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HIR LOSSES IN PEACE.

The cost of militarism to the great Powers
is by no means represented in the outlay upon
arms and munitions and defensive works and
other manufactures and constructions which
remain available for war purposes. As the
case Of the Victoria's great guns, referred to by
Mr.. Yates in his last letter to The TRIBUNE,
shows, these are expenses which stand for dead
loss alone. and these, too, are constantly Oc-
curing. England has virtually lost immense
sums during the last half century in naval ex-
perimentS which have turned out failures. In
many instances vessels costing great sums have
been shelved for good soon after launching.
The same must be said of guns, of which hun
dreds have been built to no purpose. All the
European Governments have for years been
compelled to incur heavy losses through the
ceaseless progress Of invention in small arms.
No sooner has a Government, after much eX-
pertinent, adopted a new rifle, than better
model is invented and the business of re-
arming has to be begun again. In this way
France. Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland
England have in turn been bled heavily and
until another great war occurs to settle the
question Of the best weapon, the same process
OF alternate duDpllOH dllu hi"oV
continue.
There is no stability in matters Of this kind,
nor in any detail of them. The importance
and pressure Of mlitarsm stimulate invention
in every detail. Ships, guns, field and siege
artillery, small arms. ances bayOnets swords,
revolvels, Notifications, powder, shells, fixed
Misunderstanding is in state OF fiux
and nothing is permanent. To-day nobody
has the least idea what would be the result of
great combat between the newest models of
ironcIads; or whether the latest style of forts
could resist the latest style of siege guns; oil
whether any troops in existence could stand
up for an hour and shoot at one another with
the newest magazine rifles and smokeless pow
der. The lessons Of the Franco German Wal
have already ceased to be applicable Every
thing has changed since then, and every change
has represented enormous expenditures, OF
which not tenth part is offset by any substan.
tial possession or advantage gained. In fact
If all the dead losses Of the great Powers OF
Europe since 1871 were set down in black and
white, the figures would show that great as
al the military burdens which seem to repre-
sent practical protection and means Of az
erosion. they are but part of the impoSts
which the people everywhere are called upon
to pay for the splendid privilege of furnishing
the material for wholesale slaughter when al
last quarrel becomes unavoidable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-26
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, 1889.
TEN PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Foreign The British warship Emerald reached
Halifax with the survivors of the wrecked man-of-
war Ijlv ON board 80 The Spanish captain who
WAS seized by the Riffians has died Of ill-usage
AZ the hands of his captors. - General Fad
herbe. well-known French officer, is dying. -
A bomb exploded behind Queen Christmas palace
of San Sebastian, but no lives were lost -
Eliza Cook, the English pOetess, is dead
Domestic-The New-York Republicans. in con-
vention at Saratoga, nominated John /. Gilbert Tor
Secretary of State, and adopted platform APP
proving the National Administration. - The
Massachusetts Republicans nominated j. O. A.
Brackett for Governor - The President At
tended the centennial celebration at Cumberland,
Nd. - The annual convention of the American
Bankers Association opened in Kansas City. -,
The Big Bend Tunnel and Mining Company OF
California failed. - Two trains, one in Texas and
one in Mississippi, were " held up by robbers,
who plundered the express and mail cars -
The Army of the Tennessee held reunion IN On
cinnati. General Sherman was present. - Major
Warmers letter declining the Pension Commis-
sionership was made public. - The Grand Cir
cult trotting meeting at Philadelphia was aean-
ioned on account of rain.
CITY and Suburban In the Ives trial ten jury
men stood for conviction and two for acquittal;
the Jury was discharged - The son OF broker
committed suicide after being on spree =
.he convention of the Protestant Episcopal Do
cese of New-Yorls was opened. - The PARK
Board passed resolutions regarding Central Park
as a site for the Worlds Fair. - Winners at
Gravesend Bella b., Swift, Gregory, Castaway
ii. Major DAILY and Aurania. - Stocks still
dull. but, after an eplemeral decline, made al
yances and closed strong.
The Weather-Forecast for to-day: Cloudness
and rain slightly warmer. Temperature yester'
day: Highest, 60 degrees: lowest, 60; average
ga Az
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-26
MIR. OLMSTED And THE PARK.

Mr.. Frederic Law Olmsted has written a letter
10 which he shows cOnclusively the folly OF erect
ing any large building in the North Meadows, or
indeed OF admitting any essential feature OF the
Fair within the limits of the Park lie says
The outline OF the north meadows may be nkened
TO that Of two irregular lobes connected by crooked
stem, tho whole bordered by rocky ridges and plahtar
tons OF from thirty to fifty years growth (being the
oldest trees on the Park The area available liable Tor
portant natural landscape features Is on one lobe
about six acres on the other about ten The distance
between them and the nearest available building
ground east OF the BOomngdale Heights is over half
mile. and the Intermediate ground Is rugged broken
decvily from fifty to hundred feet high,
Thought them IS to be given ~ to the difficulties OF
transportation with respect the building and stock
ing of the structures required; 2 TO what would be
necessary TO be prepared for the movements Of the
public between buildings thus widely separated 90
TO the time that must be lost in passing between them
az 10 the unnecessary fatigue that visitors would thus
be required to endure (5 to the loss Of architectural
features Of the Fair. II Will be seen that having re
gard to these considerations alone the advantage OF
placing any large feature OF the Exhibition on tbs
Park meadows is much to be doubted
Mr.. Olmsted goes on to say that the Park would
prove fine adjunct TO the Fair and if the main
buildings are constructed beyond it, he thinks
it possible that localities might be found in the
Park for small objects which are not admitted
within the large buildings. This is readily con-
ceivabe, but the difficulty with any such sug-
gestion is that the matter will not be IN the
hands of experts in Park work. Mr.. Olmsted
himself might be trusted TO place a few uncon-
spicuons objects in places where they would not
mar the landsCape-which is the essence of the
Park. But if the Park is fenced in as part Of
the show and committee is allowed to clutter
it up with odds and ends, all the beauty
of the place will be sacrificed The best service
the Park can render to the Exhibition as an ad-
junct is in its character as work of landscape
art. As such it has no rival, and the people Of
the city should not allow its beauty TO be obscured
by homogeneous objects II should be at its very
best when visitors are thrnnging to the Exhibit
ton, and any attempt at decoration by unskillcd
hands would certainly mar it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-26
4 MEMORIAL or JEWISH ANTIQUITY.

Ii is passing strange that while the learned world
Of to-day is so profoundly. and JUSTLY interested
in the elimination OF the relics of Greek and
Roman antiquity, il maniests so little concern
in existing relics that have never been lost We
do not refer TO the recorded thoughts Of historians
and poets-crtical study of classical literature was
never before on the lofty plane that it. occupies
to.day-but 10 customs and rituals which speak
more clearly and eloquently OF the thoughts and
feelings Of the hoary past than sculptured frieze
or inscribed tablet.
In their synagOgueS and temples to-day our
Hebrew ellowcitzenS will celebrate the beginning
Of n new year with a ceremonial containing feat
ures much older than any of the remains which
American scholars hope to find under the village
which marks the site of ancient Delphi II is not
the festival OF the New Year which has preserved
these venerable features but the Yom 1eruah. the
memorial of blowing Of trumpets. an holy con-
vocation instituted by Israel's great awgiver
as set forth in Levitcus Xiii, q, %. which
falls on the first day of the seventh month. the
beginning Of the Jewish civil year Let any Of
our readers, gifted with modcum of reverence
and lima ginatiOn, enter orthodox synagogue
during the forenoon service to-day and he will
be able soon 10 imagine himself transported thou
sands Of years into the past. Not only the nine
tenth century, but the Occident well. will
gradually fade away from his mental vision.
The worshppers will appear 70 him wrapped in
Oriental prayer scarfs; the sacred scrolls will be
chanted 10 him in unspeakably ancient tongue
and in melodic cadences which he will in vain seek
to connect with anything that he knows
in modern music The union OF poetry
and song which he may have read about
in the writings OF classical critics and historians
will be realized for him. But, stranger than all
this. three times IN the course OF the service the
Shofar will he taken from the wrapplngs in which
il is religiously preserved, and blasts will he
blown on it which he Will be willing 20 identity
with the voice Of the trumpet exceeding loud
which came down with the thunGers and light
MINIS when Sinai smoked Like furnace and
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vestigation for fruit-growers-whence the infiu-
ence which the Indian exercises over the wild
PERSONAL.

Chief Justice Fuller wishes that he could have
Justice Haran's circuit in which Chicago Is situated.
But will manage" he says, to get 10 Chicago
every year, and am going TO re-establish my family
there In our old hOme''
Senator poph and family have returned to Wash
ngton for the winter
Mr.. John T. Carrodus the eminent vlolin-player,
has eight sons, OF whom seven are musicians
Governor Hill is victim of autograph hunters
Nine. Sarah Bernhardt IS in the deepest mourning
for her husband
Mr.. and Mrs. washington Mclean have gone to the
National capital for the winter.
Count Berthier grandson OF Bonaparte's Marshal,
recently lost roll of banknOtes containing 100000
on a railroad train. He offers $4,000 reward Tor It's
return.
President seelye will soon for the sake of his health
retire temporarily from his duties at Amherst college,
II Is related that Mr. Wilfred Clarke, son OF the
eminent actor John Sleeper Clarke, ana hiinseI an
actor, living at farmhouse on the huuson
River last summer at the time Of the krain
singing match and when he received his papers
giving the story of the fight he thought II no more
than courtesy TO pass of them over to me hcad OF
the household with casual remark as 70 me cEent'
Tho farmer gared at him in silence and conenP,L oi
onsy cast the paper aside. That evening he called
Mr. Clarke into corner OF the piazza " Ia am n any
be your business Young man me- ne ain t rs that so
Tho.
play actor and perhaps an encourager vi ILL.,! III '
lawful fighters And mlstook you Tor GEN ieimar
You NAV sleep under this roof tonight Dut to-hior-
r,w Won must seek other accommodations"
According to a correspondent OF The Berlin tOS''
the Russian imperial family have very indnHVhe
health and two or three members are always more VI
less seriously ILL., The condition Of the Grahd DucheeS
Maria Paulovna has been pronounced hopeless oy her
physicians. Her mother died young, of consumpuon'
and her sister and brother the Grand Duchess vladimir
and the Grand DUKE Of Mecllenburgochwern' sua yer
with their chests and spend large portion VI ui9
year at MentOne. The Cars TWO uncleS, the 1rai
Dukes Constantine and Nicholas, are now epnErinet
nvals Nicholas, who resembles his lather anu Wa
one OF the handsomest men In Europe Is now U1tei
ing and bent old man, the victim OF an incuraOle nNe
malady II Is said that when his sister, me =! h
Duchess Marie OF Leuchienberg, was taken III III her
sixiythrd year she visited by the late Gar, VINO
on taking his leave wished her a speedy rccoVeTg.
shall not recover answered the Princess %e
Romanoffs never get older than slxty-three me
Grand Duke Nicholas IS now nearly siAy, Dut M
brother Constantine IS rapidly approaching tho iatai
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-26

Moses spake and God answered him with voice
or those other blasts of Joshua's priests that
erst threw down
Old Jerichos substantial town.
The Shofar is the primitive rams horn trumpet
and even the signals which ore blown on it twice
a year, on the Yom Ternah and the Day OF Atone
ment, have been handed down t1adtoEaly ny
the musicians OF the synagogue so long that
learned men have not hesitated TO hear in them
the camp signals which the author of Numbers
describes in chapter X. This may be fancifn''
but concerning the great antiquity OF the in tEu-
ment used, and the ceremonial as whole there
cannot be the slightest question. Aud why is not
this a subject as worthy Of study as the inscrip-
tions on exhumed sarcophaei? 1t has lived, along
with the marvellous race that has preserved It's
unity without home, while prosecuting empires
have gone down to their graves and the monu-
ments of their civilization have crumbled into
dust. Ought this fact to rob Il OF its interest?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-26

terpretatons, which have exaggerated and
multiplied it's defects, than to errors OF the law
itself Construed by Republican President. In
loyal fidelity to the purpose OF Congress IN
enacting it, the same act will produce much
less mischief
1t is in the face Of such an experience so
fresh and so full, that the people of Ohio are
asked to vote against the party which they had
annie reason for trusting last fall. No act Of
the Administration has given the slightest ex-
cuse for a withdrawal of the confidence then
bestowed. Under President Harrison the tarltf
has already been interpreted in honest accord
with the purpose of Congress as to numerous
questions Of great importance to wool growers
aud manufacturers. and lOng-deSired improve
mont is already witnessed. 1t is not the part
If GOOD sense. ii is not like the people OF Ohio.
IN turn without reason against party which
with excellent reason they have trusted, and
which has begun to perform with success the
duties they wished it to perform
These are matters which rise far above all
tho nersonal preferences and disputes which
mari, this campaign. Compared with the stead
fast maintenance of National policy that
gives Justice safety and prosperity to indus
fry. il is not of the highest moment whether
one man or another shall fill any Office and
vet if personal issues were to rule, the admin
istratjon of Governor Foraker has more than
satisfied the loyal men of Ohio. But to those
who stand between parties, or turn from one
TO another according to their impression of
results to be attained, the National issue must
come home this year with peculiar force
Within three months Congress must enter
mon the work of revising the tariff, removing
defects of the Act of 1888, and adapting the
law TO new conditions. No State in the Union
has n deeper interest in that work than Ohio.
A vote by that State to withdraw confidence
from the Republican party would naturally have
a momentous influence upon the struggle in
Congress next winter. Inevitably it would in
crease and intensity Democratic hostility to
the Republican tariff, and embolden every
Democrat in the employment of extreme meas
ures for its defeat. Inevitably it would rem
der Republicans less confident in the decision
Of the people last fall, and in their attachment
to Republican principles. The State which
has suffered so much, perhaps more than any
other. from Democratic victory in 1888 will
hardly be ready to try the experiment again
this year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-26
SOUTH AMERICAN DELEGATES HERE.
COMING BY WAY OF PARIS TO ATTEND THE
At,

COMING BY WAY OF PARIS TO ATTEND THE
CONGRESS AT WASHINGTON.
The steamship City of Paris brought three mort
South American delegates yesterday TO attend the In
ternatlonal Congress in Washington. They were the
representatives of the Argentine Republic and Ur-
quay. The party included Dr. Manuel ouintano, Senior
Roque saenz Pena Dr. Mn. NJ. DeLuna Granga, and
Da J. Hoderness. They were met at Quarantine by
the revenue cotter Manhattan, board of which were
surveyor Lyon, Senior Ernesto Rosch, \. ). Calvo.
Consul Of the Argentine Republic in this city MI
King chief of the New-York Bureau Of Information
Senior Jose Natl Consul from Uruguay at this port
c. r. Flint one Of the NewYork delegates and Charles
Lansing The delegates went to the Hotel Bruins
wick.
DR. Mn once represented Uruguay as Minister ID
England. He is also known an expounder OF inter-
national law. Senior ouintsno Is WOLF
known lawyer of the Argentine Republic. lie mas
been member also of the diplomatic service, MEM
Der Of Congress, vicepresdent OF the National senate
and president Of the convention which, In 1870 pre-
pared the Constitution of the Province OF Buenos Aye
In regard to the long voyage. one OF them SAID
There Is only one other possible way of reaching the
Unified States from the Argentine Republic. That 10
nv Rio JaneIro However the vessels leave that
| place only every two weeks The voyage 100, re-
11nires more than twenty-sx days But we have De.
twege direct Ines We gain BY the trip At least
I'VE OF o s Of wool on your market hides in
proper quantity. our lumber minerals and Other
| ppro9tcts The people Of port OF south America
expect much from the Congress IN washington, !, IN.
Dr. Quntano said when asked In regard 10 10 t ths
| con,merce between the Argentine Republic ana tne
limited states: ave sadly In need OF direct nns
of steamers between my country ana ms one. yS
time AGO our Government made overures TO me nhoa
| states regarding plan for subsdnng nhe Vi
steamers. but tie matter was allowed TO drop
| Dr Pena said We come here with the iond des,rs
NJ establishing closer relations between your country
~ r. Flnt received a cable dispatch late last even
ing saving that the delegates from GNU ana Tusaor
| saIed from Asplnwal for New-York by the steshs,
NeWnort They will not arrive here for almost WI
| DAYS The delegates who are now IN me Guy WIZ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-26
THE OHIO ELECTION AND THE TARIFF

Once more the Ohio W0Ol-gr0wer is invited
by Democrats to trust the only party which
has ever ventured TO propose abolition Of the
duties on wool 1T is only a State campaign
they cay, but the election Of Governor lloadly
in "only a State campaign" previous to the
Presidential election of 1884 prepared the way
for. and in fact caused. the election Of Cleve-
land. the agitation of the tariff question for
four years. and the final and concentrated
ort OF the entire Democratic party to carry
the county for the Mills bill, of which free
wool was the cornerstone. Ii is possible, Of
course. but not probable that the wool-grow-
ers who were thus deceived by Democratic
professions in 1888 and 1884 will trust sim
liar professions in 1889, after all their expert
ence in 1887 and 1888.
The Republican party appealed to the people
in 1888 on the tariff question as the over
shadowing issue and it was sustained. IL has
maintained for twenty-five years duties on
wool intended to be fully protective. II dis
agreements among friends Of Protection. as to
the rate Of duty needed. gave Democrats OPP
poItunity TO cut down duties on wool and on
wooens in 1888, even then the revision was
only passed by Republican votes in the hope
that it would do but little harm and prevent a
greater. Nor has the existing law, whatever
it's defects ever been fairly tested. Within
two years after its passage the entire control
of executive departments with power to con-
strue the law and to enforce or practically de-
feat it, was passed over to the enemies Of Pro-
lection. Under President Cleveland the act
was continually interpreted in the interest Of
those who wish to defeat its purpose. Its evil
results have been due, it is but the truth to
say. far more to persistently unfriendh in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-26
CONVENTION OF NEwJERsEY FrRExEs.

Asbury Park. y. j., sept 25 (spcciaD.-The twen.
annual convention Of the NewJersey state flrene.
Association was held today in the theatre OF LeAns
Ocean Hotel at Long Branch. There were 'oo u.'.
gates. representing nearly seventy-nVe nre aep.. .
ments. The following officers were eieo'eu !.
nVesdents. Patrick Nealy II. n Alien, 1osePh NJ
Nest, George T. Everett, George W yobp Mekiernan
prTe anu Sscretary Horace II. Brown OF Newarn
financial frsdsr'kS oes. Beas took 81 stages ioi
At o. m about $50 OF the usiosah cembskes were
prepared for them bali was svsn o ofa me Lon:
he ocean Theatre. under the managen. n,on viii b
held at Trenton
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vince the public that their pleasure ground is
not to be irretrievsbly damaged. This is a
time for action, not for dalliance.

The Massachusetts, Republican Convention
was q large body, but though the great num-
Der of delegates-1 ,42S-made the operation
of voting rather slow it did its work with
reasonable expedition and well. The stirring
contest between J. =. A. Bracket and w. w.
Crapo for the chief honor the convention had
to bestow resulted in the nomination Of Mr..
Brackett on the first ballot. He received - )
votes, while his competitor was a good second,
with GA. w. ii. Halle was nominated for
Lieutenant-G o vernor, and the other State
officers were renominated. The platform, pre-
pared by a committee Of which Congressman
Lodge was the chairman is concise but COM
plete statement of Republican principles. ID
gives due praise to the wisdom which has char
acterized the Administration Of President liar-
rson, and especially cOmmends his practical
adherence to Civil Service principles. II de-
mands the maintenance Of the American syS-
TEN of protection. calls for a National election
law, urges liberal policy toward the soldiers
favors the building-up of our merchant ma
rne and the rapid enlargement of our navy
With such candidates and such platform
there can be no doubt as to the result OF this
years campaign in Massachusetts,