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direction ss TO this mst,eri enough 'you' IL prop
sry plural IN all ordinary discourse used aise IN
addressing single person. yet properly always with
| plural verb.'
"Rsporter-rn what part Of wEssTtEs Dictionary do
You ind your backing for the form 'you was't
! "Nr s.uS-i don't know ~ tits WEBSTER Bet seven
or eight years ago there discussion over you
aud .you we're aud one authority. thnE, SIDED
| with you was for the singular. think Tns NEw
! ioRE suy favored you was
"Reporier- But Tng sUS doesn't uss the form you
was
"Nr. siLry-oh. yes II does
"Reporter-weIt 1--WE years reading Of that vslu-
able journal has failed to reveal II At this Once.
"Oh we'll look It up" said the Election Boards see
Rotary. petuisnuy Maybe you tnow.'
The Hon. CHARLES p. SALEN's memory is
in fault when he cites THE Sun as authority
for the form "you was" What he I'M
doubtedly has in mind Is the celebrated
paper entitled Thoughts and Projects
Concerning Certain Needed Reforms in
Verbal and Prenominal Usage" read few
years ago before the School Reform Club
OF Kimmswck. Missouri. by Col ABE
SLUPsKY; paper which most certainly
would have been crowned by the French
Academy. were Col. ABE SLuPsKY French
man and not an American. Mr.. SALEN
may have seen in the columns OF this news
paper some mention OF Col. SLUPsKY's
memorable essay at the time; hence the
confusion of his ideas respecting our own
attitude.
But, il we rightly remember Col ABE
SLUPsKY's proposition. IL contemplated n
reform far more radical, consistent. and
pstheticaly satisfactory than that which
is now advocated by tho SALEM party in
Cleveland Granted, all that tho Hon.
CHARLES z. SALEM and his friends can say
respecting the propriety OF employing n
singular form VI the verb In connection
with the pronoun you, when the latter IL
used in the singular sense, meaning ono
person only: yet the fact remains that the
form "you was =" is illogical and indefen-
sible even from that point Of view. The gem
ius OF Col. ABE SLUPsKY discerned the fact,
now wholly overlooked by the half-baked
reforners in Cleveland. that "yOu was"
violates the immutable law requiring an
agreement between verb and its subject
in person as well as in number. You. plural
or singular. is OF the second person; was.
belongs to the first person or the third.
never to tho second. What Col ABE
SLuPsKY demanded. with all the force and
sincerity of his wonderful eloquence. was a
reform which should join the second person
singular pronoun you to the second person
singular verb vast, thus: you vast"
II the Hon. CHARLES p. SALEM and his
had consulted Col. ABE SLUPsKY
before they rashly entered a field which the
great School Reformer has made all his
own. they would have escaped good deal
OF well-deserved ridiculc besides saving us
the trouble Of writing this article.
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"JudIcIous Free Raw Material"

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: The re-
morseless logic OF THE Sun. directing atten-
ton to the pledges and the obligations Of tho
Democratic party on tariff reform. is having
widespread effect.
Certainly. If TaE Sun is right the free raw
material phase OF the question is only like an
empires treatment OF disease. II protection
Is good 1t is good all around the circle II bad.
the same. II right, 1t is right to him that
grows tho wool as we'll as to him that makes
1t into cloth and yarn.
In fact, the free raw material doctrine Is not
Democratic at all. 1t Is resurrection OF a
dead and buried Whlg theory and was OPP
posed by their Democratic opponents. re-
member reading a Wing petition in the old
records OF Congress to this effect:
In every point OF view constrained TO onsder
the imposition OF any additional duty on molassss a.
highly impolite: and that the principles OF judioous
tArn require additional facilities for the xportaon
OF ram into which 1t Is distilled
wherefore, your memorialists huribly pray that no
increase on molasses may at this time DO made ana
that the drawback OF duty the expectation OF the
manufactured rum may SIN be allowed.
The Democratic party needs no Wing ghost
theories to come back and direct It
PosEY s. WILSON.
WESArCHEE. WASH Nov. 20.
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=. Secretary.

Considerable discussion has arisen in
Cleveland and throughout Cuyahoga coun-
ty concerning the syntactical rectitude
OF the phraseology OF this certificate.
We do not understand that any question
OF legality is>inyolved. but some OF the
most distinguished citizens Of Cleveland.
Including members Of both OF the great
political parties. hold that In the printed
phrase you was" the use OF the plural
pronoun with the singular verb is techni-
cally improper, and against public policy.
Popular interest in this question has gone
so far as TO investigate the origin OF the
printed blank. and to trace its authorship
TO the Hon. CHARLES r. SALRN, the honored
Secretary of the Cleveland Board OF Flee
lions. Mr.. SALES does not ATTEMPT to
avoid responsibility boy accusing the printer
or the proof reader. lie defends the ex-
preston. you was duly elected " on broad.
il somewhat novel grounds. lilo and the
faction which is supporting him in this
most interesting controversy. maintain that
the prOnoun you. although originally a
plural form exclusively. has by long usage
become singular ns well as plural. super
seding the almost obsolete thou; and that
where you is employed in the singular,
standing for a single individual. peTspicuity
requires that il should De accompanied by a
singular verb. That is substantially the
position Of the SALEN party OF language re-
formers. although perhaps none OF them
has yet stated the argument for you was"
quite as clearly as we here present it.
We observe that the Hon. CHARLES P.
SALEN. the leader Of tire movement, refers
TO TIE Sun as authority for his bold inno-
yation upon ordinary grammatical usage.
Here IS part Of en- interview between Mr.. |
SALEN and reporter of the CtereIdRd World: !
"Repor.s-Dd you write the copy for the eerua. |
ate
q" Mr. sArrV-I dI what's the matter wflh ~
'polsr-D you read tue pTo0rt
" ar sALFS-ftE
RsPOr'sT-Dtd you mean to have Itrssd 'yOu slI
luly slseted't
q hE sALEz-YsA that's right
q kspOrtsr-Whats your Auth0Eityf
-hr sALEs-WEIsTEA Its ola torm. but it's EighL"
A consultation OF Mr. WEnarERs Incompatible woEk
n the English Language bE0sEhg 70 ASht ne f0nsWizs
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ToAGimple proposition
Your attention Invite;
lean do whatever want to:
And whatever l do 10 right.
Chorus OF OrgAns; lie can do whatever he wants To-
And whAteVsr he does Is right
lam the Constitution
And, therefore. Congress too;
IhAVe all the rights aud all the powers
And WhatsyeE want do
Chorus of organs lie has all the rights and all the
powers
And does what he wants to de-
Ny Ministers. my Comm lssonsrG
ssnd to isles OF the sea:
ToPul down things and TO set up kIngs
just as seems good 10 me
Chorus OF Organs They Pul down things and they
upktngs
In the Islands OF the sea
No books of International
Toa'n nnd upon my shelf:
l. AN the Law that knows no aAu
ImAEs Law and var myself
Chorus Of Organs lie il the Law that knows uGw,
hs nakss Law and SsE himself
For presidents and authorities
do not gVsAD.
l nave them all aud more A. my call
BY looking inside or me.
Chorus OF organs He has them all and more a. hi can
For the source " alI "a He
I'm COMPARATIVELY Paramount
In this aud IN foreign lands.
Isannot stop and viii drop.
With the uhiYsEIs on my handA
Chorus Of Organs He stop aAd he will not drop,
With tue unIysEss on be hARdL
L the people OF the United stAtsS
Am Perfss.ly content:
And 70 ave nistAEs. one remark make:
lam toe Government
Chorus Of organs To save mistake. one remark Ne
make
De Il the GOEsrnmsRL
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ventlon Of any receiver. In the case Of the
Lancashire Insurance Company against
MAXWELL, decided by the Court Of APP
peals last year, It was held that the de-
post made by foreign insurance
company with the Superintendent OF the
Insurance Department was trust fund
for the benefit OF the policy holders; that
tho superintendent Of Insurance was an
official trustee, and that there was no
power in any court TO authorize or direct
the withdrawal OF the fund from the official
trustee upon any terms or conditions what
ever. Mr. RosENDALE argued this case him
SELF as Attorney-Gencral, In behalf of the
successful party: and he will doubtless see
TO it that the rule there laid down is APP
piled to the deposit of this Maryland casu-
atty Insurance corporation.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Sr: With many
others in Broad street on Saturday afternoon.
watched the parade OF the regular army
troops and artillery and the Sons OF the Reyo-
luton on their way to the City Hall Park TO
honor the memory Of Nathan Hale. Around
me were many Americans. who. in dssultory
conversation. thought that the statue to Hale
was in bad taste. inasmueh as he was ME
tured with his arms plnionsd and his ankles
tied. as Hale must have appeared on the scat
fold. There was diversity Of sentiment over
this matter Some said that the statue could
in no way reject on Hale or his descendants.
but. on the contrary. that It was a daily re-
buks to the cruelty Of the British army
toward Hale In fact two or three were so
bitter that they believed this statue to Hale
should be considered q daily sffront to the
British empire, on the ground that TO Hale
Was not given the trial to which even SOY IS
entitled IL Was recalled that MAJOR andre
had . fair aud soldisTly trial IL Was Insisted
that Hale never had trial that sven the most
brutal warfare gives to a spy VIII you klndly
give me your sentiments on this inAtterf,
know that some memoirs say that HAZE hAd
trial but the majority Of the records 81 those
days sAJ that he did not Major Andre has Tour
monuments TO his memory. one "a New lork
state and three In England Who was the
greater man. Hale or Andre +
kEW YORK Nov. ~.
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We have found 1t hard to account for the
enormous ratio Of mortality from cholera in
Russia during its prevalence as an epidemic
there and We have frequently supposed that
there must be some error in the figures Of the
reports. We have now the official statistics for
two nxsd periods OF time. and they confirm the
worst OF the reports that have ever been
printed During one period Of i've months
the number OF cases Of cholera in Russia we're
433643. and the number OF deaths from it we're
2lIl57; thus more than one-half Of all the
cases we're fatal We do not think that this
ratio Of mortality has ever been equAlled dur
ing the century in any other country Of Europe.
1t is M to the Asistie ratio II Is rarely sur
passed In the Delta Of the Gangss. or In Persia
% IN Arabia. ratio Of fourth IL high in our
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Spain has not increased her military re-
nown during her two months OF languid war
fare upon the Rihians OF Morocco. Her army
is maintained at an enormous cost. and yet Its
unprepsredness for active service has cast dis
credit upon It, and also upon Gen. LOPEZ
DOMINIQUE We fear that spain will never be
able to compel MULES-IlAssAN. the Prince OF
True Believers tagged G3l. TO pay the expenses
OF the war upon his truly believing subjects.
which have already run 10 20 slO.OO0.OOo
without any benefit either to spain or Morocco.
and without sny particular disadvantage to
the hinianS II We may Judge from their
didoeS Poor old spainl
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The New Ships for the Navy.

In recommending to Congress the con-
struotion Of another battle ship and half a
dozen torpedo boats. Secretary HERBERT
shows a gratifying appreciation OF the
country's needs.
When the building OF modern steel feet
TO take the place OF the fast decaying wood
On craft was begun under Secretary CHAND-
LER. about ten years ago. the first aim was
TO procure cruisers for general station SER
vice. which should carry batteries OF high
power rifles such as none OF our war
vessels at that time possessed. The
result was the construction Of the
pioneers Of our new navy. the Chicago.
Atlanta. Boston. and Dolphin. all fine yes
sells. still rendering excellent service. Two
more steel cruisers. the Newark and the
Charleston. and two gunboats. the York
town and the Petrol. were authorized under
Mr.. CHANDLER and built under his success
sor When Mr.. WHITNEY succeeded 10 the
control. faster war vessels We're built. and
armorclad construction was also carried for
ward with tho Maine. Texas. aud Monte
rey. Under Mr., TRACY a further step in
advance was taken. both In fight ng power
and speed. with the four great battle ships
Indiana, Massachusetts. Oregon. and Iowa.
the armOred cruisers New York and Brook
Ign. and the great racers Columbia and
Minneapolis.
But another important gain was made
under hr. TRACY 10 getting a definite naval
programme. according TO which construc-
ton for a series OF years could be made
nothOdical and continuous. This had been
possible only after supplying the first ur-
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That the platform OF one Of the parties In
lSo2 demanded an income tax is perfectly
true The language OF tho resolution is clear.
- We demand graduated income tax"
Some OF the Democratic members OF tho
House Committee on Ways and Means are de-
termined to redeem this pledge.
Their determination would be proper and
praiseworthy were 1t not for the circum stance
that the platform which demanded an In
come tax was the Popullst platform. not the
Democratic platform. The party which voted
for an income tax was the Populist party not
the Democratic party.
Since when has it become q Dem ocratic duty
to redeem Populist pledRes7
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Will Mr.. voorhees, md Other Senator.
Attnc1 tho ADMINISTRATOR

WASHINGTON. Nov. 20.-There Is ground for
belief that Senator Voorhees, contemplate u
speech. when Congress again meets In which
he will pay his compliments to the Admins
tration In several respects. but especially as to
Its management OF the pension business. This
on the part otthe Indiana Senator is postponed
purpose. and he will return to 1t all the more
earnestly from having laid it aside once. Tho
Indiana Senator is not the only Democratic
member OF the body to which he belongs who
contempates paying his respects to Mr.. Glove
land and the Administration. The events
since adjournment have furnished resso Is and
material While Mr.. Cleveland takes care OF
himself. Senators have similar duty to per-
form to themselves and the States they repre-
sent. The lines Of duty lead In different diroc-
tons in some important respects.
30 far as is known. In no important particu-
lar Is there likely to be q single question on
which majority ofthe Senate will be with the
President so absolutely has he broken away
from his party in that body.
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The Devil Won't BE Driven.

We believe that one argument to Justify
free list against the Democratic platform,
would DO that, although tariff taxes must be
for revenue only, where there is no tax
alton there can be no robbery. There
is for imports. somewhere, indefnable.
neutral ground to which specially favored
articles can be assigned and disconnected
from the Idea OF either revenue or pro-
lection, the deficiency In national income
TO be exacted from other articles.
The devil can't be driven round the stump
with this whip. II coal. for example.
IL free. the tax on iron goods must be
laid higher. not for revenue only, but for
the direct purpose OF enabling coal to be
free. Such tariff would collapse at
the very first challenge: us 1t for revenue
only7 Does 1t accord with the dispassion-
ate and relentless principle that no other
idea OF tariff taxation Is constitutional"
One special and speclous plea for free
list as foreign to the theory OF the
Democratic platform as the protectionist dis
sertations OF WILLIAM MCKINLEY. is that
It may DO for the general benefit. or for the
good Of the greater number. the lat
ter to DO Tailed by the particular
tellers OF the Ways and Means Com
mittee. Is the robbery OF the few for the
many higher moral principle than the
robbery OF the many for the few2 We have
never heard that 1t has been SO stated out
side OF Sherwood Forest.
When 1t Ia constitutional to cause an arti-
Gle Of import to cease to yield revenue by
making the tariff on it prohibitory, then
It will be time for Democrats to consider
this sort OF discrimination through the
shadowy and negative medium OF free
list. One is class legislation like the
other. The only difference is in the size of
tho classes affected.
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The failure Of the American Casualty In
surance and Security Company is not sur
prise To insurance men or lawyers.
The principal business Of this corpora-
ton, which was organized under tho laws Of
the state OF Maryland, was the insurance OF
railroad companies against losses sustained
by reason Of negligence suits growing out
Of railway accidents.
Insurance men were we'll aware that no
statistics were available, derived from
actual observation aud experience. from
which to construct any safe and certainly
remuneratiye system Of doing such a bus
mess; and lawyers were dstrustful of a
plan which contemplated taking the de-
fence OF railroad suits out Of the hands OF
counsel for the particular railroad compa-
MES concerned, and trusting their manage
ment TO counsel for the corporation which
had insured the railways. Under such cir
eumstances 1t seemed doubtful whether the
defences could be as well prepared.
The affairs OF the American Casualty In
surance and Security Company Will now be
wound up by a receiver in Baltimore; and
il will probably be a long time before any
intelligent men again risk their money in
this sort OF insurance. For tue protection
OF New York policy holders there is the sum
Of S26OOOO on deposit with the Superintend-
ent Of Insurance at Albany. This amount
will probably be distributed among those
persons entitled TO it, without the inter-
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The Issue. on Saturday. OF the expected
Treasury Department regulations opens the
way for our Chinese fellow residents to walk
up to the Internal Revenue Collectors OF their
respective districts deposit heir ph otograp hic
hkenesses. aud obtain in exchange certificates
OF protection. These certificates will enable
them to pursue their callings. whether as
laundrymen. lumbermen. miners or what not.
without fear OF being sent out OF the country
on the charge Of not belonging here. Their
right OF residence will DO confirmed by the
United States Government In these docu-
ments, which they may we'll guard with care.
Inspect with pride. and transmit as heirlooms
One point to he noted Is that even those
Cinnamon who registered under the old law
must now register again. For this double
labor they can thank their fellow countrymen
who failed to comply with the original statute.
and thereby caused such notifications OF it as
to make re-registration necessary
1t will further be observed that tho Chi
naman must offer two photographs taken at
his own expense This is pecunlary burden
yet likenesses sufficient for Identification. II
not OF high grade Of art. may be had at
reasonable iprices in these days. Besides. the
Chinaman gets the benefit OF one OF them.
returned attached to his certificate.
We may fairly expect that when the time
comes for registry. which will probably be not
more than a fortnight hence. our Monaghan
fellow residents will cheerfully take advan-
taRe OF the new opportunity granted by the
Jaw. As registration is to begin in the North
west and on the Pacific and only afterward to
proceed at the East the Chinese in this neigh
borhood will have plenty Of time to prepare
themselves for the duty.
III the new law is boon 10 the Cinnamon. In
allowing them further opportunity to regis
ter. 1t Is also an economy to the Government
The report OF Mr.. CARLISLE shows that 1922
Chinese registered under the old act, and that
number estimated at 03 405 failed to regis
ter awaiting a decision from the Supreme
Court which was expected to deny the constI-
tuuonality OF the law Supposing that nearly
one-tenth OF the unregistered should be ex-
empt as merchants. teachers, students. or
travellers. there would still have been about
$4,000 to deport. The minimum cost OF steer
age passage from San Francisco to Hong Kong
IA SOL, and Secretary CARLISLE says that 1t
would probably cost $50 per head. in addition,
to arrest try. and convey to San Francisco
those liable to deportation. Thus an expense
OF perhaps S7.3lOOOO would have been incur
red in executing the law
There Is every reason 70 suppose that. with
the decision OF the Supreme Court sustaining
the GEAEH act. and the registration period ex-
tended to May 3 next. this expense will. in
great part, be saved. and that the Chinese will
take out the certificates emitting them to re-
main here unmolested and protected
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UrCoNsTI1UrIoSAL PROTECTION
The President staads on the Tnrin Plank
OF the Chicago Platform.

ttor, he CAic1go Platform.
We denounes Republican protection as a
fraud; a robbery OF the great majority Of the
American people for the benefit Of the few.
We declare Il TO be fundamental principle OF
the Democratic party that the Federal Govern
msnt has no constitutional power to Impose
and collecttsrifr duties, exceptfo the purpose
Of revenue only: and we demand that the col
lection Of such taxes shall be limited to the
necessities Of the Government when honestly
and economically administered.
FSou Lea,r Accpn0 ne D,'nociade Norinnton Prs'i
dent Wrincn Gray Gajie-. Sept rs. 1899.
The dogma is now boldly presented that
tariff taxation is justinsble for the express
purpose and intent Of thereby promoting
especial interests and enterprises. Such
proposition is so clearly contrary TO the spirit Of
orr Consiihaion. and go directly encourages
the disturbance. by selnshness and greed.
Of patriotic sentiment that It's statement
would rudely shock our people. II they had
not already been insidiously allured from the
safe landmarks Of principle.
GROVER CLEyELAND o
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time; ratio Of one-third IL very high; ratio
Of one-halfis terrible. For the other period Of
which We have official statistics. the number
OF cases was smaller. but the proportion Of
deaths was not much less.
It would appear that the sanitary condition
Of those parts OF Russia in which the epidemic
has so long existed must be very bad. II
would seem that the vital force OF the popula-
tion Of these regions must be low. IL would
seem that the resources OF modern science
which may DO brought into service against the
disease are not properly employed By the Rus
sian medical fncnlty.
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TURN hack. NIX. cLEpEbAND.
Democratic Warning which the President
should Heed.

from Ne Philadelphia Record
Happily. tho failure Of the original plan to
overturn the existing Government OF the
Sandwich Islands by sudden stroke Of diplo-
macy has opened the way for a rectincation
OF the policy OF the Administration, II the Adj
ministration be wise enough TO see IL. To
upset the present equitable rule and turn the
Islands over to the Joint control OF an equally
odious monarchy and monopoly would be an
act Of amazing folly.
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Bloua, Proposed to succeed Gresham.

From NE 81 LOUD Republic
II all the designations reported in tho Republican
pTsSs come on there will be several chances In Mr.
CsvslAnd's Cabinet for restoration OF the entente
cordiAs How would these For Secretary Of state
Blount OF Georgia; for Secretary Of the Interior
COeksrill or Missouri
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