New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-27

Tammanys hand is on the public schools OF
the city II must be take'. off and kept Of.
How the pocomea will eNecrate the smart
lawyer who succeed d In obt,inng judicial de-
cision 10 the enec; that members ~ the police
force are public officers. There is such a hing
being TOO smart.
with both Wilson. Of Yves, Virginia and Breck.
.nrdge. OF Kentucky lecturng tariff reform
for the good % the cause and $500 night
overwearied public may yet conclude thai 1t WAS
perhaps a mistake after all to eliminate these
jealous ilnke7s from the somewhat threadbare
fabric Of American statesmanshp Popular in
tcrest in living pictures Of the Wilson and Brec!S-
lnridge variety s distinctly on the wane
Manitoba has law forbIdding the OF pub
llc money In support ~ sectaran SCHOOLS which
the Catholics have made persistent efforts to an
null since its hrst passage They first appealed
TO the Supreme Court II the Dominion. which
decided against them: then they tried the I'M
perial Privy Council which lost no time In throw
ing them out OF court, Recently they presented
a memorial 10 Premier Grecnway. Of Manitoba.
setting forth the proposition that the law was in
consistent with the act admitting the province to
the Dominion but the Premier decides against
them lie SAYS the Legislature acted entirely
within It's province and that the law is in conso-
nance with the wishes of a great ma jority Of the
people there There Is no other court or official
To appeal to unless the contestants are inclined
to memorabilia the Pooe or invite the Intervention
Of Satolli. which would not do any good
After the verdict has been rendered II is too
late to begin appealing 20 the jury Respectfully
referred to the handful Of Brooklynites who are
trying TO get up an anti-consolidation move
ment.
No Democratic member OF Congress will tell
what his party proposes TO do at the forth
coming session Of that body. for the reason. evil
IDENTITY that no one knows. All present signs
indicate that It will be a modest and quietly
conducted funeral
The state pays Charles r. De Freest 5000 for
his services as secretary of the Railroad Commits
sion. From September %. when the Democratic
Convention was held at Saratoga. until Election
Day Mr. DE Freest was in this city and devoted all
his time 10 the Democratic campaign. HIS office
took care OF itself during that period. What do
the people Of the State think of such q public
servant? The Railroad Commission as whole.
seems to have outlived its usefulness. II it ever
had any. It has been In existence for ten years
or more and II would be hard to say what good
It has done. Has not the time come for wiping
1t out?
In September last The Tribune reported the
massacre by the Armenian population at Free
roum near the so-Turkish border, OF 300 Turk
ish soldiers the particulars Of the occurrence not
being then fully at hand, but enough being
known to justify the expectation of reprisals
such as have Of late taken place In the province
OF Sassoun. resulting In the slaughter OF an I'M
known number OF helpless Armenians. The situ-
alton OF the latter is at all times anomalous aud
defenceless except for an occasional blow
at their oppressors like that at Erzeroum.
Their territory Is divided between Russia. Tur-
key and Persia, leaving them no nationality
of their own. but only the common bond OF their
faith and race. which Is no buttress against any
oppression which their various rulers may de-