New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-28

the most favorable conditions but IL can GER
tainly be made moro toerable nowadays than
il could possibly have been few years ago.
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Grand Master Sweeney has made up bis nina
that II does not pay 10 be labor leader VIVA.
all railway employees and other worklngnlen ehouio
make up their minds 10 is that 1t does not pay 10
enter on il-advised strikes under the leadership Oh
men who have interests of their own winch 1hey
wish to advance.
When Grover Cleveland, on the evening OF ule
9Th day of November next, inquiries :" Where was
I at? the accomplished Ruzzard Bay echoes WILL
reply, "You wasn't in IL"
There will be much satisfaction felt by long
suffering public at the summary arrest OF coupe
OF truckmen who blockaded a crowded down.
town thoroughfare the other day for twenty
minutes while they disputed about their rgn'
of way" and refused to turn few feet rom
their course in order TO clear the street. new
Workers are constantly put to needless and eA'
asperating delay by these men, who seem ire
quently to be under the impression that the
streets of the city were made for their especial
A.. and that all other travellers whether on foot
or in horsecars. must await their convenience
There has been lesson needed here; the police
man who arrested the two obnoxious men, and tie
sergeant who locked them up for disordery con-
duct. have done the public good service IN adj
rninistering one that ought to be salutary.
Here's to the National Guard You have done ,.a a
fisaerecable duty. You have done II well ana With
great credit to yourselves and to the state May
you individually and collectively i've i'"s anu p''"
per 1.-THE Buffalo Courier
That's the WAY the newspapers Of both parties
are talking. All OF them rendering to the
National Guard the assurances OF their dis
tincuished consideration. And as we have
already remarked, the National Guard deserves
it ALL
Some newspapers we notice. are filed with
surprise that there Is TO be Tflden Library, after
all. and pay tribute to the generous men and
women who strove to break Mr.. Tildens WILL
hut have now redeemed themselves from what
SEEMED at the time. TO be deserved opioquy.
The time for surprise was not when reading Mr..
Bgelow,s "Scribner" article, but the 2sth vi
last October: when the announcements was gen.
orally made in the press in connection WITH INC
account Of the breaking OF the WILL that com
promise had been made by the executors WIN
one OF the heirs. Mrs. Laura Is Hazard OIL ''is
city She was entitled 70 one-half OF the estate
th. final decision had agreed that two-thirds OF
ber share should be devoted to carrying out tho
library plan of her uncle. From this source
there will he $1,000 900 or $2,25o,oo0 available
for the library; but there Is no OCCASION TOT
gratitude 10 anv "mcn and women with the
sole exception Of Mrs. Hazard
A Rochester phanthropist suggests that the
in I'll
can be abated by treating the trcadins Spots
with Kerosene Yes of course. But the trouble
is that the average mesquite is mean enough care
fully 20 conceal lis ueadlng place from o"e
public There is no reasoning with the mosquito
and, alas. no outwitting him.
The safety ropes which hotelkcepes were re-
ouIred 10 place in every room by law passco
three or four years ago have been shown 70 De Vi
some ADVANTAGE. but those hotel men who refuse 10
obey the law have, we believe, never been called
10 serious account for their neglect Chocr
law passed by the last Legislature, not only are
hotels required 10 he thus equipped, Dut the same
obligation is laid the prOpretors OF ioasihs-
houses and apartment-houses. Such a Slety ap-
n,iance cannot fail TO reassurc nervous guests.
and in some cases Of hotel fires it has proved OF
real use. notably at Syracuse, where well-known
pens, of losing the skin from both her hands. In
At least one instance on record man VINO wShea
70 iump his hotel bill used the rope as a conven-
i.nt means of taking unobscrved leave II the
safety ropes should be made OF wire instead OF
henp. they would prove much more useful, but
the additional expense ard the stiffness OF such
ropes probably would preclude their Use.
Now.York f. Democratic state. and its Democracy
rests on grounds that cannot be undermined this
ycar.-(rhe Albany Argus.
Harrison didn't find it Democratic State IN
1888. and he will not lind it that this year.
The grounds" upon which the Democracy OF the
commonwealth rest are such things as the theft
NJ seats in the Legislature, the gerrymander, the
massage OF an infamous Excise bill. the buckle
bcrryp Job the denial Of lSme rule TO cities
And THE Argus thinks that the grounds
cannot be undermined
Tho nropostIon 70 rcarrange the light on the
Statue OF Liberty in such a way that the head ana
a part OF tie figure shall b. illuminated has much
10 commend II. II the statue were meant 10 serve
the purpose Of q lighthouse, single powerful
light in the torch which Liberty holds aloft would
be the very thing desired. AZ 1t is the statue IT.
self is rendered entirely invisible ut night. The
proposed changes will do away with this anomalous
state of things and make the statue q more strik-
ing and impressive object than 1t now is between
nishtfall and daybreak.
In rcmarking upon random letter from AZ
bury Park which was unfortunately allowed TO
sin into our columns week ago, IN which express
sious occurred offensive to n highly -estsemed or
ganization Of American citizens, several CORE
spondcnts have raise the question OF Mr. White
law Reds responsibility Tor thes. phrases Mr..
Reid, as has been often stated, gave up his oon-
nection with either editorial or business details OF
The Tribune in the spring Of 1889. on accepting
office abroad and has never since been able 70 re-