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OpAi. Tbo Publication of tho Koll of Honor
WW I BoRUti.
ft All over tho country tho demand Is
PJ'4, heard, Publlah tho pension llstl It comes
n ' from tho citizens who are taxed Indirectly
jK, at tho rato ot $10 for every voter, or at tho
Hv ' ?2 or ovet7 man 'Toman antl child
j& in tho United States. In order to enable
frfi tho Government to meet tho monstrous
R V) Annual pension charge It comes from tho
!V honest pensioner himself. Least of all men
K I does he aeslro that tho roll on which his
Krt uuso stands shall ho loaded with fraud
H or discredited by just suspicions.
Hi 3 Alter careful consideration ot the Initio
Kf ' tiro in Its various aspects, Tim Bun makes
Hfc publlo this morning tho names, rates of
K1 pension, and addresses ot all pensioners
Hl In receipt of raoro than $45 per month
B" I from tho Treasury. Our broad reasons for
m doing this aro two In number.
Wi j I ITlrst, we wish to establish tho principle
m ' that the pension list Is a roll of honor, and
l f that tho pensioner whoso namo belongs
there by right has nothing to fear, but
' much to gain by tho publication of all tho
4 ri"r""- Whatever frauds exist aro prac
& tlcally covered by tho system of secrecy
3F 1) which has been tho mistaken policy of tho
p i1 Pension Offlco for nearly a third of a cen
fv I tury. Secrecy is tho cloak of fraud In all
It I ) the business, and under that cloak the list
M has grown to Its present enormous dimes
Ev ialons. The process of publication properly
M J begins with the higher pensions.
W' 1 1 The fact must bo kept In mind that in
p 4 tho list printed to-day thcro is probably tho
f I' minimum percentage ot fraud. Thespeclal-
fM ly granted pensions aro hero, such as tho
'. $0,000 a year pensions of Mrs. Grant and
II .Mrs. Gaboteld ; but tho great bulk of tho
ft 'N names Included are thoso of tho veteran
fi II privates whoso Injuries in actual military
2v I service wero so severe, and whoso result-
j) lng disability was so nearly absolute that
il M under tho general pension laws they wero
ft 11 clearly entitled to their $100 a month,
' jlj their t $72 a month, or their $50 a month.
Iff In the nature of things, this particular
J Installment of tho wholo pension list rep
HPf' 'resents i tho minimum of decoption, ot im
a9WllPQaltlon. of malingering, of pension agents'
WJt' Jugglery. That Is why it ought to bo put
Hit forth first of all. If any part ot tho list
if will withstand tho severest scrutiny this
Wti'l port will. Hero aro tho surviving patriots
Hp and heroes who suffered most for their
Hp flag and country.
Kq Spread this roll of the honored bravo 1
KjH- Wo Invito those of our esteemed contem
BjkJ ' porarles who aro with The Sun in tho
H effort to promote a thorough Investigation
B and purgation of the rolls to publish such
R parts of tho enormous list as concern their
H respective territories. Let tbo list bo studied
VWl with admiration and gratitude in every
f State, city, and town. Copyright does not
H& Apply to the roll ot honor.
BJI Our second purpose Is to afford to the
H country an impressive object lesson In dl
R u mensions. The names of tho pensioners
H -n receiving annually from $540 to $5,000
B jl (occupy nearly fifteen columns ot this news
fBWpapor, Tet they number only 3,568 In all.
1 They constitute but a little over one-third
of one ptr cent, of tho glgantlo total of
970,014. The annual expenditure repre
sented by this fragment ot tho list Is less
than $2,000,000 ; that is to say, about one-fortv-eeventh
of tho total annual expendi
ture. If The Sun should undertake the
publication of the entire list ot 070,
000 names, giving a slnglo lino to each
Bft, pensioner In the typo employed this morn
Bf'' 'lng, the completion ot the task would
K require 4,350 columns ot our space. It wo
Kj could devoteawholepagoof TmsSuNovery
a day of the week to the publication of tho
K$ 070,000 names, we should 1111 about 021
'4 pages with pensioners' names before we got
Utf through. We should not finish the work
Kt Bntll somo time in October of 1800.
Bl Such la the magnitude of tho pension list
Kf ' thirty-two years after tho end ot the civil
Sr war. National Interests of tho gravest
BT character require the publication of tho
mi entire list. Tho job is beyond the power of
K anyone newspaper. It must be dono by
Hj.. the Government Itself, by means of lists
H prepared In sections and posted or other
B vrlse published according to geographical
H distribution.
B The roll of honor Is publicly established,
m Now let Congress complete It.
B A Naval Hospital Corps.
B The proposal of Secretary Lono to estab-
BH ltsh a hospital corps for the navy originates
BH in the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery,
BBJ where, In fact, it long has been advocated.
BBJ It rests on two grounds, the first being
BBM the advance in medical education, In antl-
BBb eeptlc surgery and In other matters which
BBV leave our present organization behind the
BBJ times, while tbo second Is the success which
BJB bos attended tho establishment ot a bos-
Bjf pltal corps In the army. The land service
BB 'now enlists and trains men for tho special
BJB? purpose of caring for tho sick, disabled, or
rit wounded. They can bo selected at the out
Bill t on their Indications ot special aptitude
BJw ov the service and of ability to learn, whllo
H W , the system of promotion Insures ambition
BAL m well as fidelity In their work.
BJL M In the draft ot the bill sent by Mr. Lono
BBfB toCongreM-the present ratings ot apotbe-
BBV ry and bAyman are abolished. There will
be twenty-fivo pharmacists, with tho rank
and pay ot warrant officers, one for each
flagship, with alternations of soa and ehoro
duty, and somo ot them may bo appointed
from tho present apothecaries. 13ut the
real substitutes for tho apothecaries will
bo apparently tho hospital stowards, and
under tho latter will bo hospital appren
tices of two classes, tho lowor grado being
tho newer entries Into service, who will bo
junior hospital nurses at Bhore, and also
will servo at sea whoro two baymen aro
now allowed.
One incidental effect of tho now organisa
tion proposed will bo to add about two hun
dred men to tho enlisted force of tho navy.
Tho act ot March 1, 1887, organising tho
army hospital corps, which contains over
700 enlisted men, provided that it should
not bo counted as a part ot tho en
listed forco provided by previously existing
law. In tho caso of tho navy tho further
Increase ot tho enlisted strength Is
considered Imperative, on account of tho
now ships, so that tho present measure
would do soma good In that respect, In
case there should bo no other lncrcaso at
tho present session. That tho now meas
ure would secure greater efficiency In war
and also better care for tho sick and suf
fering in peace thcro con bo no doubt.
When Will tho Folly Stop?
Tho conduct of tho msny business men,
holders of property and bearers ot great
financial responsibilities, who have fol
lowed blindly In tho train of tho bankers
seeking to abolish tho greenbacks and to
obtain for tho banks tho monopoly of Issu
ing tho national curroncy, Is amazing
Indeed. Tho report of tho Indianapolis
Convention Commtttoo upon tho matter
ot currency reform calls for renewed
wonder If not alnrm at tho rocklcss and
Incxpllcablo fanaticism, which during a
very serious national crisis has been per
mitted to swallow up tho habits of logical
thought, of honest statement, and of politi
cal common senso pertaining to a consider
able number of citizens of moro than tho
average amount of worldly Information.
Less than two years ago tbo country
was politically terrified and commercially
staggered by tho Unowledgo that Its stand
ard of money, and with that its credit
and good namo beforo tho world, was
threatened by tho Democratlo party,
backed by powerful and Intensely pas
sionate allies. Sinco then, although tho
causo of honest money triumphed, tho
Democratlo organization of Stato after
Stato has raised tho dlshonest-monoy flag
again in defiance of tho victors. Tho
elections of last year wero mora satisfactory
to tho causo ot repudiation than to its op
ponents. And to cheer the rcpudlationists
further, numerous signs have appeared that
even within Republican lines tho weakness
in tho gold-standard cause, instead of stop
ping at mero vagueness of understanding
of Its merits, or indlffcrenco to Its fato,
reaches positive hostility to It.
For example, ono anti-Kcpublican demon
stration has been mado by Sonator Woi
corr of Colorado, whose loyalty to the St.
Louis platform during tbo McKInlcy cam
paign was like a brand plucked from tho
burning. Half of tho strength of the con
spiracy to defeat Hanna, tho sound
money Senator seeking reflection in Ohio,
Is doubtless free silver. And lastly, one ot
tho Republican Senators of New Hamp
shire, tho Hon. William E. Chandler.
has said bluntly, through tltfi Concord
Evening Monitor, that ho is " against tho
single gold standard and In favor of tho
restoration of silver to Its old position as
standard money."
But what during tho wholo momentous
and difficult controversy has a well-meaning
but bewildered and desperately anxious
country been made to hear from tho Mug
wump Cuckoo-Banker wing of tho sound
money forces, regarding our money
standard and our currency, or, In other
words, gold and greenbacks t Tho pecu
liar people aforesaid, beginning with
tho Cleveland Administration and clos
ing, up to date, with tho representa
tives of tho Indianapolis Convention, havo
brought against tho gold standard an ac
cusation better calculated to destroy It
than any Inspired from within tho regularly
organized army of Impoverishment and
socialism. They havo reiterated steadily the
complaint that, as n mattorof fact, the gold
standard has cost tho Government hun
dreds of millions of dollars, and that, If it
is to bo preserved longer, tho greenback
system, to which tho country lias been
accustomed for upward of thirty years, and
under which It has seen Its most mag
nificent prosperity and expansion, must
bo sacrificed, at a further cost of several
hundreds of millions moie. m
Blindness and dishonesty "must divide be
tween themselves the responsibility for
this astounding misstatement, so baseless,
and so persistently repeated.
It began with a gross attempt at decep
tion on tho part ot a President of tho United
States, Groveh Cleveland, who, In order
to cover up tho Wilson bill's failure to
provldo revenue equal to expenses, do
clared that tho bonds issued during his
Administration wero caused by tho need
ot providing gold enough to redeem tho
greenbacks offered at tho Treasury, or,
In other words, to preserve tho gold
standard, and "not to supply Insufficient
revenue." This was tho calm assertion of a
tariff-reform President prior to whose In
auguration tho deficit In tho revenuo
had become appatent; before whose eyes
was tho evidence that tho new tariff ot his
making was steadily increasing tho deficit,
Instead ot diminishing It, and at whoso
very elbow was the letter of tho Secretary
of tho Treasury, written less than a year
beforo, saying that money was urgently
needed " to enable tho Treasury Depart
ment to continue tho payment of pub
lic expenses mid to supply such de
ficiencies ns might occur In tho revenuo;"
tho net balance In tho Treasury being then
but little over cloven millions of dollars,
Moro than a hundred and fifty millions of
tho bond money was used In settling tho
Government's ordinary debts durlngCLEVE
land's term. Somo of it Is yet In tho hands
ot Secretary Gaok to meet dralnsupon tho
Treasury surplus Incident to a still deficient
revenue. But no matter what Its originally
Intended purpose, every dollar of it, sooner
or later, will do a common dollar's work
In pa lng common Government bills. Even
It tho statements of tbo currency reformers
wero true, tho greenbacks couldn't be hold
accountable for a dollar ot the cost ot the
Cleveland loans to tho Government over
and above tho Interest.
Thus President Cleveland began falsely
and selfishly charging the gold standard
with the increaso in tho public debt during
his Administration, which bad been neces
sitated by a deficient revenue. All the
cuckoos and bank currency reformers, led by
Comptroller I'ckuls, kept up the Cleveland
cry. They nearly elected Bryan with It.
Misrepresentation has culminated In the
assertion, on the part ot the experts op-,
pointed by tho Indianapolis Convention,
that since 1870 the amount paid out
In gold to redeem greenbacks has been
$048,081,010. That was "moro than
$403,000,000 H In tho Clovoland messago
of December, 1805. Shades of Midas and
all tho alchemists I Where did thesoflvo
hundred millions and moro ot gold como
fromf If tho gold standard, oven becausoof
tho greenbacks, has really cost over flvo hun
dred mlllionsof dollars In twenty-two years,
or over twenty-four millions a year, then It
has been a partner In too unpardonablo an
exaction to bo worth a slnglo further
thought about keeping It up. But with
tho present stato of publlo feeling no
radical chango In tho currency can reason
ably bo expected to bring destruction to
tho greenbacks. That will como to tho
gold standard, and tho popular effort will
be, not to prcscrvo tho national credit and
abolish tho greenbacks, but to keep tho
greenbacks nud throw tho national credit
to tho devil ot silver.
If the Mugwump theory that tho green
backs represent perpetual exhaustion of tho
Treasury's resources Is sound, and tho pub
llo can be persuaded to bollevo that It bos
cost over flvo hundred millions ot dollars
ot gold in tho past, and will continue to
bleed us if it is permitted to Uvo, then wo
must prcparo soon to havo all uncertainty
about gold taken out of politics and to sco
tho national obligations paid in silver.
Tho hopo that wo shall bo spared from this
calamity rests mainly on tho fact that tho
representation mado regarding tho cost of
tho gold standard, In bonds and In Treasury
gold, paid to redeem greenbacks, Is In sum
and substanco not true
President Cleveland and tho currency
experts who havo used tho redemption
fund argument havo failed to say that
whllo flvo hundred millions of gold havo
been paid by tho Treasury for greenbacks,
approximately flvo hundred millions of
dollars In gold havo been paid back into
tho Treasury In exchango for greenbacks.
Tho history of that ebb and flow of which
tho Treasury Is annually and continually
tho scene has been published by TnE Sun on
more than ono occasion. Tho proof of It is
at every man's hand.
Unless tho currency reformers como to
their senses and repress themselves to tho
extent of their fallacious arguments against
tho greenbacks, tho growth of tho opposi
tion to tho gold standard must steadily
proceed. Tho currency reformers may cast
their voto for sound money on election
days, but between times they aro a moro
deadly and effective aid to repudiation
than can bo found within the entire ranks
of populism.
Imrgo and Small Game In Maine.
At tho Sportsmen's Fish and Game Pro
tective Association of Maine, convened at
Bangor lost Tuesday, the beneficial results
of systematic methods ot protection In tho
preservation of the gamo of an Important
Commonwealth wero made to appear very
strikingly.
Tho Stato ot Now York, as Is shown by
Governor Blacks message, owns more
than a million acres of forest lands, exclu
sive of tho forest lands owned by private
individuals. Maine, llko New York, has a
Forestry Commission, and tho Maine Legis
lature has shown laudablo discretion In
adopting measures of protection both in
limiting tho period during which
moose, deer and caribou may bo taken,
and in prescribing regulations for
tho shooting of quail, plover, grouse
and duck. That Stato has also what
is known as tho guides' license law, de
signed to regulate tho employment, pay
ment, and servico of forest guides. Tho
adoption of this law was questioned as a
new and radical departuro of doubtful
utility, but tho reports of tho Bangor con
vention show that In practice It has proved
eminently successful. During 1897 licensed
Malna guides had as patrons 7,000 non
resident and 3,000 resident sportsmen, and
their fees collectively were $117,030; and
tho sportsmen assembled at Bangor esti
mate that not less than $1,500,000 was
"left In tho Stato" last j ear by non-resi
dent sportsmen.
Some of tho members of tho association,
however, advocated tho presentation of a
bill to tho next Legislature, providing for
the collection ot a Hccnso fee from sports
men who, whether or not residents of
Maine, tako game out of its borders. They
contended that residents of other States
coming Into Maino to hunt or fish should
pay tho State something for the privilege.
Their views wero opposed by others on the
ground that, sinco Maine profited to such
an extent from sportsmen visitors from
other States, it would bo unwise, if not
inhospitable, to lmposo a tax upon thoso
who gavo employment to tho licensed
guides and w ho " left money in tho State."
Whatever may bo tho result of this con
troversy, it Is reassuring to learn on good
authority that becauso of w iso measures of
preservation largo gamo is Incieaslng in
Maine faster than it is killed.
Harbor Defences.
In view of Secretary Aloi-r's proposal to
increaso the number of artillerymen, it is
a timely and useful article which Gen.
Nelson A. Miles has contributed to the
current number of tho Forum. Thcro is,
as he says, no foundation for tho assump
tion that wo can always escape war, or
that wo should havo duo warning beforo
hostilities broko out, ITqually mistaken Is
tho notion that wo could defend four thou
sand miles of scacoast with our present
navy, or with any navy that wo aro likely
to construct.
It Is now upward of twelvo years sinco
Mr. Samuel J. Tilden computed tbo valuo
of tho property exposed to destruction from
naval attacks In tho tuclo seaports of
Portland, Portsmouth, Boston, New York,
Newport, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charles
ton, Savannah, New Orleans, Galveston,
atidSan Francisco, at five thousand millions
of dollars. This was probably an under
statement at tho tluiu when it was
made, and certainly tho figures should
now bo doubled. Sinco the date of
Mr. Tilden's letter to Mr. Carlisle,
a good deal undoubtedly has been
dono by our War Department In tho woy
of protecting our principal harbors,
Thoro aro now in process of con
struction at over ono hundred and ten
different points on our seacoast mod
ern defensive works which, when finished,
aro to bo equipped with over 600 high
power guns, 1,000 12-Inch mortars, and
300 rapid-firing guns. An appropriation
actually has been mado for over 350 high
power guns and about tho samo number of
12-Inch mortars, of which one-half can bo
put In their emplacements by June, 1808.
Far from completion as aro our works for
harbor defence, they are already sufficiently
advanced to outrun our ublllty to man
them. There aro at present in the servico
of the United States Government only 3,800
artillerymen, one-hall of whom, it la a-
sorted, aro lncapablo ot becoming tratned
gunnora. On the other hand, oven tho
existing fortifications around tho city of
Now York require 7,000 artillerists to
man them, and when tho supplemental
works now under way nt this port aro fin
ished, a forco of 13,000 men will bo needed.
That In our harbor fortifications wo must
havo not only high-power guns, but nls0
an adequate number of men qualified to
flro them, ought to bo as patent to Congress
as It Is to tho Now York Chambor of Com
merce, which lately adopted resolutions on
tho subject.
Historical facts do not support tho notion
entertained by somo members ot tho Houso
of Representatives that in any event nmplo
opportunity will bo given us to prcparo for
a condition of war. Aa a rule, war comes
without warning, llko a cloudburst or tho
sweep of a tornado. Gen. Miles points out
that, In 1881-83, the British Government
oxamlncd tho question whether It had been
customary for a nation to dcclaro war bo
foro tho opening of hostilities. Tho data
collected showed that In tho 170 years
preceding 1870, during which 107 wars
had taken placo, there had been less than
ten Instances in which any formal declara
tion of war had been mado beforo actual
hostilities began.
Thcro Is, then, no basis for thoboltof that
a hosttlo Stato would warn us of Its inten
tion to attack us, and that, consequently,
wo should havo tlmo to mako good any of
tho prcscnt'shortcomlngs in our harbor do
fences, including tho deficiency in gunners.
Blanco to Tako tho Flold.
Tho decision of Gen. Blanco to assume
personal command ot tho operations In San
tiago do Cuba marks an important stage of
tho campaign.
To begin with, It virtually admits tho
defeat of Pando on tho Cauto RIver,and
also Implies that this officer Is notcompo
tent for tho task required of him. Thcro
seems, in fact, to bo somo evldcnco that
Gen. Pando undertook his operations with
troops imperfectly supplied In various ro
spects, and that, while ho asked for moro
troops, at least a part of IiIb trouble was
due to a lack of stores of various sorts for
such force as ho had.
But tho principal cause ot his defeat was,
wo believe, tho activity and skill of tho
patriots; and, If this bo true, then tbo fato
of Pando Is likely to bo repeated In tho
caso of Blanco. Tho forces of Gomez,
Calixto Gaiicia, and Rami will await
with tho greatest confidence tho appear
ance of tho Governor-General In the field.
But his defeat would be a terrible disaster
for Spain. Hitherto ho has been llttlo
moro than a figurehead, so far as field oper
ations aro concerned, or a supervisory chief
at tho capital. When ono of his subordi
nates has been defeated tho Sagasta Minis
try has had tho consolation ot knowing
that ho was still In reserve. But now that
tho disasters In eastern Cuba compel him
to tako tho field in person, the supremo test
of his military ability will be made. If
ho is overcome, Spain may well despair.
Inanity and Malignity.
Tho pass to which tho A'eto Tork Tribune
has been brought by Its malignity against
tho Republican party Is Indicated by this
remark:
"The talk ot The New Yobk Set about the proba
bility that tho TOten woulil reject the option Is elm
plr till?. If tlioy would, what Is the use of tho
amendment? '
Tho reference above Is to tho proposition
fod an amendment to tho Raines law to
submit to local option in cities of the first
and second classes the question of Sunday
liquor selling within restricted hours.
The Sun said, incidentally, and now re
peats, that it Is very doubtful It the popu
lar voto in New York would bo In favor of
tho granting of such a special privilege to
tho liquor dealers, becauso of tho opposi
tion tho proposition would encounter from
tho religious public, both Catholic and
Protestant.
Tho question of the meritsof local option,
howecr, is not affected at all by the ques
tion of tho probabilities of tho voto under
the privilege. Tho argument forthe amend
ment is that it would glvo to tho people of
the cities named a chnuco of voting as they
pleaded upon the Sunday opening question.
.Moreover, local option is in accoruanco
with Republican policy nud precedent in
this and other States.
The absence of nil moral and political
principle in tho A'eto York Tribune sinco It
began its treacherous and malignant as
saults on thoRcpubllcnnparty Is as glaring
as its abject intellectual poverty. Nothing
now remains to it except petty spite.
Washington', Jnn. 0. The shrewdest political
firophcts hero lmrft aboutdeclded that tho tree alitor
nruu must bo fought akaIu In tho Congreia campaUn
of lhUH ami thu I'roBlUentlal canvasaof lliflO. Tho
Poni'torata. thoT iajt aa an opposition party, must
have an Issue. The tariff It acttlpd, and so great Is
tho publlo dread of an overhauling of tbo revtnue
question that iaany of the bitterest opponents of
Dlngleylsm say they prefer, now that ahtghproteo
tlreiarirx has become law, to let It alono. t.icntng
I'att.
"ThOBhrewdest political prophets" must have,
been very dull of apprehension if It is only now
that they havo reached a conclusion which has
been obvious to every intelligent obscner of
tbo political situation for more than a year past.
Tho Hon, J. O. Burdett, a Hinghnm re
former, who doosn't vnlus his llfo, lias taken
the troublo to tell tho members of tho Anclont
and Ilonornblo Artillery Company Unit they
cannot be n military organization as lone ns
thoy "make It n matter of drinkine boor and
wlno." Mr. IJoitDKTT may bo a good author
ity on military umtturs in Hint-ham, but thcro
aro high martial ni) stories of uhlch bo
has no comnrchonslod. Quo Ancients are
born warriors. Every ono of them has
a sword and a corkscrow Inclsod In
rod on tho top of his boad. As for beer and
wine, who over saw an Ancient drink beer, ex
cunt, perhaps, as a substitute for soda wator
attar a night of elceef "Wo aro practical Pro
hibitionists," writes a well-known nmrliullet in
this Spartan band, "and v.o noer drink any
thing but champagne and whiskey excopt upon
roeommondatlon of a physician or lay special.
1st." Champagno, it may ho useful to remark, is
known ad "wlno" in lioston.
Tho Hon. Batii House John, a master
mind In tho Chicago City Council and a inatho
matlclan and miscellaneous statesman of un
common site, pronoscB to Introduce an ordlnanco
providing that curfow shall ring at 1) o'clock
every night, and that everybody in the streets
bliall bo obliged to go homo lit that hour, "I
would havo tliocurfow boll sounded at 0 o'clock
from tho eteoplo of ovory church and tho roof
ot every sthoolhouso," quoth this representa
tive and cblof of tho famous First ward.
"Woo bo unto tho citizen or stranger who
heeds not tho warning. Adults causo ruoio
troublo in the streets than children." It is plain
that tbo Hon. Hath Houbij John Is an original
humorist as well as a select statesman. Ho de
clares that bis solo moth o In building a curfow
law is " tho dcslro to socuro reform." Inci
dentally ho would make Jobs tor 1,000 curfow.
boll ringers and work for tho Civil Sen Ico Com
missioners, who would havo to examlno the ap
plicants. Another humorist In tho Chicago City Council
Is Alderman Duddleston, who has brought In
an ordinance providing for a buffet for Alder
Baa onlyand iufllclcntly stocked with leer, ,
wine, and whiskey, In the anteroom ot the
Council Chamber. Mr. Duddleston pretends
to deplore tba provalenco of absenteeism among
the Aldermen and to bollevo that thoy can
bo induced to attend tho sessions mors regu
larly it there Is n buffot within conven
ient distance. Mr. Duddlgston's humor has
not tho airy grnco and lightness of Mr. John's.
Everybody knows that thcro Is not a Chicago
Alderman who la not n dcop thlnkor, bUBy
always with affairs ot State. A library, and not
a buffet, would bo tho appropriate ornatnont ot
tho Council Chambor anteroom.
Our esteemed contemporary, the Troy
Frcsi, shudders to boo Governor CULHEnsoN
and other adventurous spirits striving to Buococd
tho Hon. Rooeii Quarles Mills In the Senate,
and wroatb.es this laurel for the Corslcanun's
brow:
"Mental giants aro no longer numerous In our halls
of legislation l Croesuses are moro familiar figures. Mr.
Mills la perhaps tha Intellectual peer of any man
In Congress; few thtro are capable of successfully
grappling with him In debate, or In tha expoil
tlon of IItIue Issues. In the Hit ot tariff reformer
named, not one of them can fatrly be classified as the
superior of Room Quaiu.es Mills as a legislator and
a debater. Worse than all. It Mr. Miils bo defeated
for reflection, It will undoubtedly bo by a politician
of much smaller calibre. We recall no Texan who
would make a better showing In his shoes, and It Is
disheartening to contemplate any probable suc
cessor." Tba Troy Press scorns to bo Ignornnt of the
faotthat Mr. Mills's oil torrltory Is liable to
mako him a CntKSUS at any moment. And
whatovor may bo Mr. Mills's rank In tho list of
tariff reformers, tariff reform Is aboutnsllvoly
and inspiriting at present as Nineveh. Finally,
in celebrating tho lntollcctual powers of Mr.
Mills and comparing him with tho other sons ot
tho Lono Star, our contemporary forgets tho
most Illustrious of living Texan Democrats and
economists, tho Hon. Toiik Scuutciiins.
Villainy that thought ltsolf secret has
beon dragged from Its cao. Tho workers of
Iniquity tremble. Tho money-changers cannot
mako change. Tho Hon. William Mounts
Stewart of Nevada has exposed another loath
somo conspiracy:
"The Rothschilds syndicate Is about to divide
China among tho gold standard nations of Europo,
All the nations of Asia aro to be reduced to financial
slavery. The next movement will bo to dlvldo South
America. What will then become ot the free Institu
tions of our own country ? What then can Intervene
to support the Monroe doctrine? The money syndi
cate, which began Its work with tho downfall of
Napoleon, proposes to reduce the world to slavery.'
Even In this nwful hour thcro Is ground for
good hope Tbo Hon. William Morris
Btewart may havo Interfered loo late to save
China and tho rest of Asia, but he can be de
pended upon to frighten tho money-changers
away from South nnd North America. No syndl
cnto will over daro to come within tho sound ot
that tcrrlblo voice. This country Is safe, and
South America can rcsumo Its siesta.
Tho Democratlo parly must sea to it that tha
Federal Judiciary is reformed when It sets In control
of Congress and the Presidency. Loulst Ills Dltpatclu
Pack tbo Federal courtsl That part of tho
Chicago platform Is Insisted upon with Increas
ing cnBslon by all tho bowlers against "govern
ment by Injunction."
It Is painful to learn from tho report of
tho Massachusetts Commissioners of Fish and
Oamo that In splto of careful laws for tho protec
tion of tbo lobstor, that ornatnont of tho sons
and treasure of tho kitchen la disappearing
from tho Massachusetts waters. Since 1800 tbo
catch of lobsters In Massachusetts waters has
decreased 43 por cent. "If something Is not
dono to prcscrvo this valuablo crustacean, its
end Is near." Tho lobster occupies a proud and
a strango placo, at onco the basis and tho apex
of civilization. Without lobsters llfo upon tbo
earth must ccaso. Without lobsters what Is
man I And who oats all tho lobstorst Who Is
tho monopolist who is bereaving tho wet ways
of their noblest product?
Tho land Is filled with the wooful sounds of n
martyr's grlnf. Johhnv 1'owEits is tho martyr CM
cago Journal
Is Dr. EusriA Benjamin Andrew 3 so soon
fnrr-nttnn B
.JKr XOTE9.
lTnter Color by Paul de Lonararn at the Amer
Irau Art Vallrrlcs.
An exhibition of water-color drawings of
flowers by Paul do Longpr i bogins to da) at tho
American Art Galleries. G East Twenty-third
street, and will continue to Jan. 20. Tbers was
a similar exhibition by Mr. do Loncnro laBt yar
at tbo samo placo, and his namo may bo added
to tho constantly Increasing list ot artists who
show their work annually opart from tho
regular exhibitions of tho art soeiotlcs. Mr.
I'ulmor, Mr. Hopklnson Smith. Mr. Dewey,
Mr. Van Doskorck, and other woll known
men havo dono so for several yoars. There
aro fiftyscven pictures In tho present ex
hibition, all In water color and all of flower
subjects. Tho drawings aro truthfully colored
and good in valuos. They are carefully painted
with a groat deal ot skill, but are somonhatdry
in handling. In few of them does tho color
scheme attract by reason of distinction of In
dl (dual tints or a) ntbetic rendering of mnsscs,
but the drawing Is In every caso crcollent It Is
dlfllcult to draw violets, hut they aro very well
drawn Indeed In "Violets and llrldnl Wreath,"
No. 36; in "A Panel of Violets," No. 45, and In
"A Hunch of Violets," No. 57. Equally good
aro the yellow daisies In "Hlack-Eycd Susan
nnd Clematis," No. G, and tho white ones
In "Daisies in tho Old Oakon Bucket,"
No. 7. Lilies of tho valley aro truth
fully pictured In No. 11. Many other
familiar flowers, such as sweet peas, daffodils,
lilacs, gladiolus, and panslcs, are depleted In
Mr.de LongprS's drawings with the same quali
ties of accurato drawing and clean rendering.
With roses, which appear In some of the pic
tures, ho Is less successful. Roses aro so sump
tuous In their beauty that their charm disap
pears under careful analysis, and only sug
gesth e treatment will do them tho halt Justlco
that may be obtained with brushes and paint.
Contribution rrom Illinois.
TOTmrFniTon or The Sou Sir: Ycona nelple Is a
farmer of Jackson county, Illinois, and Goodnight
Oee a druggist of Mount Vernon, III. Aro not these
two entitled to places In your famous lUt of names
and fame? J,
Caiiio, III., Jan. 4, 1808.
A Paem of Passion,
Dr THE ITOV. WlLLUM E. CnAMJLEO,
A good New Tear's resolve for
Republicans Is to dt mand,
And during eighteen ninety eight.
Struggle for bimetallism.
Fvery man who works
lor wages should right
Against the slnglo gold standard
Of money, which Is the most potent
Cause of tho recent reduction
Of wages made to all the factories
Of New England,
Here Is the whole case In a nutshell
And It Is Impregnable.
The unanimous vote of orgaulzod labor
In America and Europo Is
Therefore agslnst the
Single gold standard
And In favor of tbo restoration of silver
To Its old position as staudard money,
American labor now has a prott ctlve tariff
Let all llemibllcaus right to keep tba
Greenbacks In circulation,
And
to
get
rid
of
slavery
to
tha
gold
men,
who
are
trying
to
drive
out
of
use
the
Silver mosey of tha wage earners of tha world.
XVJITX, nvmxELl, roitAKSR.
Petition or Bneti In the Hanna flabl and the
Reasona Therefor.
CoLUMncs, O., Jan. 0. There Is more lnno
f enco In the combination for tho political nssaa
alnatlon ot Mark Hanna becnuso bo Is not a
Bryan man and has been much caricatured as
a bad man than was suspected at first. Con
cerning Charles Kurtz, thoso who support or
excuso him say that when ho goes to war ho
Is a rod Indian on a scalp hunt, and that under
conditions such as exist at present bo Is far
away beyond tho control of his civilized alllos.
Ho Is an ablo man and a sick ono. His grlov
anco consists. In his mind, not In bis removal
from tho Chairmanship of tho Stato Commit
tee, but In tho clrcumstanco Hint Mr. llunnn
was too slow In contradicting a story that
Kurtz had used $75,000 that belonged to tho
Republican campaign fund of 1800 In building
n flno houso for hlmsolt instoad of wasting It
in national politics.
Mr. Hanna in tho midst ot his cares did not
think It worth while to pny personal attontlon
to tho story, pronouncod It rot, and passed It as
unimportant, until ex-Socrctnry Poster, having
an lntlmnto ncqualntnnco with Kurtz, mado It
his personal business to fully stato tho caso to
Sir. Hanna, who thon agrcod at onco to put tho
contradiction in any shape Kurtz would dictate.
By this tlmo Kurtz had painted himself blood
red, and to Banna's offer to sign nny statement
that would bo satisfactory sent word that ho
would not thank Hanna for anything that ho
could then say, would novor forget norforglvo
him, do him a fnvor, nor necopt ono from him.
This declaration was greatly ndnilrod by tho
partners ot Mr. Kurtz In politics, and it cer
tainly Bhowod a touch of epigrammatic ability
and irritability.
It was thought that Senator Foraker would
hay a prevented tho arrival of this stage of Ir
roconcilablo animosity, but ho was so busy on
tho stump that ho nocr heard of tho doadly
row until told of It after his Coopor Union,
Now York, speech for Oon. Tracy, whon tho war
nows was incidentally Imparted to him by tho
Secretary of War Gen. Algor. This 1b given
by tho best authorities as tho Justification of
tho rebellion of Kurtz, who had long been In
fairly proQtnblo and honornblo associations
and occupations through tho fuor of tho llo
publican party.
Tho comment that occurs on this first la that
a dlllcronco between Mr. Hannn and Mr. Kurtz,
about a false story so obscurely circulated that
Sonator Foraker novcr heard of It until recon
ciliation beenmo imposslblo on account of ag
gravated neglect, ought not to bo ouotcd ns
Justification for pushing tho resulting feeling
in n rcolutlonary spirit of quarrelsomeness to
tho bitter end and making it u llfo and death
question In the organization ot tho Itcpubllzan
party of Ohio, especially when It Is woll within
tho knowledge of tho pooplo of tho Stato thnt
what Senator Foraker does not hoar of differ
ences among tho Republicans can hardly bo re
garded as flagrant nnd mortal.
Gov. Hushuell's Innoccnco Is somewhat moio
remarkable than that of Mr. Kurtz. Ho is very
nngrj nnd holds tenaciously thnt ho has beta
horribly ubuscd for nothing. There is no doubt
about It; ho has beon ubuncd. Tho Republican
papers of tho Ptato aro bristling with wrath
and tho Governor, whoso personal mutability
Is ono of his best gifts, is angry all oor nnd
seems to bo expecting popular vindication.
Tho way ho looks at his own case. Is curiously
lntcrctslng. Ho points to his appointment of
Mr. Hanna to tho bonnto as showing his good
disposition, and associates fccnator Foraker
with himself in tho credit ot making that np
pointmcnt, but claims to bo lmmomblo In tho
atlltudo that ho his nothing moro to do with
tho Senatorial election; that ho is not opposing
Mr. Hannn; that he Is lcailns tho choico of
Senator where It belongs, referring It altogether
to tho Legislature.
Right there tho Governor stands, nnd "this
rock shall fly from Its firm baio as soon as I,"
io. Ho asserts in several forms ot tcriouhiicss
that bo has dono nothing in antagonism to
Mr. Hanna; that ho ncrcr conferred with Louis
Bcrnnrd, Allen O. Myers, Charles Kurtr. nnd
others engaged In tho warfare upon Mr. Hanno.
Tho Govornor holds that w hllo ho has exchanged
civilities with thoso wicked people, bo has not
been a combatant. Ills point Is that tha bolt
ers havo only followed many Hcpubllcnn ex
amples ot breaking elates, electing to olllco in
that way other nnd perhaps better Republicans.
Ho expects a llko result this time. Ho iews
his benatorial candldncy as "rcccptivo," tint
ho could not refuse a placo in tho bi unto ns a
Republican; th.it tho combination cannot pos
sibly elect anybody but a Republican, and there
is no great barm in doing that, c en If he is him
self elected. This is, cooled down, tho sub
stanco of his daily com crsttion.
Ono has to say that it is hardly consistent
with tho turning over ot tho Stato '-ennto to tho
Democracy, gilng them all tho ollkcs nnd tho
preforrid places on tho committees in that
body, and It Is queer that In tho negotiations
looking to secure otcs for tho combine to de
feat Hanna places In tho publlo Institutions
filled by appointment of tho Gocrnor ore men
tioned as freely in confidential con creation ns
cash In hand to bo paid in trust on tho security
of tbo words of honor of tho men who are good
enough to attend to tho details of thu practical
business of tho rebellion.
Sonator Forukor has serious sickness in his
family, nnd has bc"n waiting In Cincinnati
.nursing his son, who has tho scarlet fcutr, feel
ing tint his duty calls him to Washington, but
reluctant to leave tho Stato whllo his party Is
torn nnd distracted with tho benatorial con
test, and ho is almost 111 enouuh himself to tako
to bis bed insteaS of to tho cars. Ho has hern
asked to como to Columbus and tu'to a part In
tho current fight, this upon tho theory that ho
could end it by declaring his support of his
colleague according to party usage. Ho has
thus fnr declined to come, buj lng If ho put hliu
belt Into tills storm centre, that under existing
conditions It would bo only to show thnt ho is
no boss nt all, somo of his own clnsn friends
having got away from him nnd nuido war on
their own nccount, notwithstanding ho Is
known to them ns a peacemaker. llucer, ho
does not think tho historj of bolting against ma
jorities of Republicans In Ohio is so limited ns
most of thoso demanding tho regular ordor
now appear to think it.
President Garfield's old friend, Copt. O. E.
Henry, is responsible for tho revival of recollec
tions of tho exciting Senatorial clicllon that
took placo in this city In tho oar 1872. John
Sherman was n candidate for ro election, nnd
tho Now York Etcnino Post thought it was hit
ting him hard w'icn it said Micrman could not
be elcctod without a caucus. Tho names men
tioned In addition to Sherman's were ex-Go v.
Dcnnlsnn, Oon. Garfield, Stanley Matthows,
Gov. Hnycs, Gen, J. D. Cox, Anron P. Prrrv,
Gon. Schcuck and several othors. Senntor r-her-man
arrived on Jan. 2 and wnscalloj upon hy
ncarl) all tho members. Thu Democrats, being
in a minority in tho Legislature, undertook to
pity the game thnt Is now attempted, of leidlng
off from tho nomlnco ot tha caucus enough Ho
publknns to elect somo Republican, not John
Sherman,
The first effort wns to got tho consent of Gen.
Garfield to be elected (o tho Scnnlo In thnt way,
and ho declined, 'I ho second mm owns to get
tho consent of Gov. Ha) us to nsslBt in tho gamo
of disorganization, Ho refused with spirit.
Thorcsult of tho election was: Miorinan, 7.'l;
Morgan, 0; Cox, 5; Porry, 1 ; Scbenck, 1. '1 hero
was a jJcmocrutJu movement recorded In tho
fit e otcs for Gen. Cot In thu hopo of starting n
stampede. It Is worth remembering tint tho
two Republicans to whom tho Dtiiioi rullo halt
wns ilisi thrown, nnd who pcremi lorllv rofusod
It, aro In tho lint of Ohio's Presidents of tho
United Stntcs, Hayes and Garllold,
Married Seven Tliurai Agr, 41 tears,
Drom th4 LoufiWIIs Vitpalch.
Minnie Tompkins and Frnngott P. llaen ot
this city wi ro married in Ji IIoibuuvIIIo Minday
night by Justlco Kolgwlu. ltiien Is 1 1 oirs of
age, nnd this Is tho seventh tlmo hu has been
married. Mrs IlaunlsUI )oars of niro nud ro
uuirkly grxul looking, 'iliey will muko their
homo in this cit).
Pastor AsLa rnr a t'ut In Ilia Mnlari.
trout tht Iloslun Qiale.
Tho Itev. F. a Ilacon, pastor of tho Tabcrnnclo
In Manchester, N. II., n.is requested n 10 por
cent, out down In his salary to conform to the
out dona in tho nulla, ;
- 2- .ItI'll ).. ? ,r ' ..
JTltA.VDVZ.nKX MntfDlOASCT. 'llBTB
Frof. Goldmln Smith on Pensions. ?nB ;H
Toronto, Jan. 4. Much Interest In the pen "-M jjfg
Ion nrtlcles in Tim SON has been taken by Cairn. 'JH SS
dlani. There aro many United Statos in njion. '7j !9
ers living In Canndn, nnd somo ot them hoi '''fl Wt'
lucratlvo posts, whllo others prefer to live la B 3&
this country bccatiBO living hero Is cheap or by. 'JU
causo thoy havo relatives In tho Dominion, Tin V Wf
Son's articles created a good deal of dlsctustnn, H
of which tho following comments by Goldwla vlS ' 5
Smith may bo given: S ,
"Tho action otTllRSu.v In oxpolng and do- vU
nounclng tho frauds of tho pension list Is a stnk il '1
lng oxamploof tho scrWco that may ho rendered .B
to a country by an Independent prcn. Tha S
tongues of Congressmen had bocn tied by fear of "?B 1
tho voto ot tho Grand Army of the Republic. Jfl
Not only so, bat members ot Congress, session Jj ,
of tor session, had been making themselves tmr- fH 1
ties to tho robbery of tho Htato by removing WiW ' 1
safeguards, and by bringing in a series ot V 1
prlvato bills for tho ratification of frtudu- 'yM j
lent claims. This might bao gnuo on -M
without limit, bo far ns tho legislators Mm '
wero concerned. Every one of thoni wns bound iH 1
by tho will of bis constituency, nud In tho ton- mm
Btllucncy the robber Interest had fatal power, siSal 1
Ono of thorn wns actually brlnglngln a 'Sirvlea WM
Pension bill, by which tho expenditure would rvm 1
bo enormously Increased. At last an Imlipcn. !
dent Journal has dared to Bpcak tho truth. sH ,
Publlo opinion, long ago formed, but hitherto $.9
bold In suspense, burst out at onco In rcsponsa Wm '
to the appeal. Tho evil spell is broken, nnd fS
Congressmen will probably now muster couraga &
to do their duty to tho republic, or at least $1
henceforth to rcfuso aclho participation la W
gross abuse. That even In tho press perfect In- ffj
depondonco Is not so common as it might ba S-
must bo regretfully admitted. Too often tin r f
Is sinister influenco behind tho Journal, Too m
often fear of losing circulation paralyzes Ilia k
conscicnco of tho oditor, as fear of losing votes i
paralyzos tho consclonoo of tho legislator. Hut, jj
on tho whole, thiro Is more of Independence hi '
well as mc breadth of low In tho press than n
thcro Is in ltjlslators, whoso political llfo hanga lj
upnnnlocwl -otc. These nrtlclos In Tin: Set I
will not only havo savod many millions to tha
nation ut a time of soro financial mod, but will f
hno arrested the growth of a cancer of fraudu- p?
lent mendicancy In tha national character moro R
pernicious than tho worst disasters of llnunca," 'i
AX OLD 1'DXSlOXVlt'S IDEAI. K
IN
Ills Suggestions for tho Piirlllcatlun or tha jfc!
Monalroue I.lst. Jv
To the Editor or The Sun Sir.' In rcgnrl fcB
to publishing tho names of the pensioner'". 1 do JRjB
not sco how on one of tho pensioners could
objoct to have his namo placed before tho public. S'jJ
Thcrols nodlsgraio in what thej did. Thirds g
not ono who could bn ashamed of his record us a I'S
defender ot the nation. W-!
I wish to suggest a plan whereby tho depart- ID
ment can cut down expenses bj several millions Iff
of dollars: Jjfe
1. Pny no pensions to tho bounty men. 'lhey sjj
did not enlist to reprcsont themwhes; they en- la
listed for tho bounty monoy they rcichcd frum Kjj!
those w ho were drafted. kI
'J. Stop paying panslon of ?100. ?7 and $"j0 HS
to tho widows of ecrlnln olllccis. 1 lice ulllccrs S-
rccclt cd big pa) ulilloin tho hci vice, and why Sj
should tholr widows rocclvo moro than it &S
prlx ito's widow, who receives onl srll or 1J
per month I Ji'.'
It. Abolish thn Pension Huronu nnd turn its g(
hublniss ow r to tho V ir Department. Uy su Jjrf
doln.r a lnrgo amount will be sum '. 3o
4. llau examiners who know whit n bullet) t
wound is, nud have had some experience in that) St
liiif of practice. E'jj
Wcdn not n int politics In this; mil Justho. &
'I he- War Dep irtntont ha, n n cor t of nil who
were wuundcl or injured, and m ho re 1 hod 11 ":
dKchiirgo for such nt leiht, 1 think so. If it, has ru
not, it ought 10 h up. K
Let our ltcprex nlntivi'S In Washington rnnio s,J
to the fiont nnd show their colors Help thoso
whuurc worth) anil cut dovn thoiu who uro $
no. Let the r) sU in do Juvtlcn to nil 5
Let the public know who 1 ho pensioners nra a
nnd for w hut liny arc pensioned mid lion much r
they receive. Ji. It. A 1 1 1 . Pensioner,
Lnt, 1 roop H, First Itiv'lmcul it. J.Oav. Vol. t,
Wuodh 1 s, N. Y., Jan. 1. i
mi: ajloi:s .iva uAitnon.
A Nlulfii Islnmlrr lrr, nils Vlr. TrnaU and w
Pities Ills 4tii t sor. 4S
To Tin: Editor op Tin Sij Sir: Thocru- mk
sadebcun b) tho 4V ir Til, llitttttl has re- $S
suited in tho resignation of Mr. 'I r ink, for ninny &
years Governor of tho Sailors' isnug Harbor. p
1 ho mild li rlbcs the inm ites as cheering jf,f
when the) got tho news. 1 he 'rustics of tho J3
Harbor have mado a g-ent niUtnl.' In reuuest- jfc
ing Mr. 1 rusk's resignation on thu m Monro S&
of tho Inmates. 'I he Inmates aro a lot
of old, crank) n. en, with no reguHr work Jjw
to do; nnd among them aro ilociis of ?;j
"sca-lawycrs." Wo know whul Sulnn llnds fc
for Idlo people. Not a thing ilono by MR
Mr. Trnsk but has been tho target, for Wt
nbuso by these sea.law)irs an I tho fellows Jm
whom the) nrguo into following them, Tluro
aro four sloons In a row outside nfihollarbor S
gnto, Just beyond tho jurlsdii linn nftlipllm- m
ci nor, nnd the hnspilnl of llio Harlior is xiuiulr 3
n delirium tremens ward whciu the lrniunl- M.
hie Inmates nro sobered up Governor I r nlc a
hns braced tho place up, h milling his old ihnrgi 1
firmly nnd kltutlv During his ni'iiiliilbtralioii m
Mist liiiproviiiii nlB have him undo In Ilia M;
Harbor piopeil), and, hi si of nil far thu Mali '1 X;
Islanders, thoopui snloinid pun huso uf thu 800 mt
otos of the ")id rmugtt ' has been stopped JEj
Ilv lompclllug I lie resign itlon of Mr. Tr isle nt K,J
tho instuni e oi thosoa law)crs mil snro-heids Jrigi
nmong thu Imn lies, tho Irusli is halo prepared IMS
a nlio plaio fin Mi. Tr isk's sum ssor. 'I lie fact AgB
thnt the) haMisuiii'itliilimceiillhniouriigalhu tffj)
chronli grumblers In tho future. No Governor "MVs
can hope 'tor to nlono thu Inmates, but tho Ji
future governor will liavo a hnrdcr time than 'A$3
our; and If a crusnilu ncilnsl him Isn't begun B?fi
within n fow moiiMis nfti r Ms administration t'
opt ns, I for one shall be surprised. ip
Ni.w York, Jan. 0. biAii.N Ib1.im.ikr. JB
Whj Ant Kvnniliin the Fininlnernl S
To Tim Editor ok Tin Sus .Sir: Our Civil M
Service lnw is unjust, illoglcnl, nnd absurd. S
Unjust, becnuso it Implies doubt of tho ability fl
of tho people to select honebt or competent ml- 9
mlnlstratho olllccrs, inasmuch ns it takes from 9
Bui li olllccrs tho power to appoint th Ir siihnnll- 9
nates, by whom tho real administration of got- ja
eminent Is conducted; Illogical and absurd, hn- "M
causo It Insists that beforo appointment Utiles "J
to hold olllco must bo oxhlhlttd b) pcti) an I Vj
subordlnnto alllccholders, whllo It makes no T,
provision that lltness bo foro appointment or ?"
election must bo oxhlblted by (iotiinur, Sin- '
ator, Asscmbl)inan, Ma)or, Alderman, or Cum- J1
mlBslonor. Even tho linmauilatu ( hil i-ori ke .:
Commission, nwful In Its superior lio'luiss and L
111 t lie stupendous profundity of lis kuiinli dire, M
depends for ItROlllclnl llfo not upon the nih. i
tloti of lltness ilemoustrntid h) examination be- m
foro appointment, but upon tho strength uf Us ju
politic il pull. f
Hurel), it is wrong to permit politics to ron- H
trol tho appointment to high nnd riniiunslhla
olllip, nnd nt tho anino tlmo 1I1 elaro tit tho world JI
b) a Chi) Service law that the political iiitiolnl M
is either too corrupt 111 ignorant to appoint .
cni. ablo subordinates. If wo inimt oxuiiilnei m- ml
il dan s for mliiiii polltleiil ullliulo ili'iirmiiis W
tholr lltness, lot us, nt lonst, bn Jilt 1 tiniii.li Ma
apply that rule to 01 in imiiliiltiit lor puhhu Mix
iilliio from tlm l'n ldi iililiiwnuard; for If II li JRJ
Important Unit wo should hno 1 ompi'ti ut pi tlr EH
nllli clioldi'irt how 111111 It iniiiu Impoitant is it WK&
that wu i-hull hiiMMiiiiipi 11 nt linn tollll greue HK
oltlies. Let us havo this or nothing. '
XlwYoiik, Jan. I. hliw Aim (,. Pincum.v. $
A (ntliollci t'oulrniorls Pnlhrr lli-nili'i nan. MB
To tiif 1-niton ok lilt M Sir' lluv'nij I-on JJPJj
brought up In tlm Roman Cutliollu religion an I l U ?S
couitrsaut nllli lis te uciiliik"-, 1 cuu mom 1 ojllhtlr ' sj
coli ol to with N II T. f&
tslher Henderson may roiort to snphHtry In lis igffi
treatment of tho qui sllon, but ltutuu Inurotliir K
Catliollis may not nlsli lo call a spilo a ! ule. 11 f
dec not by uny iiuans 1 lianmj tbo ri al ti ai liliu. f ify
thn Human Catliolli I'liurch nil tho qui ill 11 of wl 1 1-jjj
skull bu savnl Any amount of proof can bn ipi it 1 4jjg
from Iti tlieolOKlial writers w Initio works are t a JKh
aril cuttiorltli proving tliat the ilouia ' 1 iHfi
iccletlain nulla mlus" (Outside of IlieCliur h Is 11 jfaj
salvation), Is full) a opted, Tu iltny It Is I" liW 58
tlin Infallibility of the 1 i.e Tho docirliin lul I di u M
by altoiuan l'ooln n bull on tliesubju't ItdUHn H K
that to bo saied we inurit have ferine, nnd tl ul 1 n
n hire but In the Roman Catholic Ciunlnsn lim 9
grata be obtained, thu K0111.111 ( uttiollo jr 1 hint V
schools of tills city, which I atti 111 Ifirniu"1 ' Jffi
of years, tauklit that out.liliiuf the llui mun '" J It
Church thi re Is 110 salvation &
You cannot read any standard Roman ( nth"!'" ,jjj
work but this fait will bo luipreiuul 1111 ) air mlu I, fit
and all thu sophistry of Father Henderson or other iVjJ
Father cannot hid tha truth. J. ', at, ,.
, New Voai, Jan. 0. X
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