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The sun., 1897-05-19
Golf and CroQuet.

In another column this morning we re-
print from an English journal some express
sions upon the not uncommon habit of
golf. 1t calls back the complaints that used
to rage while the game Of croquet was pop
ular, by which, according to accusations,
the integrity Of great numbers of men and
innumerable women was scorched forever.
Golf has suddenly engaged the interest
OF the world, and one player in it often gets
beyond the eye Of his antagonist, SO that
his score depends solely on his word.
The writer whom we quote alleges that
in his belief no golf club in England is free
from a certain number of dishonest players.
We have seen an indication that their
brothers are also to be found among us in
the effort here to amend the rules for play
ing in that hole of temptation. the bunker.
Custom may say that etiquette forbids
golfer asking his opponent what number
of strokes he has played until the play
for the hole is completed. But in the
interest of sensible and sound sportsman
ship, THE Sun declares the etiquette
which prescribes such conduct to be hereby
lished permitting the question as tostrokes
to be put between hole and hole, at any
time when it doesn't disturb the stroke.
This question, therefore, is now a proper
feature OF the sport, incapable of raising
the issue Of politeness or of confidence in
the other mans integrity. A golf players
honor should be as unspotted as q put
ting green.
The sun., 1897-05-19

Hawaii. This week Boston has Waited his
oracle In order to get some views about
Cuha, which are reverently recorded by our
esteemed contemporary, the Herald. ANY
step that we take in Cuban Affairs" re.
marks Mr.. BTALE, as he puts the thermom-
eter to his intellectual aura, Eve should
have to justify on the same grounds as =
war: that is, by political and moral, rather
than legal considerations"
What thing 1t Is to be professor and
to have talent for public protesting But
suppose that the United States should feel
itself called upon at any time to interfere
in Cuban affairs for the protection of
American citizens or American interestsI
Would not the considerations which
prompted such intervention be legali
Not to what may be called the Bealey-
vealy mind. B1ALE and his congeners
will never admit that the United States
has any legal rights, the exercise Of which
might be disagreeable to a foreign power.
The sun., 1897-05-19
Tho Trnst Post-NIortem.

The Central Labor Union Of this town
has long been known as the most remarka-
BILE collection Of mighty men Of trusts in
the country. Every Sunday 1t meets and
thinks aloud very loudly. 1t is a fedora
tion Of labor trust orators, a parliament Of
Tom MAINS.
Last Sunday the parliament considered,
among other high matters, tho shocking
charge that at the funeral of q member Of
the Electrical Workers trust, cabs not be-
longing to the Cab trust had been used. 1t
Is almost superfluous to say that from the
point Of view of labor trust grandee, this
employment Of funeral coaches not belong
ing to a trust, MANNED and vitiated the
ceremony. The grip of the labor trusts is
not to be broken by death. 1t is the chief
duty of man to live in meek obedience to
the orders of the labor trusts, and he must
be followed to the grave and buried with
out any infraction of their commandments.
The delegate of the Electrical Workers
trust denied that non.trust cabs had been
used at the funeral, but it is impossible to ac-
cept his denial, for the delegate Of the Lib
erty Dawn Coach and Cab Drivers trust de-
clared with solemn earnestness that the fact
was as charged, and that the President Of the
Electrical Workers trust had admitted the
coaches used did not belong to the trust.
So the terrible truth remains.
The tendency to break out at unguarded
points from the control of the labor trusts.
should be repressed by the latter with n
stern hand. If people actually have the
impudence to be buried without the super
vision of labor trust, who knows how far
their unbridled audacity will exert itselfi
People will be dying without getting q
license from the labor trusts next.
The sun., 1897-05-19

part Of his revelation was CANNON. Presi-
dent MoKINLET will not try TO induce the
Cubans to surrender; he has not sent his
Commissioner to Cuba for any such pur-
pose. He would not undertake that Job for
all Spain, with Cuba thrown In.
Furthermore, It would not be In the
power of President MCKINLEY. any moro
than 1t ia in the power of Spain, to induce
the Cuban revolutionists to lay down their
arms. They have fought the gigantic army
of Spain, 100000 strong, for moro than
two years, and they will fight Spain till
they gain their country's freedom, or till
they perish amid its ruins. Thousands OF
them have fallen In glorious battle, and
tens Of thousands moro Of them would die
rather than surrender. They yet fight a.
they have so long fought, and Spain has
never had any reason to believe that they
will give up the struggle as failure.
Why. CANovAsl they wage war for the
inalienable rights of man, among which are
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The only way this Government could help
Spain to gain the surrender of Cuba would
be by sending there an army to back up, or.
rather, to take the lead of Spain's army, In
It's war for royalty and tyranny. That, be
sure, ye butchers for the Bourbon, we never
will do, whatever may happen. More likely.
thousand times, that this Government
will give you the walking papers which
ought to have been sent to Madrid or Ha-
vana long ago.
BY the way, we recall the circumstance
that an offer like that which Ell Herdldo
says has been made to President MoKIN-
LEY by the Spanish Premier was made q
year ago to the dIshonored President then
in the White House. Even that pinch.
back politician had not the measure of
hebetudinosity needed to enable him to
como out openly in its favor, though he
sent heavy documents to the Spanish Gov
eminent containing his adumbrations as
to the means of ending the Cuban war in
the interest Of Spain; and though he
sought to make an arrangement with
that Government in March of last
year, on the basis of his pro-Spanish
intimations :" and though in his message
of December last to Congress he told Of his
negotiations in behalf of Spanish suprem-
acy in Cuba. ALI these proceedings partook
OF the nature Of Clevelandism, and were,
therefore, abhorrent to natural reason, re-
pulsive to the patriotic instinct of the
American people, dishonorable to CLEvE-
LANDS administration, harmful to our Gov
ernment, and disadvantageous to the inter
ests Of the United States.
We are sure that it is not in President
MckINLEY's character to follow an exam.
pie SO revolving. 1t is our thought that the
genius of Americanism dwells in the bosom
of the present President Of the United
States. And we trust that, in the case of
Cuba, he will see his duty, and will perform
it, man fashion.
The sun., 1897-05-19
The Case OF tho Rover.

The strange incident connected with tho
last voyage Of the fruit steamship Rover to
Nicaragua does not seem yet to have been
reported formally to the Department of
State, with view to protest or indemnity.
Such, at least, is the impression that we
gather from the latest news on the subject.
And yet the story told by Capt. REED, on
reaching his home port, New Orleans, shows
that he believes he has a good ground of
complaint.
1t appears that on arriving week before
last at Puerto Cortez, the scene of the re-
cent revolt in Honduras, and observing that
hostilities were going on there, Capt. REED
determined not to anchor, but turned and
made for Omoa, about seven miles dis
tant, and known to be in the Gov
ernment's possession. He had gone a
little more than half way when the
steam tug Lucy b., which the Nicaraguan
Government had turned into n gunboat,
fired solid shot across the Rovers bows,
following 1t with another just as she was
about to stop. Then Gen. REYES, represent
ing the Nicaraguan Government, boarded
the Rover, which had her American flag
flying, examined her papers, searched her
for contraband of war, and. finding none,
allowed her to goon.
The incident. as thus told, resembles
The sun., 1897-05-19

some of those which caused our Govern
ment to demand explanations and apollo
gies OF Spain when our merchant ships, IN
the ordinary conduct OF their business,
were overhauled by cruisers of the coast OF
Cuba. It should be said, however, that the
current accounts of the affair leave 1t uncer-
tain exactly where the Rover was when the
alleged affront was committed. It can read
lily be understood that IL she put into the
port Of Puerto Cortez at the very moment
revolt was actually going on there, and
then, instead Of waiting for visit from
the customs officers, turned and ran along
the coast, and close to 1t, the circumstances
might be suspicious, and the customary
shot across the bows, as a signal to stop,
and the subsequent boarding, might be
only q precaution which the Government
gunboat felt justified in taking. This is the
more evident from the Rover's own state
ment that. on her way back to New Or
leans, she met three sloops and schooner,
with men, all sailing for Spanish Honduras,
apparently bent on aiding the revolt.
At all events, until the sworn facts are
put before tho Department of State, no off,
cial examination of them can be expected; (;
and perhaps the announcement since made
OF the end of the revolt may cause the mat
ter to drop
The sun., 1897-05-19
Foreign Note. or R.., Interest.

Hans DeibrucE. editor OF tho Preussis'te .'ahr.
buecher has been appointed the chair OF history In
Berlin University. held by the late He.Hr!ch voa
Tretschke.
Lamartines manuscripts OF his poems have eeea
handed over TO the Paris National Library by N.
Emile olivier. as the literary executor OF AIls'
Valentine de Lamartine.
Italy has . music rust 4 we,l.kLowu frm OF
music publishers controlling copyrights ant iheE
tres so that no opera be given without ' roa'
sent and no singer engaged save at its dlgtation.
When the Duke of Connaughts term Com
mAnder at Aldersnot expires he Will he mace
Quartermaster General. His next step toward me
Command In Chief will probably be the Adiuian''
Generalship.
Three thousand Lsscars. spec'sIly imp"rtei arc
TO be turned loose London by lhe Frniu'UH
and Oriental and other Amship lines piSinS Win
the East. As their contribute TO the pl:turesla la'-
ness of the Queens celebration.
Important frescoes OF the fourteenth ant NJ
teenth centuries have been discovered untr the
plaster the walls or the Church OF San pomen
leo At Riete In umnria. Among them is cofaas-
t,ou OF ST. Peter Martyr by PlnturiccR!o.
ou.sen. the prlmate of Poland's see. is rcl'i'a''
ing the ninth centenary OF Its patron. SLlN' 'h'
bert, who was put TO death by the he ItEe" lf'
SLAMS he was trying to convert In wv. H. h ~
lieA In a solid silver shrine in Guesen Catneira.
In Italy only half of the criminals escaIe t'i's'
tion according to signor ferriani wao has "r.l''h
a book Clever and Fortunate Criminal TO
asserts that while 1000 crimes whose authors "e's
not detactsd were Committed in Franc" iu lN!o'
the yearly number OF such crimes Is now sooV
while Queen Victoria has been ruling Great rrt'
ain. Hannah Ers~er OF Ritton. In CLIQUE strrs''r'
has been delivering the village mail. tram ~
eleven miles day for sixty years. She has .H'' i
tired on pension at the age OF ~ years win
The sun., 1897-05-19

proved beyond the capacity Of her resources.
II assistance II rendered to her, at the In.
stance of the powers, TO enable her to meet
the liabilities that will certainly be i'm
posed to provide war indemnity to Tur-
key, It will only be on condition that
her finances are placed in the hands Of a
commission of control appointed by the
powers. With that her independence is
limited, and she will be placed practically
In the same condition of financial tutelage
as Turkey il now, and Egypt was before
the British occupation. In view Of the
misuse which the men who have been Of
late at the head Of Greek affairs have
made Of their political power, and their
want Of Judgment, this would not be
the worst thing that could happen to
Greece II her selfappointed tutors were
wholly disinterested. Everything now de.
pends on whether Greece possesses the re-
Operative force to lift her out Of the mis-.
fortunes that have overtaken her; and
whether she has friends among the great
powers with sufficient interest to bcfriend
her during the period Of penance through
which she must now Inevitably pass.
The sun., 1897-05-19
Tho Penance OF Greece.

With the proclamation of a cessation of
hostilities between Turkey and Greece, the
Eastern difficulty enters on Its most in
teresting phase. The battle fought
on Monday along the foot of the
Othrys Mountains reflected no dis
credit on the Greeks; they were out
numbered and outtlanked, and had
to yield to superior force. The interest in
the struggle is now transferred from tho
battlefield to the sphere Of diplomacy,
where the forces engaged are as yet an un-
known quantity and the intentions of the
various powers composing the concert are
only vaguely suspected.
What induced the Sultan to show his
good will to the powers by ordering q sus-
pension of operations is not very clear, but
the sudden decision of the Bulgarian Gov
ernment toproceed with the mobilization of
portion of its army no doubt had something
to do with 1t. There is only one argument
the Turk understands, that of force and
there is no pastime in which he is more
In his element than in tho exercise of
his capacity for subterfuge, delay, and
fincssc. The coming negotiations for peace
between Greece and Turkey will afford the
Sultan every opportunity for the practise of
these, and unless the powers are pre-
pared with definite proposals which they
mean to enforce, either collectively or
by a mandate to one or more of
their number. the negotiations may be
spread over an indefinite period. There are
now two separate questions to be treated
that of Greece and that of Cretan au-
tonomy. They will both have to be settled
with due regard to that diplomatic fic-
tion, the integrity of the Ottoman EN-
pire, on which the Austrian and Rus
sian Governments are ostentatiously
agreed. AS we anticipated at the time
the first indications were given of
the probable scope of the Turkish de.
mands, the powers are unanimously op-
posed to any infringement of the status quo
in the matter of the capitulations and the
other privileges they enjoy in common with
Greece. The Sultan will not be permitted
to establish any precedent In that direc-
tion; not that the powers care so much
about Greece, but because 1t would deprive
them of one of principal means of inter
fering in the internal affairs of Turkey. For
Greece, the diplomatic campaign of which
she will now be the object will be nearly
as dangerous to her independence and in.
ternal tranquility as the war just termi-
mated. Her actual debt has long since
The sun., 1897-05-19
Spnnguliken.
An esteemed correspondent in West Rur
ley writes as follows:

An esteemed correspondent in West Rur-
ley writes as follows:
"I ind in THE Sex this account of q word whioh was
common enough about here when was boy but
which Is not often heard nowadays:
"'spanguiiken is word which sppesrs to descend
a. sort OF transmittendum from the Erie county
aged decrept, worn.out and useless sclidunsal ate
perissodsctyl mammal Of the family Equtdg and
professional rcformcr; a Citizens Union man
"Ihave always understood that spansuliken was
an Indian word and 1t is not uncommon in the Oneida
reservation at this day. 1t used to have here
ing which seems TO have escaped you. To say that
man IL spanguken IA TO say that he ia q conceted
puppy that he knows It ALL Perhaps upstart. or
the slanE phrase .asmarty,' gives the meaning go
much moro finely expressed by the good old word
spanguken. II ought to be revived
"a SCHOOL TEACHER"
From Batavia comes the informal ion that
spanguliken corresponds pretty closely
to our vulgar phrases, a weak sister,
"a poor shoat.' OF course this is de-
rived sense. In Tonawanda, when It was
a farming town, spanguliken was applied
not only to outworn horses and mules, but
in particular to young calves and lambs Of a
weak constitution" From Batavia, too, we
have this: "Spanguliken, 4. To make a
fool Of ones self, an exhibition of ones self"
The more this interesting word is stud
led, the greater becomes the mass of testi-
mony about it. Atpresent it's Specifications
may be classified as follows:
"spanEuIiken, n n) An aged. deorepit worn.
out. and useless soiduusulate perissodactyl NAM
NAL Of the family Eoutde and genus Eqvus: old
plug; mule emeritus; (2) sickly calf or lamb;
(s) person intellectually weak inefficient; t4) an
upstart. q princox. a conceited puppy. q corcomb;
(5) hack politician. q professional reformer,
champion Of nonpartisanship; 10 Cby q concrete
extension Of all these meanings) active member Of
tho Cits' Union"
Spanguliken is a useful word.
The sun., 1897-05-19
a.eauuent for the Private.


There are many beautiful and costly mon.
uments which have been erected to Generals
and other officers, and also so-called soldiers
monuments. but not one monument distinctly
erected and dedicated to the enlisted men OF tho
army and navy. the character of the monument
now proposed to be erected.
Grand Army place was named from being
the site of the national encampment OF tho
Grand Army Of the Republic, held in Washinc.
of the monument there and then took shape.
The site Is what was formerly known as tho
White House lot. and lies to the south OF The
White House in the neighborhood OF the Wash
ington Monument. The incorporators, o. tho
association named include thirty well.known
the Administration-the election OF Presi.
dent Ceveland-caused halt in the proposed
plan. 1t being thought that Mr.. Cleveland might
be inimical to extending Government aid toward
the erection of the monument Several days
ago the directors held a meeting. and il is now
proposed to go ahead with the plan, which, IN
the first instance contemplates the raising o.
81 100000 and. SO far rs may be. by popular
subscription, not only among Grand Army pos's
Womens Relief Corps. Sons OF Veterans, DaUsh.
ters Of America, but from the public at large.
The sun., 1897-05-19
Prof. Veal OF Harvard.

For some reason unknown, one Mr..
JOSEPH II. BEALE, Professor of Law at
Harvard University, is consulted with sub
lime confidence by the Boston folks when
ever they want final opinion as to matters
international. The opinion is telegraphed
to the uttermost parts of the world, and then
Boston draws on her nightcap and goes to
bed, feeling that the international question
is settled. 1t is the engaging peculiarity OF
Mr. BEALB to take the anti-American side
of cvery controversy between the United
States and a foreign nation. Possibly.
therefore. he may be regarded and con-
suited as a curiosity.
The country has been blessed with the
visws of Mr.. BEALE on Venezuela and
The sun., 1897-05-19
Golf as Recreation.

Mr.. Allan, who has won the amateur cham
pionship for ss7. has taught us another saiutary
lesson. 1t is often said that golfer. to win first
honors, must give his whole attention TO the
game, which is best played with a vacant mind
But here is medical student, who has come
successfully through various examination
their stiffness. and with his nnai trials awaiting
him, which his future career depends. he
enters a field open to the world. and comes out
first. May we not, therefore. say that golf is q
game for those whose brains are busy; that it is
a tonic against the evil of tho cramming system
which characterizes more or less all e1amina-
tions; that hard study does not interfere with.
but helps golf and that golf does not interfere
with. but helps hard studyl
The sun., 1897-05-19

At the Berkeley Lyceum In West Forty fourth
street. Friday evening next. Mrs. sigridr Maznus.
son will lecture on " William Norris His Home and
Social Life" for the benent OF her girls school and
home At RsykJsyik. Iceland. Mrs. MAgnusson Is the
wife OF Erikr MagnuSson. the Icelandic poet and
photographer. who collaborated with William Morris
in much Of his literary productions She speaks from
personal knowledge OF Norris and her lecture should
appeal all those who have read and enjoyed Nor
rS's works. We dare say II will give deeper insight
into the posts nature shan has yet been sn by any
eEitiqne or appreciation"
The sun., 1897-05-19
Spanguliken is a useful word.

THE Suns correspondent, GARCIA. has been
arrested by order of Gen. wEYLER and committed to
prison.-Hardnd despatch.
To the Chicago Associated Press and to its
subjugated vassals and assiduous mercenaries.
our late colleagues, we present the assurance Of
our grateful recognition Of the foregoing evil
dence Of their business enterprise. 1t is pretty
desperate case that calls for a remedy so infa-
nous as betraying THE Suns correspondent. on
false and fabricated charges, into the hands of
WEYLER But Of this more anon.
The sun., 1897-05-19
There are enemies who proclaim that Democ
racy ts dead.-Mo5Le Daily Register.

American Democracy. that is, JEFFERsoN's g
ideas of equal rights, equal laws. mans right
to life liberty. and the property he has earned.
are still alive. as they always will be; but they
are dead to the Democratic party as 1t exists to-
day. AS a result OF the deplorable influence
exerted on the Democratic party by GROVER
CLEVELAND and his disciples. BRYAN. DEBs.
ALTGELD. and TILLMAS. the Jeffersonian prin.
ciples Of Democratic government find their hope
in the Republican party, an organization which.
for all its specious vagaries. has always been
American at heart
The sun., 1897-05-19
It's a queer company that wants to kee

It's queer company that wants to keep
municipal politics separated from national poll
tics. to go further still. to keep national poll
tics out Of State politics. The partners in the
effort are. first, Democrats of the new school,
who think that in such city as New York the
surest way to carry the town is to suppress the
national issues Of Populism. and. secondly. the
lethargical amateur citizens who hate politics
anyway as 1t is conducted on the field where
tho ablest man becomes the leader. and who
want to boss things themselves.
The sun., 1897-05-19
Goveruor BlaeL aaa tho Cl,,l service.

Prom the Philadelphia Ledger.
Tho Governor, so far his approval of the bill is
concerned Will be sustained not only by the profes.
sona politicians but also by considerable class OF
people who really think that civil service reform has
been carried tribe too far. There Is undoubtedly
genuine ;tIon against the competitive ex am.
ination System The Governors attitude toward tho
reform appears TO be much the that OF Public
Printer Palmer, who that unleSs the present sys
TEN can be modified he prefers the old system Of
making appointments without examinations.
The sun., 1897-05-19

The Courier-Journdlw wastes words when
It appeals to tho "manliness and fairness" Of
the New York ErerinD Post and asks 1t to be
square In its treatment of President MCKINLEY.
Those arc qualities which the Evening Post does
not possess; and straightforwardness in its
methods Of dealing with political opponent and
its measures is an accident which very rarely
happens.
The sun., 1897-05-19
Governor OF Maryland Loscs His Vote.
Frop, IN, RaIffmore 1u.ric1n

quires a man to be resident of the city one year
before he can be registered. and should 2arson
leave the city with his family. his name can rs
stricken from the registration books. and rcS-
dent Of the city removing from one ward 10 aA-
other, u he has been from the ward more Than
thirty days, must be transferred or he viii ESQ
for many years. and his name during the ,atH
sitting was stricken from the books. and he j,
therefore, a nonresident of the city and will
have to reside in this city with his family one
year again before he can be qualified yo'eT OF
the city.