New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-07


r is controlled by ." high sense Of duty" The
author of this remark is a frst-class humorist
without knowing it. Or else Governor Hill has
uhenomenally peculiar notion Of what duty con-
sists in.
Cold figures convey o better idea than anything
else of the amount Of travel that takes place in
this city from years end to years end. According
70 a statement in the Annual Review" of the
Chamber Of Commerce, the number OF passengers
carried in the surface cars in the year ended the
goth of last September was 2O3,432,430, and IN
the elevated cars the number was 1891 1855,
making the grand total of S63,272,O24. AS the
Review, remarks, these figures are in themselves
sufficient evidence of the Imperative need OF
increased facilities" II we could obtain statistics
of the number among these 1863, 100000 who had
70 stand during the whole q part OF their
Journey, the need of more and better rapid transit
would be still more strilSngly made manifest
Brooklyn is going to have sixtyeight more po-
licemen The increase is none too large For a
CITY of 500, 900 inhabitants a police force of 500
men cannot be pronounced extravaganza.
Previous TO the Inauguration Of President Cleve-
land IL held almost an article OF the Repub-
lIcan creed that the ability ofsthe country was prac-
tIcally polized by that paIfyIhe Evening Post
However that may have been, 1t is perfectly
clear that tie Democracy Of to-day possesses so
little ability that il Grover Cleveland should con-
clude to go out of politics his party would go
into bankruptcy and =" The Evening Post" into
commissions. The fact that Mr.. Cleveland is the
only Democratic candidate for tho Presidency
means that the party is unanimous because Of its
poverty. 1t actually has nobody else to run.
The House OF Commons has rejected bill
providing for the closing of shops on every evening
but Saturday at o'clock There are some things
that cannot be regulated by law, as would-be re-
formers ought to learn in time and the wise
course for legislators to take is to keep their hands
of.
The virtue OF the Aldermen Of this city has Just
escaped violent assault On Friday an interpO-
lation was discovered in q bill ut Albany which
COVE that august body the right to alter or
extend the routes Of the Cable Company, which Is
after seventy miles OF the citys streets II that
had become law, Sec what o temptation our City
Fathers would have been subjected to. The Alder
mems opportunities are limited now, and how
thankful they ought ID be that It is so! 1t is
much easier to be virtuous aud therefore happy,
when the opportunities Of doing evil are few
and far between 1t was O mercy TO the Aldermen
that that discovery was made in time,
NJ Carnot has better fortune In swinging
round the circle than his predecessors in the
French Presidency enjoyed. His friends were
afraid that the height OF the Boulangist fever
was not opportane time for him to make a
provincial tour, and did their best TO dissuade
him from going But he went and our London
correspondent reports that the Presidential jour
ney has been moderately successful. On even
moderate success NJ. Carnot is TO be congratu-
lated When Marshal MacMahon essayed tour
of the provinces he was received at some places
with Kisses and at others with dead silence and