New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-27


due to modest doubt his part concerning MS
fitness to pose as a dispenser of justice
A hin has been introduced in the Legislature
empowering the Police Commissioner OF BROOK
lvn TO retire all members OF the pohce lorce
when they reach the age Of sixty-hve Ihis
bill errs, If at all. in giving the policemen too
much consideration. The number OF men who
are able to perform police duty when more IMAM
sixty years old Is very small. and retirement
at that age would work no hardship in the great
majority of cases 1t IS charged by Democrats
that the purpose OF the Brooklyn bill Is TO en-
able the Police Commissioner 10 get rid OF
Superintendent Campbell. who Is now sixty
seven Commissioner Welles says, on the other
hand. that his sole purpose is TO improve the
condition of the service. As for Superintendent
Campbell his health Is not good, and he has
been compelled 10 take a number of long vaca-
tons He has been a good officer but that is
no reason for retaining him when he has be-
come superannuated. The general character OF
the Brooklyn force would in all probability be
improved II new blood were put into the
Superintendent office. The Democratic objec-
ton 10 the measure Is Of no force.
The use Of electricity the Newtown Creek
bridge TO keep ;.e officers OF the law at bay sug
gests a new possibility in the art OF war at close
quarters.
Coxey and his officers sleeping in hotel while
the rank and file Of his army rest on the hospl
able floor Of a police station is a sight to make
Mrs Lease and the other prophets Of equality and
brotherhood sigh over the innate selnshness Of
the human heart even It beats in the breast
Of rcformcrs.
II may be that the theory propounded by the
ingenious Mr. Edison that grcasing the sides OF
ships will so diminish the resistance OF the water
as 10 increase their speed by one-third. and II
So IL Will bc another instance OF the enormous
economic advantage residing in simple app-
ance. lying always ready to hand and overlooked
I'm the costly and labOrious search for remoter
ones Who can compute the millions which have
been and are still being expended In increasing
the speed Of ships fighting for hours and half
hours and minutes even with fervor Of IN
genuity which spared no cost and left no pneu-
matte or mechanical constructive resource I'M
explored? 1t will be a startling disclosure TO
naval architects and engineers II the solution
OF their problem be found not mainly in i'm
proved wave line. or tubular boilers, or triple
screws but like truth I'm a well. at the bottom OF
the obscure and unregaried grease pot Per-
aaps Mr. Edison has made the greatest
nomc discovery OF the century and except steam
the greatest applied to navigation since the
launching Of the Ark or the Argo. II 1t fulfil
what are asserted to be his expectations. New
York and London will be only four days apart
and the carrying trade OF the world Will be
lutionizcd At the same time the price OF oil
will be likely to go up.
Diver Is not certain yet whether he will make
"A statement not. II the Grand Jury does its
duty he will have a chance to make state
ment under on tn on the witness stand as an in
dicted person.
Having settled red light cure for small
pox pr Finsen Of Copenhagen. should now try
to find out what kind OF light. darkness. at
mosphere. lymph or incubation will abate the
crop Of crlnks that daily grows more plentiful
throughout the world.
Public Works Commissioner DAILY plumes him
self nightly upon the success OF his efforts To
purify the city's water supply. and afirTns that
all sources OF pollution have been removed. In
support Of his statement he cites analysis
made OF the Croton water by the Health De-
partment. II is not at this season OF the year
ordinarily that the water supply il affected
and an analysis made now IS no indication as
to what the state of the water Will be In July
or August next. And Mr.. DAILY knows well
az anybody else that to bring about public con-
ndence in any suppression Of nuisances In the
watershed the best expert advice obtainable
should have been secured But Tammany
would no. listen TO the appeals of the intelligent
portion OF our population In favor Of intrustng
this work 10 capable and eminent physicians
and insisted that DAILY was the man to under
fat~.
himself seriously. but he cannot blame those
who remember his total lack OF qualifications
FOR the office into which he was thrust by
Mayor Gilroy for not viewing him in the same
light.