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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-14

EX-MAYOR STEWARDS SUCCESS Ex-Mayor
Stewart OF Ottawa is on board the Cunard Line
steamer LIcana, which sailed from Liverpool to-
dav for New-York Previous to his departure Mr..
Stewart announced that the business connected
with the completion OF tho ottawa and Georgian
Bay Canal. which brought him here, has been sue
cessfuly consummated,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-14

PERSONAL - EX-Nic"-' commissioners ".'".''' -.
~ -. ,.r..,,,, sail. for New York next week
ln'h 90 ,nn Sorth German LLOYD steamer spree
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-14

LONDON SCHOOL. FIGHT.-The struggle for the
control of London's School Board is raging hercely,
and is growing more intense as the time for the
elections approaches. The issues somewhat In
volved. but broadly. the contendng parties are
the Progressives and the Moderates. and the bone
of contention is religious teaching in the Board
schools The ProgressiVes tend TO scCularism. and
accuse the Moderatcs OF a desire again TO bring the
people under the control Of the priests and the
Church Of England. The Moderates admit a desire
to reiHtroduce UNCONVENTIONAL teaching in the
schools but they claim a monopoly OF the desire
for economy so far as consistent with efficient
education. The expenditure Of the schools under
the present Board with Progressive majority
shows rapid increase In the cost per child.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-14

AGE or ELECTORS. The Conservatives VII.
,.,,odncc a hin In the Rcichs'ag nxing the axe OF
cIc,,or. At thirty Instead ~ twenty I'VE ana pro-
,t,llov Tor public Instead Of secret haIp'.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-14

TIIE- ENGINEERS STRIKE.-Wh'le preiirui
nary meeting of the representatives, OF the striking
engineers and of the employers ~ the men viii be
held on Monday next, 70 settle upon the terms OF
the conference arranged through the mediation Of
the Board q Trade. the expectation OF a speedy
settlement Of the dispute is hardly sanguln"
than II was a week ago The attitude OF the con-
tesants the subject OF the selection OF "A chair
man of the conference and on the eght-hour ques-
ton Is so unshakable that 1t threatens to deadlock
the Negotiations
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-14

spOII.s SYSTEM IN ENGLAND.-Whlle the Eng
Iish newspapers generally are preaching against
the "spoIls system in America, contrasting 1t with
English methods Henry Labouchere, In Truth"
IL unable to find much difference in the political
customs OF the two countries. He points out that
a number of well-pad Court appointments are al
WAYS distributed among the peers on the winning
s,ds add. that the House OF Commons gets its
share OF patronage. showing that there are many
prizes on the Judicial Bench which go to the
yyic,ors and asserts that when the party needs a
war chest there are various wealthy men always
wiIiinC TO subscribe upon the understanding that
they Will be repaid by a peerage or by n lesser
lille The only difference Mr.. Labouchere can see
between British methods and those followed In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-14

ROYAL. RELICS sOLD.-The famous Louis XIV
drawiug-room suite, composed Of a sofa and sx
armchaIrs with old Beauvais tapestry, has been
sold i'm Paris to a London dealer for H4,OW
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-14

PERSONAL-Alphonse Daudet is candidate for
the late Duke of Aumales seat In the French
Academy.
Ibsen has decided to abandon Norway, and Is
going to Berlin 10 attend the celebrations In com
memoraton of his birthday. Thereafter he Will
live In Germany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-14

BRINDISTS LOSS.-It Is announced that the
steamers OF the Peninsula and Oriental Company
will after February /. 1895 call at Marseilles In
stead of at Brinds! owing TO the niggardly policy
of the authorities the latter port In refusing 20
extend the local railroad half mile TO the quay for
the accommoda ton OF passengers and mails This
ac ton upon the mart OF the officials OF BrlndsI
makes them responsible for the loss of business In
volved I'm the landing there OF 10 large passenger
ships yearly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-14

TUANksOINING UAl VHoI'I'N w T. '''''E7
....., t,,, ,ylt DE celebrated in Berlin On Novem-
,- -, , dinner and dance ~ the kaiserhoi; as
,.,I and there will bc som" informal sprS. NJ ne
~, -'i liza stutes Ambassador, Andrew u White
an deliver one Of them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-14

WANTS TO DEFEAT KRUEiER.-The reason
for the absence of Cecil Rhodes from the festivities
attending the recent opening OF the railroad to
Ruluwayo is said not to be due TO nl-healh but TO
be part Of a well-organized plan TO defeat kriger
in the election for the Presidency Of the Transvaal
hich occurs about two months hence. "The Satur-
day Review" which has much inside information
regarding South African affairs, believes there is II
fair working chance OF NJ. Rhodes defeating
Eriqer and electng "A Boer who will not be hostile
10 me mining interests Had Mr.. Rhodes appeared
M Huluwavo that town would have converted the
u'hoiH offoir into a personal triumph for Mr.
Rhodes which would have antagoniZed the Beers
and would have undone all the pacihcatory work
~ Tho nolc!ans the sole object OF which IL TO de-
feat Kriger.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-14

REFORMING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.-The
French Chamber OF Deputies on Friday adopted a
BILL which has already been passed by the Senate.
providing for reform IN the criminal Investigate tons
before examining magistrates. which have been
such notorious scandal. Owing TO the secrecy OF
the procedure prisoners have frequently been In
Inundated and entrapped by ma estrates DESTROYS
Of convcting them Hereafter prisoners must be
Intercepted Immediately after their arrest and In
the presence Of their lawyers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-14
FAMINE CONDITIONS ~ cERMANY.-The

GUELPH PARTY PLEDGES Tho ""'pn p. Wv,
a.. it, cor.cnil0n ~ Helmsted; this
~ ,l...,ci candidates for the Eeichstag In
~ whole puchy each cAndidat" - p,.dkvn ' 20 su;
non inc succession OF the Duk' oi ZIMMERMAN" "
the throne.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-25

The statistics of the General Land Office
show that this country, first and last, has
had the prodigious amount of 1,s35,Ol
062 acres of lane to dispose of. This area
includes everything not in the original
thirteen States, as now constituted.
These lands fall into four classes. First
are those already disposed of or appro-
priated. They include 214.414,305 acres
sold for cash, 1O2,2sO,22S taken up as
homesteads, 1876, 476, 4O2 granted to States,
10G,5s4, s9s given to railroads and other
roads, canals and river improvement
projects, State or corporation, 10000, 900
in private grants, 60,252,7 700 in military
bounty warrants, 16.l1s.22s in timber.
culture entries, and other smaller classes,
aggregating TAI ZOO, 1875 acres, under this
head. For various reasons these estimates
are rough, but they are near enough to the
true amounts for practical purposes.
Next we have the reserved lands. These
include s1,645,413 acres set apart for the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-25
Newspapers and the Election.

1.-THE decline of the influence of the press,
especially in New York" Is treated of by
the State, of Columbia, in South Carolina,
as having been demonstrated in our late
election. With that assumption as a text,
our South Carolina contemporary breaches
a moving homily on the causes of the in.
difference of the New York public to news.
paper opinions.
The assumption, however, Is false and
groundless. Never before was the power of
newspapers in influencing public opinion
demonstrated so strikingly as in our recent
election. The Low vote was drummed up
wholly by the newspapers, and 1t was q
large vote. Without newspaper help, he
would have made no show at the polls
which would ave been at all impressive.
Moreover, he owed his strength at the
election to q pure fiction of newspaper
manufacture. Actually, there is no such
thing as "Plattism." 1t is simply the
usual methods Of party organization
which prevail in the country generally.
They are substantially the same rs
those pursued by THURLow WEED in
the early history of the Republican
party in this State, and afterward
by Roscoe CoNKLING. In particular,
they bear a close resemblance to
those of that consummate Democratic
leader and manager, SAMUEL j. TILDEN.
All the same. New York newspapers sue
ceeded in making a bogy of "Plattism,"
with which they frightened many thou.
sands of otherwise sensible and intelligent
citizens, including a very considerable part
of the Republicans themselves.
If that was not a striking journalistic
feat, and If it did not demonstrate the
power of newspapers over public opinion,
where else can q more impressive be found 7
When newspapers can fool thus an enlight-
ened community, how can it be said that
their influence is declining2
T~ammany's success followed as a natural
consequence of this newspaper humbug.
Lows election was impossible, since the
prevailing public spirit was opposed to the
tone and theory of municipal government
for which he stood, and this opposition was
aggravated and intensified by his campaign
and the persons and influences directing it.
Because Tammany stood most squarely
against the things the Low movement
sought to accomplish it was put in power
by a great majority over him.
That is all the lesson to be learned from
our election, SO far as the influence Of news.
papers is concerned. 1t showed that the
number of people in New York who can be
fooled by the newspapers is great. and that
the newspapers who set about it method.
ically have great power to fool them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-25

with Improvement in business condi.
tions, more serious and more substan.
tial performances become the general
rule. Plays Of n historical character,
those based upon popular novels of estab-
lished merit, Shakespearean plays, and old
comedy REVEALS come to the front. These
conditions are now seen at a majority Of the
principal New York theatres, where plays
Of a serious character appeal to the intelli-
gence of the best t~heatregoers.
Further evidence Of prosperous conditions
Is found in the standard Of prices for thea
tire seats. This has been raised, gradually
and pretty generally, for the best places,
with a corresponding advance in the prices
charged for those less desirable. When
times are bad and business is poor the the.
atrical managers, always alert to the state
of the public's purse, announce reductions
to what are sometimes called popular
prices" These recessions reflect existing
conditions. When times have improved, or
are manifestly improving, additions hero
and there are made to the scale Of prices
charged. Just now at frst-class theatres
the tariff Is about rs high as it ever has
been in New York.
Altogether, the theatrical situation on
Thanksgiving Day, 1897, the best day Of
the year for the managers, indicates the
improved conditions which general bust
ness prosperity is rapidly restoring. And
each house in New York gives two per-
formances to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-25

Indians. 1s,ee3,2 geo az forest reservations,
9o72 .pe0 as national parks, e2B,426 for
forta and other military purposes, with
enough miscellaneous to bring the aRgre-
gate to 132,441,774.
The third great class comprises the lands
of Alaska, in which few surveys N dis
posals have vet been made, the aggregate
being 3e9 $40, 600. With the advance Of
civIlization Alaska may not remain wholly
q class by itself.
FINALLY. we have the fourth class, or
lands now vacant and subject to settle
ment, amounting to 5o1, 343,953 acres.
or these, however, nearly half, or 272,-
2e4,12O acres, have not yet been surveyed.
The largest body Of vacant public lands is
in Montana, 1892 17 acres, Nevada fol-
lowing with 61,57s,5s6, and Arizona,
California, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico,
Utah, and Wyoming each having over
10000, 900 acres.
But while these figures Of the extent Of
the public lands available for settlement
are 30 great, practically a large part Of the
best land, in accessible places, Is taken up.
The arid tracts not susceptible Of irriga-
ton and the mountain and forest regions
which cannot now be used for farming
constitute a very considerable portion OF
the nearly 600. 0OO, 900 acres Of vacant
public lands. The old saying that "Uncle
Sam is rich enough to give us all a farm" is
not heard much nowadays. He is still q
big land owner, but has been lavish with
his best possessions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-25

for 10 by paying them interest on bonds
purchased with the money which II guar
antees. Still less should the banks be al
lowed TO issue circulation without security
and without limit. The Government money
should always be redeemable in gold. and
instead Of being, as the Times falsely asserts
1t would be, unlimited In amount, IL would
be limited by redemption to no greater
volume than the wants Of legitimate bust.
ness require. How much this volume
could consistently with Its redemption DO
increased over that Of our present Gov.
eminent money, experience would deter.
mine. Probably $236, OO0, 900 OF IL would be
needed to take the place of the $3.50, OOO,.
900 OF outstanding bank currency, and
possibly more; but, whatever its amount,
IL should always be redeemable In gold, and,
therefore, it would be as good as gold.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-25
Industry

1t is two or three days since any proposals
for a new party have been received at this of.
flee. Til fault has not been ours. The party
makers nave been busy getting ready for
Thanksgiving. But now the bird has been
bought and the intellect leaps again.
The latest party on the list is the Federal
party. This party is going to reconcile
civil liberty with industrial dependence"
by a process which may be thought kinder
to industrial dependence, whatever that is,
than to civil liberty. The functions of the
Government are to be extended. Nothing
less could be expected Of a Federal party.
Property rights are not to be affected. 1t
is really pleasant to find somebody in the
new party line who is willing to grant that
property has any rights. The new Federal.
lists are unexpectedly conservative.
The elevation Of depressed industry is to
be brought about by means of an amend
ment to the Constitution. A simple rem
edy, the inevitable preamble of a new
party. Industry, depressed to earth, is to
rise again through a Constitutional amend
ment which provides that the Industries of
the country, duly and broadly classified,
shall have immediate representation in
Congress, said representatives, arranged in
departments like a m~onopolist store, to be
chosen by the depressed in~dustrialists in
each classified industry, agriculture, COM
merce, fish, and so on. From these de.
partments or compartments Of depressed
industry are to come "all administrative
powers required to conduct the Industries
of the country" Constitutional conduct of
Industries is not only to make American
industries flourish like a green bay tree,
but, in the opinion of the new Federalist or
Federalists, it will be an advance in gov
ernmental science"
Possibly the people are not yet sufficiently
advanced to make this advance. Still, there
is something attractive about these depart
ments of industry elevators.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-25

this In the case OF Augtro- Hungary, which
is leagued with her German enemy. Sh
could not. however, favor Russian wheat
without denouncing her commercial reaties
with all other countries which contain the
"most favored nation" clause, and among
these treaties would be those with the
United States and Argentina. French man.
ufacturers would thus be exposed, rs would
German manufacturers under like condi-
tions, to lose the hold which they now pos
sess on transatlantic markets, and their
loss would mean the gain OF England,
which would be quito able to supply the
whole American and Argentine demand Tor
imported manufactures.
Thus we see that IL would not be practi.
cable to bring about a commercial league
OF Continental Europe having for Its pur-
pose the exclusion Of American food prod
ucts. 1t was a ~resentful wish rather than
a deliberate and hopeful purpose which
Count ~GoLuoHowsKI expressed. Ill
other Austro.H Hungarian statesmen, he re-
members the downfall of MAMMALIAN, and
regards with ire the inclination of the
American people to interfere in behalf OF
the Cuban subjects Of Queen CHRISTINA,
who Is an Austrian Archduchess. He Ia
also annoyed because the Dingley tariff
has, to some extent, checked the outflow Of
Austro-H Hungarian products to the United
States. He knows that Germany, France,
and Italy have likewise been pinched by
the Dingley tariff, and, accordingly, 1t oc-
CURED to him that now or never was the
time to organize a collective counter-move
ment against American food staples. Now
or never Is, no doubt, the alternative, but
the Austro-H Hungarian Minister will find
that 1t is "ncver," and not "now."
Assuming, however, for the sake Of argu-
ment, that it might be possible to combine
the whole Of Continental Europe in n GUS
toms league, the sole aim of which should
be to bar out the United States, Argentina
n such other American republics as are
exporters of food, we can see that the result
would be disastrous, and almost catastroph-
ic for the members of such q combination.
From those countries to which we could
send nothing we should be unable to buy
anything; and all the work done in this
hemisphere for so many years by the agents
of the manufacturers of Continental
Europe would be thrown away. We should
be cast into the arms of England, who
would become our sole European purveyor,
for the reason that she would be our sole
European customer.
Contrasting, as we should be forced to do,
the repellent attitude of Continental Eu.
rope with E%ngland's eagerness to welcome
us, it may be that DUR traditional good will
toward France and Russia would eventu-
ally give way, and be replaced by contrary
sentiments. There would be, in a word, nc
surer way of performing the difficult task
of converting the majority Of Americans
from A%nglophobists into Anglophilists than
for Continental Europe to organize a tariff
league against American products.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-25
Organism in Long Clothes.

The Democrats of Springfield. Mass, lave
nominated a candidate for Mayor on a plat
form which cries for the municipal owner
ship of gas, electricity, and street railroads.
The mar who offered the resolutions advo.
Gated them OIL the ground, among others,
that municipal ownership is in line with
national ownership, which is coming to
the front in the near future as a national
question" Only ga few scattering nays"
were cast against this platform.
In Springfield, which most people would
regard as a conservative town, the Democ.
racy Is committed to a policy Of munic-
ipal ownership, as a preparation for nation
al ownership, of certain conveniencies or ne
cessities. This policy, once started, can
not stop at any limits assigned to 1t now.
Municipal and national bake shops, butch
er shops, beer shops must come II the SEN
timental and demagogic clamor about
" franchises goes on. A terrible. AHMED
ding, all-powerful socialist State, control
ling all the means of production and dis
tribution, is the logical result Of such a
policy as the Springfield Democrats have
jauntily announced.
Organism grows worse as it grows older.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-25
The Alleged Necessity of Defending
Europe Against the United States.

We have waited a day or two to see
whether any one in Europe would throw
light on the curious assertion publicly
made by Count GoLUoHowsK1. the Austro-
Hungarian Minister. that measures must
be promptly taken to protect the Continent
Of Europe against the competition of
American republics. All that can be
CLEANED from the comments on the speech
is that Russia and Hungary, which, nor
mally, produce a considerable surplus of
wheat for export, would like to keep the
Continental market to themselves by shut
ting out of it the wheat from the United
States and Argentina.
In order to carry out this proposal, it
would, obviously, be needful that all the
countries of Continental Europe, which are
normally or occasionally importers of
wheat, should agree to admit the prod
uct of Russia and Hungary duty free,
while imposing a duty on the wheat coming
from the United States and Argentina or
else should arrange a joint scheme of pref
erential duties which should discriminate
against the American republics named. 1t
is extremely improbable that such an ar
rangement could be made. 1t is possible,
indeed, that the Berlin Government might
desire to oblige its Austrian ally by admit
ting Hungarian wheat upon terms more ia
vorable than those prescribed by the exist
ing tariff. The reduction, however, il con-
siderable enough to prove of value to Hun
garian agriculturists, would provoke a
storm of protests on the part of the German
Agrarian party. Moreover, the slightest
lowering of rates in the interests of Austro-
Hungary would accrue to the benefit of
every other country, the commercial treaty
between which and Germany contains the
"most favored nation" clause. Germany,
therefore, in order to satisfy the wheat
producers of Hungary, would have to de-
nounce almost all of her existing CONNER
cial treaties, N this at a time when The
export of German manufactures Is ~increas-
ing at a rate which has excited a good deal
of dismay in England. But If Germany, in
view of the consequences, could not afford
to make any concession to Austro-H Hungary
in the way of preferential duties upon
grain, much less could she do 1t in the case
of Russia, which, considered as an exporter
of wheat to neighboring countries, is eyed
by the German h~usbandman with far more
apprehension.
II we turn to France we are encountered
by conditions essentially similar. France,
no doubt, would be glad, IL she could, to
crafty her ally, the st. Petersburg Govern
ment, by admitting Russian wheat upon
easier terms than those imposed upon the
product of transatlantic countries, but she
would have no motive whatever for doing
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-25

In a pamphlet entitled "The Rent-Pro-
ducing Capacity of Cuba" Sehor FIpEL @.
PIERRA opposes the plan that the Cubans shall
pay to Spain a heavy war indemnity in exchange
for the recognition Of their independence.
In SeNor PIERRA's opinion $780, 600, 900 Is o
heavy burden to impose upon the republic Of
Cuba as its initial national debt. The wealth Of
the island. very much overestimated by Spanish
writers. has been destroyed almost totally by
the war. The population has been greatly re-
duced. and the community's credit cannot DO
reestablished for several years after peace is
won. How could 1,4OO,O 600 inhabitants. a lib
eral estimate Of Cuba's population at the end of
the present war, pay off a debt amounting to
S71 per capital
Senior PIERRA points out the fact that Chill.
Colombia, and the Argentine Republic, all hav-
ing larger populations than Cuba's and richer
lands, have smaller debts in proportion to their
rent-producing capacity and the number of their
inhabitants. 1t Is sad, he remarks. to have to
pay such an enormous indemnity after so many
sacrifices of blood and treasure for the recogni-
tion OF Cuba's right to freedom.