New-York tribune., 1885-01-04

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this defect Senator Gibbs says Mr. Roosevelt iepeu'
"Oh Edison is not the kind OF man 70 ~ Su'" e
a. that" 30 the bill passed unchanged
Tho man most interested in maintaining the oeaolos.
in the Board Of Aldermen was Mayoreec' 1raoo .,s
..,.., dos,red tha patrouage OF the Office; and tue
men most active and instrumental In keeping up u"
the new Mayor got into Office were bis frends ono "
whom II Is reported was to be made Commis''onei :"
place of Thompson. There 10 story anoat Ill Poii'
circles TO the effect that Mayor Grace, being har"
for on answer finally told Commissioner Inomp'o" 'n"'
he would not reappont him. This decision oeihs .o.
municated to the County Democracy Aldermen, thoy
went over to Mr.. Squire, and the hepuDhcanS h"0 -"
alternative but to follow.
An interesting question agitating the minds OF local
statesmen about the various headquarters at the Asot
and Hoffman Houses Is whether Mr. Squire or fresoo"'
Cleveland will care for Hubert o. now.
About tho only reason discover among the ram
many Hall men for believing that Mr.. Commissioner
Squire is one Of them is that he belongs to the Ia"hy
Society So do q great many County Democracy "eh
and some Republicans And In view OF the election next
April Of sachems Of the Society who control the Hail.
is by no sign OF success Tor thc prescn'
Tammany Hall Committee that the new Commissioner Is
not allied to either party.
John NJ Conan has been appointed chief clerk by Mr
MARITIME He been for years clerk OF police Justices
courts With him as an aid the District Attorney
may be able learn what becomes OF the fines collected
I'm the Police Courts, particularly those which are rc
mted" after tho prisoners have paid and left the court
II Mr. MARITIME learn what becomes OF these moneys
he will do more than the public has ever been able to ac
complish.
"What is going to the effect" asked OF tele-
graph manager, of the reduction OF rates Tor
the principal cities T. "The first effect" he re-
Piled "will be felt by the district messenger com
panics large cities At 10 cents for ten wordspeopie
will the telegraph rather than the messenger boys
This the District Messenger managers say was already
the case they add that people rarely used the mes
senger boys for the Transmission OF messages OF ten or
twenty words only.
It will doubtless be q matter Of wonder to people
decade hence why telegraph OF the present
day should have thought that the increase Of business
the reduction Of telegraph tolls would not
moro than make up the in income to the companies
There are some people who wonder why the
Bridge and Elevated Railway people cannot orcsce the
advantage to them OF reduction OF the rates OF fare.
Instead OF retiring from the Police superintcndency
Mr. walling is reported a. giving bonds"-I suppose
for the faithful performance Of hi, duty Success would
best be assured from In his position by his COMPEL
ing criminals Ia give bonds" That would be assurance
douby sure that he done his duty. Performance is
better than promise In any official
The probability Ia that the contempt proceedings Of
which heard much. will not be continued
ccpt In OF tho people And, II the arguments
and opinions heari all sides To be trustc 1t is
dinicult to determine whether the Aldermen or the
Judges arc to be held In the greatest contempt.
One question heard put about the Judges who grant
ed the recent injunctions significant II the Alder
men arc not punished for their contcmptuous
disregard Of the injunctlons what defence for
their extraordinary actions will the Judges have
n tho contemplated impeachment IL triedI
II IL twelve years since we have had Judge OF
high court mpeached removed This statement is
not however to he construed meaning that Is that
length OF time since should have been convicted
HThc type. last Sunday made me dub Major Hnckley. Of
Ths 0raphie a Mayor OF Pouyhkeepsie He protests
that not mayor or major an sure he Is not .
minor I suppose shall have to assert that lie shall
proprictor Of TAe Graphic who will be recognized hay
ing made II succcssfu
uwa. thought that tho opoaig tho Bennett Mackcy
cables would be celebrated by The Herald by the trans
mission over the wire on day OF Important
news II had To be manufactured The founder Of
tn, Herald this way celebrated the completion of the
nr.t Atlantic cable by the transmission of n
half-coumn report OF speech OF King William OF
Prussia on opening the Prssisn Parliament, and tho
war with Austria which resolved the weak old German
confederation into the present magnificent German I'm
pIrc The cable was not thereafter extensively used
again until THE TRIBUNE employed It for the trans
OF columns upon columns M special reports OF
the great battles between Germany and France.