New-York tribune., 1886-05-24


George Bliss when Richmond aud Foshay were
about to testify before the Senate Railroad Com
mitIec. But that's not the advice lie gives the
officers of the Broadway Railroad when the man
claiming to be receiver" makes demand for the
books of the company. There seems tO be a decided
disposition to keep pretty much everything back.
The Boston Commercial Bulletin has been making
! inquiries among the archIt cts of that city, aud
finds tlat the May strikes have had the effect OF
suspeDding Investments aggregdtng $1,000, 00O
1t - bciIeyed that the present would have been
the greatest bu ldIng year since 1874 or the year
! following the great fire, but the uncertainty
causedby the labor agitation caused capitalists
to postpone action. Ihe III efia further ,ays that
aoout 10 per cent of the work offered the architects
during the past week is hung up in their
Offices. The collapse of the strikes Will cause some
of this to be proceeded with, but the more eXten-
siyo building plans VIII be postpole1 until next
year. for the that they could not be ad-
yanced far enough tO get the athIng and plaster
! ing done before the wiAter These are some of the
inevitable consequences OF strikes which the men
VINO undertake thea never appear to take into
sderatIon beforehand. though tAcy themselves are
always the chief sufferers from the withdrawal of
capital and the suspension of Improvement.
bribery was a County Democrat the next victim
must be Tammany man. The District Attorney
should not ALLOW such consideration to have the
slightest weight with him. The next man to be
tried should be the who is surest OF being con-
victed.
| The Canadian fishermen have their legal rights
within three miles Of their coast, but the broad
Atlantic Is not their mill pond.
"A groundess boast" Is the term which The
World employs to characterize au assertion lately
made by IHE IKIBUNE touching the LEGISLATURE
We said that the tax rate for the coming year was
TO be lower than the present rate. Tie figures as at
first telegraphed were not quite correct, but the
fact remains that the tax rate is lowered. Another
f,ct that remains ls that the Supply bill passed by
the Lc ,islature such a model of ludicous and
economical Appropriation of the pubic treasure
that II became law practically in the shape that 1t
reached the Governor. lie ran his pen through "a
few minor items, but could find nothing of import
to veto. To affirm that that sort OF a Legislat-
looked ont for the interests OF the taxpayers Is
not a gIoundlcss boast"
Now that one brlDc taker has been sent to prison
the conviction OF "A bribe-glver would be in ORDER
Johann Most $500 week and all the chowder and
clans he can eat to 20 there and SIT IN an IRON
cage. lie thinks that the air wall do him good
Most 10 about COMMUNICATING "A contract with the
State to SIT behind an iron grated door in "A stone
cell Tor lncitng his followers TO crime Let him I'LL
this contract nrst.
before his involuntary retirement from the City
Hall Jaehne was a member of the A,ermanic Rail
road Committee In view of the evil consequences
that followed Jaohncs connection with railroads il
Is understood that there is decided rush Of ap-
plicants for the vacancy in that committee.
" The main room of the South Side public school
building IN ornanented with group picture of the
generals who fought in the Confederate army"
We extract this item from The birmingham dgc
newspaper published in Alabama. Obviously this
picture is and was lntended to be- by tho fine old
patriotic Southern pedagoguo who hung. it.