New-York tribune., 1886-04-22

The elevated railroads on Monday TRANSPORTED
more than half million of passengers promptly
ana safely, and they deserve high praise for their
excellent work. But now some of their officers tell
II, tIS. they could do well every day II neces-
sary for they could put a,'u.:::2c2l trains: In
crease the rolling stock and acil tiles and employ
more men. This is a significant admission. SO the
daily disgraceful blockade at the City Hall Station
in commission hours. the clumsy fumblIng with
trains on the East Side during these hours and the
cxasperating delays are easily avoidable after ALL
Well, when we get two or three underground roads
running in New-York and the competition begins
to cut down the profits on the watered stocks OF
our corporations on sti ts shall probably secure
as good au ordinary service in elevated transporta
ton as was the extraordinary service of Monday
Charles p Miller's distress at the character
OF the injunctions issued by Judge Dono-
hue as expressed at the Bar Association, might be
considered seriously If 1t had not been tor his
own extraordinary use OF the same method OF pro-
cedure in his attempt in December, 1884. to pre-
vent Mayor Edison and the Board of Aldermen from
performing their legal functions in the appoint
ment OF officials.
Such men "a Robert BlIssert, who talks of putting
bullets through the brains of policemen, should
not remain at large. They incte to riot and mur-
der
Conference committees representing the Republi
can Club. the Young Mems Democratic Club and the
City Reform Clue have prepared substitute for
Senator Days bill which provides for the election
of fifteen Aldermen on geaeral ticket IN place OF
our present system OF cecting one Alderman i'll
each Assembly District. The substitute enacts
that fifteen Aldermen shall be elected on general
bIttt hiatt
teen shall so divide themselves by lot that five
shall serve one year, five two years, and five three
years. and that hereafter five Aldermen to serve
three years shall be elected general ticket im
each succeeding year. Under the provisions of this
substitute bill the President of the Board will be
elected separate ticket as lie Is now. This pro-
posed measure does something toward removing the
objections which have been made to Senator Days
bill If minority representation could be provided
for under the State Constitution then the system of
elcctlng Aldermen n general ticket would be in
every way desirable. If that is not practicable,
the substitute bill might at least give better
suits than those from which we are now suffering.
II the Knights of Labor were honestly to carry
out Mr. Powderys statement of their objects
an organization they would prove great blessing
not only to the cause of labor, but to the whole
Nation.
Harvard College will soon be go years old. 1t
is great institution, aud grows more useful to the
country and the world every year.
Voters who believe in the public school system
throughout this country. aud they number mill
ions, you'd like to know what Senators voted to
confirm the notorious Montgomery, the declared
enemy of the public school SYSTEM as Attorney for
the Interior Department. In that position his
duties render him most important person to the
public school system. and to put enemy of tue
system into such position is a thing which pecu-
liary needs some defence. That Democratic SEN
ators voted to confirm this In spite of his opn-
ions is not strange But what Republicans helped
themf /. there other reason for abolsLing
secret sessions of the Senate the fact that Senators