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nero,. to the City or euburr,.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Sfr: It has bcen mo-
uced for some little time back that THE sun is drop.
ping from the word +" NewbuTgh" the nnAi letter !" h."
The people OF this city feel very much Aggrieved at
the attempt TO spell the name OF the city without the
letter "h." Some time ago you may have noticed the
aggressive tight made with the Post once Depart
men. in regard TO this matter, the outcome OF which
was a victory for the people OF this city. Business
men refused TO accept stamped envelopes with the
word +" Newburgh" abbreviated. so intense did the
feeling become over the matter. THE Sun has all along
added the ANAL " h. and In consequence has become
the most popular New York paper circulated here. and
i think hasa larger circulation in this city than any
other New York Newspaper. There Is a very strong
opposition here 70 every attempt made to spell the
name OF the city without the letter e h." and New
burghsrs generally would be glad TO see TEE suN con.
tinue to spell it that way. Il, 81,
EEwhUR0HI June 2.
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Dispatches from Toronto say that the
new Tea Inspection law Of Congress has
already resulted in sending to Canada large
quantities Of adulterated tea which had
been rejected at our ports, and the fear is
expressed that the Dominion will become
the regular dumping ground for such mer-
chandise. As it is an early day for develop
ing this result, the report may be exaggerat-
ed. Yet it would be a natural and handy
way of disposing of cargoes unable to pass
the inspection.
There has been considerable discussion as
to the effect Of the new law on our own i'm
portations. The view Of some experienced
merchants was that there would be an in
crease of imports under the new rules, since
the assurance that all teas admitted are
pure and wholesome will tend to increase
tea drinking. On the other hand, it has
been suggested that average prices would
be higher, and hence there would be a de-
crease of tea drinking among those who
can only afford the cheapest grades. Hence,
even if the average value Of the imports
should increase. the gross quantity of i'm
ports would perhaps fall off.
But in. this as in other matters calcula.
tions have been disturbed and rendered un.
certain by the new Tariff bill. 1t is said
that the possibility of a duty on teas In
that measure fastened importations, and
from Buffalo, for example, assertions have
come that the imports for May exceeded in
quantity those for the first five months OF
last year. 1t is true that May is a great
month for importations. but the total i'm.
ports at that point up to June /, accord.
Ing to the figures given, are more than one
half in excess Of last years for the CORE,
spending months.
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The Rejected Pan.

A large piece Of sculpture, a figure of PAN,
by GEORGE GREY BARNARD, reported to be
meritorious, was recently offered to the
Park Board by the estate Of the late AL
FRED CORNING CLARK, and rejected for
reasons that command the approval of
all well wishers Of the Park. 1t was
in the Contra Park; and it was this that
prevented it's acceptance.
There is no place where it could be placed
in the Park to the Parks advantage. The
spirit of the place is scarcely in harmony
with such an object, and the pressure of
enlightened interest in this pleasure ground
Is rather in the direction of eliminating GER
tain unfortunate pieces of statuary already
there than OF admitting others. Presi.
dent MCMILLAN expressed it when he said:
we do not want to overcrowd the Park
with statues" 1t is conceivable. of course.
that statues might yet be placed there;
but it is good rule that the Park Board
has adhered to in this case, and they de-
serve praise accordingly.
Like numerous other things, PAN was
not offered from the unqualified wish to be.
stow a work of art upon the city of New
York, but partially to please the giver's
fancy for having his gift associated with
the Central Park. That great place is full
of allurement for every scheme of sculpture.
Every body of citizens who would like to
erect a monument to some ~favorite public
character would like to put it in the Park /;
and everybody who has a statue t give
away would he pleased to see it there. With
some givers the desire for this qualification
is stronger han the desire to make the gift.
New York has thousands of acres of park
LANE yet to be developed, where such things
as this PAN might be placed without much
detriment. We commend the Park Board
heartily for refusing it under the circum.
stances. and we suggest to the director OF
the Clark estate that he gives twice who
gives without condition.
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Der. The Democratic conventions Of States
and minor political divisions arc support
ing that platform with even greater de-
termination than they showed last year.
Some Tammany Hall leaders in this city
have been disposed to cater to the convic-
tions Of the honest Democracy of the old.
time standard, with n view to getting their
help in gaining control Of the Greater New
York; but their dalliance has cost them
dear. They have chilled the enthusiasm OF
their most numerous following merely by
considering a proposition to "ignore" the
Chicago platform; and It has become evident
to them that they cannot kindle the fire Of
feeling necessary to give vigor to the Tam.
many campaign unless they cease from
such trifing with the most intense desire
Of their 1876, 900 voters of last November.
Their only chance Of winning the election
next November lies in bold and defiant
Organism. Otherwise there will be ruinous
division, apathy, recrimination, rebellion.
The developments of the political situa-
tion are therefore indicative Of the preser-
walton of the solidity of the Bryan combi-
nation on one side, and the clearing away
Of all obstacles to the union Of the opposi-
tlon. There Is one great political issue
only. 1t is the issue of the Chicago
platform, and with reference tn it there
can be only two parties: the Chicago De.
mocracy on one side, and on the other all
Republicans and Democrats who are for
the rights of property and the preservation
Of civilization. The sooner this opposition
faces that certainty and that necessity, and
gets together cordially and de~terminedly,
the brighter will be the political outlook.
The Democratic party7 There is now no
genuine Democratic party, and there can be
none until this issue Is settled.
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People in search of the old-time sticklers
for conventionality. who regarded the bicycle as
a breach Of decorum, will find a great many of
them on Riverside Drive or the Boulevard on a
fine day. About two..hirds of the di~nifed gen.
tlemcn in New York, who, less than a year ago.
stoutly protested against cycling and scowled at
the wheelman's pump-handle use of his legs.
wear searching uniform and squirt along the ave-
nue. like full-fledGed wheelmen, All doubt as to
the cycling clergyman's ability to confront his
flock with a proper degree of soberness and self.
possession has been removed. Judges no longer
deem wheeling hurtful to their judicial serenity.
and the gentleman of leisure is as fond OF his
bike" as the most crook-backed scorcher in
town. The pedestrian who once swore at the
sight OF a wheelman is now a steel.frame strad-
dler himself. and says Steady, there!" as he
spins past a clumsy rider in his course. The
great army OF whcelmen is being enlarged con-
stantly by men of age. distinction, and position.
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We report as opportune the opinion of
Mr.. CHAMP CLARK, found in the TImcs-Demo-
Graf. upon the recent extraordinary election in
the First Missouri Congress district:
~ feel 1ubilant over the result, and every Demo-
crAt in America should rejoice, for II shows that we
have the Republicans on the run. It was a square.
knock.down fight on the lines OF the Chicago platform.
The Democrats elected their man by a plurality of
$3.50; but the most encouraging feature OF the vic
tory is that the Democratic candidate at the special
election Tuesday won by a plurality larger by 7O5
votes than that OF the Democratic nominee at the
regular election last fall.
"Nor was the Democratic gain confined to the rural
precincts. In Hannibal. n place OF go. 900 Inhabitants.
the largest city in the district, the Democratic vote
was increased by 200.
1.-THE Republicans were sullen, disheartened. and
either stayed at home in large numbers or voted for
the Democratic nominee, II W as a famous victory"
And tho New York Goo Coos want to run away
for the grand combination picnic OF the Elect
Non-pnrtisans and the Predestined Self.Admir.
ers. Those Goo Coos are bad boys.
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less would be killed, presumably. until the
hoped.for abandonment Of pelagic sealing
occurred and MEANWHILE apparently, there
would be more seals than ever killed in the
open sea, In order to make good seasons
catches, the branded animals being thrown
out md not counting. Senator ERKrN
Of California considers that the branding
scheme is practicable, but Senator MORGAN
has expressed the opinion that It would be
difficult to carry into effect, and would
cause great complications.
1t will perhaps turn out to be true that,
II the branding remedy should be carried
far enough to cause serious trouble to the
pelagic hunters, and yet not far enough to
force them to abandon the industry, we
should be accused Of stimulating n greater
slaughter of the seals under the guise Of pro-
tecting them. And one difficulty seems to
be that there will be q considerable margin
to overcome in the profits before the pelagic
hunters arc driven out by the branding
device. Mr.. PETTIGREw's recent figures
show that, in 1895, sealskins "sold for
$7.As apiece. They cost the captors 81 to
50 apiece, according to size. The cost for
transportation to London and sale there
was $3.50 to So apiece" and, in short, he
reckoned a net profit of about SO each.
Yet this experimental remedy Of brand
ing, with all its doubts and drawbacks,
seems to be the only one now in sight.
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A Dictator Runs an Exposition.

So serious are the troubles that have
grown out Of the International Exposi.
tion in tho republic Of Guatemala that
President BARRIos has had to assume the
powers Of a dictator in order to put an
end to them. The Exposition is held at
the capital; 1t was opened with pomp In
March last IL has been in bad luck ever
since then, for the reason that the receipts
have fallen far below the expenses. AS it
had beef got up by President BARRIos,
he pledged the credit of the Government
for Its support. In a few weeks the public
funds were exhausted; the banks were
asked for a loan, In return for the priv
ilege Of ~suspending specie payments; the
suspension caused a run on the banks; there
was q financial panic; the officials Of the
Government could not get their salaries;
the natives got into a state Of excitement;
there was danger for the Exposition and
greater danger for the Government. There
was talk Of revolution.
At this j%uncture President BARRIos has
taken hold of things in the Central Ameri-
can way. He has proclaimed himself die
tator in the republic. He can now fix up
things, get funds, pacify the natives, boss
the banks, hold down the Government, pay
his Ministers, and run the Exposition. He
Is master Of the situation.
We do not know that there ever has been
another occasion upon which q dictator
ship grew out Of an Exposition.
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The Number of Holes.

A golfer here considers a detail of the
coming championship tournament:
To THE EDITOR or THE SuS-Sir: VIII You kindly
let me know whether the championships arc to be
played similar to the manner In which they were
played at Southampton, namely, 80 to qualify, fol.
lowed by a short game OF IL holes. II so, Il seems to
me that II II not n fair test. as was illustrated by the
recent defeats In the Baitusrol tournament. and also
the defeat on the part OF HILTON abroad In the anna
teur championships in the early part OF the games,
who afterward won the open championship OF 10
holes by u remark able score. My idea Is that 10 holes
10 the least that should be played. man against man.
TOURNAMENT.
The amateur championship for 1897 will
same plan as thai adopted at Shinnecock last
year. There will be Il preliminary round
of 36 holes, medal play, to determine the
sixteen players eligible for the competition
proper; then of those match play at ls
holes will eliminate the losers, and at the
close the two survivors will play a match
of SO. 1t Is n good plan, even though less
perfect than 1t might be.
Our correspondents comparison of Hill
TONS defeat for the amateur championship
Of Great Britain and his victory In the
open tournament a few weeks afterward
raises the old issue between medal or
stroke play N match or hole play, and
the occasion for discussing that question Is
not at hand. With match play, however,
used forthe amateur championship here and
abroad. SO holes for each individual con.
test takes too much time. At Shinnecock
last year to pair off the sixteen sur,
viyors of the preliminary round In matches
at 10 holes, took three good days to de
eide. Thirty-six holes for each contest
would require much longer. Under that
system the winner would play from first &c
last $50 holes. a test more of physical en-
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History.

If the principle Of making q tariff for
revenue only, on which the Democrats
carried the national election of 1892 and
made GROVER CLEVELAND President for a
second term, had been honestly and logi-
cally applied by those to whom the people
committed the power Of legislation, the
tariff law would now be substantially as
follows:
1. All goods brought into the United States from
any other country shall pay q customs duty of 20 per
cent I'D valorom.
II. There shall DO no FREQ list. Everything shall
pay 40 per cent. I'D valorem-
This would lave been q consistent and
respectable tariff and it would lave sup
piled revenue enough.
But the men to whom power was in
trusted to make a tariff for revenue only,
proved themselves to be impostors and hum
bugs. Instead Of a sincere revenue tariff,
they made a bastard tariff for protection
and a deficit. They covered themselves with
shame and contempt, and they destroyed
the Democratic party. They can never re-
cover, but perhaps the Democracy may yet
rise again.
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Branding the Seals.

With less than two months left before
ocean sealing again becomes lawful, and
with Great Britain refusing to agree to a
shall be prohibited his year in Behring
Sea, our Government has now to determine
what steps 1t will take next.
When the senate was considering re.
Gently the appropriation of the House bill
for investigating the seal fisheries, Mr..
PETTIGREw proposed, as a substitute, to
attempt to negotiate forthwith with Great
Britain, Russia, and Japan for the proper
protection Of the seals, and in the event
of reaching no agreement, to kill all the
seals that should come to the Pribylov ISL
ands, and sell the skins for the reimburse
ment of the Governments expenses.
This substitute was thrown out on a point
of order, and accordingly there is no au-
thority for such a course, and there will be
none unless Congress should grant 1t before
adjournment. 1t is said, however. that
our Government has decided to carry out
this year on a large scale the practice OF
branding the female seals, and that 1t will
avail itself of an electrical process of brand
ing which will go far toward removing the
objection of great labor and cost.
The Government expert, DIR. JORDAN. has
been cited in Congress as favoring the
device of branding, in preference to de-
stroying the whole herd. Its purpose Is, by
rendering the skins of the females worth
less to the hunter, to ruin pelagic sealing.
1t is we'll known that a great part of the
seals taken by vessels in Behring Sea are
females that swim out from the Pribylov
Islands to get food. Thu theory is that, by
extensive branding, 80 much of the catch
of the pelagic hunters will become worth.
less as to make their work In Behring Sea
a loss, and thus to drive them out OF the
business.
Whether the Government will be vlndi,
Gated by results in adopting this policy can
hardly be forecast; but it evidently depends
on the principle that desperate ills justify
desperate remedies. Not a single seal the
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No Reciprocity with Canada Possible.

In an interesting article contributed to
the June numbe Of the North american
Rerietr, Mr.. JOHN w. RUSSELL. discusses
the trade relations of the United States
with the Dominion, and expresses the re-
greet said to be felt by Canadian Liberal
statesmen hat a treaty of reciprocity be-
tween the two countries seems impractical
BILE. What Is needed from Canadian states
men is not regret for the impossible, but a
frank submission to the inevitable.
MI. RUSSELL is quite right in recog-
nizing that a reciprocity treaty between
the United States and the Dominion is un.
a~ttainable, except upon conditions to which
Canadian legislators seem as yet unwilling
to subscribe. The Hit resolution, which
embodied a project of commercial union, Is
dead and beyond the hope of resurrection
on this side of the border; and we learn from
the author Of the article in the Reuie,D that
it would never have been accepted by the
Canadian Government and people. The
only possible principle, which the United
States would even entertain as forming the
basis Of a reciprocity treaty, was announced
by Mr.. BLAINE In his report to the Senate
dated April 10, 1862. Therein he said
theo q reciprocity convention, TO De In the
least acceptable. would have to be exclusive
in It's application to the United States
and Canada. and that other nations, not
parties to 1t, Great Britain, for example,
could not be permitted to enjoy gratuitous-
ly the favors which the two neighboring
countries might ~reciprocally concede to
each other for valuable considerations and
at a large sacrifice of their respective
revenues. Mr.. RUSSELL declares that no
arrangement involving a common tariff for
the two countries as against the rest of the
world would be considered at Ottawa
neither would a discrimination against
Great Britain. He does not expect, there
fore, that the Washington Government
would give a favorable hearing to proposals
which did not meet all the conditions i'm.
posed by itself, or in other words by the
contracting party which, in any scheme OF
reciprocity, must be preponderant.
The feeling of the American people in
regard to reciprocity with Canada has far
passed the point where even the principle
outlined by Mr.. BLAINE would be accepted
as the basis of an international agreement,
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This, also, Is clear TO Mr.. RuBsELL; he per
ceives that We have advanced to n stage Of
opinion and resolve where We look upon a
modification Of the Dominion's political
status as the indispensable prerequisite for
the free access Of Canadian products to the
markets Of the United. States. He sees
that in effect we now say to the Canadians:
Put an end to your connection with the
Old World, and accept unrcservedly the
democracy Of the New; dissolve your re-
lation as the western arm of an empire
which ought not to have voice or direction
on this continent; leave feudalism and Its
hereditary rank and precedence on the soil
where they have grown. Do this, or you
shall not have admission to the markets Of
the republic. We do not wish our business
relations with you to DO in any way compli-
Gated or conditioned by your political rela-
lions with a foreign State"
Mr.. RUSSELL understates the truth when
he owns that these views have a numerous
following. Their following may be justly
described not merely as numerous, but as
well.nigh universal. He is mistaken In as.
sorting that these views do not stand for
"the sanity of the best American thought,
and that II opinions were weighed instead
of being counted" the opposition to reel
procity with Canada would seem less for
midable. We know whereof we speak
when we aver that all the thought which
deserves to be called American is arrayed
against reciprocity with the subjects Of a
European power, and that only the thought
which deserves to be thus called, has any
weight in our republic.
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nj. Dog unaersteoa.


wTSsTKp. June ALLEN II. Norton o. this
town is the owner OF a farm over the State line
in Massachusetts. For many years Mr.. Norton
has had on the farm a dog of cocker spaniel and
hound breed, which has been o fconsiderable use
about the place. and also a good hunter of coons
and other game. But the dog is now twelve
years old. minus some of his teeth. and getting
feeble: so il was thought best to shoot II
Consequently. about two weeks ago the man
in charge OF the farm took the dog out in the
ground and proceeded to dig a grave for the
dog. while the faithful animal lay beside he
implement intended soon to end its life and
watched the hole in the ground gradually grow
deeper. The man had nearly finished his e1ca.
walton when the dog suddenly sprans TO its feet
on record IL pefuse5 to- respond to the mans
call. but hurried to the river brink. swan 10 the
opposite shore, disappeared in the woods, and Is
Is still absent.
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xEoEsshRYr oRNlrroxAL DKrExoE
Pros. u. n. Elaupt asa TIRE CHIEF OF Ensineors
~ 20 Coastwise CannL.

PHILADELPHIA, April 90. 1897.
Gen. JOHN N. WILSON. cattJo Of Enoineers. .. S..A.
DEAR GESESAL 90; As sngsostsd by ,S Soph o IN our se
state herein a few OF the reasons why ! think,
even in view of tho severe retrenchment rendered
energetic policy should DO pursued relative to our
AS you have so porsistently stated. our i'm.
and harbor defenccs. This respectfully sub
init can best be secured by increasing the mo
OF defence, supplemented by sand batteries. No
system OF defence can be complete which does
nSyigable for our cruisers and battleships, as
well as the torpedo boats. BY this means the of:.
quite, $ioo. 1000. 0 would probably be- trobied.
and tho possibility of burning and sacking tho
national capital or our great manufacturing
absence of these waterways during the war Of
1912 led to Immense loss of records, treasure,
AVOIDED shq had Rt tRpoy existed G1's at that RiF Time nave UGH
Without these ,eonpocti9ns between Massa,
be forced into a cul-de-sac, or, IT. outside, be cut
of from its base of supplies by a blockading
squadron OF superior armament.
ncnt Notifications within range Of our cities.
and those on the outer lines are too remote from
the channels to be of much service.
Canals large enough for twenty-six feet
drauRht are entirely practicable Mt n reasonable
cost. and haye already been estimated and re,
II is believed that the four links, TO wit. across
and VIRGINIA could be formulated for n sum not
exceedine R5O. 600 oOo. which Ia about half the
coat Of onr navy and that nv even doubling its
efheienoy the fnI coat OF the work could he saved.
This leaves out of consideration entirely the
enormous benedts To coastwise commerc and
the general stimulus to business resulting from
the removai Of the existing embargo upon our
traffic, which is maintained by consent Of the
this section of tho country, whereas the policy
of emancinatino the Western waters from pri.
yate and corporate manaRement and the conse-
oucnt law az tolls upon our commerce has long
6een recoonized and we feel entitled 10 simiIar
nrivilcges along the scaboard.
We beIiere that the overland TRANSFORMATION