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ItiL BBWM THIS MOBStXU
K'Ti-lgn. -The Houae "f t'.>mm')ns reje.-ted
Joseph Chamherlain's amendment to the AtMraao
in reply t,? the QOMB'a Bpeach hy f^urteen ma?
jorlty. ss= : Kx-l?remi. r OloUttl is to l.e proae
cuterl in RoOM f"r llb-lling SIgn,.r Crispi anrl
appmpriatinB Banca Romana ilocuments t? his
nwn use. .- ? Orpat dlatreaa ezlata am-nu the
unenipk.yed in London, an.l relief mraxuri'S nn a
iarjre srale are IwInK planne.l. ?? Arehdnke
Alhreeht of Austria dh'i at Arm, in tho Tyrol
i Qoaen Vtetorla arrlved at Baekln**bain
Palace from Ooborna; she is said to be siifTering
aeverely from rhaumatlam.
Conirress.?Iloth bran< h-s in session. _? Ban*
at-: Nearly the whole day was devoted to dis
rus.?ion of the tlnanclal situatlon; it waa voted to
take up and diH"'.^" "f tl,f" J"nes Kree Sllver hill.
?.i_: HOUBOJ Bararal bills were passed under
?Bspewdon of the rules.
Domestl.-.? Superint-ndent Aldridge has dis
mlased tha three Damoeratlc dlrlslon gnpartn
nts of th- ICrie Crinal, and BIM thelr placeB
with K-pubil.-ans. W B. Qummere, of
Trenton, was nomin.it, 1 by tl.ivernor W.-rts tO
suoeeed the late Justi. e Ahbelt on the Naw*
Jersey BapffClM Court benoh. ?== The hun
<lr^.lth nntilversary of the birlh of GaOTSS Pea
body ?ai celebrated in Massachusetts.-=
Th- sec.nd triennlal conv.-ntion "f the Natlonal
Oottndl of Women began ln Washington. ras
Pix miners were kill-d and four fatally lnjured by
an explosion near l'ottsville, Penn.
I'ity and Ruburban? Jt is now thought that the
tuposed double BOMrlde of Henry Knappe and
J?hn Selms in Williamsburg was a ca.se *4 mur
,,er an.l suicide. ?-- David H. Klng. Jr. was
elo-ted Presid-nt <f the Puik IV.ard, and the
rew (;,,mmissioners held thH- first me.-tlng. ="?
The missinR st-ainer Cltf of St. Augustin*- waa
repoortsd at Ilermuda siiort of -oal. _?? Chrla
lOphar SpeailiriK. a H bok-n engineer, commltt-d
R coM-MOOdad murder: by cutting his wlfe's
throat. ?s=a Stocks diill and irrcgwl ti, BugW
anl Iiistilleis advan.e.
The Weather.-Forccast for to-day: Threaten
Ing weather, but probably without rain; south
west wlnds. Temperatuie yesterday: Lowest, ft;
hlghest. 42; average, 347i
Wliile rsbtjrlBg Un* insti'tirlioiis of Jlldffe ?'..\v
lag, th.- Orand Jaqr haa fkwe wMj lo btoM
a* far as possiblo mlxlBf itsi-lf ii|. wlth tbfl OM
troveray that has .'ui?n lietw.-n K< .imiIit
fl *B nibl the other Cen.-r.il S.-s<i<.iis JndftCB. Tlie
Kport suhmitto.l by tiu- jury rCBterdB* is I
.".v-.-l-ss nml lii.n coininittal <lornmeut, ihoii^li
the nt-isl of gOOM i-liiin?t'S iu;<l rtforUM is .'id
iiiiited. A inatler of this klnd Is B0t roiniiioiily
supixis.il t<? i-oiiie withln ih>> ran^'?> of a Orand
Jmy'g aeii.ui, aml surprise waa MBMd by Jodge
Cotrltlgfa directlon thnt B0 iBTBltlgBtJOB b
niade. The Jury's tindlnirs i-aniiot ba inteifii'-ti-d
as liavlufi auj' sitnilicant bearliiK on tli<- pr_d
lBg bill t<> tBlaiaji the H.rorder's p.-.w.-rs. lf a
tlitf'criMit result was cxpe; t-d. it is n sati-factioii
that it has bii'ii ilisappolntiil.
Cariiest efi'oils nre belng maili' at prest-nt lo
rniso tho nioiu-y BOMMBty to s.-.-ure a ni-w site
foi- Barnaril ('olles:i! on Moiniii?sldo HdlBta,
near whi'ic Coluinblu is to bavo Its home ia
the near fuliii''. M'?r- than a year ago tho suii;
of $i(ai,(Hki was offered i<? BtfMrd for ? bulld?
lng on tho proposed slte. and yest.rday tlie
Irkntta of ihe institmion wara bxbbOx pBtHM
t,? rn-elvc .iiiotbcr offar of B HW'* sum. also for
bulldlng purposes. In Bdtber CBia is Um BBBM
Ot thC flTgf made public. BBt BTWBi Bamard
spex-lally BBBOB ?<!?' is the money f..r a slti-. It
hns nn option on soitie .|esiral?li? lots in tha rlgbt
plare, which wlll run till Man-h I. Tlie ninoiint
mpiiml for ihiir porchase ls $100,000, of which
imly 10 per ci?nt hns boon subscribr-l 1'li<< prea
tnt opiwrtunlty to provlde a aultablc home for
a woiaan'a ctdlege that has alroady demon
strat.-il Ita ability ii? do tborottgll aml blgh-claea
work oughl i>>- all meana ". he Improred.
The r.i|ii-n.v incroaelng popalarltjr of bkycllug
l.'iuis apedal Intereel lo Hiis year'a conventlon
oi' tbe League of American Wheelmeu, wlii.-h
began in thla rttjr yeaterday. Tne membenihlp
of tbe League la aboarn by Ibe reporta to bare
anffered a ronatderable falllng off !a Ibe laal
year, imt under tn ire efllctenl manafemenl Ibe
loaa will .luiiiiii.-ss S....H he coore than made
good. N'.-w York now siamls st-conil in polnt <<f
owmterablp, belng ontnumbered i ?\- Maaaacbu
sctis glone. Intereat at yeeterday'a aeaalona cen
tred ln Hi'- place for holdlng tln- annual League
incct. Ibere belng a liv.-ly conteal between Aa
bury Park aad Kosioij. The adrocatea <.f tbe
latter were .111111111-111 ?.f sn.-e.--s. bui when tbe
votlng look place Aabury Park \y>>n by 81 to
63, Tbe New-Jeraey rcaort is n vlrtual auburb
of New-Yort Clty, and tbe ii'-.-isi..ii <>f tbe coa>
rentloo is a sonrc of gratlflcattou to all wheel?
men in thla rlcinlty. Tha meei wlll occur in
June,
Mayor Strong abowa in. algna of belng fright
eaed or conatralned i.y tln- demiuiatratlona
agalnal blm. He kaowa thal ba lias puraued a
atralghlforward aml conalatenl touree, aml be
km.ws (bal in- has lln- people Wlth him. When
the itemoral blll was pendlng be abowed no
eagerneaa for tln- power it conferreti upon blm,
aml ln- will nwtoubtedb puraue the aame courae
of indlf/erence reepectlng other legknatkin. Tbal
is an affair for the people aml tba Leglalature
to attend to; aad ami the people ar<> in a mood
to see lhal lha Leglabiture doea its duty.
.1 SILYBR COXFBBBXCB,
Oenolae NmetalUata will near with gudneea,
bui not wiii, sin-prisc. tbal tba Oorernmenl <.f
Oermany is llkely to iBTlte the Powera to an
other nmnefary conferenee. The men who
Imgglne that any good can be done by forcing
silver Into uae at th.- cost of <lrivin>. gold out. in
this oi- any other country, are nol true Wmetal
Usta, Tbe only true MmetaUlo aotatlou i* to
eatabliab, hy concurreni.f tbe greal comB_er
rla! nations. a ba.ls upon which gold aml silver
ran be use<i together, nnd on this ground the
K.publican party has tirmly Btood throiiph all
the storms ?.f twenty yeara. Tha gold mono
metalllata on one alde and the silver moBO
metalllata demandlng free cotnage on tim other
have falled to COBTert the country nr tho com
iner.-ial worhl to thelr vlews. aml at last rveii
in Oermany, the btitbplace aml fortroaa of gold
nioiuiinetaiiisiii. the growing demand f?>r Inter
nattonal acoord has tak.-n form. It is not 10 be
asstiined that Immedlate airrecnmnt will foUow,
but Oermany wenl to all prerloua conferences,
in conjunctioii with Great Tlriiain. with a de
terniination tO pi'event himeiallism in any form.
The action of tho I'.rnian authoritios now
sbowa an abxloua dealre to And 1 baal9 of
?grecment.
This will not surprise those who have ol.
uerveil recent COmmerclal cv.n'is. Silver has
fall.-n 34 cents per oiince. ,,r _:h.7 per cent, wlth
in the last two years. This viol.-nt fall baa
greatly dleordered the tradea aml ihe Ibdnatrlea
of Kiiropean natrOOa Whih- n. have auffered
more. i: ls probable. than Greal Kritaln. whi.h
still s.onis ev.-ry l.imetallic plan a- an al.
snr.iitv. there haa been a mealfeat rhange in
th.- opinion <>f rommerclal nml manufacturing
ctaeeea ev.-n there, whleh inda e_tpreaak>n in .1
differeal toaa of leadlng men lu Oermany the
coinin-rcial chaOge has not been so appar--nt.
bat the attltude of oppoalBg partlea la auch thal
? morement for cnange of pollcy has 1.n con
siilercl noi iniprobahle. lf ihe I'overnin-ni baa
nrrivod at the bellef that ii can gtrengthea it
?eif by a new pollcy which greal numbera ..f
(;ernmns earnestly .lesire. a cmf.-r-i. will be
called with the .let.-rmination 011 ihe parl of
Oermany to arrlve at aome baeia ..r interna
tlonal agreement.
The Unlted Stales cannot fail IO BCCepI 9BJ
inviiaiioii from that fjoarter, BlthOBgB It9 own
lati'st effort, begun hy the action ..f the Repub
llcan Ctrngreaa of IWO, was Mocked by a Hernn
i-ratie rlctory aml ihe conaequent bellef of Orrai
itritaiii aml Oermany that thla Natwn wouM
reckleaaly take upon ItaeU for some yeara ihe
burden <.f aualalnlng the price of rihrer, or bear
Ing the eiiorinoiis loaaea Involred hy its further
decllne. lt was under the Influence of this bope,
without queatlon, thai ihe forelgn Powera oh
atlaatety Kndered fr-dt-eaa a ctmference npon
whirh they ii.i.i entered wlth some indlcatlona
of a wHUngneaa t.. nndertake a cnange. if Ihelr
trcmendoiis. loss.-s aml the r.cenl failure of Ibe
Democratic majority In this country to carry
oot any of the acfaemea of silver monometalllata
have broughl Oermany t.> .irsir.- another confer?
enee, the declared poiley of tbe Unlted Btatea
Oorernmenl will dlctate an acceptance, aml Ihe
appolntmenl of ctimnilaaaloBera who wlll aWy
repreaent, nol ihe Ideaa of ailrer egtremlata, but
a genulne blmetalllam.
TBB 80QAB DIFFBBBXTIAL
The siiK'a" dlfferentlal agalnat bounty-poylng
countriea tbreatena ta lavah ? Ibe Unlted siai.-s
Iu a tarifl war. Oermany has revived dlacrim
Inations agalnal American poik, aml ii i> prob
abla that the otinr beet-eugar countriea, Auatria
Uungaiy, Kram-e aml Belglum, will adopi a
rimllar pollcy. Tbe rloalng <>f ihe free market
for European augara ?.f low grade waa mu a
Crlevailee of whleh ihe he.t .?ountri.-s could COfO
piain. Aei-oinpaiii.il as ii waa by iii<- abroga
tion of th.- bOBBtJ sysiem, I.y whidi the Loulnl
ana can* produd bnd been doubled in fww
yr-.irs aml the ilomcstie beet imlustry bad been
iinroiluce.l, ihe iienioi-ratie tarif. pollcy releaaed
?agar pniducera ln Burope from Impending com
petltlon from a new aml formldable rivai. The
ih-sti-uetioii of American rane aml beel Intereata
was an ample ronipiuaatlon for ihe loaa <>f ibe
free market. am) Gertnany aml other beet coun
tries WOUld have been saiislieil witfa the Ijoriiian
l augar 9C?edule if they had been placed on a
I lovel of ei|iiallty with Cubi aml Ihe Hritlsh
West imlies. Tbe one-tentb dlfferentlal lefl
th.'iii at 11 dlaadrantage. Tln- (Jennan Ambaaaa
rjor iironipily proteated agalaai this dlacrim
Inatlng duty, aml s|.dlly American porfc was
agaln under suspicion <>f belng unbealthful food.
Now thera an- Republleana in iin- Unlted
Btatea Senate who eoBtend that the Dentocrata,
narlng paaaed a very ha.l tariff blll, ooghl noi
to rc-eive any assisianc- from party opponenta
in rectlfylog legtalatlre blondera. That is an
extreme partlaaa view whlch we deprecate.
The oiie-teiiih ililTi reiilial was a lilnii.l. r. li
has been reaented b? Ibe 1.1 piBiBtrtea, whlch
?lo not naderatand wny tbey ahould be punlabed
by ihe Unlted States for dereloplng Ihelr own
ugricuttaral Induatrlea, II has egpoaed Amerl
can exportera to Ibe reatorittlon of problbltlona
agalnal pork on aaaltary gronnda, aml maj in
volve a dlsastroiis taiifl' war fioin which our
fhftalBg dasscx will have notblBg to gatu nnd
much to loae. I'or liipuhliean S.-uaior. to ra
fnae 10 take np ihe Jlous.- blll fo? i'"' reBKrval
of the dlaTerentlal mnJer theae rircumauncea
will Iv an ahuse of partisan^hi|i. Tbey cannot
affunl elther io bkx k <.r to ilef.-at ihe meaaore
on the narn.w uroiiml lhat they are umler no
oMignthnM to aaabM tbelr oppoBeBta in repalring
a ha.l mistake. It is thelr tluly aml prirllege
to sprlllj, lo llie M-Kcue of ihe American fainier.
whom- nieai proiliuis may he shnt mu of the
Kliropeiin eotillnenl lll eonsequence of Ihe llll
pemlliu; tarlff war.
Thon then- are other B4mubUcaua w im aaaeri
j lhat a dlfferentlal ls .-utliily' legHlBUta, aml
| doo. not violate auy rigbtg granted uudcr most
favoi-.-d naiioii treatmcat, and, moreorer, ili.it
tbe Adminlstratlon baa gboodanl reiioureee for
defending i'l- exportlng Interesta againal re?
taiiatory leglalatlon froni Boropt'. Inatead of
,,,,,p,-i-.-iiiim wit.i I?"iiio.Titic Beuatora iu ae
curlng tho enaetment of lhe Houae bill for lhe
nbolitlon of Ibe differenttal, Ihejr gre prepoalBg
a gnbatltnle meaaure for k-rjrlng retaiiatory war?
fare upon forelgn couBtrlea. We hope tii.it tbey
will noi punme theae lactli-s In Ihe preaeai in
gtanee, and we ahall atate our reaaoaa plainly.
ii?. augar dlfferentlal araa a Truai eontrlTauce.
it m;is a.i.l.-.i to the augar schedule "f ihe Oor?
man tariff becauae ll waa for lhe Interest of
tbe sviL'.ir iiioiiojiolists to hav- it there. The niily
Amerlran Intereata wlii.-h will auffer from tha
iviuovai of the .liir.-i-.-iiii.il la tbe Bugar Truat.
Contnimers of augar nnd Weatern fanuera who
bare pork to >,-il will profll by ibe paaaage of
ih- Houae i>? ll. So Bepubttcan Beaato* is .Iwsti
ii.-,i in brlnirlna "" a tariff war. or a retallatlon
campalgB. tot tln r.v-in-iv.- Irtcreai <T augar
monopollat*
The remoral of Ihe uafalr dtacrlmlaatloue
igalual Amerlcan pork waa ooeof the trlumphs
of the laal Republlcan Admln-atrttJoB. Mbilster
U.i.l in Parla grgued tl.ba* ngalaal Germany
aml Auatrla-Hungary as well na Praace, and
when Ibe Injuatk-e of lhe prohlbltion was de
iiioiiMi-ai.il tbe Buropeaa OoTerumeuta receded
(n>m thelr poeldoa, greatly to the relief of tbe
Amerlcan farmer. Thal was a rlctory wou by
-nml dlptomacy an.l nrlae leglalaUoa, aad the
?drantages .-f ll bare been frlttered away be?
cauae a Democratlc Congreaa has allowed the
Reflnen' Truat lo dlctate the augar acbedule <>f
tbe Oorman tariff. Wecretlou rather than ag
f-reaslveneai is ibe better pollcy In lhe preacnl
emergeucy. The remoral of tl"- dlffereatlal will
reatore a.rlcan meata lo Genuaay aml pre
vent 1)1- prolongatlou an.l eXte_elofl of a disas
ir.ms larlfl war. The Houae bill oughl lo be
paaaed aithoul detay by ibe Benate.
i a 1:1.1 r 8B0W.
There will !?? on exhlbltion al Albany for tbe
next tw.. ot- three days ii baa nol been defintte
ly announced bow many ti"- greai-i polltlcal
phenomenon "f thla or any perlotl Membera "f
the i.-L-i-laiiir- will be Inrlted to ti.ntertain
ment. but. tbongh rarrhi of iidmlaalon may be
issu-d. tbey ar- eure of eompllmentary rlcketa
Llke Danlel in tiu- llona* den, ihey will bare Ihe
aatlafactlon <-f aeelng tb'- ahow for nothiag.
And Ibla, we conclude froni receni debateo orar
ihat rrownlng Indlgnity t.. emlnenl atateamen
,,f ,,ur own tlme, the rooatitutloMl problbitlon
,,f paaaea, will nol onlj go far to eompenaate.aa
H .nd doubtleaa in Danlel'a caae, for any appre
benalon of danger thal mlghl i"- fdt, i"tt will
be a greal aouree "f comfort lo il"- farored
Has*. who hav- alwaya bltberto Induded grt
Ung sometblng for nothlng amoug tb'ir k-gltl
mai- emolumenta. Tbe danger in ibla caae i*
not phyaical. but the faci remaina tbat ereiy
deadbead who aralla blmaelf "f th.- npportualty
lo ..,?,. ih- ahow lakea bi- reputatlon in bla hand.
For tu. public man haa pti r atepped Into the
preaence of thla polltlcal phenomenon wlfbottl
baviiiK hla g.I name aolli ?!
There bare beea Inatancea hefnre tiiis ln po
Htkal hlatory arhere greal atatesroen bare 1.n
decetred by th..? in whom Ihey trnated They
ar.-. nnfortunately, nol rare. The 1.ks. nol to
s:iy the aroods, ar- "full of '.rn Bul tbe ei
hibit nt Albany N of a Btatenman wbo baa bad
.1 pbeuomenal eareer In ibla recard, ii barlng
been an unfarttken aucceankMi nf rlolalloua .-f
falth "ii the i"rt "f erery publle man with
wbom be has ev r sustalaed reiatlnna He i
tbe only ninn now llrlng, aad probahlj Ihe onl)
..ne wbo ev.-r .H-i llee, wlth whom four Preol
denta <>f ibe Pnlted Btatea In aucceaslon lo wlt.
Hayes, liarfleld, Arthur and Harrlaoa d-ui.
erately broke falth. Thla i- dlatlnctlon enough
to rouatitute -i v-.-.v ponsldcraWe attraci on; bul
to it may b.- added ??> Hal "f naim-a of dlatln
gulabed pernons who bare di-celred and lled ln
hlm j;, the greaseal manner, whlrh, u-hen nn
rolled, .instiii-s tbe rlaloj tbal be la lhe greateai
polllli-al ].li.iioiu-iion "f lhe agi- ll haa nol
i.?.i .'innoiiii.-.-.I y-t. Imi ii wiild aurprlse n->
one ai all famlllar wltb lhe f.o's If a bandsunn
1-w.1ni shimld 1.ff-r-il for lhe productlon of
,'iv promlneul Re-publlcan who has not al aome
tiin- ,,r otber broken falth wlth hlm II la nol
l?li, v.l 11* ? t iu ihat erenl eren llamllton Plsh
would bare ibe aaaurancn lo clalm Ibe reward
excepl nader Ibe atatute nf Umltatlona, which
,,f rourae, would be harred. II goea wlthoul
saylng lhal thls polltlcal phenomenon nerrr
told a Ile blmaelf. Bul Ihere la no norrlty In
that. Tbe aame waa sald of (leorge VVashlng
ton. Tbe pbeoomenal feature la lhal whlle be
nrrer told a Ile blmaelf, nobody tbal la, nobody
ib.it i- anybody or a ia anybody erer told blm
tbe iruth.
in prerloua yeara tbi* remarluible peraon lns
1.11 on exhlbltion al N'o. 40 Broadway, ln ibN
.-Hy, wh*i-<- lhe ahow lns permanenl quarti-ra,
bul lhe abolition "f paaaea haa made II neees
aary lo transfer hlm lo Albany, ao lhal mera
hera of the Lcglalature, to wbom chlefly be ls
Interestlng aa a phenomenon, can aee blm for
nothlng "r nothlng to speab "f. Bren wlth bis
prvaenl record he la a alghl worth aeelng, bul
when li- returna from Albany he wlll be rather
more ao, for lt la generally bellered lhal dur
Ing bla visii ibere be arill enlarga bi> attraethma
by addlng t" bis ii<i tbe namea of a number "f
Importanl peraoua who bare broken falth wlth
blm. And thla will glre tocreaaed aignlflcaace
aml force lo the playbll] which is rery lik-ly to
be pul o\.-i- ib-door <>f No. !!? Broadway, "Come
"iu and >? the man wbom -v-ryboily ||cn lo,
"but wbo n-ver leUa a Ile.*1
1 'OMCBBXIXG BO88E8.
Tbe recorda of tbe Bupreme f'ourt bare mr
nlahed wlthln Ihe laal few daya an Inatructlre
i-.-iiiinil-i- of the character ?f a poUtical boaa.
All boaaea ara nol allke. H.mak,- laws, whlle
othera break them. Home are bokfand aggrea
sive. otii'-rs rrafly aml Indlrect. Home ara oa
lentatlous, othera retlrlng; aome glren t" mak
Ing manlfeatoea wltb lhe aaalatance of able wrll
.-is. othera pursulng Ihelr rotinea wlth tadturn
Mlfr.-liaii.i-. A- one man'a mctbods differ from
aiiotiicr's, ao il"' boaaea differ amoug them
gelrea. Bul ln one trall tbey are all allke, aad
by it erery membei "f the trlbe bt n-cognlgi-d.
Tbey are men who make public affairs Ibe mare
Impli'ments of iii.-ir ambltion. Inatiad >>f look
ni- upon aucceaa as ibe legltlmate reward whlcb
followa falthful rerrlce, thej conalder Ihelr per
Min.il fortunea a- ibe nltimate good for ihe fnr
ib-iam-.- ol wbl.-li Ibe game nf [Killllca wis in
atltuted. I' is tbe spiiit or boaaiam whlcb, Bnd
itijr free ballota tbreatenlng ii- aupremacy,atuffa
balliri boxes and pada reglstry llsta \\ b-n
courts fbreatf- Interferencr it dii'ldi's lhal "ln
jiin.-iioiis doii'i ^o.'* II us.-. ib- |ni\\.r uf l?-?is
laiiou as a i Inb i<> make publk' offlcera ubedlenl
to iis uiii. ii blocka polltlcal reforma untll ii
ean coUed lis j>ri<?*?. aml it degouocea boaeal
aenrlce of Ibe people ns traaaon lo Itaelf. The
I.H--I - are lhe Huua aad Tartara >>( a peaceful
daj lualead of aacklug dtlea aad wltb armed
force ibreateulng Btatea, theae new barliarlaua
s-t thelr banda t" l-vy trtbute by the aale of
law. Home are grnilemanly baadila who go i"
eburch. Othera are brulal nrfBans urho swag
fer through tbalr rourae. Bul all aw on Ihe
road from aordldueoa an.l nol from loee ?.f glory.
Tbey are knlghta erraal who rlghl arroaga oaly
im- a proflt.
.lohn V licKane araa for aereral yeara a moal
i.i!i--.aiii boaa, He ruled aloae aad undlaputed
ll- drov- aii oppoalttoa from tb- preclni t- <>(
hls power. li- paagfd for aomethlBg a.iuiii-.ibi.-,
CromwcUlao, XapoltoBltt Napto Ursi lau_hcd
al the v.-i'v aii'lariiy of Ma coBrae, uuw they
were angry al bis deflance of rourta and began
,,, thlnk of blm as a aerloua public eaemy. Jl ;
w-m no, g.l an.l aafe dtlaeaahlp, people
thoughl. but then ihere was aometnlng magnlfl
,.,,,? in Illis sn.i-d.v. atrong man, tb- IdoHaed .
Imder of bla communlty. lhe rellgloua taecber |
?f ua chlldren, the protector of its wi.h.ws. tbe
pa-rirtrd, wl... reaented laterfereace with hla
tttair* so b- went to bi- St. Hetena. I' was
rw-ogniacd tb.it be mtml bo puBlahed, yel a
? )V- ?r sympathy weal wlth blm as tbe z.i
,?'.,? wl... auffered for a TmTltlcal offeoce, wbo
had played no: wis.-iy in tb- game "f atate
cmfi And bow bow do-s b- appearl Btudy
??. ,,?.,?,, ,,f ,i,.- court: ti.- defraader of the
*ldoW of his ft'iend. lhe nnfaltlifiil trustee. Ihe
tricky admlnlatrator who by aharp derlcea con
rcrted thla womaB'a nroperty t.- bis ..wn use. ,
:ll?i, saiisiied iu bis aaaartaeaa, made brutal
rrroaal ..f rralltutloa; th- robber wbo stole .
S:;,m..inmi nml l.-ri iu p,.v-rtv :i woiiinn wli"in be !
i,,l(i promlaed t-> protect. II- doea not aeem ao
Uho ;, More, an Baaei or a RaWgh, Blrl-med
of all bis pretcnce.be la rerealed the low and
aordld raacal, who cbeated in pollUca when poll
li,s was bis |.lay. and .-l.'-ated hls nelgbbora
wben they were plaeed wlthln bis graep. There
is nothlng ad.ni.abl-. Bothlag to be pltled, in
sii.b a man.
Bul tbere aw otber boenee. Home *> "? priaon,
some go abroad. Home are wlth us siili strlvlng
,? keep in power. M.Kane poaed as an boneal
ritlaen in prirato life. Othera bare alao. Rk*
anl Croker haa gooe im.. retlremeal riaimlag
ihe reeped due aa booowtde emlaeaoe. Soth
in- has beea prored ngalaal hlm. He is aimply
known na tb- former head "f an organlaation ;
ahlch fattened "ti polltlcal trorruptloa. Can the
orgaalaer ??f gocfa a ayatem bare Iwo^haracteral
I.s a domeatlc Bf tree bear polltlcal tbisti-sv
Are any boaaea i>r".>f ngalaal ctoae acrutlny?
To moal "f tb.'in eom.-s a iinai fall Then the
Actlon "f tb- boaest man unite.l with th- con*
s.-iene. less poli11? i.'lll is dHMipated. Tbe people
learn what bosses really :nv. The man ubo
Btcala electlOBS, th- man nrbo makes fraudul-nt
.itrncta, aml ihe man wb..ntrob leglalatioii
for peraoaal eada, wbo lerlea Irlbote on eor
poratloua as tbe prli.f lawa, and lerlea obfdl
ence on leglslatora as tb- price of place, are all
bosses. They are all public enemlee.
thi: bbw PABB BOARO.
?n,,. new Park Boand barlag organlxed yes
t-r.lay wltb Mr. Klng us presldent, a feellng of
pmfonad aattefaction thal tb'- offlelal daya of
il?. ,,i,l Board ar- niiuibri.il is natural .md
i,.,,|,-!- Through all cbangea in lhe eommbwlon
ihu- has r-niaiii-d for a long Mm- past a ron
atanl majorlty apparently detertulned to -bow
how nol to s-rv- this , i.mmiinity lutelllgenlly
and faltbfuHy. ll aaa beea a bnd atraggle '"
keep Ihem from dolBg irn-parabl- mleehlef. and
ll haa ma been completely au.aaful, though
ip Xj,,v\ of iil tb- i ir. uiustaiii-es tb- people bare
u,?, iwreral 1'in.irk.ibi- rb'torlea. Prom thla
rrrnrd nf atubborn penreralty, especlally iu Ibe
famillar mati-r of ih- llarl-tn Hpeedway. ll la
., pleaaure to turn to a proapecl of l.? tt-r thinns.
ti, i,,'ii.\- ihat tb- new l*ommlaalonera will be
r, .|?.iis!v- to eaUghteaed public ?ntiin-ut ex
pi '-- ng a iusi rtmceptlon "f wbal Ita parka
sh.mld be to tb- clty tbat owna aml nwlatalns
ili< ui
Phe cholce "<" Mr Klng for prealdenl '- wlae,
,?.i lus wtUlaguew t" mka a hborioua placi In
ti,.. pubttc aenrtce la rerj credltable to blm Hi
i,.,,i made otber plan*. and we bare no doiibl
ih.,- he f?ls H a aacrlflce t.. abandon Iht'm Hc
. ? obvlona iruallflcatlona for tbe work.
.-m.l in* spirli i> abared bj bla eoUnaguaa. Thore
I,.,, |?., ti ,. pi-Mimibly liia.-riirate lalk BboUl
ft,. .r Inteattoa ?( maklng blm the Bole exeeu
? iv,. ,.f ihe t'ommloaioa, as if they i.M derolre
,ii ti,ui rrartonelbnify whlcb reata on all allke.
M'i lake ?t for granted lhal 'bis is g mlsrepre
,,,,.,,,,?, nf ,-,.ir? tbe anuraa "f gutborlty
,,,,i .,,.,??, iu 1,-1,1,1 tn ihe park* i- a majorlty
,,r the M'.ir.l The prealoVnl la nol aml i inn it
arlth pmpiirt* a.-iiin- lo b- .in Iml-pi-nd.-nt
,,,,,., .,,,,1 if the other memliers nf Ibe I ?ui
misslou were dlaposed al tht* mitael ln Impose
Mi-h a rlew ?f ihelr relatloua upon lhe publii'
Ihey w<>iii>l -""ii learn by .-xp?r-n? ibai ibe*
i, ?i made i mlatake Tbe pn-akbml la nol -*
..lll. io ,. ff, ll-lll -llp-l-illt-ll'l-llt l?f I'.'lk "|i. !.l
li.ins. There Is work euough f??r all In Ihelr
i,roi..r apbere a* truateea for Ibe people, and
the reaponeHailty is ladlvlalMo.
dPPBOPBl t TI0X8,
Wbati rer i lae the U glslature may ,1.? leare
,m,l,,u- n alll viol.it- geut-ral and Imllrldual
pledgia aml Justly lacur public reneure if it ls
larrli-sa anl eitraragani In rotlng away lhe
money of the people. Alreadr bllla bare been
Introduced by Beuatora approprtatlng more lhan
|-j.:;ihi.immi, and lhe aum ralled for by Aaaembly
,,,,.? ,.x.,is s:'..**i?ii.imiii Tbe lllollv- Wlll.ll ,.I
nionly leada membera "f tbe l-eglalaiure i<> pro
puae aucfa drafta upon the Btate treaaury is per
feetly liit.-iii-ibl- aml nol altogether dlacred
Itable. Brcry communlty deslrea to aee Ita ape
clal latereata promotcd, and is Uk-ly t.> reaaon
tbat, if public b'lp is to bediatributed, ll is en
iiii-d io preaeai Ita daIm. Ho lhal ihe repre
itentatlre wbo appUea for'an approprlatlon g?
erally underntaada aad redecta a local aeatl
ment whlcb requlrea hlm to take precauttona
againal "gettlng b-ft." nml the list <,f bills arhlch
ai this atage In erery icealon auggeata bank
ruptcy exhlblta In detall the aaplratloas of towaa
nnd cltlea as w-u as tb- loagtag "f Indlrldu i<
for "good tblmrs." Bal wb-n tb- aggregate <?(
theae demaada is stmii.si by eoaatHeatloua legla
lators wbo hav- iner.-ly followed tbe general
practli.f preferrlag clalma, ibey bare t.. ac
kaowledge that the palaful pro.-?* .,f cuttlng
down is ladtapeaaable.
li n rapedaUy eaaenilal this year for two rea
s,,us. iu the iusi place, Democratlc rapai'lty
aml mtagOTi rnuieiit hav- linpos-.l burdena
wbi-b gall eren thi- ri.-h Commoawealth, aad
retreBctimeal is dktated by foaalderalloaa <>f
prudeuce. In Ihe aecood place, tbe klad of ad
minlafratlon of thelr affalra which Ibe rotera
ordered last Norcmber cannol be loatalled un
l-ss Ihe id.a of siinpl- and robttOl lid-lity lo
duty ls tb- coatrolHBg Idea of thoae on wbom
responalMllty baa for lhe tlme belng I.a de
rolred. A deelre lo reader tbe Htate such a
M-rvii- is utterly Inconslatenl wlth a wllllng
neaa lo perpetuale joba becauae Ihey ar- Iu. ra
ti?-f Mu.) Ibe proflta ran now be gatbered i>>
RepuMlian baada. Blaecurea aad Ibe free and
eaay dlaburaenient of public ftonda ara i^)i mere
i> a pecunlarj load whlcb it la a abame lo make
the p.-opi- .any. bul demorallalng and per
rmdrelj mlachleroua. Prom thal aort of Infec
tlon ii waa deterailned In Sorember lo purlfy
Ibe body poliii,- li will be a grnaa l.-irayal ,.f
falth ir thoae lo whom ihe i.isU waa rommltteil
r.'fuse to apply tbe BpecWr remedy al Ihelr rom
maiid _
Looklng al bis large yel belpteaa banda Hr.
Clevelaad ladoubtlsaa tbankful lhal ba i* nol to
bave thi" Congreaa on them much longei
? ? ?
"Jobnny" Bbeehan followi hla brotber, th*
"iiiue-e.'.-1" one. into obacurlty, Thara ara no
mouraera it is k-?-><i rlddaaea aii arauad if
the Bbaaban wbo racently left Buffalo has really
taken up bla abode in Mew?Tork be has net
iiiiiH-i ii il|ipl- 011 lhe eurrenl of llfo lii the
metropolla This communlty certalnly nas no
us* for etther of Iheaa men.
The Tiibuaa Almaaac, aow la lty Bfty-eeventh
year of publicatlon, slways a iught for and traaa
ured by aanracl&tlva aeosio becauae of tha truat*
worthy nature of lt? statlstieal and xenerally
valuable oootanta, la this year unu.ually in de?
mand The flrst editlon. auppoaed to be suffi
ciently abandant for all early order. whlch
would ordlnartly come in. became cleariy inade
quate before the printers and binders had flnlshed
and delivered the la.t Iot of the order. A second
editlon wa. at once put to press and hurried to
completloa in order to supply urgent appllcatlm:
from avery parl of tbe country. Later. It waa
f.mnd that a third editlon would havo to be
printed as 9ooa a? poaalble, and the praaaaa are
engaged on ll aow. floiBe eopie. of thi. editlon
we eapeet to have ready for dellvery shortly.
Ifaanwhile aa hope that oui good frl?nds
throughout tbe country who have thus far been
unabte to obtoln oopies of thelr favorlte polltlcal
book of reference will walt patlently for a few
day. longer. _ _
fj Mayor Btrong does not show any slgns <.f ;
"weakonlnir" thus far. and he 1. belnK cloaely j
waL-hed. __ __ _
Benator nm aaya be is wllllng to vote for Mr.
Healy's conflrmatlon provlded Senator Murphy
,-an be brought aroiind. Bui Murphy refu.es to
rorgei th... ona of Healya aubordlnataa la a man
wbd oppoaad his (Murphy'si Heetion aa BeBt-Ot
The time haa come for lha autborttlea of tho |
New-Tork Poatofflce to employ ihelr energlea tow
ardaetoppageof thefta of lettera ln themalle, Il
|a true that the geuerhl pUtdlC are/in part. ro.pon
?Ible for the irrlutlng prevalen.t this crtme al
thi. time. The baal people In ihe world wUI ln- !
ilai upon aendlng bank bllli in thelr lettera, In j
order to sav.- tbemaelvea th.- trouble elther of ]
drawlng a amall che.-u or of aendlng to the ex- ;
,?,? aalea ..r tb.- poeto-Bea for h laoney order
aad paylng ?". or ll ceata tor the expanaa thereof. ?
lf no actuai cash were svni in lettera there would
be no thefts. Every newapaper ln the country ?
Implorea its readera never l i send actuai eaab in
thelr lettera. Bvery merebanl makea tbe same ?
appral to hi. patrona. Tei ihe practi.-e goea on ,
without interruptlon. vThlle thla is true. how
ever, th.- Degligence of Ibe general publlc doea
not escuaa ih* outbraak of crima ln the poetal
eervlce, arnlch la brlnging dlagrace upon a Demo?
cratic admlnlatraUon, Juai as It Mackened the j
r.?-,i ot the prevloua Cleveland Admlnlatratlon, i
Th- numb r of thefta of lettera contalnlng mone^y
addreaaed to bualneaa houaea In New-Tork ''ity
during ibe paat winter apparently breaka tbe ;
.il for many prevloua yeara. Proteeta and
complalnia are ahowered upon tba New-Torlt j
PoatolBoa; and yet, if thera la one proteatanl who
has yi r. i iv.-.i a partlcle <>r MUafactlon, The
Trlbune la unawara ot the fact. Th.- lirst mova
:,,,, i.. by the detect:v< aervlce ol the poatofflce
li to inalel thal the thefta o i ur in the off]
the man araoae lettera are itolen. Wnlle thla la
tha orlglo of tba trouble kn one caae In .. thou
aand, yei In the other IN oaeee tba trottbla la
uaualls in the poetal aervlc* An I lf aa oitlclal
thtef is ever found, tba effort aeema to ba l i keep
Ihe rnattcr ..nt->t. so as nol ta brlng dtocredli on i
-i,. a?rvi . ii ii tlme thal this state of affalra
ahould be broughl to an end. aharpl) and per
emptorlly. The thleveg afa uld be arreated, trled
.mi mvl te.i. and BUfncienl pubUdty gtvea io
the proceadlnga IO -trlke terr<>r into oth.-r per
?ona arhoae Itcblng for unlawful galna aa i
their loyalty to tha Oovernmenl and the euthort
ti.s -ho bave placed tbem In poettlona of re?
ap .n?lb;llt\
Purgueaon, "Corneer Purgueaon, la golng ??>- ,
in| ;,,..i mnoi h pe ta nn on much longer.
-- -
Mi...-- Ktrong'a tenacloua loyaltj a ibe old
fashi. nc.l notlon thar hla ti"-t and highest ..bliaa- ,
,,.,? ii to th. i .a- wri ? ? ?;?? rt.-.1 blm la aaturally :
? -h . \ and tn affro.II the boeeee. | eal
ar. i r-mail. Ti th.- poUtl >'i dlctatoi an i tbe party
maohlntat ao apeetaela la ao alarmlng as that of
a Mayor who Inalata aoon carrylng his <.\-r
elgnty under hls OWn bal.
The Idaa ot abollahlng the Sew-Torh Btata
Weather Bureau ts under conaltleratlon al Albany
by a aperlal lolnl eommltl.t the Leglalature,
? ti ?! ' - . m.t where !?? du tlona In th ? i \
?ould be ma le to advanl |
irge nt mlamanagemenl has been bmughl |
agalna l ie preaenl Wn i r, Pr ifcaeoi i: A. I
.?. s.. far .is are are aw ire: bui i- h ia beei ;
?.-k-i whether or nol the Waahlngton w iti r
Bureau doea noi perforra the aame aror* ai Ihe
one a/hoee hea Iquai tera are al Ithai ? lf ??*.
there a ul l b luatlfl itlon tor thi pr p ied iti p
u... lu.pect, hoarever. that upon careful Inqulry
th.mmlttee ma- Hnd that auch la not lha ta
in thla and other Btatea tbe local organlaatlon
provea llaelf a uaeful adjum i to the St
wrvl e, by colleeilng data for. and dlaaemtnatlni
forecaati from the National bureau. beaidea fur
il the farmera wlth weekl. bulletl ia on th?
. ,. un m of the crdpa during thi growing aeaaon,
n haa b.-n tha pollcy ??' Waahlngton. under Q
erali Haaen and Oreely and Profeaaor Harrlng
lon. to encourage the aaUbHehmenl tt Jual auch
bureaua all over th.untry; ani. large.) ln i
conaequence of thal pollcy, aboul forty tUfferent
Btatea ara n iw ao i rovtde I.
PBB80XAL
??.?..ini .md aedata" aaya "The Waahlngton Poat."
"appeara Benator Hawley upon lha Boor ef ihe
Senate. When he apaaka bla voice la pleaeent,
i,ii. it doea n..i re.-aii tba aouadlng braaa ar tha
tlnkllng cymbala Very dlfferenl La taa Benator
Kawle) wh" H'ltis In gleeful or patrloilc aoag alth
hla <>i.i ceanradea of tbe war. Then ha is aa on
thualaatic fervenl rhorlater. Ha awlnga his arms '
a.s h.- beata time. and from hi* tbroai poura rorth
a Nlagara of aaelodr. Tha alr oulver. *ith tune
ful aounda and achoea *uh dlapaaon notea. vV h.-r.
i?. BHNinta upon m chalr and ataga My Country.
?tih of Thee.' aa he dld tha olher nlghl ai ihe
i.,.v..l l_*gton banquet, it ta a alglij and an oc
,.,?.,. ... atlr th. poldeai heari WJgfJ***
as mi ..nt to aa elapoant rompared -Ith nlo ren
dlilon ol 'Marchlng Through Qeorgla Ph< a la
/,. ellmai raarhad. The almoaphere ,.al|.itat..s.
iha h-.i.i beata lumuHuoualy. aa Infaclioua en
[hualaarn Intoaleatea tha erowd Benator Hawley
;,^ ? sinn-r beata the wori.i.
Tba wii.iw ..f ii-''1 Reia, ?ha Oeraaaaa my, aaa
the Inventor of the telephone, dled In rrtedrtcha.
ilorf near Homburg, th? otbrr d..% Bhe drey a
pen.lon from the Oovernmenl owtng to th<- aervtcea
of her hiisl.and
ThetKmparor ot Oermany. arhlle huntlng reoentlj
in Buekow, aai followed fr mi place lo place by a
pbotograpber arbo "nlanted" ins inatruaent when
over poearWe. The Bmperor had obaerved his oper
atlona and apparently anJoyed tba trouble ba araa
aixiiiL; the photographer. Klrally ha wenl up lo ihe
!,,, i trlghte.i man and, laughlng, aald; "Well,
i,u\.- vou gol ma.Vee, four MaJeBty," was the
replj fhe Bmperor Ihen advlaed ii.tn to be careful
in nnlehlng tN platea
M.ij.n .;? n. r.ii Roberl Montreaor Rogera, \'. <"..
c. it. who has just du-1 at MaJdanhaad, Bngland,
i, ,i ,, brilllani record. i' iervod In th-- Crlaaoaa
a/ar up lo tba fall ol Bebaatopol, tha <'hina wai ..r
im;.i, where be woa i!'.?- Vlctorla Croaa by belng
the nts- Bnglaahmaa to enter lha Taka forta, and
ih.- iJulu w.ir ..r is;?, when he commandad tha MKh
Llghl Infantry. Oeneral Rogera waa .aaverel*
wounded al the .tormlna of tbe Take forta; hla
docomtlon. for wrvlc. ln the lleld Included the
cit.ii.-Hii medal wlth claan foi Bebaatopol. the
Turkisii medal, th* Ohlna medal, and lha /.u.u medal
wlth claap He wjs twice mentloned ln dtapatchea
nnd thrlce recelved promotlon for epeclal lallantry.
Tha aea Prench Prealdent, M. Kella Paure, la aa
early rlaer He is up at .". o'clock, atudytng at that
a*rl) boui tha "daaelBra," papera, docaaaanta, ^ic,
whi.h iihv- baea prapared for him the evenlng
before Thal araa alao tha cuataea ?f Preeldanl
iiii.is. who entored his llbrar) at natf-eeet ... la
v.int.1 u. ivi-H aa In aummer Marahal Mac
Malion uaed lo k.-i up ?-arh. but he did noi begln t?
work before 7 a. m. Prealdenl Orevy, on the con
,, ,,?, worked very lai.- al nlght, and dld nol nea
i? tor. i" " ? lorli m Carnot not up ai v worked ln
a Hiiii.li r.M.m neai hla bodroom. and did nol K"
downaulra before 10 a. m. M Caalmlr-Perler
uaually roae al 1 o'clock, i"..k a w..ik m u?^ auyaeea
oarden, and began bla aterk bi I ocloek.
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TetaL r.bruary 19, 1999.??????
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS
HIS POSTHl'MOUS VOLUMK OF LITERART
AND SOCIAL ESSAYS-SOME CHAR
ACTERISTICS OF THE MAN AND THE
WRITER-HIS AMERICANISM-HI3
STYLE - HIS ESTIMATES OF
EMERSON. SIR PHIL1T
SIDNEY, AND WENDELL
HOLMES-THE LESSON
OF HIS CRITICISM.
Whlte Star Steamahlp Majeatlc, Feb. 1.
In a parcel of booka whl.h a frlend aent me for
lhe voyage was a copy of Oeorge Wllllam
Curtla's Llterary and Soclal Kaaays. published?
oi at any rate dated -this year In New-York by
Mensrs. Harper. I had not seen lt ln England,
nor had I for a long tlme read anything of
Curtis'a except an oeea*lonal addrea*. or except
l-.la e/er-admlrab> and graceful work In the
Kdltors Study of Harp-r'i Maga-ln". Hut 1
knew f-urtla a llttle. and knew aomethlng about
hls life. whlrh waa a llfe of high ideal*, artd
knew. of rourae, his public fame. I had. more
orer, Ulteiy loarned from Mr. Laurenre Hutton.
wbom I read wlth pleasure. that when he dled
Curtls \v-an che First Amerlcan Cltl-en. Nor was
I dlsposed t- rjuarrel wlth that apoth-oals of a
nod Ani'-rlca.i. whoae goodness and WhOM good
Anierleanlsm af no m-ans prevented him from
belng Indlviduai or from oherlshlng some viewa
of public affairs which were thoae of th- mlnority
and not of th- majorlty.
only I dld not aee why Mr. Laeraaoa Hutton
need uae CurnVa name u> best Cartjrte with, or
Invoke hls meawry ln order to emphas'.ze a per?
sonal protoat agalnat the memorlal to Carlyle
Whlcb some Of us are trylng to arrompllsh. Nor
do I thlnk CUTtla would have llked thls use of
hla name. or have joined in sueh a proteat.
p*or, wlth all hls Intenae Amerl-anlem. he had
none Of the narrowness whlrh some Americans
I do not m*an Mr. Hutcon-would mak* a
badga Of Amerli-an'.sm. Curtls.-and thia book
?howa lt on many a page.-wheth" he wa* Ihs
First Amerlcan Ctdsea or not. was a .Itlsen of
the trortd Of lettera. If Patrlotlam ls wrlt large
on all hls work. p. rhap* Hum.inlty is wrlt larger
still. I do not forget his publi- servlr-s when I
aay that Uterature was to hlm as the hr*ath of
ih- alr whleh he breathed. A groat wrlter. ba
he Ameriran or English. wss to him a great
arlter. If honor wete to be done to thr memory
af a gr-at wrlter. CUItU was not, 1 thlnk. tht
man t i Btop M ?sk under what flag he gave to
th- world the booka whleh are a world's ln
berltaaca. Krom Carlyle he certalnly was far
apart. and of the so-lal phllosophy which he of
Chdaea tatight for half a century Curtls waa no
dls-tple. That. I am eara, vould never have kept
bla hand out of hls p.-k-t had ba been nabed to
aubacrlbe to a Cartyia Haaaottal He .-ouid not
bul t-eeognlse the greatnoea of the writer. tha
graataeoa of ihe for-e in Hteratun.?ClW which
Carlyle'a name stand*. and wl.l ever stand. I
waa told ln New-York that there in in Amerlea
a reactlon against Cartyle. I <*? not know
whether that la BO, M what th- extent of the re
a tlon I? if reactlOB there he. Bul I should ad?
mit no man'a right to ooaaeet Oeorga wuiiam
Curtla wlth lt, or t-. use to th- prajudtco of r-e
fellow-author the juat regard whlcb Amerlcana
, . f?r th- frlend of Carlyle'a frlend Emeraon.
lt (g what I'urtis wrote f.-rty years ago of
En eraon which has led m- t i .-ay thus much ona
poim nol dtractly coAaected with th- book on
arhlch i wlah t - arrlta brtedy. The book aa a
,... n(U i,ft a <t-ep Impraaaloa. and * atlll
dcepei f tbe man who wrote It. With two ea
na. ihe aubjecta of these Llterary and S<>
laaaya ara Amerlcan. in tbe be*t senae. the
treatmcni nf them ia ais> Ataarlcaa. in tne
narrow senae, it ls n X Ameri.-an at all. There ls
no llmitatlon Bt view by latltude and longitude.
Th.-re Is ao attempt 10 s.-t up a new standard
or a new eaaea Of literature which ahall ba
leegrapMcaL rfot a pas of the book could
hav- beea arrltten by n man
"Wbo ha-! narrowsd his min.i,
An.l 10 party ?ave up what was meant for ma_
kiad
??;,..; ?,,., n,, curtla a oray. -Vaeu he baa to
lurjgo an An-ri' in he geti outalde of America.
ms rritlcal aundpolni i' nol Amerlcan nor Bna>
ii?h nor rrench. it ha? nothlng to lo wlth local
lt v. i la unlversal Bven wh-n ke arrttea of
Bmereon anl of Hawtborne, hls fool la not more
ftrml) planted on Plymoutti Ro h than oa tha
l'., k of Vy-s. He haK In him the n n- af uni
irenaUty wlth reap. l both to place and tlme.
\v ., |i there who thlnki hlm tke ????* Amerl
ean for that? Whal '* America bal an amal
H and the Bnal reeult of ages
of ctvlllaatlone outwom aome of them before
Bhe wa? llecovered. IHrlag -*???-? "! ln* m ?*?? Dy
aide wlth her? Curtla la aa eapreaaloa of much
,',.- whal la baot la ibaae. He uas me rlpeweee of
mlnd arhlch is of loag deaoent He has the vlgor
?rh'ch belonga t<> bis own country and his own
time He haa the charm to whlcb culture and
character have allke eoatrlbuted. -That i nintry
', ralraal " rald Emeraoa, "Which la inhabited
bJ the nobleai ailnda." Of that country Curtla
w.i* a iiiz.n Neither Atlanlio nor Paclflo
tounda It Aaaartca i* aol euough. The nlne*
teenth pentury La not enough. To make ac
qualntance wlth all the aobteet you must ex
plor, the aurraco ol tha globe and the annais of
a'.i tlme.
Tbe ? aaay upon Baaeraoa is not ao much a
crlticlatu aa a ptcture, and the pieture la mosily
landacape. Thls ls what Km-rsou would have
llked The date of it is 1*:>4. and tbe d-s-riptUe
character of the ahotch ls partly explatned by
Ita appearanca la a pubMeatloa entitwi "Honaoe
.: Amerlcan Autbora** Th- paper on Hawthoran
^h;v the ligbt tn the same publicatlon and ts of
almllar eharaetar Bul it w,is Impoaalbla for
Curtla while deacrlMag Ooacord and Baieraaa/B
Houae aad th* OM Maaet, not to aayreaa some
pari Of hls oplnlon "ii the men Ihaaaatlfta, In
l?,th you get a vivld notloa of Curtis'a genius and
of i,is lii-ia.v method. He nalata nke an artiati
but iik- an artist who aeea somstbrag more than
the aurface of thluga Thew can hardly be an
?tmerlcan whoaa Maod th- raere name of Oaacord
doea BOI Btlr i'urtis. al any rate. was not that
Amerlcan The aulet ton- m wbleb he wrltea
wlll decelve aobody. The ntote, the aluggiah
rlver tha rtvei meadowa "whose eoaraa graag
gllttera spt for mowing la the early June morn
IW? the slumbe.ous sp-ll upon the place. tho
town with its etately aycaamwa aad eima. tho
hoUia where Bmaraoa Hrad-all these are de
... .ril?.,i M if for tb-insi-lves, and then all at
once you bear the rlng of aauehatr* and you aea
the ' |.an.--stri-k-n i-ti-at of the regulars,
b'.arkened aad Moody." It la oeilg a sentencs,
t,?t tho I9th of AprH. m, bves over again for
you becauae h'.I the time II haa been llving
aad bnr.ilng ln Curtla hlmaelf. It ls remai-kabla
th.it so lat- aa l^.'t b "'I" f"""1' nm^Hf able to
quote as If peivham- 10 some rea.lers they
mighi sitii ba aew, Bmsraon'a laeaaaparaMa snd
Immortal verasa arrlttea when the itttie monu*
meni to rommemoraU tha Coweord right waa aet
..,. ln tsW lt la one i f the half-dor.en or ao
battle rtymaa we aaaaaaa whleh are aara to nva.
Includlng Holmes's lln-s whl-h saved the Con
s.iiution rrom belng brekea ua, <he John Bbbbm
lnlllI1, Jaim Ward llow-s Battle Hymn of tho
RapuuUc. ?tedmea'a J?hn Brown of Ossawato.
,?!,. aad perhapa one or two more.
I, mll,t he remembered tbat when Curtla
w,,..e in ItM K.neraon had n?>t yet attalned to
lhat :u?h(??v .?- poMtkm whleh h?s laa* heaa
conceded blm as the fliat of Amtrkaa thinkera
a,?l wrlters. Curtls hlmaelf has no doubl on tho
matter. bul be puta his ..pinio,,. aa it ***<*?
perlmenially before hls leadera. Th-r* 1? 'os.
MOUgb Of eritlctam to Indlcate hls polnt of vlew
?...t there ara touehaa whl.h ahow how profound
waa hls int-llertiial and apirltual sympathy wltn
Bmeraon:
ne ataada llke t aenttaei. -f??_^lL!n1h21r
ner and habli of thought cry '*>**__S___Thi
j and if he does not near lhe countarsiaa. ?s
brlngs tba tntrudar ta a uait Xt l? <or thla aure