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the Immediate passage by the Legislature
Of the bill which has been introduced In the
Assembly by Mr.. MURPHY, entitled can
act authorizing an exchange Of arms on the
part Of the State with the United States
Government"
The Murphy bill authorizes the Governor
to turn over to the Wa Department such
Remington rifles and carbines as he may
deem proper in exchange for new Spring
field rifles and c~arbines, without expense to
the State except for transportation and ex-
penses incidental thereto, whenever the
War Department of the United States Is
prepared to make such exchange.
This bill has the support of the Adjutant-
General and Of the prominent officers of the
National Guard throughout the State, and
at the convention of the National Guard
which was held at Albany in January last
a resolution in favor Of such speedy ex-
change was adopted.
Let the Murphy bill be at once passed,
and let the efforts of tho Savage schemers
be frustrated.
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spain's Task in tho Philippines.

The news that more troops must be sent
to Manila, II the outbreak in the Philip
pines is to be suppressed, has troubled
Madrid. The rebel stronghold at Cavite
deties Gen P~oLAvIEJA, and Spain now rec,
ognizes n deadlock in her operations there
as in Cuba
II there has been hitherto any hope In
official circles that troops would be- re-
leased, this year, from the Eastern archi-
pelago for service in the Antilles, it must
be abandoned. The rumor, indeed, is rife
that 5000 men Intended for Cuba will be
sent instead to Manila, while a noteworthy
report from Havana is that Gen. WEYLER
is expected soon to send a large body Of
men home to Spain, including invalids and
those whose term of service has expired.
There is ground for the suspicion that the
rainy season, instead of being dreaded by
WEYLER, is impatiently awaited, as an ex-
cuse for putting an end to active operations
that have proved futile.
SPANS resources now seem taxed to their
utmost, and it is doubtful whether she can
henceforth hope to repair the losses which
her ranks suffer from campaigning. With
the double drain to the West Indies and the
Philippines there is also a need to guard
against Carlist uprisings. While the revolt
is still strong in Cuba, the news from the
Philippines is gloomy for Spain.
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ChiIdran ana Rree Libraries.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Sir: Allow me to sug-
gest a simple rule which would increase greatly tho
usefulness of the New York Free Circulating Library.
By refusing to lend books to school children after o p.
NJ. the overcrowding OF the libraries in the evening
could be stopped. Under the present system tho
librarians are physically unable to do the work re-
luired OF them In the evening. whiled during the day
they are comparatively at leisure. There Is no good
reason why school children should not visit the library
In tho afternoon, leaving the evening hours exclu.
PEELED to call after their working hours.
This rule OF excluding school children after 8 p. M,
Is enforced In the Aguilar Free Library, and Ia work.
Ing to the entire satisfaction OF both borrowers and
librarians. The librarian tells me that the number OF
adult borrowers has increased greatly, as well as the
number OF books circulated. since they began to en-.
force this rule, while the children are at least as well
served. EUGENE IIarnopppp
NEW YORK, March IL.
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NO TREE PLANTING IN NEW YORK.


why Trees Arc Observation-Disclosures as to
Street Cleaning.
tt THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sfr: 1 have re-
ceived a circular inviting me to Join q society
which has for its object the planting of trees in
our big city. 1t seems to me that this would not
be an Improvement, but quite the opposite. In
old times we had many shade trees, but they
were removed because they were found to be o
nuisance. First Of all they do not grow we'll on
account Of the poor soil, the tagging, and the
gas pipes. Second, they are apt to be covered
with caterpillars. Third. there is not the Same
need Of shade In New York as In country towns,
as the height Of the buildings and their proximity
to the street make one side Of 1t shady nearly all
great city is dampness, which is caused by trees.
1 Mah shs f Is snnlirbf dis snd Technically ss5Iiiotsily' Tifts. T. T.
would be impossible on the east side to prevent
the multitude Of boys from injuring the trees.
Of leaves blown hither and thither, making more
work for Col. Warnings men.
,Apropos OF street cleaning, much Of the trou-
bic is caused by the horse manure, which makes
1t an endless, job. Gould not tho trucks. carts,
&c, If not the cabs and carriages, be provided
with a box or bag which would catch the drop
This seems an odd suggestion, but we must
remember that in some of the old cities of
Europe and much more Of Asia it would seem
quite as absurd to speak of public cOnveniences
for the people. so accustomed have they been
for centuries to freedom in such matters, with
th fh rs opdinane paaS Thieb and obi fpia9 boSs:keepers to
put the garbage can inside of tho stoop line,
however it may be in Fifth avenue, is not a good
necessary to keep this odoriferous article at the
very door Of the house. which Is the only place
whore the inhabitants can stand to take a breath
these lines is that 1sympathize with tie crowded
masses, whose lot might be somewhat improved
by what consider more intelligent. legislation.
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Another Chicago Platform.

The platform on which Mr.. JOHN p. ALT
GELD and his friends ave nominated the
second CARTER HENRY HARRISON for
Mayor Of Chicago, shows that the Chicago
Popocrats have u sublime confidence in ig-
norance ahG ioiiy. 1t Is full of claptrap.
1t " reafirms the great doctrines of Demo.
cratic faith hitherto e%nunciated by our ma.
tional conventions" just as If the conven-
ton of 1896 did not knock those great doc.
trines into a cooked hat; and gives to a part
of the ruinous work of that body this spe.
cial commentator:
particularly. we heartily approve tho purpose of
Democracy to correct the evils OF the present vicious
monetary system inflicted upon the nation by q long
course Of Republican class legislation. which has
plunged our country into Unreasonable distress, of
which every section and community presents harrow.
Ing Evidence"
Besides continuing to work In behalf of
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THE GREATER NEW YORK.
This Designation RidicuIed ana Manhattan
Suggested.

This Designation RidicuIed and Manhattan
Suggested.
To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Sfr: "Greater New
York"-sreater nddlesticksi
Was there ever q more ludicrous and meaningless
appellation? "Greater'' in what. pray? Certainly
we are not even sreat-to say nothing about our being
"Greater'-in our selection Of q name for our once
proud city.
What sense Is there in this bombastic and "hifalu-
TIM designation for tho metropolis OF tho Western
hemisphere?
The title New York." with which we have been
handicapped and under which we have sweated and
groaned for SO long a period, was bad enough. Heaven
knows, but to saddle US now with tho nonsensical
prefix Greater" smacks OF downright Quixotism. IL
not OF positive lunacy.
What was England's York to us, or We to York, that
we should so religiously cherish and perpetuate the
name?
However. the mere suggestion even OF "areater"
New York caps the climax.
"Greater ~ What meat hath this our mighty CITY
fed upon that Il hath grown "Greater?"
II we are going to change our maps and charts, why
tintering with the burlesque job OF altering our style
and title?
II we are going to have q notwithstanding, why not let
US, Just this once. have a genuine American ohrtsten.
ing, with an American name. OF which all Americans
may justly feel proud, and which they will take q
special delight In pronouncing to the rest Of tho
We are a great peoples; a great country. but we do
not banker after a 'dreater'' New York. For Heavens
sake do not overload us with such a ridiculous, three
simple; something euphonious; something purely
American, that we can pronounce trtppingly upon
the tongue" What, for instance. is the matter with
Manhattan Jf that does not suit there are thousands
OF other equally good Indian names to choose from,
any one OF which would prove more acceptable and
York. Z. 7. F..
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# A2 LLL .L"
bad money, Mr. ALToHLD and his friends
are going to rise in their might and sup
press that terrible iniquity, the department
store. Heari Hearl
I'VE arc opposed to the mercantile monopoly
manifest in the department stores, and We most heart
hy sympa'nihe win inc yictina OF this VICIOUS ys'.m
oorrao,,on We no,n, I, ~. s.ot ts.t ~. nsmocr,,,c
membor. n, tho oenernI Ac,cmbiv Of nlino,s ware
the FIRST to move in the direction of this reform. and
we denounce the last Republican General Assembly
Tor It's action IN defeating the measures introduced ~
"hnd ~. . ,nr.ssr sv,dsucs ~ ,hs ascsnt,on q, an,
Republican party upon tbis question, We point to the
fact that, although both branches of this Legislature
arc Overwhelmingly Republican. and but six days
only are required TO pass a oih, YET almost ninety Gays
.aSons ""' ~' 'p =" ~
I'VE favor sucb ,er,sl.tIon because the destructive
and wasteful influence of the department store is
manifest everywhere; it Is made to appear from the
thousands OF vacant stores and houses IN INC ON
"y" y "n.O. ,n., : $500, p.nrh,,..n .,n-
,,s,,sd nres, IA e-ert,ng n. grcat ,nnncnco 60 defes,
this legislation for which we declare"
II soems n littIc severe nm the Cook
County Rusiness Mems Association and the
other organizations which have been 8ybt.
inc denartmept stores IN have THAR hone.
less cause d;.bonored nv its union with The
dishonest money p~ropaeanda. Yet there ia
a natural relation between the two move
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In accordance with an order of the
Supreme Court of Michigan, the Common Coun-
Gil Of Detroit will have to show cause to-day
why a mandamus should not issue to compel 1t
to order a special election for Mayor. The Com
mon Council should have no difficulty In show
ing much moro than sufficient cause why tho
mandamus should be kept at home. Detroit has
now the most illustriouso Of all Mayors who have
adorned tho world since the time of DICK WHIT
TrNGToN. As Mayor of Detroit Governor PIN
GREE. whom men call Potato and tho gods
HAzEN s.. is giving perfect satisfaction to
himself and to many other persons. Give
him special fast trains enough and he would be
willing to be Mayor of every town in the penin-
sulas; and yet he would have occasional hours
to devote to high thoughts about trusts and
corporations. Michigan and the rest of the
country expect the Detroit Common Council to
do its duty to-day by showing that Mayor PIN
GREE is not superhuous, but as necessary as air
and water are. If Detroit doesn't cling to Pm
GREE she deserves to have nothing to cling to
foreyermore.
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OUR Politics AND PUBLIC MEN.
A speech by the Hon. w. =. sheehan at the ct.
Joseph's Alumni banquet to Biahop QuiEIey.
FTom fha Ru6nIo Tin,s

A Speech by the Hon. w. r.. sheehan ut the 81.
Joseph's Alumni banquet to Bishop QuiEIey.
From tho BuDalo Times.
! cannot subscribe to the utterances of mis-
guided theorists to the effect that our country
Is retrograding; that free institutions are threat
encd, and that public life is synonymous with
official corruption. 1t may be that our Govern
ment is not an ideal one, but it is the best that
human ingenuity and skill ever devised. 1t has
stood every test. 1t has survived the daggers of
foreign and domestic foes. From every struggle
it has emerged intact and stainless. 1t is, and
since its foundation has been, tho best Govern
ment in the world. During the short period of
our nationality we have done moro for c~iviliza-
ton, for religion, for education, for free %institu-
tions than any nation on earth. Our statesmen,
our Generals, our scholars, our scientists, our
prelates command the respect and admiration
of Christendom. History must accord to them
the homage and generation due to genius and
That evils exist in our political system admits
OF no doubt, and this is equally true of all Gov
ernments: One of the greatest evils OF the day
is the desire to legislate too much. There Is too
much interference by law with the personal
Tkere Is a a tendency aeacSI in s S%ssU quarters 9e e to d RIsSRie:
oge capital and to stihe individual enterprise by
zen, Il is this legislative license that frightens
capital and discourages investment.
Wholesale denunciation of public men without
conscientious official and cducatos our people TO
synonymous with wrongdoing. Those who are
londest In denunciation OF public men are them.
selves OFTEN represented In public life by the
Pronunciation without discrimination deters
honest men from seeking office. Many upright
sidered corrupt. The best citizenship should be
ENCOURAGED TO take interest in public affairs.
Next to the Populist, who aims TO disrupt. ia
the doctrinaire, who abandons faith In The ma.
tons honor and intelligence by p~roclaiming
that we are going to destruction. Populism Is
aims to destroy and not develop. The man who
labors TO pull down and destroy; the man who
endoavors to thrive on the discomfort OF the
people, and who seeks through reprehensibie
motives to array the people of a common coun-
iry one against another, 10 an enemy to the best
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nm. sHrRrAr AND ANNnxAT1oN.


spondent or the London Tiraes-
To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: The new
Secretary Of State, as we learn from your jour
nal of this morning, has been proclhiming.
through the correspondent OF the London Times,
his opposition to tho union Of Canada with the
United States, oven though 1t should DO brought
about in the most peaceful and honorable man
ner. Is this statesmanlikei Is IL statesmanlike
In a Minister for Foreign Affairs, on his on
trance into office, without consulting his chief
or his colleagues, and through a foreign organ.
TO renouDcc the traditional policy and the
legitimate aspirations Of his countryf
Tho United States, Mr.. Sherman says, Is big
enough already. Extension Of territory is not to
be desired for its own sake; though this extern
sion would not be in reality greater than that
which has resulted from recent admissions Of
States to the Union, while the whole would still,
unlike tho vast British annexations, be in a ring
fence, and the elasticity of the Federal system,
administered with due regard for its fundamen-
tai principle, is almost unbounded. But there
would not only be extension Of territory; there
would be extension of market, and extension of
the field of American investment over Canadian
mines and enterprises. Moro than this, there
would be the final exclusion Of war, with all its
burdens, from this continent and the secure
dedication Of tho continent to industry and
peace.
Mr.. Sherman puts Canada and Mexico on the
Same footing. But Canadians are not Mexicans.
You arc alarmed at the influx Of foreign ele-
ments which threatens to swamp or dangerously
dilute tho Anglo-Saxon character Of your popu-
lation. Exclusion by an education test will
hardly meet the case. since you must admit
labor Of tho coarser kind for your buildings,
mines and railways, while tho most dangerous
immigrants of all, those who hring with them
anarchism and socialism, can F, I'd and write.
Union with Canada, by combining with you
another section Of the Anglo-Saxon race, would
redress tho balance in favor Of that race. Its
prepondcrance and the ascendancy of its charac-
ter on this continent can hardly be otherwise
preserved. Has this point presented itself to tho
of Mr.. Shermani
March IA. A CANADIAN UNIoNIer.
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Tho Arbitration Treaty.

1t Is remarkable that the longer the pro-
posed treaty of general arbitration with
England is before the Senate, the more
points of doubt and danger in It's original
form are discovered, and the more improve
ments are suggested.
One Of the provisions Of the treaty which,
perhaps, secured the readiest approval at the
first glance was that for selecting the arbi.
tiers on our side from the Judges of the
Supreme Court. And yet this very feature
now seems to be more challenged b most
others, on the ground that such Judges
might be committed to certain opinions, by
previous decisions IN the bench, In a way
that would prevent them from acting un-
trammeled for the country's interests.
Whether there Is any likelihood of this
sort that would outweigh the advantages
of appointing the Judges as arbiters, will
no doubt be fully discussed by the Senate.
But the point just now is that new difficult
ties appear with prolonged examination,
md new matters to be weighed, showing
how preposterous 1t has always been to
demand the ratification forthwith Of the
treaty as originally drawn. One funda-
mental change, providing that every case
or point proposed for arbitration shall be
submitted to the Senate of the United
States for its approval, is said to command
now such favor that it is very likely to be
adopted.
This treaty, in short, will be handled
with a view to making 1t one that we shall
never nave occasion to be sorry for, should
1t be adopted.
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Tho End Is Approaching.

1t Is manifest from the condition of az
fairs in Cuba that the Spanish Government
Is worse off there han ever 1t was before.
Thu revolutionists do not send us much in
formation about their campaigns; but that
they are active in every province of Cuba is
made known to us by the Spanish reports,
which tell of skirmishes or battles, of at
tack or defence, and of the killed and
wounded on both sides. 1t is of no conse.
quence that these reports invariably claim
success for the Spanish side; the thing
of interest is that the revolution holds
the field with undated courage, holds
the Spanish army at bay, and holds by
far the greater part of the territory Of
the island. The prospects for Spain in the
third year of the war are gloomier than they
were at any time in the first year of it, or in
the second. The army of Spain is weaker
by at least one-third than 1t was last sum-
mer; the army of Cuba is stronger thar it
then was. No more troops can be drawn
from Spain; had Cuba 40, 900 more rifles,
1t Is certain that full that number of revolu.
tionary recruits would instantly take up
arms against Spain.
The Spanish commander Is in a dilemma.
He has failed to make Roadway against
Cuba n he has fallen into disfavor with
his W Government. We have learned
from Ell Dia of Madrid that, at a recent
Cabinet council, all the Ministers were
agreed as to the desirability of recalling
him, and 1t is only because no other General
could be named for his place that he has
been permitted to stay in Cuba till this
time. The illusion as to the Cuban situa-
tion that existed for so long a time in Spain
has been mainly ~dispelled, and the public
demand for peace has become loud enough
to perplex the Government and interfere
with Its movements.
The Spanish authorities In Cuba are so
hard up for money that they cannot pay the
army, and are able to procure necessary sup
plies only by Selling them. The requisite
funds cannot be got from Spain for the
reason that she cannot raise a loan any
where. The paper currency for Cuba,
which, for a time, was forced into circula-
ton at the point of the bayonet, is now re-
Jected by the merchants, though official
notice was given that deportation to
Fernando Pc would be the penalty for
Its rejection. The debts incurred at Ha-
vana within a year. which cannot be
met out Of the colonial treasury or out
OF the pocket of the Finance Minister
Mt Madrid, amount to $4,000, 900, and
viii very surely be more than doubled
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Many powerful projects OF legislation have

Many powerful projects of legislation have
been on Wow in the last two or three months.
1t is now tho hour for Mr.. WELLS of the Ten
nessee Legislature to stand in tho front show
window Of Fame. Mr.. WELLS has mado q bill
which provides that bonds, promissory notes,
obligations, and other evidences of debt
hereafter made and issued by the State
of Tennessee, or other corporation char
tered under tho laws of said State, shall
be null and void, IL held. owned, or pos.
sessed, directly or indirectly, by any person,
not a citizen residing in said State, or by q
county, municipal corporation. or other corpora
ton of said State, or by q bank located and do
ing business in said State" On the whole, this
is perhaps the ablest measure which tho year
has brought forth, and 1t cannot fail to set the
name Of its author high on tho roll of authori.
ties on constitutional law, general ethics. and
tho science of property.
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1t had been supposed that the Republican
party was In more than fair to middling con-
dition and likely to thrive; but a word of woe
has come from Chautauqua county, and the
skies are darkened, the thunder rattles like an
imprecation, and some sad drops are heard
dropping most dejectedly. Two Free Silver Re-
publicans have met at Jamestown and emitted
an address which is duly signed by them, to
wit, BEN $. DEAN, Chairman" and HENRY
O.. NELSON, Secretary" The Chairman and the
Secretary believe that "a crisis in the affairs
OF the Republican party and the nation ia
at hand They do not give any reasons
for such a belief. They do not have to give
any. 1t is enough that they 30 believe and arc
good enough to communicate their terrors to
souls less gifted. While the world was buying
and selling, and playing golf, an, testing the
spring bicycles, and otherwise thoughtlessly CON
Quoting itself IA If no crisis were at hand, BEN
>. DEAN, Chairman, and HENRY o.. NELSON,
Secretary, kept lonely vigil on the watch towers
OF thought. saw the crisis creeping on, and rang
the tocsin until the tongue came out. And what
Is the remedy for the approaching crisis in tho
affairs of the Republican party and tho life
OF the nation 1t is "a mass State con-
vention OF Silver Republicans to be held
in the city OF jamestown, Thursday, May
20. 1897, for the purpose OF e~frecting a
State organization. and for the transaction of
such other business as may, In the judgment OF
the convention, be necessary 80 the world
can go on buying and sailing, and playing golf.