New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-02

.,,,s ~ surnrise II IS believed by many that
the present condition OF heavily armed peace
cannot continue much longer, and England may
vet be- Involved In European war before the end
OF 1895.
Considering the new dawn Of enlightenment
which breathes radiance and fragrance over
I,nan II IL rather discouraging 20 learn that me
NIkoIo still catches ducks with nets like the
n,gitious pot hunters Of California. upon whom
90. Mt long sine. administered the rite Of hlgel-
lat!,n It IL an old Oriental custom, but no'
therefore a good one. and 1t IL 10 be hoped tha'
the Mikado will abandon II forthwith President
ClaveIands mode II capturing this wary ana iugl-
tlv. bird IS much more square and manly as the
Island Emperor will readily admit as soon as ne
comes 10 think over the matter. He need make
n, scruple in adopting II. for there IL nothing
secret or exclusive about II. II only requires i
f,wling-piccc - execute and conf.s,s In using
particular kind u shot and missing nearly all
the birds lie can learn the trick easily any
foegy morning. and If there We're any need OF II.
there are lot. ~ Americans in Japan quite capa-
bic Of showing him how. But as to The net. it IS
unfair T. the birds and ought 10 be abandoned.
ono 81 Mr.. Platt's most serious msfortunes Is
his utter inability to realize tina; he is persona non
In Albany.
Tn. trolley lines in Brooklyn have already
brought about the loss Of l0j lives Most Of the
people who have been killed or mutated under
the trolley-cars could have been saved from seri-
ous injury II proper tenders had been used on
those ears. How long will the city oi brooklyn
permit itself To be disgraced in the eyes OF the
world by its failure compel the trolley lines 70
use proper tenders"
Iexow IS only a small pipe through which
the breathngs OF Plat creak and whistle now
loud now low attestng the varying pneumatic
condition OF the former and the wooden IN
sensbty Of the pipe. He says That ne docs
not care ;inkers dam for all the mass
meetings which New-Yorl can assemble. and
be probably does not nor DO these gatherings
or the people they represent care anything In
particular about him. 1t is the master they
are after. the man. like zero In the arithmetic.
amounting TO nothing without a controlling
figure behind him. Strike OF his preceding
unit and you have nothing. that Is Lexow. an
empty symbol with not enough substance to
rattle when 1t Is pounded on. nor echo back
the kicks which his legislative conduct in
yites and deserves.
And now Il Is Joaquin Miller who is disSi tisiied
with the Hawaiian Government ana wants to
smash II. II Miller thinks he could do the bust
ness with a sonnet, let him go ahead by all means.
The Aldcrmanic chamber Is an obsolete institu-
ton subsisting only In shadow. an image or
smulacrum OF something which once possessed
a measure OF poentality which 1t forfeited long
ago for its misdeeds The restoration To 1t Of any
real power is the most absurd idea possible. The
proposal To give II coniirmatory authority in the
matter OF Mayor Strong's appointments awakens
a suspicion of humorous intention. There il con-
siderable private and personal responsibility In
It's present organization. but under the best of
circumstances II Will take long historic period
to restore 1t as a body to any kind Of credit. 1t
has no important municipal powers. deserves
none, and will get none for a long time to come
The President actually took n walk In public
Friday-the first time he has appeared In the
streets during his present term. 1t was brief and
unexciting. however. as compared with the walk
he will take two years hence.
Members of the Senate and Assembly who
anxious To legislate on the subject of bicycles
might do worse than to pass stringent law for
the punishment Of mischief makers who place
glass or Jacks OF other pointed suostaHces Oh
roads paths for the purpose OF injuring
bicycle tires. A special penalty might be pro-
vided for any who deliberately punctures a
pneumatic tire by thrusting PIN knfeblade
anything OF the kind into II. This Is a particu
larry vicious form OF malicious mischief. but
whenever n bicycle Is left unguarded In public
place It's tires can be punctured easily and unob-
trusve.y. The owner can put a lock on II and
prevent any one from riding II away but there
Is little to hinder "A crowd of boys from sur
rounding II while one OF them thrusts pin a
horseshoe nall or a knfeblade through the rub
Der tires The fact that great damage and an
noyance can thus be caused In a moment should
subject the person guilty OF this crime to severe
| punishment. So. too. with those who put sharp
substances where wheelmen will be likely to