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PERSONAL

Josh Billings Is driving TO Saratoga, where he Will
spend part OF the sumner
Mr. Charles WaIlack of Lester Wallack, the come
diam Is seriously Ill at Long Branch.
The statue of the Rev. John Harvard, being cast
in bropse In this city, is 20 be unveiled at Harvard
College on o about September 10
,ss Jeunie Young has been giving another series OF
concert lectures In Exeter Hail. London, among her snb
,ects being Henry w. Longfelow and The Potter's
Art"
bortfying rumor that Mr. Blaine has threatened to APP
mint coored Collector OF the Port there as soon
as he becomes President
The late Jean Baptiste Dumas, the French chemist,
was appointed by Napoleon in 1868 Master OF the Mint
Rut he had no faith In the stability the Empire aud
never took ND his residence the Mutt fearing lest he
shond be surprised there by revolution IN Which his
valuable scientific collections would bo dispersed and de-
stIoyed.
Writesa correspondent of The Ir0rie~ce jour
nal; In school circles has recently become known TINT
Mrs Quincy Shaw about to discontinue eight OF her free
kndergartens at the close OF hechooi year to her own
rcg reiuctancs and the of the kndergartners
who are thus deprived of their positions The story
that Mrs. Shaw numerous shares OF the Calumet
and Hecla stock the income OF which she applied TO tho
maintenance OF her schools and that owing To the recent
pa,sed dividend and consequent enormous shrnkage in
value OF the stock she has been Obliged TO cut down her
expenses aud to reduce the number Of kndergartens
from thirty TO twenty-five The eight TO be dropped out
have been carefully selected the districts whore
they are least needed and although their loss VIII be
severely felt there stn enough left 10 carry on Mrs
Shaws noble work very ably only the anxious olnhg
atmosphere OF the aud put under the loving u
elce VI gentle words and tender care KNOW al the sood
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rBoUsHYS FOR BUSINESS MEN,

The sober Judgment OF business men Is not to
be despised neither is it to be worshipped. 1t
has not alwayf been right. 1t has not always
oven when riQht, been successful 1t was right
in condemning the soft-money lunacy, which,
nevertheless, swept the country In 1874, and
the silver craze, which, nevertheless, prevailed
in the act of 1873. 1t thought more OF South
ern trade than of justice, and was overwhelm-
ingly opposed TO Lincoln in 1860; but the plain
people, in spite of that opposition, gave the Re
publican party it's first victory. 1t detested re-
construction and negro suffrage In 1868, and
,yould have beaten General Grant had the
Soutbern States voted then as they have since.
Tbe sober Judgment of history Is that the bust
ness influence has twice been wrong and has
been beaten. since the birth of the Republican
nortv. and has twice been beaten though it was
right. The deliberate judgment OF business
men ought to be seriously weighed IN public
affairs because it is generally potent and an in
tellicent Judgment. But it is not to be bllndly
followed for it is sometimes wrong and has re-
peatedly been beaten.
1t is also TO be said that the deliberate judg
ment of business men, as a class, is little slow
TO EXPRESS itself. The necessities and the life
tensify this trait. Business men are not
trained, as politicians are, TO swift measure
ment of opposing forces of public opinion.
They have not learned, as most politicians have,
Ia seize upon the decisive points which viii con-
troll the action of doubtful States On the con-
trary, they have carefully trained themselves
not 10 reach final decision until the time has
nearly come TO act. All their habits render
them Indifferent TO the reprOach OF inconsist-
ency; the man who buys to-day knows that he
may wish TO sell tomorrow Hence, they feel
that il is important to be right when they come to
act, but much less important TO be right III what
they think and say a long time before they act.
Their prevailing habit is TO say. As it now APP
pears TO me, think this, and shall do that"
Bnt there is almost invariably the reservation,
spoken or unspoken, " | shall do what appears
best to me when the time comes"
the business community did not at fist think
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well of Mr.. Linccln in 1860, nor of General
Grant in 1863, and though it's final opinion was
more favorable, wvuid have beaten both If Its
deliberate Judgment had not been Overruled by
the people. The business community regarded
Mr.. HAYES with great disfavor when he was
first nominated 1t was n long and hard
struggle to bring n majority OF the business men
of the country to the Judgment that his electloh
was on the whole preferable to that OF Mr.. III
den. In New York the majority remained IN
favor of Mr.. Tilden until the cipher disclosures.
When General Garfield was nominated, there
was general outcry of dissatisfaction among
the business men. In that case, too, the change
was Glow in coming, but il came overwhelm-
ingly when the position of the Democratic party
on the tariff and the financial questions was
fully realized. His triumphant election was m
great measure due to the deliberate Judgment
OF business men who were at first displeased
The nomination of Mr.. Blaine has been re-
ceived at the start with more favor among busi-
ness men, as a whole, than any other nomlna-
ton ever made by the Republican party OF q
candidate not already tried in office. STU,
there is considerable disfavoI in some local.
ties. The manufacturers of nearly all the
this State, in New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the
West and the South, the enthusiasm Is very
great. Second, among those merchants whose
business is closely connected with the prosper
Ity of working people, or with the distribution
of products of American manufacture, there Is
similar feeling and for the same reason.
The retail dealers in cities and towns are Tor
the moment, largely influenced by the local
opinion about them. Those who are interested
in innovations and in the distribution OF i'm
ported products, on the contrary, are generally
displeased The banking and financial class, IN
the larger seaboard cities, are divided or hest
tate as yet.
Mr. Blaine starts, then, with an unprece-
denied proportion of business men in his favor,
and yet with not little opposition. we count
with confidence upon decisive change, ana
suggest for the deliberate consideration OF bust
ness men few reasons.
/. 1t will be seen that in all his long and
active career. Mr.. Blaine has never advocated
dangerous measure.
2. 1t will be seen that the policy which has
given us the Nation OF 1884 instead of the
Nation of 1860 has been largely due to him.
3. 1t viii be seen that he has fought the
wrong and helped the rlghI slut, III o'oiy
struggle for public faith, honest money. sound
banks, and protective tariff.
4. 1t will be seen that his conceptions OF for
eign policy look to an enormous development
of our trade with other nations, by safe peace
full, and honorable means.
5. 1t will be seen that the same Democratic
party which has cursed the country by its reck-
less ineapacity and has made the present House
public nuisance must seize the Government
il he should be defeated
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pJrIs UBICH sHOULD BE LAVS

There are three bills in Governor Cleyeland's
hands which are of special Importance to this
CITY, and which ought to become laws. These
are the Tenure of Office Act the Sinking Fund
Act. and that putting the Park Depart
ment after next February III tho con-
troll OF three salaried Commissioners to
be appointed by the incoming Mayor.
If the Governor has any good reasons
for his delay in signing these measures, the
taxpayers would like to know what they are.
The arguments in favor of all of them far out
weigh any considerations which can be urged
against them.
If the Tenure of Office bill is made part of
the statutes, Mr.. Hubert 0. Thompson will be
shorn of much of his power in city politics.
That might seem a calamity to some Democrats
who have access to the Governors ear, but it
would be welcomed with hearty gratitude by
every one who believes in decent poll
tics and honest government. Mr.. Thompson
has been of much service to certain elements in
his party in the collection of campaign funds
and in the spending of money so collected.
But such service as his is of the sort that any
honorable organization which makes its appeal
to the people on principles rather than on
plumber would be much better off without.
The reform which would leave the new Mayor
saddled with such burden in the Department
of Public Works and without any chance of
throwing it off would break down at the
start.
The need of the Sinking Fund bill has been
proved in the clearest way by the recent mis-
management of city funds. This recourse is
in the direction of simplifying and improving
our system of municipal finance. IL no change
is.made such as that which this measure pro-
noses. confusion and danger are sure to re-
suit from the enormous accumulation OF
our sinking fund. Why should not the
city pay off It's debt directly instead of
beaping IN an immense quantity of bonds, TO the
complication and embarrassment of its financial
affairs 2
No one denies that orr Park Department
sbould be committed to a Board made up OF
men of ability and devotion to public interests,
who will waste 10 time in personal contentious
or private schemes. The bill which the Cover
nor has before him gives promise of securing
that result.
All three of these measures are essential to
the plan of reform which the Legislature took
nm and carried through. Our Senators and
Assemblylnen did their duty admirably. VIII
the Governor be found wantingG
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PREPARING FOR GRADUATION DAY.

WEST POINT, June 11.-General Sheridan
arm, cd to-day with Mira Sheridan and Colonel James r.
Gregory OF his staff Senator Omar D. Conger, OF Mich.
igan one OF thu Board of Visitors put in his rst appear
ance to-day with Mrs.. Conger General Crook, the
orator on Graduation Day, arrived by the boat tonight
and was honored with salute the light battery
tue cavalry plains.
At5p. IN. General Merritt gave reception at hts
quarters honor of General and Mira sheridan, which
was attended by the Board OF Visitors and the officers OF
the Post and their ladies. review Of the corps oil
cadets also rendered General Sheridan this alter
noon. The gymnastic exercises under Lieutenant I'd.
ward Farrow took place at o'clock this evening IN
the Rymnssiuto-
OF the hundred and twentyteyen plebss that have
been appointed to eater the Academy only forty eisas
have thus far reported
The managers OF the annual hop members OF me Sec
ond rass who rscusy tender the dancing anar 70 tno
graduates, John u. W. Brooks. Frank Dew ramsey
Phillip A. Bettens haydn \. Cole, Edward K G.imsn,
Cornelius Dew wilcox. John Little William t. sCraynn
aud beaumont Is. Buck. The german leaders WEI W
Waldo L. Aver and samuel ID. stnrgis IT,
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p1,r 7UIT W0PKS BOTB WAYs

hJLL IHdI VO"lIo D0III " o
In Harper's Weekly of February 3, 1883, Mr..
Curtis became responsible for the following
sentences
1t would not be easy for the most candid stalwat to
show why the delegation to National Republican Con-
vention should not represent the real Republican strength
of the country equalized nearly rs possible This
should be object OF every plan in regard to conve-
ton because the action of the convention loses weight
tust IN the degree that it is felt not TO represent the
actual sentiment OF the party.
Is it not also a fair proposition that the action
of the convention gains weight just in the de-
gree that it is felt to represent the actual
sentiment of the party7 And viii any one be
iustifed in saving that Mr.. Blaine's nomination
is other than such representation
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The chief opposition to Mr.. Blaine. nmong indie
pendents according TO interviews with such gentle
men as Joseph w. Harper, jr. and George Haven
Putnam. is that he is not leader in Civil Service 70
form. 1t is strange that, upon topic of such i'm
portance they should overlook tho testimony OF
such an Independent leader as George William
Curtis. In Harpe''s Heetly, OF September e3, 1882,
Mr. Curtis wrote
EsTIe sleeches OF Mr. Blaine In Maine and Of Senator
Harrison Ia Indiana, with the brief and unnlstakhbe
order OF Mayor Low IN Brooklyn, relieving eyery en-
plOye OF all ear OF the local Hubbel aud the significant
declaration of than thouAand leading citizens OF
Massachusetts Of all parties that they Will vote for no
In Congress whose character and record
do not promise earnest and agges-Ve action FOR
form are all unnisakable signs OF public conyieuon
a,a ,,r,ose u hicf WIN oertany have their way Mr..
Blaine pronounced plainly for some Kind oil reform, nhn
Mr. Blaine said In detail that he should be gho TO SEQ
every Federal officer however honorable his position,
appointed for specific term during which le could nos
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COLUMBIA'S NEWEST CLASS
THE 10th COMMENCEMENT.
DEGREES coSrxRRsD AND SCHOLARSHIPS AwAr

DEGREES CONFERRED AID SCHOLARSHIPS AWARD
ED-THT Re IPiExTs.
The exercises i'm connection with the one
hundrcd-andthirtieth commencement OF Columbia Col
egc took place yesterday, beginning at lOa In the
Academy Of Music. The graduating class Of
the School Of Arts numbered hfty-ons, o. the
School OF Mines sxy and OF the School OF Political
Science IT. The exercises witnessed by several
hundred men and women filling the boxes and 81 Of the
seats except those In the gallery The room was not
decorated and though there flowers In roason for
the graduates, there was notable absence OF display
Les. than half dozen Of the graduates wora
collegiate gowns, and the only "mortar board"
visible the head Of President Barnard. Bern
stems orchestra enlivened the occasion with daneeunes
extracts Of comic opera and college airs.
At 10 o'clock President Barnard headed the procession
OF trustees professors and grsduste which entered the
audience-room TO the music OF Meyer
beers Coronation March President trustees,
faculty and invited guests took upon the stage
while the graduates massed IN the front OF tina
orchestra chairs OF the trustees, Justice Biatchford,
william c. schermcrhorn Joseph W. Harper, IT.. John j.
Townsend, Charles A. sillimaD and Edward Nit
chsll were present; OF the faculty, Pfofessofs
Ridley, Rood Peck, Price, Short NewDerry,
Van Amringe, Rees, Boyessn, Ware, Alexander,
Burgess, Trowbridge and Merriam. Among tho
guests the Rev. Dr. s. Irenaus Prime Professor
w. C. Russell, OF Brown University; the Rev. n ijer'
ring Emory McClintock, Thomas Hicks, j. Tuttle smith.
and Charles A. Peabody Prayer was offered by the Rev.
DR.. DufIe, chaplain OF tho college. Charles Joseph
Deghuee, who carried of the Fellowship in Letters.
delivered the Greek salutstory Grafton, ana
George Benjamin Hussey. the winner OF both
the Alumni and Chaner prizes. the Latin poem. There
were four oratioDs follows: Janes Farinaa Kemp,
1.-THE Public and the Mining School Wafer 1lIdsts
Betes, Cavour" " Daniel Edward Moran. 'fhe Duhza-
ton Of the Waste Forces OF Nature" and barclay
Etcbeberg McCarty "Our College Course Edwafo
Mills Perry spoke the valeiictory Grafton
CONVERTING THE DEGREES.
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n. removed except fer cause tee specified proved nnd
scyen Years would DO a proper term OF office.

seven ears would DO proper term Oh omoe'
The Salvation Army" in England has ut last ex-
hansted the patience. never very enduring OF INC
Saturday Rerier. which. under the trncuient head
ing "Rowdy Religion" attacks the institution
and demands that its noisy and offensive street
parades be put stop to If there is any law Tor
doing So and if not that laws to that end be eu-
acted. The Salvation Army" has certainly
managed to make itself offence wherever 1t has
gone, and while many of the churches have hes'-
tated to take Issue with IT. lest they should prevent
some possible good, strong doubt has been enter
tanned by many If not most thinking friends OF re-
ligion whether the kind Of work accomplished Dy
sneh methods was not more harmful than sanitary
OF course the argument on behalf OF the Army Is
that it reaches people whom the churches DO
not reach. But the real question mnst still DC
whether it reaches any one to any purpose ana
whether its profane and tawdry methods can 90
more than produce a spurious imitation OF religion
II is not very probable that the Army Will be egiS
lated against but ii is certain that it is regarded so
far as its street demonstrations are concerned at
least as positive nuisance by great many people
whose reverence for religion is beyond question.
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A TpurMpH OF THE MASSES.

Ex-senator J. B. OhaGee, OF CO!orado.-I have adyo-
Gated the nomination Of Mr. Blaine In three successive
National Conventions. was for him In 1875 was for
him in $780, I was for him again this year. Naturally
am pretty well pleased His nomination Is triumph
of the masses of the people. Tho West is abaze with
enthusiasm The Pacific Coast is responsive TO Maine
The feeling must contagious. NewYork as the great
commercial CENTRE will soon feel the sentiment OF the
country to be favorable to Mr.. Blaine and from that
time forward his campaign viii be marked for victory.
He Is certain TO be elected.
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THE cuoJCE OF TIE PEOPLE.

Robert g. MeCord.-The next President OF the United
states will be James c. Blaine. He Is o peoples man
was for Mr. Arthur OF course state and local pride,
nersona relations and friendships, and great many
other things combined to make me an Arthur man. But
recognize in Mt Blaine the choice Of the people They
can elect and they will elect He viii carry the Septem-
Der and october States and down to November In
New-York with prestige which Will carry him through
bevond doubt That is my candid and honest opinion
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TIE SOLDIER VOTE.

Captain S. Z. Thomson, Veteran Corps Army OF ne
Poiolaao Washington, D. CT have exchanged views
with great many Of my soldier comrades during this
reunion OF the Army of the Potomac Hound some VINO
we're with the eld and others whose acquaintance
made In rebel prisons. But have yet TO meet soldier
OF my party who Is dissatisfied with the nominations at
Chicago Blaine and Logan will get the largest soldier
vote that has been pOed since the campaign OF 1872
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.r1crrpsn NOT WANTED IN THE PARTY.

Elliott r. Shepard There are ksome kckers over the
Chicago nomination. tho they 90 over to the
Democrats and let reorganize the Republican party on
sound basis better 1t will be- admire TIE TRiD-
uSE Its pluck in championing the cause OF the fed
Knight have Just received letter from prominent
merphaut OF Philadelphia speaking enthusiastically Of
some extracts from TRIBUNE sounding the right
note for the campaign.
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ENTHUSIASM FOR BLAINE.

Gaiusha A. Gror, Of PennSylrania.-The enthusiasm
OF the people for Mr. Blaine swept everything before 1t at
Chicago The enthusiasm OF the people viii sweep every
thing before II in November THIS country is too large
and broad and liberal underrate Mr. Blaine or defeat
him, because few men say he Is not good enough ior
them The Republican party has determined that he Is
the man for the Presidency and that he will be elected Is
almost beyond a doubt. I'm Pennsylvania there Is only
one question: which is the size of the majority we shall
rival him.
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tt will he fortunate for the city II 1t Is sup
,,;oa with water from the new aQueduct III TWO
wears. as predicted by Mayor Edison and Cow
missioner Dewd. 1t is more than year siuo.
the Aqueduct Commission was app ointoo' 'inu
apparently it win take consideraeie i,ne yo'
haf,re MI the necessary preliminaries can be COM
pletcd. in order to begin the actual work Oh OK
eavation ON the tunnel. And if the Commission
should decide to construct the Quaker Bridge
Dam instead of separate reservoirs, 1t would
probably be several years before the caty "01la
ret much benefit from the new aqueduct' Had
the plans of Allan Campbell, for the cons'fuo-
ton of the Bronx River conduit, been properly
carried ont by his successor. the city would nov
be in daily receipt of from ten 10 twenty n'u,
ion gallons more of water. The present Dell
cheney in the supply isin considerable part que
to the Encouragement of the Public WORKS
Department. Unfortunately, the prospect Oh
relief in that direction is not promising.
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GRADUATION DAY ar VASSAR.

PoUGHKREpsIT, Jnue 1.-THE Vassar eom'
mencement exercises took place to-day The ehapei Wa"
opened At 1880 r. NJ, but long before that tune 'he
reception rooms. parlors and main corridor OF
the institution were filed with visitors and graduates
Tho audience was seated frat and then the senior Gas.
entered After prayer by President Caidwsil, htt'
Intoiastte Aeor, ef Shelby Csntrs. NJ 4. delivered
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that one womans generous heart has brought about but
Boston docs not heItae to recognize In generosity
tho quiet unOseptati0us and at the same time the
most effective charity of the day"
WASHINGTON, June 1l.-Tho President has changed his
plan with regard to the proposed visit West Point II
was intended to make the trip the Dispatch which
was to have left Washington this afternoon II to-
day decided make the trip by rail. The party will
leave here tomorrow afternoon.