New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-03

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rso,,e ara asking themselves what ID me use u
the state spending large sums OF money ys~.
after year for the maintenance OF It's Ha''roa'
Commission.
ro.,.h Quincy "reformer" erstwhiie debaucner
y, tho consuIar service presided yesterday over
tho deliberations Of the Massachusetts Demo-
cratic Convention In the course OF 'o"s
sneech said TO cover "the whole field OF o'a'e
and National politics." he had the audac'y "
nat the President on the back for his recent orue'
n,acine the larger part OF the consular ser'''e
under civil service regulations. In no branch Vi
the publ.c service" he declared. will the intro
"duct.on OF a new system OF appointment result IN
"as large a pecuniary gain TO the Government
Through stopping the undervaluation OF imports
"at ito head, and in no branch Is such c"a"se
more important for sentimental ana pa'r'o''
reasons" Josiah certainly ought 70 KNOW w
enthusiastic distributor OF official pap ever "au
better opportunity to find out. HIS comments on
the proper method Of publishing Ihe fa'en'
Office Gazette" would have been just as oppor-
tune and Just as interesting but we regret 70
find no reference to the subject In his speech
Possibly the Judges and attendants OF the FED
eral courts many OF whom have received no pay
s,nce lime. could throw light on the manner In
which the Administration has been keeping down
expenses and forcing favorable balances.
A roxious element in the soil Of Kansas hlther-
70 feeding the protoplasm of the Popunst the
free-silverite and the political malcontent IN gen.
oral ia now TO be drawn off into tobacco. Ken
tuckv growers OF that weed having found that
the soil and climate there favor the product us
old alluyium can hold only so much or the acrid
Juice Of Nox and Erebus. and what goes into Its
tobacco should sweeten 1t considerably, leaving
blander elements for the nurture OF Its statesmen
who may in time appear in the councils OF the
Nation shaved and in their right minds. each
with correct outfit OF principles and logical
apparatus which will work without squeaking
Chancellor McGill announces that he Will not
take a personal part in the New-Jersey cam
paign. No. nor In the administration that VIII
follow It.
Sarah Bernhardt does not think the bicycle
suitable vehicle for women. though whether the
grounds Of her disapproval are moral. sanitary
sartorial Is not stated. On the wheel she her
self would look like grasshopper on plead,
but there Is reason to suppose that she would
not ride we'll after a certain amount Of practice
Her aversion to the instrument might abate with
the thrill OF It's swift. airy movement. so soon as
she had mastered the art Of riding IT, As II Is
her disapproval counts for nothing Women
have adopted the bicycle. and will probably adj
here to It for all time TO come. in France as else
where There will always be a minority In Oppo-
sition holding a preference for the dogcart the
trolley and the cabriolet but the wheel will hold
It's own against all adverse voices even such mel
nhuous ones as that Of the divine and attenuated
Sarah
boss who Is defeated twice in succession in
his own district can't be very much Of boss
now, can he?
No criticism will be dlrected against Lieu
tenant Peary because he has decided that his
work as an Arctic explorer is finished. He
firmly believes that the Pole will be reached
not by him, but by younger and more athletic
man. Mr. Peary is entitled to rest from his
abors. OF his four Journeys on the Greenland
cecap the second was conspicuously success
full. while the last two must have been keen
disappointment to their protector. But his con-
trbutions to the worlds geographical knowl-
edge have been large and as an explorer he
has displayed originality. foresight and cour-
age. Circumstances which no human power
could forestall or control were against him last
year and this and defeated his long-cherished
ambition.
October Is doing exceedingly we'll thus far
thank you.
They are talking at Denver. at the
American Public Health Associations meet
ing. in denouncing the wholesale emptying Of
sewers into rivers. Even the giant Mississippi
Is in danger OF becoming a pestential ditch
mo pollution OF rivers Is a good cry to be
taken up all over the country.
When Tammany influence of every kind has
been purged away from the Park Department
the parks Of New-York will take on new beauty
and new charm.
New-York has now absorbed large part OF
what was formerly Westcheser County. The
people who were formerly living in villages and
towns which were absolutely insignificant ought
TO rejoice that they have now been taken In as
citizens of one Of the greatest cities OF the
world city whose future Is likely to surpass
the accomplishments and achievements Of the
most famous communities in all history.
Some Of the English newspapers say that
national contests are becoming monotonous.
That Is a sort Of monotony in which Ameri-
cans discover ever new variety and charm.