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Tnsy puciuae, cen. Gary says. the Coussiians
t,op or pnrtraau On1ces.


Postmastcr.G General James A.. Gary. who
stopped in this city yesterday with his daughter
at the waldorf.Astoria, expressed his belief In
tho success Of tho proposition to consolidate
Post Offices within n radius Of fifteen or twenty
miles OF large citics. making tho main city office
the central oficc of administration and placing
mperintendents In charge Of tho various smaller
onices rs branch stations. Tho idea, which
was started under Gen. Gary's predecessor. has
taken definite form now, the General said. and
he purposes furthering IL to the extent ~ his
power. To that end he desires the repeal OF
the Gorman.Pasco amendment, which was
passed to protect county soats and prevent
them from being absorbed under tho consolidar
ton plan, and which prevents the absorption
Of tho Brooklyn Office in tho New York ONCE
Den. Gary's idea. with reference to the ste:
tions under tho new plan. is not that they 'han
TG lrsnsrn possible they shall be- known under
their present names, the more especially when
these names T- Sro hi't9 TISom In sh,S CIV West ao c sSsS:
ter and others would, under the consolidation
plan ns proposed. retain their names In the Post
II One Sr sS os the Senents which small places not
POST once Of which they are consolidated viii
enjoy, the Postmaster General said. VIII pc freo
S SsrtScyn a. 4 w ysIS sssSs S VIII snsae Z, UNDER der The
new plan, In the relief which IL will bring from
F %plsltsd iFS% moro rsRS5'sshl a he s 7s.6o tss eS ssssstii IL sS e
| United States making a great deal Of labor 90
Washington. Under the new system the yari-
GUS branch offices will. Of course. report TO Their
the smaller places will be made possible by the
saving in expense Of operation by the new sys.s
tenn. Fourth-class .Postmasters, or some OF
them, will benefit by the new. arrangement In
that they will become flrst-class superinten:
dents and so BIO protected by the classified civil
service rules. instead Of boing removable 90
pleasure. THE tenure Of position" Con. cary
| Raid- twill denend nD0n GOOD behavior and 0ft1-
cheney, not upon political faith"
Gen; Gary desires a change In regard TO tho
brought about we might have penny postage on
6rst-class ma ter. or at least be In sight OF 1t
for tho $11 900, 900 shortage Of tho department
matter
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QUIZ TARIFF ON CANADIAN r1AByn.
Cir oliver Mowat Regrets That the Duty Has
Been decreased.

TORONTO. Ont, Nov. 30.-Sir Oliver Mowat.
tho newly appointed Lieutenant-G Governor OF
Ontario. opened to-day the last session of the
Ontario Legislature to be held before the gen.
eral election. In the speech from the throne
allusion was made to the action of the United
States Congress In reference to Canadian labor.
Sir Oliver said:
81 regret that the Congress of tho United
States has seen At to increase the duty on pine
and other lumber imported into that country
to such an extent as to make 1t almost imposes.
BILE to continue sending to the markets of the
United States certain qualities of the pinO
lumber produced In this province"
No mention was made In the speech of the
policy the Ontario Government wifi pursue on
the timber question, whether they Will leave
the law as 1t is or insert n clause In licenses to be
issued next year compelling the manufacture
In Canada of all timber cut In Ontario, and thua
prohibiting the emSportation of saw logs to the
the members that a bill would be introduced BY
the Government relating to timber and tim
Der licenses.
The session Is likely to. be a short ono, and q
general election will probably follow early IN
the new year.
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The Political Fifth Wheel.

II the so-called National Democrats"
have any pretext for q distinct political
existence anywhere, it is certainly In
Nebraska, the home of w. ]. BRYAN
and the main rallying point of the
Organized Democracy. The National
Democrats" of Nebraska have been stand
ing up to be counted ever since the first
wave of Populism eneulfed the Democratic
party In that neighborhood. They made a
more consistent and courageous battle for
the maintenance of their principles than
did their brethren In Kansas, who as early
as 1892 Joined with the Populists of that
State on an electoral ticket.
The futility and the rapidly diminishing
chances of a separate battle for what these
Democrats of Nebraska called at their
State Convention of April, 1905, "com'
mon honesty and . just regard for the
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NE TAco1wArE THE AnMr
Contract rsr Lyuph Awarded 10 the new
York Board or Health,

Tho health departments of ull OF tho leading
cities Of the United States and the leading
vaccine laboratories OF Europe sort samples Of
vaccine virus to the Surgeon.G eneral OF the
United States Army, who had asked for the
same. wishing to onter into a contract with
whichever would produce the best vaccine yirus
that could be obtained.
Yesterday tho New York Health Board was
informed that its proposal to furnish tho army
with lymph had boon accepted. with the OH.
cial notice camo an order to send quantities OF
the vaccine virus to Fort Sheridan, Illinois, and
to Fort Columbus, Governors island.
superintendent Craig, who is in charge OF tho
lymph department. Immediately filled the orders.
I'VE have good reason to DO proud Of our Gov
eminent contract" said Secretary G%olderman.
"Slnce 1895 the vaccine laboratory OF tho New
York Health Department has been experiment
ing with and investigating tho methods EN-.
ployed in various parts Of the world for the pro-
duction and preservation OF vaccine virus. Tho
choice and care OF animals, the places, methods,
and virus most suitable for incubation, the time
and manner Of collection, and the preparation
ali been subjects Of study. Tho most notable
vaccine laboratories In Europe and this country
consequence OF these Investigations modihca-
tions In the methods followed here have been
made; but the most important is the entire
change In form of the vaccine virus issued and
recommended for, use. For instance, the virus
formerly employed was the serum. which issues.
after scraping, from the base of a vaccine peck.
dried on quilts or ivory points. Tho old.fash.
Toned. points physicians could purchase in
tho drug stores. But these are all done
away with, and we now have a liquid
glycerinated pulp. The function Of the Rlycetine
ts to produce a homogeneous mixture. and TO
act as o harmless antiseptic against germs acct.
dentally Int, oduced. To show you how. careful
our department is let me cay that before the
virus derived from an animal is issued. a regular
autopsy Ia performed on the animal and the or
gans are carefully examined for any evidence
OF disease. Then q sample OF tho virus 10 sub.
jected. to q ARCHAEOLOGICAL examination, and q
second u forwarded to our. clinical tester fol-
test. No virus 10 allowed to GO out un
less the reports Of our pathologist. bacteriologist
and clinical tester are all satisfactory, ! an
satisfied that we are away ahead of the hes,
French and German vaccine laboratories. None
OF them test the virus as fully. as we do. nor II
any of them as careful. So 1t 10 no wonder the
Government wants our virus for the army"
The health officials believe that many health
officers In other cities will use Now York virus
and q form of circular letter has been got up u
DO sent to the departments Of othor cities.
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II the ofnoe seekers were to spend as much
time and energy in attending to their private busi.
ness a. they DO in running after a win o. the wisp,
they would earn twice as much a. they could In
Held Urton.
Perhaps they would and perhaps they wouldn't.
Or. rather. some Of them would and some of
them wouldn't. After all 1t 10 their own private
business whether tnoy want to get office or not.
Likewise their own private business whether
they are oontonteda and happy or not. Much SUI
perfiuous Indignation and sympathy are wasted
on the ofico seekers. The fellow who wants a
two-dollsr-a.year Postmastership and tho fellow
who wants the Presidency are Office seekers OF
equal guilt and equal innocence. Only in Mug.
wumpia docs the Office 60 hunting the man, and
II never finds him even there. for he is always
hunting the Office a good deal harder than It can
hunt him.
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A Xamo for b nrooLlyn Bridge.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sfr: A notice in your
paper OF to-day OF a meeting Of the Trustees OF the New
York and Brooklyn Bridge. coupled with several sug'
gestions you have published recently concerning
desirable celebrations of the wedding OF the two
cities, each OF which suggestions had for Its objective
point the bridge. moves me to ask why would this
not be Q good time to give the poor thing a name =
It ia now called. II you happen to be at this end
"The Brooklyn Bridge" II at the other end "The New
York Bridge ana II at both ends. like the board OF
trustees. The New York and Brooklyn Bridge"
suggest that It Is old enough to be christencd. and
that Jan. ]. when the consolidation OF the two cities
goes into effect. will be a good time to do It and that
1.-THE Union Bridge" will be q suitable name. What
40 you think OF The idea? W. J. l.. DAyTDs.
NEW York. Nov. 20,
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A Futile Alliance.

The assistance WHITELAw REID is re.
ceiving from the Mugwump newspapers in
his attempts to revenge his political disap'
pointments by perpetuating discord In the
Republican ranks indicates that he has
been fully initiated az q member of that
fraternity. They are binding up his
wounds tenderly and consoling him with
sympathetic malignity against the Repub.
lican party.
The NelO York Times, Tribune, and Euen.
tno Post are now Joined in An Offensive and
defensive alliance for the purpose Of break.
ing up the Republican organization In this
State and giving over New York to com.
plete Democratic domination next year.
This hostile demonstration, however, is
not dangerous. the sinister motives i'm.
polling the allies being too obvious to all
Intelligent Republicans. The party har.
mony and solidity against which they are
intriguing 90 childishly will be far beyond
the reach Of such malevolent influences be.
fore the beginning Of the momentous cam.
.paign Of 1898.
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sible enemies Of those islands close TO our
W cossts which would serve a. stations
for coaling and repair. Long before the
ago Of steam our forcfathers appreciated
the strategic value Of the Bermudas 10
this country, and, when Independence was
declared, projected the capture Of those
islands, q :plan which could not be car
ried out, owing to England's a~scendancy
at sea One needs only n glance at q map
to perceive the strategic Importance Of
Cuba to our Gulf States, and equally
obvious will be its relations to the pro-
s~pective Nicaragua Canal. An to the Ha-
waiian Islands, considered from q stratoRic
point Of view, Capt. A. T.. MAHAN has
pointed out that, should we gain possession
Of them and fortify their harbors properly
It would be impossible for q French, Ger.
man, or Japanese feet to undertake opera
lions against San Francisco; We should
then need only to fear the English In the
Pacific, and then only because, thanks to
the blunder made about our Oregon bound.
airy, they have q station for coaling and
repair in British Columbia.
In still another particular Mi. BRYCE 10
misinformed. He says that " Il Cuba there
are many creole Spaniards, but many moro
negroes and m~ulattoes." The statistical
truth is that, In Cuba, the people of pure
white descent outnumber those VIII have
any trace of negro blood In the proportion
Of nearly two to one. Equally unreason.
able is 1t to say that the Cubans of pure
white descent are unfit for free institu-
tions. Their brethren in Chilli and Areen.
tina cannot be accused Of such unfitness,
and the Cubans are even better qualified
for self-government. many of them having
been educated In the United States. So
far, then, as the character of It's popula-
tion is concerned. there could be no
possible objection to the admission of Cuba
into our Union as q State. Far from the
colored inhabitants constituting O major
ity there, as Is the case in South Carolina,
Mississippi, and Louisiana, they form, in
reality, a weak minority. The case of Ha-
wall Is undoubtedly different In this re-
spect. But the difficulties could be easily
surmounted by establishing at Honolulu
a territorial government similar to that
devised for the Orleans Territory after tho
purchase of Louisiana from France.
We do not think that Mr.. BRYCE will
make any converts, either in Congress or
in the community at large, by his anti
annexation article. Such exhortation comes
somewhat oddly from tho citizen of Q coun.
try which has annexed everything within
its power over the whole surface of the
globe, and which, except in the case of
Tangiers n the Ionian Islands, has never,
willingly, relaxed Its grasp.
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Mr.. ROBERT REED Ross, Republican and

MI. RoBERT REED Ross, Republican and
silver Republican candidate for District Attor-
ley In the Third Kansas Judicial district, has
fled q bill Of campaign expenses which should
DO studied by the young campaigners of the
Citizens Union. Mr.. Ross Expended in Prov
ess county for cigars. cards. &C., $25; In
Las Animas county. for cigars. candies.
and other refreshments $780," 1t is need.
less to say that the moralist must de.
ploro tho sum spent by Mr.. Ross for
cards. cigars and other refkeshments, un.
less ice cream and soda are included among
the sundries; but the introduction of candy into
politics must be received with q warm hand. A
Citizens Union tract done up in u package OF as,
sorted candies would be welcomed In many
households which at present arc blind to the
beauties Of municipal non-partisanship. DR.
SETH Low In red and white sugar would be a
lovely idol; and jim REYNOLDS. stamped or
cough drops, would BIO restful as well as sweet.
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The Hon. WILLIAM NORRIS STEWART.

The Hon. WILLIAM MORRIS STEWART,
proprietor of our esteemed contemporary the
Sicer knight. and managing editor of The
Crime Of 1873. is in Nevada seeking reelec-
ton to the United States Senate. Tho old man
is not down yet" he says. land we will show
them that we have plenty of strength with the
people before we get throu Th." Judging Mr..
STEWART by his speeches he never will get
through, and the p~opulous State Of which he is
an ornament will be permitted TO hear his voice
not less than twenty-four hours q day. Nevada
cannot afford TO reject this enduring statesman.
The Senate cannot AFFORD to lose Its most trust
worthy eightday clock. Tho Congregational
Record cannot afford to lose its most prolific
contributor.
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The recent great ~conlagration In London.
Minneapolis Tribune,
What do you meant TIT big fret
mo Paw or women s,eporr,phsr,.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: There Ii q great
deal OF nippant talk about the girl stenographer. her
flirting propensities. her love Of candy. the eagerness
with which she takes to bicycling; hencs It seems
pertinent that o moro serious phase Of the question
should ba considered.
The recent experience OF q competent young woman
stenographer in search of work may serve to throw
Light on the up-to-dato business mans view of the
worth OF her services and the regard he has for her
'restraining influence" in the ONCE. Miss r, q
young woman of experience and education, found It
necessary to pursue the heeting advertisement and
chase the permanent and pleasant ~ position offered
by . man OF apparent culture. and. after spending
forty cents oarfare in trying to get an interview.
finally succeeded In catching him. He wanted. he
said. . woman OF education and wide reading. ono
willing to move to q suburban town, where the once
Of tho publication he conducted was situated. but as
he proposed to place the stenographeris salary on .
corresponding basis. Offering her the munihcent sum
to the subu,b. where an apartment could DO procured
for el6 per month; He had not. to be sure. considered
IN the suburb. being too much engaged in philun.
sh5opr to trouble himself about such paltry details.
forty to sixty letters a day to be written. and his
ed an educated. selfrespec.ins Woman to y. exist aIR'S on
that amount he replied that that was no concern Of
crowded. yet the need for organization to a1 and
preserve living wages Is urgent and must DO apparent
The young "chewinE gum" girl turned out Z daily by
the numerous schools is a drug in the market. She
has q home. but wants pin money. She cannot
spell. she cannot punctuate. she cannot road her notes
correctly. but she is cheap, and c~heapness 10 the
standard OF excellence It would appear, II the pit
tance offered by many prominent business men may
be accepted as a fair criterion.
No self respecting woman In the city OF New York
or its suburbs who has herself to support can possibly
AFFORD to work for less than 81 per day. Its time
that men who want women's services in this capacity
should understand this fact. and 1t may be opportune
to suggest that editorials addressed TO this phase Of
the matter may do more good in creating q whole.
some public opinion than those that consider the sen.
timental side only.
A MEMBER OF THE FRATERNITY.
NEW YoRK. Nov. go.
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NO GENERAL LEG IsLArIoN.
Representative Cannon says 1t 10 Impossible
at the Coming Session.


WARRINGTON, Nov. 80. Among the Con-
gressional arrivals in Washington to-day was
Representative Cannon of Illinois, Chairman Of
the House Committee on Appropriation. With
the frank. breezy abandon which 10 character
istio of the man, Mr.. Cannon, in answer to tho
question Do you think there will be any i'm
portant general legislation at tho approaching
session y said:
"Idonot 1 think It Is impossible. and ought
not to be undertaken. There 10 no sense in dis
tracing the country and unsettllng things by
~fruitless agitation. The Republicans have not
q majority in the Senate. and cannot legislate.
What is the use of our snorting around and agi-
tating the country about what we might should.
It being suggested that at the last session the
Tariff bill was passed by tho votes Of an antag.
i've did not have a Republican Senate, but
realized that more revenue. was Q necessity
and the opposition. shrunk from the RESPONSE
bility Of depriving the Government of necessary
revenue, The one proposition was put before
tract attention. The whole country was crying
Senate; Under these circumstances they could
must necessarily be different. and Il viii
be impossible to force the Senate again.
could have been done without great persever.
ance: skill. and determination; We have a
tarlH law wnlcn Will produce eunclent revenue.
We have a good currency-a currency perfectly
safe "a long as present conditions are main.
tanned, and We have not tho power to enact any
new legislation which We might regard az
desirable"
Speaking Of the probable appropriations, Mr..
Cannon expressed tho opinion that no radical
change would be, made in the policy that had
been pursued in the Fifty.fourth Congress. No
new projects would DO provided for. but exist.
ing contracts would be literally provided for.
An earnest Of this was shown In tho action OF
the subcommittee in charge of the Legislative.
Executive. and Judicial Appropriation bill. II
decided, after hcaring Supervising Architect
Taylor, to make tho appropriation for his office
the same as for the present year.
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mr.. Rockefeller Wants Ht Closed and would
Open Another In Its Plaoe.


T~ARRYTowN. N. Y, Nov. 3o.-At q meeting of
the Board of Trustees OF North Tarrytown last
night. John Cosgrove. Martin La Fargo. Con-
~stantine Millerly, A. Esponson. and John w.
Beatty, Freeholders in the town of Mount Pleas
ant, petitioned the board to discontinue tho old
Sleepy Hollow road. and TO alter, widen. and i'm
provo Weber avenue. 1t Ia known that the
petitioners made the request in behalf of John
ID. Rockefeller. Mr.. Rockefeller owns over half
of Pocantico Hills. Bedford road. the present
avenue leading to tho Hills. is quite steep and
Is In bad condition. Webber avenue Is a better
grade to the Hills. II Mr.. Rockefellcr's desire
be granted he will give some OF his land and
build tho balance OF the road through his prop
erty to the Hills and throw IT open to public use,
The old Sleepy Hollow road is rarely used. II
cuts through Mr.. Itockcfeller's property. and
he wants to do away with IT. A special meet
ing has been called for Monday, Dec. IS, for tho
people to vote whether or not they Will grant
Mr.. ROckefcllcrs desire.
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We shsn walt . reasonable time, and, II our
petition IL not granted. we shah move
upon the land. I've got the men to
do It, and II these Indian police or
agents interfere. there will DO graves all over
the reservation. and many n regular will lilo
down with tho rest, too. IL the Federal troops in.
%terfere." We infer from the vigor and stern
ness OF the "Captaln's" language that no is n
Spaniard. and lives habitually on hot.coal coup
and IRE ~frltters. Tho Indian police and tho
Federal army have due notice. The Captain I"
or the Government must move on.
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Cork Pavement strip. ON Murray uu,.

Gen. Coils asked the Aldermen yesterday To
allow him to let. without advertising, the CON,
tract for laying two strips of cork pavement.
each ton foet wide, in Fifth avenue, between
Thirty-fourth and ThirtT-sixth street, at a cost
not TO exceed u .600. Permission TO Law thI.
pavement was granted by the Board OF slim
some Time ago, and tho contract Was awarda1
70 the barter Asphalt Company. which is layIns
subsequently. however, Corporation Connssi
SS9t I gave an opinion that the contract could
az u ,Ss without ADVERTISING unless the Board
was laid over. N N""s seeV~~
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rights Of our creditors," are shown by the
following returns Of the vote polled by
them In the yearn named:

S''eo
1897 IT'S
This is political warfare on q sliding
scale, with little margin left for a reduction
next year, when a Governor OF Nebraska
and other State officers are to DO elected.
1t u be obvious to every Intelligent
person who is not completely confused and
bewildered by the radically changed and
permanently altered conditions of Federal
politics, that the National Democrats, 90
called, are not causing any anxiety to the
Organizes, but 90 far as they go arc dis
tracing votes from the Republicans, upon
whom devolves, and must continue to de-
volve, the battle for the maintenance Of
what nearly two years ago the Nebraska
gold Democratic described a. common
honesty and q just regard for the rights
Of u creditors"
Democrats who are sincere In this con-
viction have made common cause with the
Republicans. and are to be counted for the
present as supporters Of the Republican
ticket in national contests. Those who re.
gard honesty in public policy az q question
Of compromises and concessions, and not
Of positive obligation, have gone over to
the Bryanite column where, presumably,
they will remain. The political residuum,
the unabsorbable gold men who polled 71s
votes in Nebraska this month u Of o total
of 200, 600, is the National Democrats,
who probably will be proportionately
about as many in other Statea. Nowhere
have they shown any strength this year,
and nowhere have they given evidence of
the power to attract to their standard any
-1.-A- r. NJ D--lr 49, ->-A H.. H.
h%umiliating defeat by indorsing Low for
Mayor; they could not even poll votes
enough to preserve their right to a sepa-
rate nomination hereafter.
The National Democrats arc the nth
wheel of the American political coach, a.
the election of Nov. 2 demonstrated