New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-06


and hereby Ia. ushered in" Why not? Truly,
the theatre hat has set Il mighty ball a-rolling!
I, costs money to remove snow and ice from the
streets. but the work is worth the money
II looks now as II Richard Cookers real estate
lob would soon be lost to him. He has been en-
joyng the profits Of judicial real estat" sales al
the expense Of property-owners. but the Assembly
bill destroying his snap Is likely soon to be-
come law
II this LEGISLATURE should fail to pass proper
law for the reduction Of pawnbrokers fees and
for the lowering OF the price Of gas 10 reasonable
figures its record would be distinctly discreliiabe
in those matters The charges IL the pawnb-ok-
crs are indefensbly and inexcusably exorbitaAt
Recent inventions have reduced so immensely IN"
cos, OF producing gas that the gas Companies ..
New-York and Brooklyn are making unrea sonaoie
and inordinate profits 1t is the imperative duty
II IN, LEGISLATURE to come 70 the relief Of the citi-
zens u New-York and Brooklyn in these matters
when the Democratic hnanciers wan; to learn
something about finance they turn to RepuoH-
cans for instruction and cid.
Under Republican legislation. when every IN
dustry was active and wages were h!gn the couh-
;r, piled up a surpus that looked Ike n mountain
- In, Treasury looters. In two years 81 Dem2-
cratic surplus-smashinS the mountain has disSp-
poared. and In It's place there Is deep DARK
yawning hole in the ground The old Bourbon
policy Of destruction has got its work In once
ID shows
desire 10 meet the wants OF the public by run
ming trains all night on It's Suburban branch
that Is on the East Side. north Of the Harlem
This North Side "a II IL called constitutes
good sized city by itself and Is clearly entitled
10 this accommodation. 1t is understood that
inc elevated road was impellcd 10 tn action u
has lust taken By the report that the SURFACE
COMPANIES on the further side OF the Harem
were arranging with the Th!rdav~ cabe line t.
carry passengers from the CITY Hall FOR single
fare 1t was only after a long struggle that
,.duc,,on OF far. on the elevated Lines To this
region was secured. and even now /: IS only al
certain hours OF the day that through trains are
run Il would be easy 20 do away entirely with
the changing OF cars at :he Harlem THIS Is
something that the patrols OF the elevated road
ought to insist II they resort To the surface
lines. in case the present arrangement is con-
brought to terms.
The weather was as cold yesterday as popular
enthusiasm for this Administration.
The announcement that President Cleveland is
worried over the financial situation lacks the
desirable element Of probability. Experience mas
taught that In emergencies like the present Mr.
Cleveland usually allows the other fellows TO do
the worrying.
II IL to be noted that Colonel Warnings manage
ment OF the Street Cleaning Department contains
considerably less politics and considerably more
working energy than the casual observer discov-
cred In the administration OF Commissioner An
drews. The political pull" that worked In so
many devious ways under the old order ~ things
seems to have been hauled away 10 the dumps In
one Of Commissioner Warnings ashcarts.
II is the dictum OF tie late Robert Louis
Stevenson that the word halter cannot be
seriously mentioned In emotional verse and the
same may be said OF the term "telautography."
employed to denote the process OF sending hand
writing by wire. 1t il a clumsy word To desg-
nate so delicate and mysterious an invention.
surprising all the magic arts OF Egyptian and
Babylonian sorcery and all the widest dreams
Of ancient Thaumaturgy: but IL has taken its
place In electrical Technology and for the pres
ent must be put up with. The invention Itself
IL entirely successful. and was tested the other
day between London and Paris. distance of BIZ
miles the autographs message recorded In one
city coming out irstantaneously In the other all
the characteristics OF the handwriting being per
fectly preserved. 1t IL another high feather In
the cap OF invention 80 slowngly plumed in
| Itti Ia pe
rather limited after all. az the custom OF signing
checks across the Atlantic or sending In like
manner Biographical copies OF last wills and
testaments does not bid fair spread to any
extent But in novelty and ingenuity II takes
rank with any electrical invention of the time.
The Power Of Removal bill is moving Keep 1t
going.
To ask the present Congress 10 restore public
confidence" is just about sensible as ii would
be to ask a quack doctor to restore the blood TO
patient from whose veins he had taken II by the
old process of "cupping." The patient in the
present case needs not merely change OF treat
ment but change Of physicians also.
The Government could easily raise more reve-
nue. by doubling the tax on beer That would be
practical simple ana eXcclien, means ~ot IN
creasng the income OF the National Treasury
More money might also be obtained by raising
the tax on cigarettes to high figures It is gen.
! orally conceded except by infatuated and desc-
Gated cigarette smokers that the smoking Of
cigarettes Is n pernicous and dcetcroas habit.
Tho manufacture Of cigarettes IN this country IL
largely controlled BY ~ exceptionally se!ash and