New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-04

discouraged. He remembers that 1t was once
"Athanasius contra mundum,' and why, there
fore should he falter because just now 1t Is
Crosby contra Feeding Hills? He has plenty or
grit. and 1t would not be at all strange n ne
were to do away with cider-drinking IN Feed
ing Hills, in which case OF course, the thrifty
citizens would sell ii TO the dealers in Spring
field
week ago to-day New-York was covered
with a pure white blanket. To-day 1t is wal
lowing In filth. And Mccartney claims to be
happy in the consciousness Of duty DONE
The action Of the Princeton undergraduates
in taking steps to abolish hazing is exceedingly
meritorous. But why did they pique curiosity
by emitting to prescribe the means by which
ancient college customs are to be nviolably
maintained?
Defenders Of the men who mar aged the canal
Improvement maintain that they are able,
honest and conscientious This is pretty nearly.
If not quite. equivalent to maintaining that the
Improvement we'll managed and Is now
in a condition credltable and advantageous to
the State. Do they accept that conclusion
from their premise? Or if not why not?
It's a little too soon for the Philippine babes
to get gay.
Commissioner Mccartney says he Is pleased
with the progress made in clearing away the
snow. Well. he ought to have few streets
clear week after a snowstorm.
Secretary Ayers recommendation that the
enlarged Army be partly recruited from among
the inha btantS OF newly acquired territories i'm
which 1t will be to a great extent employed is
sustained by reason and by the experience OF
other nations
one of the first acts Of General Wood at
Santiago de Cuba to reform and vastly
improve the school system. General Kitchener's
first act concerning Khartoum since his recon-
quest Of the place is to raise 100000 for the
establishment Of college there. That is what
Anglo Saxon conquest means to-day-the build
ing not Of fortresses to enslave the people but
of schools to educate and elevate them.
To ask Indians to obey game laws is like ask
Ing children not to visit the sugarbow
1t Is to be hoped that Mccartney won't publish
a book what he doesn't know about street
cleaning. Such production il complete, would
inevitably increase the price of paper ink and
typesetting.
1t is observed that the president of the Uni
versal Peace Society is paraded to the fore
opponent Of the annexation Of the Philip
pines. He is the individual who recently sought
to enter into political correspondence with a
government with which this Nation at
war. His whole career is a consistent one
How would tunnel to open up South Brook
lyn he substitute for OF the Mayors
bridges?
To a gratifying extent the people Of New
York have done their duty promptly and thor
oughly in removing snow and ice from the side
walks. Meanwhile Tammany Commissioner
Mccartney has been gaping and yawning in
stead of working effectively.
According to the chief engineer Of the Brook
Ign Bridge there was some "Outrageously I'M
balanced lOading' Of the great span in July
last. That is exactly what was charged I'm
these columns. and what at the time
strenuously but as now appears falsely, de-
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