New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-14

sacrifice to appease the Brooklyn bosses. ms
scheme may give Mr.. Hill the nomination; but
the Republicans will have something to say
about his election.
Governor Perry, of Florida, who has been
talking for publication, as this issue OF The
TRIBUNE shows takes a hopeful view OF the
condition of his State, at least from political
stand point. Both Democrats and Repub-
licans, he says, are &" liberal" Well, the
Democrats at least can afford to be liberal, since
they have everything their own way. Their
Governor, for instance, appoints all State Of
ficers except cOnstabes and legislators, and
whenever a town or city is Republican the
Bourbon Legislature calmly turns out its gov
eminent and substitutes a commission OF
Democrats-as witness the unhappy lot of
Pensacola. Where the Republicans chance to
be Liberal" comes in, really we cannot see.
For fine specimen of Civil Service reform
ander Democratic Administration, cast your
ewes toward Virginia, and behold the vast
number of removals there among pOstmasters
and internal revenue collectors. Elsewhere in
this paper Senator Riddleberger presents some
of the facts of the case. The work has been
done quietly and probably would have passed
without much notice if the inconsistency
between the professions of the Administration
and its actions had not been so glaring. A
curious thing about some of these appointments
is that the new officials cannot get their neigh
bors to 20 on their bonds. But about the
quality of their BOurbonism no one has any
doubt, and of course they will all work like
beavers for the success of their party this fall.
Mayor Grace has been trying to get the vari-
GUS heads of departments in the city to make
reports concerning the business iunder their
charge, which would be of some benefit in
bringing about necessary reforms; but as yet
he has met with little success An illustration
of the present methods will be found in the
quarterly report of the Board of Health sent to
the Mayor yesterday. 1t was made up wholly
of statistics about the number of dead animals
removed, the number of visits made by
inspectors, and like useless and unintcrcsting
information. There is not a word about the
health of the city, no suggestion OF any kind,
and nothing to make the paper of any public
value; and this at time when the work of
that department is of unusual Importance 1t
il TO be hoped that the Mayor will persevere
until he can get from department heads reports
that will be at least worth printing in The City
Record.
Those who have read that most suggestive of
all American books on agriculture, "What /
Know of Farming,"-will be interested in
the account in another column which Mr..
Charles A. Green, the well-knOwn horticultnrist
and nurseryman of Rochester, gives Of some
novel experiments in irrigation by Mr. Cole Of
III rlc LAT. &c ft,o
Agriculture is subterrancan irrigation by a
system Of drains, which being kept supplied
with water, in turn afford permanent supply
of moisture ready to be taken up by the plant
growth above as fast as it is needed. There
are other principles involved, but this is the
main one, and Mr.. Cole claims that his system
will produce ten tons of hay to the acre, or 800
bushels Of strawberries, ETC., and thus yield
profitable return on tie money expended. 1t
will be noted that while Mr.. Green does not