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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-02

What a striking contrast between the
lights and shades discernible in the mind of our
historically respectable contemporary, the Bos-
ton Daily Advertiser. Here. for example. is
full sunshine:
Even from the point Of view OF national party
politics. the New York city election will outrauk tho
Ohio election. New York has held the balance OF
power In a great many Presidential elections, and
there are no sure signs that the day OF her decisive
ness In this regard has passed never to return. Al
ways IL Is dificult for any party to obtain tho upper
hand IN a New York state election unless II can win
All advantage In the great city at the southern cx-
tremity OF the state.
ut Ia therefore OF vital Importance 10 the success
OF sound money principles in the Presidential cleo.
tion OF 1000 ttat the enemies OF those principles in
Greater New York shall not be permitted this fall to
get the now Government of the new and enormously
swollen city into their own hands. II they do got It.
they will obtain an advantage in Empire state poll.
tics that may give them control of the political ma
chinery Of the State. and may very seriously threaten
to turn the scales the wrong way three years hence
in the great Federal contest"
In the next moment, however, our contempo-
rary plunges into profound shadow:
Mr. sErH Lows name at the head OF tho anti Tam
many ticket would DO a watchword, a battle cry, and
o tower Of strength"
30 In Importance 10 tho nation tho New York
city election Is second to mono Of the year. 1t
must DO won by the Democrats II they would
win the Empire State. 1t Ia "of vital i'm.
p%ortance to the success of sound money prin.
ciples In the Presidential election Of 1900"
A sound money defeat will Every seriously
threaten to turn the scales the wrong way In tho
great Federal contest" And yet our contempt
rary dreams Of a tower of strength al in the name
Of a gentleman who has turned his back on the
yappIlt, ., - ,tatfor,, $1,000 =. fouo - III l.s. -
who spurns 1t now to become tho candidate Of a
party that renounces all concern with coinage
or with national or State politics In any form.
and whose cmissaries are expressing on every
hand more than Organisms venom against Re-
publican politics.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-02

What Is the Hon. BENJAMIN r. T1LLMAN
OF South Carolina doing in New YORK,
why Is he allowed to do it by The Hon.
JOHN Z. SHEEHAN and the rest OF the brave
and sagacious captains of Tammanyf Sen
ator T1LLMAN is going up and down tho
State making Democratic speeches. lug
ging in national issues, standing on and up
for the Democratic platform with all his
might and main. Doesn't he know that
the brave and sagacious Democratic lead
ers in this part of the country don't wish
TO be Democratic until after the campaign
OF 1897 Is over, OF doesn't he careR He
should have been visited, warned, and af-
fectionately pushed out OF this town and
State, just as Mr.. BRYAN was. He should
have been labored with until he saw the
courage and truly Democratic character of
q campaign devoted to local issues. He
should have been instructed that the Chi
cagoplatform ought to be considered as nom
existing In this State until after the Tues
day following the first Monday in Novem-
Der, when 1t is to be revived with a tumul-
tuous whoop II there has been good luck In
the policy of being afraid of your W prin-
ciples.
Perhaps Mr.. TILLMAN was warned. but
being less accommodating thar Mr.. BRYAN
was, refused to restrict his Democracy to
other States than New York. He Is not a
learned sort of a statesman, and perhaps it
was impossible to persuade him that there
may be a temporary coma Of a mans De-
mocracy; that he can be a Democrat in
August, and again in November, but must
not be one in September N October.
AT any rate Mr.. TILLMAN has been here,
and has been making considerable disturb
ance, not so much at the meetings where he
has spoken as IN the hearts or gizzards Of
the brave and sagacious New York Demo-
cratic leaders who suspend their Democ-
racy for a couple Of months, just as they
stop wearing thick clothes in the summer.
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4 SUN PREDICTION COMING TRUE.

American.Grown Conee from Hawaii Ono or
the Good ThinEs In Prospect.
To THE EDITOR OF TIRE SUN-Sir: Nearly
four years ago, in HI Sun o. Oct. II, 1893. in
an article relating TO Hawaiian affairs. was tho
following statement regarding the cultivation
OF coffee in our new American territory:
Regarding coffee. the prospects are that within i've
years there will be from 5000 TO 10000 acres Of land
planted to coffee trees. Thus, the United States will.
after the islands are annexed have the coffee crop from
100000 tree to help supply our own market. an
excellent quality OF COTE grown on American soil.
thus rendering US Independent Of other countries for
our conce supply. Hitherto the United States has
not grown any coffee. but here there will be an op-
portun'ty to grow. after annexation, American coffee
on American soil. and thus the fears OF those who
dread a tax on coffee under the new tariff arc wiped
out by our Haw allan annexation. II II . great policy
with . great future.
Every word Of this still holds good, excepting
the dread OF those timid ones who feared n tax
on coffee under the Wilson bill, now 30 happily
dead. Tho Ave years will not elnpse until DC
tober. 1898. Then the Hawaiian Islands will be
American territory. Then the delicious aroma
and favor Of the Hawaiian coffee will be the
more palatable because of an aftertaste Of am
brosial Amoricanism. Speed the day when we
known luxury. C, r. B..
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story by Joe Jenerrou.
From the Boston Herald.

Al the sixth annual meeting and dinner ~ N,
Old Colony Club at the Vineyard Sound House.
Falmouth Heights, Joe Jefferson presided and
opened the proceedings with the following story;
Tho worthy Captain has Just told mo that il
Is useless TO expect of him n speech. hat that IL
he were walking the quarterback 81 n ship he
would know where he was. Now. that is where
he greatly differs from myself. When | am
walking the quarter Of n ship / do no. in tho
least know where ] am. l am reminded Of what
once occurred to me. ! was crossing The A'lun-
tic. The weather was dreadful. Capt. Ashley
knows what that means. / was trying to guide
myself along the deck. and. incidentally, to aid
others. In this mission ] ran across lady lying
Frustrated on the deck. evidently sorely troubled
with that dreadful disease, seasicknessi
" said to her, Madame, may / bring you any
thing to relieve you'll
She looked up at me and feebly said: L beg
excuse me. sirf
u then said to her.: But is there nothing I can
"'No sir said she in the tame tone. Please
go away
But. madame I said. you are evidently
suffering. Can I do nothing to help your
e" wish. said she's that you would go away.
/ am not fit to see any one
can be OF SO little service. Can I do nothing for
your poor husband. the gentleman whose head I
see in your lapf
oh said she. that 10 not my husband. I
do not know in the least who he is"
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We niu-F1an In Pan,sutawnsy.

Prom the Punzsutaucnev Spirit.
A few weeks ago q man who was enlarslng pictures
visited the residence Of Mari Williams Of this place.
I'VE arc doing some very nne work. said the
agent. land in order to introduce Il to the public We
make you the nrst picture free. We will expect you
TO show tho picture to your neishbors. OF course. and
help advertise US in that way. The picture will net
cost you q cent"
Mr.. Williams hunted up Q picture and gave 10 % ne
man TO enlarge.
The other day he returned with the enlarged pio-
ture. 1t was Enclosed in Q Gaudy frame.
"of course" the man explained. "ths picture costs
you nothing, but we charge s5 for o frame like thnt-"
THE picture IL all right" said Mr.. Williams. IN
pleases me nrst rate. / will Just take IL into the
other room and zee what my wife thinks Of IT."
And Mart went into another room. removed -
picture from behind the glass, and returned with the
empty frame.
MY wife likes the picture nrst rate he said, @ -
handed back the frame, " but she thinks We cannoo
AFFORD to buy the frame. We like the picture nua
rate. By the way. we have two or three moro pictures
hero that You may enlarge on the same terms. Lam
always willing to help . fellow along that way whea
/ can do It without any expense to myself"
But tho man didn't take any more. He felt that
Mart was q poor subject to work any nim.nAm games
on. and so. with q strained I" Good day" he lefs for
greener Fields, carrying his empty frame.
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They Would Have to Bolt.

Any one who will calmly sit down and
Republican organization In the Greater
New York and tho National Republican
party of sound money and social order,
will see not only the folly. but also the es.
sential political crookedness of the propo-
sition that the Republicans should make
Mr.. SET Low their candidate after his
nomination by the Citizens Union.
The Republicans of New York are bound
inseparably to their party at large. They
have responsibilities to 1t Of which they
cannot divest themselves without betray-
ing the trust imposed upon them and mis-
using the power they possess through being
o part of the National Republican organize
tion. AS such they enjoy power and have
received rewards. 1t is impossible. there
fore, for them to put the seal Of their ap-
prevail upon the candidate Of a party made
expressly to exclude the Republicans from
power in the coming New York Govern
ment, and to keep the National Republican
issue out of sight.
II Mr.. PLAT, Mr.. QU1Ga and Mr.. WORTH
should desire to support u a candidate.
they would be compelled in common do
cency to retire from the Republican organi-
z~atlon, as Mr.. Low has retired, and sup
port him as members of the Citizens Union.
They would have to bolt from their party,
leaving to others the task Of putting its
ticket in the field at election time.
No honest power can now mako MI. Low
the Republi can candidate.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE sux-Sfr: Referring to the
medal Of honor granted to DR.. Gabriel Grant. and
agreeing with your correspondent &C" Is to gal.
lantry on the neld by other surgeons. l would like TO
mention one tranScendent instance.
At Fredericksburg. on Dec. 10. 1889. when In front
of that rcd brick house near the stone wall. there
was nothing left OF Hanoock's First Division OF tho
Second Corps but dead and wounded men. Some Of
tho latter continued firing. with tho result that
the house and vicinity were holly shelled. A red
nag had been displayed. by way of claiming
the rcd house as n hospital. and the shelling had
slactened. when this deSultory nring by the men in
front provoked Its renewal. A young surgeon rushed
out. and: coming TO a group composed of two young
ttes OF the Fifth New Hampshire and myself. with o
6resstToIf Of dead. ordered US to move away II we
while and giving each other tender messages for the
pieces and moved TO the left. Both were hit within
twenty yards OF the shelter they had left. didn't
follow, because l couldn't, and stopped nrinE, as did
others whom the doctor had reached. The Smelling
ceased as to the red house. which. l don't believe.
was touched again except by accident. and my posi.
tion In front OF II was probably as safe as any within
q radius OF a mile. Ihave often wondered who that
young doctor was. and which was tho bravest, he or
the two boys. I never saw drawer men than those
three. SPnIa or Roy
BRooKLrH, Aug. 81. Iva
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SILVER.
A Factor OF Brewing Strength in Its Deprecia
ton.

A Factor OF Growing Strength In Its Dcprecia-
ton.
To THE EDITOR OF THE sux-sfr: The continued do.
cline in the value OF silver bullion Is no doubt sur
prtsing to very many people who have been entirely
honest In their friendship for the white metal. and
there has been 4 great deal OF speculation regarding
the matter. Both the friends and enemies OF free
coinage have given very liberal expression to their
several views. But It seems TO me that the most i'm.
portant factor in the future worth OF silver has been
overlooked in these discussions.
Ny Investigations in Mexico. Central and South
America have convinced me that the price at which
silver can DO ~prontably mined depends simply upon .
question of transportation; especially 10 this true in
Mexico. Tho Richest Q liver deposit, in that country
arc far removed from lines Of railroad. and Is there
IL no available timber or coal for smelling purposes
the or, must be transported many miles upon tho
backs Of small pack mules: or else charcoal must be
packed In the same way to the location of the mines.
This very tedious and expensive means OF trans.
portation renders It Improbable to work even tho
richest silver deposits when they arc located any con.
siderable distance from lines OF railroad. But when
the roads are constructed TO the mines and the orc
can be transported TO smelters at q nominal cost
or fuel delivered on the ground without the necessity
of expensive transportation. there are hundreds OF
deposits In the countries named that can be worked
probably at Q selling price for their output that
would seem utterly ridiculous II named at this time.
Such lines OF railroad are now being pushed TO
completion. and II 10 this agency that will force o
continued depreciation in the value Of silver. An
honest investigation OF these conditions must con.
vince even the most stubborn advocate that the do
cline in the market value OF silver has only fairly
begun. r. Il. MARTIN.
ATLANTA. Ga, Aug. 80.
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A Platform in Blank Verso.

Mr.. LOUIS R. ENRICH, from Colorado
Springs, favors the public through the Nep
York Times with a metrical statement of
the political situation, as he understands
1t. His contribution to human knowledge
Is in a form so unusual that it deserves a
moments attention. Frequently the poets
Of Mugwumpery and Reform have incased
their thoughts and aspirations concerning
some particular phase of M~ugwumpery or
Reform in a sonnet or In a song. Such
efforts have been merely episodical. Mr..
ENRICH, so far as we are aware. is the first
to cover the entire field, after the fashion
of the platform of a National Convention,
in a column of blank verse, or rather of
rhythmic rhetoric chopped of into lines to
suit the width of a newspaper column.
This curiosity of politics and poesy is
addressed ITO National Democrats" and
1t begins thus:
sour course ia clear. The nations Prov wo sock
To steer in ~safety's path mid scylia and
Charybdis-threat'ning dangerous. ~frowning rocks
Piled up by those great Parties which have shaped
And piloted our voyage in the past.
Alas. great Parties change!'
They do, but there are always ardent and
devoted spirits ready to steer the nations
Prov, and to hold the nozzle agin the
bank, If necessary, till the last galoot's
ashore. The present occasion is urgent:
when selfish lust of place and pelf
Usurps the throne OF patriotic zeal.
Whom petty, windy. mounting mon displaos
The safe and trusty leaders of tho past.
Either the Party which doth breed suoh man,
or else the Nation which such Party claims
To serve. is h~ast'ning ~heAdlonR to Its fall"
The blank verse resolutions begin with the
customary arraignment of the Republican
party for general degeneracy, and especially
for It's indifference to the supreme question
of the retirement Of the greenbacks:
"How sad the contrast OF today Just placed
In power after election. battle full
or dire alarm and fear-its cohorts stpsIlSd
BIZ our adherence TO their ranks. the CRY
or Honest Money ringing DER tho neld,
That cry by which tho Victory was won
It calmly. basely turns Its paok upon
The pressing, tow'ring issue OF the hour
And gives Its thoughts to plumber aud 70 spoils-
Trusts, manufacturing interests. Protec-
tion' n Mr.. DlNGLEY catch 1t in turn
and the tribute to the tieshy hero of the
lndianapolitan cult occurs In Its proper
place in the new platform:
Aud Democratic Party, glorious once,
Which In these latter days twice gave the land
President and Cabinet OF men
Anre with patriotic fervency.
OF solid. sturdy. fearless common sense,
or governmental policy ghich could.
granted time TO blossom aud bear Jruu.
have raised our country 10 a higher plane
or national weil-being and content"
THIS means we suppose. u plant and a
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Sir EDWIN ARNoLD pronounces Bostonese tho
purest English spoken In any city OF the world
Minneapolis Tribune.
Perhaps Sir EDWIN is not an authoritative
judge of good English. He may BIO able to speak
1t, but he never has written 1t. In prose he
uses that eSuberant rhetorical jargon which
has been called Biographies In honor OF
his emanations in the London Telegraph,
a journal OF inimitable squeak and s~plutter. In
verse he uses Sanscrit, Japanese. and titbits OF
other Oriental tongues. Very good English is
spoken in Boston, and very bad English, too.
Good English will be found In every American
city. and 1t is useless to inquire and impossible
to decide where the best Is spoken. II the
distinction belongs to any ono American
city. 1t must belong to this town. In Boston
ono would look for moro provincialities of
vocabulary and pronunciation than can be de-
tected here, where cultivated men from all parts
OF the country are found. But the question is
unimportant and the answers unconvincing; In
other words. both are worthy Of the Indo-Japan.
csc genius Of Sir EDWIN, and may be left to him.
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A STRANGE FAMILY MErr,vo
five Brother wh Had Never Seen On,
other Before Bccoino Acquainted.

From the Rochester DcmorrUt and Chronic,.
Tho recent Grand Army cncammncnt hc,, !,
Buffalo was the cause Of many u happy rcunIo.
dramas In real life, of which the public kncv
little or nothing. An incident came to thc nv
tiuc OF n reporter yesterday OF five brothcr,
who were visiting in this city, and who were al
brought together for the first time In their live.
The oldest had broken the family ties before IN,
youngest was born, and tho other brothers b.a
been separated through other circumstances a.
that their meeting In this city was the first Ina
that al five had been together. '
The names of these five are William Gctcbeu
New Haven. Conn, aged 90: Martin G.. OF t,yta
Mich, aged 30; Frank A. of Elmira, aged A.. an1
Charles OF 20 Caledonia avenue, this city. nyeS
80. All arc strong. stalwart. robust and Good.
natured, and when they wee .rrl together yes.
picture. The three oldest arc veterans ~ ihs
late war. and that they were fighters Of NO near
ability is shown by the innumerable scars from
bullet wounds. sabre cuts, and the like that all
three bear upOn their persons.
The three veterans were in attendance at The
national ncRmpmcnt, and they took the opnor
tunity OF visiting their youngest brother in this
city, whom they had not met since the ciuse
OF the war. At the same time the second
youngest came up from .Elmira,. and 50 the
union was perfected. All OF tho hrothers
boast OF the fact that they are stanch "a.
publicans, ever have been, and always will be ad.
vocates of the principles OF the party, md root.
ers for It's candidates. The quinte! went TO one
of the downtown photograph galleries YES.
terday, after which each went to his home.
There were three other brothers In this remark.
able family. Morris GCtchcll. also Il veteran.
fi sSr1 IN D "a nS, r tWo , years 3, sEo, aged 60 YEAR.
still living; They come from long,livod anoes.
tors, and all are over six feet tall.
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Our Trade with Japan.

A very practical reason why Japan
should keep on good terms with us is that
our country has not only been one of her
earliest, most faithful, and most disinter-
ested friends, but has furnished her with
one of her best markets abroad.
We have, in fact, for years been buying
OF Japan many times as much as she has
bought of us. But during the last twelve
months a marked change has taken place,
showing a slight fall in value in our i'm.
ports from Japan and q vast increase in
our exports to that country. The former
reached, for;the last fiscal year, about S24,.
600, OOO, or d decrease of about one.seven.
teenth from the year before; while our
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-02
For President Of the Council Of the
Greater New York. on the Republican ticket:
SETH Low Of Columbia University. and
the Citizens Union.
PLATFORM.
Almost anything for harmony.

We understand that the Wholesale
Grocers' Association has been formed for the
better regulation Of prices. for securing q moro
comprehensive system Of credits. for tho devise
ment Of a satisfactory body of rules founded
upon experience. and for promoting the general
interests OF the business. There has long been
need for moro orderly methods In this branch Of
trade. and 1t is desirable that they should be
prepared and carried out In practice. In its
wholesale and it's retail departments tho
grocery business is larger than any other. and
a vast number Of enterprisinG men are engaged
In 1t to their profit. We could not get along
without the grocers, nearly all Of whom are
honest. good .naturcd, and intelligent citizens.
We have already in the city a Retail Grocers'
Association, which has rendered useful service
TO its members and TO the grocery trade at
large. The men in the Wholesale line and those
in the retail line will now have tho opportunity
OF comparing notes. to their mutual advantage.
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FTOM INC Chicago NeUS.
He does not crack q whip loudly TO call the alton
ton of the public to his vehicle. He does not in stem.
torian tones demand of the incoming passengers a.
Equality. Saline county. ILL.,. that they come 70 the
hotel for which he is "runnerin." And yet, consider.
ing his years. or his lack OF them. he Is one of the
most successful members OF his profession. He 10
Max Walters. aged 4. the adopted son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram Walters OF Equality.
MaI's foster father is an agent for machinery. and
also q hotel keeper. Max is equally at home in pro.
claiming the advantages of each business. He goes
to the depot each day to meet TIL trains and 10 accost
every stranger with recommendation OF his fathers
hotel. He usually succeeds in marshalllng quite o
crowd TO the paternAl hostery. which is not far from
the depot. When he is not thus engaged he strolls
about dispensing valuable information concerning
his fathers machinery 10 all such as are uniformed
on the subject. His youth and his engaging manner
make him an admirable agent.
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sigh for q lost third term. 1t is a ccaseiess
satisfaction to all the Indianapolitans to
think what might have been II Cleveland
ism had only had time to blossom and bear
fruit; not merely eight years, but eighteen,
or, let us say. eighty. Now forthe business
end of the platform:
" We are not tied to any Party's tail
We stand for Money Sound. for Froer Trade.
For equal opportunity to all;
No tax except for Government support,
And Government expenses minimisod;
Reform OF civil service; prudent. wise
Economy in each Department OF
Tho state; respect for law and the supreme
And Highest Court Of Law a bitter hate
or lingo Policy and. browning all.
deep regard for trucst RigHteousness."
"Our day will come" says the poet Of the
National Democrats in conclusion. We
should say it had come already, on the
morning when this great poetical platform
found a place In large type on the editorial
page of a metropolitan daily newspaper.
The Times will no doubt agree with us in
the opinion that this comprehensive declar-
alton supersedcs all previous prose utter
ances of the National Democrats, and rem.
ders superfuous any future statement of
principles or policy. From Currency Reform
to rue Righteousness, everything Is men,
toned in Mr.. EHRICu's burning blankety.
blank verso.