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REERESHLNG HIS MENORY.

After Colonel George T. Mcclellan had been
renominated for Congress by the Tammany Con-
venton Of the Nth District last Monday even
Ing the iustriOrs John J. Scannell. who had
been in hostile and unhappy mood throughout
the proceedings declined polite rcquest 10
make IL unanimous with the remark that he
would do so when he knew that the nominee
was standing on the Chicago platform. During
the week which has elapsed since his nomination
Colonel Mcclellan has been jus: about a. silent
as man could be and breathe 10 the Increased
discontinue, We assume OF Scannell ana per
haps not altogether 10 the satisfaction OF the
National Democrats OF his district. who. when
they found what Tammany had done, promptly
went and did likewise. We have no means OF
knowing what Colonel Mcclellan has been at
during the interim. or whether he has ascer;aned
1ust where he IS a.. A good many Democrats
appear 10 have unaccountably forgotten the cir
cums,snce that only few months ago they were
unalterably opposed 10 the things which they
now protest they are ready TO die FOR, and 1t IS
possible ,ha, Colonel Mcclellan may not be
aware al this moment that he made an excel
lent speech in Congress last spring on Labor
and Sound Money" drawing such facts as he
required for his purpose from the Hon. David
A. w ellis bOuh, Aetcll I-'o'
monte Changes" Al all events. he is apparent
IL having so much trouble in making up his mind
10 rebuke Tammany for its insolence in assuming
that he would gratefully run for Congress on
free.sllver platform that It seems only fair and
kind 10 refresh his memory and assist his de-
cison by the following quotations from his able
and convincing speech OF May Il
The chief sufferers from the free coinage Of
silver would not be the rich but the poor. The
capitalist. with his credit or hoard OF merchan-
disc could stand the strain of deprecated
currency, and. Joining the mad deDauch OF spec
uation incident 10 imitation. double or treble
his capital. The wage-earner. who has but one
commodity for sale. labor. would be the chief
sufferer. Even If wages We're eventually
to adjust themselves TO the silver dollar II would
lie the task of many years filled With untold
misery and suffering 10 the men who have made
this country what IT is. the wage-earners. The
advocates OF free silver are the worst enemies
the laboring classes have. The most i'm
portant duty of this Government IL the main
tenance beyond question Of the present stand
ard Of value--the gold dollar.
Having satisfied himself By reference 10 the
files of THE Congressional Record" that he did
deliver last May the speech from which the fore
going extracts are taken, Colonel Mcclellan will
not need 10 spend any more time in elaboration.
He will not need 10 make speech or write
letter or even pay out good money for postage
stamps His frank will carry his speech gratis TO
every Tammany voter In the XIIth District, and
we are confident that all OF them, including Scan
nell, would take the hint.
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subjects as temperance. morality and honesty J"
politics and business.


Moro than tho ordinary Importance must oe
..,.nh.a % tho outsnoken utterance OF the Kew.
DR.. storrs from his pulpit on Sunday IN ae'
runc,ation OF reputation and defence OF the
National honor. It is no ordinary OCCASION
which induces the venerable Brooklyn prea'"e
10 introduce a politica. topic into his sermon
In a ministry OF almost half century III
storrs has rarely. II ever. used his eloquen.
voice for a better purpose than in speaking ou'
plainly in the present crisis.
With something Of an Egyptian reverence TOT
Tho cat the Parisians have seen with true sorro"
the closing of the Exposition Feline" at the Jar
din d'Acclimatation. IL was an event OF no "''e
inheritance in Paris and. considering the notaoie
personages who were present and the elegance
OF the toilets displayed by the ladies'. IL was
an occasion before which the New-fork HORSE
Show. and even the Grand Opera, pale INTO III
significance Probably no more distinguished
body OF Frenchmen has ever assembled ho' eve"
In the Academic. than those VINO came tose."e'
10 sit as jury before their feline friehas. Ihes
were Francois Coppee Emile Zola, A Ineu''e''
C. Mendes A. Silyestre. r.. Lambert, y. ""oe"o'
L'Hosst p. Megnin. A. Porte. +. Arene r. Des
chaumes =. Ginisty. VI. Naucaire. steihieh. anu
Wiette At the close Of the exposition NJ for'e'
the director Of the Jardln d'Acei'matstioh' e"'
tertaned his colleagues on the jury al preahias''
where il was decided 10 hold annually an inter-
national Exposition Feline" Before long We
may hear that the Parisians. emulating the an
Gent dwellers Of the Nile. have made X a capitai
offence to slay q cat; that when a cat dies IN
dwelling the inmates may shave their eyebrows
and enbalm the body, and carry it away with
due ceremony to some temple OF Phtah
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HOW IT STANDS.

Three weeks more. and unless the most ac-
curate Of machines has turned crazy, every DAY
means more votes for the flag and what makes
II glorious. Every day means moro reading OF
the information which has been distributed at
the rate of ten tons day for months. Every
day means several thousand speeches 10 audi
epces intensely Interested. because men have
seen that their employment and wages their
business and profits for years 10 come, VIII de-
pend upon the result Every day gives the re-
publican organization more opportunity 10
reach wavering voters Every day sends
throughout the land, TO be placed on all the
breakfast-tables. more uplifting patriotic and
euliehtening words from Mckinley himself.
If il no longer a secret that the Republican
successive canvasses show steady and remark
able gain since July. In some States where
the silver fanaticism was most dangerous at
first that gain has been over IL per cent OF
the total vote. AT that rate. If carried through
ont the Western States. which constitute the
principal battlefield, more than half a million
votes have turned from the wrong 10 the right
in sixty days, and the good work goes on with
increasing vigor and effectiveness as each con-
vert from error becomes himself missionary.
There is abundant evidence from the other
aide that this change is substantial rapid and
felt Men who were talking Of New-fork and
Ohio. now claim that they will save Indiana "by
hard fighting" The Democratic Committee in
Michigan observes that Mr.. Bryan may not he
able in four days 10 overcome the normal Re
publican plurality In that State" but what has
become Of the enormous majority for Bryan
claimed there two months ago: Don Dick
inson telegraphs THE New York Herald that
he expects to see the Chicago conspiracy over
whelmingly beaten in Michigan" Mr. Halde-
mann. OF THE Louisville Courler-Journal." as
well Informed as any Democrat In Kentucky.
telegraphs the same paper that Mckinley will
carry the State by $4,000. The leader OF Sena
.orial boilers Mr.. Teller. calmly remarks that
ne comedies Minnesota for Mckinley. but that
,s one of the States on which the Democratic
National Committee at first based lis hopes OF
success. Nebraska was claimed for Bryan by
a great majority, but now he knows 1t Is In
doubt, and VIII spend more time there The
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der the influence OF Great Britain that we hest
tate over cutting our dollars aud our debts in
two in the middle. merely because the English
Government and people in their Grass ignorance
Of finance say II would he dishonest. and Mr..
Bryan says we are disgraced by II. He says ii
Is a shame that We should call one hundred cents
a dollar simply because Great Britain and other
foreign nations say 50. when we could make lois
Of money by calling fifty cents worth OF our
own product dollar.
The fact is that the British people. their Gov
ernmeni and their courts OF justice seem bent
on misunderstanding U.s. They not only pretend
10 say that The cutting OF our dollar in two and
paying debts OH that basis j. dishonest. but they
actually arrest and imprison our kleptomaniacs
Of high social standing. just ~ though they were
guilty of crime. This complication viii end III
something serious II Great Britain does not pres
entity yield gracefully 10 Mr.. Bryans views vi
finance and treat our kep;omaniacs with rea-
sonabe consideration.
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THEATRICAL INCIDENTS.

Miss Georgia Cayvan. at Palmrs Theatre. vii
change the bill next Monday ewing. October H.
presenting the play of Squire late" That piece
acted some time ago at theLyceum.
Mr.. Hart Conway. actor VIII Is pleasantly re.
nembered formerly associate with the COM
panles OF Edwin Booth ard Of Agustin DAILY. has
opened school OF acting in Chiago
Miss Maggie Cline appeared inthe Grand Opera
House last night. and gave 'portive perform.
ance. replete with animal spiritand exhllaratins
vocalism, in a medley Of antic. allied 'On Broad
way"
The play-going people OF Harlm last night saw
Mr.. Rice's burlcsquc company ir'Excesion Jr.."
at the Harlem Opera House. an also the melo.
drama OF The Fatal Card at ts Columbus The
atre
The novelist Ian Macaren. VIII is make his
first appearance in New-York to-isht at the Car
negie Music Hall, does Tot address the public sim
ply reader. but aims TO suggest. as Dickens
did. the impersonaton OF his chaacters He will
interpret scenes from his own s,res. The An.
mails OF Drumtochty Din ''Th, Bonnie Brief
Bush'). speaking mostly from mnory
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Aesua)nrk Daily Gribn,.e
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER -. 1896.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

roREIGN-Advices from London are that
Russia Is rnobllizing her garrisons along the
PIark Sea. - Lady Tina Scott was again ar
rsjgnai in Bow Street Police Court, charged by
Earl Russell her son-in-law, with criminal libel
and committed for trial. - The queen mas
sent message Of coincidence 10 the WIDOW "a
the Archbishop OF Canterbury. - Ihe an
,,uai congress Of the German Socialist party was
formally opened in Seblichen. :" r iyhah'
the alleged "dynamiter." Will be released oy the
French Government. according TO a dispatch from
Ambassador Eustis.
DONESTIC-The storm did great damage
along the New-Jersey coast. - MAJOR NC
Einley addressed two delegations from fehhsyi-
vania who visited him at Canton. ONO
Bishop Chatard Of Indiana, says that Arch
b.shon Ireland's letter denouncing Organism was
p great service 10 the country - The Unlted
states Supreme Court began its annual session
:n Washington News from the North "a
c:5c whaling fleet contained narrowing record
~. cefertions fights. death and mutlny' the
catch Of whales was poor. - Government ex-
J,erls report the existence OF a great gold
ing ledge In Alaska.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-Senator Quay is
sued A statement asserting that Mckinley would
get go electoral votes. and Bryan no. and that
81 votes were doubtful. with the chances OF their
being found in the Republican column. -
The storm did considerable damage along the
coast and the high tides flooded some cellars and
restaurants along the river front. - Com
,-,odore l.. G. Benedict rescued a party on soop
of his country place during the storm. -
Stocks were lower on professional trading.
THE WEATHER.-Forccast for to-day:
Threatening with showers. The temperature
yesterday: Highest. % degrees; lowest. 81;
average 537s.
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immense display at Chicago has shaken faith In
Altgeld's promise Of Illinois, and in desperate
endeavor TO save II Bryan will spend three
days in talking to labor unions at Chicago
The fact cannot be ignored that the Populsf
force Is divided and made savage by the treat
ment Of WATSON and the record OF Sewall
Where formal combination Is made, 1t Is always
on terms which make many Populist voters
feel they have been Aefrauded. On the other
hand. every such combination angers many
Democrats and prepares them 10 vote FOR
Palmer or refuse TO vote ut all. Obviously the
fusion in Western and Southern States does not
get the full support OF either faction. but drives
of some Populists and some Democrats. In
States where every vote was needed to give
even faint chance OF overcoming half the Re
publican majority the mutual anagonisms Of
Democrats and Populists are playing the mis-
chief with the conspiracy. The silver Repub-
leans, moreover. are particularly Disguised 10y
the rca;ment OF their most conspicuous lead
ers. and. while Dubois is being slaughtered In
Idaho by Democrats and Populists. Mr. Teller's
friends are in such shape IN Colorado that they
resort 10 refusal to permit Mckinley electors
on the official ballot which will AFFORD ground
for contestng tire whole vote Of the State In
In Central States is the positive declaration
that the silver mine-owners have refused 10
make any further contribution 10 Bryan's cam
paign fund.- as the desperate fight being made
in every silver State requires their undivided
attention 10 the Senatorial question.
When the great struggle began. 1t was sup
posed by the we'll informed on both sides that
there would be only the fantest serDblance OF
fight in the silver States. and that these
would be conceded without dispute TO the
boiling Republicans Instead, they are fight
ing for their lives in every one Of these States
and have left Mr.. Bryan 20 look ont for him.
self The centre Of the battlefield Is no longer
Indiana Michigan or Kentucky, but Nebraska.
That State and Kansas are now about the only
Northern States this side Of the silver line In
which the Republicans do not feel safe. and
meanwhile Kentucky and even Missouri ap-
pear more likely 10 vote for Mckinley than
Bryan. The change has been wonderful 10
those who saw only the surface at the start.
But the generalshp Of Mckinley and his SUP
porters has been wise. From the outset they
have relied upon the great industrial interests
Of farmers wool-growers, miners. lumbernen
and manufacturers In the Central States TO IN
sure victories like those achieved in the Con
gressional campaign OF 1894. Plainly. their e.
forts are having powerful nfuerce.
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NV REGISTERS OFFICE.

There Is nothing new in ex-Regster Levys
letter which we published yesterday describing
the mserably insecure condition OF the Regis.
ier's Office and forecas'ing the injury which
would follow the destruction by fire OF the rec
ords which II contains. Mr.. Levy has himself
repeatedly called public attention TO this grave
danger and while In Office endeavored 10 con-
vince the public authorities and the people OF
the imperative need OF a new building He has
done WELL however. 10 revive the topic now IN
the hope that the recent fire IN the Corporation
Counsels Office may have inclined the public 10
listen with more interest TO his appeal. The city
Is under great and increasing expense for various
improvements, and this is not the time TO I'M
dertake new works Of any sort unless there Is
q clear need Of them. But Registers Office
which constantly exposes invaluable records 10
risk Of destruction Is disgrace as well as
menace TO the community which requires such
records to be made.
Responsibility for inviting a disaster which
possibly may never come always sits lightly on
all concerned until the event has confirmed the
prediction and lamentations are useless. Moth
ing can be more certain than that there would
be great public Indignation IN case the probable
should happen. and a universal demand that the
blame should be unsparlngly put where It be-
longed That assurance Is the test by which
presen: obligation should be measured. 1t Is
immoral and silly TO be torpid and shiftless in
case Ike this. The project 70. new. fire.
proof Registers Office ought 20 be adopted forth
with as a municipal policy and executed AS so1A
as possible
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TIOLINIST AND NINtER.

Major J. b. Pond gave complimentary entertain.
ment in Chickerng Hail yesterday aftrnoon at which
he introduced a violnst and a ney singer the
New-York public-that r.. he would hive introduces
them to the public had the public respoded 10 his In
vtat,on. The experimen, was aiscoulglng tho
artists for the tha, the method topted Is mol
approved OF In New-York. AIR. Janvan Oordk
violinis,. and Madame Estrea Be.Infant contrslta
would have been heard 10 better advantae had they
given a recital and boldly challenged theopnlon u
music patrons IN general They would probably
have been listened 10 in a spirit OF greaterwmpashv
ard would surely have had as many peop' to hea'
them. They could not very we'll have ma fewer
Though unequa, In merit. both deserve serius con-
slderaaon. The young violinist, obviously urpe, -
he proved by his undeye.oped rhythmcal seHe ana
a lack OF firmness and sureness In his bowir. mas
fine gifts His small tone Is sweet and fine IN isiV
and is moreover. greatly helped by an adnFa'e ia'
strument and II his mastery in stopping INK ~
in forming tone were paired with equa! skill IN o"'
Ing, that is, producing tone he might count on IN
ming a high place In the favor OF American ",'
lovers Madame Bellnfante Is less OF ro''ee ~
arr, and throws so much Of her soul into u s' ~
might be wished she We're less pTodigai t't Srs,ut
ouently forgets the conserl atsm upon "hsn ,i,jiy
in music in some OF lis aspects depends espeS 1.r
such an archaic composition as the fcua al E4r,eo
toni which was long ago inserted IN HNsn solce hat
She has heart that IL fun OF music, a1d In
can pour II out and when she learns IN G 'issioa
serti,nen, and regard for sensuous beauty III e
OF tone /, will be pleasure 10 hear her'
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Hmnsements.

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Japan is one OF those silver-using countries 10
which the Bryanites point as fine examples Of
what this country should be, and would be II
their plans were adopted In Japan the cost Of
food clothing ETC. has risen 30 per cent in the
last FIVE years, while wages have been reduced.
Says well-informed Japanese in the "Koku-
min-no -Tomo': The rich are becoming richer.
and the poor are becoming poorer" A fine ex-
ample surely for this country TO initiate. Our
American wage-earners will eagerly fOow-on
the Greek Kalends
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Failure Of a train bon or dealer 10 hare The
Tribune should dlways be reported
Suburban residents recsirs the regular city
edition Of The Tribune ,cih their o'rn home ne~s
added, tro journals in one.
The Tribune, the original Mckinley ard Hobart
paper has nor ! 500. 900 readers per reek.
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Jnocx to advertisements.
Business Noi,res.

Roll Top Desks and once FURNITURE
t;r,a: Variety 0. style ard Price
r. O sEL1Ew.
M LII Fult0n-r.
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NEW PLAY AT HOYT'S THEATRE.

"A FLORIDA ENCIIANINENT
Last night in Hoyts Theatre new piece called
a Florida Enchantment' and described =
comedy frolic." by Archibald c. Gunter. had .'s
first representation This Is rather a coarse farce
BASED on one of Mr.. Gunter's sores.-a fantassA
tale. with reference transformation OF sex
supposed to be caused by the eating OF certain
magic seeds. An adventurous AID dashing young
woman and her sable female segant are changed
into males. and ars displayed as the chief persons
in a medley OF adventure. in the 1owery State OF
Florida The assumption OF mai personality and
attire by woman is one OF the olest OF old devices
In the drama but IL has been managed. in this In
stance. so TO impart a certat favor OF some
what pcrilous novelty. The word 'froc," which Is
used describe the piece hardlyds notes its exact
character. The mood Of the fare is gay. but the
theme Is not delicate nor has MrGunter treated II
in a delicate way. This is the cas-:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-13

As the campaign draws near its close, look out
for desperate lies and forgeries. The Bryan
managers have been prolific Of them all along.
but there is no reason to suppose their fecund!ty
is exhausted.
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ulCuONyIEs's BACCHANTE REJEC7B"

Boston, Oct. i2.-Mr. Macmonnies's statue OF hi
chan,e which was offered by MI Mckinin' '"e .ns
tect OF the Public Library. to tie trustees " "a
institution with the design OF having II useu AZ
cen,repece OF the fountain In the centrai ~. r,ns
the building was formally rejected by the ~. n
mission to-day, II being voted that The sec'es'
,ns'r~c,ed 70 inform the trustees Of the Puos q
brary that while recognizing the remar ,rhaue
cal merits Of Mr. thermometers statue OF cs~ssrd
as a work OF art this Commission does no.
a. suitable TO the Public Library Building
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II is q little too late in the history OF the world
to say that a Christian minister should simply
preach the Gospel" and not NEEDLE with such