New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-15
OUR "MYSTERIOCS SILENCE.'

We are reminded by our Swect-tempered
contemporary, "The Ncw-l ork Evening fo>t
that we have not done our whole duty toWald
Dr Jenkins. the Health Officer who wckedly
and maliciously deprived the citizens OF TINS
town of a whole lot of fun last summer by de-
thinning in quarantine Mis-, Lottie Collins and
Mr. f. l. GodSin. two caterers TO the amuNe-
mcut of the public who were bringing to Us
some very fresh novelties from foreign shores.
Our contemporary SAYS Jenkins is an uncom-
monty bad man, and that ;" there could be h'
more striking ob Get lesson OF the evils OF ram
many government than the conduct OF his olnce
prrscnts." And then it says with characteristic
.tornncss Of manner: 1--WE called TIE lRlH-
ryr's attention to this fact last autumn, when
the proce dingS now 50 severely condemned by
the Advisory Committee OF physicians were III
progrcs, but THE TRIBUNE failed then as Il
fail, now to say n word in condemnation oi
Jenkins Cr of Tammany for It's responsibility
for his appontmcnt." We were not aware
that we had been dcrclct in this particular.
We recall the Circumstance that we published
with chcclfulncS, and promptncsS certain com
municaionS from the Editor Of " The Evening
POST on the general drcadfunoss 81 jenkins
and the unusual wctncss OF the water be
tvcou Hoffman Island and Fire l,land. In
doing this we were only fulfilling our duty to
tho Great American public. which was impa-
ricnt FIR the arrival of Mis-, Collins and MI.
Goll,in. and getting angry with the oiiicou'
and Obstructive Jenkins who kept th"m
">cyuging round " n il were on the bound
ing dccp instead Of letting them come ashore.
# Mains n, 10 think we fell short of the roa-
uablc expectation, Of "1hc Evening POST
Our contemporary ,ays orr silence on the
exciting topic of Jenkins then and now is
" very MYSTERIOUS" and with sarcasm which
seem, T. n, unnccc, ,IIily cutting and unkind
adds that L cannot be explained by repcti-
lion Of the charge that The Evening Posts
Tammany pamphlet was suppressed IN the
late camraign." There i nothing f)r Us 10
do Of course. but accept the r'bukc with such
bumilit, a We may. We venture . say, how
eyer. that our very mysterious silence was
not due rs The Post evidently suspects, 10
ghouli,h feeling # satisfaction over the de-
tcution ~ Quarantine OF the two distinguished
kickcrs Miss Collins and NJ. Godkin. We
never approved the conduct of the repre-
hensible Jenkins. At the same time we were
unable - acc .unt f,r il on political grounds.
The yiciou. and dcpraycd Jenkins wa, known
10 be. rs The Post says, Tammany man
and "a striking object lesson OF the evils oi
Tammany government" but the gifted Godkin
VA. ha,tcning 10 these shores loaded with
argImcnts in favor OF the election Of TammanI
candidates for Office and We cannot under
stand why the malignant and unScrupuou>
Jenlin, sh .ud under the circumstances, keep
hi, I mach i'm q whirl with aimoSS fitting, To
and fro le.wccn the Ncw-J, rS"y coast and
Habylon. when he could do 50 much more good
on shore.
We believe even now, though we offer the
suggestion with some timidty. that If orr con
temporary had not felt the CONSTANT OF It's
association with Tammany Hall IN the great
crn,a le for Cleveland and Reform it would
have been able 10 haraSS the worthless and
incompc:on Jenkins more effectively. The
truth i, that the newspaper press OF the coun-
trv. viii h was waiting Mr. Godkin'S return
with considerable anxiety 10 know what rs
attention" would be "cllled to- made the
mistake of surprising from the uttclanccs OF
| his newspaper that he was moro anxious To
hclp Tammany elect Cleveland than he was
to hold ND tho miserable Jenkins as a Tam
many object lesson. Everybody consequently
TUNED TO and elected Cleveland Meantime
all Of us have neglected to haraSs the utterly
incapable jenkins Now that attention has
bccn called to it we have no doubt the work
Of haIassing the horrible Jenkins will proceed
with ygor.