New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02


General Grants Memoirs will be found on the
sixth page of The TRIBUNE this morning, to-
gether with some critical remarks npon the
book.
There is no more beautiful or efficient phil
anthropic work going on in this city than that
which is done under direction OF the Young
Women's Christian Association, in East FIJI
teenth-st. The public therefore will read with
sincere satisfaction that the cornerstone of a
new and commodous building has been laid on
the site of the old one The Associations rec
ord, extending over twelve years, is some
thing for its managers to be proud of.
The statement was teegraphcd from Peru a
week or ten days ago that the revolution there
might be considered ended because Caccres
was left without a single follower to aid him.
1t was remarked in THE TRIBUNE at the time
that it would not do to be too about this
that one man was often sufficient to start a
revolution in a Sout h American Republic And
now the news comes that Cacercs has begun an
attack on the palace III Lima, and that sharp
fighting is in progress.
There was time from 1913 to 1875, when
Prussia did not seem 10 have any great ODjec-
ton to the Poles. She took them under her pro-
lection then by force, thousands at time, to-
gether with many square miles OF their unfort-
innate country. Now she Is bent on expclling
them, and so jealous are her authorities of this
inhuman privilege, that Prince Bismarck has
found it necessary to protest i'll the Imperial
Reichstag against any interference by the En-
pre- with the sovereign rights Of Prussia. 1t is
curious to see Bismarck belittling the power of
the Emperor and sad to see him doing it in 50
bad cause.
The men who are behind the scheme to lay
surface road in Fifth-ave. are plainly pre-
pared for a long and bitter fight. The pro Of
of that unpleasant fact is seen III the array Of
counsel who appeared i'll Albany yesterday to
argue against any interference with their plans
by the Acknowledgement. What that official
NAV decide to do, it is, of course, impossible to
say, but the law as interpreted 10y the lawyers
for the opposition apparently would Justify
proceedings on his part to annul the company
charter as soon as any steps are taken looking
toward the violation of the statute forbidding
the construction Of any railroad III the avenue.
Such steps might reasonably be said to have
been taken as soon as the Board OF Aldermen
give a hearing TO the cOrpOratOrs, or rs soon as
the consent OF residents in FIftL-aye. is So
liclted.
Senator Jacobs rose yesterday before the
Senate Committee investigating the gas bust
ness in this city, to explain that he did not
"push " the bill under which the consolidation
OF the gas companies was effected. On the
contrary, he declined to do so because he disap-
proved of it but before he was aware, the
measure was law. Evidently here is line
of investigation which the committee should
not drop yet Moreover, the incident furnishes
another argument III favor of provision in
the rules of the Assembly or in the COnstitu-
ton requiring that all such bills affecting phi
vate. interests must be filed some days, per-
haps weeks, before the Legislature meets.
Then there would be chance that those meas
ures which are big with jobs would be discOv-
cred and killed This is point which the
next constitutional convention might consider
with profit to the State.
The death of Mr.. Francis N. Bangs removes
one of our brightest and keenest jurists. If
the judgment OF bis associates and generous
minded rivals at the bar Is to be accepted 1t is