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I ''? Sf Out of the curious mixture of petty an,.
! ' IB1' tnMltlesto the Now York Republican or-
f lip gmnlcstlon on tho part of alleged Rcpubll-
;H can newspapers wo extract this shallow
iBli ttentlment from tho New York Press:
I i' H szsW " " TI0U 0 f"n' wt0 ' ts absoluts matter
I ' IfsBs ths Republican organization of New York, wlllde-
I ' 'e leH: lde what Republicans will do regarding Mr.
I OB' Lo,r-"
I i IB" Thl ' tb w7 " Ioo1ca to oi9erTora Trh
I w llt hare lost their partisanship, and who, look-
I i iili:i 8 through Mngwump spectacles, see
1 !?'-llUt nothing but a, boss, whether It be Skth
I l? K Jlow In the Citizens' Union or Tuomas C.
I IB5 Platt amonfc the Republicans.
I F ! B Instead of Mr. Platt being a supreme
I '''-' B' boas ln tuls mat'tcr' he Is governed by a
I i IfMl power which doesn't consider his per-
I 'hlj aonal preferences, or hang upon his dellbero-
1 ' ' 1 B' ttona aa to whethor or no to enroll the Ho-
I I B publican organlratlon as a member of tho
I I M B Cltliens' Union. Mr. Pultt Is a rery ablo
i B man and a very great politician ; but as tho
I ! S; i '; New York loader of the Republican party,
I 1 ' iB ae ' bound to Bee tll,lt tlmt PnrtT ,s rcpro-
I ? H'"' Dented as usual In the Important election
' S H BOOn to occur In "ow York rvntl thnt "a
I ' fi ticket Is duly entered In the race. Tho Re
al ij' IB- publican leader In Mr. Platt's place would
I ! ' B"s havo the same right to Indorse tho ticket
' f' IB'"1 of Tammany Hall, tho representative of
I I 'B De cb,cafi platform, that he would to In-
iB.'' dorse the ticket of the Citizens' Union,
' 'B-- taore than anything else the fruit of Mug-
J. S' tmtnp venom against the Republican plat
m -j, !B i form and party. If tho Republican organi-
fBl nation should Indorse tho Citizens' Union
B '1 'B' platform, It would at onco become irregular;
m w 'K " an there wouldn't be much delay ln the
1 J B appearance of another organization to take
I " B Ita pioce
I J v imt "1 In this country a party's name and power
I j;. ! " are no man's property, to glvo to an appll-
I I 5 $M , cant that pleases him.
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at t " '' " Prsldont SIcKlnloy's MossaRO to
'Bm ' Spain.
K It ! ' ' Gen. WooDFonD has arrived at San Sebas-
t 'Wt ttan, the summer capital of Spain, and
m I im ' xrlthin the next ten days, very probably,
B If ''' the Spanish Government will be In posses
I ; ! B olon of part, if not all, of tho views and
K '' I lv - purposes of President McKinley's Admin-
'-B"i " '-lstratlon with respect of tho island of Cuba.
B ilB e i&Btructlons which Minister Woon
B "lt:iD VOnD has received from the State Depart
B ap ment are among the most important ever
' 5 vBl'' framed by the executive branch of the Gov
t iiBT emment, and the message ho has to deliver
B ' i iBl ' " tD0 accen'c( forms of politic and
B i iJkBBi 'punctilious diplomacy is without doubt
B JME cno ' tno BrTesi which the Now "World
B Tsb uu 0Ter sent to the nation that was once
B f'flB tbe master of more than half the
B Sr continent. Placed in even the most
B a Hl'' favorable light, so far as Spain is
B :; Blf concerned, It will bo an unwelcomo
B i jraB communication for her to receive, deroga
B C ifH.: tory to her dignity, humbling to her pride,
B iBli wounding to her self-esteem, but in our dc
B X 'JBm fence and justification as the head of the
B I i" ;,r American system of States and In the In
B I WK terests of outraged humanity we bad no
K 1 tBV alternative but to send it. To remain
K ' !Uk' ny loDKer insensible to the suffer
Bj' ; i'B; Ings of a heroic people, struggling for
B MK liberty, to persist In keepingour eyes closed
B i IWrni on tne scenes of almost savage butchery,
B I,, i'lEll ' perpetrated daily on an island nearly
B i Ills within sight of our shores, would be to
B ' 1 9m place ourselves on the same level of inhu
B '' lUi montty with the brutal Weyi.ku, and to
LB IibB- consent to share in tho infamy bo has
BJ I IjB;"' earned as one of the most bloodthirsty
B :' IlBt tyrants of all time.
B' JB Our diplomatic relations with Spalnbave
B ftllBr been, as a rule, of a tempestuous character.
B lEflv - scarcely begun our life as a nation
B EB' when the Government of that country, ln
B? "ABb' Its traditional greed of power and commcr-
B l pBj -"" 'a monopoly, sought to encroach upon our
B '?-!? territory and to deny our Just right to the
B ilflK. free navigation of tho Mississippi River
B IBM'' except on conditions that would have
B ' FBl been onerous and oppressive on our trade.
B Bri 60 grievous were the wrongs then Inflicted
BE EkBI' on a portion of tho colonies that they were
Wtf WM B' almost forced to submit to the tyrannical
B hI Bl claims of Spain and to abandon the uavl-
Bb l IBaB' (jatlon of the great river for a period of
B ' SliBll' ' twenty-five or thirty years. Tho proposi-
H I'llll tlon almost divided the colonies into two
B' PH? confederations, with tho New Kngland
B !' States, New York, Pennsylvania, and New
H 1JB(J'; Jersey on one sldo and Virginia, North
H BBk ftnd 6Puth Carolina, Maryland, Georgia,
B' I'bI? Bn ,Tuat was then vaguely called tho
B' iVli " Western country on the other. It was the
B" ivn ' Cr9t Berlous co,llct of rival interests
B' sBt ' among the colonies and put their union un-
Bf 'I' derthe confederation In tbogravest peril.
B- 1 j , .The question was still open and Irrl-
B -B 1 tatlng when Washwoton became Pres-
Bt; ' 'M ' tdent. Spain, ln the Insolence, of her
B ' m power, had yielded nothing and refused to
Bb ' m i- "make any concession except on her own
Rv V'Mm terms. To Thomas Jepi'uison, as Sctro-
B EitiB " ' tary of State, fell tho task of maintaining
BK9 HI i the American side of the controversy, and
bB'B KM tho splendid ability with nhlch he present-
BkB mfl l , d thocaseln his luminous letterof lnstruc-
KB I'Sl ' " tlohs to Messrs.CAnMicjiAEL and Shout, our
B(B rlt Commissioners to negotlutoa treaty with
BW-B m ' Spain, is a monument of his learning and
Bkx 1 ''! '' 'atatesmunshlp. Hut beforo Sjialn entered
By H s M '"'liifo'tt satisfactory arrangeniLut with us on
Bw 1 1 im ' thut Important question, luvolvlngtlieprog.
B. $ ' m "C the security, and peihaps even the
Bp-H-'8 - fidelity qf Jba weatTti part of-the Unbrr,
BW" &!- '" Jbffbiison was compelled thus topreseut
BB'1 M ! ' 1 ' tbe "ln"ed and to tho Spanish King:
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K, 9 : ?( j "Wo lOTe and ws Talus paacai wo know Iti bl-
H s ' ' ! ' '"' frora ePrlucei unmrddllug with the affaire of
BL B ' ' 1 1 oll",r natlona, we had lioprd that our dlntjui.e aud
BV jB ? m ' dlipoiltlona would liavo left ut free. In trio ex
B'.' B all oPe and todulKeuie ot peace with all the
BRB ' It ' -world. We had with tlncero and particular rtli
BS(t!' poalttom, courted and culllvatrd Ilia (rlrndthlp
BiHi .' J ot Spain. Cherlibliiir the wni aentlinenta, we
BBEBll iB hao ohoun to aicrlba tho unfriendly linlnu-
BBKBnlil " atlom of the Spaulih Commlsilonrra, In their
H nl . luttrcourae with the (lorernmcnt ot tho Uullr.l
K n ' Itati-a. to the peculiar iharacter of the wrltrra, and
bV-'- 3 &B . toremova tho caunn from them to their aomlgn. In
BV' 1 1 H whoe Jiullco and lo of pears we have confidence.
HKv V'l itMal ! f "" ara dliappoluttd In this arneal, It we are to be
B) M : tBri forced Into a oonlrar order of thlngi, our
BnK II hm, w'1"4 u md up' wa ,b" mct " wih flrm'
BK I f-il'l "'"" rh MC!,J o' 0' poaltlon will aupor-
HRS I llt " ap(al to calculation now, aa It taa done
BK I ' Bf .'"' U"M' w oooae In our own ttremth,
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wlBiont eoafUsc,ot Hi w ratpeel a 0 ethon,
without fearliui It. tf Spain ohooeee. to oonalder oor
telMefenoe atalnat aaraie bntcheTj aa a eanae ot
war to her, we mnat neet her alao In war. with re
tret but without feari and wa ahall be happier to the
laat moment to repair with her to the tribunal ot
peace and reaaon."
What a precedent tho last Democratic
President could have found ln dealing
with Spain on the Cuban question ln this
resolute action ot Jsmntsort I Had it been
followed, there would have been at least
ono achievement worthy of patrlotlo re
membrance ln those long four yean ot
national disaster and political failure and
humiliation. President MoKiklst la In
deed fortunate ln having such a predecessor.
The Fictitious and tbe Heal Cam
paign. Tho Republican City Convention is to be
held on the 28th of September. The date
for tho Tammany convention has not yet
been Axed, but It will probably be a few
days later.
About four weeks still remain, therefore,
before tho serious campaign will begin ln
New York1, and meantime Mr. Sbth Low
and his Citizens' Union will have tho field
to themselves. If there is anybody ln New
York who wants to hear anything more
about Low after the town has had his
name and singular virtues dinned Into Its
ears for more than three months, doubtless
tho young chaps ot the Citizens' Union will
be eager to gratify the strange desire.
Only four weeks more of tho flummery of
the Low monomaniacs and then we shall
get down to hard political sensel
What, by the way, does the candidate of
tho Citizens' Union stand for, except, of
course, his own moral sublimity Ho was
put up on Wednesday by a Httlo committee
of bosses, but no precise platform ot princi
ples and Issues was provided for him to
stand upon. Several months ago the Citi
zens' Union made a general address to the
public, which might have served as an apol
ogy for a platform, but It was not brought
out Into the light on Wednesday. The
bosses were in such a hurry to nominate
Mr. Low, ln their assumed character as ar
biters of tho political situation, that thoy
forgot all about the usual procedure of put
ting a candidate on a definite platform.
They nominated Setu Low simply because
be Is Setii Low, and because, they boss the
Citizens' Union and are crazy to have a finger
in the political pie. The most distinguish
ing feature of tho address was Its studied
exclusion of tho Republican party and the
supreme and distinctive Republican Issue
from tho campaign It proposed to conduct.
It called for recruits, saying that It mat
tered not whether they were Republicans,
gold Democrats, or silver Democrats, so
long as they voted for Its ticket.
In an accomnam ine declaration of prin
ciples It made a square bid for the social
istic vote, proposing or suggesting a scheme
of expenditures which would bankrupt tbe
city. Tammany, probably, will go It ono
better In such demagogy, and when the
campaign actually begins will have no
difficulty ln smashing ln short order
tho paper machine the Citizens' Union
has constructed in tho tenement houso
districts with labor so prodigious the
hot summer through. The hope of di
verting to Low a large part ot the Bryan
lte vote, which the Citizens' Union has
been cherishing so fondly during all these
months, is a fantastic dream. Those peo
ple will not go over to Low, who represents
a social atmosphere and a theory of life
wholly obnoxious to them. Tammany can
knock out the Citizens' Union easily and
quickly in the very strongholds where
Low's sentimental backers flatter them
selves he is strongest.
Mr. Setii Low has been put ln nomina
tion by his political agents, but he stands
for nothing in vital principle. If he makes
a campaign during the present month, It
will have to be on his own superior good
ness alone, usually not an engaging sub
ject for human nature as It runs. Not
until next month will begin the really Im
portant campaign on grave and substan
tial issues. It will be a hot fight between
tho Republican and the Democratic parties
strictly, and If Air. Low stays In the field
during October, he will have to go by him
self to fight his windmills.
Mr. Mulhall on Our Paciflo States.
From time to time we have directed at
tention to the papers on the progress of tho
United States which Mr. Miciiael G. MtJL
ham., a well-known British authority on
statistics, has contributed to the North
American Review. Tho September num
ber of that periodical contains the fifth and
concluding articlo of the series, in which
tho growth of the Pacific States, compar
atively overlooked In Europe, Is shown to
bo more amazing than that ot any other
portion of the Union.
It is common to think of the wealth of
the Pacific States as due almost exclusively
to mining. This was true enough during
tho fifties; down to 1807 the diggings
yielded gold to tho annual value of $00,
000,000, and but little heed bad been paid
an yet to agriculture. Mr. Muliiaix esti
mates that tho value ot tho precious metals
extracted between 1840 and 1804 was
nearly $3,000,000,000. The annual prod
uct of precious metals in tho Pacific States
since. 1800 has been upon tho average
50 tons of gold and 1,800 tons of silver, to
gether worth $100,000,000. Nevertheless,
the mines of tho eleven Pacific States were
far from constituting in 1800 the principal
component of their wealth. The mines, in
deed, were only valued in that year nt
$044,000,000 out of an aggregate wealth of
$0,811,000,000. Farms In the some year
were credited with $1,313,000,000, houses
with $2,050,000,000,rail ways with $1,070,
000,000 and sundries with $028,000,000.
Of railways in 1805 tho Pacific States had
23,80()miles. Mr.MULHAl.L polntsoutthat
no other part of tho world possesses so much
Iron track ln proportion to tho population,
there being ten yards of railroad to each
Inhabitant. There Is no parallel, either, to
tho Iiiereaso of wealth which has taken
place in theso States. In twenty years
wealth has multiplied niuefold, and
whereas, during that Interval, tho annual
Increment of vvealth for tho whole Union
did but nverage $30 per Inhabitant, the ac
cumulation in the Pacific States was $100,
or four times as much. Nobody tbinksof the
PaclUc States as manufacturing centres. As
a matter of fact.howoer.ln 1800 tho num
berof operatives was 102,000. and tho out
put was worth $300,000,000. Tho valuo of
the manufactures produced yearly Is equal
to $110 per Inhabitant, against $141 in the
Piuirio States. As for foreign commorco,
thu fm t Is noted that the shipping entries
hao doubled in twenty years at San Fran
Cisco, which, from the commeiclal view
point, is now tho fourth city In the Union,
taking rank next after Philadelphia. In
population it has already outstripped New
Orleans and Cincinnati.
It lain agriculture that the most surprls
Ing progress has been made by the Pacific
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States, although the expansion of the are
of Improved land under farms does not yet
keep pace with the growth of population.
The number of Improved acres has, never
theless, trebled In twenty years, having
risen from 8,100,000 acres In 1870 to 23.
020,000 In 1800. Mr. MrMIAM. observes
that the new farms established in the In
terval cover a superficies equal to that of
Holland and Belgium put together. The
annual production of grain per Inhabitant
was ln 1803-00 no less than 1,700 pounds,
and that of meat 440 pounds. No part
of tho Union has such abundant herds
and flocks; If horses, cattle, sheep,
and pigs bo considered collectively,
there aro 8 head to each Inhabitant, as
compared with 3 In the Pralrlo States,
and less than 3 ln the Union at large.
Tho annual valuo ot farm products Is
computed approximately at a little less
than $300,000,000, which gives an aver
age of $13 an acre, as against $0.00 ln
tho Pralrlo and $14 In tho Mlddlo
States. If wo accept tho formula that a
ton ot meat Is equal to 8 tons ot grain, It
appears that tho labor ot each farm hand
Is equivalent to 30 tons ot grain In tho
Paciflo States, 22 In tho Prairie, 7 In the
Southern, and 8 In the Eastern States, tho
average for the whole Union being 14 tons
per hand. The superior productivity of tho
Paciflo States Is attrlbutablo ln part, no
doubt, to fertility, but ln part also to the
fact that tho farms In these States aro
much larger and the number of acres to
each farm band much greater than else
where. Wo remark, finally, that In tho
Paciflo States there is an Immense field for
agriculture as yet undeveloped, only 0 per
cent, of their superficies bolng under farms,
even Including the unimproved portion ot
the forms, whereas the farming area of tho
Union Is 20 per cent, ot tho country.
Statistics are usually accounted dry, but,
to Mr. MrMAiL, tho figures relating to
our Paciflo States recount a story as mar
vellous as any Arabian talo. Almost all ot
them have sprung Into existence slnco 1800;
yet, viewed collectively, they possess moro
miles of railway than any European coun
try, except France or Germany, and their
wealth exceeds that of Sweden, Norway,
and Denmark combined. It Is evident,
moreover, that the Pacific States aro but on
the threshold of their development, for,
while they constitute 40 per cent, of the
area of tho Union, their Inhabitants form
but 0 per cent, ot tho total population.
Did They Build Better Than They
Knew ?
Concerning the evolution of section 22
ln the new tariff law, our contemporary, the
Journal of Commerce, remarks:
Tbx Scr mUapprehende the effect of the Finance
Commlttee'a omlsalon of aectlon 10 from the Dtngley
hill aa It reported tt to the Senate. -The Finance
Committee,' aaja Ttue Bo, 'had recommended that
the entire aectlon be stricken out. The Senate on
Jnlj 8 dUasreed to thla amendment proposed by tho
Finance Committee. It retained what was section 16
of the nonae bill, but on motion of Senator Allisoi
made an amendment striking ont the words "or any
act ot Congress."' This ta not exactly what hap
pened." It happens to be exactly what did happen.
The Congressional Record for July 3 shows
on page 2,600 that it Is exactly what hap
pened: "The reading of the btll was resumed. The next
amendment of the Committee on Finance was, on
page 807, after line 24, to strike out section 16, aa
followa:
"'8icTios 16. That a discriminating duty of ten
percent ad ralorem. in addition tn tbe duties Im
posed by law, shall be levied toll.ted. ant paid on
all goods, wares or merchandise which shall be Ira
ported la Teasels not of ths United Mates, but this
discriminating duty shall not apply to goods, wpres
and merchandise wnlch shall Ih, Imported In vess Is
cot of the Cnlted Mate, entltli d by treaty, or any
act of Congress, to be entered tn the ports of tbe
United States on raTment of tho same duties as shall
then be paid on cuk1s wa-es and merchandise Im
ported In vessels of the United States.'
" Mr, Aluso-v I ask that ths amendment proposed
by tbe committee may be disagreed to
" The Vici PnxsioiiT Without objection, it la dis
agreed to
Hh ALLisof I mors to amend the section by strik
ing ont ths words ' or any act of Congress In Una 6.
"TbkVici PitxaiDisT The amendment proposed by
the Senator from Iowa will be statsd.
"TnaSr.CRiTBT-On psgs 20B. section 19, line 6.
after the word 'treaty,' It la proposed to strikeout
the words 'or any act of Congrrss.'
" Thi Vici Pmsideit The question Is on tbe amend
ment proposed by the Senator from Iowa.
"The amendment was agreed to."
Continuing, our esteemed contemporary
remarks:
"Nor did what happened hare any such purport aa
appears to be understood by The Stn when It says of
tbe action on section 16- 'The Senate had Just refused
to repeal that part of the existing law which was
embodied In section In ot the ningley btll as It cams
from the nouse. The discriminating duty of ten per
cent had been deliberately retained for future use
fulness,' It made absolutely no difference whether
section 16 were retained or omitted, because tho re
pealing aectlon of the bill was changed accordingly.
Tbe blngley bill awept off tbe statute book a quan
tity of legislation affecting commerce and then re
enacted It In the original language; this sremed to
tbe Senate Finance Committee unnecessary, and they
left out of the Dins-ley bill section 16 and other sec
tions, and also left out the provisions repealing the
corresponding sections on the statute book."
Tho Journal of Commerce Is undoubtedly
right In Its statement of the motive Im
pelling the Senate Finance Committee to
propose the omission of section 1(1, after
ward section 22, and also of the reason why
Senator Allison, on July 3, asked to have
the section retained, with the slight change
of language noted above. But our esteemed
contemporary misses our point, which has
little to do with the attitude of the
Finance Committee on tbe general question
of retaining tho ten per cent, differential in
the statutes. Even when the object of tho
committee's recommendation to strike out
section 10 was strictly technical, that
Is, designed to prevent repetition of
tho samo legislation, the proposition
put broadly ond squarely before tho
Senate tho opportunity to agrco to the
proposed amendment and thus to repeal
the law and abolish tho discriminating
duty, so far as tho Senate's action could go.
Tho question of retaining or abrogating the
differential was at that time beforo tho
Senate, open to debate and decision then
and there, as much as any question of legis
lative policy can be before tho Senate. The
Scnato decided not to repeal section 10, and
section 10, afterward numbered as section
22, was safeguarded In conference com
mittee and rendered effective Instead of Im
potent, in tho manner which the country is
now discussing.
"This Is a reproduction of the act of 1804
and tho act of 1800," said Mr. Allison, re
ferring to another section concerning which
tho parliamentary situation was precisely
the same. " We thought Inasmuch as the
law Is in existence it was not worth while
to repeat It here, but after further exami
nation we think for safety It Is well to re
peat It." The intention of tho Finance
Committee and of the Senate was to pre
serve tho ton percent, differential for future
usefulness.
The process of bringing that measure Into
practical operation for tho benefit of the
American merchant marine has gone on
rapidly of late. Tho Scnato retains tho
differential duty when it had an opportuni
ty to eliminate It. Mr. Allison, for the
Finance Committee, reduce the limit of
exceptions by moving to strike out the
words "or any act of Congress,1 and tho
Attorney-General Is now considering the
legal effect ot that change. Tho conference
commltteo adds tho clause which will pro
Tent tho evasion of the differential duty by
landing goods at Halifax or Montreal or
Vera Cruz or Vancouver and transporting
them Into the United States by rail. Ap
parently nothing but the abrogation of the
treaties of exemption Is lacking now to
give full forco to the ten per cent differen
tial as a discriminating duty In favor ot
tho American flag on the seas.
We repeat what the national platform ot
the Republican party has to say upon this
Important subject :
We favor restoring the early Amerloan poUcyof
discriminating duties for the upbulldln of ourmer
ohant marine and the protection ot onr shipping tn
the foreign oarrylng trade, so that American ehtpe,
tho produot of American labor employed In American
shipyards, sailing under the 8tara and Stripes, and
manned, offloered, and owned by Americana, may re
gain the carrying ot our foreign commerce."
Has everybody been Ignorant of the mean
ing of tho successive steps toward the ful
filment of tho Republican platform's prom
Isol Then tho legislators concerned have
bulldod better thon they knew.
Sir. Iiow's Two Reslfinntlons from the
Republican Party.
We observe defenco of Mr. Smri Low. a
candidate for Mayor of New York, tn re
gard to his retirement from the Repub
lican party in 1888. Although Mr. Low
did withdraw from his party at tho time,
giving tho protection plank as a reason,
his second and more recent resignation
merits much greater consideration.
The Republican party Is again In power
on the platform from whloh Mr. Low with
drew nlno years ago. Moreover, this time
tbe Republicans, through tho passage of
another Tariff act, havo lifted business out
of a pitiable stato of demoralization on to
a level ot stability and repose, where tho
public is again happy and Industrious.
Tho entire country feels tho thrill of
prosperity. It Is living ln the hope that
the party Identified with tho preserva
tion of tho national credit and social
order, against the most portentous organ
ization for their destruction tho world has
ever seen, may bo so strengthened through
out tho Union that the dangers now threat
ening the nation may disappear. Yet, In
spite of this situation, Mr. Low has lately
published a second resignation from tho
Republican party.
On Juno 7 he wrote to the Citizens' Union
that ho was for Its platform, a heteroge
neous collection of Mugwump and so
cialistic fancies based on tbe idea that the
Republican party should have no part ln
the administration of the Greater New
York. While the national party of good
credit and good order Is keeping up the
fight and looking with peculiar anxiety to
tho result In New York, Mr. Low has
stepped out again and joined a movement
directly hostllo to it.
Even If Mr. Low had not retired from
his party in 1888, bis separation from the
Republicans for the Impending momentous
conflict makes him utterly impossible as
the Republican candidate.
September 1.
Septcmbcropened auspiciously ln the en
larged New York.
Sept. 1 marks tho beginning of the com
mercially Important oyster season ln New
York, and it is encouraging to know, on
tho authority of oystcrmen and fishermen,
proverbially veracious, that not in many
years has tho local oyster crop been so large
and ot such high standard and fine flavor.
In tbe field of commercial Industry Sep
tember opens well, with dollar wheat an
established fact, and an enormous and in
creasing foreign market for American
cereal products, of which New York Is the
great shipping point.
Sept. 1 marked the conclusion of the three
mouths of summer, during which the city
of New York has happily escaped epidemics
of all kinds and tho death rato of the town
has been lower and tho sanitary condition
of the city better than over before.
Tho tax rato upon real estate and per
sonal property ln New York is not exces
sive this year, and the collections ot taxes,
which will bo begun at tho close of this
month, will exceed $40,000,000. They will
bo mado under business conditions more
satisfactory than at any timo since 1802.
Tho divergences of opinion In the Police
Board between the Commissioners of Police
and the Chief of Police, between tho Chief
of Police and tho head of the Detcctlvo
Bureau, and between tho Commissioners
of Police and the precinct commanders,
which have made difficult the performance
of necessary police, duty, seom now to bo
ended by the retirement of tho former Chief
of Police and by a readjustment of the
"commands" ln tho department, which
promises a larger degree of efficiency and a
diminished amountof friction in tho future.
Now York has enjoyed during tho month
of August exceptionally Invigorating
weather, and Its continuance will make the
more Irresistible the attractions of the
town for those of Its citizens remaining
within Its limits or who are Impatient to
return to It from the country.
September opened auspiciously In every
part of the great and glorious territory
which, on and after Jan. 1, 1808, will
be tho Greater New Yorkl
Spain's 27,000 Men,
The autumn programme of the Madrid
Government is to call out 80,000 reserves,
of whom half will bo sent abroad, 27,000
to Cuba and 13,000 to the Philippines.
Spain could hardly do less than this In
order to keep up the hopes of her people for
the campaign In Cuba that Is to follow the
rainy season. And yet tho contrast between
this new contingent and tho host which she
prepared to send out a year ago, and which
she did send out, Is striking. She Intended
then to put down the rebellion by what
seemed an overwhelming force, and It Is
admitted that, first aud last, she has em
ployed, ln round numbers, 200,000 men.
Yet It Is seen how little this prodigious
army has accomplished. The Insurmount
able difficulties with which Spain contends
nre tho almost Impregnable, natural de
fences of Cuba, Its proximity to tho United
States, from which arms and all other
supplies can easily bo sent to tho rebels,
aud, above all, tho unconquerable spirit
of the patriots, whose cry is indepen
dence or extermination. In a former war
they fought ten years, with fewer re
sources, and Spain could not now stand
tho drain for halt that tlmo, even should
our country hold aloof.
The new quota of 27,000 men Is therefore
thrown Into a hopeless struggle. At best
It will only repair some of tho ravages In
tho Spanish ranks. The patriots who did
not quail beforo 200,000 foes will not bo
troubled by tho added 27,000. If Spain is
wise she will listen to the proposals that
Gen. Woocroan is to make, and Instead of
sending mora men to perish In Cuba will
call bock those that aro there.
At no tiros rlurtafr these thirteen .years have
Trm Sen's attacka on Mr. CLinuxn taken the form
of attacking him for hit f aulta Boston Dally Adver
tiser. Will onr esteemed contemporary kindly specify
and catalogue the faults which The Scrchaa
been so nogllgent or so abort-sighted as to oror-
Innkl
That centre-shaking thunder- &ap of war,
the lion. James Rodomont Sovereign, la heard,
undeafened by his own reverberations, exclaim
ing: "Let tho referendum bo enthroned." No
body can venerate ths referendum, duly yokod
with the initiative, moro than we do. In tome
parts of western Kansas tt Is used as a euro
for earache, and ths Hon. Rqorjjcn Cnnn of
Kentucky was muoh helped by it last
yoar when he was suffering from somnla
while trying to road the Democratlo cam
paign book. The moro name initiative and
referendum suggests Homo vale of magical
dark mysteries whero Populists, turned Into
chestnut trees, sough mournfully with loaves
on which aro printed tho speoches of Jerry
SmrsoN. The Inltlatlvo and referendum do
sorva not only a throno, but a table, on which
it should be laid by a grateful pooplo. But
why enthrone the initiative and referendum at
this timet Mr. Sovemcion is dangling his feet
from tho Intellectual throne, a globe of dongh
ln one hand and a sceptre of lath ln the other.
Why should he be made to slide off t
There are other ablo and high-minded
Republicans besides District Attorney Olcott,
bnt, if he should be eventually his party's can
didate for Mayor of New York, there will be
made to elcci-bia: onacl.t'ii rcof t.lnsplred snd
determined campaigns ever known ln this city.
Yon can almost hear the wild whirlings
of the cerebral convolutions of the Binghamton
Herald as, with still unuttered and nnntterable
wisdom seething in it. It expels this tremendous
chunk:
" These are the days when political organliatlons
are meeting with a deal of trouble. The people, aa a
whole, have grown alck and tired ot the domination
of political machines."
Know, solemn brooder by the Susquehanna,
that the only kind ot political organizations and
machines which makes tho people sick and gets
into troublo is the hypocritical and braien kind
which, under the pretence of being non-polltlcal,
wallows ln tho meanest petty personnl poli
tics, and tries to build up a machine
ot Its own, while ranting against tho polit
ical machines which are a necessity of
a well-ordered political party. Pretenders,
sneaks, amateurs, and lncapables may or
ganlzo tbe best they know how and roll their
eyes In satisfaction at their own merits and
Insult the men who do skilfully and successfully
the work of politics; but there Is no real cohe
sion among them. Spites, vanities, and hum
bugs cannot persuade or bamboozle any sensi
ble community. These coteries of clumsy self
advertisers soon break up and are resolved Into
the original Inane.
The first part of the Citizens' Union
bunco gams has been played. After inducing
thousands of people to express their favor for
Mr. Low's nomination under the light of his de
sire to boa "unifying forco," the Citizens' Union
has nominated him Independently and in defi
ance of all other organizations. The rest of tho
gatno will be played by Mr. Low, if ho plays.
Will he accept tho nomination so thickly
wrapped in humbug and imposture t
A curious case of chronic Mugwumpery Is
rapidly developing in tho Hartford Courant.
The Ron. Joscrn It Hawlev may not edit the
paper, but we advise him to prescribe.
Columbia University is In nn astounding
situation. Will she continuo to bo served by
the President whom she has honored, or, after
having been used to further his political am
bition. Is she to be cast off like a drab I
And pending Mr. Low's decision of this ques
tion, what Is the effect, upon Columbia's stu
dents, ot Mr. Low's apparent desertion of tbe
vital principles championed by tho Republicans,
at tho Invitation of a half crazy socialistic band
who want him to bo their candidate for Mayor I
The old oracles were In verse, and much
oil and Grceklsh wine the temple poets must
have spent ln pollshlnit them. In tho Cornhtll
Magazine Mr. Komcnd Gobsk has a poem ln
which occurs this stanzn, seemingly prophetic
of ths Issue of tho political campaign in this
town, and only not oracular because clear:
" Perchance amid the roar and crack
Of starting beams we yet ahall stand;
Perchance our Idola shall not lack
Deep burial In the shtf t'ng sand."
The crack and smash of tho Mugwump shrine
seem here to be prefigured. You hear tbe mad
Mollahs ot tho C. U. howling very plteously.
Through the sand Is visible but a fragment of
what seems tbe vesture of a little god or a tat
tered college gown.
"I am for the candidate who is nominated
by tho Republican Convention." said Sheriff
Bctttuno, Mr. Jacob Worth's first lieutenant
in Brooklyn. That is a very praiseworthy
sentiment, but Sheriff ECTTI.INO would have
been far more admirable If ho had not joined
Mr. WoRTit ln promoting the Low candidacy
of diroct and implacablo antagonism to the Re
publican candidate and to Republicanism.
Once more has the Hon. Warner Mil
ler of Herkimer fallen before tho Hon. Trrus
SnEaRD, ouco bis dearest and nearest political
frlond. Titus has carrlod Little Falls and
fifteen out of twenty towns. The Hon. War
ner Miller Is ot comely aspect, but, like the
Hon, Frank IIiscock of Syracuse, he has a re
markable gift for falling Into tho rear rank of
tho political procession.
Mr. Low has been a party to a shameful
Mugwump disturbance of the campaign against
Bryanism. He can still make partial repara
tion by a prompt retirement from the movement
and by a refusal of ths Citizens' Union nomination.
The misconduct of the Park Board ln
other dlrectionr must not bo permitted to ob
scure the fact that. In Its defence of Battery
Park against Injuries from that subterranoan
absurdity, the rapid transit tunnol, it Is wise,
publio spirited, and entitled to the thanka of
New York.
. A distinguished literary man of Kentucky has
invented a windmill, out of which lie expects to
make a fortune Hochtttir Cnlot Advtrtliir.
Who Is this distinguished literary man t Is It
not the Hon, Joseph Clay Stiles IlLAcunuRN I
President Rorison of tho Cleveland
Baseball Club Is quoted tn the Chicago Times
lierald as being in favor of a meeting !i Phila
delphia between tho "umpires, managers, and
Acid captains " to discuss the "discredit of tho
gnmo " and " methods of preventing a repetition
of the samo noxt yonr."
Why does not President RoniBON by himself,
if ho must act slngl) , enforce upon his own club
at once the certain romody that Is In bis hands I
Let liim forbid his captain or any of hlsplajcra
to sneak to tho umpire, and from the day that
he issues tho order the Clo eland nine will be
come a factor in the nocded reform.
Some Idea of tho fine point to which pint num
ran be drawn will m realised from the fait that
tbrra Is ha e been drawn, tw o of which can bo iwlat.
ed together and Inserted wlihlu tliu hollow of a
human hair, Arte Orleans Times Democrat.
Yot diminish the thinness of theso threads
a million times, and then abstract and make
a pure Idea of it, and, compared with tho
tenuity of tho newfangled moonshlno about
municipal non-partisanship. It Mill bo as Glto
VER Cle eland to a hair lino with tho hair and
lino both out off. In tbe matter of thlnnoas
platinum must yield to brass.
XBJS fSOPLX AUD TBX XOIf HOVE
MENT. A rirat for Best.
To mm Editor of Thk Son Sir : After four
years of hardship, caused by incompetent gov
ernment, tho country once moro awakens to the
fact that it la on tho eve of prosperity, and it s
to tho policy of the Republican party that the
hundreds of thousands who aro onco moro em
ployed ln the factories and mills that are start
ing on full time over the entire country ought to
bo grateful and In every local and national Is
suo glvo It its support.
We hear so much from the reform party of the
tax Imposed by the Republican party on tho
poor man.
If ths poor man would ponder over the fact
that the hardship of a high rato of duties, as on
Imported clothes, undergarments, hats for him
solf, Imported dresses for his wife, Imported
clothes for his children, is a myth, after all, bo
would realize how little be suffers from a pro
tective tariff and the benefit derived by all
wage earners. Every man working for a liv
ing ought to bo grateful to a party whose
policy, which has been In effect only a few
wcoks, openB almost every factory in tho United
States that bns been closed under the tariff re
form policy for years, and once moro brings hope
and Joy to tho firesides of the untortunato that
havo starved and despaired undor reform.
And with tbo return of better times we And
oursolvcs on the eve of an election when more
so-callod " reform " threatens to put Into power
tho nominee of Tammany Hall, which gave the
wago earners that blesslnr. tariff reform, and last
election was willing to give them free silver,
and oven now Is willing to give thorn the earth
If they will only elect Its ticket. These re
formers may say, and fools may believe, that
local politics has no bearing on national affairs:
but such Is far from tho truth. It any misguided
individual bellovcs that the party lnpowerdocs
not contribute groat strongtn ln a Presidential
eloctlonnnd is not a great assistance as far as
tho doctoral votes are concerned, he no doubt
lsjustlflod ln tho course ho pursuos.
But thoso that do think can see that the Re
publican party, now ln power. Is honest and effi
cient; thoy also know that prosperity has been
given by tho same party to the country, and
why should they not support It I
Its selt-rosoect ought not to allow It to accept
the dictation of any self-constituted reform par
ty, no mnttor under what name. It It will wait
and tbo Republican party sees fit to nominate
Both Low, It ought to have the support of every
body, not because it is Seth Low, but because
a party worthy of support has nominated blm.
But if a lot of malcontents, who In most cases
are old political hacks, to further thelrown ends
try to forco a candidate on them as tho Citizen
Roformora are doing, then it is tbe duty of the
Rcnublican party to Ignore them completely and
lot tbe people decide on the day of election
whether a straight Republican ticket will win
the day or wbolher the voters hanker after
mora reform. Commercial Traveller.
A Former Tammany Blaa ttaa Sltnatlsa.
To tbz F.Drroa or Tna Sen sir: The article by
"Manhattan" tn to-day s Su, "The Dreadful Cltl
iens' Union," la rerj comprehensive and logical, be
sides being true.
Has it not ooourred to those who have looked over
tbe names ot the Cltliens' Union list that they are
ths same familiar namea that wo have aeen Idollxlng
Cleveland r 1 have aeen no mention of that fact,
and It Is a fact, alnco ths Cltliens' Union really got
started. As ClevelandUm has proved ths worst thing
tbe country has aver suffered from, so will the Cltl
sens' Union people provs themselves to be the worst
enemies ths country ha svsr bad.
Mr name waa once enrolled by a friend ln thla
oause, and when they cams to me to have the enroll
ment confirmed I told th Interviewer Just what I
have now written, that ' tneae people, many of them
from good but mistaken motives, are doing the coun
try much harm, and are really ths worst enemies It
has had to cuntend with." The representative aaldi
'IIav I ask whom von nroDOas to auDDOrt?" I said.
"Certainly. Some man whose principles are well
enough known, and who has demonstrated hla bon
estv sufficiently to have a party behind him." "Oh I
Then you are a Piatt man." he said. "No," I replied,
"I am for a party man always; usually for Tammany
Hall In recent years, but tnls year I must support a
sound money candidate. Now let me predict that tbo
CltlsenV Union. If not Indorsed by the RepubUcana.
will not poll 1,400 votes tn this city."
That It would be suicidal for ths Republicans to In
dorse any t omblnatlou ticket la proved by the atatla
tlca ln very case except when alayor Strong waa
elected Mayor. If the Republicans will only nominate
a man on thelrown ticket, they can but loas about
1,400 of the poop's, whlls to ths tlcktt wilt come
many Tammany men. In a quiet way, far more than
enough to offset this paltry number.
If tne Republicans continue to emphaabxa ths gold
Issue. Tammany v. HI bars to taks a stand on the
question, and If the stand bs for gold, ths silver peo
ple will put a separate tlckst ln the field, wbl h will
poll twenty times ths votes of tho Citizens' Union,
this depleting Tammany's ranks. If. on tbe other
han , Tamn anr takes the sliver Issue aa Ita own. the
gold Ieinocrata wui go. aa they did last year some
few to the vote-In the air or stay-at-boms party, but
mostly to the Republicans direct
From every point of view, then, the Republicans
have everything to gain and next to nothing to lose
by putting Into the field a straight Republican, and tf
auchaman la nominated there la little doubt of hla
election by a big majority. XX.
Nkw Yoax, Sept. 1.
Tlie Treachery or Jake Worth.
To inr Editor or Tiik So Sir .- In view of the fact
that I am a Republican, I consider It my duty to
make aome response to the attack of that man
Worth. Mr. Piatt la too mnch of a gentleman to
recognise such an assault on hla character aa that of
Worth. Besides. Mr. I'latt knows that the very epi
thets flung at him are appropriate to Worth rather
to himself. Is not Worth a aneak himself and a liar
also, aa proved by his underhand treatment of the
Republicans of the Oreater New York ln cooperating
with a Tammany newspsper, the Journal treach
erous, anarchlstlo advocate ot dlaaenslon. riot, and
murder? In tbe vain hone nf gratifying hla personal
ambition to brcorue a la himself, he thinks tbat by
atanlng a new party called the "Clttzena' Union,"
composed of Mugwumpa. s lver Democrate. and a lot
of other fool who don't know to what party they
belong, he will defeat the only opposing power to hla
achemrs. by .assisting Tammany to regain Ita lost grip
on New York city.
Whit W ortb Is trying to do Is to defeat the Repub
lican party and create a party that he can boaa him
self. If Mr. Low permlu himself to become a party
to this nefarloua acneme. he lowers his name to that
of Worth and bis assoclatea.
Every Republican, and. In fact, srery person who
has any respect for hlmseif, should vote solidly for
the Republican party thla falL F. A. Rrriou.
Brooklyn, Aug. 31.
An Awrnl Thotscut.
To ras Editor or Tna Sen Sir: Do yon think it
has occurred to many of the gentlemen who havo
permitted tbe use of their names In support ot the
movement to nominate Seth Low for Mayor that If
he shoula be elected he would bs compelled to put
Into good and responsible placea every one of the aap
headed squirts who are running the Citizens' Union r
la not suth a thought i nough to give us pause? Do
wo not want men of the very hlaheat character, ca
pacity, and ability to take hold of the Important
work of formulating and tnltlatlng the a imlnlstra
tlon of the affairs of the new municipality ?
New York, Aug. 31. Joxixxt.
Setb Low s Wrecker,
To tik Editor or Tna Rus Sir : New Tork heard
Senator Tillman apeak last night. The oredlt of de
feating Tillman, Data, Altgeld. and Sovsrrlga tn ths
late national campaign belongs to ths Republican
party, True, loyal, patrlotlo Democrats united with
Republicans, and the victory waa complete and the
sun of prosperity begins to light the land.
It It directly contrary to tbe workings of human
nature to ask patriotic, partisan RepubUcana to aban
don their organization, their principles, and their
party, which dM ao much for the country In 1808,
and go, with hat In hand, with bended knee, with
low criHiked lan ulng, to the great Beth Low and tell
blm that the I Hal Republican parly Is bad, vile, aud
vicious, and not to be trusted.
The Hon Seth Low Is a wrecker: let him take the
reftponsiblllty f electlug a Tammany Maor, of aid
Ins llrianum, Tlllmanism. Debalsin. and Altgeldlsm
to urab the power aud patronage of Greater New
York.
Shall New Yor'.'s reputation surf, r In the good
opinion of the world because of tbe petty aptte of
tho llou.S.th Low, who could not say a word for
that wonderful, raagnetlo man, James O Blaine ?
Naw oek, hept. 1. Rei-ubucax.
Not Even Piatt Could Do It.
Torni Fnrrou of The Sen sir: The papers which
assume tbat It rests with Mr. I'latt alone to decide
whether the Rep Jbltcan City Conventl in shall "In
dorse " th nomination ot Seth Low do nut know the
Republican party. Neither Mr. I'latt nor Mr. Qulgg,
no leader and no follower, tould drive ths Republi
cans Into repaying lluu Is boapod upon their party by
accepting Hip tandl ate of tnelr bitterest foea and
iiu at pers stent detainers
RepiilllcaiM Ixdleu- In their party: they are proud
of Its hl.tor) . ki.d ti.i y are Jralous of Its honor, Klrst
of all, It Is because Mr I'latt shares and represents
that uab nilluK oj ally that helsthelrhonored It ader.
lie would not Insult Itepul II ans by propo.lng that
they should lie down tu the dust of buudllat on under
the eel of a pa k of spiteful Mugwumps, and that Is
why they follow blm. Ax OmoisaL ItirvsuciN.
llrimbllraus llou'l stand Low,
To th Editor or Tut, Sut-Sir; In connection
with the nomination of Mr. Beth Low for Mayor of
Oreater Now York by the Citizens' Association, I
wish to say there aro three persons In the store where
IamomplojrO who slgurd the petition forhls nomi
nation who will not Mile for Mm unlrs hU landlda
cy Is Indorsed by the n gulur Republican organization,
I presume this Is only mm case lu a thousaiid,
. ThCT w"ulrt rathi'r see Mr. Low beatoa than todlo
tats to the party whlcuhas fought the suciessful bat.
tleatbe past few years. UEiawe Heri.BUi.AK.
The 5Ilsrhlevaus Lm Movement.
To the FmToii or Tnri SvxSif Canyon kindly
Inform the people of this Greater New ork what
the pollc) and motives ot the CltlzenV I'nlou party
are? .Their avowed principles, ai truniieted forth,
aro the promotion ot home rule andhvneit govern-mt-nt
for our great metropolis, fmulng over tho
fact tbat bi'iue rule la secured by the very funda
mental unities nf the charter of Incorporation, huw
can that band provide honest govcrutsinlr Are the
members composing the committees of ttis iMIU B M
Citizens' Union Inospible of unlerstsnins H t
everybody knows, that the nomination of at, 7," T
psndentoandldate by them mint liteviiabir aimK '
the total number of honrst votes , , n , ,"
against Tammany, and divert a contirmoui SJ
broken, and Irresistible current, until U breaks leu
two weak, paltry, powerless stroamU is ""
I rep-at, sir. Editor, can you, can any one, outii. H
the policy of the Cltiicns' Union party Shall.! H
leave Itto the people to decide whether thry , ! ,
set ot ambitious. Inexperienced, foolhardy tioni. J.
or a clique or designing, demagogic si llish grasMT "
political villains, prepared to lay their intb t,
while, like the tyrant ot Athens, they point to th,ft & '
self Inflicted wounds? A District or onuL i
New Yore, Sept. 1. sal l
M f
Beth Un'i Uncomfortable Poslilen H ,
ToTnEEnrroBOFTnaBos Sir: I havenoldt,u Hj '
Bath Low will be In the canvass when It becomes hot H
next month. I have known him alnce he was a yogai B
man, and nothing could be more opposed to bJs gfl '
tastes, natural disposition, and tbe methods of pro. BJ i
oesdlng Instinctive with him than ths way h bu H
been forced into a nomination, or. perhaps, mors H
fitly, a nomination has been f ireed on him H
Mr. Low is by nature dellb rate and cool htiiti. tsai "
like his father beforo him. He Is a man dlsrxupd u
compose difficulties rather than to run siutborMt
Into them. He la not at all a radical, and ranmeti H
Is far from him. B
The Clttrena' Union baa driven Mr. Low Into a pott
tlon which must be uncomfortable for blm tn tho iut B
degree, and I do not believe It poaslble that he m H
remain In It to tm a target for ridicule, contcmi t, ut H
violent denunciation. He Is not ued to that sort of B
thing, having always hitherto lived amid estr-pm sal Bssl
general approval, and why should he submit htmseit H
to the ordeal simply to be crushed by It in the rat H
New York, Sept i. BKookUx M
O.V PAItTT LINES. H
vest ttte Mugwump Beta tbe Trite Issue. M
jrVom f Aa Staata Zeitung. BJ
We believe that Mr. Low will not find the situation BJ
according to his taste, and that, sooner or later, ha BJ
will refuse tbe nomination. Under the clroumatanoes, BJ
all signs show that the first Oreater New York ele BJ
tlon will be fought opon party lines, whereby the BJ
Democrats can only throw away thelrvlctory if they BJ
believe this victory Is certain and that they can offer BJ
any candidate to tho voters. HJ
ran nAnnixr expulsion. H
The Dsmecrata Mean nualaeas and Art IB
Against Sneaks. BJ
trout t As lazandrta Gazette. J IH,
Th Democratlo Committee of the State of Pennsyl Ifli
vaala has not only removed Mr. Harrlty from thdHJ
Chairmanship, bnt even from membership of thaflBa
committee. Tbat Is Just what It should have done WH
Indeed, It could, with reason, have done nothing elseBH
As atr. Harrlty opposed the national DemucratlBS
ticket and platform laat year, there was no aasuranoejBfl
that he would not do likewise with ths Stats tlcketHM
this year. If he war tbe right sort of a man hcjBfl
would have resigned bis place on the committee. Bjfl
JTrott f A NcuhvilU Banner. Bfl
Tne Popocrata ought to bounos Mr. narrlty. how-MBj
ever "regular" he may claim to be. But he will t BC
worth nothing to the sound money Democracy a Bf
long as he believes one way and votes another. vflw
Iron tho Cohooo Evening Doipatoh. Bj
The Democrats throughout ths country should ob- BJ
serve well the course adopted by the Pennsylvania BJ
Democratlo State Committee, and they shoild con- BJ
elude from It tbat the Democrats are proud and not BJ
aahamed of the policy which waa adopted by the par- BJ
ty at Chicago last year. The Pennsylvania Democrats BJ
have nailed tne party colors again at the top of ths H
mast. The ostracism of Mr. Harrlty was demanded, BJ
and the demand had to bs acceded to. BJ
JTrost f As .Bturaio Tinea. H
Ur. nanity has not been ln sympathy with ths BJ
principles ot the party of late, but Instead of getting BJ
out of the way and letting some man who was Is Bj
sympathy with them take hla place, he haa f ollov. td Hj
ths example of some In other States and stayed whe-s HJ
he waa not wanted, so aa to bs of use, no doubt, to HJ
those who are against the party and Ita principles HJ
He seems to havo been successful hitherto, how. Hj
ever, ln buncoing the Chairman of the National Com- Hj
mlttee. But ths Democrats of Pennsylvania are de- Hj
termlned to gat rid of a man who la only a hindrance Hj
to ths work of tho party In that State, and they bars H
rightly called upon him at last for bla resignation. Hj
JVom fas VTaaAfnafois Poat. H
Vt. Harrlty baa not been In harmony with the or- H
ganlzatlon ha pretends to represent ; Instead ot rec- H
ofnlzlng the sentiment and advocating tne purposes H
of his party, ha has been engaged ln an attempt is H
suppress that sentiment and to frustrate those pur- B
poses. This seexna to be a bad year for charlatans of Hj
every grade. H
row f As TTasAf'fwtois TTaies. l
So true Democrat will fall to applaud the course ot A
the Pennsylvania State Democratic Committee and fl
Convention ln declaring Mr. Harrlty 'a seat vacant, or 9
In Oiling tt with a tried and true Democrat, who A
fought tbe good fight of the late .campaign, honestly,,
earnestly and zealously.
Beth gjorn. Candidal A mend's Advice.
JVota f As Boohtlor of Aria.
Mr. Low haa certain characteristics of greatness
power, sedateness, calm, poiae and pose. Had hs
dons something great his pose would be ths more ao
oeptable. He has done very little to taks him ontot
the oommon. sxoept to bavs "aood things" thrust
upon him. It la his character which haa told, and his
" position" derived from his enormous wealth.
To be a pious son. a man ot nprlcht conduct, one
who In all personal relations Is a pattern accom
panied by so much wealth haa caused the ejei of
cltlzena to open ln admiration. Dr. Low la deserving
of honor by what be haa not done,
Bnt will hs maks the best alayor t Is there none
other equally qualified? Certain Citizens' Union
men go scurrying about shouting Dr. Low's name as
If there were no other pious sons or college gradu
ates In Oreater New Tork.
Be wary, cautious, far-seeing, vigilant, and circum
spect, oh ye clever cltlxsna who would bars your Pr.
Low or ruin I Host of you are college men hot
headed and eager with your honest reforms Some
of you wolves after fat salaries. Reformers or
wolves you will never succeed by crying up a man,
and not a platform. Go slow. Rememter your Muz
wnmp mistakes of the past. This la ths advice of
your friend, Tbe "Bicnrxos."
Arter the Law Nomination.
From the Journal, a promoter of it.
Mr. Low haa already forfeited the confidence of
many Democrats who are willing to sacrifice the In
terests of their own party to what they regard aa ths
good of the country.
Tits Drcradattea ar BaaebalL
Iron the Prorfdrno Journal.
Scarcely a day passes without a disgraceful scene of
aome tort being enacted on the professions! baset all
field. Either a " vile epithet," aa tbe reporters rail It.
Is Bung by an irate player at the umpire, or he Is mur
derously aasaulted by the crowd aa he leaves ths
grounds after ths game, or the contesting teams en
gage tn a free fight and have to be separated by ths
police. It baa sunk to a deplorable condition, v, hi a, H
as tn ths case of baseball. It becomes not only a purely H
professional affair, but breeds abuse and disorder H
frost tht Chicago Tlnee-Uerald. Bj
That urgent necessity for reform exists, if the na- IH
tlonal came la to be saved from degenerating to tre Bj
level of the cockpit and the prize ring, cannot t s I
denied by any ono who baa observsd ths recent lea- 9
dency of professional baseball. Bj
A Heavy Smoker Dead at 11 V. H
Iron the Philadelphia Preaa.
SORurrost. Aug. 81. Martin Moran died here to-day
at the age of 117. Ha landed In Philadelphia front
Ireland 03 years ago and walked with two compsn
Ions to Carbondals, where be lived for several rears
before coming to this locality. He waa a salooa
keeper the greater part of hla life, and was the
heaviest smoker at th "Notch," ths local name of
ths suburb In which hs lived. Up to two years sk
he could read his prayer book " as good as the prlrtl,"
as h put It, and he bad but one sys at that.
into Saved by Caw and Fowls.
From the Report of the Secretary of the Kantaa tours'
of Agriculture.
Added together, tbe year'a product from Ksniss
cows and fowls amounted In value to en.oiti.'.'T i or
a sum sufflclent to pay the entire Mate, counly a"1
city taxes of 1H98, with all tbe used approi rlnit
made by the Legislature for that year, aud still If"'
a balance which would build 200 very respe lsW
scboolhousea.
Twins Celebrate Their OBd lllrlhdaj.
JYom fAs mJfanapoJis Journal
I'ortlakp, Ind , Aug. SO. At Itldgetllletoinorro"
John and Rkhard McQrlff, tho oldesi twins th
United States-probably In tho world-nlli rt It t rate
tbelrnlnrty thltd birthday. They are tl.e - '
John audNcllloMcarirr, and were born lu lul I'
now Darke county, Ohio, Aug. HI, 1H0J.
For President, Mrs. Joarphlue K. Ilnirj
From the Illuc Qraaa, Kv , ll'titt
I nominate Mrs, Josephine K Hi nry , f ""
for President. In all that ranslltules tin. r ii al
greatest greatness Mrs. Josephine K Iienrr ! '
greatest human bslng In America, nor do I beU""
there It a greater person In th world.
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