Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-07-10

term III 1873, put IN tool OF Its owf
for his successor His conduct of thi
Office was without fault in the twent,
years, when many of his fellows went
down in shame. Kildreth was one OF
the bestmen the county Democracy ha 4
and he was always pronounced in his op.
position to Tammauy. nJanuary, 1893,
he was retired to private life and the
practice of his profession, but in July
President Cleveland appointed him tc
the collectorship in which he sustained
his high reputation. He is survived
by his wife, who was formerly Mrs.
Oudia, mother OF Eugene Oudin, tho
fine tenor,ard of Lucien Oudin, lawyer
aud music composer. 1t is rather
strange by the way that both Collec-
tor Kilbrc.h aud Naval Officer
Baldwin should die after Presid-
ent Mckinley had almost de-
termined not only to permit both of
them to serve ont their terms if they
so desired, but to reappoint Kilbreth,
at least, for another term, just as Jor-
dan was reappointsd. Both men were
types of the old fashioned Democracy
that would not accept Bryanism as
their political faith, ,a1d they did their
part last year in repudiating the doc,
trine. Postmaster Dayton would also
have been retained till the end of his
term, but he rssig led, ald now death
has removed the collector and the
naval officer.
Postmaster Sullivan of Brooklyn
has been to Washington to learn what
is going to he done with the Brooklyn
postofiice after consolidation goes into
effect ON January next. The truth
is that Brooklyn is afraid of
being Speonked. 1t has been rep
resented to the citizens of the
borough that, under the new dispen-
sation, Brooklyn would become merely
a branch of the postotiice of New York,
and that Brooklyn, rs distinctive ap-
pellation, as we'll as q municipal en-
tity, would be wiped out of existence.
Naturally this causes resentment and
alarm, and Brooklyn proposes to see
what the postmaster general is going
to do about it. But it is thought
Brooklyn is needlessly disturbed 1t
would be difficult job to Speonk
a city with over million people
in it, Brooklyn will always remain IL
distinctive and integral part of the
greater city, even though absorbed
into it, just as Williamsburg is today
a distinctive locality in Brooklyn, al
though consolidated with it years ago.
Brooklyn is safe from the ravages of
the Remscns aud may place her hand
trustfully in the generous palm of
Father knickerbocker.
The rumor that the New York and
New.Jersey Bridge company had for
feited it's charter by noncompliance
with the time stipulations was fishy
story at best, and seems to have been
finally disposed of by the annual meet
ing of the stockholders. This meeting :
developed an exceedingly important fact
important not only to the company,
but to the public, as promising the com
pletion ofthe structure ut an earlier day
than was originally considered proha-
BILE. The extension of the North river
pierheal lines will result in shorten
ing the main span 400 feet, and thus
reducing the total cost of construct IN
from $25, 600, OoO to $17, 900, 600. With
5000, 900 bpped of, the financial
problem should be much easier of So
luton, with corresponding squirt in
construction.
The board of education, in its ca
pacity as trustees of the College of the
City of New York, has agreed that it
1ocs not want the buildings which
Columbia university is vacating; and
the decision was practically made
to go far up town, and buy for
S469, $50 three-quarters of the square
bounded by One Hundred and Thirty
eighth and One Hundred and Fortieth
streets and Amsterdam and Edge
combe avenues, and so much of
the remaining quarter as the trustees
could get-in the end they will doubt
less get it ALL Thus another big in
stitution is added to the long array of
such on the western heights of New
York.
A policeman here stopped cab late
on recent evening for driving faster
than the law allows, and was confro lted
by no less parsonage than Mayor
Strong, who put his heal out of tn,
cab window, said he was in hurry
and was going to drive as fast as he
pleased. This is scarcely good ey-
ample for chief magistrate to set.
The policeman ought to have been
thanked for doing his duty, and the
mayor ought to have told the driver to
obey the law. It's not healthy to tell
cabmen and policemen that there are
privileged persons.
The police inspector who broke up
the boxing show is the same McLaugh-
lin who, under Byrnes, became famous
as a police clubber. He was tried
several times for the offence of brutal
treatment of his prisoners and 'citi-
zens. He ought to be fairly gool
Judge of slugging.
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Chairman Jones of the popocratic
national committee, denies that he
dragged young Mr.. Bryan out of the
municipal campaign in Greater New
York The dragging out, it should be
explained. was done entirely by young
Mr.. j. G. Sheehan of Buffalo. :
kNICKERBOCKER.