The Press., 1894-06-07

two years 70 come.
 THE hope of those who pray for better roads rests largely upon bycyclers. This class Is composed of active young men, ''hustlers," who are a power in public matters when they are in concert, and de: termined. Travellers by carriage have suffered and grown strong-to endure the evils they could not flee from, and to which they had grown wonted. It is diff ferent when the mans sympathy is aroused for himself rather than for a toiling brute. Man has large modicum of hu- manity when his sympathies are aroused for @ man, and. that man, himself. The next winter will see legislature besieged who will have them. The most probable plan will be to have certain thoroughfares adopted as state roads, built and kept up under the supervision of a state commis- sion, thus relieving poor towns of more than a fair percentage of the cost of roads used for the greater part by others than its own citizens, and for passage through the town rather than as contrib uting to its own business life. The larger business eenters would get, the greater benefit of these, and pay the greater part of the cost. At the same time the good roads would move every mans farm so much nearer a good market for it's pro- duce. In Holland county, for instance, the first move would naturally be good grade read between it's two chief towns, connecting with an easy road leading to the capitol and intersecting with other good roads. This is the idea that is be- ing discussed. If carried out it will in- crease the state taxes. but ought to pro- portiOnately relieve the towns. The bet ter roads are called for, and will be had in some way.
 THE legislative committee sitting in in vestigation in New York city, for the ex- penses of whose work Gov. Flower vetoed bill to pay, are striking pay ''dirt, ," real dirt, too, in every sense. Keepers of houses of ill fame are testftying with such specification of date as to carry convic- ton that 1t has been the common practice of public authorities to regularly assess them, In many cases so heavily as to bankrupt them that their dealings were with the captains and high officials, or with the "ward men,," whose. sole duty seemed to be to serve as go-betweens in this iniquitous work. The secret of grow ing rich in office with moderate salaries seemed to be disclosed hs this evidence, and the rottennesssof tammany rule be- ing stirred up in this investigation is caus- ing stench that extends all over the country. There has been little ground for doubt that the 'sfinest'' has been en- gagged in fostering for revenue only crimes which they were bound and sworn to pre- vent, but the work begun by Rev. Dr. Parkhnrst will now go on, and the city, 1t Is hoped, will arouse and redeem itself from its carrion incubus. The policemen are shown by evidence to carry peculiar practices into their election day duties. One trick brought out by testimony of several voters was to touch the voter up- on the arm as he handed his vote to the box tender, and, holding up stump of pencil, inquire, i'tDid you leave this in the booth ?" While attention was thus engrossed the voter failed to see what be- came of his ballot, or whether his name was checked. In one instance 1t was proved that another man later cast aivote, giving the name of an elector thus treat ed, the natural inference being that the rightful voters ballot did not go into the box, but that later one assuming to be his, and reasonably certain to have been the opposite of the one he desired to cast, was deposited and counted as his.