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The Political Salvation Army.

The Rev. DIR. WILLIAM s. RAINsFoRD of
the Citizens Union has assured Commander
BOOTH TUCKER of his sympathy and sur
prise" because jury has found that vocif-
erous Salvationist guilty of disturbing his
neighbors by means of brass bands, halle
lujah eye-openers, prayers of agony, and
other vexations of the public peace.
1t must not be assumed from DR.. RAINS
FoRDs assurances of sympathy and surprise
that he believes that tympanum piercing
and nerve-shaking noise is an essential
element of religious exercise, or that he
pines to have Commander BooTH-TUcKER's
cohorts camping out in Stuyvesant square.
DIR. RAINsFoRD is a political Salvationist,
and is now engaged with his brother Sal
vationists of the Citizens Union in politi-
cal campaign Of sound and fury. Frantic
preachments about "ToM PLATT," "mu-
nicipal franchises" the "laboring classes"
and "local issues" take the place of brass
bands, hallelujah eye-openers, and prayers
of agony. There is a vast amount of noise
made, and the public grow weary; and
that's the long and short of it.
Well may the megaphonous political Sal
vationist send greeting to the megaphonous
BOOTH TUCKER. Let us mot to the mar
riage of true minds admit impediment."
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We learn from California that a fruit

We learn from California that a fruit
company in that State has adopted an interest
ing method Of drying potatoes. by which they
greatly lightened, 30 as to be the moro avail
able for transportation. By the drying process
four-fifths of the weight is removed. without
lessening the nutritious value of the potato
or diminishing its excellence food when
cooked. 1t is reported that the company en-
gagged in this business will soon have ready
for market nearly a million pounds OF dried
potatoes, the original weight of which was about
five million pounds. The idea of drying potatoes
for shipment is not novel ; but we do not know
that 1t has ever before been carried out upon
large scale in this country. We cannot say how
the potato growers of the great potato-growing
State Of New York look upon 1t.
California is truly an enterprising State It's
fruit, vegetable. and grain raisers have In re-
cent years manifested remarkable amount
of ingenuity in marketing crops of their
ranches. They live far away from the centres
of population and they arc able to consume but
little OF their own food products; 30 that they
have to seek for markets, not only In this part
Of the country. but also in Europe and Asia
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Red Men as Soldiera.

| The orders to disband the last of the reg
ular companies Of Indians serving as sol.
diers, recall the progress of an experiment
which was founded on worthy aims and
somewhat justified. perhaps, by theoretical
considerations, yet which demonstrated it's
failure in practice.
The project Of organizing companies of
Indians, to be attached to existing regi-
ments of cavalry and infantry, was begun
under Secretary PROCTOR, who was a strong
advocate of it. Gen. SCHoFIELD, then COM
manding the army, considered, after trial
of the plan for a time, that 1t had been sue
cessful in it's principal object, that of fur
nishing a safe outlet for the natural mill
tary bent of as many as practicable of the
Indian youth, who might otherwise become
hostile from the lack of such an outlet.
Besides, it was desired to see how far
Indians could be relied upon to do share
of the military service In need, although,
as to that, said Gen. SoHoFIELD, ait is yet
too early to reach final conclusion"
But probably the War Department now
knows very well about how much could
be expected. The red men have shown that
they are amenable to discipline. are excel
lent skirmishers and scouts when properly
commanded, have natural aptitude for
military service, and can be we'll drilled.
Thus they might, In time of stress, when
the country wanted toput In the field every
available man, do good service even when
organized as companies.
On the other hand. the drawbacks to 80
employing them, instead of az scouts, have
been more and more manifest with ex-
perience. When the novelty of military life
wears away, some of the red men find It
irksome. An objection of the greatest mo-
ment is that the proportion Of them allowed
to have their wives and children with them
is far below what they desire. Then, alb
sence not only from their tribes but from
the region In which they were born is a
trial to them. Some of the habits of life
required of soldiers, such as living In houses
instead of tepees, and the inhexible routine
of service, including its labors, contrast un-
favorably, In their view, with the lounging
freedom Of reservation life.
In short, 1t was less the white men than
tho Indians themselves that solved the
problem. 1t was found that, when their
terms expired, they were rarely eager to re-
enlist, and sometimes, 1t Is said. they even
paid the purchase money required to secure
their discharge before the time. Recruiting
became difficult, and the companies began
to dwindle SO as to make 1t advisable to
consolidate or oftener to disband them.
Thus one after another dropped out. The
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THE SUN. MONDAY, MAY 81. 1897.

OF his party In this State and city when he
says that "the Democrats Of the State be-
lleve, and I believe, that a platform adopted
by the National Convention Of the party
stands not for six months or q year, but for
four years." They are striving already
for victory in 1893 and 1900, victory
founded upon the reaffirmation of the
Chicago platform. For such victory the
winning Of the greatest city in the country
would be a preparation that would have an
astounding effect. II they can show that
New York, where the conservative ideas Of
finance and public order and the integrity
of the Supreme Court were the strongest,
should go over to the enemy, what triumph
would be theirs, and how great would
be the despondency of the opponents Of the
Chicago platform.
Hear what the Chairman of the Popo-
cratic State Committee has to say:
There ID no doubt that the national platform eI.
pressed the wishes OF the great mas Of the Demo
orats OF the State last year. and docs to-day The
tremendous vote polled for ticket in this city,
195.o00 under the most discouraginG conditions.
shows what the local Democracy thought Of the plat
form. Those $4,000 voters. have no doubt, think
the samo way to-day. and do not think they Will
consent to have their national platform ignored"
Thus we see that the New Yorkers who
voted for BRYAN in 1895 will try to carry
the town for the Chicago platform in 1897.
And the forces Of public honesty and sound
money must beat them out Of sight.
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The Bryan Men in New York.

Mr.. ELLIOT i. DANFoRTH, Chairman of
the Popocratic State Committee of New
York, has as good an opportunity as any
man In the State to know what are the
opinions and wishes of those of its citizens
who voted for BRYAN last year. Hispost as
Chairman makes it necessary for him to in
quire into the sentiment of his party. He has
Just got back to this city after tour among
the smaller cities and the country districts
He has heard many Popocratic leaders and
followers give their views as to the future
course of Popocracy, and he has not heard
of any desire on ths part OF the men who
voted for BRYAN and the Chicago platform
to suppress their convictions. These men
have not been converted. They have not
been changed into neutrals. There was no
reason to suppose that they had. A few
Tammany leaders ; a few gold Democrats
who were for gold last year; and the
few select citizens who have arranged for
an idyllic and severely localized campaign
on municipal issues only have either de.
ceived themselves or set out to deceive the
public with the notion that the Chicago
platform Is not to he advocated or Is not to
furnish the driving force for the Democracy
this year in New York.
There can be no doubt that Mr.. DAN
BORrH represents all but . minute fraction
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New and Novel Parks.

Second stories built on river piers, rooted
but open to the breezes at the sides.
make an admirable addition to the space
open to the public for recreation. In spite
of the tin roofs, wooden floors, and iron
pillars, every pier pavilion is practically a
park, an addition to the general park sys-
TEN. Some years ago, when the East River
Park was being prepared, and it was a
question whether to have one bridge or two
to connect the two halves of it which were
divided by street, the landscape architect,
Mr. VAUx, reported promptly in favor of
two bridges. "They will be- foored with
wood" he said, "but they will be as dis
tinctly park space as the asphalt walks
running through the grass" So it is with
the new pier parks, some of which are
building, with more to come.
On hot nights the piers have always been
thickly peopled by men, women, and chill
dren seeking for the breaths of air that can
be felt on the river front only. 1t is both
wise and proper to provide them with
places djsincumbered from the merchan.
disc of the docks, and all their own. The
new pavilions make life pleasanter in the
neighboring districts, and the Dock Com.
mission, under whose jurisdiction they
naturally fall, does we'll in erecting them.
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original order, issued in the spring OF 1891,
prescribed the recruiting of Troop L in each
Of the first eight cavalry regiments with
fifty-five men each. and OF Company
1 In nineteen infantry regiments with
the same number. That would have
brought nearly 1900 Indians into the line,
and accordingly the number OF Indian
scouts was reduced to $50. 1t does not APP
pear, however, that the proposed maximum
was ever secured. Some time later, under
Secretary LAMONT, II was shown that there
had not been enlisted an aggregate OF q
thousand Indians, and the number actually
In the ranks on Juno 80 of that year was
I'll, divided into six troops Of cavalry and
nine companies Of infantry. One after
another these organizations dropped Of.
The last one has held on quite tenaciously.
But now 1t follows the rest.
One fact which we must not lose sight Of
10 that the aborigines In our country are
less favorably situated for army uses than
the Indian or other tribes that England and
France employ in their colonies, because
our force Of enlisted men is limited to
$4,000. In a people numbering 90 many
millions, and with the pay SO high, there is
no difficulty whatever in getting plenty of
white and colored recruits. There is some
times even sharp competition for admis-
sion into the ranks. 1t is natural, there-
fore, that since every Indian admitted keeps
out one other possible soldier, army officers
should in general prefer other troops than
Indians, although fully recognizing the
value of the latter as scouts.
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SUNBE1MS.

Tho West Sullivan. Me-. baseball nine sawed a
pile Of wood for resident OF the place put the
money received FOR the work in the treasury
An Angora cat which BY accident was locked in
q trunk under some clothing At Tullahoma, Tenn.
remained there for seven days and revived when
taken out.
AT Bridgeton, Me-, Q ol l.year.old man dug up
two young maple trees. on his birthday, carried
them forty rods. and planted them at the edge OF
his driveway.
Mrs. Stow Wilson OF Sullivan, Me-. did NOT
dump her Kitchen firo from October until the mid.
die Of Nay, and in that time burned two and a
quarter tons OF coal.
-caterpiilars have begun their ravages early in
Nebrsska, and in soma parts Of the State have
eaten all tho foliage from wild fruit trees but
few days after the trees have been in full bloom
Pride OF descent 10 OF the old notions not
yet wholly eradicste1 in Kansas. the swtnsli fam.
fly OF Manhattan. in that State. claiming to be do.
scended from the Swiss reformer Zwfneii Of the
fifteenth century.
Not wholly believing In sterne's dictum a. to
the Provfdentiai care for shorn lambs in the wind
the practitioners Of Methodist parson in Caldwell
Kan, turned in and dug him . cyclone cellar.
"A Kansas City ticket AGENT who sold two Grip.
pie Creek tickets 70 . bride and bridegroom whose
Joint cash possessions amounted within 0I Of the
fare. not at rst content with the brides wedding
ring security for the difference. wanted her to
leave her MARRIAGE certificate also.
Tho chinaman's propensity for doing things
exactly as he zee, them done, errors and all. has
been told OF many times In stories OF efforts TO
teach him to cook after complicated recipes. The
latest variation OF the tale comes from the Nash.
vile exhibition, where the custodian OF the wo
man's building was seen one morning by Q curious
Celestial ~ she began the days duties. which In
cuded opening the regisser with an entry of her
own name. Later in the day the chinaman and
score of his fellows came through the building and
were ASKED to place their autographs In the visi.
tors book. They did not at hrst comprehend the
request. Suddenly he OF the early morning visit
was struck with an idea. In the words of the
Nashville chronicler: ''Ho went straight to cer.
tain drawer in table. took out . box. and retired
to . shadowy corner OF the room. Here he set up
Q small mirror. and while ono hand hitched at his
back. he used the other 70 rub gently over
HIS cheek with bit Of pink powdered channels skin.
Then with little pat on his forehead. and q anal
smile in the glass. he put all the things back
thsir places and took mp tho pen and with
unbFoken gravity made some figures the open
pare. and.thon laying it down gave o sign TO the
next In line."
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Tho Monument to Shaw.

Among the thousands of celebrations Of
Memorial Day one Of the most generally in
teresting will be that of Boston, where
the monument to Col. ROBERT GOULD
SHAW is to be unveiled.
The structure stands in front Of the State
House. and its central feature is Mr.. ST.
GAuDENss bronze alto relieve of the hero,
mounted and leading onward, in his last
charge his faithful colored soldiers of the
Fifty fourth Massachusetts Infantry, while
above is the figure Of Fame holding out her
laurel branch. The bronze is on q splendid
mass of granite, and surrounding 1t Is q
balustraded terrace, with decorations Of
spheres surmounted by eagles, urns. and
wreaths, above which are carved the names
Of officers who fell with SHAW, and in
scriptions to both officers and soldiers. The
sculpture Of st. GAUDENs and the archi-
tectural work of MCKIM, MEAD, and
WHITE have called out warm praise.
Born in Boston, ROBERT SHAW entered
Harvard in 1856, after prolonged travel
and study in Europe, and, when he had been
three years at the college, left it to begin
mercantile life in New York. When the
civil war loomed up, he joined the Seventh
Regiment of this town, and marched with
it to Washington. and then obtained
commission as Second Lieutenant in the
Second Massachusetts Regiment, for three
years or the war" He served in Virginia,
was present at Cedar Mountain, and rose to
be a Captain. On Jan. 80, 1868, Gov. An
DREW offered him the Colonelcy of the
Fifty-fourth Massachusetts,, the first regi-
ment of colored troops from Northern
State mustered into the Federal service.
He accepted, being then 26 years old, took
his regiment to Charleston, and there, on
July / 8, in the storming of Fort Wagner,
fell dead on the battlefield.
The regiment had been assigned to lead
STRoNa's brigade in the charge, and suf
fered severely under the fire concentrated
upon it from several points. A letter writ
ten at Gen. STRoNe's headquarters gives
this account of the charge, with what ex-
actness of detail we cannot say:
..when about ono hundred yards from the fort tho
rebel musketry opened with such terrible esct that
instant the rst battalion hesitated but only
for instant. for Col SHAW. springing to the front
and waving his sword. shouted, Forward. Fifty
fourth and with another cheer and shout they
rushed through tho ditch and gained the parapet on
the right Col SHAW Of the first to scale the
walls He stood erect to forward his mon. and.
while shouting for them to press on. was shot dead
and fell into the fort"
A generation has since passed, and years
of peace and brotherhood have reunited
and blessed our land. Yet it is pleasant to
recall the names and deeds Of the heroes
and patriots of those days, and SHAw's will
ever hold high place among them.
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The Saloon Out of Politics.

One of the purposes of the Liquor Tax
bill, the Raines bill, signed by Gov. NOR
TON on March %, 1895, was to eliminate
from the field of undue activity in politics
the proprietors of liquor saloons and their
employees and dependents, who were called
upon, alternately, by one or other of the
parties, to exert themselves and exercise
their influence in favor of the retention in
Office of those having control of the ma
chinery of "excise licenses" or their en-
forcement. 1t was believed that this In.
huence, springing from mercenary motives
rather than political principles, was cor
rupting. and that II it could be done away
with there would be a great gain to good
order, the proper administration of the
laws. and the integrity, independence, and
inviolability of the elective franchise.
What have been the results of the practi-
cal operation of the Raines law during the
last year upon the political activity of
liquor dealers in New Yorki Has the po-
litical influence of the liquor saloons ac-
tually been diminished, and, If diminished,
what has been the consequence
Firstly, the number of liquor saloons dis.
tinguishable from hotels and restaurants
territory of the Greater New York, with a
onsequent reduction of perhaps 40 per
cent. in the number of those engaged di-
rectly In the liquor business. That has
been the first effect.
Secondly, before the Raines bill the au-
thority to sell intoxicating or exhilarating
beverages was a license bestowed within
the discretion of the officers granting it,
with regulations prescribed by them, and
subject at all times, under certain condi-
tions, to revocation. Hence the right to
grant or to withhold liquor license was
within the control of local boards operating
usually upon the recommendation and
guided by the acts of the Police Depart
ment. The saloons, therefore, were In
thraldom, and the power of the licensing
officials was very great. Since the Raines
law this condition has been radically
changed. The authority to sell liquor is
now not a license to be given or refused
by public officials, but an inherent right sub
ject to certain conditions and the payment
Of Tax. A man may open a saloon with
the same ease and security that another
man imports goods from foreign country,
and pays at the Custom House the tax
which the law fixes. The New York LIQUOR
dealer who pays $500 for years tax, and
complies with the conditions, secures the
privilege to sell liquor and is no longer at
the mercy OF "discretion." which some
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Tho Lowest Depth OF Humiliation.


The puerile and spiteful Evening Post
has this to say Of Senator ALDRIoH's refer
ence to the purely revenue features of the
Dingley bill, as amended and reconstructed
by the Senate Finance Committee:
ave do not recall any case In our history when
party leader in either branch Of Congress made
more humliating exhibition in his championship Of
tho chief feature OF his partys policy. Certainly
there has been case where the members of party
appeared more thoroughly demoraiized than are the
Republicans they come TO comprehend how their
whole has been given away By their spokesman"
We have not observed any such indica-
tion of Generalization in the Republican
party. No speech In exposition Of any
tariff bill introduced in Congress for many
years has been received 30 favorably by
the business community az Senator AL.
DRIcH's lucid, temperate, judicial, and
mastery explanation.
Even IL this false Characterization of his
speech were true, 1t is remarkable, II any.
thing coming from such q source could
be remarkable, that q Mugwump newspaper
which supported Mr.. CLEVELAND and the
Wilson bill with slavish adulation should
now have the impudence to profess to be
unable "to recall any case in our history
when a party leader in either branch Of
Congress made a more humiliating exhibi-
tion" than did Senator ALDRIoH in advo-
eating measures for producing revenue suf-
ficient to save the Government from the
disastrous consequences of the deficit
caused by the Wilson tariff.
Mr.. CLEVELAND was elected President on
platform which demanded that the tariff
should be for revenue only, without any re-
gard to protection, policy which it de-
nounced in precise terms as unconstitution-
al, and tending to the enrichment Of the
few and the impoverishment Of the many.
Yet the Wilson bill, prepared under his eye
and with his connivance, created distinc-
lively protective tariff. and expressly ex-
cluded the purely revenue features necessary
toeven partial fulflment of the Democratic
pledge. 1t was bill of both cowardice
and perfidy, humiliating to the Democracy
and disastrous to the Democratic party and
to American industry. 1t was disgrace
full to the men who drew it with careful
elaboration for the purpose of nullifying
the Democratic platform, and to the party
whose nominal representatives they were;
and it was the moro disgraceful because
those men paid the price Of bargain
with Populism by connecting with the
tariff bill an unconstitutional income tax
in violation of all Democratic principle.
Now this feebly spiteful Mugwump sup
porter and applauder of that infamous
measure has the assurance to say that the
frank explanation of Senator ALpRIoH was
remarkable in history as humiliatinge ex-
hibition by party leader!
The lowest possible depths of humilia-
tion were reached when Prof. WILSON in
troduced his calamitous and peridious
tariff bill into Congress-; and the Demo-
cratic party has not yet recovered, and,
alas, may never recover from the disgrace
full humiliation to which he and his master
then dragged it down.