New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-15

cincts for years and II there ever was gooo
excuse for trying what new brooms IN the STA
ton houses will do Commissioners Weies mas H.
More power 10 the Government OF ManitoDa IL
has said mol" to the Dominion government
plainly and fatty. on the school question. III the
f,,Ls At ottawa try any more to bully 1t or 10 CO.
cree IT, let II first defy them: then. II need De- Sc
code which would make the Dominion exceeding
~ sorry: and finally fulhl It's manifest destiny ana
,,in this Union into which 1t would be heartily
wc,,,med This is too late a day for any free
government to be compelled TO establish sepa-
ratc set of schools for each and every religious
sect. suppose we had TO do II here. schools Tor
Icws and schools for Gentiles: schools for Roman
Catholics and schools for Protestants; schools for
Protestant Episcopalians and schools for Metho-
dl,t Enisc,paiians: schools for Orthodox Ouakers
nnl schools sor Hickslte Quakers; SCHOOLS Tor
Srhwenkfelllans and schools for Winebrehhe'
Rams We reckon there are nearly hundred ana
nfty different sects Imagine having hundred
and nfty sets and systems OF public schools Whht
"A kettle II nsh, No. Manitoba Is right one
country one HAS. and one system OF puohc
schools,
Ncw-york and New-Jersey have had inves'ign-
TONS with great profusion and proh,. Now II Is
Connrctcuts turn
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p.anlte the opposition Of the notorious Cir
charles Dixie. the British Government has decid-
al T., establish regular protectorate over ugan-
Il, and To build A railroad thithcr. That Is right.
II should have been done years ago. Uganda is
firmly what II has been called. the Pearl of Africa.
Its strategic value. both for peaceful and for war
like purposes. IL enormous Its climate IL mia
and salubrious. lts natural resources and possi-
bilitles Of development are inestimable. us peo-
pie are doce. intelligent and capable OF culture
II properly belongs 10 Great Britain too. by virtue
Of the enterprise Of her explorers and the laoors
If her missionaries. Henceforth on the map OF
the world let 1t be coored with British red.
The Spanish troops In Cuba send back word
NJ a constant succession Of victories. but they
are lonesome and want company. and well
drilled and well equipped company at that.
or MI the honorary organizations OF Europe few,
n any, are more highly esteemed than the famous
prussian Royal order Pour lie Merte." For
man To decline knighthood therein as Mr.. Her
bert Spencer has just done. is unique occurrence
To those who know Mr.. Spencer we'll. however 1t
will cause no surprise. The statement has been
made that he regards himself debarred from
n
his which he has often repeated and strongly ex-
pressed. Obviously. the reference IL to his I'M
eouivocai antagonlsm to the militant life and the
militant type OF society. IL would be- In view OF
such utterances az he has made on the subject.
impossible for him consistently to accept an honor
from the head Of the most highly organized mill
tary power In the world.
The scheme FOR the incorporation OF all Staten
Isf nd a city Is superf'uous. 1t will presently
be Incorporated as part OF the city OF New
York.
Police Commissioner Grant Ii doing the public
a service In showing how money was wasted by
the old Police Board in the purchase OF supplies.
He finds that exorbtant prices were paid for
many articles. Stationery may be taken as an
Illustration Last year about $4,000 spent
for this, nearly the entire sum going to a single
concern. This year the Board will save between
5000 and $1,000. simply because ii has invited
competition. Here is clean saving Of so per
cent. In some cases the percentage Is much
larger AMI the total amount saved to the tax
payers will be about $4,000. 1t Is fair to assume
that similar extravaganza prevailed In other de-
partments under Tammany rule.
That ex-Commssoner Sheehan should develop
official talents buyer OF supplies was to have
been expected OF him. He there to show
talent whenever there was dollar In sight that
could be quilted into TIE Sheehan exchequer
without immediate risk Of the penitentiary.
That was what he left Buffalo for. He did not
come East for his health. and II anybody was
overspread with the warmth OF that rosy de-
fusion the direct business methods Of the Com
! missioner speedily cooled him of. In the Ian
guage of his class. he was 'out for the money"
or the stuff" as they sometimes call It. and
he was not at all sQueamish ~ to bis modes Of