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thirty-ive who pay taxes. and yet thirt
vote upon men Of independent means, OF
those who hold certificates OF higher educa'
ton or have held or hold public functions
implying a certain amount OF superior edu'
| cation. No citizen, however. can have more
than three votes. A novel regulation oil
the franchise, whose working will be watch
cd with curiosity. makes it obligatory upon
every voter to vote at all elections. and
| that in his place OF residence.
Next in order OF Importance is the
change in the composition of the SEN
ate. Hereafter. the same voters who elect
the Chamber OF Deputies will, II over thirty
years OF age, elect the Senate also, except
that q certain fraction Of the Senators will
be returned by the provincial councils. To
be eligible for the Senate man must pos
sess certain amount OF property. The
prescribed qualification is the payment OF
two hundred and forty dollars year In
direct taxes. or the ownership OF real estate
producing an annual income Of two thou
sand four hundred dollars. We should add
that Senator must also be at least forty
years old. In word. so far as q majority OF
Belgian Senators are concerned, they will
henceforth be chosen on principles re-
semblinR in respect Of the property qualifi-
cation prescribed for candidates those APP
piled to the election OF the upper House OF
the New York State Legislature before the
adoption OF the State Constitution OF 1924
Among minor points OF the revision may
be mentioned the alteration In article l.
which permits Belgium to acquire colonies.
a provision inserted with the view OF the
country's taking over the rights to the
Congo Free State, which are at present
vested solely in King LEOPOLD Ii. There
Is also change In article SO. by which
hereafter members Of Parliament will be
permitted to become Ministers without
having to seek reelection. This article. as
1t originally stood. was blindly copied from
an English custom which has long ceased
to have any reason for its existence. We
may add that every member OF the Cham
Der Of Deputies. In future Is to receive a sal
airy Of $500 year. and free pass on the
State railways or private lines between
Brussels and his place Of residence. 1t is
evidently better. il the peoples representa-
tives are to travel on free passes at all.
that they should receive these by law
rather than be allowed to place themselves
under obligations to private corporations.
Opinions differ as to the effect Of the new
Constitution here outlined upon the rela-
tive strength Of political parties in Bel
GUM. PROFESSIONALLY. it makes the Radi-
calls masters OF all the centres Of manufac-
turing and mining industries. On the
other hand. it enfranchises not only the
peasant proprietors but the agricultural
and 1t remains to be seen whether
the gains from these sources may not, as
the leaders Of the Catholic Conservative
party believe. counterbalance the losses In
cities and towns.
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Honesty Is the Best Policy.

The Democratic outlook hereabouts for
the State campaign OF 1903 is good. Success
has como to the Democracy OF New York
by keeping. faithfully and specifically.
every pledge made by It's representatives
to the people. Whatever has been promised
them has been done 80 soon as opportunity
offered, and the result OF this fidelity Is that
the party here is to-day. practically. invin-
chile. Every Democratic platform adopted
in State Convention has been merely tho
foreshadowing of the acts Of the party in
office wherever successful. Promise and
performance have gone hand in hand. Vic
tory has been the reward.
A few OF the salient features OF this
splendid record of pledge keeping are as
follows: A low tax rate. Il progressive and
enlightened amended Excise law. and i'm
proved canal and roadway policy: new
apportionment. an honest and trustworthy
State census, an increased collection OF revc-
nue. from corporation taxes, an equalization
OF real estate values. the turning out OF Re-
publican hold-overs, home rule for munic-
qualities. new quarantine laws and regula-
lions, tho repeal OF obsolete and unneces-
sary statutes, new election law, reduce
ton OF the State debt and interest charges.
and an extension Of the registration system.
When on Oct. 8 the Democratic Conven-
ton assemblies in Saratoga. the task OF Its
members will DO simply to reiterate the
cardinal principles OF the party; to give
satisfying proof OF past faithful perform
mice Of the duties intrusted to its repre-
eentatives; and to make such pledges Of
future action as may be desirable.
There is. in all this. an object lesson. SO
to speak. for the Democratic brethren in
States less populous and important politi-
cally than Is New York. and for the Demoo-
racy generally. Special pledges were made
to the people in June last by the national
Democracy. The opportunity Of redeem
Ing them was gratefully and enthusiastic
cally given In November and In March the
frultion Of popular confidence was awaited.
A page from out OF the book Of New York.
, leaf from the record OF the invincible
Empire Democracy. would inspire with the
stimulus OF hope and confidence the Demo-
crats In Washington to go ahead and keep
their pledges to the people without swerv-
Ing and without evading any promise made
In June. 1892. and remaining unfulflled in
1898,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-22
No Deadheads.

Our esteemed contemporary. the Chicago
| Herald is still living in the old era OF rev.
| enue reform, the days Of the surplus and
| Of protectionism. I'VE must have free
| WOOL" 1t cries. las one of the first steps in
| tariff reform"
Free wool would be possible and might
be desirable under protective tariff pro-
ducing an excess Of revenue. though the
| wool-growing farmers would not like 1t.
The reduction OF the duty on an article is
likely to increase importation Of it. so that
the revenue derived from the GUS
toms duty on that article would be
advanced instead Of diminished. Taking
off the duty entirely is the only sure way
OF reducing revenue. Consequently the
making of free list composed OF certain
important staples was part Of tariff tink-
ering when the object of tinkers was to re-
duce the revenue without reducing the pro-
lection. Free wool means in fact double
protection to the manufacturers OF woollen
goods. The Government, lit admitted wool
free. would cut down the expenses OF the
woollen manufacturers. taking of their
taxes and taxing the whole country there
for. and at the same time adding to their
profits by keeping duty on the manufac-
tured product.
But how can tariff for revenue only ex-
empt any import from paying revenue?
The thing is impossible and absurd. 1t in
wolves an absolute incongruity. direct
contradiction Of terms. How can q constl-
tutional tariff, existing for the purpose Of
raising revenue by q system Of taxation.
equal and uniform. and devoid Of favor
itlsm for any class or interest. permit an
article. and the manufacturers or the con-
sumers Of that article. to have special priv
ileges at the expense Of the people atlarge2
The Democrats are not building pro-
tective tariff They are not trying to reduce
revenue. They are not reforming the tariff
according to the economic notions that
prevailed before the constitutional doctrine
Of the tariff had been enunciated and &C.
cepted by the Democracy. They are making
new tariff according to new theory. It
would be just as homogeneous to exempt
given class OF citizens from taxation as to
put free list into tariff for revenue only.
An equal tariff can grant no exemptions.
There can be no untaxed privilege Of coal or
iron or wool or anything else.
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The Belgian Constitution Completed.

The revision OF the Belgian Constitution,
which has been under discussion since the
| beginning Of the year. is at last finished.
and. although 1t does not entirely meet the
| wishes of the Radicals. 1t represents great
improvement on the state of things which
has existed in Belgium during the last sixty
years. The method Of composing the
| Senate. which remained up to the present
been settled. the scheme Of the new organic
law is now ready to be put in operation.
Before reviewing the particulars In which
the Constitution just constructed differs
most signally from the superseded system,
We should mention proposed innovation
| which. after long and heated debate. was
rejected. The original project for the re-
vision Of the organic law. presented last
January to the Belgian Chambers by the
Prime Minister. provided for species OF
referendum. The King was to have the
power OF vetoing any bill passed by the
Chambers. but the question whether the
veto should be sustained was to be immed-
ately referred to the people. 1t Is obvious
that this kind OF referendum was q mere
device to shield the monarch's exercise of
the veto power from odlum. 1t Is by no
means identical with the Swiss form OF the
institution. for. In Switzerland. 1t is not for
the Executive. but for the people them
selves to determine. under certain pre-
scribed conditions. whether given law
shall be submitted to the popular
vote. The innovation proposed would
practically abolish representative gov
eminent without substituting demo-
cratic government. 1t would have made the
Office OF Prime Minister virtually untenable
by a Radical under q sovereign OF Conser-
vative prepossessions; for the King could
have overriden the will OF the Chambers
and OF their executive representative. the
Prime Minister. by continually appealing
from their decision TO the judgment OF the
people. On the other hand, when Conser-
vative was In office. there would be no chance
OF applying the referendum. no matter how
unacceptable his measures might be to the
country. In a word. the form OF referendum
advocated by the Conservatives in Belgium
could easily have been converted into an
instrument OF despotism, and Is scarcely
dstinguishable from the peblscites to
which NAPOLEON Ill had recourse whenever
they seemed likely to serve his turn. This
was so clearly recognized by the Belgian
Radicals that the proposal met with the
most vehement resistance at their hands,
and ultimately had to be abandoned
Having pointed out the trap which the
Radicals succeeded In escaping. let us now
mark the great positive advantages which
they have gained in the revision. Most
memorable is the change effected in |
article At OF the Constitution. which for |
merly imposed such conditions on the |
franchise as to give Belgium smaller |
electorate In proportion to population than |
is possessed by any other country having
parliamentary institutions. The same !
article. as revised. bestows q vote upon
every citizen above the ago of twenty-five.
and an extra vote on married men above
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-22
Visiting Frenchmen.

In January Of last year the French Gov.
eminent sent here a citizen OF distinc-
tion as political economist, M. PAUL
DEscHANEL. to inquire into the condition
OF the working or wages-earning people OF
the United States and to make report there
upon. He travelled over the country. ex-
amined the workshops. and visited the
homes Of the men employed In them. His
researches were extensive and exact. We
have not had the pleasure OF reading M.
DEscHANEL s report to his Government, and
are not certain that 1t has been printed.
Again this year the Government of France
has made provision for further investiga-
ton In the same line A fortnight ago there
arrived here delegation OF about forty
French workmen. representing as MANY
trades. and chosen from all over France
They were welcomed In Tammany Hall on
Monday Of last week by a number OF the
Franco-American residents of the CITY. at n
reception held under the Presidency of the
French Consul-General. Nj. PAUL D'ABzAc.
Since that time they have pursued their in
quiries here In slipshod kind OF way. and
few days ago left for the West, where
they will hereafter proceed further with
their labors.
Yet another French delegation OF the
same kind. but composed OF Partisan work.
men OF superior intelligence. has been In
the city for the past five days, sent here at
heavy expense upon mission Of inquiry
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Forthwith" Translated "sixty Days fro-,
Dster In tho Case OF These Frisonet..

Tho Grand Jury began yesterday an invcsti.
cation Of the methods OF the Coronors' office.
District Attorney Nicoll has been much an.
noyed by the delay In making return o. the
proceedings before the Coroners In important
homicide cases. He has complained In writing
TO the Coroners. but has obtained no satisIac-
ton as he says. Section rs OF the Code Vt
Criminal Procedure requires that the tcsti-
mony taken before a Coroner's jury and the
inquisition must be forthwith" filed in tho
office OF the Clerk OF the Court OF General Ses-
sions.
30 when. early in September. foreman
Emanuel Bloomingdale OF the Grand Jury
received a letter from an inmate OF the House
Of Detention complaining that he expected to
remain in the House Of Detention forever be-
Gus, was a witness in a homicide case
at. ~, oil advised Foreman Bloc N gdale thRt
matter II they desired to.
:. Foreman BloominRdal went to the House OF
Detention and found that the writer OF the
ing OF Billy. o'Bglon by Little sammy" Mills
square on July n. The, witnesses, IN tho
HTase OF hetsntion are u Frances We}yland:
Ecnnsdy AND %YT" John nS coieman and they haye
been locked IN since July IL Ths Grand
Juriss Of July and August sat without indict-
Foreman BloominGdale reported this to Mr..
Nicoll. Mr.. Nicoll found that the record OF tho
Clerks Office OF tho General Sessions. He
wrote to the Coronors' office. and the record
was delivered late yesterday afternoon. Tho
record sets forth that tho Coroner's. jury
found. as to tho cause OF OBrien'R death.
that O'Brien met his death BY delirium tree
mems superinduced 6y pistol , shot In the alb;
will be submitted to the Grand Jury for their
action to-day.
the Grand Jury were sHSectns
Clerk Frederick Hart and Entry Clerk John
Murray of the Coroners' office to an examna-
ton, Clerk Reynolds OF the Coroners' office
is away on his vacation. 1t Is understood that
tho Grand Jury will present to-day the laxity
OF some OF tho methods OF the Coroners'
Office Tho Cor0ners say that their one ste
nograrher cannot trapscribe his minutes any
moro RAPIDLY than he does.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-22
CARDINAL GIBBoNs's JCBIIEE.
He Finally Consents that IA Public Ceiebra
ton lie Held.

BALTIMORE. Sept. 2l.-Cardinal Gibbons hav-
ing returned home from Chicago and Du-
buque. the work Of arranging an order Of ex-
ercises for tho celebration Of the twenty-n.h
anniversary OF his conservation as Bishop has
been entered upon. In August Cardinal Glib
bons would not listen to the idea. He went
out OF town to avoid it. Priests and people
later made it known to the Cardinal that u
failure To mark the anniversary might Le
attributed to their indifference. They remind
cd the Cardinal also that the Holy Father had
not failed TO remember the anniversary. and
had sent him by messenger not only letter OF
congratulations. but approved picture OF
himself. The pleading prevailed
There will be two days OF observance in
October, A grand mass Of jubilee and re Deum
will he the initial exercise to be followed b.
reception OF -prelates and people in the sem.
mary OF st. Mary Of St Sulpice. banquet
will also mark the day in the seminary. On
the next day the Catholic Club OF Baltimore
will give q banquet In the Carrollton Hotel. To
this banquet VIII be invited the Archblshops
and Bishops Of the United States President
Cleveland and his Cabinet, Vice. President
Stevenson. the United States Senators from
Maryland. and the Representatives in Congress-
from the city OF Baltimore the Governor Of
Maryland and the Mayor OF Baltimore. and tho
Presidents Of Catholic clubs Of neiGhborinR
cities.
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The editor also prints the scale of wages
paid In the Transvaal. which. on its face, Is
very attractive. The wages are certainly
much above the ruling rates In Europe and
America. But having duly set forth these
alluring statistics the editor promptly
administers the antidote. 1.-THE cost of
living for man with family" he says.
sis SO great that he Is almost worse Off
than when working at home" The rent of
a three-room cottage Is $s5 to $40 month.
Table board. very bad" Is S. a week. and
"good ditto" is IS to $40 a week. All
food articles except beef and mutton cost
three or four times as much as in England;
clothing costs twice as much. and. gracious
goodness! beer Is twelve cents a glass, pills
are three times homo prices. and doctors
charge So 80 a visit!
Immediately after these hard facts fol-
lows the "employmeut coupon" for the
convenience OF all the sons of toll who wish
to improve their condition In the Transvaal.
Success to the johannesburg Intelligence
Office! 1t dispenses information with a
liberal and unsparing hand. II. after It's
birds-eye view Of the situation. IL should
be overwhelmed by employment cou-
pons." the fact will be worth reporting.
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K..sa. Hs.p,nr the yb,r,,,,.s

from he IlliIHGTlis journal
TorEKA Sept 10. The failure OF the Kansas farmers
to secure a renewal Of their mortgages is becoming
serious question Eastern capitalists are refusing 20
extend. and are demanding that mortgages due DO
paid One OF tho largest concerns In tho Fast. in a
letter TO the local agent at Great BEND yesterday
ave are closing all Kansas business as fast as
loans and extension is out OF the question
Most all companies doing business in Kansas are pull
ing fast they oln. not for want OF business
but for tho THAT the legislation sentiment and
general antagonisto feeling toward loan company is
vicious and yindctiyo Kansas loans will not sell in
the East because The confidence IN them all gone"
Charles NJ sheldon. who returned to-day from ak
weeks trip through New York and New England, cor.
roborates tho above He he ia ked with OF
bankers and capitalists and not Of them would In
vest dollar Ia Kansas securities
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-22
RECEIVER M'CLURE,S SUCCESS.
Seventy-lvo Per Cent. for Depositors OF the
National Bank or Deposit.

NATIONAL bank deposit.
The depositors in the National Bank OF Do
posit, which suspended in June. are much
pleased with the raDidity with which Receiver
David Mcclure is winding up the affairs Of the
bank. He took charge OF the banks affairs on
June Is. and has already broken the record Of
bank receivers for the prompt settlement Of
affairs.
Within month after being appointed BY
Comptroller Eckels he had declared q dividend
OF 40 per cent. and on Aug 20. with tho
Comptroller's consent he announced that he
would on Sept 80 pay another dividend Of rs
per cent. ON Wednesday he decided TO make
this dividend 81 per cent. which Will make 10
per cent. OF their deposits, which the deposit
ors will receive In u little more. than three
months. Mr. Mcclure has received many con-
gratulatons from business men and de-
Tho first stop taken by Mr. Mcclure was to
remove tho Offices OF the bank from the ex-
pensiye quarters in the Western Union build
Ing to cheaper rooms at ~ William street, in
the same building in which his law Offices are.
MIR Mcclure said yesterday that one OF ths
most peculiar things about his recelvershlp
was that men with deposits to the amount Of
$40. 900 had not come forward at all to receive
even the first dividend declared. although ef-
forts had been made to reach all depositors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-22
D4TID SOLOMON EXCITED.
He Say. Hts Brother Henry Must IIav
Been Changed In tho Cradle.


Been Changed In tho Cradle.
David ]. Solomon, senior member OF David
J. Solomon & Co.. necktie manufacturers who
was ommitted to Bloomingdale Asylum at
the instance OF his brother Henry. was the
principal witness yesterday at the judicial in-
Quirv into his m entail condition.
He maintained that his purchase OF S31 900
OF goods on Aug. 2. which has been put forth
as an evidence Of insanity. was an instance OF
good business Judgment. The goods were not
in excess OF what the firm needed. and were
purchased for from 20 to 80 per cent. less than
the price OF the goods tho firm had in stock.
Solomon showed much acuteness when ques-
toned on the subject OF his business. The
firms purchase ana sales book was handed to
him. and the Jurors looked surprised as no
went. over the figures like an expert ac-
When asked by Henry solomons counsel
whether he recognized his brother David re.
That man my brother! dlsown him. Hs
must have been changed 10 the cradle"
Thereafter the witness referred to his brother
as that man who was changed in the cradle"
The cross examine .repen1ed questions
ness refused point blank to roI,sat his answers.
telling the lawyer to shut up" and proceed to
test his sanity; Asked whether he had told
lionaires' daughters. he said he had. and that
it was true. The lawyer wanted to know the
young ladies' names and solomon refused to
give them. saying that the attorney ought to
know better than to ask such question.
Pointing to a man in tho court room. David
That man brought me a Jewish heress and
begged me to marry her"
solomon became excited under Lawyer
get too near me: or j nigh -" he shouted
A court officer hurriedly placed himself be-
tween solomon and the lawyer.
this afternoon.
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The Insurgents Ahead Again.

Once more the scene shifts in Brazil, and
the insurgent cause seems uppermost
again. Tidings from Rio show that instead
Of putting to sea with his whole squadron.
as was at first announced, Admiral MELLo
other craft. to make the movement against
the port OF Santos at that time reported.
With the heavier part Of his force he still
holds the harbor. and is even said to have
obtained coal, provisions. and ammunition
by capturing the town OF Nictheroy.
Meanwhile the expedition southwark
seems to have strengthened the insurgent
cause in San Paulo. and it is announced that
marines have already landed In Santos
harbor. and that fighting has been going on
around the town. Further south, the revo-
luton in Rio Grande do Sui has acquired
fresh energy. and a concerted movement OF
the insurgent land and naval forces upon
the town Of Rio Grande ia expected. To
have detached the Republica and other ves-
sells from his command for these purposes
is sign OF confidence as well as Of strength
on Admiral MELLo's part. 1t was also a
judicious move. since. should his opera
lions in the harbor OF Rio Janeiro drag. the
movement against PE1xoTo will yet have
received an impetus further south.
But evidently Admiral MELLo does not
expect failure ut Rio. His recent demands
for the surrender OF the city were appar-
emily based on the assumption that he had
refrained In last weeks bombardments
from doing the damage to it that he might
have done. purposely combining his attack
to the harbor forts and to the Arsenal. Gus
tom House. and other public buildings.