New-York tribune., 1895-10-20

be raised, have proved encOura agingy successful
This method Of affording relief to those in need
seems to be practical and effective The cost is
small IN proportion to the benefits secured. The
charitable and benevolent In our cities may well
try such experiments upon much larger scale
They will probably be gratihed by the outcome.
A pious American devotee has presented the
Pope with a chair of solid silver. probably the
only one in the world, and comparable In richness
and value with the golden throne OF Mahmoud
fashioned out Of the spoil Of Somnauth. itself
finally the spoil OF other conquest. cast again
into coins and scattered again abroad upon the
world. The collection OF chairs occupied by the
Pontificate since the days Of Peter II 1t could
be restored, would be one Of the most surprising
displays Of furniture ever dreamed Of. Voltaire
tells OF one brought out Of the East, jewelled and
enameled. with strange undecipherable nscrip-
tions running around it like a garland, found out
at last to be transatable into the declaration
that there is no God but Allah and Mahomet Is
his prophet" A good many pontiffs had sat
down one after another upon this inscription,
thinking 1t only conventional border or device,
but after it's import was found out the a1irmations
Of the chair and its incumbent were discovered 10
be inharmonious. and the former was abandoned
seven-ringed cup Of Iamsherd the jewelled
sword OF Arthur. 1t ought to be understood Of
course. that in receiving a chair Of silver the
Pope does not commit the Papacy to the theory
OF restoring the monetary function OF that metal
nor OF defining it's ratio of value. Some Of the
older pontirs would not have hesitated at such
a decree, but times and pontffs change. Soms
future Attila or Napoleon may carry off the pre-
Dir, OFF nA oelf into N ia sol
diery. but Il is likely to possess measure Of
historic durability and perhaps leave renown
in Roman annals equal to that Of the Ivory Chair
Of Lars Porsena, whether the blmetasts have
their way or not.
If the farmer, the planter. the cattle-raiser
the fisherman. the miner. and the gasman got
their fair proportion Of the sums paid by the
consumers. and there were no thievish COM
binations between the producers and the con-
sumers what a happy country this would be!
1t has been discovered that Tammany's mis-
management carclessness and recklessness pre-
vailed in the Water Bureau as IN other branches
OF the municipal service. While this bureau was
in the control OF Tammany water belonging to
the city was stolen in large quantities by men OF
influence in Tanfamny Hail. especially by some
OF the brewers. Other cities have had reason to
complain OF thefts on dn extensive scale from
the water supply, and II is not surprising that
when Tammany had tie whole city In its power.
leaks deficiencies and steangs OF all sorts were
numerous ard serious in every department Of
the Municipal Administration NThe revenues
from the water supply have been much increase
since Tammany was dlsodged. Taxpayers may
reasonably expect that the revenues Of the city
government from every sort OF privileges and
franchises will be lsrger now that the Tammany
freebooter5 have been cast out.
Mr. Grout. the Ring candidate for Mayor In
Brooklyn. denies with vehennence that he knows
Hugh Mclaughlin and that he has had any
dealings with willoughby Street. Having taken
the public into his confidence so far, he should
20 still further and tell 1t who acted AZ his
agent with willoughby Street and arranged for
his nomination. or course there was an arrange
ment and somebody carried on the negotiations
In his next speech Mr.. Grout ought to make A
clean breast OF It.
OF all the short-sighted and narrow minded
persons In this city the stablekeepers are entitled
TO first place Their prices were always un-
reasonably high. and they were inexcusably
greedy and rapacious. Now the cable cara the
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