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The Fond Expectations or tho Low p1en In
Brooklyn shattered 10y Pnct..

To n EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: Being n
member OF the Republican Organization have
been very busy working for the success OF tho
Republican ticket, and have had no ,iuo 10 Mt.
tend meetings.; but last night II Low meeting
was held in my neighborhood, and went around
to hear what they had to say. After hearing tho
Chairman state that there wns not a particle Of
doubt that Mr.. Low would receive the vote of
the 1870 who, he claimed, signed The unity.
ing petition, together with over 100. 900 more,
and after hearing him say that Mr.. Low was
nominated tho first timo by n Republican con.
~vention. and after hearing n lot of similar stuff
from other speakers, being somewhat weary. I
went outside, where / found ono of the Low
leaders anxiously waiting for some Of the big
guns who had promised to talk for them.
1have always wanted to know what practical
reasons the Low men could give for believing
that he would be elected, so | sounded 1 Is
leader by reminding him of another INDEPENDENT
movement for the election OF n Mayor OF Brook
Ign in which he was engaged, and of his telling
me how sure he was OF winning at thai time,
and what the result was on election day. After
he had stated that the conditions we're different
now and that Low would carry our election
district. I asked him how many votes Low
would got in The district. Well mGdidn't know,
geti He didn't know, but he had talked with a
great many men and they, were al for Low. !
he didn't know; he hadn't counted. He then
asked mo how many had registered. and l told
him, and also told him that IA canvass of the dis.
trict had cen made and That, giving tho benefit
of the doubt in every case to the Low men, we
found that we would have at least two and a
wnstruc.
Now. If any Repuhli an who is in doubt which
/, candidate will receive the majority of the re.
publican votes, all he has to do ia TO ask the
Low leader Of his district the questions ] oskcd,
and ask the Republican district leader what the
| result of the canvass was. and he Will soon nud
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Low ns Mayor or brooklyn.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: I understand Il TO
be q fact that in exercising his appointing power
when Mayor OF Brooklyn, Mr.. Seth Low tried to evade
the statute. so far as 1t protected his appointees from
arbitrary removal by him, by exacting from the APP
nation with the date left blank for Mr.. Low to I'LL In
whenever he saw ut.
To any lawyer It would seem perfectly plain that IL
this action upon his part had been put before tho pub
lie in Its true light a month or two ago, IL would have
rendered his nomination by any respectable body OF
citizens absolutely impossible. 1t was a direct viola
ton OF the spirit at least. n not OF the letter, OF his
oath OF ONCE. The Legislature had made these statu-
tory enactments for the very purpose Of preventing
what Mr. Low tried to secure.
II is no answer to say that this scheme OF Mr.. Lows
involved SO futile n subtcrfuge that any court would
have brushed aside the resignation as so much waste
paper IL tho appointee had chosen to ~repudiate 1t and
to hold on TO his ollce after Mr.. Low had tried to use
1t. The obtaining Of such resignation at the time of
the appointment w as clearly against public policy as
an attempt TO nullify the effect OF the statute.
This law was established for q public reason.
and 1t cannot be contravened by this private
agreement. People VS.. Supervisors. so Hun. 1851 1t
also came dangerously near the doctrine laid down In
the courts OF this State in relation to corrupt bargains
to secure public onicc. people VS.. Supervisors. 60
Hun, 32s. 800: People vs.. Thornton. IS Hun, 400
These considerations have peculiar force in the
present canvass, for Mr.. Low distinctly states that his
only platform will be his oath of Office. II is there
fore OF vital consequence that the people should know
how he has construed that oath In the past.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20. COUNSELLOR At Law.
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A Disgraceful Exhibition.

1t is manifest hat the only hope of the
Low crowd is that they will be able to
draw off enough votes from the Republican
party to beat it. That animus appears I'M
~mistakably in all the newspapers support
ing Low; it betrays itself in his own
speeches and in the e~lectioneering ha,
rangues of his s~pellbinders.
AS the election approaches, the Tribune,
for instance, throws Off all disguise and
exhibits the n~akedness Of it's malignity,
1t is trying simply to beat the Republican
party, and with that end in view is pursu'
ing exactly the tactics Of the Etening Post
and the NeW York Times, both avowedly
the bittcrest enemies Of the Republican
party. OF the yellow journals, one is an
honest opponent, but the other is pretend
ing to support Low and "good govern
ment" as a method of hitting q side blow
at the Republican party.
There is no honesty in the Low canvass,
1t is only a cover for a dastardly assault on
the Republican party.
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To THE EpiToR OF The sUS-Sir: In my Assembly
district l can prove by andavits that II the captains
OF the cts Union cannot get you 10 vote for Seth
Low. all they ask then is that you vote tho Tammnny
ticket. Here is an instance; Mr., Martin Delomous.
SAL East seventy.sixth street. captain OF the Cts
Union OF the Third election district Of the Twenty.
eighth Assembly district, went thi, morning u a good
Republican. Mr.. Charles Ran, 3i2 East Seventy.
seventh street. and worked haru In trying to get him
TO vote for Joseph I. Green for Assembly ON the Tam,
many ticket. There are other cases too numerous 10
mention ] aprcal to the peopl in the TwcutyeIghth
Assembly district not TO pay any attention to tho
CIt"' Union canvasseIs. for they represent no rrinri,
pie. only II determination to defeat tho Republican
party by working for Tammauy Hall.
IErEr ASLER0D,
President East Side Citizens League. Fourteenth Cou,
gr,ss District.
NEw YORK, Oct. gS.
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Tho San Francisco Citizens Committee Waa
Cnselnsh.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: In the Times of
this date I read a communication signed "R. O."
referring to the Peoples Party moro generally
Known as the Citizens OF San Francisco
in the "bcfore-the.war days. Having considerable
knowledg sc OF the situation In San Francisco after the
work OF tho second Vigilance Committee W as con-
cluded. and as the Tfmes's correspondent also seems
to be convcrsant Herewith. I am surprised that he
should have omitted an all.inportant detail OF the
organization of the San Francisco Citizens Commit.
tee. and should have drawn q broad parallel between
that and the so.caled Citizens Union now strug.
Cling for the offices of Greater New York.
In the Citlzen,' Committee OF San Francisco each
member thereof was pledged not TO accept any nom.
ination while a member OF the committee. nor for a
period two years thereafter. Candidates Endorsed
by It were selected from either Of the two ma.
tional political parties. The committee did not seek
to build up a machine or party, but did see to IL that
the best men were selected. The San Francisco Citi-
Eens' was unsclfsh and patriotic in its
work. Can any thinking man find in the Citizens
Union in this city a parallel on any line except that
into a machine, though OF poor workmanship to DO
sure, and the members thereof lighting Herewith,
not for the best candidates OF the regular parties, but
for themselves. under u cloak Of pretence to all that Il
good and virtuous In municipal government.
Verify q great contrast instead OF a parallel with
the work of the San Francisco committee.
New YoRK, Oct. 20. ". E.. J.
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The Straw-Votc idiot.

The particular form of political idiocy
which find expression in straw votes has
resisted for many years all attempts at
amelioration or effacement. The straw
vote collector Is of a political type sepa-
rate and distinct; he is, uniformly, a man
without any political influence or follow.
ing. Such is his marked characteristic and
distinguishing attribute that by reason OF
it he is more readily qualified to "poll," at
great and unnecessary waste of time and
toll, the predictions and preferences OF
others in order to mislead.
No matter how often the ~futility OF
straw votes, as the guide to public senti.
ment. is shown; no matter how often the
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If there was any doubt Of the utter cold
blooded, selfish egotism OF SETH Low, that
doubt was removed by his own words yesterday.
Under the pretence of praising HENRY GEoRGE
he made this brutal and shameless bid for the
George vote:
In view OF Mr.. GEORGES death, I wish. therefore.
to say to the people of the city that I shall give myself
to this contest In their behalf with a now and higher
resolve, as though l had received 1t az a last charge
from his dying lips"
No further revelation OF the temperament and
character of Mr.. Low is needed. He has be-
trayed and destroyed himself. He whimpers by
the deathbed and stretches out his hand for the
hoped-for inheritance. He will not get II, but
he will get q vast amount Of public contempt.
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RUL ES IN
How Far Have Managerial Regulations the
Force OF Lnwl

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: A few
evenings since 1 visited one OF the New York
theatres devoted to q vaudeville Entertainment.
and after paying for q ticket and entering tho
theatre found that 1 could not get a 8 at in that
part of the house, all the available chairs being
occupied. This necessitated my standing. SO +
took up n position directly in rear OF the last
row of seats. Not thinking it necessary to re-
move my hat. as l had not obtained q seat, I
kept / on my head. ] was sharply ordered by
one OF the ushers to take off my hat. This I re-
fused to do. considering that under the circum-
stances ! had a perfect right 10 do as / liked in
the matter. A uniformed attendant was
then called, who tolq me l must do
80 and conform to the rules; and on my again
refusing, he took me by the arm and led mo
down the stairway saying l had better come
u d see the manager" This ! agreed to do, but
instead he took me outside the entrance doors
and instructed the doorkcepcr not to admit me
again that night.
! several times asked for the manager but ho
was not forthcoming. Instead, he showed me
n ticket which bore the words: Subject to tho
rules Kindly inform mo through your paper
II he had a legal right to eject me.
Can any rules the manager pleases be framed
ana n compliance with same cnforcedf
Can l obtain a return OF the money paid for
ticket? Yours very truly.
OCT. 20. TwENTY.THIRD STREET.
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The Situation Practically Unchanged

The sudden death of HENRY GEORGE on
the day before the practical close OF the
e~lectioneering of the campaign is not likely
to arrest the political movement of which
he was the leader. The prompt decision of
the managing committee of the Jefferson
ian Democracy to nominate his son and
namcsake in his place leaves the ticket
nominally unaltered.
The assumption of Low, as soon as he
heard the mournful news, that he could
administer on the political estate of HENRY
GEORGE as his natural political legatee was
both indecent and prcposterous.
The situation so far as concerns Gen.
TRACY is thus entirely unchanged. Gen.
TRACY is still confronted by a divided
enemy, and the Republican party, which
has been growing steadily in the Greater
New York Of recent years. is strong enough
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SUSBE AMS.
In Mexico City Hop Lee advertises an American

In Mexico City Hop Lee advertises an American
restaurant.
An uprsual narou,s,,e n, raon,ck, inc ,s, IN s,.,n.
Of n Louisville woman. who found A spo gold pieoa N
the rag heap OF a business house.
sweet almonds and chestnuts have bean r.,s.a
WITH su.ccss I'm parts Of oregon. whera IL baa ~,
Thought no pIatabIe nuts would grow.
-pu''"s . Wv :. oeuar hApias,
ia'H'o"hs ma" u ""s confessed thAs
H' u Wv w. 49,, W NV A"o'ue man
IL 50 ~ peop'o AanSAS %
h'Ne '"" '' h''e' ouRh' s"h 70 Do
soo' m""' 4" A' "H'"s " max 'hem gooo Dy
A'crl'''s NM a"u ~ 10 'o'u ~ ieas' one Kan
Ban haS "'t''o" t"o nn'o |h'ei u FoHco asking
iof All OF 'he" 'hA' Il o can ge"
Gentle shepherds OF the olden sort are not likely
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Mr.. JOHN BROOKS LEAvITT, q lawyer. Is
one of the guiding intellects and chosen
orators of the Citizens Union machine. In
a speech at a Low meeting on Thursday
night LEAvITT cried out to the crowd, "To
Jail with Tom PLATT! !" and then proceeded
to explain that he possessed evidence sufi-
cient to procure Senator PLATT's indict-
ment under the Penal Code for blackmail.
The victim Of the alleged blackmailing was
the New York Life Insurance Company.
The alleged blackmail amounted to $780, 900.
LEAvITT announced that as soon as there is
in office an honest District Attorney he in.
tends to move for the indictment and prose-
cution of the Senator.
Mr.. JOHN BROOKS LEAvITT went so far
as to name his principal witness. Mr.. THEo-
DoRE NJ. BANTA. LEAvITT "did not hear
this from Mr.. BANTA." he explained. ~
do not Know him. I shall not make public
at present the source Of my information,
but 1 am authorized by my informant to
say that Mr.. BANTA will not deny the fore.
going statement"
The foregoing statement" is here repro
duced, in LEAvITT's own language:
"a few years ago Senator THOMAS C. PLAT made .
demand upon the New York Life Insurance Company
for $50. 900. The directors met Immediately. and.
fearful that 4 refusal would result in hostile legisla.
tIon against their company. they decided to comply
with PLArT's demand. THEODORE ". BASTA, the Treas.
urer OF the company. was ordered TO pay the money
to Mr.. PLATr. Mr.. BASTA. being q courageous man.
refused to make the payment. The President OF the
company was in Europe. and the directors sent him q
cable message, imploring him to order the Treasurer
to pay 5000 to this man PLAT.
uIlaNk dahhed n maRaaOa IN Mr. pArrA ordarJno hta
to pay It, but he was otdurate still. and refused tc
draw the check. In desperation. the directors met
again. and q large sum OF the company's money wa
paid to PLAT. without. however. Mr. BASTA having
drawn a check for the amount.
as not this q plain case for Indictment? I cannot
divulge to you my source OF Information. but I reit
crate my statements. one and all; and. further. I tel
you that. though l have never met Mr.. BASTA, 1 know
that he stands ready to corroborate them"
To a reporterof a yellow journal, after the
meeting, LEAvITT added yet another tribute
to the integrity of the gentleman on whose
testimony the indictment and conviction
of Senator PLATT for blackmail are to de
pend, whenever he, LEAvITT, thinks tina,
the proper time has come for him to moyt
in the matter.
"Mr. BASTA is still with the company as Treasurer
He Is a noble old fellow. and It was lie who saved thu
company when President BEERS had 80 nearl!
dragged II down to ruin"
One more quotation, this time from tn,
remarks OF Mr.. BANTA himself, of who's,
honesty and courage LEAvITT has spoken 81
highly, and who, as LEAvITT informed hi
auditors, " stands ready to corroborate m,
statements" A reporter of the NeU YorI
Times questioned Mr.. BANTA about tn
story, He replied
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CABINET DISCUSSES sPA1N,s NOTE.
Ne Action to Ne Taken Until the Full Text Mas
Bcen Received.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-At to-day's Cabinet
meeting 1t was agreed that no action could be
taken with propriety in regard to the answer of
tho Sagasta Ministry to Minister Woodiord's
note until the full text Of the answer had been
received by mail. The Spanish communication
Is five times longer than the abstract cabled by
Gen. Woodford to Secretary Sherman. Tho
members of the Cabinet had their first opportu-
nifty at the session OF hearing the grounds as
sumed by Spain. There was some discussion OF
the character of the answer, and tho general
opinion was that Sagasta was evasive. but
showed q friendly disposition. While there WAS
much dissatisfaction expressed that the motto
was not more explicit in its terms. the feeling
among the Cabinet was that 1t did not entirely
reject the right of this country 10 assume tho
attitude of mediator.
Just what will be done by the administrator
when the text OF the note is received by mail
was not Indicated in any definite way. but there
was a disposition expressed to refer the whole
Cuban question to Congress for settlement.
The President and his advisers are gratitied
over the prospect of a speedy change in the I'M
happy condition OF the non-combatants who arc
starving In tho big towns under tho terms of
Wcyler's concentration order. and they believe
that the introduction OF the Liberal party's re-
forms will also mark the beginning OF more hui
mane methods Of dealing with the insurgents
and those suspected of completely in the re-
bellion.
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THANKsGIvING PROCLAMATION.
The President Delegates Thursday. Nov. as
AS Thanksgiving Day.

------
The President Delegates Thursday. Nov. rs,
ns Thanksgiving Day.
WARRINGTON, Oct. 29.-The President to-day
issued the following Thanksgiving procluma-
ton:
By the Prssident Of the United States:
In remembrance OF Gods goodness TO us during the
past year, which has been SO abundant, "let us offer
unto Him our thanksgiving and pay our vows to the
Most High Under His watchful providence indus.
try has prospered. the conditions OF labor have been
improved, the rewards OF the husbandman have been
increased. and the comforts OF our homes multiplied.
His mighty hand has preserved peace and protected
the nation. Respect for law and order has been
strengthened. love OF free institutions cherished, and
all sections OF our beloved country brought into closer
bonds OF fraterual regard and generous cooperation.
For these great benefits 1t is our duty to praise the
Lord in a spirit OF humility and gratitude. ana to
oIer up to Him our most earnest applications.
That we may acknowledge our obligation as a peo.
pie to Him who has so graciously granted us the
blessings of free government and material prosperity.
l, William Mckinley. President OF the United States.
do hereby designate and set apart Thursday. the goth
day of November. for national thanksgiving and
prayer, which all OF the people are invited to observe
with appropriate religious services in their respective
places of worship. On this day OF rejoicing and do
nestle reunion let our prayers ascend to the Giver OF
every good and perfect gift for the continuance of His
love and favor to US, that our hearts may BE- hlled
with charity and good will. and that we may be ever
worthy OF His benencent concern.
In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal Of the United States TO be afixed.
Done at the city of Washington this twenty.ninth day
OF october. In the year OF our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety.sevon, and OF the independ.
enco of the United States the one hundred and
twenty-second. WILLIAM MCKINLEY
By the President: JOHN SHERMAN. Secretary ofState.
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From the Philadelphia Public Ledger

FToW INC FHIfddeIDHfd FuoTo Led0fr.
READING Oct. 2s.-The safe OF Stephen Girard,
tho Philadelphia philanthropist, Unexpectedly
storehouse in this city. 1t was found in the
market house at Twelfth and Market streets,
room for the Reading Terminal. 1t was then
sent 10 the locomotive shops at Seventh and
dent Mcleod. There It was stored in an upper
room. On Oct. 10 of this year the safe was
shipped to the scrap yard at tho storehouse.
From the Reading Terminal Market H use.
Philadelphia, received December, 1892, on one
side. while on the other side was: I" Formerly
belonged to stephen Girard." Tho safe stands
fiat on tho ground. having no legs. 1t is made
iron. The doors are locked with a big key.
three inches long. There are three short keys
for tho inside drawers. On one side of the door
is a bind keyholc. while the lap to the other
keyhoe is fastened with a little clip. In the
inside Of the safe are two iron drawers. seven
pigconholes, and ten places for books.
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The Hon. PRYNNE COKE of Good Govern
mani Club @ writes ns ns followa.

The Hon. PRYNNE COKE of Good Govern
ment Club c writes US as follows:
"You may say from me and for me that PRrSSE
COKE despairs OF his country. I have put my intel
lect, my noblest emotions, all my powers mot to
speak OF bets amounting to $3.50 at the service OF
SETH Low. I had hoped that tho people would see
their best interests and rally around him. The peo.
Pile are blind. They do not want to see. They do
not see the finest figure on the horizon. But mark
my words. SETH Low is beaten. ! admit It with
more sorrow than the words imply. But with him
will disappear the last hope OF rational govern ment.
by which / mean government by u select. cultivated.
and necessarily small class. an upper class.
II you Will. competent to govern. The peo-
pie will not have II. Their blood be upon
their own heads. ally / shall not attempt to
do anything more for them. and / think the general
feeling In the Union is the same as my own. We have
done our best to persuade the people to be governed
by those who know how TO govern them. They don't
want it. The fools leave this country. next satur.
day, probably forever"
Mr.. CoxE's excitement is natural. but tho
country is safe. He will como back when his
letter OF credit has been spelled to the last letter.
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I know what I am talking about.-HALLELU-
JAZZ BILL.
Nobody else knows what you are talking about.

1t is pleasant to turn away for a moment
from the ordinary things OF life and say a word
OF kindly welcome and temporary farewell to
the DioscurI OF Cook county, the Hon. BATH
HOUSE JOHN and tho Hon. HINKy DISK.
New York is getting to no rather thickly
settled. and tho visit to It OF whole
parliaments of statesmen and declarations
Of philosophers would attract little notice.
But suppose that FRANCIs BACON and ROGER
BACON. conquering all difficulties OF chronology
and becoming synchronous, came to this town;
or suppose that RIcHELIEU and OLIVER GROIN
WELL, who must know each other well
by means of the romauces OF Father DUMAS,
were +" stopping" as they say in Chicago, at tho
Park Avenue Hotel. The presence OF such intel
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The Devil and Football.

From the Westminster Castle.
The rector OF Pakencld. near Lowestoft, objects TO
football on theological grounds. lie says: The
various attractive agencies at work In the direction
OF smusements among young men are devices OF
the devil, and OF them all none presents such In
sidious evils as football matches. These things cause
people to forsake the means or grace. The devil IL n
successful practitioner. and II any In this cengrrga'
tion prefer attendance at a football match TO going 10
q prayer meeting they belong to satan's flock"
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o, dear, what can the matter be2 The
Hon. ALFRED II. CoNKLINo told some we.
struck Cts In Broomo street. near Essex, tho
other night, that he would stand up for them
and. II necessary, strike till the last armed foo
expired. SHOULD any ono attempt to intimi.
date you, or in any manner whatsoever endeavor
to coerco YOU" cried ALFRED the Great, "come
to my Office and 1 will sec to 1t that redress is
obtained" Who is trying to intimidate tho G.
vi Tho concern is thoroughly frightened. and
had better 20 to ALFRED the Great in q body.