New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-27

and in a manner which brings it home to the
pockets Of the good people Of RenSseher County
The Republicans Of Troy do well in thus taking
the Presidential campaign by the forelock. The
battle tbs fall is to be fought largely on Free Trade
VS. Protection, and they are evidently determined
70 effect an organization which will enable them
to do their share Of the effective fighting
4 retired army surgeon in London poisoned his
wife. Two weeks later he married his mistress;
three days later still he was arrested on an in
dicrmcnt In ten days he was convicted
and within two weeks aftcrward he was hanged.
Only six weeks elapsed between the commission
and discovery Of his crime and only four weeks
between its discovery and its cXpiation on the
gallows. This is genuine justice.
According 10 Il Boston statisician &" the cost Of
the fences in the United States is more than the
National debt Yes. fences come high but gentle
men whose duty it is to prepare tariff planAs Tor,
Democratic conventions must have them.
The failure Of Governor Hill TO urge that Tiosa
county washcrwoman for the vacancy on the
National Democratic Committee must earn him
the disapprohation of all those who regard in
gratitude as one of the bascst Of crimes. II was
generally understood that the " deal" which he
made with her committed him TO putting her upon
the committee in case she consented TO 90 to
Albany and swear against Mr.. Platt. The liosa
county washcrwoman kept her part of the bargain
why was not Mr.. Hill manly enough to keep
his? How sharper than a scrpcnts tooth 1t Is to
have thanllcs, GOVERNOR Iosa papers that
believe in Fighting the wrongs OF women please
copy
The crime which MAXWELL the murderer Of
Prclcr committed Wa, particularly cruel and
atrocious. 1t is not to the credit Of Missouri
justice that it remains unpunishcd.
To abolish nancn. AMI make use of electricity
in di,patchnc murdcrcIs is looked upon by some
Of our city officials rs doubtful experiment, al
though they confess a preference for the electric
fluid in c,sc they had to be executed themselves.
Their opinions. however do not deserve TO be con-
sidcrcd as against the results OF the searching IN
quirics made nv the cmin,nily able commission
whose rel ort was recently submitted 10 the Leg
slaiurc. TIA, question of pancSSncSs IN 'Accu'
tions is obviously one that cannot be- settled by
actual trial The question II the effectiveness
and rardity 81 electricity has been answered in
the Affirmative THE reform proposed is one IN
the interest ~ humanity and sccmlncSS. The
gallovs is certainly a haTlaIouS institution, ana
when such an agent as electricity Is aNallab"
no excuse remains for uctsI>tng IN the use of
contriyaLcc So Icyotias and h'rrhe. speeds
executions. privacy IN the man igcmcnt OF Them
and some means to prevent condemned men irom
being elevated into lcrocs are urgently de-
handed.
The Democracy should hesitate about running
Mr. Hewitt tor Governor lie has alicnatrd IA"
organ grinder votes and written too many l'tt'rS.
The Manitoba Treasury seems TO have been
squeezed dry ns an orange bv the Government
which has recently been ovcrhrown. The new
Premier ana Ills associate, find nothing but de
faults and crooked looilc,pin in the Office Of the
Finance Minister. I'm fact. 80 bad is the situation
that it, seems plain that the bite Ministers r.
signed because there wasn't anything LETT behind
to render ollie holding profitable. They had
shown remarkable pr,~cnc. oi IN nj in drawing
their salaric, early in their terms. They did
their full duty by the Province to that extent
They say that when Governor Hill heard that
the Senate had ordered TO "a third reading the bill
proyidius for rcduc ny the fees at Quarantine hc
h,a.cd "A sieh that shooI, his manly frame ana
opened another crack in the ceiling of the Assem-
big Chamber.
The Ttica Citizens Committee, an organization
which has for It, object better local government,
asks the political committees of that city to call
ward caucuscs ut least ten days before the charter
election. This request is as modest as
close to election day TO leave
little time for the voters to learn the character
and antcccdcnts Of those who nominated is
nbout as Objectionable as the " snap caucus that
is the caucus held without due notice. The Utica
Committee makes another request: All citizens
who ar, in earnest IN this movement for reform
are urged TO attend the caucuscs.' One would
think in IA government of the people by the people
it would bo unnecessary to urge people to attend
/ cauclscs But Apcrcncc has shown that 1t Is
/ easier 10 drive four camcs abreast through the
eve of n cambria needle than to induce any con-
siderable number Of men who ycarn for political
reform to turn out on caucus night. We certainly
hope that Utica will prove exception to the rule.
One Of the handicst things to have in the house,
csnecally during a Presidential year, is a trust
worthy almanac Get the best And If You
proyidc yourself with Inc Tribune ALMANAC
you get just that.
The Presidents message has had one excellent
effect. 1t has brought to an end all the Mug
,vump twnddc about his devotion TO Civil Service
reform. II was dishonest prctcncc from the he
Ginning. but the changes were rung upon it month
after month rs if it real issue. All that
non,cnsc has ceased. The President is now tariff
,,formrr if you please. The Civil Service farce
j. MAYED out and the frcc-tradc aftcrpiccc has
been rung up
Congress should bc quick to do Justice to the
Federal Judges OF this State in the matter of their
salaries Their present CONDENSATION is in no way
odcnnatc. 1t does not enable the State to be Mt
nil certain Of receiving the services Of men com
nctcpt to discharge the high duties of the office.
THAT the Federal bench here is now filed by law
yer, of distinction and ability is due only TO tho
fact that It's occupants have been willing to make
q pecuniary sacrifice. This should not be re-
o,lircd of them longer.
1.-THE Albany Argus rather broadly insinuatcs
that Samuel j. Randals career in the Democratic