New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-22

Of Young women OF Utica had formed trust,
having for its object TO prevent young men gong
out between the acts. IL was further announced
that Postmaster Bailey, OF that town, was giving
aid aud comfort 70 the reform. The Cmcago
Tines instead OF heartily encouraging Mr..
Bailey. greets him in his new and engaging char
acter with the cruel remark: Mr.. Bailey VIII
have to 20 out himself before long, and he ought
70 let tho boys alonen The tendency Of The
Tines 20 give a political turn 20 purely philan-
throic efforts Is one that should be frowned
upon by all good people. Besides, Mr.. Bailey's
term as postmaster will not expire for some time
yet
Governor Fleming Of Florida has done sensi-
bic thing in calling the Legislature Of the State
20 meet in extra session 10 organize Board Of
Health and enact the necessary sanitary and
quarantine laws or course, everybody is say
ing that if such step had been taken year
ago Jacksonville might have escaped the awful
scourge from which She is just recovering. There
is no quarrelling with the remark, but suppose
the State which has never been guilty of any
sort Of unwisdom be allowed 10 cast the first
stone.
A horse killed simultaneously on Wcst-st and
boy knocked off his wagon in Brooklyn By
electric wires which the storm of Sunday night
had Frustrated incidents which do not lend
any particular fascination to the idea OF walking
about the city on clustering nights. II the horse
had been man and the boy had been killed. the
occurrences would, perhaps, have attracted con-
siderable attention for day or two but we don't
imagine for moment that even then any par
ticular commotion would have been created. Per-
haps when two or three United States Senators. or
few of the Supreme Court Justices. or half a
dozen foreign Ministers have been slaughtered be-
cause they nnocently supposed that IL was safe to
promenade the streets of New-Yorlr. something win
be done TO make such supposition tenable.
So we ore going 70 have further exhibition Of
bluff. bluster and bravado in West Virginia. The
dying Bourbons sing very discordant swan songs,
but they are dying all the same.
The Union League Club the other evening voted for
high license, local option, the temperance reform
and bitter denunclation OF the Prohibition party
and then adjourned TO the banquetroom and drank
S ee Srrsh Sc for the temperance re-
form Down with the Prohibition party thic, hic) -
The Voice.
The above is taken from paper which likes to
be considered respectable, and not. as might be
supposed, on n first glance, from THE Police
Gazette" In another part Of the paper, The
~'-f~Ns
League Club, which has ono of the finest bars in
America is not much more than swell drink
ing institution This is. TO be frank. seandalous
lying. The Union League Club contains among
It's membership number of the best-known
cergymen Of the city, and very large number
of the most jealous and influential members Of
many churches. To represent that UNI
seemly practices are known there is an insult to
many Of the foremost citizens of New-York II
we were TO answer the Editor of The Voice. ae-
cording to his folly. we should insinuate that he
was red-nosed Stiggins who was in the
habit Of sneahing into bar-rooms bE the
side-doors in the intervals Of writing Prohibition
editorials But we have no idea that this is So
He is doubtless merely a narrow-minded fanatical
Inbred person, who has studied the Ninth Com
mandment less attentively than some OF the others
One Of The Albany Journals" presses met with
an accident the other afternoon, and the name of
the Samaritan which few to I've relief was The