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The Crisis in South Africa.

A letter from Cape Town, written shortly
after the general election in the Cape Col
ony, gives some interesting details Of the
issues on which it was fought out, and the
causes that brought about the defeat Of
the party led by Mr.. CECIL RHODES. The
Cape Town platform was cheap food, free
trade, and the opening up of Rhodesia and
adjoining territories. 1t was this last
article in the programme that turned tho
election against Mr.. RHoDEs's party, as it
meant the early annexation Of ,RhOdesia,
with all its liabilities, to Cape Colony,
which is already overburdened with its
own. The funded debt of the colony
amounts to $14o, 600, 900, which has to be
borne chiefly by the white population. that
numbers only about 45O, 900 out OF a total
OF about 1, 100000.
The older ~colonists, those born in the
country, viewed with alarm the prospect of
having to assume the liabilities and govern
ment of a territory some 800 miles from
Cape Town and swarming with natives.
They were fortified in their opposition to it
by the numbers of explorers and others who
had abandoned Rhodesia and come to Cape
3 Colony, where they have settled and gone
into business or farming. The majority
against Mr.. RHODES would have been larger
but for the great pressure brought to bear
on those voters depending on the Govern
ment in one way or another. The free
voters. however. were sufficiently strong
TO carry the day and defeat a policy which
they believed would be Injurious to the
best interests OF the country, though the
majority they obtained Is not as satisfactory
as they wished.
British connection was not. it appears. at
any time an issue in the electoral campaign,
though Mr.. RHODES on several occasions
tried to raise the question nor were the
candidates opposed to him in every Instance
unfavorable to South African union. What
they are opposed to is Mr.. RHoDEs's
plan OF confederation that would enable
Rhodesia to unload its debts and liabilities
on Cape Colony In the first instance, and on
the future federal union OF South Africa
afterward. 1t was the opposition to this
In the Cape Colony itself, encouraged
from outside. that Mr.. RHODES de-
nOunced 0s Krdgerlsm. The action was
taken purely in self-defence Tor 1t Is be-
AL
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I ginning to be realised IN the independent
Boer States rs we'll as in the British colo
mics OF the Cape and Natal that Moi on
some line lie inevitable sooner or Inter. Tho
only question is what form and character
the union should take. That preferred by
the independent States ls, as President
STEIN OF the Orange Free State recently
stated, q republican federal union, to be
called the United States OF South Africa.
In the British colonies sentiment is m
what divided; one party, and the more
numerous as the Cape Colony elections have
shown, being in favor OF q federal union OF
the South African States and colonies after
the American style, while the other wishos
a fusion and imperial federation.
As will be seen, the difficulties in the way
OF South African union are chiefly financial,
though the political differences count for
much. The more lightly burdened and
freer States do not want to be deprived Of
their autonomy and to have their burden
increased at one stroke; while the heavily
indebted Cape Colony is ready to share its
burden with the States, but unwilling to
nave its debt added to by the annexation
OF Rhodesia with all its liabilities. Under
such circumstance the matter is not one
that can be easily adjusted. The opposi-
ton to Mr.. RHODES in tho Cape Colony
having defeated the Government on q
motion OF want OF confidence is now in
power, with Mr.. W. P. SoHRErNER as leader.
It is to be remarked, in passing, that he has
assumed with the premiership the post OF
Colonial Secretary, which brings him per-
sonally into relations with the Colonial
Office in London. Meantime the exigencies
Of the financial situation Of the Chartered
Company demand an early solution Of the
difficulty in which it and Mr.. RHODES have
been placed by the result Of the Cape
Colony elections and the fall Of the Sprigg
Miniatry
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-18
The Now York Party Of Bryanlsm.

The Democratic party in New York, led by
Mr.. RICHARD CROKER, is moro deeply dyed
with Organism than it knows. Therepudia-
ton OF Judge DAILY for refusing to make a
political appointment, and the nomination
oil former Judge ANDREWS, after he had be-
slowed a lucrative office upon ANDREW j.
FREEDMAN, a business associate Of Mr..
CRoKER's, Is a practical illustration OF the
Chicago platforms sinister threat against
the Supreme Court Of tho United States.
It is the brazen subsection Of the courts to
depraved politics.
This Democratic campaign against RoosE-
WELT, it must be remembered, began with
tampering with the records Of the Supreme
Court in this city in the hope Of forcing a
legal decision that the Republican candi-
date, a New Yorker of New Workers, was
not a resident of the Empire State.
Such a loosening Of the spirit Of the Chi
cago platform upon the courts cannot be
punished by the mere election Of Judge
DAILY over ANDREWS. It calls for a crush
ing defeat OF the entire Democratic ticket,
We urge the Republican party therefor
70 rouse itself to the very top Of its strength.
and every independent voter who has been
looking frowningly on the Republican can
vass because Of Col. RoosEvKIT's uniform,
or what he said or didn't say about the
party platform, or what he said or didn't say
/ to PnArT, or reasons Of that nature. to
vote for every Republican candidate. Ma
tional and State, Governor, Representatives
In Congress, and members OF the Legislaturei
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Judge who had been his judicial associate.
Then he went on actually to bid for liquor
support by eaying:
zone Of the Issues Of this campaign ls the co.
called RAines law. which came before me. and I vas
In . position to help souttls that Infamous measure"
That would be remarkable language from
any Judge except one who was seeking q
return to the bench as GEORGE p. ANDREWS
Is seeking 1t. He tries to curry political
profit by claiming credit for o judi
olal opinion which he wan only justified
in giving as ON obligation to the law.
without fear or favor. He bids for sup
port by d%enouncing as infamous" n law
which has reduced the number Of drinking
places and the mount OF drunkenness In
the city and State and enormously in
creased the revenue of both without inn
posing any charge on the community in
general, and he passes Judgment on a law
Of the State which the bench is bound by Its
oath to uphold.
We nave referred to only two Of the can
didates for the Judiciary, because they are
the two who represent specifically the issue
now before the people of this city and of all
the State; the one the dignity, purity, and
independence OF the Judiciary, the other
the subordination Of the Judiciary to
the will of the grasping political organ
ization which now rules the Democratic
party in both city and State. Judge DAILY
and his associates on the Republican ticket
are on the one side, and against them are
Judge ANDREWS and his associates on the
Democratic ticket.
1t is a square issue between the two par
ties, and one graver has ever risen in the
politics Of this State. The honor and indie
pendence Of the Judiciary are at stake, and
the moral standard Of every citizen, whether
it is high or base, will be indicated unmis-
takably by his vote upon the issue at the
coming election. Never before in the his
tory Of the Judiciary Of New York has
there been a greater scandal put upon it
than by the attempt now making to punish
judicial integrity, as represented by Judge
DAILY, and to reward the subserviency Of
Judge ANDREWS, and to serve notice on the
Judges Of the State that unless they follow
ANDREws's example Of servility they will be
deprived Of their places at the first oppor-
tunitY.
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A111eAroRs HOUSED FOL WINTER.
The Biggest Of the Lot, n IT. Footer, OBJ
jected to the Removal.

ho EDABBObO VI tho Aotp u - CoutCEt Wv
jected to the Removal.
The fifteen ~alligators. big and little. in the
Central Park menagerie were moved into their
winter quarters yesterday. Some objected 70
the moving process and snapped their laws
when the keepers approached.
The biggest OF the lot. an ugly fellow about
twelve feet long, snapped at Keeper Peter
Shannon's legs and took a piece out OF the
keepers trousers as he jumped to one side.
The keepers had a lively time in lassoing the
big saurian in the open-air Enclosure. as he
seemed to know what was coming and swung
his head to one side when the moose sailed
through the air toward him.
The moose was finally slipred over his heal.
down upon his neck. The keepers tried TO
take a blight in the rope over tho alliGator's
jaws so that he could not bite them. but he
fought against this. and. getting the rope into
his mouth. held on like grim death. The
keepers tuCged. and. finding this useless. got
an iron bar to pry open his jaws;
Even then they were unable to open its
rope and tried to seize Shannon by the leg.
Tho keeper escaped with a torn trousers leg.
but with a whole skin.
After a time the big fellows Jaws were Sc
cured and he was dragged into the cold
weather quarters in the lion house.
The other medium sized alligators were las
seed and pulled to their new quarters with no
great trouble. and the small ones were dumped
into bags and carried along by the keepers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-18
AMERICANA At AUCTION.
Howard Edwards Collection Including the
"Aitkin Bible.n

@No
"Aitkin Bible.'
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. ia sale Of rare books
will begin at 1112 Walnut street on Wednes-
day. when Howar Edwards. o collector Of
Americana. will offer at auction a collection
numbering over 1000 volumes. The collection
Of Bibles includes the "Aitkin Bible" the first
English Bible printed in America. This the
title page says. was printed and sold by r.
Aitkin. at Pope's Head. three doors above the
coffee house. in Market street. MDCCLXXXII."
In consequence Of the embargo laid upon
American during the Revolutionary
War the Bible became an exceedingly scarce
book. Mr.. Aitkin. a patriotic printer. under
took to supply at his private expense the con-
slant and urgent demand for the work by pub
fishing the edition that Is now known as the
"'Aitkin Bible" A writer in the Freemdn's
Journal of Nov. %. 1882. commenting on the
pu blication OF this work wrote: The very
paper that has received the impression Of these
sacred hooks was manufactured in Pennsylva-
mia. The whole work is. therefore,. purely
American. and has risen. like the tabled
Phoenix from the ashes of that pile in which
our enemies supposed they had consumed the
liberties Of America
There is also a collection Of the three Saur
Bibles and a specimen Of the first American
Douay Bible. The first American edition Of
Shakespeare is included In the list, as well as
many quaint volumes bearing upon the early
history OF this country,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-18
WAR REVENUE RULINGS.
Scnlpers, Except Those who Deal in stocks,
Are Exempt from Tax.

Arc Exempt from Tax.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1.-THE Commissions
OF Internal Revenue has ruled that 'scalpers"
and any other members OF Boards OF Trade or
Produce Exchanges. &c. who trade exclusively
for themselves. are exempt from the special
tax Of $40 per year. the war revenue law spe-
cifylnG that it shall apply only to brokers
who negotiate the eale or purchase OF goods.
wares. produce. or merchandise for others.
on commission" The exemption. however.
is not extended to 'scalpers' or members OF
Stock Exchanges dealing in stocks for their
own account. another section Of the law pro-
vidinG that they are liable to the tax OF $50.
whether they negotiate for the mselves or
others.
The Commissioner has also ruled that CO.
operative building and loan associations are
exempt from all stamp taxes exec pt those
on checks. All mortgages. bonds. notes and
other documents. passing between the asso-
Citations and their members, therefore. will
not require stamps.
He also holds that all conveyanees OF title
to property are taxable. the word purchase"
as used in the act being held to embrace all
conveyances OF title except those occurring
from descent or by process Of law. Where
the consideration named In a deed is love and
affection" 1t must be stamped according to the
actual value OF the property conveyed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-18

The Chevalier RICHARD CGUR DE LION
DAVIS is still conducting the Santiago cam
paIRn. and the BELLoNA on the brass but
tons of his forty eight buttoned fatigue jacket
liRhtens balefully. His shake vibrates with
many voices. and its futtering pompon recalls
to the Imagination the white plume OF HENRY
OF Navarro or the rufled tail feathers OF the
prophetic Roman geese. The Chevalier Is in
his culminant hour. He should be painted as
the Genius OF Military Science. supreme amid
the rattle OF typewriters and the smoke OF Gig
~arettes. And yet the newspapers are full of the
solemn warning: Beware OF Over Conf
dence."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-18

Fortune seems to take a malicious joy
In pursuing the Hon. RooER QUARLEs MILLS.
He has TO be q plutocrat In Rpite OF his long
wrestlIngs with plutocracy. His lands In Cor
sicana are filled 10 the brim with oil. and on
their surface grow watermelons OF inexpressi-
bic flavor. The bowels OF the earth c~onspiro
with the surface thereof 70 make RooER's cup
and bank account run over. Every day We ok
pect to hear that gold has been found in his
back yard and that diamond meteorites have
lodged In his chimney. He is an OIL Baron. q
Watermelon Baron, a Money Power Baron.
And he is willing that the Custom Houses
should stand for q little while yet. BE may
want to use them as sub-treasuries.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-18
PREPARING FOR THE OPERA SEASON.

American Members of the Chorus Start Re-
henrSaIs at the Metropolitan.
Preparations for the approaching opera sea-
son at the Metropolitan began actively yester-
day. The American members OF the chorus
held their first rehearsals under the direction
OF Gustav Hinrichs; The Italian chorus will ar
rive here next week.
signor. Luigi Mancinelli, the conductor. is
for Chicago on his arrival here to commepce
the orchestral rehearsals. The majority OF the
company will sail on the Augusta Victoria on
Nordica and Schumann-Heink. La Touraine
will bring the French artists and other mem
bers OF the company. Mile. Calve is i'll In Paris
and her departure may be delayed.
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Expansion DRv.

PORTO RICO. OCT. 10. 1898.
Go fling the starry banner out,
Go hing It to the skies;
To-day II nils tho armament
Where stArS OF empire riso.
Go fling the starry banner out.
Go fling 1t DER the land
Which for four hundred bitter years
Has felt the tyrant's hand.
Go ding the starry banner out.
Go fling 1t DER the main
Whose pillows now break on a shore
Freed from the yoke OF Spain.
Go fling the starry banner
Above the land and Hea.
The glorious sign manual
OF Peace and Liberty.
Go ding tho starry banner out;
Its shining folds unturled
Proclaim the gospel. rich n broad,
or Freedom 10 the world.
Go ming tho starry banner out
Upon this foreign shore.
As notice to the earth that We
Have oom for many more.
Go hing the starry banner out.
Go fling It to the skies.
The emblem OF the new belief.
The higher enterprise.
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HON. JOE BAILEY, STOCK RAISER.
His Experiment in Horse Breeding Will
Not Rob Texas of j. w. b.

His Experiment in Horse Breeding Will
Not Rob Texas of j. w. b.
DALLAS. Tex. Oct. 1.-THE story having re-
Gently been printed in Associated Press
dispatches from Louisville that Congressman
Joseph W. Bailey is about to remove from
Texas to Kentucky. Mr.. Bailey to-day gave out
the following signed statement. with the re-
quest that it be published:
There is no truth in the statement that I
contemplate moving to Kentucky. A stock
company. in which several friends and myself
are interested. has leased seventy-three acres
D %a IaRa n ne e%Pnct hsn' fest Of t 1Hs m 5er PG ~ Texs a..
and Kentucky raised horses. We intend to
raise colts one year in Kentucky and the next
the same horses. and | expect In this way to
demonstrate that Texas is not inferior to Ken
lucky as a stock country.
ut will he seen from this that instead OF pre-
pairing to leave Texas l am really trying to
prove its excellence. j. w. BAILEY"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-18

The Hon. Lon STEPHENS, Governor ofMis-
souri,. is a historian OF great originality as well
as a statesman OF great promises. In a proc
lamation of much pomp he informs the Mis-
souri, school children that LAFAYETTE "partici-
pated In the surrender of Lord CORVALLIS on
the Nineteenth day of October. 1871. He left
our shores amid the plaudits Of our true
liberty-lovinR people and a national farewell
extended him by Congress. and soon afterward
died in his native country" The Hon. Lon
STEPHENS ought to be allowed to try his hand
at a 50 History OF the Crime OF 1879" or q Dem
ocratic Campaign Textbook. He has gifts.
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GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS, too, has D

GEORGE FRED WIhI1AMs, too. has prom
ised to give his little dollar a month until 1900
to the fund which CoIN HARVEY. general man.
ager Of the Democratic party. is raising for the
dissemination under the direction OF the Dem
ocratic party. OF the gospel Of Sixteen to One.
BRYAN and WILLIAMS clasped in each others
arms on the bosom Of Corn HARVEY and by the
side of his silver slot machine sculptor. behold
q group that yearns for the chisel.
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In thisd degenerate CO. Cincinnati CONNER
aSI TSIbNHe.
30. In the Golden Age and the saturnian
realms the lamb lying down with the lion. as
per programme OF disarmament. complained
that the rascal snored and was no vegetarian.
1T didn't used to DO so in my great grand
mothers time" bleAted young LAMB. but
what can you expect In this degenerate age ?"
And up In Heaven. the high gods. one by one.
threw beakers at the table-glrl OF Olympus.
The ambrosia isn't half done and the
nectar Is dAmaabIy eOrksd. But what can you
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-18
4 REcoRD OF HARVARD SOLDIERS.
University Alumni Asked to Furnish Infor-
nation About Them.

University Alumni Asked to Furnish InfOr-
nation About Them.
Harvard University is e%ndeavorinG to obtain
q complete record of her sons who served in
the war with Spain, A letter has recently been
circulated among the alumni. in which William
G.. Brown, deputy keeper OF the university
records, asks that all who have any information
about officers. grad or undergraduates OF
Harvard who served in the war will send it in
TO the department. Of university records.
The points to be covered concerning each
man are: u. Date OF mastering in AMI out;
", name OF organization in which ne served
W. his rank: ~, his record. II by reason OF
distinguished service. or wounds or sickness,
or death, or from any other cause, il is dis
tingulshgble from that of others In his com
mand. These questions are to apply to those
to those who SAW active service against the en-
emy. The list Of names and records will
eventually be printed In the Harvard Grad
Ngtfs' Magazine, and the papers themselves
will be preserved In the college archives.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-18

Another family reunion. The Executive
Committee OF the Populist State Central Com
mittee OF Massachusetts, has decided that there
shall be no Populist State ticket this year.
THE Democratic party having. as we think"
say the members OF the Executive Committee.
substantially adopted the principles for which
we stand" Two signs but one shop. But are
not tho Populists getting a little careless ?
They may yet Mud that the Democrats are too
radical for them.
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expect In this degenerate age2 Things we're
different in the old days. before CHAOS Joined
the Fuslonlsts." The Kid Razed pathetically at
the arbutus tree and remarked: II ind that
as l get older I can't eat with any enjoyment
while I'm asleep; hut this Is a degenerate age"
The Satyr saldi my ears nre getting moro
pointed and my nose grows fatter every day.
Now my ereat-grandfather was q very hand
some fellow: but we live In q degenerate age"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-18
German Patriots in Hoboken.

In a Hoboken saloon owned by Germans AMI
~patronized almost exclusively by German iam'-
hoo cut near Manila and sent home by one 81
Dewey's sailors. an American nag, and a I"r'
trait Of Col Roosevelt, Opposite the saloon =
a fiat house occupied by ten families, nine q
which are German. From the front window
each fiat there floats an American Gag. which
has been flying since the beginning OF the wat
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-18

Tammany wants a new Bar Association,
and there ought to be one to include all law
yers OF the sort Of moral standard which justi-
fes or t~olerates punishment OF the integrity
and independence OF the Judiciary. They
ought to be marched out by themselves. so that
everybody may know exactly who they are.
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WANTS TO BLACK COPS, SHOES.
Offers $4,000 n Year for the PrivileGo-It
Would BE Cheap Rt $40. 900.

Noulu no Shehp AT @lO'oOo'
Eugene Guerin wrote to the Police Board yes
terday that he would give $4,000 n year to the
Police Pension Fund for the privilege OF shining
policemen's boots. He proposes to keep a stand
in each police station, and to brush the mems
clothes. beside backing their boots. all for 81
a month per cop. John Thomas OF 300 Broad
way offered $4,000 for the Job last month.
specifying that he would put his boOtblacks in
uniform, The Police Board has made no reply
There are 1000 policemen IN the greater ciity 81.
q month would probably be char even al So
o n year. There are. eighty police stations
and four sub-stations where bootblacks wou!i
have to be located.
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The Democratic politicians OF this city
who are boasting and blunlng about carrying
this election forget that thore 10 such a thing
as moral sentiment in tho community. and that
when 1t is aroused II sweeps aside as char
all political triokery. The fragrant assault
on the independence OF the Judiciary has now
aroused that sentiment. and its indignation
will grow hotter as tho opportunity for exhibit
Ing 1t practically Is brought nearer by the ap-
proach Of the election.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-18

The Hon. HORACE BoIEs OF Iowa has re-
turned to tho stage aud acclaimed with credit
able fervor a piece wherein the tariff Is said to
be the chief issue Of the hour. What hourp
Uncle HOB ought to mind his clock.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-18

n orr friends tho favor w. '0fh SdHu'ertph for
eubtiedion ipiIh 10 haze rejected articles returHsd. hsv
,,us, IN all easss send stamps for thdt purpohs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-18
CRUISER BROOKLYN IN DRY DOCK

Her Sides Very FOul-Some of Her Plates
Damaged in Battle to BE Replaced.
Tho cruiser Brooklyn was foatcd into N"
new big dry dock at the navy yard yesterday
morning. and as the water began to recede aud
her sides became exposed it became apparent
that she was sadly in need OF a InorouE7 cle--;
ing. Some Of the plates which We're damaged
by Spanish shells will be replaced with new
ones. 1t will take several weeks TO put her IL
ahaDa
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-18
SIexico's Big Cotton Crop.

ToRREoN. Mexico. Oct. II TIL cotton crop
in Mexico this year ia greater than was ever
known before. In the LaRuna district, al0uLe
the value Of the crop Is estimated at So,OOO'W0
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PAnrs-Kiosque No. IL. near Grand Hotel. and
Kiosque No. 10. Boulevard des capucines.