New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-15

tho occas ional exports OF Japan. unless she APP
niles herself vigorously and systematically 10
tho. sanitation. and introduces among them
methods OF living OF a more civilized sort IMAM
those they have hitherto followed.
Recent events In Delaware warrant the predic-
,,or that never again will gas receiver be recog-
nized as a vital political issue In that state
Naturally enough the speech delivered by Don
Dickinson In Detroit last Thursday evening" IN
which he denounced British aggress!ons on THIS
Continent. has caused great surprise IN Admins
tration circles In Washington. Dckinsons au-
dacity In daring TO speak on such n subject WIN
ont having first submitted his speech to MT Cieve-
land for revision was a bit OF characterization
which Is likely to be punished by the withdrawal
~ the gentleman's card OF admission TO the White
House.
Tho noets who have sung so copiousy OF the
Novtine clothing II In warm and rosy radances
and crowning IL with a fragrant summer garland.
have much 10 answer for. In the first place. their
noetry IS commonly not very good. being founded
on n narrow geographic observation or the season.
In the next place. 1t inspires expectations or
Temperature and other conditions which the fact
does not Justify except in certain particularly IA
yored places and these will not bear close exam
nation May Is really a month OF the most hckle
and unsatisfactory attributes. always breaking
its PROMISE and the fairer II Is the more speedy
its violation. II Is made up OF scraps and ODDS
and ends OF other months; refugee days, out or all
the seasons bringing frost and fire, Its gifts or
such abrupt and exciting variety that the greater
part Of them would be declined with thanks II We
had any choice In the matter bowling March
day. with the thermometer Mt 40 degrees. succeed
ing n swcltering August one. the same tranquil
instrument registering 95 degrees In the shade. Is
IN no way conducive 70 health or peace OF mind or
comfort OF body. or any physical or spiritual con-
dltion which can be fairly considered as desirable.
That sort OF thing Is what the present May has
proyided for us In n manner rather more pointed
and emphaslzed than usual Its coming was well
coined in accordance with old superstition. but
at this rate It's departure will be speeded with
twice much ardor.
one thing the New-York baseball club should
bear In mind is that the pennant Is at the top OF
the pole and not at the bottom OF II.
Richard Croker has been made chairman OF the
committee to select long and short takers for the
Tammany Fourth Of July celebration. This Is
touching mark OF confidence In the ex-chieftaln.
No doubt 1t will require all OF Cookers great In
nuence to secure the right men to "orate' on this
occasion. for Tammany Is now down on It's luck"
A new athletic club Is proposed for Coney
Island which means n prze-fghting barrack.
and IL said to be backed up by a number OF
Kings County politicians OF the kind sent Into re-
tirement by their constituents a year or so ago.
might be expected to engage. particularly as
they are out OF business just now. and bid fair
to remain so for an indefinite period. But the
scheme does not promise much SUCCESS. The
investing politicians have not now the pull they
once had. and they must reckon with public
sentiment almost as adverse to such Vicious In
situations as II is to them. which is saying good
deal.
Inspector McIIaughlins "vindication" was rem
dercd structuraliy detective by the fact that ten
obstinate Jurors cruelty refused to give Il an en-
acting clause.
1t is pretty well settled already that the Federal
office-holder who utters an opinion on the coinage
question contrary 10 those already Expressed by
the President will either have to take 1t back or
get out. Gentlemen holding places under the Ad-
ministration may think as they please but they
must keep quiet aboutit.
In connection with the suggestion Of an asphalt
bicycle routeI from Central Park to the Battery
on the West Sldc 1t is interesting to note that
there Is movement beyond the big Bridge to
provide continuous asphalt pavements In more
than one section Of Brooklyn. There are fifteen
or twenty miles OF asphalt pavement in that
city but much of 1t Is. so to speak, scrappy. con-
sistins Of short stretches sometimes two or three
blocks. sometimes only one block long. The long
est piece Of this kind Of pavement IN on BEDFORD