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^mnermcnts.
ABBET-a THEATRE B:M iitrry VTlvaa ot xnmomor.
ACADEMY <>!? I'KSHiN i-..v aad aranilm Aawrtcaa
Wati r <'01 i -': ? let) Exhlbltlofl
ACADBMT OP ML'BIC 1 I 18 Boo ot '?"? ?'??'?
AMERIt'AN THEATBB I Tba t?istri. t Ati.rr. ?..
ATLANTIC OABDEKT, M to Sl Bow**r?K.a-nins-Con
c.-r't at.I Vaudevllle.
liuor THBATRB I s -?"',1 Ointury Obl
UBOADWAT THBATRB ? MadaaM Baa* Oeaa
CAB1N.. s |s .Vatadarllte.
CHICKEBINd HALL 4 lllusHsted I.e-ture
.fii.!Mi;is THBATRB I *M ln OM Bentock:
j.ai.vs THEATBB 2 ( 13 Tb* Ortewl Eapr**s *nd A
'. Rehaara*?'?
i:;>i:n Ml'MEE I*t I VaudevBIa
i:t>i:\ BT8EE I Vaudevllle.
KMPIBB THBATRB 3 1:1* Tb* Maaquaraden
Pimi AVENUE THBATRB 8 .'.imi ..n.i.-.
OARDEN THBATRB?8-a:ia LKU* Chrlalopher.
IIABBlOAN'fl THBATBE 1 ? Th.- Major.
IIARLEH OPERA HOt'BE t:M C\ arkrtta Cacdar.
HERALD BQUARB THBATRB 8:18 Bob Boy.
HOYTB THEATBB am* A Mllk Whlt* Ptag.
IRV1NC1 PLACE THBATRB 8:18 W* .Bhre.
KOBTEB B BIAL'I s VauattevtB*.
LTCEI'M THBATRB ttJt Tb* Caaa of Babclllou*
MAi'i-"N BQl'ABE GARDEN Dog ?-) w.
??ALMER'a THBATRB I Tb* Patal Car*
1 ROCTOR'a 10 a '. I* I" ?"?" !'? "? V.-m.levdl*.
TANI'AKI. THEATRE 8:30 Too Umea .lohn?on.
.-l.\K THEATRE B:13 Tl, ? OM Il-m
nl n BTREET THEATRE S t:10 Hnmaalt]
;:.:i 4TH-AVE '.'... >" lo ?J0 p. aa, Th* Tllfw Cbapel.
Inbfl to <\&i?crlioctncn.s.
PagrCoi ragi-..-....
AmnaeaMati ." *'? !**aral Notie? *- ? ?'
Annoiimement. .II 4 '-;-< ??"' ' '",1 ...s I ai
flanktra .a. li. kera. .11 BMarrlaa-ei <A. Deatha.. T .- ;
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. ,,..,. t'h'tnce*. :? 4 MI?celianeou? . ?' J
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l>re**maklng .? 4 .'. Ipi. *-.."> . * ?
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Kinanciai ??? ?? * Rallroad* .1" ?''_?
RSanrft ElWliona. ..11 g'Hale. i.y Auctlon. I *
V, r Sale . H 2 Bpeclal Notlee*. . '>
Help Wanted . 9 5 gcl.1 AgeaefcN. ? J
Horaaa * Carrlag**.. 8 1 >:. ...i.'-h's. ?
,, . ? s 5 aa mi. r Reeorta.11 5
'-.V?.?,n. s *iWork Waated. '?? f>-?
Dnomcoo Xotttfo.
TRIBVNE TEBMB TO MA1I. 8CRHCRIHERB.
Slnela*
1 year. 6 atoa. 3 m"?. I mo. ropy.
Dally, 7 day* a WMh....tiata IBOO BM |t00 .....
Da.lv. wltboul Sunday.... IB ??0 IW M Icta
Ounday Tribune. ?W 1 f* r*? ??? ?_"
VVeklv Tni.une . 1 ?"> .; rt"
8eml-W*ekly Trlbun* - 100 .A.
Tribune M..nthly . I0t . u". 1
Poataga prepald t.y The Trlbun* aaoam*. n? aaralnattaf
ttated.
Tribune frr.ni e n<-*A*a<lfaler.
POREION POSTAOE To all f'>raiitn countrl-* (eXr-..pt
i'annda an.l Itextoo). 3 cenlB a oopjr "n Th- Bunday
Tribune; 2 a?nt*i ? topy At I'nllv. S~mt-W<*e,a.ly anj
Weekly. This t'os'.iar- m.ist be paM i-y a?beertb*r.
REatfTTANCEa.?Retnll by f.s.a! Ord-r. Kxpr.*-* Or.lT.
<?'?...;<. Draft, or n..Ki>t-r..d i.-ttcr. Caah or p .*-ni
Kota, if *eat in an uaraglater*d l*tt*r, a-.ui b* at th?
.-.v.-r's rlak.
OPTICE8 "F Tlin TRIBUNE.?Maln r-f!1ee nt Tha* Trib?
une, IM Naaaau-et., N.?--Y..rk. Main uptown o4Ba*a,
1.242 Rroadwiv. AdilreF? all correspcndence slmply
'?Tlu* Trlhune." Rew-Tork.
At the HAHLEM OmCEH. 180 Ki?t One-hini.lred-and
tweaty-arth-at.: 843 \V,.?t One-lnindred-nnd-twenty-tlfili
*... and .".20 Wf.i One-hundiedand-forty.flfth.at., up te *
|. in . .-tt re.-.i!;ar oAm lataM.
Buropeal Hrnnrh. fnr advertlfament* only, "S, Fle.-t
f". t. !:. C, I...ndr.n. Ensland.
BRANCH OKFliTl.-.
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r.2 Bth-av* . a..r. 12th-a>t
1 i_ .' lumbu* .'. - . n.vir AA'.'vt fta>. ?>
)">; Weal 42d-*t.. near Bth-ave.
SB AV.-nt nth aat , near .".?'
?."?7 AVa-^t 42il-Ft.. between 7th anl Sth aveaa.
."?7 4*h-.i\... rorner U'b-at.
I..1SB Bd-av . between 75th nnd Tf..h a,.?
].AM M-ava . between TBtli and 77th ata
1 '"J.'. *Jd-aT? n-?r 61*1 (I
1^? Katat 4T'a*-Ht . , ,:n.r .11 ave.
i.'.a. i: iri I2fiih-at.
S4I Weal l?lth-*t
M Baal 42d-at., aaar MadlaoB-ave.
1.70H 1?t-a\.... ii.-ar M<tli-a.i
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r.:.4 Id ... - . near E iai 3Tth-at.
?8 Av*au* A. between Id and *tb at*
XmWtKaktlixiln Ihilvme
FOUNDED BY HORACE GB.EELEY.
WEDNE8DAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1805.
TWELVE PAGES.
iUL BBW8 THIS MOBXJXU
Fonlpn. ?Sir Weetman Pearaon, Llberal, was
fi.-.-ted t.i t>K- H..iisa* of Crnm'.ns frorn th?? Col
ebeater l?i*trict. to nn the vacancy cauaed i.y
tha* nalgllBllon Of Mr. Naylur-Leyland. Conserva?
tive. -?-? Thlrty students were drowti-d at Moa>
cow i.y tha- breaalBg of th.- let whlla ihey wara
i-katiiig. ?? Ll Hung Chang has glven up tba
Vi. >r..ya!ty af Pe-Chl-Li, pn-jiarat.-.ry t.. assum
Iiik tha* dutlea of peaca commlaakmer to Japan.
Thc Nonreglan .st'irthin? was opened i.y
KinK Osr.ir, Avh.. deilvered tba ipeecli fr.in ihe
: h. ? ne,
Coagraaa.- ii .:h houaea In leaalon. 8< n?
ate: Naarljr the w-hul.* day was occupled wlth
al.-hit.- on th- Joaaa FTaa BUvar i.iii wlthout a
vote i..*ir.R reached = = Hottae: ConaiileratloB
.f the Naval Appropriatlon Ull arai conllnued; .1
. niif.-r.-ri.-a- was agread to on the Agricultural Ap?
propriatlon Mll. - The Incotoa t:ix amend
n.. nt-. paaaed both h...i*--a-s.
]. uneaUc. -Mr. Platl arrivad la Albany;*eleven
a-.f ih.- Baventeen Rapubllcan Aaaemblymea fr..m
thla clty laaued a manlfeal . ln aupport ..f Mayor
Sti 'ng. ??? Tbe Aaaembly paaaed the biii re
ferring I i th.- p.ii.tijar vote tbe queatlon -.f iMUlng
y;*,,.h.......i i,..nd.= for eanal Improvernent. -?^=z
Plral Lleutenant F. P. Pech, U. s. A., av.-is kllled
by th<* luiistinK nf tbe breacb of a Hotchhlaa gun
at thr- Bandy H....U provlng grounda ? ? -
Charles P. Warwick was eleeted Mayor of Phlla
delphU. defeatlng ex-<3overn >r Pattlaon. ??
<; iverna.r Werta ilgned the Pallaadea blll.
The annual coaventloa ..f th.* Department <>f
Buperinten lence of the Natlonal Bducattonal Aa?
aoclatlon opened i.i Cleveland.
.??ty and Buburban.?Tha I>"P Bhoar of Ibe
Weetmlnater Kannei ciui. wa* opened su.ss
fully. Tbe Wblte Btar steamship Tauric
bMuight fourteen Bblpwrecked aallora to port, rea
rued al aaa after Kn-at efr.irt?. -== The aeaaloni
of the LeagtW uf Ameri.an Wheelmen were
,?? |ed, --Z7T-. A Haxter-st. barlia-r murder.*.! his
wif by nittinj? her throat la tha- preeenco a.f
tbelr .liililr.'.i. == A larpe crowd of plaoa-hunt
. is aK.tiri bialeajad the Mayor'a .aftire. r^=^r= The
nta.ak inatk-t Avas alull. l.ut lirm, and cloaed
hlgber.
The Woath.r: K..r.-.ast f-.r f.-day: I'alr;
aoutbweal to Avr-st wlada. T.-mperature yeater?
day: i.-awast. .".l daaraea; blghaaL agj avaraaga,
mi____
iluva-niiir Mortog sliuws no <lis|nisiiion thlM
far ta vi.M ia. tlie intlua-ii.-.'s brOBghl ta. la-.-ir
ti|..iti l.>ni ta. ai.l an.l .'ii.at the plana Of tha-.sa*
ii.-air-.us of aaaaniBg aad embarraaalng Ibe
ra'fa.nn admlnlatlBtlOB "f this clty's jjovern
lu.-nt. Tlu- Platl Bathering here <ui Bnaday av.-is
u i1.mii:i1 falhin'. nnil tlie h-aila-r's trip ta> All.any
|ira.i:iises tn Im* ??ven BMaTa m.-lanclmly niial tinsat
Isfaeta.ry The .lifTereiicr hetwea*ti his pnsellt
visit aad th.* <.na> in* nm.ia* thtee weeha aca. must
hava* a-ra*ata*al a profOBBd iiuiir.*ssi..ii a.n his aiwu
iiilnal. as w.-ll ns the inlnils .if his alha-reiits.
? ??
Chivf OewaJ r..tta*r won n trlumph at v.si. r
ilay's sesslon a.f thi; Wheelm.-n's ('onv.iiti.,ii
and :it tlu- MBM tiiin- laall what wa- trust wlll
ptOVC a latal l.li.w to the bill now li.-fa.ra* the
New-Tork Lfglrtatgi't) pottlag a riaii.*ui.?usiv i..w
li.nil a>n tha* Kpe<<il at whladi blcjal.-s may 1>.
ri.lila n. Mr. Pattar is a-ntin-ly rlghl ln his a-..n
ti'iiti'.n lhal propoaed leglalithya i.y meartwri
9\BtxA\A\% wliei'lin.'ii in any Staie tthoulil jc.ss
throBgb Hm hamis ?f tlu* LaagBa ofleari ..f thai
State, :ii.<l tha o.niva'ntion took hls vlew. Tha
bill in ani.stii'U w.nil'l nevcr have r.veivc.l Mr.
p.itter's npproval. It eonlil have orlfflaatad OBlf
in tlii' niiinl Of MMBg one hoslile lo liieycliiiK.
it lealtad ..nt al Albnny yaatarday thal "Mik."
Da.ly. of Hrooklyn. ls ih-eply intereste.1 iu the
Dri*Ksiii ston.' law paaaad ia-*' year, aad oppoaed
to Ita repeai hy ihe pranal LagMtatBfB. L>atly
!< n re_M?gade Republican. n man of bo ?t.nnr1in_
or lnfluence, nnd ii la Impoaalble "? ece why any
Republican Benator ur A*aemblyman flbould
s.-.k to do him ;i favor, even If Im.I.v iloes have
md Intereal ln ;iii naid-Teloped Btoae quarry. In
lhe bearlng ..u the repeal l.ill yeaterday lhe
raae was stroogljr aod .'"iiviti'in-iy pnl by Cor
! rairntlorj Counael Bcotl and Mr. Bonntman, who
appcured In bebatf of tbe RapM Tranflll Com
. miBBlontTfl. The InteTpalfl >.f iii's .ity. viewed
| from what.-v.-r polnt, demand tho i*epoa] of lhe
i nhuoxloufl law .-md tln- privllege .,f procnring
Htone wii.-r.'vrf it ran i?- bought moal fhonply.
No romprunilfle "ii this eaaential poinl will !"?
aeerptable.
-? ?
lf ihe actlon taken l.y il"' ABsembly yeater
day is Indoraed hy Ihe Kcnate, Ihe people <>f Ihe
Btate will have lhe opportanlty "f say ins at the
polla nexl fall whether or nol tbey ar." in favor
,.f apendlng a large bbbi ?.f money on ranal Im
provementn. The propoaltlon is t.> laaue bonda
t,> tbe amounl >>f fp.OM.Otfl') for this pnrpoae;
but tlie pending Lill. whlch th" AflBcmbly paflaed
by a vote "f Ki t" 31, provldefl aimply thal lhe
people shall tledde tho queatlon for the.nfli.vpfl.
No charge of extravagance, iberefore, can li" ,
agalnal the Legialatare or Ihe Executlve in caae
th.- i.iii becomefl a law. Whal i- propoi*od is in
a aenae iho practical applleatlon >.f the prlndple
of the referendum.
? -?
Both hct-Kea ..f Congreaa acted BlBrmatlvrty
yesterday on ihi Importani reaolutiona relntlve '
t,, the Income tax provlalonji of Ihe ttornian
Wilaon law, which are now to all Intcnta an.l
pnrpoaea an amendmenl t" 'hat act. The tit"'"
f..r maklng returna ,.f Incomefl N extended. ror
this year only, from Mareh 1 t" Aprll 15; lu
tompatlng Incomea mooejr pakl for are Insnr
ince an.l for ordlnary repalra is t.> be dedncteil,
and .livi.lon.ls are nol t.> !"? countcd if they are
lial.l" iu laxatioti otherwlfle; an.l natnefl and
BBlarlcB of employca an- nol to l?' repprted by
employera unleaa called for l.y collectora for tho
aake "f rcrlllcatlon. Wlth theae chaogea, Ihe
law a* enaded an.l aa dtcd on tho Manka is in
full f.-rc and dYeet. The queatlon <.f it* con
atltntionality Ib, t., bc Bore, before tho eourtfl,
bal that exempta no one llable !?? taxatlon from
tho obUftatton to obey th.- law prlor t.> Aprll IS
ot- BUffer the penalty.
BA1SIXG A STAXDABD.
Th.- open letter in supporl >.f Mayor sir..n>.'.s
adminlatratlon whlch vvas slgned l.y eleven "f ,
the sev.-ni.cn Republican AB*e_oblyn_en fr.un ?
this dty an.l > nt ont yeaterday from the Aa
soiiihiy Chambcr to tho publlc prcaa was not
exaetly the florl .?. welconie t<> th.- State capltal ;
whlch Mr. Th..ni.is c. riat: waa looklng for.
The gentleman from Tloga weni to Albany ror
the parpose -.f aoundlng th- Govcrnor, glvlng j
iBBtrnctionfl to his ndberentfl in Ibe Leglalature
and detnonatratlng his power. H>' found when |
be ^ot there tbal thlnga w. re nol going his ?
way. aml tloubtleflfl this open letter Wflfl nol
l.-.isi dlsagreeatrie of ibe Burprises whi.h awalt
el hitii. It la an unuflua] ll '.nni'-ni. 1'iit tbe -it
? uatlon is untisnal. li is an exceedinglr aalutary j
? docntnent, for ihe Bltuation neeiln to \tv thor :
; ..u_.til.v- uii.l. !?-?.1 throughoul Ibe State. aud.
.litliciili a- |i may be for obaervlus ? '/?-,- ol
: ii,.- mctropoil- i" comprdiend the faet, Intelll
| -. n; peraoofl llvlng elacwhere frequentl) bj
their own coBfeBBion are myBtlfliil by lhe poh
tlea of New-York Clty. ll i- n perfeetly truth
ful documenl nlao. and admlrably ealeulated ln
enllgbten those who havo been In Ibe dark. Tbe
eleven Aaaemblynien who Blgned it bave per j
formed an Importani publlc Bervlee. aml ihclr
eoUeague wbo says that he is in nympatby wlth
thoir purpoae would have done well t,. indoraa
thelr actlon with his .ignature.
Tho letter completdy Tlndlcatea Mayor
Stroii_'s poaltlon in ibe almple utatemenl that
he is carrylBg oul lhe prlndplea of the platform
..ii whidi be was elected, to whlch tbe Repub
li.-an party Babacrlbed when it nomlnated him,
and to whlch it fltanda pledised, li waa noi a
Republican platform iu iis Invcptlon, bui it I"
c.'im-" a Republican platform by ti.nncurrrnce
of the party. When Mayor Htrons nbandona l:.
an.l nol untll Ihen, he wlll forfell lhe eonrldence
..f tbe great majorlty "f Republleana ln thi- dty
an.l ,,f all the otber d' ui' nts .,f lhe Hedorate
wbose vi.t.-s be obtalncd. Nol 1?* exaetly true
Bad Impreafllve is ibe cloaing paragrapfa "f th.
leit.-r: "PaWlc oplnlon In New-Yort Vtoy de
"mandfl the paaaage of eertaln reform tneasarefl
"relatlng to munldpal affairs The Republican
"party vvill be beh\ reaponfllble for any delay
-or fallure t,? paaa theae meaflurcs No mifltake
-..f Mayor Strong nor anv perflonal diaappoint
"iii.nt over tbe dlfltrlbutlon of patronage vull
"excuae Boch delay or failuiv." lt' Ihere are
A?,-inl.lyii! n an.l Sdiat,.fs. elected as Uepuh
li.-aiis. wbo hav.- pul ihernaelvea nntler t?,n,|s
to an Indlvldual from whlch they cannot <?.-,-1|--.
this expoeltlon ..f an Immutable facl will merely
make thelr pllghl Ihe more mlaerahle. Bui Re
publlcana wh., are under bonda only io lhe i?.,
ple will ii..; be able, and we hope wlll noi ai
tcmpi. io avoi.l lhe obligation expniBBed ln
theae worda. The obligation ia upon Ihem, \
wbateverparl <,f the state ihey ball from. Tbey
are ai Albany f-.r tbe purpoae "f executlng a
publlc eommand whi.h was glven In unmiatak
able terms la-t Kovemher, aml which ha- nol
beea modlfled In the Bllghteal parilcular Blncc
the electlon. The publlc opinion to whlch this
drcular letter refera is qnlte as strong an.l in
Blfltenl as the Blgnera reitreaenl it to be, Tbere
is no room for mlfltflke on thal polnt, lt is Ihe
m,.st obdoua fad of tbe tlme In this dty at thla
moment and there is not the falntesl Indlcation
of its sulisiilfiic.'. Eleven "f th'- Beventeen K<'
publlcan Aaaemblynien from New-York teatlfy
to its predomlnance by a most onuaua] and con
Bplcaoofl Bd. and Ilve "f the retnainlng bIi r<
fraln from motlvea which thdr polltlcal affllla
tions -uffldeatly expoae, \>> member of the
Leglalature can decently plead Ignoran.?n this
?ubject, for Ignoranc. ihis BUbJed wlll be
recognlaed hereafter as wilful bllndnesB.
The lnfluence ..f this letter cannol fall to be
as useful as Um motlve whlch BUggeated its
publlcatlon is bigh-mlnded lt doea somethlng
in..r." than pai Importani imtii Into an Imprea
alve form. it raiaea ? standard to whlch publlc
men of Itrooor can raliy in defenee <,f polltlcal
morality. ______________________________
.i SEX 77.1/BR TA I- -I<>1 RS E Y.
Tbe detaUa (,f the e_obar__itk>n jreflterday of
Mr. Thomas c. Platt for Albany were glven
with greal mlnuteneaa nnder the ububI large
beadllDCfl whlch annoonce t>. n waltlng world
Uiat greal man's movemeotfl In last eveolni**a
"New-York Sun." They were quite Btlrrtng.
?Th.- Sun" in both edltlona is fortunate In k.?.?!)
im. iu clos.T toii.-h wlth this emlnenl IJ"_>iii?
]|i-aii ihan any ..thor TOWflpaper in town. At
tim.-s a suspii'l.iti creepfl over us thal "The Sun-'
In both edltiooa ls harlng fun wlth Platt. Aod
>.. long as "Th.- Sun" nijovs it. aml Platt lilni
?lf aeenifl to like it. n.)?? can complalo. ln
deed, so far as w.- caa .iu<i;m. everybody is ..uit<
happy ..iii" it. Mr. Platl vvas quite communl
catlve with the repreaeotatlve <>f "Tbe Sun "
Whea the latt.-r aaked, "Who is gotag wlth
you'.'" Mr. Platl replled, wlth greal frankimss.
"W.-ll. I don't kBOW as .invlio.lv-. I aee Van
Cott'a here,*1 aod tben, the reporter sav-. "Mr.
riatt almost Wloked his ,y,.." Hy this w?- Judge
that his expeiiaace wlth faith-In-eakera baa pat
"tho old niitn" .ni his gaard. Ba bo kmger qolte
vvinks his ey,' -i, many people havo gone l.a.k
mi him to whom ha gave his entlre conndeuce
in b fair an.l aqoare, open and aboveboard
wink. Hc hi _etiiii^ raUeeat Wen, ao won hT.
lu reply to the natural inqulrj' whal ha vv.i_
aoiag t" Albany ror, he aMW-sred wllh iii- oM,
iniMhlng frankneaa, -I aui golng up lo -???
"what'a t" i" ueen and lo do vvh:u.-v.r i- necea
"aary lo be doae." lh* latter part of Ihe an*
t.-in-c being "apoken moal eBiphalleally," nu.-n
...tni.i.ni.il. s.i far .-is known, by any movemenl
of ihe a-vdiil. Aboul Ibla llme Mr. Van c..tt
ealled on. "II. iv la .ut- Heat, S.iniior!" nnil tbe
repori <.Hnoea, "thi iwn wew In pnrneal con
fab when the traln rolled out." Ther* bHng
bul om> Beal. rhe Inferenee is th il pllbit Platl
mi it. \';m I'ott'a i..p "i Van roti in Platt**: In
eith.-r a-:i-.- a p|rture*que apectaiie us "the traln
pollrtl ..nt." N..I -. rnre. liwugh. fi?r 111. \ have
such greal nearne*ia lo enrfi other lhal during
lh,. entlre t.Tiu ..f Van <'""'- po*tma?ter*hip ll
wa* _.ii.r;.il.A nnderatooil lhal Platl "lay down
on hlm" whcneve* there wa* :i pbu-e varant.
Among other Itema nf Informathm mneernlng
tbl* journey "The Sun" gathcred lhal "Mr.
Phitt wlll endeavor '?? aound Ibe Uiwvrnor."
Wc belleve lhal i" I*' -" Aml we mnj nlaoadd
,lui |f tii,. tJovi-rnor permli* blmnflf lo he
Bounded. ibe autopay wlll reveal lhal Bentle
man'a plumroel burled In ihe llovernor** polltl
eal rltal*.
lt |b nl*o s.i.i ihai when Mr. Platl return*
-I,,. n-ni have iu hla Inahlc pockel .1 complcte
..,,, (lf ;].,. m.-ii.la.-i--. nf Ihe l..*u'i-l;iMiri* 11,?.ii
??whom he .-.in il. ii'ii-l iiir.'ii-'n thleV aml ihin
??to mipport any action of whleh he may approve
-in regaril ln fnlure munlelpal I. gi*lallon." "ln
hi* iu-.ii!,. poeketr' Vea; nol only Ihe namea,
1,111 the membera ihenwlve*. Ind *on.f
ihem wlll .1" aa.-ii i" remember ibal Mr. Platt**
??inalile ptx-kef I- nol tbe place wbere Ihe Re
pnbllenn rotcra nf ihl* Btate wlll ao hcreafter
;,, aofk for iu- n aaIi..i.i ihe}- d?**lre lo lntrn*l
wlth Ihe re*pon*lbllltle* of legialallon. Thal
"Inalde poeket" may ronlaln ihe promlae nf a
warm plaee, bm iheoutloofc for prumotlon from
lt |fl ;l t.ill'- '1:1.1..
- my USFOBTVSATE ASCE8TOR.n
ln .. eoluran-long rommunieation tn "The Xew
Vork Sun" ;i contribntor over ihe Initlala
?r w B." deaeribes AAiih feeilng nnd foree
what ii-' ealta "thc Ironj of publie llfe." arhlch
1?. illustr.it... I.a two .vmiplei-th.- i..-- ln
order of narratlon. though latcnt In polnl nf
ti.,,,-. belng ibal afforded by Mayor Wrong in
hl* ireatmenl of ibe man who made him.
??Who sii|i|...-a-.'- aaya ihe wrin-r, "thal if Mr.
?Thomaa V. I'Im.i bad ??.?1 ln iMober laal
...|?. nomlnation of Wllllnm L Strong fiw Mayor
??Mr. Strong '-"iil'l have i."ii iwuulnateil?" To
which Iw promptly anawera "XolN*ly." and 111.11
p.-,?...ils to say lhal "In one wn*e, Ihen, nega
"llvely Mr. Platl created Mr. Strong na n power
-in munlelpal i?.liti'-.' '?nly one objeetkm to
tliis ?I'thod ..f Btating ihe matt?T occura to u*.
;ni,| thal eon.4|?tB In the clrcumatance, nol '".1
Urcly unlmportanl, ihai In pnlnl "r f"'! Mr
Platl did op|io*e ibe uomluatlon of Mr. Wrong
for Mayor, Iwt Ing :i cand'date a-f hla own of
greal . :.....Hy f?r future uw fulncfls, wii .-?? al
luohmoni 10 himnelf he wn* emlenroriug ?<?
Ntrenathcn wlth ihi-enlnrReineni "?' ,i;' ? t . t * - -1-* -
I. mi_!,. alsai i" -?' -I wltb imth ihai ihiTP are
_,?..| .. 1-.1;- fair !?< Ibwing lhal If Mr Plan liad
publlcly favonil Mr. Strong'* nomlnation ll
vronl 1 have kllled hi* pnwpti 1- tlciib-r ttian any
,i. oru.-i '. ?'. Mnnhatinu luland Thf writ< r g??< -
,,;, ... K..'. lhal if Mr Platl "ha 1 emj loyed anj
., .,11 ?. I bla. k art* 10 amaah Mi Sl rmg
??.,1 ihe ,?,||-.." "tlu- -iiii-!:.;i- i'i- aa llai
?li.iv.- 1,. . ;. . !.'.?! ;?. 111 si|U?'lj
"carrled Inin pra. ih-al iiinmpl ?hiiioiii ' Hui
be ili.l ii-.' ' ? ?- liM'iulj Hi - ? ' - '?**?' " '?'
h.in hli pleeilon ih a\. il a* hl* n Stlll
furtber, "Mr. Platt. i ol h?- - ? 'l.-'ii. mlgbi
"hava .lipp-.i ihe Mayor'a wlng* lo wnding
?*,,ii,. n-ortl '?? AHwim " Whli h he did um d?.
W'heref. x'r S-r-.u owea li.Jii nnl nnl)
nomlnation nnd ? !?- ? ?n. bul hl* "oppnrtunlty "
And "tbe Irouy i f publie llfe" paiufllut* In tbe
fm . ihai the Mayor "Blden agalnul lin- mnn whai
"withln :ii."iit lbr?H- lumith* ba* ibn
"negatlvely apeaklng. elmhed Mr Sli ?:?- .a.: i
"power."
SO, llla |). I...'.III-' llli* llT< -|' >tl ' l?|a' |M M
,.f unboumietl |mwa r p4*rmltte?l ihe i itiw
N,.u V<?rk ." innnlnaii' Mr. Strong; n '? h
he refralmtl from n?lng thi* lire*|?nnBlhl?a |hiw?t
|,.,>.|> and ireacheroualj l<?defe.ll Iii- 11WU ll |
ut ihe p"ll-. which ihla wrlter Btfiiw !?? !????
M,|,.r :,i, j,: ..f si-llal.iiiiil; and !,?? <m-.- be dbl
ii,,, , ?!;;, ibe M;i.A-r'*- wlng* al Allwiny hy iWeal
? n_. :i 1'owiT "f K< HK?val bill wllii'll he billlBeif
hiul pr. t. ii'l"l Iii t ia". "ii I*
Mnyor'fl "tTpatur"! l?b, .iWy fabb- nf iln<
,.,,.,.!,u... el I!;. ' Here* n umaller Inaeel i? :i
1..,..-, r whcH ln d. ii- r iliiuda ?f -I??- And
? ???? \\ |t ?? aa; - nol ?uly iltal hi im;-- all ihi
ilUfll hii.i-lf. '"I' Ibal Un"" """'?* lU Ihe laal
ihree month* be haa refralned from Btuppina
ibe Avh.-.l by gettina in fronl nf Ii Aml H I*
-,1,.. irouy of pnbllc llfi-." aaya "T W B.."
,,,,. .,v||, ,i .. ?? ,i- hardly .-i??? i?? ?f ih?> ii
Three r4*n???iifl wh) Thomafl <'. Platl .** Ihe ? :???
ator" <.r Mayor Stmna aml i- ??niiihil '?? ? ?mrol
hlm! Itead them ov??r carefiUly, -lfi'-|.-' Ins
Bepubllcan eoter. W'-'ir'!" ?i?'h one Tlu-y are
nnl "f our auggeatbin TIipj are -? rinmdy pul
forth In Mr. I'latt'a Iwhalf by hl* "Am ailv?M?ale
.ii?l t-hauipion. Waa ihis a*.Ii;.i you roteil for
IflMl November? Thal Mr. Platl conaidera him
bi li' ihe p'?-"*'"? of :.ll Ihe power and diapenaer
of all Ihe patronage of Ihe |?rty haa long l.n
known t'> his iuii.iKii--. bul untll nry lately
i?. h;i^ nol publlcly proclaimeil ihe fact. Aml
whal .hi luwpeakahlo, all-rwuml Idiol mu*l lhal
mnn Im. wlw gravely st....- ihree biicIi ri*a*otiri
why th.* Mayor ahould l"t Platl ruu hla adralnla
tnition! N.ie of ihem foundetl In fact, and
nll of ih. ii. resting u|,"ii iii" a**nmptlon tbal be
nol only haa boundUii* ptiwer, bni Immoamirable
rnpacily i'"i' tri.ka-iy. ireacberj aml fraud. Why
are av laied fi?r tl.Imntion of Ihe feeble
iiiiu.i.-.1 If bucIi wrlliTB are lefl al biw?
Purralng his lllu*lratbmB a.f "the Ironj of puh
||r llfe," ihis wril. r r\U* a imrallH lo ih.- ea*e
of Mayor Strong, who, !..? aay*, "Ib nol ihe llrai
"man lo emerge from obBcurity ao far aa ;i |?n
"lltlcal party is concerned aml Immedbitely "i.
"poMaeaalon a.r tbe wlna --r power t" lurn agalnal
?his ereator." it is found ln Mlllartl Klllimire
?nd his relatlona i" ihe late Tburlow Weed. who
"iTciicii" blm. \V!i.-n Klllmore became Preal
deni lt is rriated lhal lie I.arae qulte dladaln
fui a.f Mr. U'c-l. and r...ii.,A.*.i Bcveral of the
fri.n.i- nf Ihe latter fn?m a.iii.-.- Then, naya
"T. W. n." iu ??. aort of a liiu:i\ Intendiil t>> alartle
Ibe creature siroiuv wbo ha* lurned agalnal
his ereator Platt: "Whal became of i-'il!.re
"aabaequently*.' I' wonld be ledloa* t" ?-?'. ?'V.-r
"any more ancienl hiatory. I lielievc be ran ;i
"a ?r.f'.ri.r eandldate >>( s..u.a- >,,.-. for aoro*'
"thlng aft-rTward. He waa i."i rtiHrted." Thla
is .p.it.? hlgh >-v.iri.ftiiiia-? Stlll ii mlghl aa a\.ii
I..* remembereil Ibal tvhen :. llille fellow ri-'
up in a mornlng newapaper over three n..i par
tieularly Impreaalvc Initlala aml diamlaaea Into
obiivion ;i man aa;... w.is once PrealoVnl of Ihe
I'oited stiit'-s by the remarl lhal be doean'l
kniiAv whal i.'-'Miii" of hi.... ha- ran* .-. mlghty
bn; ri-lv of being s.i ?I<? \\11 ..- a Belf-coneelted
aaa, wbo doea i."i know ihe hiatory of bla <,aaii
country. Prom the fael tbal "T. IP. B." apeah*
a.f ihe late Tburlow Weed aa "mj nnfortnnate
aiia-a?i.,r." am- infi r ihai he is ,-i deaceadanl of
thal emlneni man. II h:ul u..i oecnrred lo n
l.< for.-. iu cunaidariBg Mr. Thurloa Weed'a
career, ih.it it .-.uilil l..- falrly deaeribed aa "un
fortunale," but, of courae, we il.-f.-r t.i the ui'.r.*
Intlmate knowledge enjoyed bf '?-?* poaterlty,
and in Ihe llgbl of this oommnnlcatlon av.- ret
tniiii.A shiii na.t deny lhat be aa.is an "nnfortn
aate anceator," wbatever his fortune In other
r -pi.t- Aml >.-; we veuture lie BuggtfatkM
tiiiit trea iu this rclaUon bc Bta iu one reapcei
extremdy fortanate, He died before 'his Irtter
1 was wrltten. ___________________ .
CEX8VBED BY 8EXATOB <BEBBAX.
Senator Sh.-rni.in's cctwai.f the PreBldenfa
?? i, ,n,l rontraet waa the rnore Bevcre and dTedhre
for its Btodled courteay of tooe nnd moderatlon
nf laaguagc. Cooccdlng entlre good I"'''"1' *?'
; deliberatdy pron laoeed the bargnin fl had <<"'?
' for tbe I'nlted State*, and ahowed thai tbe
bonda whlch were boW lo the Byndleate al
UM I'.n.;. accordlBg to ihe Treaaary "tti.-ni Btate
meat. roabl hav. been boU tbal day ;" ni N,r
Shennan morcorer dedared, arlth ?n the wdght
,,f his greal cxperteoce and Bacceaa as a flnan
,..,,-. thal ih. bonda eoold hav.- been anld lo the
people for 120, an.l H is aald thal the Byndleate
liv.'s 115 aa a minlmum price for the BUbBcrlp
tlon whlch it invites from otbera. Throwlng
aw.-iy <;'.. pei.nl on the face of the markel
that day. nod .-. much larger pereeatage of the
price whidi tbe Byndleate will actually recdve
f,,r ihe Imnda, rannol i>.- pxcttaeil on tbe ground
of ner.?iiy. Kenator ISray liad ri'Bted his de
f,.||,.,. of the Preaideat ?n ihe alngle faci lhal
nothlng pIb..uld Iie done. Tbe aaaertlon is
piitlrely nntrue. The day Pre-rtdeni tlevelaod
iKsued hi> gokl 1?>tnl meaaagc, nr any day there
afler, he could bave atopfied lhe irntgo of gold
just as it aaa Btopped ilir.lays later. on Ihe
Isi "f l'. i.in iry. by iovltlng popular Irfda fm*
111- - rery I per cenl boodfl which were taken by
tbe ayndlcate, The bare nnnouneerneal of ?ach
? an Ibbuc would lutve arfcated tbe wltbdraafala
of gokl an.l il.utgo from lhe conn try, al leaat
for fl llme, and Ihe anxlety >,f bankera Bnd cap
i'.ilisis all i.v.-r Ibe .-..untry lo get Ihe I.d?
fi-niii the ayndlcate now demonatrntea lhal
mouey could have la*ea iibtalneil almoal Inatant
ly to an amount salBdcnl lo cbeck all tlarm.
Kenntor Hbernian <i"es not Inalnl atrongly upoa
the fatal faci thal lhe Preetdeat had ddlberate
. iv f,.i..1 a altnatlon iu whidi he nilghl clalm
that an liiflue ,.i bonda was nocpaaary. Por near?
ly two monthfl be had ddlberatdy Idockcd ibe
wav wlth his poriloufl Stat.- hank sebetne, He
had refus ,|. an,i ,-iii-.,| ins frienda to refuae,
Benator Bhennan'fl hill offered January 17. pro ,
rldlng for Iflfltioa of amall rertifleatefl al a low
rate >.f Intereal, and open to popular aiib* rlp
lion ai Ibe postofllce* \ wonl from lhe Prefll
denl would doubth-ia have paaaed tbal blll and !
i', ni..ve.l all anxlety. Tbe etaboratc defenti1 by
lhe TTeflflurj' Department, uaed yeaterday in !
part by Ber itor tlray, shows thal up to the date
: tlijs very Idll vvas offered hy Mr Shennan the
wlthdmwala ,,f gold had Ikh'H only si:.:??_.:."iu,
and flfterwanl f5B._~K.5Ri \ prompt message
from 'I.- Pri*B!deni Rpprovlng lhe bill as n wlao '.
' meaflitre nf rellef, Bnd urging hla nafty to .-.,
', ,-..;,i ii al onee, would Imve nhown a genulne
patrlotiani, and stopped wltbdrawnla of gold as
mmpleti iv a- lhe bad barg iln wlth the ayndi
,..,,,. ,;:,| n-hen :intn-Mii. ??? I two weeks lat. r
'I'li,. 'I'r.-.'-urv ntiiteineiil Itself eonelimively
, provea Ibe lYesident's |Misitlon Indefemdble.
. i',,r ;. ;- ehlni. I ibai ihe eontrael wlth the ayn '
rf[, , .? c.,'- um r.-.lly made nii'il I'' hiii.i' v H, fl :
,., :, ifti-r III ivli Inlr iwala ."? I lln- alann had
lf ihi. Presldenl w is nol i.'.iin.l i,\ an
a-fcce-ni. !.?? mlghl any ?! " thai w.-i-k have
i| j,.- |.i-- i_i- ..f Mr R.I- -u'.-'iitite lo
. ,;,:,.-.; lilll, reported on ihe id. which
ivaa in . "flcn. ?? ih?- - une rm isiire
| in S< ii itor SliiTman Tbe faei lhal lhe
? ? ? ? . ?;.,.,! ? 'iv . Itepuh !
II, ,., i, ,.|..;. ,- now iiff -? ???! I?y s. ii. i'i- ?; .rinaii
.ii_. i i i. nn mi ameiidiu. til
ipprtiprlai ? n h II maki - ll ele ir that. wllh ;
| or i ??' ith.t.t ih- aetli.' opposition -f 1
i- iii|, nn i .i m.? isure mlghl have la ? -n
?>??? _
THI I.OSSES 01 1WO YEAB8
A i that a i .ii Btatement in Th
Trtl ? intry Is poorer by M.000,
. than H a ia wh. "? i le* eland i?-_:.in to
run Ihlngi ippears I VVall Btn men an
.?;.,-. Thls i- ipei . tatlon
, .,..:??? . x
? tatement, f ,r facta
- pMiw. .foi f a a und p >lley.
' r.-ii .,: l i'--s n .1 pr .perty
r ...-?-. ? k to th was W-.000 -
? ., | th* Increase ln ten >nara h id i.n
t. | . i , . n" \. n- wtll Jen) lhal th*1 galn m tbe
...,,,. um rt .apei Ity whl. i. '? llowed
... great. r per ?? ? u th.m ln the pre
,|..-., !>? Hiii it ihe . ? naus rate lhe ln
? ..... ,.] nln. ir .ntiii to \l ir. h
.... ...il I l,;i- ?? I.. ? m 13 '? | ? - nl in iklng "vi"
' ::' ? ?. i, . ? -? ? ... In 'red
IMe "li il In two >? ars of h" worsl dl ai I
half a nturj Ih. f pr. pei t)
(l ia |. r< ,i- I 1.8 i_ r '-'-iu. .iialderably leaa than
ll ,.-.-? |oua in ?? . in two yeara and nlne
n ntl ?
o/all ST..- .1- il- ehlefly In Btoeka and bonda,
?,...! the average prl?*e nf atoeki nn the day Mr
i augui it -l waa tai ?>, imr i n
.?vi.ni.iv l?, i-"'.. ii ua- M_-_, lhe deellni belng
. ( ,,r ,. .,? \v,,ii HtreH aurel) should not ?.??
,: .. rluloua ..; lhe thoughi i< r property
., ,s |, . r i than hall ?? much ns ihe property
lt ehlefly handlea mi 15.01.,000 -f atocka the
decllne. ... 115 71 per ahare, would i?- I7M.0.
V.lrl half ns Inrge a loan in prop .rtlon on M 000 ?
? 00 . f h ,nd i, anl th.? llne In i-ailr ad se
rurliiea nlon<* would reaeh ll.2M.000.000 Bui the
i trusts, InduBtiial, telegraph and telephone, aleep
Ing-ear, an.l other ueh atocka dealt ln here,
1 -,,,, |Unt tn ahoul 11,000,.,000 Tbe average f"r
the moal Importani nf theae waa 179*8 March 4.
11193, and haa rallen to 150*3, ? lomi of aboul Ifi
,? r fH.nl, maklng In markel value |2sO.OeO.0O0
,,,,,,.,. Ti.'????? loan. i w. uld nggreaate II 554.00O.0_O,
already more than a quarter of tl." dlstrusted
. stlmate for all property.
Wvt t ik- farmlng property: the Bfrriroltural
departmenl renorta a Inaa of tCfl.,000,1. In two
. y.-ars ln lhe value ..f anlmalfl nn fnnis. more
th.n a quarter of lhe ent Ire value January I,
ls:..i A like loflfl or. il.- Ilve atoek not <.n farmfl,
i,\ the eennua t~H7.000.000 In value, would be UM,- ;
noo.ooo n. Wheal has fallen from ?<i .-"nts ai '
\. u v >rk i" '.' eentfl, ? loaa of :'.') per .-. nl; cotton j
has rallen from I.IJ tn :. (,?: renta, a loaa of "?*? per
cent; pork from .1150 (?> tn z:, per barrel, a l"ss
..f i'i per '.-nt. i. |a I,,.. diiti, uit t., aee that
prlcea "f ?'" f.'r|"s mual have l. affeeted bj
su-li .i fall it; lhe ' liief |,i...lii.i-. and everj ?"'?
knoars of 'he tremendnua decllne ln re.il eatata
and the many foreeliaiurea whleb enmo wlth the
panic "f iy',; Th'- f;irm ..-ni eatate and Imple
mentfl w. re valued al |l_,_7?.-0_,0Ba |n isfn. When
the ehlef producta hate fallen 30 t" in per cent,
and the Ilve atock uaed In eonneetlon ?i:t. farma
has fnll.-ii 2S p'-r , -nt, Wlll imv ?!..? doubl that tlie
decllne it. farma and Implementa hns he.-n ?\er
10 per cent? ir aot, thla property and all Ilve
?tock t.-R-dhcr mual have loai |t,14a.M0.00d ln
value.
wtiiii i- the change In value ,,f maanfactured
i.luctii, reckoned ln the eenaua aa renreaanted
l.y $?."?_(.'...".o.f capital? Iron praducta aa n
Whole have fallen M por ent fllnCfl Mnrd'. 1.
is;..'{. and a good many large cor.certu hava been
bankrupted. Out ,.f the i.iasi furnacea of tha
ITnlted Btatea onl) 47 per cent m caparity were
ln operatlon Pebruary 1 Had thN v.isi iron in?
dustry. wlth an elgbth of all th>- nruuiufacturlng
capital, I'.st nothtna? Doea a compariaoa of
mannfaeturlna Btoeka, ehlefly testlle, show ao
! w.tii aboul an etghth of the handa ?m
pl ? 'i In manufacturing In rfovember, im, ?''
ported lill.- laal November, and many others cm
,.: l part tlnuB, thera la alao tha araUdrnown
faci thal a greal many coneernaare now runnlng
Wlthoui profli ln ho|.f l.i-tt-r tlaMB Indged
i,y earnlag power, n ?.-tns qulta within raaaoa
to infer that manufacturing pi .perty haa loat
aboul a :-.-;h of it- value, <" |i,aao,OM,00#. it
cannot be aald how much ,,f tba value of mlnea
and Quarrtee, 11 Jtl,IM,tMaccordtng to th.- eenaua,
wai Included ln the mutiufa. turliiK v.iluatlon.
D? j: aome laige lossea have also been austalned ln
the property not to Included. Thc silvcr outpnt.
deereaalng tSS.0CO.0M ln value in two years, repre
aonta h loaa of at laaat $220,000,000 In valua of
Bllver miqea In Ibe Bllver on hand. $f>oo.ooo.ooo.
th<* decline of 24 cents per oiin.-e means a loss of
$1 un, 000.000.
Already a loaa of $.'.,010,000,000. or more than
fiv.-slxths of the supposed loss In value of all
property. has been M t-flMtd that the estlmate
.,.,,, hardly he ronaldered unreaaonable. Yet only
aboul half thc total property has heCn consldered.
Thc-e remaln other real estate. about t24.000.00o.
000, furnlture carriagea, etc amountlng to about
15,000,000.000 more; ataamahlp property <>n oeeana,
lakea and rivera, of unhnown value: mercbandiai
ln stock. t7U.000.000, and other ltems. Does any
,.,.. Buppoaa there baa b>-en no decltna la su.*h
property? If about t".:?.ooo.ooo.ooo of property al?
ready coneidered has euatained a loaa of $"?.oi9.
(MO.ooo. or II per rant, it la bellavahla that the
$32000000.000 remalnlng of the cenaua vaiuation
haa loat leaa than S per cent. Koeeeaarlly such
estlmatea ar- but approxlmate. and the only ob
I,.,.. here la to Bhow that, inataad of an Inteutlonal
.,,,:,.. exafgeratlon, thc natement mad.* waa
well withln Ihe llmlt of probablllty. In fact. ihe
dau eollacted when thc aUtement au ma.le
falrly Indlcated tbal th* loaa would bc largely
underatated, and Intentlonally, in aamlng K""'.
000,000.
For it is generally nol far from aafe, where
the ihree greateat Induatriea of ? country, manu?
factures agri ulture and traneportatlon, ar.* ea
peclally affected. to reckon thal al leaal half a
long eontlnued loaa In tha volume of bwdneai ,
tranaacted la proportlonately reflected in th.* re
niiitini; aalable or eejrnlng value of property. Thc 1
exchangea ... all clearing houaea hav been 2:.
per cent leaa for th.- paal yar than ln the Iwelv*
montha before Mr. Cleveland'a Inaugarattoa. |
Half ihat rate would mean a loaa <>f about an
eighth of thc entlre property ln the country two
>, tra ago, which would 1.ver I0.000.000.000. But
the oountry is ao rlch ln reaourcea and so mighty
1.1 tbe energlea an 1 racuparatlve power of its peo?
ple, and worka ao a.lerfully to bulld and t..
plant for the future even ln ihe worat "f tlm'-*..
thai ??. third of the roughly Indlcated loss was
Ihrown off fi r thc aake "f aafety.
Ai all eventt, eleven of the Republican Aa
aemb'ymen from this clty bave uncommonly levei
I.. b ls and a lear aperreptlon of the drlft of publie
?entImeni and affaira generally.
The a. ramble among the Dem .crattc polltl. lana
for the poal of Amerlcan Mlnlater to Masl
made i/acant i.y tha death of Ur. Oray, ahowa
thai thla country is aufferlng from a burden
aome Burplua of Btateamen out of employment.
I. ia unfortunate for our producUve Ipduatrtea
thal 1 f-Av hundred of Iheae a-.litlnK gentlemen
,.,i|..... dlvo-ce tbemaelvea from th>* profeaalon t
. - and k - to farmlng or cutting l"tr?
rlty Worka CommlMloner Brookfleld ha? a
? .- head aud aound judgment. Juat aow be is,
of courae, overrun ^ i * it appllcanta for plaeaa In
i-s department, some ,,r whom manlfeet mon
real than dlacretlon. To one "f thls <-:as<s. who
-inl not flnd himself ln Bympathy wlth Mr. Brook?
fleld"* ii...-. the Commlaeloner s.iid wlth em
, , .. |' >,>.. tbitik thla plm?* ls be'.njr run on
...... ,,, .. t.j iticB ptan*you are mlghttly mle
"taken, I am here to protect the publie Intereeta,
"aml nothlng elae." That aorl of aentlmenl the
. . ' s>w-T rk will heartily applaud. .Mr.
Bro kfleld is Bhowlng hlma If well tut.-.l t< r th*?
;- M ? ... n -Bi Important departmenl In ihe
. 1 \ ?.?
?-,,,. .,...- .,.,. aj/hlea the Republican mai on*
.: , r -"? >ng la prai tl
, ,...:-- ip .11 runnlng his own ofllce.
The Mayor has a atubborn s-rt of notion that
lhat ts what be ln there for.
i? any proper aenee of th* Btneaa af thine*
fovema the rrmkln* of the n-w bonds. those sa?
curttlee arlll bear haadaomriy engraved portralta |
0f Orover Cleveland an.l J"hn O. i^arlisle as a
token t" the two emlnenl persons who engl
ieme by which the Oovern
. ? hai to pa) a hlgher rate of Intereat on bor
,-.u.. 1 money than a prlvate cltlaen is charged
ln the *ame market
m\ ?
?rtl,. p jm ii pii ,??? ' Bt Paul. Minn.. is a.n the
,,,, ,,.. ;',;. k. large aa llfe, wlth nitlass and platola
v belt, and ihunderoua apeahlagMrurepel glued
t , hl muxale, bellowlng for tbe reetoratlon ofthe
law under arhlch munl *pal and Btate alecUoaa
r, . held on the aame day. Under the aew ordl
nn....- whleh aaparateathem befladaagood maay
.,.? hla moal valuable polltlcal prtvUegea cur
,.,,!.. 1 ii. .i Ie in i dl *er and pul up
|, b. R, h :.*-?! ' i and the at ten tlon of tha* mu
tllty, belng mcentrated upon the electlon of
lt* own .ni ere Inatead of Bcattered all ovar tbe
?J ti ? an.l confuaed wlth a multltude ..f other ln
tereata and laauea, as formerly, it is n<>t ao aaay
... rn.. ln th- kind of mon whlcb th.- plrata re
qulrea for hla purpoaea. The plea for the restora
tion of the old law la lhal of econoroy, in re
Bponee t i arhlch the preaa of that clty polnta oul
that plrata* rulc eoata nwr* f ir a slnsl.* term than
the aep trate ele :tlon would coat In half a eentury.
The old ayatem waa mu h ln thelr favor; the new
is ln f.iv ..- of tl..- honeal irotera and th.? coauau
nltv at large, and it wlll poi be a good day for St.
Paul ahen II la given up.
Rj Mayor Qraee is npparently eiiRaR.'.l in a
fllrtatlon wlth Tammany Hall. bul the avtdaaea
i* nol -? *i BuRlclenl to determlmt whether hls ln
ta ntli na are aeriou*
??
h haa coal the country a plle of moaey t"
enable thla AdmlnlBtratlon to make a tlmtnclal
record for Itaelf. but it nay be w.,rth th.* prlce
,.s a warnlng example. It la reaaonably safe t.. j
Ba) thal nothlng of th-- aort arlll .-ver be per- ,
mlttetl to happen agaln.
t'halrman Wiis... i? fully enlltled to thunder
down the agea aa 1 paal grand maater la the
an of deatructlve atateamanahlp, He is a de
atroyer, but not a build.-r Olve hlm the aupport j
of an able-bodted worklng majority an.l there |
lan't a flacal policy ... a plan of revenue-ralalng
lhal h- cannot amaah and mutllate beyond all
poaalblllty "f rt?ognltlon by Ita m"->t Intlmate
frtenda Turn hlm looae up"n a Treasury sur
plus. and ??*'?.. though II be llke n mountatn i.i
Ita proportlona, he wlll make it look llke a hole
ln the ground withln f'.n calendar montha. if
tha't-a* i< ,1 Btructure to be lorn down, a foumlatlon
to I..- blaated away, or a protectlng wall to be re
,l,i ...,l ... . I111..S. \\'lls,..i Is the man t.i send for. I
But when a conotructor is n.-erii-.i, when a buiid
er la requlrett Mr. VWIoon has aboarn, by hls own 1
performancea, thal he is nol on tlie list of eiin-i- !
blee T.i 'us overahadowlhg gealaa as a da-stroyer
the proatrate laduatrtaa of a nation and nn
arld deaarl at Deawctatle d.-spair pay eloqumt
irit.ute. i'f hls broad and compr.-henslve Inca
padty in conatractlva atateamanahlp the record ?
.,f hls valn efforta for an hona.rabl.* BOlUttoa of ;
th.. bond QueathM afforda convtaelng and oon*
rlctlng leatlmoay. __ __
..f courae Mayor itrong knew perfectly well I
.it the Btan thal be eould na.t pleaae everybody.
An.l then there are eoaae paopta whom he would
jual as iicf dtapleaee as not.
Indlana has ymt ao dauaa ln her Conatltutlon 1
forblddliiK her "Ifi.'Ials t<> rca-clva- fn*e passes
from ratlroada. and hw Lagialature voteg aafjataat
a 1.111 contalning that provMoa That apaeloua
and proaperoua and reapeotabla commonwealth
ought to b<- rapraaanted by a dlfferaet claaa >>f
men. Bha doean't want her laiws mad.' by dad
hcada t.'.r i.v th'.sa* who oHletalli and claraor
a.i.sh pubiisti th.-ir Incllnatlon to t> ?. ome luch.
l..t h--r p.iss a 1.1 av. ir ahe lika-s glvlng her legle
latora an.l other olBcutla free drlnk* al! over tbe
State or any other Bumptuary prlvUeg . OUl tba
railroad?, lib-*ral enough ln the past, have been ln
hard lurk lately, and ought not to be "h*>H upM
by tho t.rljrands of th. Indlana or any other
[_eg_atatura. _^__
The rontroversy over a school trusteeHhlp
shows how far polltics enters into and controla
thls part of the educational maehlnery of the
dty, and furnlshes an argument in favor of the
ptftag- of the School bill indorsed by the Cora
n.ittee uf Baveaty,
I'ERSOSAL
An orsan has been placed in the Lea v*n worth
| (Kan.) Itoman I'athollc Cathedral in memory of
1 Ettflhop John Baptlste IflBge, who was tltular blah
? op of the terrltory now embraced in the States of
Kanaaa, Nebraska nnd Colorado and Indlan Ter?
rltory.
It waa Alderman Faudel Phllllps. of l.ondon,
who recently perpetrated an eplgtam on l.ord
RoaBfearjr that wa.i flrat used by Tarltua ln ref?
erence to the Baaparor Oalba: "He weutd have
heen unlveraally COnBtdeTad as r|tial!lled to rule if
he had not attempted to trovern."
A _ossi|,er in "The \Vashla_.;o Po?," telir a
atory on I 'olonel Wllllam K. Morrisin. The C-ff
nei beUevea tboroughly ln tlw anVaey of dml
rdlne. He has spent a (.-reat p.irt of h:.-i ev-niful
career In botelfl, ard one of nis theortei baa al
ways been that tba mlnd -:,."i h i SO traiBed tl.at
the biK^cst Bort of a hot.-i fire ,- pow< rlaaa to
aldatraeh the raaaoalng fa.ultlea on arciafcm
wh.-n praaanOB of mlnd is ii.-eded. He impressed
his theory rery dron.iy npon Mrs. Morrlaoa by
conjuiing up a eartety of crtttcal ex.gencies and
Inatructlng her how t.> act In gtvea ______
c.ite would hava M tbat tba c.'.onei _ka_M be
put to tlie teat. H*" and his wlfe aero arauaad
fp.m thelr alumbera one nlgnt by au .narm of
(Ire Th.- hotel ln whlch th?v had their rooti s w.
aflre and ?reat confuslm ard irimul- i-n.tuil
among the ?uestn. "Now la the tlme to
.,,,, Ikiu praetlea what I have alwaya
preached to you, my d.-ar." sald the
Folonel. "Don'l _et eaclted. Hu: ob all your hj
dlapenaable apparel and taK<- your tlme. nor t
lose yuur head. dust wat.-h me_ He
calmed Mrs. Mrrison's atixi-ty. handed her
the vanous artlclea necaeaary to h rr ...... t, mii
on hi" collar and cufffl. took iils wai"i fr'i uider
hls plllow and p'aced lt ln 1 Is vest .,o.-k>' put
.,n hls hat. packed a valise 01 valuablea. and,
t.iklntr hla catie, walBed wlth vira. Morri?..n out
-,( the burnlng bullding Ir.to the street. Now,
mv dear," hc said. when they were safe.
"ddn't you see what a grand thlrm it is to keep
cool and act wlth a ddlberate puiyose ln an
emergency lik.- thls? Here you are completely
dreaaed, as though you were going out tor a
wnlk. aad ..v.-r yonder are s.-v.-ral ladlaa IB com
p>te dlshabtlle." Just then Mrs. Morrlson
for the Urst time glanced at her husband.
"Vou are right, Wllllam." she said, "ll ls a grand
thtng to keep cool and act dellberataly, but if I
had been you I wo.ild have stay.-d ln the room
long moiigli to put on my trous-rs "
ihe r_v. i?r. .'. n. Foatee. af llaeMaa-ar co\
leaje. Toronto, has a.-. apted B eail to the chair of
theology ln the L'alvarfllty of Chlaaga Dtvb-ltg
Bchool, r-'.-nth- made racaat by the d.-ath of
Profeasor B. T. Simpson I'rofessor Foater waa
. ..ral yeara paator of the First BapoatCtrurck
nt 5-uratoga. _
THE TALK OF YBB DAY.
One day receatly, in a Ptindee, Scotland school.
tha teacher ?as examlning the class in hlstory. and
?-s.d ona of tba boys. "HOW di 1 ."harles the First
<lt??" The boy paused fo* 8 moment. and one of
tha other ladfl, by way ,jf pr >mpting him. put hls
arm up to his collar to signify decapitation. Boy
No. ! at oaca graaped, as he thouKht. hls frlend'e
tneaBlng, and aacladaaed, t.> the great amaaaaaaal
of the ct-flS, "Pteaae, slr^pe died of cholera."
Tlm CampbaU called at th- White House yester?
day mornlng. and thea went up t. the ."apitol.
And. accordlng to Tlm, bere bi what was aaM at tne
Whl'e H.,.;s,.
"'How'a v..ur babby,' s,.vs Mr. Cleveland to me
'Folae,' aayi I 'Me girl walks around the l.bry
now and looka al all the books'
?? 'Burety that'a foine,' says rhe prealdent. viv
babbtei are d una well. bui they don'l io that, But
It'a .i _n-.it thlng.' aaya he to me. "four us old folke
to have the babblea around ua"
"'Faith and ll la' aaya I t" him. 'II i.? a great
thing Hit.' BBJrS 1, "we have tO BOCapt the Inev;
i ible, Mr. Prealdent, we have :o accept the inevl
table ' " (Waahlngton Poat
Thla n whal bappeas In the rnitei Btatea -eaata.
llng ; , "The P/_______toa Poat," wbea leaatar
Btawart taika: "Kighty -_a_ta w. re racaat bu: stin
Mr Btawart talk.-l oa, rauing his hands to higi
aaavaa, a_roalatag through his whiskers. and fiMn.
with hla Klltterlng eye the attentlve gaze of Mr.
I'efter. Here ls the record ln dttall: I_B p. m.?
Senator Stewart talklng. 1:40?On the Republl *_a
side ..ne desk is oceupied. Mr. Pritchard. th? re
Beaator from North i'arollna. betnir In hls seat On
the Pamocratloaade Meaara. Harraa, waish. Mitchell,
?;e.,r_<', Hate and Jones, of Ark.insas, are abaai*va_.
_ gad In readlng or wrltlag lettera. t:ii -Benator
St.wart t.ilkmK 1:4'.'- Mr Peffer ambl-s mto th?
Shamber ar.d takea hls seat. 1:43 Senat >r St'wart
?a.kliiK 1 '4 Bl nat Off Hawley appears Bt :he ioor
of the ltepubllcin c'.oakroom. sniffs the reverberat
lOg alr anl re:lrea. 1:1.",- Senator Bteararl f-^klng.
1 *.'. Baaator Alltaoa enters the chami^r, s.ancea
iii a frlKhtem 1 way at the qulverin? f.rm of tha
Sevada aVraator, and makes hls eseapa through tha
n.'iirest door. Senator Mills doea HkeWlSB I 47. 1:41.
1.4.. 1 >?. l:'d. al llbltum. ad Infln.tum~Ser._"or S:ew
_n talklng, talklng, talklag "
Of Couraa Ha Died "1 aee " remarked Mr. Dtamal
DawsoB, "that a feller down In Massachusetts r.as
drank tblrteen glaaaaa af booai. a bat aad il kiit
-No wond.-r." said Mr Everetl Wrest. '"Thlrteea
ls a s.ire hoodoo. He had orler made it fourt- ? n.
(Indlanapolla JournaL
A Washlnnton dlflpatch ln The l*rlbune reotntly
notel that .lapan h.i 1 glven confacts for two new
battlfl flhlpa The Bbipb-lkung pro_ramme of last
year provided f,,r :wo battle ahlpa, one proteeted
cruiser anl oae dlspatch vaaafli anl neifotiationa
were begun lOOktag ta their constr-ction. Tho
orulaer la to ba bullt at the home aavj yard
rokoauka, aad arorfc haa really been besim anoa
her She ls to ba of the Bngllak Apollo t>pe. and
if -.;.? tons displacem-nt. The two batlle-saips are
to be of U*_M toaa dlaplaeamant eaeh. _n-l of the
t.vp.- ot the Knallsh battle-ship Itoyal Bovarelga.
The ontract for aoa baa baaa k:v.'1i to the Th.imea
Iron B7orfca and Ship ButldinK I'ompany. Hlack
waU; and the coatracl for the ..ther has been
Bwardad to the Ar__8_roa__. of Bknrtck, i:ngiand.
\ c.irdlnal who cimnianded the troOBfl 4 I'ope
Bonlface IX in th_ march of I.a.-ona. tlnlitii. him?
self in a jH.situ.n in whi.-h ha must cooquor or die,
promlaed the sotdlers thal if they secured the vie
tory those who fdl should dine th.it very day wlth
the atii.els. Thev mar died to the combat wlth
alacrlty, but, UndinB that the eai-laal waa ,-aref.ii
nol to expose hlinsdt', "H )W ls It." said one ol
them. "that vou ahow no anxlety for the eeleatlsJ
l,an,|iiet t.> which y ,a have lavlted us i . w.innly"'
"Hecauae lt ls not yet my dlnner-tlflaa, ani I am noi
huiiKry." ,.vii tbe Year Round.
William lt. I'rowder lives in Oreencastle. Ind Si
does Wllllam Flsher. and so doea a hog-, valued at
$7. owned by i'rowder. l 'ne day CTowder let hls
Iior- out. Almost simultaneously Flsher left the
gata Bf a nlce n.w hoirpen on his place open. As
it was the ho? s day off, it determlned to see all
that was to be scn. and so it strayed Into Flsher"s
hogpan. .lust afterward l-'isher declded to . lose
ins pen. whlch h. did. iiBBBfkhur: ""Jreat S.-ott.
t'VO gat a bOg! Well. tindins Is keer.in's." Pretty
soon i'rowder demanded hls ho_. I'isher replied:
"1 aln't B4M yer h?_\" and the hoa. with that ln
gratltode eaara_rt__r_a__" a* his spedes. sruntei ap
pn.v.U Then .-.owder went to liw : b.il the J.iry
was htinir Tosts on rrowdrr, IM'. Nothing
dauated, he broaght suit a?ain. Bevaral laarjrara
and about n hundred wlttiesses on both sides; also
thumptag t?*r eOBta. The trlal lasted three days.
I-- nally tbe yary broi.Kht In a verdlet of one cent
nnd lhe baa f?r Vrowdcr. Flsher and h.s frien ts
are mad; so also are i'rowder and his friends.
The only belnR that seems lo be contented is tha
bog.
Robert QtaWthony once asked Wedon OrO?mltk to
read a play he had wrltten. Mr. Urossmtth took the
romedy, but lost lt on hls way home. "NlKht after
iilkjht." he sald. "I would m.-t . huithoo). and he
urould ask me how I llked bls play. lt was awful!
The persplratlon ns.-d to cmie out on my forchea.1.
as l'.l say sometimes I liadn't ha.l tlme to look at lt
yet; or. aaaln, that the Bral act was good; wter.
that the aacoBd wouldn't "quIU do.' bu. really l
ouidn't at.it. to expiiin. Bo Bflffrf BBflat caten a
ttaln! I didn't so much mlnd l>tnK. only lt was
.IttMeult thlnklnic up new lies appronriate to tne
case." Bome months paaaed, and i.aiuhony stll.
purauad wlthoui mercy. At last Mr. Oroearmtn
Bearched hla houaa once more before it occurred to
blm that he mlght hava left the c.medy ln hls eab.
Kolnir home. He went down to Bcotland Tarfl ana
ln.|ii!n?d. "<)h. yes." was the rep'.y"play ni_rK#<i
with Mr. Qaacbony'a nama sent back to owa? foar
months hko. as soon aa found!" illousehoid \v oroa.
THE TRIRCSE COAL FCSD.
Af*KNlWVl.ElH_MKNTSI
ln ni?m..rl.?m. ,100
A. K l .?. _
ln BMNBSry ef Mrs Mlnnle M. i*.iry...... '"'"'
Mrs. ." H Haeker, Poii Orun?e, Klorld*. 8BBS
?j ? h.::::::: (fi
< v >.. ? ? ? , k,
Prevlooal] ____owlarlfls< .
Total. Psbraarj n>. IBM. >.?.."..r-.i*
i'i, t. and Includlng > sterdaj Th*.Trlbuaa uml
Kund had dlatrlbuted Lld'.. tone nt ***"' ?2?_1
tfW of tha ino.-.t dvatJt.ita and deaerving famioaa
of ihts clty.

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