New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-16

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The new Commissioner of Indian Affairs
shows keen appreciation of the needs of the
Indian service in his official announcement that
appointments therein are hereafter to be made
solely on the ground of competency and with
the unde standing that the appointeeS will dis
charge their duties faithfully. He also says
that their tenure of Office will be permanent so
long as they continue competent and efficient.
This is the correct spirit to carry into the In
dian service, and it ought to be carried out
with religious zeal During the greater part
Of the Cleveland Administration these appoint
ments were grossly partisan and the work
among the Indians was paralyzed thereby.
Though the conscience Of eX-Alderman
Michael Duffy who will be remem-
bered by the present generation as
the man who gave currency to the use
of the substantive combine" is not mat
ter of large public concern, it deserves passing
mention as an illustration of the effect of po-
htical life in New-York. Testifying in the
McQuade trial yesterday as to his part in the
Broadway infamy he said: "My moral
standard and my conscience in no way revolt
for what l have done" DOUBTLESS the same
feeling animates the whole of the Doodle gang
there is no regret because of their evil conduct
they are only sorry at being found out.
The testimony yesterday regarding the effect
of electricity in destroying life is calculated to
raise a doubt to the efficiency of this agent
RS a substitute for the hangman's moose though
IL by no means settles the question The work
of lightning is all sufficient proof Of the power
of electricity in this direction; and the point
remaining to be determined is the method of
applying the current. An interesting COM
mentaIy on the testimony of the experts is fur
nished in dispatch from Evansville, where
the wires were blown down on Sunday and an
entire section of the city charged with the
electric fluid. Apparently the fremen and
others who rushed into danger here had very
narrow escape with their lives.
In OONeiHOf DSdNoI OulHIOl, tuc COHitla1HNo
emanating from JohnstOwn are healthy sign,
like the grumblng of a sick man who is on the
road to health. OF course the work imposed
on the Flood Commission involves great re-
sponsibility, and is such that it is ont of the
question to please and satisfy everybody. They
have done well SO far however, and will prob
ably use equal judgment and discretion in in
Identifying property Owners for their material
losses. 1t is somewhat surprising to note that
the Governor considers WillamspOrt, for in
stance, more likely than JohnstOwn to suffer
long from the effects of the floods. The Johns
town industries have already been re-estab-
hshed while in Williamsport the lumber trade
can hardly recover in a year from the blow it
has received. Apparently the generosity of |