New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-04

five wears Alongside Of Albeit. ana Ford, ana
Ucppcnheilner, and Van Cleef. primis inter
parcs, Henry c. Kelsey.
Yesterdays performance by three members OF
the Police Boerd ought TO be their last appear
ance on any public stage.
That is an ungallant Virginia tribunal which de-
MES - Mrs Beva Lockwood the privilege OF prac-
Using In any Of the courts Of the state all her ac-
qured capabilities OF cogency and proxity being
thus rendered useless so far az that stringent and
inhospitable Commonwealth Is concerned. AS the
decision Is OF the supreme Court OF Appeal 1t Is
not subject 10 review. or reversal. and there would
seem to be nothing for the lady TO do but to carry
her legal talents and requirements elsewhere.
There are good many States In which she can
practise with impunity. II not success, and good
many courts before which her duIcet voice would
be heard with rejoicing Virginia may yet find
that in It's practical exile OF this learned lady II
has like the base Indian. thrown away a juris-
prudential pearl richer than all the attorney tribe
which II retains.
n Croker keeps on losing his money like
gentleman In England. he will certainly have 10
re ,ume business sooner later at the old stand
In Ncw-York
The conferrees on the Ballot Reform bill have
most important duty to perform. The bill In It's
present shape is far from satisfactory. II is not
what the people have a right To expect PROM
iscs made In reference To- amending the measure
have not been kept There Is no duty or the
Legislature palmer or more pressing than the
passage Of bill providing for a blanket ballot
and surrounding the act OF voting with necessary
safeguards. New-York has the experience OF
many other States TO 60 by in this matter. The
nitcra,e voter is not entitled TO more consldera-
ton than the hundreds OF thousands OF voters
who know how TO prepare their ballots and vote
nteligently. and In particular pains must be
taken to prevent the pretence OF illiteracy from
being made the means Of destroying the secrecy
that should surround the ballot-box.
Nayor Strong's axe ought to have got In its
work little rooner.
Since last summer the Kings County Elevated
Railroad has been carrying bicycles In its smok-
ing-cars. greatly accommodating the large num-
Der Of wheemen In Brooklyn who desire to reach
the good roads I'm Queens County without going
over miles Of poorly paved streets in the city
Itself and the Brooklyn Elevated road Is plan
ming to carry bicycles on It's Broadway line
largely for the benefit OF cyclists In this city
who. when this arrangement Is In operation. can
cross the East Twenty-third Street Ferry and
get to the Queens County macadam roads with
out riding through Brooklyn at all. Now. why
should not the Manhattan Elevated Company
supply the same accommodation u whee,men in
this city? At present II Is n perous Undertaking
for a bicycle rider 10 get To any OF the downtown
ferries as there Is absolutely no method OF trans
portation for a wheel Yet Staten Island has
strong attractions for cyclists. and 30 have many
points In New-Jersey. which are accessible only
from the North River ferries In the lower part Of
the city As We understand 1t. the Kings County
Company which charges ten cents for CARRYING
n bicycle, has found that there IL money I'm this
new line Of business II II fair 10 assume that
,h, same result would follow In this city II
would not be- necessary 10 open al the lines for
,hls trnnic; second and Ninth avcs would an-
Hwcr every purpose.
Ballot Dcform seems TO be as much In favor
A. II ever was at Albany.
Iabouchcrc confcsses that he II not purjst
IN language but rather Philistine. willing To
employ the vcrnacular as he finds 1t In common
use. Irrespective OF the fnica rchnements which
grammarans or rhetorclans seek to impose
That is he f. content to differ with" Lord
Rosebery or anybody else for that matter in.
stead Of differing from them. as a corre
spondent thinks he ought to do. He Is entitled
to be a law unto himself In this matter, for he
uses n good deal Of language. and to be re-
strcted to any particular sort would be greater
hardship to him than II his employment OF II
were on n more limited scale. Whether or not
he be accepted as a finished exemplar OF literary
style there is no doubt that he is generally abla
to make himself understood. and that his un.
studied or offhand rescripts sometimes carry n
weight which would not be increased by a more
careful attention to verbal nicetes st!ll. the
general proposition that the writer. whether no
writes in newspapers magazines or books. ought
to conform to the best standard Of composition OF
which ne is master. which need not at the same
time bs the most formal and Academic. "a .