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The sun., 1897-08-16

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: notice in late
number OF the ST. Paul Dispdtch extract OF an
article in THE Sun concerning the Jews contemplat.
ing to move the weekly Sabbath over from Saturday
to Sunday. believe the change would be OF great
beneht to mankind by dispensing many burdensome
supersttons and also stop the breeding OF religious
cranks over the seventhday question. The agitation
ought TO urge for new calendar in which the
OF the days had better be left and the In the
week reckoned by their numerals l. Z, 8. &c. and
the last seventh day. would be the Sabbath. but
should have connection with the formerly used
names OF days on special calendars used by this or
thai people or nation
There Is said to DO movement foot TO so revise
the calendar that the year contains thirteen months
OF which the first twelve all commence the nrst
day OF the week. and contain four weeks. twenty
eight days Now. would II not be nice to get such
calendar in shape for the year 1900 and let the
day OF the rst month In that year be the day in
the week arbitrarily located by the modern calen-
dar makers 7 This would perhaps. bring tho Sab
bath to the middle OF the week use. hut hat
oft? Man has the right to locate the Sabbath by
working few many days. when the gain is for his
personal convenience; how much more have the ma.
tions OF the earth the right to do when they can
thereby avert much evil and darkness the Sab
bath question IA causing among people!
ST PAUL Aug. 49, A. N. CARLsEs.
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Delaware and England.

II the cabled summaries of an interview
which the London Daily Ne1rs has had
with the Hon. GEORGE GRAY, Senator in
Congress from Delaware, are correct, Mr..
BAYARD has a serious rival in his own
State for the affections of Britannia. Mr..
GRAY Is reported to have spoken of "the
great wave OF thoughtful opinion against
jinHoism which swept over the United
States during the Venezuelan difficulty"
The great wave of jingoism which swept
over the United States during the Venezue.
Ian difficulty seems to have escaped the
attention Of Mr.. GRAY. He and Mr..
BAYARD and the sucklings of the Erening
Post and a few underdone professors and
assistant professors must represent "the
great wave of thoughtful opinion"
Splashing about in small wave of pri-
vate opinion, Mr.. GRAY made the ingenious
observation that "America would be the
first to come to the aid of England in any real
trouble, such as hostile European combi.
nation against her." Probably Mr.. GRAY
and Mr.. BAYARD could be depended upon
to 60 to her aid. Mr.. GRAY would be
peculiarly majestic in a bearskin, and
Mr.. BAYARD would make the handsomest
OF trumpeters. These two striking figures
may be regarded as constituting the Amer
lean Anglophile Volunteer Reserve.
But who loves England the more, Mr.
GRAY or Mr.. BAYARD2 For the sake OF
England, II not for the sake of these ami
able Anglophiles, this important question
should be submitted to arbitration.
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The municipal campaign OF 1897, the
first in the Greater New York, will begin
formally on Tuesday, Sept. z, when the
polling places will be officially designated.
Tuesday, Sept. %, will be the first day,
under the law, for the filing of certificates of
party nominations to elective offices. On
the same day, Sept %, the nominations by
independent organizations may be made,
and on Thursday, Oct. 7, will occur the
publication of the polling places and of the
various election district boundaries. On
Friday, Oct. 8, between the hours Of z A.
NJ. and 10 p. NJ, the registration of voters
will begin in the various districts in the
whole of the enlarged New York. Satur.
day, Oct. o, will be tho second day of
registration, and on Wednesday, Oct. 13,
the time for declining party nominations
already made, will expire. On Oct. 10 and
10. the registration will be continued and
concluded, and ON Wednesday, Oct. 81. and
again on Monday, Nov. l, the complete and
official list of the nominations made, and of
the candidates in the field for the consd-
Grafton Of voters, will make its appearance.
These preliminaries will enable the vot-
ers both to qualify themselves legally for
the exercise Of their franchise, and to be-
come cognizant of the nominations made,
the posts to be filled, and the political iden-
tity of the men seeking to fill them. On
Tuesday, Nov. 2, the polls opening at
A. NJ. and closing at 5 p. NJ, the election
will take place.
The term of the Mayor. heretofore two
years generally, though sometimes three,
will be extended to four years under sec
tion 81 of the Greater New York charter.
The power of removal intrusted to Mayor
STRONG by the Legislature of 1898,
but which did not exist at the time
of his election in 1904. is now an
integral part Of the law under which
the city is organized and Legislative aid
or sanction is no longer required. The
powers to be exercised by the Mayor will
be more important, more sweeping, and
more summary than ever before and, more
over, they are to be exercised over civic
division of territory larger than that with
which any previous Mayor of New York has
had to do. including, after Jan. }, not merely
one city, but three cities-three counties
complete and part of fourth.
The enlarged power of acceptance or veto
of bills local to the city bestowed on the
Mayor by the amended State Constitution
adds Importance to the Office at the first
municipal election following the adoption
of the amendments, and renders necessary
the nomination of Mayoralty candidates
not politically irresponsible.
Never before has there been local elec.
tion here at which 50 many offices were to
be filled, the list including all the county
and municipal offices; and never before has
such an election involved interests so vi
tally important to the citizens of New York.
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and torpedo boats, and we have the needs
OF the lakes to consider as we'll as
those of tho seaboard. When 1t is re.
fiectcd that VIC virtually have these re.
sources TO rely upon, without any expense
Of maintenance, except the subsidies paid
to four vessels, 1t will be seen that the very
least we should do ia to have all the guns
and the ammunition ready in case they are
called into service. All the appliances. too.
for fitting the guns to the vessels should he
ready; and II we should provide a few
spare guns, this would be only measure of
ordinary prudence.
In modern times wars break out quick
ly, and the habit among nations of keeping
strong fleets ready for instant service
makes 1t certain that naval blows will be
promptly struck. In war with maritime
power we could not rely wholly on our
regular navy, but should need to charter,
equip, and send out at once whatever our
merchant marine could furnish us.
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The Auxiliary Cruisers.

The steps just taken by the Navy Depart
ment to secure an additional supply of
rapid-fre guns puts beyond question It's
ability to arm seasOnably the vessels of the
merchant marine now counted upon as
auxiliary cruisers.
OF such vessels there are, according to
moderate estimates from trustworthy
sources, nineteen on the Atlantic coast and
nine on the Pacific. the former including
the large and fine ocean racers New York
Paris, st. Louis. and st. Paul. The cur
rent contract arrangements include six
6-inch guns, twenty-five 5-inch, and fifteen
4-inch. OF the 5.inch guns thirteen, it Is
understood. are for the Hartford, but the
remainder will be available as a reserve
supply for the auxiliary cruisers. Some of
the guns will be completed by private con.
tract, and others, together with the mounts,
at the Washington ordnance yard, from
the steel forgings furnished by bidders.
1t Is therefore clear that this supply will
DO hurried forward, and indeed during the
coming autumn we may expect that so
many guns will be made ready as, taken
with these already furnished to leave no
cause for anxiety on that score.
But while Congress has acted wisely and
literally in this particular, il is to be hoped
that the work will not now stop. We know
that several OF our ocean liners could be sun.
piled with their armaments forthwith. and
that Others would not be far behind. But
we have also other vessels that could be
ntted out as gunboats, armed transports,
The sun., 1897-08-16
Interesting Thing. in Ala.La.

The mercury in tho Thermometer.
The bears. grizzly. polar, and brown.
The extinct volcanoes in winter time.
The reindeer at Port Clarence.
The movements OF the great Muir glacier
The aborigines. including tho Tlinkits.
The Chilkat Pass at any season.
The salmon runs.
The broad.nowing Yukon.
The seal islands.
Tho cloud capped mountains.
The miners at work.
The forests.
The lonesome prospectors
The geological recorda
The relics OF Russian rule.
Tho travellers snowshoeH.
The battlefield at New Arch angel whore the Tlnkis
fought the Aleuts.
The old trading posts.
The dog sleds In motion.
The sportsman hunting for caribou along the banks
Of the Porcupine.
Tho totem poles Of the natives
The salteries.
The tenderfoot out of luck.
Tho boundary line between the United States and
Canada
Tho courts and lock.upS.
The hot and mineral springs.
The AutochthonOus mail carTierN
The ulikon at play.
The underground huts of the Co.Yukon tribe.
The ptarmiganS and boreAi owls.
The shores OF the Arctic Ocean.
The American nag at Point Barrow.
The sun., 1897-08-16

According to our esteemed contemporary,
the Memphis Commercial Appedl the people Of
Arkansas going to build and equip railroad
across the State. Provided Arkansas does go
into tho railroad business, 1t will be interesting
to watch the result. The feelings of majority
of tho Arkansas folks are not thought to be
friendly to railroads or to the capitalists who
can afford to build them. Private capital Is not
anxious to construct railroads in Arkan-
sas or there would be less talk about
n State road. II such a road is built
and operated, the conflict of interest be-
tween the majority OF taxpayers and the ship
pers Of freight and habitual passengers will be
fine. When railroad is no longer a cruel cor
poraton, but u State institution the expenses of
which must be paid either by the receipts or by
general taxation. the fact that n railroad has as
much right to make q living rs its customers
have may dawn upon the Arkansas mind. 1t is
somewhat likely. however. that Arkansas will
not build railroad at once.
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nies with some of the mooted schemes OF
closer formal union, they will he restiye'
Mr.. REID said, finally, that the real test OF
the unity Of the empire will he made when
the next great war comes; that is to say,
provided the war ia one OF defence, for II
England started war of aggression she
would find the colonies cold.
There was not much comfort for Mr..
CHAMBERLAIN in the views expressed by
Mr.. G. II. REID. backed as these were by
almost equally plain speaking on the part
Of Sir WILFRID LAuRIER. On the whole,
the scheme of imperial federation seems as
dead as that Of international arbitration.
The sun., 1897-08-16

A despatch to the Denrer Times tells a
mournful story. The grain crop in the San
Luis Valley is SO enormous this year that the
farmers are going to build a railroad from the
fields to the town Of Hooper. Not only does
"the wheat yield this year promise to be the
greatest in the history OF the San Luis, 4"
but San Luis wheat has frequently sold
higher than wheat has been quoted for
the Eastern markets." So these Wheat
Kings about to become Railroad
Kings. Such is the depraving effect of the
alarming rise in the price OF wheat. Not only
are tho San Luis farmers becoming plutocrats,
but they are about TO form u corporation. that
greatest OF iniquitics next to a trust. Why is
the voice Of the Rev. MYRoN W. REED muffied
when prosperous Crime thus stalks through the
San Luis Valleyi What eclipse wells the Red.
Headed Rooster of tho Rockiesf
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Bunco.

We understand that numerous solid and
eminent New York citizens of various pro
fessions and degrees of association with
Republican politics Joined the Citizens
Union on account of the statement that
II was necessary to organize rapidly and
effectively to prevent the Greater New
York city from passing into the control of
Tammany Hall. While the Citizens Union
was to be a non. partisan organization, deal.
ing with municipal issues only the principal
elements of II were anti Tammany, and the
Bryanite Democracy's defeat in the future
New York was a condition of the fight.
,"Work with us or give us money" said
they, land help us beat Tammany."
In the beginning it was apparent to THE
Sun that the ambition of the Mugwumps
running the Citizens Union was not occu-
pied, with Tammany at all, but with the
Republican party, against which they ragged
the moro savagely because they had been
compelled to support it's candidates year
ago. They were sufficiently polite, how
ever, to put forward as their own n candi-
date who, under certain conditions, could
pass as Republican, but who, ncverthe-
less, was particularly obnoxious to the Re
publican party, Mr.. SETH Low. They chose
Mr.. Low, though very many of them secret
ly despised him as a politician and a trim
mer, according to their own standards.
Well, aside from the yellow journals
which have doomed Mr.. Low for sensa
tion and to secure to themselves some
standing with respectabilty, the two lead
ing newspapers that support him are the
Erening Post and the Times, and they
now confess their real feelings
Last Friday the Ercning Post signified
that, so far as il was concerned, its motto
was: Success to the Citizens Union or
death to the Republicans. "There may be
Republican politicians ready to turn over
the city to Tammany rather than accept its
salvation through the Citizens Union"
said the Post; "but it is incredible that they
can impose such policy upon their party"
The next morning the Times spoke even
more plainly. THE Citizens Union," it
said, Islands for great deal more than
the defeat of Tammany Hall by the election
OF Republican Mayor. The voters of this
the boon Of Republican Mayor. They don't
want Republican Mayor. They would
elect Tammany man instead, If PLATr
should put up one of his own men,"
The Citizens Union, manifestly Social
istic in its makeup and avowedly Social
istic in its purposes, appealing steadily to
the forces of disorder and social disturb
ancc, has been fired from the first with a
desire to smash the organization that
stands pre-eminently for social order and ma
tional honor. 1t buncoed men into it's men,
bership by the pretence that it was opposed
to Tammany Hall. AS matter of fact it is
primarily inimical to the party in power,
the Republicans. 1t is no place for any
honest believer in the ideas that prevailed
10 providentially In the election of 1896.
The sun., 1897-08-16

Poeticai Thrusts BxehanEed By Bsiss Hannnh
'. Gould ana Caleb Cushing Long Ago.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. I was
much interested in article in THE SuN
OF Aug. 3, relating to Mrs. Harriet Farley
Donlevy. 1t brought to my mind some remnis-
cences which may be worth printing. remem.
Der my pleasure in reading the Lotrelt Offering
when child of 8 or 10 years old, and how anx
iously awaited the coming OF every number.
To the best OF my recollection Miss Lucy Lar.
com was then tho editor probably suo.
ceeding Mrs Donlevy--and her articles were
always moro eagerly read by me than any 9th.
ers. 1t was her work on that little magazine
which laid tho foundation of her useful and
honored career.
Mrs. Donlevy also gives some anecdotes OF
Miss Hannah F. Gould. NumberlcsB similar
stories were current in my young days The
premature epitaph" was n favorte style Of
Wit, and many specimens were TO be found in
Gushing, distinguished lawyer Of the Bay
State. was an intimate friend of Miss Gould,
and they frequently exchanged jeur despTtt.
She once sent him the following:
Lay aside, all ye dead,
For In the next bed
Reposes the body OF CushnEt
He has crowded hls way
Through the world, a. they say,
And even in death will be pushinei
Ho responded with
Here lies one whose wit
without wounding. could hit;
And green be the turf that's above hers
Having sent every beau
To the regions below,
She las gone down horself-for lover
NJ. l.. n.
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Tho cry is "Still they come" Buyers from
North and South Carolina, From old Kentucky. from
Alabama and West Virginia from Georgia Tennessee,
Florida and Louisiana have invaded the city-Rfch-
mond Dfspafch
So the Southern merchants are focking to
Richmond. foretelling prosperity and bringing
some specimens Of 1t with them. The Richmond
Dispatch doesn't rebuke, but encourages. their
coming. But why does it do sol Isn't this
seeming prosperity merely dream or mirage
How can trade thrive in Richmond or anywhere
else without the free coinage of silver. to which
the Dispatch and the rest Of the Virginia De-
mocracy are enthusiastically pledged May 1t
not be that these seeming buyers who have
come to Richmond are agents hired by the gold
bugs to deceived
The sun., 1897-08-16

The silverites are not dismayed by the
rise Of wheat coineident with the fall OF silver.
True, their favorite dogma, that wheat and sill
yer rise and fall together. has been cruelty dis
credited; but they do not mind that Governor
ALToELD consoles himself by declaring that,
although wheat soils at 81 per bushel in gold, It
would sell at $1.5o per bushel in silver, and
therefore the farmer under the gold standard Is
robbed Of so cents bushel. Governor TILL
MAN maintains that the rise In wheat Is
only temporary, and that 1t will go down
along with other things, until silver is remone-
tiSed. Senator JONES thinks that tho rise in
wheat and the fall in silver equally demonstrate
the correctness OF the Chicago platform, and
Senator WHITE says that wheat is high, not
withstanding the discrimination in favor of
gold. 1t would be higher in the absence Of gold
appreciation" All this shows rank ingratitude
for an unexpected blessing and greediness
surprising that Of the most avaricious godbug.
The sun., 1897-08-16
Foreign Notes or Real uu,eres..

Rosa Bonheur has been made an honorary associass
Of the Academy OF ST. Luke at Rome.
; Venerable Brook Decides ArchdeAcon OF Lucknow.
the recent Anglican conference led every who
| him to ask; "who is that Bishop with those
splendid legs?
Though the Grenadier Guards have been ordered TO
Gibraltar they will leave their bearskins and uni
forms behind helmets and special uniform for for.
eign services having been ordered for them.
France may have Cabinet crisis before long. a.
the employees in the Ministries who receive tips Of
100 francs each from the outgoing and incoming MIN
listers think that the Meline administration is staying
in power too long.
Trustees have been appointed for the Wallace col.
lection recently bcqueAthed to tho British nation.
Among them are Lord Rosebery, Sir Edward Msiet
late Ambassador TO Germany; Sir j. Stirling Maxwell
and Mr. Alfred de Rothschild. Parliament has Just
voted 8iOO 900 for the purchase and alterations Of
Hertford House TO hold the collection.
Toulouse mothers have sent protest 20 the Min.
lister OF Education against the character OF the Latin
paper at the recent examination of
the university. The passage selected was PhsdrAb
declaration OF love TO Hippoytus In senecAs tragedy.
the eanng OF which the Toulouse ladies know
Racnes play and think too immoral to be put before
young men. Their Indignation is increased by the
fact that an unusually large number OF tho cAndi.
dates were rejected.
NJ. CabalEar. French aeronaut. whose name sug-
gests that he comes from the land OF TartArn OF
Tarascc reports that he met with strange advsn'
ture in a ascent from Annecy in Savoy. Feel.
ing that the balloon heing pulled violently. he
looked out, and was amazed soc a gigantic eagle
climbing. with extended wings down the ropes to-
ward the Here 1t remained staring nxedy at n.
cabaLar till the balloon neared the ground an hour
sfterward, when It was frightened away by the
shouts OF a crowd OF peasants.
il COuper. the South African novelist and cham
pion pugilist has shot himself. He the son N a
respectable Edinburgh solicior and after graduating
from ST. Andrews University took to life of adv"n
ture He was nrst sailor then Joined the Sew Tea
land constGbuaIy. became champion boxer OF
the island and later enlisted in the irregular forces 10
South Africa, In 1899 he fought Wolf B"ndon, whom
Barney Barnato had brought out. for the champion
ship OF South Africa at johannesburg and defeated
him in twenty.siK rounds. The stakes S22o00 were
then the largest ever put up for prize nght couper
wrote novel called mixed Humanity" OF WhAOh
10000 copies were sold. Ne was As years Of -.
The sun., 1897-08-16

The Attending Progress or the Seth Low Bo0In.
From the Mtdsummer Number Of The Nurserr.
The reports sent in by individual members Of the
Executive Committee the most encouraging ever
known ct SO early date in the season.
"The campaign RACES on the Arno." writes Mr.. Ful.
ton Cutting. the Chairman. from Italy. land there 10
every prospect Of overwhelming victory for Mr..
Low II he will rum"
Ihave discovered at Paul Smiths, writes Edward
D. Page, "a popular desire which will astonish oven
the enemies Of Mr. Low and Justify his friends an
pushing the work day and night"
Mr. W. J. sehienelin writes In similar vein from
Bar Hsrbor, "Ihave to report that Mr.. Lows con-
dition is unchanged. ride over to see him every
day at North East Harbor. and q uniying force,'
I have never found his equal have caused Q mil.
lion indorsement blanks to Be posted on the rocks
about the island and thous and camp chairs 70 bo
bought TO accommodate the signers. The Low cam.
pagn the talk Of the cottages here and the Life Of
the season"
Mr.. John B. Pine than whom no man II m ore quail
ned to speak. writes from Pittaneld, Massi at may
truly say was never engaged In any political work
which was moro congenial or for which the soil was
mope thoroughly prepared while moving my grnss
this morning received inquiries from many perSons,
including q Vermont Senator and seeotnan Of West
Medford which convinced me that we could count on
tho entire Massachusetts II stick to plan
OF nominating Low"
Mr. John Brooks Lesvitt reports that the longshoqs
men in Halifax have . ratification meeting on
Dec. L. and tho timber interests unit for Low.
Richard Watson Glider. who has been catching but
ternies In Arcadia has twtttered tho following madr
gal over tho long distance xylophone:
"sweet and low. sweet and low
Wind OF the western seas
BLOW: bowIeiov high. blow Low.
Anything to please"
"Klondike roar for Low" is the laeonio csbie
sent by Henry D. Kuhnhardt, whose whereabouts
have been unknown for some time, but who has been
known TO be ut work in the
Many others Of tho Executive Committee YET to
be heard from.
Charles G. Nada was assigned to Far Rockaway
and Marthas Vineyard John g. Agar is doing spen-
did work in Newport. John Frankenhoimor 10 hust-
ling at Hot Spring., and Joseph LarocQue account
of his knowledge of international law, sent 20
the Transvaal to influence the Kafnr vote.
The relatively unimportant local matters in the
hands Of James B. Reynolds. who has spent
0<9o,so2.<1 on circulars, postage. and collection
agents. and received upwards" OF 1900 sigma
tures to Q blank in the following form:
"nLow runs. and If feel like it I'll vote for hn."
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ciAl insolence;" that "tho patience Of the
people is well nigh exhausted" and that
"plutocracy's supple tools obey their or
ders with alacrity. but there will como
day OF reckoning. and revolution,
either at the ballot box or by bullet Is inevita
ble." It ia rather surprisng to learn that Mr.
T1LLMAN doesn't regard his own revolutions as
sufficient. The Hon. Potato PINGREE Of Mchi-
gan looks portentous as he announces that we
are sowing the wind to reap the whirlwind"
Mr.. P1NGREE is an authority on wind. "In our
greed for great wealth." cries this peninsular
hero. I'VE arc becoming not only inhuman but
foolish" The Hon. POTATO PrNGREE is not in.
human.