New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-23

,.llipc about the remarkable change which has
occurred In orr climate Of late years, whereby
winters wcrc 10 disappear and the Gull Stream 10
wash Long Island, ~ that it would soon DC grow
ing palms bamboo, cocoa-beans ana oranges III
January?
A cause tnat has reached the point where Its
advocates go TO Washington for National con-
vention has undoubtedly arrived ut certain
standing and dig lity, ahd has secured the W.
forest of people in many different parts OF the
coupt,v Tho movement for better roads has
made preat progress Of late. and the Washington
convention Of the National League Tor Uood
Roods has made a showing that must have sur
prised even its friends. secretary n"Sh 'N
prcssons of hearty approval ought 10 80 iar |"
convincing the farmers how greatly their i'eres's
| ore 10 be served by iii, improvement OF country
| highxoys II would he omincntly proper TOT TIC
Secretary Ct Agriculture 10 lie duthorizeu' do
recommended by the convention, to make
| thorough inquiry into the present cohdi'io' VI
| roads in tie United States Another Va'uaoic
suggestion malc was that the colleges Oh asrr
culture and mcchani, arts chould make specia,'S
e thorough Instruction IN the DGliui's III" u'",'
| tenancc Of good roads NAV ''i' - -"
fitting for the agricultural experiment. s'a''o'
smrnDr,od nv Congressional appropriations TO take
n
| doubt These recommendations ought 10 III
uodo n basis for active work in the near future
| II ia in such WAYS that the stimulus given by the
| oo,,.crtion inst closed should make Itself ieie
during the whole year
| T. occurs TO us that since he got the Presiden-
,;al Electors TO culogze Mr.. Murphy Senator liiil
| hos bcon inst about as quiet as ever he was III
| his life But il would be easy to eXaggerate tic
| ir,n,rtonco of this silence Perhaps lie Is merely
listening intenty so as not TO miss the pleasure
of hearing somebody else drop
| Tho hill introduced at Albany to extend the
| racing season in this State ought 10 be deieated
Tho five months between May Is and October 10
afford ample opportunity for als the high-class
| racing that the public requires or ought TO nave
| In fact. there is altogether too much racing OIL
| ready This popular sport has been inAateo 10
undue proportions and carried to noisome en-
coos What the LEGISLATURE ought TO do is
nrountv IN n6opt such rigorous legislation that
thos. curses and pests of this city, the pool
rooms shall be suppressed entirely. The Tam
many Police Department, the Iammany District
| Attorney and the Tammany Police Justices could
| close all the city poolrooms without additional
| LEGISLATION, but these Tammany agencies put for
ward excuses Tor their lnaction asseTuhS thae ''c
present laws make it difficult to secure convic-
tions of poolroom keepers. Thercfre our legis-
,a,ors at Albany ought to enact such legislation
this winter as TO leave the Police Department,
the District Attorneys office, and the Police
Courts not q shred OF excuse for failing TO break
up the poolrooms completely
Mayor Giroy protests that he is mt disturbed
BY the criticisms made upon his recent appoint
ments That is the discouraging thing about It.
His calmness under the storm that has been driv-
| ing about his head indicates that when he has a
| chance he will make some more appointments
| as bad as those of Scannell and Koch
The suggestion OF the name OF General Jones OF
Binghamton-the perennial payer of forwarded
frcight-for Secretary Of War in the coming Cabi.
net does not seem to have elected that general
and hearty response In the Democratic news