New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-14

Is this the reason why the new Democratic
Commissioner of Pensions wanted to put Miss
Sweet out of her place General Sweet, her
father, was the man, it seems, who foiled the
attempt of Jacob Thompson and lot OF other
traitors to rescue the prisoners at Camp Doug
las in 1864. Was not the lowering OF the Stars
and Stripes honor enough for Thompson Or
was it thought necessary that Miss Sweet
should also be offered up as sacrifice to his
memory
The setting aside of hall in the Metr0poli-
tan Museum of Art to be known henceforth as
The Poets Corner was graceful act on the
part of the trustees. Sd long as we have no
State Church we shall have no Westminster
Abbey; and better place, therefore, for a
collection of memorials to American poets and
writers than the Museum of Art could hardly
be found. The first monument to be dedicated
there will be that of Edgar Allan Poe, on Sat-
urday evening, May 4.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin has cut an I'M
fortunate figure ever since the visit of the
Prince of Wales to Ireland was proposed.
First, he declared that he would not hoist the
flag in honor of the occasion then he apollo
gized for having said so. And yesterday, when
the crowd Kissed him. he lost his temper and
his dignity, and then foolishly called on the
crowd to cheer Mr.. Parnell. The response was
not hearty-not but that the crowd probably
had great admiration for Mr.. Parnel. That
goes without saying. But the lrishmen were
not to be conjured by the magic of his name
into approving the Lord Mayors antics
The good luck of the public and the managers
of the elevated railways continues. 10 is hard
to understand why tho collision at Pine and
Cedar SITS. did not result moro disastrOusy;
but it is easy to see how the accident occurred.
The engineer OF the incoming tram caught the
signal of the brakeman on the train before
him; but as ne had just rounded the curve he
had no time to stop. Plainly there should have
been Waterman at the curve to warn him as
he approached the bend. The manager of the
road must have known that the new changes at
Chatham Square would make delay along the
line toward South Ferry, and extraordinary
precautions against precisely what has occurred
should have been taken.
If much more of the excise money goes to
swell pension funds there will be little loft
presently to pay over TO the charitable asso-
Citations which the city is bound to help sup
port Twenty-Five per cent CT it was recently
ordered by the Legislature to be given to the
Police Pension Fund, and now both houses
have just passed the bill to grant 10 per cent
more to the fremen. This sounds well, but
practically it is taking cash out Of the city
treasury. When the excise money fails to meet
the legal demands of the charitable societies
the taxpayers must meet the deficiency. 1t may
be all right to pension both fremcn and police
men literally; but it is just as well that the
fact should be known that to do so Is to add to
the city's burden of taxation.
Really Mr.. Bayard ought to curb his preju-
dices against colored men. In private life he
Ia at liberty to indulge in them If he thinks
they are graceful or becoming; but as Secre-
tary of State this Nation does not expect him to
CRAFTY his personal feelings at the expense of
the public welfare. Yet, unless he is sadly
misudged man. he is just now trying his best
to prevent Mr.. G.. w. Williams, confirmed
Minister to Hayti by the Senate on Match 2, from
continuing ia Office, for no apparent reason
except that MIR. Williams Is negro. If there
are charges against the Minister certainly
Mr.. Williams should be informed what they
IRE. He Is as much entitled to consideration OF