New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-29
WHAT TN DO WITH 1T.


seizes the current event for the high ana mol!
purpose of pasting the neither end OF 1t all oyel
with its own advertisement, so that when the
event passes into history to be indexed ano
classified it will 60 like a steamer trunk with
very large advertisement of the Hish-Daddy
Hunkey -Punkey's circulation on the end visible
70 posterty, has other functions. 1t not only has
to wind up the universe every morning ano
give animate creation the assurance that every
thing is going right by attaching brass tag
announcing that it has been wound up by the
Hunkey- Punkey, but it has to look carefuiy
through the universe to see that nobody except
the owner of the Hunkey-Punkey Is making
more money than he ought to, and that whoever
has any money or is in the way OF getting II
makes proper use of it. 1t is one OF the mos'
useful functions of this class of newspapers to
direct how money shall be spent.
1t is always interesting to see our many-e
bowed contemporary, "The World get to the
front when there's discussion OF such ques-
ton as recently arose as to how MIR. Flower
spent his money in the late election, and how
much there was of it. Also when question
arises as to how man in public life ought TO
spend the money he draws in salaries for holding
two or three offices at the same time, or Tor a
single office to which he is appointed Yhen some
incumbent dies and there's question as to who
ought in equity to receive salary that nobody
has earned. So we were glad to see the prompt
ness with which our contemporary in It's eatur-
davis issue caine to the relief OF Senator UlDson'
of Maryland, who has just been appointed by
the Governor to succeed Senator Wilson, the
latter having died one week before the expira-
ton of his last term, after having been reelected
to another Under the law and usage the new
Senator is entitled to the salary from the 4th OF
last March. But, not having taken the oath
and not having done anything to earn the sal
ary, it is quite likely he may be in doubt as to
the proper course to pursue. The World
knowing the sensitiveness of the average Demo-
cratic statesman on the subject OF drawing I'M
earned salaries, anticipated the Senator dilemma
and Immediately elbowed itself into position
to advise him.
"No one can find fault with him on legal
grounds saws "The World" if he takes the
salary no one would cnticise him If ne turned
it over to Mr. Wilson's family, while good many
simple folk would think he was only doing right
If he should cover into the Treasury the money
that had not been earned by any one" 1t will
no doubt be great relief to Senator Gibson to
have the matter settled in this way that is, eav-
ing three ways open to him to dispose OF the
unearned salary. He can keep it himself and
no one can find fault with him, or he can turn
it over to his predecessors family without sub
iecting himself to criticism, or he can earn the
approval of "a good many supplemented folk
by covering it into the Treasury. Nobody
could say farer'n that"
And now "The World" having settled it
that Roswell Flower had perfect right to spend
as much money as he pleased on newspaper sup
plements without including it in his election ex-
penses and having assured Senator Gibson that
he can dispose of the money coming to him as
uneamed salary in either of three ways without
fear of criticism, may we not expect it to settle
the questions that are Undoubtedly rife between
David B. Hill and his proverbially sensitive con-
science as to what disposition that statesman
ought to make of the various salaries now ac-
crling to him so as to escape criticism and please
"a good many simple minded folk"?