New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-22

felt Secretary Carlisle will have to borrow
again in July, though the defict-creating wilson
bill should then be delayed But IL the
slow revival of business continues win no
speculative furry to bring greater depression
after it. the shrinkage in revenue may be less
ened until the tariff takes effect
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while you are getting new plans. you'd Det-
| ter also get a new Site" remarked County CLERK
Purroy to the Municipal Building commissioners
at their last meeting. Mr.. Purroys point -
well taken. That is precisely the thihg WHO"
the Commissioners should consider most seri-
ousy They have practically decided 10 thro"
aside all the plans which have been suppheo "
them. Let them wipe the slate clean ana oesii
| all over again And the first thing In order Is
| to decide to leave the City Hall and the CITY
| Hall Park alone.
Grover Cleveland forcing the whole country
| TO applaud President Dole in his stand against
our Secretary OF State-what spectacle TOT all
the world!
A National conference on the subject or good
city government IS to be held In Phiiaoeiphia
on Thursday and Friday OF this week AS the men
who will take part IN 1t include Mr.. James u
Carter Mr. Theodore Roosevelt. the Rev Dr.
Rainsford and Mr.. Samuel y. Capen, OF Boston, IL
is evident that the conference Will have genuine
practical value, and undoubtedly many sugges-
| tlons OF vital Importance will be made. Sug-
gestions good or bad will not be OF much aVaii,
however for a city like New-York where the
people might have good municipal government
| II they would insist on 1t. but where they are
willing 10 submit to such government as 1t Is
the good pleasure OF Tammany Hall to provide
year after year. The conference would do some
| U. f~t,.. . cotit1 inf
| way in which to induce the people who ought
to be vitality interested in our city government
TO do their part toward bringing in better sys-
fem. SeIf-interest "a usually powerful motive.
| but It is not powerful enough in this case
What is needed here is a civic spirit strong
enough TO make bad government Impossible
Fy-Minister Stevens has perforated ex-Para-
mount Blount's Hawaiian story so thoroughly
that there is not enough Of It left to hang to-
| gether
II Is q Measure TO record the generous dispo-
si.ion shown by various employees of the city gov
eminent In making contributions for the Deneht
| of the poor and destitute. Why cannot the same
idea be adopted In mercantile and othe. establish
| ments in which there are many employees!
few cents week from each. or quarter OF
half-dollar a month, would not be felt by the
contributors. but the aggregate sum thus secured
| would be large. In the case OF one or the lead
| Iny Brooklyn drygoods firms. Loeser & Co. we
| notice that the firm have agreed to give as much
each week for the relief OF the needy as their
| employes contribute. This example is worthy OF
| imitation.
| There Is such checrlessness among the Demo-
| Gratis Of the XVIII and XVIII Congress districts
| that they should apply for comfort to some
relief committee.
The report made by Professor Plympton. OF
| the Subway Commission. to Mayor Schieren
| shows that the highest speed recorded OF Brook
| lvn's trolley cars is 1915 miles an hour Ths
| f. 9is miles in excess OF the legal limit. With
the present difficulty in stopping the cars and
insufficient protection to life or limb by tenders
| or other DEVICES It IL undoubtedly 4 dangerous
rate Of speed In the business streets but in the
| outlying parts OF the city, where travel Is not
so great. there seems little reason why. with.
| proper precautions. speed Of fifteen or twenty
| miles an hour should not be maintained.
1t is only when we have a Republican Adj
| ,nInIstration that we have genuine reforms.
| Did the Democrats discover that the State civil
| Service laws were being nagrantly violated?
| II took Republican State officials to discover 1t.
| The Democrats could break their necks stum-
| bling over violations Of the law without finding
| out that they were violations
There will be little dissent from the decision
| of the Board OF Estimate that it IS not in order
1T present for the city to spend 100000 In pro-
viiing n new headquarters for the Board or
Education. a law was passed several years ago
authorizing this expenditure, subject to the APP
| prevail of the Board of Estimate. The policy or
that board Is we'll stated by Tax Commissioner
Barker-"that not dollar should be appropriated
to build n new headquarters for the Board of
Education so long single child Is denied adj
mission to the schools for want Of accommoda-
ton" The point Is well taken Even II the
Board OF Education is not satisfied with its pres
ent building which is growing old. and is stu-
atcd far downtown. it ought to worry along with
It for some time yet. and devote all It's energies
to providing enough school buildings to accom-
modate all the children who should be In school.
This Is n necessity n new educational head
| quarters would be n luxury. This Is not a good
time for the city to indulge in luxuries.
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PERSONAL.
Mrs Thomas NJ. Carnegie. OF Plttsburg for whom
the Yacht Dungeness Is now being built at Balti
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