New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-11

while 70 remember who bore the heaviest Dur
den Of the battle
Congress might have adjourned sooner II It
had not had the President on It's hands.
The Constitution OF tho state sayc that ap-
polntnents In the Civil Service must De mace ny
competitive examinations 50 far al practeaoie'
No competent authority has yet decicea "heh
such examinations are practicable ana "heh
they are not Excise Commissioner Lyman II
f. true has passed upon the question, but he II
not recognized as competent authority. lie
assured the civil Service Commissioners day
or two ago that such examinations FOR his
speclal agents would BE- neither desiraole. prac-
,lcsble nor economical. This IL the nrst really
Official dcllveranre On tho subject but IL dd
no, impress the Commissioners who were under
other influences at the rme-the influence O,
Governor Morton and even more powerfully
that os Controller Roberts. who has stood IKE
n rock ror the stric, Interpretation OF the Civil
Service provision of the Contribution.
There IS no reason why the Health Board
should show special leniency 10 the equatters In
the upner part OF the city The rules laid down
for the protection Of the public health are gen
orally recognized T. be wise and they should
be applied impartially in all parts OF the
municipality
I, bohosvcs the Hon. Patrick Jerome Gleason
to look sharply ar;er the people who are cast
ing slurs on his bslliw.ck. We read IN GER
tain we.l-known guiIeb ok relating To the United
sta;e, that north o, brooklyn Is Long Island
CITY. "a place 0. no particular interest" This Is
a reelection on Gleas,nvlle that calls FOR sharp
IL NOT ,uLs hef he
Impression will become deeply rooted among the
people " the eirote rnonarchies OF Europe that
the town over which Gleason presides 10 no
account place Inasmuch as Long Island CITY
IA one OF the constituent parts Of Greater New
York and inasmuch IT'D Mayor finds rolid
sat,srnct.on IN the hope and expectation tha:
he VIII be the 1rst Mayor OF the enlarged munich
pal!ty Il Is his plain duty to show to ali the
world that his city IS very Gar from being "a
place OF no particular interest" And he must
do Il In q way that Will attract attention and
produce deep ard lasting Impression.
Mr. Plat said yesterday: II DO not know o. any
candidate except Governor Morton" II Is now
Governor Morton's turn to say: II DO not know
Of any boss except Mr.. Plat"
II Hung Chang is expected soon in England. for
the purpose OF being convinced by Lord Salisbury
that China has no right 10 levy her own customs
duties according to the needs II her commerce and
revenue but that. they have been prescribed
BY Great Britain with reference 70 her own IN
terests. 80 they must remain II - we-worn
British argument, but still serviceab.e in some
cases though Japan rejected 1t while ago. and
now runs her own custom house. with no need
OF outside assistance.
The nel-ehaped cloud which blackens and
whlrls over the Democratic party cvidenty has
a silver lining. but 1t U.s. nevertheless, a bringer
OF doom and will string the debris OF that organ
4zation along the corridors Of history ike Kan
eas rail fence In n cyclone.
Water Purveyor North has a good opinion OF
wood a paving material. and attaches no i'm
portance to the complaints regarding the small
secton OF wooden pavement recently laid IN
Twentcth-st., that 1t Is 80 slippery when
sprnkcd that horses antly falling on
1t. lie says that just the same complaint was
made about asphalt when II first intro
| duccd In the city There were numerous pre-
dictons that 1t would be a failure. but now the
demand for this sort of pavement IS larger than
the city supply Wood has certain ad-
vantages asphalt and IL has been extern
| slvcly and most successfully used in foreign
| cities with us II Is in the experimental stage
and there is a popular prejudice against 1t. owing
| 10 the failure OF the Nicolson pavements that
were put down here and elsewhere a quarter OF
century ago.
There are one two police indictments still
hanging on. but Distrct-Attorney Fellows is
vigorously prosecuting all persons who can be
| found to be witnesses against the accused on
Gals and In a few days they will doubtless all
| be dismissed
1t Is dreadful to think what might have hap
| pened II the Aldermen OF this city had had tho
temerity to ceneure the Mayor for his recent
! Civil Service order and to repudiatc his action
respects the clerks OF the Board Happily
conservative measures prevailed. and the NOM
Der who proposed such a startlingly radical, not
to say revolutionary course was promptly "sat
| down on"
Gruber has taken q large contract In endeavor-
ing to get the Civil Service eecton taken out OF
the Constitution. but no 10 not man to be
daunted by the magnitude Of an undertaking on
which no has rot his hear. Hs believes thai