New-York tribune., 1886-02-09

Con atOr Michael Murphy has resumed his old
busjn, 3ss of office making for the benefit OF his
nortv He introduced in the State Senate yes
terdav bill authorizing the appointment OF
ffnv mn licemen to guard the aqueduct, ana 10
he paId $500 year. This is supreme assur-
ance ON y attained by hardened political job
hers ike Murphy. In case OF war 1t might be
necessary to oguard the aqueduct; but at pres
emf II cua rds itself sufficiently. We would,
however. IN IN favor of policeman to guard
Mummy in ,ehalf of the taxpayers interests.
Coma of = he health officers are considerably
stirred nm h, cause last year 2, Az persons in
This city died IF disease, who apparently had
had No medic, Il advice. They think this is a
1,rge nrmher SO it is; but if it were larger
there wonld be nothing surprising about it.
Poor naon,e tbinl much about their health and
tbev take many doses. But it. is not because
nroner medical ad vice is not freely offered to
tben, They know perfectly well that the dis
ronsor;as and bosn itals will treat them for
nothing; but they ave an immense la'Ih III
home" medicines am IL 'hey 90 hot cOnsuIt d
doctor it generally Is because Ihey ooh want
to.
The report of the s, nate Committee on
Ordnance and War Ships confirms what most
well-informed men have believed all along.
The country makes iron an d steel enough, the
committeeman say, for the purposes Oi peace;
but in order to produce tn cest guns ana
armor much new splant We 'uld DC required.
They would have the Govern leht 90 some OF
the work both in casting and III shlp-Duildlng.
What is more, these experts think the science OF
gun-making is now far enough advanced To
Justify this Nation in going to W. rk to cast
l. ,..aya fIIt.f N
expect 1t to be pronounced conf aratlvey |
worthless in few years.
Either the London police ought not to- have
interfered with the Trafalgar Square meeting
at all, OF they should have had big enough
force there to enable them TO take the leaders
to iail when it became necessary in the most
summary fashion. They must know by this
time i'm London exactly what tn csc gatherings
are and what inefficient police interference is
sure TO bring about. If such a meeting had
been called to gather in Tompkins Square in
this city, the police would have first asked
Burns for his permit from the authorities. If
he could show none, he would then have been
started oft for the nearest police station
surrounded by police force which would have
terribly discouraged that part of the mob in
clined to be ugly.
In the Clerks Manual" that handy volume,
6e find the occupation of Mr.. William Dalton,
Democratic Assemblyman from this city, set
down as "manf. BUTCH sup" We imagine
this means he is manufacturer of butchers
supplies as steady thing but judging from
bill introduced by this worthy man in the AS
semby yesterday, we infer that he must also
be interested In the manufacture of stained
glass. The measure in question directs that
the elevated railroad In this city shall have
stained glass windows in them so that passen-
gers cannot look into the windows of houses
That the Assembly did not roar when Mr. Dal-
ton proposed this bill is excellent proof that 1t
is made up of men with exceedingly good
manners.
AS most people anticipated, the Senate COM
.nittee is not having easy work in getting at
the truth about the Broadway franchise
scandal. Jacob Sharp swears that he has no
accounts. no books, and even no loose MEM
oranda. He cannot remember what he did
with various large sums of money, one Of which
amounted to $4,000 His answer to every