New-York tribune., 1884-01-23
does strike us that tho provision fixing the mini
mum of punishment fails to provide for enough
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lashcs.
The Boston Adrsiisr asks for the Suspension OF
Judgment" on the City of Columbus disaster. The
request invites the comment that rule suspen-
sion of Judgment in such cases continues until
they have well nj IN passed ont of the public mind.
The consequence is that when the judgment is e1-
ercised nothing comes Of it.
A bill has been introduced in the Legislature hav-
ing for its object the establishment OF a uniform
standard of time throughout the State. Last year
a bill was presented which provided that New-YOrk
City time should be tho legal standard time fo the
State. 1t passed the Senate, but failed in the As
sembly. The present act amends the Revised
Statutes so that the standard time throughout the
State shall be that of the seyenty-ifth smeridian
of longitude west from Greenwich, by which all
courts and public Offices, and all legal or official
proceedings, shall hereafter be regulated" In the
western portion of the State iere is demand for
the passage Of the measure, since the people out
there run their watches by the standard time and
yet have TO appear in official proceedings, at public
offices, ETC.. by local time.
The Republican Congressional Committee only
needs to proceed az well it has begun to perform
great services for the party during this year, when
there is so much to be dOue that needs to be done
faithfully and we'll The selection of General Haw-
ley for chairman, and Edward Mcpherson for sccre-
tary could not he improved upon. They possess
the confidence of the entire party as well as the
requisite abilities aud experience. And tho same is
true of the Executive Committee.
Mr. s. S. Cox spoke of the iron-clad oath as 81 rot.
ten remnant of one of the buttresses of arbitrary
powern Mr. Cox will at glance that rotten
remnant is not as well sustained an ALTERATION in
r as Railways ready relief. And since rotten rem
nant as de crptiye Of the ron-clad oath has nothing
TO recommend it bat its ALTERATION, being from any
other point OF view silly, Mr.. Cox should see the
desirability of asking permission of the House to
Withdraw the remark for repairs. As it stands 1t IS
as nane a winter sunbeam ever attempted TO fire
the southern heart.
Democracy on significant occasions achieves great
success at one notable thing. 1t manages to prove
to the satisfaction Of Intelligent that its fer
vent devotion to Reform is nothing moro serious
than an exercise in buncOmbe. just now 1t puts
forward The 1ibdHy ArgaS to sneer at the leglsla-
tive investigation Of the departments of this city
as n drag-uet proceeding" The trouble with
those for whom The irYas speaks is that they en-
tertain a well-gr ,undcd fear that when the drag
net comes to be examined it will be found that
number of very fshy party brethren have been
caught i'll it.
Three bills in regard 70 the Brooklyn Bridge have
already been introduced into the Legislature, and
others are promised. One of them proposes to
make the Bridge free to fOot-passengerS. There Is
much greater need for reduction of the excessive
fare now charged at all hours of the day on the
cars. Five cents is a hgh figure for ride OF one
mile A still more important change, and one
which ought to meet at once with the favorable
consideration Of the Legislature, is that in regard
to the control of the Bridge. The present cumber-
some Board of Trustees has long Outlived its use
fulness 1t should give place to a body like that
proposed III the bill introduced by Assemblyman
Mason.