The counoil last week acted very hastily...

The counoil last week acted very hastily and ill-advisedly in ordering an investigation into the matter of fees of Jnstioe Gibson aud Marshal Peterson with a sf ring of whereas, which strongly reflected on these officers. A request íor a report would have sufficed to have bronght out all that was discovered in telation to Jnstice Gibsou and the investigation has shown that Marshal Peterson had turned over all the fees he had reoeived. There never was any gronnd for snspioion to the oontrary, as anyone familiar with city affairs would have known. The only redress the conncil can make these officers for the ill-founded accusations they publicly made against them, is the passage of a resolution of confldence. The New York Herald after vainly endeavoring to get Gov. McKinley to declare his position on the financial question, editorically says: "It is inconceivable that the great Republioan party veill put forward as its candidato for president, a man who either has no convictions on this dominant question or who, if he has any convictions, lacks the oourage to avow them. His reticence may be regarded by his advisors as good "politics, " but it stamps biin as a man lacking the two essential qualities of leadership - namely sinoerity and cotirage. MeKinley has not opened his mouth on the financial question. He has refnsed to speak ooncerning it, and has deolined all requests from his own party papers for his position npon it. His is a time-serving course, laoking the bravery to declare his convictions or haring none to deolare. And yet, in spite of the fact that no one can define McKinley's position on the leading issue of the coming campaign, there is no doubt but that he will be the republican nominee for president. Editor Hessing, of Chicago, calis attention to the fact that ont of 1,087 Germán newspapers pnblished in the United States, only two are for free silver coinage. As the Germán ring is very large in many of the states whioh the demoorats must carry to -win, our free silver friends within the democratie party shonld oonsider the effect of the adoption of a free coinage plank npon the Germán vote, which eertainly demands an honest cnrrenoy. New York city has a popnlation of over 3,000,000 and is one of the half dozen largest oities in the world. It attained its great increase in popnlation throngh legislation, the Greater New York bill having been signed by Governor JMorton, and Brooklyn loses its separate entity. Street Commissioner Ross is doiug excellent work on the city streets this spring and has been putting them in excellent shape without any large expenditure of money. A man who will do this deserves the commendation of the oommunity