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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-16
TUT PFSTJT IN BROOkLIN.

The outcome of Tuesday nights struggle IN
the Kings County Republican General Commit
tee is plainly less rebuff to MT worm 'iiah
ii is signal and significant triumph lor MI
Low. That with The full strength or so man!
diverse elements in Brooklyn politics concen-
trated to insure his downfall the nominal lead-
or of the Low forces in the committee siouid
lave suffered a temporary personal reverse IL
moi IN bc wondered at But that the Mayorait!
candidate Of the defeated minority should nave
been able to rally TO his support In the race OF
an apparent preliminary setback. nearly I'VE
sixtbs Of the entire membership of the commit
.tee testifies with peculiar nphasis to the eN-
istence of an irresistible demand In Brooklyn
for the recognition by the Republican orgahHa-
ton there of that candidates eXceptlonal aVaia-
blllty and popular strength
Probably only a few Republican voters IN the
CITY of Churches were able really TO interest
themselves in the series of manGuvres for per-
sonal and political advantage which eliminated
on Tuesday evening In the overthrow or the
Worth interest in the County committee
and the advancement Of the Woodruif-fla
alliance to temporary power But thousands
of Rcpubljcans had taken the trouble to show
by their personal activity their Interest IN the
nomination for the Mayoralty OF the greater
CITY of the sole candidate to whom the friends
OF high-minded and cleanhanded municipal adj
ministration can now turn with any assurance
of success Whether Mr. Worth for whatever
purposes, was TO retain or lose control or the
Kings County Committee was therefore Tor
the mass of Brooklyn voters the question OF
minor Importance to be decided night before
last To them. az we'll as TO the Republican
voters Of the other boroughs Of the fast-weldiA8
imperial city, the true significance OF Tuesday
trial Of strength turned on It's disclosure of the
genuine vitality Of the movement to secure a
union Mayoralty nominaton-a vitality which
could convert within two hours an ostensiDle
Low minority of nine votes into an Irresistible
Low majority Of 113.
If the feeling shown Mt the meeting OF the
County Committee can be trusted the borough
of Brooklyn will send to the greater city con-
yention a delegation ain ost sodly pledged to
support the Low canvass. The leaders who are
still holding out in this city against practical
bic union on general anti-Iammany ticket
are perhaps too obstinately blind to read the
true lesson Of the double result Of the Brook
lyn contest. II they were half as receptive as
they are eruptive they could easily perceive In
it the warning that, though political leaders
may be disciplined" and political followings
dlsorganlzed and disrupted, no popular move
ment which has the intelligence, the confidence
and the hard good sense Of the mass OF Re
publican voters behind 1t can be checked or
sdetracled by the mere manipulations which
suffice tc upset personal political machine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-16
CIVIL SERVICE ORDERS IN COURT.


An opinion which, if sustained on appear, VIII
have an important bearing on the adlhlhis'ia'
Theoretically. at least-of the Civil Service
net of 1883 has just been handed down D! JUS
eco Wo,ter Cox in the Supreme Court of the Dis
.u,o. % columbia. The issue which the Judge
,ras called ON TO decide was far-reachlng ohe'
Gov :, involved more or less pointedly the whole
scone of the powers vested Jointly In the fresi-
dont opd the Civil Service Commission to regu'
,ote admissions TO and removals from the
o,os,,6ed nublc service. 1t is true that only
.hoso norts of the rules now In force when
limit rho mower of the President or OF heads OF
Aonor,ments 70 enforce dismlssals were brought
d,roct,x into ouestion in the case before Judge
GOV Pint the general right Of the Executive
hroncb of the Government to abridge us own
trherer+ authority TO appoint and to remove
classified employees except in accordance with
tho letter of the act Of 1888 Is incidentally dls-
cussed in the opinion delivered last tues
d,v and the validity Of all Executive rules or
orders which do not find incontrovertiDle sane
t;on in existing legislation Is broadly and en-
nhatjcally denied Such regulations. being void
ard ultra vres are declared to AFFORD no
ground of legal redress TO petitioners VINO ap-
neal I'm the courts for their enforcement
The case on which Judge Cox has just passed
Is well-known one. Not long ago John U.
Woods. an appointee Of the Cleveland Admin
istrat,or. holding the office Of Supe 'intende1t
of Mails at Louisville KY was removed by
PcstmasterGeneral Gary and successor III
stalled in his place. The ousted official main-
tanned that he had been elected solely Tor po-
ltlcal reasons and III open defiance OF the pro-
visions Of an Executive order issued by Presl'
dent Cleveland on November Q, 1896 which re-
ou,red that no person in the classified Civil Ser
vice should thereafter BE- dismissed because
Of poitical or religious opinions or affiliations
Woods promptly entered suit against the Post
er-General and went TO Washington 10
ask for an order iE the District courts COM
pellInp his own reinstatement In the LOUISVILLE
postoffice Judge Cox refused to grant the Pc
tit,on on the ground thu his court, an equity
court. had nc Jurisdiction in the case. But in
dismissing the appeal he took occasion 10 argue
with great elaboration that the inherent power
of the Executive to make removals could not
he abridged except by actual legislation, ana
TINT the law Of 1883 certainly contained no
provisions which warranted the PRONUNCIATION
Of President Clevelands order OF November :,
1900 The more recent order Of President Nc
Kinley that no employe in the classified SER
vice should be dismissed except ON written
charges and with full opportunity for de-
fence, was similarly dismissed as beyond the
time scope of existing law and wholly impo-
tent to limit the exercise by the head Of a de-
partment of his natural and incOntestable
power to enforce removals.
II have no doubt" said Judge Cox. in sum-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-16

ming up his theory OF the scope and validity
cf the orders on which the plaintiff based DIS
appeal for redress, that the President ma! III!
clown rules for the internal policy OF ms Al
administration and may require his chleI e1ecu-
tive officers, dependent upon his pleasure TOT
"thcr tenure Of Office, 10 conform to them or
else sever their official relations with MN. ana
lin that sense the rules relied on by the COM
"plainant were within his political and exccu-
tive authority. But the enforcement or such
rules is a matter Setween the President ana
"bis Cabinet. and not matter for the courts
cor one in which the complainant has any legal
interest
so explicit a denial Of the legality Of the two
Executive orders which nave marked our fur-
thcst progress toward an efficient civil Ser
vice may justly have excited alarm In certain
quarters. Under a partisan and reactohhry
Administration Justice COX's opinion might III
deed be taken as an invitation to general on
slaught ON the safeguards which now protect
the public employment against wholesale spo-
llati0D. But with a President firmly committed
to a policy which would push to their utmost
limit the benc1cent operations Of the conpetl-
tive system. 10 harm can come Of the mere
oblter dictum even from a Federal bench. that
the enforcement OF the Civil Service law IN us
most advanced form must remain for the pres
cnt "a matter between the President ana MS
Cabinet" At the most, Justice CoXs opinion
points to the need Of some supplementary CIVIL
Service legislation at the next session or Con-
Gress But whether this legislation Is secured
or not and under whatever imputation of tech
meal invalidty the Executive orders OF NO
vember ., 1896. and July % 1891. may be al
lowed to lang,lsh. II is safe TO assume that they
will be retained in active force as IAN internal
policy" of the Mckinley Administration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-16
WHEAT ESTIMATES EXAMINED.

1.-THE Orange Judd Farmer IS fairly entitled
10 the credit Of having made more accurate
wheat estimates than those of the Government
for four years past At the same time It's fig
ures might be revised so as TO make it, reports
still more valuable. unless 1t Is inclined 10 for
sake the position, which 1t has fortified with
ability, that the consumption as food in this
country has not materially diminished. 1t Is
obvious enough that the mean population for
the year, and not the population when the year
began should be reckOned in computing con-
sumption for each year. and the multiplication
OF this mean population by 1913 bushels, the
rate so closely maintained for many years, gives
consumption OF 80, 79S,0O0 bushels in 1893
'94, 800, 10000 the next year, 800 ,32G 900 the
next year and 1886 10000 in the last crop year.
differing irregularly from the figures used by
the paper mentioned. which amount for the four
years to 1,2S2, 100000 bushels, whereas the fore
going figures amount TO 3O4 ga 900 bushels
The allowance Of that paper for exports Is also
100000 bushels too low for the year 1S9i-'95
as the official records of domestic and foreign
exports less imports will show. the net exports
for four years being 5IS S0S3J0 bushels flour
included Whether seed De reckoned / 900 900
or 100000 bushels lower than the Government
allowance Is of small consequence, but IN view
of the grave official errors in acreage probably
IN allowance OF 54,000O00 bushels would be
safer or 216.OOO,O0O for the four years These
| changes would make the distribution 20g0 OOO-
| 600 bushels in the four years, or 19l, 900 600
! more than the estimates OF yield under examna-
ton. and 34S,OOO,OO0 more than the estimates
by the Government.
1t is quite true that there was large surplus
July /. 1893, from previous crops, for the visible
supply with an allowance Of half as much more
would make 93,475,J0O bushels, without attempt
ing an impossible census Of wheat IN farmers
hands at that date, when in many States new
wheat had been coming in for some time. The
difference between the commercial stocks thus
estimated In 1853 and 1897 is about 65.000,OOO
bushels, and 1t Is not easy to find satisfactory
evidence that there was further decrease Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-16
NOT A EAIR EXCHANGE.

"An international exchange" IS ingenuously
or perhaps acknowledgement by Ihe
Montreal Daily Witness" to settle the chief
boundary dispute between Canada and the
United States. In single word 1t would dis
miss all questions as to whether coast means
edge Of the main land or outlying fringe or
islands. and as to whether Portland Canal
means Portland Canal or Benin Canal. Why
bother over such things? Let US make trade
and call Il square. The boundary OF tho
Alaska panhandle" is in dispute. Abolish
the dispute by giving the whole panhandle"
to Canada, and compensate the United States
by moving the northern half Of the Alaska
boundary eastward two degrees, from the 14Ist
to the 139th meridian. That would give the
United States about twice as much land as 1t
would give Canada; and 1t would give the
United States the whole of the immensely rich
Klondike region, and give Canada only the
comparatively worthless coast lands Of the
pan handle" Why not? And "The Witness"
seems to think the United States would jump
at the offer, and only Canada have to be per-
suaded to make the sacrifice in the interest of
reighborly peace.
1t is tempting proposition, without doubt
but not from the United States point Of view.
Not by good deal. This country Will scarcely
trade a temperate coast region, always access-
bic and immensely rich in animals, timber
and minerals, for an inland strip Of rocks and
glaciers in the Arctic Zone snowbound three
quarters OF the year There is some gold up
there, no doubt. But there is probably ten times
as much in those very islands and that coast
region which THE Witness" would have this
country give up to Canada. Dawson City may
be a lively mining camp. But ii Is scarcely as
desirable for a permanent possession as are
Sitka and Juneau. After the placer gold on the
Yukon is gathered up what else remains? Mos
uuitoes three months Of the year and snow
drifts nine But after the great quartz mines
of Douglas Island and all the other mineral
wealth Of the "pan-handle" shall DE exhausted.
Welding thousand times greater returns than
all the Klondike, the coast Will still be rich In
timber and in fish, and even to some extent In
agriculture
No, the Dominion must be content with Its
present strip Of the Pacific llttoral. The United
States will not give up to 1t the whole coast
from Puget Sound to Mount ST. Elastic
whole coast that is Of value the year round.
1t will not make wider by many miles the gap
between It's own main territory and Alaska.
1t Will not as THE Witness" naively suggests,
try to induce the Canadian Government to
make such an exchange, nor regard such an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-16
Hmnsements.


ACADEMY OF SI5-Nature ,,.,u,,
BIJOU THEATRE-S:l5-The Wrong MY "rb"''
rASINO-SiO--The Whirl 81 the Town
DALYS-si5-Thc Circus Gill. ... and c,n..
EDEN MCsEE-Wax Works. Grand OohV''I ~
nntograph.' .t..
EMPIRE THEATRES: oo-Secret Service. s.,,r.r, po-
FIFTH AVENUE TdEATRE-s:2O-A S'u'N''" ~
- q, ~eu.-yor;k
rARRrCK TUEATRT-s:15-A STRANGER IN ~, jim
GRAND OPERA HOCSE-S-At Gay 'oneH laia i.,,. ~
HARLEM OPERA HoUsE-sI5-Tne N's's'''''
yr~v1"s TINE ArPr-s. ao-A bachelors HoneFh,' ,-,
HERALD SQUARE THEATRE-S:l1-lhe "''' ''
KNICK ERBOCKER-S:i5-ln Town. -,,o,.5s Com
ROSTER 4: BIAtiS-1:SO-Varieiy ana l'o'
vCFr'w NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Aley.
Observation-Disclosures Uappentl 70 Jo''S'
OLYMPIA ROOF GARDEN -Naudey lie. ,,..,o,,,rosa
pAeT0R'c-I2. 80 10 II u m-C0ntinuous Ie'loihuE-''
'r.rhsr'Rr PALACE 20 9o-Naudevlue'
TRrIBY-io a. m. tll MISUNDERSTANDING. - 49,.
NTtIT.,C'K'S TIEENTPE- STA Coet " M'l'
WEBER & FIELDS MUSIC HAL'~-S -i'"''eS'I"
CioF Hand r,.o,,.,
18th STREET neutrality-suspicious. We Forgive
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-16

The Mad Mullah's first holy war having peeii
knocked into the Afghan equivalent OF cooked
hat he is now proclaiming another, giving MS
followers the honor Of leading 1t whiie ne
skirmishes around in the rear to encourage
them. Unless he is particularly vigilant' ne
will wind up as the leading figure In SIDE
show, possibly a stuffed one, at any rate WIFI
all the religious influence siphoned and fumi-
gated out Of It,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-16

exchange as obviously good bargain Tor the
United States" If Canada would throw III
Montreal to boot-exccpting. Of course. The
Witness" offce-the proposition might possibly
he considered. Otherwise. 1t Will scarcely De.
There are some things more valuable than gold
mines in Arctic glaciers. The old boundary
had better stand. rectihed and delimited ac-
cording to sense and Justice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-16
sEOUELS TO THE ANGUS-CRAVEy SUIT

San Francisco Sept. lS-The Grand Jury has been
instructed to investigate the genuineness OF Inv
famous pencil will and deeds to Mrs. Nettie 8"
Craven. alleged to have been written by the Ia"
Senator James G.. Fair. Many witnesses have been
suh,nnoad Among the witnesses Yesterday were
r. b. Mitchell Myer Ruef. father OF Attorne!
Rueff: Mrs Marks. Daniel OConnell and Herringe''
a pawnbroker. ~ ,a,
who recently married Miss Margaret craven
daughter OF the defendant In the Angus-Cra'en
suit saws In a signed statement THE fight VIII 81
on regardless of expense and money which here,Ss
fore NAV have been lacking will now be forthcomnns
for the purpose of vindicatng justice and truth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-16

Sims Reeves enchanted two generations Of his
countrymen, singing TO them in a voice which
St Cecilia herself might have breathed upon
his lips but as there is an end OF all things. an
end has come to the light and splendor OF his
sustained career. For the first time in his melo-
dious mlnIs,ratIon Of fifty years his tones the
other day In London fell on cold. unwilling ears.
and he received from his auditors no token of
APPRECIATION. There Is pathos In his broken note
OF farewell, which might wisely have been given
forth some time ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-16
LIFE UNDERWRITERS IN SESSION.

Milwaukee. Sept 15.-The ninth annual CONVEX
ton of the National Association Of Life unaeI'
writers was called to order In the Masonic lem
pie on Jeffsrson-st. at 10:45 a M to-day by Pres.
dent David s. Hendrck, OF Washington. Ane'
the appointment OF a committee on creden.'a..
president Hendr.ck delivered his annual address
Colonel c. NJ Ransom Editor Of The StandsrIt
Boston, then read paper on Origin and GrorTshss
Present and Future, OF Life Underwriters. ~
delegates were entertained in the afternoon va
. carriage drive about the city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-16

The Civil Service Commission In Chicago is
having rather n rugged road to travel. and at
last accounts was about to hand in Its resigna-
t,on TO Mayor Harrison In order ito relieve him
Of embarrassment" The really embarrassed
person in the crisis was the Secretary of Pub
lie Works. who had been circulating injurious
reports about the Commission. and who was
nicked out OF his official chair and summary
dropped out OF the window, where he will have
an opportunity Of medtating on the instability
OF political place and the evanescence Of po-
litical power. The Democrats naturally want
TO crowd their heelers into fat berths and, as
the Civil Service rules stand In the way of H.
they naturally make war upon them by every
means In their power
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-16
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The Episcopal Mission to Seamen. In Philadel-
phia employs gospel launch and finds 1t very ef'
fectiye IN reaching the seamen Of the port
You are charging me most horrible prices
complained the prospective KlondikP
III is lust this way" said the Seattle Merchant
You either strike II rich or freeze TO dedth' 90
either way you won't miss the money you are
leaving misunderstanding Chronicle
THE Kennebec Journal says that a man OF sus-
crptibIe sympathles living in Bath read In a good
hook the other day that II was cruel to compel
horse 10 wear binders. Accordingly he TOOK the
binders of his horse the next time he took the
animal out The horse was so frightened IN con-
sequence that he ran away. smashing new busSy
into smitherecns
4 Corroborated Crlticlsm.-"What the piece
needs" said the man who volunteers advice Is
.Srhat's eXactIy what I said" replied the man
agcr II told the leading lady yesterday that
when she plays that part she ought 10 put on more
airs. "-(WnshinGton star
Tho old Parsons Tavern Of Springfield. Mass
ia about TO be torn down. 1t there that George
Washington met Colonel Worthington Colonel Will
iams. Adiutant- General Of Massachusetts, ana
other gentlemen. and John Adams was frequently
n guest in IL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-16

lie, they must instruct their players 70 respect
the umpres. Nearly all the games TINS yea,
have been marred by an excess OF kicking, anu
frequently umpires have been insuited ana eve. en-
assaulted. Rowdyism on the baseball field VIII
not be tolerated. and the owners and n'ahase''
of clubs can stop It II they WILL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-16

II the report were true that England has OBJ
talncd q concession 10 complete the Panama
Canal It might also be true that she would be
glad 10 eubet the contract before she had
planted half as much money In that expensive
ditch as France has put there.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-16

cahargarti will rank with Lucknow and the
Alamo ard Sikhs be deemed the peers OF Anglo
Saxons In loyalty and herosm. II twenty lives
for one is the rate at which they yield to the
empires foes, Britain may well trust her Indian
border to Sikh guardianship.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-16

The Tribune is glad TO receire mt0rma-
,;ou of te fdilnre of any ne1rsman TO haze
COPIES of the paper on sale. ru
For Subscription rates OF me u1ohhe'
see "SbeciM Notices" on the obboSHe PAGE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-16

At last the Eighth-ave. and Fifty-ninth-st
Circle Is asphalted, making spot OF symmetry
and up-to-date finish where till this time there
has been something else It's completion bears
promise Of similar attention to other places
along the fullest causeways OF municipal travel
which stand In similar urgent need OF It,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-16

Even those whose profession It Is to plough the
ocean have been inoculated with the KlondIke
fever, which is responsible for the desertion OF
the greater part Of the crew Of the British steam
ship Dorothy recently arrived at Savannah The
sailors and fremen left note for the captain
saving that they had gone to find nuggets In
Alaska's gold digglngs. and generously prom
,sed to return in two years, bringing back gold
enough to buy the Dorothy and present It TO the
captain as a pleasure yacht.
II the proprletors Of professional baseball clubs
wish to retain the generous support Of the pub
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-16
HIS DOWNFALL.

IIc used 10 be a ladies' man.,
BabNng and gay;
lie wore his hair in bangs ana had
A winning way
He used 10 bc a ladies man..
But things are run on another plan
To-day,
Now he's Just a woman's man.
Silent and meek:
His wife says men are fools, ana ne 5
Afraid TO squeak;
She's big and strong and runs analrs
And sits upon him II he cares
To snnaki
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-16

TO STAND BY THEIR GUNS.-The spirit with
which any suggestion OF harmon!zng the conf.ct'
ing elements in the Democratic party Is received
I'm the South Is illustrated by views expressed W
Representatives Wheeler OF Alabama. Gaines o.
Tennessee and Livingston OF Georgia TO star
reporter The three were seen together. ana
simultaneously declared that the silver peop"
were more stiff backed and determined In the nsh'
than ever before. They declared that there wa
absolutely no loss OF strength In the South, out
on the contrary, they were making gains Mosl "
the Gold Democrats. they said, were either co1nns
back without condition or were gong over 70 Wv
Republican party, few holding 10 their inuepen.
dent attitude. Mr. Livingston said that the shsii
men had no concessions to make. but told the To.e
Democrats that they could either come back lnss
the party, accepting the platform, or Keep awS
altogether Mr. Gaines and Mr.. Wheeler SAID sups
stantiay the same thing. They all agreed tnat "
the Bank OF England made one-tifth OF It's reset,W
silver this action would have no relation TO tnss
question OF ar international agreement but wouIo
be the result OF the demands Of trade ana COZ.
fesslon that gold alone could not fulfil the requis
ments of trade. Mr.. Gaines said that Mr.. Bryan, IN
his speech at Nashville on October 5. which W. W..
he Nebraska Day. would sound the Keynote Tor ~
silver forces and that after that speech there wo
be no more talk about weakening on the part OF W
silver people or OF harmony between them ana tnSS
God Democrats on the basis of compromise III"
concessions by the Bryan people.