New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-06

Oh ult unu ~ VI bCleuCS, bOBcbueF WlUH
building for the Institute ITSELF one feature Of
which viii he n councillors hall for lectures
and public meetings
The importance OF this movement 10 Brook
lyn, both present and prospective, cannot be
over-estimated. The Tribune approves IL cordially
and trusts that no obstacles will be thrown
| in its way, either in the Legislature or else
where. The committee OF thirty-nne wel-known
ladies and gentlemen appointed at last nights
meeting is representative one and may be trusted
to do its part wisely and we'll That 1t will have
the hearty and practical cooperation Of the best
sentiment Of the community at large seems
certain.
The clergyman who opened the SENATE yester-
day with prayer referred 10 political gamblers
who buy up the votes Of the ignorant immigrants
who comprise such large proportion Of the popu-
lation Of the citiesn lie had no sooner concluded
than the slver-tongued Grady was on his feet
angrily demanding that this clergyman should
never be allowed 10 pray in his Senatorial pres
ence again. The difficulty about tbs is that al
most any prayer on any subject fred at random,
would be likely to hit Grady in a vital spot.
A flbuster Is defined in tho dictionary rs
plEhptf NE hfd-EoDDtfs u hutCduttEs lENt-
boOtern The flibusters who are standing 10 the
way of the Copyright bill are wen named.
The mercury went az degrees below zero NJ
ST. Vincent MINI, and &c below in Manitoba yes
terday morning beating the best previous record
this winter by from 10 10 degrees. -Four cold
waves have now come across tho country IN
rapid succession in scarcely more than a week;
that II Sunday night and this one being the
severess. Were IL not for the quick and very
marked reactions in the temperature between
them, there would by this time be splendid skating
and good ice-crop ready for the harvest Like the
Samoan question: our winter weather is far from
being settled.
Mr.. Mills tells correspondent of The Spring
field Republican" that he is by no means dis
couraged" We are glad to hear it. since the
sympathetic effect of Mr.. Mills's dependency
upon the cog-wheels of the universe could only
be ruinous
No Official OF this city deserves better Of the
public than Recorder Smyth. lie is strong, honest
hearted, clear-minded Judge, whom all evil-doers
hate ard fear. The longer he lives and the more he
prospers the better we shall be pleased but he is
all wrong about that matter OF the new criminal
courthouse. We wish there way Of salts
flying him and meeting the pressing requirements
OF the city well, but there is no such way.
We must have criminal courthouse Immediately,
md the only place TO put IL is upon the Centrcst
block, next 70 The Tombs. This ground is owned
by the city. IL is convenient 70 the city prison.
It's utilization will save, not merely tho cost OF
q building lot, but the expense and shame OF cart
ing the prisoners back and forth from and TO the
courts. The character OF Centrest, as a business
thoroughfare is rapidly and widely changing for
the better, and it Will soon become handsome
avenue. IL will detraot nothing from the Re
corler's dignity 20 hold his court there, where
for every reason it ought TO he held
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After this, Grady may be expected 70 dodge
every time the Senate chaplain opens his mouth
The Republican legislators at Albany must not
forget that the party has not yet been dis
charged Of its duty 70 press High-License bill
this winter The success Of the liquor dealers
in electing Governor Hill only renders the Re-
publican obligation the more pressing.
Some one has been doing the recent climate Of
the Northwest cruel injustice. Accordingly, The
Chicago Inter-Ooean' makes haste to state that
" there have been no blzzards in tho West or
Northwest 80 severe and disastrous rs those ex-
winter" We congratulate the Northwest most
heartily But we advise The lnter-Ooean' TO
70 slow in regard TO those bljzzards' which the
East experienced In the early months of this
winter Blzzardsp Palm-leaf fans would De
nearer the truth.
Genoral BoulangOr. IL is discovered. does not
because he can not-compose his own political
letters and manIfestoes Their author is not NJ
LAguerre, the Deputy. nor yet the plnchbeck In
riguer's clever son-in-law, Captain Driant Us has
been supposed but one M. Pierre Denis. This
worthy Is veteran journalist of theatrical man
ners and versatile principles. When Louis Ma
poleon was Emperor he wrote for a scaRdaLmon-
gering society journal" IN 1871 he was the
editorial mouthpieee OF the Commune" When
that venomous insurreetion was finally crushed he
got Government Office and went in for Bona
partisan. When MaeMahon went out. Denis went
out too, and ricocheted around the provinces,
running successfully Socialist paper az Rcims, a
Republican In the north OF France. and Bona
partlst nc Rochefort Finally, he came back TO
Paris. and in accordance with the eternal fitness Of
things became the literary wheel Of the Boulanger
machine with promise OF portfolio IN the would
be Dictator's prospective Cabinet But isn't IL
just tribe ominous for General Boulanger that
his name is DenisP
Governor Hill may be relied upon not 70 approve
of any Higb-Lioense bin similar TO the one passed
By the Republicans Of the last Legislature. SO