New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-05

Of great citses. with every growth ofgreat cities
tho problem concerning the management ~ the ehhns
and dangerous classes increases In Importance aud CONF
pexty. IL has been tho nOtOriOu hstOry ~ worlA
that the masslng OF men adds vastly tO The ~
temptations to vice Much AZ 1t stimulates enterprise
ments Of civilization. BosOn has only onesxt Of Ia
population but possesses half Of the criminals Of Massa
chusetts New-York has only as many iLbabi'ants az
the state Of Name but its government costs time,
as much and is seven times less effective Mao
largest cities al the mouth OF the Hudson ana
| you have not made London. But II Is newt
able that ultimately Ncw-YOrk viii he ~ large Lon
don with population In the United states four t.rnes
large that OF Great Britain there might easily IL
What do we DO with New-York nowi what should we ds
with IT, when land Is full, II we 10 depend a.
1cient churchcsi A despotlsm may rough grind iis
sahres and ride down mob. but Republic under
universal suffrage must govern by count OF head,
and cack Of tongues !. But Empire
State in commerce as she Is New York ia pEmisrs
ions on and near Manhattan Island Concentrsta ns
tseven largest cities the mouth of the Hudson and
they will not make city as large az another century
OF NewYork the entirely Reckless municipal fashions n
Chicago and San Francisco and OF the rest OF
mixture in the words OF Shake.peare's witches In
Macbethr Round about the caldron CO." etc.
II Is true that Newly 0rk Is not America In the sense Ia
"whch London is England, Paris is France Our or
gnizaoD resembles that Of the old North Italian Repub
lies OF or modern Germany We snail nave several great
cities, each of which will lie tho metropolis Of large
population There are likely to De an Atlantic Lake.
a Gulf or Pacific metropolis They are coming thess
cities, giant Calibans ALL excellent servants Of eivi.zs
tom each have It's Ariel but no Ars a. yet haa lad
spells potent enough 10 sway the New-l YORK Calban
infant though he L. Where are the Arels for hundred
Cabans who. without Ares, are hardly 10 DC expected
To make mellow music OF me aHesi -, -
The remedy FOR municipal nlsruie under a broad
suffrage Is problem Of international interest America
il solving It for all free nations Efficient aid will.
doub 0e found IN its solution from the application Of
the rules OF CiYil Service reform To- Clues the govern
ment OF great part by police appointed by tho
state the restoration OF tho reading test for the suffrage
to the c1a%pe o Brookyn the aetvy Of ING
citizens law and order leagues But no measure nor
lttta NJ
the arousal OF Church and School To the most aggressive
effort the eAirpaiion OF teracy IN the voting popua
tons the complete overthrow and proatratOn OF the
viii arise potcal dangers not only in the municipal and
hut also Ia the national field; aud OF these Of
partisan spois We have now about 900 appontiys
offices AS We double population three times cen
tury. We shall have 200 coo aud 100000 VII
the Victor, in poca contests We must spoil the sp,.
tYstem or u Will spoil u.s. Compared Wltb future Amer
pos Cesar Antony and Lepdus were schoolboys play
Ing with marbles.
Tgs NEED OF A SCIENTIFIC. BIBLICAL AND PRAC-
TICAL CHURCH.
The humiatons OF the American Church in the con-
hic with slavery should make forever clear the fact that
under the voluntary system, the vices OF the powerful
part OF society easily spread into the Church. and that
most easy all Is the infection OF the commercial vices
But while there fears, there hopes In 1900 the
proportion OF church members 10 our whole population
one 10 fifteen; now 1t is rs one To i've Compe-
ton encourages preenee ard also the exposure OF pre-
In this work the higher American press the best
representative Of the American people. has earned
good name for itself at home and almost gwen the Ma
ton bad abroad. Publicity, in America, 10 the
chief penalty OF and crime not easily visited
by legal punishment Democratic manners are not dig
nifcd but they Oleraby transparent, whether good
bad We have carried civilization more rapidly
toward the setting sun than any Nation has ever done
before In her settlements the question IA whether
man Is efficient rather than whether he mas Dianeess
antecedents. standards OF Judgment TO character
have been made lax while have conquered the wilder
ness Undoubtedly when America Is older and ths
land fuller society will DO more e1acting Tor II VIII cos?
IN history. AS IN recent there has been demand
for tho diffusion OF liberty property, and intelligence,
there will be demand for tho diffusion OF c0nscien
tousness; and there will slowly. and through much
anguish OF the supply foresee great day fOr
scientific, biblical and practical Church Wordsworth
talked of an aristOcracy. II will not come. Carlyle
talks of government OF the test 1t cannot be elected
Soon the Church and true Church will be all the hops
OF the world IL will the world by goodness and
by truth; practice and by doctrines also. The Church
needed by American future must be scientific, biblical
and practical.