New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-18

what chances he was taking Even IL he acted
on impulse and without deliberate calculation the
| impulse was sublime. Regardless of himself, he
lpaped to save another. But thought is swifter
than carwheels and it may well be that Nolan
| any had time TO comprehend the sacrifice that he
was making, and was consciously willing TO die
ct his post. His name belongs upon the roll of
| heroes.
To Constant Reader" The Banks Survivors
Association is composed of men who were Repre-
sentatives in the XXXIvth Congress and voted
| for Nathaniel p Banks for Speaker. 1t has moth
ing 20 do with the American colony in Montreal.
Il Is not fire that Is ordinarily feared by passen-
gers on board ferrybOat Collision on the crowded
rivers is constant peril before their eyes, but the
| possibility OF being burned is remote indeed. II
was fortunate that the passengers on the New
Brunswick were comparatively few in number,
fortunate that she was burned at noon instead of
Mt an hour when mutltudes are crossing the river,
and fortunate that the fire broke out when she was
Just leaving her slip rather than in midstream.
The flames spread with remarkable rapidty, and
the people on board would have been seriously i'm
perilled had the boat been 20 distance from shore
when the fire was discovered. II there was any
fire apparatus board, it appears to have been of
no use Are the ferryboats generally equipped with
adequate apparatus for dealing with fire, which
yesterdays experience shows to be q momentous
possibility on such vessels?
The appointment OF Mr.. Robert p Porter 70 the
responsible post OF Superintendent Of the Census
will meet with hearty approval. Mr.. Porter's
qualifications for the important duties that viii
devolve upon him give ample assurance that the
Eleventh Census will be Gil that can be desired
To readers OF The Tribune the new Superintendent
is probably best known through his able letters
industrial conditions in England, Germany and
France, published in 1888.
The Democracy wants TO be let alone" So
The oil City Derrick reports The request is
so modest that we suspect the Democracy, now
that IL is out Of power is trying 70 acquire reputa
ton as great American hnmorist.
Il Is evident that the demand for seats 10 see
tho great Centennial paudeS is going TO be extraor
binary. There is one precaution that certainly
ought to be taken by those having charge Of the
stands That is, every seat should be numbered,
and the people holding tickets should be entitled
TO enter and leave tho stands on which their
seats are situated as freely as they choose Under
any other arrangement the rush for the more
desirable places will begin hours before the parade
gets under way and much tedious waiting will
result
proposition 70 erect a statue Of Payne the
original Oklahoma boomer, IS received with favor
by his followers. II Is not stated whether or not
he Is 10 be represented in the act of defying the
Government, but that attitude would probably
suit him better than any other.
New-Yorlt has never taken kindly 20 cable
railways except as possibly good substitute for
horse-caFs. The idea Of using them as n general
mems OF transit this long and narrow island
is indeed preposterous. But even il the intro
duction of them were regarded with universal
favor, the experience OF Chicago would be enough
TO give us pause The YerSes cable system
there is being condemned with great unanimity
by everybody who has occasion to use ii, and
in the region dependent on IL houses, flats and
stores are being vacated with alarming rapidity.
Indeed, ~ looks as II Yerles would share the
fate of Jonah before long unless there is an
Improvement. In other places cable-roads have
met with moro success, but no one has ever
claimed for them that they solved the rapid
transit problem.
In deciding 10 reduce the canal appropriation
from 81 100000 10 100000 the Assembly Canal
Committee simply responded TO public sentiment
The canals received $4,000 last year, and IL is
the general opinion that Co go much beyond that
figure at this session would not be the part of
prudence.
Public sympathy win go with General Franz
SiRl, who retireS from the Pension Office in the
shadow Of a painful aflliction, but with no cloud
upon his own name. The discovery that his son
had betrayed his confidence and had earned q fell
on's punishment must have been hard blow to tho
veteran. But the examinations made by the Pen
sion Bureau show that there was absolutely moth
Ing in the condition of the office TO reflect upon his
own personal integrity lie retires with honor,
though In sorrow.
1t cannot be denied that an unfortunate amount
Of friction has been developed in preparing for the
great celebration, but the work is making salts
factory progress just the same, and there is not
the slightest doubt that the jubilee will be
colossal success in spite Of the dscordant prelude
There has been q huge crop OF rumors and sto-
ries regarding the spoils tendency Of the new ADJ
ministration, mostly based upon interviews OF
doubtful authenticity and downright canards Tho
story that there had been q clean sweep in the
League Island Navy Yard at Philadelphia comes
under the latter head There has been no such
sweep, and there Is not likely TO be any The
best criterion of the Administration regarding Civil
Service Reform IS not what unfriendly and reckless
newspapers say it IS doing or means TO do, but what
II has actually done,
Tho Home Rulers have partial compensation
for their disappointment over tho results OF the
Birminghnm election. They have gained o seat