New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-15

prb sIa worry fire eating fossil OF ante be um times
| ard asserts that he was resurrected to spit
venom" II is t0crably clear from this that
! Iatherss latherng hurt the man that caught it
pretty badly Instead Of abusing the fossil, !"
Tie Union would do better to forward the
| Governor a case of arnica
The relations of the coroner's jury to police
authorities engaged in trying to solve the mystery
Of Mrs knlfIin's murder have become decidedly
strained The police, who are solemn and silent,
saw that the coroner and his jury are lmperllling
Justice by their investigations. The coroner and
his Jury. on the other hand, say that the police
| are trying to urove theory, rather than to dis
| cover who killed Mrs Kniliin. This situation is
! not new but every time II occurs fresh demon
| stration is made Of the fact that something must
| soon be done more accurately TO define, II hot
more narrowly to limit, the authority OF coroners.
| There is some ground for the position that they
| have ceased to serve any desirable purpose which
might not better he served through an agency
| less likely to make mistakes and to reach I'M
| mature conclusions. There are many features OF
our present criminal procedure that cry ior re-
form.
good place for the grip to concentrate It's
forces The Albany lobby.
| Tho man who is paying extra rent for the
privilege of living in steam-heated domciie TINS
| ,-;,ter is getting less or more than his money
worth according as he looks at the matter.
! who will attempt 20 say that the War Depart
mani is not conciIiatory? II is only n few weeks
oco that II readily agreed to the arrangement OF
| the fortv-two stars in the new flag as adopted
bv the i.avy Department, for the sake OF uni
| formty It. is now probable that regulation
will bc made with regard 10 the National salute
whereby will be avoided n repetition OF the con-
fusion that occurred at the celebration OF the
hattie Of North Point BalSmorc last year, when
the forts and ships fired different salutes The
Army Regulations provide that National salute
shall consist of one gun for each State, but the
Navy is more modest ana economical OF powder
and more consdcratc Of the nervous system OF
tbe people. as its regulations provide that
| salute shall be Of twenty-onc guns only.
oint Board has carefully weighed all of the
arguments on salutcs and its report to the Secre.
torics Of War and of the Navy recommends uni
formi,y In the two services, and asks the Secre-
rarics 10 decide what shall be the full number
Of guns n the decision is in favor Of one gun
for each State. il is hard to say where we are to
stop il we are to keep on breeding States.
Now that Ohio has got Mr.. Brice, it is TO be
hoped she will keep him. Or, is it only that Brice
has got Ohio?
Mr.. Cantor. the leader Of the Democratic minor
! inv In the Senate NJ Albany is not happy. The
burden Of his complaint is that he and his breth-
rem have not received sufficient recognition on the
standing committees The Senator feels so badly
about II that if he is reported correctly he thinks
Of rcsicning from all the committees on which he
lns been placed This. Of course, would he Il
heroic and hiqh-,oncd course. but it would not
add 10 his stock of recognition. II might be well
for the Senator 20 move the previous question on
himself So far ms this matter is concerned.
"If a vote could he taken in the United States
tomorrow tic decision Of November. 1855 would
hc reversed in a surprising manner. 80 remarked
Patrick Collins. Of Boston. AT a recent Democratic
love feast Of course such reversal would take
Mace II simply Mr. Collins voted. for he was an
active and corucst Cleveland man. But II the
rest Of ms voted. why, then history would repeat
itself sure.
Governor Hirs friends in the South are
deserving him rapidly. The Galveston
News" which used 10 have plenty
of Kind words for him. now cruelty
declares That II Ncw-York really desires 10 have
ballot reform, the first step must he toward kick
ing Governor Hi ont Of office Then, MS il 70
render the hoprlcssncss of doing anything further
with hm the more apparent il adds. So long ~
be- remains Ncw-Yorl will have neither ballot
reform nor any other kind Of reform. The
News is right; bnt il must have overlooked tho
important fact That Hill runs the rum vote, and
that the rum vote is indispensable to Democratic
success In New York.