New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-11

fcation is an inadequate response 10 specHc
charge of rascality. and therefore, the fact that
he makes no other response is likely to attract
more attention than he cares for
There is a comfortable suggestion Of progress
in the announcement that a number OF cars
fitted with electric motors are nearly in readl-
ness for use on the Brooklyn Bridge. Anything
that will improve the service on this short but
important railway will be welcome. The intro
duction of electric traction will be a step in
the right direction but even after the cars are
ON hand if will probably be several months be-
fore the nev system is ct in operation. even
experimentally # takes a great deal Of time
for the Bridge authorities to No anything. \
good many people would like To kno" why
this is invariably the case
Several Of the Southern States are properly
classed as doubtful this year. and there Is every
probability that the solid South will prove solid
no longer
In one Of his recent speeches. MT. Bryan
smoke Of the idle holders of idle capital NO
man wishes TO withhold his money. If he can
find a profitable investment for it. and the fact
that fewer investments are made to-day thah
before Mr. Rryans nomination simply shows
how greatly his candidacy affects the confidence
of the country. Under safe and favorable con-
ditions money il not for an instant idle.
1rh. nresent city administration has had to do
a good deal OF educational work in the DOMAIN
of elementary morals. The Tammany habit OF
REGARDING public employment as chah'e |"
draw pav without doing work is deep seated anu
not easily eradica ted. But the vigorous enforce
ment of the rule that days pay means day
work is slowly bringing charge Ihe Depart
mont Of Public Works has recently had occasion
to teach some of it's employees that false reports
Of INSPECTION and padded payrolls are no longer
vinkcd at and to teach the lesson at the cost
of some heads Doubtless tn" tradition OF ola
,imee has made the false certihcation that
man has worked for the city seem trvial de-
narture from The letter of the Law and the sign
inc of the reports of inspections that were never
made "A fiction which everybody understood ana
accepted The vigorous Application OF CORRECTIVE"
discipline. however. il brngnA new IDEAS '''"
the minds of public servants. They are hhuihs
out that an oath means something ana tha' 'ne
statements contained in public vouchers arc
not empty forms. and that q political JOB IL
no Longer a sinecure 1t is a hard lesson for the
BOYS The Department Of Public Works deserves
great credit for giving them the instruction.
W
Mr. BRYAN. We shouldn't nave known that this
was YOUR custom. William if You hadn't told
rs You have rcver seemed 20 gather any IDEAS
from experience for example"
When ! T. Morgan surrenders the manage
mont Of his business to the secdiest batherskite
that hangs over a ticker and tells everyOody now
+, make money although he has never been able
N
will the people of the United states intrust
their b,Isincss to Mr. I.oosc-chin Bryan and the
,du,Iamit.s who constitute majority Of his sup
porters.
x-pistrict-Attornoy Ridgway has been turned
down "a a candidate for Governor. So far as 1t
is in the power of the Kings County Democratic
General Committee to accomplish that result. for
4 resolution ndorsng Ms candidacy was reject
ed on Tuesday night by vot" Of 2'6 to 10
Nevertheless Rdgway announces that he Is still
i'm the field and that he intends 10 have his name
presented to the Convention at buffalo He is
banking on what he terms his popularity win
the common people and boasting that he has
never been defeated when candidate. That is
all very we'll. but il should be- remembered that
all Of Ridgways good record rs an Official came
from his last term "a Dstrict-NtorneN. when
tn. CiraVesend election cases were tried. not by
him but by counsel specially assigned for the
purpose because OF the universal feeling that the
regularly elected prosecutor could not be- trusted
To try them properly.
At his first appearance in NeW-fOrk Mr..
BRYAN was introduced to his audience by
man who had recently been punished for gross
contempt OF court His second is apparently
To be effected under the management of
defaulter
there has never been any doubt that Watson
would cling like A sucker sticking 10 a stone.
or the primeval limpet 10 the rock. Both tails
OF the Popocratic jackass will therefore continue
to wave in the breeze till its race is finished
The kicking end OF the animal is trihe over
weighted but as political side show there is
nothing like II in the field.
The way In which the first Popocratic martyr.
Sintln Is ignored and slurred by the leaders
of the party of which he ought 10 be a bright
and shining light IL painful in the extreme. We
hay. no sympathy with Snjun save that which
is naturally aroused for the under dog In "A fight.
lint we do think he Is entitled to more considera-
than he IL receiving. II any man has suffered
for the cause" he IL the man. He resigned
hanlt presidency because of his belief the
tn..s In, nnAA