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BRINGING THE SENATE TO vote
Arc Ar.N,eht Session. Necessarily

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sr: The
columns Of THE Sun have given me SO much
real pleasure for many years. and have such
a high opinion Of its fairness. the extent OF
its information. and its intellectual power
that when l cannot quite make up my own
mind about any Of the great public questions
before the country my first impulse is to
write to THE SUM-
Is not the proposed continuous session Of
tho Senate IN order to pass the Repeal bill I'M
necessary? As I understand tho matter. no
rule has been adopted by the Senate upon the
subject OF closure. but does the fact that no
such rule has been adopted prevent the Sem
ate ate, BY , majority vote from fixing day for
said that the closure resolution could be de-
bats d indeisitely. think not. Could not the
decision cut on debate upon such motion a" as
conceyabie that under our GoSernm ent. as at It
est c.n S1ank sna minority in the
MAY not s.. small BODY Of determned Re.
iy repeal The Federal Fl Election aai ia%s 'a
understand. Of course. that any action which
peal Senators might take to brins the Repeal s
ZIONIST with sufficient strength to raise his
tors as revolutionary. but i would be 's s"s
tanned by the sentiment OF the country. and T
know Of no way in which the Repeal law could
be successfully attacked. The Clerk Of the
Senate would call the roll when ordered to do
SO BY the presiding officer. the bill would be
sent to the President in due course. ne would
sign 1t. the Secretary OF the Treasury would
respect it, the country would sustain him in
doing So and the courts would not interfere
1t seems to me that the most important 1ues-
tion now before the country is not the silver
question. nor the tariff question. nor the FEEDER
al Ell Ions question but the q u estion whether
our Legislative system must be admitted to be
a complete failure. Do you not wish that
some Democratic Senator would arise with
something OF the force OF character and cour-
age OF the Hon. Thomas Bracket Reedp
Truly yours. ALBERT B. BoARpMAN
New YORK Oct 10.
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COMMA BACILLI PRESENT.

Result Of the ExamInntio In the Case Of
Mrs. Aue-No Further Illness on the Russia,
Health Officer Jenkins gave out the follow.
ing bulletin at o'clock last night in regard to
the detained immigrants Of the steamship
Russia which arrived on Sunday from Ham
burg and reported five deaths during tho
voyage and sickness aboard:
All OF the passengers and crew Of the
steamer Russia are we'll. They have been in
spected twice to-day. and all OF the steeraGs
passengers have been transferred to Hoffman
Island for observation. 1888 having been taken
yesterday and 100 to-day They have all re-
ceived n bath. and all OF their clothes and
other effects have been thoroughly disintected
by steam.
The ARCHAEOLOGICAL examination in ths
case OF the woman Aue has been delay ed
somewhat longer than usual. Up to noon to-
DAY the results were negative, when 1t was
Uncovered that the lens OF the microscope was
defective. Another instrument was obtained
Ing tho plate cultures showed the presence Of
comma bacilli.
There Is no occasion for alarm. however,
as the Storage passengers OF this steamer are
healthy Clearly. and well-nourished people:
IN Tact, better than the usual passengers OF
promptly and carefully isolated during tho
The steamer and her passengers have been
subjected to all the quarantine methods and
measures usually employed when infection IL
known to be present. and which have always
heretofore been successful,
" This is the seventh day since the last pa
tient was isolated from her fellow passengers
without further development.
WILLIAM T. JENKINS. Health Onlcer"
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President CLBvELhND.
Ri, Preparation. for the Regular session
of Courrerr

WASHINGTON. Oct 10-Atter the fashion OF
shopkeepers who put up the sign at regular
periods Of the year. CLOSED to take account
oil stock Mr.. Cleveland has. in way. shut mp
shop preparatory to making read y for tho reg
ular session OF Congress In Decem Der. This
is one OF the objects OF the new rules already
spoken Of Persons who aro continually In
Washington. who know all about Presidents
and their ways. say there is great difference
In Mr.. Cleveland as he was when President the
first time and as they see him now. While he
Is, IL possible. more positive man than he
was. he Is less demonstrative in manifesting
the fact Some think he has lost something
which he had then which II he had 1t would
stand him In good stead now. This loss. said
one who seemed 10 feel some concern about
the matter. might be owing to the loss OF his
teeth and a portion OF the jawbone. but the
logic was not apparent to listeners; it was
too much OF a scientific fact for such an of
hand conclusion. Everything Of this sort in
Mr.. Cleveland is owing to years and the expe-
rience and reflection they bring.
-Four years ago he had hardly thought OF vir-
tually closing the White House aga in st all sorts
and conditions OF the public. Just for his own
ease and comfort even though a messaEe to
Congress was only two months ahead; This
message is now one Of the things which have
tho White House. 1t Is asserted by those who
pretend to speak with authority that Mr..
Cleveland was never SO much In earnest mover
80 serious. perhaps never so much troubled. as
at tho present Closing the doors Of the White
House. Is an extraordinary proceeding which
ike all extraordinary proceedings. Of course.
must nave an extraordinary explanation.
At no time during Mr.. Cleveland's first term
was he beset with so many difficulties as now
Then he was supported by the whole party
and his will was cheerfully acquesced in. Not
so now. The extra session has been disap-
pointment Whether on him on others rests
the blame. such Ia the fact. The Administra-
tion has neither Obtained nor Is It likely to
that Mr. :, Cleveland Il irritated by It. is
one ons,r feels that hat, condition has been
reyenges. and there will be o preventing them;
has commenced behind closed doors the prep
aration for the regular session. The subjects
for reflection and the topics Of the message
which he will soon commence writing are nt-
merous and i'm portant, and not the least of
them after the financial question is that OF
Hawaii. No risk Is run in saying MIR. Cleve-
lands views on this question are not those he
realizes as those Of the country. Hence the
message In this respect will be q piece of
mechanism to construct which will require
all the Il me and attention he will be able to
command.
Domestically Mr.. Cleveland ought to be the
happiest OF men: and probably he is. but
politically and officially he is not so. and for
reasons which. had he even the little finger OF
Abraham Lincoln, would not have existed.
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article OF faith, It was first obtruslvely
submitted to the notice OF this genera
tion by the HANCOCK platform In 1880. Thus
there was provided for protection Demo-
Gratis. greedy OF a little self-deception for
the emergency, an imaginary soporifc
against the harasslng realization that
the time-honored doctrine OF protection
had been authoritatively stricken from their
party politics.
1t is needless to say that ut that time
| the wide, enthusiastic. and finally trium-
| phant campaign against protection as out
rage and robbery had not begun. We will
give our correspondent one test for expos
| ing this oldtime nonsense concerning the
great principle which first the Democracy
and then the people at large have deter
mined shall revolutionze our traditional
system OF Federal revenue.
II the new Democratic tariff plank for
revenue only can be satisfied with 4" tariff
sufficiently high to cover the expenses Of
the Government" then that eliminating
atrocity OF class legislation" the MCKINLEY
tariff itself. is constitutionally unimpeacha-
bic, morally as sound as the decalogue, and
politically as orthodox in It's Democracy as
the bill to repeal the Federal Election laws.
1t would be necessary only. under the pres
emit rate OF national expenditure.to restore
tax on tea and coffee for example. sufficient
to meet the deficiency now apparent. and
revenue and expenses would balance as de-
sired little expansion or contraction OF
the free list. hereafter. according to cir
cumstances. would keep revenue and ex-
pense side by side; and this would preserve
alao without seriOuS sncrOachment the
same old robber schedules until the end
of time. and the Grand Old Extortioner
himself WILLIAM MCKINLEY. the Repub-
lican. would be permanently installed as
the Archangel OF Democratic finance. I'm
der the Interpretation here alphabetically
suggested against the possibility Of treach-
cry on the part Of responsible leaders Of
Democracy. II McKinleyism should grow
out OF date. protection could be piled on
prohibitive enough to make its now fore.
most champion remembered as the original
JACOBS Of free trade.
The Democratic tariff plank declares its
principle too plainly for any possibility OF
varying interpretations. 1t forever shuts
out from the tariff makers councils either
personal interest or individual Judgment
as to the practical good or evil Of constitu-
tional taxation. Its one purpose. revenue.
must be applied equally. without passion
or prejudice to the entire field Of impor-
tation. independently OF the results Of
altering the existing schedules. Any devil
alton from this principle can only be for
some reason that cannot be recognized by
the Constitution. and hence it is impossi-
BILE Of consideration by the party in power.
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THE HON. HOKE SMITH.
Tho Owner OF Pos.umpbat Has . Thousand
Offices to Bestow on Democratic.

Omces to Bestow on Democratic.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 10.-The increasing army
OF Democrats who have come to Washington
are prompt to express many thanks for the In
formation they obtain from the columns Of
THE Sun as to the best way to proceed in their
endeavor to get their share OF the offices.
especially those that are yet to DO filled In the
departments. For tho information generally
they obtain from THE Sun they are sufficiently
thankful, but for nothing else are they 50
much SO as for suggestions or tips" as they
call it. that push and persistency are the
things that win in the end. especially with
Hoke Smith. That official has lots Of places
them. with the least delay possible.
Hoke may not acquiesce in this view. but
the only thing for applicants to do is con:
persistency. The hodfast quality. has been
known to- win most frequently in Hoke's
branch OF the Government. It is by far
number of offices to dispense. He has nearly
or quite dozen outlying provinces. and Con-
Eress is constantly attending to them. 1t IL
Wsshinston f to have thsir deerred s eas
for political services settled to apply to.
Since Democrats Of this description have
SSS IN Ills msttsr i becomes Il. prorer
and sometime. disclosed to dissembIe FL"
ception Hoke is liable to give them by
telling them that he has no vacant places and
they must go away Let them stand their
can he not make vacancies for hungry souls
any day that he has a will to do It? 1t is
Hoke's way, they should understand They
has to his. Besides. who are the people. and
who Is their servant?
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Close It Up!

This is DAvENPoRT's of year. Last year
was his year. Next year will be his year
again unless the Democratic party In the
House and In the Senate. and the Demo-
cratic statesman in the White House. do
their duty coincidently and concurrently.
Tho debate upon the repeal OF the Fed
eral Election laws has been one OF the most
important and Instructive discussions ever
hold in Congress. The time is at hand now
for sharp. decisive, and final action. The
House has spoken. Now let the Senate
sneak.
The Federal Election laws must go! Close
the Iron Cage once and forever!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-11
TO STUDY CONTAGIOUS D1sEAsEs.
A Proposition TO Admit PbssIcians Into the
North Brother leland Ho.pItai.

A Proposition TO Admit PbysIcians Into the
North Brother Island Hospital.
1t Is probable that at the meeting Of the
Board OF Health to-day proposition will 10
made TO confer upon stan OF three or four
physicians the privilege OF visiting the hosp
tails OH North Brother Island. and 30 far as
may be possible without interfering with the
patients of studying the various contagious
diseases.
1t is thought that much good might result
from such Investigations. A similar scheme.
but Of much wider scope. was recently pro-
posed at a meeting at the Acadamy Of Medi.
cine. A number OF prominent physicians at
that time acknowledges that for long time
aiterthey began practice they could not have
told small poN from measles simply because
IN thtlr general practice they did not mret
with cases OF either disease and VIII 10 students
they had had no opportunity OF STUDYING TIE
CHARACTERISTICS OF the diseases. one effect o,
ne ,h,. iack OF opportunity, in this resrect o.
nhyslclans can be seen almost any day IN ~"
bureau OF Contagious Diseases. Mans OF IT."
cases reported bv practitioners Hurn out t.
De comparatively simple ailments.
f1esident Wilson and Commissi 'hcr Idson
VINO are the movers Of the scheme. tel"Nb
that In offering suitable facilities TO tho me
ultimately benefited
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-11

That Richmond editor. who. when chaI-
lenged last Saturday to fight duel, sent the
missve to tho police and thus brought about
the arrest Of tho challenger is man of courage.
He was prevented from accepting 1t by his re-
spect for the law. by his religious scruples, and
byhis regard for his own honor. Mr.. BRYAN
had taken occasion to print In his paper crit
icsm OF tho conduct OF the man who chal.
lsnged him; and 1t was on this account that
Mr.. WALLACE desired to fight a duel with his
critic. In refusing to recognize the code. Mr.
BRYAN defended the rights OF the press. II
WALLACE had boen slandered. he could take an
appeal to the law and procure the arrest and
punishment OF his slanderer.
In old times the Richmond editors. the
Charleston and New Orleans editors. and
indeed all Southern editors. were famous for
duellng. They were Otter challenged upon
slight provocation, and were always ready To
fight. They had to fight under penalty OF
being branded as towards and treated as OUT
casts. 1t was a bad state OF things. inasmuch
as editors were thus deprived OF the lawful
freedom OF speech. and the rights Of the press
were made subordinate to private vengeance
or to the rage OF any bully.
In our times the editors OF Richmond and
other Southern cities do not recognize duellinp
any more than it 10 recognized by their breth-
rem OF the North. They are wiser than their
predecessors.
Mr. BErAE Of the Richmond Times acted prop-
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We Hope 90, We Hope So,

To TIE EDITOR or THE SUS-Siri In to-day's Suy you
say OF the editor OF the Eprnf9 Pos I'VE have always
had hopes concerning him" Now will you dare say
no will ever be good Irishman and worthy son OF
ClougbbAwnf DIN
NEW YORK Oct o.
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Oh, MOI THAT WOULDN'T DO.
An Ingenious but ImpracticabIo Sueg
About Hawaii,

An Ingenious but ImpracticabIo Suggestion
About Hawaii,
To THE EDITOR OF THE sUs-sfr: The Sandwich Island
question seems to me to be capable very simple sou
ton The islands need not become part OF tho United
States In any way. not even Aterrtory II the de-
cent inhabitants desire to under flag let us
take the islands. simply IS q naval station put tho
CONTROL for all purposes. under tho Navy Department
detail officers to attend to tho the popu.
lAon. and provide by law to raise by taxation sum.
Client revenue to defray all expenses of protection and
administration. The Inhabitants need OF and should
not. become citizens of tho United States Immrrs.
ton could DO regulated SO that all Objectionable ole.
ments could be kept out 20
MORLEY n. Y, Oct o,
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Family Omceh oIdIng.

From the Philadelphia Record
WARRINGTON Oct. 9.-The joint Congregational Com.
mttee TO inquire into tho status OF the organizing
the executive departments. &c, has made a report
showing that there 1873 more persons employed
therein than are specifically appropriated for that
OF H. 500 employees 56Io have from min. rela
tiyes each in tho Government service at Washington
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The alternative presented by the Hon. w.
RGRAcE in his published interview. OF electing
this years Democratic State ticket without the
active cooperation and valuable aid OF X. g.
MONROE and r. d. LOCKE. will be met by the
Democracy with oquanimity and without peril
or Inconvenience. The Democratic majority
in New York will be probably not less than
10000: IL may be more.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-11

From N, Albany Arym.
Tho third largest buck that has been shot in the
Adirondack presented to Governor Flower yester-
day. Warden Fox Of the Forestry Commission was
the hunter who shot this monarch of Indian Lake
The noble animal is an eight prong buck. with mag.
nidcent anters as evenly developed as possible and
is pronounced tho finest killed in some years
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-11
The Yankee Biud..

Damascus blades once played the deuce
In carving up mankind;
Our Yankee blades more peaceful use
Is cutting up the wind.
All honor to tho blade Of steel.
By Yankee land Adored
That slipps'h through the weighted keel
The dandy eeutrsbOArdI
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-11
They Have No Right to Say l..

From n, Adams Freeman
What right have Democratic stump speakers to urge
Massachusetts voters the faAcy that tarin for
revenue only means FREQ raw materialst
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-11

Now that tho Spanish Government has
Rraciously raised it's cholera quarantine az
against Jersey City. there is no reason why
the giant wheels Of commerce should not
again reyolve.
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From The Enorple Sentinel.
To put article tho FREQ list is to make neees-
sary increase OF tho tariff other articles and
thus protect them to that extent Such . course 10
unjust and undemocratic. Let us have tarn that
neither protects discrimnatss which 10 only an.
other name for protection.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-11
Light In the sIums or Falls. svn,.x

From hs SDTiH0d,d Union,
THI sus often shines 10 great advantage into The
Slams OF bad grammar and rhetoric. May Its light
never be less
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-11
Van AIrn-Au ApDenI

Van AIen-An Appeal.
"Friends. Romans. countrymen,
leone not here TO converse.
You know too we'll
The story OF our thraldom;
But rIse to remark
That we-our Bot-are slaves!
THE Bun rises to its course
And lights race of slav6s;
1t sets tmetaphorically speaking,,
And Its last beams
Fall on a slave:
Not such. as swept along
By the full tide OF power,
The conqueror led
To crimson glory and undyiug fame;
but base. 400 slaves;
Slaves to a horde Of petty politicians.
Rich In some country villages.
Strong in some hundred henchmen,
And only great
In that strange SPELL
pull
Gods, can tho U. o. eenate
Long debate which Of the two
To choose.
Van Allen or any other mani
II II can.
Van Aliens name 10 silver,
Which 10 an altds.
GadEooks. for Dennisi
Hear me. 20 walks
That echoed to the tread
OF either Brutus,
Van Alien is my pard.
And I'm tho great McAllistsE
And. though Rome sat
Upon her soven hills.
She never patched
A Van or Mac.
And that 10 where
The eternal city
Dropped . coEi
This day we've made our e,,.rIs,
And by great Cesar's ghost
Wen let them work
No frapp6 game on usi
We're out for stun.
And II Van Allen 10 turned down,
by all the gods at once
swear. that
Tho great McAllister,
Win dAbble In their gorsl
s'deAth
Arc you onf
Too many years have We
Had chumps abroad
And NOD poIiois.
And now we need
A gentleman.
As lis my good friend Van!
What boots IL that
lie pays the cash.
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erly. virtuously. and bravely In refusine to
accept the challenge OF Mr.. WALLACE and IN
securing his arrest as a law-breaker. We
present our compliments to Mr.. BRYAN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-11

From me Sum a Hsr1LL
As was generally feared. the much dreaded m"Ns'i
have made their appearance in our midst.
,AsthnAtic troubles. plsurISy paine. aud innHf'l
throats are overcome and healed by Or u JAM
bxpectorantfOr nifty yeArp An approved standby t0f
al coughs and cOldA-Ais.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-11
Philadelphia letter Carriers suffer from
Lack of Exercise.

Ftom the Philadelphia Record.
MAnAyunk letter carriers have fitted mn 4 hapdbau
seurI In The sub Post once basement
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-10-31
MIsTAKEs oE HISTORIANS.

Blondel, the harper, did not discover the
prison of King Richard Richard paid his
ransom, and the receipt for it is among the
Austrian archives.
Caesar did not cross the Rubicon. It lay
on the opposite side OF the Italian peninsula
from the point where he left his own pos
sessions and entered Italy.
William Rufus was not accidentally shot
by an arrow from the bow of Walter Tyr
rell. He was assassinated. His body, when
found, bore the marks of three or four
sword thrusts.
The story of the invention of malleable
glass by a Roman glass worker in the time
of Tiberius and of his being put to death
by the emperor was sheer fabrication.
No such glass was ever invented.
Vinegar will not split rocks, SO Hannibal
could not thus have made his way through
tire Alps. Nor will it dissolve pearls, so
that the story of Cleopatra drinking pearls
melted in vinegar must have been fiction,
Sappho, the poetess, was not a wanton
beauty. nor did she throw herself from the
Leucadian cliff to be cured of an unworthy
love. The latest investigations prove her
a respectable married woman with large
family, whom she raised with as much
care as a Greek matron usually gave her
children.
Mary Stuart of Scotland was not q
beauty. She had cross eyes, and to save
the trouble of having her hair dressed cut
it off close to her head and wore wig.
When after her death the executioner
lifted her head to show it to the people, the
wig came off and showed close cropped
skull covered with gray hair.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-10-31
Various Items.

The prohibitionist of Clarke and
Warren, Va, have nominated Mr.. C.
II. Boxwell, of Berryyille, for the
House of Delegates.
Harry Shields, employed wheeling
earth on the Louisville canal, in In
diana, has fallen heir to 500, GOO,
left by his grandmother.
The contest over the location of
the county seat of Fayette county has
been decided, the vote being in favor
of Fayetteville, the present location.
1t is expected five hundred min
listers and delegates will attend the
Baptist General Association of Vir-
ginia, which meets at Roanoke No
vember 10.
A geologist Uho has terminating a
study of Wyoming. Raleigh and Lo-
gan counties, in West Virginia, says
that the coal deposits az erage FIVE
feet in thickness over an area of
more than 1,0O0 square miles. He
saw outcroppings of coal rising 10
the height of 26 feet and extending
for miles along the side of the noun
tains he measured q vein of coal %
feet in thickness.