New-York tribune., 1883-03-07
now on some of the Commissioners which ne
formerly had.


Yesterday the Hon. John Eagan was denied
the privilege of standing on the floor or the
New-Jersey House Of Assembly, where ne nao
once presided as Speaker. This is drama'W
episode in the bribery investigation which las
been conducted for fortnight past In ireh'on'
1t can hardly be considered as the closing ac''
however, for the House voted to reler 'ho
testimony taken to the Grand Jury OF Essex
County, and If there is an indictment, 1ohoweo
by searching prosecution, sterner puilSh-
ment may await the unfortunate statesman.
For the credit of New-Jersey it is to DE hopeo
that the ex-Speaker may establish his innocence
in court. Bribery is an ugly kind OF felony
and especially so for one who has occupied
position of eminence in the councils Oh Ills
State.
II ia we'll understood that the power OF po-
icemen in this city for evil Is not limited 10 the
improper use of the club. If they choose-they
eau damage regulations as well as heads. In
view of these facts we shall watch with IN
terest q case soon to be decided in the York
vile Police CouIt. A woman who seems to De
respectable is charged ny the police with Keep
ing disorderly resort. Such evidence as there
is against her is not strong, and it is offset by
testimony which is in every way worthy OF
belief. Back of it all appear certain ponce
men of the Twenty-frst Precinct who have
grudges against the defendant. Plainly, this
looks like case of revenge. Justice Herr
man will do we'll to weigh the evidence Oeiore
him with even more than his usual cautioh'
1t is hard enough at best Tor respectap'e
women to earn a living In this city without
being obliged to struggle against evil influences
armed with policeman's club.
The coroners jury in the case of the chill
dren who were killed in the Fourth Street
Roman Catholic School disaster have ex-
pressed themselves wit h extraordinary and ex-
asperating mildness. They merely find that
the building was not large enough to accom-
modate 700 children, and they think that there
should have been hand-rails on both sides Oh
the stairways Then the suggestion Is made
that trustworthy persons should empey the
ashes and that the Board of Education should
appoint somebody to drill all children IN IeaV-
ing school buildings quickly. III private
schools wanted this officer to stir them ZIP,
in the opinion of the jurors they might
ask him to do it. Certainly nobody's feel
ipgs will be hurt by the result OF this In
yestigation. There is not q word OF censure
for any one and yet the managers of the school
knew what danger the children we're in; or, II
they did not know 1t, their ignorance was their
own fault. In either case their responsibility for
the accident is clear, and it should have been
brought home to them in way which would
insure reform not only in this but in all
other parochial and private schools of The city.
The suggestion about more hand-rails in ;he
starways is absurd. The passages referred to
are SO narrow now in some places that two per-
sons cannot easily descend abreast. Janitors,
of course, should be trustworthy persons who
will be careful of fire and hot ashes-that Is to
say, they should have common sense. what
good would a drill-master do7 Teachers
in cur public schools already are drilling
the pupils carefully and if the drill-master
waited to be asked to visit paroclial schools he
would wait a long time before he made any
calls The managers would never let him in
as long as they could keep him out. On the
whole, the verdict is singularly and painfully