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Two Sagacious Spaniards.

Among the Spaniards who, Mt this crisis
for Spain, have made it manifest that they
possess unusual sagacity are Senior MoRET
and Senior SILvELA, the u%ttcrances of both
of whom in regard to public affairs have,
at various times. been printed in The sun.
We have the report of a speech which
Senior MORE recently made at Saragossa,
and also the report of II speech which Senior
SILVELA made at Valencia in the first week
of this month. The character of these
speeches is such as to give assurance that
there are yet men of foresight among the
politicians of Spain.
In most forciblc language Senior MoREr
arraigned the rulers of Spain for their NAL
treatment of Cuba. When WEYLER WAS
sent there he entered upon a career of
slaughter, devastation, and vengeance; his
policy was iniquitous, his DEGREES were
cruel, his boasting was that of mendacity,
his plans were ineficacious, "How long
is this going to last T. inquired the speaker.
"How long shall we continue to send
our soldiers to Cuba" The Spanish peo.
pie, the Spanish treasury. Spanish pride,
and all the interests of Spain have suffered
through the p~rolongation of the war. The
logic Of the situation requires either the
determination of the Cuban people or the
withdrawal of the Spanish army. Senior
MoRET would retain Cub rs a Spanish
colony by granting the just demands of
its inhabitants. He would bring the war
to an end; he would not ask the Cubans to
submit in return for any promise that
might be made to them; he desires first JUS
ticc, and then submission. II was u telling
sentence that he uttered at the close of his
speech: ~ do not know of any case In
which those who submitted ever obtained
what they had wished"
The speech of Senior SILvELA at Valencia
is all the more significant because of the
circumstance that, in case a more Liberal
Cabinet shall be formed, he is likely to be
chosen as Minister of the Interior. Twice
within the past few months he has
spoken of the possibility of the aban-
donment of Cuba. Reason tells U.S."
he said at Valencia, "that rebellion
has been provoked by the denial of
the right to autonomy He declared
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WHO FIRST SAID B11zz1Rp,
Probably Not MIR. nate. OF Atkinson.

To T!iE EDITOR or THE Sun Sir, In Tn,
SuN Of Aug. II is II quotation from the N,brost,
state Journal headed MAN who Coined IN.
Word Blizzard Breaks His Wrist"
As tho claimants TO tho coming Of thi, vo-,
seem as numerous as tho "pchhlcs on III,
beach," will you allow mo to relate nm inc;acr.
bearing upon It'll
In one OF tho issues Of the Duiiy En G,.,rJ,
appeared the following:
In 1851, |, the editor Of this paper, "a, Tho, ~
ping Of a hotel In New York city. uu, i11 n,tnTNr,
talking tn a companion q programme W., hlndsi w
u" %ss announcing pr0T %nasr t@S pe WS tSrn Sv %6 4 mo'ca Ni,s,d.
performance that night, / remnrking tIbt D., ntyI,' ~,
1h rSs s"mc order or %dI eSteTiRty !p ns sIwno rs', u, 'a' 'cof
prcstidigitator at that time, We ntt'u NJ , aHs AZ AZ,
30 s. % SUtils su Tta : and az the Ans sSscenslo %'' a,l lI,rr, s,
marked 20 my companion that Andc scuwa, not ON,
Of Biitz and tho Inst syllable OF wisSrd- sftr "a , SI,
I frequently used the word Blizzard To- convey tbs
idea when any ono thing exceilod the original e, ~"
cially In dexterity. fury, or violence.
Tho editor Of this paper and writer OF tho fore.
going was II. A.. Maltby.. UnrortunalrIy for
him I found the word blizzard " in CrorkctTt,,
teen years before Mr.. Multby "orlginaicd i,
and suppose I shattered one OF his Idol. nv an,
referring TO Murrsy's Now English Dlc,io,.
airy. which, by tho way, quotes the very WORK
mentioned above, find tho WORD defined a,
his '.Americanisms," derives the word ON tbs
German :" blitz," lightning, and adds that a cor.
respondent TO Notes and Queries" claims il IA
be OF English nationality, asserting that in liz
present form 1t has been known in the Midland
counties Of England for many years, Tie
Standard dictionary. while localizing tho word
to the United states, quotes the following from
a contemporary journal:
Since our great recent blizzard the old English
word which describes so picturesquely our English
snow blast . . . is spoken OF by some OF our Iour.
nalists as an e Americanism " and even such al.
mirable photographers and philologists as Murray
. " . tr" at the word as a modern American,sr
. while. SO far from its being American IN
origin. It was not till within the last thirty years,
according TO Bartlett and other American philolp
gists, that II was ever heard in the Eastern state,
and in the Western a blizzard " meant a knock.
down blow from an argument, not q knock down
blow from q snow blast.
The Standard itself derives the word from thu
Anglo-Saxon " blGsan,'' blow, showing tina, il
Is by no means of recent origin.
In the face of these facts l have grave donb,s
u Mr.. Q. G. Bates OF Atkinson, Ncb, is entitled
to be designated as tho =" coincr" of blizzard"
though he may have been tho first to use IT |,
the " barren and desolate region OF Esther
willie, la. FRANK Ii. vIzETELLY,
AUG. 16, 1897.
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Silver Republicans md Gold Demo-
Gratis.

Senator TELLER Of Colorado, the ablest
head among the so.called silver Republi.
cans declares in an interview that there
must be no union between the Republicans
and the silver Republicans in that State
next fall. 1t would be impossible that
there should be such n union in Colorado or
any other State unless one side or the other
was willing to give up or suppress its opin-
ions as to the free coinage of silver. Neither
has altered its opinions since last fall,
or seems likely to alter them. Inevitably,
therefore, the silver Republicans remain,
for all practical purposes, Democrats. The
free coinage of silver seems to them the
most important question of politics, and al
they agree wit the Republican party
in most of it's policies, their political course
must be with the Democratic party because
they believe that party to be right on what
they regard as the main and real issue.
They cannot afford to be deceived by the
juggling pretence of State and local issues.
They cannot agree to unite with and
strengthen the Republican party in munich.
pal and local elections, for 80 to do would
be to strengthen the Republican party as to
national issues. Whatever helps the Re-
publicans, hurts the prospects, if there are
any prospects, of the free coinage of silver.
The silver Republicans must decline to give
any aid to the Republicans in any election
anywhere. Otherwise they would be work
ing against the very policy on account Of
which they left the Republican party.
The case of the so-called gold Democrats
Is precisely the same as that of the silver
Republicans. Both regarded the silver ques.
ton as the main issue. differed with their
party, and left it. For the gold Democrats
who voted for PALMER and BUCKNER left
their party just as much as the gold Demo-
Gratis who voted for MCKINLEY and HOBART
left 1t. The names National Democrats"
National Democracy" were and are mis-
nomers. There is at present only one ma
tional Democratic party, and that stands
on the Chicago platform.
Less consistent or less earnest in their
belief than the silver Republicans, som of
these former Democrats are either longingto
get back into the regular Democratic party
or are willing to give it aid and comfort.
They are ready to help it in local or State
elections and they pretend that national
issues are not involved in these elections
and will not be affected by them.
The silver Republicans have more logic,
more sense and more sincerity.
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The Brooklyn man who stopped The policeman
on the corner just n minute before the policeman
stopped him looked as II he had been through a
k!ondike winter and had left the country after
ward through the little end of n thrashing ma
chine.
policeman put in:
What's the matter with you, anyhow 2" he
asked.
domestic, purely domestic" he explained.
Glad to hear there are no foreign complica.
tions.' said the officer. encouragingly.
There amt: there never is; there never was;
but what us married men need is protection"
Well. hasn't the Ding!cy bill gone through
n.whooping , What moro do you want r. smiled
the officer, who was disposed TO be facetious.
Yes; but that's got nothing to do with my
case contendnd the man Indignantly. What
Us married men want is protection against our
wives. look at me. Mr.. officer; look at Inc. I'm
q married man. and my condition is entirely due
You are sober enough, I guess said the of.
flccr, looking him over.
Course l lam. faint that neither. What we
turning out all kinds Of machines that are doing
all kinds OF things we don't have any use for
their marrowboncs and invent a machine that
will go on the letter a wife hands to her husband
to mail when he's got something else to think
about. so that when he passes a mail box or a
carrier or the, Post Office. this same invention
Will yank the letter out OF his pocket and chuck
The whole, thing into where, 1t belongs. Then
when the letters are collected the machines can
be taken Off and sent back 10 their owners for
future use. Now a thing like that would have
saved me from looking like | look now and would
have made it possible for me TO go back home
before two weeks"
Why" began the officer, when the man shut
him Off.
"Aw. don't why me any why's" he said. "By
gosh. l carried that letter around two weeks,
and 1t ought togot to the place in four days, and
when 1t DIDN'T it kept my wife from doing some.
thing or other ono OF tho new women societies
she belongs to wanted her TO do. and so she Just
lit into me. and you sec what a wreck l am"
IT., " mere are you going r. asked the officer
"Darned II ! know" he said. 81 guess I'll go
down here to the nearest saloon and throw dice
10 see whether I'll go TO a hotel or q hospital"
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November in n manner somewhat unusual.
The President Of the Council il to BIO voted
for by all the qualified electors Of the en-
lcrged municipality, along with a Mayor
and Comptroller, and the other twenty
eight members by Council districts, as iol-
lows: Three members in each OF the five
districts Of New York, "A total OF fifteen ;
three in each of the Council districts OF
Brooklyn, a total of nine two in that part
of Queens county to be joined with the city
OF New York, and two from Staten Island.
The purpose of the trainers of the charter
appears TO have been to secure Council
men and Aldermen of good qualifications,
by choosing them in as large districts as
possible, the theory being that both
political parties would DO careful in
the selection of their nominees for dis
tricts thus large; and since In each
New York and Brooklyn district there
would be three candidates on each
ticket, an unwise or ill-considered nom
nation In n closely contested district
might entail the loss of all three members,
and with it, perhaps, control of the Assem-
bly,. How far this view of the case will
be sustained or disproved, remains to be
seen, but it Is certainly u fact that the
present method of electing Aldermen in
New York and Brooklyn is not responsive
to popular requirements, and Is not truly
representative. At the municipal election
of three years ago, when h present
Aldermen were chosen, the local Tammany
Hall ticket was defeated by a majority of
10000, yet a majority Of the members
elected in that contest arc Tammany men
or arc acting with Tammany, which is in
control of the board.
In the Presidential election of 1892 q
still more fragrant instance Of the inequality
of the present system was shown. The Dem
ocratic vote in that year was 10000, and
the Republican vote 100000, approximate
ly. But the New York Board of Aldermen
was solidly and unanimously Democratic.
There was not a Republican member in it.
Under the plan of election of the new Coun-
Gil, from enlarged districts, n more thorough
ly representative Assembly is probable, and
as the duties devolving upon its members
during their first term are serious and very
important, the expectations of the trainers
of the enlarged city charter may be fully
realized, to the great public advantage.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-18
French Bounties on Fish.

The discussion among our %neighbors of
the dominion as TO whether they shall off
set the bounties paid to French fishermen
by heavy duties on French fish warehoused
in Canada, concerns an old grievance.
France has for many years regarded her
fisheries as a training school for her navy,
and as n source of reliance for increasing
the personnel of her fleet in time of war.
Accordingly she has granted them large
subsidies. taking the form of bounties on
the sold catch, besides outfit and other
bounties. The effect has been to enable
the French fishermen to undersell the
Canadians and Observation-Disclosures in various
quarters, perhaps notably in the markets
of southern Europe.
Again and again this matter has caused
deep feeling among the people of the Do
minion and of Newfoundland. Sometimes,
when disputes as to selling bait nave come
up, it has been intimated that the French
would find no difficulty in procuring it, II
they would only forego their Government
bounties. OF course, however, they would
be foolish to make such a bargain, giving
up a certainty Of large profits for the sake
of greater convenience and some saving of
cost in obtaining bait.
The bounties, therefore, have continued,
and one suggestion after another has been
made in vain as to the best method of over
coming the advantage thus given to the
French fishermen. In our Ottawa de-
spatches it has been said that the bounty
" averages 81 per quintal on dry fish ,cx-
ported to America. the Indies, and the
west coast of Africa, and $3.50 per quin-
tai for exports to European countries or
foreign States on the Mediterranean so
that when $3.50 or ~ is the price of a
quintal, it is seen how such a bounty covers
risks and allows the French also to defy
competition in some markets.
1t still seems doubtful, however, whether
the Dominion Government will attempt to
impose Il customs duty equal to these sub
sides, and there is no indication vet that
France will abandon her system of boun-
ties on fish.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-18
Governor Pinsree's Discourse to the
Bankers.

In the address of welcome which Gov.
ernor PINGREE of Michigan delivered yes
terday to the delegates of the American
Bankers Association assembled at Detroit,
we find some things which must have sur
prised, if they did not delight, those who
heard them.
The Governor, after welcoming the dele
gates in behalf of his State, began by assur-
ing them that whatever mems ideas may
be upon the subject us to what money metal
of ultimate redemption Is best in the
worlds and monetary systems, 1
believe it is conceded that when silver grad
ually ceased to be part of the stock used for
such purposes in the balance of trade and
otherwise, the available amount of pri.
mary money was reduced about one.
half" Considering that in the twenty-five
years and more which have elapsed
since the unlimited coinage of silver was
stopped in Germany and France, the
worlds stock of gold available for none.
tary purposes has been increased by at
least So, 900, 900, 900, that this country has
added $500, 900, 900 to it's silver currency,
and that in no part Of the world has there
been any reduction of the volume of silver
money in circulation, the Governors belief
appears to be founded upon magma.
ton and not upon facts.
As a partial remedy for the evil Of gold
monometallism, toward which the Governor
comedies hat the world is tending, he
recommends a tax upon gold jewelry and
other manufactures Of the metal. This, he
thinks, will prevent an increasing strin-
gency in the available supply of gold coin
which would otherwise occur. As if
people wear gold jewelry and use gold for
decorative purposes, because it is cheap,
and would use less of it if 1t were dearer!
Finally, the Governor advocates an
amendment to the National Banking act
permitting national hanks to lend upon
real estate. This, he says, would benefit
both the banks and those who borrow from
them. But what about the depositors in
sue banks! How could they get back on
demand from institutions which had locked
up their ]our in real estate loans the
money that was due them2
II the American Bankers Association
takes up seriously the subjects upon which
Governor PISGREE addressed it, he may
learn something to his advantage.
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The Municipal Assembly.


The fourteen Commissioners appointed by
Governor NORTON to prepare the charter
for the enlarged New York, which is now
law, made this reference to its plan for the
Municipal Assembly, the member of which
Will be chosen ut the November election
1.-THE commission has converted the present Board
OF Aldermen into a Municipal Assembly. consisting of
" HOUSES i" IA upper mouse OF ,weh'y'hlne members
an average nonn,at,on NJ mora than ano oon ann
lower house. consisting OF sixty members. one elected
from each Assembly district. also a large area. con.
taining an average population OF 10000. Experience
nu"s !. u mo,e mt 70 oorrup','o hiS'ead'
ANAL lsu,sIativc bodJss Tho s,nor,nnna ~, ",,na
countries ia almost uniform to this effect. Tho pres.
ent Common Council of the city OF London is com.
posed OF 2as members. the County Council OF London
Cotn.y ~ VI Aanehes'er ioa,oi GAS
Vienna ms" y"
m,o
Sns'- $50,
I-nitaJ ctotoa ~ 81 -
annondod Cana.;t,tans ~ ~
an -, ~,
n,or,harahin - 49, &C., hoa 49, ~
orooyod fror, 90 ~ IN - ~ osn
TO-, to,rn .,;,~aa '
,ha ctatos har;a - re
islators IN Nav ENGLAND for instonoo tta
benefits Of sucb enIargeJ md mnra .~"'o
ronrcsentative mo,nhersbin ar. oIao,n
,rrvoblc In Vermont whor. tho ;ooaI
outstond;ng State don't 10 ;rsinn;eaont
bning loss than Sooo O0o an nn nanaSaaS
valuation NJ 5000 600 ooo and 49,
cha rges If Ieois,otivo corrrnt;on ~ onia;aI
@wronpdoinp ara rare. the total mornhor-
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To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sfr: In your issue Of
the 14th you publish a report concerning the resi-.
dents OF the east side district in Allen street which
has emanated from q certain Rev. Herman Paul
Faust. For reasons. I suppose. best known to him
self, Mr.. Faust does not appear before the POLES
Commissioners TO give his statement; yet he maket
the sweeping assertion that " this is the most corrup,
neighborhood in the city, Notwithstanding the fact
that the reverend doctor avows for years he has had
active experience among the residents of that dis
trict. 1t Is a matter OF regret that his labors have
not borne better fruit. He styles himself a mission.
Irlrance Is to make an inNldious and wholesale coz.
women who belong to the same sect from which the
reverend doctor himself springs, Certainly sit is an
evil bird that fouls Its own nest" That there arc
some erring daughters among the Polish refugees Is q
distressing fact: but the exaggerated tone Of Mr..
Fausts utterances is very suggestive, savoriue OF sen.
sationalism ind a bid for nDtoriety.
The Rev. Herman Paul Faust belongs TO the genus
homo which produced apostate from
Judaism-a man who rcnounced the faith OF his
fathers and espoused Christianity as an easier method
to obtain n livelihood-who w as exposed by the New
York press as being unworthy OF meriting the conn.
dence of either Christian or Jew.
We must receive with great caution any sta:emen.
made by men OF that stamp. Let them establish
their own character before they assail that OF oth.rs,
especially dcfenceless women. JACOB G. AscHER-
NEW YORK. Aug. IS, 1897.
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THE SUN, WEDNESDAY. X1UGUsT IS, 1897.

I'm ~ n
that he did not believe that sven the grant
Ing OF autonomy to Cuba would give as
surance of peace and so ut Is folly to ex-
haust the nations resources merely to inn
pose n kind of rule, which would practi-
cally put an end to our sovereignty in
CUBA. Sehor SILvELA did not explain the
policy which, in his opinion, ought to
be adopted under existing circumstances;
but there were interesting suggestions
In one passage of his speech: Arc
we able to postpone the liquidation OF our
affairs in Cuba without at the same time
causing SPANS ruin2 Is there a possibility
that this liquidation can be accomplished
under terms more or less f~avorablcS 1t Is
the duty of the Government to act, even at
the risk of its life, and also to inform tho
country whether the time has come when
we must confront this dilemma: Either
CUBA shall ruin Spain or Spain shall aban-
don Cuba"
1t Is to be understood that neither one
OF the two political leaders here named lisa
separatist. Each of them is DESTROYS that
Cuba shall yet exist as n Spanish colony +;
but, at the same time, is DESTROYS that the
conditions of this existence shall be
changed, TO the advantage of Cuba. Both Of
them object to the further conduct Of
the war as It has been conducted both
acknowledge that they are dissatisfied with
the Governments Cuban policy; both ad-
NIT that the Cubans have cause for COM
plant and both would prefer the abandon
ment of Cuba to the prostration Of Spain.
Let the patriots hold out as they have
30 long held out, and Spain will surely
be driven to the conclusion hat they
cannot be conquered.
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Prepared ny the British-Hts Iredestined
Failure.

WARRINGTON, Aug. 16-Ncither the Mckinley
Administration nor anybody authorized to act
for IL brought forward tho now treaty OF nrbI'
tratlon after the Senate rejected the old one.
The simple fact is that Sir Julian Paunccfotc.
hor Majesty's Ambassador. after taking mo
account the objections urged by the public press
and the various Senators who spoke upon tho
question, drew up n new treaty. leaving out the
Objectionable features. and submitted IL Tor inc
consideration of our Government.
Doubtless he ind Lord Salisbury thought
tho original treaty, providing for general arbi-
tration with the United States and practically
neutralizing them In case OF war between Great
Britain and any of the European powers. n suffl-
cient advantage to justify their Government In
agreeing to Il special and precedent treaty FOR
the settlement OF tho Venezuela question. And
doubtless the rejection of tho general arbitra-
tion treaty by tho Senate after the Venezuela
treaty had been fully agreed to was looked
upon by those distinguished diplomats as a
piece of Yankee smartncss, tho effect OF which
was TO leave them without tho greater consid-
Grafton they had in view, and make them appear
ridiculous before the rest OF the world.
Tho paltry strip of swamp land and Jungle
in Venezuela, which they probably will lose
by arbitration. is as nothing In tho balance
against n general treaty of arbitration. which
should not only ncutralize tho great republic.
but, to the common mind, put 1t in the position
OF an ally Of Great Britain as against the Euro
pean powers. The accomplishment Of this end
would be n tremendously successful piece of
diplomacy for Lord Salisbury and Sir Julian
Pauncefote, and. although 1t has signally failed,
tho end aimed at still ~justifies them in re-
newcd efforts to carry the new treaty through.
They have thus far made no substantial
progress with either Secretary Sherman or Pres
ident Mckinley, and even II they should finally
succeed in getting their consent to this extraor-
binary piece of diplomatic altruism, they will
fare 10 better in the Senate than they did be-
fore, even if it should turn out that their new
treaty has been freed by Sir Julian Pauncefote
OF all its Objectionable features" The old
treaty, broadly speaking, was rejected because
the whole of it, which could not be emnsculated,
lay directly athwart the Monroe doctrine.