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The Hon. JERRY SIMPSON of Medicine
Lodge, Kansas, has perhaps the nimblest
mind in the whole Populist outfit, but just
at present that mind is clogged with calam.
itous forebodings. 1t Is not his dearest
foe, the Hon. THOMAS BRACKET REED,
that now fills the Sockless SOCRATES with
alarm, it is the whole landscape Of the
times to come. "What man." asks JERRY,
"can fail to take a gloomy look into the
future7' 81 say" he continues. and I
think I am correct, that inside the next
year this country will be in the throes of n
panic, the like of which was never dreamed,
even in the most vivid imagination"
Mr.. SIMPSONS panic fears are part Of his
capital as a Populist statesman, but it is
just to him to say hat it is his purpose to
do all that lies in his power to bring on a
panic. He has announced his intention of
coming to thist town to take the stump for
HENRY GEORGE, and he confidently pre-
diets the election of that scourge of the
unearned increment.
The hopes of most of the cranks and revo-
,%lutionists are for HENRY GEORGE, whose
election, by means Of the disunifying force
of the Low conspiracy against good gov
eminent they regard as certain or probable.
JERRY SIMPSON is not the only cmissary
whom Kansas Populism will send here to
work for GEORGE and Socialism.
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for the States which constitute our Union,
unless the Canadians, on their part, would
accept the responsibilities of Statehood.
That is n patent, ~insupcrablc fact which
could not be ignored by an intelligent man,
DESTROYS Of serving his compatriots in his
day and generation. He has, therefore, for
borne to waste his time In promoting over.
lures for unrestricted reciprocity, which,
ms he knew, were doomed to be rejected,
but, on the contrary, he has addressed him.
self to the one practicable purpose, that,
namely, Of convincing the Canadians that
they would be in~comparably better Off as
citizens of the American republic than as
subjects of a European monarchy. II he
has failed to convince them, 80 much the
worse for the Canadians.
We believe, however, the truth to be that
Mr.. SMITH has q large and influential fol-
lowing among the c~lear-headed and far
sighted inhabitants Of the Dominion. We
also believe that the value of his services in
the cause Of continental union will, one
dry, be gratefully acknowledged by the
historians Of Canada.
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STAND By TOUR GUNS!
An Appeal or an ~Irish-AmerIcan to Rcpub-
lirnna.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In this
age OF "ycllow journalism" it is refreshing to
peruse tho columns OF Your patriotic journal.
1t is indeed a"condition and not a theory
that ccnfronts our citizens in the coming con.
test. The great principles for which we con-
tended last fall hire living issues to-day. There
can be no mistaking tho situation and no
amount OF pcttifosging can separate them from
It. 1t is we'll that the Republican party has
nailed its colors to tho mast and in no uncertain
manner put before the people tho issues at
stake. Tho candidate, Gen. Tracy, has been
wisely chosen, for he represents in n marked de.
grco the principles, aims, purposes. and policies
Of the party. A man OF untnrnishcd and IN.
sullied honor, a man with a distinguished
career. military and civil, n jurist OF national
repute. and a practical man OF affairs fully con.
versant with the details OF national, State, and
municipal government, he would make the
greatest Mayor Of the greatest city of tho New
World. There is no excuse for any Republican
In this crisis to do otherwise than to loyalty
support him and the organization OF which no Is
The talk about" bossism - is tho mc-cst sub.
t~crfnge. II such q term can he applied with shy
truth or ~insticc. 1T can be ap,ly applied to n few
scii-constituted bosses well meaning. no Doubt,
or ruin" With n candidate amnnnab!c to no
party. with no fixed policies Mt stake. no issues
defined. how can they appeal to any thinking
I am Gind beyond expression that the Ttcpub-
lican party Inns such n boss" as the Hon. r. c.
Plat in. this grave crisis. An invctcratc and
invinciblc foe OF reputation, anarchy. and all
the imported isms. he has not lowered by m
inch the flag he planted MT the masthead at st.
Louis in 1896.
Awake. Israel" he the watchword from row
unit! the polls close! Let, dissonsion, and in
formal chickering's cease. Let patriotism, mu-
nicipnl pride. party loyalty, and genuine ,Amcri-
that their verdict shall be OF no uncertain sound
for honest government!
While ] dislike appeals to race rrcjudiccs. I
I~rish.Amcricans. in this crisis. Al Ill times
they have displayed their patriotism and they
IRE on the side OF law and order. Again. | trust.
they will bury by their votes those n~oliticnl
hacks who have too long traded on their fair
fame and name. 1t Is their boundcn duty to TX
ercisc their franchise ms scltrcspecting, indie
pendent, md law.abidinG citizons. Truly
yours, EDWARD !. SULLIVAN.
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Registration Under tho New Con-
ditiOns.

Under the changed political conditions
brought about by the present voting law,
it has been noticeable that in local cleo
tions there has been a tendency among
citizens to delay registering until the last
day Of registration, though in national
elections the largest registration is on the
first day uniformly.
Moreover, the days now fixed for regis
tration are not so favorable to an extensive
enrolment as those under the old law, but
they are more favorable to n large vote.
Before 1896 the last days of registry were
the Friday and Saturday preceding the
week before election. In 1895, for instance,
they were Oct. 20 and 20, election day
being on Nov. 8, or only nine days later,
including two Sundays; INT such had been
the rule for many years. This year the
registration closes to-day at 10 p. NJ,
fourteen working days and two Sundays
before the voting.
1t may be that these changed conditions
are not 80 favorable as the old to II large
registry, for the reason that one week more
and the hottest week of the campaign is
now carried on after the close of registra-
ton; but it has been demonstrated by ex.
pericnce tnaI the percentage OF uecllne In
the vote polled from the registry is less han
formerly. In the Mayoralty election of
1894, for instance, 1000 registered citi-
zens did not appear ut the polls, but last
year on a materially larger vote the number
of such d%elinquents was only $4,000.
A large registry ought to be enrolled to.
day. The proportionate falling off in the
vote from the registration Is not likely to
be greater than it was last year, for the
issue before the citizens will be the same
and the gravity of the election not less.
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wise It might seem Indifferent to tho
protection of its subjects In any rights
to which they may be entitled. But Secrc-
tary SuEpMAN's letter to Governor HAST.
ISGs, asking for information on the matter,
conveys strange charges on Austria's part.
These charges arc that her subjects thus
killed or wounded were not in unlaw-
full opposition TO the authorities OF
Pennsylvania; !" that they were guilty
of no acts OF violence which might JUS
tify the measures taken against them !"
that some of them were " fired upon with
out cause and while in retreat" and that the
| Sheriff OF Luzernc county was guilty Of
unwarranted and unlawful use of power"
These are grave accusations, and 1t may
we'll surprise our Government to see them
nut in this declaratlve form. We could
understand that Austria might represent
these allegations as being found by her in
n portion of the public press of the United
States, or perhaps as made to her by the at
torncys for some OF her subjects; such rep
RESERVATIONS, whether substantiated or not,
would be ample ground for a request
for information from our Government, in
| order that indemnity might be claimed, If
justly due.
But the letter Of Secretary SHERMAN in.
dictates that these charges are made by
Austria herself, as II she had examined the
facts and come to q conclusion upon them.
1t may therefore be pointed out hat it Is n
serious matter to interfere with executive
processes in this country by declaring that
a Sheriff, whose duty it Is to dispense a
mob and who formally warns the assem-
blage todisperse, is himself a lawbrcakerf for
firing on it when it refuses to dispense. Is
Austria prepared to take that ground, and to
establish that precedent, for mobs in her
own dominion, and for officers Of the law
called to dcal with such assemblages 7
Whether she is or is not, we are not prepared
so to do here.
Perhaps, however, in the official papers
the allegations of Austria are put only as
information that has reached her. rather
than as conclusions which she has deter
mined to maintain. II so, the information
which Sheriff MARTIN and Gen. GOBLIN will
furnish may throw o new light on the sub.
ject for her.
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after nlighting, drove of with a post.chaiso
and six to the castle OF Viscount DEsAN-
pRouIN, where his exploit was duly
honorcd.
just about a century later, on July 80,
1886, the well.known a~eronaut, L'IoSTE,
accompanied by tho astronomer MANGoT
crossed In n balloon from Cherbourg to
London. In 1870 there had been q still
longer trip, two French acronouts being
carried by high winds from Paris clear
across the North Sea to the Lifjcld Noun
tains in Norway. But the reflection that
perhaps most strikes one is the compare.
lively small advance Of a%eronautics during
the liz years between the exploit of DIR.
JEFFRlEs and this present ono of the
nephew Of Baron Pollock. With a favor.
ing wind, almost anything desired Is
possible, but the attempt to control and
use contrary winds is still bafled. Save
for that we should all have higher hopes of
ANDRES plucky voyage, while the day
would not seem so distant when people who
are victims of sca-sickness will follow Mr..
PoLLooK's example of making the journey
from England to France through the air.
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Tho Last Day of Registration.

To-day is the last day Of registration.
No citizen whose name is not on the regis
try rolls tonight can vote at the momen-
tous election on the I'd of November.
Every Republican, every opponent OF
Organism, If his opposition is sincere, Will
qualify himself to make 1t effective at the
polls on the I'd of next month. If the pur-
pose Is earnest in him he needs no exhorta-
tion, nothing except that his attention
should be called to the fact that this is the
last chance to qualify himself for voting, II
he has not lone 80 already.
The conspiracy to divide the Republican
vote by means of the candidacy of Low,
and hence give over the Greater New York
to the mcrcics of Organism, spurs every
loyal Republican to resistance to such
trcachery, and makes 1t imperative that all
those who would defend the security of
property and the stability of society should
be qualified to vote for Gen. TRACY.
Gen. TRACY's election Is inevitable II
there is Republican unity for him, and the
conservative community can fill up, five
times over, any gap the treacherous Low
diversion makes in the Republican ranks.
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BaTooning Across the Channel.

The feat of traversing the British Chan
mel in a balloon, just performed by Mr..
CHARLES POLLOCK, who started from East
bourne and landed at Domart, fourteen
miles nortb west of Amiens, is interesting,
but far from being novel.
The pioneer expedition of that sort was
performed by BLANCHARD and ~JEFFRIEs, as
long ago as 1888, and the hazard of the
undertaking seemed much greater in
those early days of aerial navigation.
when Its appliances were 30 print,
tive. BLANCHARD was n French pro-
fessional acronaut, and DIR. JEFFRIEs an
American by birth, a graduate of Harvard,
who had made his home in England, prac-
ticing medicine there. BLANCHARD had
visited England in 1894, when DIR. JEF.
FRIES paid him n hundred guineas for n
seat in his balloon on u voyage from
London to n place somewhere in
Kent. DR.. JEFFRIEs also paid for tho
longer trip across the Channel, the cost
being, it is said. T3,50O, which suggests
that ballooning was not u very cheap form
of recreation in those days. TIL journey
was made successfully on Jan. Z, from Do
yer to Calais, and the courageous Bostonian,
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Elimination.

There is n mathematica process employed
on Morningside Heights and elsewhere
which may be applied, simply and profit
ably, to the canvass of Mr.. SETH Low.
For what did SETH Low stand three
months agoa We are taking him according
to tho estimate of his supporters at that
time. He stood rs n unifying force for good
government, as q representative of the
idea of non-partisanship and direct respon-
sibility to the voters, as a promoter of tho
absolute separation of municipal politics
from State and national politics, rs a de-
stroyer of deals and all other machine
methods, and as q disintcrested patriot
reluctantly willing to sacrifice his personal
inclinations for the public good, and to serve
his fellow citizens in the fear of GoD.
Now eliminate.
l. The unifying force dropped out of sight
the moment Mr.. Low discovered that he
failed to unity. He has publicly confessed
that that consideration weighed nothing
with him from the time when he became
convinced that it did not count for his own
candidacy. When reproached with infidel-
ity~to his earlier professions in this respect,
he has offered this amazing plea: ~ did
W. ~ - WV ~ - 'tJ ~ WV ftNt =
might do at some later timer
.. Non.partisanship and direct RESPONSE
bility to the voters disappeared the instant
the Citizens Union itself became a parti-
San concern, using as the foundation of a
new Low party machine the signatures of
citizens fraudulcntly obtained on the
strength of the unifying force idea, already
eliminated by operation number one.
3. The separation of municipal affairs
from State politics vanished like the mist
of the morning when Mr.. Low'sp party set up
candidates for the Legislature in order to
strike a blow at the Republican organiza-
ton in tho Empire State and to extend the
Low machine to Albany.
4. The destruction of deals has not been
heard Of since the completion of the shame.
less deal between the manager of SETH
Lows campaign and the representative of
HENRY GEORGES interests.
5. The disintcrested patriot, reluctant to
emerge from the classic shades of Colum.
bia except in obedience to a direct call from
Heaven and "JIM" REYNOLDS, was elm
mated when the people of New York dis.
covered that SETH Low was SO hungry for
this Office of Mayor that he was willing to
sacrifice everything, including self-respect
and the dignity of Columbia University, in
order to have his name go to the polls.
Such is the change which successive
examinations have worked. What remains2
SETH Low remains, an Ego. 1t is a case of
Ego and nothing else; an Ego presenting
itself as a candidate on a platform upheld
solely by the one-leggcd vowel.
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RUSSIA IN COREA.
Japnn's Influence vvaninE-The Russians Are
There to Stay.

SEOUL, Corea, Sept. s.-The report which has
gained currency in America and Europe that an
agreement had been made between Russia and
Japan for the partition of Corca has just
reached Seoul, but SO far as can be learned it il
entirely without foundation. There Is nothing
perceptible here to favor the idea. All tho
known facts arc against 1t. The report is SIM
ply absurd. Russia is easily the dominant
power in eastern Asia and is becoming daily
stronger. When the trans-Siberian railroad Is
finished she will DO simply irresistible as a
military power. not only with Corea but with
China. Her diplomatic and consular agents are
not only faithful to her interests. but clever and
alert, and have kept the home Gov ernmcns
duly informed of all the i~ntrigues going on in
the Hermit Kingdom. They know full veil thar
Corea will ultimately fall to the lot of Russia,
and would look upon any agreement to share 10
with, Japan as entirely unnecessary. Why
should she share it with anybody. when she 10
sure In time to get the whole
1t Is true that Great Britain. now that 1t is
too late. IS on the alert to thwartR Russian de-
signs. and would willingly cooperate with ia
pan or China. or both, to regain her lost pres
tige in the far East, but so far as Il lookcr-on
who has no prejudices can see. there is no rea-
son to believe that there is any alliance be-
tween the parties named. or any decent pretext
upon which such an alliance can be based.
the military forces OF Coren are to be instructed
by Russian officers. a number of whom AFRO
already here and at work. Thirteen moro are
due. but tho Corcan authorities do not wantto
receive them. The JauGncse do not thilik'thcm
necessary, and it is understood that they arc
their rejection. They will probably fail. Tho
new Russian, Minister. NJ. dc Spcycr.. is n moro
vigorous and aggressive man than his prcde-
ccssor. and it is confidently asserted that he Is
not at all disposed to listen 10 arguments
against employment Of Russian officers,
The fact is. il is too late for either the Coreans
or the Chinese II kick against the Russians,
who have not only comc 10 stay but 10 ru!c!".
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The movement to divide Alaska, setting
off the Yukon basin and presumably all north
of 1t as Lincoln Territory, Is n natural conse-
quenco of the great importance of the gold
fields. 1t has in its favor, first. the enormous
size Of Alaska. which is enough for two or three
Territories. and, secondly and chiefly, the diff
Guilty of communication between tho narrow
southeastern coast strip and tho great Yukon
region. The tcrrors of the journey through the
passes have often been set forth. and the water
trip around to st. Michael is n long one. Still.
1t is to be that tho new projects for
railroad communication to tho headwaters Of
tho Yukon may weaken tho arguments based on
this latter consideration.
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Some British Attacks on Mr.. Goodwin
Smith.

We regret to see the London National
Reriew quoting with approval some impress
siopS Of Canada published By an English
Visitor" in the 81. Jamcs's Gazette. On the
strength of a short s~ojourn in the Dominion,
this anonymous person asserts that "Mr.
GOODWIN SMITH stands alone as a con-
eistcnt advocate of the erasurc of Canada
from the map; and he is only a resident.
without following or influence, except that
commanded by social position and intel
icctual emincnce." The Rcricp adds that,
instead of the Canadians contemplating
the advantage of merging their identity
in that of the United States, there is
rather an alarming wave of anti-American
feeling sweeping over the Dominion. We
do not believe that for the latter avcrment
there is any solid ground, and we know
that there is no man alive on either side of
the border who is n wiser n truer friend
of both Canadians and Americans than is
Elr. GOODWIN SMITH. He has the inter-
csts of both peoples at heart, and the fact
that he secs those interests to be inextrica-
lily intcrtwincd reflects credit upon his sa-
gacity. 1t is incredible that the great mass
of the Canadians should not recognize the
generosity md singlc,mindedness with
which he has devoted many years of his life
to the cause of continental union.
1t is true, as the National Rcricm OBJ
serves, that Mr.. GOODWIN SMITH might
have played a very great part in Canada
had he chosen to support the Conservative
party in that country or to advocate I'M
perial Federation. Had he been a self
seeking person, that is, no doubt, the line
he would have taken. He believed, how
ever, that the interests of his fellow Cana
dians pointed in another direction, and
that II high degree OF prosperity was at
taiuablc by them only through intimate
relations with the great ncighboring re-
public. Had commercial union or n regime
Of unrestricted reciprocity hcen practicable.
probably lie would have welcomed it, as, at
least, n means to an end, as an agency likely
10 demonstrate n community Of interests
rnd to bring about Il unity of sentiment.
hui Mr.. GoIDHlS SMITH was too familiar
with the drift Of feeling and opinion in the
United States not to perceive, at nm early
date, tina such n partial and provisional
solution of the problem was out of the
question. lie recognized that the Congress
ut Washington would never again give the
Canadians the incstimGblc advantage of
free access 10 our markets, and invest them
Withrall the commercial privileges reserved
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To THE FDIToE OF THE SUN--Sir; Tie gentleman
whom YOU recently commcntrt on clitorialy as tho
Hon, James L. Brown Was FIRST tdCrtiicl with tie
Low movement, md now has charge Of the s%peakers
bureau In connection with the t;"nrge campaign. 10
the same man who formerly resided al Last Ruthcr-
ford, y, j., aud who ran Tor " yurn; that town. lie 10
recently from Canada. hnl. assisted 10y others OF
his kii.d-Sunc OF whpm were alicps-Hc male a dcs.
peratr error; 10 gain a fuOthold IN Rutherford aud
vicinity for his uutldhdlsl simrlc tax and free trade
ideas, Eo evidently thought To gain prominence a q
leader Icy capturing ilr Mayorn'ry, but he got lcft.
H. al'o tried to attain Il rtorICty a'a newspaper cor.
respondent, ard to influence IcIul leans hy von,i.
latinE his absurd theories IN the columns Of tho local
Republican pGrrr. Tho FrUlish WAYS aud the uul.
Ab,"rIrau tron ~ tho whuu scn"i 20 were painfully
s0LhC - these grGll 'irCu IN She Literary n,li, aud ;
exposing the IN Namlicl moral aud political ruu Ne.
ness NJ thC whole business. How much truu,Ss tn '
attained may he estimated ly the fa"l TIN, uLu ~
0rr they lrft the town for tho tuNn's good and wlts
TO ne'!G and pastures new.
The Low 'icorg" movement and everything e n
ncct'd with II SHOW cnncluslvcly that tr men va
are engineering ihH tImc Sre hogus 20 fo'uurs 81
treachrrpus enemies u lii $ rulntr! = welfare, vl,Hn
our prosperity, and Of our national suprrmtr,.
Henry ichrEr a sbeCn FOR yearN coraLth IN irct"S
the poor against the rich. Grover cleveland tpgk Hp
the cry. ant 10y Ms disastrous policy overtime pre-
prrIIy. put men out or employ ment, aud gave colo -
the claims Of peSsin'.stic sophists Ike q orao aGl
Bryan. rGUE kEFoAA-
hUrHERroRD. n. j.. Oct. IL.
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moro TO take the Philadclphia's place. and this
will DO done within y few days, ono mood
being to transfer to her = part Of the Philndcl-
phia's crow. Tho Baltimore is tho bigger vessel,
and carries tho heavier armament, so that tho
change is a net increase OF strength.
Meanwhile we have al Honolulu tho gunboats
bennington and Wheeling, while tho Yorktown
will join them from the ASiatic squadron within q
few days. This force will be ample to protect all
Our interests until tho Baltimorc's arrival, aud
thore Is every reason to suppose that the latter
will roach Honolulu long before the Nanlwa
gets back from Japan.
Hcnceforth Hawaii, as our mid. sta
ton, will always, We may trust, 500 our flag
floating ovor a creditablo naval force.
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Austria's Complaint.

Through its Minister at Washington the
Austrian Government has brought into
question the conduct Of Sheriff MARTIN in
firing on the mob near Hazlcton, several
weeks ago. In that affair ten Austrian and
Hungarian subjects are known to have been
killed and eleven wounded, while the
names of others in the hospitals Indicate a
possible Austrian allegiance.
Under such circumstances an inquiry
into the facts by the Vienna Government
has always been looked for, since other.