New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-11

nothing IN be ashamed Of And yet the secre'''e
Thurhcr az usual made a deep mystery Oh H.
and declined 20 say what his chief was UP 10.
What a Secretary OF State he would nave inaoe'
psrhons the most important incident OF the
vear IN the cycling world hereabout VIII De tue
era, ,,heeImcn's parade over the Coney Island
cycle Path next Saturday. Full orders nave
,.or ,..ucd FOR the parade which will form at
Redford-avc and Eastern Parkway. Brooklyn
and proceed through Prospect Park TO ana along
the famous path All the wheelmens CLUBS III
Brooklyn and many from this city. New-Jersey
and adjacent towns are expected to participate
in H. and In addition there will be special
livis,on II unattached wheelmen-that is. those
no, belonging 10 any organizaton-of whom
there are hundreds. probably thousands. In mis-
vicinity The parade Will mark the FORMAL oreh-
ing Il the path which has been In use since last
fall II IT, we believe. the first road specially
for wheelmen which any municipality mas pro-
vided and In this II will he remembered the
Rrooklyn wheelm,n had a share. since they con-
,ributed about $500 for the purchase or material
FOR a suitable top dressing OF the wheelway'
The path IL now In good condition. save at the
road crossings where the fresh gravel just put
On needs 10 be thoroughly rolled and compacted.
and at the point where a railway tunnel -
being built under Ocean Parkway. The bridge
nj this point will be completed In two or three
davs. II IL expected. So that the path may be
got in readiness for the parade. With these
little points attended TO- only good weather will
". needed 10 render the bicycle demonstration
Of June Is a notab, and brilliant success.
Tho friends Of the Wilson bill are hoping for n
surplus for the month OF June. Thus far they
have had to struggle along with hope deferred
All the judicial discharges and Governors par
dons in the world will not undo the wrong done 70
the two men shannon and Henry. who were
wrongly convicted ~ burglary and have been suf-
ferlnx imprisonment therefor. Neither can all the
excuses and apologies in the world relieve the
man who 'ldentined' them and thus secured their
conviction ~ the severest censure that can be
passed upon him
The Queens birthday would have been a suit
able occasion on which 10 take down from Its
neg the vacant British laurel and repose II upon
the brow ~ some among her numerous ex-
pectant bards VIII, are now all monotonously
| bald-hcaded so far as that ancient and shining
| ornament IS concerned There Is no lack OF cam
II,
| ~ unworthiness pervades the bosom as It GER
| tainly does not murmur In the verse OF any
among them The case presents difficulties. no
doubt when the singers are so many and the
decoration but one, but they always present
more or less In its transfer. While 1t remains
without certified official anchorage 1t is rather
a disturbing chapet. pickering phantomlike over
the heads Of all the leaders OF the British choir.
| IN anA ~
hI, own organs OF perception and Imagination.
clothing them with Its own gathered radances.
This must interrupt the even and normal flow of
song which Is expected from all Of them. though
so far II does not seem to have greatly dimin-
ished Its volume. II II were once disposed OF and
out Of the way It would be a good thing FOR the
entire choir though its bestowal might not salts
~ all OF them nor impart new quality to the
versa Of Ito new wearer. II there Is no other way
OF determining the most worthy the case might
be submitted 10 plebsctum the decision OF
which would. perhaps be as near right as tina,
| OF an Academy or a Prime Minister. At any rate
there would be no gainsaying It, Even the dis
| appointed bards would have to acquiesce confd-
ing their claims posterty II they liked, though
| postertty In likely to have Its hands full OF Its
| own competitive Ministries and measures. The
| laurel OF the Empire may not be as important IN
some respects as the crown but 1t has Its own
| utility and Is taking on a good deal OF unneces-
sary dust while It remains unworn II old prece.
dents are to continue ir its bestowal Lord Rose
berry ought. II possible TO md out the head that
Ats It, and put 1t into commission without delay
Tens Of thousands OF wheelmen are waiting
with more eagerness than patience. for Governo,
Morton to sign the Croton Cycle Path bill
Mayor Strong approved It some days ago, not q