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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-08
Two Deeds.

There IL no use denying II; the Mug.
wump, the un.American pervert whose
dominating feeling Is hostility to demo-
cratic sentiments and habits, has exerted
during the last ten years a tremendous influ.
ence in American politics. He has done
two great things, one in national politics,
and the other in municipal politics of
national Importance.
AS an ally Of the Democratic party the
MuRwump, or Cuckoo, or Non.partisan, as
he is called in various aspects, has, through
promoting the candidacy Of the Hon.
GROVER CLEVELAND fort third term, rams.
formed the Democracy from q loyal bull.
wark of the Constitution and the princi.
ples of THOMAS JEFFERSON into a n in.
cendiary radicalism that to-day Is a
threat against the law and credit Of
the United States. While an ally Of the
Republican party the Mugwump. with Mr..
SETH Low as a figurehead, has been the
means Of defeating the party of conserve
tism in the Greater New York, and Of hand
ing the government of this city over to the
u~ndisputed control of Tammany Hall.
These interesting events have occurred
since what is known as the better ele-
ment," being fired with the ambition to fig.
ure moro prominently in politics, resorted to
all available expedients to GUST from lead
ership the politicians who have made of 1t
q careful and arduous study. What anna
teurs can do in directing public affairs is
illustrated by the events just described.
Unless the hypnotized worshippers of the
imaginary virtues labelled "non-partisan-
ship" recover their sanity, and then all
sane men get together, this list of Mug
wump achievements will be crowned by
the defeat of the Republican party on a
larger field than the city and State of New
York, and the deliverance of the country
to the new Democracy born at Chicago.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-08
Mettus, ouintus, and sethue.

Mr.. j. ]. WILLErT, an Alabama scholar,
writes to the Ne1 York Times for the pur.
pose Of inquiring II "the scholarly Presi-
dent of Columbia" did not blunder in the
brief trip into Roman history or legend
which he took in a speech delivered at the
Cooper Union on Oct. 80. Tho SCHOLARLY
President" leaped over the classical die
tionary in this way:
According to an ancient legend. o chasm one day
opened in Rome and threatened the whole people OF
the city. In great fear they consulted an oracle. and
he declared that the only way to save Rome was for
the chasm.
"ouISrus CuRTrus at once leaped into the chasm.
Rome possessed nothing Of greater value than this
citizen. Tho chasm was closed and the city was
saved"
The surprised Albanian mentions the
fact, known to most boys who have finished
their Latin reader, that QUINTUs CURT1Us,
the author Of a history Of ALEXANDER the
Great, lived some time in the first century
A. D., while METTUs or MARCUS CURTIUs,
the legendary young man who is said to
have filed up the hole in the middle Of the
Forum, is supposed to have lived about the
middle of the fourth century B. c.
The learned Albanian is correct In his
correction. The error of the scholarly
President" was pointed out soon after it
was made. But why should anybody in
Alabama or anywhere else be surprised be-
cause the present President Of Columbia
University is not a classical scholarH Could
METTUs or MARCUS CURTIUs read Greek7
1t is doubtful II he could read at all. His
speciality was saving his country. Could he
nave ridden his horse into the hole any
better if he had had HOMER at his fingers
ends and HEsIoD in the inside pocket of his
loricd?
1t should be unnecessary to tell anybody
in Alabama, or even in Alaska, that sav
ing his country is the speciality of DR.. Low
also. The Morningside METTUs has and
has had no time to devot to mere learning.
OF scholars there will be plenty so long as
the world lasts but there is, has been, and
can be but one SETH Low. Other college
Presidents may read and write it is enough
for him that he is himself. OF his own
accord the Roman MErTUs jumped with
his horse into the hole. Riding his hobby
of nom partisanship the Morningside MET.
TUs was dumped into the hole by his fellow
citizens. The essential fact is that both
the Roman and the Mugwump hero are in
the hole. Does Mr.. ]. ]. WILLETT Of Ala
bama believe that it matters much whether
a man in a hole can read and write or not
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-08
Cycle Accidents and Horse Accidents.

To THE EDITOR OF TUE suS-Sir: The monthly list
OF bicycle casualties which you printed in yesterdays
issue seems TO imply. Intentionally or not. that the
bicycle 10 an unsafe or even dangerous vehicle. Tho
inference 10. ! think. unfair to the bicycle. As will be
shown by comparison with q list OF casualties caused
by horse-drawn vehicles in the same period OF time.
THE sUS's list numb, 70 22. but Ave OF them are clearly
the fAu!: OF horses or Their drivers, and therefore
should be deducted. since the bicycle was in no way
to blame. This brings the number down TO II. But
IL does not include the case OF the tandem which was
run down by . In Brooklyn last Saturday
evening" adding that makes the total -. There wero
mo- fatalities. have clipped from the papers during
October mostly from Tue SUD the casualties caused
eight OF which caused loss Of life. several causing
serious injuries. None OF them were caused by
bicycles running away or being run down by drunken
or reckless bicycle riders. This seems to show that
tho bicycle Is very safe vehi lie In comparison 20
horse drawn vehicles, does II not? My list Is AZ your
disposal II you desire II. l.. A. W, 7I.oSo.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-08
The Lion of Chennneo.

1t seems sometimes as II the Hon. ELLIOT
DANFoRTH, Chairman of the Democratic
State Committee, was a political mouse,
but at thist time he looks remarkably like a
lion. Pasteboard, perhaps, but a lion is a
lion, and Mr.. DANFoRTH is a lion, the lion
of C%henango. He roars, through the tele-
phone, that nothing can yank him out of
the belief that the Democrats may have a
majority in the next Assembly. The
reasons alleged for his belief show that his
intellect is as sturdy as his courage. Listen
to the Lion of Chenango:
81 had q telephone message to-day from one Of our
men In Brooklyn saying it was possible that, when
the contests were all settled. we might have seven.
teen out OF the twenty-ono Assemblymen from Kings.
instead of the fifteen We have been counting on. This
would give US sevcnty-nve OF tho seventy.six votes
necessary to organize the Assembly"
Other political managers have clutched
at desperate chances, but in building a
great house Of hope upon a possibility
breathed through a Brooklyn telephone,
the Hon. ELLIOT DANFoRTH has shown
himself to be gifted with the Imagination
of the poet and of the astrologer.
All things considered, the Hon. ELLIOT
DANFoRTH is about the most mastery DO.
litical genius ever sent forth by the village
of cambridge to surprise the world.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-08

A tender humanity reigns in tho bosom OF
the Georgia Legislature, and inspires measures
which will be the wonder Of future lawgivers.
Not only IL tho INGENIOUS youth Of Georgia to
DO prevented from barking his shins in the rude
encounters OF football. but over that m~arsupial
slyboots. tho 'possum. the shield Of the law
is to DO held. A bill to prevent tho hunting or
catching Of opossums between March 1 and
Oct. 1 passed the House by q vote of 100
to Is. The Hon. POPE Brown, President Of
the State Agricultural Society, and consequent.
ly q candidate for Governor, voted aye. A mis-.
guided farmer nsks IL no is to stand by and
SEQ 'possums destroy his crops" ind says that
no offers q premium for every coon and pos.
sum killed on his place" The augusta Chroni-
Gle encourages the misguided farmer. and
remarks unfeelingly that "the postum and
coon have survived thus far without protec-
two legislation" What II they havei So
boys have survived in spite Of football.
Tho Brobdingnagian minds in the Georgia Lcgis-
laturo are determined to protect everybody and
everything. Would tho Hon. POPE BROWN,
farmer and candidate for Governor, have voted
. for bill unpopular among the farmersi Evil
IDENTIFY not 'possums but crops arc unpopular in
Georgia.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-08
Anxious About His Monument.
nrom the Sc. Loui, Globe. pemocr

' ITO IL LUU1 UIOUe' 71eMocfuT.
The late DR.. Tyler Hull of Lansing. Mich. left
the following peculiar will: There shall be
erected at my grave within one year after my
decease a monument, IL the assets of the estate
shall warrant, according to tho following con-
ditions: II my estate shall foot up to $4,000 or
more. then there shall be erected at my grave a
granite monument worth $1O.O 900. II my estate
shall aggregate 100000 and under $4,000
there shall be erected at my grave a granite
six other items. couched in language similar to
the above, and being in substance as follows:
Between $4,000 and 100000. a $4,000
$4,000 monument; between $l5. 900 and 500. 900,
q vs., 900 monument; between $4,000 and Sl5.-
600. a 81. 800 monuments; between Sc 5000 and
$4,000. q 81 BOO monument; between $4,000
and $4,000. $500 monument" The last para
graph of tho will provided that. IL the estate
should aggregate less than $4,000. the whole
question Of a monument should BIO left to the
discretion of his wife.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-08

An ora yItsstrei Avsrs mat nc mas nee III
pay-wsrse Thnu the CinriOnet.

From the Fiimtngion Star.
"The bono solo," remarked an old minstrel
porformer to o Star reporter, though once very
popular is regarded as a hoodoo In the burnt
cork profession, and Is mover allowed any more
under any circumstances. 1t is feared as much
AZ the yellow clarionet, which. according to the
superstitiohs Of the show business, is one OF
the most fatal things that oxist. The yellow
clarionct not only induces bad-that is, poor
business, but In addition to this It causes
trouble among performers, produces rail-
road accidents, and, In short, 1t winds per
formers and companies up. There was .
time in tho minstrel business when II was juse
as natural to have q bono solo played by some
performer during the evening as 1t was TO nave
n ballad sung. and tho public took as kindly to
ono as 1t did tho other. There was SO rcely
any difference between bono solos. They all
sounded about the same and the limitations
werc always stereotyped. Every bone soloist
a chair in the centre OF the stage to hcishton
the effect. Who OF the hundreds and hum
dreds OF thousands who have heard a bone
solo played can forget the limitations OF the
starting, and st piping of a railroad train:
wood. and others equally familiar. Every bone
soloist thought 1t was necessary TO give an inii-
tation OF n two-forty horse going W. the road
and especially TO initiate. the sounds OF the
trotter crossing n bridge. Haverly first put the
ban on bono solos, and ono OF the clauses in the
contracts be mado with performers was that
they would not under any circumstances while
they were in his employ. either In private or
public, attempt q bono solo. No minstrel per
but they fear II. worse than my of the other
omens OF bad luck"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-08
Our Auxiliary Cruisers.

A year ago Capt. SAMPSON gave a list of
four mail steamers of the first class and
seventeen of the third which had been in
spected with a view to possible war uses.
In the act Of March 8, 1891, it was pro-
vided that vessels of the first class should
include those of not less than 5000 gross
registered tons, and of not less than 20
knots at sea in ordinary weather; the Sec
ond class of not less than 5000 tons and 10
knots; the third, $500 tons and Ii knots.
Accordingly it was found that the 21 YES.
sells 80 classified would require 40 six-inch,
81 fve-inch, and 104 four-inch guns, be-
sides secondary batteries, and to a great ex-
emit these guns lave been supplied.
But now we learn that since then A
merchant vessels nave been scheduled,
which call for an addition of 17s five.inch
and 1O2 four.inch guns. This will require
another appropriation from Congress. For,
while nearly all the six inch, about half the
four-inch, and many more than the full
number Of f1ve-inch gun needed by last
years list are available, we still require
with the new schedule of auxiliaries a total
of 327 guns Of the three calibres. besides
most of the proposed secondary batteries.
Yet Congress ought not to loo on this as
o burden. On the contrary, in the event OF
war, these auxiliary cruisers could be OF
high service in attacking an enemy's com
merce and defending u own. We have
the assurance of being able to use then
promptly by providing the guns and mounts
for them. This armament is in reserve, ant
meanwhile our auxiliary fleet is maintain
ing itself wholly at it's own expense, saw
where special subsidies are granted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-08
Mata on NJ crant,s Tomb

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: The other day /
visited tho tomb OF your great military hero. Gen.
Grant. There were perhaps forty other persons, about
equally divided between the sexes. gazing at the
sarcophagus. WAS the only one to remove his hat.
Later in the day I went to the Metropolitan Museum.
Scarcely q man who kept his hat on was to be seen In
the galleries. what reverence these Americans
must have for art. thought I. "and what . barbarian
they must consider me- for at the risk OF being con.
sldered so. I kept my hat on. rather than be incon.
venienced by IL In the handling or catalogues.
Still later ] was In o lift OF one OF your big ofice
buildings. Two women entered. on went some hats
not all.
country about the subject OF removing hats. The
men In the lift did not remove theirs out OF rever-
ence for art. for neither OF the women who entered II
was painted. Nor could II havo been an acknowl.
edgment OF the presence OF women. for Their were
respect for the great dead Is considered unmAnly and
un.Anierican2 II so. why raise noble monuments to
immortal memories? AN EXGLIsHALE.
NEW YORK, Nov. o.
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If 1t be true that Philadelphia pines for q
Citizens Union. she should not venture to or.
ganize ono without importing the experts of the
Citizen Union here. They would DO glad to
transplant to tho banks of the Schuylkil tho
lovely flower that refused to grow In this In.
hospitable soil. The Hon. JAMES BUsTEED REY-
NoLDs might organize a non.partisan University
Settlement in PHILADELPHIA. His brethren In as
piration and disaster. the Hon. JOHN COLUMBUS
CLARE and the Hon. JOHN BUNYANP PINE. could
illustrate tho beauties of government by petit.
ton. II Philadelphia is to have a genuine Cit
liens Union. she must have the services of these
three statesmen on the Mugwumpean plan. Az
starters and as managers they are at tho head of
their profession. and. besides, they are the per
sonal representatives of Hope in politics.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-08
PLAIN TALK ABOUT MUGWUMps.
A Clear Perception or tho Responsibility for
Tammauy's Victory.

a Clear Perception or tho Responsibility for
Tammany's Victory.
From the Youngsto,cn Telegram.
The result in New York is not a Republican defeat.
strictly speaking. 1t is . rebuke to holierthan.thou
reformers, whose petty jeslousies prevented an In
dorsoment Of Gen. Tracy.
From the Pouohkeepsie Evening Star.
And whereby the downfall7 Not by reason of the
least departure in purpose or principle on the part OF
the Republican party, but by reason of the pharasa-
ical pretensions OF a class assuming to be wiser and
holier than those of the old party. and who combine
to malign and overthrow 1t.
From the Eep London Day.
II the Mugwump is not now satisfied he never
will be satisfied. for he has exerted his talent for
mischief to the utmost and cannot reasonably e-
poet to equal It again in this life. Had the Mug.
wump element in the Republican party stood
shoulder to shoulder in the night for good govern.
ment In New York. the vote shows that Tammany
could have been downed and the great city could
have at least boon started on the right road. 1t was
not in the Mugwump programme to permit any such
result.
From the st. Louis Globe. Democrat.
with q rashness which was suicidal in its stupidity,
the magnates of the Citizens Union made q personal
assault on the leaders OF the Republican party before
any OF the candidates were put up and before the
lines for the canvass were drawn. The folly of the
Citizens Union leaders in ostentatiously Boosting that
they would "smash the Republican machine. natu-
rally angered the Republican party. prevented q
union OF the friends OF good government. and has put
the new city in the hands OF
From tho Utica Herald.
Mr.. Low displayed an uncommon anxiety to be
Mayor. He saw. maybe. q possible Presidency be.
yond. His nomination was accompanied by his fol.
lowers and newspaper supporters with abuse OF the
Republican leaders and organization. The defeat OF
Tammany at all times was a secondary matter. "An-
Inhalation of Plat and the Plat machine' was the
battle cry. The self.styled "leading Republican
| paper devoted its columns daily to abuse Of Chair
man Quigg and Senator Plat. Protesting to desire
the defeat OF Tammany. the Low leaders and papers
| constantly reviled the organization and the voters,
without whose help they could not possibly elect
their man. That the Low movement vas against the
Republican party rather than against Tammany was
clear.
From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
This disaster is the moro exasperating by reason OF
the fact that II 1t had not been for the arrogance and
selfish greed for power displayed by the leaders OF
the Citizens Union movement 1t might easily have
been averted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-08
The Bank of England's Gold Reserve

LILO 1OdIlA Va cuSIhuu , OOlu 1bcbcEVe.
Some of our contemporaries, notably the
Times and the Erenin0 Post, are never
weary Of declaiming against the issue by
the Government of notes redeemable on de.
mand in gold. They declare that the is.
suing of such notes is banking. that the
Government ought not to engage in it,
because 1t has not, like q bank, the power
to protect Its gold reserve by raising it's
rate of discount. and. therefore. that the
only thing for it to do Is to fund the notes
into Understanding bonds and cancel them.
All this talk disregards the fact that, for
fifty years n more, the Bank of England,
which is conceded to be the best managed
institution of the kind in the world,
has 80 discovered the issue of c~irculat-
ing notes from its banking business
that the two are entirely distinct, and
that the bank has never had occasion
to protect the reserve of gold held
against its notes by raising its rate of dis
count or by any other means. The reason is
that the notes, beyond the e16, 500. 900,
or. say. $s4, O0O,O 900 of them, issued
against Government securities, are repre-
sented by gold. pound forpound, these notes
to the extent of eco, ZOO, 900, or 800, OOO..
600, being held by its banking department
as II they were gold, because they can be
taken to the issue department at any time
and gold got for them or demand.
The United States Treasury, like the
issue department of the Bank of England,
Issues notes payable on demand in gold,
out 1t is NO more in the banking business
for that reason than Is the issue depart.
ment of the Bank of England. 1t has no
depositors, it does not discount notes and
bills, and 1t does not lend money, except that
occasionally 1t leaves In national banks,
on good security, funds for which it has no
immediate use. 1t, therefore, has no need
OF the defensive measures against a run on
Its gold reserve that a bank of deposit has.
1t needs only to provide gold enough to re.
deem Its notes when they are presented for
redemption, and II, like the Bank of Eng,
land, 1t paid them out again only upon de,
posits of gold, 1t would be impregnable.
The weak point of the Treasury situation
is that, when the Governments revenue
falls short Of its expenses, it can, under the
law rs 1t stands, meet the deficiency by pay
ing out the gold it holds as a reserve against
It's notes, or, what comes TO the same thing
by paying out the notes themselves as fast
rs they are paid In for redemption. BY
forced Interpretation of the Resumption
act Of 1875. 1t can. however, sell bonds II
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.ro.p.c,u. OF the Fastest, ship in the World.

FTom The london SfanddTd.
The Hon. c. A.. Parsons. the inventor Of the system
OF marine propulsion by steam turbines. is about to
construct. at ewcastle-on.Ty ne.a vessel OF the tor
pedo'boat destroyer type. which he estimates Will be
capable OF easily going from 80 TO 40 knots an hour.
This speed Ia equivalent to some 40 miles an hour,
and no ship except tho Turbinia) has ever yet been
built capable OF travelling at a faster speed than 80
knots an hour. At the Jubilee Naval Review this
small experimental vessel the Turbinia. 100 feet In
length. o feet beam. and 44a displacement. ntted
with three separate compound turbines directly
coupled to three screw shafts. was run at speeds up 10
34La knots an hour. thus proving herself the fastest
vessel In the world. The shafts went at the rate OF
1880 revolutions per minute. and this exceptional
speed was achieved without any sacrifice OF economy,
Mr., PArsonS is now fitting the Turbinia with a stern.
going engine which will give her q speed astorn Of
ten knots; at present It Is only three knots.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-08

The great wave of reform has rolled and
broken upon st. Louis, and millions tremble at
the shock. I'm response to a representative
meeting Of tho Reform Organizations of st.
Louis" writes a reporter of the 81. Louis
Globe Democrat, with no moro emotion than II
he were describing a washtub. there were nine
persons present In the rooms of the Civic Fed.
GRAFTON at $3.50 yesterday afternoon" Nine
persons! More than a wave. an ocean of reform.
No mighty work of civic reform can DO carried
on to advantage by q mob OF nine persons. The
process of wedding out, Of selection must be
used II reform in st. Louis is to stalk forward
on due length of leg. Nine reformers are enough
to reform tho United States and a good part of
Canada. For convenient use in St Louis two or
ono and Q half roformers will be found too many.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-08

Where II the Hon. ROGER QUARLEs MILLS
OF Texasf Where Is Gov. CULBERsoNi Where
are JOE BAILEY and JAMES STEPHEN HoGai
A decd Of night has boon done in their beloved
State. The octopus Is creeping on all Fights, so
to speak. through the watermelon belt Twenty.
Eve farmers of Frio county met in broad day
light last week and formed the Frio County
Watermelon Growers Association. The can
taloupe Is tho subject Of a trust in Colorado.
Is the watermelon to be the subject of a trust in
Texasi Where is that stupendous monument
Of legislative wisdom, tho Texas Antitrust
lawi Where is the Texas pack of deep-mouthed
bayers against monopolyi The wick of the
Lone Star fickers and smokes. Tho octopus
pursues his octopedal and wicked way. CULVER
ing with laughter in every derisive t~entaclo.
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C~harouseL. h Chess Player

To THE EDITOR or THE sUS-Str: Allow me To point
ou;' when speaking about ChArOusek. the winner OF
the Berlin International Tournament. that competent
judges maintain that be has proved to be one OF the
greatest players who ever lived. and they even 20 so
far as TO say that no is certainly. II not superior,
Lasker's peer. His games show more hrillsncy and
enterprise than those OF the hampton, whose style IA
marked by overcAution, that Is to say, too much
souhdnehA' CharouSek 10 a genius who relies on his
play boldly and accurately withAl. When no SAT
Sowa IN me NuIemoeIg tournament against Lasker
ne offered kings bishops Eambit, and he beat ths
champion out and out. There was no luke In the
RED tho day. PIIYSS