The Sunday herald., 1886-08-22
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The negro roughs of Washington have
advanced one step in civilization-from the
razor to the revolver.
Now is the time for the engineer in charge
of the water works to make up his esti-
mates for the purifcation of the Potomac
water.
The law against the carrying Of concealed
weapons is a dead letter. Its infraotion is
never discovered by the police until the
cffense is merged in the graver crime ofassault
or murder.
It seems quite the thing among certain
elias, of men to sneer at "those Army en-
"cineers." The fact is there ia no body Of
men in Government service who have done
a. much for Washington as the Engineer
Corps of the Army.
"How are the Departments doing gener-
ally ?" Why very poorly. The Republi-
can Office. holders are afraid to pay Seore.
tary McPherson's drafts, and the Democratic
ofice.holders have not yet acquired sufi-
cient surplus to contribute 10 Chairman
Kenna's fund.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is in a
bad way. 1t cannot get the public to buy
any more of its repair bonds. and has
passed the interest on those already out.
Its collapse would be calamity, for If 1t is
good for nothing else It serves to keep down
the tolls on coal.
If the D apartment Of Justice will turn ovel
TO District Attorney Worthington the man
agement of the suit to settle the title to tn,
Potomac Flats, with instructions to use thu
same celebrity he practiced in the Library
site proceedings, the matter may be con
cluded before the next River and Harbor bill
comes up.
The New York Post remarks that the law
yers are delighted with Recorder Matthews
and that when Congress meets citizens OF tn
District will rush to the Capitol to beg for hi
confirmation. The Post is at fault in its geog
raphy. 1t is the citizens of the capital c
New York, not the citizens of the Capita
of the United States, who are ordering ou
the brass bands and firing off the cannon.
Mr.. Powderly reiterates his statement tha
the Knights of Labor will abstain from TAX
ing part in politics. And yet We read from
day TO day Of candidates-county, State o
Congressional-who claim TO have been put II
the field by the Knights. II is the old stor
over again of Moliere's doctors, who insiste
that according to all the rules certain pa
tient would not die for some days. The pa
tient was already dead before they gave tn
opinion.
1t ia difficult to see under what law tn
Secretary of the Navy could materiall
change the organization of the Navy De
partment OF course he can control the pei
sonnel and can, If he thinks best, dispens
with the services Of any number of civil en-
ployes. But there are certain Offices col
nected with the naval service established b
law and having welldeined and civil funt
tions, which it would be scarcely legal
dispense with.
In moving to strike out that portion Of II
answer of the Police Court cappers whic
stated that similar practices were indulge
by an attorney, Assistant District Attorne
Sheppard was unquestionably right.
had nothing to do with the case against Il
cappers. But these unprofessional practice
having been brought to his notice, as we
should be investigated. The Police Coul
needs purging.
A correspondent Of the Philadelphis Reoo
says that Congressman Cox, OF North Car
lima, was not defeated for denomination G
account of his record in favor Of civil servi,
reform, but because ofhis bad judgment in Il
distribution Of the post Offices in his distric
Here is a paradox, the boss Of civil servi
reformers-defeated by spoilsmen becaui
he distributed the spoils where they fail'
to do the most good. What has acivil servi
Ieformer got to do with distributing Il
spoils anyhow
The engineer boards which were direct'
TO examine the new tunnel and reservoir
the water works extension have assemble
with oommendable haste. 1t is hoped the
will lose no time in making up their repor
Although the Secretary of War has discr
tion under the law to continue work pendir
their decision, the engineer boards shou
relieve him of that delicate responsibility
soon as possible. We trust the boards vi
80 report that the money appropriated mi
be-suficient TO complete the works.
1t having become certain that New Yo
will not raise anything like enough mon
for the construction Of the proposed Ora
monument, one sensible iournsl-the M
York iStar-insists that the monument shi
Ina losated here This is what the count