New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-09


claim all responsibility for the allegations made
hofore Il nv a former member who is now Con-
crorational clergyman. SANDER is not less SIAN
dor because uttered by minister. and no one. in
the pulpit or out OF It, has the right to make such
charges as Dr. Lansing In !uged in unless he Is IN
n position TO prove them absolutely
rho evidence seems convincing that d large
number Of names are unlawfully on the registry
Iists for tOdays election in Jersey CITY The num-
her Ia placed as high as 5000. The police nave
been Instructed to any one who attempts u
vote on the spurious names. That the registration
has been swelled by foul means Is evident when
the total number enrolled, or alleged to be on
rolled-i3 o23is contrasted with the total Vo'c OF
81 23S at the last election Every effort should De
made TO prevent fraudulent voting. we'll as
manipulation OF the votes after they are cast.
There have been bosses who never knew when
they had enough. and Mr.. Plat may proht by
their example.
Secretary Carlisle's action In increasing the SAL
airy Of the Commissioner Of Emigration at TINS
DOR, from 5000 TO 5000 year comes at queer
time The idea Of the present Administrator
seems TO be that Government expenditures should
MIXING Increases.
Four hundred daily newspapers are published IN
Toxic besides three hundred other periodicals.
Mono OF them however. reach large circulation.
an issue II ten thousand being about the maxi
mum The combined circulation OF all the daies
,s rIpposel to be over three millions. while the
wcetlies ana other periodicals issue about half a
million copies The press there had Us origin IN
an amplincation OF the ordinary advertising hand-
bill 10 which news and comments were graiuaily
added This paved the way - the establishment
Of the first daily in 1872. entitled TIE Mali ana
News" which was progressive ana poleihca'' III
,i,,pp Governmental persecution. which /; got
its editor being duly sent 10 prison as Is 'he wont
-, tho journalistic pioneer everywhere. But the
journal lived and thrived and others sprung up
I'm Astounding number. 81 that now the ins,itn-
ZION there Is q rooted and furnishing one. which
the Japanese could no more get on without than
their Western brethren could DO without their
daily and uulntermitted news supply They have
handsome illustrated papers and magazines. artis-
tic and philosophical reviews and even trade
papcrs organs ot special industries and crafts
are appearing among them. - far they have
hardly reached the highest Western standards IN
any Of these directions. but they have made sur
prisingly rapid progress and there Is no telling
how FAR the nimble-wtted and ingenious ISLANDERS
may go. In another century they may D. t'achihS
the West lessons In art. letters and criticism. II
is not likely but with such an enterpr!sng and
energetic people everything is possible
II looks az though the Alliance affair had gone
away on vacation-if not at Mr. Grcsham's orders.
at least with his silent consent.
II is a fact Of considerable significance that
there isn't n man in the Democratic party who
feels Il necessary to head off his own Pres!-
Dental boom Four years ago AZ this time many
statesmen in that party had to sit up q NIGHTS
t. write letters declining nominations which
there WAS never any thought Of bcstowinS upon
them.
There can be no question In any intelligent
mind as to the eminent proprety of some OBJ
scrvance in the public schools Of the state of the
hundredth anniversary OF the enactment of the
first law for the establishment Of such schools IN
New-York which occurs to-day. ON April ..
1875 Governor George Clinton signed the bill FOR
the encOura cement OF public education which
had been passed by the Legislature on his rec
concentration. Free public schools supported
by taxation had existed during the Dutch re-
gme the first having been established. II is be-
lieved within the limits OF what is now the city
Of Brooklyn. But the enactment OF 1895 marks
the beginning of our present public school sys
tenn. The attention Of all school teachers and
officers has been called to the matter by the
Superintendent Of Public instruction and the
Governor. and undoubtedly In many schools the
anniversary will be observed in some way. SO
little time for preparation has been given how
ever that elaborate exercises can scarcely be
looked for our public schools have become so
much n matter Of course that II IL difficult for
us to think Of the time when none existed Their
influence upon the community at large Is inesti-
mabe. They constitute n blessing the value
OF which cannot be impressed too deeply on the
minds OF those who are now enjoying the privi-
leges and advantages they confer.
1t is not wholly beyond the bounds OF possibility
that when Rudyard Kipling was introduced to Mr.
Cleveland the other day both gentlemen dlscov-
cred that they had but n single thought concern-
ing the heartless cruelty OF the American press
Our sympathy Is extended to Judges Kilgore and
Springer. recently appointed to collect a LIVING
and incidentally TO dispense justice I'm Indian Tor
ritory because unapprecative constituents In,
turned them out of Congress to try their fortune,
in cold, cold world. A kind-heartei Presidep,
found other fecding-places for them at the public
crib, but now an utterly unfeellng Treasury on.
cial. dog-in-t he-manger Controller saws thcv
must not eat OF the feast spread before them Tn
other words. this ofticious persou secure In IN.