New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-12
nrwvoRx DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY, ls9es1xTEEN PAGES.


,vn Judges for It is the duty OF all oiiicia'' ~
sumo that a law enacted by the Legislature
constitutional until some coWpeten'
has declared 1t otherwise
.A o,or,oo animal number of murders italy
Lads tho list Of the European countries, showing
q score of nearly 5000 while Spain drags Oh
moor second with only 1000. France ana Ter
many show returns Of 700 each; Austria eN
cIusive Of Hungary, of 500. and Great Britain oi
o5o or the latter Scotland provides less ti''ii
her share. according to the number or her popu-
,at,on showing that time has ameliorated .he
character Of her people since the days OF Haoii''
and Agricola and even OF later perloos. my
generous average Of homcides shown by i'''' -
varously accounted for. but IT seems 20 nav '''
root in the character of the people ana u nv
been held up conscientiously during tue e"''
h,s,or,c ner,od II was maintained in the sea-
CON of tho Iucomoes OF Arno, and Of the Bianchl
and the Nev, as In that Of King Humbert ana
Mulberry Bend. Professor Grafalo has recently
haen Iecturing on the subject In Rome ana at
tributes much OF the tendency to homicide 10 .ne
existence Of the vendetta. which survives !" iuii
force In Italy after It's practical extihc''o" III
other countries. The explanation mas 'o'"e
weight no doubt, but an ampler one Is " NC
found In the fact that the people there are oreo
in a savage disregard Of human life, ana are
reodv N anpeal to the stiletto the slightest
proyocation. At home the custom IL iooKeu upo"
With some liberation as belonging to the locality
and the social habits Of the people; Out wren
they emigrate these practices are sometimes IN
,erfered with After two or three generations III
This country they will no doubt become as peace
hIt home
have 40 deep a root In antiquity that there Is IT.
tie Immediate prospect OF their change.
Tho thing To concentrate attention on now IS
tha rrake-up Of the Commission which Is 10
nrenare the charter for Greater New-York IL
ought to be composed OF men of the highest
character. who will not seek to further per-
eonal or partsan ends. But some or the APP
pointments heretofore made by Governor MOT
ton do not Justify any strong expectations tha'
the men placed on the Commission VIII DC vi '"e
right stamp.
The propensity to kill brother-in-law Is al
i,,nu,se which visits many a bosom, but II gem
orally stops short Of fulhlment. soiiie'"i"s e''S
Go dome with him corresponding more or less
nearly with his deservngs. but the instances III
which capital punishment Is inflicted upon MN
49,. "a graat figure in the tables Of mortality
Whatever the discipline inflicted on him. he Is
co,nn,onIv around again the next day. more pre-
,,,us ~ nossjh,e than ever. The story that the
Vermont brother-,n-law OF Rudyard kphhs
,b,rsts f,r the gore OF that accomplished writer
and moot reaches us from the Green Mountains
I'm. ,here IS probably some mistake about II. III
looks like a Pigment Of the repOrtorial imagina-
tion-a tale by journalistic tadpole out OF MS
own head and we not going 10 pehe'e IL
without the certificate Of notary pubic Inc
fact that that obstreperous connecuoh py ma
rage has been placed under bonds OF s'oV 10
,,oon tho naaca "a reconciable with a milder the
~ -, btc Intentions than the one set forth In the
Indictment He was very likely sitting TO the
om,,ept literary artist for a character portrait.
opd vaa Recommendations in his performance
Ike the amateur who, cast foT the part vi
Othello BACKED himself all over. Neither YER
mont nor the rest OF the country VIII eiio"
ANYTHING Injurious TO befall Mr. kipnhg' II
can be averted by arms or diplomacy or the local
constable II his Green Mountain relatives 90
not like him and try TO cut him on uHho"7e" ~
d,sanno,nted unaneled. according to the report
~ them. New-York will give him asylum ana
throw around him all her arms of protection.
~ doss' M, like us very well, but we are taken
With his STYLE and will guard him against all the
,o,rersJn-Iav or other malcontents who can be
massed against him
The Hon. Patrick Henry Gleason alleges that
the indictment against him was procured at the
instance of his political enemies. and that ne Is
ro, in the least responsible for the law-preaKihg
(which is said to have gone on In property d.
legged TO be owned by him. He ought 10 "eicoine
the opportunity afforded him Tor peihs nIaue
martyr He cannot have forgotten that i've or
ian
SPACE when holding the same office that ne now
- ..... o,l thnt n,, his emergence from durance