New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-10

destroy their Industry.
The opinion at No. 40 Broadway: ~ ooeS"
matter who are commissioners so long as HeAo"
drafts the laws"
Leaving q motorman in prison AFTER Sunuay
accident and blaming him for taking too many
passengers when he we'll understood that nc
would be discharged II he did not take all VINO
crowded on. is not the way for the Nassau Elec-
tric Railroad Company to absolve itself from
responsibility
The Republicans OF Oregon have elected
Tongue to Congress- He will find many relatives
in Office.
In 1914 Richard Golden said that In ten years
from the time Of Englande adoption Of free trade
every civilized country would be free-tradcr TO
the backbone" In 1896 England Is still the one
soIitnrv free trader; and the third annual Con-
gross OF the Chambers Of Commerce Of the British
Empire Is now in session In London, devisins
wav OF abandoning FREQ trade and returning to
protection
St Johns. N. F., has one advantage over new
York II has big iceberg aground In its haroor'
II such q visitor had been stranded IN New-fork
Bay Yesterday afternoon the excursion boats
We nre glad to see that the Board OF Estimate
~ RrookIyn in IT'S desire for retrenchnent has not
cu ont the Item o. So 600 included IN the budgct
made I'D by the Board Of Education for the es-
Establishment and maintenance OF kindergartens III
connection with the public schools. Inc pan Vi
grating the kindergarten on the puonc-scnoo'
system Is to be heartily commended. IL Is WIFI
wise educators have long been etriving for. Inc
idea has been adopted In number OF cities. sue"
as Boston, Philadelphia and ST. Louis ana 70
small extent In NcwiYork In Brooklyn the only
free kindcrgartens are those maintained oy pri-
vate enterprise the work being mainly uhder the
direction OF the Free Kindergarten Society. With
the appropriation Of $4,000 a beginning VIII De
made OF kindergartens In the regular schools OF
the city: and the best friends Of this movement
believe that the wisest plan Is to begin In small
NAV end allow the kindergarten system to develop
gradually.
The Aldermen are going 10 censure the Mayor
FOR ,ok,ng their patronage away from them ana
"repudlate" the whole Civil Service business
Blu, that does not bring back the patronage
Free trade throughout the Empire: protection
against the rest OF the world. Tina; Is Mr. ChaIn-
berlain's plan FOR the British Empire I; Is an
British statesmen and their quavering echoes here
have been denouncng as the sum OF oil human
imbecility. DE world do move
Mr. Cleveland ntiu ates an intention OF going
TO Europe next year. It would be doing the
handsome thing TO take the Democratic party
with him. and II would not add largely 20 his ex-
pensce.
tva A,,o~
tho fun -tlans O., tho courts. Cleveland revcrsee
the decision OF the Court q Claims The Conse-
Grated one is therefore one good hucxleberry
ahead o. his unders,rapper. Blu; /, must be just
awful TO have the courts we'll AZ Congress on
his In nis.
All tho Tammany Carnival Of crime howlers.
who have been terribly anxious for a more
efficient police force. have come to the rescue Of
Comrniesloner Parker. and determined TO
keep him where he can block progress.
Mr. Harrity has a faith In human nature that
would remove mountains and cause them to be
cast into the depths OF the sea. II Is this faith
that ir,pels him 10 the belief that there viii be
no bolt IN the Democratic party this year
this and his equally sublime faith In the good
sense Of Americans OF the stamp Of those who
are elected as delegates TO National conventions
Mr.. Harrity has been In politics good many
years and that he feels such absolute confidence
In his fellow men Is touching proof that politics
does not induce pcsslmlsm and dependency. II
Is 70 be hoped that nothing may occur that Will
disturb Mr. Harrity's present frame Of mind
and spirit.
Chief Conln Is right In insisting that police
men must exercise common sense and Judgment
In arresting bIcyclists who seem 10 have vio-
lated the ordinances Of the city. II Is only ser1-
Gus and persistent offenders who need to be
locked up for petty offences. Scorchers. OF
course should be dealt with with severity until
the practice Is broken up.
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PERSONAL.
The Rev William Cullan Hicks. n widely known
rcv!vaist OF Kentucky. can repeat from memory
every word In the Bible except the book OF Psalms
Colonel r. r Harvey. who has just died at his
| homo IN Huntington. W. Va. in his eishty-seconi
year was the father OF ". H. Harvey the author
OF COINS Financial School"
In sketch OF Tosti. the song writer a CORE
sponlent Of The English Woman" says Despite
his nvcterate d,sdan for the small details OF
punctllious etiquette. sisnor Tos is quick 70 re-
sent impuden; attitude on the part OF Others A
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