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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-07
Foreign So,e. or Re., u..s.....

"Lucin1" Is the suggestive name adopted - q
viennese midwife's association
King ChulAlonEkorn of Siam takes home with h.n
the degree OF doctor Of laws OF Oxford Unive-uity.
Hurel Mustard is the name under which q Loudn
eight yeAr-oId plGaoforts prodigy is Drawing shs
world.
Admiral Prince Louis Of Ba,ienherr has pubIished q
book on "Nen-of.wG Names; Their Meaning ana
Origin"
New Testament 'smmed IN a switch made n train
on the London and Northwestern Railroad Jump the
rails recently.
Nine, Rely. who under her maicen namC OF Amklts
fsiVre was the original siehei Ia Gounod's Z. Faurt."
has Just died In Paris. Her husband for many YEAR
wrote The musical criticisms for lie Iyguro over Ia
signature chErles Darcour1
Double suicides have received a setback in Franc.
A young man fired two revolver shots ioto hs
nistr"As 81 huvre and then shua himself wtthau,
tiilhg elmer The woman brought suit for dAmars
cone 10 ner and recovered 1000 frsncs.
Members Of the Chinese Imperial family will soon
"e rslir''aoed 10 tue cemetery. Il costa from 500. 600
1'V."o" tAe!s Tor the transportation Of a member
OF Tue hAr"H. aud 2,0OO.O 600 tasls for an smueror or
empress. A railroad FROM Pekin 20 the muusoIeurns
"Pn"'ee'ed IN order 70 cut down these 1psnseS
orsn In seriA has a pen health orr er ,ui in
He'i'e ter'lee Al the are Of lee year,. H. name 1.
IfsihOuiiIeL lac was born "a l77l. was CAPTURED By
ofA pirates In lsss. aud has never lri tie town
si"oe- ne married an ArAb woman. tau. according 70
N' N'HaOn AoTnfH9 fuSf, "hEs rea1oyted European
costume and IN spite Of his gres, Es AAs Quiss =
elegant sDDsaraasA"
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The Hon. JOHN F. SHAFRoTH, Colorado
member of the House OF Representatives. is on
hand again with an old plan Of his that fairly
says beneath its weight OF wisdom. He is going
to save several millions Of dollars to the Gov
erpment every year" by the following simple
measure:
when the current expenses OF the Government
exceed the revenues. the salaries Of ali employees OF
the Government shall he scaled down. Those who
draw over 81 800 per year shall DO scaled down 20
per cent. and all who draw less than that sum shall
be scaled down 10 per cent. and the r-duced rates
shAll continue in force until such time a. the revenues
will equal the current expenStA. / have studied the
proposition with care, and believe j can make q good
showing for the measure. Al nrst II looks like q sim.
pie scAlnE down OF salaries, bot tb & IL not the idea
nor il IL ths main feature, The measure Is framed 70
stop unwise appropriations ty CongresA. and 1t putS a
forfeit OF $50 per mon b on each Congrrsainan II the
appropriations are in rIcess OF the revenues."
Mr.. SaAFRoTH thinks that ne has found
the ablest recipe for economy that the world has
seen since the Hon. EDWARD ATKINSON began
TO devAStGte mankind and save its pennies by
means OF his Aladdin Oven. But Mr.. SHAFRoTH
will not be allowed 10 enjoy his lAurels unmo-
Tested. The Hon. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
has about made up his mind TO sacrifice his
celebrated diamond bosom pin ana 10 apply the
proceeds toward the payment OF the national
debt
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Tho Tail.End Mugwump Paper.

The Boston Herald, which supported the
Hon. SETH Low with really impressive
ignorance and enthusiasm, continues to
shed the darkness of its misinformation
over the politics OF New York. Its view Of
the political IND fence of the remarkably
unselfish and popular person who was NOM
mated for vice-President by the Republi-
can party in 1892 will be treasured by all
students Of humor:
The Neic York Tribune has apparently enlisted for
the war against PLATT. Il will not let up on him 4
part lie n ~ that the election 10 over. The Mayoralty
contest does not close Its campaign By any meana- II
Plat remains a. the leader of the Republican party
OF New York. IT must be with the leading Republican
paper Of the State in open oppos.t on TO him This In
itself Is suicidA party action II PLATTs leadership IL
continued"
We can hear the tears drop in the publica-
tion Office of Mr.. WHITELAw REIp's paper
when, even in ignorant kindness, anybody
calls it the leading Republican paper of the
State of New York. In that office the facts
are known There the pecuniary remorse
of Mr.. WH1TELAw REID is set down upon
books which will not lie, thus differing
Numerically from the upstairs shop of Mr..
WHTTELAw REID.
Inc neWboealerB IN this town and
through the State can give q shrewd
guess a. to the present depth of the
pecuniary remorse. Mr.. WHrTELAw REID
kicked at the Republican party In the
last campaign. The Republican readers of
Nj. Reds paper promptly and effectually
kicked him. They are not taking his pa
per. Nobody Is Its circulation Is princi-
pally confined to its exchange list. The
rents of the tall building in which the
paper is printed are dumped Into the deep
deficit which the paper makes, but do not
come near filling it The pecuniary remorse
of Mr.. WHITElAw REID on account Of the
refusal of Republicans to have anything to
do with his paper 10 acute and even awful.
Sadness in the publication Office writings
in the Tower.
In the days of HORACE GREELEY the
Tribune was the leading Republican jour
nal Of the United States. In the days of
the man who took it from HORACE GREE
LEY's dying hand the Tribune has become
the tail-end Mugwump paper OF the United
States. Its influence upon the Republican
party Of New York at present must be
nearly equal to the influence OF a fshworm
upon the procession of the ~equino1es.
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TIE Telephone In Politics.


The long-distanoe telephone Is a great boon 10 mem.
bep Of the Cabinet, as II Gllows them 70 keep IN clOs-
touch with their departments even when GGsant
from the capital Many questions are referred TO
Cabinet ON GERS over long-eistELce phones. Secretary
RlisS not infrequsnly holds conversation while he
Is In New York with OnicialS OF his department.
and while In Washington be has Interviews
with his business Managers in New York
FostmAster-GenerSi Gary when IN Baltimore uti.
lies the same means IN looking after hS department.
and while Al the cap tai IN supervising hS private
buEtness- Nearly All ;hs Cabinet ofhaers do tls same
thing. and II IL UNDERWOOD more Than one m+HLer OF
the Cabinet would probably not b. in such a position
were II not for the eonveuisnre OF modern means Of
communication. which has no longer made II neees.
GAry for an OfneiAl 10 be tied 10 hm dsSk IN the Do
DartIDsat over which he preEIdeL
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Weak Arguments for Bank Currency

In what will fortunately be his last Off.
cial report, Mr.. JAMES q. EcKELs, the
Comptroller Of the Currency, makes an
elaborate but altogether insufficient argu.
ment in favor of retiring the Government
notes, now circulating as currency, and Of
substituting for them notes issued BY
banks, partly upon security and partly
upon their own assets. Mr.. EcKELs is not
famous for his ability as an advocate. A
year g be presented, in his annual re-
port, q compilation OF figures intended to
prove that the failure TO fund in 1879 the
$346, DOC. 900 Of old legal tenders into 4
per cent. bonds had cost the nation a loss
of $34o. o00, 600, but he arrived at his con-
clusion by SO palpable a misstatement of
facts that only a few ill-informed people
were deceived into accepting it. Without
retractinG, qualifying, or Withdrawing this
make, in behalf of the banks, others quite
as wide OF the truth.
at is considered by every great commer.
cial Government except the United States
says Mr.. EcKELs, ito be the sole province
Of the banks to issue the paper which circu.
lates as currency" This is so far from the
truth that no bank in London and within
siHty-ive miles of London, except the Bank
OF England, is allowed to issue circulating
notes. and only ten in Scotland and six in
Ireland. There are q few little banks. in.
deed, in England which altogether issue
about FL 600. D OF notes, but this issue is
made under charters more thai fifty years
old, and is gradually being absorbed by the
Bank of England. In France there is blu,
n bank which issues circulating notes
in Austria-H hungary but one; in Russia but
one; in Germany but nine-eight OF then
originally Government institutions and one
actually such-and in Italy but six In al
these countries there are numerous Other
banks, incorporated and un~incorporated
but TO none of them is granted the privilege
of issuing currency. When Mr.. EcKELs
therefore, speaks OF "the banks" generally
as having this privilege in foreign coun
tries, so as to give the impression tina,
there, as in this country, many thousand.
of them exercise il, he tells an untruth.
MIR. EcKELs goes on TO say that 1.-THE ex
perience OF every Government has beer
that Governmental currency is a source O
weakness and danger" This is anothe.
untruth. Germany has for years ISSUED
Government currency 30 has Austria; anc
the Bank of England, the Bank of France
the Bank Of Germany, and the Bank of Aus
triG are Government institutions, controlled
or directed by the Government. Our ma
tionAl bank notes are printed by the Gov
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Dispatches from Colorado record the de-
cline and fall Of n trust. The Colorado farmers
who have been In the habit Of selling potatoes
TO Texas and the South. heard that there
was a short potato crop in the East. Thereupon
they formed . potato trust I'VE will hold our
potatoes until the price is so and 60" they
said. They were going TO squeeze Texas. They
decided to raise tho price of potatoes out Of
sight" But. alasi for the hopes OF munopo,ists.
The Minnesota farmers ARE supplying the
South with all the potatoes It wants at 90 cents
per 100 pounds less than the Colorado farmers"
and the latter are hunting YEARLY for some
body who will buy their potatoes at any price.
Thus does brother slash brothers throat and
thus IL the comb OF combination cut
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To TIE EprToR OF TIE srx-sir: In an editor1a,
article printed in the Evening Past OF Nov. 10, relat
ing TO the "Proposed Underground Rapid Transit"
IN New York. II was stated:
"A good many thousands OF our citizens had an
object lesson IN rapid transit this morning in the
annoying delAys and discomfort caused by the fog.
II we had an underground system. q fog would have
no eject whatever upon the movement OF trains.
Like snow and Ice 1t would be eliminated entirely
from the transit pro lem
The subjoined question was addressed by me 70 the
Erenin0 FoEf soon after. but thus far my communica-
ton has not appeared in any OF is iAsues. Perhaps
you may be disposed 10 print It:
"ls the writer in the Erening Post SURE that foEs
may NOT AFFECT the running OF underground trains ,
With certain temperature and other atmospheric
conditions favorable, q fog In q tunnel may be denser
and more impenetrabIe 10 vision than at the same
time II IS on the surface. c .LEvEhCR-
BROOKLYN. Dec. q.
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ernment, occurred By Government honda.
and guaranteed by the Government promise
"a redeem them, In case the bonds fall to
cell for enough to do 90. The only differ
enoe between them and the Government
potea IA that the banks draw interest both
on the bonds deposited to secure them and
on the loans they make Of them. II Gov
eminent currency is dangerous. then our
national bank currency ts dangerous, too.
The superior ability of the banks to pro-
vide for the payment Of these obligations
ia euloCiEed by Mr.. EcKKLs In q way that
makes one smile, who remembers how,
four times in twelve years, the banks Of this
city and nearly everywhere else in the
Union, have defaulted in the payment Of
their obligations to their depositors and
driven them to selling their claims at q
discount in order to get currency with
which to carry on their business. He says
that when the Government needed gold it
was the banks which supplied IL. but he
omits to mention that this gold was the
property, not Of the banks, but OF their
creditors, whom they refused at the same
time to pay even In paper. 1t would be q
bad day for the country wheni 1t had to rly
upon the banks for gold with which TO pay
its debts abroad. The banks have hereto
fore, in every financial crisis, suspended
payment, and they will always do so.
Mr.. EcKELs repeats the stale and often
repeated falsehood that 1.-THE credit Of the
Government has more han once been put in
jeopardy" through Its issue of demand
notes. in defiance Of the fact that for four.
teen years, namely, from 1879 to 1893,
these notes never caused the slightest anx.
iety, and that through every financial panic
they have been boarded as equal in value
to gold. Only when the Government rev.
enues began, as they did in 1898. to fall
short of the Government expenditures, and
tho gold reserve was used to meet the def
cit. vas there any question of the Gov
ernment's ability to redeem the notes, and
there never will be again if the notes are
reissued only against re-deposits of gold.
The best and the most that can be said
on behalf OF bank currency and against Gov.
eminent currency has probably been said by
Mr.. EcKELs. How weak and inconclusive
his argument is needs no further demon
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IN them becauss OF the greater dutiea i'm
poeed, &c attracts marked attention In a few
instances only. The trouble with the
Dingley tariff, 90 far ~ popular sentiment
is concerned, IL that Il IL not raising revenue
enough for the expenses OF the Government,
not hat its rates are lnjuriously high for
the consumer.
This IL the season Of the holiday trade,
and already Il II giving great activity to
many branches Of business and industry. It
is described by merchants as having begun
earlier than usual this year and to be as
Stunning proportions which promise to make
its volume larger than ever before. More
over. in spite Of the new tariff, shoppers
are attracted by prices which are small
as compared with those Of q few years ago.
improvements in methods OF manufacture
are lessening continually the cost OF pro-
duction and thus making mp for any increase
in the cost OF the materials entering into
their manufacture. In order to compete
with domestic production the foreign manu-
facturer is forced to put down his prices
to the lowest possible limit and to reserve
the narrowest margin of profit. Conse-
~quently. the difference In cost to the Ameri-
can purchaser because Of the higher tariff
is rarely enough to be especially notice
able, and. being confined to comparatively
few articles. principally consumed by a
small minority OF the community, Il docs not
appear at all to the great mas Of buyers.
1t is true that sugar is a little dearer, but Its
advance In price is too trihing to have any
considerable effect in increasing q family's
expenses. Other articles Of food, -four. for
instance, have gone up, but without regard
to the tariff.
1t is sufficient to read the holiday adver-
tisements in THE Sun to obtain convincing
evidence of what we have said. They show
that money never went further than it goes
now, and 30 far as concerns skill and taste
In manufacture it never went 90 far.
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Catholic Club LIhr.rr.

There will be q reception at the Catholic Oub
on Thursday evening on the occasion OF the 70
opening of the clubs large and valuable library.
The Board OF Management has extended thu
privileges OF the library TO the ladies OF mem
bers' families. The collection OF books is very
valus ble, over 2o.ooc in number. DR.. John g.
Billings. the Director OF tie New York Public
Library; Mr. Rossiier Johnson. President Of
the Authors Club: Mr.. Richard Watson Glider.
editor OF the Century Magazine. and the Rev.
Father Mcmahon, the superintendent Of the
Cathedral Library. will make addresses An
account will he given OF the Catholic Clubs
library and It's treasures. There will also be ON
exhibition the rare and valuable collec'Iou OF
msnuscripts OF ihe, early Jesuit missioners In
toEraph map OF the Mississippi River and
Father Jogues's account Of New Amsterdam.
This collection hss been brought from st.
the famous expert, Father Jones. 6. J.
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The Holiday Trade.

After the Mckinley tariff became law
there was a loud outcry against it all over
the Union on the alleged ground that II
had increased grievously the cost Of a large
part OF the commodities necessary to the
daily life of the people. Undoubtedly this
contributed 10 the election of Mr.. ClEyR.
LAND in 1892, with the consequent enact.
ment of the treacherous, bungling, and dis.
Astrous Wilson tariff.
Tit Dingley tariff has now been in opera.
ton for about -four months and some Of is
rates are higher than those of the Mckinley
tariff hut the complaints which were loud
In 1882 are not repeated in 1897, or at
least they are confined 10 newspapers " hose
opposition 20 IL is partisan. We question
il the run of people discover the effects of
the new tariff in the prices Of the articles
they purchase. When there is any increase
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-07
LAWYER BOONE DIsBARRED.
NE Worked AEainst His Client AFTER noau
Relations Were severed.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6-Judge Morrow In the
United States Circuit Court to-day disbarred
from all the Federal courts John L Boone, at
torney. for betraying the confidence OF his cli-
emit Boone won the suit Of A. w. Bowers
against A. W. Won Schmidt and others for the
infringement OF Bowers hydraulic dredgo pat
ents. He had such suits pending all over
America in all of which. as far as they
had been decided, he had been uniformly
successful in winning his cases. One Of these
cases was that OF Bowers vh. Louden W. Bates
of Chicago in the United States Circuit Court
OF Illinois. To Bates's attorney, Thomas A.
Banning. Boone wrote saying tn At the decree in
the Schmidt case had been obtained By fraudu-
lent means and perjured testimony. Boone 90
licited employment from Banning, saying he
was in possession of valuable information that
would beat Bowers.
These facts reached Bowers. and be Detitioned
for Boone's disbarment He denied. that he
knew OF the alleged perjury. He also charged
Boone with trying TO extort money from him
through a man named Saleno.
Judge Morrow scored Boone severely for hiD
conduct He said an attorney was hound In 10y
atty TO his client even after their relations were
severed. Boone produced q release from Bow
ers as justification. but the Judge held that to
recognize such a release as a ground for workA
ing against n former client would give rise TO
the Erossest frauds and ruin the standing Of the
legal profession. Hence he disbarred Boone,
who had been practicing in the Federal Court
for nine years
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The Heroes OF tho Day.

Tho public celebration Of the consolida-
tion of the Greater New York, which is
recommended by Mayor STRONG. is un-
questionably due to the great importance Of
the event. The suggestion of 1t came from
q correspondent Of THE Sun.
The first OF January next will mark the
beginning Of n new era in the history OF
New York, and the initiation Of an expert.
meut In municipal government which is
sure to have q profound influence upon all
American cities. New York will then step
up to the second place in magnitude among
the great capitals Of the world.
1t would seem to be desirable that II the
celebration is to occur 1t should take place
under the direction of men who were favor
able to the consolidation and are now salts
fed with 1t as an achievement, and not OF
the pessimistic philosophers who are going
about moaning over it as Q fruit of intoler-
able legislative despotism, though actu-
ally it was demanded by the popular vote
Of the communities concerned. Mayor
STRoNG's selection Of q committee of citi-
Gems to advise with him as to the manner
and details Of the celebration suggests,
however, hat in his view opposition to
the consolidation, past and present, does
not constitute any disqualification for such
service.
Whatever else Is done to make the event
memorable, the chief feature Of the cele-
bration must be the distinction given to
the Hon. ANDREW II. GREEN and the Hon.
]. S. T. STRANAHAN. They are the heroes
for that occasion. Without Mr.. GREENS
long and enthusiastic lahora- an heartily
seconded by Mr.. S~TRANAHAN. there would
have been no Greater New York to cele-
brate on Jan. /, 1898.
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OUR NEGROES DEoENERAr1Se.
a Medical Opision as TO the Measures Eeces-
snr, 70 Prevent Their Extiaetisn.

= y VbA1tou ~ 10 the Measures ASCeD-
sAr' 70 Prevent Their EItinetisa.
Prom the Medical Record.
The race problem in the South seems destined
to be settled according to natural laws, unless
something is done. and done soon, to save the
negro from the results OF his own vices and neg.
lect OF elementary hygienic laws. The test.
mony OF those who have studied this subject Is
al but unanimous. and IL has received add.
tlonal through the Investigations
h colored physician. Tue figures which he has
gatheret from a study of the vital statistics Of
that the death rate Of negroes is double
that OF whites in the same communities. and moi
among the colored than among Il the s white smaller nopgr
lation.. Furthermore. the day OF the st-iwart
negro is passing. II not already gone. and the
members OF ihe younger generation OF the race
make a poor showing as regards their size and
physical constitution when compared with their
DIR. Johnson attributes his degenerary OF his
rnce-righily, We believe-to the carelessness,
tunately characteristic OF a large portion OF The
co!oreu populat, on In the South since the civil
war: In anteeeilum days, says Dr.. Johnson.
the negro seemed 10 be an immune 10 Consume
lion. and many great medical writers and teach.
ere Toast o. never having seen such among The
negroes. Enforced temperAte living and SAM.
thry precautions made the black msn e physical
giant but the giants are disappearing, and in
ure and decrease vitality"
That this lie the true reason Of the colored
mans phe sichI oeleflOTdtlOn 10 further shown
by what SUPERINTENDENT Sternherg has 10 SAY
~ his rscrniiy issued annual r"porl concerning
the health o. the rolOred soldiers. Great I'M.
provement," he says, has taken place in the
past few years In the sanitary condition OF he
colored troops. The white troops have partjci-
psted In the Improvement. although their rates
hsve not fallen 70 'pidly as those Of the col.
oren men. The colored soldier lost SAG DAYS
run disability during the year. the white
solcier 1911. and the average time OF Treatment
9i s.ch case w"s, arHOilR the colOred troops,
loss dAyF: among the white, 1872 DAYS.
Ihese ngures contain much to encourage
lhose VINO have the future Of our cOlOred broth.
ers Al heart and who have looked with sorrow
uloD ID iT downward progress since the day OF
iheIr Emancipation. The hgur show. indeed.
lhat the race IL capable Of regeneration. since
even no" ms member living under tLe sanitary
am moral restraint OF army discipline are found
70 9e superior 10 their white rDulraces living
uhoef the = me conditions. The proof exists
that me colore1 race may vet be brought L,rk
70 " FORMER high sanitary condition, but The
probSem remains hOw to III IL up from ire
snyss ., misery and bow 70 avert it's ihresiened
esllhclioh; Here 10 n / 'sk for colored meinhsrs
OF our profession, which they can anc0nuiish a.
letter man their white oonfrtres aud Which,
devotion. H1