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The Denver Irrigation Congress.

A perusal Of the proceedings Of the Con-
vention held this month at Denver to discuss
the reclamation Of arid lands suggests first
Of all that the wind was a good deal taken
out of it's sails by Congress.
Evidently the main question which the
delegates had assembled to consider was
whether this reclamation should he under
taken by the States or the Federal Govern
ment. Only a short time, however, before
they came together Congress had passed the
CAREY act, which cedes to each State and
Territory arid land within its domains to
the extent Of 1000, 600 acres, for the pur-
pose OF irrigation, the condition being that
no farms exceeding 100 acres should be sold
or transferred by the State from the land
thus coded. That act practically settled the
question in favor Of cession for State action.
Congress may still authorize SURVEYS for
setting apart reservoir sites or for similar
purposes; but it is quite safe to say that, as
to the actual ditching OF lands, it will wait
to see what the States and Territories do
with the areas thus coded to them.
Some Of the speeches made in the Con-
v~ention, nevertheless, showed d~isappoint-
ment at this action OF Congress, while 9th
ers, in accepting it rs the future policy of
the Government, pleaded for more condi-
lions than the CAREY act imposes Ona
member was for making all areas Tins ra-
claimed by the State inaIienable 90 that
"such lands shall never he sold nor any
rights equivalent to ownership he acouirabIs
therein" Another wanted Congress- 10 an
point a commission in each Of the semi,arid
States to determine that lands can bs 20.
claimed. A third member VIII renrosontad
a very strong sentimen, a, ~ -
that the states and Territories conId onIr
operate through syndicates or bv ;ssu;n.
irrigation bonds. which few NJ than minhs
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A Straight Fight.

The Lyric Hall Republican regulars have
no business connection with the MGLHoI-
LAND irregulars, whose little sign still hangs
above the door at the State Club in East
Twenty-second street. On Thursday night
the regulars appointed a Conference Com
mittes Of Thirty-four, with Col. GEORGE
BLrss, the original harmonizer, at their
head, to consult with the various organiza-
lions having for their common purpose al
avowed opposition to Tammany Hall. These
thirty-four gentlemen will probably have
their labor for their pains, for it Is, evident
to every one that the Republicans will get
no assistance from the Democrats in New
York this year. The prompt, cordial, and
pervasive determination OF all groups and
factions to support the Democratic State
ticket, from apex to foundation stone, is a
certain evidence OF this. The Republicans
must fight their own battle, with such adj
vantages as the situation affords and against
such obstacles as 1t i~nterposes, without Dem
ocratic help, in the city as in the State.
No loyal Democrat has any reason to COM
plain because the Lyric Hall Republicans
have appointed a conference committee.
Quite the reverse; for IL the outcome Of the
Republican conferences with "outside or
Ranizations" is to be the nomination Of
some Mugwump, or guerrilla Democrat,
or nondescript political misft, for the
Office Of Mayor, a clear field will he opened
for the success Of the regular Democratic
municipal ticket. But should the Repub-
licans, abandoning futile conferences with
Mugwumps, insist upon the nomination of
Q candidate from their own political house
hold, n local canvass may result recalling in
vigor and intensity, though probably not in
closeness, the DowD campaign Of 1880.
Will clipper JoASNEs MLHoLLAND and
his political band Of hope join in, on equita-
bic terms planned and agreed in advance,
with the Lyric Hall Republicans, for a Re-
publican candidate for Mayor 1t certainly
seems so. Just as the State Democracy will
be with Tammany. No doubt about that.
The year 1894, evidently, is to be a year
Of straight fighting between the two parties,
face to face n shoulder to shoulder.
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GOVERNOR HILL AT s1R1rO0x
Interesting View. OF Oh. Hos. p. X. Coua.r.

Prom the World.
The nomination Of Senator Hin was the direct
and logical outcome of Mr.. whitney's refusal 20
run. II was almost impossible 10 nnd a promi-
nent candidate who would be willing 10 accept
MIR. Shepard OF Brooklyn was, think, one OF
the strongest and could have commanded
many votes. but the local difficulties in Kings
county probably shut him out.
IL has to be remembered that this is A mo-
mentous crisis in the history Of the Democrats
party. The result will largely influence the
issue OF the greater fight two years hence.
Now, taking the whole situation as Il stands.
Senator Hill displayed considerable courage I'm
accepting the nomination. BY his possible de-
feat he risks the loss OF the unimpaired presti0a
which 1t has taken so many years OF work and
success 10 build up. I do not believe that he
desired or expected the nomination. II was
the general opinion at Saratoga that ne
favored the nomination Of Mr.. Thacher for the
nrst place, and OF Mr.. McClelland for the sec.
ond, while Judge Titus OF Buffalo was 10 stand
for the Court OF Appeals.
But the men In the Convention and thu men
outside II realized that such a ticket would in
wife certain defeat, because il would wholly fail
TO arouse enthusiasm.
These candidates are all gentlemen Of intel
llgence and character. but the great body ~ ,ba
voters IN this state know little or nothing OF
them. When people generally ask who and what
a candidate is, he is likely TO be defeated betors
the Introduction Is complete.
From my observation the stampede WAS spon-
famous, As by a common instinct the CONVEX.
ton turned to Senator Hin as the only hone Of
the delegates.
Senator Hin undoubtedly carries great weight
with a large mass Of our people. His record IN
the senate has strengthened his hold on tbe
voters. "'
believe the antl-mAchine Democrats will fan
IN me ana give him what support they can,
even though they were shut out OF The Come
tiOn. ''"-
senator Hill will make . vigorous hRht and 7
should not be surprised 10 see him win, althougb
'he situation Is a grave one. +. X. CoUpEaT
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We can make a small contribution to the
debate over the truth of a statement Of q recent
French traveller In Thibet, who says that he got
there an account of an ancient sacred book kept
In a Lamaist monastery in which there is a
curious sketch Of the life OF CHRIST. About the
year 1714, a French Jesuit missionary named
DEsIDERI journeyed to Thibet, as far as the holy
city OF Lassa, and there made certain studies Of
which he left an account. He says that the
King and his courtiers regarded him and his
companion as lamas of the law of CHRIST. and
declared that in Thibet there was a sacred book
like that Of the missionary, a statement which
DEsrDERI refused to accept. He found reason
to believe, however, that there were In the an
Client books Of the lamas traces of the Christian
religion, which may have been preached there
In the time Of the Apostles. The records kept
by DEsIDERI are full OF interest.
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Brazil's admiration for the political in
stitutions of the United States, and especially
for the MONROE doctrine. is well known; but
she evidently draws the line at the results OF
Prof. WILSON'S tariff bill. Her three months
notice Of a desire to terminate the reciprocity
treaty shows that on and after Jan. l she will
be entitled TO put duties on such American i'm
ports as are now free by that treaty. Tho
treaty has been in operation three years, and
under 1t our exports have greatly increased.
Brazil admitted free a great many cereals and
manufactures, and reduced the duties on other
manufactures. in return for our remission Of
duties on her sugar and other products. But IL
is an Ill wind that blows nobody good. JOHN
BULL will profit by this change, and will not be
troubled by Brazil's honors TO MONROE SO long
as she buys her goods at his counters.
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Our frolicsome contemporary, the Hart
FORD C"urdnt, is panied TO think that Yale and
Princeton should pursue the wicked diversion
of football on Thanksgiving Day. "the home
day in all New England" We are not sure
that Hartford is not right. The New Eng
land Yale men might be raining or shoot
Ing for turkeys IL it were not for the
football game, yet IL the great game were
played at Hartford. instead Of this town. on
Thanksgiving Day. there would be no more
joyous rooters there than our friends OF the
Courdnt. They would print a rapturous story
OF the game, and unless Princeton should win
1t would not occur TO them that Thanksgiving
Day had been desecrated.
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We are requested by an intimate friend of
the Hon. oRPHEus v. COFFIN. the Republican
candidate for Governor OF Connecticut, TO say
that the Hon. oRPHEUs v. COFFIN cannot CON
sent to perform the Connecticut Republican
platform upon the German flute In places OF less
Than four thousand Inhabitants. The great ma
Jority OF the towns that make the Con-
necticut Legislature Republican and so elect a
minority Governor hust be deprived OF the
exquisite pleasure of hearing Mr.. CoFFIS's per-
formarces, Yet there is no reason for Republic
can encouragement in these facts. CADT, the
democratic candidate cannot even sing. II
ELIAS BENEDICT had been nominated. the bsrrsl
organ would have been worked for ali II was
worth,
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this delicious Berkshire fall Of New York,
and, as BELTS q follower OF Mr.. GILL,
the estimeble Springfield connoisseur, be
charmed with some costly work Of art and
buy It, and 80 lack money for the replen-
ishing Of his collection Of winter %fannels
and a great gain to Springfield might be a
little loss. We have known a man with
the mezZotlnt habit reduced by excuses TO
facing December in his summer clothes,
and a Pittsfleld man smitten with Napoleo-
mania was fain TO eat Of free lunches.
This Is but one OF a million channels Of
enjoyment and luxury in which the Hamp-
den county folks swim when they are good
enough to come on and see us. There
was a Springfelder that went to the
same comic opera In this town for
three straight weeks. There was an
other Springfelder that went to the Metro
politan Museum Of Art every day for five
weeks. az don't like your politics. said
q Springfield woman, I" but I must soy that
for candy shops, florists, and the Great
Washed, New York is the l~oveliest place in
the world You will find Springfelders
bowling at the baseball games, extolling
Hampden Park at the Suburban, com
planning that they they miss the eel-grass in
the Hudson, reading the ticker in Wall
street and the poems OF EMILY DICKINSON in
street cars, studying languages and beer on
the east side, studying life on the west side,
ordering clothes and portraits, rafting in
hansoms, solemn in hired victorias, in
quisitive in elevated trains, seething with
repressed enthusiasm at Coney Island, read
ing and commencing THE Sun, but regret
ting that 1t doesn't give up all its first page
to advertisements " like the Republican,
pervading the Central Park and ask
ing IL those policemen used to be
in the Confederate army, and in
general and particular, roaming and
rollicking, sauntering and studying, i'm
proving and enjoying themselves, and al
ways betraying their sturdy civic patriot
ism by saying that when they've spent all
their money, they feel that there's no place
like Springfield after all.
These people the Springfield linton Is
trying to Brighten. 1t wants to get them so
they will hide their heads under their
with fear, and thank heaven that
their precious lives are not exposed to the
perils Of New York. But the bogy will not
work. The Springfelders will come here
as often as they have the time and price.
They know mighty well they are safer here
than at home, especially since the Connecti-
River nearly dried up last summer.
The editor Of the Springfield linton is all
right, but it Is too late in the season for
II he will buy a new hat-he
Iost one on BILLY RUssELL's last election
he handshakers will let him alone the next
lime he comes to New York.
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The shape or the United States.

By the survey just completed near the ex-
treme northwestern boundary of the United
States, or between Alaska and Canada, and
by that along our southern land boundary,
or between New Mexico, Arizona, and
California on the one side, and Mexico
on the other, the shape OF our terri
tory has been slightly altered. The
alterations upon the southern line have been
very sIIght. That line was first surveyed in
the years between lS49 aud 1853, or soon
AftsF we had acquired from Mexico the
region lying north Of il; and few errors
have been discovered in the survey then
made. The most important Of them was
Rseertained to be along the southern
frontier OF New Mexico, where. it is
reported, we gain n strip OF land nearly
forty square miles in extent. Further
westward a number Of inaccuracies were
discovered. all Of which have bean rectihsd
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Passing Over the Bridge.

Senator CoCKRELL Of Missouri has deliv-
sred nj Richmond In TINT Stat. m sn.ach n,
..--....., .a,;.,..I .n..u.- NJ -
'ho senofai PoH.'eai si.ua.ion' No quoee
"nrs ""F'NrTHP" TO- ''"'
NO er,ee' senorai Ar,n relotm mw can POSSIBLY
General law will become necc...rv from t,ms 70 tins
There are thres separate and distinct division. in our
law, either one OF which is worth all the struggle, con-
.euuon, si,mnaion,, n recrlminAuons'
.Th, nr,t- and b., 6ar ne ,,o.t I'm 1870, o. 90.
tnoome tar. 1t was a fearful stumbling block in our
pathway to success especially in the Senate. where
~ 90 oens.o.s ses,eu 20 we're Necessary Tor a
oniy spare one vote and have a majority "1'
"Ths income tax proved the STUMBLING block over
which the DISTINGUISHED ! am a Democrat from
$500. 2 w Town sna .urnea IN aeaaly hostility
psthvsy to succc,. would hay, b..n .moo,hsr sra
easier to pass over. This we could not and would not
do under any circumstances. tits an honest, Just, and
p.opeI ",se measure
,ps .ystem OF our erea. Gorernmsnt our law. -
ninlsssred at the erps9ss Of, the people. protect the
iivsa and liberties and the prosperity of every
s'.Issa. snd eaen. sous % me expense very
the amount. It 4, on,, ,u., rich, ana ,,..
In Political economy, in law and in morality, that
each should bear his Just proportlonAte share of the
sunaSn. onasr ou. "a" essh siuisn wui pay nearly
fSr he protection OF nj. property in proror.,on 70 ,Sa
amount of his income"
Here Populism cmerees from bebind the
mask of Democracy and asserts itself IN a
manner to be understood.
The most important feature of In. Tariff
act, In Mr.. CoCKRE.L,s estimation. ia the in
come tax. 1t was a hard Job for the POM.
lists 10 carry through. but il worth all q, tbs
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sUNBE1MS.

Golden rod has failed Of much NJ is r,ory by
reason Of the drought, and II IL doubtful whether ths
rains came In time TO benent any but the later varis
tiea. The latest In this region are low growing pisnts
evidently drarfed by the cold. for in the colder
Adirondack region even tire early golden rod \. much
smaller than the tall varieties OF these parts.
East side photographers who cater especisrlV n
the Hebrews have introduced the fashion Of printing
soone sort OF message upon the photograph. II \. in.
troduced sometimes In scroll below the figure ana
sometime. II encircles the whole picture. The char.
actors Of the legend are usually Hebrew. though
sometimes there IL the greeting Happy New Year"
in English.
-sunnover seed. are sold in the eastern end NJ
Grand street. They fetch three cents . pony glass,
and are bought In considerable quantities by pas.srsL
by from . vender. who deals in a few other tribes, and
from time to time hulls q few Of the seeds and eat.
them himself. He smiles and says sunhower seeds are
good TO fatten one. They are fed to chickens for that
purpose In some parts Of the country.
Fairly September Insect hum, which included, a, Il
seemed. every variety OF stringed instrument, great
and small, has finally settled down TO the strident
bass viols Of . comparatively few loud. voiced eres
lures that MI the night air with discordant erie.
Meanwhile the cricket creaks by day with his melsn-
choiy minor tone. ss II in discomfort that leaves are
still green and frost IL not yet upon the land.
A new thing peddled on the east side II . hvecent
bunch Of soldering wire with q paper OF Instructions to
show housekeepers how small holes In tinwsrs
may be soldered at home. Such devices take In the
tenementhouse quarter, where much cheap tinwars
Is still In use. Folks who are better able to pay tin
smiths bills have largely substituted socailed porce
lain lined ware for tin in household utensils.
After the recent rains the Bronx Valley, which
had been . broad expanse OF green with . narrow.
trickling stream. was transformed into q broad. mud.
dy sea. Several hundred acres were submerged, and
where had been broad, dusty pasture there was an
islandstudded stream. The eiories OF the gorge in
Bronx Park were doubled by the masnined stream
that rushed madly between Its connnine walls.
Cheap pencils are better than they used 10 BE-,
.Ns aA.-.,.A ~ N.,--..A ...-
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Can HIT be elected, We held conclusively

Can Hill be elected2 We held conclusively
that he c~annot.-BosfoH Herald.
Does this conclusive hold settle the whole bust
ness2 We suppose so. This esteemed Boston
contemporary shows always so deep and clear a
knowledge Of the politics Of New York that we
cannot but resent the insolence Of those reckless
blades hereabouts that dare TO copper 1t.
Yet the loathsome facts must be revealed.
There are men OF wealth and intelligence in
this town who make IL a business 10 find out
what the Boston Herald predicts. and IL the pre-
diction agrees with that Of the Erenino Post
they foolishly offer 1000 to 1 against that pre-
Why Is this wildness7 Why does
wisdom cry out In the streets and get run INF
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We would address not too unkind a word
to Capt. AxEL REED, boiling Republican candi-
date for Congress In the Third Minnesota dis
trict. Capt. REED is trying to beat one Of the
greatest men in Minnesota, the regular Repub-
lican candidate, the Hon. JOEL PERDIcCAs
HEATwoLE. We entreat Capt. REED to forbear.
Neither Minnesota nor the country is in a mind
to see JOEL joshed. He is a precious possession.
a glorious heritage, and one of the finest faces
in the land OF Gophers. The man that keeps
him out Of Congress will be accursed fore yer,
and especially by the Washington BARRIERS.
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Unanimous for Judss Cun...

FTom he Long IsIdNd EarHer.
Judge Wilmot smith OF SUFFOLK county 4. n RsDph-
mean 30 too he Is a good lawyer and an honorable
man who has a true appreciation OF the desire OF the
people for an incOrruptibIs judiciary. He pre sidsd !,
the meeting OF the SUFFOLK County Bar Association
this week, which passed resolutions commenting 10
the conventions OF both parties the necessity on re-
nominating Edsarh. Cullen for Justice of ths supreme
Quit me nar OF SUFFOLK county numbers among It's
members gentlemen who are eouspIcuou. an ~ a.
'Hct Tor learning and probIty. The bar OF Queens
county Is also unanimous In its demand upon the mar.
ties 10 Judge Cullen.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-29

Our esteemed contemporary, the Spring
field linton. p%roflting by the long research Of
THE SUN that found in Commander CID
HEDGES the Handsomest Man In the World,
now ~pretends to have found what It calls " the
homeliest man In the world" 1t will reveal his
name tomorrow. or course, he Is a Massachu-
sets man. He doesn't live In West Upton, or In
Holyoke. or Tatnick, or Smock Lane. He snot
PELEo f.. ALDRIcH and he Is not GEORGE ID.
ROBINSON. He is - but never mind who he "a.
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Our gifted countryman, the perkiest little
Cuckoo in Massachusetts,, the Hon. CHARLES
SUNNER HANLIS of BrOOklins and Washington
has returned to his adOring fatherland after too
long an absence, at the expense OF the Govern
ment' on the Alaskan coast. He brings his
Shea'es with him. He has introduced singing
schools among the seals. He has Introduced
nail brushes among the Indians. He has put
the reindeer in overshoes. Could thers be a
sweeter summer ia a sugared life2
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The Chance. Q T a-Ixr OF QuoS...

fro"s the Providence Journal.
u Mr. Iemuel Eli Qulgg Is left % Mr.. Plat and rgx
suSt Is not at all unlikely he may become MAyor on
Me-" York this fall. somehow this young man who
GEMS TO De an active and fairly lntellIser; student OF
puonv Analrs' has not suffered any great trials be.
cause he bears the rather singular name maj hs a.
ne Was sent To Congress amid a shout Of enthusIasm
from his friends, and TIE sUS never has been allie 10
understand why Its attacks ON him were moi fat.I
rIooaoly Ne" Workers, made up as they are OF ma y
tSope wearing foreign names. have altogether missed
the point OF thu charge against Mr.. ouIeg
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-29

The annual meeting Of the National Civil
Service Reform League will be held at Chicago,
Oct. IL and IL, with the following great pro-
gramme and cast:
Funeral Sermon, by the Hon. CARL SEIZURE.
Address TO the Mourners, by the Hon. CHARLEs
J. P~oNAPARTE.
Recitation: THE Mugwump's Keening." the
Hon. WILLIAM PoTrs.
Poem: "Elegy Written in q Sub-cellar.' the
Hon. JOSEPH MEDILI-
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Like other eminent actors, the Hon. JIM
JOHN CoRBErT has superstitions. He cannot
abide red hair. But the Hon. RoBERT FITzsIM-
MONS. as calm as Fate and as long rs the Hon.
SLoAT FAssETT's face since the Republican
Convention, waits and scowls. His hair illu-
inmates the situation. His arms are longer
than a cable car. His legs are like the masts Of
some tall admiral. Mr.. FITzsTNMoNs Is a bit Of
realism wherewith even the illustrious MFR. Cor
BETT will have to deal.
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Tht CO1IaE Great Aa..le.. Po,,

FROM me No'diyasi tst DoASk. Norss U~0eblad).
me original OF "Freda Johnson which appears I'm
Dahiahl IN the Norhh0hf to-day, can b. found in THE
DIV OF sunday sept 10. IL ono has been accustomed
to peFuse every sunday the Poems Worth R.adiDg .
which Tue srN collects from all corners OF the United
States he VIII know that the land Is fun OF singing
birds. beHideS II We observe the American stamn
"h"h Ne mass OF these poems bear. NE can easily
- sish mat the coming OF the hrt great
aud genuine American poet Is near Al hand W.,
welcome he will receive,
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In Illinois a law was enacted last year pro
hibiting the employment OF any alien as a peace
officer. or as deputy sheriff, special constable, or
special policeman in any part OF that State, or
by any OF its local authorities. All persons thus
employed must be American citizens, and must
have been actual residents for one year of the
county In which they may be employed. This
Is a good law.
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But the NEGLECT Of the Administrator hitherto
10 take It's proper share in the regulation Of
sanoan affairs and IN assisting the King 10 put
down the insurgents has been observed by the
other foreign powers with which our Govern
ment Il associated in this matter. Any missp-
prehension on that score'should be removed.
Send a ship 10 Samoai