New-York tribune., 1893-12-10

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had not developed tho ultimate possibilities Of
| burlcsque?
| The surface railroad company In Brooklyn
controlling the largest number Of trolley ears has
| decided 10 attach to each of it's cars the fender
| which has been tried with good results on the
electric cars in Boston. This is contrivance
| which projects a short distance In front OF the
| car. and when 1t strikes person the tendency
| is to throw him up on the fender, instead Of
| hurting him to the ground and running over him.
The use Of this device is clearly in the interest
| Of the public at large The cable cars in this
city ought also to be provided with similar at
tachment.
Alexander IT'S sudden and unexpected decree
ordering the immediate acquisition by the Gov
ernment Of three great trunk lines Of rail-
road In return for sum Of money to the
shareholders altogether inadequate as far as the
value IL concerned. was prompted not only by
strategic and military considerations but also by
the discovery Of gross administrative abuses In
| the management Of the railroads. calculated to
impair their efficiency means Of transport
both I'm time OF peace and time of war. 1t was
found that the sums Of money that should have
been spent in the maintenance Of the permanent
road and Of the rolling stock had been divided
among the directors and the principal officials,
who were in the habit Of voting TO themselves
large bonuses. This action the part Of the
Car WILL however. result in still further dis
couraging the investment OF foreign capital in
Russia.
II IS an interesting and significant fact that the
managers OF the Mldwinter Exposition In San
Francisco have decided to keep the gates Of
in TO of gi
tation on the part Of the churches in favor Of
Sunday closing The situation is. to be sure.
different from that In Chicago, since the Worlds
Fair directors had accepted the Governments
appropriation on condition that the Exposition
should be closed on the first day Of the week
but after Sunday opening was decided on the
attendance was trfng except on the last few
Sundays.
on such day yesterday man doesn't
need to be a poet in order TO be warranted In
sighing for "a beaker full Of the warm South"
or of the cold North. for that matter.
There is no truth whatever in the report that
n conference of Republican politicians was held
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel or elsewhere on
Thursday or al any other time. at which ques-
tIons Of patronage and policy, in connection
were determined or discussed. There has been
no such conference since the election. No three
of the persons named In the printed report
of such a conference have at any time since
election been together The next Legislature
will organize without any effort the part
Of any boss or set Of bosses. any committee or
combination whatever. to control its actions
The next Speaker Of the Assembly will be as free
of any restraint compusion in the organiza-
ton OF the committees as such an officer ever
was in the history Of this Republic. And any
and all reports to the contrary simply
false.
Occasional failures Of justice under Mr. Nicolls
administration OF the DistrctAttorney office
are painfully suggestive Of what will occur
when Colonel Fellows ceases to live simple
Christian life and again becomes a public prose-
cutor.
Ii IS a wise man who knows when he has had
enough. Mayor Body has made up his mind
that he has. and announces his purpose never To
accept public office again. Nothing in his Of
fetal career becomes him like the leaving OF it.
Seeing that he was beaten by a plurality of over
70 600 II betokens good sense on his part to con-
slider his retirement TO private life permanent
He SAYS he has gained experience which he thinks
may be yalua BILE to him, and he regrets nothing
that has ''transpired along the line Of natural ex-
perience" There is an occult meaning mere
which the retiring Mayor ought to elucidate for
the benefit OF future Democratic aspirants Tor
the Mayoralty. Natural experience? Is there
an esoteric ausion I'm this 10 the influence laid
by the Ring and Gang upon Mr. Body? But.
surely. in view of the circumstances In which
he was made candidate. the Mayor cannot
think there was anything "unnatural' In that. |
If he had had his eyes open he could have ex-
pected nothing else.
II raw materials are not put on the free list !
and If ad valorem duties are not universally |
adopted the simon-pure Free Traders Will be In |
duty bound to repudate the Wilson bill In toto. |
What is the matter with the BRUSH Foreign |
Office? We have been waiting patiently to hear |
that the English Minister to Hawaii has been |
recalled in disgrace but the news does not come.
1t IL now over -wo weefs since the full text OF
Paramount Blount's report was published,
and surely there has been plenty or time for
| ord Roseberv TO act It will be remembered
the English Minister followed Minister Stevens's
example last January and promptly recognized
the Provisional Government. According to Mr.
Bount he did this because he was convinced
that the Provisional Government had MT
Stevens's support and that 1t would be toly
for the Queen to resist the United States II
strikes vs. that, II Biount reports the facts
correctly this 10 not the kind OF man Great