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The Politics OF . Woman.

TO THE Enron OF THE suS-Sir: wish to express
to you my thanks for the stand you take for honesty
in the political contest going on In this city and ooun.
try. lam woman. Icannot vote. but as I am q real
estate owner must and do pay taxes. l am not the
kind OF q Republican the present Mayor is, with a
few others. What an old hypocrite he Is! No doubt
he thought that Gen. Tracy and Seth Low would re-
tire and he alone be left to save this great city from
the Tammany grasp.
Have the working people forgotten how Seth Low
decided against them as the arbitrator? But what
could they expect from him? What is Seth Low but
a traitor to manhood. to his neighbors, to his political
party that has brought him before us In days gone
by With this great influence he was made Mayor of
Brooklyn. and with this influence and his million to
give he was made President OF Columbia. What
wise or generous act has he ever done2 Dos he fol.
low the command laid down in our Bibl-, LET not
the left hand know what the right ooes? ?" No, mol
All he has ever done has been for the glory of self.
Seth Low.
Now. what Is Gen. Tracy? We travel back to his
chi!dhood's. boyhood's and manhoods days. We md
all we can desire in this man to honor even the White
House as well rs to be Mayor OF Greater New York.
When We were in war 1t was not Low, @ orge. nor
Van wyck that enlisted and fought for the country's
honor.
! am thankful that honest men are coming from
other States to help convince the blind and deceived
which man Is fitted to be Mayor. I am glad there Is a
Mr.. Thurston aud a Mr.. Foraker. l am glad that SEQ
rotary Bliss stands with our good old friend. Thomas
e. Plat Have people forgotten that Mr.. Plat went
TO St. Louis and fought for the gold platform and
good. clean government? What thanks has he ever
had. but a clear conscicnce2 He did not leave his
bus ness for honor or cash. but for the good Of us all.
The people tax of "Bossism." How foolishl
Low is the boss" of the disappointed politicians.
1.-the daughter OF an Old war Democrat. beg all to
vote for this clean, good man, Gen. Tracy. BROOKLYN
will d!sappoInt the Boastcr Low and his followers. 1
do not live there. but l know twenty. seven men that
will vote straight Republican. and some arc Demo.
Gratis. IL know so many and do not live there, why
should We believe that Seth Low Is the idol of that
city?
thank You again for the wise advice you daily give,
in both morning and evening papers. and trust that
we shall elect Gen. Tracy. Mrs, L. Il. srKvvss
New YORK. Oct. 10.
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I'Gh!

The Stiffness which lately has crept into
the naming of American trotting horses,
illustrated by such monstrosities as Prin.
ccer. Marion, M STAN b., has driven the
name.givers OF one breeder clean daft.
Names such as are quoted above are made
by combining those of sire and dam into
whatever clumsy and meaningless bunch
of letters illiteracy happens to fancy.
Prlnceer probably came from Princeps and
a mare by Electioneer. STAN b. was the re-
snlt of some combination with STEAMBOAT;
Marion, an absurdity strained from a con-
junction of Arion and Nancy Hanks. A cat
alogue published in the name of Mr.. f. p.
OLCOTT showsthat the disease OF caconomy.
instead Of declining, Is moro epidemic and
more acute than ever before.
The first name to supply evidence of the
truth of what we ave just said is Thareb.
This is followed by Arthab and Erbath. We
suspect that the animal owned, we believe,
by Mr.. +. II. HARTMAN Of Goshen,
known as BAXTER, is another pitiable rela-
tive. All are anagrams of the simple and
dignihed name of Bertha. With the same
inclination to idiotic cccentricity the name
Serene has been transmitted to two dis,
graced daughters, as Erenes and Resene.
Flodrim is deformcd Milford. Moan, we
suppose, is made out of the last two sylla'
bles contorted of Winona. The name Lena.
whose daughter became Elna, has been
again corrupted by Mr.. OLcorT into Anel.
Donel Is a son of Lord Eldon. Anidal we
take to be the dregs of Claudina. Palmar,
Marpal, and Raplam constitute triplets OF
| imhppIlify from anna unknown aOnrcR
The derivation of Prila is not suggested by
the ancestry given. How creatures with
such sorry names can be worth having
despite commencing pedigrees, 1t Is hard
to imagine.
Something has gone to seed at the breeding
farm whence these horses came that car
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The Business Career of Seth Low.

There are several reasons advanced In
support of Mr.. SETH Lows claims to the
Mayoralty, whereof these three are the
most important and inclusive:
That Mr.. Low gave one million dollars
to build the new library at Columbia
College;
That Mr.. Low is an honest man, and
That Mr.. Low is IA good business man.
No one has ever withheld from the candi.
date proper credit for his gift to Columbia
for the erection Of "A great library building
~ a memorial to his father, who had left
him a great fortune. But such munificence
cannot be said to constitute a qualification
In him to be Mayor. 1t is a poor compli.
ment to Mr.. Low to say that he is honest
In the ordinary acccptation of the term.
Most men would feel insultcd II the sug.
gestion was made that they could possibly
he otherwise than honest. OF course they
do not steal.
1t Is said, in proof OF Mr.. Lows business
abilities, that he was a good Mayor OF
Brooklyn and has been a successful Presi-
dent of Columbia College. But 80 also were
other men good Mayors OF Brooklyn, and
his superiority In goodness to any Of them
has never been demonstrated. II asserted.
Whatever else Mr.. Low has lone for Co.
lumbia, well or III, he has introduced there
a department of Sociology" which is
mischieyously sociallstic in its teachings.
1t Is Socialism in evening clothes and fine
linen, but it is Socialism just the same.
During his administration this richest of
American colleges has been loaded with n
debt of three million dollars, and appar-
emily the completion of necessary improve
ments at its new site will largely Increase
the indebtedness. Tn Trcasurer's report
for the fiscal year ending with June 80 is
withheld from publication until after the
election, so that we cannot give the exact
details, but there is no question as to the
amount of the debt being roughly as we
have given it. Such an Indebtedness is
without precedent III the history of Ameri-
can colleges, and the revelation of it has
startled the friends Of the muni1icently en-
lowed Columbia,
Now, what does his actual private business
career teach regarding his practical judg,
men as a man of ~affairsi Mr.. Low at one
time was the managing partner of his
fathers tea importing concern in Burling
slip. How he acquitted himsclfa as II man of
business is told elsewhere in this paper.
The account is both interesting and true,
and il shows that Mr.. Low failed dismally
in that capacity, after having cost the firm
great losses, according TO common repute,
The young mans antics in the auction
room, private tee shop, and advertising
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A Navy Yard Workman story About Gen.
Tracy.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Permit ME to add
another verse to the "chapter of the record Of the
man nom the people Of New York can now place In
ONCE us their Mayor" 1t may not he All addition TO
your story Of his splendid executive ability which YOU
have 80 clearly narrated. hut It VIII help to reveal the
noble character and his heart of the man.
At the time OF Gen. Trscy's great aniictlon. while
secretary OF the Navy, when the last sad rites were
being performed in Washington over his beloved
wife and grandd aughter. the employers OF the Brook.
iyn N"Vy iarH-I was then one hem-yoluntarily
AMI spontaneously stopped work that day out OF sym.
pa'hy ana respect to the man In his trial.
There were then about =, 20N men employed. OF
course they lost their ages for that day. for there w ma
III Ie@a'wayhy which they could lie paid a lays wages
when no service was render, d. But when Gen. Tracy
heard OF tn" voluntary and sympathetic sacrifice OF
the navy yard boys, he INN ndia;rly ordered every
man 10 be paid his fun days wages, and he would
turn into the Treasury from his privste means the
exact amount paid out.
THIS to s'2oo men. was 1omcwher in the neigh,
boThood OF $4,000.
such sympathy on the part OF the men, aud such an
act on the part OF the General. only need the telling
They need no comment.
The navy yard boys need no reminder: they ali rs
member f.. II px
NEW YORK. oct. 10.
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this community and this whole republic.
IL q man to be excluded from Office simply
because he has distinguished himself In the
practice of u profession or In business7 Are
we TO be confined to the "~leisure class
only in the selection Of public oflcersV The
i%nslnuation as to Gen. TRACY IL the viler
since during the last forty years he has filled
and adorned military and civil offices Of
high responsibility, In the view of the
people and under their vigilant criticism.
II his character Is not absolutely trust
worthy, there Is no integrity In man and
everybody Is q base %scoundrcl.
II Gen. TRACY had consulted his own In.
terests and the interests OF his law firm, IL
he had followed his selfish inclinations
only, he would have persisted In his refusal
of last spring to become a candidate. His
election as Mayor would injure rather than
help his Law firm, for 1t would take away
from his associates his great strength.
Gen. TRACY has made a distinct sacrifice
Of personal comfort and profit to public
duty, yet mean and ignoble spirits, them.
selves incapable of such loftiness Of motive,
dare to accuse him of base and sordid mo.
tivesl 1t is enough to make a man despise
human nature.
That n son Of Senator PLATT should be
holding an important place In an impor-
tant corporation Is not surprising. He Is
the son of n man Of great ability and of
high and untarnished business rcputa-
tion, against whom vile ours are snarling
merely because lie is SO far their moral and
intellectual superior. Young Mr.. PLATT
has an inheritance Of ability and strength
and integrity of character Of which he has
reason to be proud, and which naturally
commends him to the confidence of any
large corporation.
We have given more space to these mat
tiers than they deserve in reality, but,
unfortunately, the lying and shameless
newspaper traducers of Senator PLAT
seem to have affected some undiscriminat-
ing people like our correspondent. Mr..
PLATT is a man of education and of honor
and integrity, and the Republican part IND
all of this community are fortunate in hav-
ing n gentleman of his character and con.
summate genius for politics as the leader
of the party Of conservatism in this grave
crisis for society.
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HENRY GEORGE is a candidate really rep
conflscntion.
He does not balk at the ugly word.
The main plank Of his platform Is the
contiscation of all rents from land. We
quote from chapter 2 OF book 8 Of his
Progress and Poverty" emitting nothing
from the passage quoted that changes or
moditics his main proposition:
"Private property in land has no variant in Justice.
but stands condemned as the denial OF natural right
"a subversion OF the law OF nature that as social de-
velopment goes on must condemn the masses OF men
TO n slavery the hardest and most degrading.
Neither on the ground OF equity or cxpediency is
there anything to deter us from making land com
mon property by conhscatIng rent.
But a question OF method remains. How shall we
dotP
1--WE should satisfy the law of justice. we should
meet all economic requirements. by at one stroke
a6otishlns all private titles, declaring all land public
property. and letting It out to the highest bidders In
lots 70 suit. under such conditions as would sacredly
guard the private right to improvements.
'such q plan, instead OF being a wild. Impracticable
AShfy mas Twin tne exception mat NE suggests
compensation to the present holders OF land -,.n-
~duubfcdiD u careless concession which he upon rereo-
uon would rcconsider) been !ndorsed by no less
eminent a thinker than HERBERT SPENCER.
But such a plan. though perfectly feasible, does
mot seem TO me the best. or. rather. / propose to
accomplish tie same thing In a simpler. easier. and
quieter way than that Of formally conhscating all
the land and formally letting 1t out to tao highest
bidders.
Fl do nor propose either TO purchase or to con-
nscate private prop,rty In land. The nrst would
be unjust. ne .s"und needless. Let the in
dividuals VINO now !old 1t still retain. II they
want to. possession ~ what they are pleased TO
call their !aui. Let them buy and sell. and bequeath
AMI devise II. We may safely leave them the she'll.
~ we ;aSe the kernel. II is not necessary to conds.
cate TIE iand II Is only nrec-.ury 70 conn,cute the
rent"
Such confiscnti ion Is the heart and soul Of
the system devised by the honest crank who
is now running for Mayor of the Greater
New York. with his friend and ally, SETH
Low, aiding him.
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A Real and Alarming Change.

The days text for SETH Low and his fol-
lowers will be found In Mr.. Lows speech,
delivered at Northeast Harbor when he ac-
cepted the Citizens Union nomination.
Tho situation with which l am called
upon to DEAL" said Mr.. Low on Sept. 8
accepting the ~nomination), is essentially
different from that which I contemplated
in June (refusing it). Others also must
face the changed conditions. I and all who
are concerned must make their choice in
the presence Of conditions as they are, not
as they nay wish they were"
Probably the only change between juno
and September was a change in Mr.. Lows
conscience; but never mind that.
An actual change visible to all Is that
Organism, which the non-partisan party of
municipal issues only said would not be
In the canvass. has flashed In the Greater
New York, with more ominous brilliancy
than ever, behind the figure of HENRY
GEORGE, bringing positive and keen anx.
iety to every conservative citizen here and
elsewhere in the United States.
This is the momentous change of the sea-
son, and IL Mr.. Low was really a lover OF
good government, a good citizen of New
York, and a patriot. he would face it by tax.
ing his disturbing self away as a candidate
and by striving to place himself among
Cen TRAcY's most ardent advocates.
And this advice to Mr.. Low applies to
all connected with the Citizens Union.
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Real aud False Republicans

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS--Sir: ! am a kernhli'
can and have voted for every Republican candidate
for the Presidency from Lincoln t. Mckinley.
How Is II that any one can cali seth Low a Rcpufli.
can? Has he not been found " anting In the day OF
pattle9 Did not his attitude defeat Blaine and inhict
us with four years OF ClevelandIsm Blaine " Us not
good enough for him. neither could he stomach Harri'
son.
Low denounces Mr., Plat for being a "boss." No
business. no organization. no enterprise, no political
party can DO effective or prosper without a h adj or
q" boss or whatever you may see nj To can him,
hr. Plat has always been n Republican and he has
never been found wanting, but has ever s,oud In the
front ranks and facing the enemy.
Seth Low would be more than a boss; he would he
the great Tycoon! His treatment OF Mr., Roehling IN
dica,es the man. and TO the most ordinary intellect
speaks volumes.
Nc such shadow follows Gen. Tracy, and n true
Republicans do their duty he viii be the trst Mayor
OF Greater New York. b. Il, BAKER.
NEW YORK, Oct. is.
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mn cATID1xr OF COLUMBIA.
..,n Low. MenrJ GEORGE. Knri FsarH, ana
Ferdinand AnKnnt nebel.

$780,
ToTHE EDITOR OF II SuN-Sir: BY this time
roonlo who n month ago could see nothing Of
greater import in the present campaign tn n a
ohance TO down Platt' or to "oxtinguish Quigg'
must begin 10 realize the wisdom of those who
nointed out that the struggle involved tho Sc
curity OF the entire social and political system
ON which our institutions are founded.
M municipal election ever held in the United
states has absorbed and concentrated public at
tention in a greater degree than has the one
through which we are passing. Two weeks ago
the burning fundamental questions involved
began to widen in cver.increasinE circles until
now they embrace the entire country. Not only
that, the leading cities OF the Old World, quick
to catch the groundswell OF social upheaVai'
have felt the impact OF the forces that arc being
set in line. and the cables almost daily pulsate
with the interest felt in tho issue. In those
strongholds of aristocratic and military dcspot-
ism the general sentiment appears to be that
we are entering on the preliminary stages of tho
struggle with socialism and anarchy, in which,
because of too great a degree of political free.
dom and unrestricted suffrage, our present
form of government will be swept away by dc.
grees and replaced by some abhorrent, mongrel
system based on tho wild theories of Marx,
Bebel, and Henry George. These foreign
writer's, OF course, know tho inherent strength
OF our institutions, but, At tue same thhe, tho
perils to which they n Divert should not be lightly
put aside as unworthy of consideration.
In the present contest they have become OF
the gravcst moment, owing to the direct aid and
comfort given to thci foremost advocate by the
Catiline of Columbia University. II the single
tax prophet shall become the first Mayor OF the
| second city Of the world. a shuddcr OF apprehen'
sion will run from end to end through the re-
public. His victory will have a benumbing
effect on home and foreign capital, weaking con
idence, checking investment. congealing enter
prise and shaking every pillar of our newly re-
stored prosperity. These are the calamitou,
conditions which every mar who gives his sui
frage to Seth Low will be voting to bring about
in this community, for every vote for him help;
George. II he is a merchant, 1t will be a vote u
reduce the volume of his trade. If he Is the
owner OF property. 1t will be u vote to cut dowr
its value. The man whose Drawn is his capita
BY a vote for Low will have cast a ballot to di
minish the opportunities for honest industry
that are happily becoming every day moro ant
more numerous.
Seth Low will not be Mayor of Greater New
York; but, SO far as in him lies, he is determined
to bring upon the city Of his birth and the con
Joined city Of his adoption the dire calamity o
turning over their administration to Henri!
George and his cohorts Of confiscation. f.
BROOKLYN, Oct. JIG.
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Mr.. 7. II. Slavens appears to DO the respon-
sible editor OF the Journal Of the L. S. curGlry isso-
citation, published At Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Mr.
Blavsns's magazine has reached its tenth volume
without learning some things. The September num-
Der ia divided into two parts, one part consisting OF
reprints and translation. and the other part con'
sistlng OF what purports to he original matter, copy
righted by the U. s. Cavalry Association. 1897. All
rghts reserved" At the head Of this original. copy
rghted department appears an excellent article on
the late AaJor-Gen. Andrew ia ksoh smith. by Mr..
Leslie J. Perry of the War Records once at Washing
ton. said article having been lifted boldly and bodily
By slAysuk from THs 6UA Of Feb 81. 1897.
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"You know I consider the fight In this city
this fall as the real beginning OF the campaign to elect
the next President."-Fro an Interview Vith HENRY
GEORGE.
That Is exactly what 1t Is 1t Is "the real be.
ginning Of the campaign to elect the next Presi-
dent:'' and the sooner the conservative com.
munity secs Its significance with tho same
clearness as HENRY GORGE displays. the more
absolute must be the certainty OF tho election
OF Gen. TRACY. 1t Is the campaign OF last year
over again. with the same interests at stake.
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scarcely fail to affect the stock. The pow
crty of imagination and the lack Of the
simplest book learning found in this new
and crazy family OF names are enough to
make the trotting track unpopular, and an
object more of ridicule than of interest.
II for N reason, tired or dcrangcd trot-
ting horse breeders feel that the decent
naming Of their horses is beyond them, we
can refer them to an absolutely %incxhausti-
BILE repository Of suitable and sensible
names. We refer to the English dictionary.
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schemes and devices were quietly cut short
by his astute and sagacious father after he
got tired Of losing great sums Of money by
reason of them.
Read that true butunvarnished tale OF tho
public and private career OF Mr.. SETH Low,
and see IL it suggests in him p~reeminent
qualifications to be the first Mayor of the
second city in the world.
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Iwrotc 10 the Postmaster at Anderson. asking 1, A
man named Dempsy waggy lived In that region and
had raised such corn as had been stated in the Chi.
eago record 10 ms ! have this day received the
following reply;
ANDERSON. Ind. Oct l. 1897.
eihi pemBsS !" asgy nVes here and grew the corn
ossSse1- "SpoSoeAS' A bAALs P.L
The record-union., 1897-02-20
NEW TODAY.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF TIL
county of Sacramento, State of California
In the matter of the estate of THOMAS
NJ LINDLEY, deceased.
NOTICE OF SALE-Under authority OF
an order of sale granted by the superior
Court in and for the county OF Sacramento
State Of California, dated February u
1897 we will sell at private sale the 1oi-
lowing described real estate: Lot one u9
in the square bounded by and q ana
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, in the city
of Sacramento, county OF sacramento
State of California, as laid down on the Oh
fetal map of said city, and the improve
ments thereon; and the following & de1
scribed personal property TO VII: -to
shares of the capital stock OF Lindley I"
Co, 3 shares of the stock OF lhe
Sacramento Park Association, one note
of Conn Kelliher, one watch chain,
one locket, two diamond ear-rlns
pendants, one pair gold sleeve put
TONS two ladies' breast pins. one gold pause
Sacramento Pioneer Association, one gray
horse one phaeton, one buggy, one gold
ring. f.. A.
The sale will be made on or after the
Sth day of March, A. d. 1891, ana plds VIII
be received at the office OF Douglas A
Lindley No. 222 X street, Sacramento Guy
State of California. Terms of sale: Casn'
gold coin of the United States, 10 per cent;
of the bid payable at the time OF SAFE anu
balance upon confirmation by this court
DAUGLAS a. LlNDLEH,
WALLACE A. BRIGGS,
Executors of the estate of Thomas NJ
Lindley, Deceased. ,o,
Dated February 70, 1877 Ie-o-lu