New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-06

Superintendent Blrnes has just completed his
first wear at the head of the Police Department
Of New-Nork. his anniversary falling on Monday
Of this week In the statement which he gave
10 the public year ago-his inaugural address, 80
TO spcak-lc made certain pledges which may
properly be- now recalled 10 his attention He dc.
clarcd that hr was entirely free from and I'M
irammelcd by party obligaticn',' that it would
he his earnest cndcavor 10 enforce The laws fear
lcssly and impartially," and finally he said In
the performance of my duty | shall have but one
supreme obj.'t-thc protection of life and property,
the prevention and suppression of crime, and,
above all, the enforcement Of the laws without
fear or favor against whosOcver are found Violat-
ing them How we'll has Mr. Byrncs KEPT thcs'
pledges in the var gone by lie has had some
severe critics, but, on the whole, We are disposed
10 think that h. has done his duty fairly well.
There are points in which he has fallen short of
the high hopes entertained regarding hi. admins
tration, and doubtless Mr.. Byrncs realizes this
a. liccny and clearly those who find fault with
him. He ought carefully 10 read over his in
augural address, and strive still more earnestly 20
fulfil all his promises to the people whose CON
hdencc in him remains 80 firm.
II there isn't bloodshel in the watershed, the
credit will not chiefly belong to Commissioner
DAILY
When Mr. Parncll and his Irish associates were
cIappcd into Kllmainham they were imprisoned
nominay az rebels against Crown law If
Ulscrmen are ever found fighting against the
Crown law of Home Rule will they be patriots
and martyrs 10 conscience, or will they, too, be
rebels and conspirators?
Among the new nominations for the consular
service il for ConsnlGcncral IN the City Of
Mexico. The President cannot be blamed for fill
ing this useless post, since that is his plain duty,
but the office is one which might properly b,
abolished IN the near future. IL is practically
hardly mere than n convenient postoAcc for Amcri-
can tourists in the Mexican capital. The amount
OF consular business transacted in il is insioniii-
can't 4 Consul-Gencral is not needed at a capital
where there is little or no business Of u clerical
character and where the United States Govern
mcnt IL represented by resident Minister and
Secretary of Legation. Their, are many similar
sinecures in the consular service which ought 10
De Topped off.
There was not little force in Mr. Charles
Dudley Warmers remark in his Brooklyn address
on Washington Irving-apropos of the circum.
stance that there is IA statue of Irving in Brook.
Ign, willie his native city of New-lork has thus
far neglected him-that it was far better that peo-
pie should ask why statues OF certain men had
not been erected than that they should ask why
such memorials OF certain other men had been
MIR. Warmers remark suggests, ut all events. that
the opportunity Of thus honorng one of our citys
NEST distinguished sons is still open.
Commissioner Days flop on the question of
eNperts in the Croton Valley is suggestive and in
tcresnng. Last Friday when he returned from
his long aforementioned raid he was desirous SO
he announced, of getting the best expert assistance
possible In determining his future course of ac-
ton, whether from the State Board of Health or
from the Academy of Medicine After an inter
View with Mayor Groy, however, he repudiated
the Academy of Medicine, Of which both he and
Mr. Giroy appear TO have Il pretty poor opinion.
IL was hoped last week that the Commissioner of
fubiic Works was learning something about his
own Limitations. but the hope was not well based