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New-York tribune., 1896-12-01
THE STATE CIVIL SERTNE.

In the discussion now in progress over the
uuestIon whether the Civil Service rules in this
State shall be so extended as TO include prac-
tically all the appontive offices below the heads
of dcpartments or shall be modified by legis
latOn as TO open the doors for purely partisan
appointments. and perhaps for more sweeping
changes than are allowed under the existing syS
fem one or two things should he remembered
And since whatever action is taken mus, depend
upOn Republican Governor or Republican
IpCjslature the first thing TO be taken into ac-
count is that Civil Service Reform was first pro
posed by Republicans. was by them Initiated
and from the beginning of the agitation of the
subject has been cardinal principle of the
party. 1t is the child of Republican pareniage
with which the Republicans of this State have
IN deal and they are in such absolute possession
Of power that they can do with il what they
will For so much as we have had already Of
reform in the public service and diminution of
the evils of the spoils system. it is not too much
to say that the State and the Nation are Indebted
IN Kepublican legislation and administration. In
saving this we do not mean 10 dctraci from the
credit due President Cleveland for extending
thc rules in both his first and second terms so
ms To include many classes of subordinate Gov
ernment officials and employees not before Gov
cred. In this he len, valuable aid 10 the enforce
mont and development of Republican principle.
Nor can il be denied that N times. ana e>pe-
clally upon the advent Of a new Republican Ad-
mnistration more or less opposition to the Ell
forcement of the Civil Service rules has been
manifested bv prominent Republicans with
whose plans for the disposal Of patronage they
ntcrfered This opposition however. has taken
the form OF attempts mt evasion rather than OF
omen hostility The latter would have been dan
pcrous for nothing is more certain than that
the overwhelming mass Of Republican voters
thoroughly believe in Civil Service Reform. Any
attempt to overthrow it or annul its operation
would excite instantaneous revolt 1t must also
be admitted that in many Of the details Of its
operation the system is still imperfect 1t could
hardly he otherwise during what is obviously
its experimental stage. But its defects are only
such as are easily remedied as they gradually
appear in the process Of operation. Meanwhile
we are profitng by the lessons Of experience
which had taken such deep root in our politics
has not vet been eradica,ed by any means but
there is great comfort for the patriotic citizen
in the thought that we are making visible prog
rcss in that direction.
SO far as relates to the proposition now I'M
der discussion to extend the operation of the
system i'm this State by action of the Gov
crnOr so as to include a much larger number
of subordinate officials and employees than are
now covered there can he no reasonable objec
tlon to 1t on the part Of Republicans who sin
New-York tribune., 1896-12-01

ancing qualities. There is Il greater d'here'''c
in lysical Development among the schooi .iah
among the folcge players. and accordh2! Il
greater chance of misll,ps. Moreover. 'he Do!S
often have strength out Of proportion 10 their
hardness. and even when n team Is composed
of Youths of about the same age. the players are
more likely 10 iniure one another than are col
lepc men, ON the same day as I'll" BROOKLYN
accident n thrtecn-ycar-old boy WAS badiy hurt
in n Western college game.
n is difficult TO restrain the enthusiasm "i
Younger students anxious 10 emulate th'ir eId-
e,s and ambitious Va earn places on teams rs
soon as they enter college. But this restraint
should be vigorously applied by heads "i
schools and academies. II necessary tne rules
Of the game for juniors" should be modified Il"
make il less rough. Football is vigorous eN-
ercisr which may be- highly beneficial 10 young
follows with an excess of animal spirits. but
growing boys should not he permitted 10 S""
icct themselves 10 strains approlriaf" I" mature
men. Above ALL they should not he permitted
10 try their meinc against superior strength.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-01
C/tR AGAINST "SYSTEU"

The second Car Nicholas bids fair To prove
more than worthy Of his name. The first. his
great grandfather was perhaps the most au-
tOcratic Emperor that ever occupied the throne
Of Kurik. But his intocrant authority was cX-
ercised chiefly in the name Of what Mr.. Kip
ling calls the God of Things They .ir" Ills
young successor is bold iconOclasi lis
mascrfu will. if current reports be- true. is 10
be exercised not merely for the repression Of
wonld-bc progress though perhaps for that. #
need shall be- but more especially and directly
for the overthrow Of old abuses. and the rcfor-
HAT on. or ii may he restoration. Of fhc I'M
pcrial Government That is Somcih IL his
grandfather. Alexander II. had in mind. though
in very different form. but pcrforcc ab1n-
dOncd in despair. If tn" young Nicholas shall
indeed accomplish il. hc may make for himself
one of the most splendid names in Russian
history.
That which some have. in exaggerated fash
ion called the cars coup T6iat'' is move
mcnt directed by His Majesty agains, whaI has
long been known the Russian system.
That "syslcm' may he Described rs II SORT of
''imprrium in imperio. II vague and irrcspon-
Shc power behind the throne" To which the
! occupants of the throne have been more or less
subject The Russian Government. while
nominally an autocracy. has in reality been an
extreme bureaucracy" Subordinate func
tonarics in Church and State have been III"
real rulers They have ruled in the name Of
the Car. hut they have too often executed moi
his will but their own. He has borne lhc
0dium of their too-frequent maladministra. ION
and they have welded the power and enjoyed
The profits Indeed. the rings and cabals Of
the bureaus have often kept the Car in gno
rance of the real state of his realm and people
I That. il may be remembered WAS one of Step
! nak's bieresi complaints. once let the Car
/ know the truth and the wrongs would bc
rightcd. Bul IN army Of 'burcaucrais" and Il
maze of red tape kept him from knowing the
| truth and hc paid the penalty Of his Under
| lngs' misdccds.
What Ncholas II proposes is 10 know what
| is going on. and 10 have some influence with
| his own administration. Since he is Gar and
is regarded as responsible for the government
of his Empire. he means actually 10 govern
I II is a colossal undertaking. II will mean such
an amoun; of work rs 10 other monarch has
ever set before himself Whether the cxpr"-
mcni will prove successful. whether. that is to
say. he will have the hysical strength 10 carry
| out his plans. may be reckOned prOblematic
| BIT it is in any event an experiment command
! ing the earnest sympathy Of the obseryant
New-York tribune., 1896-12-01
iOI NG BOYS Ar FOOTB

The accident AT Il football game in BROOKLYN
death of young Walter Hhuc. has been made
The occasion of Il great deal Of wholesale criti-
cism of football. which might more profiiably
be confined TO practices accompanying The pres
ent conduct Of the games The subsidiary feat
ures which might perfectly well be regulated
are the greatest dangers OF the sport and even
If this were moi the case. il is much easier 80
alleviate the most striking evils of playing
than to abolish wholly game for which th".c
is such popular enthusiasm.
One OF the great dangers Of: football rs at
present conducted is The habit of letting boys
play with persons older and stronger than
themselves. Boys Of thirteen and fourteen
years of age. even though vigorous and musc,l-
lar. have not the endurance OF those of eigh-
teen and nineteen They are not mature and
their bones are not thoroughly Knit. They
may lift as much on a test as their elder com
paniOns and rush as effectively in n game. hut
they are likely to receive serious injury from
accidents which more settled physiques would
resist There is more need Of restraint in the
teams of the boys schools than In those of the
colleges. The men who play on the latter are
grown up they are supposed 10 have Judgment
and sclf-conrol. They are Al least Of an age 10
look out for themselves and know what they
are going into. The young boys. however. have
all the enthusiasm of men with less Of the bal
New-York tribune., 1896-12-01
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AMERICAN THEATRE The ET"ken ", n,'''
BROADWAY TIiEATRE--s:l5-Biian so.u'
BlIOU THEATRES :30-The chill Wino"
CASINO -s:i5-Iack and the Beans-alk
coll Tl,i's tTRr-s l5--The sunshine OF r""'''
Alley
DAI.YS THEATRE -s:l5-t'elsha:
EDEN MI'SEF-S- NaxvOTks ana 'onCf't'
EMPIRE THEATEf,-S 90 mary: -, y, rSrtune
FIFTH ANENt'E TIfEATRE-.:l,- \ roo VI
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t;AEEIt,k THEATRE S.i5-Sccret SeINi,e.
GRAND OPERA IiOI'SF-sA Naval 'adrl- "a. V,,L
HARLEM OPERA HorSE-s:i ia NRh, M 80 ~,
HERAILp sQIARE TiaAT,xE r,nd n' s,1m India.
Irvine PLACE THEATRE Fsop, Fs.. ~ tho
ENiCK ERBOCKER THEATRE-s:lV-ih" 'e' -
Mighty.
ROSTER & RrAIiS-S--NauGevill" rxhihon of
IOGFROT GARDEN-9 u. n. 10 . p. H.
Sculpture. - ....h,r ~ To ric
wrvDE:I csOuN GI.r CIIE HALL ohVt''
v;.cRty HILL, THEATRE->-M Monte rlsu' oro,inr -
rnr> 49," ,DFNY or Df.sIGN-Day AMI evening"
Exhibition >,..
Or yNpI. TI;F ATRF-S-Sania Mara r
PAINER'S TI.EATPE-si3- i3-i'oarihE amassviue
TOSy ps SrORs-i2:30 10 II y. m fuuet,
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New-York tribune., 1896-12-01
NEWARK pAuy TRIBUNE. TUESDAY, DECEMBER I. 1890

world II successful. 1t will mean one OF tie
GREATEST reforms ever achieved in any Euro
mean Government. If not Immediately success
ful II may yet serve beneficent end by SHOW
ing His Majesty the way to n yet greater ,e'
form For if he is unwilling to let the abuses
If bureaucracy" continue and physically "n-
able himself TO supervise all the departments
of government Of so vast and varied an empire
thc remaining third course is obvious. 10 w.t.
70 grant a constitution and establish a repre-
sentative government. However that ma! p''
thc spcctaclc OF the Russian Autocrat waei"s
war against the ''bureacrncy' that mas po"''a
and fettcred his realm is an inspiring one wen
calculated TO enlist the sympathy or even TIE
6prccst Radical and to cause him to WISH sue
ccss for the Car and his wise advisers.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-01
WILLIAM STEINW.lY.
to answer

BY the death of William Steinway Ncw-lork
loses good citizen. Though he was man OF
strong political convictions he had no desire
for political notorety and yet his sense of civic
obligation constantly compelled him to accept
public responsibilities which made him Il con
spicuous figure in municipal life. Moreover. he
bore the full weight of the multifariouS burdens
which his fellOwcizens were wont to devolve
upon him. In consenting TO give his name to
an undertaking he considered himself bound 10
give his time and his strength to it. and thus he
was a notable example of fidelity to the general
welfare. while his practical sagacity made his
services peculiarly valuable. He was useful TO
the community in so many ways and the OBJ
iect Of affection and esteem in many circles
that his death is sure TO cause an unusual sense
Of grief and loss.
In recent years Mr.. Scnway had been esle-
cially prominent as Il member of the Rapid Tran
sit Commission now in office as we'll aS Of the
Board which il replaced. Throughout long
period Of disappointment. not unmiXed at times
with discomfort over the management OF an i'm
portant public enterprise. he retained not only
his own faith in the practicability of an exten
>ive system of underground roads. but the i'm
plicit confidence of the people in his unselfsh
devotion to their interests. The work Of the
Commission appointed three years ago has been
strangely interrupted by various miSfortunes.
Its membership. only just filled. is again broken
by the grievous atfi, ,cion Of Mr. Steinway's
death. and it will be nard indeed 10 make good
the loss of his zeal. wisdom and experience. The
best tribute which his colleagues can pay To his
memory will be an unremiting effort to accom-
plish the great object in furtherancc of which
his energies We're generously expended.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-01
sIetp2lprk Dailr Gribn,ts
POUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY
TUESDAY. DECEMBER l. 1896.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN Nothing further has been hearu
in Havana from Captain General Weyler put IT
is thought there that Maceos forces are , f
ing before him - A conference committee o
shinowners and workmen was appointed to SET
tie the strike of dock laborers in HamDurs
The French Chamber of Deputies ordered ."e ne,
had been arrested. - 1he Duuse' was i'''N
duced in the German Rechstag.
DOMESTIC-President- ELECT Mckinney can
ers included Senator Lodge. OF Massachuse.'s ".'
and General Horace Porter. OF New o,k o.!.
- The Supreme Court of the thlteu o'a'eS
refused 70 Interfere with the sentence pro-
nounced on +. X. Chapman for contempt oi 'ns
Senate: Mr.. Chapman will apply for a writ OF
babeas corpus - The G.. A. K. Executive
Committee selected Buffalo and the week pc
ginning August 23 as the place and tlme lor
holding the next annual encampmeh, -.
Ira Shafer well-known lawyer dled at ms
an army chaplain. stationed at Fort Ringgoiu'
Tex and his daughter. were burned 10 dea,h.
- John Scott ex-United States Senator
from Pennsylvania died in Philadelphia. -
Robert f. Marshall superintendent of the Al
tooua Division Of the Pennsylvania Raliroau'
committed suicide in Washington.
CITY.-The Senate Committee 10 invest-
gate the workings of the Raines Liquor TAX
Law in this city opened its sessions ana eX-
amined Assistant DisMictAttorney Battle
- Friends of Joseph II. Choate are urging
him for United States Senator TO succeed M.
Hill - William Steinway died. - III was
learned that the house of Edgar Lockwood
banker and broker. at No. Il West One-hun-
dred and twenty first st. was entered carry
Sunday morning and robbed OF Jewelry Vaued
at over 81 900 - The new halls of Anthro-
nologv and of Vertebrate Archaeology were
opened at the American Museum OF Natural
History. The 14Oth annual dinner or the
ST. Andrews Society was held at Delmonco s.
Stocks were weak and lower
THE EWEATHER.-Forecast for to-day: Part
lv cloudy; cold. The temperature yesterday:
Highest 81 degrees lowest. 30; average, :'2s.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-01
MIR. CRANE IN 4 NEW PLAY.

The attention OF the play going public centres 10
night on Mr. Crane. who. having Temporarily 'a'u
aside Miss Martha Morton's farcica adaptation ii0"
the German called His Wifes Father VIII pro-
duce at the Fifth Avenue Theatre new play. by the
same dramatist. entitled "A Fool OF Fortune l"'s
piece was first presented at Louisville on Novemoes
H. and IL appears to have been successful. the'e
broker named Elisha Cunnngham.--a deslgna.Ion -
that Is irresstiby suggestive OF Byrons reeten,a an
to Amos Cottle. Cunningham passes throns" th, ,, ~ 4,
he dies. That excellent actor. Mr.. F. f. MaTnsy. nsy
has Joined Mr.. Cranes company. ana ne VII i'ni'
senate the opposite character 10 Cunningnam =
furtve sinister. implacable enemy: "a ,mncates mic,
Fortune IL in four ac;s. and Its story ltnp''''
eleven persons The scene is laid in New-forN
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cerely believ, in the principle involved in the
general system. or indeed of any Republican
who believes that his party ought to fulfil its
own promises and honestly carry ou' its own
doctrines. II certainly cannot he objected 10
this proposition that it looks to the retention i'll
office of the appointees of a retiring Adminisra-
ton of an opposing party. Governor Morton is
a Republican. and ii is hardly supposable tha'
his Republican successor has any wish TO make
sweeping removals of subordinate officials who
have been appointed or employed in the several
State departments under his administration
As TO proposed changes in the law with the
view of facilitating appointments to vacant
places on purely partisan grounds. there can
hardly ba two opinions outside the limited err
Gle of socalled political leaders who do not
now nor ever did. believe in the Republican
principle of Civil Service Reform. or in the
enforcement of any system of rules when III
terfereS with the prosecution OF ihelr trah''
The motives of these men in urging such leglS-
lation are perfectly transparent. Th"y are al
heart opposed 10 the existing system III prili-
ciple and in detail. They never speak OF II ph'
IN teIms of derison and contempt. Their obvi-
ous present purpose is 10 procure legislation ha'
will serve rs an entering wedge for its ultimate
destruction. They are active. agile ana per-
sistcni. and will leave stone unturned to ac-
complish their object They have no; the as
sllrancc 10 propose openly any radical measure
in that direction. but they mean to do it by
stealth and ndrcctOn. Can the Republican
party of this State afford TO sultify itself ana
falSfy its professions by giving them their way:
That Is the question the Legislature will have
tn
New-York tribune., 1896-12-01
CAST OF THE CHILL WIDOW.
MR. MANsFIELDs PERFORMANCES.

The acting of Mr.. Mansfield since ne appeared ON
November 23 at the Garden Theatre. has. with Illus
exception. been marked by great power ana oriii'
fancy and the crowds that have filed the house nave
recognized his splendid efforts with great enthusiasm
He has appeared Richard III. the Baron Chevriai.
Shylock Beau Brummel. Dimmesdae. and Dr. JeKy'
and Mr.. Hyde. and he has exhibited copous vitaI'y:
weird Imagination. the skill impersonate (Which -
dist.nctivey the actors arD. originality ana NeS
tatons has been expressed with emphasis and me
accordingly determined to repeat them; an!
before producing the new play OF Castle SomnntfaS nt.
which had been announced. Last night Mr.; Msnsss
New-York tribune., 1896-12-01
MOVEMENTS OF STARS.

Mr. Willard has been received with great la'o' -
Boston. lie will appear In New-York next Mo'",s
az Palmer's Theatre-whch then It Is said. VIII oe
called Waacks Theatre.-presenting Mr. p'.,
Prothero. in The Kogue's Comedy" by Henry a., n
thur Jones Mr.. James O'NeilI appeared '''s
night at the Murray Hin Theatre In THE 'o''' V
Monte Cris,o." That Old melo-drama Is di"af'
teresting. and Mr.. ONe!lrs well-known inP''
ton Of the Count. In his different SUES. Is Ole "
New-York tribune., 1896-12-01

Barney Barnato seems ambitious 10 stretch
his mining enterprises the world over. having
besides his Wiiwatersrand Reef richer than
Omar and Ind. acquired interests in Mexico
Peru and Alaska. and in the golden grottoes
Of the Lake OF the Woods. tales Of which have
been told for century by missionaries and
Courrers de 8os. with few TO give them heed
There is I'm all likelihood important deposit
of gold In that remote and desolate region
locked beneath the ice and SHOWS OF an Arctic
winter during most of the year. and II so the
lucky Barney Is the very man to find IT,
New-York tribune., 1896-12-01
MIR BOrRCHIER AT THE BIJOU.

Mr. Arthur Bourchier and Miss Violet NanDrugn
Mrs Bourchier). beginning a tour OF the prncpai
American cities. appeared last night at the Buou
Theatre. presenting a comedy called The 'hih
Widow" Mr.. Bourcher Is. doubtless remembered
by many votares of the stage. as having peen al
one time the leading comedian al Days Theatre
Mrs Bourchier. Violet Nanbrugh, was for
while associated with Mr. and Mrs. Kendall They
are clever and well-trained actors. and. In thst
light vein OF raillery and banter which Lester wall
lack and Mrs. Hoey prominent exempars
they give performance which Is marked by eooa
taste. graceful demeanor. and wesustained
and exharating vvacity. The comedy OF Ihe
chilli Widow" an adaptation from French origi-
nal has had a run OF more than half year at
Mr. Bourchers theatre in London uhe RoyaI'v'
and It's success in that capital may be repeated III
America. The theme Is that has often oeeh
tried and has never failed please-the mystihca-
ton and discontinue OF IA self-complacent beau
who fancies himself 10 be the devil on runners anu
that every woman who beholds him Is dying ior
him. Mr. Bourchier represented the all-conquerihs
Reginald Delamcre. and Mrs. Bourchier. Win en-.
gaging grace and arch and mischievous humor; OF
the demure kind. embodied the sprightiy wdoW
from Chill whose Establishments defect ana suDuue
him. The public gain I'm the present coming OF MI.
and Mrs Bourchier Is the pleasure OF seeing neat
and merry play interpreted by actors VINO possess
youth. animal spirits. and adrot and polished
style. Mr.. William Bakeley carried the chief nom
of the night. and indeed he is much the Dest AS'
the
New-York tribune., 1896-12-01

England has a boy hero who stood on the burn
ing deck " He IL fourteen year-,d Horace Conner.
who. after being on the training ship Exmouth.
was sent to the steamer Marino. The vessel
caught fire I'm the Atlantic. and the crew We're
preparing To abandon her when the youngstcr
arose and shouted: What's the use of going ON
like that. men? II we have To die. die like men.
and Engshmen. That renewed the crews
courage. and they took the ship safely 10 the
Azores Young Conner burned his foot. and was
full OF spirit 10 pray the doctor TO cut II Off
but the physicians skill saved this draft on his
courage He is evidently the stuff that good
sailors are made Of Tales of herosm may have
given him unduly exalted hardihood but IL was
~ the kind that stood the test Of real danger and
accomplished real good.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-01

one man in his turn plays many parts "s '"'
case Of Lord Dunraven attests' ne h'" "r
pears in the role of the oppressive '""''o' -
evicting a squad OF poor tenants from o'' VI
his Irish estates. and has scoreu S".e e'''
which he never did as sailor. Such q"a'''''
t;ons az he has are clearly for lard service. but
like the burned in the constellation CSs
ms he cannot he said to shine anywhere.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-01

Every honest attempt To bridge or tunnel tho
East k!y"r deserves To be- encouraged. hut ther"
can l., no doubt that Tn" great majority ~ tn"
people ha ing occasion TO cross this arm OF the
sea =. fer 10 go iboye the surface 81 the water
ra her than beneath H.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-01

II was indeed the beautiful snow as d" "'''
saw the trees in the parks win the'' SUN
feathery burden must cCncede.