The sun., 1896-10-18


rial note.
"The navy will be Increased by decided measures,
and the end will Justify the means 1--WE want good
navy). Jupiter ruler OF the sixth house, placed so
powerfully In Aries the house OF Mars and Jupiter
ruler Of tho nery tripcity. being ruled In turn by
Mars, who s deIned as the god OF war, promise the
best and most powerful navy anoat and furthermore
denote the glorious success OF the menofwar II ever
called upon to exhibit deeds Of valcr.
Not fulfilled The navy has not been in
creased by decided measures. The progress
Of construction has not varied greatly from
the rate Of the two or three Administrations
preceding Mr.. CLEvELAND's second term.
or course, everybody hopes and believes
that our new ships will give good account
OF themselves If ever "called upon to exhibit
deeds OF valor."
"As for CLEVELAND personally, his Administration
will bs marked by his success In his endcavors 70
carry out against heavy odds whatever he under
takes to do. but the public will dissent In various
ways The House of Congress will not be very kindly
disposed toward him on account OF the position OF
Mars on the cusp OF the eleventh house, and Just
when he thinks he can fully rely on his friends
therein for support there Is an extreme liability OF
their utterly failing him, and so creating UNLOCKED
for disaster TO the Administration They may at nrst
appear to DO hand in glove with him. but It Is only
transitory, for those who have sworn or professed
friendship for him will he very liable TO turn traitor
to him. However. in spite OF all these evil indica-
tions. he will somehow carry element OF success
with him. and this will pull him through until near
the close"
Nothing here to astound even the most
credulous. The one thing pending at the
time Of the publication of the horoscope in
the way OF an attempt by Mr.. CLEVELAND to
carry out against heavy odds a personal
project, was the restoration Of L1LIuoKA-
LAM. The lack Of cooperation in Congress
has not been due so much to the position of
Mars on the cusp of the eleventh house
MS to the position of TON REED on the
Speakers chair of the Fifty-fourth
House. The prophecy of betrayal by
trusted friends in Congress reads like n
paraphrase of the letter to CATCHINGs de-
nouncing 1.-THE places where the deadly
blight of treason has blasted the councils
of the brave in their hour Of might; but
the publication of the horoscope and the
publication of the CATCHINGs letter were
almost simultaneous, and the facts in re-
gard to the failure of tariff reform had then
for some time been equally in the possession
of the President and the astrologer.
But in 1895 the clouds begin to lower This will
be extremely dis 'srous period: Affairs so wrong
personal friends provo false treachery and dIsap-
pontment show their gaunt and haggard features in
every corner and trouble bols the kettle Then the
cloud 10 II ted for short time during the middle OF
the year; vain hope, the end is unfavorable His
Administration begins to lack that forcefulness the
people expect Though occasional brilliant coup
d'ttdts will servo TO tighten the gloom nevertheless
the fulncs OF lacking and the lines OF tme
draw close toward the end"
As a matter Of fact, throughout 1895 the
spirits of the Administration were sustained
ut pretty high level by the fondly cher
ished but unfounded nope that the party
and the country would swallow the third
term project. 1t was not until 1896 that
the clouds really began to lower and dsap-
pointment began to show it's gaunt and
haggard features. Furthermore, the chron-
icles of that year fail to record the brilliant
coup d'etUts assigned by the planets to 1895.
"But the most disastrous time OF the whole will
eventuate in 1898 and the close OF his will wit
ness the most striking changes In the political history
OF the United States. The Indications point to en-
trey new party. the formation OF new principles,
new men. and new IDEAS which will lead to the rsle-
CATION OF tn" Democratic party to the black forest OF
oblivion. The CLEVELAND Administration enters with
the blare OF trumpets and blaze OF glory but will
depart under cloud OF sinister conditions. and at
that time the following prediction will be verified
The Democratic party viii fall to elect Its candidate
In 1896 II 1t places one In the field"
What has come true and what is coming
true in the above, has come true and is com
ing true in a manner obviously not COM
municated TO Mr.. ERICKSON by the heavenly
bodies at the time the prediction was re-
corded. There is not an "entircly new
party" but merely the surrender of part
of the Democratic party to the Populists.
No new principles have been formulated.
for Reputation is as old as dishonesty. II
the CLEVELAND Administration departs un-
der n cloud of sinister conditions, and il
the Democracy fails to elect its candidate
in 1896, the conditions were apparent
and the failure seemed inevitable longer
ago than 1894 to ordinary political intelli-
gence uninstrncted by zodiacal signs and
portents. THE Sun is no astrologer but it
could have written two years ago, or even
three years ago, a horoscope quite as accu-
rate in general way as Mr.. JULIUS ERICK-
SONS, without bothering itself with Aries
and Saturn and the cusp on the eleventh
house. or even looking at the silver moon.