New-York tribune., 1886-02-13


1t is time for the President to write another letter
saying that, DESPITE it ALL he still believes II reior'
TIE Park Commissioners and the residents and
property owners in FIfthave adjacent to tue Cen
| ual Park menagere are in tribu alton over the
! animals there assembled 1t IL admitted thaI the
menagerle mas not the proper environment TOT ltS
growth and tine comfort OF all concerned. Dut
money, more money than the Park Board can com-
mand Is n"e1el TO obtain trans er aud mt nous
ing sewhere of the animals. We respectfully sup-
gest rs pc sceful so ution of the dihcnIly. that
Jacob Sharp turn over TO the board those missing
| broadway bonds. That would make everybody
| feel betler-hmself included
! After ALL there seems to be a method III Ut
! Rogers's madness.
The disastrous effect of laws which seek to provide
| partiSau campaign funds from taxes is seen in the
| report lust made by a committee of citizens VINO
| have been look ng somewhat curionsiy INTO tne
affairs of Queens County. The county Is over
| whclmingy Democratic. Some years ago wheh ltS
politics ere controlled by most unNcrupnlous ioI
of men "a bill was lobDied through the Legislature
| enabling the County Treasurer to charge heaVy
personal lee for the sale of lands for unpaid taxes
| In "A city, where property has an actual ana con-
stant value lands 80 sold are really sold, and such
! a law may be good enough. But in the country and
esprcinlly under that law te towns bought III most
! of the sold property. This committee has found
that IL has cost one town over $lOO,'oO To Collect
less than $50, 900 Of taxes. aud that the tax rate
! there has increased to nearly 81 on the plOo an
| almost ruinous con iiton of things But successive
| County Treasurers, after keeping the political
machine well-o.ed. have retired and are living III
competence. This is "A public swndle and the
citizens bill for remedy should receive the careful
attention of the Legislature.
The great and striking figures OF the last gehef-
alton are one by d appearing, bnt their names
and their memories Will forever gid the pantheon
OF American history.
The stern morallgt of The Ernng Post is to be
congratulated on the WHOLE Tne naughty news
editor got ahead of him in printing IN the second
edition the earlier dispatches relating to the Lra"-
foId-D Ike scandal fhe details of which were uhht
for pubi"atlon. Bnt the stern morah't caught up
VITA the naughty news editor IN the fourth edition,
which Is proOibly the taken by Mr.. Beecher
for safe family reading.
1t is good thing for Jacob Sharp that the fool
killer does not believe him.
II is not at all new idea TO form an
alloy OF two money metals, IN the hopo
| Of obtaining "A sort of monetary com
pcnSatlOu penuuiuHl, ono part vi "hl'h oi'''''
! shrink IN value rs much the otner part may eX-
pand. The notion proposed al least a thousand
yeus ago IN CHINA, and has been proposed moro
than once in this country, those who have seen
the CONS cal eel goloid VIII rcmombet. aud yet the
same idea ~ elaborated in long article of which
a COPY has brcn received. If all nations, civilized
and uncIyilzrd alike, were To agree upon the use
/ Of such an alloy IN place of either metal sepa-
! rate y aud If It were possible to determine the
tnencSs and value of sIch Ru alloy as readily and
cbenplv as gold or civil silver CON can be tested.
| aud # the plan would not involve, before II
/ could be OF much practical usefulness an attempt
| 10 recon All the money IN the civilized world at
least aud II there were not already IN existence
| vastdebts. PAYABLE some m gold aud some IN sill
| vcr wuich could not bc adjusted 10 payment IN
/ new kind of money without immense difficulty, IT
| at ALL the suggestion would merit somewhat moro
| attention than II now does But in point of fact,
IN those cOlntre- IN which gold II used a. stand
/ ard the new aiioy would be- valued only according
to fts computed worth IN gold, aud IN those conn
IRE, In which SILVER is used "A standard II would
/ be yalncd In like manner only wltn regard TO Its
| computed worth IN SILVER. Tho practical difficulty
| Of getting any such change accomplished IS per-
! hans a little greater than the difficulty attending
| the ADOPTION Of any other of the many schemes
! for settling the money question. Meanwhile TINS
one has the added disI dyautage that 1t would not
! settle anything.
Tic Senatorial stomIcu. is nerved for severe
doses. but rIsbury aud Chase are too much for 1t.