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BRAZIL COFFEE MARKETS.
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kAPAHOE COUNTY, COLoRAUO. COUPONS DUE
"A August e. 1875 bonds issued In aid OF the Denver
South Park Pacific railroad Company. may be pre-
Chemical National Bank. New YORK. for
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5000 $50 49, nbcc l02n $4,000 6's rsLbc lv6s
2UUVU SIS, cp, 81. lOt5s Is.
tt s'sn ~ $3.50 p. NJ.
5000 $40 c'65 1U2s $1,000 US 49, 1907 be lvosf
1000 Us. 10 40. lOjs JUvO 3s 81, 1U6a
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New Year at the white House.

The close OF the year has been set apart
by common consent as q time for sober self
examination. for repentance, and the max
ing OF good resolutions.
Let HAYES avail himself OF the gracious
opportunity. The lamp holds out to burn
even for him. He has stained his soul with
great crime, and the measure of punish
ment already melted out TO him, bitter as it
H. is only forctaste Of what is in store for
him If he porsevcrcs in transgression. But
1t Is not yot too late fUr repentance and res
ttution
The Office into which he climbed rs thief
and robber- has he found ita bed OF roses
Has 1T brought him anything but romorse
and vcxatiOn While he was still an honest
man he may have dreamed OF the sweets of
power; but. II he fancicd that stolen power
would be sweet, he has had rude awaken
ing. The very men who helped him to fitch
the Presidency have turned against him;
their fierce rcproaches and menaccs fill the
air. without u party, without friends ex-
cept among men who are more dangerous to
public man ns friends than rs enemies,
with the difficulties OF n false position null
tiplying from hour to hour what has he to
look for ward to ? If his way is hard now, Is
IL likely 10 become softer to his feet as he
pursrcs itY
More terrifying than tho angry voices with
out is the voice within. lie may shut his ears
t. 1t in the day. but in the long watches of
the night 1t compels n hearing. over and
over, with merciless fidelity, IL reminds him
Of what he has done, and tells him what
he IL.
As he values his we'll being here and here
after, we counsel HAYES TO at last heed this
voice. There is only one way in which he can
escape its rcproaches and its menaccs. Let
him repent and forsake his sin Let him
make public act Of contrition and restitus
ton. Let him, so far as in him lies undo
the great wrong he has done Then let him
return to Ohio, and try by the rectitude Of
his after life to win the forgiveness of the
people and the charity of history
To wish HAYES, where he Is and as he is,
Happy Now Year. would be mockery.
Fraud and happiness do not go together
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what the Legislature has TO Do.

The Legislature which meets In Albany
to-day does not rightfully represent the
people OF the State. INSCRIPTIONS Iarty
managers, in preventing the redpportion-
ment Of the Legislative districts, not
only violated the Constitution, but struck at
that foundation principle Of our Govern
mcnt which requires that the majority
shall rule. Had q just apportionment act
been passed last winter, Democratic
Senate and Democratic Assembly would
now assemble in the Capitol. But as IL
H.. the State which gave a Democratic ma
jority of more than fifty-iive thousand in
1876. and which elected Democratic candi-
dates 10y nearly thirty thousand majority in
1877, is to be ruled by n Republican Leg
islature because it was robbed Of the right
Of cleeting Democratic one.
This Legislature will be called upon 10 act
on important measures. The first to de-
mand attention will doubtless be New
York city liquor law. -Four acts are said to
be already prepared, and ten or twelve more
are promised. petition signed by six thou
sand temperance men praying for the con-
tnucd enforcement OF the existing law is
also ready for presentation. The practical
effect of this act has been plainly seen in
the past three weeks, or since its enforce
ment was begun. The police report diminu-
ton Of street drunkenness; the wholesale
liquor sellers complain of dropping off OF
sales; the grocers say that the family bottle
Is quite generally reappearng; the few bar
rooms that are licensed to sell are thronged
and the city authorities are in a wrangle
not likely 10 be settled until new law is
enacted. The subject demands the most
careful consideration. The old argument
against changing the Excise law, that it
was a dead letter and could not be enforced,
no longer avails. Commissioner ERHARDr
has enforced the law for nearly n month.
Another topic for legislation will be the
regulation of the canal toll sheet. Opposi-
tion to low tolls comes from the railway COM
panies and from the city OF Oswego the
competitor Of Buffalo in the shipment by
canal of grain from the West. Being hum
dred and fifty miles nearer tide water than
Buffalo, high toll must operate in her
favor. The interests of New York city and
OF the State demand low tolls.
An appropriation for the construction OF
the new Capitol Is TO be asked for. IL will
be unwise to make such an appropriation
until some settled plan OF completion has
been absolutely decided upon. Better by
far decree that the Capitol be removed to
this city.
There are rumors OF a thorough overhaul
ing Of the fire insurance companies. Such
course must do much TO allay or confirm the
suspicion that many Of these companies are
in bad condition. Immense amounts OF fire
insurance stock are held in the State,
and the holders should know what it is
worth.
But the most important duty OF the Leg
islature Is to apportion the legislative dis
trcts Of the State fairly and justly, accord
ing to the population.
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Tho calendar Of dcfalcations, cmbczzle-
ments, and breaches Of trust which we
print this morning is n tolerably full and
accurate record Of the respectable" thiev-
ing since the panic of ls73-the thieving
that goes by fancy names in the newspapers
and courts of justice.
Out of this list Of about three hundred and
fifty bank cashiers and Presidents, business
men, confidential clerks, public officers
church wardens, and even clergymen who
have sold themselves to the devil the larger
part sold themselves very cheap More
than two hundred were content with sums
ranging from 5000 TO s5O,OoO only fifty
held themselves at from $4,000 to SlOO,OOO
not quite forty at from 100000 to $500, OOO
while less than thirty secured the heavier
prizes Of crime. There are ten or dozen
men in the list whose combined opera
tions" cover more than third Of the thirty
millions stolen.
II s worth noting that the geographical
distribution Of dishonesty does not coincide
with the geographical distribution Of wealth
and business. The five New England States
have n total valuation nearly equal to that
of the fourteen southern States, and the
ratio of dishonesty is about the same. But
the four Middle States, credited by the last
census with wealth about equal TO that Of
all the Western States together, exceed the
latter in the number Of defaulters and en-
bezzlors by at least one hundred per cent
II would be unsafe to assume from this that
the people Of New York, New Jersey Peun-
sylvanla and Delaware are twice asdshon-
est as the people OF the West. Perhaps ras-
Gals are found ont less promptly at the
West Perhaps their rascalitics are not so
generally exposed in the newspapers. OF
the five heaviest frauds in the dismal calon-
dar, three belong to san Francisco and two
to Philadelphia.
The morallsts who preach that transsr
sion usually brings its own punishment,
and without waiting for hereafter, win
find little encouragement in Il pcrusal OF this
list. For every trnnsgressor who has boon
uied, convicted, and locked up in pris.A.
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A New Years Day without n Precc-
dent.

The country is in n widely different condi-
tlon to-day from what it has been at every
previous New Years since the first estab-
lishment Of the Republic In l776.
For the first time the morning sun Of a
Now Year dawns upon q temporary over
throw of the fundamental principle upon
which the whole doctrine Of free govern
ment rests. That principle is that the poo
pie through the lawfully expressed will Of
Che majority, shall govern. The will of the
majority, as expressed by the legal votes
rast at the last election Of President, was
thwarted by fraudulent and criminal con-
trivances and for the first time in the his
tory Of the country man holds that Office
whose only title to it rests on a foundation
~ crime.
This is a day when IL Is customary 10 ex-
hort TO good deeds and to form good reso-
buttons 1t seems to us that the first and
strongest resolution which II is incumbent
ON the whole American people to form. is the
resolve that the overthrow Of the principle
Ci s'if-govcrnment shall be but temporary
ar short-lived as they can possibly make
u; and that those concerned in tho criminal
conspiracy to make false election returns,
Bnd those knowingly consenting TO such ro-
burns and corruptly prohting by the same,
Ehall be brought to condign punishment.
1t should be the stern resolve of all pa
tliots that second New Years morning
Ihall moi break upon our country's shame
npon the Will of the majority trodden in the
dust, upon Usurper in the White Housed
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without any trial Of the merits, and, as
Judge STRONG has substantially avorred,
with O knowledge Of fraud, the evidence OF
which he Judge STRoNUl voted to reject
when proffered openly and upon specific
charges. II an example is 10 be SGT for the
punishment of fraud, or for the enforce
tucnt Of disabilities caused by fraud, where
should 1t begin but in the very highest
places Conspicuous criminals should be
the first to suffer, in order to make the
crime odious and dangerous.
On the 81 Of March last, when the mem-
orablc Forty-fourth Congress was about to
close its career, the House Of Representa-
tivcs put on record a solemn declaration
virtually n protest against the outrage
which had been previously committed in
the following words:
Rsei ~ me Hop, Of Rrr,seair,. n ne Uri.i vntes
q Am0u, That IL is the duty OF the House to declare
and this House does hereby solemnly declare. that sAs
ukJ 1LpEN Of the state OF New York received itO ccc
torai votes the Office Of President OF the United States
all Of which votes cast and lists thereof signed
tilted and transmitted to TIE seat Of Government direct
ed ~ the President Of the senate In conformity with the
Constitution and laws OF the United States by electors
legally eligible and qualified such an elector, each Of
whom had been duly appointed and elected, IN the man
ncr directed by the Legislature OF the state In and for
which he cast his vote sand and that said sASuKL
TLptS having thus received the votes Of majority Of
the electors appointed aforesaid he thereby duly
elected President Of the United states Of America for the
OF four years, commencing the 4th day OF March,
A. D. 1917"
The Republicans voted solid against this
declaration OF the result Of the Presidential
election. Not n few Of them regret their
votes on that occasion, as well as the pro-
ceedngs by which Mr.. HAYES was fraudu-
lcntly counted in to the Presidency. There
is now an opportunity to retrace their steps,
and by an honest and thorough investiga-
ton to undo, in part at least, the great
wrong they inflicted on the country and on
free government. We shall soon see If they
are willing to improve this opportunity.
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A JERSEYMdN IN WAsHINGT0M.
A Story OF the Late Political Campaign-Two
Generals after the same Thing Hon.
w. n. Evnrfs for Once Dumbfounded.

PATERSON, N. j., Dec. 2s.-A funny story
concerning Republican politicians is floating
about the streets of this city. The men con-
cerned are Gen. Fitzpatrick. Gen. Vickors Of
Newton. the Hon. William NJ. Evarts. and ex-
Gov Hayes of Ohio. Fitzpatrick and Vickcrs
married Gillian sis ers while tho former was
Minister to Santiago. When the last national
political campaign was opened, both Generals
swung themselves under IRE with an eagerness
that betokennd expectations Of big reward
XII ran over the country like melted candle
greaslng the rural Republicans with sectional
hate. and left in his wake wick Of deceit and
calumny. Vickers. IL is said. did moro quiet
and effective work behind the scenes and in
front Of the bar. Both gentlemen loved their
wives and their wives relations. and both. II is
thought were anxious to revisit Chill. with the
credentials Of an American Minister In thoir
coat-tail pockets.
The campaign ended and ex-Gov. Hayes
seatcd in Washington. Vckers caught time by
the forolock and rushed TO the White House
Unsuspicious Xii was sleeping of the effects
OF the fight, and no Wade Hampton ia sight
Vickers Frustrated himself at the feet Of power
and softly sighed Santiago" The OK Govern
or OF Ohio patted his back. Introduced him to
his wife. and passed him over to Evarts That
truly great man received him in state, nanked
by rusty black hat and waterproof shoes. The
General opened his budget in good style. began
with William l.. DAYTON, and ran through the
ggmut of J"rsey Repubcansm twanging the
Ward and Olden strings with plaintive cmpha-
sis. and concluded by informing Mr.. ,Evars
tlIut the boiled down essence Of all this Kepub-
licanism demanded his nomination to the
Gillian mission.
Mr.. Eyarts then uncoiled ono Of his remark
able sentences. which Nirkers translates thus :
How much majority did Tildon get in New
Jersey 2"
About 12.s00." promptly responded the Cen
eral.
Ali" exclaimed Mr.. Evarts. Under tho
peculiar circumstances attending the late evo-
luton in New Jersey, aud bearing in mind the
great principle OF civil service reform which.
like u now sun. is rising on the political horl-
zon, gliding the mountains of State comfy with
q golden halo prescient with future national
beatltude. IL strikes me that the work done by
the Jerseymen before the late election does not
entitle them to a foreign mission"
Nickers looked ut the luminous eyes OF tho
truly great man. and blurted out. But good
Lord, didn't the work done by u Jerseyman
after election entitlo them to foreign mis-
sion 2"
The shot struck. Evarts sprang to his feet,
knocked the rusty hat from tho table and
Nickers was shown to the door. Kills turn,
however, il yet to come. L. g. Il.
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Ex-GoC HirEs's SPECULATION.
The Bursted Real Estate Meteor-Origin o
the Suit Against Hing.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-!Sir; Kings
contract with hickman was made May II. 1868.
The terms were MS follows:
At execution Of contract. 900; LIST day Of June
following. $4,000; July /. $4,000; balance in
five equal annual payments. The deed was to
be delivered at the Office of C. II. Noorhis. Ex-
change place. Jersey City. July |.
In pursuance of the agreement, King went to
the Office of Voorhs on June to pay the $40 .900
and az Ruckman was not there rendered II to
Voorhis, Ruckman's attorney. who refused TO
receive il.
On the Sd King met Ruckman on the cars OF
the Northern Railroad of New Jersey. and told
him of the tender of the money and the refusal.
and asked him TO go to Now York with him to
the bank and receive it. Ruckman refused
July j King was again at Voorhis's office.
Huckman did not come. Search was made for
him in all the public places of the city. and
finally he was found in the ears of the Northern
Railroad. which left the city ut L. NJ. and the
$4,000 rendered. Ruckman. in variesated lam
gunge, refused the money: and these facts may
serve TO clear mp some points in the letter in
your issue oi the 10th. CRoss RIVER.
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The report that the Hon. WILLIAM A.
DARLING one of the trustees Of the late Third
Avenue Savings Bank intends to pay the
amount for which he placed his name on the
bond executed by him and others us an Offset to
an apparent deficiency in the assets Of the con-
Germ. will. no doubt. be gratifying TO tho many
hungry men. women. and children who had in
trusted their precious earnings to the care Of
Mr.. DARLING and his friends. The men who
signed that bond either meant TO pay it, or did
not mean to pay 1t. II they did not. they COM
mitted fraud and should be branded and pun
ished as frauds,
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The Washington Post, the new Democratic
paper at the capital announces in double
loaded leader that it has been personally in
formed" of the intention OF those Democrats in
tho Senate. who lately acted against HAYES.
now to take the Fraudulent Pres dcnt to their
hearts and sustain him in his contest with the
Republican party. Very wei, If they wish to do
this, they have the power. We always knew
there were plenty Of fools y Washington. but
we have not been ACCUSTOMED to look for any
considerable proportion o. them among the
Democratic members OF the Senate. Moreover.
the only Democratic Senator who voted square,
ly against HAYES is that stanch old Roman.
EATON of Connecticut. and he will never 20 over
to the side Of Fraud rs longas the world stands.
We conclude that the Post Il mistaken.
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The last day of tho old year gave Wall
street fresh sensation "A the failure Of JoHN
BONNER 4 Co., bankers and brokers, and the
disappearance Of the senior partner. Tho firm
has been we'll known on the street for number
Of years, ana until quite recently has been re-
garded No above suspicion. The developments
IN the METER case which disquictod people
and set them 10 looking after the whereabouts
Ut their securities procpitated discovery that
might otherwise have been still longer STAYED
ito wit, that Mr.. BoNNER has been raising
money by rehypothecating securities deposited
with the lrm as collateral. and that too-con-
iling street is out from four hundred thousand
t. half n million dollars. Mr., BONNER was last
seen On Saturday and is supposed to bo in
Canada. The junior partner Mr.. SEwEI.L, II
believed TO hayo beou wholly unaware of what
was going on. Ono obyious moral OF these sue
ccsslyo exposures is. that borrowers cannot 10
too careful where thoy do tbeil borrowing and
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The old year saw nmber OF interesting
occurrences. 1t witnessed the proclamation Of
Queen VICTORIA as Express Of India the
flaming up Of the longrtaded confagration
in Eastern Europe. not i extinguished for all
the blood that has bee poured upon it; the
passage Of the Danub the fighting in Bull
garia and Asia Minor H. fail OF Kars and
the capture of OsMiS 1ha and his army at
Plevna; the conspiracy ApMAHoS and his
advisers against repuuean France. and its
crushing defeat. 1t "a tn, great fire in ST.
John. 1t saw. in this counry. the inausu-
ration OF Presiden by rud-the first in
American history. am. let hope. the last
and the outbreak and 'olars OF the great rail-
road strikes. All in al. Isl was an eycntful
year. and made work'or 70 historians Of the
future.
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Happily we are not often called I'M,

Happily we are not often called upon to
record the airaignment Of so young q criminal
as little MARY Howard, convicted yesterday in
the Special Sessions Of picking pockets in the
throng OF holiday sight-seers on Christmas
Eve. The testimony Of the detective who
watched her for half an hour in what seemed
guleless sport. but was reals pocket picking,
shows that the child. young as she is. is an
adept. With all his vigilance. he did not see
her pass the valuable she had stolen to the
older confederate whom she must have had.
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Rang Out. wild Bells"

Win VARIATIONS
Rim ont, wild bells, to the wild MIR.
RING out the hate no reign of WRONG;
Ring Impulse pure aud sirong.
WIN strength 10 dc and soul to dare.
King out falls views, in false words dockci
watch seek for Fraud softer name.
Ring m the burning hln,h Of shame
our country sancienl scltlespect
hing ont Tine sycophant whose pen
pciend' tho creature OF tile hour
Thc ih nucnt appointing power
K'ns ina manner st OF men.
Ring ont tn spirit which condoncs
Triumphant crime. and makes success
The Offset to alp wickcdncss;
Rms Courag, ,u in thunder tones
Ring out the lnstof pelf an. Mace;
King in the love or houcst ways.
Ring ont the unehrt,d Hayes,
h1nI ina "''dom lo,ins race.
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The best New Years mirth is the
"Mirth that after. no repentng draws

The HAYES meeting at Pittsfcld, Mass,
on Saturday night last. was notable for the alb
sence OF prominent Republican politicians.
OLIVER W. ROBBINS, the originator Of the gath
ering. said. no doubt with truth that he be-
lieved the reason people stayed away was. that
they didn't want to come"
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CINCINNATI. Dec. 3l.-Philip Martz of Monroe
vile. Allen county. Ind, married on Thursday and
gave wedding reception On Friday night number of
unnvited que sts gave the company "belng where.
upon the friends MartI fred crowd woundng
nine persons the most seriously hurt being Charles
{. n tloNeriale, and John Heller. Two OF the airing
party, John Moses and n Is krause were arrested
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To rHr EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sd" I saw in
Saturdays issue that Recorder Hackct George
Robinson TO two aud IN the state prison
Tor stealing ew books from Nj Samuel j Tilden Now
would ASK how Ions Mr. Hayes and his coconspraors
should be sentenced Tor stealing the Presidency from the
same man, n compared with the above sentence
AsBuRf PAIN. Dec. 81 L H. N
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A Prizes" Denouace. the Murphy Movement,


ff''n ne Pan, tn, Kertlolfu.
IN the Catholic Church In Carlisle. the Rev.
thther Hickey spoke against the Murphy movement
AND rcquc srd me member cot his CONGREGATION 10 have
nothing TO DO Nlt IT, a. WAS calculated lead them
away from the church. lie advised those who had ON
ulue badges TO remove them. saying that n they lived up
10 what TIE church tnnlht would be necessary 10
slsn any such pledge or engage IN such q movement
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There are many thousands of humble
homes in Turkey and Russia in which this will
be the saddost OF all New Years days. To lay
lookers-on this vast aggregate ofhuman misery
and hearthstone desolation seems rs wicked as
il wis unnecessary; but Bishop Arthur CLEvE-
LAND COKE. beating time with his crozer to the
hoarse music of the Cars cannon. cheerlully
sings, GoD willis II So"
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The Board Of Education accepts the situa-
tion. Last evening it adopted resolution by
which it reserves the right to cut down the sal
aries Of all employees whose pay is not pro-
teeted by the law
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Advertising Rates.

DAnx AND SUNDAY ~ cents line ordinary advertisins
ssye type s0cent and preferred positions, 90 cents 10
D2t according to classification
wssNLY. 30 cents line extra charge for large
tyyc Preferred positions from 10 cents to 81
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The polygamist Mormns have heretofore
recruited proselytes chiay from England.
Germany. and scandnav. but they seem to
have found a harvest reay for the reaper in
certain regions ofGeorgi and Alabama. The
converts are said to be- yer much in earnest ia
the belief that they are fslng from the wrath
to come by abandoning ttir pine barrens for
the valleys OF New Mexic'and women are even
more eager than men to IN the colony.
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Fatalsts will find an interesting subject
for thought in the fate Of the Illinois engineer.
O'NEL, who after many wonderful escapes
from death and terrible railroad accidents, was
shot by an unknown assassin.
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there are dozen transRressors who have
safely got away with their loot.
And this leads us to remark that all these
crimes together 40 not equal the crime Of
the men who stole the Presidency.