New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-22

Commissioner Gilroy is not yet rid OF the un-
pleasant subject of the erosswalks which his con-
tractors have put down Broadway. Anyhow.
the granite-cutters are not through with him, but
are prepared to continue to stir him up until some
thing more satisfactory is brought about Ii
their vigilance results in the laying OF the night
kind of crosswalks in our principal thoroughfare.
the public will owe them large debt OF gratitude.
There is ground for q strong suspicion that the
walks would have been left in q shabby and in
complete state IL these granite men had not be-
stirred themselves
"The World" has made the discovery that
Governor Hill is holding his Office because he can
not properly resign the Office of Governor when
the Legislature is not in session. 1t is current
opinion that when the Governor is out OF the
STATE the Lieutenant-Governor Is the acting
Governor. If Senator Hill should 60 to Washing
ton, would not Jones be the Governor?
A high old Roman quarrel is in progress be-
tween THE Evening Post and The sun, the
former having taken exception to the htters ad-
dressing it as ImpudentisSimus' when 1t should
have said in correct Latin. "Impudentissime,' In
other words. in the vocative. AS disintcrested
spectator, however, we venture to express the
hope that the day may be far distant when our
hgh.kicking contemporary can be spoken Of in
the vocative. Its mission is the accusativea but
it sometimes INDUCES, as in the case OF Grover
Cleveland, for instance, in the nomlnatlve.
At the farewell dinner which is shortly to be
given him at Albany, Mr.. Hill might be asked
to respond to the toast: 1.-The Great Duty
Shirker; or, why am not in Washington
The American Navy causes our Free Trade
mOralists a great deal Of anxiety and pother.
To begin with, it was started according to their
ideas in the wrong way. The ships ought not to
have been built here, but in England, and when
brought under the American flag they ought to
have been largely differed and manned by English
men. Such a navy would have suited our COM
planning friends, since it Sould never have been
employed for any high purpose OF American
policy, nor have contributed in any way TO pro-
mote the prestige of the Nation. American-built
and American-manned, it naturally is used for
national ends, and this is a great trial to these
shrinking sensitive souls. They would be well
content to have Chilian vessels enter American
ports with impunity and defy the jurisdiction oil
the courts, and to have our blue jackets mObbed
in Valparaiso town without any notice being taken
of it-bcyond the withdrawal Of the "unspeakable
faJ CaSdu, anu Tie suIicHuci VI ehc AS'uSSSo
under his roof to military execution.
It is rather interesting tabeau which the
Washington correspondence Of "The World" de-
scribes, a "little coterie Of which Mr.. Breckin-
ridge, of Arkansas, is captain, and Mr.. Sayres, OF
Texas, Is Grst-lieutenant," trying to attract the
Speakers attention by brandishing large serious
looking club" to all of which the Speaker pays no
heed IL we rightly remember, the same tactics were
used to attract the attention of Speaker Reed in
| the last Congress, and THE World" thought then
| il was an outrage that the Tyrant Reed took no
| notice Of them
The geographical exhibition which is to be
opened in the Arsenal in Central Park on Thursday
is we'll worth the attention of the public at large
| and of teachers and students in particular The
| collection was made by the Geographical Depart
| ment OF the Brooklyn Institute and was first ex-
| hibited in Brooklyn last spring. Later it was
| seen in Boston. In both cities it attracted much
attention. As the maps, aliases, globes, ETC., are
| to be displayed to better advantage in this city
| than in Brooklyn, where the space available was
| too limited to show them properly many OF those
who visited the exhibition a few months ago will
| doubtless be glad to make a second visit now.
The exhibition is pronounced the finest of the kind
ever gotten up in this country. Its purpose is
purely instructive and educational, and no charge
| is made for admission.
To the voters of Dutchess County. without re-
! gard to party: You owe it to yourselves you owe
it to the good name of old Dutchess, to see to it
| that justice is meted out to the scoundrels who