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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-21

The Hon. PATRICK JEROME GLEASON In
formed his petitioners Saturday night that their
action indicates that there is In our people q
determination to secure in the result Of this
election the freedom Of tho new city from party
control" "For this purpose" he continued.
you will have the support of every patriotic
citizen" Mr.. GLEASON and Mr.. Low agree in
their determination to secure the freedom
Of tho city from party control. Which Of
the two shall every patriotic citizen sup
porti 1t will be hard to choose between
them, but the choice must be made. Shall PAT
RICK or SETH be selected as the final representa-
tive Of non.partisanshipi The Long Island City
mans petitions may not contain as many names
as those Of thu MorninGside man, but they are
believed to cont, in the names Of genuine sup
porters only, and not to DO transcriptions from
tho directory. As a unifying force Mr.. GLEASON
has boon remarkably forcible in his kingdom.
Tho mortar board should yield TO tho battleaxo,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-21
oo1D TRUTH FROM TEE SOUTH SIDE
a LonE Island Edlter's spirited Reply to .
Seth Low Mug Vvuntp,

From the Rockville Centre South Side Observer.
An esteemed correspondent and longtime
reader OF tho Observer writes us a letter strongly
crlticising our remarks in In : issue concerning
Seth Low. He says: How any respectable
newspaper can uphold Tom Platt, as the Obsct'.
rer does. is a mystery TO mo-"
This paper has not been an upholdor OF Plat
except as he has bcen nm exponent OF Rcpubli.
canism and sound money. We believe that Mr..
Platt in true Ropublicanism and sound states
manshlp is far ahead OF Seth Low. Can our cor
respondent tell us what Seth Low was doing n
year ago, when Plat was Mt st. Louis battling
for honest money! Did Low do anything to
back him up Is Low now in favor of tho gold
standard Does no mention 1t in his letter Of
aoceptancoi Is he not to-day giving moro aid
and comfort to tho silver forces Of Tammony
Hall than any other man in New York city or
STATED
Can our correspondent tell us to-day what arc
Seth Lows views on protection or free trade ?
Does ho favor the D,nglcy tariff. which has
already brought much prosperity 10 this country.
or Is he still n believer In the Wilson bill, which
did so much TO iniure the United Stntcsi
Ho who has no opinions on these important
subiects can scarcely DO called n fully developed
man. The Republicans have many able men At
to BIO Mayor OF Now York. why does not Mr..
LOW Try u IOTh N uhlOn WIN lntlh W uo"H
Tammanyi Our correspondent thinks Plat is
mot one whit botter than Croker" This is the
same view expressed by other Low DONORS.
How can they expeci Platt to fall in love with
people who continually revile hint Mr.. Low
consented to run only IL he should become "a
u~nifying force" among T~ammany's opponents.
Now that he finds he is not a ~unifying force, is II
honest for him to stay in tn race, In order to
help in the election Of the Tammany ticket
Tho great question Of honest money versus
reputation has not yet been settled in this coun'
try. A Democratic victory in New York city
would greatly strengthen tho silver forces. Ii
Mr.. Low doing all he can to prevent this victory
for silveri
Tho writer is personally acquainted with Mr.
Platt and Mr.. Low. In honesty and morality we
believe Mr.. Plat is the equal OF Mr.. Low. In
mental ability, in craftsmanship, in capacity fol
the leadership Of his fellow men. Low does moi
bear comparison with Mr.. Plat. The only hope
Of defeating Tammany is through the agency Of
Mr.. Plat and the party which he leads; il the
Low boomers cannot unto with them in this
grand purpose they must not wonder that honest
men doubt their sincerity.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-21

The Hon. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
was introduced to an audience the other day
"by MIR. A. E. ORCHARD. q Christian minister
who made n reputation last year as a silver OK
horter." Mr.. produced some compli-
ments which brought a rosy blush to the check
of the Boy Orator" who was described as "tho
living herald Of the common people," and 1.-THE
living exponent OF Jefrersonian Democracy and
Lincolnian Republicanism." Tho living herald
and living exponent of Organism, after having
Illuminated his check with the rosy blush hore-
inbefore mentioned, "modestly disclaimed the
pinnacle erected for him by the Chairman" To
what purpose was this excessive show Of pu-
dencyi A living herald and exponent ought
not to be made to stsgger by q salvo of compli-
monts. Besides, did not the proud conscious
ness Of this orator tell him that tho Chairman
had erred, II at all, by understatemcnti
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-21

1t is no use to conceal the fact that the struggle
over the peace negotiations has ended in u victory
for German diplomacy. At nrst II v as said that this
had been agreed to. but Fridays kilograms show that
the negotiations art still dragging. and 1t Is alleged
that the rest OF the powers now argue that 4 begin.
ming must be- male with the payment OF the war In.
demnity before the Turks move. OF course. II this Is
insisted on. the delays may he endless. for evacuation
becomes dependent upon the pow'r Of Greece to get
n loan. But the necessity for getting tho money
quickly will probably Obligo her TO make worse terms
than she need. Though, as We have said above. Ger
many has triumphed. W. admit that Lord Salisbury
had no choice but to give way. The prolongation OF
the negotiations meant the prolongatIon Of tho Turk.
ish occupation. But since Germany Lad no objection
to that occupation and Lord salisbury had, Lord Sails.
bury was at tho mercy or the German ncgotia,ors.
They could play the waiting game. He could not
without bringing even more miseries on Thcssaly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-21
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR.
The BIG Show Opens with . BevilderinE his
play OF ExhibIts.

play OIL bhhloltbs
Pretty much everything that a man would
require in an outfit for a lifetime was on exhi.
bition at the American Institute Fair, which
opened last night at Madison Squars Garden.
This is the sixty.sixth exposition given by the
institute and 1t will last for six weeks. It is a
sort OF object lesson In the progress Of inven-
tive genius, and the various exhibits show the
very latest of what Yankee ingenuity is doing,
from the newest Improvements in bicycles to
the fancy innovations Of the up to-date cooking
schools.
Many of the exhibits were not ready for the
opening, and the scene at the Garden last night
was made doubly busy by the hurry Of men
putting up booths and OF women decorating
and arranging them. 1t usually takes two or
three days to get the fair into running order.
Meantime there was plenty to see, the most
complete exhibit of any one kind being the food
show. The various booths were furnishing
samples to whomsocver chose TO ask, and a man
could get more to eat and drink there in a short
walk than he could in the palmy days of tho
free lunch on any block in New York.
The flower show, which will be one of the
features of the fair, had not yet started. but
the art exhibition, which took up the entire
assembly room. attracted a crowd throughout
were surrounded by spectators. A very re.
markablc exhibit was a machine which saws
wood into sheets l.230 of an inch thick. The
New York Trade school showed specimens of
its pupils handiwork in plumbing, stone
masonry. and blacksmithing.
When the fair is in full swing the machinery
and the electrical exhibits will be particularly
strong features. Gov. Black has written to the
management saying that he will attend the
fair some time before its close.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-21

The Hon. JAMES K. JONES of Arkansas is
q well-meaning soul enough. and as q political
manager he is exceeded in skill by only q few
babes in arms. but he needs iudicious editing.
Somebody should try to reconcile JONES with
JONES and not permit the Fall JONES to contra.
dict the JONES Of Spring. II JONES tried to
have the Arkansas Democracy do what he ad-
vised tho New York Democracy to do, the
Arkansas Democracy would drive JONES
into tho woods or a recantation. But
JONES is not 10 be blamed too much for
his little contradictions. JONES has been
nightly muddled as to his intellectuals
ever since tho election. and he was fairly well
muddled during the campaign. The people in
sisted upon e~lecting MCKINLEY. whereas JONES
had elected BRYAN, and ever since JONES has
been figuring and a~ssailing the Money Power.
Yet, in advising the New York Democrats to
forget the Chicago platform. what was JONES
doing but advising them to truckle to the
Money Powcri JONES is inexplicable, or else 1t
Is not worth while to explain him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-21
Knew More Than III. Examiners.


From the Alexandria GG=ette.
WASHINGTON. Sept, ia young deat.muts named
Merrill, a student Of the college OF deuf.mutes out at
Kendall Green. soE:c time ago took q civil service OK.
animation for q position In the Weather Bureau.
When It can't to solving an example In sphori.
trigonomctry. he astonlshed the examiner by asking
for a table OF lcEarithms. The examiner finally wrote
that tie rules forbade the bringing OF any papers or
books into the room, and could hardly be convinced
that the solution OF examples OF this kind was I'm.
possible without what the mute young man called
for. After a confab the examiner went around the
room and struck on the question from the papers.
noting that a great many had attempted a solution
anyhow. The mute later asked tho examiner 10 take
on another question which went beyond the required
or stated hounds. This, too, was doro. The young
man got a place.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-21
Remember John Boyd Thacher

To what melancholy fate are the leaders
Of the Democratic State organization steer
ing Justice ALTON B. PARKER, when they
push that gentleman along the path trav-
olled last year by the inventor and first
victim Of the political expedient now gen.
orally known as Thacherisml
Mr.. TEACHER gave his name to the deadly
thing which he devised just twelve months
ago. In this respect he DIR.
JOSEPH IGNAcE G%UILLoTIN. There Is a
widely accepted belief. based rather on a
sense Of dramatic propriety h on actual
historical facts, that DR.. GUILLoT1N per-
ished at last by the guillotine. That is not
10; but 1t is true that TEACHER persisted
by Thacherism.
Thacherism in 1896 consisted in smother
ing your principles and swallowing your
former avowals, meanwhile keeping your
heart and soul true to the right, and
going to the polls and proudly and
loyalty voting for the wrong. 1t was
an ingenious idea, conceived in the hope Of
carrying honest men over a troublesome po-
litical emergency, but it didn't work as
expected. Thacherism lasted, as far as
TEACHER was concerned, for just min days.
1utul IL LUG Avn
Thacherism in 1897 is thus defined by
MI. ELLIOT DANFoRTH, the Chairman of the
Democratic State Committee:
Precedent prevents US from reafirming any plat.
form. State or national. while It Is still in full force
and eject. but our failure to do so enables every
county, district, and municipal convention in the
State to rearirm its allegiance. because It is always
customary. and for this same reason the State Com.
mittee did not indorse the party platform"
That is to say, as far as concerns the State
ticket, the still binding creed of Organized
Democracy is to be covered up, Mr.. Justice
ALTON B. PARKER consentinR, in order that
the local and minor organizations may be
free to reafirm that creed %squarely and
boldly-perhaps!
This is as clear rs mud but the logic
and ethics of Thacherism always are of the
crystalline clearness of mud.
Remember JOHN Boy THAcHERl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-21

It's bounden duty IL to renew It's profession
of II and do battle to make 1t triumphant
in Greater New York. How JEFFERSON
rejoiced over every victory won under cir.
cumstances Of this character may be seen
by the subjoined extract from a letter to
Gen. D~EARnoRNB, in which he sent his con-
CALCULATIONS to ELBRIDGE GERRY on his
rescue of Massachusetts, from the control Of
the Federalists:
TELL my old friend, Governor GERRr. that I give him
glory for the roasting 18th which he rubbed down his
herd OF traitors. Let them have Justice and proteo-
tion against personal violence. but no favor. Powers
and prominence conferred on them are daggors put
into the hands OF assassins to be planted in our
bosoms in the moment the thrust can 10 homo to the
heart. Moderation can never retain them. They
deem it timid, and despise without fearing the tame
ness from which II nowb."
Again, writing to LEVI LINCOLN In the
first year Of his administration az Presi.
dent, JEFFERSON said:
"our gradual reforms seem TO produce good eff.
fects every except In Connecticut. Their late
session Of the Legislature has been moro intolerant
than all others. We must meet them there with
equal intolerance. when they have given us a share
in the State ofnoes they shall DO replaced In a share
Of the general onices. Until then. we must follow
their example,"
The great Jeffersonian rule was never to
give up principles for any consideration
whatsoever. Beyond all question, the
great majority Of the Democrats of New
York and Brooklyn still adhere to the
principles Of the Chicago platform. They
are honest and sincere in their convictions
and ~resolute in the support Of them. 1t
remains to be seen whether Tammany can
whistle them of on a blind chase this fall.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-21
Servants Dl.clp,,ue Three Cen'ur'c. ago.
From the London Daily Ntm,.

Domestic servants did not have such an easy
time Of il three hundred years ago PSI -ips
from the following or.crs for the ho.-rl'. '.r
wants OF that witty epigr inmate o"ur' '".'l1
Sir John Harrington. They were hrs .'''-va
in 1865:
That no servant zoe absent from pralnr a. mo-1'n{
or evening. without y 'awf ul rHcus". T." b." ''ru
within one day after, upon p"ino u fore '.' ''''
tyne I'd
Taat hone swear any othc, upou pain" for ''V
othe Id. -
Shut, without thoare bee cause. upon pam" '"' % ''
tyne Id. ..
n at none OF the men be in bed from 'ur I"'' ,aJ
to Hlcua"ln,as after SIX OF the clocN 10 ir n:'
nor ont 81 his bed after zen Of the clio K o. NJ, ryr
from Michaeimas TN onr Lady Day N '' ! "i''i u
IN 'hr m"rningi nor out FER l"Ir Al "'t'' "' -
r' isan no. mans Snn's" led Sl b ps, s e %r d., nor n7c or cm,ll~
box unvicsn after eight Of the clock IN tie '"' -
That no man teach any or the chill Iron ar ~. n
est ~ erhe, or bnudie word, or o,h", on rHIn' ~ H.,
Tha' no man waitc a. me '",lr WillnNt " !.
In hts hand except II he upon some E""l r#.' W
paine ~ Id. .n
sent that msaic without reasonable 'aI'" ,t ~
OF III. Oh.
prize thcr0f ont Of liz wascsi AM ii r. nro -
known who breake it, tho butler small pay i''' %
Tae tahlo mr2t bse covered halo an nnaer ,'',,
II AT dinner aud six at supper or h"f""' '' '
That meate hec readio at II or lcf"" Al ".'ns'
and six or osf3re al supper IN pane Of cd. -,
Tn mo man strike his follow on raDr"of' 1,
to str kr, on paine OF I'D,
4 That no man come to the kltChCu witNu.l r .' "a
bile cause on paine OF Id, and the COOK "'''' ~
fDrfct Id.
Tina none toy with tn maids. On IriU" 81 ~
That 10 m IN wraIe fOulc -hirt IN nD"i' ~
hrnL ON hose or slluues, or dUhlctt without u't
paine ~ Id.
THAT when any stranger ror;h lrurp = . 81
be drest up Againc within four hours Hi'"' .
uf lu-
That the hall heo made clrGUe every lry. .'
In the winter and seven In thr s"IhIiri, "' "
hin that should do II To forfeit ID.
lNbt the rlnft'slt1 bee smut ia'l ll'''t' Nh.
/ opsHri dur ny dinner and sup r wiih"H' ..
on pain" the porter to fuTf'it for "yrtN i1t
That all sIHyrs IL the huUs' and 9th Q y
nceIr shall Trlu re, bee mad clrauu ur j ''
di lncr, On paine 90 fOrfey turr of every n.' A" ..
shall belong untO, 81. -.
All whit ia somnieB shall be- duly paid" "a h ~. ~
day out Of their wages. aud bestowed Oh te poOIs' y
other cooley uses.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-21
British Ships in American Waters

We observe that the London Times
speaks of the departure of the Renown
from Portsmouth for Halifax as an occa-
sion of exceptional interest in the modern
history of the navy" She is the flagship
of Vice. Admiral Sir JOHN FISHER, who re.
lieves Sir JAMES ERsKINE in command of
the North American and West Indies sta
ton. The Times praises the abilities of
the new Commander. who was recently
Controller of the British Navy, and says
that the late Spithead review was in
large measure a witness of the energy and
fidelity with which he had discharged his
stupendous task"
But the statement of special interest Is
that the Renown is 1.-THE first modern bat
tleship of the first class" that has ever been
sent to American waters. The Renown,
says the Times. is 1.-THE fastest battleship
In the navy, the immediate successor of
the Royal Sovereign class and the i'm,
mediate predecessor of the Majestic class.
combining many of the most valuable char.
lcteristics of BOTH" 1t contrasts her with
the B~ellerophon, a battleship once on this
station, and says that the Renown is not
only strong herself, but the representation
of immense strength in reserve"
We also observe in the dispatches from
Bermuda an account of the arrival there
from England of the Charybdis, the Colum,
bine. the Rocket, and the Quail. The last
two are recent types of fast torpedo boat
destroyers. a class of vessels never till now
II we are not mistaken, employed on the
American station. Altogether the increase
of British naval strength ON this side Of
the Atlantic is noteworthy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-21
The initiative and referendum can

The initiative and referendum can be
heard gathering over the Chicago pavements.
Cook county has an association OF philosophers
of great name, the Sovereign Citizons. Tho
Sovereign Citizens are not so called in honor OF
the Hon. JAMES RoDoMoNT SOVEREIGN, but be-
cause, like him. they are full OF sovereignty and
language. They mean to introduce the initiative
and referendum into national, State, and munich
pal government. At a session of the Sovereign
Citizens the other night, Sovereign Clifton
HESS, who said that he was not an Anarchist.
made sweeping statements against Hebrews,
business mon and city-bred folks. and predicted
the downfall OF the country" Why should the
country TALL down when the initiative and refer
endum is or are ready to save It'll Sovereign
Citizens should stick TO the initiative and
referendum. and let Hebrews. business men
and city-bred folks alone. Sovereign Citizen
HESS "admonished his hearers to rise up
and wipe out OF existence all corporations, syn
dscatcs, and trusts" Why rise up and wipe
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-21
4 FLUSHING PASTORS GRIEyAycE
Fc VIII Resign because Members OF Ills
thmrrh NuIIIry Ills Imnncncc.

T~LUsrING, J., l., Sept. 2o.-Thc Rev. James
Dcmarcst, paStoT OF the Reformed Church ef
this place, surprised his congregation yeslcr.
day by announcing that he would tender MS
resignation al II meeting OF tho consistory
which lie had called for Thursday evening.
He said hi. reason for resiSninG was the dim.
Guilty which he has found in attempting to do
his wO.k without the cooperation and moral
slpport, OF AZ tho members OF tho church. capc.
I'll il useless for me 10 try to bnild up W hilG
others are trying 10 pull down my work and
nnliiGy. my Influence, 4 meeting Ut the con-
when. II is understood, an effort will be nladn to
induce the pastor TO withdraw his resignation.
lJr. DeinarOst he anne the pastor Of the re
formed Church in lS'n. The church IA free from
debt and appears 10 uc in II prosperous condi-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-21

Here is a picture from real life In Pratt
county. Kan a personal from n local paper: Mr..
GREE> last Saturday lost . $500 diamond in his wheat
n~eld.-kansa Citv Journal.
Another instance of the wicked work of Pros.
perity. II wheat had not been bribed by tho
money kings to stop going hand in hand with
her sister silver. Mr.. GREE would have been In
no hurry to visit his wheat field. He could
have gone to n Populist convention and
enjoyed tho resolutions. The price of wheat
Is boosted by the plutocrats and straightway
Mr.. GREEN is working hard In his wheat field
and Is punished for his weak yielding to Pros.
perity by losing one Of his diamonds. The indi-
rect results OF tho ravaRes of Prosperity must
be awful to number and look at. Many a Kan
sas farmer must have lost valuable diamonds
which he might have kept II the country could
have been blcst with continuing bad times.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-21
Is There a Santa CLAUSE

We take pleasure in answering at once
and thus prominently the communication
below, expressing at the same time our
great qualification that it's faithful author
is numbered among the friends Of THE SUN:
DEAR Eprroni I am s year, old.
"some of my little friends say there IL no Santa
Claus.
Papa says II you see it in THE srS IT'S so.'
please tell me the truth; is there q Santa CLAUSE
"yRoSIA o'HASLoS.
lib WEST NlSETr.FIFTH STREET."
VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong.
They have been affected by the skepticism
of a skeptical age. They do not believe
except they see. They think that nothing
can be which Is not comprehensive by
their little minds. All minds, VIRGINIA,
whether they be mems or children's, are
little. In this great universe Of ours man
is a mere insect. an ant, in his intellect, as
compared with the boundless world about
him, as measured by the intelligence capa.
BILE of grasping the whole of truth and
knowledge.
Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus.
He exists as certainly as love and generos.
ity and devotion exist, and you know hat
they abound and give to your life it's high.
est beauty and Joy. Alas how dreary
would be the world II there were no Santa
Claus. 1t would be as dreary as If there
were no VIRGINIAs. There would be no
childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance
to make tolerable this existence. We
should have no enjoyment, except in sense
and sight. The eternal light with which
childhood fills the world would be ex.
tinguished.
Not believe In Santa Claus! You might
as well not believe in fairies! You might
get your papa to hire men to watch in all
the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch
Santa Claus, but even II they did not see
Santa Claus coming down, what would tina
prove2 Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that
Is no sign that there is no Santa Claus
The most real things in the world are those
that neither children nor men can see. Did
you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn.
OF course not, but that's nc proof that they
are not there. Nobody can conceive OF
imagine all the wonder there are unseen
and unseeable in the world.
You may tear apart the baby's rattle anG
see what makes the noise inside, but ther
Is n veil covering the unseen world which
not the strongest man, nor even the unitet
strength of all the strongest men that eve,
lived, could tear apart. Only faith. fancy
poetry, love, romance, can push aside tina
curtain and view and picture the superna
beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real
All, VIRGINIA, In all this world there il
nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus Thank GOD! he lives
and he lives forever. A thousand year,
from now, VIRGINIA, nay, ten times tel
thousand years from now, he will "continu,
to make glad the heart of childhood.