTION, and would openly
| sympathze with them in their adherence OF
foreign oppression. The diplomatic policy OF
! Vienna has been extremely short-siglred so
! far as the Adriatic Slavs are concerned. 1t
| was Austria which insisted at the Berlin Con-
| gress upon cutting down more than One-halt
| the territorial acquisitions of the principally,
and it was the same Power which openly re-
sisted the determined efforts of England, Italy
and Russia to compel the Porte to surrender
the territory appOrtioned to its victorious
enemy. Montenegro has no reason to be
grateful to Vienna.