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Wealth and Theology,

Tho New York Presbytery has not ven
tured 10 go to the extent of boycotting the
Union Theological Seminary because of its
Briggsism. That is. it does not formally
Withdraw its favor and support from
students for the ministry who go there to
ba taught that the Bible is not the infallible
Word Oi GoD, as the Westminster Confess
sion describes it TO be. 1t merely "reerm-
mends " them not to go to a theological
seminary disapProved by the General AS
sembly without imposing any penalties on
them for disregarding the recommendation.
Even this mild suggestion. however. will
be likely to deter some Presbyterian theo-
logical students from gratifying a desire
TO listen to the Biblical criticism Of DR..
BRIGGs. Such young men are usually timid.
Unhappily. most OF them are dependents.
Oftentimes they are supported in college by
pious offerings. because OF their announced
purpose OF going into the miDistry; and
thus nom an early age they acquire the
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The Hornblower Nomination.

Our esteemed contemporary, the Tribune,
II dissatisfied with the Judiciary Commit
tee OF the Senate because It has not re-
ported on the nomination Of Mr.. HORN
BLOWER to be Judge Of the Supreme
Court. The delay It attributes to the influ-
ence OF Senator HILL: and our contem-
porary declares that he is employing the
Senate Judiciary Committee "for the pur-
pose OF satisfying private Rrudge."
The assumption appears to be that there
ia nothing but the individual opposition OF
bIr. HILL to prevent the immediate pro-
motion OF Mr.. HoRSBLowER to the bench OF
our highest judicial tribunal. This assump-
tion will not hold water. Mr.. HoRNBLowEB
is young man he has never been Judge:
and he is far from being classed among the
most eminent Of lawyers. His nomination Is
departure from the rule that such appoint
ments should be given to toiong-proved ability,
unquestionable learning. and conspicuous
services. II Is OF the nature OF a personal
favor conferred on him by Mr.. CLEVELAND.
because he chooses to do that sort OF thing.
With such case the Senate Committee has
perfect right to deal as 1t thinks proper;
and Senator HILL Is entirely justified when
he ressts what he may properly regard as
an unsuitable nomination.
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Aluminium.

1t can be considered either as a raw ma
terial or as n manufactured product. The
term "raw material" is somewhat elastic.
From one point OF view. II any material can
be designated as raw it is a metal like this,
chemically an elementary substance. 1t
enters into the manufacture OF many arti-
cles which are products OF American indus
try. and the manufacturers OF them import
the crude aluminium as raw material.
But aluminium. sometimes called "the
metal Of the future" is also a domestic
product aud American capital is invested
IN processes for extracting it from the
chemical combinations in which nature has
tied 1t up, As product Of American indus
try. an infant industry like tln-plate max
ing. aluminium is proper subject for the
application OF the protective principle In
framing a protective tarlf.
Under the tariff OF 1898. imported alumni
ium came in free OF duty. The Mills bill
treated 1t as raw material. and proposed TO
leave 1t free. When Major MCKINLEY. the
Boss Protectlonist. made his tariff. he under
took TO foster this infant American indus
try, and imposed duty OF fifteen cents a
pound on the crude aluminium.
The protected industry grew. In 1888
and 1889 the production had been only 1O. 900
pounds. Iu 1891. under tho MCKINLEY pro.
tectiye tariff Of fifteen cents a pound, the
American production increased 10 10000
pounds. Tho estimated product for the
present year is 25O.OOO pounds.
The original draft OF tho WILSON bill
changed the MCKINLEY protective tariff OF
fifteen cents pound on aluminium TO a
protective ad valorem GGty OF fifteen Per
cent. that being a slight reduction.
Mr. ALFRED T. HUST OF the Pittsburg
Reduction Company. representing the
American aluminium infant interests. went
before Dir. WILSON'S committee TO plead for
a higher duty. His argument was a frank
and undisguised claim for protection against
foreign competition. through the taxing
power Of the Government. We quote from
his statement to the Committee on Ways
and Means;
The dsvslos-nsnt already mAds 20 ths ufseturs
u Aglnnium in This eounTy has only bssn rendered
D0ss'bls " 81 Rs0Isston gVsn b. Ihs nftssn
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ANNEXED DISTRICT DELIN oUEsrs.

No More Change OF Grade UuIess th- City
IL Exempted In Advance From Damns. Suits.
When proposition to change the gradc Of
several streets In the annexed district camo
up yesterday before the Board OF Street Open
ing Comptroller Myers said:
The property owners In that district have
not been paying their assessme ents for public
improvements and the cost OF much grading
will. therefore, have to be paid from the city
treasury. The amount OF assessments unpaid
reaches almost $1,000. 900 and the claims for
damages resulting from changing OF grades
above the Harlem is about twice that sum /"
Mayor Giroy Acknowledged the lustice OF
the requested improvements. hut said hs
thought II property owners wanted them they
should do their share In paying for them. Ar-
cordlnR to the statement OF Mr. Haffen the
cost Of annexed district improvements during
the rast year was only atout one-fiith Of the
inersase OF value Of the properties benefited.
That Is in itself" said Mayor Ciilroy rea-
pay up."
1t was voted unanimously that Commits
sioner Hatfen shall not approve any appllcn-
tion Tor change Of grade OF streets in thu an
nexed district unless an aereeme ent Is signed
ages.
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MoRLEY's II
DON. Dec. u

To THE EpIroR OF THE suN-Sir: Parkhurst
admits 1t is not these women he Ia after. but
the police He will make the police do their
duty" 1t would. perhaps. be a good thing II
every so-called minister OF the Gospel could
be compelled either to preach the Gospel or
have his license revoked. Then the pclico
could have their revenge by MAXIM, the minis
tiers do their duty
Parkhurst's only rnison Tf'rp as q reformer
is spite. pure and simrls. The police were un-
fortunate enough 10 offend him once in not
being able or willing to furnish him the evil
dence he desired in order to enable u Indy
member OF his church to OBTAIN u divorce from
her husband; hence. to lie reVenged he ar
raiCns the police Ms responsible for the i'm
moral resorts OF a great clty,
You cannot mako people good hy driving
them from PLACE to place, IL they are bad in
one place they will be bad In another Tho
BY Rrresting and imprisoninG them all for life
The min lstcrs cannot reach these women
directly for they do not 30 to church; hut
there Is one thing the ministers can 10 II they
will only he honest and earnest They can try
TO convert the male members OF their congra-
cations By preaching the rure Gospel Of Christ
10 them. Then there Will be fewer male
hnhltucs OF these vii" resorts. which will one
after another go out of business for want OF
customers. This method may he slow. hut ii
is the only sure one: and MT so slow either il
we take into sid erat ION the untold in nfiuenre
their mi inds are bent.
FRANK TRUMAN. 2.002 Third avenue
NEW YORK. Dec IL.
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habit OF dependence. Worst OF all. they
become obseouious 10 wealth. It is hard
language TO use. but it is true that they
suffer from the moral degradation bred by
the spirit Of paupcrlsm. They live by
charity. and TO get that charity they must
be plant and subservient.
Such young mon do not need moro than
hint from their patrons as to the sort OF
theological seminary 10 which they should
go as matter OF self-lnterest. They have
sacrificed tho manly independence which
insists on following it's own lead. They do
not carve out careers for themselves. but
bend themselves to the shaping OF those
who support them.
The Union Seminary. therefore. would
suffer seriously from the ban put upon DIR.
BRIGGS by the General Assembly. IL It we're
not rich and sustained by rich men. Stu
dents going there know that they will have
as hackers some Of the richest Presbyterians
In New York: and that consciousness will
give many ofthcm the moral backbone which
must be thus supplied from outside them
selves. They will be looked after; and their
habit OF dependence requires that they
should be sustained by both moral and
material supports. II they are braced up
by Presbyterian wealth. II they have a
strong Presbyterian party on which TO rely
for backing. they will not be afraid to crit
icise the Bible with Dr. BRIGGS.
The Presbytery. too. made up very largo
ly OF ministers trained in the same de-
pendence. does not want to offend tho rich
supporters Of the seminary. 1t is anxious
to avoid any convictions which would COM
pei it to take course dsagreeable to them.
Hence 10 goes no further than to recon-
mend" theological students seeking its ia
vor to believe In the Bible.
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pound duty for the selling price sbresd res been -
lev and for portion Of the time has been setusny
lower than the cost Of manufacture IN America.
-Dus ts this tarid. the American manufactures.
enioyar the prosctton OF the tard have constantly
proved upoa the methsds ot manufacture. to the
end thu, the price OF Hiuminum has been regularly
lswersdr
Questioned by members Of the committee.
Mr.. Hunt explained still more frankly the
significance OF his prayer for Increased pro-
lection for American-made aluminium:
"xr snrir-rhs duty you seek of1S and 20 per cen.
I'D vslorem,
mir HuNr-Yss sir.
"ht BRrAS-That you vould consider sunAoiontt
"Mr. HUSr No. SIR We have lost money By selling
At rates which We were compelled to sell at In order
10 reach the trade That rate is suiolsnt today. with
developments Ne hope 10 meet the question.
Mr. BarAS-Dp you think there IL prospect Of sill
further decreasing the cost Of production'
mi. HuSr-Cndoubtediy, but that decrease will be
due to an Increased output which will decrease the
general cost. Hgouo, no ifyo, reusnutIs
r'R soon be Z" hs position or ASoREw cAnEEeiE.
"Mr BRYlS-Thsre 10 some question as his position.
"Mr. HUsr-we will be In his newspaper position.
"Mr BnrASYou do not mean to say that II this tarin
IL continued you will be as rich as he isi
Mr. HuS1-I do not say that mean that We will
be in strong position that will not feel the
necessity Of a tsrin for Development
On Wednesday OF tho present week Mr..
WILSON'S Democratic Committee ON Ways
and Means granted Mr. HUNTS prayer.
They changed the proposed duty on alu-
minium to twenty-five per cent. ad va
loren. the highest figure suggested by
Mr.. HUNT. Instead Of tariff on alumni
ium for revenue only. they imposed
what Mr.. Hunt correctly described rs
q tariff for development" They put
him In the way to get into the posi-
tion Of ANDREW CARNEGIE. They did for
the infant aluminium industry OF Amer
lea exactly what Mr.. McKtNLEY's Rcpub-
lican Committee on Ways and Means did
for the infant tln-plato industry. and thus
violated tho Constitution, and broke De-
mocracy's pledges In order to continue the
fraud. tho crime. and the robbery. that were
denounced from every Democratic stump
from the beginning to the end of the last
campaignl
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The Inror-stior Gated for ~ the HoI-sn
RssoIutisu Already Before the Houss.

RssoIutisu Already Before the Bou.e.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.-Mr. Holman Of Indi.
ana appeared before the House Committee on
Naval Affairs to-day in support Of the resolu-
tlon he offered few days nGo relative to pre-
mlums raid contractors for Increased speed in
war vessels The resolution was referred to
the sub com mittee on construction for consid.
Grafton. and at their request Mr. Holman
promised to furnish some additional informs-
tion on tho subject
Nearly, II not ALL Of the information called
for Is already before the House. At the extra
session Of this Congress Mr.. Blair introduced
n resolution calling on thu Gscretnr. OF the
Navy for these data The resolution was passed
and Secretary Herbert gave Tho desired inior-
nation. His reply Is composed Of REPORTS Of
Chief Naval Constructor Ilichborn and Chief
EnGreer Melville, and gIvcs the total ptemi:
Sms sTSed s % divided OHS among % ys S'gidg ship
The subject Of increased boiler pressure 4.
treated fully, and tho opinion is rendered that
II has not been detrimental The hoiers Of
the ships have all been designed with large
pressure much higher than carried On trials
or in tho service IN powerins our ships It has
them nmpie Goilcr rower. Tor it il in this 70.
spert TINT foreign war vessels are most de-
fcient so much 80 that Great Britain has
deemed II unwise to subject the prototype of
the New York and number OF Other vessels to
n test under Iull power with forced urhuRht
That our practice has been n wise ono may be
inferred from the fact that we havc yet to re-
cord n failure OF one of our boilers on trial.
It's their belief that such u practice had not
resulted In giving contractors large premiums
for Increased speed. 1t has rather had the
effect Of getting lower bids than would have
been possible had the power heen barely sui-
fcient Tor the contract speed: Tor contractors.
in making thoir estimates. must IL they are
anxious to get the contract, take into con-
sideratcn the probability or the certainty Of =
premium FOR increased speed and adjust their
bids accordingly In conclusion. the report
says: " We do not believe that any increase
OF speed has resulted from tho increased
boiler. pressure carried on the vessels in
question:
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ALBANY. Dec. 15.-some time ago the State
Commission in Lunacy decided that II was In
furious for the inmates in the State hospitals
TO uso tobacco. The hospital officials, how
ever. have not yet been officially notified Of
such decision, so II was said at the offlco OF
the commission to-day: yet out of the M oIthly
per ana December the committee have stricken
out the amounts inserted for the purchase OF
tobacco although the order prohibiting its
use is not in force. Several OF tho managers OF
The state hospitals believe that the use OF to-
acco Is great source Of comfort 10 many OF
the insane. ana that II would he cruel To de-
nrive thom OF It. These managers have prac-
tichiiy determined that IL the state Conimis-
SION Will not allow the neces EHTy money for the
purchase oi tnhacco, they will pay for the same
out OF their own pocket
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We believe that 1t would be unwise In DR..
MESpoSGA. the Brazilian Minister at Washing.
ton. TO persist In his refusal To permit his
name to appear in tho list OF candidates for
the oilce OF President OF tho Cnited States OF
Brazil. He has not changed this opinion Of
ours by sending US the names OF as many as
eight other Brazillans who. as he says. ouGh.
To be preferred to himself as Presidential can
didates. lie has confirmed It. Not one OF the
men OF whom he speaks is as well equipped
for tho Presidency OF tho great South American
Republic as he Is; and this We say after tax
Ing account OF the character talents. expert
ence and services OF each of them.
It's interesting for us to observe the pecu
Iiar dihidence OF Minister MESDoNCA upon the
suggestion OF his candidacy Where is there
an Amerlcaa statesman or politician who. II
spoken OF az Presidential ca candidate. would
at once name eight other men as more
worthy or as better fitted to he President
OF the United States OF America Would
MCKINLEY for example. cry oh not for me!
Take REED OF. Maine for your candidate. or
SHERMAN OF Ohio or HAwLEY OF Connecticut.
or HALE OF Maine, or CHANDLER Of New IIamp-
shire or HoAR Of Massachusetts. or PROCToR
oi Vermont, or even anybody else rather than
me- Let us next turn to the other side. or at
least TO some other side without saying what
hlde II is. and suppose that somebody spoke OF
GRESHAM as the man for President Is it likely
that GREsHAM would rush TO the rear and
whisper while he rushed Take not me; but
give the preference to any one Of eight others.
to CARLISLE OF Kentucky, GoRMAN of Mary
land HILL OF New York. DANIEL OF Virginia.
MILLS OF Texas. FLOWER OF New York. NooR-
HEEs OF Indiana or even CLEVELAND Of New
York Tor third term? We say that to in-
du!ge In notion Of this kind would be enough
to make any citizen. white or colOred. native or
naturalized. male or female, laugh.
what then. is the difference between at least
one Brazilian and most OF our Americans
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Tho Two Professors.

Tho rooms OF the Committee on Ways and
Means arc filling with kilograms like these {:
Proposed reduction on juts yarns means so per
cent. cut in wages" Passage OF wusos bill viii
sult In reduction Of wages 40 cent in this mill;
employ 1900 hands"
These protests from protected manufac-
turers have had profound effect on the
committee. which is n mild little body, like
its Chairman, and anxious to please all
parties but the Democratic party. SO the
duties in the WILSON bill have been pulled
up and stretched out and knocked about
generally. and the committee has got nor
vous prostration as we'll as chronic protec-
tion. Everybody will sympathize with its
Chairman. he is such well-meanlng and
good-natured man. Prof. WILSON is.
II Is curious coincidence that there used
20 be a Prof. WILSON. Prof. WILLIAM L.
WILSON. LII. D.. Of West Virginia. who was
q member OF the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth,
Fiftieth. Fifty-hrst. and Fifty-second Con-
crosses. and was elected to the Fifty-third
Congress. We wonder what has become Of
him. II he had been Chairman OF the Ways
and Means Committee. and manufacturers
had cried out to him that they must have
protection or reduce wages. he would have
said to them: why. you miserable spolia-
tors and eliminating atrocities. like your
impudence. I'm perfectly certain that pro-
lection has nothing to do with wages. But
what II wages do go down So will other
things under the influence OF tariff for
revenue only ard the purchasing power OF
the reduced wages will be greater than that
OF present wages. You can't bamboozle me
with your whining. Go take walk around
the Capitol, and see CoLUMBUs and GEORGE
WASHINGTON play bail. want you to un-
derstand l am tariff reformer from tho
left leg OF to the final hump on 2. and you
can't scare me-"
That's how tho Prof. WILLIAM l.. WILSON,
tho eminent West Virginia tariff reformer,
would have talked. but he has gone. He
hns lost himself, and the Prof. WILSON who
Is at tho head o, the Committee on Ways
and Means. II that committee can be said
TO have any head. is quito ductIle and
puttylike. besides being protectonist
The manufacturers put the screws on this
Prof. WILSON. but the old, reliable. only
original Prof. WILSON they never would
have dared to bite their thumbs at.
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Our N.r s,er,,nry OF I.esn,lon in london.

To THE EDIToR or THE S;'N-cir: desire to
call your attention to my experience. l am an
American Ia New Yorker. travelling here in
company with n cousin OF mine from tie West.
We wan od TO go to the House OF Parliament,
hut were told that unless we could get an in
PRODUCTION from membe we could not get in.
1t occurred to us to try and sec II through the
American Legation We could get In. We went
to the ofllce o; the Legation. and in n fow mo-
ments q gentleman. ressod in mourning and
who wo have sinre learned was SIR. Roosevelt.
came forward and before asking us our names
he extended his hand. gave US a very cor
dial greeting, and asked in what way he could
serve US. We told him what we wanted and
necessary here before he can extend the priv
Nego. and we received in due time tho perm It's.
Before leaving his Office. although he did not
know us and could have no motive in doing 80
he asked us twice in u way which showed he
meant what he said, IL there was any other
wGy in which he could serve uS m Der OF
the Legation. Then. In nstcad Of ringing for
n servant when We had thanked him. he him
self escorted us to tho door, shook hands with
at the oflice II he could serve US in any way
Now this sort OF treatment IL very gratifying
to two plain Americans in n strange land with
out friends. It's n great credit to our country
that she sohds hen "vof here th.. make our
citizens icel that they are here TO look after
our interests and help them II they can legiti-
mately do So no matter whether great or
small. so they are Americans and can demon
strate their reliability. Yours truly
Az AMERICAN ABROAD
MoTIEY's HOTEL TRAFALGAR SQUARE. LON
DON, Dec q
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T.. n. T.rts n. for Rsverus oniy-No Free
tJst-Dsmara that ths D-uoerstle Plat
ror-, he Respsetrd-Frse Raw Material


| Tyo- m. c7,r,tr-d pIr,n Des'sr
The frst tutv OF the Ways and Means Com
mittee. II they we're TO heed the instructions
| given in the Democratic platform and empha-
| aized by the election OF President Cleveland
and the present Congress was that they were
to reform the tariff; they we're to prepare
tarlfH for rovennc and the logical consequence
OF that tariff would be incidental protection.
They were in duty bound TO have tho principle
applied to every industry OF this country
as fairly and Justly as possible. They had no
earthly right to place one industry on tile Tree
list and no, place others: and tho converse OF
this IL equally true. II they put a protective
tariff ON the products OF iron they should have
given corresponding protection to iron ores.
The iron industry for the last ten years has
brought into this country about 100000 tons.
and the revenues collected thercfrom averaged
about S15O.OC0 per yenE 1t Is more than
probable that reduction Of the duty would
have increased the revenue Therefore IL was
entirely uncalIed for from q revenue stand
point to place iron ore on the free list.
To rut the entiro industry onto the free
list and give protection to every other In
dustry dependent uron the ores is crime
objectionable. 1t seems like a bid to all
furnace men to throw their influence
against the mines and In favor OF tho Wilson
bill. 1t Is miserable makeshiit or trick to
cheat the people under the cry OF free raw
material Iron ore Ia rn W material to the maker
OF pig iron. So Ia pig iron raw material to tho
rolling mill and tho maker Of stoves. car
wheels and other castings. and yet pig iron Is
protected 22l, per cent. in the Wilson bill.
Again we ask Are the labor and money used
in mines any less sacred than those used in
furnaces and rolling mllls2" Why not be
honost and consistent7 Why not put iron ore
on the tariff list and make It produce a revenue
and at the same time be protected against tho
mines OF foreign countrles1 II the workmen
and money in our furnaces and mills are to
have protection OF 2lIl to 35 per cent. in the
namo OF all common justice give the same to
the workmen and money In our mines.
We recommend the committee to 60 into the
arts and ask zach what raw material is. Do
you think that iron ore. copper and lead ores.
lumber, and wool are tho only raw materials
used in oil the great industries2 Isn't iron
mining an American industry-one OF the
greatest and most important? Is It not the
foundation OF all our iron aud steel industries2
How long would they stand II this foundation
were destroyed?
Let all men at work and the money invested
in American industries be treated alike under
the law.
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We pay a tribute to the memory OF the
late Col. WILLIAM A. PHILLIPS OF Kansas, who
died In the Indian Territory few days ago
As one OF the old-time pioneers in the far
West. as partisan OF freedom. as a writer for
the press and an author OF books. as a COM
mander In the war for tho Union. as a man Of
worthy enterprise. as friend OF the Anne can
Indians. as member OF Congress for three
successive terms and as gentleman OF hne
traits OF character. Col. PHILLIPS deserves to
be remembered.
About "a fortnight before his death. among
the Cherokees on Thanksgiving Day, Col
PHILLIPS made visit to this city and spent
few days here We recognized the genial
spirit and fruitful mind OF other times. and We
recognized In his voice that mellow Scotch
infection which he had acquired on the shores
OF the Pentand Firth. where he was born. He
was genuine American. Farewell. good and
true man.