New-York tribune., 1886-05-16

Sneaker Hustled has revived Senator Days bill
proydlng for the election of Aldermen i'll this city
on a general ticket and embodyIng the principle OF
cumulative voting, which enables minority TO
secure It's proper representation. Inc Dill mas Deen
ordered to third reading IN the Assembly. In 1ts
present form the measure is thoroughly unob)ec-
tonable and promises a very decided reform. 1t
ought to receive the hearty and vigorous support
of all Republicans.
On the basis of a bequest to Wellesley Female
College made by Professor +. n Horsford in 1878,
the trustees. in accordance with his advice. have
matured and adopted a scheme, some provisions OF
which are of peculiar interest to all who are en-
gagged in the work of education Having in mind
the fact that the work of teachers tends to become
stereotyped and to decline in value. and believing
that the teachers themselves are liable to suffer
from nervous prostration and premature lniirmity,
the trustees and Professor HOrsfOrd ha arranged
that the heads of fourteen specified departments
shall be eligible every seventh year to have one
years absence half salary, to be spent in travel
aud residence abroad. The provisions governing
the so-called Sabbatica year at Harvard permit
this period of to be spent at home, and thus, in
Professor Iorsfords opinion, partially defeat the
object sought The new scheme further provides
for the increase of the salaries of professors after
twenty -one years service, by the sum OF SlOO
yearly for five years and for their retirement upon
life pensions varying from 800 to $500 annually
after twenty. two years of service Under the be-
Quest this scheme would not 90 into Immediate
operation but Professor HorsfOrd, desiring to ex-
pedlte the Sabbatica eay o of absence, will provide
the half salaries of two professors in each of the
next three academical years. lie names the presi-
dent. the professor of mathematics and the pro-
fessor of physics as three of the benetciares and
leaves the choice of the other three to the trustees
Only ladies are eligible to enjoy the grants and
pensons The trustees aud Professor HOrsford
hope that similar advantages may be bestowed
from other sources upon the occupants OF those
collegiate chairs which are not included in the sd-
miristration of his bequest.
Senator Pierce thinks that Sterling is q much
abused man. No doubt Sterling thinks so too.
But this opinion is not shared by large number OF
the respectable people of Brooklyn. 1t must be
relief though. to Sterling that the long agony is
over. Now he can devote his entire time to the
liquor business and not be bothered by Civil
Service examinations determined onsets upon
Mr.. Leaycrafts office.
The Ne,- York World has been so busy with the
affairs of its neghbors that 1t has neglected its own
In its eageruess to find fault with other people
WnOle lllnDeT yiTus Ill ltS own eye 'ScdPc iN' NV
tice Yesterday it printed a most extraordinary re-
port of Inspector Byrnes's extremely interesting
and important testimony IN the Jaehne trial The
best parts were omitted, and what was left was
jumbed into an incomprehenslble mess. But the
ten-cent want" advertisements were III their
usual places and no doubt The borld Sreaders were
entirely satisfied.
Confronted with the evidence establishing that IL
had told Il direct lie about TuE TRlBUNf, Mr.
Beeohers family organ labors IN sad distres,
throughout "A column t. describe its performance
as :" an over-statemcnt." The charge was that TnE
TRIBUNE had been silent on the Excise bill. The
tru h was that THE TRIBUNE had emphaticallv
condemned the bill The Post owed 1t 10 irs readers
to state that fact and to apologize with what grace
it might for having grossly deceived them. In
stead II strives with pain and perturbation OF
spirit to let isef down easily from the ragged
edge by characterlzlng the undiluted iasehood as
an oyer-statement" However, III other articles
in Yesterdays issue it preached reform" with
great earneStness.