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Reading Other Mems Speeches.

A new practice was attempted in the
Senate of the United States on Tuesday.
The Naval Appropriation bill came before
the Senate, sitting in Committee of the
Whole. Senator PROCTOR of Vermont had
intended to address the Senate on this meas
ure, but was absent. He left his proposed
speech with Mr.. PLATT of Connecticut
That gentleman asked unanimous consent
that it be printed in the Congressional,
Record, and announced that IL such consent
could not be obtained, he would read the
speech himself. Objection was made to
printing it in the Record, whereupon SEN
ator PLAT said he would go ahead.
At this point Senator HILL suggested the
very pertinent question, whose speech was
it to which the Senate was about to listen ?
Was it To be regarded as the speech of the
gentleman from Connecticut, who was pres
ent, or as the speech Of the gentleman from
Vermont, who was ABSENT
Mr., HALE%r responded that it was the speech
OF the gentleman from Vermont.
The following colloquy then took place;
"Mr, Hills that not establishing a bad precedent,
even for the Senator
mir HArk-Thc senator from Connecticut can make
IL as his own speech,
MT ulLL-uo Gun 10 mat. A Senator can always
make a speech. lie is competent TO do that. Hut tho
question n whether we want to start tho custom OF a
senator making another senator's speech here and
having 1t Printed in the Record. do not think II Is
good practice. ! shall have 20 object, Mr.. PresidCnL.
"Mr. FAUIKNFE-I understand the senator from
Connecticut has withdrawn that request, and he 10
nov about TO make the speech himself.
Mr. HALE AMI Mr.. GRAY-And IN his own tlrs.
Mr. FAuLENER- The senator from Connecticut has
withdrawn the request he hrst made.
"Mr HATF-BOth requests have been Withdrawn
the request Ia print In the Record aud the request 10
have the secretary read the speech. | understand the
Senator from Connecticut proposes To 90 on and read
the speech in his own time.
Mr. Hull have no objection TO the Senator from
Connecticut making his speech, but I must object TO
his making the speech OF somebody else, and having
II aprear in the Record that II Is the speech OF some.
body else.
several Senators He has the right TO do that
MIR, HuI No; he has not the right 10 do that IL Is
a practice that Is abused IN the other House. and Il Is
unworthy OF the senate, and ought not To bo made :
precedent. with all due respect 10 the senator from
Vermont. who Is absent. l think Il Is a precedent that
ought not 20 be established, ana want TO object right
here. The senator can make his own speech. aud the
Record viii show that Il Is hts speech. That Is the
right practice, aud No must adhere TO II.
Mr.. FAuIKNER-Let me suggest TO the senator from
New York that n the Senator from Connecticut
chooses to make . few preliminary remaTkA and then
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The Man to Say It.

On Thursday one of the most welcome
statements concerning the National Democ-
racy published for many days was quoted In
THE Sun, from the Hon. CALVIN STEWART
BRICE. of Ohio. Mr.. BRICE, now earnestly
engaged in preventing the National Demo
cratic Convention from falling into the
hands of the free silverites, said that the
paralyzing dread affecting the Democracy
lest upon any development Of party
strength and expectation Of success Presi-
dent CLEVELAND would force his own re-
nomination is not warranted, for the reason
that CLEVELAND will not and cannot be a
candidate. Senator BRrcE thinks that no
one need fear that by exertions now in be-
half Of the Democracy he may contribute to
its eternal disgrace by s~ubordinating it to
an ambition for a third term.
The only trouble with Mr.. BRrcE's state
ment is that 1t comes from the wrong source.
The man who ought to make 1t is GROVER
CLEVELAND himself, as surely a candidate,
by the advocacy of his official s%ycophants
and by his own failure, when deliberately
questioned, to remove all doubt as to his
intentions. as he was in the year 1899.
The Democratic party should be. like
C.EsAR's wife, above suspicion. The single
person able conclusively to prove it's inno-
cence of danger to the political principles OF
the United States is CLEVELAND himself.
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Guns for Auxiliary Cruisers.

One noteworthy amendment made by the
Senate in the House Navy bill is an increase
Of the appropriation for reserve guns, TO be
used on auxiliary cruisers, from $25O,OO to
$4OO, 900.
This increase is justified by the facts. The
sum asked for was $500, 900, and the acts
of March 3, 1891, and May 10, 1892, pro-
vide that all steamers registered under
these provisions can be used as transports
or cruisers. The Paris, the New York, the
st. Paul, and the St. Louis are now receiv-
ing large subsidies every year on condition
that they hold themselves in readiness to
serve the Government. Yet there Is not q
gun for any of them. Other merchant YES
sells would be bought or chartered by the
Government in case of war, and there should
be ready in reserve guns and gun mounts
for them.
On the lakes we are prevented from main
tanning n naval force, except the nominal
one prescribed by treaty. Great Britain is
under the same restrictions, but she has
the advantage of q supply Of reserve guns
and ammunition with which to fit out her
merchantmen. A similar supply for our
merchant marine there would settle the
question of the domination of the lakes.
The ordnance and ordnance stores thus
accumulated cost nothing, except at the
outset. since they are easily cared for.
Having them at hand will be a great source
NJ security
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To THE EprroR OF The Sus-Sir: II appears 10 me
that the apparent opposition ~ this I'm American
secret political organization to the nomination and
election OF Gov. Mckinley to tho Presidency IL SO
transparent as to warrant a grave doubt OF Its sin
certify and to make one think OF the lady in Hamlet"
as It protests too much, The dramatic methods OF
the Kentucky Convention. ending, ms II did, In Ne
Kinley s favor against the alleged %rclimiuar oppo'
stion TO him and the hands all round" over the
result. was very suggestive OF chicancry
II II Is true, as stated. that Major Mcklnley's private
secretary Is "A member Of the A. i. A ard n warm
personal friend and brother Canadian of Mr., TTainor,
President OF that organization. and Il Il i%scorr"cI, rs
reported, that tho name HAMA Is IN" most nnen.
slve orange name In Ireland, AMI that the manager OF
the NJ, nlnley "boOn," MI. Marcus 4, Hanna, : a
distinguished scion Of the family NJ that name, is
there not room Tor suspicion OF the gcnuincDcsSof III"
opposition of tho A. 1, A. 10 Mckinley : The question
hero suggests Itself, What has Major MCKINLEY ever
I have watched his career for years, | have never seen
or heard OF any public or private act or his In opposi'
tion tn the tenets OF that society.
IL would he an admirable dark lantern scheme. tina
success OF which tire conspiratOrs would enjoy, II, ~
| think. they are secretly In favor Of III" cl"ctlnn ~
liz oppos ton 10 the distinguished Onloan conducive"
20 their ends, as there would probably gather Ia tho
support ~ any cnniiiRt" opposed hy them u lurg"
phrt OF what IL called the irish vote" hon the
latter viii not he duped by any ruse NJ the enemy out
OF their ciyll and religious rights, The publication ~
tcntiOn to the ways that are dark' OF the Hauadlan
Orangemen masquerade In this country under the
name OF the American Protective Associations,
Nav YORK, April 30. NERIrAS
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The frightful accident which caused the
death of Miss SCHUMACHER. the bicyclist. on
Thursday Is an extremely forcible hint to every
one of The legion OF wheelmen the world over.
Miss SCHUMACHER was a careful and expert
enced rider, and able to handle her wheel skill
fully. She was not scorching or riding I'M
guardedly at the time Of the mishap. but with
ordinary caution. The thing most responsible
for her death Is the fact that a bicycle is treach-
erous. and apt at any time to be very easily up
set. Naturally the fewer accidents a wheelman
has the stronger becomes his assurance. Never
theless, a stone or other object half the size OF
a hens egg is liable to dlslodge q rider In n jlfYy,
while a sudden lateral collision, however slight.
may have a like effect. A cyclist becomes at
tached to his wheel as a locomotive engineer be-
comes attached to his engine, and almost be-
lieves that 1t has a soul and the power OF dis
erection. Though q wheel can spin. however, 1t
cannot think.
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ran IN the direction Of the East River bath
ing pavilion, at the foot OF East Eighty-ninth
street, and was lost In the darkness. Some
Of the crowd supposed that he bad jumped
into the East River; others inferred that he
had taken refuge in one Of the canal boats
along shore. A certificate Of membership OF
the German Reform Union dropped from
his pocket In his flight, and a portrait OF
DAMsEN A. a German sharpshooter was
found by one of the bystanders, with the
upper left hand corner torn Of.
Herr BLANcK reported the occurrence TO
the police. On Friday, April IL. RuMPF,
the officer Of the law, was arrested and ar
raigned at the Harlem Police Court before
Mr.. FLAMMER, a City Magistrate. The charge
against him was that of !mpersonatinR an
officer. The case was set down for n hear
ing on Monday, April 20. Meanwhile, the
Plattdeutsch umbrella member wns re-
tanned In office by DAMsEN, whose Partially
for delinquent officials Ia we'll known. On
the formal arraignment of RUMPF the facts
of the case which we have described were
inquired into, and RrMPF was held In $500
bail to keep the peace, to desist from noe
turnal intrusions at the homes OF citizens,
and from lawless and unwarranted threats
In either English or plattdeutsch Of person
al violence against unoffendinR individuals.
He was to keep the peace for six months or
to be committed to prison In default OF bond.
Then 1t was that the shadow Of whiskers
fell across the ermine. DAMsEN, the
alder, the abettor. the %instigator, the up
pointee, the co-partner and the associate, II
not, as some say, the cousin Of RUMPF, with
a doltish disregard Of the obligations of his
office, gave a bond for RUMPF, and the latter
was discharged from custody, subject to the
condition that IL at any time within six
RUMPF should again offend against
the peace and good order OF the city, DAMsEN
will forfeit the sun Of $500 to the city OF
which he is the Sheriff.
The RUMPF episode, which began In an
amusing way Mt the residence OF Herr
BLANcK, closed in a humiliating manner at
the Harlem Police Court when DAMsEN
stood with RUMPF Mt the bar. DAMsEN had
appointed this incompetent individual, and
there was some propriety in his going bail
for him. The Sheriff's office under DAM
SENS administration is again illustrated in
The case Of RUMPF.
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An Impossible Candidate.

The subjoined note calls attention to the
peculiar state Of affairs now before us:
To THE EDITOR OF THE srS-Sfr: Why should not
the Republicans put up MCKINLEY and the Democrats
WILSON. aud let the main Issue be the tarirl
NEW YoGK, April 80. 4. G. 3.
MCKINLEY, perhaps, for the Republicans,
but not WILSON or any other WILsoN-bill
man for the Democrats, if he stands for this
tariffs preservation. For q political party
in any country like the United States,
with an inkling OF tho laws OF business, to
put forward as its leader the representative
Of a policy steadily forcing it to debt and
bankruptcy, would be too extreme a depart
ure from the common ways of managing
public affairs, The constant drain also on the
Treasury's gold reserve in order to pay the
current expenses OF the Government. must
be stopped.
A tariff for protection Is a rational propo-
sition so is a tariff for revenue only. A
tariff for deficit never!
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THE "JAYD MANAGER.
His HustlinE Ability Put Him In an En-.
barrassing Predlcnment
From an Jhkuotrn Journal

From an Cnkrotcr Journal
During Lillian Lewis's recent short tour
through the South che played in one OF the cities
in Credit lorraine and the play. star. and
company made an Immense hit. The local
manager was wild with enthusiasm. and. Is
tho company was TO lay off tho next night. In
duced Miss Lewis to stay and play the second
night in his city.
"What will you give mo to playT"
1.-THE first $3.50 that comes in"
"Well, do you think 1t will come in1'' asked
the clever actress, who is also very much I'm dc
steele in business matters.
without a doubt" replied the local art
censor:
Bright and early the local manager hustled
Lewis, adorned with a 100000 diamond neck:
lace. would appear in AS a Looking Glass"
Try had ever played the part Of the dear. de-
lightful, naughty Lena. Night came. and a
s sse H was in lA despair %eHr o dressed si'H im M uhs Ta in
lapel. He raped on the door Of the eooentIis
stars dressing room.
Persp!ringly moppine his face. he bowed b
Good s%raeiousi You look awfuuy AoA
.A Ahe h s9Tnfnr f sSs% a sas R'P 81 si.a,~
No. S40."
"Heavens"
I've done everything in my power. see."
pulling out of his poke: a specimen. of the
put them in every house. Office, and store In the
city. ! looked after the work myself"
The. lady. slowly pulled off her gloves. 80
the play. the beautiful. Langtry, tho great
Lillian Lewis. and the $50 900 worth Of dia-
monds could only draw q $40 house." Then
her eyes fell on the dodRcr. Good gracious.
man, look at that.'
Where? WHAT"
why. don't you see." howled the TRACE
dienne. that you've advertised me as appear
ing as Lena Despard.' wearing only q 500, 900
Oh!.'
You could have played marbles on the local
managers coat tail as he flew round the box
office. The noisy $40 house was as quietly
dismissed as a congregation after bened!ction.
and the very mad and historical star was
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What Is fame and what is IL good for ,
Does It continue to be any object for noble minds
to be drunken with this last infirmity? Is
obscurity any worsof A telegraphio despatch
10 now heating many wires and many minds; q
despatch from indianapolis. that seat OF 90
much politics and of the Hon. BENJAMIN HAIR
RIsoN. Somehow or other" rays this burning
despatch, 1.-The visit OF Governor MATTHEW OF
Kentucky failed TO arouse widespread interest
In his Presidential boom, and 1t continues in .
state OF lassltude, due partly to tho general de-
bility of his party, but there 10 a secondary
cause In the fact that the Governor is playing
hide-and-seck with the currency question"
MATTHEW We shall hear next Of ROLAND
CROMWELL and HECTOR MURAT. There is an
ignorance which is within the bounds OF for
giveness. 1t is forgivable. for instance. FOR tho
Hon. Jon CHARLES New of indianapolis to be
unfamiliar with the names and tho ex-
ploits OF ODYssEUs. the founder of Cornell
University. Nobody would blame the Hon.
DICK THOMPSON. tho most ancient Of
mariners. IL he were unacquainted with
CIRCE and CALYPSO. 1t would be unjust
to expect that the Hon. CHARLIE w. FAIR
BANKS should be an authority on the wars in
Tartary; and even Gen. LEW WALLACE. that
ornament of the Golden Horn. Is not regarded
as an authority on the present educational con-
dition of the reindeer in Alaska, But not to
know MATTnEws! To call him MATTHEW. as II
he were a brother of tho APOSTLE In the New
Testament or OF the apostle OF temperance. The
world is very full OF ignorance, but there never
has been before nor can there ever be again an
ignorance equal to this. The Hon. CLAUDE
MATTHEWS, a garland OF rutabagas around his
head. a memoir of CINCINSArUs in his hands,
which tenderly enfold the plough handles. an
OK, n horse, and a bay steer looking at him with
appreciative eyes. is the pillar of the peoples
hope, the centre OF q worlds desire. One may
be ignorant of many things and yet be excused;
but to call the Hon. CLAUDE MATTHEWS OF In
diana Governor MATTHEW OF Kentucky is a
species of ignorance which climbs to the dignity
of a crime. The man who sent that despatch
will never get a Job as Consul when the Hon.
CLAUDE MATTHEWS is elected President OF
these United States.
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The Hon. WILLIAM EMERSON BARRETT
of Melrose is a great man and a good. II It
had not been for him the Hon. JAsP En- tai
BERT OF South Carolina would now be parted
from the rest OF the United States by a bridge
RETr has not only kept the Hon. JASPER
TALBERT in these United States. but he
has made IL worth while for these United
States to continue to keep together. 1t is posi-
Bile that he has not always had the good fortune
or the skill of the Hon. THOMAS BRACKET
REED when the Hon. THOMAS BRACKErr REED
has seated him proudly in tho Speakers chair.
1t is q trihe moro difficult TO be Speaker
of the House of Representatives of the
United States than to be Speaker OF the
House of Representatives OF Massachusetts,.
And yet Mr.. BARRETT has done well, and there
can be no shade of n doubt that he has per-
formed his duties. whether ordinary or extra
ordinary. with perfect satisfaction to himself.
But genius has It's obligations as well as it's privi-
legcs. Any Jury or commission of experts, con-
sidering the beauties of the English language.
would be obliged to regard the Hon.
WILLIAM EMERSON BARRETT with a severe
eye. Why does his newspaper, the Boston
Advertiser, abbreviate so iamnably2 Why
does 1t call him, for instance. Gong" BAR
RErT? Why does IL so lamentably curtail
the purple robes OF the Hon. GEORGE FRIsBIE
HoAR and the Hon. Henry CABOT LODGE, and
speak OF Sen" HoAR and sen" LODGE
Why does 1t talk OF Rep" SMITH and Rep"
SMYTHE? II may be said that these things are
small matters, but In a great man there should
be nothing small. The rent In SAMUEL. PEPYs's
camblet cloak was small, but It hurt him.
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MoRsr's ambition and the usual tendency OF
Government seeds, 10 about nfty feet high. IL
casts a grateful shade. The fellows on the troll
ley road. on their way out TO the beach, are
armed with axes. and they have 70 cut the grass
down every hour In order TO make a passageway
for the trains. Nothing but the most malignant
malice could have uttered this report about the
obstruction OF the mail. There 10 no obstruction
Of the malls in Joppa or on the white beach Of
Ellington Sea. At this season OF the year peo-
pie have come TO those regions from the eiRh-
teen quarters OF the world. Most OF them have
come TO observe the qualification ofthe Govern
ment seeds distributed by the benevolent hand
ofthe Hon. ELIJAH ADAMS MonsE. NJ. c., a dis
tant relative OF the ADAMS family; and still
more have come for the purpose OF watching the
increase In his A. =. A. whiskers. which are the
splendid result OF Government seeds contributed
by the late DR.. GEORGE BAILEY LoRtNo, COM
missioner OF Agriculture.
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The conversation made by some ignorant
persons In Washington and newspapers there
and sewhere in regard 10 the supposed OBJ
struction of tho mails by the collections OF Gov
ernment seeds recently aud sarcRstically put at
the disposal OF Congressman by tho Hon. JULIUs
STERLING MORTON Is trivial and without ex-
cuse. The mails are not DISTRACTED and the
seeds are just as good as they ever were. II
happens 10 be a fact a fact as solid as the ever
lasting hills, II not yet as obvious, that all the
hundreds OF thousands OF packages OF vegeta-
BILE seeds and flower seeds paid for by tho Gov
eminent and done up by the scientists in Mr..
MoRTON's employ have ono and a happy des-
~tination. They are all directed to Canton,
Mass. They all go to the Hon. ELIJAH DAM
MoRsE, u distant relative OF the ADAMS family.
and the most polished statesman in tho Shall-I-
go-Naked district. 1t Is not a particularly large
district, and considerable parts OF 1t are still
left free TO the hen and tho hunter; but wher-
ever in that district curiosity or the desire OF
seeing strange countries may lead you, you will
either find Government seeds packed up In
cords and bales beside the road or growing
Ormou In the front yards and back yards.
In the town OF Plymouth, which is the historical,
II not the actual capital OF Mr.. MoRsE's en-
pIre. the grass, under the influence OF Mr..
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The Exact Situation.

The nomination OF WILLIAM MCKINLEY
at st. Louis is probable, but not certain.
In q preliminary canvass, which for inge-
nuity Of conception and audacity OF method
Is beyond anything in the past history Of
our politics, Major MCKINLEY's managers
have won point after point, and claimed
with a hurrah nearly everything left In
doubt. The Ohio candidate has grown like
o SNOWFALL as he has been pushed along
from State to State. The genius of brain
and mouth manifested by his promoters Is
now generally recognized.
Speaker REEDS chance OF the nomination
this year is practically gone. His nearest
friends in New England, and even In Maine.
are likely to turn to HARRISON in the hope
OF beating MCKINLEY. The Speaker has
nothing to regret. His attitude through
out has been one of extreme dignity and
self-sacrifcinE loyalty to the interests Of the
whole party. whose faithful representative
and safeguard he is in the chair of the Re
publican House at Washington.
Governor MORTON continues to typify the
soundest financial doctrine and the sanest
impulses of the Republicanism of to-day.
The exact difference between MORTON and
MCKINLEY can be told in n few words.
Seventeen years ago MoRToN's advice to the
party, from the floor of Congress, was this:
Retain and maintain u gotta standard"
That is where he has stood ever since, and
Il is where he stands. Six years ago Major
MCKINLEY thus expressed on the floor of
Congress the shallow wish which is now the
chief source OF financial disturbance:
~ rant the dOublc standard"
To-day nothing later is known of his
opinions and desires save that he wants the
delegates of both the East and the West.
HARRISON, ALLISON, Quay, the Unknown
ALI these are possibilities represented by
fractional parts Of r.
Major MCKINLEY is an honest man, per-
sonally. Scarcely anything more than that
Is known about him to the country. He
owes his prestige in the party to the circum-
stance that in 1889 the Hon. THOMAS b.
REED appointed him as Chairman OF the
House Committee on Ways and Means in
the Fifty-first Congress.
Major MCKINLEY may be the greatest of
modern statesmen. All the same, il he wins
at ST. Louis, it will be the nomination Of a
Aamc and not of a man.