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a Democrat Above Faction.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sr: do not be-
long TO Tammany 10 the State Democracy or 10
ON, o,hsr one 90 ,ho di,,siors ;n,, ,,hioh I, -
any o'heI "ho VI 'ie ui''si"hs 'h.o "h'ch u nus
pleased Fortune. or maybe the petty ambition
of little great men TO divide the illustrious
81 -, ., al. CO., I..i.. a. A.,
Dcihoe'a'iO airy VI TINS nla'o' "esre 10 NC
Democrat without qualification, enjoying the
true Democratic doctrine OF letting people alone
~ 49,. I'll, ,ss ., o-t,,, o,,I =, -, ,a.i,o A.,
Nh" a'o su't 80 VI anu VI H"' poelhk o~-
fore the world as more Just than my neiglIbOr,
and Competent there fore TO prescrIbc IN hir,
III,,, ''
MS eohuuc''
is II not fact that the late institutional Con-
yention. wholly under Republican control. did
,an,o 40 anno,,Io,,,,a,, oIa,,.a ,,.,th -,
Hhhe an hppoitohheht clause "hIch "ouiu
Legislature In the face OF A large Democratic
majority in the nnpuIar vote?
IL IN not N FACT THAT "A Renublicap C;oyernor
and Legislatures couId 81 ARRANGE a charter fo,
the large Democratic cities as 10 make il dim
cult 10 extricate them afterwards from Rennh-
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The Democratic Canvass.

Instesd Of being beaten back by the over
towering odds against him, HILL has from
che fra more than held his ground. Any
man can see that he has been advancing
steadily toward the goal Of election, which
che Republicans thought would be theirs
without firing q shot. Democrats In other
States who have awaited the progress OF
affairs In New York in fear OF Republican
sweep like Names, will say that HILL has
already won a great party victory in New
York. There will be no rout such as threat
vned the Democracy few weeks ago. AZ
Ter the pitched battle on Nov. 8, the Dem
ocratlc army, even II beaten, will still be
seen solid and powerful, able to prepare for
another and greater.
HILL has already gained moral victory,
and IL he can keep on as he has been going
from now until election day, he will win
the main fight itself. All that is needed
Il for the Democratic party OF the State to
ronse up and follow him.
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The Chicago University.

We have before us the Annual Register Of
the University Of Chicago for the last aca-
demical year. One can see at a glance that,
with the possible exception Of the Stanford
University, no seat of learning in any coun-
try has ever been provided at the outset with
ampler educational resources, or has had
brighter prospects of success. Here Is an
institution which was not incorporated until
the autumn of 1890, and did not begin the
erection of its first building until more than
year afterward, yet which already pos
sesses large group Of imposing edi-
fees standing in grounds comprising
nearly twenty-four acres; which owns
libraries containing In the aggregate more
than $50, 900 volumes, and which has upon
its roll some s25 students, together with a
staff OF about 100 professors, lecturers,
tutors, and docents, engaged in the work OF
instruction. The organization of the Chi
cago University on such remarkable scale
has been rendered possible through the con
tributions Of many citizens Of Chicago, but
the man who truly deserves the name Of
founder is Mr.. JOHN ID. ROCKEFELLER
whose gifts within some four years have
amounted TO between four and five millions
of dollars.
The plan of the Chicago University is pc
culiarly interesting, because it represents
a combination of the German and English
types. 1t embOdies, also, an application OF
the principle of cO-education. There are,
for instance, separate dormitories for the
men and women undergraduates, which
from disciplinary point Of view may be
compared TO the colleges at Oxford, or,
with more precision, to the sO-called
houses" at Eton. Each of these dormito-
ries has government Of its own for the pur-
pose Of supervising conduct and AGA
demical pursuits. IL does not appear, how
ever, that residence in these dOrmitOries is
obligatory even for undergraduates, and Il
certainly Is not for graduate students. As
regards the scheme of instruction at the
Chicago institution, We md that the univer-
sity proper includes, first, the sO-called " Col
lsgss Of Arts, Literature, and Science"
which deal with undergraduates, and cor
respond 70 the college proper and scientific
school at Harvard and, secondly, Graduate
school Of Arts and Literature, the Ogden
(graduAtel School OF Science, and Divinity
School. These departments are already Or
gained; in addition to them, School Of
Law, a School Of Medicine, School Of Tech
nOlogy, q School Of Fine Arts, and a School
OF Music are to be established as soon as
the necessary funds are forthcoming.
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III. city Debt Under lily and w,elh.-

To EDIroR OF The suS-Sir: In your Sunday
edition Mayor Gilroy is made to that the city debt
increased about four millions during Mayor EIy's
term II this refers To the net debt OF the city IL
mistake. The Comptroller's reports show that when
Mayor Ely took ONCE, Jan. l. 1877 the city debt
was slly,Sll,3lO.
ON Jan. |, 1875, II was Sll7,7OO,7+2.
ON Jan |, 1873 IL WAS OIL l34Is, 4O3 and the amount
raised by tax decreased each year. AB.C.
The foregoing letter was brought to Mayor
Gilroy's attention yesterday.
Your correspondent is quite correct" he said.
The error was made in the typewriter copy
of the clty's debt ON which my statement was
based. The names OF Wlckham and Ely were
Inadvertently transposed. Change them back
and you have the following statement, which is
correct:
Under Mr.. Wickham's administration there
Was al increase OF - s5i ,s4l; Under Mr.. Ely's
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aud its impreSsiveness as spectacle greatly
restricted Nothing else OF consequence
could he accomplished on that occasion, and
the time devoted 20 the ceremony was thus
but partly improved Now the addition OF
field maneuvres makes the autumn review
most valuable for instruction. In all coun-
tries the Importance Of bringing troops to-
gether at times in large bOdies, under condi-
tions Stimulating those Of campaigning, is
we'll understood, In Rurope II leads to
army, corps, or division manRuvres; in this
country the possibilities are much more
limited, but at least the value Of brigade ex-
ercises cannot be questioned
These have been made possible for the
First Brigade by the acquisition and fitting
up Of the Van Cortlandt drill ground. The
Brooklyn brigade had long employed Pros
pect Park for like purposes, and TO great
profit, but no such open area was available
in New York, Central Park being reserved
for other uses. But when Commissioners
were appointed by Mayor EPSON TO choose
lands for public parks in che northern wards,
and Gen FITZGERALD was made one Of these
Commissioners, the chance to obtain mil
itary field in Van Cortlandt Park was
promptly and fully improved.
Besides the advantages thus secured to
the troops, the people have gained new
source Of entertainment, The mimic bat
ties and ceremonial reviews Of the annual
field day at Van Cortlandt form fine sight;
and the high ground around can give to
enormous throngs a full view Of the stir
ring spectacle below. The spot is beautiful
on a fine October day; it can easily be
reached by rail; It has the charm Of his
toric interest added to its pioturesqueness,
and no doubt IL will become more and more
a favorite resort Of the people
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Four Lenders.

Three distinguished Republican leaders
have Of late been making speeches in the pO-
litical canvass now going on. Governor
MCKINLEY has been received with respect
full interest and attention in Louisiana, a
community that has of late turned some
what to the principle Of protection, Of which
he is the strongest advocate, though perhaps
not more effective than Mr. CLEVELAND and
Mr.. WILSON have been In a different and by
no means so frank way. Gen. HARRISON
has been speaking among his own people in
Indiana, and the crowds that have heard
him are sufficient evidence, il any were
needed, that In his own State at least, his
influence in his party has not been lost by
his retirement from office. In Chicago Ton
REED has spoken to audiences greater than
could hear him 10 advantage; and the en-
thusiasm has been as great as are his talents
and the admiration which they excite.
In this State a Democratic leader, the
Hon. DAVID BENNETT HILL, has been re-
eeiyed with an attention and enthusiasm
that must have led him to feel that he was
regarded As the representative of every hope
and duty OF the Democratic party Of the
State Of New York. The audiences have
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CAN ELECTRICITY CURE?
Two Cured Men who say II Does Cur

To TIE EDITOR THE srS-Sir: My own individual
proves that electricity and does cure, and
wish all mankind to know that this subtitle agent prop
ery applied, Is the modern mlricle worker. In.
duced after treatment, to place self in the hands
OF an electrical Therapeutic specialist Whose mare
privately SUBMIT, and after about four months treat.
ment came out OF his hands entirely cured II does
IL has not only cured me, but under my own
personal observation cases more hopeless than mine
have been cured. As matter Of good faith give you
THRouaH ELECTRICITY.
To THE EDITOR THE suS--Sir: i. rs an old reader
Of your valuable paper have found the 9th inst In
one OF your editorial columns an article entitled,
"Can Electricity Cure?" venture to say frankly Il
can In the fall Of 1870. OF my yearly business
trips TO the West contracted maiarai typhoid fever
in the worst manner. and II only left me enough
time to return home. Under the attack OF a heavy
chill and fever and partly In delicious state though
under the of two physicians, was bound the
sick bed for three months. When I became convn.
lescent was reduced TO n body with strength and
after gaining some power the fever came on again
and repeated every three months FOR three Nears-I
being always under the care Of my ply sicians Re-
lapses repeated until was merely living skeleton.
miles from New York city In the State of New Jersey
concluded TO try electricity. found that was I'm.
proving. and never had fever slnce. am now and
have been since that time In good health. In short,
should OF the doctors OF the convention desire
see me or have questions TO ask shall be glad 10
my former physician to verify the truth OF this my
embarrassing aud disinterested statement. ain about
SKI " four years " age, and In good health
j. W. X, 42D East Thirty. nrst street.
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Ambassador Bayard's Perplexity.

Our honorable and honored Ambassador
to the Court of st. James's visited Gray
Gables last week. and returned to Delaware
by way of Boston. In Boston Mr.. BAYARD
made to a reporter certain remarks which
indicated that he did not derive much light
on the situation while at Buzzards Bay with
Mr.. CLEVELAND. ~ cannot understand, ~
said the Ambassador, f" the Democratic losses
in Democratic States, and the unusual Re-
publican gains in Republican States"
Returning to his small but beloved native
commonwealth, the distinguished Ambas-
sador plunged at once into the campaign.
He spoke at Dover night before last, dis
cussing with his accustomed elegance of
manner and felicity of phrase, the political
abuses that afflicted France during the
reign Of LOUIS XIV, and the pronigacy and
extravagance of Republican rule during the
Administration Of BENJAMIN HARRISON.
This shows that the Ambassador is still
In the fog. His information is not up to
date on politics, or he would not be wander
ing around in the last century with Pom
PADoUR and DU BARRY, reviving the scan
dals Of the Billion Congress, or raking up
accounts which were settled by the Ameri-
four years ago next month
While at Buzzard's Bay Mr.. BAYARD
could have learned the truth about what
seems 20 mysterious to him in the present
situation, IL he had not been too polite TO
press Mr.. CLEVELAND with direct questions.
He would have learned the truth then and
there, had Mr.. CLEVELAND talked with him
man fashion. Yet he returned TO Delaware
as much in the dark respecting the actual
causes of Democratic disaster as II he were
still in London, yainly endeayoring to find
a single cOstermonger who ever committed
profanity.
Some kind friend of our amiable Ambas-
sador really ought TO tell him why 1t is that
in 1894 the returns show Democratic losses
in Democratic States and unusual Republi-
can gains in Republican States. Without
that information he is so much at disad-
vantage on the stump that the spectacle Of
his innocence is almost pathetic.
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Reneal IT.

When the present ballot law, under the
provisions OF which this years election will
be held In New York, was adopted In 1890,
section SO provided that any person entitled
TO vote should be entitled to absent himself
from any service or employment in which he
was then engaged, for period Of two hours,
between the opening and the closing Of the
polls, and that he should not in consequence
OF this absence be liable to any penalty or
deduction. The reason Of this provision
was said at the time to be to afford working
men, especially in shops or factories, a chance
to vote on election day, privilege which
might otherwise be withheld. though, as a
fact, it rarely was.
1t must seem, however that q better rea-
son for its adoption exists to-day, for at
least two hours should be accorded to every
voter II he Is to cast his ballot under this
complex and absurd system. To vote intel
ligently would require nearly two hours.
II there Is no breakdown in the flood OF
outside nominations there will be seven
tickets for various officers this year
There are three constitutional amend
ments to be disposed Of, with two votes or
ballots for each: six in all
1neTt are tuTee OtneTu ucStlOns W NC NOJtu
upon, with two ballots for each six more.
From indications up to date, therefore,
each individual elector will have nineteen
tickets to handle, scrutinize, determine
about, fold over, and deliver to the election
officers, without technical error or omission,
mistake in classification or arrangement, and
without losing, mislaying, or surrendering
possession OF any one Of the nineteen.
Never before were most important ques-
lions submitted under such unsatisfactory
conditions to the determination of the
voters. Not only are candidates from Gov
ernor to Alderman to be voted for, but mo-
mentous changes in the Constitution are to
he passed upon. The allotment OF two hours
for each elector Is not extravagant this year
II will take that time 10 vote
Two hours to vote! The next Legislature
can repeal the present ballot law in less than
that time, and 1t ought to do so.
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been great, and feeling Of earnestness and
conviction has been noticeable in all OF
them. Senator HILL has at least one advnn-
tage over the distinguished Republican lead
ers whom we have mentioned. There are
many Republican leaders, and all Of them are
faithful 10 Republican principles. There are
many Democratic leaders, too, but II Is Mr..
HILLS distinction to he about the only one
in the pack that has not swallowed his prin-
ciples and deserted the Democratic platform.
In the whole collection Of the faithless
found he is still Democrat, still q true and
loyal Democrat, the true and loyal Demo
cratic leader. The loyalty and truth OF
the New York Democracy are warmly en-
listed on his side; and the discouragements
of the early part OF the campaign are Civ
ing way to hope and even to confidence.
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The women OF Colorado, who are to enjoy
full suffrage for the first time at next months
election, have registered so largely that over
10000 of them In Denver alone have the right
to vote. In the State Of Wyoming, women have
had the suffrage for quarter Of a century; but
never in any election has as great proportion
of them gone TO the polls rs has registered in
Colorado. The Democrats, the Republicans. and
the Populists are outdoing each other in their
efforts TO get the woman vote; but all reports
agree that II will be minced up just like the man
vote. The women of the State attend political
meetings. speak at them canvass the districts,
and carry on Just like their brethren. Yet we
have not heard that the families there are any
happier, or more peaceful, or more harmonious,
or more deeply affectionate than are families in
those states in which only the man vote exists.
How inscrutable is human nature, both the
woman nature and the man nature! II IA often
disappointing to philosophers, many Of whom
do not know, and never will know, what to make
OF 1t. Who can tell why such world was
created, anyhow
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BY command of Gen. LOUIS FITzGERALD,
che First Brigade of the New York National
Guard will parade to-day at Van COFtlandt
Park, for field instruction and for review by
Governor FLOWER. The occasion will be made
additionally interesting by the appearance
Of the brigade for the first time with the
new field equipment; while the practical
value Of thsexercises to be carried on, may
be safely assumed from the similar expert
snces Of former years.
Indeed, each successive season affords a
fresh illustration OF the great service which
was rendered to the organized militia OF
this city by the fitting up OF the new parade
ground in Van Cortlandt Park. II WAS the
one thing needed to promote their efficiency
as brigade organization. The establish
ment Of the Creedmoor rife range, more
than twenty years ago, was Of inealeulable
Importance TO the efficiency OF the indiyid-
ual soldier as maTksman and hence To the
usefulness OF the whole body OF troops The
foundation Of the State Camp Of Instruction
a. Peekskill was a second great step In adj
vance, by giving that experience OF life in
the neld which could not DO afforded by or
dinATy street parades and drills in the ar
moTies. But the institution at Roa Hook
was q rskimsntal camp; and the third great
step for the troops Of this city was accom-
plished when parade ground, suited to the
eydlutiOns of a full brigade, was secured
within ths municipal limits.
Prior to that time the usual autumn TO
view by the Governor Of the State had TO
take place In the city streets, with Its free
dom Of mOyFmsnt, its value 10 the troops
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What badauds are those Parisians who
have Informed one of their journals how they
will boot at the German Kaiser II he shall visit
Paris in the year 1000. They do not seem TO re-
alize that lots Of things may happen before that
year. Why, the Kaiser may BIO a prisoner OF
war there, or he may have Paris in the same
pocket that holds Alsace. Paris has been topsy
turvy many time, and not even its journalists
can foretell whether they will stand cree. or lie
prone when the Kaiser gets there. This is a
most enjoyable world.
Monsieur RIU said: AS a soldier, shall turn
pale and shudder." Why so. monsieur We
ourselves do not think II possible. Yet we shall
have more respect for NJ RIU in shudder than
for NJ. DRuMoNr while hootIng.
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No, what proc Wilson Wanted.

Prom the ST. Louis Globe Democrat
wAsHISGTos, Oct. 2O.-FTiends OF Prof. William l..
Wilson have grievance against the Democratic Con
gressional Committee so aggravAtng that they can
hardly wait to tell the whole country OF &C. Recently
the Chairman OF tho Democratic Committee In VII
sons district sent earnest appeal TO the Washing
ton headquarters for campaign literature. He re-
ceiyed promptly ten large mail sacks nlled to the top
when the sacks were emptied it was discovered by
Prof Wilson's managers that the liiTTatuTe consisted
wholly Of Germans great speech In denunciation Of
the President and In defence Of the senate bin The
Wilson people did not take the trouble call the at
tentlon 81 the committee 10 the mistake" They had
the contents OF she ten sacks caTted the.
way place and burned. Since then there has been no
communication between Wilson's district and head
quarters at Washington.
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1t was on this day eighty-two years ago
that one of the first frigate actions between an
American and q British man-of-war was fought.
On Oct. 20, 1912. tho American 44-gun frigate
United States, mounting ffty-four guns, COM
manded by Capt. STEPHEN DECATUR. met the
British frigate Macedonian, Capt. GARDEN. q
few DAYS sail from the Canary Islands, and after
a most sanguinary battle, lasting an hour and
thirty minutes, compelled the Englishman to
surrender. A significant feature of this battle
was the fact that the Macedonian was n new
frigate, scarcely two years old, and was fitted
with all the latest and most approved devices
then known for making war ship formidabl :.
while the United States was an old war ship.
having been built in the preceding century. This
deprived the Admiralty OF Its lame excuse of
matching an old worn-ou. hulk" against the
new and improved frigates Of the American
Navy. In the first of the frigate actions in this
war; that between the Constitution and the
Guerriere. the British press endeayored TO miti-
gate tho humiliation OF the defeat by raising the
cry that the Guerriere's hull from age and
length OF service was scarcely seaworthy, and
such was the general decay OF the ship that had
she gone into Portsmouth or Plymouth she
would. In all probability have been disarned
and broken up" In the case OF the frigate action
fought eighty-two years ago to-day, the crit
icism OF the British was Just reversed. but the
result was the same, the English vessel being
Overw helmingly defeated.
Another remarkable feature OF this battle was
the astonishing disparity in losses, the Ameri-
cans having only men killed and wounded.
while the English had SO killed and 6s wounded,
total of o. more than One-thiTd OF their
tire ships company. The news filled England
with CONSERVATION. When the Times heard OF
IL Its rage was frankly expressed: "Oh, misera-
BILE advocates! Why, this renders the charge of
Acknowledgement far heavier than before! In the
name OF Con, what Was done with this immenss
superiority of forceY Why was not a squadron
OF observation on every port that contains an
American ship of war? Why was not RODGERS
intercepted with his whole squadron and taken
and destroyed within sight of his own coast 7"
The Morning Chronicle. with more moderation.
asked us it not sickenng to see that no ex-
perience has been sufficient 10 rouse our Ad-
miraity to take measures that may protect the
British flag from such disgracer" Before the
war was ended, the British Admiralty WAS COM
PEELED to admit that the American war ships
were better built ana fitted out than the English;
and they Afterward built ships on exactly the
same lines the American 44-gun frlgate."
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The New Constitution.

The safe way is to vote It down.
There is good in some Of the amendments,
but the bad greatly prcdominates.
The best plan is to cast your vote squarely
against the whole thing
The Constitution Of 1857 was voted down
by the people, all but the judiciary article.
The Constitution Of 1894 has features still
more Objectionable. 1t should be voted
down, apportionment and all.