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An Impossible Suggestion.

The straiRht-out Bryan organ of last year,
tho Journal, declares that 1t ais in q posi-
tion to state positively that negotiations
are in progress between SETH Low and the
Republican organization, with a view Of
bringing about a fusion" of the Citizens
Union with the Republican party. 1t adds.
moreover, that Mr.. Low regards 1t "but
fair, in the event of his retirement, that he
should nave a voice in the selection Of the
fusion candidate" and that Mayor WILL
LIAM L. STRONG would be entirely accept
able to him."
If there is anything in that story, it shows
that Mr.. Low has an entire misconception
of the character the coming campaign is to
have and of his own relations to 1t. He has
separated himself totally from the Republi.
can party of New York in spirit and purpose,
and has allied himself with an organization
which was denounced justly by the Republi-
can State Committee as n conspiracy against
1t. He represents the opposition to the Repub-
lican party, and accordingly it is neither
"fair" nor decent for him to arrogate to
himself any right "to have q voice in the
selection" Of its candidate.
Besides, SETH Low is q candidate already
put up by that opposition as the special
and implacable foe of " bossism." How can
he individually have q voice in the selec-
ton" Of a candidate for Mayor without
assuming to be a boss himself of the most
despotic sortf Who has given him author
ity to pick out q candidatef The petition
circulated by his canvassers did not call
upon the signers to indicate their choice of
a candidate. 1t did not consult them on
the subject. They were allowed only to
say IL 1.-THE nomination and election Of
SETH Low" would be agreeable to them.
What right has he now to turn over the
nomination to Col. STRoNG7 No such
power was delegated to him by the signers
of his petition. They did not say that they
were willing to intrust to him the selection
of a candidate as their boss. They gave
him no authority to deliver them over to
another candidate. II Low wants STRONG,
the only thing for him to do is to start out
his canvassing agents again to find II the
Mayor suits the signers.
Col. S%TRoNG's candidacy, Of course, is
impossible. The suggestion of it is made
even absurd by his veto of the charter of
the Greater New York. His candidacy
would make ridiculous any party putting
him up for Mayor of the Greater New York
under q charter which he did his best to
defeat and destroy, though it secured to
New York the most complete measure of
home rule ever granted to an American
municipality.
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AN ODD REUNION OF s1ou1.
Return to ola Iuauntr-saunw In Tear. fer ,
Dead PnIcracP.

From the 81. Paul Disndioh.
within six miles OF the business centre q, O.
Paul there is an cncampmont OF Sioux Indians
II was tho cNstom many years AGO for all o' thu
Sioux who could manage to get hero TO ~ no,
twice zach year on the bank Of the Mississirni
near Rcd Rock, for the purpose OF hunting, fish.
ing, and having a good time generally
For many years tho custom has been
abandoned, but last Saturday, to tn,
great surprise OF the people living in
that vicinity, tho Indians began gathering from
all directions. a good many in wagons. some ON
ponies. n number walking, and IL few even re.
irving by train. BY Saturday evening there
wore FULLY 200 lndinns together, and then the
fun began. They were evidently glad to he t ~.
gether again. for they set up n large pole in tho
middle OF the camp and danced about IL.
Tho scene wns a weird one, and sccir. il ma
could easily imagine that there was no sucs
thing as civilization within a hundred miles
Tho women did not dance, but the men WHO di
were dressed scmI;bn rbnronsly. Thcy wors
shirts. trousers; and beaded moccnsins, while
long strings of beads wound round unJ round
their nocks and bright culorcd sl.shcs maIe
their costumes picturesque. AS they lmced
tongue. and beat steadily upon theifr" t5 I1',o pHsa
or small drums. There was one rather pr"4i,a,
thing about their actions. they never air"arci
to see one another ms they wound IN AM ont in
the queer serpentine movements OF the dance.
Yesterday, when the camp was. vi.!!c by tho
smoke rising among the trees there wa. no Wis., i.
iblc or audible sign Of the, presence Of n harbar.
Gus tribe until, following the trail into the woods
the whole village was suddenly in full view
Groups Of young girls were standing about and
an old squaw was bringing fircwopd mon her
back, and a number OF young men wcre
trying feats of strength. In ono OF
the tepees. which stood by i@racli, apart
from the others. WIS a young man. evidently A
leader among them. who acted rs suoEcsmsn.
He. It seems. Is a son Of the old chief Of he tribs;
who used to live at Kapiosa. As IA sign OF hs
rank he wears a shirt with a bosom o. so'il head
work OF most elaborate design. rs Indian
Samuel Thomas. The two oldest men OF Tho
party are Tasnonawonhdi and Tukan,andiskh.
A little incident which occurred Yesterday
morning would show that these poop" have a
great deal Of feeling. although they do not often
show IL. Two of the oldest squaws in the party
went to the Ford residence and nskrl for tbs
elder Mrs. Ford. whom they had known many
years ago. and who had learned their Language
when she came to this country siXty years go
and had always been very kind to them. Nrs.
Ford died last winter, and when told Of his tho
old squaws cried.
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A Public

When, during last summer, THE Sun
spoke of SETH Low as a political marplot
and a public nuisance, the Low organs cop
fed our words with ordinations of horror.
as II they had been downright blasphemy.
Now they have become only 4 commonplace
expression of the universal sentiment of
sensible and reasonable men regarding his
course. The people are heartily tired of
the posturing of SETH Low.
They have had four manifestoes from
him, one last June and three in the present
month, all feeble, self-conscious, inconsis-
tent with each other, contradictory.
In early June he refused a nomination
from his political agents unless it was lem
monstrated that he was "a unifying force
among the friends of good government"
and its acceptance became IA public duty
which could not be %gainsaid." In early
September he accepted the nomination, de-
claring that he would run whether he was
. unifying or a disunifying force, be his
friends "many or few" Not many days
later he ampliled the terms of that accept.
ance by giving a series of shallow, fallacious,
and impertinent views as to the munich
pal government, which showed him to be
incapable Of compromising the constitu-
tional relations of the municipality to the
State and ignorant of the spirit of the
charter of the Greater New York, though
he had rendered nominal assistance In its
drafting. He closed his manifesto with
the declaration that rather than run him
self as the candidate he would prefer to
follow some other leader. Last Wednesday
came his fourth manifesto. the third In the
course of three weeks. 1t announces that
he Is sin the field to stay and make as
strong a fight" as he can, whatever hap.
pens. unifying or disunifying force, Tam
many or no Tammany. and the levi may
take the hindmost.
He began his struggle for a nomination
by insulting and defying the Republican
party. through his agents. Every word
coming from them, the summer through, was
uttered in that spirit. The scheme was to
"hold up" the Republican organization and
extort from 1t his nomination. The high
wayman who puts II pistol to your head and
demands your purse does not feel that it Ia
incumbent on him to choose his language
with reference to the requirements of cour-
tesy. All this went on without a word of
rebuke or discussion from SETH Low.
Overtures from the Republicans for confer.
ence to bring about unity were rejected
peremptorily. His acceptance In early Sep.
tember was uttered In a spirit Of bravado.
ills amplihcstion of it contained no con.
ciliatory words for the Republicans, and
was altogether vainglorious.
Then he returned to New York from
Northeast Harbor, and since tina day and
up TO the time of the issue of his last mani.
festo he has been studying the political sit
uation. Meanwhile his nomination by the
Republicans had been demonstrated to be
impossible. Their County Committee had
rejected 1t unanimously. Their State Com.
mittce had denounced the Low movement
as a conspiracy against the Republican
party. JAKE WORTH, his busy Brook.
lyn agent. had been oyerthrown and
removed from the field OF politics, a hone.
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less political cripple. Tho Republican pri-
maries In New York had buried Lows can
didacy under their unanimous condemna-
ton. Ths highwayman policy had not
worked. Tho Republican party had not
been "held up" but had refused to yield
to the attempt at extortion.
Hence this fourth manifesto adopts other
and new tactics. SETH Low begins to be
civil to the Republican party, though he
takes pains to let It be seen that he has
still a pistol in his clothes. AZ do hope,"
says he, with all my heart, to find the
Republican party standing with oil the
friends Of good government" and for the
first time he musters up courage to say n
word against Tammany. He has a tender
solicitude for the Republican party,
fearing that its emphatic refusal to
allow his nomination to be extort-
ed from 1t reflects to some extent
a sense Of hurt PRIDE" The i%mpudence
Of his suggestion that the Repub.
lican party ann stand with all the
friends Of good government" without nomi.
mating al outside upstart ~conspiring
against 1t, rises to the sublime. Who at
this time are the friends Of good govern
ment except the Republican partya Where
else could the friends Of good government
go last year except to the Republican party,
and were not its enemies that party's enc
miesi II IL would be ga stinging shame"
for "the greatest experiment in nun
cipal government ever made in this
country to be made under" Tammany
Leadership" how is 1t possible to pre-
vent the shame except by putting the
Republican party in the leadership Why
did not Low run last year against MoKIN.
e on the strength of his moral grandeur
and max support of him for President on
the score Of his supreme excellence a test
Of the sincerity of their friendship for good
government His candidacy as a disunify-
ing force would lave been as justifable
then as it is now; and he knows it; every
body knows 1t.
II SETH Low sticks to his last word and
is in the field to stay, there will be o COM
pensation in his Tammany side-show, what
ever else may be lost or gained. The weeks
remaining before the election are now few,
and then an intolerable public nuisance
will be abated finally. SETH Low will dis
appear from the public view and we shall
be bothered with him nc more.
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Some newspapers are talking as IL Attor-
n~ey.General McKENNA's opinion concern
ing section % of the Dingley act were q
decision of the Supreme Court of the United
States, cutting out the discriminating duty
and to that extent multiplying the law.
OF course, it is nothing of the sort. 1t is
not a judicial construction of the law. 1t
repeals nothing, alters nothing, modiies
nothing in the law as it stands. 1t Is
merely q professional opinion, serving, so
far as it is Ineligible, to relieve Secretary
GAGE from the necessity Of immediate
enforcement in quarters where enforcement
would provoke bitter opposition. It Is an
opinion for present convenience for post
ponement of an embarrassing question un-
til Congress meets.
Now, what will be the duty Of Congressi
Simply to make the law 80 clear in regard
to the discriminating duty for the benefit
Of American shipping that it will be be-
yond even Judge McKENNA's uncommon
powers Of obfuscation to delay longer the
fulflment Of a distinct pledge of the Re-
publican party. This pledge was registered
in the platform upon which was elected as
President OF the United States WILLIAM
MCKINLEY, who, by and with the advice
and consent Of the Senate, appointed JOSEPH
MoKENNA as Attorney-General
I'VE favor restoring the early American policy Of
discriminating duties for che upbuilding of our mer
chant marine and the protection Of our shipping IN
the foreign-carrying trade. so that American ships,
the product OF American labor. employed in Ameri'
can shipyards. sailing under the Stars and Stripes,
and manned. ~on1cered. and owned by Americans. may
regain the carrying of our foreign commerce"
That Is distinct enough, and it's impor.
lance rs q measure of Republican policy Is
indicated by the circumstance that it holds
the second place in the St. Louis creed,
coming Immediately after the article relat.
ing to protection in general, n preceding
even the declaration in favor of sound
money and the gold standard.
This duty of the Republican Congress
will be rendered all the more imperative be
cause Judge McKENNA has been able tc
delay its performance for q few weeks Oh
months for the convenience of official timid
ity and the accommodation Of local, selfish
and alien interests.
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Mule Trade In Georgia.
From the Atlanta comu,rc,o,

Howard Mackcy Is a one-leggod negro. we'll
known around the wagon yards on Decatur
street and IS u mule trader Of no mean preten-
siohs; Friday morning Mackoy sold a mule to
ald 81 in money, the money to be laid rs soon
No Tao banks opened. The watch, a bruBs ono,
valued at 90 cents. WAS given to bind the trade
IL seems that Sip acted in bad faith. for he after.
Ward sold he mnlc TO another negro named Jim
upon Ms the balance OF the purchase money,
Irth" borrowed the money to pay Tor
NE animal from a white man named Tritchett.
ltc price Cor tho mule to Harvey Pride pro.
Seeden TO ne wagon yard 10 get his property.
tO0S Me mule away. claiming that hn had paid
lor nm and would not DG beaten. Mackey sworo
Nul a warrant against Pride and employed a
Tho case was tried Saturday morning and The
warrant dismissed. In the meantime the value
fluctuations In the market, and Mackey IL out
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-24
SUEDEAMS.

Potatoes and apples have both rottcd 50 In para
of Maine that not half a crop will be harvested.
-Dr. Hills Of Manchester. Ky, at 20 year, OF ,r,
rode in q pacing race at Barbourvile the other DAY
and won 1t.
Boys boring in the earth At Arlington. Ky. found
kerosene oil of such purity as TO be marketable With
out refining. and. moreover. at 40 fAvorable a point
for commercial purposes that with the mesn laying
OF a siding from q trunk line railroad the oil may b
loaded directly for hipment
-Goasyou-please railroads arc not confined to
the South. though most of the stories about them
are laid there. A train on the Bangor and P!sca,.
quis road in Maine was stopped on the Bunk or Brook
trestle not long since to permit a photographer among
the passengers to take a picture.
When rattlesnakes figure in Texas storte. they
are. as might be expected. rattlesnakes OF worthy
size, as witness the tale OF the capture at Bercair. in
the Lone Star State. of a RATHER fourteen inches In cir
conference and having eighteen rattlcs mo button.
but Just three feet and eleven inches long.
"A marketman OF Portland. Me-. drew pected
custom to himself by eIhib ting IN his window Q
number OF live and Jumping frogs. He put them
there merely for ~variety's sake. but they seemed %
make people hungry for frogs legs, and he had TO
dispense them presently to a host of new customer
AT Evansville. Ind. a 6-year-old girl died o. hrs,n
fever on 4 Sunday night, and her 5-year-old sister
cried necessarily for her until the following Tuesday
night. when she went into de!tr!um. imagined thea
tina. she was playing with her sister. and At 3 O'Clock
in the morning diei, the doctor said OF a broken
heart
A cyclist OF Louisville was so frightened at fad.
ing herself in imminent peril OF being run down By
one of two vehicles that she was unable to turn her
wheel to either side until q big deg ran out from q
doory ard. barking, and scared her into forgetting the
wheel altogether. She sought to gather her skirs
about her, and as she let 20 the handle bar the W heel
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-24

An error has obtained currency at Wash
ington that the fall OF President BARRIos of
Guatemala would prevent the formation of q
federal union OF tho hvo republics of Central
America. All through the six oars in which
President BARRIos has held office. he has been
The chi"f obstacle TO the carrying out OF any
practicable plan of Central American fedora
ton. He always refused TO enter into negotia-
tions with tho other republics. He opposed
the conference hold at Amapala, refused
TO send delegates there. and rejected tho
treaty that was there entered into boz
tween Nicaragua, Honduras. and SALIVA
uor' At ono time he made a proposition
th't was too unreasonable for consideration
i0 proposed TO enter into a federal union upon
condition that tho other republics would ac-
knowledge tho paramountcy of Guatemala,
make Guatemala City the federal capital, and
elect him to the office of Chief Executive of the
federation. The only reply made TO the vain
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-24
Tho Chicago Platform.

In one way only can Tammany Hall or any
other Democratic organization ashamed or
despairing of the Chicago platform escape
from 1t for the election of this year or Of
any other year prior to 1900. 1t is to con-
voke the Democracy in National Conven.
ton and have the Chicago platform for
mally repudiated. National Democratic
Conventions possess a power to makeo or un
make the Democratic party platform un
shared by any other body. Until the Chi
cago platform is changed by a National
Democratic Convention, 1t stands.
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THE CURRENCY COMMISSION.
Three Committees to ne Appointed to Deal with
the Subjects 70 he Considered.

Three Committees to ne Appointed to Deal with
the Subjects 70 he Considered.
WARRINGTON, Sept. 23.-The Currency Com.
mission held several sessions at the Arlington
Hotel to-day, but little progress was made. In
dealing with q subject so complex and OF such
Importance to the country at large, the gentle
men composing tho commission have agreed
that the subject, as a whole. should DO thor
oughly discussed prior 10 the consideration Of
the details.
1t was decided that three committees should
be appointed to take charge OF tho subjects to
be considered. Tho first will deal with United
States notes, the second with the uses Of gold
and silver, and the third with the idea of a gen.
eral banking currency system. These commit
tees will formulate the plans for carrying on
the work Of tho commission. The members of
the committees have not been named yet. owing
to the departure OF Mr.. Edmunds, President of
the commission. for his home in Philadelphia.
He may return tomorrow and appoint the COM
mites, but II is expected that he will wait
who will reach here on Monday.
After the committees are appointed they will
HenlsT q ss e the tB BsoP soun me1h oSts Of Pl1'i s%Et tse
drafting Of a suitable Bill. Wbsich is to be- the the
hnal result OF the whole work. 1t is not be-
lieved that these committees will be able to re.
port before q weeks time. or possibly ten days.
u present session OF inc commission VIII prob
ably last that long. The matter will then be left
In the hands OF the secretaries, who will have
headquarters here. the commission meeting
from time to time as necessary. Ono or two
constantly.
1t Is hoped by the commission that It will
have tho whole business concluded by Jan. l,
and DO in a position to submit its bill to Con.
Rress at that time. Tho entire time TODAY and
tonight was taken up with the consideration of
ject and Of the work of the committees. The
sessions were executive. and no one but the
members OF the commission was present.
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The Hon. JOSIAH QUINCY, Mayor of Dos.
ton. has swallowed tho Chicago platform"
and wo hope 1t agrees with him. Nothing can
hurt that platform, and Mr.. QUINCY has a pow.
erful digestion and is an unusually hardy plant.
But he has not yet swallowed the Hon. JOHN
LAWRENCE SULLIVAN, who maintains with UNI
diminished aspcrity that greater mon than
Mayor QUINCY have shaken hands with Mr..
Sullivan. 1t is hoped rather than believed
that some means of rcconciling these illustrious
Democratic statesmen will DO found.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-24

The Hon. JACOB s. CoxEY, Populist can.
didato for Governor Of Ohio, is now offering an
eminently comprehensive system OF statcsman.
ship to his fellow citizens. Other Populist
statesmen are able to offer the in itiative and
referendum, but Mr.. CoxEY travels with nom
interest bearing bonds as we'll as the initiative
and referendum. His stock Is of unusual size,
and he 10 not difiident about showing goods.
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A Brooklyn Taupaycr's "Reminiscences or Mr.,
Low.

To THR EpToR OF THE sUS-Sir: I am q Republican
my INST Presidential vote vas given for Fremont),
but ! am not in the class with Seth Low, who Is
neither q consistent Republican nor an economical
onicial. but . good deal Of Q humbug. When he ran
for Mayor the second time In Brooklyn his election
posters bore the legend:
"voTE FOR Low AND Low rAxES."
Tho tax rate trds less than usual. but tho assess-
ments were increased nearly one.third on all the
property in my neighborhood. 80 that while the rate
was reduced the tax bill was increased. owned q
modest little house in the Eighth ward. which for ten
years previous had been assessed at o., $50 on n 20 per
cent. valuation. After Mr.. Low had been In ONCE
ono term. and while the " Low tag legends were
gracing the fences, the assessment on my house W "A
increased to $4,000. so that l was called on 20 con.
tribute in taxes about one-third more than formerly
to make up for the I" economical" administration OF
Affairs by Mr.. Low.
During his second term rs Mayor Mr.. Low showed
his utter disregard OF the party which put him in
power In every way possible. He snubbed Repu,.
lican applicants for position and encouraged Demo.
crats by giving good places to many of them: and,
though ! never sought nor would accept a political
situation. ! remember well tho rancor that pro.
vailed at that time.
No matter who dominates or who indorses Mr..
Seth Low. II he runs for Mayor OF Greater New York.
there arc many whose memory is good who will not
vote for him. even at the risk OF giving the city to
1Animahy. GowANus.
BROOKLYN, Sept. IS.
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suggestion Of BARpros was that II could not
possibly be accepted. From that time BARRIos
would have nothing to do with federation. and
stood aloof from the other republics which had
sought his cooperation.
II BARRros wero out of power, and a moro
reasonable President were in his place. 1t is
very probable that Guatemala would ascent to
the treaty OF San Salvador, which received tho
signature Of throe other republics in June last.
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Literature is to DO the title OF a new weekly
publication which will be Issued In London and New
York and OF which Mr.. II, d. TrAil viii bo the ell.
tor. In London the Times will publish II, whiio here
II will bear the imprint OF Harper q brothers. A good
deal OF Interest. It seems TO ms. should attach TO a
publication OF tho nature which the title implies
under the edltoBhip of q scholar and man of letters
Of Nj. Trails well won aud conceded eminence.
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II Mr.. Low 10 tho man his admirers hold him
to be. he desires good government moro than no does
Mayoralty.-Uftod Herald.
Mr.. Low admirers do not hold him to DO a
mere man. They think no il a demigod, a god
lot, . being far above the race of ordinary NOR.
tails that practice ordinary politics.