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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-08
Register To-Dayi

To-day is the first day of registration
throughout the Greater New York; to-
morrow is the second.
The safest way is to get your name on the
rolls to-day; and unless a citizen is pre-
vented from so doing by absolute necessity,
he should go to his place of registry, easily
found and close at hand, and, putting aside
all other business. attend first to that duty
of citizenship.
Every citizen will want to vote this year.
However, eager his desire to express his will
at the election may be now, it will be ten
times more eager on the I'd of November.
Qualify yourself for voting, then, by regis
tering today and you will assure your vote
and prove that you are not guilty of the
theft of time which the ancient maxim tells
US is involved in procrastination.
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The deliberations of the Rainy Day Club
were resumed on Wednesday, when the problem
of abbreviated skirts was dealt with in a some
what unabbreviated fashion. Although less than
II year old. the club is convinced that 1t stands
on n firm foundation. Wo take a passage
from the remarks of the Chairman on Wednes-
day, which should give the humble offshoots of
ADAM an idea of what to look out for as the
Rainy Day Club natures:
1.-THE man animal. according to history. has from
the very beginning been addicted to fighting rather
than eating. or course II was to protect and please
the female animal that he gained that reputation.
and we allowed him to continue; but, in the course Of
evolution, we are gradually gaining our true rela-
ton to things In general. and freedom OF action as
regards clothing must needs come up In Its turn"
Discussion upon the proper costume for wet
weather certainly ought not to make dry read
ing. II. in the fight for short skirts. man gets
his share OF criticism-well. IL won't be the first
time that woman has given him a piece of her
mind,
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Honor tho Republican Leadersi

Members Of the Republican party, and all
believers in the principles enunciated at
ct. Louis, have cause to congratulate
themselves, first, upon the strength of their
platform, and, secondly, upon the quality
Of the Republican leaders in the city of
New York. The contrast between the Re-
publican situation here and the condition
Of the Democracy is indeed striking.
The Now York Democracy, Tammany
Hall, was 80 fearful of its platform that 1t
suppressed 1t or evaded 1t 80 fagrantly
that Democratic p~artisanship was COM
pelled to place in the field q candidate
nominated outside Of the regular organ
sation, Mr.. HENRY GEORGE With the
Republicans there has been pride where
there was shame among the Democrats,
and confidence where there was doubt.
Thew have reafirmed the party platform
Tor sound money and the supremacy Of law
with exultation, more convinced than ever
ofits Justice and of it's immense importance
to the State and city of New York and the
entire country.
II the leaders of the Greater New York
Republicans had yielded to the arrogance
Of the Citizens Union or succumbed to
the Establishments of the agents of SETH
Low, and had betrayed their organization
and its cause to it's bitter non-partisan
enemy, in the hope of the return of a few
offices, it would lave been necessary for
genuine Republicans to deal with their
treacherous leaders as the Bryanites have
dealt with Tammany, and to nominate
candidates outside the regular organization
to represent the Republican party upon
tho CT Iouis platform.
Happily Senator PLATT and his fellows
have been faithful partisans. Without a
thought of compromising their party princi-
pies at any moment, they have put forth in
their name a ticket composed Of men of the
highest character who, both in intellect
and in experience in public administration,
are incomparably superior to any rivals In
the field. A bounden duty has been sd-
mirably fulfilled.
To Gen. TRACY, therefore, is due the loyal
and doubly energetic support of every Re-
publican and of every Democrat still sim
cere in his opposition to the spirit that leads
the canvass of HENRY GEORGE and lies be-
meath that of Tammany Hall.
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Its MaIignity Fully Revealed.

Nothing else has shown so clearly the
malicious animus Of the Low movement
as the nomination by his political agents.
on Tuesday, of candidates for the Assembly
In nine Assembly districts. These nomi-
nations are made solely for the purpose of
worrying the Republican party and for
the qualification Of spite and m~alignity
against It.
They are made, too, in square defiance of
the principles on which this so.called Citi-
zens' Union was professedly founded. The
canvass which SETH Low Is conducting
against the welfare of New York assumes
to be primarily for the entire separation of
municipal politics from State and national
politics. That is it's sole excuse. He plumes
himself on having flouted the Republican
party because its field Is broader than the
municipality only and extends to the State
and nation. His Low party is for the city
only, according to It's pretences.
In spite Of these professions, however, tho
Citizens Union proceeded on Tuesday to
nominate independent candidates Of It's
w for the Assembly, the only State
officers, with the exception of the Chief
Judge of the Court of Appeals, who are to
W NiNN'S" Wis Cul ihID ~ ~
into State politics in defiance of its pre-.
tended and loudly paraded principles.
1t is a shameless exhibition of pcridy in
spired by malignant hatred of the Republic
can party. Lows political agents have
set out to divide the vote in the Assembly
districts simply to beat the Republican
candidates and assist in the election of
Bryanites, for they can do nc more. They
can elect no candidate of their own, but
hope to prevent the election of Republicans.
1t is a nasty game of politics, but it is not
so detestable as the Republican treachery
which is lending it assistance.
The political morality of New York has
been outraged steadily by this Low move
ment; but now it is going so far In it's as.
saults on honest and conservative political
organization that people Indifferent to
ordinary political manifestations are be-
ginning to wake up to an understanding of
its true character. 1t is proving itself to
the most careless intelligence to be a sim
lister and dividing and discordant move
ment, wholly dangerous to society so far as
it goes at this time of social disturbance.
SETH Low, with his own candidacy, his
full Ticket for county and municipal Offices.
and his ticket for the State Assembly, is
contributing, with all the power he pos
sesses, to propel the George movement and
to turn the city over to Organism.
Already the material interests of the
community are beginning to suffer because
Of this mans stubborn and perverse and
vain ambition, but with him remaining in
the canvass and stamping this city and
Brooklyn in the interest of HENRY GEORGE
and Organism, the damage done will be-
come eventually so serious and so wide
spread that his name will be execrated by
tho whole conservative community.
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The value of the fake canvasses of public
sentiment which two yellow journals are con-
Quoting in display type, is shown by the simple
process Of setting one yellow canvass against
the other yellow canvass. Yesterday the alleged
totals Of citizens interviewed were about equal;
one yellow journal had seen eighty-odd thou
sand voters. the other had consulted between
seventy.five and eighty thousand. Yet one yell
low journal succeeded in discovering almost ex-
actly twice as many supporters of a certain can
didatc as the other yellow journal could find.
At tho same rate in tho whole vote of the
Greater New York this particular candidate
would receive about 162. 900 ballots according
to the proGnostics of one yellow journal. and
about 81. 900 according to the other.
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Warning on Coils.

Street Commissioner WARISG will he
readily acquitted of any undue or friendly
bias toward Gen. COILS, and his expert
opinion of some of the street openings
which the latter has made can be taken us
almost final. 1t appears that our ncighbor
the Times invited Col. W~ARING, in his
capacity rs u civil engineer, to investigate
the conditions attending the construction
of sewers, the laying of water pipes, and
the repaying of the Fifth avenue, with a
view to showing in what degree Gen.
COILS was responsible for the slow prog
ress thereof. Col. WEARING accepted the
invitation and the Times yesterday printed
his report, but was, we fear, graycly disap-
pointed in its character.
Col. WARING confirms, with high and
unimpeachablc authority, the accounts
which The SIN has from time to time given
of the work in the Fifth avenue, and these
accounts have been mainly concerned with
refuting the malignant and vicious misrep-
resentation in which nearly every newspa-
per in the city has, for one d~iscreditable
motive or another, INDUCED. Perhaps The
appended paragraph hest sums up and con-
veys the conclusions which Col. WARING
has reached:
alt Is my judgment that the Commissioner OF Pub.
lie Works is not to 10 charged with neglect of duty.
iRenlclency. or avoidRble delay 10 tho Fifth avenue
work. l give this as = professional opinion, uninnu'
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From the San Francisco Call.

John Wadleigh, better known as tho King
OF Beggars," has returned to this city after an
absence Of over a year. He arrived a few days
ago with his wife and family to seek pastures
new among the charitably inclined, but as
his true character is well known, he may not
reap the amount he did on his last visit. 'Wad-
leigh and his wife have been in the habit OF
travelling. from place to, place and by their
plausible tales of want and suffering have sue
ceeded IN gaining. a living without much exer-
ton. The title Of king was given to him by
his class owing to his great ability as q beggar.
1t is said by those who know that his earnings
on his last visit amounted to nearly 5000 q
month.
The King" is in the habit of occupying nice
" furnished fats. and enjoying the comforts OF
homo life; At his leisure he follows the races
with varying success. and is also addicted to the
use of Intoxicating liquors; His wife, Irene, is q
little woman, with a sweet face, and has an air
of worldly Ignorance about her which leads peo-
pie to listen to her story, and often moves them
70 assist her. 1t is her scheme to obtain dona-
lions of furniture, bedding, provisions, &c, from
as many people as she Gan' then dispose Of the
cash. The last time these unworthy aims.
seekers were here they played on the sympa.
thies OF the various charitable organizations
with great success until they were shown to be
impostors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-08
Mr.. schur1 Goes Right to tho Point
for Once.

The Hon. CARL SoHURz gave one piece Of
good advice to tho voters assembled to hear
SETH Low speak in the Cooper Union on
Wednesday night.
We have not always agreed with the
opinions propounded by Mr.. ScHuRz, but
there is no flaw in this sentiment from his
supple lips:
"Shame," said Mr.. SoHURz, lifting up
his left arm and clinching his right hand.
"Shame upon him whonow yields to paltry
considerations of partisan pride or ad.
vantage"
Shame upon him, we say.
The paltriest p~artisanship is that of the
Citizens Union. The paltriest considera.
tions Of personal pride n hungry ambi.
tion animate the canvass of SETH Low.
The same paltry considerations have de.
termined the attitude OF those who are
most active in the support OF SETH Low.
1t Is rule or ruin with them.
Paltry considerations in this election of
1897; shame upon him who yields to them
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-08
A Reminder for a Spanish Minister.

Sehor MoRET, now Minister of the Colo
MES in the Spanish Cabinet, published an
article on the Cuban question in his Ma
drid organ, April 20, 1896. He criticised
SPANS policy in Cuba, expressed his anx-
iety in regard to the Spanish-C Cuban situa-
ton, and made an interesting proposition
which is deserving of the attention of the
Minister of the Colonies at this time.
"Why," he asked, should there not be an
exchange of views on the subject of Cuba
between the Government at Washington
and that at Madrid2 We must seek for a
settlement of the Cuban question through
negotiation with the United States"
1t was the judgment of Senor MoRET at
that time that the United States were in
terested in the cause of Cuba, and had a
right to address Spain concerning the ma
ner of disposing of it. When he took this
ground the war in Cuba had lasted for little
more than a year; and if negotiations for
the ending of it were desirable in April of
last year, in Sehor MoREr's opinion, they
are surely more desirable now, after eigh-
teen additional months of the Cuban war.
Though the Minister has always been op-
posed to the liberation of Cuba he was de-
sirous last year that Spain should invite
the United States Government to present
its views on the subject.
Sehor MoRET now has the opportunity
to hold consultation, in an official capacity,
with the American Minister at Madrid,
Gen. STEWART L. WooDFoRD. Under ex-
listing circumstances, and with his own
statements in mind, it would seem to be his
duty to take advantage of it. He is Minis
ter of the Colonies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-08
Clergy as Politicians.

To THE EDITOR or TIE SUH-Sir: lam ono
of the profession and not n politician. For forty
years | have voted the Republican ticket. 1t
strikes me as very amusing, and yet deplorahle.
the way that some pastors are cavorting and
snorting in this city campaign.
First VIC have ito change the 1gurc) n sudden
and fierce little eruption from the pastor Of 81.
Johns. denouncinS "Plattism." and reminding
one of the blazing out, years ago. of a bit of
advertising fireworks, "S-T-lsGO y. Piper's
Pills" or something OF that sort, at the street
end OF a great pyrotechnic representation Of the
battle of the Monitor and Mcrrimac ono Fourth
OF July.
NeNt we have the young, able. and eloquent
pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle. with u
very hot bee in his bonnet, ravins against THE
Sun. which paper. To my mind, is the only ono
we have nero that Is both thoroughly intclli.
cnt and really independent, however We may
diner from IL IN TINS. thai, Or the other matter.
solicited statements Of their views TO papers
known to care for nothing except to catch The
public eye and make ~ scnsat on. Their com.
ihiihlcatinns may be prompted ny Writ nous zeal.
or by willingness to be ADVERTISED. or hv fear TO
refuse IA reply. or by the recent fashion OF pulpit
IM 'Hi%Rh"''"'"'"'o'0 OF " political sort ! know not
A. nest we, the clergy, live so much in the
Ideal thai ~ Is difficult for US 10 get down 10 the
hard real in politics, which 10 my thinking IL
now and here simply this; That seth Low }
false TO tho situation and his own original an.
nOunCclncnt that he would stand II he were n
unifying force; that tho idcalist. Mr.. George,
would he carrying us We know not whither;
thal Zen. Tracy IL u triod and competent Re.
publican, and the hue and Cry about him as
corporation lawyer might ms wei be raised
against many OF our wUrthiesl legal lights, who
rightly take whatever business comes to hand;
ih0t every party must have n leader. call him
boss or what YOU will, and Mr.. Pint has proved
himself most able, indeed saved The country last
year, howsocvcr we may ~criticisc some meas.
nrcs alleged 10 be his; and. finally. that with
more or less good men IN Tammany, that Organ.
ization always, has the worst elements back of II
and caters to lhcse.
As my name does not appear, and hence this is
no ad yertisement of myself, / am free 10 say all
this, though DOCTOR or DIVINITY,
NEW YORK Oct. z.
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1t is not worth while to discuss the la
bored, but shallow and fallacious speech OF
SETH Low Mt the Cooper Union. Nothing in it
is new. 1t is without strength of thought or
power of expression, and 1t betrays an utter in
ability in its author TO comprehend the real i'm
portance Of this election. He assails "bossism,"
yet he asks the people to make him an absolute
boss, responsible only to his own notions of pub
lie duty. and governed by his own judgment
solely. That is, he wants the people to trust in
him absolutely, unquestioningly. simply because
he IL SETH Low.
And he asks this after he has demonstrated to
them that he is not a man OF his word, and that
a pledge has 10 saCrednesS in his eyes!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-08

There may be doubts as to the sincerity
of tho Hon. JorH II. MCLEAN's Withdrawal of
his candidacy for the Democratic nomination
for Senator in Congress from Ohio, but there
can be none as to the zeal and propriety of the
candidacy OF Gen. ApoSIRAM JUDsoN WARNER
for tho same honor. Gen. WARNER radiates
a silver light from Marietta, but he is
said to have been BORN in Ph9nicia and
is known TO havo discovered silver, the
first piece OF which he kept religiously
for many ages and only parted with
when the Hon. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
wanted a silver spoon some forty years ago.
Gen. WARNER was the first OF tho friends OF
silver. and was gazing raptly at the moon
when even the Hon. WILLIAM MORRIS TEwAR
OF Nevada was fascinated by the golden
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-08

gravity, Of portentous Significance. 1t Is
the more alarming and the more suggestive
of danger because GEoRGE now appeals for
votes as the only regular Democratic can
didate, members Of the National Commit
tee according him that title as his indubita-
BILE right. Is there not something of the
most serious suggestiveness in this3 Does
It not indicate that the Democratic party
is marching still further toward subverslve
radicalism thar even the Chicago platform
went?
Is It not time for all conservative men of
every party to reach the conclusion that
the necessity for them to hold together
politically has become imperative9 Arc
they not at last confronted by an emergency
which makes division among them wanton
outrage on civilization2
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THE ETESING POST FOR HENRY
GEORGE.
1t Announced FIatIy That Next to Seth Low 10
Is for George.

Is for George.
From the Evening Post.
We must say for George that we believe that II he
was elected he would be 4 better Mayor than either
Cookers man or Platt's man; that is to say, he would
probably appoint to ONCE honest cranks and bum.
n,ers. who would make terrible mistakes and blum.
ders. but probably steal less and make fewer corrupt
contracts than PlattIs men or Cookers men. Nothing
Is more ludicrous In this can, asa than the attempt
now being made to persuade people that If elected
Mayor Mr.. George would do something to their prop.
erty, and the pretence OF some OF the rich men who
want to help Plat. that they believe It. We make q
good deal OF FUN of the people who are incapable Of
selfgovernment, the Spanish Americans, for iustance.
We arc amused by their superstitions and delu.
sions; but is It possible to ind in the annals Of any
the belief OF some of our Americans that the Mayor
OF New York has power over taxation and currency
and hours OF labor-in short. that he holds powers OF
legislation and taxation? Does any Guatemalan
peor believe any thing more absurd about his own
Government? Would not an answer OF this sort
from q German or Italian seeking American natu.
ralization create much newspaper merriment?
Georges election would show that we had a large
ignorant element among us, but alas. we know this
already. What IL would reveal. which we do not
know. is that we have highly placed Americans, like
Gen. Tracy, ready to lend their aid in spreading
atrocious receptions and helping to promote afro
cious follies at the expense of the municipality.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-08

From Tie Chtcnan Record.

From the Chicago Record.
" have come" said the young man, ito ask for
your daughters hand
low and demanded:
:" I'll nave you any means or supporting hcrr"
200 Onl"
When l spoke to ClIui Tia about coming to see Won
ehe told me II was useless that her mother WAS
N man or the nome. AMI that | had better 20 to her.
blt j said: No! Nonr father may permit your
mother to think that Tho is the maj Of the house.
lust 70 hnlnor her. bur navc seen enough Of him 10
know mat when "A matter 81 importance conea nm
his strong Will must always assert itself. His ntrengIk
ktill-'" "e"
D." NY hoy" interrupted tn" old gentleman, pattina
MIN upon the shoulder. 81 have known all along tha1
you were not one of those ordinary dades who ars
Incapable or understand us what i gong on in ne
world around them. Take her, and nay you always
be happy"
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AN OPEN LETTER TO MIR. Low.
A siEner OF His Petition" Requests Him to
Retire.

The Hon. Seth Lotr, Netc York city.
DEAR SIR: When your petition was in circulation I
signed Il with the understanding that l W as not pledg.
ing myself to vote for you under any circumstances,
but simply to express the opinion that l believed you
to be a desirable, capable and eracient man to be
Mayor CT the Greater New York. and to help i'm.
press this fact upon the minds OF tho leaders of tho
Republican party.
You minated in one OF your letters that you would
not accept any nomination unless rendered to you by
all forces opposed to Tammany. While the object of
the Citizens Union may he highly commendable, we
must not lose sight OF the fact thar this Is q country
in which the majority rules. and as the Republican
party Is the principal opponent of Tammany. those
who desire to defeat Tammany at the coming election
must support the candidate Endorsed by the Republi.
can party -decidcdly so. when that candid ate Is your
equal In every respect.
Hoping you will see your way clear to retro from
the field. thereby best serving the interests of tho
community and Increasing tho chances of success of
so eminent a man as Benjamin +. Ira y. I remain
yours truly. GEORGE. II. SrEcHr,
Is HART STREET. BROOKLYN. Oct. 8.