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

and in making this selection obviously should
be governed entirely by considerations OF per-
sonal fitness in the candidates. Politics should
be disregarded Teachers and the public gen.
orally, therefore, will be curious to see II the
MAYORS candidate gets the place this after
noon.
General Black in the Pension Department
carries out the notions ipbibsd during his Army
experience more fully than any OF his compan-
ions in Office, whether trained on the Union OF
the Rebel side. He has made dismissals night
and left during his brief term. but he has not
disguised his party by giving humbugging
reasons fsr his action. Like one educated TO
command ie has given no reasons at all. lie
said go," and they went-except Miss Sweet.
According f. the latest report this offensive
partisan will be allowed to serve out her term.
It will be worth the while of local musicians
TO attend the sessions of the Music Teachers
National Association, which begin at the Acad-
emy of Music to-day. The purpose OF the
meeting is to discuss methods of teaching and
adopt means to raise the standard OF the pro-
- fessiOn. There is no art about which the peO-
ME talk so much and know so little as music,
and none which enters so extensively into our
social life Every effort to spread intelligence
about it or to elevate the popular taste should
be encouraged
Lovers of baseball in New-YOrk will have to
nut up with the weak excitement OF amateur
games for the next few weeks. For fortnight
no professional players will caper about the
Polo Grounds. They have all gone West-the
New-York club over week ago and the Brook
lyn and the Metropolitan mines more recently.
Good accounts generally may be expected from
oll these clubs. The New Workers have played
seven games and won SIX. 1t is hard to account
for their defeat on Monday. The Detroit club
IL one of the weakest in the League, II not the
weakest and yet the score was to In It's
favor. This blow to New-YOrk pride was
probably due to simple bad luck.
Cincinnati now has a chance to gaze at short
rapc6e on the beauties of Democratic Reform.
The Surveyor of the Port there has appointed as
Custodian of Public Buildings Jerry" Null
row who Is graduate of the wOrkhOuse, and
who was once convicted of petty larceny. It's
not an especially dignifed place; but it has much
patronage attached, which Jerry" will doubt
less distribute to the advantage of his party.
Probably he will begin as Mr.. C0nley, CustO-
dian of Federal Buildings, began here yesterday
by discharging watchmen and doorkeepers
right and left, On the plea that there is no
money to pay them. Of course Democrats will
take their places so soon as there is any money.
To-day is the beginning of the new fiscal
year, and the hungry and thirsty Democrats
will now be able to get their hands on the ap-
preparations. Immense activity, therefore. may
be looked for in various directions especially
in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Wholesale
discharges of men began there earty.
in June ON the ground that thtse
was no money to pay them witis
and the work of dismissal only ended last
night. Meanwhile preparations have been
going ON rapidly to provide work for new en-
ployes. The Powhatan and the Alliance have
been sent to the Yard for repairs work on the
unfinished frigate New-York is ready to be
pushed forward the sloop-of-war Essex is 10
be provided with new boilers; the Ord torpedo
boat Intrepid is to be converted into gun
boat the Miantonomah Is to be rearmored.