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The sun., 1890-01-22
Fudge.

FFONl He ST. LOutS hepuOHc-
All the stage-struck girls throughout the
length and breadth OF the land fancy that Actresss
life must be an ideal one, full OF adulation, hattery
amusement, distraction. An actress was speaking OF
this to me. she is woman who, by dint OF arSuous
work has climbed far up the ladder OF fame
my life iS very unevenfu." she said; ait is full OF
hard and monotonous work. Excitemsnt-yeS at night
when AN before tho pubci but for the rest Of tho
dAy-no Suppose give you ono days routine. and
you can Judge for yourself whether my life is one
round OF exhilRrAtion and pleasure At Bin the
ing ring for my bouillon. After I have finished It
take cold bath and then my breakfast Unless am
due At the theatre for long tedious rehearsal OF four
or hve hours attend TO my correspondence sorting
and answering various letters After that is finished.
and my household duties looked after 10 for my
constitutional walk OF two or three hours eat
luncheon. and when I return from my exercise 1t 10
nearly timo for my dinner for dine At half past
After this meal IL have Just little time to
before the real business OF the twentfour hours beEinG
nSt be at tho theatre by half past sharp At mid
night am home again and after supper go 10 bed
Now that II fair sample OF my life, Every hour has
its duteL have IyStsmAtLsd my work aud allotted
my time SO there are very few idle momopts"
The sun., 1890-01-22

ago was promised by the Commissioners,
and this stipulation will have to be fulfilled
or provided for by Congress.
One advantage in the present situation
over that which prevailed at the opening Of
Oklahoma Is that the whole stretch OF ceded
territory between the Missouri and the Black
Hills is within the boundaries OF State
Government, whereas Oklahoma had no gov
ernment at all. Since the Commissioners
finished their work, special census OF the
Sioux has been taken, and a survey OF the
acquired lands has been going on, which will
aid In the settlement with the Indians.
Restlessness has been shown by some of
the boomers who are anxious to enter the
promised land, especially in the neigh
borhood Of the town of Pierre, which is on
the left bank Of the Missouri just opposite
coveted tract. There was even report
short time ago Of q conflict between the
Sioux and the squatters in that nelghbor-
hood, resulting In a massacre Of white men.
This rumor was false. but 1t showed what was
apprehended. Fortunately there are four
companies, A, B, @, and d, Of Col. Town.
SENDS regiment, the Twelfth Infantry, sta
toned at Fort Sully, in South Dakota, only
twenty-five miles from Pierre and this force
can be relied upon not only to interfere in
any disturbance. but also probably to pre-
vent disturbance by seasonably patrolling
the region.
The best precaution for Congress will be to
act promptly upon the report OF the Commits
sion, in order that all the preliminaries
may be settled, including the making Of the
appropriations, the notification to the In
dans the clearing OF the lands. and the or
derby opening OF them to settlement by
The sun., 1890-01-22
Harrison Has Helped the Democrats
VIII They Help Themselves?

Public opinion OF Gen. HARR1soN's Admin
istration has now had time enough to form
itself and facts enough to direct II. The
record will be longer, but there Is no reason
to believe that it will not be the same In
kind. Gen. HARRISON has painted his polit-
ical portrait, and 1t has grown familiar to
the public eye. More paint can be laid on,
but the essential outlines and expression
will not be changed. 1t is not picture to
appeal to the popular heart. 1t represents
a commonplace and fussy person, political
recluse centred In himself and distrusting
all counsel but that Of his back-stsirs Cabi-
net. There are no signs OF the statesman
with Thorough mastery OF public Questions,
or Of the political leader with an instructive
or acquired understanding Of the needs and
the wishes Of his party.
AS far as the distribution Of the offices is
concerned, Gen. HARRIsoN's principal task
up to date, his policy, where 1t has been con-
sistent, seems to have been to affront and
anger as many powerful politicians in his
party as he could. Perhaps he has succeeded
in pleasing himself" There has been
nothing in his course to strengthen his
party, and little or nothing to please any
body but himself. Tho politicians have a
warm disrespect for him. His usefulness
has ended before it Is begun as far as his
party Is concerned. He was dead weight
in the elections last fall. He will be still
heavier to carry In the elections of next fall.
Aside from the reaction which is to be ex-
pected in the Congress whose election follows
an Administrations first year in office, the
general record OF Gen. HARRIsoN's Admins
tration has been such that Democrats are
justified in expecting to be successful next
November, and. II they are not, the Rep4bli-
cans will be happily disappointed. But it is
a regrettable fact that some Democrats are
making great efforts to prevent the Demo-
cratic success which ought to be a certainty
in 1892. By still demanding change Of the
tariff in the direction OF free trade, they are
preparing to repeat in 1892 the folly and
the disaster OF 1888. By falling into the |
Republican trap known as the |
Australian system they propose to cut down |
the Democratic vote especially in New York,
4 State indispensable to Democratic success.
Gen. HARRISON and Cheap JOHN WANA-
MAKER have done much harm to their party
and much good to the Democrats. Their
good offices will be wasted II the Democracy
las not only not learned wisdom since 1883
out has learned new folly. the art Of de-
the Democratic vote to oblige the
and the Mugwumps.
The sun., 1890-01-22
A Sugar Beet School.

Congressman FUNSTON Of Kansas, Chair
man of tho House Committee on Agriculture,
seems to regard as a piece OF high states
manship his bill appropriating $25O,OOO for a
national agricultural laboratory, which Is to
be sort OF annex Of the Agricultural De-
partment. One or more farmers from each
State are to be educated In this laboratory
in the production OF beet sugar.
Exactly why the United States should
carry on a beet sugar school has not yet
been made clear by Mr.. FUNSTON. BY his
own confession the educational work pro-
posed would be q mere blind experiment.
I'VE do not know how to 60 about the work
Of producing sugar beets in the first place, 4"
he said to correspondent Of the IndianapO-
lis Journal NOR Of converting them into
sugar in the second place." The young
farmers cannot be educated in beet sugar
culture. until there is somebody to educate
them. At present the experimenters are in
the dark. They couldn't teach the farmers
the art which they don't know themselves
Even il they could, perhaps the farmers
wouldn't care to learn.
But the enthusiastic FUNSTON is not at
loss for remarkable reasons for making
the proposed appropriations:
AT the meeting OF tho sub committee thsre was
opposition to my proposition for tho education Of
young farmers In this laboratory In connection with
tho production OF the ground that would
Yield All immediate return and would not therefore,
pay the Government answered that the exp psrim Ont
would not cost over $4,000 year. As would only be
necessary to give each student OF one year in
order to give him all the education necessary that S26
$40 month would pay his expenses and tho personal
expenses OF each student was sufficient for tho Govern.
ment to boar; and further that H. after few years of
experimenting we were convinced that 1t would not
pay the money would be we'll expended and the Govern.
ment would be well paid In reaching this conclusion It
would pay the Government to ind that It would not
pay TO continue experimenting in sugar beet culture"
The $25O,0O0 will do the experimenters and
the students just as much good whether the
experiment succeeds or fails. There Is a
frankness as OF Kansas zephyr about Mr..
FUNSTON.
II the cultivation Of the sugar beet can be
made to thrive In this country, private skill
and enterprise are sufficient for the pur-
pose. The Government has no call to inter-
fere in the matter. The crop of experts con-
ducting costly and useless experiments will
not fail as long as the appropriations hold
out. They need no more encouragement
from the Government. And the Govern
ment might better set up base ball school
or cooking school than q sugar beet or
beet sugar school.
The sun., 1890-01-22
Her Husband has Not Appeared Since the
WHO'S Desperate Suicide.

Her Husband has Not Appeared sInes the
WHO'S Desperate Suicide.
The body of Mrs. Grace Henderson. who
jumped from the roof of 105 Second avenue on
Sunday night. was removed yesterday to the
undertaking shop of Philip Wagner. In Ninth
street. Mrs. l.. Lubin of 2S9 East Eighteenth
street, who has known Mr. and Mrs. Hender-
son for many years, called at the undertaking
rooms yesterday and said that Mr.. and Mrs.
henderson had had rooms in her house twice.
Al A. one time they stayed at the house for year.
;Ihey we're her tenants also for a short time
and she had been paid promptly.
Shortly before Christmas Airs. Lubin re-
SSeved letter from Mrs. Henderson from i05
second avenue Tho letter described how Mrs.
ne, hehderSon and her husband were struRRling TO
2 place, The letter asked for a loan OF S. Mrs.
Lubln lent her the money. Mrs, Lubin said
she y, would defray the expenses Of Mrs. Honder-
Mr.. Henderson bad not been heard from yes
terday. At the, office Of Anderson 4 Gillette in
the StandGrd- Dnion building in brooklyn it was
said that Air. Henderson had never been en-
In the Office.
The sun., 1890-01-22
1T WAS TIE FRUITS OF VICTORY
Appraiser Cooper Explains and De fends His
PosItIon in tho UnIon LeMEne.

Appraiser Cooper Explains and De fends His
Position In tho Union League.
Mr.. Marvelle w. Cooper said yesterday
that he did not believe that the opposition
among Union Club men to his election as Chair
man Of the Executive Committee over Thomas
G. Acton, as told In yesterdays SUN, would
amount to moro than talk. He said that there
was no call whatever upon him to resign, and
that the statement made by his opponents that
he brought about his own selection as head Of
the Executive Committee were untrue. He
denied that Mr. Acton had any right to the
place other than tho custom Of making the
Chairman OF the senior class of the Executive
Committee the Chairman OF the whole Com
mittee. His own election as Chairman, he
said. was the natural outcome Of the contest in
the club election Just before. which resulted in
the victory OF the younger element, and was in
line with the old fashioned doctrine that to the
victors belong the spoils.
why. what would have been thought of a
party" asked Mr.. Cooper yesterday. whether
party in or out OF a club, which after winning
victory at the polls. proceeded to turn over
the results OF it to its defeated opponents?
The question of club management, though not
the original or only issue in the late election,
was the immediate issue. and an i'm portant
issue. 1t was quite natural that the winners
should not turn over the management they had
fought for to the representatives Of their oppo-
nents. Notwithstanding the fact that Mr.. Acton
had a traditional expectation OF getting the
place, and was besides an able and valued
member. My position Is simply this. ac-
cepted the nomination to the Executive Com
mittee by the young mons party only after the
strongest urging. My friends said 1t was my
duty to do SO, and when at length yielded to
them l resigned Mt once the nomination tho
other party bad given me to the Vice. Presiden-
cy. Having been elected l felt l had no right
to refuse to run for Chairman OF the Executive
Committee when the men who had backed me
In the election insisted on my running. l con-
sented with reluctance, but felt that could not
do otherwise than run, In the meeting Of the
new Board was nominated for Chairman by
one OF the members of the class OF 81. Mr..
Acton's own class. There were IA votes cast
OF which received 8 and Mr. Acton 8. voted
q blank myself Now. as o matter Of fact, |
have been member Of the club as long, II not |
longer, than Mr. Action. ! joined in 1868, when
A gentleman who spoke for Mr.. Acton's In. |
terests declared Yesterday that under the pre- |
cedents Of the club Mr.. Cooper should have re-
ceived charmanship but not tile Chairman |
ship Of the whole Executive Committee. He |
8 hould have been made Chairman OF his own |
class.
Mr.. Cooper" said this member. has lost |
caste in the club because after taking the nom |
ination for the ice-PresidencY from the Off |
cial party he backed out on the eve OF battle |
and Joined himself with Democrats and Mug |
wumps to defeat the solid old Republican els-
m0Dt.b
The sun., 1890-01-22

letter which STANLEY recently wrote to
Mr.. BRUCE, the son-in-iaw ol Or. LIVINGSTONE.
shows that he had a chance for an adventure
while near Victoria Nyanza which he wisely
decided not to improve. A delegation of Wa
Randa Christians. dressed. he writes. in spot
less white. came to him as representatives
they told him. Of 5000 Christians, with the re-
quest that he help them place MwANGA back
on the throne Of Uganda. They said MwANGA
had been converted to Christianity. and they
beloved his pentence for his past atrocious
conduct was sincere.
STANLEY told the delegation he had no faith
in so wicked man as MwANGA had been. and
declined to interfere in the affairs OF Uganda.
But what astonished him greatly was the news
that Christians had so largely multiplied in
that dark region. As q matter OF fact how
ever the Uganda Christians. including their
families. are supposed to number not over
900 souls,
The sun., 1890-01-22

Our esteemed contemporary, the Courier
Journal, lays down for the President qualifi-
cation not known to the Constitution. No
President" says our Kentucky friend. has
ever been bold enough to declare In his letter
OF acceptance that he will not appoint his
wife's relations to Office. The only recourse Of
the people is President who Is bachelor"
But bachelor may get married, as Mr. CLEyE-
LAND did that Is the right of every bachelor.
whether In office or out and there Is no law to
disqualify your brides relations from holding
office. Even Cousin BEN FOLSOM got an ap-
pointment. We fear the Courier -Jotunalhas not
given to this complicated question all the at
tention it requires.
The sun., 1890-01-22

We learn from the always interesting COL
umns OF the Boston Journal that one OF the
most successful young poets OF the country.
who keeps an accurate account OF his Iabors
and his earnings wrote and sold In 1889 thirty
eight poems. an average Of about one for each
ten days. and got for the lot the sum OF s306.25.
or about $500 apiece. Our contemporary
seems to think these figures are discouraging
but ought they to be so regarded2 If any art
should be cultivated for its own sake. it is
the lovely art OF poetry. and the pecuniary
outcome is comparatively unimportant Be-
sides. II this young gentleman had possessed
the reputation Of q LoNdFELLow or BRYANT.
he would have received on the average at least
$50 each for his pieces. and that would have
amounted to $1,000 during the year. As it is,
he has doubtless been paid sufficiently to in
duce him to continue in the business. yet not
enough to convert it into matter OF specula-
ton. Poetry Is all right
The sun., 1890-01-22

Humors in diplomatic circles OF an early
abdicatlon OF the Emperor OF Austria induced
the editor OF the Paris Er6nement to send q
reporter to Count HoIAs, the Ambassador Of
Austria In Paris The Count said that the En-
peror was stlll downcast and melancholy on
account OF the catastrophe OF MeyerlinR, but
that 1t was not likely that he would abdicate.
Inc sympAthes OF the people OF Austro. Hun
gary he added. are warmly with France. and
our Government only desires peace. We cherish
no evil design against France or against Russia.
II Austro.H Hungary forms part OF the triple
alliance 1t Ia because Of the events that have
forced the empire into II 1t does not follow.
by any means, that we are the enemies OF
france. In case Of war between France and Ger
many thing that may easily happen, France
VIII have nothing to fear from Austria. That
country Will conhne herself to guarding her
frontiers. Austria will never attack any coun-
try. She will defend her own territory. She
has no desire to 20 to war with any country
She has nothing to gain by war"
1t may be. after all, that the bonds OF the
triple alliance cannot stand q heavy strain.
The Italians are divided on the question, and
war with France for tho glory OF Germany
would hardly be popular In Italy. At best It
could only be a half hearted affair. 30 that. II
the much talked Of war breaks out next sum-
mer. 1t is quito probable that 1t will be con-
lined to France and Germany alone. fight
between all the great powers OF Europe Is
somethinR too gigantic Just now to be meas
uled by the rules OF probability.
The sun., 1890-01-22
The Twin HumbuEs.

when the agitation Of bogus ballot reform
was begun 1t was announced with great Inn
pressiveness that the special caro- and solici-
tude OF the ballot reformers was for the
illlterate voter. said TO be bought or bullied
by the party workers and thus deprived OF
his constitutional right to vote as he pleased.
The agitation had not gone on very long
when tho leaders OF ballot reform forgot oil
about the poor man whom II had been their
original purpose to protect. They wero
heard announcing that, after all. II the voter
could not read and write. II his education,
his vision, his knowledge OF the language, or
his familiarity with the claims and qualia-
cations OF candidates, was defective, he
ought not to vote at ALL He ought to stay at
homo and leave the right OF suffrage TO his
better educated brethren.
Naturally enough, any scheme OF this sort
found immediate favor with the civil service
reformers. With the unerring and instinc-
tive affinity Of humbugs Of one class for the
humbugs Of another, the Mongolian re-
formers have made common cause with the
dlsfranchisers. We may next hear demand
for the application OF civil service rules
hereafter to suffrage itself.
Tho civil service idea Of ballot reform, we
suppose, would be something like this:
When the elector presents himself at the
polling place on election day, he receives a
printed slip Of examination questions devised
10 test his general intelligence. Armed with
this he retires to the inevitable horse stall,
wherein he answers in writing the questions
propounded. Having furnished answers to
these questions on the approved Chinese
plan. the eleotor leaves the horse stall and
hands his examination paper to the Board
Of Wardens. II the Board certihes to the
correctness Of the answers, then the voter
receives a real SAxToN ballot, and is permit
ted to vote 1t. Otherwise he Is told to go !
homo and improve his education
II humbug like the Australian system is
to be hitched to the humbug Of Chinese |
civil service, it might be just as well to make
q complete piece OF work Of the two by con-
their respective provisions. But
the right to hold an administrative public
office Is Of far less Importance than the right
of all other constitutional
rights, the right to vote.
The sun., 1890-01-22
SOCIALISM, OUT OF ULSTER.
Senator LInsOn Wants tho State to Go lat
the Grain EievatInE Business.

Senator LInsOn Wants the State to Go Into
the Grain EevatInE Business,
The elevator men and warehouse owners
OF the Produce Exchange were up In arms YES
terday against Senator Linson of Ulster. They
had Just received copy Of bill introduced In
the Senate by Mr.. Linson and referred to tho
Committee on Canals. The bill, il it becomes
law, will practically start the State In the
grain -elevating business. 1t provides that be-
fore May next the Superintendent OF Public
Works may be authorized to construct six
floating grain elevators OF the latest improved
style. Two OF the elevators are to be at Buffalo
to transfer grain to canal boats and four
in New York harbor to transfer grain
from the canal boats TO warehouses
and from the warehouses to foreign and other
vessels. The SUPERINTENDENT is also to have
the power to hire clerks and laborers, and he
is not to charge moro than quarter Of a cent
bushel for doing the business. This must bo
paid by the owner or consignee OF the grain.
The elevators are to be leased to the lowest
bidder, and the profits are to be paid 10 the
state Comptroller. The bill asks for an appro-
pFiFah,loh n1. OF s2ooOoo to start business with.
discussing the bill. They protested that $25-
pnoo.GOO OF private capital was invested in, the
of all profits Before this law went into operae
tiOn 'ue oinNdtoEr mon received Sb Tor loading
1000 bushels. They say that they now gat
only g thonsapd. II was indicated that under
the Linson Dill the taxpayers Of the State are
reGuirad to furnish the money to run these
State eleyators ard thus crowd out private
capital. The universal comment was that the
and an outrage on private rights. "Has tho
state right to 90 into u, private business with
the Leopies money Does Senator Linson
Does tho Senator want to shut up ali the pri.
yate elevators and warehouses engaged in the
puslnessr These wero some Of the conIn-
drums. offered by the elevator men A formal
protest against the bill will be made at AIbanv
The sun., 1890-01-22

The assistant editor OF Philadelphia
newspaper has an article In LipDinootPs Maoa-
fi'Ie In which no argues that the libel laws as
lar as they Affect newspapers should be re,
peaied and press censorship be established.
Mhew! They have queer ideas In Russia and
Philadelphia press censors duties In pbIIa-
The sun., 1890-01-22
FyOH, ms Boston Herald

WAsHISdToN. Jan. 19.-The census ONCE
clerks EosspinE the marriage ofMr Cullen and
Miss Pryor two 500 clerks in the ONCE detailed since
their wedding to assist Special Agent Day in Philadel
phiA in collecting statistics about production of coal
10 Tho gossip 10 all due 10 tho alleged fact that while
Mr Cullen is white his wife has very slight
trace OF African blood her veins Mrs Cullen is but
II 7or ID years OF age She 10 regarded as one OF tho
most expert typsWrtSrS in tho Government service.
She was for time student Gt Howard University, and
later studied Gt New Haven Conn
The sun., 1890-01-22
VirGIuIa's ADtiauIties.

The Association for the Preservation OF vir-
gina Antiquities has elected Vice President for every
city In the Union. MrA Roger A. Pryor is Vice Pres
dent Tor New York, and applications for membership
must be Addressed TO her Ten dollars creates lfS
9e SeS gwen IN Richmond on jan - tie nnqst VIII be
lAureu ny sixteen young nAr.el lAdcS IN GOODMAN
costume. The proceeds OF the bail n be for the fund
10 phfchHre and pres rye the inhS monuments, aud
hnrlrht historic buildings IN rgnniA. Ihero are fast
WulhOlnH away and will b" lost 10 tho country unlea1
measures are speedily tAkeu Tor their pTeserYRtion.
The sun., 1890-01-22

We learn from the Daily Ne,rs Of Chicago
that the proprietor Of the North American Re
pteto paid Mr. GLADSTONE and Mr.. BLAINE each
$1,000 for the articles on free trade and pro-
lection which recently appeared In that excel
lent periodical. These figures being accurate.
1t will not be too much to say that the price
must have been fixed by Mr.. GLADSTONE. 1t is
well known that he never writes anything with
out pay, and very high pay. too; and Of course
no publisher would think OF Offering one party
to controversy less compensation than he
had agreed to pay to tho other. 1t was fine
thing to publish such discussion. and the
North american doubtless got its moneys worth.
The sun., 1890-01-22

The German Emperor recently issued an
order suppressng In the postal service the use
OF all the familiar French words which have
become somewhat international. The Gear
has Just now apparently replied to this in
circular OF his postal administration. which
declares that all letters, telegrams and pack
ages sent abroad must be addressed in French; |;
and the Russian authorities will not be respon-
siblc for the transmission Of any mail matter
that Is not addressed in that lanGuage.