New-York tribune., 1895-12-16

president finds II so hard 10 RUE VIII De allowed
IN know what reply Lord Salisbury has made
70 this country In the Venezuelan matter. Truly.
we should rejoice.
II Mr.. wurster acts as we'll as ne talks, Brook.
,vn will have a MODEL administration the next
two years.
n is a satisfaction to note the strong and
growing sentiment in favor OF the selection OF
women as school trustees and. school inspectors
That they can be OF vital value In the educa-
tional system Of the city is the opinion not only
Of the president OF the Board Of Education but
of Others connected with the school system.
The Importance Of the trustees In our system is
nerhaps not generally recognized. In point Of
fact they have sole control over the selection OF
principals and teachers. Too often in the past
school trustees have been governed In their on
cial conduct by political motives TO the great
detrIn,ent Of the schools. so long as the trus-
tees are retaned-and their hold on the system
,s powerful-it Is necessary to the well-being OF
the schools that they be selected with care and
nerform their duties conscientiously. That
women NAV render good service in this capacity
is not open 10 question.
sone Georgia people are planning to test the
oonstitut,onality Of the State bank-note tax.
while they are about II they might test the
constitutionality OF the abolition Of slavery, the
nurchase OF Louisiana and the election OF George
Washington.
,,-.. ,ho Nessla mic crank should so pers!stently
49,, ,ariodicallv invade the Mayors Office Is a
n,,,1,inp question and beyond conjecture. II Is
no mart of his official duty 10 encourage or regu-
,ato their various missions or 10 pass judgment
,,on their pretensons They should send In
their cards 70 the sitting police magistrates or
the iantors of the lunatic asyiums' ana not
hother the life out Of naTc-"OrHhs chiel
magistrate. as they have been striving 70 90 OF
late They are a constant product appearing IN
all administrations falling. like the rain. on the
inst and the unjust alike, and Mayor Strong may
,o,,o haar, Of grace from the consideration that
ho is not the first occupant OK his chair whom
they have mistaken for Pontius PLATE.
The attempt 10 keep Mr. Dupont OF Dela-
ware. from taking his seat in the United States
Senate IS In line with the accepted Democratic
nolicv Of Ifill in New-York and Turney in Ten
negsee. but Senator Gray and the other Cuckoos
have always pretended to be better than their
party.
dwndIos to p chapel. Instead of costing half
million according to the first report, Bishop Nico-
laus says the sum will be nearer soOo II they
can raise the money. The consulting architect
of the Car who has 4 place in the Cabinet Is
not 10 design Il; and it is not necessarily to be
of Graeco- Byzantine architecture 1t is more
likely 10 be built for the sake Of economy. on the
lines of a NeW-Engand barn. with hardly any
more iourshes of design than that severe rect-
angular structure exhibits Moreover. the RUS
sian Consul-General at this port says that II the
Greek Church were going TO build a cathedral IN
America it would be in New-York and not IN
Chicago a declaration not much to the liking OF
the latter city, but true all the same Chicago
is well enough entitled TO the chapel, Dut wheu
the high temple of the faith comes 10 be set
up over here, this is the place for 1t. OF course
Few Nev-Yorkers have realized until recently
what an enormous crop Of chestnuts is now pro-
duced in this country. The number of chestnut
yenders in the various parts OF the city mas oeen
amazingly large this year Most OF these ven.
ders must live chiefly on their own stock in
trade for their sales are so small that no one
can understand how they are able to buy other
food than the chestnuts which they roast
Some members of the Board Of Aldermen OF
this city are greatly desrous that the Legislat-
ure should confer on them the power TO invests
gate the city departments Such bill was passed
by the las. Legislature, but, naturally, did not
receive the approval of Mayor Strong why
the Aldermen should hope to succeed this year
when they failed last it is hard 10 imagine Ths
IS a Tammany Hall scheme concocted with the
idea that such bill may supply the means
whereby Tammany get square with the