New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-01

UNA enthusiastically cheered The Republican
League has tho faculty Of getting on the right
side Of public question. and Of doing tho correct
thing IN q graceful way.
4 committee Of the MaSsachuse Legislature
ia listening - arguments for and agllnS the usr
OF overhead conductU:s Cor elect.1o street rai-
ways That the putting up OF 80" conductors III
Boston or any other city should be seri' ns!y con-
tempated is astounding. 1t appears that IN bos-
ton they are IN use 10 o limited extent, mainly as
an experiment that ia confined TO the SUBURBS
The danger from wires that carry currents for
electric lights is a matter OF demonstration, ana
Il stnnds TO reason TINT much more powerful.
and therefore vastly more dangerous. currents
win he required in the case OF electric motors
There is one obvious principle In regard to e,ec-
trio car, In cities: either the storage system
should be employed, or the power must be con-
yeyed in underground conduits Bare wires
strung on poles for this purpose are simply pre-
| posterous
The dinner offered by the retiring to the
| incoming President was graceful courtesy, ana
H. ia 10 be hop&l the custom may be continued
| Our politics are more human than they were
when John Adams ran away from Washington
so as not 10 meet Jefferson.
Errors Of judgment may have been COM
mitted.' Gays The London Tines And that Is
what It calls an apology
The new State Capitol Of Georgia, for which
a .ooo. 900 was appropriated. has been completed
| ana turned over to the State. The astonishing
| ,dna about H. is that the work was done in fve
wears for $4,000 less than the appropriation
TN In this STATE such work would have occupied
| AZ n moderate estimaSc fifteen years. and would
have cost s7.6oO,o0o. Either tho people OF
/ GeorRis or the people Of tbe Empire State nave
something TO learn.
What the Administration expects 60 wan BY
daily adorations Of itself In the columns OF lts
| o,onns ia dif3cuk to see. The peoples Verolc'
cannot now be reversed
Co,onel lamont is to be connected, after his
retirement from the post Of Assistant fresiaen"
with syndicate Of capitalists OF whom cecre'o.y
wbitney IA one Mr. Whitne5 would like 70 DC
Governor aud the thought of the Presidency u
NO. absolutely distssteful 70 him. he ev'dentiy
nroooses 10 lie up telephone communication WIZ
the Oldest head on Q pair OF young Democratic
shoulders in the State OF New-iork.
Tho announcement that RuSsiss Central ASA
rnilroad system Is IN be greatly extended was
he expected. At present II reaches to SamarK"nu
and already more than pays WORKING eA~nS''
Every branch or further extension OF the man
} line will, of course add materially % ''s 'rs,"'
and i,s nrofts Il IN now proposed to build
h.ar.h from the main bne at Chardjui on th'
oxns 70 Chamisb. and also to continue the nhiI
IT,. onward from SamarkAnd 90 TRshktnd. Ih
la,tpr would cress the Jayartes; and mus III
, rood would give direct communication with bot
tho great rivers TINT Cow irto the Aral Sea- Jus
az the head Of navigation on them ana wouic
connect the commerce OF the Aral with that o
I the CaHpian Just beyond Tsshkend begins
seres NJ s.eppes adjoining those Of Siberia whie
Russian eoloniKts are docking The road thu
4 promises 70 DO OF equal Importance 70 conmefo
E and 70 military strategy.
The Mugvrump has gone
MINNEAPOLIS Is not suffering from an Assemof
ceinn9. nevertheless The Minneapolis Tribune
IL by no means satisfied with the Legislature o
that Stair aThe Tribune" prints some lgure
s from which a. argues that the Legislature cost
more than 1t Is worth.
Mr. Russell Harrison proposes 70 set OUT aga'
for Montana as soon his father has passed ssiei
over tho White House stile II is plain that MI
| Harrison
mons sons so wen known In washington, VIII
like 70 spend their time hanging around the throne
g ana soon crow incapabls Of doing anything else.
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rx+ross tho .Index for 1885," Is issued thi
manning price so cents IL Is volume OF 1872 IA &c
containing complete topical ana aIphaoeticaa II
A dsx "a tho hlss OF The Tribune for the last yeal
: ,,i,b a historical article current events
y America and Europe as preface. This Is q wor
| =, ,a,ersrce a. valuable and useful In Its way
a The Tribune Almanac No pubic or priyat
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= equipped Newspaper Office
The new Administration begins well. Senate
elect HirginA of Delaware, left his umbrella /
. indianapolis along with his views on politics. an
; Il WAS returned to him In Washington by Priva
:, Secretary Halford. Evidently this win be q go6
= deal more than Reform Administration.
= will be an Administration that viii never nee
TO reform.
& Later developmenM In regard to the explosio
+ at Wesleyan University put somewhat difiere
: LIGHT upon the mattef It was O spirit Of nj
: chief. not Of malice. that animated the studen
T. concerned in the affair. and IL Is. evidant th
Q they had no knowledge of the dangerous chars
= y ter of tho bombs which they used. They bad {
!" dsr~a a harmless kind. which would make ~
!. ldisioa. noiss. but do No dams<e. The materI
= Of those used las aos yss hesa ascszsAinsd. b
apparently tAsy ere noe shs sees Of thing 70
4 sofa With impuniM. II surns cut shat much !
q material damage was done 70 The butdihu "a
: was ct frst estimated. fmt for the seseee ~
! dana TO young Hahbssd. shis sffsi. wcaM tain
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