New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-31

| There is increasing evidence that Mr.. John Kelly
made a mistake in selecting Mayor Edison rs q
man who knows who is who.' No Democratic
Mayor who knows who Is who" in the TaTmany
sense would ever have interfered with the innocent
recreatious of the most influential class OF Demo
Gratis in the city az Mayor Edison did when be called
the attention uf tine Police Commissioners 10 the pro-
posed Mace-Sade entertainment at the Madison
Sauare Garden. Hundreds of the most active
Democrats in the city in Il state OF indignation
at this interference. There Is beginning to be
great doubt as TO who is who after all.
II @Plungern Walton. OF the St. James Hotel,
should he in any danger Of losing money on bis
reet-cleaning contract he find an easy way OF
getting evenD with the public. He has only to
pcr,uade the Legislature 70 send two three nvss-
ticating committees to his hotel. IL would require
only two OF three with good appetites aud plenty
Of friends to make up for considerable loss on street
sweeping. We presume he would be glad 10 have
legislative investigation of his own contract II he
can have the keeping of The committee.
The Controllers report of the expenses of The
We,tbrook Ward Investigating COMMITTEE OF the
Assembly at the ST. james Hotel in this city shows
that H. took SI58 worth Of wines and liquors to
keen the committee up to what might re called the
inv est eating pitch. Among the wines Margaux,
% Clicouot.n Roederer" and Pommery" are speci-
fed. Probably the next investigating COMMITTEES
that makes headquarters ut the st. James in view OF
tho unpleasant publicity that has been given to
this bill will be more careful what liquors they
order. Hereafter when they order vine they very
likely will whisper to the landlord behind their
hands, Mumm's the " ord"
Life would DO dreary and dull indeed during II ese
Ioug winter months il il were not enlIvenrd Dy TIC
usnal controversy between the Yale and Harvard
bcnt crews as to the terms conditions. etc, upon
which the Varsity race is TO Uo rowed The rare
would be slorn of halt It's interest To the general
pubic if the two shOald pull tho race just as
uther contestants in athletic sports manage theii
affairs. without hICgling over preIimihariss The
pablo canuot but be entertained with horSejOckey
disputes over gentleman's The present con-
troversy il over nothing In particular as usual and
has advanced to the point where donhtS as 10
" hetner the race will come of are expressed. IL
has nearly four mon hs to and there IS time Tor
good deal Of literary a3d scientific jockeyng yet
In the course OF the debate on the Iarlh bill In
the Hunse the other day Mr.. Springer, of Illinois,
mi rnrd he House hat the largest watch manuiac-
tory in The country il located bis district Perhaps
the proposition will be received with dcule as all
the suggestions cOncerniug the uiilizato" VI the
tremendous wntor power of Niagara Falls have
been. hut we s1bmit tuat, considering Springer
elasticity ami bounce bis constituents might make
"A GOOD thing ont OF him. after they get through
furnishing Congress with him. by making hlm I'D INTO
watch springs. Whata nKIn spring bis Jaw would
make for a repeater 10 would never run down