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When we are governed by our best mon, we shall
have the best government on earth. but not until then.
What makes Englishmen all over the world secure in
their citizenship In not steam. or electricity, or ma
chinery. or the telegraph. or the telephone. or even tho
glories OF their past history-all nations have these.
cause It Ia just. honest. reasonable. and ree.-Epsntn0
Post.
II in order TO get q " just, honest, reasonable,
and free" Government, like the English. we
must be governed by our best men," we shall
never rise to that superiority until We over
throw our republic and establish on its ruins q
Government on tho English model. As 1t is,
we are not governed by our best men" for we
arc governed by nobody. good. bad, better,
or best. We govern ourselves. The sovereign
here is the people. not the best people. but all
the people. Every American citizen has the
privilege Of sharing in the Government to tho
extent of his individual vote, provided he is not
disfranchised for crime; and he is not obliged to
present at the polls a certificate of moral health
from the Mugwump doctors in order to get his
ballot into the box. The Constitution does not
require that he shall DO ono OF the best men,
1t simply requires him to DO an American citi-
zen not outlawed as criminal. Even II he is not
SO good as an Englishman. he can vote. An
Englishman, no matter how much better he
may be, cannot assist In making our Govern
ment as lust, honest, reasonable. and free as
his own, because he cannot vote
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How Shall We Annex Hawaii

It may seem strange to some people, at
first glance, that Senate MORGAN, o thor
~oughgoing American In his views of our
of the annexation Of Hawaii, should seek to
bring about this annexation by al ordinary
bill in Congress, just at the time when a
treaty has been concluded and has been laid
before the body of which he is a member
for ratification.
We may safely say, however, that the step
thus proposed is not designed to embarrass
the Administration or to criticise in any
way the existing treaty. In fact, 1t begins
by taking that treaty as the basis Of the act
Of Congress and declaring it confirmed, and
then provides for certain additional steps,
including the extension of the laws of the
United States over Hawaii, while appro-
priating 81 900 900 to defray the expenses
of executing the act, including the payment
of interest on Hawaii's debt.
This bill brings in the House as an agent
with the Senate in the process of annexa-
ton, whereas the ratification of the treaty
by the latter body alone would make it the
law of the land. There is a certain advan-
tage In having both branches Of Congress
join in a step 30 exceptional as annexing
Hawaii to our domains, and it is very note
worthy that this proposal comes not only
from a Senator, but from a member of the
Committee on Foreign Relations, which has
charge of the new treaty.
Another consideration ie that this bill
would be enacted, on the Presidents ap-
proval, by simple majorities in both
houses, of which 1t can be reasonably GER
tain, whereas in the Senate, the treaty
alone will need a two-thirds vote, and
that is not quite as sure, some members
having committed themselves very strong
ly during the Cleveland epoch against an
nexation in any form.
On the other hand, 1t IL possible to incor-
porate in the treaty itself the main points
proposed by the Morgan bill. as, for ex.
ample, the one that requires the five Com
missioners appointed under Article vi.
to be confirmed by the Senate. The Sen
ate Foreign Committee, II it desires, can
amend the treaty so as to include the new
points, except, perhaps, the money appro-
priation. However, while the House will
be called upon hereafter for it's share in
supplementary legislation, there may be a
feeling that this annexation should be car.
ried out in the customary way by treaty.
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Several inquiries, and most of them of an
irrevorent sort, have boon made lately by the
contcmners of great mon and tho scorners Of
famo as to the present geographical situation Of
that ronowned financial catechist, the Hon.
CorN HARVEY Forth discontinue of his de-
riders, It 10 right to say that he still lives. Ho
has been found He viii DO ono of tho sages who
arc to bo on exhibition at tho Popullst picnic
which begins in Columbia, 6. d., tomorrow, and
which IL to last for q week II the picniokers can
endure seven days Of the most strenuous
thought The Hon. Cork HARVEY will consider
"The Effects Of Laws on Civilization" and his
effects upon law, civilization, and his audience
cannot bo less than momentoua.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-28
TOWNS NAMED AFTER STATES.
Oregon L. the Ravorite In the Last-There Ar
hut Two Vow Norks-

Oregon Is the Eavorite In the ~Last-Ihsrs Arc
bat Tive Now rerka-
From tho Boston Globe.
Tho following gives the names Of the States a.
towns in other States:
Alabama IL in New York and Wisconsin.
Arizona is in Louisiana and Nebraska
Alaska is in Indiana, Michigan, West Virginia
and Wisconsin.
Arkansas is in Wisconsin.
California is in Iowa, Kentucky. Maryland.
Michigan. Missouri, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Colorado is in Illinois and Texas.
Delaware is In Arkansas. Indiana, Iowa, Ken.
lucky, New Jersey. and Ohio.
Florida is in Illinois. Indiana, Massach usetts.
Georgia is in Indiana and Vermont.
Idaho is in Alabama, North Carolina and
Indiana is in Pennsylvania
Iowa Is in louisiana
Kansas is in Alabama. Illinois, Kentucky,
Ohio, and Tennessee.
Louisiana is in Missouri.
Maine is in Minnesota, New York. and New
Jersey.
Michigan is In North Dakota.
Montana is In Arkansas. Kansas, Missouri.
New Jersey. and Wisconsin.
lucky. Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio. and Texas.
Nebraska 10 In Arkansas, Indiana. Ohio. and
New Hampshire 10 In Ohio.
New York is In New York and Iowa.
Ohio Is in Colorado, Illinois. Kansas, Missouri.
Oklahoma is in Virginia.
la oaes %ieh II IN AF Mi.son4 n NortS. 6In diana. Mary.
Tennessee Is In Illinois.
Texas H. in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky
Maryland. Michigan, New York, Ohio, and West
Utah is In Illinois and Pennsylvania
vermont Is In Illinois. Indiana. and Missouri.
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there wa some question whether the stop
ping of the leak, at an expense OF
about $50, 900, should not DO deemed suf-
f~cient, instead Of laying out $4,000 addi-
tional for curing It permanently by build
ing a cofferdam, besides allowing $4,000
for contingent repairs. But 1t was shown
that this last was the workmanlike way
Of ascertaining clearly the source OF
the leak and the amount of the
damages cnused, besides making all the
repairs needed to put the dock into per
fectly good condition. This larger project
was carried In the House by q vote Of ia
against 10 and In the Senate with no oppo-
sition whatever.
The special point Of interest in the de-
bate, however, touched nj docking facil-
tiles for large warshipa. Assistant Secre-
tary ROOSEVELT had said that the new
Brooklyn dock was really the only ono on the
Atlantic coast that could surely accommo-
date the Indiana, for the uncertainty Of tho
tides made it unwise to depend upon
the Port Royal dock, and there arc no
others big enough to accommodate her.
"Should anything happen to tho Massa-
chusetts or Iowa We have no dock avail
able for them"
Congress has done we'll to provide for TO
pairing the Brooklyn dock forthwith. But
we ought to secure other docking facilities
for the big battleships. OF such ships We
have nine, built or building. tho Indiana,
Massachusetts,, Oregon, lows, Kearsargo,
Kentucky, Illinois, Alabama, and Wiscon-
sin, INC six Of these exceed the Indiana In
displacement.
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Some interesting information .

Some interesting information as to the
rights Of the army to certain ~luxuries of travel
Is given In an amendment recently made by the
Secretary OF War to the manual for the nav
department Tho list of persons who have a
right to have, at the expense OF the Govern.
ment' q stateroom on n steamer or a double
berth in a sleeping car Is as follows:
"omces OF tho army travelling on duty; civilian
clerks and agents in the military service when travel.
ling under orders on public business; sergeant. majors,
ordnance conmisSary and a~uartermast,r sergsants
post or regimentaD, hospital stew ards, chief must.
clans. principal musicians, chief trumpeters. saddler
serSeantH' and Sergeants OF the Signal Corps, when
travelling under orders on public business withou,
troops also invalid soldiers when so travelling ON this
certificate OF a medical onicer showing the necessity
therefor"
AS some of tho army musicians may deem
themselves aggrieved by being compelled 70
keep their mslodious genius at the disposal al
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-28
WHY Spain Can Give Up Cuba.

A f~avorite plea Of those who would sub
stitute home rule under the Spanish yoke
for Cuban Independence, as the end to be
aimed at in our dealings with Spain, is
that Spain could never, as amatter ofpride,
consent to give up Cuba.
A glance at history will quickly dispose
Of this nonsense. II this were the first in
stance of Spain's surrendering her colonies
in the New World, there might boz some
thing In the notion. But she has never
done anything else except surrender them,
In making terms with successful TO-
volta. The republic Of Mexico, the re-
publics of Central America, tho republics
studding the north and west coast of South
America, form q grand array of witnesses
to the fact that Spain abandons her Amer.
lean possessions when abe finds them too
hard to hold.
knowledge the Independence Of these re-
volted colonies whenever circumstances
warranted Us in 30 doing. That We have not
felt 1t necessary to wait until Spain herself
had made that acknowledgment is illus.
trated by the fact. cited in aSenate debate.
that, on n occasion, our accredited rep
resentatives had to present themselves at
BoLIvAR's camp. and followed that camp in
Its movements during the field operations.
We might as well dismiss, then, at once,
all notions Of the sentiment involved in
Spain's holding Cuba More than seventy
years ago she began to give up foothold
after foothold here. Cuba being an
island, SPANS navy could patrol its
coasts entirely; but we see no essen
tial difference in principle between
Cuba's case and that of SPANS mainland
colonies. 1t is true that she has been able
to get a large revenue out of the island in
times past, but now it Is offset by devasta-
ton, unproductiveness, enormous wal ex-
penses, and the interest on q largo debt
charged to Cuban account.
1t is absurd to say that Spain can't con.
sent, as a matter of pride, to give up Cuba.
Portugal gave up her hold on Brazil; Eng.
land acknowledged the independence of
the United States; France, Russia, and
Spain herself lave sold us vast areas.
Spain, finally, has repeatedly conceded in.
dependence won by arms against her in the
field. 1t is Cuba's manifest destiny to be free.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-28
Patronage in Plenty.

During the first six months of the official
tenure Of the first Mayor of the enlarged
New York, to be elected on Nov. 2, he will
have extensive power Of appointment and
Of summary removal.
He will have the appointment of q Cor.
poration Counsel, who will receive a salary
Of $4,000 (the present is $4,000; q
Chamberlain, who will receive $12, 600
(the present rate is 1926 900, out of which
he pays the expenses of the office +; q Presi-
lent of the Board of Public Improvement,
at the same salary, $s, 900, as is now paid
the Commissioner of Public Works; four
Police Commissioners, at SO, 0 tho
present rate; one Fire Commissioner
at $1,000 (there are now three at
$5, 700 each); three Commissioners of
Parks, at q salary of $5. 900 each; three
Commissioners of Charities one Commits.
sioner of Correction, at the same salary,
$4,000, us is now paid three Health Com.
missioners, at $4,000 each (the President
of the board will receive 81, 800 in addi
tion); three Dock Commissioners, at sc, 900
(the President of the board will receive
81, 1000 in addition); a President of the
Board of Taxes and Assessments, at SO, 900,
and four Commissioners of Taxes and As.
sessments, at $4,000; two Commissioners
OF Accounts; one Commissioners of Jurors ;
one Commissioner of Street Cleaning, at
$1,000 1.-THE present salary is SO, 00O); three
Commissioners of Buildings 1.-TWO to re-
ceive $1,000 and one $3, 500; six Commits
sioners of Statistics three Commissioner
of Civil Service; sixty-three City Marshals;
aaaIars ~ xyntyhto md A. -.--
Der not specified; and the following
additional officials A Commissioner of
Water Supply at $1,000, a Commissioner
of Bridges at $1,000, q Commissioner of
Highways at $1,000, a Commissioner of
Public Buildings at 81, 800, and a Commis.
sioner of Sewers at 81 1900.
There are also to be appointed seven
Judges OF the municipal courts, exclusive of
the present city of New York twenty-ons
members Of the Board of Education in this
city, forty-hve in Brooklyn, and eighteen
In Richmond and Queens, subject, all of
them, to the restriction contained In the
charter, which precludes from summary re.
moyal during the first six months of the
Mayors term members of the Board of
Education and School Boards and judicial
officers, for whose removal other provision
is made by the Constitution"
The Mayor of the enlarged New York will
have the appointment practically, subject
to the restriction of removal already re.
ferred to, of $50 candidates to office, of
whom l25 are TO be appointed by him sub.
ject to his removal during the first six
months of his tenure, and of whom l25
will be in what may be called "protected
places" No previous Mayor of the city of
| New York has had at his disposal an
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-28

The hailstorm in Topeka the other day
was not only unusually vigorous. but In one TO
spoct II was unique. Hitherto all hailstones OF
extraordinary weight have been classified as Of
the size Of hens egga. No hailstorm Of uncom.
mon talent has ever failed to produce hailstone'
as largo a. hons eggs. Topeka despises these
conventionahties Of description. In the Topeka
han the big hailstones woro "as large az an
ostrioh's egg. and one stono measured four
toen inches in circumference" Probably
stones az big 40 . ROOFS egEs are still
to DO picked up on the outskirts Of tho town,
but tho important thing In that the old-fashloned
kind Of laree-bore hailstone has been superseded.
Tho hen has been superseded by tho ostrich
Az time advances, other clouds than those
which arc no bigger than q mans hand may be
noticed and described, and other than strong
men may DO seen to weep when their baseball
nine has been beaten or at other moments Of
supreme excitement and stress Of soul
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The Hon. THoMAs e. WATSON of Thorn.

The Hon. THOMAS Z. WATSON OF Thorn
son. Ca, wit Is stepping to the helm of things
once moro without any very pressing invitation
from anybody but himself. remarks with con-
viction that free silver is itself too small an
issue oil which to appeal to the people," Con-
sequently he is about to offer himself as an
issue of the right size, and 10 surround himself
with the initiative and referendum and other
new and attractive goods. Mr.. WATSON makes
a very comfortable party himself. but when he
wraps himself up In the initiative and referen-
dunn and lets his bright bronze hair shine like a
beacon upon the Middle-of.the Road, no becomes
not merely an ornament. but a happincss.
His convention or conference at Nashville next
week will BIO watched with Jealous eyes by his
innumerable rivals. whether they belong to the
middle or side Of the road or to the ditch.
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The Sum of All ViIIainies and tho
Weed.

In the Senat last week the Hon. ROGER
QUARLEs MILLS of Corsicana exposed an.
other iniquity Of protective tariffs, and ever
since the Robber Barons have been quaking
in their shoes. Raising his hand and voice,
Nh. MILLS said, with solemn emphasis,
that "the smoking of a good cigar has be-
come lost art in the United States, as a
Vesult Of the enormous nj unconscionable
taxation on cigars"
II no more good cigars burn In the United
States, the protective system must be to
blame, for Mr.. MILLS knows and frequently
declares that protection is responsible for
whatever has gone wrong In the frame of
things, from the fall of man to the fall In the
price of cotton. Mr.. MILLS has wandered
over the country for twenty years, crying
aloud and sparing not, and In that time he
has convinced himself that whatever Is
wrong Is the result Of protection, and that
whatever is right Is due to free trade. From
ADAM to Zymotic Diseases the catalogue
OF projections inhumanity to man 10 long
and terrible. as Mr.. MILLS recites It but of
late he has laid 30 much stress upon Money
Powe and Plutocracy that he has neglected
cigars, He has now repaired the neglect.
He has shifted ~scornfully at American
cigars for the purpose of shifting still more
scornfully at the American tariff system.
1t must be confessed that. were 1t not for
Mr.. MILLs's prominence on the economic
throne, his criticism of cigars might not be
accepted without reservations. A Senator's
cigars are never beyond suspicion. He keeps
boxes of mephitic cigars for his bores and
boxes of hopeless cigars for his constituents.
He does not fall all the way at once. Memo
'epente Jutt turptssimus; nobody likes the
worst cigars there are at first. The Senator
reserves a few masterpieces of unusual
fragrance for the use of himself and his
nearest friends. But frat the nostrils are
degraded by the smoke of the mephitic and
the hopeless cigars. Then the palate loses
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The Hon. MOSES P. HANDY Of Chicago is
understood to be a candidate for tho post of
Commissioner-General to tho Paris Exposition
Of 1900. and II he is. there can be no other can
didate. As the chief glory Of the Department of
Publicity and Promotion. he was one OF the chief
glories of the Chicago Fair. He visited all
capitals. impressed all sovereigns. amazed all
statesmen, Illuminated all hotels. and attracted
thousands of foreigners to a country which could
produce n character at once 80 energetic and SO
conversational.
have invented, tho word 'Popocratic.' a word
useful, beautiful. and expressive like himself.
He has performed other public services which
we cannot recall at present. And his singular
gift for whiskers has inspired the envy OF tho
young and the wonder of all.
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ton In persons or ideas. That 10 q defect Of his
constitution, for he IL aAkind and courteous
gentleman. to whom anything savoring Of inten.
tionnl ungraciousncss would DO impossible.
When Mr.. Low was elected Mayor OF Brook.
Ign no wat at the top notch of his popularity.
and his friends and undoubtedly he himself had
the most s~anguine hopes as to his political
career. He was TO march from the BROOKLYN
City Hall to the Governors mansion Mt Albany,
and thence was TO continue his triumphant
progress up to the White House itself. When
he ran again he barely pulled through. At the
end of that second term he dropped ont by COM
mon consent, leaving little mark behind him,
and found a refuge in his fathers mercantile
business. There he did not distinguish himself.
but rather showed q deficiency Of practical
sagacity. Thence, President Barnard having
died, he was taken to be made President OF
Columbia College, where. it was supposed, hs
career was to be In the permanent reposo Of that
scholastic atmosphere; but evidently he has
been restless in 1t. Like q woman who has once
enjoyed publicity on the theatrical stage, Mr..
Low Is eager 10 get again into the public arena
where the exciting game Of politics II played.
Compared with that, overseeing the instruo-
tion of boys Is insipid business. The Amori.
can college President, as the functions OF the
Office have developed, Is an anomalous figure.
1t is q place which requires both q scholar and
q man Of affairs, an impossible being, to all II.
Isay this regarding Mr.. Low because It seems to
me the time has come when facts we'll known
TO those who arc hypocritically lauding his
unique superiority ought to DO made known
generally. He has been lifted too high. that 10
all; and, in tho end, the tumble from that en-
inenoe will bc the moro painful for him and his
friends. because he was boosted mp By means 30
artificial and 30 insubstantiAl. Tho loss to Mr..
Low in reputation among tho iudicious is al.
ready 20 marked as 70 demonstrate unmis-
takably that his worst enemies arc tho con-
spirators and coxcombs Of the CidBans' Union,
who have used him as their tool. pretending to
revere him. but secretly undertaking the many
real abilities which enutle him TO respectful
confederation.
The representatives Of tho Republican organ
iIation In Now York have done well in discrim-
mating against tho Citizens Union gang as q
distinctly hostile organization. 1t Ia nothing
else. It Ii tho bitterest foo OF the Republican
party and should be treated as such. No ticket
nominated By it should be viewed by Republi-
cans other than as the ticket Of their most ma
hgnant foes- The organization Of the move
ment. however. has proved Of good service to
the Republican party. It has discovered and
brought into the glare Of publicity tho traitors
against whose ambushed assaults It can now
arm Itself. I trust that everv loyal Republican
In New York will enroll his name on Tuesday
evening An ORIGINAL RKruRrIoAr.
NEW YoRK, juno 20.
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Its fine critical faculty. In time, smoking
becomes to the Senator a mere mechanical
habit, with no moro spo~ntaneity or charm
about It than about a free trade speech or
n death chant howled under the windows
Of the Money Power. Men who once found
In n Havana Of genius the poetry Of fra
Rrnnce and the fragrance OF poetry, insensi-
bly, decline until they are content with a
stogy. The cigars in the case or upper
waistcoat pockets Of the Corsicana Golden
may be superior to the article technically
known rs a "snipe," but there can DO no
virtue In them. Indeed, Il would be useless
for him to try to smoke cigars Of merit even
II he now cared for such. Every smoker
knows the folly Of attempting to smoke .
good cigar in the teeth OF n strong wind.
1t would be breath wasted to seek to per
suade Mr.. MILLS that there are In this
try any moro deserving cigars thar those
which free trade statesmen bestow upon
their constituents. He knows by intuition
that the abominable tariff is guilty Of all
the abominable cigars, the smoke Of which
chokes the earth and Stays the birds in mid
air. As missionaries of free trade, cigars Of
the Mills variety ought to be successful,
for q tariff half as rank as those malodor.
GUS cylinders would outrank all known
crimes. Mr.. MILLS 10 sure that free trade
would make American cigars good once
more. Has he ever smoked q free trade
cigari Has he ever experimental in Eng
land with q green cigar for American visi.
tors or a sicciHed cigar for the nativeG
Evidently not, or he would have found out
that even II protection is the sum Of all viii
lainies, there are cigars, and In q free trade
country, more villainous, more summary.
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IOS. IOs Applications for once.

There are now on ne at the White House and IN.
leading departments lO0, 100 written applications 70,
ONCE. most OF them Endorsed by Representatives q,
influential politicians. some OF them are Endorsed
by tho entire State delegations. including sepa,
tors. Applications arc still pouring In at the rate
OF about 500 a day. Each application is &C
companied by several letters OF Endorsement. and
the whole forms an immense MAS OF correspond
ence. Tho Treasury Department figures show tba,
New York has most OF the seekers. The application,
for once In the Treasury by leading States il as fol
lows New York. sOS; Illinois. 2b4; Ohio. 2ss; Penn
s~ylvaniA' soS' District OF Columbia. 1906 Louisiana
layI cAnforniS $50. aud Texas. l9T.