New-York tribune., 1886-03-29

Albany about the alleged pOrtentous political
combinations lurking under the scheme to re-
woke the charter OF the Broadway Railroad.
We have little faith in the visions this corre-
spondent sees beneath the surface of things
but nevertheless his letter is interesting as
showing the drift of some of the strange talk
nowadays at Albany.
RcpOrts from Monmouth Park will cheer the
lovers Of fine horses and fair racing. Ihe
stables there. which contain so many splendid
racers, the valuable five of the Dwyer Brothers.
Commodore KittsOn's and others, sixty In all,
are in excellent condition. Indeed, for the sea-
son they are quite forward. The general pub
lie will not appreciate the magnitude OF his
offence, but members of the sporting frater-
nity will doubtless all agree that the superln-
tendent of the park is making mistake in
looking after the condition of the buildings
rather than the condition of the track. The
latter is not worked as it should be.
A careful inquiry into the matter OF rents Tor
dwellings indicates that the present Is to be an
easy season-that is, there is not to be much
moving. Both landlords and tenants are SAID
to be reasonable in their dealings. Rents re-
main about the samo as last year, both for
houses ana flats. Flats, however, are not likely
TO increase in favor with houschOlders, because
of the difficulty of getting good servants to live
in Them: and the finest kind of a fat is not at
tractive without at least one servant. The re-
suit is that small houses are being put up rapid
ly, and there is an excellent demand for them
But this fact does not solve the problem Oh
cheap homes for NewYOrk.
If the President or the Secretary OF State
wants to put another man in the place OF the
United States Consul General at TanSier, Mr.
Matthews, the job could be done without
offending any Democrats whom we know; that
is. if q straightforward course were adopted.
But there certainly are a good many
Democrats, we think, who will forget
their party long enough at least to con-
demn heartily the very petty business to
which the Administration seems to have re-
sorted to get Air. Matthews out. According to
recent cable dispatches and now according to
reports from Washington, Secretary Bayard Is
having Mr.. Matthews investigated secretly by
the man he recently appointed Consul at
Cadlz.
This week will see amateur sportsmen OF all
classes in the open fields. Preliminary games OF
baseball have been arranged, the wheelmen are
oilng up their bicycles and there Is great activity
among the cricketers. Especial interest Will be
felt by college and club men in The condition
and work of the Columbia College Varsity and
Freshmen crews, and of the New-GOrk La
crosse team. The Columbia toys have no
reason 10 be ashamed of theiI performance at
New London last year unless Yale has, and II
the winter has been properly occupied their
record this year may be the best The lacrosse
club should lose 10 opportunity OF practice OF
play if they are to make any show against the
Irisnmen from Belfast this fall They fooled
away all of last summer-a mistake which we
hope they will not regret later.
The British ship TsernOgora, which went
ashore late Friday night on the New-Jersey
coast, selected a good place for landing. 1t was
near Lfe-Saving Station No, 8, so that the life
eavcrs were quickly OH hand and the crew was
saved. The Tsernogora had had long voyage,
fifty-two days from Havre, and the captain had
lost his reckoning. Under such circumstances,
therefore, Spring Lake should perhaps be con-
sdered as a fair guess for Sandy Hook. he
average land lubber, however, Will be inclined
TO think that q wise captain who had lost his
reckoning in the North Atlantic would have
sailed south until he reached the sunshine. and
got his bearings again but then the average
laDdsman still w0adeas why the captain OF ths