New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-22
rpxy WORK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY, MARCH p. 1882

cbnsets Bureau OF Statistics Is at ali the report
of eys witnesses but il confessedly compila-
ton from other reports-those OF Consus, etc. mr.
Portes statements on the other band, are those OF
a competent, honest investigator, written on tne
spot after visit made solely to get the facts ana
hanpered by no instructions save the simple one
Of giving facts as he finds them. To far-minneu
people The petty malice of Free Traders VIII appear
no whit worse than the recklessness OF news
paper which, the strength OF an Old report ~
second hand, imDutes Intentional falsehood 10 q
| sincere and eaInest gentleman.
| Theodore Winthrop immortalized the baked
beans of Maine logging camps, but 1T has been ieit
TO the little town Mason in the same State TO pro-
duce dish which NAV be regarded as the triumph
Of the bean. Every town Office has been filled with
a BraD-ssven Beans all in official pod. The
citizens mag not be- learDed-they evidently know
nothing o. PythagoraPs MAXIM fdbis dbsfInete-
but they do know beans. Let Boston's bean pots
hide their heads. Mason must be recognized as the
sprouting place of all beans
Thales S. Bliss, who now occupies the seat IN the
Legislature TO which Henry l.. Sprague was eiecten,
il evidently as ignorant he is politically d'shon-
est I'm his letter to THE TRIBUNE, In which he
attempts to apologize for his occupancy OF stolen
seat. he says that three indisputaole Iacts
should forever close the mouths OF all
honest Republicans" The first aud prnclpai
fact" no states as follows: The scandal
Gus Qrrrymanderng of the Alllth Assembly,
District by Republican LEGISLATURE; to follow us
devious boundaries would puzzle the best city sur
vevorD This ridiculous fals,hood Mr.. Bliss has
the effrontery to cali an iudispu able fact" The
Assembly districts in this city are apportloned Dy
the Boarl of Aldermen and not by tbs Legislature
The "scanda GUS gerrymander" TO which Mr.. Bliss
refers WAS made by tn, Democr tic Board oil
Aldermen less than four years ago. and that eminent
| patrIot Billy Sauer, now chairman or the lam
many Hall General Committee, was the chairman
of the Boaro Of Supervisors wen Ii made the APP
portionment Among thu other eminent Democrats
then 10 the Board who voted for this "scdndaous
verrymandrr" were Patrick keenan,. now
| County Clerk a1d Thomas Carroll now an
! Alderman. AS all the Iammany Alder
men voted for this particular measure 1T must
have been adopteI with the approval of John
Kelly To attack in this " scandalOus" way tine
man aud the organic ltlon which has given him
what little uOtoriety he has before the public Is Tor
Mr. Bliss TO add to his bal reputation that "basest
of all crimes" nqratitude. 1t must occur to Mr
Kelly that Iammany Hall has more than wasted IT'S
efforts In behalf OF Mr. Bliss Is 1t not about ume
for the discl plining committee to begin WORK.
There are two considerations worth noting IN con-
nection with the tragedy in the Vienna Flats One
obvious moral, emphasized by almost every MURDER
is that the penalty for carrying concealed weapons
should be made more severe In most ARRAYS
knock-dOwn blow ia tue heaviest punishment
needed Ii is ONLY the suggestive presence OF a
weapon that induces In this par tcular case
Mr. Conklng was not CON el!ed 10 remain a target
for atue tes H cou,d have retired ir IN the ROOM
aud doubtless would have done so had bis revolver
not been ready to his hand. T.is deplOra6le afair
should also impress upon the landlords OF nat
houses the necess ~ for strcter supervision OF the
character of their tenants. Life IN lighthouses IL
becoming the rue rather than the exception ana III
the close crowdng which TINS brings about II Is
more than ever ESSENTIAL TO reputable families that
sueh RELATIONS as those disclosed the Vienna Flats
should not be allowed