New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-28


rive him away? Shall-but let's wait anu See
t. is not GOOD news which comes from nova
Scotia. that another huge raft, like that which
went adrift last autumn to the peril OF every
vessel that sailed the North Atlantic, Is pelhg
constructed and that preparations are well ao-
vanced to tow it to this city. To be sure there
will be less danger the next time for se'erai
reasons In the first place, the raft Is 10 make
its tourney in the summer when there ls less
likelihood of storms. Then it is to be towed py
a more powerful vessel than undertook the WORK
last year. Besides this, 1t is said that the raic
will be fitted up with masts and sails, winch WILL
he available in case of an emergency. NeVertne-
loss it. is q hazardous experiment and there ought
70 be some way of preventing such dangerous
enterprises If the attempt Is successful thls
time. there is a probability that ocean rafting
may become a regular business. which Is not
pleasant thing to contemplate
"Exit Governor Hilll' is the joyful Mugwump
cry That is easy to say but making it fact
is quite another matter. MIR. Hill has served
notice on the Democratic party that he Is still
factor in the party in this State that has TO De
reolxoned with He is solid with the saloons ana
solid with the Democratic masses The attempt
TO humiliate him and set him aside Is likely 10
react on its authors in way lar from pleasing
We merely wish to-day to call attention to the fact
that Mr. Maynard has been proved guilty. not only
both OF doing things which aSGpo sd a and Which, de-
gyade the publc service, but Of INDUCING In denals
about It which ought TO cause MS pronP' Isl HsSa
I'm the service Of any other civilized STATE except
Trance for S ease n IahapP app
oflcer.-(Evenlng Post.
This is all very virtuous, and sounds we'll
But you know in your heart that Maynards Of
fence against Civil Service reform, good govern
ment and truthfulness will not procure his dis
missal from Office. The President will condone
all these offences and keep him where he is,
precisely as he has retained Garland and every
one else who has brought reproach and scandal
upon the Administration. You have your hot
at now but 1t will pass. In few days
YOU will be shouting for the President as the
sincere and courageous champion Of Civil Service
reform.
Four Jersey City Commissioners have been in
dicted for conspiracy and malfeasance in office
The boodlers' who get found out are NOT all
confined to New-York and Chicago. But If the
Jersey City Board Of Public Works has been
known for time" to be literally rotten
why hasn't somebody been punished for it? Still
it's better late than never
Mayor Hewitt's opposition to the unlimited sand
| ing of street-car tracks will surely have the
warm approval of everybody who is interested
and who is not Pin the keeping Of the streets
clean 1t seems inexpressbly strange that such
a question this should be raised at this
| in the worlds progress and in the chief city on
this continent. If anything were needed to prove
the desirability Of doing away with horse-cars
altogether and substituting cables or electricity
as a motive power, this preposterous proposition
ought TO be convincing to the most obtuse mind
Now the law gives the companies the right to
use sand, on permits granted by the Health Board,
on condition that they keep the places where it
is used clean To give them the right to sprinkle
IL everywhere and in quantities to suit them
would be to make the street-cleanng problem much
more difficult Of solution than IL is. Besides, in
windy weather, the sand would be an offence
in the eyes, ears and nostrils Of every person
who walks the streets.
| The English sparrow Is now without honor,
even in his own country. Farmers in England