New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-28
Presidential appointments are multiplying but
they win never catch up TO the disappointment.

Senator Saxton has introduced two bills In re-
pnrd 10 excise matters. which are now In tie
senate Judiciary Committee bat which ought 20
be reported favorably and made laws at an early
date One .of these bills gives citizens right
70 La heard before the Excise Board in opposition
IA granting license, AMI the other provides that
n notice shall be posted on the building for which
n license is asked, so that ncighbors may submit
protests II they desire 20 do 40. These bills are
plainly in the interest Of decency and good order
in the community, and determined eHoft ought
70 be made TO pass them. Men who now hold
licenses will not suffer from them, so that it is
difficult TO see how any formidable opposition to
their passage can be conjurcd up.
Ethereal mildncss wo1il he more delightful il
it were not associated with municipal unceanll-
ness.
Among the principal opponents Of the projected
extension of electoral franchise In Belgium Is the
Temperance party. Its objections to the contem
Mated reform are due to the fact that under the
new household franchise proposed by the Ministry,
no Icss than $4,000 liquor-dealers and at least
40 600 other persons professionally interested IN
tho sale of lqnor would all become electors.
As the total electorate according to the terms OF
the Government measure, would not exceed
500 o0O the liquor interests would thus possess
n representation of nearly 30 per cent Of the
entirr electorate, which can scarcely be regarded
as a pleasant prospect for temperance reformers.
April comes in this week. 1s the Legislature
finally to adjourn by the 18th or tho 2oth OF
April? That is the promise. but II II is 70 DO
fulfilled without sacrificing measures OF grave
public importance. hard work and long hours
must be the rule at Albany from now on until
the end Of the session. few days ago. when tic
Assembly was called to order, only lifty-one men,
bcrs were present-fifty-one out of total OF one
hundred and twcnty-eight. Brace up, law'maKers-
There is just one proper way for the senate
TO deal with the Personal Registration bill. That
is TO strike out the enacting clause.
II has been reported, aud greatly TO the salts
faction of the Republicans Of the State. that D.
Sloat Fassctt was to I've returned TINS rail- 10 'he
seat in the Senate which he filed 70 faithfully
and we'll for several years. But "The Elmira
Advertiser states that there is nothing in the
rumor. The Advertiser" ought to know, but
between now and the time for holding the Sena-
torial convention Mr. Fassett may be made to
feel that. as q loyal party man, he must consent
! TO 20 back to Albany.
Tho recent address of Mr.. Arthur Balfour, the
leader of the Opposition in the British House OF
| Commons before the Cambridge University Eth
| cal Society," serves to draw attention 20 the emil
nence attained by English statesmen in the realms
Of science and learning. Mr.. Balfour made his
real entry into public life, not as politician, put
as philosopher his Defence Of Plllosophic
Doubt being work Of remarkable subtlcty anu
originality His uncle Lord Salisbury, by his
researches into chemistry and electricity. has Well
qualified himself to become president Of the British
Association at its meeting next year. MIR. Glad
stone within the last twelve months, has not
only produced the Home Rule bill, but also
brilliant sketch OF the history of the University
| of Oxford as we'll as a work on early Greek
| kingship, which would have made the fortune OF
any aspiring young specialist He finds his princi-
| pal recreation in reading Homer, and the late
tarl of Derby, that Rupert OF debate, who held
| the Premiership OF Great Britain for 80 many
years, distinguished himself by producing what
is popularity considered as the most perfect Eng
lish translation in existence Of the worries Of the
' great Greek bard. The Duke Of Argyll has r.