New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-12

| The Excise Revision Commission discussed on
Thursday the question whether Excise Commits
sioncrs should be elected or appointed There
was difference Of opinion and no decision was
reached We can perceive no necessity for uni
formity in this matter throughout the State In
the country districts probably the best way is to
elect these officials but il would be serious mis-
fortune if provision should be made for their
election in this city. Considering the power OF the
saloons in New-York at present, they would be
pretty certain to concentrate their efforts in such
an election and sec that men favorable 20 their
interests were chosen. The people of this city
would greatly prefer leave their selection to
the Mayor and it would be vastly better TO retain
the present method. We may seldom have an
! ideal Mayor but under law requiring the election
of Excise Commissioners we should be almost
certain to have an Excise Board more regardful
of the saloon than of the better sentiment of the
community.
| "The Daily News" of London dismsses the
| Mugwumps with the curt remark that " they have
never come to much" The News" should re-
| member that it is not good form to kick man
when he is down.
Boston culture is still at the front. The
manner in which it rises superior to the interests
|
mortas is calculated to command the respect and
admiration of every unprejudiced mind. Evil
dence Of this Is furnished by the fact that various
clubs and literary associations have been Occu-
! pied in the last week with considering such sub
! ects as the influence of the Real and the Ideal,
Books that have Helped me- The Dramatic
| Outlook in America etc. In the midst of the
Astounding political excitement of the time, 1T is
| cheering spectacle to turn the eye eastward ana
observe that the heart of Boston beats true, and
that if for a moment Its balance was disturbed the
equilibrium has been restored easily and
naturally as the needle turns to the pole.
The election of a Republican Congress saves us
| from the necessity of making an embarrassing
decision 1t is well known that when the Demo-
Gratis are in majority in the House, Sunset COX
has our earnest support for the office of Speaker.
1t is not too much to say that we have labored IN
season and out of season in his interest Recent
events, however have caused us to lose confidence
in our candidate, and if the Democrats had OBJ
tanned control Of the List Congress should have
bccn under the painful necessity of deter mining
whether or not we could cOnscentiously give our
supuort TO Mr. Cox We are inclined to think
that the decision would have been negative one,
but on the whole it is gratifying that we snail not
have to make it.
One of our preachers says that Civil Service
reform is as much question of religion rs OF
politics 1t is safe to say that his judgment
of this reform movement IS not based exclusively
upon its exemplfcation since March a, 1885.
Truly the lot Of District Attorney Fellows is
! painful one He has been condemned by the pub
lie generally for his ineicicncy, and more than one
| Judge has severely criticised him. But now The
Evening POST has actually dung the Gorgas'
of Plato at the Coloneps head and drawn some
sort of comparison between Fellows and Socrates
or course, if this is only The Posts way of
worl ing of the feelings produced by the election
returns-wel we must say it is queer way, and
we are very doubtful whether illusions TO Socrates
and Plato are calculated to work any reform in
Colonel Fellows. Something more modern would
| be better fitted to the case.
The severe and unreasonable snow-Storms in
Canada and the West last week may probably
be depended on to crafty the souls OF those
pessimistic persons who have assured us that the
blizzard of March 2 is to be duplicated more than
once before the roses bloom again. The out
look cannot be called exactly cheerful, but it is
well to remember that one snowstorm does not
make winter Those who anticipate the worst
will have plenty of time to get their cellars
well stocked with coal
MIR. CURTIS CURT AND CURSOHY