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To All Whom 1t May Concern.

Here in New York city, of all places, the
two morning Republican journals, mad
dened with petty spite, are treacherously
laboring to force the Republican organiza-
ton to abandon its platform and surren-
der before striking a blow. Observing
also, the swashy and shallow commcnda-
lions Of the Low non.partisan humbug,
which have been found in n considerable
portion Of the Republican press throughout
the country, one would infer that the only
vital, ~fervent, and compact force in Amer
lean politics is Organism.
The underlying Republican sentiment
must be asserted, particularly in this great
portion of the Empire State, or the ideas
upheld by the Republican party in 1896
will encounter a reverse in 3 o such as
the great victory a year ago then made in
conceivable.
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Trolley Line l9a Miles Long.

A local paper, in an article on the electrical
street-car systems Of eastern Massachusetts,
gives a description Of what is alleged TO be tho
iP9 IaETis. trolley trip IN the world, It being from
Boston. The start, according to the authors
denee. thence through ,Pawtqcket and North
Attleboro to Plainyille,. the only break
being between Plainville and Norwood.
which is at least fourteen miles in length.
An extension of the Norfolk Central line
from Norwood to Walpole will be in operation
within q very short time, but even then it will
only reduce The break about 3la miles. The Nor.
folk southern street railway has been granted
locations through the towns of Norwood. Fox.
this line will be built. When it is in operation
there would still be a distance of 3e miles be.
tween FoXboro and Plainville, which would
have to be covered by carriage.
But; even Il this line was really in operation.
covering a distance Of 40 miles, it would nos
be the longest trolley ride in the world. as II 10
possible to make a trip Of 12+ miles over lines in
actual operation. viz: From the residence Of
Henry, II. Rogers, vice-President OF the stand
ard Oil Company, at Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven.
to Nashua, \. H., the route being through New
Bedford. F&ll River. Taunton, Bridgcwater;
then through Maiden. Melrosc. Wakefield.
Reading. Wilmington. Billerica. Lowell, Dracut
to Nashua.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-16

Probably the holder of the most majestic
post in tho world outside OF tho Presidency of a
Goo Goo club is Mr.. A. A. WHITE of Kansas
CITY, who has just been elected Grand Shark of
the Universe by the National Convention OF the
Concatcnated Order OF Hoo Hoos. In private
life Mr.. WHITE is in the lumber bust
ness and Of affablo dcmeanor. but IN
his official capacity he must be impos-
ing and overshadowing. Think Of the Grand
Shark Of the Universe riding in q trolley car.
He ought to drive n palanquin with four ele-
plants at least. The state of 30 great n mon
arch should be maintained. Tho Concatenated
Order Of Hoo Hoos is OF particular interest to
the citizens OF this town because it suggested
the formation Of the Concntcnated Order Of Goo
Coos. In which the Hon. SETH Low is the present
Grand Shark Of the Universe. The Hon. JOSEPH
LARoCoUE is Senior Goo Goo: the Hon. PRYSNE
COKE is Junior Goo Goo; DR.. EDWIN L. GoDKIN
Is Jabberwock the Hon. JOHN COLUMBUS CLARK
Is Scrivenoter; the Hon. ]. b. PINEi is Arcanopcr,
and 80 on. New York owes n great debt Of
gratitude to the Concatenated Hoo Hoos. They
have given her the Concatenatod Goo Coos, who
may be described as double extra Mugwumps.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-16

The Problem = Coeducntea Husband and wirs
Present 60 tho ChicnEo University.

hNANNA ~ N@N AsAAAN
From the San Francfsco Chronicle.
A husband and wife getting two separate and
individual degrees as doctors OF philosophy on
one single and undivided thesis is as novel a
proposition MS the Berkeley young man who
attends college rccitations through his wife an
a proxy and absorbs knowledge through pro-
%pinquity.
Prof. and Mrs. Inskccp are we'll known in East
Oakland, where the husband was formerly a nro-
fcssor in the California College. n Baptist insti.
tuition, and tho wife has rcsided there since
childhood. Before her marriage she was Miss
Anna Dolman. Prof. Inskcep coached Miss
Dolman In Latin for the admission examinations
Of the State University. Miss Dolman had been
a teacher FOR several years, but her ambitions
were for the higher education. Her marriage to
Prof. lnskeep followed almost Immediately upon
her graduation.
For the last two years the two have been at
the University of Chicago, studying for a doc
tors degree in philosophy. This summer they
returned to Chicago. While in California tho
married students were busilv, engaged nron y
Joint thesis. which Is now finished. Nobody
knows quite how this thesis is to be signed,
whether :. Inskeep and ~Inskccp'' or '''Inskccp
and wife" but upon the Joint product of their
labor, the community property of their brains,
as it were, they expect to receive not one, but
tho thesis hhCsiEst as solomon so suggested cdd's aiyidin Ms' the
disputed infant, but the degrees are TO be twain.
There Insrson wa fnr TG NO wi,i diSs sp a 1o as TO o Tq nbIio OF me
They will both be or neither.
1t seems a little as though somebody was get.
ting something for nothing, but the friends OF
the family say they have faithfully divided the
labor.
Under the old idea. n thesis was something
the writer was prepared to hold ana defend
against all comcrs. The Inskeeps have decided
that theirs is q united. Observation-Disclosures
proposition. They will hold the fort together.
Both of them. of course, must be prepared 10
stand an examination on any point in the thesis,
This they are prepared to do. After finishing
the thesis their ways part. So far they are man
and wife. When It comes to passing eXamIna.
tions and receiving the crown that is supposed
to accompany the cross they become two indi.
viduRls again.
The amusiug part OF 1t would be II one should
receive a degree and the other fail-on this Siam
ese twin of a thesis.
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mn Tbs state Of things cannot continue without
putting constitutional government In peril. Com.
mnnities have a way of taking care Of themselves
When the worst comes to tho worst. but II Is not al.
Post.
The cause OF this violent hysterical outbreak
Is the growth OF the heresy during the last
thirty years" that the people of this city "are
incapable OF managing their own local affairs.
and that they need the watchful superintend.
ence OF the other four and a half millions who
live elsewhere In the State. II that is a
'heresy' 1t is far older than thirty years merely;
1t goes back to the very foundation of the State.
The people of an Incorporated city, under our
political system, have never been able to man.
age their own local affairs" except in tho
way and to the extent defined In a
charter granted to them by the State
Legislature. The city is the creature of
the State purely. A commission containing
very able Democrats and Republicans drafted a
charter for the Greater New York. which was so
satisfactory to both sides that It's adoption by
the Legislature was unanimously
by the commission; 1t was adopted. and after
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SUNBEAM MS.

FOR refusing to act as fence viewer. an once thn
survives yet In parts OF New England. u Decr'nG, M"-
man was fined S5, and he had to pay $40 10 escape
arrest for trying TO dodge the nrst nne.
Some sort of plant haa been exhibited IN Port.
land. or, under the name or nm Alaska rns, which
Is described as looking like "A nj, suppover ,,r,p,
that I'm ulace or IN. ne,oIs -, .snr,n,u,r enc ,la.sA
=" rose" has n mnss OF small v.ro,v blossoms which
lie very close one 10 IN. other
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-16
THE WRESTLING NUISANCE.
II Disturba tho Prosperity In wall street-A
just Cause FOR Complaint.

Just Cause for Complaint.
a little of your valuable space to this communication
/ am sure you will confer a great favor upon many
toilers downtown who are excessively annoyed day
and night by the whlstling nuisance. Tho offenders
are employees In the various oflce buildings. district
messengers. Stock Exchange messengers, and the
runners for the news agencies. The last three classes
MI the corridors OF the various onicc buildings with
excruciating strains OF popular melodies throughout
the day, and their efforts are occasionally supple
mented by elevator conductors. In only two or three
ONCE buildings that l know Of are efforts made to
abate this nuisance.
At night the situation ia even worse, because OF the
comparative stiffness and because OF the thoughtless.
ness OF the army OF clerks and ONCE boys that, owing
TO the Improvement In business in the Wall street dis
tict. arc compelled to work well into the night.
entire large Office building with a shril whistle. The
authorities OF the Stock Exchange. the man.
ayers OF the District Telegraph Company and
OF other concerns that employ messengers would In.
struct their various employees that whistling Is a
nuisance and infringes upon the rights OF tenants.
As a matter OF fact. II Is disorderly conduct under the
law in public conveyances, such as street cars, ele.
vator cars, and ferryboats. and It possibly may
be in such semi public institutions as large onlce
buildings.
am sure that II you see nt to call attention to the
matter the nuisance viii DO abated to an extent and
you will receive the thanks OF q very large number
OF your readers. A SUFFERER,
SEPT. II.
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Trustees rave been of men Of mediocre abll-
titles and no special fitness for the place.
We see, therefore, that n mar may rave
tho laudable purpose of serving only the
best end In office, yet be incapacitated by
his moral and intellectual limitations from
attaining them.
Mr.. Lows letter Of this week, moreover,
proves that he is n man unframed to close
and logical reasoning. He was one of the
commission which spent months in draft
ing the charter of the Greater New York,
yet he exhibits an entire misconception OF
the principles Of the government estab'
lished by 1t and of the relations which a
municipality has always borne under our
political system to the State from which 1t
derives its corporate existence. II Gen.
TRACY, Judge DILLON, or Mr.. DE WITT, or
any other of the really able members of that
distinguished commission had written ON
the subject so fcebly and fallaciously
treated by Mr.. Low, the public would nave
received real and important instruction MS
to a matter concerning which he has only
mislcd and deceived them.
Mr.. SETH Lows candidacy is hopeless.
Fortunately for the Greater New York,
there is no chance that it will begin its
career under his incompetent and unintel-
ligent leadership. But so long as he plays
the part of the dog in the manger with his
fatuous candidacy, no distinguishes him
self as the one man who imperils the whole
some initiation of the most important
experiment in municipal government ever
undertaken in America, nay, in the whole
world
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Praise to all silver stars, the Hon. JOHN
w. LEEDY. Governor of Kansas. does not per-
NIT himself to be encouraged bv the fattering
aspect of things Mt present. He sees the canker
in the fruit. He feels that nothing is but what
ought not to be. He knows that the present
conditions remain unchanged, as compared
with the past. 1t is the same old battle
OF the people against corporations and trusts.
not the least of which is tho gold standard
money theory. We must work until tho change
comes, and with 1t will como genuine and per.
manent prosperity" The Kansas farmers may
be buying diamonds, but Mr.. LEEDy Is not to be
c~ajoled by n sham prosperity. He wants his
prosperity silver plated. and none other needs
apply.
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Providence and the Hon. j. Brisb en-
Walker.

The withdrawal of DR.. f. BENJAMIN
ANDREws's resignation as President of
Brown University, and the simultaneous
withdrawal of DR.. L. BENJAMIN ANDREWS
as President of Mr.. JOHN BRIsBEN WALK.
ER's Magazine University, will astonish no.
body who has followed the %sinuous prog
ress of this remarkable struggle between
conflicting calls of duty. At the same
time, nobody whose knowledge OF the his
tory of the affair is accurate and up to date
will be inclined to regard this last aspect
Of the case as its fina settlement.
DIR. f. BENJAMIN ANDREWS withdrew
his resignation and withdrew from the
Hon. ]. BRIsBEN WALKER on Tuesday, but
it may be that to-day or tomorrow the
Hon. j. BRIsBEN WALKER will proceed to
Providence and bring back DR.. f. BENJA-
MIN ANDREWS in triumph to what the
Hon. j. BRIsBEN WALKER considers as the
larger field Of educational usefulness. The
withdrawal of the withdrawal would leave
the venerable seat of learning again tenn
porarily without a President; but even
then Brown University would not be
ridiculous.
The true solution Of the great f. BENJA-
MIN ANDREWS question seems to be that
the every-other-day Educator shall act as
President of Brown University on Mon.
days, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and as
Manager of the Magazine Advertising Uni
versity on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Satur.
days. Thus there may be peace with honor
all around, with a day Of rest every week
for DR.. f. BENJAMIN ANDREWS.
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High Mass In Honor OF a Golden Wedding.

MoNTCIAIR, y. j., Sept. ia high mass OF
thanksgiving in honor OF the hfticth anniver-
sary of the wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Marion will be held tomorrow morning In the
Church of the Immaculate Conception. Dean
McNulty OF Paterson will preach the sermon;
the Rev. J. j. Synnott, President OF Seton Hall
College, will he deacon OF the mass; the Rev. ~
A. Wallace, Chancellor of the diocese of New.
ark, snb-dencon. and Father lIanley OF BROOKLYN
will lie master OF ceremonies.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion have had three dauph.
iers nnd one son: The son. the Rev. Father
being elevated to the priesthood. One OF tho
daughters y SistGr Clara. who is In n convent ut
Newark. MIR. Marion is u direct descendant OF
Gen. Marion of Revolutionary tame.
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the first Of next January it will be the law under
which tho municipal government 10 conducted.
It grants TO the people OF tho Creator New York
the power OF managing their local AFFAIRS "
after the manner and within tho limitations set
by It, MS In tho case Of cities generally.
Boys undertaking to write for n newspaper on
such subjects should DO instructed by their
tutors and procoptors to learn something about
them. moro especially before attempting to stir
up q local revolution against authority belong.
ing to tho State from its foundation. But what
should DO done to people Of years OF discretion
who so on reading such stuff daily and accept
ing It as profound wisdomi For we must as.
sumo that there are grown people Of that sort,
else the publication Of tho historical Erenina
Post would be impossible.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-16
FACTORIES IN THE SOUTH.
statistics showing Their Increase in Number
In the Past seven Years.


The growth OF manufacturing interests in the
South in the past few years is shown by the fact
that there are now in the States OF Kentucky,
Tennessee. Mississippi. Alabama. Georgia, the
Carolinas, and Virginia 434 cotton mills. with
3.45l, 631 spindlcs and 80, 16s looms, besides ~
knitting mills. In 1890 the total number of spin
dies in the States named was 1888, $50. SO that
the increase since that year has been about 100
per cent. OF the cotton mills. 249. representing
about two-thIrds OF all the spindles and looms,
are on the line Of the Southern Railway. There
are now 50 per cent more spindles on the line
OF this road than there we're in the whole South
in 1890. and the greater proportion of the in
crease has occurred in the last three years.
The woollen mills OF these seven Southern
States number lightweight and are situated as
follows; Alabame. .; Georgia. 5; Kentucky. Is;
Mississippi. /; North Carolina, 13; Tennessee,
%; Virginia. "a. About fifteen OF these mills
arc also cotton or knitting mills. or the total
nearly one.half are located on the line of the
Southern Railway, and these include most Of
the largest ones.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-16
The Gull Island Guns.

While Fort Schuyler, Willets Point,
Bands Point, and Davids Island offer ex-
cellent sites for guns and mortars with
which to defend the eastern approaches to
New York. yet it Is evident that the outer
line of defences Is at the further end of
Long Island Sound.
There nature has furnished admirable
positions for defensive works. and n COM
bination of fixed forts on the Gull islands
and FISHERS Island, with a fleet of war
ships In Gardeners Bay, and an accompani-
ment of submarine mines, may stop an
enemy from even entering the Sound, and
thus protect at once not only New York,
but Stamford, Norwalk. Bridgeport, New
Haven, New London, and many smaller
places on one or the other shore. .
It is therefore a gratifying announce
ment that within a few days the c~ontrac-
tors whom the Wa Department has en-
gagged to build the emplacements for a pair
of big 12-inch guns on Gull Island, will
begin their work, and that 1t will be com
pleted within the next three months. A
glance ut the surroundings will show a line
of islands stretching southwest across the
! eastern end of Long Island Sound from
Watch Hill to Oyster Point. First. after
the reefs are crossed, comes the principal
island, Fishers, stretching well toward the
Race. Then come Race Rock and Valiant
Rock, with the Race proper beyond them.
Then In order are Little Gull and Gull
islands, Middle Rock and Plum islands,
this last being next in size to Fishers, and
separated by Plum Gut from the Long
island shore.
The commanding position Of the Gull ISL
ends with reference to the chief entrance to
the Sound and to the channel practicable
for heavy battleships is thus manifest.
There, accordingly, is to be put q battery
Of two of the heaviest rifles that we have
yet made In this country. h guns them
selves arc ready, and before long we may
expect to see them mounted, and the nu-
clsus Of our outer line of defepces for Long
Island Sound thus secured.
The country has been fortunate In escap-
ing war while it's great ports remained
practically undefended, but, thanks to the
recent energy Of Congress, forts are now
going up here and there all along the sea-
coast. and already the old sense of appre-
hension Is removed. A great deal of work
remains to be done. but it is a source of re-
lief to find such points as Sandy Hook and
the Gull Islands actually receiving atten-
tion, as we'll as others on the interior ines
nf Nav York
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Responsible TO none-supreme control
The kinRly perch invites my eager soul.
Hut traps are laid, insidious snarcs are spun.
Alert the fox. and cooked the fowler's gun.
Zach braves sleeve Ia loaded with n sling
10 stay my darling project on the wing.
snail Fate Impose upon my brilliant boom
The evancsccnt bubbles pitcous doom?
shan rival claimants. hungerins for the place,
Impede my easy progress in the racep
Must ingloriously end my days,
Ana n base politician wear the bays?
Shall trampled Genius. thus neglected, lie,
And low Cabal he boosted to the sky?
Must wo then starvc. while this nutritious fat
Feeds the lean horde OF Diabolus Plat?
snail no my claim trtumphant'y assail,
Ana Bill Mckinlcy's local gang prevail?
shall thcy 81 gage MS with their hurly m.ts,
And smite the solar plcxus OF the Cts?
Shall old st. Georges. shall Columbia's nile
be dumped by primaries ana conventions vila2
Shall his celestial warrant he ignored
Who takes his nomination from the Lord;
And rogucs prepare the d!nkcy. dink for mo,
Though God Endorses whn; the cts decree?
oh. let me don the maGIsterlal robe,
And win the obeisance or the PROSTATE globe.
Rescue from ridicula and save from shame
MY long petItiOp-at IS cents per name.
Lumber your mouldy platforms on the shelf.
ANA vote for me -lny platform In myself.
Mine Is the only conk In all tho town
quite large enough to NJ the civic crown.
III incredullty ane I Your soul,
Just gaze ON my gigantia sureolel;
Unparalleled the station; /, as well,
Uniquely sble. have no parallel.
Profound In learning, and In wisdom sage.
Behold in me the digest Of the age.
A barrel OF integrity is mine.
And brains ami piety In me combine.
In manly beauty young Apollo's twin,
My pulchritudo alone the prize should win.
Heaven has assigned the golden plum to me,
To enrich and besutify my family tree;
Ana Virtue ciHmors, with desnairing breath,
"oh' give me anarchy. or give me seth 90
JoHS LUDLOW.
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The Rocky Ford Enterprise reveals to
panied eyes the existence of another agricultural
or horticultural trust. the Rocky Ford Melon
Growers Association. We regret to find tho
Enterprise apologizing for this melon octopus:
'The absolute necessity OF n melon growers associa,
ton is unqucstioned. II our 800 growers OF melons
were now shipping independently. perhaps two cars
to points where only one was needed. they would not
get pay Tor their crates. The Rocky Ford Melon Grow.
erS' Association has come to stay. and Will do q bigger
business next year than this. And this year Il has
not been able to MI the orders by several carloads
each day"
Come to stayi A trust in Coloradoi Wait
until the trust hunters come forward with a
few more penal Probably the sale
or eating of a trust melon will be made a capital
offence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-16
FOR NEW S~CHOOLHOUsES.
The BOARD or Education Makes Several APP
prIationH-Ncw Principals Appointed.

The BOARD or Education Makes Several Appro.
prIationS-New Principals Appointed.
At n meeting OF the DO I'd Of Education yester-
day afternoon the following sums were appro-
priated for the purchase of new sites and the
building OF new schoolhouses: Eighty-one thou
sand five hundred dollars for a schoolhouse at
burnside and Andrews avenues Morris Heights;
1853. 73S.45 for q site between l6sth street and
l69th street on Audubon avenue; $ll5. 39I. so
for a site on lOith street, between Madison and
Fifth avenues. and 100. $40. 30 for n sito on
lo5th street, between First and Second ave.
nucs.
The appointments of Emanuel Hoag and Fran.
els 4. Bcckwith MS High School principals were
confirmed. DR., John II. Couroy was elected
ham, Wallace +. Lyons. and John r. Magmire
were appointed principals. by transfer. TO Pub
lie Schools lIl, l55. and Oh. respecliYclY.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-16
The Southern Accent.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: Your correspond.
emit, "southerner. writing Sept. Q. is mistaken hen
he says. Nowhere In the South, particularly at the
time OF the war. did any southerners OF any class use
the broad "a" In such words as half. can't. &c" In
Virginia, Mt the time referred to. the trond "a" pro-
nunciation was very common in such words as half
and calf. but the "a In cant was sounded as in ask. I
es on this subject.
] agree with your correspondent In other matters.
The long "e" In hear. with a screeching roll OF the "r :;
Is peculiar to tho North and West.
NY observation Is that all over the North the short
sound OF 30" In such words as on and deg has been
changed TO the sound OF "a" In far. ALAnAn.,
SELMA, Ala, Sept. I.