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which Mr.. CLEVELAND and Mr.. oLNET and
Mr.. BAYARD seem to have forgotteni We
refer to the ~indlsputable fact that not one
Of them can obtain a penny OF his salary
without the consent Of the House OF Rep
resentatives. That chamber can refuse to
appropriate a penny for the purpose. In its
own hand, therefore, lies the remedy for the
humiliation to which Of lato 1t has been
subjected. In its own hand, wherein the
fathers placed the power over the purse,
lies the Irresistible lever with which its an
cient dignity may be recovered, and Its right
place In the Government regained. If, in
defiance Of the reprimand which his conduct
has provoked, Mr.. BAYARD shall remain for
another year Ambassador at the Court OF
st. James's. and shall continue to make him
self a party to British disrespect for our
Federal Legislators. the House OF Represent
atives will be constrained by decent self
esteem to strike out the appropriation for
his salary at the next session Of Congress.
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Hard Road OF Drummers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sfr: My sub
feet Ia the peculiar treatment, which, In many
Instances and by many firms, Is given to sales
men. commonly called drummers.
Fate has not dealt kindly with me-, and for
tunes smiles never reached my right address,
&C that I am dependent on what I can earn In
selling to city and nearby merchants. like so
many thousands more.
Tho house l was employed by for many years
failed. and in consequence I had to look for
another position. Now, would you believe 1t,
that whereas. from an errand boy up. every
worker is worthy Of his hire, and receives n
compensation OF some kind. in the case OF a
salesman this IL an exploded idea in ninety cases
out Of one hundred.
Here I am offered new articles. grocery
specialties not introduced. all kinds ~ mer-
chandise and wares to sell. and yet in every
instance only n small commission was offered
as my entire compensation.
Now. when It Il rightly considered that II
takes n long time TO make customers and to
work IN n trade, during which one il supposed
10 dress nicely. pay daily outside expenses. and
fly. how can a fa!r-minde1 man ask another to
assume all risks, while he himself has all bene-
fts and profits. with q corresponding saving Of
newspaper advertisiuE2
A hoy. a servant. a street sweeper. In fact
every worker knows what he Is working for:
the only Individual who ia supposed to work
harder than any one else, to hustle, AS they say,
pleasant, and. yet does not know on Monday
whether a dollar is due to him on Saturday, is
A COMMISSION SALESMAN,
New YORK. May Q.
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May l has come and gone, and the Inter
national Industrial Exhibition which was to
have been opened on that day at Johannesburg
by President KRtGER OF the South African Re-
public on account events. has been
indefinitely postponed. The letter addressed to
President CLEVELAND on Sept. 10 last shows
how utterly ignorant the Beers were of the i'm
pending conspiracy against the life of their re-
public. Here is one sentence:
THE Government OF the South African Republic
offers, through this exhibition. an opportunity to in
troduce and advance American products. and will lie
pleased to extend Its protection to any merchants or
manufacturers desiring to exhibit in this country"
Let US think OF other things" said CECIL
RHODES. DR.. JAMESON. and the Reform Com
mittee: and on the day set for opening the great
display OF the arts OF peace some OF the things
they thought OF. translated from the cipher
messages. were spread before the nations.
The blow they aimed at the republic recoiled
upon themselves, and it laid the international
Industrial Exhibition out cold.
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The Shadow ON the Democracy.

PROFESSIONALLY one OF the strongest influ-
ences toward such an appalling alienation
OF the Democrats from the path OF financial
soundness and political reason as was DEM
onstrated at Chicago last Tuesday night,
was the still impending threat Of President
C~LEvELAND's candidacy for a third term.
1t is absurd to suppose that upon the
merits OF the metallic conflict the Dem
ocrats Of Cook county would favor free silver
by a vote OF "a TO az. As Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND, when questioned recently by a re-
sponsible Democratic organization as to
whether or not he was a candidate for q
third term, refused to say mo" and as
ambition to be the next Democratic can
didate seems to have been crushed out OF
other statesmen, many people have come to
believe that the sound money campaign, with
which the President is identified, means
more Clevelandism. And they won't have 1t.
Thousands OF Democrats throughout the
United States are saying to themselves II
sound money means n deficit tariff and pri-
vate bond sales to cover up the Administra-
tons criminal folly in intlicting it on us;
II soundm money means more misrepresenta-
tions from the White House and the Treas
ury Department., designed to deceive the
public as to the revenues insutiiciency; if
sound money means a candidacy which
would put upon the Democratic party an
inelraceable stigma Of treachery to our re-
publican institutions, give us, say they,
financiering and politics of another sort
give us even free silver. They will take up
an issue of despair rather than risk being
parties to the Democracy's betrayal.
The greatest help to the sound money
cause would be for the man who has thus
placed the Democracy under suspicion.
GROVER CLEVELAND, to bring the third
term project openly and decisively to an end. |
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The State Of New York is full OF Repub-
lican candidates for the Republican nomination
for Governor. There is little room left for any
body else. The cities swarm with those candi-
dates; they are 30 numerous In demesnes of
hayseed. from which the Hon. THOMAS COLLIER
PLArT is proud to come, that there is
nobody there except Democrats TO look after
the spring ploughing. Niagara Falls can't
hear themselves talk on account OF tho CONVEX
sation of candidates. The Adirondack Park
will soon have to be turned over to them for a
pasture. They are hopeful as hope; tho young
grass Is not fuller OF enthusiasm. And yet there
Is q mar from Rochester who expects to circum-
vent them all. He Is the Hon. GEORGE WASH
INGToN ALDRIpGE. and he has lately
added to his old charm of having
the canal patronage to shake out into
the laps OF the faithful the accomplishment
OF performing upon the bicycle. both upon land
and water. with absolute technical correct
ness and spirit, and a grace which fills beholders
with awe. There are candidates on foot and
candidates on horseback, but as the Hon.
GEORGE WASHINGTON ALDRIDGE rolls over the
firm earth and inflrm canal water, there Ia
smile OF mighty meaning on his face, and his
pedalling Is equal to the best wing work.
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Union.

To rHH EDITOR ov The suS-Sir; always read tho
sunday suS, and was yesterday much interested and
Instructed by Its contribution Of facts and thoughts
on United America I agree at once that Canada has
no claim in fairness to transportation in bond" and
this should be Immediately abolished by Congress, IL
L. not right for the United States to build mp an
enemy along the northern border and give their
population profitable employment when our PEG
PIE need II, ana { 10 their right TO do their own
work aud receive the rev ards As Canadians VIII not
sven Acknowledge the fact that We are one people,
anu let US unlte-eVen commercially,
The present prevailing conditions between the
seventy millions and Ave mlltlOnu OF people who
practically occupy North AMERICA Ia childish. Cana.
alan newspapen politicians, and clergy are either
Tor OF against the United States, How many are for
the united statesi on the closest nysstiEation how
NUN solnAFlty can bs discovered Almost. none
shst ne Canadians eau = ,oii. As we are willing 70
elNs SAnAda everything commercially that We have
ourselves ] can't understand WY or how politL
eiAns 2sNspapers, and clergy succeed N Keeping Us
apart KNOW the support that the Upited states
gives CahAdian railroads docs much. have
msnt on wheels" This Unlrd states support to
CAnedlAn railroads 10 = blundeT and tpuy under pres
ent circumstances, and should US Quit a. once, now,
hQaIQk AkE
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The Great Unknown of 1900.

Something that has never before hap
pened in a preliminary Presidential canvass
is this:
The leading candidate for the Republican
nomination is the dark horse, the Unknown.
Major MCKINLEY is the Unknown.
His opinions on the subject of the indie
pendent and unlimited coinage Of silver at
the ratio of 10 to / are unknown.
His views as to the firm and honorable
maintenance Of the gold standard are I'M
known.
His convictions concerning the most i'm
portant question now before the country
are unknown.
His capacity for the management of the
executive business of the nation is practical
ly unknown.
The strength and endurance Of his intel
lectuals are unknown.
The diameter of his backbone is unknown.
The order OF his intelligence, the force OF
his character, the tenacity Of his will, the
independence Of his mental processes, the
personal qualities which make the individ-
ual little or great, are all unknown.
Conjectures Of one sort or another are
based on his record in Washington and on
his experience at Columbus as Governor Of
Ohio. These conjectures, on the whole. arc
not encouraging, but they are not conclu-
sive. High craftsmanship Is sometimes a
thing of tardy maturity. Whether WILL
LIAM MCKISLEY's is one of the natures that
come out late and strong is up to this time
absolutely unknown.
AS The Sun has already remarked, the
nomination OF Major MCKINLEY at St.
Louis, II 1t occurs, will be the nomination
of a name and not of a man. The name is
known. The man Is unknown.
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LOFALTY-CAMEROOy STYLE.
Chief Abel OF West Africa DIstssoss All
German Competition. as = CoartI.r.

The courtly art Of grow, Hing has made great
progress In Germany under William n. Ons
has only 70 glance at tho Berlin nanspatsrs
after anv court function to become rnuyiuce1
OF this fact. Young William Il never any.
thing less ut a spring parade than "sysry Ir,b
an Emperor" nor posses-od Of any other ,o,InI
expression at a state dinner than "thnt tyr,nI
Hohcnzollern nobility OF countenancs." Th,
reports from the e field in srlmtp,r
show that he invariably displays the gerIus
which gives hope Of another Frednrlrk m.
Great" Even at his smoking concerto Li. .,.
p,rIority to the rest OF German humanity "a in
evidence, for. according to tho editorial note.
''from high circles" he oonfounda tho pro.
fcssnr or tho statisticiAn on tho speoIaIIa,,.
''astoundingly far reaching knowledge OF oy.
cry department OF modern thought"
Despite all this daily practice In RroveIlIng.
however, tho Berlin cOurtiers have been obliged
% Yield the palm to an untutored AfTiran
whose speech 10 his fellow Cameroonsra an ~
EmpeTor's last birthday Is admitted 10 sur,
Algemene and Count Philip Euisnbnrg.
During the celebration OF the Imperial bIrtE..
day Chief Abel rose In the presence OF the
colonial officials. and turning 10 his black au,
THE German Emperor is the brayest and
mighJiest and c%leyerest man In the world. lilo
looks down into the, earth, sees its treasures,
iron threads round the earth. and whenever he
touches these threads his words hy 10 ali paris
of the world, lie has steamboats, that run on
dry land u q m3nntain stands in his wsg he
his path he builds over It a road In the air.
Although the German Emperor Is richer than
all other persons in the world together, he has
most beautiful woman In the world, Ls didn't
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tation that he could convince the perverted
mind Of his traducer. He might as we'll
have tried to silence him by locking him up
for the contempt Of court Of which he was
guilty. by answering him he only furnished
him with the opportunity TO publish further
calumnies, and by committing him to Jail
he would have given him n welcome chance
to pose as n martyr. But something ought
to DO done to protect the public against
such a nuisance. A man who goes about
threatening to defame the characters Of
Judges unless they make their decisions
according to his wishes ought to be put
under restraint by some authority.
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a QUESTION OF Room.
This Flight or n Young Man Who Hnd
Given - Theatre Invitation,


Prom the philadelphia ISrs.
lie looked troubled ns he pushed TWO matinHa
tlck"tS through the box office window and
sskN1i
Can you give me W moro seats next to
these 2"
Tho ticket seller hastily looked through n
bundle ~ tickets that he took from one OF tho
little plgeonholss In front OF him and shook His
head.
~ can Tlvo You two seats just in front of
them.' he said,
Won't do" replied the man In front Of tho
window. Can you take these back and give
mo Inur IN tho row lust ahead Z"
~ mere are only two left there" answered
don't see how | am going In arrnng. II >,
said the man who wanted tho Ickeis' thonnht-
fuiiYi must have three seats tugether."
hTne exclaimed tho ticket seller. IL
thought you wanted four together"
iuh, returned tho other. hut that isn't
Shsolnialy necessary. II | can get three together,
! can ~ snilew here else myself"
shnllh mink u would be- pleasAnter To
aLs'he the party evenly" suggested the man in
IN would :, admitted the man outside Of it,,
hnt ! emit be done. YOU evidently don't
uhueIsthhu tho case, You see. bought these
tlcketA WIN the, Intention NJ taking a young
lhdy 10 the matinee, and II never occurred to
me that would need more than two sents.W
bNeTlnoked the ehRperon. | suppose -
: hepernn n6thlngl Whom | pay for a chan
Is do thsrsl, be skating Ia August, over
] saw her last night In the gown she expects To-
wear anu now | am trying To buy a scat for
each oi the sleeVss. That's why | must have al
ieast three seats In arrow. II you can give them
I'll send word to hsT thatl'm sick and Give nv
AakALA 10 AnEnA ana el4Als
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Our esteemed contemporary, the Bdltt-
more american, Is unjust in speaking OF the
Hon. WILLIAM ALLEN PKFFER as "the long
wlnded orator from Kansas and also in saying
that he has been completely outdono by the
fedglinRs from Nebraska and South Carolina"
Mr.. PETER is good on a long distance, but he Is
rather frequent wlnded than long-winded. He
seldom talks more than several days a day; but
he is not rare. Mr.. TILLMAS Of South Carolina
is distinguished by heat rather than by stay
ing qualities. II he could talk as frequently
as his distinguished colleague from Kansas he
would throw out so much heat that he would
catch ahre and burn up. The Hon. VENUS
ALLEN Is good for q twenty-day canter
with his vocal team at any time. The
Hon. MARION BrTtER OF North Carolina
in general and Honeycutts In particular
combines unusual heat with speed. He talks
most OF the time there "a, and only stops
for want OF sleep. But the man who still holds
the belt Is tho old champion, the Hon. WILLIAM
MoRRis STEWART. BUTLER has to stop to
sleep. STEWART puts the whole Senate 10 sleep,
and cannot be stopped inside Of a year and a
day, and then only under exceptionally favor
able conditions. 1t will be remembered thnt
when Mr.. PETER entered the Senate he had
an absolutely smooth face. His present world
cherished beard, reaching from the Capitol to
the Sunfower Greek near the Kaw, grew during
the first division Of one of Mr.. STEWARDS
speeches.
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Judge Cowing's Explanation.

Judge CowING gives the Herald the SIM
pie facts of the trial regarding which PARK
HURST has published the suspicious Of his
evil imagination. They are, briefly. that
because of the absence Of the two most i'm
portant witnesses OF the District Attorney,
the case against the accused was weak. and
accordingly the jury disagreed and the
Judge discharged them at the end OF two
hours. ~ discharged them because / did
not believe they would agree" says Judge
CowING.
That. Of course, is a wholly satisfactory
explanation for any reasonable mind; but
there was no use in the Judges making 1t,
30 far as PARKHURsT is concerned. When
PARKHURsr published his suspicious that
Judge OWING was influenced by corrupt
motives because "he did not crowd that
Jury to a verdict" he must have known Of
the circumstance of the missing witnesses,
for he said he had been told all about
the case. How, then, can he be any less
suspicious nowi He does not doubt be-
cause OF facts, but because of his lmagin-
ings- His charge was not a logical infer
encs from anything that occurred at this
trial. II had nothing to do with any evil
dencs whatever; and hence his suspicious
cannot be dispelled by any reasonable ex-
PLANTATION which Judge CowING or any
body else may make.
The truth Is that PARKHURsr should be
treated by Judge CowIEG and the other
Judges upon whom he says that he is going
to keep his suspicious eye. as a man who Is
practically insane. II he had not been NOR
ally perverted he would not nave been guilty
of the conduct which first brought him into
notoriety. He was unknown outside of a
comparatively small Presbyterian cir
Gle until he advertised himself by
outraging decency in ways impossi-
BILE for a healthy mind or for tastes
not depraved. His notoriety has served
TO turn his head still more completely. He
imagines that he is a great man, and that
the curiosity OF the public concerning him
Is an indication Of his high Importance.
Such suspicious as those he has OF Judge
CowNo are usual with him, and they are a
frequent concomitant and symptom Of
mental disease, though, of course, the pri-
mary symptom in all forms Of insanity Is q
perversion OF the moral sense, PARKHURsT
does not occupy himself with criticisms Of
mems acts so much as with denunciations
OF their d motives as he suspects them
TO be. His perverted mind repeats It's own
deformity in the delusions which 1t creates
as 70 other people,
1t was useless for Judge CowNG, there
fore, to undertake to make any reply to
PARKHuRsg's m9utationS With tho eXDsO-
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New London, like many another city In
the New World, and, for that matter. In the Old.
will always carry = badge OF juvenility in its
name, In spite Of Its having Just celebrated tho
250th anniversary OF it's founding. The town Ia
historically interesting, even II Its earlier titles
TO fame have been so largely eclipsed for the
present generation by it's being a site OF the
mighty annual struggles of college oarsmen. 1t
was founded by JoHS WINTHROP. Jr, son OF
the more famous Governor OF Massachusetts,.
The Indian name Is given as Namsaug, but as
no London then existed In the colonies, this
plantation at length received the name which
has ever since chung to It. while that OF the = fair
river" Mohegan was changed to the Thames, a
regrettRble substitute.
One OF the towns sources OF pride Is that It
was the hrst in the State where PRICING was
done. There, too, NATHAN HALE tJ. martyr
spy, was a school teacher when the war Of the
Revolution broke out. But the most widely
known Incident IN Its history IL BENEDICT AR
SOLIDS capture OF Fort Griswold, with the
atrocities accompanying 1t, including the killing
OF LEDYARD, It's commander, and the burning
~ . pagL u tAs t9KR = bELst Ese9ra Of kha
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AA oAASs
From the Utica Morning Herald.
Two of Utica's young women c~yclista, who
went to Clinton Saturday afternoon to sell some
tickets for the St. Agnes Church fair and inoi-
d~entally to witness the ball game between Ham,
ilton College and Syracuse University teams on
College Hill, had an experience which they will
not soon forget. At the conclusion of the game
they thought 1t would DO great sport to coass'
down the long and steep hill which loads from
ing their wheels at the top of the hill,'
they placed their feet upon the rests, and
by even the best riders Of tho college or town,
1t was only q few seconds time before they
%rapidity, and those who witnessed their descend
and were aware Of their perilous position held
them dashed to pieces against one Of the many
trees that line the sidewalk from the top to the
Entirely unconscious OF their danger the
young ladies sped on, their wheels assuming
fresiden es'pMd. n. & esissy s Ssns wh residence tn nrent tS os
tire suddenly flew from the wheel OF one Of the
force on to the gravel walk that leads to the
lresidents house, Several who witnessed her
find her seriously injured, and were much SUR
priset to tind that, with the exception OF a few
companion. who was some distance ahead.
Needed the advice OF a passing teamster.
turned her wheel into the orchard that lies J1ss
below the residence OF Prof. Edward North.
sue proceeded until her wheel struck some obs
stacle. and then she was thrown several feet
further on down the side OF the hill. Others
hastened to her rescue. and were not a little
surprised to find her standing upon her feet,
apparently uninjured. beside her wrecked
wheel. Had she not steered her wheel Just as
she did, IT Is not improbable that she would
have collided with the stone arbor and met an
instant and frightful death.
Persons who were driving down tho hill At
the time and witnessed the girls and their
descent say that they never expected TO find
them alive. The sidewalk is only three or four
feet in width, and had they for a moment real
have been seriously IL not fatally injured.
Their wheels were both badly broken, and they
took the evening train into the city.