New-York tribune., 1886-02-22


there was cause to disperse mob at the West
End two weeks ago they could do nothing
Yesterday when there was no call for inter
ference they attacked a peaceful crowd OF
Socialists who were holding meeting in Hyde
Park and dispersed them with blows. 1t
would be hard to tell which was the worse
their failure to interfere two weeks ago or their
performance yesterday. But it is certain that
police force which is managed with as little
sense as the one in London disturbs the peace
ofteDer than 1t preserves it,
The New-York friends of Delgardo who Is
supposed to be on the Civ OF Mexico with
hostile designs toward President Bogran OF
Honduras, are confident that no case can be
made out against that vessel under the neutral
ity laws. Her papers are all correct, they say,
and she has no arms aboard. Ex-PreSldent
Soto is quite positive on these points; so much
so in fact that if the City of Mexico Is brought
into any United States port as prize he GER
tainly would be valuable witness in subse-
Uuent legal proceedings. Moreover, it is pos
sible that there is evidence in possession OF the
Government which the public is not aware Of
1t is Democratic Administration, TO be sure
but the Secretary of the Navy probably knew
what he was about when he sent orders to the
GaleDa.
The law authorities of New-Jersey are
making vigorous preparations to carry the rail-
way tax cases to the Court OF Errors and Ap-
peals and special session of the court will be
called by the Legislature to leach speedy de-
CisOn OF course it is impossible to tell how
strong an argument can be made by the AttOr-
pey- y-General and his advisers, for they are
shrewd men; but if they claim, as Is reported,
that the Supreme Court exceeded its functions
in reviewing the Legislatures imposition OF a
tax few lawyers will be inclined to think the
point well taken. ItwOuld be hard to tell what
the Supreme Court was established for if it ex
ceeds its jurisdiction when it points out con-
flct between a statute and the Constitution.
That is generally supposed to be directly In the
line of its duty.
II is encouraging to know Nat there is no
chance of any bad excise legislation at Albany
this winter. The best public sentiment i'll this
cityi certainly opposed to freer liquor selling,
and is rapidly drifting toward high license, if, in
deed, it has not already reached that point
strong case in it's favor will doubtless be made
out by the committee which goes to Albany
this week to express the sentiments of the re-
bitionists were willing to bend from their
present attitude, it is quite possible that some
thing might be done to get hlgh-license law
passed before the end of the session. But they
don't incline that way, and so the temperance
cause lags instead of going as fast as it should.
The opening of the Broadway railway inves-
tieation Tomorrow is awaited with keen public
interest, and much curiosity is felt to know
what new excuse will be offered for Mr.. Billy
Noloney's failure to appear. The suspected
Aldermen and their friends are still loud in
their assertions that nobody has squealed
(which is the AldeImanlc equivalent for " con-
fessed'1 and that nobody will. due regard Tor
their regulations should induce these uneasiiy
yociferous men to change their form OF deniai
and their alleged reasons for believing that no
AldermBu will tell what his fellows do not
want HIM to tell. They say, naIvely, that " he
has too much backbone and nerve" They
ought to base their confidence on the ground
that there is nothing to confess. They protest
enough. but not in the shrewdest way.
Senator Frye's bill to call congress of
American Nations for purposes OF friendship