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important part of the harbor The mere statc-
ment of such proposition should be enough ~
insure its utter condemnation. Yet the co"
many that has the perniciOus scheme Ill hah"
l. going right on with It. masking It's opera
tions with u tissue of statements ut once pia'is
;he and misleading. and well calculated to De-
guile the people Of Ncw-fork INTO perh','""s
an injury TO their commercial interests almost
beyond computation.
We are told. for example. that If a bridge is to
no huilt across the North River there must DO
q midstream pier Why: Because LOO fce'
is the longest practicable span. ana 10 span 'hc
river at 1895 feet would be Impossible. lhaI
il what the engineers Of the New-lork anu
Ncw-Jcrsey Bridge Company say III the CONF
pany wanted it. we suppose they couiu h'rc
mon to report that LOO inches Is the longest
practicable span. and that to span the river III
Arb miles would be impossible Ihey might
inst os well do so as to make the former STATE
mont II is the shccrcst fudge to tax ABOUT
n span of 4.33J feet No one wants such
thing The river is not Of any such width
II l. only about 5000 feet wide. Ana most
compctcnt engineers. who have no interests on
oi,her side TO serve. have declared repeatedly
that q span Of that length Is entirety P'"o
ticabjc and that Il bridge Win SUCH " 'I"
and with six roadways could he pu'i' 'o'
COZ 600 OOo-a figure which makes 1t also hlah-
cially practicable. g.,
II Is high time there was an end. once a"" WI
all Of all this talk about cantievcr prluIc
across the North River. Apart from the 'n'''"
sic essential and irrcdcemabe hdeoushess VI
sucb q structure, the fact Of its requiring mug
ncr in midstrcam should Danish 1t from co''s'n
Grafton by any but madmen Ncw-forK wants
q bridge across the river. no doubt But IL "oeS
not want II at the cost Of damaging miles OF us
water front hampering the commerce OF ever!
town and city from here to Albany, ana Trims
forming one of the nobest rivers III the Wor'n
into n snagbound ditch. If we are 10 cioosc
between the bridge and the river give Us ''e
river. every time. But no such choice Is hec's
sarv A bridge can be built that VIII not ham-
400 the river In the slightest suspension
bridge Of a single span from shore TO shore'
A. any rate bridge or no bridge. let there De
M huilding Of reefs or snags or any othcr Cd
structjons TO commerce in the channel OF our
great river.
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D the will Of the people expressed In the ia'e

to the will Of the people expressed In the ia'e
election 80
II Is for the purpose of defeating the VIII OF
the neoplc that certain Senators are suuueh'
converted to the idea that the rules Oh inc ","
ate ought to he changed. Precisely WHIT ''c
Democratic majority may wish to do III the WAY
Of rcpojring its mistakes at the last SESSION. UT
mshinc still further It's assaults upon American
industries. does not yet clearly appear But II
is nlon that the sole object OF change OF rieS
during the short session that remains Is 10
enable the majority TO force upon the country
LEGISLATION hostile to the will or the people rs
declared at the recent election. In this light IL
will no seen that the argument or Mr.. vest II
exactly contrary to the real purpose or those
who insist upon a change or rules. lie de-
cIarcs. II IS true that he does not believe any
additional tariff bills can be passed ar inns
session. and that Is probably true whether the
r,,lcs be changed or not But there are other
measures which the majority desires To carry
through. although knowing that they would. do
en- I'm defiance of the latest expression or the
nublic will The object in proposing at this
fine to change the rules is To make an unfair
and unjust use Of the opportunity before the
men lust chosen to represent the Will OF the
neonlc can take charge Of the lawmakng branch
Of the Government.
Under some circumstances, 1t might be bent
ting for the Republicans to permit the change
10 be made even at this time, because IN
permancnt sense IL is change which ought
70 be made and because they can thus make
Use Of the selfish and partisan spirit OF the
Democrats i'm order To secure Il reform when
might otherwise be stubbornly resisted. But IT
is only just to the people that their latest ana
most emphatic decree shall not be thwartcd by
the action Of the Senate this year.
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rOIONIiL CONFEDERI TiON.

In 1881 n conference ~ colonial represent
atiycs was held in London To- discuss the pn's
ton Of Imperial federation and matters relating
to the defence Of the Empire. IL was sum
,nnnod by the Home Government ana act'h
under its auspices and inspiration. the GOLDMAN
Secretary being chairman. and the lines OF lis
nrnccdure laid oct by the Colonial once. IL
did not accomplish anything In particular. anu
,bnuph cxpccied to discusses mainly questions
~ defence and the preservation of the Integrity
AZ the Empire II really occupied itself mainly
,vi,h matters relating 10 trade and the best
means Of promoting and regulating intcrcolonlai
commerce and the commerce of all with the
mother country.
In June and July Of the present year sec
o,d conference WAS held this time in Canada.
summoned by the Canadian authorities aud act
ing SOLELY under colonial initiation ana dlr'c-
tion. Invitations were first sent TO all the
o,h.r coIonies and then the Imperial author-
tIcs were informed that II representative OF the
Central Government would be made welcome
and an able and competent one was sent
Az before the discussions mainly related 10
Trade matters and the best way Of promoting
commercial intercourse between the outlying
and widely separated dependencies Of the En-
,hc proceedings. giving shape to every resolu-
ton and pcrvadng every debate. Ii could not
bovc given forth a more utra-Brltsh note If
II had been held in London with the Colonial
Secretary nj the head Of 1t as before Its rcso-
lutIons are I'm the main recommendation ana
sentimental. and it is doubtful If they will have
any great practical effect. They set forth That
thc stability and progress OF the Empire can
-. al inttn ~
"tbc hands that unite the colonies with the
'moihcr country" and point out that the way
to do this Is to promote and cultivate trade
between them They recommend new Gus
toms arrangement, by which trade within the
Empire may be placed on n more favorable foot
Ing than that which Is carried on with foreign
countries, and that provision bc made by I'M
pcrIal legislation empowering the colonies TO
act for themselves In arranging terms OF com
mercial reciprocity with other colonies. includ-
ine the power OF making differcntal tariffs with
Great Britain one another. In some or the
most important treaties which England has
made with foreign countries the ost-favored-
nation clause has been held TO bind the colonies
also. No view I'm opposition To this has hitherto
been advanced. and In the Interpretation OF such
treaties II Is not likely that 1t would be found
to be logically or automatically tcnabc. The
conference regarded the matter rs I'm doubt. hut
1t Is not so far practical question. and does
not threaten any immediate International COM
plications. The conference passed strong reso-
lutons in favor Of Pacific cable connecting
Canada and Australia and line Of Pacific
steamers connecting these countries.
The gathering was an interesting one. Its
discussions embracing wide range Of topics VI
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THE CLOSURE.

Senator Vest has seen Il great light IN Is
not strange that the experience during the last
session Of Congress entirely converted him as
to the necessity Of changing the rules Of the
Senate. When majority has been freshly in
trusted by the people with responsibility for all
legislation. it Is really as he argues. defeat
Of sclf-gOvcrnment IL few men can block
| action. or can force into bill any amendments
they please. by dilatoy proceedings Long ago
that state Of things should have been reformed.
| and Mr.. Vest should have known II then as
well as he knows 1t now. When the Democrats
were in minority in that body, and the Repub-
leans were charged with responsibility for
legislation by the latest votes OF the people, he
reasoned that ii was sacred and inalenaDlc
right Of the minority to block action AS long as
they possibly could No wonder he has now
been converted, but he Is few months too
late.
The people, by their extraordinary vote this
year, have taken from the present Congress
all the trust and all the authorization ever
given to IT, In right. this Congress has no bust
ness whatever to take any action except for the
continuance Of the Government without essen
tial change. The people have In the most en-
phatic manner condemned the policy upon
which the majority acted at the last session,
and so far as II was in their power have de-
, priyed that majority Of It's trust and It's func-
lions. A decent respect for public opinion
would require the present majority In the Sen
ate and the House to abstain from further
action on all the questions disputed between
the great parties until the representatives OF
the people who have just been elected can take
their seats and act. But there exists In the
Senate, and not less In the House, n strong dis
position to use the DISTINGUISHING partisan OPP
portunity for the purpose Of putting through
enactments which, 1t is well known, are hostile
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NdPOLEONS LITER1RY JUDGEMENTS.

Some of the literary opinions of Napoleon re-
corded by Las Casas at ST. Helena, vary from
accepted standards. but have an interest OF their
own as the expressions Of one who deemed MINI
self as competent to construct new literary
canon az q new code Of law or system OF theo-
ogv Thus ~ the Had he says that II 1t had been
written nv n contemporary nobody would have
liked Il Tacitus he calls spouter and declares
that he could never read page OF his WORKS
on the other hand, he approves PolypiuS' "ho'
he says has mo defamation Hobbes ne Calls
the Newton Of politics. To him Pascars thoughts
were nothing but nonsense. Locke deiines "e"'
but Is a poor logcian. Rabelais initiated '"e
first Brutus who pretended 10 be fhad III orue'
to escape the m!strust OF Tarquinius. nave
"apain read MachiavelM." he says, "and am more
than ever convinced that he knows nothihe'
The Spirit Of the Laws he says. lis building
with A bad foundation and of an irregular con-
"struction. in which there are fine rooms and
"gilded wainscots" Nine. de Stael wrote OF the
Passions like one who had experienced what she
described and was never so obscure as when
she tried to be profound. The eulogy OF Chateau
hriand would have been more welcome to him
than that OF any writer I'm France during MS
reign but he received a philippe instead. wnlch
did not however. in any way diminish MS au-
miration OF the genius of That great man. Va
Corneille Racine and MoIiere, his judgment diu
not vary particularly from accepted standards
or the first he would have made Minister vi
the last he said that in the ordinary experience
~ life a hundred Tartuffes might be found TOT
Mo.lere For the literature OF Talleyraha anu
DE Pradt the funny Archbishop" his Amoassa-
dor at Dresden in the days Of Tilsit ana MOS
COW. he expressed considerable contempt, which
T. very likely deserved as 1t was mainly that OF
intrigue flterlng out through official and nom
official channels and in both cases t.nctured with
m. baseness and falsehood OF its origin.
on the whole the most marked quality In these
iu,per!al judgments Is their courage and contempt
~ convention or authority. but they possess the
Napoloonlc stamp. and have an interest IN
depcn!cnt II their justice or Discrimination
r. be- mentioned IN the pages Of Giboon II mas
been remarked. Is like having ones name writ
ten I'm letters OF fire on the dome or 81.
Peters and 10 be mentioned by Napoleon
even in the way OF censure carries with II
raw OF added renown. He himself deserves rank
among the great writer's but not according TO
these testimonies among the great magistrates
and Judges OF literature unless all the TRADITION
AIRY DEGREES of that court are To be revised anu
his own substituted =, would have been in keep
ing with his temperament and habit TO nave
tried books and authors by courts-mar'ia. out
their cases canno, be finally settled that way.
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orcat importance to the colonies and the mother
country. and incidentally to the world at large
but II settled none Of them, and Is not hRely
TO have any immediate consequences. TRADE
goes where 1t will, Its currents not directed OF
diverted by Il set Of resolutions, however loyai
or deliberately formulated. So far AS Canada Is
concerned, her business intercourse win 'he
United States is worth more to her In one year
than with the mother country and all the rest
of the world included In ten. Her destiny
sooner or later Is to become part OF inc
United States-a destiny which we have not the
slightest desire to hasten or retard, iea'ihs
It TO the operation Of those laws OF helghpor'
hood language and common interest when are
ulltc sure to bring it about. There Is not
clear head in the Dominion outside OF the OH
ciol class which does not know this well
cnougb and there is not in its boundaries
farmer. forester labOrcr, or anybody else, whose
prosperity would not be increased thereby. but
nothing that Imperial conferences can 40 Ior
them will improve their industrial ana eco
nomic situation i'm the slightest degree. WIN
the rest of the colonial dependencies OF Great
Britain the United States has only the general
concern that It has with other distant countries,
but Canada is u near ncighbor, and It's p0ncy
and commercial regulations are matters OF I'M
mediate interest and importance to Us.
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the basket before long Scharf began inspecting
Chinese shortly after the Cleveland .Adminstra-
tion came in and for time he cut quite
figure. Recently he has not attracted much
nuhlic notice but he has not been idle. He has
hoon husv collecting evidence to show how the
Custom House administration might be I'M
proved and various and sundry officials dls-
pensed with, and has forwarded numerous com
munications to Washington on the subject. but
his correspondence proves boomerang sec
rotary Carlisle has sent the whole lot 10 COZ
lcctor Kbreth. and Mr.. Kilbrcth has promptly
replied that Scharf is a superiority If not Il
nuisance or words to that effect Scharf might
as well pack his trunk and prepare for jour
ney to Maryland
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FOURTEEN PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Observation-Disclosures Dun and DENLY re-
ported to have cleared the way for peace ne
gotiatons between Japan and China 60 An
exciting scene occurred in the Re!chstag caused
by the refusal of the Socialist Deputies to join
in cheers for the Emperor. - There was an
uproar in the Belgium Chamber, the Conserva-
tives cheering for the King and the Socialists
for the people
Congress-Both branches in session. Senate:
No business of Importance was transacted -
House: The Pension and Notifications bills were
reported and the bill to permit pooling by rail-
roads was considered.
Domestic-A conference Of Republican AS
sembymen-elect was held in Albany. - The
National Women's Indian Association met at
New-Haven Lieutenant Halpin gave an
exhibition Of the workings Of his new dirigible
torpedo - The President nominated Francis
H. Woods for postmaster Of Albany.
City and Suburban.-Frank w. Sanger, the
theatrical manager gave interesting testimony
before the Lexow Committee about money paid
TO the police to protect prize fights. 80 The
side of the petitioners in the Fellows investiga-
ton was closed. - The Union League Club
gave a reception for the Governor-elect and the
Mayor-elect: Mr. Strong was unable to be present
because Of slight illness - The Chamber
of Commerce transacted some important busl'
ness. The annual dinner of the st. Nicholas
Society took place. - The stock market gen.
orally was firm and dull. with American Sugar
Refining active and weak.
The Weather-Forecast for to-day: Fair and
warmer. Temperature yesterday: Highest, A.
degrees; lowest, 80; average, 1914.
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NO BLOCKADTNG THE HUDSON

An object recently familiar TO sight In New
York Harbor was Il huge scow, moorcd near
the northern end Of ButterInilk Channel IL
served as the workshop and engine Of the men
engaged IN drilling, dredging and removing
Diamond Reef That Is not particularly I'M
portant part Of the harbor, and the reef In Its
original state was not particularly serious
obstruction TO navigation. Yet the National
Government deemed 1t worth while to keep
that scOw and force Of men there for nearly
two years. ut great cost TO the country, to re-
move the reef and make the harbor safer and
more commodious. In doing the Government
acted wisely. We suppose there * not a
sensible man In this metropolis who does not
think 1t good thing TO be rid Of Diamond
Reef And II there were another such menace
to shipping in mid channel Of the Bay or either
Of the rivers that bound Manhattan Island,
there would he Il general, strenuous and I'M
ccasing demand for Its removal and woe would
be unto any NewYork Congressman who voted
against an appropriation for that purpose.
And yet II is now seriously proposed not to
leave such an obstruction In place, but actually
to create an artificial one, incomparaby worse
than Diamond Reef. In an incomparabH more
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Mr. Cor made a generous offer on Wednesday
In all seriousness he invited any person ""o
thought he had been msrepresented by 'esu-
mony before the Lexow Committee TO take the
witness-stand and explain. How many lam
many officials will respond with the eNper'-
ence OF Roesch and Andrews before the.r eyes
IT is safe to say that the number VIII De eA-
ceed!ngly limited.
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Opportunities for further police denlals were
furnished in the testimony given yesterday at
the investigation From the admissions OF
several witnesses it appears that police officials
have received money payments for permitting
sparring exhibitions. fancy balls and other en-
tcrtainments Of this character One witness
with experience in numerous cities in this coun-
try and Europe declared that New-York stood
alone as respects the levying Of blackmail by
the police in affairs Of this kind, and the gen
eral effect Of the testimony was to show that
1t has been an established custom here to pay
money to the police. In view OF what the pub
lie has learned heretofore no one Will be sur
prised that this rich field for "plckings" was
not passed by.
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The Lexow Committee should respectfully IN.
form the Tammany Hall organization that 1t has
on hand a large and well~seected stock Of Christ.
mas presents And IL those members Of Tam.
many Hall who are accustomed to hang up their
stockings on Christmas Eve will only let the
committee have their names now, we are certain
that on Christmas morn they will be diss.
greeably surprised with stockngful of-vin.
dication. The committee hopes for generous
response to this invita- ion.
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Too much praise cannot be given 10 the he-
publican Congressional Committee Tor It's action
I'm warning defeated Republicans who nave an
nounced an intention Of filing contests OF e'ec'oh
- the House that every ease OF the kind will be
decided strictly on It's merits Ihere Is 10 W 'o
f,vorit,sm and no craftsmanship and the cor
tcsants are advised not to file their papers unless
they are able to back up their claims with UNI
,mnearhable testimony This is In marked con-
tr,st IN the methods adopted by the Democratic
majority I'm the present Congress- and II augurs
vcu for the character of the work to be eN-
nccted from the I.IVth Congress. Everywhere
th.re IA a disposIion manifested by the v!ctors In
the recent election not To abuse the authority in
trusted to them 1t is one OF the most whole
some signs of the times
The police are getting little OF their own
medicine. and 1t seems 10 make heap OF diiter-
ence whose head gets dubbed.
President Cleveand's interest in Civil Service
reform is truly astonishing. considering that he
has Congress on his hands. But then the wild
horses are not as unruly as they were year
ago and their capacity for mischief has been
materially essened.
amusement for the two hemlspheres
DIR Parkhurst Is convinced that the people OF
New-York ought to study the history OF New
York II IL an excellent suggestion. Compare
tiyely few. II Is safe to say. have any extensive
knowledge Of the past Of the city, Yet VINO
can doubt that such knowledge would be both
interesting and valuable? Dr. Parkhurst says
81 think we could all OF us render better service
to our city II we were more familiar with Its
antecedents" It is to be hoped that his recon-
mendation will lead to general study OF the best
history available OF the earlier life OF the Ameri-
can metropolis.
Democratic journalism does not appear to be
nourishing in Newark. Two journals OF that
faith have suspended publication within less than
n week 1t is not surprising. though. With
Republican majority OF nearly $4,000 In the state
1t would be strange II anything Democratic
should be hourishng in New-Jersey.
When a Presbyterian pastor resigns. the Gus
tom IL for the Presbytery to appoint one OF Its
members to declare the pulpit vacant the
question whether this would be necessary In
the case OF the dissolution of DIR. Talmages rela-
lions with the Tabernacle congregation came up
In the Brooklyn Presbytery the other day. In
asmuch as the pulpit was burned up along with
the rest Of the church last May, 1t was decided
to omit this formality. though OF course 1t would
be possible for a representative OF the Presbytery
TO take his stand among the ruins Of the Taber-
nacle and GO through the form Of declaring the
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non-existent pulpit vacant The action Of the
Presbytery ends all possibility that anothe,
Tabernacle will be built for DR.. Talmaee a.
Brooklyn: and he has positively asserted that he
will not become the pastor Of another church in
that city The experience Of building the Taber.
nacle recently burned shows that the decision
finally reached is a wise NJ. A huge debt. liens
Of all sorts on the property. mortgages secured
by insurance on Tamage's life and compromise
of part Of the obligations at % cents en- dollar
do not make pleasant or encouraging record
No one can desire tc see a repetition Of 1t.
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