New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-31

principles which he has prDfessed, TOT nc can
not be ignorant of Mr. Smalley's position and
activity in political matters.
There is one thing that 1t would have been
well for President Cleveland to consider. Mr.
Smalley had something to do with the wide CIR
culatlon of that infamous forgery by which 1t
was attempted not only to defeat President
Garfield, but to blacken his name. The Gues-
ton will be asked in the proper place whether
bis merits in that regard deserve reward, at the
expense of violation of the Civil Service law
Moved by the convection that so long he is
within the United States he is within the reach of
she Federal Courts Mr. sydney Roscnfeld has IN
formed the counsel o. Gilbert aud Sullivan that he
will be here to-day. to he locked up for alleged con-
tempt OF Court in letting somebody else produce
" The Mkado" fortnight ago This shows will
ingness on the part of Mr.. Rosenfeld to do some
thing to help on the cause Of international copy
right which is praseworthy. His enemies have
expressed the hope that while he is in jail he will
not be allowed the of pen. ink or paper This
IL too severe. The end which these uncharitable
people wish to bring about could be accomplished
# promise should be extracted from Mr.. Rosenfed
that he would write no librottOs while locked up
General Wells who was removed in the middle OF
his term rs Collector Of Customs IN Vermont has
not only been an efficient officer. but he was
brave soldier. Colonel Smalley. the new Collector
never was nearer the front during the war than the
state of Vermont He was of the q heroes ;"
of the Morey letter fraud. however and the two
things taken together secured him the place. He
proposes to initiate Jones. OF indianapolis. and
make every Republican walk the plank" He
rightly says: " For that reformers.'
The Philadelphia Timss's Washington correspond
ent il authority for statement that is enough to
make the blood curdle. flo writes that O. it has
been communicated to the President that Mr..
Hendricks is openly as well privately at war
with the Administration: that he has expressed
his contempt for IL privately and publicly wher
ever he goes and will join in any movement III the
senate this winter to uuify the Civil Service act
aud drag down the refora banner OF Mr. Cleye-
land" Ii may occur 10 Mr.. Cleveland that the
tim. has come for him u suspend the habeas cor
pus act or 10 read Mr. Hendricks out Of the party,
or TO cut Off the head Of Aqullla Jones. or to
strengthen the fOrtiications about Washington or
something. Or will the President content himself
with coming out IN card stating that the partner
ship heretofore existing between Cleveland and
Hendricks has been dissolved by mutual dissent
large number of Democratic lawyers who are
convinced that judicial robes would be very becom-
ing TO their style OF beauty are sorcly grieved bo
canse Justice Bradley of the Supreme Court of the
United States is not Of a retiring disposition.
What makes it worse. they long ago decided nc one
of them preparing dissenting opinion that Bradley
an ofensve'partisan."
Wien tho President gets through investigating
Vice President Iendricks's postmaster III Indian
apos he had better turn his attention to Secretary
,,'. in Albany N ne " a
po,tmasters are much alike with the exception |
that the indianapolis official IS manly in what he
does avowng that lie acts from partisan reasons |
The Albany Post Office. under the previous Admin
istration. was acknowledged to be 10 efficiently |
conducted a. any office In the country. Notwith- |
standing that fact. the new postmaster is making a |
clean sweep. turning ont @ number of army vet |
Grams to make places for Democrats. OF the thirty
two lettor-carriers employed twenty-five have |
already been removed and their places filled by in
experienced men belonging TO Msnnine's machine.
Some of the carriers dismissed while on their
annual vacation. because the postmaster says that
they did not leave town. The inefficient mail de- |
livery under the change, has evoked loud com. |
plants from citizens. while the Grand Army has |
been aroused by the unwarrantable dismissal OF |
veterans. Manning. however remains serene. and |
he will probably that Hill does not get the |
Albany delegates to the State Convention in order
that Civil Service reform NAV DO upheld.
Our virtuous contemporary. The Ereaing Post, In
its special cable dispatches publishes the details of
the Dixie scandal, and adds another tld-bit of the
same sort. In day or two it will be scolding
other newspapers for panderng to the morb id APP
petite of n depravcd public. This its course In
connection with The Pail Mall Gazette exposures,
which IL was also the first Journal IN America to
exploit. The stern moralist who, as The Sun says,
never succeeds in forecasting the guile OF the
naughty news editor, will speedily be rebuking the
entire American press for spreading these new
scandals before the breakfast tables Of decent
families and making q profitable trade of OBJ
scenity. Nevertheless, as Mr. Bcecher remarked
during tho last Presidential campaign apropos of
the chastity articles The Evening Post considers it.
self clean family newspaper.
Any curious taxpayer who desires conclusive
evidence of the value Of the services of tho Board of
Aldermen ought to read The city Record of Monday.
containing the resolutions passed last week by the
Board. There arc thirty.nlne resolutions, all of
which were vetoed by the Mayor and passed not
withstandng his objections. threefourths of all the
members voting fOI each resolution. With two
exceptions all these resolutions grant permits TO
erect membranes. such as fruit stands soda
water stands, meat racks. coal boxes etc, on tho
sidewalks and pavements. The exceptions are a
resolution to require fire hydrant to be- removed
from in front OF one mans store and placed front
Of another and resolution to permit outdoor
athletic recreations on Sunday. That is n record
which at least ought to satisfy tho taxpayer that
tho Aldermen arc industrious even in hot weather
One of the Bourbon orators at the convention in
Virginia announced that Northern Democrats had
" formally aud absolutely guaranteed q large cam