New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-04

not veX our Hoke Smiths soul. nor plant one
wrinkle in his larded pouch by striking at the
Pie and Postum deal.
Mr.. Gladstone in retirement will continue to be
the most influential man in Great Britain.
The Rev. DR.. Talmage appears to be playing
fast and loose both with his own congregation
and with the people of Brooklyn. few weeks
ago he announced in the most positive terms his
intention Of resignng on the completion Of his
twenty-ffth year in his pastorate and set the
date which he would preach his farewell SER
mon. The cause OF his action was the financial
embarrassment In which his Tabernacle had be-
come involved through building a big church
which it could not pay for. Now it is
| given out in Dr. Tamage's interest that a new
| financial arrangement has been made and that,
| after all. he will not resign. This inevitably Gre
ates the impression that the threat of resignation
| was merely device to open the pockets Of his
| supporters The Doctors action is not calcu-
| lated To strengthen belief in his sincerity. and 1t
| recalls the fact that number of years ago he
was tried before his brethren on charges Of
! falsehood and. though not convicted, the impress
sion was created in many minds that his regard
for strict vcracty might advantageously be in
tensiied
The people Of New-York are weary of the Rapid
! Transit Commission. The times have been, said
Shakespeare. that when the brains out the
man would die and there an end.
The Coroners' Office in this city ought To be
abolished entirely. and the Massachusetts sys-
| tenn of medical examiners ought to be put in its
place. our Coroners system Is antiquated, awk-
ward and uncouth and it is full OF abuses Tam
many has made this Office refuge for poll
ticians So badly decayed that they offend the
nostrs. They are 50 far gone that 1t Is i'm
possible to dlsinfect them. They should be car
ried away on shovels.
VIII the fugitive and exiled Tammany Bosses
dare back while McKane in Sing
Sing?
Representatives Of the ice companies say that
the ice crop has been poor this winter that
the price of Ice Will be high the coming summer.
scarcity OF river and lake ice ought TO cause
boom in the making of artificial ice. II this is
ihe case. 1t would b. to the advantage Of the
health Of the community. for there isn't any
question that artificial ice. properly made. Is
much freer from noxious germs than much OF the
Ice ordinarily sold in this city.
Tammany conferences are now held in Arkan-
sas. Texas and California. and the Wigwam in
Fourteenth-st is almost deserted.
The proposed professional football league may
and then again il may not. be a success The
new league has chamuoned association football.
and whether not it can be made as popular
the present college game it is certainly not
nearly so brutal was the game played by
Yale Harvard and Princeton last fall
Charles Stewart Smith, president OF the New
York Chamber OF Commerce. in a short article
in The North American Review" refers to the
repeal OF the Reciprocity amendment as "a
grand error Of the Wilson bill" II practically
does away. h. contends. with the advantages
OF our Reciprocity treaties with more than thirty
millions Of Spansh-Amcricans on our Southern
borders and in the judgment of the great free
trade statesmen OF England this action Is the
giving away OF a real advantage for nothing. and
is only repeating what Lord Salisbury character
lied the blunder of Great Britain" Mr..
Smith is right. but he does not go far enough.
Bad as Is the Democratic policy OF repeating
the enacting clause for twenty reciprocity trea-
ties, the folly of giving away the American mar
ket to Canada. Australia the Plate countries
and the world in general is worse. The
NHo!c w !lSon ScncNle, III ought 10 De Ac-
companlcd by Reciprocity clause limiting the
operation Of the free list to nations which will |
deal equitably with American exports. An UNI
equivocal glve-away Of the American market to
any and all corners is "A policy of arrant and !
stupendous folly.
Is it fear Of McKane's fate that drives so many !
Tammany bosses to distant clImes?
Why don't the Monmouth Park managers /
build ii racetrack at Port Tampa in Florida? The !
Louisiana Lottery has been transferred to Port |
Tampa, and as there will be racing at Mon
mouth Park this year, why not set up race
course and betting ring in Florida. patterned
after those which gained so much unenvable
notoriety at Long Branch last season?
The people of New-York have good reasons for
believing that some of the recent trials Of police
captains before the Commissioners have been
more or less farcica I'm character There ought
to be no room for any such opinion in reference
TO the trial OF Captain Martens. which is to take
place Tuesday. The charges against Martens were
made by Superintendent Byrnes apparently on
his own motion. in consequence OF the Captains
failure to close disorderly house In Lexington
ave-. which was suppressed February 20 by
detectives detailed from the Central Office by the
order. The Central Office men
had no difficulty in securing evidence regarding
the house. Seemingly there Is clear case
against Captain Martens. His trial will be OBJ
served with interest as two other captains have
been shown to be delinquent in the same way
The Kings County Medical Society has made
IN important report to the Health Commissioner
IF Brooklyn on the subject OF tuberculosis The
contagious character Of the disease Is distinctly
and q number of measures are sur.