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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-06
George u. Pendieton's interpretation or tho
Civil Service Law.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.-The Hon. II. I. Havens, former
Mayor OF Terre Haute. Ind. and former member Of
the Legislature OF that State. now In this city on
business Of a more or less political character, was
talking to-day on the subject OF civil service laws
and their future. and In the course OF his remarks he
said: "Thc last time George II. Pendleton was in tho
United States. at that time being Clcveland's Minister
at Berlin. and about three months before his death, I
called on him at Wormley's In this city. VIZ had
been friends for years. and after talking over per.
sonal matters for quite a while I turned the convcysal
tlon into political channels by a reference to the civil.
service conditions.
"'You know. SENATOR ] said, that you brought
much trouble upon your party friends by your civil
service law ?"
Yes he replied, that is very true, but it is not
the fault OF that law. 1t Is the fault OF the bastard
civil service which has grown up under It. 1t was
never contemplated by me, as Its author. that a ten
ure should be conferred upon onlccholders longer
than the life OF the Administration under which they
were appointed, and It's aim was to prevent the dis.
charge of officials who refused to pay political ms.
sessments.'
Those were the views OF the author of the law
concluded Judge HavenB. land were he alive to-day
he would denounce. as unconstitutional and worse
than bastards, the whole brood OF rules fastened
upon civil service as laws.
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SYRACUSE,S DUAL COUNCIL.
Republican Aldermen Meet and Organize-Two
Presiding Officers.

SYRACUSE. Jan. 5.-The eleven Republican
ing. were beaten out of the organization of the
City Council on Monday night. met this after
noon in special session, pursuant to a call signed
by all the Republican members. and organized
for business. Frank Matty, the Democratic
Alderman who was declared President on Mon
day night, was present. with the other Demo-
cratic members Of the Council. He sat himself
solidly in the Presidents chair and refused to
vacatc. Consequently, when the Republicans
organized by the election Of Alderman Z. A..
Hill President pro tenn, their Chairman was
obliged to preside on tho floor of tho Council
chamber. City Clerk NJ. n. Haven declared the
meeting illegally called. and advised the Demo
cratic members of the Council TO have nothing
to do with it. Alderman Eugene j. Mack OF the
Eighth ward was elected President of the new
Council.
1t is said to DO the intention of the Republic
cans to apply to Gov. Black for an extraordinary
whether the Common Council organized by the
Republican majority shall not DO DECLARED the
legal Common Council of the city. The names
of President Matty, City Clerk Haven. and 9TH
now in session, on the charge OF conspiracy to
hinder or delay the deliberations of IL public
body in dcfrauding Eugene J. Mack out OF tho
Presidency of the Aldcrmnnic Board.
Mayor McGuire has prepared IA labored state:
mcnt. in which no tries to exonGratc himself
and his Democratic advisers from the charge OF
crooked work in stutiing tho ballot box on Mon
day night. Frank Matty. who claims the lTeSi-
dency Of the Common Council. Is now under III,
dictmcnt for violation of the Excise law, and
two cases brought by State Excise Commissioner
Lyman against him to revoke his liquor TAX GER
titlcate are soon TO be tried in this city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-06
TROUBLE IN URUGUAY.
Indications That Another Ci'ii War MAJ Break
out mt Amy Time.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 5.-fThc arrival to-day of
the cruiser Cincinnati at MOntoyidco, where the
gunboat Castine was awaiting her. has relieved
the Navy Department of the necessity Of taking
official action to protect American interests in
Uruguay. Information received here within
the past few days indicates that another civil
war may occur at any time. An attempted rev
olution was ended by an agreement between
the Government and the rovolutiouists. on sept.
IS. by which amnesty was extended to all rebels.
Officers OF the army who had been dismissed for
political reasons were restored to tho service.
and 100000 was paid to tho revolutionary
leaders for the expenses Of tho insurrcciioQ. 4
report made by Commander j.. NJ. Berry Of the
Castine to Capt. Chester of tho Cincinnati, ana
forwarded to the Navy department Dy the lat
ter. contains this significant news:
The question OF the election Of n Prcsitcns
tosucceed Senior Cucstls in March next, which
rests with the present Chamber, IS clusin. much
bitterness and apprehension. The Chambers arc
not favorable 10 President Cucstas, in whose
favor there seems 10 bO n popular uprising;
which has shown itself in several nlo1liu-'u ~
opinion that he should declare himself dlr'a.or
anu dissolve the Chambers. Strong forces ~
police and soldiers arc called OuL when these
meetings OCCUR
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-06

Some thoughtless critics are jeering at
the Populist Legislature of North Carolina be.
cause, although elected on q platform of re-
tronchment and miscellaneous reform, 1t hasn't
left n boddle in the State treasury. But reform
always comes high. and retrenchment doesn't
always seem necessary TO men of frugal mind
as soon as they cease to be in opposition and
feel their own fingers on the purse-strings. Re-
tfenchment means that the other fellow Is ex-
tfavagant. whereas when you are in power you
will pride yourself on a judicious liberality.
Besides, tho Populists are such tremendous
wind, that the spending of a few millions. moro
or less. must seem n small matter to them. An
issue Of absolute" money can be made at any
time; and money will be plenty unless the price
OF paper goes up.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-06
Religious Faith and skeptioism.

The formal rejection Of all religions, In
Guiding Christianity" as superstitions, in
the will of the late HENRY NJ. TABER, sug-
gests the inquiry how far this ~infdelity ex-
tends among men who give outward coun-
tenance to the Christian Church. 1t is
probable that 1t is extensive at this time.
Even among the clergy themselves it APP
pears very strlkingly. The Rev. DIR. RAINS
FORD, for instance, denies fatty the in
fallibility of the Bible, and treats the
Church as q mere association for moral
and religious and political improvement.
DR.. BRIGGS finds inaccuracy, positive mis-
statement, and downright fraud in the
Bible. The Rev. DIR. LYMAN ABBOTT be-
lieves only 30 much of the Bible as com.
mends itself to his judgment; that Isl, he
treats IL like any other book. They all carry
to its study a critical spirit, from which a
devout belief Is discarded.
The old.fashioned faith in the Bible
seems to be stronger among lay Protestants
than among the clergy. They go on in the
old ways without troubling themselves
with the questioning which has entered
into the theological seminaries and into
the professional ministry. When, like MIR.
TABER, they begin to doubt, they may go
to an extreme of infidelity as great, though
it may be unacknowledged, unless they
stop short at once and avoid further criti-
cism.
1t appears, however, from q review of the
progress of the Churches in this country
during the last year, which appears in the
Independent, that there has been "a
healthy gain" in churches and ministers of
the various denominations. This gain ex-
tends to all the considerable denomina-
tions. The proportionate increase is es.
pecially large and particularly striking
among the Mormons, or Latter Day Saints,
being from $4,000 to 207, $40; or @ $3.50.
Tho Mormons, therefore, are nearly half as
many as the Congregationdlists, 100000,
or the Episcopalian communicates, 65s, $40.
The Roman Catholics comprise about
one-third of the %, 919,O27 religious com
municants enumerated in the Union. The
various bodies of Methodists lave $685.
sos and Of Baptists 4,175,3O0. Next
come in order the Lutherans, 1907, AGO ;
Presbyterians, 1,490, 1872; Disciples Of
Christ, 1,O51 ,079; E~piscopalians, 65s.04O;
Congregationalists, $50 1000. The rest are
scattered among a multiplicity of denom-
nations.
The skepticism to which Mr.. TABER's
will gives expression has not benefited the
skeptical denomination of the Unitarians,
it containing, all told, the small number Of
10000. Nor has orthodox denial of hell
helped the Universalists, who number only
1,O25.
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mendation, on the need OF revising the
laws relating to taxation, to prevent inc
quality and injustice. "Some agency" he
says, SHOULD be created which will con-
slider the subject with the care It's gravity
demands, and report to you or your sue
generally acknowledged"
The Governor concludes this interesting
message with a spirited admonition to the
Legislature to practice economy in the mat
ter Of State expenditures. He recommends
the system Of biennial sessions, as now
adopted by thirty-nine Of the ~forty.flve
States, and he particularly desires that the
session which began yesterday at Albany
shall be short and active.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-06
Take or Your Hat!

Immediately following his recent mex
cusable exhibition of bad temper, for which
he received the appropriate %reproval, his
Honor the new Mayor introduced a reform
in his room in the City Hall for which
there has been a long-felt want. His simple
order that hats are not to be worn in his
Office is a very commendable action. The
nan who thus appreciates and enforces the
respect due at all hands to the representa-
tives of public affairs and to those who
seek their presence, must. to begin with,
be q gentleman, and, besides, becomingly
conscious of the dignity properly attaching
to public Office.
Mayor VAN WYCK's rule for his own
quarters should be an all-suficient hint
throughout the municipality. Hats off
when you visit a public officer in his place
of business, andi II, carelessly having his WI
hat on, he fails to remove it promptly and
to treat you with the manner denoting the
most sincere endeavor to be toward you a
genuine Chesterfield, report him to the
Mayor and you will probably hear of it to
the satisfaction of yourself and the general
public.
Courtesy is probable throughout the adj
ministration of a Mayor who displays such
a close personal relation to that most de-
l!ghtful of the d~ecencies of life, good
manner
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-06

tain than that this tendency leads not
only to the political but commercial con-
troll Of all annexed territory, to the exclu-
sion of all foreign products and manufac.
lures which can be furnished by the annex
ing power. And, Notwithstanding Secre-
tary SHERMAN's opinion that those powers
would gladly trade with us" they would
most surely shut us out Of their spheres Of
influence, and buy from US only what they
could not furnish themselves.
So It is almost a sel%f.evident fact. not
withstanding the optimistic views Of Sec
rotary SHERMAN, that the great powers,
having already despoiled China Of her
widely separated dependencies, may each
on Its own line continue its aggressions as
1t p~lcases, unhindered by the Others, and
that there is no organized power within
the control Of the Chinese Government to
stay the progress Of the least of them for
an hour. European complications or the
lack of completed railways or Of q sufficient
number Of battleships may do it, but moth
ing within China, unless directed by the
trained intelligence of modern statesmen
and soldiers, can save her from the Craven
ing Wolves" and there is only one power
in the world which has an interest OF the
first magnitude in seeing her savedi
Need we say that power is the great
American republic, which borders upon the
Pacific Ocean for 1000 miles in the tenn
perate zone, and almost ncircles 1t in the
farther northR She has a present COM
merce built up against the sharpest Euro
pean rivalry, and she is bound to protect it
nv all tho moral apd ~ needs he nv all
the military and naval means she can com.
mand. She ann afford to take the
chance of fair commercial treatment from
the great powers. 1t would be childish to
trust them for an instant. Their only ex-
cuse for annexation, or the establishment
of European spheres of influence, 10 that
they may thereby better protect and adj
vance their own interests, not ours. To
what our interests may ultimately grow, II
we assert our rights and our power. no
man can say, but in these days Of CONNER
mercial activity everything is possible II
we do not really abandon the field.
The Sun does not advocate an entangling
alliance with any power, and least of all
with England, nor does it advise the hold
ing out of any hopes of armed intervention
to China. But it would BIO recreant to its
past history and future hopes If it did not
advise the Administration to give fair
notice to all concerned in unequivocal
terms that it's commercial equality must
everywhere be respected, and that it will
regard the indiscriminate spoliation of
China as a menace to it's paramount inter
ests which it cannot tolerate from King or
Kaiser
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-06

The Providence Telegram doubts the
value Of agricultural colleges to agriculture,
and says that one Of them In New England "in
its less than quarter OF a century OF life has
turned out more professional men than farm
ers." Furthermore. some OF the agricultural
colleges appear to be ashamed of their names
and supposed business:
"The college in Maine has had Its name changed to
the university OF Maine emitting any allusion to
farming, and will add a school for the production OF
lawyers to Its equipment. The State continues to be
taxed for Its support. Tho professors OF the Massa'
chusetts Agricultural College are ashamed OF the name.
and want II called the Massachusetts College. PROBES.
sors in our Rhode Island College OF Agriculture
and the Mechanic Arts have not waited for legiSlA.
ton, but quietly talked about the Rhode Island Col.
lege, 0titlo which would belong to Brown II 1t was
to be assigned to any institution. How can these men
be expected to accomplish much for the elevation OF
farming and the farmer when they sail under false
colors and do not like to have It known they are con.
nected with an institution whore 1t is taught ?"
The managers OF the State agricultural col
leRes should not DO blamed II they have changed
or wish TO change The names Of those institutions
or II they hAye failed 70 elevate" farming.
Tho farmers are obstinate fellowA who prefer
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-06

DEBs ordered the railway hands in Sacra.
menlo TO strike because, the Pullman Car Company
would not do something that he reQnired. Some rail
way company In California attempted 10 run trains
without DEns's permission. and the strikers attempted
to prevent IL from doing so. Troops were ordered
out TO restore the railway property to Its owners.
which they did, and: as they were going back to their
quarters by train. WoRDEN. for purposes OF revenge,
save ed the timbers of a bridge In order TO wreck the
train. One or more OF the persons on the train were
killed by the resulting accident. and now. nearly four
years after the event. the question Ia still unsettled
whether the murderer shall be punished or not. or
course all the deterrent effects OF the law have been
d~issipated by tho long delay in bringing the murderer
TO J~ustice.-The Evening Post.
The person chiefly responsible for the delay
in tho execution OF this atrocious murderer is
GRovER CLEVELAND. who. when President OF
the United States, wrote u letter to the Gov.
ernor OF California asking as a personal favor
that WoRDEN be indefinitely reprieved because
the CLEvELANDs and the WoRDENs had known
each other In central New York years before.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-06

from The 81. Louis Gl0be' DemOcraf.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-Searching for soldiers widows
has become a profitable employment 10 a number Of
men. ono Of the hunters made the discovery re-.
Gently that there was living In Denmark a woman,
married before the SOS 10 u young Dane who came TO
this country. enlisted. went through the war. and
some time ego died. At the time OF the marriage the
woman was 80. The man was 90. Why the mar.
riage occurred aud why the husband left his wife
were not questions material to the case. The fact of
the marriage nearly forty years ago was clearly
proved. The enterprising lawyer who discovered the
widows existence has Just collected $4,000 pension
money from the Government. There are prizes
awaiting prospeotors outside OF the KlondIks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-06
STILL ANOTHER 1904 DOLLAR.
II Is Owned by 8. Il. Cinirmont and Has .
Hole Punched In 1t.

HOle h'uncneu In III.
Still another 8 0 dollar has turned UP in this
city. To be sure, it is not in n very good state
of preservation. and n hole has been punched In
1t. but its owner, s.. L. Clairmont of 100 East
Twcnty.third street, says there is no doubt of
it's gcnuineness. Ho knows its history for the
last forty years at least, and, as it was formerly
the property of an expert numismatist, no is
confident that it is one OF the 90, 900 silver dol
lars which were coined in 1904, only to disap-
pear, to all intents and purposes, from tho face
of the earth.
y Tho dollar, to an inexpert eye. conforms in all
details to the description of the others in exist
ence. There is the full.bustod, rakish.looking
Goddess of Liberty on tho diverse, with tho
word Liberty on her head and the date
"1sO4" in largo figures at the bottom. To the
right of the head, about the edge, are seven
stars. and to the left six. The upper and back
parts of her head are worn off SO as to be almost
indistinguishable, but the outline of the nose
plain. On the reverse is the large American
eagle, with wings outsprcad and a shield at its
breast, carrying in its beak an almost obliterat.
"E Pluribus Unum." On both sides about the
edge is rather rude milling. The rim is not
millcd: but stamped into 1t are the words o
being separated by stars and emblems of curious
design.
LIE Roy of this city. DR.. lie Roy bought it in
1866 from an uncle of his, a MIR. March, who
then lived in Mondham, Morris county, n. J.
Mr.. March was n collector of coins and curios.
and it Is known that he had owned this particu-
lar dollar for many years.
Mr.. Clairmont said yesterdSy that the money
hole that had been punched in it. He said he
had examined it most carefully under n strong
would lead him to suspect that the date or any
part of the inscription had been set in.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-06
rAILoRs As eoLD MINERS.
Kiondiko Companies Invade tho East Side
Socialists Are In ~, Too,

Socialists Are In 10. Too.
The gold mining companies arc now casting
their eyes toward the east side, and wan, IN
infect tho tailors with tho gold mining crnye.
Meyer schocnfcld. tho leader of the Brothers
hood OF Tailors, received q lettor from NJ. Kiln.
kowstoln yesterday offering toilet the union
in" on a gold mining expedition to Alaska.
Klinkowstein achieved notorictv four or Eve
years ago by giving free dinners to'allcgcd hun.
cry and unemployed east sidcrs. He has recently
returned from Alaska, and Is the general man.
ager OF a mining company. HIS letter TO Schocn.
field Is as follows:
Z" Meyer SchoenIeid, United brotherhood OF 7ot,or.
CITY.
DEAR Sir: Having recently returned from
Alaska and perfected an organization, tho aim
and purport of which you will CLEAN from The
Enclosed prospectus,::I am greatly surprised that
30 very lew OF my denoinihatlOn seem 10 tose
which l believe a kind Providence has reserved
for the end OF the present century for the bet.
dear Mr.. Schoenfcld, rs you know how mlchi
sympathizS, with tho people and the eau t YOU
which you can partly relieve them from thcir
thralldom and successfully combat tho re.
peated attacks on their mcagrC wages, viz:
Select ten or fifteen stalwart, sober, and in.
dustrious men from your organization and send
them with, our first expedition. which | VIII
In our prospectus. l court your and your as.
s~ociates' Investigations, and offer a man "
your selection n place on the directorate OF this
company to guard tho interests of the people,"
Schoenfcld seemed to be amused AT the letter
yesterday. 1t was typewriter and there was a
printed list of the officials of the company at
Its head, with klinkowstein as the general man.
ager..
This is only ono of many odd letters I re-
ceive," no said. There arc not n great many
stalwart men among the tailors such as Mr..
klinkowstein wants"
How does he propose to benefit the unionl"
II suppose to make the members some Kind
Of stockholders" said Schocnfcld, laughing. Il
haven't even read the prospectus and don't OK.
pect to go on n mining expedition"
The Socialists, too, arc going into gold mining
projects. The following, advertisement ap.
peared in German yesterday in the official or
gan of the Socialist Labor party:
In March one of our comrades Will lead an
expedition to the gold fields. In order TO get
the cheapest outfit and lightcst machinery wo
call upon all comrades and friends TO get to-
gethcr at least $500 for each man."
SOCIALIST KLoNDIKER."
A Socialist said yesterday that very few
comrades and friends would be able to put up
$500.
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The Hon. JAMES e. O'GRADY was re-
elected Speaker Of the State Assembly yester-
day. He received n votes. THOMAS F. DON
NELLY, his Democratic opponent. received 81,
and tho two Citizens Union representatives
voted for each other. One of them was fortunate
enough to capture n second vote.
These figures recall again tho work of tho
newspapers reporting the results Of the election
in November. In Its edition of Nov. 3, which
was printed within eight hours of the closing Of
the polls, THE SUN said the Republicans had
carried tho Legislature, and that the next
House would stand so Republicans. 81 Demo.
Gratis. and 3 Gifts. The Press said the Republi-
cans had elected 90 Assemblymen and the
Democrats 81. The Tribune said the Repub-
licans had elected SO and tho Democratic
Ga. The Times said tho Republicans had
elected 81 and the Democrats 90, and
the Herald gravoly declared that "PLATT
has lost the Assembly" and its figures showed
that the Democrats had won in 81 districts
while the Republicans had carried but 90. The
Euenin0 Post the afternoon following, with
fifteen hours more to get tho news, shouted
hysterically, "PLATT's control lost |" and It
asserted that but SO regular organization Re.
publicans had boon elected, while the Democrats
had elected 72.
THE Sun continued to print tho facts, and two
days after the election 1t said that Mr.. O'GRApY
would be reelected Speaker. Mr.. O'GRADY's
election yesterday by the vote of n to 81 for
his Democratic opponent, while emphasizing
the accuracy of THE SUNS election returns and
Its political news. emphasizes still moro the
ridiculous inaccuracy of the newspapers that
depend on tho Associated Press for election
returns.