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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-01
John Drake Townsend Dead.

NEwv YORK, Dec. 2s,-John Drake
Townsend, eminent lawyer and poli-
~tician, died suddenly at Christmas
dinnAv.
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BILE courage. But how Is it about their con-
s~istency with his partisan position and his
political amliations1 He calls himself a
Democrat, and he has been talked OF as a
possible candidate of Tommany Hall for
Mayor, IL that organization could be IN
duccd to ignore the Chicago platforms;
not to repudiate 1t. but to hold 1t
in allegiance simply us n matter of tempo
rary expcdicncy. But actually, as ms
words on Tuesday prove, he is not a Demo
crat. Both the Democracy of Organism
and the Democracy of Clcvelandism agree
in their dcmagogical dcnunciation OF the
trusts which are so intelligently and so
convincingly defended by Governor FLOWER
as a bencilccnt fruit of the operation of
the law of civilized progress. How, then,
can Governor FLOWER give countcnance or
support to the Democratic party until 1t
also rejects and rcpudiatcs the vicious
demagogy which it now cultivatcs3 OPP
position to trusts and m~onopolics is to bc
made n prominent feature OF the dcmngogi-
cal campaign of Tammany, whether it
rcallirins or ignores the Chicago platform,
whether Governor FLOWER or an out-and-
out Bryan man shall be its candidate for
Mayor. Its most frantic effort will be to
SOW the seeds of discomfort and prejudice
which," rs he said to the Changers last
Tuesday, "germinate and grow like poison.
GUS weeds in a garden until common sense
and industry pluck them out and cast them
aside" Tammany Hall and the Democratic
party as n whole are now engaged in the
sowing Of those very weeds; yet Governor
FLOWER is lending them his assistance in
the malign industry!
Believing as he does, seeing so clearly as
he does the dangerous evils thus propa-
gated with II purpose opposed so directly to
civilized progress and the well.being of
society, why does he remain in such asso-
ciationi How can he remain in it without
least self.stultitication9
Governor FLOWER has had courage
enough to dcnounce the demagogy which
seeks to intlame "passion and prejudice"
by assailing the progress of civilization;
but unless he goes further and denounccs
also the political party which leads the
vicious assault his courage is empty.
The only manly and consistent course for
him and for all old.timc Democrats of his
convictions to take is to abandon the Demo-
cratic party and join the forces united
in unremitting and r~esolute opposition
to its baleful demagogy, until Democracy
is finally purged of the poison and again
puts itself in line with the progress of civ
ilization.
Governor FLOWER is no Democrat as De-
mocracy is now. Why, then, does he not
frankly disown the designation2
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A Happy Event.

There is noticeable n disposition to look
upon the 10 per cent. discriminating duty,
whereby the Dinglcy act has prevented the
Canadian Pacific Railroad from sharing
the carrying business of the United States,
as IN accident, or as an error in the framing
OF the law. This is not possible. Taken
by itself, this special section of the Tariff
law Is n brilliant inspiration of wisdom and
patriotism. What particular statesman
brought it about we do not know, but he
deserves before he dies to become the Presi-
dent Of the United States.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad Is n subsi-
died creation of the Government of Eng.
land, built as a military road for England's
power; and it is the arbitcr of Canadian
politics. 1t has lived for years on its earn
ings from the carrying trade of the United
States. Not until the Canadian Pacific
ceases to be n military and commercial
menace to us, and its country becomes n
portion Of the American Union can it be
placed upon n par with American railroads.
1t was a blessing when the privileges that
the Canadian Pacific formerly enjoyed
In this country were withdrawn, and it
would be n national misfortune If they
should be restored on any other condition
except that of Canada's consolidation with
the United States.
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The ParI. Expedition and American rr.a..

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Sir: Several mechan.
zeal engineers and manufacturers OF machinery which
finds markets in Europe, Asia, and Africa. who have
had opportunities for conversing with Major Moses
=. Handy, Commissioner to the Paris Exposition Of
1900, are OF the opinion that the 800. 900 square feet
OF space which Major Handy has applied for will be
quickly taken up by American manufacturers. who
are kecnly alive TO the fact that the exposition will
be open sesame to a large and profitable trade in
certain lines OF manufactures In metals. in which we
eau control the markets OF the world.
Russian merchants who do business In our city arc
saying that nearly every merchant. engineer. and
manufacturer in Russia will visit Paris during the ex-
position year, by which time business will be lively
all along the line OF the great Trans. siberian Railway,
which Is destined TO play a great part In the com.
merce OF Europe and Asia. At the present time tho
EuroI can aud Asia;ic demand for American machinery
cal and steam apparatus our makers are driving a
lively trade with Russia.
During this week | have seen q letter from n largo
hrm having warehouses In 81. Petersburg and Moscow.
inQuiring a. TO the reliability'ef the Richmond Loco.
motive Works, whose advertisement the Russian says
he saw In The Sun. The concern wants about SlOO-
600 worth of apparatus. which II could not get at the
Samavar Locomotive WORKS, owing to the rush OF
orders at that new plant. equipped with American
machinery. ST. Petersburg Is in the market for more
than $1,000. 900 worth OF apparatus. The Imperial
Engineer, who gave me the data for the proposed
electric lighting plant at st. Petersburg, Informs me
that he reads THE sun and Scientific american. In
order To keep up with the march Of Father Time"
NEW YORK, Aug. II. q. WuFREp pEARCE.
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Cuba.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: History, that
faithful Interpreter OF human events, will Judge the
Cubans and their impIacable enemies. passing Its sen.
tence on the atrocities which have been committed
durinb four hundred years In that beautiful but
bleeding island Of Cuba by those who govern the
Spanish nation. Let heavens wrath fall on the mon.
sters! Let the vengeance OF civilized nations fall
upon that miserable horde! Let Cuba first disappear
from the surface OF earth rather than To be anew sub.
Jected TO its abominable tyrants. Let US wait fear
lessly, with the assurance that our enemies Will blush
for themselves at their own infamies. We are certain
that the spanish people will one day repent having so
bhsely compromised the future and the honor OF their
own country.
Glory To the valorous supporters of the indepepd.
enc' or Cuba! Glory To those who offered their arms
and their fortunes for the maintenance % our liberty
Glory 10 those who are spilling th"ir blood on the
the nag OF our revolution!
Glory To the martyrs whom an adyerse fo,o b,a
placed into the hands OF Infamous opprcssors! I'm,
indihs glory TO the memory of that great innoyator
or our political and social regent rHtion-JosG Martii
viva Maxine Gomez and his intrepId phal.nx of
heroes' Viva Cuba republican aud great! Death
forever To tyranny In Am rIcal Let the noble and
generous sons of this continent carry to thu deyencr.
ate and Gillette people ~ Spain, In compensation of
the chains with which they always loaded us, tha
standard OF ely il'zation erected by Liberty.
NEW YORK, Aug. II. CARLOS BAcARtssr
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switzerland, though She spends only half a million
dollars yearly on her army. can turn out 100, 900
trained men In two days In case OF need, and has a re-.
serve of 10000 more and n Landsturm Of 270.0OO.
the army nanouvrcs this year VIII tie held in the
mountains Of the EEgadiLc.
BY the death OF a cat the Temple quarter in Paris
receives a legacy OF 10000 francs FOR It's elementary
schools. The eats mistress. WHO died IN lS92. left
the money for the maintenance of hnr pet cat. with
the reversion AT its death II the district municipality
II 1t wouli luos after IN" cnt. II speaks well for tho
honesty Of the trustees that the eat, which IS now
dead al the age OF 10 years, should have survived ia
mistress Ave years.
An early work 10y President Faurc has been discov.
cred In ih' secondhand books,aIls ~ the !Ga! Vol.
tnirc. II Is entitled lie iIayrc. Its Commerce. Indus.
tries and Navigation. Information Compiled and
Annotated by FOLK Faure. Consul of Ill. Majesty tho
King ~ III" Iicllrnes at lie IRvrc." on tlr ti:hc page.
for n motto, n phrase OF Napoleon I I. printed; 10
HaNrc, Rou"n and Paris form but oaP city. or which
tn" Seine is t1c main street" N, Faure was GrcoE
Consul for twelve years, from 1869 On,
Zo6thcrapy is II new systrm ~ curing Ills devised ny
n Florcniine named ToTapi. II consists In tr,u,rrrrlu;
any disease u man may have to some animal. and is
tho converse of the medical theory that animal com.
Ney disease 10 man, Among the cures h. n]l,r,tisrs
Is that OF II rlruma'i' who maln lbs dpg lie across
his bod. the man being cured and the do: IyIus.
GOLDSMITH has written u 20 IN ON an auRlp ruGs ease,
where a man was bitten by u mad dog. ullrr cagns
are those of n priest who took MS eat to hyl with lin
AMI was cured Of a fcvrr3 - "a Lausanne lads who
transferred her s'ycrc hcadachc to her toy terrier ly
pressing It against her head, ant II a doctor who gets
rid OF pains in his arm by getting crows to perch on
his shoulder.
Bussang. In the Nosges Mountains, haz It's - Peoples
Theatre which seems Ia bee a kIad uf lay "Obrram.
mcrgau" performance, the plays hciug int nicl 10
present the peasant no ~ thr moauialus Instead
OF religious subjects. TWO performance, uniy are
given Ia tho summer months. IN" nr' l"lng free;
while tho second. at which tho rpyrl;g OF tr year 80
brought out, Is given before thr sulacrin =, wIu I1y
for tho enterprise. Tn" stage IS "A iur'uoaout stty'-
thrown open SO az to U.S. tHc real mouutaiu scenery
for a back ground. The auditorium is IN the open ar.
Enclosed by a wooden gallery that he'd with bark, and
can be covered by an awning az a protection against
the sun. The orchestra. like that at BayEeuth. ID con.
ceAled In q hole In the ground.
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Comptroller Of the Currency EcKELs Is
either ignorant OF the laws OF his country or no
wilfully misrcpresents them. In his address to
the American Bankers Association at Detroit
Yesterday he repeated the often exposed false
hood that lone statute requires the Secretary
OF the Treasury to redeem the legal tender notes
in coin on presentation. and another compels
him TO pay them out that they may return again
and again for redemption" Mr.. ECKELs ought
TO know that no statute exists which Compcls"
the Secretary OF the Treasury to pay out re-
deemed legal tender notes. The act of May 81,
1873, which is sometimes cited as having this
effect. does not mention the Secretary OF the
Treasury ut all. nor does 1t make it obligatory
upon any official to reissue the redeemed notes.
1t merely declares that they 'shall he reissued
and paid out again and kept in circulation"
without providing any method whereby that
end shall be attained. Indeed. if the notes mem
toned are kept in circulation" MS the act in
words requires. they clearly cannot be presented
for redemption. As n matter of fact, no Secre-
tary of the Treasury has ever felt compelled :"
to pay them out in preference to other kinds Of
money, and Mt this moment the Treasury holds
over SIS, 100000 of them, proving conclusively
that their reissue Is not compulsory. 1t Is
about time that intelligent men ceased to re-.
peat the assertion that Mr.. ECKEI.s makes.
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The force on the British naval station
known as North America and the West In
dies is to BIO increased. it appears, possibly in
numbers. and certainly in power.
Tn general policy OF the Admiralty seems to
have been. for years. to augment the naval
force in American waters as our own increases,
but the present additions are suggestive. The
most notable change just now will be that OF
sending over the ltenown. n fine, frst-class bat.
tlcship for hitherto England has not despatched
battlcships to this side of the Atlantic. We
must mention also. as a clear addition. the tor
pcdo-boat dcstroyers, n type not hitherto sent
across the ocean. What is the occasion for this
increase of force
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Why Doe He Call Himself a Demo-
CPatp

The address of Governor FLOWER before
the New York State Grange on Tuesday
was remarkable for it's good sense and sound
reasoning, but still more remarkable as
coming from u man who continues in as
ISOLATION with n political party arrayed
violently against the very positions he sus-
tanned so vigorously and successfully.
The rant against trusts and monopo-
lies" said Governor FLOWER, is the worst
feature of our present politics, and he right
ly attributed 1t to the wicked purpose of
"demagogucs and unsound thinkers to in
luence public opinion" at a lime when the
suffering caused by business depression had
generated social discomfort and therefore
afforded an opportunity for stirring up
"prcjudice and passion" The people were
not prosperous and they were ready to lis
ten to any demagogue who charged their
misfortunes on the combinations of
capital and enterprise known as trusts.
Tho trusts were made the scapegoat.
The last Administration raised the cry
in the hope Of covering up it's disastrous
political and economical failure, and its
apologists joined in the demagogical chorus.
All the dcmagogues of the stump, great and
small, and all seditious and incendiary
newspapers added their malign voices to
swell the roar, and to provoke dangerous
social rebellion. The Chicago platform, the
canvass for BRYAN, and the portentous vote
of G,5OO,OOO for BRYAN were the direct
consequences of this clamor.
That is the history of the movement to
make II period of depression serve the ends
of political ambition, and to kick up a dust
which would hide the treachery and incom-
Democratic Congress, and divert attention
from them as a cause influential in produc-
ing the distress of the last four years.
Actually, AZ Governor FLOWER showed.
the trusts thus assailed by demagogy have
served the interests of the people. They
have lcssencd the cost of production.
Increased employment, and cheapened
prices to the consumer. They have grown
up under the operation of Il law of the
development of civilized progress. naturally
and inevitably, as machinery and steam
and electric transportation AVE dcyel-
opcd and, like all the results of the
working of that law, they have con.
tributed to the welfare of mankind md
VI 9OIic'y' IL inc as
sault on trusts is justihable, tho whole
achievement of science and invention which
separates this century from the past
history of the world is equally baneful. If
the d|emagogues who are raging against the
trusts should cry out with the same violence
against the steam engine they would not
be lighting more directly nor more yainly
to set back the irresistible current of human
progress.
These, in substance, are the points made by
Governor FLOWER, and publicly defended
by him with great vlgor, and, considering
MS political associations. with very admira-
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Coal Is Too Cheap.

We have spoken with some of the largest
employers in the coal districts respecting
their present difficulties with their men,
and without an exception they agree that
the pay is too small. They all believe in
coal at the seaboard and elsewhere rs an
insupcrable barrier to improved wages.
Competition among themselves has
brought coal to an Improbable level, and
the wage scale has followed it steadily
downward. They cannot raise the price
of coal, because their competition is of
such a nature that they cannot main
tain an agreement as to either pro-
duction or price. They must submit
to being howled at and abused for
not paying their men more money or agree
to be stone for demanding a better price
from consumers. The coal operators lot is
an unhappy one. Between inability to keep
his men Mt work and inability to get a liv-
ing price for his coal he is likely to be
crushed out, to the advantage of none.
He wants to pay higher wages. The pros
perity of his employees is reflected in his
own condition. How is he to do it? There
is only one way one sound, efficacious, and
method. 1t is to pool all
~east-bound coal and appoint a single sales
agency to distribute it on the basis of a
rational apportionment and at a price
which will provide wages for the miner,
profit for the owner of the coal, and com.
%pensation for the railroad and the boat
that carry it.
How grinding Is the reckless competition
that starves the miner, impoverishes the
employer, and ruins the railroad, when,
were the business tactics of the hum
BILE miners adopted, there would be
instantly a sufticiency for all! The
miners are a unit against the agrees
sion of their employers; they are banded
together in one earnest and vigilant asso-
citation to maintain the price of their labor,
whereas their employers are all at war with
each other to see who can mine the cheap
est, and so undcrscll all his competitors.
The labor trust has the better of it this
time. 1t is winning, as it ought to win;
and that by the sheer moral merit of its
case. Now let the masters follow the men
and betake themselves to common sense
for the obvious and handy remedy for all
heir troubles.
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Bath. n American nn,h ruLer,.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: As a rule the
American press knows very little about the customs
OF any European country, but the article reprinted)
in THE Sun this morning on John Bull and his tub
takes the cake for asinine stupidity. II you want the
reason why the Britisher still sticks to his tin tub, Il Is
because he cannot get the comfort 1t gives from any
other type OF bath. what he is after is the shock
from a douche OF cold water applied according to
strict medical principles to pit OF stomach, then chest,
then back, SC, and for this he does not use any hot
or warm water, and despises a stationary tub because
OF the mess 1t makes, being SO narrow. 1t is not
especially cleanliness he Is after so much as the shock
which DIR. Baruch and other eminent waterpaths have
been trying to persuade the average American to try
for ten years past without avail. The average Ameri.
can man hates cold water except In June. July. and
August; and as for the women, the everyday mass
OF the population. get behind them as they walk an d
snin. II you have a wife (as l havel who likes water
anl clean linen. ask Ref unrescrvedly her opinion OF
the American women. and she will tell you she
bushes for them; interview n W of the elevator
boys. and when the fall comes and II Is cool 20 into
the dry goo is stores and catch a few OF them stand.
Ing over the registers In the floor. Whew' The tin
tub or j. II. Is all right for his robust habit, but for
the Amcrican-weli. That is the secret Of the under.
wear affected by our citizens even at this time OF
year. which the average Englishman could not live
under. our people excuse IL by "climate." Rats!
Catch the first resident Britisher you know who has
now or when IL is zero. and You will learn something
about j. BIS tin tub. Incidentally also about tbs
fathreasted, spindlc.shankcd American women. who
appear to be extremely passe about forty, when the
English woman. even lin this trying climate" is ap-
preaching the most attractive period OF her life.
An AMERICAN CITIZEN MARRIED TO A NATIVE. Born GIRL.
7. ST. may say that at present there are fifteen
Americans by birth at the summer hotel where we
are staying, and not one OF them takes n morning
bath more than twice n week. / have the bathtub to
myself and my vile. For which thanks.
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How n Woman Robbed the Treasury.
From the Rochester Post.Ernre.,.

From the Rochester Post.Erpress.
During the incumbency OF the office of United
States Treasurer by Mr.. Hyatt OF Connection t a
woman employed in the redemption division
was discovered in a very ingenious scheme for
making a fortune at the expense of the United
States.
As is well known, the department redeems at
full face value any portion OF a bill. provided
no more than one-third Is missing. This woman
would take Il package of twenty-dollar bills, say,
ana would tear n fraction. perhaps three-quar-
tiers OF an inch long, from one Of them. She
would secrete this portion and in a short time
would take another bill OF like denomination
ana tear of n piece twice as long, substituting
the smaller piece from the first bill SO as to
bring the note up to the limit of length required.
proceeding in this way. she would in course Of
u few hours secure for herself one extra bill.
Just how much the woman stole was never
ascertained, but she succeeded in saving enough
money out of II salary OF 5000 a year to build a
beautiful house in IA semi-fashionable quarter of
the city and to supply herself with valuable
bric'a-brac and even a horse and carriage. 1t
was the fact that she generally drove TO the de-
partment every, morning in this vehicle that
attracted attention to her mode OF living, and
eventually led to the discovery OF her method OF
population. She was indicted by the Grand
jury, but was never tried, rs she died from can
Ger before the day set for her trial.
The amount of money which this thrifty
countess " secured was estimated at all tho
way from $4,000 to $4,000. but there is alb
solutely no means of discovering just how much
she did secure from her dishonest practices.
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The evasiye and paltcring platform
adopted by the Maryland Democratic State
Convention at the i~nstigation of Mr.. Con
MAN is having the effect that might nave
been expected upon those Maryland Demo.
Gratis who believe in the Chicago platform.
They resent the unauthorized effort of the
State Convention to change the national
platform. and insist that the State Conycn-
tion did not represent the Democratic
party 1;onGay night a Democratic organ
iEation styled 1.-THE Democratic Committee
OF 1895 met in Baltimore and issued an
address to the Democratic voters of Mary.
land. This address declares as self.evident
that the Chicago platform is the true and
authoritative expression of Democratic
principles; that it canlot he changed save
by a regularly constituted Democratic con.
v%ention, and that it, and no other platform.
Is binding on all Democrats. 1--WE there.
fore declare and maintain" continues the
address, THAT the platform adoptcd by the
State Convention held at Ford's Opcra
House, July %, 1897, is not Democratic
and Ia not entitled to the allegiance and
support of the Democrats of Maryland"
Thsp the Democratic Committee of $500