New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-01


The President has been de Dicted by his admirers
as another Dogenes ransncking New-fork for an
honest man whom he could make Collector of the
Port. Bnt why did he ask Thompson to hold the
lantern and point out the honest mani
The Erening Post has succeeded in clonding the
subject of Civil Service reform with so dense an
atmosphere OF ncbulous haze that anything like
definite statement in its column, ha, tho effect of
startling surprise. Its reasons for approving oi tho
nomination for Collector of the Por; are unintcl-
ligbe the chief apparently being that he is
utterly unknown. and consequently must he great
improvement upon his imned ate predecessors, Mr..
Arthur General Merritt aud Judge Robertson. But
the new Surveyor of the Port il has hesitation in
commenting most positively an ideal man FOR the
place Mr. Bcattie il says. has precisely the quail
fcations needed 10 make him valuable ohccr
Here then IL SOMETHING tangible. The ideal Civil
Service conducted strict business principles ana
as efficient II is non partisan, is to be recruited
with the Beattie class. And who Is Beattef
young stcnographer who made himself useful to
Commissioner Thompson and the former Corpora
ton Counsel and in return for political service re-
ceivel n minor municipal Office. An ambitious
machine politician inexperienced in public affairs.
aud without even Custom House clerk knowI-
edge of the business OF the great Office to which he
qualifications needed to make him valuable
officer -namcly ignorance partisanshIp and a
fellow feeling for Thompson.
The new electors in England probably have yet
10 find out what question is ofthe most direct and
practical interest TO them IN public affairs. III III
be the question OF land reform, they Will not be re-
assured by the composition OF the present Cabinet.
IL is emphatically landlords Government. headed
.;at a,,I ilun sIy M
owners in the United Kingdom. 4 Parliament
elected TO register its decisions will have no DISPOSE
ton to reform tho land system
Evidently the stars in their courses do not fight
to put the Hon. ). = Cox where he would be-in
the land Of the Unspeasnbie Turk. Not only ala
his constituents rise up to keep hiIn ~ nome nut
now mshap has befalicn the good SHIP the Gallia,
in which he sailed toward the East Happily It is
nothing but broken shaft, and the Sultan need
not despair. Mr.. Cox will get there some day
Anyhow, Mr.. Bayard's grandfather is in good
deal better position to endure controversy than
Mr.. Bayard himself.
Although James ID. Fish has gone to Auburn,
the nunbcress references over tho dust heaps OF
his transactions 90 on just tho same before the
referees here. Though lost to sigat. to memory
sentiment of the leferees
The trains over the Long Island Railroad carry
several thousands Of people back and forth from
New.York every day. The multiudnons cemeteries
that cluster around Long Island City and Newtown
are gradually working their way right up against
the railroad tracks These cities OF decay are peril
ous to health under any circumstances, and III the
presence of the cholera danger their proximity to
The railroad is ex trcmcy unfortunate.
" Vote for Cleveland" SAID the Democratic leader
to the Northern workingman and hard times will
come TO an end" Very few OF them believed him.
aud those who did now realize that they have been
fooled g" Vote for Cleveland" said the Democratic
leader to the Southern distiller and tho ln<crnal
revenue system will BE- abolished" great many
of them believed him, and now they demand the
fulilment of the pledge. But he cannot deliver
the goods On tho contrary, under Cleveland tho
hated revenue collector still plies his avocaton,
and the Understanding Attorney General directs
his lcutenants to push cases in the COURTS against