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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-26

crude measures will only afford opportunity for
the Governor to make political capital by the
use of his veto power. But well-cOnsidered
bills, honestly intended to benefit the city, re-
CARELESS of party, will no doubt receive his ap-
proval. The attempt to accomplish too much
in one bill, about which there may be fair diff
ferences of opinion, too often results in failure
Let us have such reforms as all are agreed upon
secured by special bills that cannot be success
fully antagOnized.
For instance, measure to turn into the City
Treasury the enormous profits of the Register
and County Clerk and to reduce the expense to
the city of the Sheriff7s Office ought to become
law before the end of the second week OF the
session. If that were accomplished 1t would
cut off a large item of income in the Democratic
"halls,' and thus weaken the power OF the
bosses. Why should the City of New ] Ork pay
an officer an income large enough to enable HIM
to subscribe $4,000 to the Democratic cam
paigD fund 7 And yet that was the assessment
on the Register; and a similar amount was col
lected from the County Clerk, while the Sheriff
paid $50, 000-making $4,000 which three
city officers contributed to the "halls" for cleo
ton purposes, besides their private expendi-
lures. 1t Is estimated that the Registers office
pays a net income of from 5000 to 100000
year, and yet the taxpayers are obliged to bear
the expenses of cleaning and caring for the
Office and to pay this year 800, $40 for the pres
crvation of the records.
The income of the County Clerk from his
Office is about the same as that Of the Register.
And yet there is an item in the tax levy of
$44,325 for salaries in that Office, besides
$16,S25 for preserving the records, and an
other charge for cleaning and caring for the
office. a somewhat similar state of affairs ex-
lists in the Sherifi-s office. These abuses should
be early and eflectually swept away by the
LeCislatIIre
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-26
NemNprk Daily Gribn11e.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
NETWORK, MONDAY, NOV. &c.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN-The Crown Prince of Germany was
given banquet in Madrid, Spain, yesterday. =-
News was received of the bonbardment Of a NADIA
gascar port by French man-Of-war. = The
graves Of three Fenians in Ireland were visited by
hundreds of persons despite the opposition of the
British Government. - The Emperor Of China,
it was reported had privately instructed the Vice
roy of Marking to begin hOstilities against France
if the French Army attacks Bac-Nin. --- 1t was
stated that the Khedive of Egypt had solicited tho
friendly Offices of England the questions at issue
with Abyssinia
DoMEsuC.--Int facts about the contest
for Speakership in the Assembly are stated by an
Albany correspondent. - Hart was the winner
of the walking match in San Francisco -- An
express train was wrecked the Southern
Pacific Railroad on Saturday by train
robbers; the engineer killed. - A
negro was hanged by a mob in Birmingham, Ala
bama - Three noted thieves were arrested in
Chicago on Saturday. So fire in Calicnte, Col,
destroyed property of the Sumner Mining Company
valued at $4,000.
CRY AND SUBURBAN.-Preparation were COM
pleted for the celebration of Evacuation Day yes
terday the. Governors of Maine, Connecticut
Maryland and New-York arrived TO participate in
the exercises. == The sermon OF thanksgiving
preached century ago by the Rev. John Rodgers,
was read at the Old Brick Presbyterian Church.=
The Rev. Drs. Armitage and Newman preached on
Evacuation Day. - The body of a murdered
girl was found in West Orange N. j. == Pere
Hyacinthe made al address on the Reform in
France"
The WEATHER.-TRIsUNE local observations in
dicate cloudy weather and rain, followed by fair
weather. Temperature yesterday: Highest 4So );
lowest, 43o; average. 45l2e.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-26
MR.. BEECHER ON THE1 TIRE GOLYG.

One of the members of his church having
catechised Mr.. Beecher on his late tendency
toward theatre going, the pastor of Plymouth
appears to have given quite an cracular utter
ance in response. In effect he declined to pro-
nounce a positive opinion on the subject, but
intimatcd somewhat obsCurely belief that
! theatre going was good for those who took no
! harm from it, and vice versa. He himself, he
said, had not gone to theatre until very late
in life, and he had enjoyed it, and it had done
him good, although it had produced in him an
excitement akin to " intellectual intOXicatiOn.'
II may be Inferred from this that Mr.. Beechers
theatre going really has done him good, and
one cannot but desire that some other
worthy men would follow his example.
Indeed il is hard TO understand how any
one can in these days prescribe theatre
going save from the point Of view of prcju-
dice which dcpriyes the opposition of force
For even if the theatre were worse than
il has ever been, il could hardly iniure the
morals of those caSe-hardcncd church members
who spend their days in and about Wall Street
and the Exchanges, or who are in politics,
or who rub shoulders with the wicked
at every street corner. The theatre
docs not teach anybody that it is good and
moral To water stock or TO deal in "puts and
"calls" or to manufacture and manipulate
"ponts" or to pack conventions, or to make
"slatcs," or to put up jobs or to run THEY
Ing bills through the Legislature, or to do any
of the thousand-and-onc ncfarious things which
are being done continually, not on the mimic
stage, but in the real world. If, indeed, the
modern stage did hold the mirror uptO Ma
turo and show Vice her own image it is
not probable that The effect would be injurious,
because upon the stage the final triumph of
Virtue is Il necessary canon.
But the theatre has this great advantage over
the actual world, that whatever appears upon
it is but a simuldcrHm; whereas the i'll deeds
done outside carry in their train real hcart-achc
and grief, and rcmorSc and despair, and ruin.
And none of rs can escape contact with this
wicked world in which so much evil is daily
and hourly transacted We must all 90 out and
take our chance in it. Well for us it, when
nut TO the test, we have some individuality,
formed by personal experience, to fall back
upon; and well for us if we have not been rem
dercd cflemnatc and had the pith taken ont of
Ills by being wrapped in cottonwood during our
homage,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-26
amussmenis Go Might.

.c,nyMy OF MUSES." Faust"
anwYpIcAN INsTITUTE-Exhibitlon. o ,,,.ro,.
AmhS R,pcu's OPERA House, and s-Mlnstrels'
CT.sro-s-" The Beggar Student ro
S0At."noI AN Observation-Disclosures Horses.
THI1y's TTEATKE-s15 s." Dollars and sense ,,..,
DaLs OpEPA House, and some OF the F1nest
s.nTsoS souARR THEATRE-S-' The Ralah-
sngropoI rrAN OPERA HOUSES" ii Trovatore'
sa,n, Sys rs .RDFN-S-" Excelsior" 4.
NEW PARK THEATRE and S-"Ihe strangers oi
Paris" n..-.,.z ,You.no
S1HSn,RD TuEATRE-S-" In the Ranks" -, a.,
TurITRn CoMIoUE-2 and g." Cordelas AspITanu09hs'
ItI.It, TuEATRE-2-" Beggar Student"-S-" LII.
iISoS SQUARE THEATRES" Storm Beaten
WaILtCK's THEATRES" Moths" -,
an AygSUF THEATRES" Mighty Dollar
STn AVENUE THEATRES" Monte Crfst0."
1ATu STRET THEATRES" Fedora
Dan STREET THEATRE-2 and S-Minstrels
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-26
HnHSnNrS CHnLcE

! Captains of industry in this country have not
much reason 10 exercise themselves about the
prospects of this or that Democratic candidate
for Speaker. The candidates are all Democrats.
Also they are all ambitious politicians. He
who fancics that any one of them is likely to DO
faithful to the interests of American industry
forgcts that they are all Democrats. He who
fancics that any one of them, if elected, will
do unlimited mischief before the Presidential
election, forgcts that they are all ambitious and
hungry politicians. They want the Democratic
party to win next year. and therefore, We may
be reasonably sure, will not cut its throat by
any extreme and irrcyoCable folly this winter
one can safely calculate that the average Dem
ocratic politician will manifest great looscncss
of mouth at this period, for are there not Con-
gressional constitucncic, to be kindlcd with adj
miration and zeal ? But one can also safely cal
cuate that the leading Democratic politician if
he rises above very low level in capacity will
struggle to bottle up his party as far rs hc
can.
There are some manufacturers and other cap
italists who conceive that Mr.. Randall will do
wonders rs q defender of their interests. 1t is
as well to remember that Mr. Randall also is a
Democrat The buzz of the Presidential bee is
not entirely unknown to his ears. He has not
the slightest notion OF resisting his party in any
open or effective way. One of the most danger
Gus tariff bills ever framed -onc which brought
manufacturers to Washington by the hundred,
and elected the most enthusiastic approval from
the organs of British induStry-was framed by
Mr.. Fernando Wood, and Mr.. Wood was selected
for chairman of the Committee Of Ways and
Means by this same Mr.. Randall. lie would
like, just now, to have the industries of tho
country consider that their continued existence
depends upon his holding them up by the tail
But ne is likely to drop anything and every
thing, from his years salary down to hot po-
tato, if it be necessary to secure or to retain ia
vor with his Democratic associates. A Repub-
lican President is considerably more important
this year, as a defender of industry, than any
Speaker that the Democrats arc at all likely to
elect.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-26
WHAT FRANCE NEEDS

Pere Hyacinthe has followed DR.. Tyngs ex-
ample in giving New-York audience the ben
eft of his reflections on the political state of
France. In contrasting the tendencies Of Re-
publicanism there and here. he confirms the
American clerGmans conclusion that the
greatest danger to French democracy arises
from atheism and demagOgism. Mr.. Matthew
Arnold not long ago gave a complete expression
to the same idea, when he declared that the Re
public had lucidity without seriousness and
needed morality more than anything else. The
intelligence of the people is never at fault but
it is not accompanied by earnestness of purpose,
sense of reverence for the principles of au-
thority in civil and political institutions, and
seriousness in subjecting systems of govern
ment to practical tests. Pore Hyacinthe does
not analyze this radical want of the French peo-
pie, but takes pains to compare the different
conditions of the two Republics. He seems to
imply that is easier for democracy to work out
its own salvation here than in his own country,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-26
4 GRArE LEGLSLATITE RESpONSLRLLLrY

4 GRAVE LEGiSLAIITE RESPONSIBILITY.
The necessity for a revision of the special
laws affecting this city is admitted alike by
Democrats and Republicans Tho Municipal
Government is now wastcful, extrayagant and
corrupt. A tax rate this year of 81 27 will be
increased next year to at least So 90. And for
this additional burden the taxpayers will receive
no benefit. II represents stralngs, populations,
frauds and a generally loose administration of
the departments. This increased burden bears
Oppressively on the poor. 1t causes high rents
and reduces wages by decreasing the returns on
investments. 1t keeps away manufactures.
Capitalists cannot afford to pay One-half their
net returns to maintain the Municipal Govern.
mcnt. And in various other ways it rctards the
growth and prosperity of the city.
TO check these growing evils and institute
reforms, the people look to the Legislature.
Grand JuTics may expose and indct wrong
doors, but as long as the system, irresponsible
and ineffective, remains in existence rs the re-
suit of bad laws, there will be no lasting reform.
Heretofore, it has been difficult and almost i'm
possible to secure the passage at Albany of good
laws affecting New-YOrk. The representatives
of this city are generally the offspring of "halls'
and the agents of extreme partisans and Job
bers, while the rural legislators are ignorant of
our needs, and by the time they secure the nee
essary information the legislative session is
too far gone to accomplish anything. Under
these circumstances Il peculiar responsibility
will rest upon the incoming Republican Legis-
lature. The members should at once prepare
themselves for tho ordeal. The passage Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-26
gnoe. to Advertisements.
Business Notices.
"ALpERNEY BRAND

Buy always CoSpENsEp -1I-
GREAT SALE OF PALETOTS AND D0LMANs
covered with most fashionable materials SILK ana Furned
FurIrimmed
Prices Reduced . .,
from $40 S25 from $40 to 1872 VIII sell garmen's
$50 for $40 s65 garments foF $32 on, 30 gaen''
To $50 SlUO garments reduced 10 $50 - o,, r,odo In
These elegant wraps are the moS & NV other bouse
the mhrke" anu pi00' ~ P o. O. SHAME los Prlncest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-26

Controller Knox in his annual report on the
currency and kindred topics dcvOtes consider
able space to discussing means OF preventing
the National banks from suileringtoO much from
the calling in of the bonds on which their cir
culation is based. He suggests several plans,
but evidently favOrs most the idea OF offering
inducements to the holders of long bonds to cX-
change these securities for three per cents to
mature in "a years. OF course the holders Of
these long bonds would haveto be paid bonus
for exchanging them but Mr.. Knox does not
think this would necessarily be very large. The
Controllers plan certainly would relieve the
banks greatly and for some time. But after all
"a years is not long, and we shall need basis
for National bank circulation long after 1907.
1t would be much better, if possible, to devise
some plan now which would be the Govern
ments permanent policy in this important
uI1ttpr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-26

In several pulpits in this city yesterday
Evacuation Day was the theme of the preach
er's discourse. The sermon which will, perhaps,
attract the most notice was the one read by the
Rev. Henry j. Van Dyke, jr., pastor off the Brick
Presbyterian Church. 1t was the same preached
BY the Rev. Dr.. John Rodgers a hundred years
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-26

1t appears that the participants in the "Garceon
steal - in Maine and their sympathizers are still
worried, four years after the event. about their
share in it, and go about hunting for what vim
dCation they can get. Ex-Governor Plaisted, who
edits paper in Augusta, has been printing an
alleged letter by Ex-Governor Israel Washbum,
jr., now dead, which was construed as n declara-
ton that there was room for " fair difference of
opinion about the Garcelon frauds, although it
referred not to the frauds but to the methods
of dealing with them. great parade was made
of the letter. only with this object but because
it contained a hostile allusion to Mr.. Blaine The
publication of such letter. even if it be genuine,
after the death of the writer, in the hope of ln-
juring or annoying living person, is a gross
offence against good taste. 1t will do no harm in
Maine, where Mr.. Blaine's services in leading the
long and often discouragng fight against the
" GarCelon steal we'll appreciated. 1t hap
pens fortunately, however, that Congressman
BOutele, the vigorous editor of The Bangor Wing,
had preserved q number of letters written TO him
by Ex-Governor Washburn during the Fusion
test. Those are published, and show the
Governor TO have been unsparing in his denuncia-
ton of the whole conspiracy. In his honest indig
nation, no went so far as TO call the conspirators
rasoals 5" aud their work "deviltry," and was
full Of suggestions Of methods for fighting them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-26

Friends and foes of the Life Saving Service
will take notice that during the last fiscal year
the organization rather more than paid for it.
self, even from financial point of view. The
amount of property imperilled by marine DIS
aster was $7,176,540. Of this only 81, 564, 74O
was lost. The lives endangered in the same
disasters were 1892, and 3,777 were saved.
Figures like these speak for themselves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-26

In the light of the laundering Investigations made
by the Long Island authorities into the Maybec
murder, the extraordinary antics Of the detectives
engaged in the Rose Amber affair appear tame
and even sensible. But why has not Doyle, the sus-
pcctcd man, who made to speak in the old mans
hearing that his voice might betray him, and to look
upon the dead women that his rcmorso might be
aroused TO convict him, been subjected to the all
convincing hot-ploughshare test of guilt or nno-
cence7 Evidently the Coroner does not know his
duty-nor much else.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-26

A letter from our Albany correspondent calls
attention to the large number of Republican
members elect of the Assembly who aspire to
the position of Speaker. There are at least half
a dozen gentlemen who nourish tins entirely
legitimate ambition, and it would be hard to
tell which has the best chance of election. This
is only another proof of the great freedom of
action which now prevails in the Republican
party in this State. In past years there have
often been several candidates in the field for the
Speakership of the Assembly when the Rcpub-
lean party was in the majority at Albany; but
too often one of them was so backed up by in
fluence that his election was practically dictated
to the Assembly. But this year each candidate
has to win the honor 1t is especially noted
that there is no Administration candidate and
none who is backed by faction. This is all
highly gratifying to Republicans, who desire to
see the wishes of a majority of the party rule
in all things, both great and small
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-26

press OF ~ BTOOkiyH Ed1tc. truthful cut or the
Bridge serves fronts piece, and the record is
made complete by list of the trustees and officers
The volume preserves in an excellent form Mr.
Iewitt's thoughtful Grafton. It is well worth that
preservation for thoro is in print plcasanter his
tory Of this triumphant child Of engineering
science
The honest people of ST. Louis have become
greatly alarmed over the recent exposure made of
the corruption that exists in the government of that
city, Law and Order League has been organized
for the purpose of securing TO the city an honest
local government The trouble in ST. Louis appears
to be of a character similar to that existing in New
York. 1t all springs from the neglect of an intclli
gent element of the community to discharge the OBJ
legations of citizenship. A large number
of persons fail to vote or take part
in political movements except when aroused
by the exposure of such fraud and dishonesty as
has recently been laid bare in st. Louis, or as
alarmed New-York after the Tweed Ring dis
closures. 1t appears that not much over One-half
the voters of ST. Louis cast their ballots at the last
election. In Ncw-York not over twO-thirds of the
voters participated in the recent election. The
same spirit of indifference is manifest in the move
ment to rcOrganize the Republican party of this
city. 1t is the only opportunity that has been
offered in long time to the better class of voters
to take an effective part in the control
of nominations for municipal offices. Yet
in the registration so far only a comparatively
small percentage of the Republicans have enrolled
their names. It is true that the number is large
enough to make the reorganization movement u
great success but that is due to the fact that in
the old district associations the active membership
was rdculouSly small. Enough Republicans
ought to register between the hours of / and 10
p. IN. tomorrow to double the number now on the
rolls. If Republicans will only stop for moment
to consider the Importance of this movement they
will not neglect to enroll their names.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-26

ago at Thanksgiving service held III 0''
Georges Church, in Beekman-st, to commeno-
rate the departure of the British forces from this
CITY. II was listened to in 1888 by General
Washington, Governor Clinton and other prom
inent men of the day. An extract which IL
Illustrates its general character will be 1ouhu
elsewhere in this impression.
The robbery of an express tram near V"s0
Station, on the Southern Pacific road, on oa'ur-
day, was remarkably bold and strangely sue
cessful. 1t was not undertaken late at nlgh''
but only late in the afternoon, when travellers
have their wits about them or at least close a.
hand. The robbers, said to be cowboys,
were not more than half dozen. surrey
the passengers were at all numerous ana Oh 'no
usual bravery they ought to have gwen ,noSo
fellows warm reception. They seem " nav
been quite submissive throughout, however
for even after the robbery was commilteu inc
robbars fingered around the wreck until nlght'
Aside from the losses of the passengers ana the
death of the engineer, the affair is unfortunate
II cost the COWBOYS so little trouble that they
will be apt to try it again some time.
The lace industry is one that we know little
or nothing about in this country but III France
It is a most valuable business, which owes Its
rise and success to Colbert, the great protection
ist. Two hundred and fifty thousand people III
the Republic are engaged in it, and its products
are valued at about $2O,000,O00 annually. IL
is to this industry that Mr.. Robert 7. Porter
devotes his letter from France printed this morn
ing. All the facts which it contains are interest
;no but nrobob1v none will strike the general
reader so strangely as those which show the dlf-
ference in condition between the women who
wear the lace and those who make it. wearlt
is luxury beyond the reach of all except the
rich ; yet the women who weave it barely earn
80 cents day for their work. Those who weave
the most expensive kinds do not average prob
ably % cents.
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