New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-11
does not realize that his mental CONDITION shouiu
he regarded by his friends with profound soilci-

Postmaster Van Cot mas 1ounu III 'hV ''''
able increase in the number Of postofiice MONEY
orders issued in this city during the ias' e's"1
months another significant indication OF return
ing prosperity In 1895 the number of orders
bought was 0J,; o2S In 1896 the total rose 10
. O.fI4J But by August 81 last the record lo'
the entire previous year had already nee"
broken 2224 1OI orders having been issued Wilt
in the eight months. 1t is hard. indeed. IN any
line of activity not to discover signs Oh 'he
great revival of confidence and energy wnich
has marked the first year in power OF the pfeS-
ent National Administration, and whicn no"
PROMISES to accompany that Administration W
It's very end.
What Is this? Mr.. Quigg is reported as eH
rectin; to carry every Assembly dist'i'' "N
one in this city in opposition TO the ho't''ii'
ton of Mr. Low There must be some MISTAKE
Only short time ago Mr.. Quigg knew 'ha'
New-York would be a unit. 1t cannot be that
one petty district can turn foreord'na''oh ''''o
prophecy.
Examinations were held yesterday in dozen
different cities 10 determine the relative merits
Of thrtv-two candidates who had applied TOT
annointment as Supervising Architect OF the Ma
tional Treasury Never before has this impor-
taut office been thrown open to competition OH
the basis Of acouirement and merit; and yester-
DAYS examinations. therefore mark an advance
in methods of appointment 10 the FedNrai 'iVi'
Service which even the dullest spokesman III pom
tics can scarcely fail TO note ana appreciate
The merit system has come to stay ana ero" III
spite of the unreconstructed Jacksonians IN po'h
political parties who still occasionally vent ther
lingering animosity to its Impartial spirit anu
common sense workings
The Wgwam is always demonstratlVe to"aru
departing and returning bosses, running over
with LOYALTY like the froth on beer and Croker
homecoming Is like Tweed's in earlier Gays
with all the faithful on deck and bowling.
The Tribune perceves with satisfaction that
it's special kilograms from Toronto summarizing
the more important papers presented at the re-
cont meeting Of the British Association nave
been Of service to its electrical. engineering ana
o,ber scientific contemporaries. Most OF them
bave given The Tribune due credit for Whatever
matter they reprinted. 1t is a curious colncl-
dane. however that almost the only periodical
which neglected this Journalistic conventional
uv was the one which helped itself most llDer-
ally filling something more than three or us
columns with these dispatches. Still. during the
season Of editorial vacations. /, would be churi-
isb 10 max, n fuss over little oversight IKE
that.
rive colorado Democrats in convention assem-
BLEED have just adopted the resolution that ir'e
silver lis the paramount issue before the VA
tion." though the party in other states re'"s-
nizcs the fact that It as dead as julius CHsar'
In iudclous Democratic circles II is slurr"d over
and hustled ont OF sight "a an EMBARRASSING
tonic soonest mended when least Is SAID ABOUT H.
indictments Of "Th"" Allen have been coplo"S-
Is pig.ouholed for the greater part OF genera
ton. permitting the public spirited EFFORTS ~
thu, ornament 81 society to continue; nut us
trict-AttorHey Olcott has hshed out ba''h ~
them. and Allen promises again to present 'he
spectacle ~ a good man In difficulties ana pos
sby In jail
Roston's new tunnel IL a great success,
cvmmcs's hole was not more sparkling ana gut
,cring inside II presents the paradox. not round
I'm Boston literature and not common IN us
speech Il bang long without being 'edious IL
has. indeed the effect ~ brevity. az II shot'ehs
the transit from poiIt to point OF the bnhh-'a'-
Ing rhapsodis,s who inhabit there. II is an OBJ
ject lesson u value to the Greater NeW-fork'
still striving TO solve its rapid transit problem
and stiIl encounterl1g obstacles and difficulties
which the Bostonians have evidently sur
mounted.
First the bicycle. and second al bachelor poll
ticians have been made anathema marahatha
by the Womers Rescue League. Next
The reappolntment ~ Commodore Phhip
Hichborn az Chief 81 the Bureau OF Naval Con
struction for another term Is a deserved tribute
to that officials energy. industry and executive
skill No one has been associated more credita-
bis with the construction OF the new Navy than
Commodore Hichborn. and II is gratifying 20
know that the Construction Rurean VIII ENJOY
the benefits Of his intelligence and experience
for four years more.