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PENIS YLVANIA Politics.
The Real Shirmish or the Great Battle Against
Quay to 10 Fought In PhiIadeIphIa.

quay 10 DO FOught In fhlladelphln.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 27.-The Citizens Union.
now in process of organization in Philadelphia
has for its ostensible object tho election of .
man for Mayor of this city of the Seth Low
type, provided we have one such and he can DO
found. That is Its purpose on tho surface; but
Its subsol scheme Is tho defeat of Matthew
Stanley Quay for Senator. and all its influence
II it shall develop any-its money in politics.
Its literary blasts, its speeches. and its costly
dinners will be directed to that end. But the
CitiZens' Union will not enter the contest
against Quay In an open. manly way at the pri.
mary election In any county OF tho State under
tho rules OF tho Republican party, as those who
form the CitiZons' Unior. being sub-soilers. never
fight In that manly manner.
the real purpose OF the Citizens Union is and
the character Of Its campaign that he has quito
political moves so characteristic Of the man, so
comforting to his friends and 80 confusing to
his enemies: This last move Of Quay upon tho
relations between himself and David Martin Of
with these two distinguished leaders. one in
the eastern. the other In, the western end Of the
against Quay a mighty stiff contest could have
Peen MADE and the entire credit for 1t would
nixS ose IN t Slaln e aop ,EF have tns se Si5tT1Rs, S5nT it3Ts,
to the result beyond Doodle and bombast. On
the other hand, with Martin and Magee in limo
"NN. Se.yE uIiA thO 49, v hihi iblCh "
against him, there will scarcely DO a county in
the. State that will choose members of tho House
tions.
The real skirmish Of this coming Senatorial
campaign will be fought In Philadelphia early
In January. the contest being for the office Of
Tag Receiver of Philndelphia-an Office in
which there are $50 well. paid officials not COW
cred by civil service rules-and upon the result
OF 4 will depend whether or not Senator Quay
VIII have practically all OF the forty Republican
members Of tho House and Senate, or just about
one half OF that number from Philadelphia.
II the present tax receiver. Col. William j.
Rooney, who is most earnestly supported by
would doubtless receive the vote Of every one Of
the forty Philadeiphia members OF tho House
and Senate. II, under the restored amicable re-
lations between Quay and Martin, Col. Rooney
should be defeated it would certainly, lead to
complications that would result In dividing the
Philadelphia legislative, delegation practically
intG Two equal parts, giving twenty to quay end
almost painful anxiety with which this contest.
now upon us and growing in intensity and bitter
ness day by day, 10 watched throughout the en-
tire State.
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High Explosives in Shells.

The recent trials at Indian Head show to
the satisfaction Of naval ordnance officers
that the explosive called jovite can be
safely used In shells Of any calibre, and
discharged successfully from ordinary high
power guns.
The requirements for high explosives as
the bursting charges Of projectiles are va
rlous. OF course the first danger to be
guarded against is that OF their exploding
In the guns. Among the devices for prevent
ing this are specially cushioned shells and
explosive forces less violent than gun
powder, like compressed air. The pneu-
matte guns mounted at a few of our ports
discharge enormous masses of high ex-
plosivcs In shells with perfect safety.
But they have a high.angle fire, with
low velocities and comparatively short
ranges and hence the aim of artillerists
has been to get high explosives which.
though they canno be used in the quanti-
ties allowed by the pneumatic gun. can yet
be employed In ordinary riflcd guns, with
gunpowder as the propelling force, and at
velocities sufficient to pierce armor. 1t Is
necessary that the substance should not
explode Immediately ON impact with the
plate, but only after passing into and
perhaps through 1t, so as to make It's work
thoroughly destructive.
Commander CoupEN shows that this, in
fact, was the effect produced by the big TO-
inch jovite shells. One of them had We
locity enough to get entirely through the
plate, exploding beyond; while the other,
with q velocity sufficient to enter the tar.
-
Last Mays experiment with 6.inch shells
was equally successful.
England has her lyddite, France her
melinite, Austria her 6crasite, and other
countries their high explosives for shells,
so that, after our w promising expert.
ments with emmensite, with gun cotton,
and now with jovite, 1t should seem posi-.
BILE to get one for service adoption.
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lection IN Europe. The extension Of the
French Soudan from the Senegal eastward
along the Lake Tchad zone, IL continued
with the rapidity shown In the last five
years. must soon join that colony to the
French Congo, II not on the Nile, at least
at no great distance from 1t. Frances
ambition for a colony extending from
east to west across the broadcast part of
the continent is thus near realization, and
the dream Of q railroad from Cape Town
to Alexandria entirely on British soil
comes to an end for the moment, regard
less of what the European powers may
determine to'do with Egypt.
AT another point Of Africa, hitherto un.
touched by the great powers, the unex-
pected appearance Of Russia causes anxiety
in England. Morocco has been let alone In
the grab for territory, or, what Is the same
thing, exposed only to the known impo-
tence of SpaIn's colonial aspirations, partly
on account Of the difficulty of the country
and the fighting qualities of the inhabi-
tants, but chiefly because no power could
be permitted by the others to hold a pos
session Of such Importance SO near to
Europe. Even England, when she felt
sure Of her naval supremacy never
dared to lay hands OIL It,. Now Russian
diplomatic agents, with the humble
titles under which the Cars servants do
their effective work. have appeared at Tan
gier, which as a harbor is superior to
Gibraltar, and visions Of another key to the
Mediterranean, in strong and skilful hands,
are floating before British eyes. No glorih-
cation of victories over petty savage chiefs
along the Zambesi or on the Guinea coast
can conceal the Importance of this new
danger. A fortified Tangier in French or
Russian hands would threaten England's
sea routes to India from the west just as
an open port In Korea or China would
threaten the route from the east.
Lord SALISBURY has learned many things
about England's position in Europe since
he undertook to browbeat the United States
in the matter of Venezuela. His reticence
about Africa at the Lord Mayors banquet
covers "a heap Of thinkin'."
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Some too hasty souls have rebuked tho
Georgia Legislature because some of the stern
and unbending moralists therein insisted that 1t
should sit for three minutes on Thanksgiving
Day, SO that they might draw an extra days pay.
Lot us not be unjust to statesm on struggling with
great problems. The Georgia legislators detest
money. because 1t reminds them of the Money
Power against which they cannot cease to cry
out. but they hate football more than they hate
money. So long as football games continue to
be played on Thanksgiving Day SO long will
Thanksgiving Day DO a nefast day to tho
Georgia Legislators. Even at tho cost of draw
ing an additional days pay they must protest
against the contamination of Thanksgiving.
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The Kaiser's Indemnity Bill.

According to Shanghai dispatches, Baron
Won HEYKING has presented to China Ger.
many's little account for the murder of the
missionaries MES and HENNLE and the de.
struotion Of mission property. 1t includes
the arrest and execution of the murderers,
the punishment of the officials at fault, the
restoration Of the buildings, 600, 900 taels
to the relatives Of the murdered men, and
additional taels to pay the cost of Ger
many's landing at Kiao Chou Bay.
It further appears that China's counter
demand Is the evacuation Of Kiao Chou
before the terms are discussed. This last
proposal has of course been rejected, be-.
cause Germany landed expressly in order
to secure the indemnity. Having lone this
without losing a man, why should she now
back out before an agreement rs to terms,
thereby needlessly knuckling down to the
despised Chinese, besides confessing herself
wrong in the AFFAIR."
1t looks as II China were preparing to
commit one moro OF the stupidities that
seem characteristic of Mongolian diplo.
macy. She lost her fleet to Japan, and the
wretched weakness of her army Is as we'll
known to Germany as to all the rest of the
"Oriu. LILO sondIkudl ueSpdlCneS say CnaC
the foreign diplomats agree that the Ger.
man conditions canno be accepted. But
why9 The punishment of the murderers
and of any official accomplices and the re-
building of the destroyed property are in
cumbent on China even without German
demands. So also is the payment of an in.
demnity to the victims; and while the re.
ported demand is enormously excessive,
perhaps the real amount is less. But what.
ever the sum asked on that score and on
the ground of the German landing, China
cannot afford to risk apermanent German
foothold on her coast.
She probably has no disinterested friend.
among the powerful nations. Perhap.
Japan would be as eager as any country t.
discountenance Germany's arrogance III
landing at Kiao Chou. But, as the cast
stands, II China could get the Germans GU
by promising the punishments and restora
tion of property, and also such an amour
of indemnity as a third party might fix
b would apparently be lucky.
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Women Stenographers.

For almost two years the critics of women
stenographers have been silent. The rea-
son for this silence appears to be that the
eagerness and facility with which the
gentler sex took to bicycling, and the va
rious notifications in dress which attend
ed the popularity of hat exercise, gave the
habitual fault-inder more work thar he
could accomplish; hence the criticism of
young women stenographers for being ex.
t~ravagantly dressed and given to firt was
suspended.
Now that busy.fingered note.taking fra
ternity Is again attracting unusual notice.
this time for reasons which may affect
them seriously in their occupation. Sew
eral weeks ago attention was called to the
fact that in a pamphlet issued about that
time by the Civil Service Commission at
Washington, it was indicated clearly that
the demand for women photographers and
typewriters in the Government departments
was decreasing. 1t is said that the heads
of divisions and bureaus expressed a de-
cided preference for male stenographers as
assistants. and that whenever a vacancy
occurred 1t was very likely to be filled by a
young man.
hlODbI luTbucT blRuS OF QlSSaCtS-
faction of the same sort were manifest in
Chicago, when Mayor HARRISON ordered
that all female stenographers be removed
from the public departments of that city
and that men be appointed in their places,
The Mayors reasons for the decree, 80 far
as we know. were not stated. 1t Is fair to
assume that they were based on requests
received from his subordinates.
What is the cause of this disfavor toward
the women7 Are they, as stenographers
typewriters, less skilful than men, less
Industrious, or less worthy of confidence9
Do they lack in energy or endurance I
These are some of the questions that have
been asked since the department chiefs
at Washington manifested a desire for
men as amanuenses.
If 1t is true that the proportion of incom.
petent ~stenographers is greater among
women than among men, the fault is not
solely their own. The shorthand schools
all over the country which claim to be
able to teach thoroughly the art of ste
biography in from one to five months have
done more to lower the standard of skill
among shorthand writers, male and female,
than all other influences combined. II the
women have been the chief sufferers at the
hands OF these "short-term" institutions,
1t is a pity.
But there are plenty of employers who
emphatically assert that the ome ste,
nographers are every bit as clever as their
brothers, and that they are much more
punctual and trustworthy. Others declare
that the presence OF a woman in an Office
puts men under severe restraints, and that
this accounts for the desire to get rid Of
her. Others would have it that In the past
year or two women have given too muct
thought to cycling and too little thought t.
their work.
l Whatever may be the consequences Of the
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The Girls at Cornell.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sfr' 1t may interest
"Luigi GalVani DoAne. NJ. d." to learn that vivisection
at Cornell University Ia exceedingly rare, ana is never
undertaken BY tho students. The animals operated
on, far from being pets. stolen from the homes
whero they wero cared for and held dear are rats
or mice caught In the building, or sometimes a tramp
cat. purchased by "Doc' wilder for a quarter. from
some town lad.
In my four years At Ithaca / cannot say that I have
ever noticed the development OF any homioidal ten
dency In our "co-eds' a. q result Of their disco
tion studies upon animals. for the most part carefully
executed by means OF ether. On the contrary. most
OF these "co.eds'' are interesting. healthy looking
girls, that a fellow is glad to be acquainted with.
1t might give Luigi GslvanI food for more Thor
rors'' to know that thew actually! play basketball. In
short skirts, too Though, alas. they never allowed US
into their gym to see them play. CORNELL, '97.
NEW YoRK. Nov. 20.
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salisbury's African Worries.

When he dismissed Africa with a Jest, at
the Lord Mayors banquet in the London
Guildhall a few days ago, as being "created
to be the plague of Foreign Offices" the
Marquis of SALISBURY already knew that
England had been checked in her process of
land grabbing at q vital point and that a
now and troublesome opponent had ap-
peared upon the scene.
The British attempt to obtain possession
Of the upper Nile, by sending Major MAC
DONALD with a force from Uganda to meet
Zen KITCHENER's advance on Khartoum,
has been forestalled by France, who, IL re-
peated and circumstantial reports may be
believed, can now oppose the fact of actual
possession to any claims to the territory
that may be put forward by other overs.
Two expeditions from the Ubanghi, in the
French Congo, under NM. LIoTARD and
MARcHAED, have formed a junction on the
banks of the Nile north of Lado, with two
other expeditions sent out to meet them
from Abyssinia, under NM. DE BoNCHAMps
and C~LocHETTE. In the meantime. Major
MACDONALD, who seems to be a martinez
In no way fitted to his position, after sup,
pressing by force a revolt of the Uganda
natives and removing King MwANGA, has
driven the S~oudanese troops, the only force
on which he could count, to open mutiny
by his harsh discipline. Even II he had
started in accordance with his instructions
he would have arrived months too late.
Through the strip coded to her a few
years ago by the Congo Free State, France
has now extended her southernmost
African colony to the Nile. There she Il
likely to be supported by Abyssinia, which
since the expulsion of the Italians, hal
risen TO the rank of q quasi civilized
power, whose compacts England cannor
disregard as she does those of savag,
nations, and which, moreover, has formed
relations of friendship with Russia
Frances lyyig and looks to her for pro
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The Symposium OF All Arts.

Such Is the name Of q public institution
opened, perhaps it would be more correct to
say i%naugurated, in West Thirty-third street
last week. We call 1t q public institution,
although it is contained for the present in
q private studio Of Mr.. HENRY BRADFORD
SIMMONS. Its ends are public. 1t will con-
tribute to the Joy and instruction Of the
public by providing a home and nursery Of
all the arts Of the beautiful. The sense and
the sensitiveness of the universal aesthetic
will there be cultivated. In the words of o
reporter Of the Nep York Times, Mr.. SIM
MONS is opening q symposium of the arts
which will have Its headquarters at the
studio. There will be an artist who will
carve Florentine embroidery designs. q
color artist who will develop delicate
shades and vivid tones on the piano, and
artists of song and language. &C."
A workshop Of all beauty! Here the i'm
mortal Herr ST6ssER Is hammering his
soul into a sonata There Nh. SENARIus
boobies, the leader of the Young Decidu-
GUS school, Is carving q sonnet. Here, sur
rounded by censers and odorous burning
gums, NJ. NEE Of Paris teaches his rapt
audience how to smell. There JAMES
BUoEPHALUs BELFoRD. the Red Headed
Rooster Of the Rockies, filings out his fiery,
streaming locks and battles the symposium
In a sunset sea. The trisagion's melting
tones are heard In the blue room. JIM
REYNOLDS is blowing the Citizens Union
horn in the green. A stocking machine
is weaving many.colored harmonies in
the main room, while just behind
Tho Crnnfah IaakIH- oo~aAn t.a ~Aata
are seen, full of feet. Peacocks and Mug.
wumps waddle brilliantly along. Prof.
LARRY" GoDKIN is practicing the long
bow in the anteroom. A band of Goo Coos,
with chains of daisies around their waists,
are dancing the Mugwump minuet in the
Hall Of Flowers. DR.. SETH Low in a very
good imitation Of a toga is declaiming his
own works in the Oratory Nook, first turn
to the left. The click of the chisel, tho
mellow swish Of the brush are heard on
every hand. Fountains play real water.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN recites "My
Name is Norval" with a voice sadder than
the lips of the Delphic Sibyl. These are the
winter sports, the everyday programme.
In the Symposium Of All Arts.
"The special summer feature Of the SYM
postum will be an outdoor green bower, a
roof garden, where artists and their. dis
ciples can sing, embroider, or paint, accord
ing to their individual proclivities." fairy
isle of bliss in the sea of cabs and trucks, q
variety show of all the MUSES.. all the charm
of all the MUSES. Towering in one single
show. There car have been nothing half
30 beautiful before. Will there be any
beer, or will only honey dew and milk of
paradise be served3
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Remember Section Twenty-Five.

The Canadian attitude on the seal fishery
question, n the evident intention of the
Dominion authorities to handle this griev-
nco Of ours for all 1t is worth to them,
may cause the Department Of Justice to
reconsider its Interpretation of section
Twenty-Five of the Dingley act.
Attorney.General MoKENNA's opinion
was by NO means accepted as final. An.
other Attorney General might take a
different view.
Canadian interests and New England in.
terests in the business of railway ~transpor.
tation arc not bound together so ~insepara-
bly, that legislative genius cannot discover
them and treat each on its merits.
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Pestilent Political Heresy from the
Pulpit.

On Thanksgiving Day many of the preach.
ers ollowed q long-established custom in
discussing public questions only indirectly
related to religion, pure and simple. The
difference between the tone and charac.
ter of these sermons and those of past
days. however. was marked. Formerly the
Thanksgiving preachers discoursed appro.
priately OF the public reasons for thankful.
ness. Last Thursday they struck a doleful
note. In the language of the markets,
they depressed their congregations with
bear sermons
The most notable example Of these pessi-
mistic discourses was that of the Rev. DIR.
MACARTHUR, q conspicuous Baptist min
lister of this town. According to him, tho
great American republic is in a bad way,
and IL his diagnosis is sound its case is
hopeless. He described it as afflicted with
a complication of chronic and acute dis
eases, any one of which would be enough to
kill 1t in due time. These maladies were
enumerated by DR.. MACARTHUR as thug
ism," "jingoism, " "bossism," and "politi-
co-religionism,' an appalling list.
"Thugism" was the name he gave to
lynching, which, he said, is fast becoming
a national institution" If it is a national
institution, however, 1t was established as
such long ago, and is not now becoming
initiated as a novelty. As a cure for the
disease DIR. MACARTHUR prescribed the
teaching to " foreigners coming to America
that liberty is not license, but that it is
obedience to just law" That is good teach
Ing, unquestionably; but lynching, 30 far
as it is practiced here, is not an imported
device, but Is of native continuance. Nordo
the people of this country, native or foreign,
need to be admonished to obey the laws.
Lynchings occur occasionally as passionate
outbursts against certain forms of pecu-
llarly brutal and loathsome crime, but
nowhere are they an institution" Law
is the institution, and they are merely
sporadic rebellions against Its orderly
! course, due to wild Impotence with the
legal safeguard which requires that even
guilt shall be proved legally and that the
accused shall be deemed innocent until
proved guilty. Lynching is an outrage
against civilized order and a return to
savagery; but as everybody acknowledges
that obvious fact, a minister who says
that 1t sis fast becoming a national In
stitution," defames his country and bears
false witness.
There is no "jingoism" In this republic
for any minister to preach about. The
term has no pertinence to America, but
belongs to England, where 1t originated
and to whose policy of foreign aggression
1t has a true application. This country Ii
not now and never has been reaching ont
to extend its dominion and increase IT.
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According to the St. Louis Republic, ian
Indiana young woman who Is leading q war of
determination on the tobacco habit, and espe-
cially on the execrable custom of chewing has
begun operations In Missouri, whence she will
soon invade New York. Sound in front of the
City Hall and all around 1t her terrible APP
proach. The Hon. WILLIAM LYsoNG STRONG
shakes in his shoes. He is tho leading sinner
in tho tobacco-eating line. and he will DO tho
fret fertilization Of the plug-biters to be assailed
by the enemy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28

The Atlantic Monthly for December is interesting.
Paul Leicester Ford. who Is up In American history.
and has written American novels, gives his views on
the American historical novel; /, Zangwill has a
Heine story Col. Higginson talks o. literary Lonlon
twenty year sgoi DR.. George Birkbeck Hin pub.
fishes some unpublished letters OF Swift; Hopkinson
Smiths and Kate Douglas Virgins novels are con,
tinuod. and other contributors unite In producing .
0OmmendAblo number.
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Not permissible Uuder Our Laws.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE sus-Sir: There 10 one eI-
esllent and easy preventive of pelugic sealing under
the Union Jack. That Is pelagic fishing under the
Stars and Stripes. There is plenty OF time TO organ
iEe . notlls OF rapid.steaming fishing boats. thor
oughly equipped and properly manned, which could
sweep the sea around the Pribylon Islands and keep
the mother seals we'll aud safely fed inshore where
the Union Jack cannot ny. Skin the SINNERS and all
America will be satisfied. I'D,
NEW York, Nov. 81.
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An impartial reader of the returns from
the Boston Democratic caucuses grasps once
more the great truth that tho Hon. THOMAS
RILEY has fine curly locks and the Hon. JOSIAH
QUINCY fine curly politics.
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The Hon. WILLIAM D. BYNUM beating
an e~xultant tom-tom and dancing a clog in
honor Of tho glorious victories Of the Ma.
tionel Democrats in tho fall elections Is a sight
TO make pessimists repent and to drown tho
world in honey. II the Hon. WILLIAM D.. ByNUM
had been born q goose no couldn't have had q
moro exact sense Of dimension than he habit
ually displays.