New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-05

printed OF which only 800 have been delivered
esu tee ' psd @ Sepsor no more than
copies OF both editions Of the map ever were He-
raaS By 70 the ne on
part OF the members OF the board ana ther etner
ephies w i%a ear after
State sworn bills for maps which tney , haf
the Secretary assured them the maps had peeI
received and on this assurance they drew ao oon,
o: it, and paid the rest to the secretary. &c dn n
money thus lost to the Treasury Is iniiy %V ~
We recommend that the Controller pc drecled 10 10
proceed for its collection against tne secretary
me printers who received It and any other per-
The secretary OF the board also drew from the
state annually several hundred collars ieeS lOf
making returns to wrlts OF certior,ar sued r. our
against the board by the seyera railIoa in ,
fees were S ssI Para py v the secretary They
were not properly chargeaDe 70 inc "ta'e anu
should be recovered
BOARD OF RIPARIAN COMMISSIONERS.
This board created in 1862 still continues. us
EXPENSES Chiefly for salaries OF members ana
engneers) amounting in 1888 to $''S' ana Ill
,s,, TO Ne249 1t Is well known that the most
valuable riparian lands have already been disposed
81 The entire principal sum derived from n ,n
grants in 1893 was s2os5s 81 and IN 1874 was slhlI
penses OF the board Meantime the new leases
given very small In amour. tho cro,,s IN
To consume the entire principal 81 'ne grants III
administering the board Is lntoeranIc. we r.vo'l ~
mend the abolition Of salaries 10 or, greaiy r"Jieed
AUTHORIZATION FOR engineering and other expenses
s,.ppopr OF FEEBLE-MINDED CHILDREN.
r.ndcr the act OF March T. 1873. the state pays
q SIN, not exceeding $3.50 per child FOR MAINTAIN
ing and clothing feeble-mnded children. hy the
gathering in OF great numbers OF chiHren' '"e
1rards for this account have enormously III
creased In 1894 there was palu 10 '"e 'o''o"'"'
institutions: 49,
The New Jersey Training school FOR Feeble ina
81 children "A Vineanl. which last year sup s.c 900
Ir,ra n lsg SSi,''r Training school ii~yn
rrn Ysrt - n,n,ion for Blind NeVYork ~,
p'n., 81 pu rn-u,on for nn' y pupils '2iS
,nn.cilcui school lmbeciic'. : pupnS..''.''' '
Toai e., ~. yc,r ending october a. sIe'oi
This is exclusive Of the amount pad FOR dsr; sup
port Of fceble-mnded w9 9i ~, anI m" esmatcd
,mount 70 /" paid Tor the present year Is N'bH
ms has he'%inr 80 s,entoH For chiiren re-
1uirlng special AMI INSTRUCTION I'Ihaps in
lowoncr IS not TO- SrIe hn, should b. as
eri,imoI whcther the STATE IS supporting children
who should be- maintained by reI''''S'
THE COURT or PARDoNs.
The Board OF Parlons has lost the confidence OF
the people and It l. scarcely too much to say that
some ~ its actions IN recent years are puDlIc
scandal.
Tn. facts Of the Evanrcilne Hamilton case rs
proved before US are shameful. THIS woman having
two counsel had AZ n" NarSh tern. mmir ,rs ", -
sur-cssful Application for pardon. TWO h'ihU''s u.
ne h2'.d 1 but hat tho Governor was ihr
bl,rr block ana ald.d that II the pardon was
desired a certain other counsel mu-t be retained.
The Governor sent for the keeper OF the prison
r.i would succeed. ana that II ~" pT7ohrr "A.s,
parI'Tb heinz nS taa .ae Tia, the judges had
roncI. Tho counsel who had been suggested was
nr.rar.d no rc,lion. no brief other paper
nor aa D. conn wSoe Once adjoncd his own
In Ncw-York AMI 90 other members OF tne foiII'
and At the meeting twelve days later the par
few years aso our local and STATE goyernmcns
H., III s,h.r law broker This was accomplished
I, "A Wicked coalition between them AMI certain .'ad-
,' ~ ,' g,nS tSc snrasc which growing
y'ar y year. culminat'i N 'nc e.1nn % crr,,n,t.i
~ r,s senate made a laborous and expensive nyes.
,gntlon - these crimes In Hudson county. ami lad
bare astounding conspiracy IN ~h''n i''s u, IN, ~
election officers besides 'i.y ana COUNTY ,'',1
were involved. Si,ty-eght OF these wcrr lhIi'tt.I
ana nfy.ghi convicted Of conspiracy 10 th"ar. tne
,i'n ,h.-@ convictions were affirmed 10y TIE hstcs:
court and the cousp!rators sentenced To t'rins rom
nine 70 elgnicen months In prison Thirty two wer"
actually PLACED In tho Stat. Prison and twelve IN the
Hudson County renlt.ntary IN the ia.l 81 w, ~.
mis- was doubtless the most important ana numcr-
Gus series of convictions ever entered IN iHS STATE
AMI ,ew parallels to It can be found In inc record
OF The nsiicc - these convio oul their thor
ough approval by the people OF the state 'here Is
The great guilt Of the prisoners hal twice been
made manifest O. the pubic. by the hlN'~ti-
cation and by their own trials ana thr!, punish
iucnt was deemed lcni.nt. And yet without any pc
sm from onv c 1n1ora beIorr the Board Of rarons
without even IN" usual formal Application py thy
ftor ether pr"s"cition or defence tho Board Of Par
dons of their own motion released all these thirty
Ter their lr1prisonmcnt began. Ray more. so eager
were they for the release that thcy caused the pa
rolls To be mad. out ani recorded together WIN
paroles OF the twelve conspirators In the HUDSON
,ba.
twelve in the pcntentirry wci" not released, ana
The record 81 the'r paroles stands to-day IN the
bnnk ~ parolcs with the names ~ the Governor
ana Secretary OF State at the bottom crossed out
The only person who appeared 70 urge these pa
roles the chairman Of IN" state commit. "i
that political party in whose interests the election
II should be- noted to their honor that the chan
cclior OF New-Jerscy and one Of the Judges OF The
OF Errors and Appeals recorded their votes IN
This Extraordinary action Of the Board stu
pendous miscarriage OF justice. II Was PLAIN mo-
ics to the as9rie 'n,' Snr%frs @t'h That the the
party In whose interest the baot-ooXes We're sin.I
would take OF the suffers. ana thht oven IN"
Board OF Pardons could be relied on to do the par
ty's hiddng ,,..,r,..,,,, D., ,,y.,h,,,,, citizens
can h.. conceived Tho battling at the place Of inal
resort II long continued efforts TO stamp ou thos"
dangerous and ruinous crimes HEalnst thr pAo' was
most disheartcning 10 all patriotic citizens.
IMMUNITY FOR GAMBLERS.
Meantime the racetrack gamblers and other
gamblers secured control of legislative action they
persisted In breaking the laws openly ana In aVo"'d
defiance Of the courts An aroused public sentiment
protested. but protests wcr" treated with 'o"ehp,
and ierislon Grand jurics began 10 indict ana
courts TO convict these persistent Offenders ~
coursc they appealed. but their convictions were
affirmed Then they resorted to the Board 81 ihr-
dons In July 1893 the four conVicts who hnd kept
a dsord,rly place at the CLIFTON racrtrack, ana
who had been sentenced TO the state Prison. were
finally brought the Court OF Errors ana Appeals
They applied 10 the Board Of Pardons ana were
INSTANTLY freed without serving day In prison
An overwhelming public sentiment had become
aroused and In the November following wrought Il
political revolution In the state In 1891 this r"nt
inent was manifested with tremendously augmented
force Good citizens OF all parties united by ma
jorlty absolutely unprecedented To hurl from once
every man within their reach who was tainted WIN
the gambling blight. In August, lsi3 an influential
racctrack gambler mt Monmouth murdered another
To save himself from the gallows he pleaded guly
OF nanslaughtcr and was sentenced 10 serve IN
prison for ten years The Board OF Pardons re-
leased him March 30. 1885 after sixteen months
imprisonment ,..,
The four convlcts who owned the Guttenburg race
track and who defantly gambled there for years,
making enormous gains In tho race OF repeated