New-York tribune., 1885-02-28
asked to sink more money where it Is hke'y u
GET no return, even in thanks

Nohodv doubts that some of the city depart
ments ought to be better housed. Many Oh 'he
courtrooms are badly ventilated ana unpieas,
antlv situated. If it had been intended 10 XIII
ffiudges and iurymen by foul air or draugnts
thew could not have been better designed 1or the
nurpose. Moreover, the Hall OF Records Is a
frstrap. Recorder Smyth's hint to the Grand
Jury yesterday to make presentmeh' aoou.
the matter may have good effect. Inc pIeson.
Legislature is Republican, and naturally decent
thugs are expected of it. Possibly IL couiu
give us new building for the preservation oi
deeds and other valuable documents II 1t were
properly aroused to the necessities OF the case'
We are glad to note that the Democratic clans
are already preparing to start for Washington
to see the fun on the Fourth of March. Indeed.
we advise them all to go, both young and old,
bosses and "heelers." This will be the first
Democratic Inauguration in a quarter OF
century, and, as it may be the last' they
would better make the most OF it. All the same
some of the more respectable OF them ougho 10
stand allttle on the ordering OF their going' anu
be careful whom they make the journey
with. There is Mayor Grace, Tor instance.
Everybody would be sorry to see him starting
off in the same car with Hubert o. Thompson
or ed" Kearney. Is it not true that man Is
known by the company he keeps u
The Bridge Trustees wisely postponed action
on the bill prepared by their Committee on
Legislation, the full text OF which IS gwen
to the readers of tOday's TRIBUNE In another
column. The only part OF the bill hkeiy 10
provoke severe criticism is that providing Ior
the extension of the Bridge Railway along
Washington-st. nearly to the Brooklyn Oly
Hall. The objections to this plan we set forth
Yesterday. The opposition to 1t is daily making
itself more manifest on the other side OF the
river, and it should not be hastily approved.
The delay will allow public opinion to be ex-
pressed fully and forcibly, and then the Board
of Trustees and the Legislature can act with
full knowledge of all the facts bearing on this
subject.
The trial of Police Captain Williams has re-
sulted-as every one familiar with the inner
machinery of politics and of the Police Depart
meat expected it would-in the dismissal OF the
charges by vote of three to One-General fltz
John Porter standing alone in the opinion that
the CAPTAIN was seriously blameworthy. THE
warrior Of the Twenty y-ninth Precinct and the
warrior Of the Second Bull Run have never
wasted any affection on each other, and Com
missioner Porter and Commander Williams are
not likely, hereafter, to cooperate with any
more unity and harmony than did General
Porter and General Pope some twenty years or
more ago. Pehaps the majority OF peace
loving citizens will feel more sympathy with
the Captain than with the Commissioner. The
mighty Nova Scotan, whose exploits have
made him a terror to the criminals OF New
York, has often swung his ponderous club with
too little thought of where it struck. But he
has made life and property conspicuously safe
in his precinct. Possibly he will devote him
self with more zeal to enforcing the gambling
and excise laws, now that he has his precinct
thoroughly in hand. He must feel gratified by
the fact that General Porter's Democratic
colleague in the Police Board voted In favor OF
the Republican Captain. But this trial is likely
to have some important consequences. Big
shadows of coming events are approaching the
marble building in Muberry-st.