New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-09

| of Tulv = 1890 an account of a conversation had
| by one Of its reporters on the morning of that
day with Commissioner John Z. Adams IN rel
ercncc TO the purchase by the city of the property
of the Water Supply Company, which, as other
| extracts from The Eagle" show was then a mat
ter of current news. John p, Adams was fairly
successful lawyer, we believe, before Mayor
| Chaplin gave him an Office. His qualifications
seem to fit him for the practice of the law rather
than for important public station.
The Evening Post" is nothing if not pro-
| foundly wise. In the course Of Secretary Blaine
| argument he cited the ease Of Saint Helena. III
which the English law declared that any ship
found lowering within eight leagues OF the COAST
IF the Island shall be prosecuted TO condemna-
ton by His Majcslys Attomcy-General, IN any
of Ills Maestys courts at Westminster; and the
offence for which such ship. vessel or boat snail
be proceeded against shall and may he laid and
charged TO have been done and committed in the
Countv Of NddlpscX" THE Post" on the con-
trarv. saws that the ship would have been brought
in as a prize to British Admiralty Court, ana
when the fact was established that it was on
the HIGH seas. and was not subject to British
Jurisdiction. il would have been discharged. ana
tho Government of the country 10 which " ne
longpd would have had n perfectly Nalld claim
for compensation That is, according 10 llIs
wiscacre Of The Post the British Admiralty
Court would have set aside law OF farlaiheho
specially directing the condemnation OF snip
in any of the courts at Westminster. Nhen did
the Editor of The Post learn that any c0urt ID
Great Britain was authorized 10 set aside law
Of Parliament? il must have taken profound
legal education to turn the British Constitution
upside down in that way No man on the eastern
side of the Irish Channel ever could have done H.
Public sentiment will undoubtedly support the
Sinking Fund Commissioners in their stipulation
that the Park Board shall not allow Castle "afdeh'
or any part OF it, 10 be used as beer garden or i)r
the sale Of drinks. Controller Flyers and Recorder
SMITH took strong ground on this point evidently
fearing the action of the Park commissioners In
case no restrictions were laid upon them
In the early care he took to be informed of the
condition of things in the Sioux country as well
as in the directions he gave for the massing OF
an efficient army wherever it was needed before
an outbreak had actually occurred, the President
displayed his usual good judgment and foresight
The correspondence given ont yesterday, wherein
the President is shown. three months ago, to nc
actively engaged in the direction of military
operations for the protection of settlers and the
safety Of the Indians. is of itself, an explanation
of the surprising good fortune that has attended
the effort to prevent a general war TOO olteh'
i'm the past Indian difficulties have been allowed
TO run along without the personal attention OF the
Executive until war had become inevitable. Mr..
iGarrsons experience in public affairs, his pro-
found KNOWLEDGE Of the West, his extensive travels
all over the country. and his naturally careful
and conscientious method did not allow such a