New-York tribune., 1886-02-25

aCharman Low did not appear at all satisfied
No wonder. Mr. FOshays explanation about the
$500, 900 IN cash that was carried on the company
books as bonds or proceeds OF bonds while
the money was lying in vault for ten mohtnS'
may satisfy himself, but it certainly Is not salts
factory to anybody else. When pressed tor bis
reason why the money was put into vault instead
of bank Mr. Foshay replied: "We chose 10 put
il there and we had n right to put there VI
course. So they = had n right To carry 1t around
m n handbag: but that would not have been a
prndent thing 10 40 Mr. Foshay's remark IS equiv
alent g. the school-boys assertion that thing Is
20 because il is So" The community need not
waste any tmo in making an estimate OF Mr.
Foshay.
Mr. Garlands defenders while still holding the
fort are terribly short Of ammunition. One of the
latest pleas put forth by them is that Senator Har-
ris coaxed duped and dragged him into the Pan
Electric scandal. Who would have suspected that
1t was only malignant case of Harrisf
II is only fair to say that Corporation Counsel
Lacombe ~ earning good reputation. ltis rare
virtue to do ones work we'll without making fuss
about It.
Referring TO his connection with the Quaker City
syndicate. Secretary Whitney says he Is charged
with having taken part in a conspiracy" His re-
ported part In the affair does in truth, have rather
an unpleasant look but the conspiracy for which
he is chiefly responsible. and which smost seriously
TO his discrcdit is the plot TO ruin John Roach. to
break down his business and his character to libel
his WORK and that of eminent naval officers and ma
rinc engineers and 10 destroy an American indus
FRY all for political capital. That is Mr. Whltuey's
chief offence against the American people, and that
Is what ho should be most anxious TO explain and
rcctify.
The elusive Mr. Billy" Mooncy is as hard to
place as the migratory Mr.. Carl Schurz.
1fthis Legislature will undo what its predeces-
sor did IN enactlng tho Infamous Harlem Bridge
bill. and undo what the Aldermen of New-York did
IN Qranting tho Broadway Railroad franchise, II
will not have lived In vain. But the strikers aud
the dark brigade at Albany will do well to remeln-
Der thnt the public is keeping sharp eye on them
and that honesty with regard to these measures
will DO for them by far the best policy.
The glow Of Higgins aud Sparks has been lost in
tho lurid glare of Garland, Goode aud Lamar.
II is really amusing to think of capitalists from
timid Philadelphia trying to out-do this town in a
furtive quest for railroad franchise
NJ de Lesscps has made a trIumphal entry into
Panama He Is carrying his ola tneatrlcal business
into his alleged inspection of the canal works, but
this kind of sensatonalism will in no way tend to
countoract tho damaging statements which have
been made by competent observers regarding the
condition of the undertaking, will it hasten the
completion Of the canal. VI. dc Lesseps Is very
magnetic man. and full of ingenious devices, but 1t
looks as though he had nearly reached the end of
his tether.
The United States lost valuable servant when
the exigcncies of partisanshp caused the dsplace-
ment of Thomas e. Acton from tho Office of Assist
ant Treasurer in New York. He entertained
healthy notion of his duties and rcspons bllties,
notion as rare as it Is lofty. He was always at his
post from the time tho key opened the building IN
the morning till 1t turned again i'll the lock at
night lie was model of method, punctuality,
accuracy and financial soundness and his accounts
which showed that ho had turned over to his sue
cessor g 81, ,O7G $40 II were correct down to the
very last penny. Mr. Acton INDUCES the hope Of
bringing into private business here the abilities
and methods for which he has had so just a credit
in the Office he has vacated.