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This Government has never entered into
official communication with any of the authorl-
ties OF the Cuban Republic. That republic has
retained a representative at Washington for
over Two years; but his presence there has never
been recognized by the Government. Con.
dent MckINLEY's predecessor in office, who,
however. never made reply to any OF them. For
all that. no man in the United States is Il better
informed as to Cuban affairs than President
MCKINLEY. Our Consul.General at Havana has
Kept him fully advised of all matters pertaining
TO the progress OF the war and the sentiment OF
the Cuban patriots and the prospects OF sue
cess for the revolution.
III 1t be now the desire of the Madrid Govern
ment that the President shall join with it in Of
forts to bring about peace in Cuba, and IL he
shall accept SPANS suggestion to that effect, it
VIII be necessary for him to begin his pacihca-
tory iabors by entering into negotiations with
authorized representatives OF the Cuban Gov
eminent. In case he shall do 30. there will be
three parties to the negotiations. and the terms
demanded by the revolutionists will be placed
alongside OF those demanded by Spain. in order
10 Obtain the Presidents judgment upon them.
we know that Cuba's demand will be for indie
pehdehce, and that SPANS will be for the reten-
ton of her sovereignty in Cuba. How to deal
WIN these opposing demands in such a way as
to BRING the war TO an end with justice to Cuba
VIII be the question for the President.
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The first fruits of the visit of Capt. P. III.

The first fruits of the visit of Capt. P. II.
RAY. Eighth Infantry, to the Yukon gold region
appear in the report he has just sent to the Wal
Department. From such information as he can
get he regards the best railroad route TO the
region as one from Cook Inlet by way of the
head Of Copper River. He advises putting the
whole northern part Of Alaska under military
government until Congress makes other arrange
ments, yet with a court and a Commissioner
OF Mines to be established and code of laws
supplied by Congress. He finds that at present
the laws are not enforced. and that a rude kind
OF justice 10 administered by meetings of miners.
Ono OF the new military posts should be Mt
Rapid, about $50 miles below Dawson. Perhaps
Col. RANDALL's detachment, which has now
founded a post at st. Michael, will establish the
one at Rapid.
Capt. RAYS experience in Arctic regions
gives weight to his present recommendations.
The army will 10 doubt do some exploring in
Alaska, and will be a great source of reliance
for preserving peace and order until an ade-
quate territorial system is founded.
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To THE EDrroR OF THE suS-Sir: My brother and
myself are among those who were incautious enough
TO sign Mr.. Lows petition. We never intended to
vote for him. and never shall.
happened to be standing with four OF Ave friends
on a corner uptown when a young man came along
and asked us TO sign n petition for Mr.. Low. We re.
fused at frst. but as he insis ed. and claimed that
each signature meant 3 cents tn him, We all signed
his paper, looking at the matter in the light OF u Joke.
Three Of US are Republicans and are working for
Tracy. The others are Tammany Democrats.
LOUIS FEST.
gel EAST FiFrIErH STREET. oct. 90.
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while at Darmstadt the Russian Czarina learned q,
ride the bicycle.
A diver in the clyde recently worked for forty
minutes NJ a depth OF lsG feet. which is a re cord IN
Great Britain.
Kills Will henccforth be worn instead OF the treys
by the Scaforth Highlandcrs. the vote in the regiment
bcinE overwhelmingly in favor OF tho change.
The Earl OF Harrington. who has been running n
fruit store III London, at which he sells the products
OF his gardens. has now added TO IL a croam ohsa..
branch,
COlurei IrItOns have formed q club in Landau.
They ONE from Demerara, Trinidad, the Gold Coast
and Sierra Leone. and most or them are medical or
law students.
Carmen sylvia, Doctor OF Philosophy. It will b
her, after, Emperor Francis Joseph having authorizod
the budapest University to confer that degree ON
the queen II Roumania.
Athens mas Just witnessed the first theatrical per-
romance given since the outbreak OF the war with
Turkey. aHi permission has been granted TO the
theatres throughout the rest of Greece TO omen
Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bart. the plaintiff I'm tho
notorious hordaunt divorce case, in which tbe primo.
OF Wa.es was one OF the correspondents. died recently
III iohuon' This Is the case whore the Prince chose
To go upon the stand AMI was believed 10 have
"perjnred himself like a gentleman"
A woman arrested for keeping a dog withop, .
license In London pleaded extreme poverty, and the
HN"'b htF buFtttH uAYS 10 TAlBe the
money The newspapers spoke OF the case. ana
within a week the clerk OF the court received Aib1
from British dog fancicrs for her relief.
a faris Jury has distinguished itself by acouittinS
two criminals who had confessed their crime IN
court and whose lawyers had only pleaded for .
light sentence. The secretary Of MN. oppenheim m.
bankers had embezzIed S5O.OOO AT the instIRatIon a.
MS mistresSi a previous theft Of money by him "a
spend on the woman had been detected nv Inf. ~,
ployerS and forgiven, while the woman had tuic.
served time In prison for swindIIng. The Paris ON.
pehheiins being Catholics. anti.semitic feeling can.
not account for the Jury's verdict; the only other
plausible explanation. aside from stupidity. IA that
II que 10 prejudice against capitalists.
London streets are being rechristened by the Ital.
ians who max" their living in them. Regent s,1c,t
they call the "SiFadone del Campsnile Aglzzo." ina
street or the pointed steeplc; Kcns!ngton Gardens IA
III farco del PaiaEzi aite," the park OF high pa,.-.,
Trafalgar square. la Plaza dele FoDtane.r ,ha
square oi fountains; tho streets around Noting nm
Gate are called IN paeso dele Lavandaie." the
washcr"omen's country, while Hyde PARK Corner
and tho wellington statue Ia "CavalIintou." a cor
ruption for "cavallo alto Wellington" high hon,.
WELLINGTON. Pimlico has . French mama, gu -.
bourE.'
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The Last Roorback.

The vindictiveness of Mr.. SETH Low and
his friends against the Republican candi,
date whose election the collapse of the
Tammany vote makes the more certain,
hos but one more weapon for its service /;
but that is useless. SETH Lows only hope
of dragging TRACY down into failure with
himself is to persuade sufficient Republican
voters that he already has taken enough of
TRAoY's strength to make the latter's sue
cess Impossible, and so catch waverers for
himself or induce them to stay at home. We
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they said up at Twenty third street this morning
Thank God, We have a good chance OF LICKING Plat,
and l tell you, Toys, I would be satisfied 20 ace Low
beaten II ho can drag Tracy down with him."
To satisfy myself Followed them TO the rooms of
tho Fifty " and saw them enter there, II IA need.
less to add hero that l was and am fu,'y satisfied.
what intelligent man can doubt the evidence of his
eyes and ears' Would that some Of the " wavcrinR +"
Republicans could have been with me. venture to
predict that even some of these hol!er.than.thou +"
voters are not all fools.
NEW YoRK. Oct. 90. ''""'
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Tor EDITOR OF THE sUS-Sir: This narrative Of an
experience is absolutely true. and may he OF interest
to you and your readers:
one day last week. In crossing to Brooklyn on the
wall street Ferry, | was the only occupant OF the rear
deck (womSn's sidel, except three men, whose con.
Versation | could not help overhoaring. As they paid
no attention to me. | learned that they were workers
for the Brooklyn Committee OF Fifty and were on
their way there from the Citizens Union head.
quarters in New York. ! frequently heard the names
OF hccook, Pine, and Reynolds mentioned, but took
no interest in their talk until one OF them said loudly.
swell. boys, between US three. the jig IL up. but -
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Lnndon Takes Up Chewing Gum.

From the british Medical Journal
The question has been raised whether there Is any
reason for supposing that the practice of gum chew
ing. so prevalent in the United States, is on the In
crease In this country. We have made some in
quiries and have ascertained that many young
women. students. actresses. and others. appear to
have acquired this disgusting habit. and are inveter-
ate chcwers. We have examined specimens Of chew
ing gum obtained from various fashionable sweet
shops In London. and find that, as "A rule. 1t consists
OF rubber. favored with aniseed or peppermint, or
some other aromatic substance.
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Which candidates election next Tuesday
would most surely and most powerfully con-
tribute to tho acceleration of the movement
toward Astounding prosperity What man in
Wall street, or anywhere else In the business
community. has any doubt on that pointl Tho
election OF Gen. TRACY would undcniably give
an immediate forward impulse to every market.
Lowf Is there a really sane man at all OBJ
servant Of the actual political conditions who
imagines the possibility of his election ! There
is no precedent for it in politics; yet we are told
that there are still some deluded Low men in
Wall street. They are the lambs Of politics.
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The welsh to Arms Under Tracy. manner.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sfr: Several hundreds
of welshmen Of our city were hoodwinked to sign
the petition calling upon Seth Low to be the RSpubii.
can candidate for the MayoraIty and As the proper
person to unity all interests against the Tammany
Tiger. In this we were disappointed. and those hun.
dreds rapidly fall in line to fight under Tracy's Re.
publican banner.
The welshmen as a boiy are Republicans to the
GORE and work energetically for the grand old party.
NEW YORK, Oct. 27. X. ". HUGHES.
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Rally. brothers. Rally

Tracy holds the flag
High above disgrace;
Low would lot 1t drag
To win a local race;
The Tiger. double faced,
Stands behind Van Wyck;
Anarchy makes haste
For Henry George to strike!
Rally, brothers. rally
The Union looks TO you
To set the pace for marching
In nineteen hundred. too!
No time to turn your coat.
NO time to falter. this!
For Tracy cast your vote.
with Cochran aud with Bllssi
And Let the nation zoe
Her greatest city b, and
For law and honesty,
The foremost in the land!
Rally brothers. rsilyl
The Union looks to you
To Sot the pace for marching
In nineteen hundred, tool
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To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sir: Your attacks upon
Seth Low are fully justified. and no one with the In.
terests OF the greater city and the welfare Of the
people in view can remain unmoved by your appeals
for the maintenance of our dignity and honor and
the continuance Of our protective institutions.
Seth Low is In no way fitted for the responsible
post OF Chief Executive of Greater New York. as his
past record plainly shows. and we can judge tho
future only by the past. JOHN FRANCIS FARRELL
NEW YORK. Oct. 80.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE Sus-Sir: As an active Re.
publican. with the feeling that as such l should con.
tribute my mite to the cause, l have been daily mail.
ing my copy OF THE Sun to some one misguided Re.
publican whose tendencies are to desert his party at
q time when loyalty is US necessary as during the last
campaign.
1t is not too late to suggest this to your readers, and
II the idea is worked upon, thousands can yet be made
to see the error OF their ways and swell the Tracy
plurality. ACTIVE REPUBLICAN,.
NFy Wong DOT o0
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: OF all the SILLY
trash I ever read during a campaign the following
copied from an advertising placard In a car on tn,
Brooklyn L road. is prominently the mushiest:
Tom Plat can eat no fat;
Croker eats no lean:
Beat EN- both or they'll clean the cloth
Aud lick the platter clean.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: Seth Low was tho
originator and advocate of the district AIdcrmauic
system In the city OF Brooklyn which has been abol.
ishcd ny me charter OF the Greater New York.
II tha' IL a sample OF his administrative qualiGca.
tons' save US from such as he BROOKLYN.
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The Rest Reporter.

To TIE EDITOR OF THR SuN-Sir: THE SUNS story
OF the Central wreck was the hest printed by any OF
the New York papers. read them all. The most
comprehensive. uon-hyster!cal a count of the lot was
THE SUS'S. \ NEWSPAPER MAN,
ROCHESTER, oct. %.
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The FlEht netnnen Trac, ann Ceorre.

To THE EnIToR OF THE suS-Sir The battle is lie.
tween Tracy and George. MY business takes me to
az parts or the city, and judging 10y interviews with
the demonstrating voters George will receive over 80
per ccht: OF me Tammany vote. U. b.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20.
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Low, adjusts his halo and pats himself on the back,
all the while thinking what he'll do when he shnlI be

It is the same old thing in principle over again, but
on a smaller scale"
In Senator PLATT's statesmanlike admo.
milton to Republicans and anti Bryanltes
generally, appear the expectations OF q
practiced politician. In Mr.. DIMooK's
comparison Of 1860 with 1897 one may see
the probabilities Of the coming election as
they appear to a searching political OBJ
server experienced in human nature, famil-
lar with our history, and understanding
the genius of the country.
In 1866 countless Democrats voted for
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. In 1896 countless
Democrats, patriots and Americans to the
heart, voted for WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
The latter contest is still on. A vote
against the Republican candidate for Mayor
of New York, BENJAMIN +. TRACY, is a
contradiction and, to a great extent, surely,
a notification of the vote for MCKINLEY.
Stalwart Republican, or honest Demo-
crat, you do not believe that your vote of a
year & ought to be nullifed. Then don't
nullify it. Vote for TRACY.
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Low as an UnkneMn Factor.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: It is . strange
and startling circumstance that. while Gen. Tracy
acknowledges fealty to q complete code OF we'll
defined principles. covering national. State. and
municipal management and purposes; while Mr..
George stands on a platform opposite to this in most
things. and glories in 1t. even though he may thereby
be charged with flying the red nag; while Van wyck
stands upon and swears by the gathered notsam and
Jetsam. the fragments and w~reckage OF Tanmany;
and. while even Patrick Gleason shoulders his axe
and shouts his principles, Seth Low disdains to give
any visible evidence or outward sign OF the faith
that is in him beyond saying look at me. consider
my position, my past. my integrity. and my person
ality. l shall take the oath of onice and fulnl it."
have read all Low has said publicly in this cam.
paign. and l find that. stripped OF verbiage and side
Issues. his whole platform-every plank and every
splinter Of its made up In imitation OF that identl.
cal material with which they say a certain warm
place is paved-"good intentions" Now. as between
an apparently disqualified man out In the open flying
his colors and proclaiming his programme and q pro-
fesscd saint in ambush, It is safer for a free people to
trust the man who proclaims his mission, though It
cannot be fully approved.
We know what heaven or hell may bring,
But no man knoweth the mind OF the king.
The Americans have no place and no use for a man
who proposes TO exhibit his pedestal after election,
and still less for q party OF political eunuchs. When
a man standing for any public trust becomes SO color.
less that he can trade with competitors nj all points
OF the compass but one. he is really the most danger.
GUS OF them all. And the converse OF this proposition
10 pretty sure to be true. that the one he cannot deal
with is the safest OF them all.
II I could not bring myself to vote for Tracy be-
cause had Joined a boycott and sympathetic strike
against Plat l would be tempted to vote for the man
with tho axe rather than the man In corrupt associa-
tions. or oven for one holding dangerous doctrines,
before ! would vote for u political hybred without a
platform who is willing to call everything fish that
comes To his net. AN OUTSIDER.
vn,vrny n,, ~
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1t sounds like an efusion of the freshest sort Of a
freshman OF Columbia University, and is assuredly
an insult TO any intelligent voter.
Brooklyn. Oct. 2B. A MCKINLEY DEMOCRAT.
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a statssmaunLe Confession,
From the Courier. Journal

From the Courier. Journal.
the Democrat who voted for Bryan last year under
the impression that the Chicago platform was only =
temporary expedisnt can no longer delude himself.
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MIR. de Peystcr's Tin Ancestors.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-sir: Can nothing b
done to chocG Mr.. de Peyster's periodical outbreaks OF
tin statues? Brooklyn checked " Doctor Cosswell;''
but Sir. de Peyster pops up at intervals. and for sew
eral years has succeeded in making the Bowling
Green hideous. Hes at IT again now. substituting
one statue 81 his q for another;
not on the same pedestal. tut on another, So that the
whole south IN end OF tho Bowling Green is booked
with stones and derricks aud -. tin soldiers"
Has the Sculpture Society nothing to say in the
matter; or Is Mr.. ne pCystcr privileged 10 erect I'M
nges OF his "Gt'Gt." people whenever and wherever
he chooses? NEW YORKER.
Tho Sculpture Society protested originally against
the Intrusion OF this statue into bow. ing Green, but
the Park Board ignored the experts, and the city has
suffered accordingly.
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P~ARis-Kiosque No. 1e, near Grand Hotel. and
KiosQue No. 10. Boulevard des Capucines.
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Loyalty will sometimes induc,
strange sacrifices. If we are to believe
serious contemporary. there was a
member of parliament at the Windsor
gar9en party whose devotion TO the
cr IN carried him far When the serv-
ANS handed round gold-tipped cigar
cites, this legislator took one and es-
sayed TO light it. His wife. standing
by, reproyed him with connubial So
licitude and candor. You know, dear"
she said. you never can smoke without
being very sick" But the member OF
parliament was not to be deferred. III
my queen" he nobly answered. Invites
ME TO smoke, | will smoke. cost what
/. may" The name of the loyal legis-
lator has not been recorded, nor his
subsequent proceedings that eventful
afternoon. We hope his wife got hin
home safely.-St. James Gazette.
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l had been reading and Cecil lingering
the keys of the piano when Willard
came in.
His face was very grave. but he spoke
cordially to Cecil. who answered briefly
and insultingly-a almost accusing him
OF concealing the will. For one second
the dark eyes flashed angrily, but before
he spoke Willard wore his calm, self
possessed face again.
You are unjust. Cecil he said: "all
my influence was exerted in your be-
half"
1T looks sol" was the sneering reply.
"Your uncle thought his business
should be left in competent and expert
cnced hands. Have yours proved TO be
SOP"
mo. l am not bargaining trades
man. Uncle Harry trained me for gen
tlemap."
The sneering emphasis brought a
dusky red for moment on Wizards
dark check. He spoke with stern en-
phasis:
''Be content, then. to leave the cares
OF traue 10 me. our lncoIle anu pros
poets will give you sufficient for idle
ease"
His prospects! ! looked up then, 20
puzzled that Willard said:
rs it possible you have not told
Marian?"
"You have doubtless done So
mo. il was not my duty certainly
not my pleasure"
Told me WHAT" cried, with dizzy
feeling and choking of my breath.
Mrs. Stone answered:
"Your uncle's letter from Mr.. Hay an
nounced Mr.. Cecil Welford's engage
ment to Miss Rose Hay"
"You may as well add" said Cecil,
shat we were privately married the day
left. No one knows that as yet. but l
shall claim my bride when | return to
New Orleans.
! staggered toward the door. but
would have fallen had not strong arm
held me up as'I reeled forward. The
same kind support led me to the library
and placed me in a deep armchair. l
must have been white and looked faint.
for moment later glass Of wine was
held to my lips, and Willard said, very
tenderly:
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Charlotte WOItrr's Voice.

When Charlotte Wolter. the great
German actress, who died recently in
Vienna, began her stage career, her
voice was disagreeable, harsh. hesitate
ing and girlish. From that same throat
proceeded few years later voice such
az has never before or since been heard
on the German stage, metallic and full.
so charming. so intensely affecting.
Now the listeners ear reveled in the
sweetness of her tones, now IL was ear
ried away by their irresistible force.
The "Wolter-schrei" (Wolter cry) is a
new German word. coined expressly 10
designate the expression of the utmost
horror. terrible cry. piercing TO the
very marrow in ones bones, which she
uttered in Goethe's "Goetz Won Ber-
lichingen.''- st. Louis Globc-Demo-
crat.
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PARAoRAPHIc POINTERS.

When prosperity returns IL viii
not dbe through the custom house, but
through the golden harvest fields
indianapolis News.
The trouble with the farmers
pockets these days il that no matter
how much is poured into them a. the
result Of the harvests IL always runs
out through the holes made by the
tariff.-Chicago Chronicle.
--Extravagance grows with what IL
feeds upon. 1t becomes a power in
legislation that il almost irresistible.
The new tariff bill will not supply rev.
enue sufficient TO meet such expendf-
lures. Its promoters admit this. Mr..
Aldrich and Mr.. Dingley have finally
agreed that the deficit for th;S year
will be not less THAN $50. 900 ,OOO. me
chances are that they have underestd-
mated this defcit~--Louisvill Post.
The Hanna system means that all
responsible public Offices shall be pur-
chaser by aggregated wealth for in
who will loyalty serve their
masters; that neither honor nor oashs
nor the direct specifications Of the law
shall count for anything where the In
tercsts of aggregated wealth are con-
cerned; that even crime itself IL 10 b
treated with respect II committed bH
men who count their wealth. BY miNiozns
and whose conspiracies ssnim1bs ned
=: !. for 9r ths snsineatan q grssd.--