New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-18

II is the complaint of Kentucky and New-Jersey
| Democratic politicians that so-calei KentucIlans
| and Jerssymen who secure offices under the new
| Administration Kentuckians and Jerseymen
only by brevet. The grievance Is even wider In APP
plIcation. since Generals Jackson and Lawton, who
were appointed TO foreign missions appear to be
United states citizens by brcyet only. In fact tho
| Administration itself scons to be a sort Of brevet
| Democratic affair.
| The ClreIand Plain Dealer DEM wants the
President :" to swing OH " tho Republican party IN
| the same 1rm manner in which he executed the
extreme penalty of the law while. no was Sheriff.
IL is rather ungracious of a newspaper whose editor
is seeking n post-onice appointment to recall those
by-gone days But il to be hoped that thore will
be no similar increase in charges nor any lengthcn
| ing of the calendar to make o03 days III one
year.
! Senator Lansing Is n man small in stature, but
he sits heavily on the Assembly resolution providing
for final adjournment. One of these DAYS he may
discover that it is loaded with dynamite or
something worse. when he will jump of in double
quick order.
with the splendid chance for rumpus now In the Old
World us pity that Blaine Is not III position 10 turn
| the American eagle loose Galveston News
No observation could be more just than this
| With such foreign policy as Mr. Blame would es-
tablish there would be no question of the bonehts
| that would accrue to America in the deplorable
event of a European There will be many
combinations of circumstances within the next
| four years TO make it a matter OF regret that
statesman has not charge of the American eagle
| instead of the present plnchbeck imitation.
| The character of tho Ohio Legislature, under
Democratic ascendency. is indicated by the testl-
mony of one of the members before an Investigate
| ing committee that he received an offer or l,OOO
10 vote for George II. Pendleton for Senator 1t is
in order to ask what the other man paid.
The projectors of the Storm King Bridge across
| the Hudson River are asking the Massachusetts
! Legislature to guarantee the interest on the
So 600 900 of capital required to build the struct-
ure They assert that the enterprise is public
requirement for that State and that IL will earn
handsome profit. If this last assertion had sound
basis the projectors would not need to be seeking
guarantee Oh their bonds. There is plenty of un-
employed capital eager for Investment in enter
prlses that promise good return. The true lOca-
ton for such bridge Is Poughkeepsie.
| So the Legislature ~ going 10 tackle whiskey
| Well, the members need not have made so much
I noise about it. The remarkable course OF some OF
them has led TO n sort Of general belief that they
have already tackled whiskey moro than was good
either for themselves or tho public
The Brooklyn Aldermen would do we'll to pass
the proposed ordinance to regulate the storage aud
inspection of rags bones, ETC., which Italians are
accustomed to collect. These articles should not
be stored except in certain designated places.
With the prospects of cholera coming. too much
care cannot be taken to prevent the possibility OF
q spread of the infection by the accumulation OF
filthy substances, especially In the tenement-house
districts where the Italian colonies exist.
Tho Wisconsin Legislature passed-a high license
law which Is already popular throughout that
State. The Pennsylvania Legislature has before 1t
n similar bill. The Nevada Legislature passed
law imposing fine Of $50 and imprisonment on
anyiperson who treats" in q BARRON. number
of other Legislatures have passed this year bills to
restrict the evils Of intemperance. But the New