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J1 m'fJsrF Replenish tho Treasury t
$ III, Tho deficit In tho revenuo of tho United
f- KsssvE' States for tho first five months of tho fiscal
EssEr cflT ' offlc'',r reported nt nearly $-10,-?''cfl?
OdO.000. It may bo reduced all ttlo during
M slflVit the present month, hut for tho first half of
IBf 000.000. At this rnto, It will amount, for
i'lK I tho whole year, to $00,000,000.
I:sfl!& 'Secretary Gage, it Is said, Is hopeful that
EKk i the rcTcnuo will so far Increase, after Jan.
iIHHk$ 1808' as to rcciuco tho threatened deficit
f&HI by July 1, 1808, to $26,000,000. To effect
h'HHW thla, revenue for the six months from
is'B-i" Jan 1 to July 1, 1808, must not only equal
IvR-i the expenses, which will require an Increaso
j&flHlg Inltof ?45,000,OOOoTorthorovenuoof tho
KsWflV first six months, but It must exceed thorn
ffii' by $20,000,000. Thus, to meot tho Sccro-
f, BHft ' tary's expectations, tho re vonuo for tho lost
&'& half of tho current flscal year will have to
J;HH4 bo $00,000,000 more than ltr has been
wflfljji during the first half. This Is possible, but
sK not probable.
iilK' '' '" truo iiiai' tbauks to President
plwr Cleveland's enormous bond Issues, and
it hIA to the receipts from tho salo of tho Union
't mWptK Paclflo Hallway, a largo balance will re-
! IK main In the Treasury on July 1, 1808, even
'& alter meeting a deficit of $00,000,000 for
fe !' the year ending that day. Of this balance,
( i':ll however, $160,000,000 will consist of gold,
1 Ufi which ought to bo held exclusively as a
'i ? reserve fund for tho redemption of tho
svVt Government demand notes. It Is not likely
If B$ that tho fund will bo needed for actual re-;-
H3, demptton, but if It 1b used, as It was used,
!: under tho Cleveland Administration, for
Si mKk no Pyment of current expenses, tho cry
J- Br,' may bo again raised, as It was then, that
; BM tho Treasury is in danger of suspending
vILm B'd payments, and further bond Issues
LfKBS may be needed to quiet the public mind.
K mS$ Prevention Is better than cure, and a suf-
f Wjmil flclent revenue is better than bond salo.
at Ef 4 Congress take measures, at once, for re
'' if W' plenishing the Treasury, and spare the na
f llw tlon hum,,lat'011 antl the financial
wuh- agony it suffered under Cleveland.
k IrH Th0 Knd of tbo HnJtlnn Incident.
4 alp? The despatches received from Ambassa-sBJJJf;-
' Aor "White remove, It Is said, any Im
IWWp,' medlato apprehension that Germany will
KFjH,Jj; attempt to enforco her Indemnity claim
ISJIlBfe against Hayti by means of a naval demon-B-
etratlon at Port-au-Prince. The cruiser
S'"B:y Geflon, instead of being sent to tho "West
a'.WBJI Indies, w(ll go to China; and whllo two
0 'H ' BCl,00'sllIP8 "i-1 represent Germany In tho
iff IB Wf Caribbean Sea, yet their cruise is expected
?! " to be tho ordinary one for purposes of sea
SB S- instruction.
BF M It would be strange If Germany should
"Is M P undertake to use toward Hayti the high-
rt (R ; handed method she has employed In China.
f 'i Granting that a year's imprisonment was
WifU' severe sentence to impose upon Herr
r H " LtJEDEits for his resistance to tho officers
-W'i' Sent to nrrest nls servant, tho actual fact Is
ifcjK. that ho passed less than a month in jail,
l having been released at Germany's demand,
syEsjS backed by tho request of our own Minister.
piBKt Hayti has thus far only refused to bo bul-
ilUfe 'led' and to be regarded, to adopt tho ex-
feBtes presslon of an angry correspondent of a
f Mi"' Berlin newspaper, " not as a civilized'
H ifr" State, but as a piece of exported Africa,
$ llf! where only cannon and repeating rifles are
U, IB, of any use."
' f En II Cftn wcl1 bo understood that, if Herr
p BJ& Luedeus shared the views of this corre-
f S 1M spondent and tho accompanying views that
( f IBS' the Hayttan police were "an Infamous pack
5 Jjjji Hl of scoundrels," ho succeeded very easily In
' 'cHp getting himself into trouble. But there
i S !& seems now to be a good prospect that tho
' ' all ai r will be amicably settled.
' '-Hp A MuBwumP Wall.
;! Of all tho tiresome brood of Mugwumps,
! n' tho one who produces tho most weariness Is
IB Caul Scnuuz. It Is because ho talks so
SH,: much and writes so much, appearing on
fe' iBft Platform or in print whenever he has
ByjW-if an opportunity to fill hours of tlmo or col-
W$ jBJfc umns of newspaper upaco with dreary and
PBBwJ worm-eaten Mugwump philosophy. Tho
aC Hw' older tho Hon. Cahl Schchz grows tho
M$ B I more tiresome he becomes.
Wk. Bjl' Mr. Schurz Is a German, but, unfortu-
J it B nately, bo Is a master of the English Ian-
fB guage, speaking and writing it fluently and
t copiously. Ho can mako a long speech or
Btf Wrlto a IonK artIcl ,n both English and
'H German, and thus exhaust the patlenco of
fiiBj'jf both races with his intolerable Mugwump-
kBff ery. Ho Is a Mugwump becauso nothing
-KB posltlvo In politics ever suits him; po-
SBf Htlcal negation only Is harmonious with
!hls temperament, for he is naturally a
kicker. Ho Is against agreement and organ
ization, for be Is always a balky horse.
Hence, during tho lato campaign In Now
York Cahl Scncnz was in his clement; It
afforded hlra a chanco to kick out of tho po
litical traces In full view of tho public.
M f( Naturally, the campaign over, ho proceeds
Sj : 5. to philosophise on It In Harper's WeeMy
Bj; Ifejf after his usual Mugwump fashion. It Is a
('' long, dreary repetition of old platitudes
m ,t and fallacies about tho evil of turning over
S'jHk municipal government to a national party.
HH( That question was decided very emphntl
B"B cally by tho peoplo of New York on the JM
BH of last month. They voted In favor of
8 'B party government and against municipal
9Bf, non-partisanship by about two-thirds, com
B ,VJ'' posed of both Democrats and Itepubllcaus,
I ,'H eacl1 8'Jo standing by Its own party. They
BJi demanded that a distinct national party
riBy hould bo responsible for the Government
Vi'.Bf' ' eW Yorlt ond wcro not willing to
H B trust It to a man who proposed to go as ho
KBk pleased "In fear of God," as a ruler by
SiKr Slvlno right, whoso tltlo to the office could
-IBM' M eonnrmei nly l,y the people's accepting
E' ($ nlm at his own valuation.
f Mjl ln tl10 faco of this Impressive decision
T'lf- 'h0 MuK"umP Sciiuit7. concludes his
Ws'Bt Sreury two-column article by declaring
HJIJBgl that "whether national party politics can
ICavf be eliminated from municipal concerns Is
fftti 'tertalnly not answered In tho ncgathe In
tB8 & recent election in New York." Tho
H I? leclslon of two-thirds of the people was
r Bft at natlona' politics shall not bo excluded,
MfcBi? hetbec.Jtbs exclusion U poaalblo or not.
Nor is it possible. A Urge part of the Low
rote Itself went to him because of consider
ations of national politics strictly, for It
was Influenced by enmity to the Republi
can party. Tho Rcld-Mllholland-Brook-flcld-McCook
gang would not havo gono
Into the Low movement except to wreak
their revengo on tho Republican party as a
national party, and they arc now continuing
their efforts at Republican dtsorganltatlon
becauso of that malignity. Their ani
mosity Is not merely against the Republican
organization In this city, but against tho
national organization also, because of tholr
disappointed and vlndlctlvo vanity. Reid,
for instance, ts as much against Mr. Mo
Kinlet for not giving him a Cabinet placo
as he Is against Mr. Platt for not support
ing his application for It. Tho motive
forco of tho Low enterprise was the splto
and rago of such disappointed ambition In
national politics. Tho samo vlndlctlveness
In tho samo breasts was Intriguing in tho
spring of lost year to turn over this State to
tho Democrats.
Two-thirds of tho peoplo of New York,
Democrats and Republicans, decided that
they would not intrust Its Government to
that petty and malicious crowd. They re
fused to be humbugged by tholr clap-trap
pretences of non-partisanship. Mr. Carl
Scntmz and company havo been overcome
and cast aside by tho popular sentiment of
Now York, and tholr Mugwump philosophy
is voted a bore and a nuisance.
Tbo London Statue of Washington.
It is to bo hoped that tho novelist, David
Christie Murray, will not bo discouraged
In his effort to procure tho erection of a
statuo of Washington ln London by tho
frigid reception which his praiseworthy
proposition has encountered in tho leading
Journals of the British metropolis.
Wo will admit that tho Washington
statue suggestion must bo naturally some
thing of a shock to tho warriors of tho
London newspapers. That revered namo
recalls tho greatest victory ever won In war
over Great Britain, and also tho largest
loss of territory which that or any other
nation ever experienced In tho history of
all tho ages. It Is not surprising that tho
first Impulse of tho English press should
be to murder tho audacious Murray for
his wrath-provoking proposal.
But there Is another sido of tho medal,
Intensely gratifying to British pride, and
they occasionally Invite us to contem
plate It with them ln tho spirit of affec
tionate brotherhood. It ts that Washing
ton was, after all, an Englishman before
ho becamo a frco and Independent Ameri
can, and that his splendid famo as a hero
and an empire builder isonoof the price
less possessions of the English-speaking
races. It soothes them to remind us that
tho men with whom ho conquered Corn
WALLI8 were onco their brethren as well as
tho gallant ancestors of their present " kin
across the sea," of whom tho mother coun
try Is bo supremely proud to-day. How
often and how fervently have wo been as
sured, both In poetry and In prose, that wo
are co-heirs with them In all tho unfading
glory that wreathes tho name of England
In every field of human achievement; that
with them wo possess a common heritage
ln tho genius of Shakespeare.
If these professions of deep-seated affec
tion and undying lovo have, Indeed, the
solid substratum of sincerity which Mr.
Bayard and others discovered, the mil
lions of Englishmen that proclaim their
reverence for their illustrious "kinsman,"
who was " first ln war and first in peace,"
will not be deterred by tho London editors
from raising a bronze or marble Image of
hlra ln the choicest spot of tholr capital.
To what nobler use could a British sov
ereign or a British crown bo put than to
lay It at tho feet of George Washington ?
Tho Crown Prince of Greece.
Prince Constantine js said to be about
to publish his experiences In tho late war
with the Turks In a book which Is to ap
pear shortly. If tho forecast of tho volume
which has been printed In ono of tho
Athens newspapers lscorrect, It will handle
some of tho Greek politicians and military
men without gloves.
In dealing with tho latter tho Crown
Prince carefully, distinguishes between tho
men who erred from want of experience
and tho wholly Incompetent who wero
thrust upon him in splto of his protests,
and he does not spare tho chattering poli
ticians at Athens who, after bringing war
on the country, were incapable of directing
it with vigor or honesty. Tho royal critic
dwells particularly on tho unprcparedncss
of tho army for war through tho deficiency
In practical training of tho whole personnel,
from himself downward, and the inefficiency
of the armament and equipment, and ho
severely blames tho freo and easy system
prevailing in Greece, by which tho wealthy
and thoso having political Influence wcro
able to obtain exemption from tho duty
of serving tho country. At tho samo tlmo
ho does full justlco to tho rank and fllo of
tho army, who under tho most trying and
discouraging circumstances stood by their
colors and wero always ready to perform
their duty.
Tho navy, tho Crown Prince says, labored
under tho samo disabilities as the army.
According to him there was nothing It
could do. Had It bombarded any Turkish
coast town It would have destroyed prop
erty mostly belonging to Greeks, their
fellow countrymen, although under tho
Turkish flag; and It was Impossible to land
sufficient forces anywhero to make a per
manent lodgment. Tho evacuation of
Larlssa after tho Turks had forced tho
passes was necessary to avoid a Sedan, the
army not being strong enough to furnish a
slcgo garrison and leave a forco sufficient
to cover tbo roads leading Into Greece. Tho
blame for thin ho throws on tho Govern
ment nt Athens, who failed to send him re
inforcements, nlthough Athens was full of
men freed from military service by favor.
Tho Prince acknowledges that when ho
left tho capital to take command of tbo
army In Thessaly ho did not expect thero
would bo any fighting, for thero was no
serious wish for war at Athens. When,
however, ho found that things were drift
ing that way In splto of tho disinclination
of both sides to begin, ho worked his best
to prepare tho army for battle; but It was
too late. As to thoso who howl for further
fighting, ho makes the practical suggestion
that they should bo placed In the first lino
to give t hem a taste of what real war Is like.
Looking to tho future, the Prince do
dares that so soon as peaco Is definitely
concluded tho work of reorganizing tho
defensive forces of the country must be
taken seriously In hand, and the frontier
which has been altered so Injuriously to
Greece must bo properly fortified.
It will need more than reorganization
of the army to Insure Greece the enjoyment
and permanence of what remains of her
Independence, The exuberance of Greek
politics mustrbo ruthlessly restrained by
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common sense, of which thero is no lack
among the Greek people. Tho troublo Is
that It Is ovorborno by tho profes
sional politicians at Athens with their
shallow statesmanship and doubtful pa
triotism. Tho lato M. TniCOUPis wore
away his llfo and influence in vain efforts
to bring Greek affairs Into a practical
groove. His antagonist M. Deliyannib,
who Is responsible for tho prcsont dlsastors
to Greece, has nover bocn nnythlng but a
politician of the hour, yielding to trio
clamor of tho mob and tho frivolous jour
nals Immediately around him. His rela
tions with tho King, who alono stands
between Greece and the suppression of her
Independence, havo nover been cordial, and
he Is mistrusted by foreign governments,
even thoso friendly to Greece
That tbo Greeks should asplro to a repub
lican form of government Is natural
enough, but, situated as they arc, thoy must
accept the posslhlo or succumb. Mcantlmo
thoy should profit by tho hard expcrlcnco
they aro passing through, and prepare
themselves politically and In a military
way for tho turn of tho wheel of fortuno
which sooner or later brings tho oppor
tunity to thoso who know how to wait.
Tho vindication of himself and tho army
which tho Crown Prince Constantine Is
said to be about to publish will not mako
any dlffcrenco In tho opinions of thoso who
understood the situation of Grecco ln tho lato
strugglo ; but It may bo useful ln placing on
record a refutation of tho calumnious rub
bish that was so freely published and cir
culated by tho enemies of Greek freedom
and of liberalism generally.
Tho Celebration of a Ghastly Murder.
Two arguments wero used In support of
tho law providing for tho administration
of capital punishment by means of elec
tricity. Ono was on tho ground of its
humanity ln producing Instant death.
Tho other was that Incidentally tbo new
law required that the execution should
tako placo in tho prison under circum
stances which could not bo described
with tho picturesque detail of tho re
ports of hangings which had before pre
vailed with newspapers. Only tho bare
announcement of the execution was to bo
made; and such reserve, It was argued,
would bo conducive to public morals, before
Injuriously affected by tho reporting of tho
hangings of murderers as events of primo
popular Interest.
Putting asldo the question of greater
.humanity and admitting that It has been
settled in favor of electric execution, how
Is It about tho moral argument? We havo
an answer to It In the newspaper treatment
of the horrible Glcldeensuppe murder. No
account of a hanging, however circum
stantial and picturesque It might havo
been, could have had an influence on
public morals so deleterious as have
been tho stories, partially true or
wholly fabricated, and told with both
pen and pencil, which have filled the yel
low journals for months. In tho first
place, thoso newspapers set out as rival de
tectives to dlccover the murderer. Tho re
porters, multiplied ln number for tho
occasion, scrambled and fought In tbelr
eagerness to get ahead ' in tho search.
Meanwhile their employers made tho
ghastly crimo tho principal feature of
their papers, giving broadsides to it,
with pictures of tho mangled remains of
the murdered man, of tho facts of tho
man and the woman accused of tho crime,
and of tho implements used by them In
their horrible work. This went on for
weeks together, day In and day out, and
tho brutal pictures and glaring typo occu
pied the most conspicuous places In thoso
sheets. Then came contradictory stories of
confession by tho criminals, spiced with
descriptions Of their illicit relations.
When tho trial began, these papers again
competed with each other ln giving tho
most revolting, blood-curdling, and provoc
ative accounts of tho proceedings. Tho
rival reporters glared at each other in
fierce enmity, for they wero harpies with
appetites for tho samo horrible food.
New devices for obtaining and transmit
ting tho reports of the trial were contrived.
Pictures of tho accused man and woman,
half tho newspaper pago in size, wero
printed In somo now attitudes almost every
day In tho week. Tho horrible murder
was their ono great feature, and to attract
tho greater attention they Invented dally
all tho ghastly details which their imag
inations could conceive.
No sooner was Thorn convicted than
tho yellow journals wero engaged in tho
fabrication of a confession from him, ac
quitting the woman of participating in tho
actual murder, and accusing himself
as tho solo originator of tho crime and
tho slnglo person guilty of it. Hero they
agreed. Both of them said that Thorn
roado tho confession to Police Captain
Methven, and tho papers of tho town gen
erally, with tho exception of The Sun, ac
cepted tho Improbable story and published
it as true. Actually thero was no such
confession. "It's nil a He," said Capt.
Methven yesterday. It was only tho last
of a long chain of lies concerning this
frightfully brutal crimo.
Meantime, they have been for many
weeks holding up Thorn and Mrs. Nack
as tho foremost characters of tho tlmo and
drawing to them morbid sympathy and
hero-worship. Tho old reports of hangings,
confined to a slnglo day, were of little
demoralizing Influence, oven if they were
at all injurious, as compared with the long
sensation which these journals havo mado
of a revolting crime and tho celebration
thoy havo given to Its perpetrators.
Ships for' Gulf Waters.
Our Government has been for a long tlmo
almost over-scrupulous, on Spain's account,
In refraining from sending Its vessels to
tho West Indies. It has, indeed, kept
cruisers, gunboats, and revenuo cutters ln
abundance off tho Florida coast, but that
has been with a view to execute our neu
trality laws, with resulting benefit to
Spain. But tho old practice of sending
Bhips to crulso In the Gulf and tho Carib
bean has been of lato Intermitted. Notably
the North Atlantic squadron has been kept
at Its exercises In high latitudes, Instead of
wintering In the Gulf.
Wo aro now, however, to seo a llttlo re
laxation in this respect. The annual In
spection of Navassa, the well-known guano
Island, will bo Intrusted to tho cruiser Mar
blehead, and while so engaged, alio Is likely,
It is said, to havo her headquarters at Port-au-Prince.
Tho Annapolis, too, Is sched
uled for a winter's trip there, reaching Bar
badoes Dec, 17, and touching successively
at Martinique, St. Ivltts, St. Thomas, La
Guayra, Curacoa, and Key West. It will
be seen that Port-au-Prince is not in her
itinerary, but she will bo near at hand.
The Wilmington also will pass through
these waters on her way to the South At
lantlo station, touching at Guadeloupe.
Whether these advanced will be followed
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by other movements la doubtful. It seems
lmprobablo just now that tho North Atlan
tic squadron will mako a Gulf trip, al
though Spain seems for the moment less
auspicious of us. But tho time Is certainly
favorable for ro-cstabllshlng our old and
commendablo practice of keeping at least
ono or two vessels in the Important waters
Immediately south of us.
Old Ironside.
In his annual report Secretary Lonq
suggests that tho Constitution, tho hun
dredth anniversary of whose launching
was celebrated, not long ago, should start
her second century by being flttod up as a
training ship, so that sho may not pass
away from tho navy list
Tho Secretary Is right In desiring to keep
tho famous old craft on tho list of tho navy,
and If tho alternative proposal, to ubo her
as a naval museum or old curiosity shop
at Washington, would necessarily remove
her from that list, this would bo an objec
tion. But Is her employment as a training
ship also frco from objections T Certainly
no craft of a more Inspiring history could
bo chosen as the school and homo of young
American sailors, and It sho wcro moored,
with no attempt to mako voyages, long or
short, and wcro well protected against ac
cidents of fire or flood, such an occupation
for her might do.
But, after all, wo may well begin by de
termining that thero Is no need of utilizing
her. Sho has performed a round century of
service, a few years of which wero as glori
ous as over fell to the lot of a ship. If over
a war vessel deserved to bo retired without
further effort to put her to work. It Is Old
Ironsides. Indeed, bIio must Inevitably be
useful ln tho highest sonso, becauso her
very existence will be a constant reminder
of tho glories of tho early days of our navy
and an Inspiration to patriotism.
Tho primary purpose, In a word, should
be to prcservo tho old vessel for future gen
erations to tho latest possible day, and
henco any occupation thatwould materially
Increaso tho wear and tear on her or would
bring her additional chances of destruction,
Is not to bo thought of. Ever since tho old
Kearsarge, which sent tho Alabama to tho
bottom ln ono of tho greatest naval duels
of modern days, was wrecked on Roncador
Reef by tho incompetency of those who had
charge of her, this matter has been of
deep Import to tho American people.
Tho other great naval relic of tho civil
war, tho Hartford, Admiral Farraout's
flagship, has been modernized in ma
chinery and armament. Whether sho will
render activo service proportional to tho
outlay, as compared with a new steel gun
boat, is yet to bo seen; but the main anxi
ety of tho people will bo that she may re
main safe and sound.
It was not pleasant to read, a few weeks
ago, In despatches from Boston, which wo
trust were exaggerated, that tho Constitu
tion had been damaged In a storm, having
" broken her moorings and crashed against
tho wharf," with resulting Injuries to her
hull. Of course, perfect immunity from in
juries cannot be guaranteed, but in general
the aim of Congress in determining tho
future of Old Ironsides, should bo that of
preserving her as a relic, rather than of
turning her to practical account. The noblo
frigate that won such renown under Hull,
Bainbridoe, and Stewart, should bo
cared for as an inberitanco that succcssivo
generations must transmit, so long as it
can be mado to last.
The Seml-Conjjelntlon of Dr. Hep
wort b.
Tho well-travelled road between the great
Turkish town of Treblzond and tho great
Turkish town of Erzcrum has been tho
scene of harrowing experiences on tho part
of the Rev. George H. Hepworth. Tho
adventures of this heroic clergyman and
journalist aro thus described editorially In
tho New York Herald, which in Its admi
ration compares tho Rev. Dr. Hepworth
to St. Paul:
"After ptrll by land and water, after trartl on
foot and horseback orer glacj mountatni and
through sandy deserts, suffering alternately from In
tense cold and beat, the undaunted dlrloe, like St,
Paul of old, has triumphed orer all danger and dis
ease, and, surriTlng the arduous Journey better than
most of his younger companions, has at length begun
bis series of Investigations."
The Rev. Dr. Hepworth's own report to
his employer is a shado less thrilling :
"TwelTe loaded camels the day before fell over a
precipice. Wei escaped without mishap, but are
nearly frosen.
Wo are sincerely glad that tho Rev. Dr.
Hepworth did not follow the twelve
loaded camels over the precipice. Ho
would havo mado tho thirteenth, an un
lucky number.
Wo are also very glad that tho Rov. Dr.
Hepworth did not completely freeze. It
would havo been a melancholy end
to an Inoffensive career If tho Rov. Dr.
Hepworth had been compelled by tho
weather and James Gordon Bennett to
stand perpetually on tho summit of thoso
" glacy " mountains, a congclated mass of
erudition and enterprise, a sort of monu
mental and personified Freo Ice Fund.
Tho Hon. Richard Franklin Petti
orbw, a Senator In CongrcBs from South Da
kota, has mado himself conspicuous by his
revolutions on sliver wheels and by tho numbor
of muttou-lioadcd and crazy-cred measures
which be has Introduced into tho Senate. Now
ho is looklnp; for now glories. Ho lins been to
Hawaii as an antl-annexatlon missionary, and
Is coins to pour forth his missionary zoal In tho
Scnnto as toon as ho gets a chanco. As wo un
derstand It, the folks In Hawaii aro willing to
overlook Mr. Pettiorew and to bo annoxed to
the United States In splto of tbo fact that ho Is
a citizen oC the samo; but they will not objoct It
ho chooses to secede.
Tho sane and sincere elements of Populism.
St. Louis Republic.
What aro tho sane elements of Populism I
It Is affecting to seo the Hon. Georoe
FitEn Williams resting: one band affectionately
upon tho hynclntbinu curls of tho Hon. Thomas
IIilky, ono Democratic candldato for Mnyorof
Iloston, and shaking the other hand Indignantly
at the Hon Josiaii Quincv. tho other and regu
lar Democratio candidate for Mayor of Iloston.
" You aro an unswerving:, steadfast, and out
spoken representative of the Democracy as it
was declared at Chicago last year," says Mr. Wil
liams to Mr. Hilkv. Mr. Hii.ev Is equally out
spoken In regard to tho wickedness of department
stores. "So let mo say to my old friend, good
luck," continues tbo sago of Doillmm. Mr. Wil
liams has no great amount of political good
luck to bostow, but such as he has bo gives
freely. Mcamvhllo there Is a certain satisfac
tion In remembering that Iloston was n Itcpub
llcan town on tho 'lueudny after the first Mon
day of Inst month. Neither Tom TUlet'b nor
Josu Quinov'b heart should bo broken. The
olcctlon of a Republican Mayor should salve tbo
grlot of both.
Married Blcbly-elabt Years.
From thi Philadelphia Rtcori.
Nois. Jllch., Not, 28. Mr, and Mrs. Jacob lllller ot
Elkton, Mlcb , 10-day celebrated their eighty-eighth
wedding annlTeraary. The husband Is 1 08 years old
and the wife 107. The former U bale and hearty
bat the wife has lost her sight.
OXB aXAXDJJttDl OltB CUXBBXCr,
a Master Repablleane er the Weal rr the
Greenback That Means Cold.
rom thi CMonoo lYIbune.
TnB Sun, tho strongest and most Influential
Republican papor In Greater Now York, defines
Its position on the currency question with groat
clearness and In a fashion which will suit tbo
Republicans of tho West. It begins by stating
that "the fundamental issuo " is:
Shall the paper money of the nation be Issued ex
clualrely by the banks, or shall it be Issued exclu
sively by the OoTernmsnt? At present both agencies
are In operation, and each one Is struggling for su
premacy over the other.
Ono ot the rivals must surrender to the other
and leave ln Itsexclualvo possession tho func
tion of supplying what papor money tho people
need. To whoso hands can that function bo
most safely Intrusted! After quoting Sccro tary
Oago's remark about "the national Treasury
awkwardly performing an office entirely foreign
to Its proper function," TriE Sun observes:
In the same spirit the Mugwump .Veto York Timf
Friday morning editorially denounced tho Issuo of
currency by tbe Government exclush ely as a scheme
of Inflation destined to bankrupt tho nation, because
under It the currency would bo controlled by Con
gress and not put In charge of the banks. Tbo rimes,
however, omits to mention that four times within
twelve years namely, In 1884, 1BV0, 1SH3, and 1800
the banks ot this city defaulted on their obligations
to their depositors, and that these depositors, ln order
to get currency with which to carry on their Dullness,
bad to sell their checks to Wall street brokers at a
considerable discount. To vest In such weak Institu
tions and In the less responsible banks of the rural
districts the exclusive function ot timing paper
money Is an aot of folly whloh our people will never
commit.
TnE Sun states that the advocates of bank
currency are divided Into two parties. Ono ot
these desires to havo tho bank currency guaran
teed by the Qovornment and redeemed through
the Treasury. Rutin that case:
The Government Is to print the notrs, take chargo
of tbe fund for their redemption, redeem them when
presented, and pay them when the banks fall to pay
them. That the Oovernmcnt might as well do the
business on Its on n account and tor Its own boneflt Is
too plain to need demonstration.
Tho other party desires to return to tho anto
war system, each bank Issuing notes against its
own assets and redeeming them only at itB own
counter. Rut to allow tho thousands of llttlo
banks ln tho United States "to Issue notes at
pleasure and lot tho peoplo tako the risk of tbelr
being good is an absurdity which ncoda only to
be seen to bo rojoctcd."
The Sun nnnouncos that tho position It takes,
"tho only sound and logical position," is this:
All the paper money of the country shall be Issued
by the Government directly and redeemed by It di
rectly, without employing the banks to do It and
paying them for It by paying them Interest on bouds,
purchased with the money which It guarantees. Still
less should the banks be allowed to Issue circulation
without security and without limit. Tbe Govern
ment money should alwas bo redeemable ln gold
and Instead or being, as the nines faliely asserts It
would be, unlimited ln amount. It would bo limited
by redemption to no greater volume than the wants
of legitimate business require. How much this
volume could consistently with Its redemption be
Increased over that of our present Government
money experience would determine. Probably $2Su,
000.000 of It would be needed to take the place ot
the g230.000.000 of outstanding bank currency, and
possibly more; but, whatover Its amount, It should
always be redeemable ln gold, and therefore It would
be ss gooa as gold.
Theso aro tho views which The Sun is advo
cating. Thoy are tho views of more Eastern
Republicans than tbo advocates of nbank-noto
currency aro willing to admit. They are sub
stantially tho views which Western Republican
Congressmen will bo found advocating when
Congress meets.
Lord Salisbury on Mrrnlnmnnla.
To Tnx Editor or The Sum str: It must bo what
Beth Low would call " ono ot the tragedies ot life '
a comment which Larry Oolklu would surely echo
to find thel'rlmeMlnlsteror Englaud turning to the'
columns ot The Sck when at a loss for languago suit
able enough and strong enough to express his mean
Ins. I refer to the use of tho word megalomania."
They think that It Is Sal'sbury's own; and even God
kin's paper uses It In a recent London despatch. If
he thought It appeared originally ln Tin: Svv, and
that " mtvalomanlac" was offered as a good substi
tute word or "Mugwump "it I remember rightly
how mean be must now fceL
It Is years ogo now since tho Introduction ot this
word by The Scn caused so much amusement to your
readers. I cannot tlr tbe preciso date of Its appear
an e ln 3 our columns; but It was ln or about the time
that you luvented the eletbometer, which rose and
fell In proport Ion as the chltf Mugwump lied or told
the truth. You have never said anything at out this
alethonteter for a Ion? time, so I suppose Go lkln's
gyrations caused It to rise so high that It burst.
According to The Scf of yesterday Lord Salisbury
uses tho word "megalomania" In htaspeechon muni
cipal government at the Natlcn.il Consenatlvp Con
ference. It v. Ill pre all In New York, ho sayB, under
the new municipal administration, as It always had
prevailed In Paris. Alas, alos! that the fiery Cecil
should know co little of the beauties and possibilities
of this noble word when properly applied I
But his description of tho men whom he desires to
see dominant In the London County Council, of how
that body should lie composed, so exactly tallies with
what GodLtn saya about our representative bodies,
and with what every Mugwump thinks of every man
who Isn't a Mugwump, that It ought bo here set down:
Hell speaking of the dudis and swells, and menot
wealth, and of them alone, aa being fitted to govern;
and ho says;
Hut If you overload thorn you will not get these
men. Ihej cannot gle you the whoin of their time;
somo must be given to their own affairs, and though
I do not for a moment d ny that nu have excellent
men on the London Couuty Council, they are men of
another type. Tl.ty ure men vim otte Ihrutsrlica
tchollu vp to thia mutter That Is nut so good, or any
thing like so good, as a government comlstlng of men
v, ho aro still conducting their on 11 affairs.
There Is the spirit that tights the payment ot mem
bers of Parliament; that fights tho extension of the
electoral franchise; that fights any measure that
would tako away the political power of tbo "govern
ing families" and gtve It to " men who give them
selves wholly" to the service of tho people. If thero
be any dlffcrenco between Salisbury's speech and a
Mugwump's tirade against New York, I fall loses It.
Meanwhile, please mske another alelhumtter.
New York, Nov. 29. J. M. Wiix.
Cuba and flpalna Debt.
To the Editor or The Sex Sir; A few months
ago Mr. Depew was speaking a good deal around the
country In favor of tlm ratification of the arbitration
treaty, I remember he extolled tlm money Influence.
of tbe great bankers of the world as all-potent In pre
venting wars. I would like to hear from him about
tbo money Influence m the Cuba business, lias the
Influence ot tho long purses mitigated the barbarities
In Cuba? If not, why not?
Is It possible that the United States Government
bends to the money bags of Europe In refusing bellig
erent rights to Cubanj? Must we Americans subor
dinate principle to tho debt of Spain and Indirectly
encourage tbe slaughter of all tho Cubans In order
that tbe moaey lenders may get their blood money
back? O. II. KlKBiLU
Niw Yobi. Nov. 29.
!tw Vorb BinoStn AaCunitiea Cblrnaro.
To the Editor or Tnx Si't Sir: A Chicago man
v as In my ofllce to day. Upon seeing clouds of black
smoke Issuing from tbe chimneys of the K llson Klec
trio Light Company ln Oold slreit, ho rrinurkdl that
such a thing would not bo permitted In hi town.
Well, I thought that was a sad commentary on what
will very shortly be the second city of the world by a
citizen of the would be llrst city of the world. It oc
curred to meat the same time that perhaiis If The
Bra's attention wcro calle I to this cltar flotation of
the law against tbe us ot bltumluous coal In this
city, It would, probably, uso the same cffei th e means
to suppress tho niiteante as It did In thocasoof tho
New York H train Heating Company,
New Yoilk, Nor. U0, Pao Doio PtBUCo.
Usrrard Sentiment About the Dropped II.
To the Editor ny The hr.v-.Slr.- The letter of "A
Harvard Graduate" In to-day'abc preclsrlycxprcsses
tho view of tho majority of Harvard undergraduates
Although they were greatly disappointed at the rt suit
of the Yale Harvard game, Ihey bcliuvtd that both
teams bad done tiiilrlwit Tnr taking-away of tbe
II was unlversslly condemned as au Injustlie to tbe
ptaers and auuunortby slur at a gallant rltul. The
att tudeof tho Crimson in lndorln,f It, howtver, ex
cited no surprise The Critnaon It always on the
wrong aide. It has Us own code of college m irals, IU
own standard of college honor, Its own 1 lou sports
mauablp. all totallv dlffereut from tho.o of the col
lege worl , and the average uudergraduate reads Its
editorial articles only to laugh at tue in. We hope
that our friends at Yale will pay no attention to (ts
drlvelUng-vagarlea. A HiaviuD bcaioa.
TsUTEatUu, Cambridge, Nor. XU.
.Kivi,. p-seJusn i-jMBMsasMaaaaasssSBBB
XBB VHDTHianOVNI) SOaBXK.
TBS OiBSeltlsn sr s Vsrltlnamau is it as !
Jnrians ts the Rlaay,
To Tns KDiTort okThb Sun-SO: Permltme
to ralso ray volco in protest ngalnat tho scheme
to spond forty or titty million dollars of publlo
money for a holo In tho ground that Is not
neoded, except to enrich a few contractors and
speculators. Tho spending of that amount of
publlo money Trill bo so to Increaso tbo pnbllo
debt up to or beyond the legal limit as to pro
vent other needed and moro useful Improve
ments, such as new docks, parks, schools, &c
That this underground road Is not noodod Is
proved by tho fact that wo bavo to-day In tho
elevated, cablo, and trolley railroads sufficient
accommodation for all passengers at all hours
of the day, except in the rush hours from 0 to 7
A. M. and P, II., and with tho extension of
tbe surfaco trolley and cablo roads to tho east
and west, togother with tbo horso cars, wo shall
havo aniplo accommodation for all passongers
for tho next twenty years, when new and bettor
systems and bridges ovor tha East and North
Rlvors will bo adoptod.
Wo know by exporloneo that tho cost of
works llko tho aqueduct, Brooklyn Bridge, tho
Fourth avenue railway tunnol. and all other
large works, public and private. Is always double
tho estimated cost of tho engineers, and this
work would not be an exception to that rulo. It
will also tako nearor ten than live years for Its
completion. If It should ever reach completion,
and. In my opinion, It would never bo used any
furthor than tho Forty-second streot depot,
whose tracks, already completed and adapted
for that work, could bo used for that purpose.
In fact, Mr. Editor, is not that tho objoct of tho
wholo scheme I
Another objection, and a serious one. Is the
fact that tho masses would not ride In the
dark, damp, unwholesome, and unromfortablo
noto in tno ground, if it was completed, wnen
they could reach their destination in tho same
time and at tho sums cost by tho safo, healthy,
and comfortnbla elevated and surfaco systems,
except. It may bo. In tho few rush hourB ln the
morning and evening, so that tbe system could
nevor pay tho city tho Interest on tho cost of Its
construction, not to sp-akorestlmato the cost
and nnnoyanco to our citizens ot our torn-up
and useless streets nlong its line, and also tho
loss of trado to shopkeepers and merchants.
Tho only argument ln Its favor ts that It would
give employment and benefit labor; but that
inn bo best met and nnauored by tho fact that
tho money expended on that work can bo better
expended on other needed and moro usof ul improvements.
I would suggest that some able, well-known,
and patriotic taxpayer should, for the good of
all, suo out an Injunction to stop this work
until tho lBt of January. Then the wbolo schemo
ill topplo, nover to be resurrected, for Greater
Nework never would approve apian to tox
nil of our people, to benefit VcBt6hoslcr property
owners, a foiv speculators and contractors, for
thoy aro tho only ones that I can sea will bo
ben ell ted by this project.
For mvself. I cannot see tho use, sense, or Jus
tlco ln this project. It would Injure tho tax
payer, storekeeper, and property owner of tho
main city to enrich cltlzons In tho suburbs
and contractors and speculators.
P. TnouraoN,
Secretary Cltzens' Industrial Alliance.
Clarendon Hall. New Yomk. Nov. 30.
oronuE asd now Attn qould sued.
Former Steward or Their Tacht Waste 05O.O0O
Dsnsr.es Tor Personal Isjurlea.
A suit for $50,000 damages has been brought
against Howard and Qeorgo Gould by Frank
D. Mowbray, formorly stoward of tho yacht
HUdcgarde. Mowbray alleges that ono night
ln August, 1894, when tho yacht was anchored
off Larchmont with a party of about a dozen
ladles aboard, Howard Gould ordcrsd him to
set off somo rockets and other signals. He at
first refused to do so, becauso the rockets wero
old and dangcrour, having been aboard the
yacht when sho was purchased from the I'rlnco
of Voles by Georgo Gould six years before.
After a Bocond order Mowbray began setting
off the rockets. Tho first two did not cxplodo
properly, and be again called Mr. Gould's at
tention to tbo fact that they wcro dangerous,
but was, ho alleges, ordered a third time to go
ahead. The next piece, a distress signal rocket,
exploded before ascending, and two of tl 0 balls
it carried struck Mowbray, ono tearing out his
left eyo and tho other lacerating tho right side
of his cbest. Ho was taken to Ucllcvue Hospi
tal, where ho remained for two months.
Mowbray alleges that Howard Gould prom
ised to keep htm for llfo as his valet If he would
not make any fuss ovor his injuries, and ho ac
cepted and retained tho situation until last
August, three years after the accident, when
ho says ho was summarily discharged. Tho
statuto of limitations outlaws all such suits as
the pre icnt ono after three years, but Scott and
Clark of 109 Fulton street, Mowbray's lawj era.
claim that as ho was out of the State on a trip
around the world aboard the Hlldegarde a
portion of tho last three 3 cars, tho caso is not
jet outlawed.
A Buunnons to appear In twenty days was
served on Howard Gould on Tuesday.
WASUIXUTOX'S SAGO PAZ3T.
Tbe Tree That tlsi Presented Is tbe First
President and la Over aoo lean Old.
WAsni.voTO.v. Dec. 1 .Contemplated changes
In tho arrangements for holding tho White
House receptions this season have necessitated
tho transfer of a numbor of largo plants, partic
ularly palms, from tho conservatory to tho
Pension building. They are grouped about the
fountain In tho centro of tho great court, which
now looks like a section of East India jungle.
Among tho trees is a Bago palm, onco In the pos
session of Georgo Washington. Although it is
only about ten feet in height It Is over 200 years
old. and Its grent age ts plainly shown by its ap
pearance. Mr. Pflster, the White House
gardener, has tried to get n complete history of
this venerable relic, hut has only succeeded
ln determining that It was presented to Wash
ington by a woalthy merchint of Baltimore,
w hose nnmo Is not now know n. It came from tho
Island of Cuba, and was already nn old tree
whon brought over by tho merchant, who ownod
n vessel pllng between Havana and Baltimore.
Iho trro stood nt Mount Vernon for many vcars.
and again found Its way to Baltimore, Wash
In ton having presented It to a lady living In
that city. Thero it remained until about Mfty
years ngo. when tho last owner of It died. At
tlm sale of the owner's estate tho Washington
palm wi's bought by the head gardener of tho
hito House, nnd it has stood in tho green
houso there ever aim e. It Is ono of tho most In
teresting relics of Washington, nnd bids fair to
survHo s-vernl generations to coiuo. Several of
tho beautiful feathery leaves wore accidentally
broken off from its already thin crown In Its
removal, but tnlswlll probably not Injure tho
trco to any serious oxtcnt.
The Color Line In South Africa,
From the Johanneabura Standard.
In Tretorla the other day a canteen keeper was
charged with supplying drink to a colored man. The
defendant pleaded that It was difficult to say wheth
er tbecolorrd man was white or not. Mr. Otto took
that vlow of the case and discharged the defendant.
A day or two later tbe colored man appeared before
Mr. Otto charged with being without a pass. He
pleaded that ho was a white mon. and added, "Your
Honor said so." "When did I say eo?" was tbe
query of the judlolal commissioner, and the reply
waa. "The other day In tbo liquor trapping case,"
Mr, Otto, now ever, Imposed sentence, and said: "It
might tie difficult for the canteen keeper to say
whether you were white or not, but I have no such
difficulty,"
Ilia Mind Heavily leaded.
From the TTasMnofon Kientna Star.
"You seem rather melancholy," remarked the
friend.
"No," replied the gentleman who has never before
been a member of Congress. "I am not melancholy,
merely pemle. I have just awakened to a full
cnio of my responsibilities. It Is the duty of this
Government, by Its example, to reform tbogoiern
meets of the world. It Is the duty of Congress tore
form this Oovirnmrnt, and It's m uty to reform
Congress, 10 you cnn'l blame me for not being my old
time light biartcd and flippant self."
Pennsylvania's I.ortr Provinces.
from the tendon Olobe.
There Is, It seems, a higher telephone station than
that on l'lke'a Peak lit Colorado. On the mining
property of the Caylloma Silver Mining Company, In
the province of Caylloma, Pa , there Is a telephone
system some 1 Ight miles In length the lilghc.t station
of which Is situated at an altitude of 16,000 feet
above the sea level.
The Centura oppeats In n Christmas number.
In tho December Issuo are articles by Jacob A llllsnn
"Merry Christmas In thu Tenemental" by Clarence
Cook on Clement U Moore and bis fomniis poem, "A
Visit from 8t. Nlcho asi" by the late Oen Francis
A. Walker on "The Causes of rouityt" by V, C,
Bcott O'Connor on "Tennyson and Ills Friends at
Freshwateri" by E. II, House on "Edwin booth In
London," with unpublished letters of Mr llootli, and
by Kllta Huhaniah Bcldmoro on the "Wonderful
Morning Olorlea of Japan," There Is a continued
poem by 1. Wbltcomb Riley, and other poems by
Ednah Prootor Clarke, Clinton goollard, and Richard
Watson QUderi and other contributions ot Interest.
BtO ZIBRAKV XAKXSO MTAr& HP
The Plana fsr the Bslltflng Approved by ths Hjkb
Beard sr Kstlmatei Yesterday. JBi
Tho plans for tho now pnbllo library, Tltden.
Astor, and Lenox Foundations, which Is to bo WWM
erected ln Bryant squnro, on tho slto of tbo IKf
present reservoir at Forty-second street and Br
Fifth avenue, wero approved by the Board of lu
Estlmato yesterday, nnd the Park Board was) Mm
autborltod to entor Into a contract for tho erec- W
tlon ot tho building, as well as for tho removal
of tho reservoir structure. Tho plans, which in Wjf-
cludo ten drawings, wore doslgnod by Carroro ft Htta
Hastings, and thoy wcro selected by tho trustee K
ot tho library after a competition, in which By
ninety-one architects took part. The bnlldlntt H?fi
will front on Fifth avenue, and it will stand Mj
back 75 feet from tho sldowalk. It will bo oon- jKff
structed.olther ot wblto marblo or Indiana lime- Kir
stone, and Its cost Is estimated at $2,000,000. Mm
Tho plans will bo submitted to tho Park Com; K
mlssloners to-morrow, nnd if thoy ore approved '
by them tho preliminary work necessary to too Mm,'
erection of the library con bo started nt once. saw3.
John L. Cadwallodor, who spoko for the trus Mm)
tcos, said that for usefulness tho interior of the MW?
building would bo arranged hotter thotj any fK
library In the country. Ho also prom sod that K
tho library would bo open to the publlo ovorr i"
day In tho year. Including Sunda) a nnd holidays. It,
The original appropriation of f'i.uOO.OOO wpuldl
bo nnipro. ho said, for the construction of the " t
building, but the decorations and ornamonto ;.
tlons would havo to bo paid for In some other m;
manner, probably from tho funds now In tho
hands of tho trustees. Tho library, ho said. K
would start with not less thnn 450,000 books. Mfi
All tho mombors of tho board spoke in favof W?
of approving tho plans and ontorlnglntoaoon , MP
tract with the library trustoes except President
Jcroloman. He said that ho would llko to bavo Jf
a llttlo time to consider tbo matter. -
"I want to bo a momber of tho board that M,
approves these plans," said Corporation Counsel M)
Bcott; "I want it to bo rocordod on mymonu- mi J
ment. I sunpose wo aro going to have a mono My
ment as well as the Dock Board." . . m'A
When the vote was takon every membetf ot WA
tho board voted for tho approvnl of tbe plans. MiK
Comptroller-elect Coler was at tho meeting, and Mm)
he watched tho proceedings with groat apparent tJV
interest. 'aasTJ
son ins jvEir oirr gozzeqib. HJ
The Balldlna- Committee Armaria ts Declds MK
on tbe Architects' Plana. K?
Tho Building Commltteo of tho trustees of tbo
College of the City of Now York mot yesterday S
at tho college. Twenty-third stroet and Lexlng- M
ton avenue, to recotvo officially the designs ot M
tbo eight architects who were chosen last July jB
to cotnpeto for tho final plan of tho now build- A 1
ing for tho college Tho committoo wero J. J. Hi
Little, Chairman; Gen. Alexandor Stowarb Wfl
Webb, President of tbo collcgo, and Augustus ; '
Montnnt. This sub commltteo will report to a w
meeting of tho Executive Committee called for f
2 o'clock Saturday. Tho Executive Committoo
has Invited tho architects to be present at 3
o'clock to explain nnd answer questions about)
their designs. Tho Exectttlvo Committoo will
choose certain designs nnd roport In favor ot I
them to the trustees, with whom the ttual de
cision lies. Tho designs are now on exhibition I
at tho college.
The competing architects aro Georgo B. Post,
McKim. Mend & White, William Burnett Tut-
hill, Robert II. Robertson, Cndy. Berg & Seo, I
Charles C. Haight, John R. Thomas, and George 1
Martin Huss, Mr. Huss took tho placo of Cyrus
L. W. Eidlltz, one of tho original competitors, 1
who rotlrcd from tho competition two months 5
ago. Mr. Hubs was called to the original meet 1 (,,
ing of tho architects, hs It was thought well to It
havo an extra man to till any vacancies. Ho f
was tho winner ot second prlro In tho competl- Jtsr
tlon for tbo design ot the Cathedral of St. John J ',
the Divlno. J
Each architect or firm Invited to compete re- As '
ceives $350, ex eut the ono finally chosen to exe- fl J
cute tho work, who receives the usual 5 per JK t
cent, on tho outlay. Tho architect- wcro ro-
quired to band In ono plan or each floor, thres Kl .
elevations, sectlonnl views, and a perspcctlvo H
view of tho wholo building on a scnlu of an
eighth of an Inch to tho foot. No sketches in
color or models were allowed. Mil
Tbo site for the new building ts an trregulnr mil
tract about 8.ri0 by 4bO feet, taking In nearly iWw
four blocks. Ills on Amsterdam avenue, and H
runs from 138th street to 140th. Along tho V
eust and part of the north nnd south sides curves ' 1
St. Nicholas Terrace. The slto Is on high ground, "r
and, except toward Amsterdam avenue, over- III
looks open park land, Bij
STATE LinitAItV JIUJLIUNO. ffl
It Is Prspoaed to Erect. It West or tbe Capital w
at n Cost or 03.000,000, li
Btt
Albany. Dec. 1. The proposition to ask tho f
Legislature to provide for the construction of a H
separate Stato building for tho exclusive uso ot H
tho State Library, tbo Rcgonts of the University B
of the State of New York and allied depart- i
ments, such bb tho State Museum and Depart- 1
mont of Public Instruction, is to bo revived, lb Wl
Is proposed to erect such a building at a coBt of If"
$2,000,000 on tbo block adjoining and west of jf-,
tho Capitol building, extending to Swan street,
and thu plan Is favored by tho Regents. Sccre- 1
tary Mclvll Deney of the Board of Regents will I
discuss tho question in his noxt annual report. B
When tbe plan was llrst broached it was sug- H
gestod that quarters for tho Court ot Appeals I
should also no provldod ln tbo proposed new 1
structure. Tho State Library. Regents' Depart- H
ment, the Court of Appeals, nnd many Stato do- 1
Eartmcnts aro now crumped for room, and havo w
oen for eoveral ynnrs, owing to the many new 1
commissions and departments nhlch have boon f
established during the pnet ton yoars, and some- I '
tblng will havo to bo dono, sooner or later, to I
relieve tho congested condition of tho building.
TO JOEEPES THE UAItDOIU ,
Dsard of Trade Wants a Meeting Called to Ji
Doom tbe Project Along. 'ft
The Committee on Ocean Transportation of V
tbe New York Board of Trade and Transport- Jj
tlon at its meeting yesterday adopted a report, yj
nadrossed to tho full board, concerning the no- I
cessltyof deepening tbo channels of Now York !
harbor. The adoption of tbo following resolu- if;
tlons was recommended: Q
" Hcwlrcd. That tho Commltteo on Ocean
Transportation bo instructed to uso Its best ef 9
forts to securo from Congress at itB present ses- I
slon tho npproprlntlons necessary to deepen and I
widen tho channels of New York harbor, as reo- H
ommended by tbo engineers of tho War Depart- ft
ment. IK
"Jlctolred, That wo respectfully request his im
Honor the Major of New 1 ork to call a moot-
Ing of representative. cltl7en. to bo held ln tho B
Governors' Hnoin nt tho City Hall, or such other m
placo ns his Honor may deem bost, to considor SI
tho imporlnnco of deepening the channels of 11
approach to tho harbor of Now York, and to np- ii
point n committee of ono hundrid citizens toco- Il
ni.ernto with tho commltteo of tho New York
Board ot Trado and Transportation, and llko if
committees of other commercial bodies, to urgo gf
up n Congress tho appropriation of tbo money
necessary to socuro such object." .
PERSONNEL OF THE IT ATT. ,
Provisions sr lbs IIIII That Will Be Recan
rurnded br tbe Naval alonrd.
WAnniNGToy, Dec. 1. The Naval Personnel
Board practically complotcd Its labors this
afternoon. It will meet again on Friday to con- I
elder tbo draft of a bill to be presented to
Congress, providing for an amalgamation of tbe
lino nnd tho staff, and the report which will bo
submitted to Socrotary Long. There has been a
greater unanimity of tfews among tho officers j
of tli 11 board nt Its recent meotlngs, nnd it is ex. '
pected that the roport will meet with tbo nr-
proral of some of tbo officers who havo been
opposed to the plan agreed to by tho majority. '
Thero Is llttlo opposition in tho board to the
be heme tifnmalgaiiuit ton, but tho arrangement
as to pay and the method of making promotions
Is not wholly eatlsfoc tory, Tho board decidod
to rorouiiiiciid the adoption of the army systora
of pay. by which ofllcars securo Increase every
flvo 3 curs 1 for tontv years. A plan of pro
moting officers hy 1I10 ofllclcncy molhod will
probably cniten the greatest opposition when It '
is taLen up for consideration. " ,
A I.lttle Mistake at lbs Post Office. I
Anotner m'atake In tho dating of letters 00-
etirred nt tbo Post Ofllco on Tuesday. Georgo It
W. Harnlsch has in cbargo one of tho stomping; I
machlnos In division 3, tho tlty delivery depart
ment, nnd whllo be was arranging his machine 9
todatotho letters for "Nov, 30, 12 M" tho ft
numeral a In thodatp was turned upside 'down. H
AnSS"'.0.",1 e,ler".,"l'l "" stamiiod.llnfnlBtl H
found, out his mistake, and was forti-niti! II
onoiiglitobo.,hle0,0rrecrihedatooii nfl ill M
y ,i'Ie thv.y lc,',1 'e ofllce. He was taken
liotoro Postmaster Van Colt, but was merolr J
r.pr itinnded and cautioned. ' The Post oHjco
officials do not regard his mistake by any meant M
so serious nsihat made th. othor day li. another
fronUheVeVt YctPmtaenl' w,' Wft uffied 1
Ilnslnesa Improvement In tho West. JH
VA8l."u0T' I)cCl --Assistant Secretary I
Mlcklejobn of tho War Department has returned W
to Washington from a tour of tbo Western
country. Inspecting the military posts. Thr. fl
years oko he traversed tho samo Tcrrl ioJv sS 5 fl
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