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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12
Tho Kansas Pacific Railway.

The agreement for the settlement OF the
Government claims against the Union
Pacific and the Kansas Pacific Railway
companies, made last January between the
Acknowledgement the Hon. UNISON HAIR.
MON, and the Union Pacific Reorganization
Committee, has been printed as a Senate
document. 1t Is In tho form Of letters ex-
changed between Mr.. HARMON me the
representatives Of the committee, and 1t
shows, distinctly, that the committees
offered to bid upon the sale Of the Union
Pacific and the Kansas Pacific properties
together, including the sinking fund, under
q decree of foreclosure to be obtained by
the Government. the sun Of at least
CAB, 754, o59.99.
In accepting this offer the Attorney.Gen.
ernl aid
elm case tho property mentioned should not DO
sold a. q unit. minimum bids for tho separate por
lions thereof are to be made, which, IN the aggregate,
viii produce TO this Government the net sum above
mentioned"
This agreement having been abrogated
by Mr.. HARMoN's successor, and the com.
mittee having bid in the Union Pacific
property and sinking fund upon a different
basis from that proposed by it in January,
they are clearly released from all further
obligation.
The Kansas Pacific property is now to be
sold separately, and how much 1t will bring
10 uncertain.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12
Prodigal Sons in Virginia.

At a conference of the Democratic men,
bers of the two houses of the Virginia Gen
eral Assembly last week, the following reso-
luton was offered and subsequently de-
feated by a great majority:
THAT no candidate is eligible to any ONCE at the
disposal OF this Democratic caucus who bolted the
Chicago Convention or vino refused to support the
Democratic nominee for President OF the United
States. the Hon. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN"
The rejection of the resolution was not
due to any disposition to be tender toward
the boilers. One of the opponents of it said
frankly that he "thought a man who had
voted against BRYAN would not nave the
audacity to ask for a nomination. But If
he did, what this Democratic caucus will
do for him will be a plenty"
The great mass Of the Virginia Democracy
is solid for the Chicago platform. In de,
clining to pass a superfluous resolution the
Virginia Democrats showed no inclination
to cease to regard the Chicago platform as
the standard of Democratic orthodoxy.
Practically nobody but a known Bryan man
can get Office in Virginia.
AS the weakened brethren come limp
ing back into the party, the faithful feel
that they can afford to be magnanimous.
They are so strong and so secure in their
strength that they are willing to make
things as easy as possible for the returning
wanderers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12
China in Congress-.

Tho demonstration of Gen. CHARLES
HENRY GRosvENoR and a few other Re-
publican members of the House of Repre-
sentatives against the Chinese civil ser
vice system Is interesting. 1t may be re-
garded as an apology to constituents in
Ohio and elsewhere whose desire to serve
the Government is chilled by the fact that
vacancies in the classified civil service can
not be made at random or filled in ac-
cordance with the political sympathies of
the appointing officer.
We nave no liking for the Chinese ma
chine, but we do believe most thoroughly
that a party should stick to Its platform.
Here is what the Republicans said, and
what they must be presumed to have
thought. about the Civil Service law, at
their Convention in 1896:
'Tho Civil Service law was placed on the statute
book by the Republican party. which has always
sustained IL, and we renew our repeated declaration
shat II shall be thoroughly and honestly enforced
and extended wherever practicable
Sound political morality requires that
the Republicans shall do as they said they
would do. The place for Gen. GRosvENoR
to make his fight against civil service re-
form is in the Republican National Con-
vention of 1900.
Just at present there is not much inter
est in the subject n way or the other.
There are more important things for Con
gress to consider. Whenever the Chi
nese humbug is overthrown it will be by
reason Of It's demonstrated uselessness.
1t will kill itself. Attacks upon it are
euperfiuous.
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days tour In camp each year, with pay at
30 n day for mounted officers and at "a for
others, making an estimated cost to the
Government of 81, 100000 a year. The
heavy artillery skeleton regiments would
90 to the seacoast and lake forts, while the
Army Of the North, 90 regiments, would
have Its rendezvous at Albany; the Army
Of the East, 90, at Harrisburg; the Army OF
the South, 81, at Washington and Rich.
mond; the Army of the Gulf, 90, at Atlanta
and Vicksburg; the Army of the West, 81,
somewhere beyond the Mississippi.
The scheme worked out in the essay will
interest those who study such projects. 1t
is useful, no doubt, to discuss the best
methods Of raising volunteers, in a country
which has so small a regular army as ours
and comparatively SO few organized militia.
But the best immediate outlay, we think,
for Congress to make, is the one required
for adding two or three regiments to the
artillery and recognizing the infantry
according to the most desirable method.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12
Senior Canalejas's Investigations in
Cuba.

The first report Of Senor CANAIEJAs con-
corning the situation in Cuba has already
been published in Madrid in hat Spanish
editors newspaper, Ell Herdldo.
"All that has been said" writes SeHor
CANALEJAs's secretary, SedorS AINT-AUBIN,
"about the depopulation Of the country,
the destruction Of wealth, and the awful
sufferings Of the Spanish soldiers, is moth
ing when compared with the dreadful
truth. More distressing than anything
that has been said are the ruin of COM
merce, the failure Of the next crop, tho
dearth Of provisions all over the island,
the ravages of epidemics, and the dire mis-
cry of the inhabitants in the principal cities
and towns. The spectacle is more sad when
we recollect the optimistic Spanish predic-
lions that have been uttered"
About the insurgents he says: "They
scorn the pardons offered to them and reject
autonomy. They burn the sugar cane fields,
threaten the sugar estates, n concentrate
their military forces in the mountainous
west. In the east, 10000 well'armed
men maintain by force the civil organiza-
ton of the so.called Republic of Cubs. Our
troops nave not damaged them during two
years, and that Is their main argument for
demanding from the United States the
recognition of their belligerency."
What will be the RESULT This Spanish
journalist and former Minister does not
dare to say. He only points to the fact that
Gen. BLANCo's mission in the island Of
Cuba is "full of difficulties" 1.-THE sit
uation," he adds, Is so dark that it is
hard to ~foretell the ISSUE"
The Madrid Heraldo calls public attention
to Seaor CANALEJAs's disinterested n pa
triotic purpose in leaving Spain for Cuba
to investigate the facts on the spot. "He
went to the struggling island" says Ell
Heruldo, "to render a service to his country
and to ascertain the truth. The truth he
has discovered is not pleasant at all for his
nation, but Senior CANALEJAs has had the
courage to tell it."
Is it or is it not a state of war " in the in.
ternational sense" which this honest Span.
ish observer reports2
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figure brought to public view in the history
Of that office, aud II he persists in display.
ing himself thereafter al the captain Of the
Reid-Milholland gang. who are trying to
destroy the Republican party in this city
and State, he will give to their spiteful en-.
terprise a comical flavor which, fortunately,
will render It even more powerless for
serious mischief than 1t now IL.
Mayor STRONG passed into politics after
n successful career in the dry goods trade
and after having been a bank President.
How happened 1t that the moral inflrmity
which prevented his success in public Office
did not prove an obstacle to his prosperity
in those other fields also7 The reason 10
that the moral standards Of politics are
really higher and severer than thoge of bust.
ness. That is not Mugwump doctrine. but
1t Is true and sound doctrine. all the same.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12
4. Checkers a Deeper Gam, Than Chess,

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Str: P~ilsbury, the
chess player, who Is now PLAYING expert checkers. is
credited with a remark which should not be lost. It
IL one OF those commonplace that would have been
uttered long ago II any one had thought OF II before.
Extending his open hand over the board he said;
"Chess is what you Bee."
To q student of the two gameS that simple sentence
is luminous. 1t shows wherein the essence of the
game OF chess differs from that of checkers. In the
latter 1t is not what you see. bu: what you know.
In other words. attacks and defences are v.s.ble in
chess but not In checkers.
-Four or nve of the recognized chess masters Of this
country at the present time were checker players
FIRST. but could not master the game as they did chess.
II Pillsbury. who Is now studying checkers assidu.
ously, does not make as good . record for himself
as he has made in ohess. checker enthusiasts will have
q whitening retort in their "spats" with chess play.
ers. he Is nearing tho top now. Can he get there?
The checker fraternity Of the English.speakinR
world VIII watch for his limit with more interest than
they have felt In any player aimee Yates.
NEW York, Dec. IL. Ii. G. WHITE.
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A Proposed Volunteer Army.

This years prize essay of the Military
Service Institution is by Lieut.. FooTE,
Fourth Artillery, IN our volunteer armies,
and the Journal of that institution makes
1t public. Its distinctive feature Is a sys.
tenn for raising volunteers rapidly by hav-
ing skeleton regiments named, placed, and
differed, SO as to be ready to be filled by re-
cruiting the men in time of need.
The Congressional districts are taken as
the basis of this system, and regiments
1900 strong from each of the 357 dis
tricts. and from New Mexico, Arizona, Ok
lahoma and the District of Columbia,
would yield 1920 men. This would be
enough raw troops to handle at the first
call, n II a smaller number should be re-
quired, only one or two out of the three
battalions need be summoned.
OF the 361 regiments Lieut.. FooTE would
have 225 infantry, 81 heavy artillery. 40
cavalry, and 80 light artillery. The Off
GERS would be commissioner in time of
peace, the Colonel of each regiment being
a regular. not above the rank Of Major, on
the active list of the army, and being de-
tached from his regular duties not more
than a month each year for his work as
Colonel OF volunteers. He would be the ex-
aminer of candidates for his subordinate
officers, the surgeon making the physical
examination. The officers of the regiment
would be drilled, for the most part, as men
in ranks, Just as the West Point cadets
are, the field officers acting as company
officers and guides. In this way q
small company could be got out of the
officers of a regiment, a battalion out OF
those of q brigade, and a regiment out Of
those Of = division. There would be . ten
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12
A Holiday Lesson in Cou,en,ment.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: She was lust q
poor, old negro woman. so lame that she had to uso 4
cane. and very shabbily dressed. Her shoes were full
OF holes. and were protected by rubbers In quite as
pad condition. A mans old crush hat covered her
head. and q forlorn and battered coat reached to her
heels. She entered one OF the large stores lust in front
of me. and. when she was roughly ordered out, though
she was only admiring the pretty things and had not
asked for help. went quietly and without a word.
A few minutes after, l came upon her looking into a
big show window full OF silver and cut glass.
Lots OF pretty things In the window, aren't they Pr
I said. going up close to her.
She turned her wrinklcd old face to mine and said
in her low Southern tones:
Lots OF pretty things, darlin'. but It costs a hesp
does II ?' e"'
With q bright smile, and giving mo a CHEEKY nod.
she limped slowly of. "N'
That was all.
NEW YORK, Dec. II.
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"outs
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUR-Str: THE Sun of Dec.
2 published an article on the editorial page. entitled
Weak Arguments for Bank Currency" to one state.
ment in which l take exception as untrue:
Germany has for years issued Government cur
rency so has Austria, and the Bank Of England. the
Bank OF France. the Bank of Germany. and the Bank
of Austria are Government Institutions, controlled or
directed bv the Government.
Twill not go into Q discussion OF the matter, for q
little research will demonstrate that the Bank of Eng.
land. ever since its Incorporation in the time of VIII.
liam and Mary. has been n private institution. con.
trolled and directed by private individuals with
whose appointment or election the Government has
nothing 70 do. ALFRED RopMAs, Jr.
BosroS. Dec. 10. 1897.
We were wrong in putting the Bank of Eng
land on exactly the same footing with the other
institutions we mentioned. Nevertheless, we
maintain that the Bank of England is a Govern
ment institution. inasmuch as it is the fiscal
agent Of the Government, receiving the public
revenues, paying the interest on the public debt,
and managing the Government finances in gen.
eral. Moreover. 1t is so far controlled and dt-
rected by the Government, that it takes no step
of importance without the concurrence of the
Ministry, as. for instance. in the recent negotia-
tiono with our bimetallio ENJOYS, when the
Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Governor
Of the Bank agreed upon measures favorable to
silver as a part of the Government proposition.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12
The Passing Out of Mayor Strong

WILLIAM l.. STRONG is proceeding con-
sistently with his whole record since his
election as Mayor in now taking the lead
in a movement to perplex and divide the
Republican party in this city. On the first
of January he will go out of public, Office,
but he will continue the efforts to make
mischief for his party which he has ex-
pended throughout his administration of
the Mayoralty.
Everybody who has been at all familiar
with the actual conduct of the Strong ad-
ministration during the last three years
knows that its professions and pretences Of
non-partisanshlp or impartiality in politics
have been altogether false. There has never
been more bald and intriguing politics in
the City Hall and It's appendages than since
Mr.. STRONG became Mayor, and no sharper
political games have ever been played than
those put up by him and his chief subordi-
mates. From the first, he has conducted his
administration with u view to building up
q Republican faction, and naturally he will
signalize his retirement from Office by de-
voting himself openly to that mischievous
industry.
Mr.. STRONG, however, is disqualified for
1iJ ou'h hii'Nioh - liz VI hib
moral constitution. He Is one of the men,
called "well-meaning," whose actual con.
duct does not square with the assumed ex-
o~ellence of their intentions, and who can
never be trusted to follow q straight and
honorable course. Because of this moral
infrmity of Mayor STRONG he has acquired
. reputation for stiffness which cannot
truly be said to be undeserved. Nobody
has been able to rely upon his declarations
n promises, for no matter what they
might be to-day, his proceedings of the
morrow were likely to defy and ~falsify
them. This Inconsistency in him has been
carried to an even comical extreme, and II
will give a humorous character to the fac.
tion's leadership upon which he has now
entered. He will be sure to march his des
perate column around IA circle, for his views
rs to the proper direction to take will be
subject to continual change. He has nc
abiding place of policy or principle.
Take, for instance, his course toward the
Greater New York charter. He was one OF
the commission which framed that instru
ment and voted cordially In its favor, vel
when 1t was submitted to him for his ap
prevail or ~dlsapproval As Mayor he vetoed
It. When SETH Low accepted the Citizens
Union nomination., Mr.. STRONG declared
repeatedly and emphatically that his cleo
ton was utterly impossible, and that hi,
political agents were fools for putting hin
up independently of the Republican party
yet he went on the stump for Low, and die
all he could to increase tie mischief of hi
hopeless candidacy.
Those are only two among a multitude o
instances where Mayor STRONG has exhib
tied his moral perversity and intellectua
confusion. AS a consequence of such In
stability and contradiction he will ratir
from the Mayoralty the most ludicrOu
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12
The Oldest Mas.aehu.stt. sp,n.tsr.

To THE EDITOR or The suS-Sfr In THE Sun Of Dec.
] there is a despatch headed "a Century OF Single
Bliss" referring to Miss Susan wesson OF 5s Ruggles
street. Boston, whose death occurred oil that date, at
the remarkable age OF 100 years 4 months and
2 days, The despatch says she was the Oldest
unmarried woman in Massachusetts, Please allow
me to call your attention TO Miss Mary spooner. now
living In the suburbs OF this city. She was born on
FEB. ., 1873. In the town of Dartmouth, Mass.
OF which New Bedford once formed a part,
PEOPLE. In this neighborho,d believe her to be-
NE Oldest living unmarried woman in this Stato.
htT tathor was Micah SpoOneT OF Dartmouth, q RryO.
lutionary soldier, aud he marched from Dartmouth
town 70 Lexington In 1878, aud served as a minute
man He also served at Newport. Miss Spooner h a
member q Ruth Hart Chapter. u. A. r., OF Meridsn.
Conn, ana enjoys tho honored distinction Of being
me =" Oldest True Daughter OF the American Revolu,
ton" In the United States.
Miss spOoner retains all her faculties nearly unim
paired. aud y alks out Of doors every day when the
meAthtr VIII permit, and sometimes twice "A day,
She declares she needs no assistance about her house.
hold WORK aud during the past summer has had no
woman 70 assist her, She lives, as she has for MANY
years. with her nephew, In a little farmhouse a few
miles north OF this city. II. W. HonaLS"
NEW BEpFoRD. Mass, Dec. Q.
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Fur SEALS AND RAILROADS.
A PennsyIyAnian's Plan for Further NsEotia
tiOn with Canada.

lion With Canada.
To THE EDITOR OF The S~UN-Sfr. Enforce
the law passed in Cleveland's term to abolish
bonding privileges on the Canadian railroads.
AS TO seals, let then destroy the herd by
pelagic sealing. as they arc now doing and insist
on doing.
The seal business is worth, say. 100000 per
Rnnum to us.
The bonding privilege is worth $4,000, 900
per annum to Canada.
Abolish the bonding privilege and bring Can
ada to her knees. WILLIAM A. IH0HAM.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. IL.
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To THE EDITOR or The SUN-SIr: Iyenture TO saw
that the great majority OF people habltuaIly mt ON
tue same stocking first. They might not do this II
they stopped to think of It. but ordinarily they would,
every time l always put on my left stocking nrst
Why is this? ncvso.
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200.

To THE EDITOR or The sUS--Str: L. II not = singular
coincidence that the bAttleship Alabama. building by
the Cramps. should bear the same number, e $780," a.
the famous Alabama built By the LAirdS1
AEW YoRK!sDOo. IL. BRLHk II. WEAAM.
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Philosophy Up the Hudson.
From The Yorker, Statesman,

FROM me iOhEers St1tesmdn.
ono reason why so many gIrls-and boys-men and
women, 'oo-are Interesting ia because nearly every.
oouS tries 30 hard to no like somebody else rather
than 10 be content 10 remain himself or herself in
ire. In nature you don't see an oak tree posing 10
Awillo"' or a black duck as a yellow leg. or a horse
AS q cow or a lily as a rose. or a lilac Us a peony, or u
oog ~ cat. BE natural and youIl be ali right
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12

U our Friends rho favor US nth manuscripts for
publication pfsh to have rejected articles returned,
thev must IN oil cases send stamps for that purpose
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THE SUN. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 70, 1897.

ing Transcript expresses an untimely i'm
preston that the Professor unconsoiously
Initiated N. MoUNET+SULLY Of the Come
die FRANCHISE from start to finish, but we
feel sure that NJ. Mou~NET-SULLY himself
would be the first to stamp this impression
as destitute Of foundation. OF the other
actors in this remarkable performance lit
tie must DO said. They presented them
selves as amateurs: we must, therefore,
initiate the thoroughly French politeness
Of the Boston Herdlds critic:
Pour co bon raison. je ne peu pas trop snaiyze 10
1eu de COS jeunes gems, pourtsnt o'est pour moi un
plaisir tres vif dc trouve parmi oux pleusieurs indi-
viduss qui q du talent quil faut encourager."
Dropping his French, however, for what
he truly describes as THAT composite Ian
guage commonly called plain English" he
lifts a corner Of the veil:
"The ladies wero all most estimable. Miss G. was
gracieuse ct sympathiqus; she was sympathiaue ct
gracieuse, abe showed amabilito ct de Ia grace.
Carefully calculated. that gives her sex good quail
ties-none too maryland yet l know real actresses
OF motto to whom two would be beaucoup. The other
ladies, Miss c.. Miss G., ETC., were also fort bien.''
Boston withdrew from Sanders Theatre
impressed as by n religious ceremony, and
a occupant Of a Z" fauteuil a deux dol
lars" male or female, making use Of the
Herald critics grammatical freedom, ex-
claimed with Athulie:
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Another slEa or OLD Ago

FFom the chfoa0o Rsrs.
TO announce that you don't care What you GOT -
ohriStnAs V 10 Adnit that you are growing old,
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"Adieu. 10 sors oontente
TAI youlu yoir, i'ai w."

Theatrical companies and French lectur-
ers would do well to avoid Boston for q
season. This winter Tout Boston, and
Tout Cambridge, will devote their whole
time to Prof. DE SUMIcHRAsT's edition Of
"Athalie" and the Boston Heralds es-
Unable criticism of the play, in the hope Of
acquiring before long that quaint American
accent not at all unpleasing to French ears.