The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-08-28

millionuires to the other side. There
Is little doubt that Gaynor could be
mayor II only he knew with what
| political crowd lie wants to train. But
with this uncertainty as to where be
stands he may share the fate Of the
man who fell between two stools and
| wind up BY being the candidate OF no
body.
Fifth avenue the thoroughfare OF
mllionaires and automobiles, Is being
/ widened As a result it is In state
OF disarray that makes it even uglier
than before. For mile, stretching
from Madison square to Forty-seventh
street. stoops are heing removed and
4 unsightly fronts. many OF which be
longrd to famous houses, are being
replaced Later the widening will be
continued 10 F'ifty-ninih street or the
celebrated plaza at the entrance 70
Central park The Improvement was
nmdp necessary by the congestion OF
chauffeurs and coachmen At present
the autos are so thick In Fifth avenue.
especially of an afternoon, that they
advance in platooils, battalons and
regiments. In the midst OF these
honlSing and putting monsters is an oc-
casionuI turnout with docked horses
and beliveried lackeys sitting iu the
stiff and solemn state OF wooden IN
dians do not wonder thai they
want TO broaden the thoroughfare and
give each other as wide a berth as
possible. incidentally II Is to be hoped
thai they will improve the looks OF
the street. AT any rate, so far as
most of this particular section Of i
in concerned. they could not make it
worse.
The new police commissioner Is after
the Saome dancers. In future II any
female person wishes to writhe, wig
gle and comfort IN public she must seek
some other than New York audience.
coney Island Is still running its "edu-
cational' stunts the gamblers are
coming back to town, the holdup men,
the yeggmen and the various kinds Of
assassins. from the thief who kills for
money to the Black Handlers and high
binders, were never SO busy. but the
ia Ii down on The Salome imitators,
The thing never was anything but
disgusting, and its suppression ought
to make little cheap reputation for
the city administration III the line Of
morals, which it needs sadly enough
God knows. In the meantime the
grafters 60 on cleaning out the city
treasury, and the political Saloms
dancers OF the McCnrren Murphy
stripe continue to disport themselves
III public more shameIessly than ever
did the painted girls before the foot
lights.
The more the people OF Gotham SCI
of William Loeb, Jr., in his new capac
ity OF collector of the port the more
they wonder how they ever got aloni
= without him. Without trying to sa!
Too many nice. sacchafine thing
about the young man, it is but just t
state that he has stopped more graft
I ing and other irregularities aud mad
!. more common sense reforms than al
!, the former collectors the present gen
NlasiVh >Nd iCAhNIhh'St. Liz ttNcl dS
8 cision Is that there shall be no NOR
- "kotowing" to the rich and no favor
= itisRl against the poor BY this mean
y he has not only increased the custom
., receipts. making the wealthy dead
20 heads that used to slip through pay Xix
= everybody else but he Is stopping tn
4, worst features OF annoyance to tn
!. great mass Of passengers. is expedtin
10 business and Is winning golden opir
n ions from everybody except those VIII
u have been defrauding the government
il As a buffer for Roosevelt, Loeb wa
~ the most patient goat that ever brows
ed In the political pasture. and no,
that he has job of his own it is onI
m fair to boost him when he makes goot
% Ii anybody now asks who cleaned on
a the frauds and incompetents from th
,e New York custom house and made til
G. sugar trust and other rich dodgers pa
In up, 1t should be a pleasure to answe
n in the language of other days, .Loe
q did It."
y. There has been considerable tall
81 some Of 1t unfavorable, about til
~ strict discipline at West Point but
q one respect at least 1t Is to be highl
Il commended. That Is In relation to til
n stamping out of hazing If other il
o. stitutions Of learning went after tn
rs puppy rowdyism with the same rigt
"a and vigor It would be good for educ
ID ton and good for manners. The late
NJ case In the institution up the Hudso
Al may seem hard on few cadets, b.
"a 1t Is good for the institution. and 1t
~ to be hoped that its example will be-
al other institutions. Besides the cade
n deserve all they are getting, and the