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We Are Sorry for Him.

One Of the incidental damages done by
Dr. PARKHURsT in his detective explora-
tions is the injury which he inflicted on the
young man. ERvINa. whom he, his pastor
and man old enough to be his father. in
PRODUCED to the Infamous scenes and pro-
ccedings In which he took part.
This young man comes Of u cultivated
family, and his associations have always
been refined and elevated. He has been
accustomed to the society OF ladies and
gentlemen. and has been welcomed to it as
a gracious. personable. accomplished. pure
minded and well-mannered young man.
How will 1t be with him hereafter? What
mother would be willing to see her daughter
dancing with him? What sort Of associa-
lions will his presence suggest?
DR.. PAaKHuRsT's moral obtuseness Is so
complete that he Is not deferred by any
shame from giving occasion for such i'm
aginings by appearing in Christian pulpit:
but this young companion whom he led
into the mire Is gentleman and we are
sorry for him.
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In the Ninth Massachu sci Is.

The banner Democratic district in Massa-
chusetts Is the Ninth Congress district.
where the Muswump CLEVELAND promoters
were powerless to prevent the election OF
HILL delegates TO tho National Convention.
or the passage OF resolutions declaring that
with HILL as its candidate the Democracy
will triumph in the coming Presidential
campaign.
In 1899 RUSSELL received for Governor in
this district l2,l63 votes. against 1852 for
BRACKET. the Republican candidate. The
Democratic plurality was Gall. the largest
In any district of the State. In 1891 Rus
SELLS majority over ALLEN was 6.G87 In
the Ninth. Governor RUssELL's majority
over ALLEN in tho whole State last year
was only 8.467. The Ninth district. there-
fore. elected him.
AS the Boston journal remarks. with dis
interested acumen. 1t Is pucrile folly to
pretend that Senator HILL has no strength
among the Massachusetts Democracy.
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Before the Convention.

Tho ninc hundred delegates who VIII con-
stitute the Chicago Ma .ionni Convention Of
June 81. vii! meet on terms % true. ;,psO-
lutte. and Democratic equality. The vote OF
the delegate from Barton Junction. Ver-
mont. where Democrats arc as scarce Us
black cubs in the region OF polar bears. will
count rs much rs tho vote Of n delegate
from Democratic stronghold in New York.
Boston Chicago. Brooklyn, San Francisco
or New Orleans. Th".s vii! be no disclimi-
nation In the roll cal. Each delegate will
stand for his own State or district. be his
constituency composed OF i've hundred
Democrats or o. five hundred thousand.
More than this. the members of the Con-
vention will. for The most part. be untram-
melted by binding or explicit instructions OF
any sort, the excellent example uf the New
. York Convention held in February having
been followed generally In other States. and
q recommendation of support for some
favored candidate being substituted for the
cast-iron instructions customary in many
States in previous years.
But after the Chicago Convention has been
duly organized. its officers chosen, its plat
form adopted. and its order OF business
prescribed. the Importance to be attached to
the vote Of each delegate acting individually,
and OF each State voting az q unit. will he
fixed by an memorable rule Of political logic,
Democratic usage. and common sense. Ac-
cording to this rule the selection OF Presi-
dental candidate will devolve upon the
representatives of those constituencies in
which the Democrats are in majority or
IN which they can reasonably expect to over
throw their Republican adversaries. The
limo OF battle. in other words. will be chosen
by the combatants: not by those who are
merely to be the lockers on. at u safe and
respectful distance.
The nomination made. there will be
nothing to prevent the earnest and sanguine
Democrats OF Vermont. Minnesota, Ohio.
and Rhode Island from exerting themselves
to secure as many votes for the candidate
as possible. And they will have the proud
consciousness. denied to their Democratic
brethren in tho doubtful or Democratic
States. Of knowing in advance that. be their
efforts game or lame. fervent or anguish
ing, constant or intermittent well-directed
or ill-contrivcd. not an electoral vote will be
lost from. or added to. the Democratic
column in November.
1t Is under these circumstances and with
a full knowledge Of these facts. that the
largest measure OF outward disturbance
appears to be caused In those StGtes which
the Democrats have no expectation OF
carrying; whereas the representatives "
the party in those States which will de-
termine the result. are attending to matters
OF legislation and Of organization studying
the situation. preparing for the fray. aud
saving wood.
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Mr.. Whitncy's Ultiniatum.

Tho Hon. WILLIAM c. WHITNEY went TO
Europe the other day. leaving behind him
his opinion that Mr.. CLEVELAND ought to be
nominated by tho Chicago Convention.
This Is equivalent to saying that. Mt the
bottom, in Mr.. WHlrSEY'S opinion. the De-
mocracy ia pretty sure to be defeated. and
really had better he defeated. in the election
Cf next November.
The nomination OF CLEVELAND would in
fallibly subject the Democracy to one of the
greatest political disasters that can befnll
party Even In the Southern States. divis-
ions and conflicts would at once break out
IN tho ranks that have hitherto been com
pact and orderly: and dsmay and despera-
ton would everywhere take the place OF
confidence and hope.
In formulating his u!timatUnl. Mr.. WHIT
EEY fails to inform the public how or by what
means CLEVELAND cnn get the two-thirds
vote which will 10 necessary to carry the
Chicago Convention in his favor Ii looks
Ms II tho thing came, be done The De-
mocracy does not agree with Mr.. WATT
NEy's decision. IL will not adopt the alter
nutive OF committing suicide as he advises.
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the remarkable Manytisch depression north
Of the Caucasus. whose almost stagnant
waters flow sometimes east and sometimes
west. is the natural boundary between
Europe and Asia. RtcIus says that the
aspects of the country and people south OF
the Manytisch depression are distinctiveiy
Asiatlc, and he treats the whole OF eau
casia. including the lofty Caucasus Noun
tains. as part OF Asia. Other writers re-
gard the whole OF Caucasla as belonging 10
Europe, while the Russians, under the
Leadership Of SrRRLBrTsKY. have fixed upon
n line passing over the tops Of the eau
caaus Mountains az the proper boundary
between Europe and Asia from the Caspian
to the Black Sea.
1t may be said that the leading German
experts agree with the Russian view. and 1t
Is noteworthy that, while Die BerolRer-
ung der Ertle' estimates the area OF Europe
in accordance with all three Of these hypoth-
escs as to its southeastern boundary. IL
counts all the people living north oil the
Caucasus rs European and those living
south OF the mountains as Asiatic.
This Is q point upon which the Biographies
used in our schools do not agree; but our
teachers may instruct their pupils that the
Caucasus Mountains are q part OF the
boundary between Europe and Asia with
the assurance that the weight Of authority
Is in favor OF this statement.
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Major SINGERLY calls the tariff plank of
the Pennsylvania platform "straddlc." The
plank calls for the revision OF the tariff. with
due regard for the rights OF American labor
and the preservation OF our manufactures"
This is protection. According to the school OF
tariff reformers to which Major sINoERLY
and his Mugwurnp associates belong. Ameri-
can labor has no rights In the making Of the
tariff schedules. American manufactures are
not entitled to consideration In the arrange.
mcnt OF the taxes. The resolutions Of the
Pennsylvania Democrats may seem to Major
SINGERLY to be straddle. They seem to US
to stand perpendicular, with both feet planted
firmly ON tho great and time-honored Demo-
cratic principle OF protection.
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Where Does Europe EndY

For macy years geographers have not
agreed as to the natural boundary between
Europe and Asia. Various writer's, worthy
OF attention. have considered tho question
will: widely differing results: and that the
question is not settled yet is shown In the
latest edition OF that authoritative publ!ca-
ton. Dis Bev6lkeiung der Erde," which
gives three determinations Of tho total
area Of Europe, according "a ono dividing
line or another Is accepted as the European
Asiat!c boundary.
School children are usually taught that
the Ural Mountains are the dividing line
between eastern Europe and western Asia.
This may pass as rough definition of.thut
boundary. though the Ural Mountains ex-
tend neither TO the ice sea in the north nor to
the Caspian in tho south; nor are the Urals
accepted by some geographers for more
than half Of their extent as the proper
boundary. Young students. however,
should not be confused by the disputes OF
geographcrs but how does 1t happen that
In some OF the best aliases. like "Andree's
Hand-Atlas." little attention Is paid to the
Urals as q natural boundary between Eu-
rope and Asia2
Its because some geographers prefer TO
follow the political rather than the natural
boundaries. For administrative purposes
Russia has included in the European Gov
ernments Of Perm. Ufa. and Orenburg q
large region east OF the Trails. and it has
also placed the country OF tho Ural Co.'S
sacks. west OF the mountains and properly
in Europe. under the governor-generalshl
OF Turkestan and In some OF tho best
aliases the boundary between Europe and
Asia is made 10 conform to these political
accidents. though the best authorities In
Russia discountenance the ideu. and say
the boundary is liable to frequent fuctua-
tons II it must needs coincide with the
limits Of administrative districts.
Most geographers now accept the eastern
boundary Of Europe as it Is laid down on
the maps Of the Russian Government and as
1t has been described by Gen. STRELBITsKY.
the best Russian authority. This boundary
follows the Kara River from its mouth in
the Kara Sea to Its head streams In tho Ural
Mountains; thence south along the water
parting between the European and Asiatic
rivers In the Urals to the head waters of
the Ural River; thence along the Ural River
to Its mouth In the Caspian Sea aud the
west shore OF the Caspian to the city OF Baku.
The question of the southeast boundary
OF Europe Is q moro debatable one. Some
Reo2raphers. headed by RECLuB. insist that
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1t Is hard TO tell from our Oklahoma de-
spatches whether there are ton thousand or
twice ten thousand boomers there eager to
join the grand rush for land that VIII ne
Gin tomorrow. when the 1900. 900 acres OF the
Cheyenne and Ararahoe reserves are 10 DO
opened Tor settlement. Our dispatches nave
told OF tho hordcs that were ercamp-
cd oil around tho reserve last week.
OF the horsemen who were galloping from
everywhere to Join them and OF the long lines
OF wagons that were wheeling along all the
roads that lead to Oklahoma. There are GER
tain'y enough people on hand to take every
quarter section OF the reserves that Is worth
taking. aud to buy every town lot that can BIO
got on very easy terms. and to start all the
hotels. law offices. groceries. and lumber yards
that will be needed for the rest OF the century.
The present boom Is the third OF the great
Oklahoma booms. and 1t surpasses both OF its
predecessors in bigness. 1t is not as wild as
the first toom was; pretty good order has
bcen preserved ever since IL began: the
"sooners" have been restrained In some
measure: and tho sharps who want to grab
more land than the law allows will not have as
good show tomorrow and the ensuing
days rs they had at the time Of the open
ing OF the other Oklahoma reserves. We
wish we could say that there is q prospect that
all the fraudulent practices OF former times.
by which both the Government and the home
steaders suffered and In which public officials
connived most scandalously. will be rendered
impossible this week. but that is something
which. to our regret, We cannot say.
We are also apprehensive that the thou
sands OF black people who have gone to Okla
homa for homes will not get fair play and will
have hard times
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thorizcd this year. They could be built for
about million dollars. and only one-third
of that sum need be appropriated ut the
| present session. The great shipb,,ildlng
| firms that compete for armor-clads would
probably not undertake them. and they
would fall to minor works through the
country Some OF them. needed for the Pa
ciic coast. would be built there: others
would DO allotted to the Mississippi Valley.
where Torpedo Boat No. 2 is under con.
struction.
Besides these. a few gunboats might
be authorized to tako the place Of the old
wooden stltion vessels that are falling out
so rapidly. while the pending bill pro-
poses to despatch them still faster by great
~ reducing tho ratio OF allowable repairs
to original cost. Such gunboats. half q
dozen of which could be built for less than
one battle ship. could servo In Chinese
and South American rivers. where the
heavy vessels could not go, besides being
vastly less expensive to maintain. They
would aid in allowing the 1O,oO0-ton ships
to be laid up in ordinary times Of peace.
and so prove genuine economy.
As to tho battle ships. considering that
tho last Congress. ut Its first session.
authorized three OF these expensive craft,
besides 7,iDoton protected cruiser. which
is to cost s2725,ooO. and in addition tor
pcdo cruiser and q torpedo boat. certainly
its successor should authorize one. in ad-
dillon to the armored cruiser proposed. 1t
is urged that the works ut Bethlehem and
Pittsburgh have as much as they can do for
several years in turning out armor for tho
vessels already begun. But Secretary
TRACY has shown that hereafter arinor can
he turned out faster. and that the gain by
an early authorization OF new vessels In de-
signing them. in calling for bids. and In
drawing contracts, is most important.
utmost that the Fifty-second Congress
may do for tho increase Of tho navy will
be backed up by the people, A wise liberal
ity in this respect will only set off to better
advantage frugalty in other directions.
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he CAN CARRY NEW YORK.
Why Republicans Oppose the Mobilization
OF David b. Hill.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: He is a
better organizer than even Samuel J. Tilden
was. The Democrats now have the best Or
ganization in the State OF New York that they
ever had. thanks to David B. Hill The State
is in good condition financially. This is
largely due to the wise administration and the
vetoes Of David B. Hill.
The Republicans refused to redistrIct the
State. although such refusal was violation
of the State Constitution. The Republican
minority usurped the rights Of the Dem ocratic
majority. David D. Hill secured the rights Of
the majority by legal means. Knowing what
was right he demanded 1t, and insisted that
the Democracy should have their rights: and
he accepted nothing less for them.
They say he is politician. Ipresume he Is
The Republicans ought to know. for every
time they have mot him In political battle they
were his.
David B. Hill can carry New York. He has
always carried it With the best organization
the Democracy ever had. he can carry 1t again.
Knowing this. the Republicans advise Demo-
Gratis to nominate some Western man.
David B. Hill is Democrat He Is clean
man. He is q man Of good character. He is n
man OF good habits. He is q man Of great
natural and legal ability. He can carry New
York. He is a worker. He Is q fighter No
other man can carry New York without his
assistance.
Would 1t not DO wise for those self styled
Democrats who are reviling him now to pause
and consider? The national Democracy should
also consider. A little foresight is better than
a great deal Of sight from the rear. II tho next
President Is Democrat, lie will be elected by
Democratic He must be n man that can carry
the Democratic States. He must carry New
Va lr nnS,tl
DEMOCRAT FROM WAY BACK.
RIrARIUs April 49,
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A Kentucky View Of New York Question

From The frdnklin JuroTis
when Mr. Cleveland ran for Governor with riii for
Lieutenant. Governor OF New Yok We arc told that
Cleveland received more votes than Iiill. and with
Cleveland men this is evidence OF his ranking popu.
larlty.
It's equally true that in 1893 Mr. Cleveland received
more votes than he got FOR Governor and WAS beaten
1t IL trio also that Mr. Ill., in every race for Governor
has gotten more votes than egclRnd received either
for Governor or President.
1t Is Just IN trae tia when Cleveland was eandi.
date for President and was defeated by 1900. Mr.
liili was elected Governor by over :o.ooo.
isiruc again that Mr.. Hill received more votes In
1888 than hny candidate ever did for Governor and
quite AS true that while Mr.. Flower was elected Gov
ernor in 1901 by nearly 5000 majority he did not get
many votes BY over 2ocOO did Mr. Hill In 1885,
II our friends can ind evidence OF Ii.s weakness
or Cerelsnds strength IN these facts We welcome
them to the task,
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Iltf.t.


The Atlanta newspaper Is somewhat mis-
taken in the figures OF the left-hand column.
Nearly half of the Massachusetts delega-
ton is opposed to the denomination Of the
Perpetual Candidate. strongly Democratic
districts even in Mugwump Massachusetts,
obiecting to him: and the case Is the same
in Pennsylvania and Nebraska. But. grant
ing that these IA delegates are all for CLEvE-
LAND. what fatal table to his prospects is
this! The bitterest enemy the man has. the
shrewdest supporter Of another candidate,
could not have devised q surer means Of
exposing the structural weakness of the
Mugwunp candidate. The introduction Of
the District Of Columbia delegates into the
list Of the CLEVELAND men Is so ludicrous
besottcd disciple Of the elephantine econo-
mist would have been capable Of it,
Yet the District OF Columbia, with
no electoral votes. will cast just as many
electoral votes for the Democratic candi-
date this year as Rhode Island. Massa-
chusetts. Pennsylvania. Minnesota. Ne
braska. and North Dakota. The Democrats
in those States will have no more to do
with the election Of the next President than
the inhabitants Of West Flanders or Corea.
The fact that Mr.. CLEVELAND gets dele
gates only from Republican States. while
the strong Democratic districts even In
those States are against him. is sufficient
to establish his preposterous impossibility.
Let us put the Atlanta Journals table In
another way:
CLErrlANp HUI
Delegates from Republican States. ...l44 o
Delegates from Democratic States. ~
Democratic electoral votes....,..... o 10
This Is How the Case Stands" except
that Mr.. CLEVELAND hasn't IA delegates
but we are willing to allow him IA for the
sake Of the illustration. And we desire to
thank our Atlanta contemporary for put
ting the cese so plainly.
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Against tho Druggists.

| In the Excise bill which was passed by the
| Assembly on Wednesday and which will be
brought up in the Senate tomorrow. there 10
one provision against which the druggists
are kicking strenuously. and we think that
their kicking is justified. Tho provision Is
this:
"A license to the keeper or keepers Of drug store
permitting sales therein only upon physctans rerih
with prescription lie but used Of strong or
sprituous liquors ale hser wine and not to be drunk
on the premises. which shall be known rs a druRgists
license for which the fee shall be $50 druggist shall
not he licensed under this subdivision unless he be
duly licensed pharmA and lie shall not be granted
any other license under this act"
Under this provision. II the Hon. JAMES
WESTMINSTER Hustled. the Peekskill CIS-
cINNATUs. should be walking down Broad
way upon hot summers day. and. blinded
by the glare from his own unequalled
Uranium. should sink to the sidewalk and
be carried thence. amid the weeping Of q
city. into drug shop. and. reviving little.
should crave q finger Of brandy. he might
pine and die IL no physician were at hand
to prescribe. in mystical hieroglyphics. the
proper amount OF the water OF life. We
mention Mr. HUsTED's case because we no.
tlcc that he voted against the Excise bill.
and we have no doubt that this was his
reason. Doubtless he may learn to carry
physicians prescription In his pocket. but
this is an unnecessary formula in Cortland
township. we suppose; and. besides. his
wink is powerful and persuasive wherever
he is known.
But, seriously. a provision Of this rigidity
would be not merely an unwarranted dis
elimination against druggists; IL would be
foolish. unnecessary. and against public
policy. The drug shops OF New York and
Brooklyn are. as everybody knows. tenn
porary hospitals. The injured and those
seized with illness or faintness in the street
are carried to them. and to forbid the drug
gists from having any other license than
one upon the precise terms allowed by the
passage which We have quoted is unjust
to the public rs we'll rs to the druggists.
We don't care whether this provision in
restraint Of druggists arises from puri-
tanical objection to all uttering Of strong
waters or virtuous desire upon the part
of saloon keepers to restrict the sale Of wet
goods to saloons: 1t ought to be stricken
out or amended.
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Now we learn by the European papers
that the mala6y known as BLACK smallpox"
has become epidemic In those parts Of Rus
sian Poland from which many people are
coming to this country. We have had quite o
number OF cases OF very malignant kind Of
smallpox in the city during the pres
ent month. and 1t Is now Of the utmost
importance that the Quarantine doctors
and the Health Board should be on the
guard against this new peril as they have been
on the guard against typhus fever brought
here by the Russian immigrants. In opening
our gates to the world. We must be ever vigil
liant in protecting our own people.
We learn from the British medical journals
that other epidemics are alarmingly prevalent
in western Russia engendered by the famine.
and that there is reason to apprehend their
spread In other countries of Europe.
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is more. thousands Of his countrymen think
as he does. They are not proposing TO pe.lay
Canada to the United States They see tna1
the tide OF emigration to the States from
Canada Is enormous. and wonder whether IN.
stead OF being depleted In this way It u no.
worth while for the Dominion to cast IN ns lo'
with Uncle SANS. The supcrservlceabie zea,-
OTIS who tryt to repress the discussion OF 'nis
question have hard task before them. An
opinion crowded down in one place comes 10
the surface In another But thsy had better be
prompt with their trials by court martial. be-
cause in such matters the heresy oil to.day
often becomes the history Of to. morrow.