New-York tribune., 1886-07-05

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In this neighborhood the last OF the three
davs celebration of the Fourth for this year
will be devoted mainly to outdoor sports.
Horse races yacht races, lacrosse ana cricket
matches form apart of the enjoyment already
Manned. In Harlem there Is to be an old
fashioned celebration. In ew-Jersey, too, az
many places, the observances OF the dav VIII
he natriotic. The local columns OF HE iRIB-
rNE this morning contain references TO most OF
the incidents arranged to take place, and
should be consulted by those who want to
know how to amuse themselves.
Respectable citizens everywhere Will reJoice
70 know that the Presiden. is a good deal dis
turbed at the issue of the Pan Electric lnyestl-
CATION 1t is not strange that ne Is ols-
turbed but it is singular that he is not stirred
10 prompt action. The investigating committee
was appointed to vindicate the ran Electric
statesmen but when five members practically
condemned them, the whtewash applied by
Chairman Boyle was necessarily too thin to
cover up the ugly black spots. Beautiful, in
deed. is Reform as illustrated py the present
Administration.
Discussions on local politics in these days are
nretty generally confined to professional pol
iticians for whom the weather is never too hot
Among them the Mayoralty contest, at pres
ent. jsan interesting topic. Its commonly sup
posed that Mayor Grace is out of the race-not
entirely because he says he is, but because his
unfortunate business relations with the firm OF
Grant g. Ward would give his enemies strong
weapon against him. This is about as far as the
matter can be considered settled. There Is
so,ne talk about citizens movement, OF course,
but voters may count upon there being lh'ee
local tickets in the ield-Tammany, County
Democracy and Repu blican. There is no ques-
ton as to which should win.
Citizens of New-JerSey who think that their
system of Justice should be perfect have dis
covered a weak point in it which they want
strengthened by reform This is in the Count
of Pardons. a body composed Of the Governor,
the Chancellor, and six lay Judges Of the Court
Of Appeals. and it is covered up in the rule
which keeps the proceedings of the Board a
profound secret Owing to this rule it is i'm
possibIe to obtain any information as to the
use or abuse of the paidOning power except by
watching the prison reports. 1t Is easy 10 see
how the paidoning power might De improperly
exercised under this regulation. The action OF
the Board should be open to public scrutiny.
Ii there is any reason why conVlots should De
LET out of prison the community has night
to know it.
The trouble about the Fifth-aye. pavement
and the investigation it has led 10 show how
easily the city can be defrauded even under the
sfrictest contracts. 1t does not matter how
binding tie engagements Of the contractor are.
30 long as the men who investigate his work
do not report his violations. These guardians
of the Job are the inspectors, and as they are
appOinted through political influence tthe con-
tractors themselves are often in politics. and
Maid sometimes by the men whose work they
investigate, it is plain enough to see why the
city gets so little for its money in paving and
other undertakings. The methods by which
these inspectors are appointed are described at
length elsewhere III this paper. The worst Of
1t is there is little prospect of change so long
rs the Department of Public Works Is run In
the spirit tnat prevails there TO day.
The TRIBUNE's special cable dispatches this
morning contain the importaot correspondence
known as the Gladstone Baltour letters. Dir.
Gladstone has SAID that he informed the Sails
bury Government through Mr.. Balfour that II
they would bring in "a proposal for settling
ths whole question for the future government