New-York tribune., 1896-04-08


Our Democratic friends are not In so much OF
hurry 10 call their State Convention for the cleo
ton Of delegates to Chicago as they were four
years ago Chairman Hnkey, of the State
Committee. says It will probably be held on the
I'D or 2ith OF June. only about two weeks before
the National Convention. BY that time it Is
hoped that there viii be a revival OF interest suIl-
cient to insure a quorum But what's the matter
with calling the whole ming OFF? II would save
considerable money and lots Of bother.
School reform for tbs city is now a certainty
of the near future. The struggle to obtain 1t has
been long, and on one side at least bitter. But
the end is In sight. and the Ward Trustees will
soon be only relic
An April snow Is undoubtedly a good thing
for the farmers. II there Is truth in the say
ing that II Is equivalent to the liberal use Of
fertilizers but in the city 1t Is an unmitigated
nuisance. especially when we had all made up
our minds that we had seen the last snow
of the scason. Tn, spring thus far has not
succeeded in producing more than one good
day at a time. and such fire days as Sunday
and Tuerday week have been vertable wealth
breeders"
News Of the turf will henceforth be stale. fat
and Improbable without Budd Doble and his
catarrhal name.
The attempt TO take the control Of the Niagara
Reservation out of the hands Of the present ex-
,.llent commissoa. which has served the State
in this matter with entire acceptabillty. Is dis
tinctly hostile to the reservation and threatens
the integrity of the falls. There is no shadow OF
reason why It should receive favorable cohsiue'"-
ton from the Legislature. The talk ABOUT eco"o-
my in connection with the proposed change Is
misleading as well as idle since the members OF
the present commission serve without pay
Predictions are made of another revolution
in Haytl: with some show or reason Al II"
scarcely conceivable that any Nation with
sense Of humsr should long endure Ch'ei vi
state named T. Simon sam,
!, 10 SCARCELY creditahe 10 American common
s,nse that the United states Consul at Amster-
dan, should feel called upon 10 send warning
In this country against the folly Of Americans
who have been beguilcd by the fantastic Idea OF
gaining untold wealth through tfeir aHeeeu
heirshlp to "od Dutch estates The late MT
Barnum was of the opinion that many people
liked nothing better than to be gulled ana MS
uorki,y theory Of life is recalled by the eager
ress with which some folk spend time ana
,,onev IN proving claims To property on the
other SIDE OF the ocean which exists only III
their Imagination. Consul Bownes declares that
for the last three months he mas received 80
many injuries on these matters that 1t mas Deeh
almost impossible 10 answer them' ana 'hes
threaten To interfere seriously with the regular
business OF his office. He declares most posi-
tlvelv that the reputed estates have no actual
40 hod n
law psssed in 1852. they would have escheated
irrevocably to the State. Still, there are doupt-
less some silly people who will continue to pay
lawyers' and other fees In the hope or realiz-
Ing something they have no chance whatever OF
securing
Great Uritain's fear that there Will be serious
trouble If this Government attempts 10 bully
Spain" IL really touching. but quite unnecessary.
They have lust abolished police squad over
I'm Brooklyn which had become an asylum for
men who had the notion that they were inca
pacitated for regular duties. When this squad
was organized several years ago 1t contained
thirty men, but the number had grown until
there were more than twice many, and a
sergeant was required to keep them In order
Moreover a special building had to be hired
to provide quarters for them. Ii does not appear
that these men rendered any service The
squad was a useless excrescence. The wonder
Is that its real character was not discovered long
ago The right thing has been done now In de-
Gliding that it's members shall either go back to
regular police duty or else be retired.
A correct understanding of Secretary Carlisle's
! letter announcing that he Is not candidate
for the Presidential nomination can be arrived
/ at only by reading between the lines.
| II a concillatory spirit Is manifested on both
| sides, and a disposition to make reasonable con-
cessions there Is little doubt that the threatened
| streetcar troubles be adjusted on a satisfac-
| tory basis. But peremptoriness and needless
| haste to reach conclusion may easily lead to a
| serious situation that will cause suffering among
| the men and great annoyance to the public.
The force Of bicycle police has just been en-
| larged and there Is likely to be another Increase
| before long. This Is right. The experiment OF
| mounting policemen on wheels has passed beyond
the experimental stage. The members OF this
squad have done excellent service, and will un-
| doubtedly do more now that the season for driv-
| ing and wheeling Is fairly open. 1t Is interest
| Ing to note that George w. Brown on whose gal