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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-25
The Men Who Do Not Vote.

In the momentous Presidential election
of 1896 there were 1850 qualified and
registered voters in the city of New York
who either did not appear at the polls to
vote, or, appearing there, were unable or
unwilling to vote; 1850 out of a total
registry of $50, ZIG. In the city of Brook
Ign there were 1926 qualified registered
voters who either did not appear at the
polls on election day, or, appearing, did not
vote at last years election. In the Borough
Of Richmond he total number of such de.
%linquents was 1889. In Queens it was
1,16s, a smaller proportion Of the entire
registration. The total in all the territory
now included within the Greater New York
was 33,7S6.
This is a large total, larger, no doubt,
than will represent this year the margin
between the registered vote, which is
567 900, and the vote actually to be cast,
generally estimated at $4,000.
The Importance OF an election is indi-
Gated usually in two ways: First, by the vol.
ume Of the registration, which is Tor
this year, falling in few particulars below
the total of a year ago.; and, secondly, by
the small extent to which the vote polled
falls below the vote registered.
In 1892 in New York city the difference
between the vote cast and the registration
was $1,000, in 1893 it was $4,000, in 1894
it was 1000, in 1896 it was 10000, and
last year, as stated, it was 1850.
The registration now over, it bchooves all
the friends of good government, all the
friends of honesty in public Office, all the
friends and defenders Of the nations credit,
all the faithful supporters Of the only pc.
litical organization which made last year
the fight to sustain the nations credit and
honor, to see that so far as possible the full
vote is polled. 1t is a fact very well known
that the "stay-at-home" vote so called is
ordinarily more largely Republican thar
Democratic. There should be very little of
1t this year..
There will be a fair count In New York.
A fair count and n full vote are all that is
necessary for victory.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-25
The Greeks and the Dawes Treaty

The rejection, by the Creek Council at
Okmulgee, of the treaty which the Dawes
Commission recently concluded with the
representatives of that tribe, is a hard blow
to the project of severalty allotment and
the abolition of tribal sovereignty.
1t is n blow even harder thar it may at
first seem. For the House of Warriors was
solid against ratification and the House of
Kings threw only eight votes in its favor.
Chief IspARHECHER has also asked the
Council for money with which to employ
lawyers in defending the existing status. so
that the cause advocated by the Dawes
Commission may seem for tho present al.
most hopeless.
This is not all. Similartrcaties had been
arranged with the Chickasaws and the
Choctaws, which nave not yet been ratified,
and this Creek rejection looks ominous for
them, especially after the recent demon
s~tration OF the C%herokces against the new
policy. The Seminoles, as we understand,
have made no treaty. Thus the rejoicing,
which seemed recently quite justified. over
the prospect that the five civilized tribes
or the majority of them would give up
their old tribal allegiance aud their hold
ing of lands in common. was premature.
Yet we should not like to conclude that
nothing can be done for the plan approved
by Congress. Repeatedly in dealing with
the red men we have found proposals re-
jected year after year, but finally accepted,
when notifications to suit them had been
made. In the present case the Creeks com.
plain, 1t is said, that too little provision s.
made for securing TO them the ownership
or profit OF the lands to lie divided, and
that too much is left open for others to
speculate in. So far as that objection is
concerned it can be overcome.
If there is implacable opposition to own.
ing any land otherwise than in common,
that is another matter but if the main oh.
lection to severalty allotment should be
that whites can buy lands now belonging
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70, THE "rEA MERCHANT"
Will the People OF New York HcIp Him 80
Rain Them with isis BIInd PonIi

To THE EDITOR OF II ~suN-Sir: II Seth
Low had boon blessed with an orderly and logt-
cal mind, or even good horse sense, he would
have known that no one. not even Mayor Strong
himself, would drink any more cups OF tea boz
cause tho importer wRa selling 1t TO the retailer
on credit instead OF for cash.
Secondly. he would have known that tea II
unlike gimcracks. In that people cannot DO
persuaded by any retailer to buy or drink moro
OF II than they want.
Thirdly, ho would have known that II the r-
taller would buy more on credit than he would
buy for cash. which hope wns the very gist Of
his scheme, and no one drank more tea by reason
thereof, the retailer, when his notes fell due,
would find himself with unsold tea on hand, iR-
stead Of cash whcrewith to pny them.
Fourthly, he would have known that as notes
payable at bank cannot be taken UP with tea,
the retailer would he obliged to return his sur:
plus toa to Low in discharge of them or - bust.
Now, as Lows whole scheme was to got rid Of
teP, tho retailer Il" busted" MS Low, too, himself
must have done II he had continued buying toe
for cash and selling 1t for protested notes, and
doubtless would have for he is always I'm to
stay II his father. with more common sense,
had not come to the rescue by calling q halt.
I'VE all know that Low is a good man. "for he
| himself hath SAID IL" bu, whose common sense
will come 10 the rescue when, IL elected, he opens
and begins to exploit his blind pool OF non
partisan schemes" as Mayor of Greater New
York I Plcnsc remember that Low is /" inv unto
himself. Even George is willing to give 3 me
idea in advance Of what he proposes 10 DO IL
elected. He has mounted a platform. riCkcty az
It's; but Low says. ] propose to takH the oath OF
your eyes and I will give you some hing good
SoNKERs, Oct. 10. AN OUTSIDER
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The prlueston,aus and the d

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUs-Sir: To those who
are interested in the welfare and good name Of our
Am rcan game OF football. the sentiment quoted to.
day a' coming fom Manager Thompson OF the Carlisle
Indian team shows that this gentleman spoke hastily
and indiscreetly. or Is not one Of those to DO mum.
bered among the many VINO are DESTROYS to do away
with the existing prejudice against the game. That
there were two unfortunate breaches In the rules
when two PrincetOnians and two Indiana for the
moment let their feelings get the better OF them Is
true, and all four were properly disqualified from
further partic patton Ia the game; but In saying that
Princeton did all the smuggling It seems quite evI.
dent that this gentleman WA short OF material for
publication when interviewed.
l have been intimately acquainted with every mem.
her of PrinCetOn's teams for the past seven years, aud
the spirit In which they have played. so far as my
personal knowledge goes, is embodied In the words
OF the coaches during the intermlssion: Now bows,
Remember that the indians have no reputation 80
sustain. W" have Prlnccton's fair nam" 10 uphold
and keep clean, in the university world. II there Ia
any hitting to he done let the Indians do II, but our
hands IN this respect are tied behind our backs"
would respectfully suggest that some of those
who are 50 ready to decry the game and the brutality
OF the players take tho trouble to meet some OF
these "slugg"rs." Occasionally they ARE mild man.
n"Ted. grntlrmanly young men. and are at rare in-
tcryaIs to he found graclnB an afternoon tea or a
cutlllOn. FRAkKLIS Il. MORSE,
NEW YORK, Oct. 90.
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Two years ago, with the small number OF
troops under the Cuban standards, it
seemed incredible that the enormous Span.
ish forces should not be able to crush the
revolt in one campaign, especially as the
rcyolutionists had not a single warship nor
a single port. Thus the prodigious outlays
of the Government, mounting into the
hundreds of millions, were hailed as proofs
Of vigor and as portents of success.
But how is it to.day1 More than two
years have passed, and the revolt is stronger
and more defiant than ever. Thousands
upon thousands of Spanish soldiers have
persisted in fight or from fcvers.
The Cuban forces are small and are easily
maintained. Inspired by patriotism, men
serve for months and years without pay
their food is contributed or Is obtained ut
slight cost. There is no navy to support,
and the friends of free Cuba in other coun-
tries provide arms, ammunition, and other
field supplies.
This is the true reason why SPANS task
in Cuba is hopeless. 1t is n fight against n
patriotism that is invincible.
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The progressive temperature Of the ora
torical temperament was observed again in the
case Of DR.. SOLOMON SALMON BURROWS. a Mich
igan silver spoutcr imported into the Ohio cam
paign. In ono OF his collection Of supreme
efforts the other day he declared that our coun-
Try is rapidly approaching a crisis and is about
to fall into the hands Of the money changers
Warmed by his own sirocco, he tore Off his
cravat." In less than two minutes he " rose to
u climax Of sarcasm against MARK HANNA and
tore Off his collar" Tho accounts do not say
how far this domosthcnic dofing went, but it is
a matter of history that at YpsIlanti, Oct. Is,
1896. DR.. BURRows'sd enunciation OF the money
power was so emphatic that by the time he
came to talk about trusts he had nothing on but
his fall overcoat and his left sock.
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Foreign Noies or Real Interest.

An Ursuline nun at Bologna whose hundredth
birthday is to re celebrated. entered her convene
''e"' ''1" ! VI since-
"Bradshaw's" originator. Mr.. Robert Diggles Kay,
has just died In southport. England. Though he
edited the guide Tor forty'one years, he lived to be 50
years OF age.
Count Donlface de Castellane, Anna Gould,s bu..
bopd ia about 10 enter nolitics Ma "a n c,na,do,o -.
the Chamber OF Deputies from the department OF the
Bases Alpes.
Countess Samuel Gyulay OF Budapest. who Wal. .
paroucss Alice B6csly, ia TO compete with The pin.
cesse dc Cbimay by appearing at the par,a oIvr,I.
in 4. poses pla.tfques."
u.,.o,,,,o o.u
~ :, ~ . communicated 70
,aoo naf,rs a. ..s ni :. logs tapping
mad Tho doctors could and M ,r.oo :, naA s0A'
r.
Tn'' ~. a'""p'oi 'he issue OF 1898,
' :, ~ .a.. rave oeeh sofa
w - no VI reris' ihere are
,"! v 'heSo s'ahps IN e1-
"
bISmarck's name has been the subject OF an eiabor-
ate investigation by q DR.. Lange. who concludes that
1T Is n contraction OF Bischofsmsrk. and rejects the
derivation from Riese, the little river that flows near
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-25
Low Sentiment In BROOKLYN.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: In TIE Ncir Torb
Tribune OF Oct. 21 appeared a statement that the
Twenty-ffth eIecti, Il district Ct the Twenty-Five
ward Of Brooklyn was "sOl!d ' for Low. Such II not
the case. nor do we think that Mr.. LOW las a M
jority there. While we admit he hes many fnl-
lowers. he will not get any such vote a. his r.!ends
try to figure out, ana there WILL h." sorlr surprises On
election night. II seems 10 be their policy to claim
he earth. aud then take what they can gtL
The sentiment . month ngn was stronger for Mr.,
Low than II is to-day, and even IN rhe Twenty.th I'd
ward. the hotbcd OF 'Lowism +" i'll rrOuk IN. 1t is cer~
tainly waning, and II will grow less as election APP
proachos.
The statement In the Tribune was brought to ouR
notice Dy several Tracy men, who said the statement
should be denied. as 1t Is a Islander on the true lie.
publicans OF the Twenty nth election district.
T.. VI. ROBERTS. President.
l.. T.. RCSnNAS. Secretary.
TWENTY. FIFTH DISTRICT. TwESrr'TmRD WARD. BRooR.
LYS, oct. 23.
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The widest dishevelled cranks and Pop
ulist Bcdlamites of Kansas and all the rest Of
Crankdom are putting their hands into their
pockets and sending money to help HENRY
GEORGE These asylum statesmen have been
blue enough since last November. They had
begun to think that there was no hope for their
schemes of REFRESHING wealth and turning tho
world upside down. Now they see q man
with ideas as radical and purposes as hos
tile as their own to the present ~constitu-
ton OF society running for Mayor Of Now
York. They are watching the New York
city election with passionate interest. They
will be happy men II New York, hitherto the
chief OF all the conservative forces which they
hate. can be revolutionizcd and become a sort
Of second Kansas, another commonwealth OF
cranks. 1t is not pleasant for New Workers to
consider the danger to which their city is ex-
posed. To avert that danger they must vote for
BENJAMIN +. TRACY.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-25
Three Generals in Succession.

In the first year of the Cuban war SPANS
most renowned commander, Gen. MAR
TINEz CAMpos, was the leader of her army.
indeed, was more powerful at the time he
was withdrawn from Cuba than it had
been when he took command there.
In the second year OF the war SPANS
most shameless military assassin, VAL
ERIANo WEYLER, was the leader of her
army in Cuba. After a bloody career of TWEEN
ty months, he has failed to quell the in.
surrection. which, as we know, is more
powerful than when he set out to crush it.
Toward the close of the third year of the
war, another of SPANS experienced GEN
erals, Don RAMON BLANCo, has been sent
to Cuba as the leader of her army there. We
cannot yet say what he may do there, or
whether he will be more successful thar
his two predecessors were. 1t does not
seem as if he could find much encour-
aRement in the perusal of the record Of
MARTINEZ CAMPoS or of the record of VA
Leblanc WEYLER.
MARTINEZ CAMPos carried with him to
Cuba the fame he had won as the greatest
OF SPANS stratcgists. He had fought in
"oioSNc h"o ichShb III WV vi tuIcc VI
SPANS civil wars, including the war
against tho Carlists, had performed Won
ders at Bilbao and in Catalonia, and else
where, and even had gained celebrity as a
strategist in the " little war of the Cubans,
which ran along for ten years. But, de-
spite all his strategy, he could not gain
success against the present Cuban revolu-
ton. He brought discredit upon himself,
and was recalled to Spain as n failure.
Then came the mau-eater, WEYLER, who
carried with him to Cuba the horrid record
OF his fcrocious deeds in San Domingo, in
the Philippines, and in the last Cuban up.
rising. After acting like a savage during
the present war, he has been recalled from
Cuba as a failure, as "a d~ishonorcd leader OF
SPANS army. His case Is far more discred.
liable than was that Of his predecessor, who
had but fifty hattalions, and had q much
shorter term Of service than WEYLER has
had, while WELLER has had more than two
hundred.
Now comes another Spanish General, RA.
mon BIANCO, as the leader of SPANS forces
In Cuba. II" will find his army In bad
spirit and in bad condition he will learn
that the Cuban patriots are ready for him
ana lhhI the revolution IL in battle array,
His reputation MS n strategist is far inferior
to that OF MARITIME CAMpos, who did not
win success 10y his strategy. Ills reputation
as a maj of carnage is not such as To bear
any comparison with that Of WEYLER and
1t is to his favor that, in "A military memoir
RECENTLY published, he has made formal de,
NAL of the charges that were brought
against him last year when he commanded
in the Philippines. lie has always been
distinguished for his incompetency as a
campaigncr, but that is not an unusual dis,
~tinction for u Spanish General.
When BLANCo arrives III Cuba, il will be
about time for him to begin the winter
campaign against the revolution. 1t is
most likely that he will call for reinforce
ments before beginning it; perhaps the
year nay come to an eud while yet he il
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-25

By means of the Louisville Dispatch the
Hon. FoNTAISE T. Fox Of Kentucky addresses
to "his countrymen" several thousand words
Of reproof and admonition. Perhaps the most
important passage in tho address is this:
when or where did any one OF them 1.-THE Gold
Democrat %speakersl say aught against trusts or the
money power or government by injunction? Thus
the Serpent talked to our Mother EVE In the Garden
OF Eden. and for the same purpose
The suasive powers of tho Serpent are more
thoroughly appreciated when considered In the
light OF Mr.. FOX's remarks. Who could resist
the argument of a Sorp mt that talked gainst
trusts, lne money power, and government by in
junctioni
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to the tribe, that is not necessarily fatal.
change In that would be possible.
While our Government should not break
faith with the Indians, or seek to set aside,
unlawfully and without their consent, the
treaties which gave them the lands they
now occupy, 1t is to be hoped that the five
tribes will see that is for their own inter.
est to change their forms of government
and land ownership, and that Commits.
sioners will try to give them inducements
sufficient for that purpose.
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Strong Common sense from Indiana.
trom the Psru RepubLioan

Tho MUIR unip Norshlppcrs or Seth Low are very
Indignant at the Admin stration for helping Gen.
Tracy. the regular Republican nominee for Mayor OF
New York. Thy FORGET that last fall they were all
down on their knees pray ,ng for deliverance from the
impending curse of the htty'cent dollar through tho
aid OF tho Republican party. These Augwumps re-
mind us of he Inhabitants OF South American towns.
who, upon the approach ~ an earthquake, run Into
the streets and fall upon their knees In prayer for de.
liverance, but no sooner "a the danger over than they
NIL the air with vile oRths, ~forgetful OF the kind Provi.
deaOe WhLch has spared them from destruction!
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"What is there so remarkable about SETH
Low T. asks a correspondent; II have known
him fairly well for more than twenty-five years,
but I never discovered that there was anything
remarkable about him. He has always seemed
to mo to be n commonplace, ordinary, average
sort Of fellow. Perhaps he Is remarkably com.
monplace. Is that the secret OF his being
ono of the most remarkable men, sir,
our country has ever produced =" The re-
markable thing about SETH Low is that he
is SETH Low, and that ho considers every
body else to DO under obligation to fall down
and worship him. He may DO commonplace.
conceited. colorless, ordinary, a duodecimo
edition OF the Hon. GROVER CLEVELAND, but he
is SETH Low. Therefore he is remarkable.
Some folks will tell you that he is no
moro remarkable than BILL JONES or club
pooLEY, but BILL JONES and CHCB DoOLEy
don't insist that they are remarkable and have
no collection of shouters to proclaim that they
are remarkable,
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1890 and 1907.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: In the
summer OF 1860 the United States were in the
throcs of an earthquake which threatened the
existence OF the republic and which resulted In
temporarily rending asundcr those few ties
which still bound the States. The causes Of
this rumbling and muttering are too well known
to require explanation. but the position OF the
parties at the bottom of the trouble may be OF
interest, in the light of recent events.
In 1860 four great parties placed in nomina-
ton candidates for tho Presidency OF the United
States, namely, tho Republican. the regular"
Democratic. tho revolving wing of the Demo-
cratic, and the National Constitutional Union"
The Republican party stood squarely on a plata
form declaring freedom to be tho normal condf-
ton Of all territory. and holding that slavery
could exist only by municipal authority. This
party nominated Abraham Lincoln. The reg
ular" Democracy became automatically non"
committal on tho subject Of slavery. de-
claring its perfect willingness to leave the
matter OF whether or not the Territories should
be free or slave to the Supreme Court; its
candidate was stephen A. Douglas. The othcR
wing of the Democracy placed John c. Breckin.
ridge in nomination, declaring openly that 10
was the duty OF the United States to protect
slavery wherever 1t might exist and denying tho
right OF the Government to interfere to suppress
slavery and the slave trade in the new States
ulu ltos II ull anu ldsl, lIC va
tional Constitutional Union" placed John Bell
of Tennessee at the head OF its ticket on the Sec
ond ballot. The platform and motto of this
holy party was the Constitution of the country,
the union of the States, and the enforcement Of
the laws" beautifully patriotic and magnificent
in its meaninglessness i might add, parenthet-
ically, that one year later this same John Bell
was engaged in an unholy conspiracy to blow
the Government to kingdom come. Bell was Q
holicr than-thou fellow Of the first baptism.
Now for the parallel. In 1897 we have the
Republican party standing for good govern
ment, the national honor, and a sound financial
policy on an uncquivocal platform. with Gen.
Benjamin F. Tracy at the head. Then comes
Tammany, admitting nothing and hoping for
everything. with Van Wyck the standard bearer.
The dissenting wing OF 1860 is the regular"
Democracy Of 1897, standing for disorder, trea-
con. confscation, free riot. and free silver. with
Henry George in the van. Then. behold. a -four
ish of trumpets, the boom Of a burst ambition,
slaves strewing palms in the roadway before the
mighty tsmalD host of the Citizens Union. while
the arch.Cit, Seth Low, adjusts his halo and pats
himself on the back, all the while thinking what
he'll do when he shall be Mayor.
Lincoln .............1ra
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u%nprcpnred to take the field; possibly the
revolution may make things too hard for
him when he takes 1t.
CAMros was number ono; WEYLER was
number two; BLANCo is number three; the
next in order will be number four. Spain
had better take the advice of Dor PABLO
ArzoIA and abandon Cuba ut once. 1t
will very surely be ruin for her IL she stays
there much longer. I.etCuba he indcpcnd.
ont and free
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1t is not surprising not to find in DR..
GROVER CLEvELAND's Princeton address any ref.
erence to the subject Of the 20 per cent. I'D valo.
rem duty on foreign born elephants. The subject
Is comparatively new, and therefore Ineligible
for admission into an academic discourse. But
sooner or later DIR. CLEVELAND will resume his
economic studies and feel it his duty to con.
slider tho duty on foreign born elephants.
Should native born elephants be protected :
That is tho question upon which the world
awaits instruction from DR.. CLEvELAND's facile
and original pen.
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Tho HE, Gle Muse In Georgia.

From the ATLANTA Constitution.
A new Georgia poet ID the Piuetucky correspondent
OF the Harlem Sentinel. and he drscrp ~ a rcccu,
catastrophe In that lively ncighborhuod as follows;
MISE Sadie rode the scproIcr wheel.
WhIth none hut she Ind rid,
Untll hlle struck the " shoot The chute"
ANA then. YOU I. she slid.
Ana when she'd slid for forty yards,
To stop she thought she'd Urter:
Ihr brake II broke and In she went
bout ten feet under water.
Inc spray rL high, this russ words flew
Ana she was mad, you bet,
because me b"y ; were laughing so
Al her for getting wet,
stu another correspondent or me HEhscttC op irr
has this bicycle quatrain, wlioL is most oppressive,
Tho Georgia n'lie kin pitch you fur
II S'unut n forty yariCr:
E4t ~ naNS mat new wheel tnrnwrd her
Two hundred feet, and harder.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Sfr: One thing must
be conceded TO Seth Low. His Game is constantly In
the mouth or telephone users, only they prefix to 1t
the Anglo'SaxOn word for sheUl. T..
NEW YORK, Oct. 20.