New-York tribune., 1886-03-19

If this is DONE he saws, eve shall soon have an
other board like the Board Of Aldermen WIN sono
of the members keeping baIrooms or receiving
stolen eoodsr One such board as that which as
rraces the City Hall is as much aG this community
can stand
John Keenan, at Lakewood will find the Now
York papers uncomm0nly lvcly reading to-day
There is no doubt about it-eternal vigilance IL
.he price of an honest government. knavery Is
ever alert Hunt the brihc-takers down!
Senator Harris sensitive statesman that he is,
was reluctant 10 take the 100000 of Pan-Electrc
stock first offered 10 him, although 1t was only an
! interesting aud useful scientific enterprise hut
,yner the offer was increased 70 500 900 he took
the stock with the cynical remark that the coul-
| pany would probably make money enough Tor
! everybody. II had ceased to be scientific expert
mcnt. Ii had become telephone DOODLE
! Jaehne wa the boldest, TIE most active and au-
| dacious of all the Democratic Aldermen in carrying
! through the Broa lway steal in the summer OF
! 1884. Now hat he has made a confession will his
! weaker brethren venture to stand out 7
Is there any more humiliating thought to The hon
orabc people of New-York than tina, it is possible
! for men whose business consists in dcbauchn9
/ other men or in shielding criminals and making
crime profitable to secure high places in the govern
mcnt of the first city in the Western Hemisphere
The picture that is being presented OF the condl-
tion of city politics is absolutely nauseatmg to
decent men, And yet il is your decent but indiher-
! ent men vho are responsible for it,
Jachne should have been Cabinet officer instead
of an Alderman if he had hoped to be fully pro-
/ tected.
Miss Cleveland alludcs to " the brief prominence
| Of my her position We respectfully differ with
/ her Is she not an author: and s there any reason
! why her prominence should be brief? We suspect
| that she has more particular reference to her
brothers position, in which case no one can Sansay
her
Walk mp TO the Dlstrirt-Attorney's office and
| settle. We Aldermen of 1884. Who will be the first
to follow Jaehncl
The president of the Dock Department proposes
TO discharge all the aborers and mechanics because
the department is out Of money. But we suppose
the commissioners will hold on to their Offices and
draw their salaries with unfailing regularity. At
least it has not been rumorcd that they intended to
resign IN order to reduce expenses.
The City Hall must be divorced from the rum in
flucnce
The practice of buvDg wives. which was long
supposed TO be confined 10 the purlieus of Smith
field, London, seems to have got into one corner of
Pennsylvania, where IA man purchased a spouse for
thirtv-fve dollars. and was subsequently relieved
TO find that the transaction was Illegal. According
to the story. the changes of partnership which
afterward occurred were 50 rapid and bcwildering
that they can only be compared to the process Of
selection followed by the officers IN " Patience"
and how ali the parties stand related at present is
| rs Lord Dundyeny used to remark, "one of those
Things no fellow can find ont"
The County Democracy will be well represented
at Sing Sing presently.
Senator Beck said in the Senate Wednesday. 81
do not stand on the of the streets and thank
God that am not as other men," OF course he
doesn't Nobody pretends that Senator Beck is
dull of wit. When he pours ont his soul in grateful
thanks he may be relied upon to have some real
cause for gratitude.
The immaculate Reform organization in which
Hubert 0. Thompson. John keenan, and Henry W.
Jaehne are bright aud shining light, will bear
great deal of reorganization soou.
Alderman Earle is getting his eye-teeth cut touch
! ing the duties of typical member of the Common
Council He has proclaimed his intention TO devote
his Aldermanic career to the good of his fellOwcI
zens But his first resolution. to enable taxpayers
to have something to say about railroad franchises
and to provide for their sale TO the highest bidder
has been sat down upon at lightning speed. Alder
man Earle will learn in time that ;he typical New
York Alderman is there not for the good but for The
| goods of his fcllow-citiZens.
The Jaehne birds of n feather focling to-
! gethcr upon the same fence And they appear
wholly ignorant that the public is stealing in on
them with clubs to knock their heads off,
Assemblyman Farrell has introduced a bill
abolshing the Offices of the present State and Mu-
nicipal Civil Service Commissioners, and providing
thai tie Governor and State officers shat form a
new State Commission, and the Mayors and heads
of departments of the different cities new munich
pal Commissions. The examinations his bill goes
on to say, will be as "practicable' as possible
| Practicable for whati Practicable for whom :
For what practical purpose is this measure
intended
PERSONAL
The late Major James W. Sohaumberg used to be
accounted probably the hanlsomest man in Phila-