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Of belief "in q tariff for revenue
only" will be taken seriously by
anybody. 1t is a waste OF breath
to make them; n confession Of past
perldy, serving only to bring the party into
further contempt. Moreover, Democratic
Senators are now openly voting for pro-
lection simply as protection. Tariff for
revenue onlyf" II Is moonshlne. 1t Is a
declaration of humbug. The people cannot
be deceived and swindled again. With
that cry the Democratic party won the
election in 1892, with the conse-
quence Of the protective Wilson tar.
1T, productive Of an enormous deficit,
rendering necessary q great increase in the
bonded debt of the Government, and caus.
ing unprecedented business and industrial
disaster. 1t will be long before the Ameri-
can people forget those four dismal years
and the cause Of the ruin and suffering they
brought. 1t will be long before Democrats
forget the downfall and the disruption
which came upon their party as q conse-
quence of that perfdy.
The tariff, however, fortunately for the
Democracy, has disappeared. for the time
being, at least, as an actual issue Of politics,
and the issues Of the Chicago platform, Of
which the tariff Is not one, have replaced
1t. Can the National Democracy of Indian
apolis make any respectable resistance to
the regular National Democracy Of the
Chicago platform in Kentucky or anywhere
else with such evasion. generality, and
inconsistency as we have quotedR The
Bryanite Democracy has a definite
plan of currency reform"-free coinage of
silver at 16 to /. What is the plan the In
dianapolis Democrats have to oppose to it
There is none which 1t dares put out in
other than a general way. Do they expect to
beat silver with the retirement of the green
backs and the Treasury notes and the issue
| of bonds, or by the substitution of q wild
| cat currency2 They must get some defensi-
BILE principles before they can hope to make
| a better showing than they did last year
! when they polled in the Union only about
as many votes as the Prohibitionists, and
in Kentucky itself only about 5000 out
Of a total in the State of more than 445, 900.
As it is, they have not a leg of principle to
stan on they are firing into the air, and
very small shot at that. Worse still, they
are bringing Democracy into ridicule, and
delaying the day Of resuscitation which
will come for the Democratic party after
it has discharged its first and imperative
duty Of beating the spurious Democracy of
the Chicago platform by uniting with it's
enemies Of whatever party name to accom-
plish the destruction. Recovery for the
Democracy is impossible until that job is
finished.
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and sullen assent to the scheme advocated
by Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN, whom they secretly
regard with deep distrust, while the Lib.
erals, disguised to find the wind taken
out OF their sails, could only protest
that the proposal, although exemplary
in its way, did not go far enough,
They said that a law providing that
employers should compensate workmen for
injuries incurred while at work should
be made applicable to all trades instead
of only to a few. Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN re-
torted that sound legislation was seldom
logical, but proceeded one step at a time.
TIL aim of the bill before the House, he ex-
planned, was to afford compensation for In
juries in trades especially dangerous, and
also in those where the proposed law would
not impose an unreasonable load upon small
employers. Another objection was made by
overzealous Liberals, who evidently were
trying to outbid Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN for
the suffrages OF w~orkingmen, namely,
hat a bill adequately dealing with the
subject would provide for the prevention of
accidents, as we'll as for the compensation
of those who should suffer from them. To
which, with a sarcastic smile, Mr.. CHAM
L responded: "All in good timeT'
and suggested that human nature, being
strongly developed in employers, would
probably cause them to take effective pre-.
cautions against Academia, the moment
they found they would have to bear the
whole burden of compensating for them.
On the whole, it is manifest that Mr..
CHAMBERLAIN has cut the ground under
the feet of the Gladstonian Liberals, who
have been drifting toward State socialism
for some years. In the House of Commons,
as we have said, the Conservatives seem
afraid to balk their dangerous ally, but 1t
remains to be seen whether his wings will
not be clipped in the House of Lords, where
the members Of the Salisbury clique, who
eye him with ill-disguised aversion, are
all.powerful.
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TO GUST RTAN!
A View silver Programme for leoo.
From the Chicago Times. Herald.

From the Chicago Times Herald.
DENVER, June Gone hundred thousand dollars
is being subscribed in Colorado. Montana. Ctah. and
Idaho for immediate use in the free. silver campaign.
There is a determination on the part OF the Senatorial
coterie. which ia assuming the leadership of the
silver forces. 10 eliminate Mr.. Bryan from the next
Presidential race. A complete programme TO that
end has been agreed upon between the Democratic
leaders In the Senate and the so-called silver Re-
%publicans in both House and Senate. Their plan Is to
press the silver Republican organization In all parts
OF the Union-to make It as powerful as possible be-
fore 1900. They count that the silver Republican or
ganiEation, by the free use of unlimited funds, can
obtain a membership OF 2, 800. 900 by 1900. and that
In the State and Congressional elections of 1898 the
silver Republicans will carry Colorado, Utah, Mon.
tana. and Idaho.
Thus. with 2 900. 900 voters and in possession OF the
states which must DO relied upon for q campaign
fund, they think they can dictate the nominee OF the
Democratic Convention. To this the Democratic Sen.
atorial leaders have assented as being the easiest and
most effective way OF getting rid OF Mr. Bryan. The
choice Of the combine At the present time is Senator
Teller, in the event they think the Democratic party
will rally to his support; or. In doubt of that, some
Eastern Democrat. Ike Joe Sibley. who is acceptable
alike to silver Republicans. Democrats and Popuiists.
and to such gold Democrats as Whitney and Hill.
sibley's business interests connect him very closely
with the Vanderbilts and the whitneys. and he Is con.
sidered q safe and conservative man.
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The Situation ut Constantinople.

The cablegram from our London cor.
respondent published in yesterdays SUN
describing the interview between the
British Ambassador and the Turkish For
eign Minister, at Constantinople, had dra-
matte force as we'll as high political i'm
portance. The presence of the Russian
Ambassador at the moment when the
British Ambassador made his declaration
that the refusal to evacuate Thessaly would
involve the withdrawal of England from
the European concert, admits of two inter.
pretatlons; either the declaration was ad.
dressed to both the Ottoman Foreign Min
lister n the Russian Ambassador, or the
latter was already cognizant Of what was
about to take place. Whichever interpre-
tation proves to be the right one, the fact
that the British Government Is prepared to
resume it's freedom of action cannot fail to
exercise n powerful influence on the ulti-
mate decision of the powers regarding
Greece.
The triumph of the policy of which the
Turk has been the tool, means the extinc-
tion of Greece as an independent State,
which would be to the manifest disadvan-
tage of the western powers-that is, of the
three maritime States, England, France, and
Italy. The disappearance of Greece as a ma
t~ionality would in all probability be followed
at no distant date by that of the other Bal
kan and Danubian States, and that would
constitute a serious disturbance of the bal
ance of power in Europe to the still greater
disadvantage of the maritime powers. How
far. then, the British Ambassadors declara-
tion to TEwFIK Pasha, in the presence of
the Russian Ambassador, will be effectual
remains to be seen. The increased war
preparations by Turkey reported since the
22d of May, the date of the declaration,
may mean much or nothing, for it is the
habit of the Turk to make the greatest
show of resistance just before yield.
Ing, in order to test his opponent. 1t
may be, however, that. pushed by his
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law or no law. He demands that the
law shall be dlsregarded for his benefit
when he want a glass OF lager. Because q
law interferes with his drinking, he re-
quires that an officer sworn to enforce the
law shall violate his oath by not enforcing
1t. This curious notion Herr 0TTENDoRFER
seems to entertain in common with those
German citizens who agitate the atmos.
phere Of lager-beer gardens with complaints
Of the Raines law and the fidelity of the
sworn officers Of the State in enforcing
It. They are all orderly, ~law.abiding, and
worthy citizens, except when 1t comes to a
question Of beer, and then they change.
They think that in a mattero of such supreme
consequence as beer drinking private indi.
viduals have a reserved right to demand
that the officers of the law should put ut
defiance any law which interferes with the
appetite for lager.
II 1t were to be pretended by anybody that
q candidate for the Office Of Mayor of New
York would be justified In giving "unmis-
takably binding guarantees" in advance Of
election that he would disregard In office
such of the laws as relate to the Board Of
Health, for instance, and the regulations
duopOtu ny ~ " picoCiNo ZIG hito ~
terests OF the city, there would be a loud
outcry, tho Mayor would be compelled to
disregard the Enthusiastically binding guar
a~nteos," or by orderly process of law be
impeached and turned out Of his place.
What warrant Of law, what rule Of action,
what color of claim or usage, what sound
and defensible excuse has Herr OFTEN
DoRFER in calling upon a candidate to for
swear himself In the interest Of lager-beer
drinkers peculiarly7 What man is there to
be found in New York who will sustain
this riotous German editor7 In Herr OFTEN
DoRFER's view. the lager.beer question will
be " the pivot around which the campaign
will turn" More properly 1t would be de-
scribed as the spigot around which the
campaign will turn. Candidates are adj
monished to keep their eyes upon the
spigot or pivot II any hope Of success exists
among them. The anarchistic Herr OFTEN.
DoRFER is determined to vote for no candi.
date who will not violate the law in order
to let him have lager. There is only one
great and momentous public question for
him ; and it is the lager question.
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Japan's Dispute with Hawaii.

Although the report has been current
that Japan contemplated reinforcing the
cruiser Naniwa, at Honolulu, with two
other wal vessels, the latest news from the
Hawaiian capital indicates a peaceful set
Element of the immigration trouble.
While no positive agreement had been
reached at the latest tidings by Minister
COOPER and Mr.. SH1wAMURA, yet it has
been said that the agreement will be proba-
bly, on the basis Of a reasonable indemnity
for any cases in which immigrants were
turned back in palpable violation of Ha-
waits treaty with Japan.
Such a compromise would, at all events,
relieve Hawaii from a demand for 2 yen,
or any other sum as damages for every
Japanese immigrant who was not allowed
to land. On the other hand, since it is ad.
mitted that, among the cases of immigrants
examined, mistaken decisions may have
been made, in such cases Hawaii is respon.
sible and must pay proper damages.
While there may be some optimism in
this view Of the probable basis of settle.
ment, at least 1t is more rational than the
astonishing Vancouver conjecture that ia.
pan is prepared, il President DOLE rejects
her demand, either to take her 80. o PEG.
pie away from the islands, leaving the plan.
tations to suffer, or else to land forces from
her warships and seize the Custom House
at Honolulu, paying herself out of the re.
ceipts. How Japan would mend matters
by abrogating private contracts in the for.
mer case, and going to a great expense for
transportation, or what she would expect
the United States to do in the latter case,
remains a mystery to be solved.
The truth is that Hawaii must and
doubtless will stand by that right to regu.
late immigration which all countries pos.
sess. On the other hand, she must also
concede the binding force of treaties unit
abrogated. With these principles clearly
in view it should not be very difficult to
reach a just settlement based on the exact
facts in each case.
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COZ. MEpA1.
Heund AFTER ByinE Nearly Thirty-nve Years On
. virginia Battleneld.

During a stormy night in the winter OF 1862.
while Col. Harry w. Michel Of Brooklyn. then n
First Lieutenant in the Fourteenth Regiment,
was on the skirmish line in Virginia, he lost A
medal which had been presented to him by his
company. 1t was OF the Maltese cross pattern.
and was made from the root OF laurel wood. Col,
Michells name was engraved on the quarter,
of-a-dollar piece In the centre OF the medal. Col.
Michel made a vain search for the medal on tho
following day, but now after a lapse of nearly
thirty-fve years no has learned that the medal
has been found, and he expects that 1t will soon
be restored to him. The Richmond Dispatch OF
May % contained q report Of the finding of the
medal in an excellent state OF preservation on a
farm in King George county. Va, and a few DAYS
ago the clipping was forwarded by a Southern
friend to Col. Michel.
There was, Col. Michel thinks, a peculiar co.
incidence in the story OF the medal. He said:
"On Monday last l happened to be reading about
friend the loss of the medal, and expressed my
regret that l was never able to get any trace Of
1t. II Is a very strange coincidence that at that
very moment the clipping from the Virginia
paper about its discovery was on the way to me.
j would like TO have some one tell me WHY I
thought OF that medal just at that particular
moment, when IL had been out OF my mind for
years. just to think, that after thirty long
years, during which this old keepsake had been
lying on the battlefield, perhaps being plouRhed
under again and again, walked on, rained on,
and showed on, II should have been found. 1t Is
e happy thought that may receive it within a
Col. Mitchell 10 about to sever his con.
nection with tho Fourteenth Regiment and the
National Guard.
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hackers In the concert, he intends to
stand firm; In which case the situa-
tion becomes serious. Still, az some time
has now elapsed since the declaration was
made without any action being taken in the
direction indicated by it, 1t may be assumed
that Lord SALISBURY does not consider the
moment to have arrived when It would be
expedient to withdraw from the concert.
The date for the celebration Of the Queens
Jubilee festival Is now close at hand, and
only very urgent reasons would be allowed
to interfere with It in the ordinary course
Of events, therefore, nothing very startling
need be looked for before that event has
passed. Meanwhile the Italian, Russian,
and English agents sent to Thessaly to re-
port upon that province will lave had time
to make their examination, and Greece and
the dispossessed villagers Of the occupied
territory will have to worry along the best
way they can. The situation also will have
an opportunity to develop itself to the point
Of compelling more active efforts to bring
about a solution Of the difficulty that grows
every day more dangerous for the peace of
Europe. The ~antagonisms of interest be.
tween several ofthe powers. of which we have
had glimpses from time to time, will tend
to become more irreconcilable with every
days delay, and IL a sincere desire for peace
really does exist among all the members
OF the concert, they cannot demonstrate
1t better than by showing their determine
ton to adhere to their own declaration,
made just before the war broke out, that
neither side should be allowed to profit by
1t territorially. II Europe remains divided,
the Turk continues to control the situation
as before, under advice.
AS to the Sultan's nomination of a deputa-
ton to proceed to London to take part in
the jubilee celebrations, the reasons that
have decided him on doing 30, under, the
circumstances, can only be described as
eminently Turkish.
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Four New Dances.

The Convention of Dancing Masters has
been in session in this town this week, and
the order, harmony, and rhythm of its pro-
ceedings must have filled with envy every
student of parliamentary law and master
of the gavel. Even Tom REED himself, with
his al%l-conquering rules and rulings, lacks
the poetry, the grace, the waving ease Of
these professors of department in solemn
meeting assembled. They use the head as
we'll as the toes.
For the delectation Of the toes, however,
the professors nave invented four new
dances, the names of which it is our privi-
lege to communicate to the public. The Citi-
zens' Union Galliard is performed in double
quick time by $50 or less dancers standing
on their heads, at the same time clapping
their hands together, kicking in unison. and
chanting "No PLAT! No PLATT!' Music:
A cracked organ with a divvle for a monkey.
The Goo Goo Saraband is hoped in a ma
jestic manner on stills, the performers,
young men preferred, from time to time
casting appealing looks to heaven, and at
other times regarding themselves with an
expression of deep satisfaction. The walls
and floor of the room in which this dance is
given must be Of plate glass. Music: Eolian
harps, and snaredrums made of the skin of
the Mugwump bird, playing the inspiring
old Reform air:
40. pity. pity. pityl
This is such a wicked city.
Such q foul and fragrant city. full Of stains, stains,
stains:
But we Goo Coos, We will lave II,
Cleanse and purify and save Is,
And only ask to boss It for our pains. pains. painsl"
The CARGO Tamsertanz consists of a panel
Of jurymen dressed in kin of Holstein
cattle, and with clasped hands moving
with incredible velocity around a wooden
figure full of whiskers, in the centre. This
dance Is a modification of "Pull in the
Ring" except hat the floor is carpeted
with three-ply dialect, and by means of
an ingenious invisible machinery the cen.
trail figure e~xplodes itself every three min
utes. at ono. picks itself together and is
again discomposed. When it is not ex.
ploding, the dancers, all Of whom smoke ex-
plosive cigars, something like a Roman can
die, detonate into a thousand fragments,
pick themselves up and resume the ring.
Music: A porcelain-lined beer fountain
playing "Der Chail Is Oudt." A novel
dance, of most pleasing effect.
The fourth number is the Tammany
Sneak. The figures are muf1ed in blanket
ballots, wear rubber-soled shoes over silver
clogs, and hold umbrellas before their faces.
They shuttle over the stage in the usual
manner of stage conspirators, and once in
a while flash dark lanterns on a trans
parency Local issues onlyV When they
reach a corner of the stage they throw of
the blankets, appear in complete suits OF
silver mail, and execute an Anarchist break.
down. Air "A Bunco Game Is My Hearts
Delight = instrument, a buffalo horn.
This is a great year for dancing. but the
piper has yet to be paid.
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Tammany and "Local Issues"

Mr.. FRANK CAMPBELL, the New York
member of the Popocratic National Com
mittee, says, what everybody knows.
that the Chicago platform twill stand
unaltered" until 1900. Still, off the
Democrats Of the city Of New York,
Buffalo, or Rochester deem it expedient
and wise for party success to conduct their
local elections without injecting into them
State or national issues" he believes hat
"they have a right to do 80 without inter-
ference of any State or national commit
tee." Excellent Mr.. CAMPBELL, who now
takes the cat out of the bag and the pig out
Of the poke:
Democrats living In the State outside of the city
OF New York are looking anxiously for the election OF
a Democratic Mayor for Greater New York. II this
could be accomplished, It would encourage the rank
and ne of the party. and enable the oranization to
get into lighting shape for the important State elec.
ton that Is to take place a year from this fall. when
the Governor. State officers, and the Legislature are
TO be elected.
"n we carry Greater New York and elect these
officers next year, then the party win be In shape,
trifh a fair chance OF placing Nep York State In the
Democratic column In 1900"
In palmer words, II Organism, assisted
i%gnorantly by the Citizens Union gulls,
can get control of thisc city by false preten-
ces, by bamboozling the voters with local
issues, the Bryanites will be greatly
strengthened in their preparations for the
elections of 1898 and 1900.
The Bryanite game is to sneak into
power by hiding the issues and it's own
purposes. Once in power, it would use it
for the benefit of the dangerous and dishont
est principles which the city and State OF
New York rejected in 1896.
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GOV. BLACK AT NIAGARA FAILS.
He ana Ex-senator Hill Attend the Outing OF
the Rochester Chnmber OF Commerce.


NIAGARA FALLS, n. Y, June 1.-THE annual
outing of the members Of the Rochester Chamber
Of Commerce was held in this city to-day. With
the party were Gov. Black. Lieut.. Gov. Wood.
ruff. Superintendent Of Public Works Aldridge.
the Hon. David b. Hill, Senator Ellsworth, Sen
ator Parsons, Frederick Cook, Mayor Jewett OF
Buffalo. the Hon. David Harcourt, NJ. p. Of
Toronto. and others. They came on a special
train over the Lehigh Valley, arriving at HOS
o'clock. Trolley cars were in waiting. and they
were taken to the station of the Niagara Falls
Power Company, where the big 5000 horse.
power generators were inspected. Gov. Black
was delighted with the power house equipment,
and marvelled, at its efficiency as explained by
Secretary Rankin.
Trolley cars carried the party TO the Inter.
national Hotel. Before dinner Gov. Black, &C.
companied by T. v. Welch, Superintendent OF
the State Reservation, and the Hon. W. Caryl
Ely, visited the State Reservation.
The dinner and speeches took up three hours.
Mayor Hastings spoke. words OF welcome, and
Charles Brown, President Of the Rochester
Chamber of Commerce, read his address: Gov.
livered an address full OF wit and wisdom.
Lieut--Gov. Woodruff and DR.. David J. Hill OF
Washington were the other speakers.
At the conclusion Of the banquet the crowd
walked across the upper suspension bridge TO
the Canadian side, where trolley cars were taken
to Queenstown, Ontario. at which point the
river was crossed, the party returning to this
city by the great gorge route. The weather was
delightful.