New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-22

-, NowyorL All the Democratic Senators and
Assemblymen from Kings County represent MI
MCLAUGHLIN and not the voters OF hlnss county
II Mr. Croker and Mr. Mclaughlin will give the
signal the Saxton bill will pass and the metropolis
will not be again afflicted with poolrooms ne
two Democratic leaders ought to yield little
10 the moral sense OF the community and give
orders that the bill shall pass.
Friends who have, within the last week, or
dered copies OF The Tribune Almanac are In
formed that few days will elapse before the
copies they have called for be mailed TO
them Tie supply on hand is exhausted
third edition Is now in press. The new issue Will
note the changes in the United States Govern
mcnt, caused by the retirement Of President liar
rison and his Cabinet, and the Inauguration Of
the new Administration and Congress-
The bill which provides for the establishment oil
an epilcptic colony has already passed the AS
scmbly and the Senate Finance Committee Is 10
rive a hearing upon it to-day. This is one oil
tbcs. humane measures in which politics plays
no part which ought to pass upon its merits ~
!. unanimous vote. 1t was introduced by the state
Charities Aid Association which secured from inc
last Legislature the passage of an act providing
for a commission 10 select site Tor the colony III
question IL meets with the approval OF the Stat"
Board OF Charities, the State Commissioner In
Lunacy and the State Association OF Supcrnfcn-
dents Of the Poor. In fact, so far as we are
aware il has encountered opposition IN any
quarter On its third reading in the Assembly
il received the solid support both OF Democrats
and Republicans. Tho amount asked for Is mod
crate $l25, 900 for the purchase OF tho cnslDie
site which has been selected and $4,000 for lni-
provemcnts. The legislation is urgently needed,
and is free from Objectionable features; it is to
be assumed that at early day the senate VIII
concur in the action of tho Assembly and send it
to tho Governor
Hail 10 Richard Croker, King of the Turf! If
Mr. Croker master of Tammany Hall and ruler
Of Ncw-Yorl City, cannot keep the poolrooms
closed. 10 one can 1t is probable that he will
do So His turf kingdom rests upon the boun-
diaries of the big racetracks, and the poolroomS
interfere seriously with the revenues OF the Jockey
clubs Let the booksellers beware of King
Richard!
Az the cost of another 400 men starved 10
death. a fresh discovery OF considerable geograph-
zeal importance to the world has been made 10 tle
Dark Continent which year by year is being forced
70 Weld ND her secrets, though not WITHOUT Tue
expenditure OF q vast amount OF fo ana treasure
II has now brn established that the great oeh'rai
African Lake Tanganyika is In direct confluhlca-
tion with the Congo River The credit OF the dis
covcrv belongs 10 VI. Dcccmmunc. who starting
from Lake Tanganyika, followed the course Of the
River Lukusa. which flows out OF that great IN
land sea to the point where it joins tho congo
Of which it may be considered as one OF the rlost
important arteries.
II looks as though the friends Of the abolition
of capital punishment were not numerous Just
vet as they might be down in Connecticut. n
bill providing for the abolition has been killed In
the lower House Of the Legislature of that State
by a vote Of l25 to -. IL is reported that
similar bill which is pending at Albany is likely
10 die in committee.
After 4 GOOD deal of vacillaton and discus
sions. which nave extended over period OF nearly
two years the Hclsian Government has finally
decided that the new Electoral Reform bill shall
he based upon the principle of household suffrage.
IN making this announcement, Primo Minister
Becrna.rt recalls the fact that even the most adj
vauced Radical party in the Legislature accepted
a few wears ago the electoral disqualification OF
illitcratcs, and proclaims tho necessity of some
Guarantees OF electoral Independence and capacity,
which would be lacking wer" the Government to
acccdc TO the demands for universal suffrage.
The more the public learns about the proposed
botanical garden the more certain is the assur-
anoc that this project will fc carried 10 sue
ccSsful issue The public Split AID practical
interest which some of our leading citizens are
manifcsting in connection with the enterprise
are most encouraging. They have not only con-
trbuted literally themselves, but they ar" max
inu personal efforts to influence Others 90 sub
.ls A
H. il hoped TO secure, and everybody interested
will haye n chance e. contribute 10 il. The more
the better. though 1t is the part of wisdom to
obtain inst as many big subscriptions as posi-
bic before asking for smaller ones. The result
will be one in which New Workers will he able
- taNc az great pride a. they take in Central
Park.
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