New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-15

,,o.phere OF this city cannot be Kept ciear VIII"
go. ,nceesant vigilance and energy. EXISTENCE
here would be almost insuneraole II the a'i "e'
!. thick with smoke as the air Of Chicago Is.
r,raumanv IL permitted to carry out the Elm
,oh Tho cItv will be looted on a tremendous
scale.
M onnosition Ia anticipated on the part OF the
Powers to King Leopo.d's proposed surrehue' %
hs sovereign rights over the Congo Free state
w ,-,u Whom In 1890 ne borrowed for the
CO. a sum Of $4,000 900 from the Belgian Treas
$500 :, oa 20 nv way OF security for the loan not
.,, will beoueathing his African possessions
| :. ~. not,on hut likewise right TO annex 'he'''
49,. 49,, ,,aara in case OF certain fnanciai even
..,,.,o. Tho transformation OF the STATE INTO
po,o,an colony will therefore only antic'pa'e
...,o.,,v settled reyerson by some hVe ye'''
I,smrch ma the Brussels Government VIII INV
hora additional inducements TO spehu ""oi.'' "
developing the resources OK TINS go e., ,bo
denendency all foreign nations lh'ereS'eu ~
Congo trade are likely to be waterway oe"
~, tho conversion OF the State into be'sia"
colony.
e.. .,,ros have Tamnany acknowledgment
and disregard for the interests OF the community
.ao., ,,,oro corsnicuous than in the delays, the
wropes and the inflmies which have attehueu
N. t,rdv development OF the scheme to proViue
email marks in the tenement-house dlstric'''
romuanv has made use Of this plan TO pie up
oxnenses for commissions and for legal advisers
% axorhitant sums and has put or the actuai
oneninp ~ these parks indefinitely. 1t is scan
dalous record.
Since Senator Hill "basked" in Florida he
seems 10 have braced up wonderfully. lie IS no"
able to refer In public TO certain eVeh's '"i'
took place last November with posiuse'y
,ov,,l air In his speech on Friday he remarked
that he did not think any one could ma 'huch
consolation In referring to the result OK the re-
on, o,ection IN New-York Missouri or any
o,ber State Then he added: 1--WE must walt
until the clouds roll by: and suppose that at
"some future time the prospects OF Our party VIII
"rovive" There IS virtue in that Il suppose
After his overwhelming defeat for Governor IL IS
only natural for the Senator not to feel conndeht
OF ANYTHING In the political future. From present
indications the some future time which ne mas
family in mind will be decidedly remote.
7, ia WITHIN bounds ~ probability that President
Cleveland's refusal 10 eliminate Secretary oar-
us,e is due to an inherent unwlllingness to jump
on a man who Is down.
The State Capitol has become state nuisance
II ought 10 be finished at the earliest possible
day. The annual appropriations have oeen 10
| ,amentabe extent misused This building mas
cost the taxpayers OF this State much more than
900 900 900 already II could have been competed
honestly. substantially and admirably for less
! than $l00O00OO
There would seem 70 be some significant con-
,oc.,on be,yeen the recent criticism OF the Ad-
n,lnistratlon for ignoring the recommendation
made by Admiral Walker in his report on Hawan
and the order Just issued by the Secretary OF the
| Navy 10 Rear- Admiral Beardslee. commahdah.
q, the Pacific Station. directing him 10 SEM
the vessels OF his command to sea as soon as
| they can be made ready and ITO dispose OF the
! c,,o Iron IN the hest advantage. having In view
! the requirements Of the station IL VIII De re-
called that Admiral Walker recommended tha'
one vessel should be stationed at honolulu whhe
| the affairs at Hawaii remained unsettled anu
os,ec,aIlv IN view OF the fac; that other foreign
war vessels were kept there. 1t Is stated that IL
Tho resolution now pending in the Senate asking
| why the Government has not kept mah-ot-"a'
IN Hawaiian waters be pressed the explanation
will he made that the Navy Department has kept
| tho philadelphia ready at san Francisco for the
| sole purpose Of sending her TO Hawaii In case
Minister Willis should report a condition OF ar
fairs requiring her presence there.
Why doesn't President Cleveland try to get
III Hung Chang into the Cabinet?
| q, course Waite has been great ahlction 70
the people Of Colorado. but they have at last got
! rid Of him and now he proposes 10 innct MN
| self on the whole country by going on the lecture
:. n,atforrn II Waite really feels moved to sho"
| himself to the public the place for him IL n
| dime museum No doubt profitable engagements
could be promptly secured. But as lecturer ne
deserves no greater SUI cess than attended the
recent appearances Of w. c. p. Breckenridge. For
| widely different reasons the people can nave
| u,tle natience with either one OF them.