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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-02
TIE TWO POETS.

From The Pail Mall Gazette.
Whose the speech
That moves the voices OF this lonely beechE
Out Of the long West did this wild wind come
Oh strong and silenti-And the tree was DUMP,
Ready and dumb. until -
The dumb gale struck IL Oh the darkened NIL
Two memories.
Two powers. two passions. and two silences
Closed In this cry. closed in these thousand leaves
Articulate. This sudden hour retrieves
The purpose OF the past
Separate apart-embraced, embraced at last
Whose is the word? -
Is II that spoke? Is il thou? Is II that heard'
The earth was solitary, yet found thee
"Thy sky painless. but caught, bouha thee
Thou vistant divine. . -
"Oh. thou my Voice. the word was 'nne - aS
thine"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-02
NETWORK 3.Tv TRBjN SUNDAY FEBRUARY THIRTY PAGES
~ tESD\fE.

Margaret Armour in Black and White
When shadows d.m the meiGow-gold. ana mignon-
cite and musk .
Perfume through every scented fold the garments
of the dIsk.
When ali the heavens are yearnng to the first
faint silver stars
Ny spir.; cans across Ia you. beloved. from afar
When courier winds begin to ride the highways of
the dawn.
And up tae orient hills in pride the car Of day
Is drawn 40,
Even as the BRIDEGROOM. esol. appears, and Earth's
o love from or, tic dark and tears. arise and be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-02
THE PROPHET ~ THE WILDERNESS.


Fem The Townsend NIonD Messenger
,,,o,, g a pigny compared with New York.
botn in wealth. products ana population. yet David
sew ~ ,,,,sncv in politics and finance Is coming.
TSs c:ouis are gathering and are being properly
iL me ,,.,th electric force The West and South
cid' K" ~, Dr Parknurst and the Roosevelt which
VIII VIII oxnose the niquty and enforce the law against
~ enrnrl, Gomorrah OF America
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-02
NOT 4 VICTIM or THE CRAZE.

From The Louisville Cour.or-JourAal
A Cadiz man went to Nashville 70 hear Paierewsk
ard vas disguised and wanted his money back f0
the tina; the bushy headed fellow didn't 30
Il thing but play on the piano The Cai.Z man hao
heard that II going 10 be recital and was as
appointed because he never recited at all.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-02

Cohio) dispatch to The Cine


Immense quantities OF grasshoppers have mado
tho appearance in the eastern part OF this coun-
~ rha woods and fields full OF them. and
~, y II, axe a noise the dried Leaves Ike heavy
rai1storu This is extraordinary phenomenon
for this tine Of the year.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-03-20

on contact lime, between simestont
and porphry aud trachyte, ~argentifer
Gus copper ores also occur between
pOrphYry and lime, the ores being sui
phides. oxides and some iron.
HermOsa, Kingston, Percha, Hills
borough and Lake Valley ores are rich
and easy to reduce.
Hillsborough is the county seat; the
principal towns are Kingston, Lake
Valley, Chloride, FairvIew, Hermosa,
ration, Palomas, CuchillO, aud Mo- :
ticello. The latter three are in the
agricultural sections of the country.
whereas the former are mostly support
ed by the mining industry.
Sierra, although one of the youngest
counties in New Mexico, is a prosper
Gus and progressive one, Magnificent
chances for investment are offered
there, the capitalist, the stock-grower,
the miner, the farmer and the home
seeker.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-10

IN the United States are not those Demo
Gratis and Mugwumps who are openly de-
claring their willingness TO let the unwrit-
ten law Of this republic go to the dogs or to
the devil In order that the Hon. GROVER
CLEVELAND may remain four years longer
In the White House. It is easy TO deal with
them. We know Just where they stand and
just why they stand there. They belong
mostly to the class described by Mr.. CLEvE-
AND az animated by a zeal born of
benefits and fostered by the hope OF
favors yet to come. Uncle BURR of
Hartford does not belong to that class. He
represents another and n much more dan
gerous class, namely, the Democrats who
consider, or pretend TO consider, the third
term idea as a boyle, n bugaboo, a purely
imaginary danger which SOM people are
dwelling upon and exaggerating from un-
worthy motives.
The Uncle URR Democracy Is doing a
vastly greater amount of harm than all the
third term plotters and third term shouters
combined. The Uncle BURRs within the
ranks of the Democratic party really value
the priceless precedent established by WASH
INGroN and fortified by JEFFERSON and
chChooN' anu Wouiu uisiihe W See buat-
tered for the benefit of any mans ambition;
but they do not respect that precedent, that
unwritten law, sufficiently to maintain it
against a specific case Of threatened viola
ton. AS an abstract proposition they are
all for 1t. In the immediate shadow Of those
portentous three hundred pounds avoirdu-
pois, moro or less, they tremble and shrink
and act like dumb towards.
Although primarily intended for Uncle
BURR Of Hartford, these remarks are at the
service Of all whom they may concern.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-10
A new possibility of theatrical decoration

A new possibility of theatrical decoration
and illustration was revealed In Boston the
other night. The Ancient and Honorable Ar
tillery Company, the most venerable, and still
the thirstiest. collection OF martialists in tho
world, recreated Its mind by going TO the play.
The play managed to proceed, although the
audience was more enticed by the beautiful
uniforms OF the warriors than by the mimic
struggles upon the stage. There came
one happy moment, however, for all the
audience and all the actors and all the
rest OF the universe. After many songs and
many dances, the pictures OF all the HASNIBAIs
and NAPoLEoNs who are shortly to invade the
inviolato island OF the brave and free were
thrown upon the sheet. The audience leaped
lightly TO the heights OF enthusiasm and APP
plause. The actors, full OF transport and imagi-
nation, could scarcely be restrained from jump
ing over the heads OF the orchestra and trying
to borrow a uniform. As for the AncIents and
Honorables, they did not smile; or, at least. not
until they got outside.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-10
AS TO Spain's Generals.

1t Is a d~iscreditable display of the Gener-
alship Of the Spanish army that has been
put before the world during the war in
Cuba. Spain's most skilful strategist and
her most ferocious destroyer, besides a
bungler who came between them, have
tried their hands against Cub for four
teen months, and all three OF them
have been good for nothing as Generals,
and unable to suppress an insurrec-
ton which each OF them has described
as a paltry affair, Is it possible that the
Generals of the revolution are superior
to those of the Spanish army, which is three
or four times the size Of that Of its revolu-
tionary foef Can 1t % that GOMEZ excels
the ferocious WEYLER, as he excelled the
giddy-headed MARIN and the pompous MAR
TINEZ CAMPosf
1t is singular that among all the Spanish
Generals in Cuba there is not one of them
who is worth a centimo in the field. Spain
has been engaged in many and many a war,
foreign and civil, during this century, from
the time of NAPOLEON to that Of the Carl
lists and later yet so that one might think
that these wars would nav brought forth a
crop OF qualified commanders; but she
has not q competent General in her
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-10

service at this time; and we have not caught
sight Of apromising military sprout. Her
worthless Generals In Cuba murder a few
paciAcos, declare that they have won a bat
tie, and apply for q decoration, or even do
as Gen. LUQUE did when, after butchering
the wounded insurgents at San Diego, he
sought to be rewarded with the cross Of
Santa MARIA CHRISTINA.
What Is the matter with the Spanish
army that It does not raise some conquista-
dores, or second class Marshals, or third
class Generals, or q successful soldier Of any
rank 1t is to SPANS dishonor thai she
puts her army under the command of blum
dering blusterers like WEYLER, PANDo,
LUQUE, VIcUNA, MELGUIzo, PRATs, AIDE
CEA, and others OF their kind. There Is
not a General Of any repute among them.
1t looks as IL SPANS military genius were
worn out. Perhaps the long series OF de-
feats which she suffered in her Spanish
American wars may have discouraged her
living Generals; or perhaps the civil wars Of
Spain have been unfavorable to the de-
v%elopment of generalship; or perhaps
the badness of Spain's Government has
been unfavorable to it. We do not care to
enter into the matter; but 1t is certain that
no one can name Spanish General who
stands higher than the bespangled one who
was recalled from Cuba as a failure three
months ago.
Anyhow, the Cubans have no reason to
regret that there is not in the Spanish army
a General who, with all his advantages,
has been able to cope with their own heroic
and successful leaders.
II Spain were to get into q foreign war of
a serious character, we cannot say where she
would find Generals fit for anything other
h the execution Of savage DEGREES or the
writing of boastful bulletins.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-10

From that sterling old Democratic country
newspaper, the Hartford Times, we copy
the subjoined remarks on Mr.. CLEVELAND,
a third term, and THE Sun:
"rt Is the rabidest sort or CIevelandphobia that
prompts THE sUS TO md danger OF . third. term candi.
dacy even In Secretary CARILsLE's letter refusing to
he q candidate. THE Sun. so keen OF scent for Mr..
CLEvKLASp's artful schemes, now discovers that this
sensible and manly act by the Secretary OF the Treas
uFy must have been known and advised by the Presi.
dent : : The third term boyle doesn't scare any.
body now. always excepting THE Sun, Public opinion
has long been against a third term for any President.
and there Is no indication that In this respect Il is
undergoing a change"
Then let public opinion be heard in Hart
ford In a mannerthat shal leave no doubt Of
its earnestness and tcnacity, Uncle BURR
has no more pressing duty at this time.
We are willing to pass in generous silence
all that he says concerning II SUNS al
legged disapproval of Mr.. CLEVELAND, all his
unjust limitations that the source of THE
Suns opposition to third terms is dislike for
the ma who wants a third term. rather
than for the third term itself, In short, all
that he may think or print about THE Sun
any way provided that Uncle BURR will
come out squarely like the good old fash
ioned Democrat he is and say in his paper
while We do not believe that Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND would accept a nomination for a third
term, II he does a a hird term and
does try to procure for himself a third term,
the Hartford Times is against him and
will be against him every time"
This offer means business. and It is in
tended to remain open until Uncle BURR
either rejects it or fully avails himself OF
its privileges.
The most dangerous enemies to the per
mAnence of genuine Democratic institutions
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-10

The Hon. CHRISTOPHER MAGEE of Pitts
burgh. the distinguished Republican political
reformer. whose misfortune 1t Is to be opposed
to an equally distinguished civil service re-
former. the Hon. MATTHEW STANLEY QUAY,
the friend of virtue and the foe Of tarpon. has
given 100000 TO his city for the pur-
pose of establishing Q geological garden.
1t is understood that one Of the objects
OF Mr.. MAGEE in making this philanthropic gift
is to instruct the citizens and politicians Of
Pennsylvania. in and out Of the Hog Combine, in
the sweet uses of harmony. With the sweet
uses Of political adversely the Hon. CHRISTIE
PIER MAGEE is already tolerably familiar.
In his geological garden the lion and
the lamb will meet in friendly conven-
ton; and the lamb will not be unseated or
devoured. Even Cuckoos will be admitted.
They are becoming so rare that specimens are
in particular request. 1t is hoped that Mr..
QUAY and Mr.. MAGE will both be present at
the dedication Of this garden of harmony: and
the Hon. DANIEL HANDSOME HASTINGS will
deliver the Grafton in his most pleading looks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-10
Every friend Of miscellaneous intellectual

Every friend of miscellaneous intellectual
greatness and particular oratorical distinction.
the fervid temperament and the gift OF CONVEX
sation. will grieve to notice that the Hon. JETER
C. P~RITCHARD and the Hon. MARION BUTLER
are at odds. Thu State OF North Carolina is
proud of both OF them. Both Of them havo
more fervor than there is in any hot springs
that ever yet have boiled up through the floor
of the earth, and more words than ever yet
were cooped up in all the dictionaries. The
Hon. MARION BUTLER. the Geyser OF Honey
cults. is the more frequent and fervid OF the
two: but either of them would be missed. Each
Of them is capable Of restoring the art of Ian
guage, II II could ever be lost, or of recreating
the torrid zone should It ever be refrigerated.
1t had been hoped that Mr.. PRITCHARD and Mr..
BUTLER would stand together and whoop It up
together, and never fade or fall. II they
must part, II the wide arch OF their ranged
union must fall. the old North State will clasp
still more loving hands around the remaining
figures now looming up above an horizon illu-
minated solely by themselves, and burning
pitch, tar. and turpentine: the unforgettable.
heroic, and swiftly ambulating figures OF the
Hon. TYRE YORK and the boss bull whom he is
riding to victory.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-10
Mr.. Fitch and the Dock Commission.
erS.

The explanation OF the Reform Dock Com
missioners, O'BRIEN and EINsTEIN. has made
its appearance in the form of a bulletin
signed by Commissioner EINsTEIN, the
Treasurer of the Board, whose proceedings
in the purchase of supplies of the Board are,
1t appears, to be inquired into by the Grand
jury. The facts of the case, rs already stated
by THE Sun, are admitted by O'BRIEN and
EINsTEIN to be correct. How far their ex-
culpation will commend itself to the mem
bers of the Grand jury is n matter of opinion.
The law regulating the expenses OF public
departments in New York city uncondition-
ally provides that all purchases to an
amount in excess Of 81 900 shall be adver-
tised, and after advertisement let to the
lowest responsible bidder. The object Of
this provision is to secure for the people
of New York the same advantages in
the purchase OF material that private
individuals. firms, or corporations enjoy.
Any neglect or evasion of It by Commits
sioners or their subordinates is a violation
OF law which concerns the Grand Jury. In
the statement which Mr.. EINsTEIN has pre-
pared for Mr., O'BRIEN and himself, Elm
STEIN declares that in the purchase of
spruce lumber for the docks OF New York,
he ascertained that all the bidders charged
the same price. Regarding this as evidence
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-10

In his letter declining TO be a candidate for
the Democratic Presidential nomination,
Mr.. Secretary CARLISLE says that the decla-
ration of principles to be made by the DEM
ocratic National Convention is much more
important than the selection of candi-
dates, ESPECIALLY on questions affecting
the monetary system Of the country and
the character and amount of taxation to
be imposed upon our citizens" This re-
fers, Of course, to the gold standard as tho
basis of the currency, and to tariff taxation.
When the Convention has agreed, continues
the letter, and has announced its position
upon these subjects, 1t fought to have no
difficulty in selecting an acceptable candi-
date who will fairly represent its views"
Experience hardly ~justifes the confident
expectation Of the distinguished Secretary.
Four years ago, in the Democratic National
Convention Of 1899, a statement of faith
and policy was adopted by a large ma
jority: I'VE declare 1t to be a funda-
mental principle of the Democratic party
that the Federal Government has NO
constitutional power to impose and collect
tariff duties except for the purpose Of
revenue only" Upon this platform a can
didate was nominated and elected, and Mr..
CARLISLE not only labored in the canvass for
the successful party, but became the Finance
Minister Of the Administration Yet neither
the President nor his Secretary of the
Treasury ercr once recognized the prtn-
c4ple thus solemnly proclaimed and during
the whole career Of the Administration not
one argument has been presented in any
message of the President, nor has any at
tempt been made in any other way to carry
out the idea of a tariff for revenue only.
Why, then, should Mr.. CARLISLE expect
that the public will regard with confidence
any new declaration Of principles put forth
in behalf of the Democratic party, or why
should any candidate nominated under the
same auspices and elected be held after
the election to an observance Of the pledges
and professions made before!
We will not question that II MIR. CARLISLE
should himself be the candidate. he would
honestly intend to perform the pledges Of the
platform on which he was nominated; and
vet the revolving spectacle Of a protective
tariff calculated to produce a deficit in the
revenues of the Government, which is the ex-
elusive work Of q Congress and President
elected to represent and realize the sublime
principle of a tariff "for the purpose of
revenue only" Is certainly Ill calculated to
cheer the hopes or encourage the zeal of any
sincere patriot, or any believer in the virtue
of honesty in politics.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-10
THE SUN, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1895

Of coilusion, he and bis associate thefsupon
rejected all the bids, as the law gives
Commissioners the right to do; but
then the Reform Dock Commissioner
did not advertise again, as the law directs
They empowered Mr.. EINsTE1N, as he says,
to buy the material required without adj
vertisement or competition.
He purchased the required lumber, paying
s21 a thousand feet instead Of $50 a thou
sand feet, the price at which the lumber was
offered by the contractors whom he and
O'BRIEN suspected OF collision. II they
were bidding In collision, It was a
form of collision which would have
been beneficial to the city for the
price charged by them was less than
Mr.. EINsTEIN paid. In other words, the
law was violated by the Reform Dock Com
missioners, and, as q result Of u viola
ton, a bill has been rendered to the city
which calls for an amount Of payment In
excess of what 1t should be; q bill to which
Comptroller FITCH, alert In the city's in
terest, and jealous in defence of the rights
Of taxpayers, very properly objects.
The plea Of ~extenuation which Mr.. Elm
STEIN makes for O'BRrEN and himself, is that
hiScE Nv olleT VI pSO per JnOuShlu ietb VI
lumber was rejected by the Dock Commits
sioners the market price Of lumber went up.
Mr.. F1TcH's comment upon this elaborate
statement Of MIR. EINsTEIN Is clear and to
the point. His figures" declares Mr..
FITCH, " are wrong, but whether right or
wrong 1t Is not a question Of figures but of
aw. Purchasing on Treasurers' orders, or
at private sale, is manifestly an evasion of
the law. I regard Mr.. EINsTEIN's state
ment as confession and avoidance"
That's what it certainly is. No Board of
Commissioners, reform or otherwise, has
any more power to override a law adopted
for the protection of the people of this
city, whose agent 1t is, than It would
have to vote itself from out the pub
lie treasury a sum Of money without legal
equivalent. Mr.. FITCH should be sustained
by every good citizen in the position whi:h
he takes, namely, that so long as he is at the
head Of the Finance Department of this city
he will not acqulesce in such scandalous
evasion of the laws. Beyond that point he
cannot 20, but the Grand Jury can.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-10

From SIR Michael Hicks Beach's Speech IN tho Horss
OF Commona
II am told that the United States would prob
ably desire that the old ratio Of 1516 or 10 to
l should be adopted. In view OF the present
market price of silver It seems to mo
that to fix any such ratio would be an
act OF absolute dishonesty to creditors. 1t
would simply mean that kind Of financial panic
with all its possible results to the credit of the
country which has been in previous debates
frequently alluded to by some Of the highest au-
thorities. Again. 1t might be possible, as others
have suggested. that the ratio to be fixed should
be a ratio approximate to the market value of
the two metals at the time the ratio was fixed.
All ! can say 10 that, II that were done
and 1t were subject, as think 1t would
necessarily have to be subject. to variations
from time, to time In accordance with the varia-
tions or the market price. | do not at all see
how any such process would fulfil the vague
and extravagant hopes which are enter
tanned by the advocates of bimetallism.
The very fact OF entering into an agree
ment of that kind would be some danger TO
the states which entered into it. II wonld be
liable To be broken In the event OF political con-
vulsions or In tho event of war, II it were
broken, what would be the result upon the
monetary system OF the other States which had
Joined ~ And the very fact that there might
be such doubt upon its permanence would ma
terially interfere with Its success"