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wait Till the Bryanites Speak.

The feeling that the disadvantages u r
rounding the political personality Of Mr..
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN point to some
other leader for the Democratic party in
1900 has lately been the subject Of pretty
emphatic expression IL the Ne,o York Jour.
oal. Yet what Democrats Of the East. and
particularly Democrats Of New York, hin
or say in opposition to BRYAN Is practical
ly OF no Importance at oil.
II to-day there Is any discord In The
Bryanite party, or any distaste for BRYAN
or failure of belief In him as q leader, 1t
must be seen, to be interesting, among tho
men who made him and his platform, the
Western and Southern Democratic. When
che original Bryan men talk. something
will be said. Complaints by Eastern Dem.
ocrats are vapor and moonshine.
Try as they will, the Democrats of New
York will never again equal in complete
ness the denunciation of Bryanism found
In the New York Democratic State plat
form of 1896 declaring that, as against
free silver, "the rigid maintenance of the
present gold standard is essential to the
preservation of our national credit, the 70.
demption Of our public pledges, and the
keeping inviolate OF u countrys honor.
But that very same year saw them bowling
and voting for the Chicago platform, its free
silver and all the other things Of national
evil and Democratic subversion, with the
regular Populist frenzy. Protests from
people of that sort make other people smile
and q contemptuous and pitiful smile 1t is.
All this speaking coldly Of the Demo-
cratic platform but not daring to condemn
1t, and this trying to push It into the back
ground in the hope of p~ersuading people
that Democratic success means something
else, calls attention afresh to h grovcl-
ling of the New York Democrats before
Organism eighteen months age, and to their
certain and absolute subsection to anything
whatsoever that may be set before them by
q National Democratic Convention.
When BRYAN's friends throw him over
1t will be time to look for other candidates
and other platforms; but not before.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-24

To THE EDITOR OF THE suE-Sfr: The efforts OF THE
Sun and the Societies OF the American Revolution
have been so successful in awakening . proper inter.
est In the battle of Golden Hill that doubtless the
anniversary OF that occasion will be recognized in
future as o day for patriotic observance. This being
the case. 10 Is important that there should be no
error as to the date thereof.
The series of running lights which took place on or
near Golden Hill began Friday morning. Jan. 10.
ITO. ana ended the afternoon OF Saturday. the Goth.
Therefore Jan. 10. and not Jan. IS. should be the day
we celebrate.
There is abundance OF documentary evidence 10
prove this statement. from which may be selected the
very letter read At the tablet ceremonies in the Post
once building on last Tuesday, which. It Is said,
"vindicatsd the chapters statement as to the date Of
the tight commemorated dan. 49," This letter.
which appeared in the 81. James Chronicle, is in art
as follows:
NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 1870.
We are all In confusion in this city. The soldiers
have cut and blowed up the liberty pole. and have
caused much trouble between the Inhabitants. n
Friday last, between Burning slip and the Fly Markct.
was an engagement between the Inhabitants and tho
soldiers. when much blood rs split. one sailor got
run through the body who has since died, &c.
Now. as It is ea,ily determined that Jan. go, 1870.
occurred on Monday. the previous Friday was neces-
sarily the 10th. ADRIAsA SUDAN QUAcKESBUsIL.
NEW York, Jan. 22.
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The Recalled Pilgrim.

The Hon. WILLIAM BRooKF1ELD has
given up his scheme of q reform pilgrimage
through the State. He went as far as
Albany and then came back. In Syracuse,
In Buffalo, in Tonawanda, the friends of
Republican reform had assembled in their
full strength of two or three, and resolved
,ta wait until the pilgrim from this town
arrived. They looked to him to bring them
the right hand of fellowship from the
Fifty-three, the Seven and the Eleven.
They longed to hear from the lips of this
accomplished master the complete art of
enrolment. With ears astretch and eyes
aflamc they yearned to receive from the
pilgrims lips the sincere milk of primary
reform. "What shall we do9 What shall
we think7 How shall we organized Where
are we at r. These were the questions the
answer to which the two or three faithful
Mugwump souls in the interior expected to
get from BRooKF1ELD.
The Hon. WILLIAM BRooKFIELD de-
ceived the hopes of the Mugwump breth-
rem. 1t was not his fault. The Seven, the
Eleven, the Fifty-two pulled at his coat
tails and his heartstrings. "Come backG"
the good man. partners In reform cried in
calliope tones to BRooKFIELD. LET US get
a start in New York city before we begin
to save the State"
So the high enroller came back, and the
faithful in Syracuse, Buffalo, and Tona-
wanda are still listening for a football that
will never come. The Mugwump mission
airy has been headed off.
He says he is going South. He doesn't
say, and the fact is here first published.
that he is going to the Fish Congress at
Tampa. He wants to study the science of
fish enumeration as practiced by the fisher
men themselves. "A reform enroller can't
know too much about mathematics" says
the Hon. WILLIAM BRooKFIELD.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-24
The Fight in the French Chamber
of Deputies.

The disgraceful scene which occurred on
Saturday in the French Chamber of Depu-
ties might have been averted IL Premier
MELINE had complied with the suggestion
made by ex-Minister CAvAIGNAC, a sugges-
tion which looks reasonable enough to those
unacquainted with the Governments secret
motives for averting a thorough investiga-
ton of the Dreyfus affair. M. CAvAIGNAc
proposed that. In order to remove any doubt
In the public mind concerning the justice
of the punishment inflicted upon DREYFUs,
and thus to put an enc to an agitation
which threatens to shatter the Republican
regime, the Cabinet should publish the con
fession of guilt alleged to have been made
by DREYFUs to a fellow officer.
The ostenslble grounds on which NJ. Me
LINE refused to publish the alleged comics.
sion were accepted as satisfactory by M. Ca
vAIGNAC, who Withdrew his Interpolation.
The first reason, however, assigned by the
Premier for his refusal strikes us as weak.
He said that the Parliamentary discussion
to which the publication of the confession
would give rise would affect the judicial
character OF the whole affair, and that the
discussion, once opened, could not be
closed. OF course, the judicial aspect of the
Dreyfus case would be affected by proof
that the convicted officer had confessed his
guilt. The confession, II accepted as au.
thentic, would prove that the conviction Of
DREYFUs was justified, and that is the
very thing which the upholders of the de-
cision of the court-martial ought to wish
for. AS for the assertion that the discus
sion, once opened, could not DO closed. this
is the opposite of the truth. Let 1t once be
shown that OREYFUs acknowledged him.
self to be guilty, and the discussion of his
case would instantaneously stop, 80 far az
he personally Is concerned. There would
be nothing to talk about.
More serious is the second reason given
by M. MILNE, namely, that the foreign
relations of France would be injuriously
affected by tho publication of the confess
sion. the Implication being that this docu.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-24

Some 800 delegates, composing the State
Association of Supervisors, County Commits
sioners. and County Clerks of Illinois. have
voted almost unanimously that Illinois ought
to have o new Constitution. She has not had
one for tw~enty.eiGht years. A long time be-
tween constitutions. Many of the most indus
trious philosophers in the country are Of tho
opinion that every State ought to have a brand.
new Constitution at least once q year. and the
moro generous minds believe in two a year.
There is o good deal of lawmaking going on, but,
after all, the Constitution is more fun. When
in doubt. monkey with the Constitution: The
motto of many advanced reformers whom tho
United States will have trouble in overtaking.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-24

The proprietors of fourteen department
stores in Denver made q combination, and
informed the daily newspapers of that town
that unless rates were reduced they would
withdraw their advertising. Rates were
not reduced. The newspapers couldn't af-
ford to be controlled by the department
stores. The department stores stopped ad-
vertising in the newspapers and resorted
to the primitive method of handbills. The
newspaper publishers made a philosophical
comparative study of advertising rates in
Denver and other cities Of about the same
size, and decided to raise their rates for
heavy advertisers. They waited calmly for
the strikers to get tired.
The strikers were not long in getting
tired. The trades unions, the local paper
mills, and other concerns boycotted them.
The fact that they had anything to sell was
concealed from the general public because
they didn't advertise in the newspapers.
Vast and solemn seclusion surrounded
those big shops once packed with custom
ers. For nine days the big stores were
empty, and clerks were employed to scrub
floors and windows in q vain effort to find
work to keep them busy" Meanwhile the
smaller fellows began to advertise with
power, and the cash began to pour into their
strong boxes:
"a number OF small concerns that took advantage
Of the boycott to begin advertising found immediate
results. one house having to call for police to keep
back the crowds. while the largo places were prac-
tically empty. A little dry goods firm that had never
been heard of before reported to-day that IL had
turned away q thousand people for want OF room to
receive them inside"
At the end of nine days the strikers gave
in. They had learned what we should have
supposed every business man kne W. that to
get and keep business you must advertise
in the daily newspapers.
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The Remnant OF Queens County.

Queens county was one of the twelve
original counties into which the province OF
New York was divided by the act of 1888,
moro than two hundred years ago. Since
that time Its increase in population has
made 1t one of the principal counties of the
State, exceeded only, according to the CEN
sus Of 1892, by New York, Kings, Erie.
Monroe, Albany, onondaga, and West
chester counties.
Under the conditions established by the
Greater New York charter, however,
Queens, though left intact as o county,
IL in the position Of having b larger
number Of its voters under the municipal
jurisdiction of the city of New York, while
q much smaller number, being In the
towns not annexed, are left as o feeble
remnant. At last years election there
were, approximately, $4,000 voters in the
county of Queens, and Of these 23,927
are included in the city of New York, while
about 1000 are excluded.
Ameeting of this excluded remnant of the
voters of Queens was held a day or two ago
to agitate for some change in their political
position, with q view to remedying the
hardship, either by the construction Of a
new county by the addition Of some Suffolk
county towns to those 'left over" in Queens,
or, as seems to be moro reasonable, by the
consolidation Of those towns with Suffolk
county. Suffolk is one Of the original
counties of New York. 1t includes nearly
two-thirds of the territory of Long Island,
and its voting population is $4,000, or
three times as large as the remnant of
votes in Queens.
The Legislature has control of the mum
Der and boundaries of the counties. now
sixty in all, but 1t has exercised this power
in the past with much reluctance, since
county officers object naturally to any cur.
tailment of their terms or impairment of
their prerogatives. The last addition to
the number of New York counties was
made nearly forty-four years ago, when
Schuyler county was established, having
been made up of townships taken from
three neighboring counties in the southern
tier of the State. OF course, the present
county officers of Queens. some Of them re-
Gently elected, do not look with favor on
the proposition to consolidate the remnant
| of Queens with Suffolk.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-24

The Hon. ALLEN d. GAMBLER announces
himself . candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Governor of Georgia. He stands
with all his feet upon the Chicago platform. and
his heart beats for economy and lower taxes.
Most candidates hearts are warranted to beat in
that way. 1t is the distinction Of Mr.. GAMBLER
that he is tho Ploughboy Of Pigeon. Roost. In
deed. he is moro than that now. Two weeks
ago his partisans were content to call him tho
Ploughboy of Pigeon Roost. As the combat
deepens he becomes 1.-The One-Eyed Ploughboy
Of Pigeon Roost." II the enthusiasm increases
he 10 certain to be styled the Blind Ploughboy
Of Pigeon Roost before the week 10 over.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-24

Great PAM is not dead. The report of
his demise Is purely q poetic fiction. For some
time past he has earned a modest living by sell
ing at retail In Berlin cigars, cigarettes, and to-
bacco In other forms. The penny'in-thc-slot
machine. however, has come to trouble his ex-
istence and cut into his income. and out of his
great sorrow tWeitschmerzl arises q new war
cry that will thrill the world: Der Automat
list der Ruin der Menscheni Der Fluch der
Menscheni' "The automaton Is the ruin Of hui
nanity, the curse of mankind" cried Herr
PAM In a Berlin BferlocaL at q meeting of Ber-
lin retail tobacco dealers. which cheored him
and agreed with him unanimously. though 1t
had to DO dispersed later by tho police. And
Herr PAM means business; IL the worldly au-
thorities will not put an end to the evil. he will
appeal to a higher power. to the Kaiser. "He
will not permit 30 many human beings to lose
their existence"
A glorious meaning may DO instilled into "the
Gospel of your Majesty's person" should the
chatter of PAM be needed. Posterity may yet
revere WILHELM ii. MS the destroyer of tho
pennyin-the-slot machine and the savior of
mankind.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-24

The friends of the Hon. JOE BAILEY are
said to have been in favor of the election Of the
Hon. STEPHEN MALLORY WHITE of California
as Chairman Of the Democra attic Congressional
Committee. Since the election Of Mr.. WHITE
they seem to take 1t for granted that the Gaines
vile Infant Phenomenon will be Speaker Of the
next House. upon which they have already
bestowed q Democratic majority. A certain
prematurity distinguishes the Baileyites and
their hero. He is an earnest young man. with
an earnest shirt bosom; and his sentiments as
to evening clothes do him honor in Gainesville.
Still. q young man with an easily electrified
amber head wants something of tho calm
ness that BELTS a candidate for Speaker; and tho
performances of the Hon. JOE BAILEY last week
indicated that he is liable to mistake thinking
with his feet for thinking on his feet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-24

In a Canadian murder trial last week
the defence tried to show that the accused man
was q Jumping" Frenchman. A jumping"
Frenchman is q Frenchman whose nerves are in
the control of somebody else. Somebody else
tells the jumper to do so and SO; for example.
to punch the Hon. JOHN Doe in the face. The
jumpers hands jump as requested. Just at
present tho great French towns seem to be
full of jumping and double-iumping French.
men. Somebody yells ~"DREYFUs!" whereupon
the jumpers proceed to attack the Jews. Per-
haps this is as rational q defence as can be made
of the temporary, but acute insanity of a great
many Frenchmen.
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Does Mr.. COCHRAN desire to be considered as
advancing the claim that the rich are not growing
richer? The facts to tho contrary are too patent TO
necessitate even their rehearsal. Are the poor not
growing poorer? Statistics say otherwise.-Bosfon
Traveller.
II our esteemed Bryanite contemporary will
consult a statistician we'll known in Massa-
chusetts. the Hon. CARROLL d. WRIGHT, it will
learn that both the rich" and 1.-THE poor" are
growing richer. There is Q vast difference be-
tween entiment and genuine statistics. The
Bryanites prefer the former variety. 1t is easy
to make.
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The Hon. JERRY SIMPSON made every
body happy last week. 81 am not lying awake
o. nights worrying over the Cuban question:"
said ERR TO the indispensable relief OF the
House of Representatives and the country. Tho
Sockless SOCRATES of Medicine Lodge has
stripped himself of one more illusion. He has
come to see that no Is not the Govern
ment and mot responsible for tho settle
ment OF the Cuban question. And he
has determined to spare himself and got
his regular nights sleep. 1t IL his duty
to 10 in his best form whSnever he thinks
no hears the country calling him TO distl .
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THE SUN, MONDAY, JANUARY "a, 1895.

little wisdom. Saturday night he formed the
Jerry Simpson DOM Worry Club. His COL
league, the Hon. JERRY BoTKIN. was the second
member. It 10 hoped that the Hon. CHUMr
CLARK Of Pike county and the Hon. Dan
ALMOND Of Buncombia will be persuaded TO
Join the club during the week. Statesmen must
take good care OF their health.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-24
The Growth or Potato.

From the Indianapolis SentiAsL.
The American people like a man who Is not afraid
That's one reason they like Mr.. Bryan. For the same
reason they will soon DO taking . notion 10 0OS.
Pinsrse II be keeps on talking out In meeting"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-24

Two illustrious English lords. BACON and
BYRON. nrst saw the light OF day on Jan. ss.-TTOy
Press.
Who. In the name OF all the lords at once. was
Lord" BAooNI
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-24
Perfectly Impartial.
From RarIsm LJTe.

From RayIsSs LVe.
BhS-S0 you are engaged TO ons OF the Ausgrave
twtnsl How do you distinguish one from the othsrP
HsA dont try TO-
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s.YaIe,so Problem.

To THE EDIron OF THE sUs-sfr: 'Yale's" prob
lem, printed IN THE SUN OF Saturday. was this: "what
will ten yards OF silk como TO at sl,OO 1901 per
yard2"
How will eco do for an answer to thiS1 BUCK.
NEW YORK. Jan. 22.
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n our friends ,cho Javor Ss trtth manuscripts for
pubifoa don scish to haze rejected articles refurHsd'
sAsv must IN all cases send stauap for that prrpose.
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To THE EbrroR OF THE sUE-Sfr: The answer 70
"Yale's" problem, which appeared in to-dsy's paper
Is SlOO. 90 0l'0lO.
Kindly publish this and oblige. WI
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To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sir: "Yale " 10 easy
would make the entry as follows:
To 10 yards II silk. at l.i-0Oi per yard, 5000.
MANHATTAN BOROUGH. Jan. 22. G, H.. BUSH
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opportunity offers, any diplomatic influence
that our Government can bring TO bear in
the settlement OF pending difficulties In China.
might best be directed to the maintenance Of
the status quo. 1t Is also the interest of China
and Japan that 1t should DO maintained. Fail
ing that, to put the truth of the position some
what crudely. the best thing that could happen
for both of them would be that the European
squadrons now in their waters should engage
in the work of mutual destruction. and give
them the time. Japan to complete the organize
ton of her fleet. and China that OF her military
power. Self-preservation Is the first law of ma
lions rs OF individuals; those that neglect its
observance are lost. whether they succumb to
force or cajolery. The Japanese will no more
help Great Britain to establish her supremacy in
China by finance ana railways than they will
aid Russia to do tho same Thing by other
means. For the moment, however, the Russian
danger Is the one threatening Japan most, hence
the temporary cooperation with Great Britain
at Pekin; but once the Russian menace Is avert
cd, Japan will of necessity resume her attitude
of observation of the more subtle methods Of
British advance. for In the end they will BIO as
fatal to the Japanese aim OF full commercial In
tercourse with China.
Tho labor of India is as cheap as that Of China
and Japan. and nearly as plentiful as that of the
two combined. With that lator and the means of
access to the interior markets of China entirely
under the control of British capital and admin
istration. Japanese trade would be as efrectually
kept out Of China as II Russia obtained terrific.
rial control OF Manchuria. Tho preservation Of
the status quo, therefore. 10 the point to be aimed
at. in the interest Of present peace and the ex-
tension of the worlds trade with China without
prejudice or privilege to any one country in par
ti0ulAr. y.
NEW YoRK. Jan. %.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-09-08
For Pie~HunterS On'y.

Charlotte News.
Senator Butler said in the eau
casian in February, 1897, that
"the cooperation of the Popus
lists and Republicans in this
State has been a dismal and
disastrous failure. Only the con-
temptibie pie hunters see any
good in it,"
Those words are true to-day as
they we're then. The Populist
State committee is trying to ar.
range fusion with the Republic
cans Nearly every member OF
the committee is either an office
holder or an office~seeker, anc
the only reason for the proposed
cooperation is that those who
have Office want to hold it, anC
those who have is not want tt
get Office.
Hal aver expressed their ides
precisely when, in his letter t.
the Populist chairman, he tole
them it was not their business tt
discuss principles, but to "carry
out the DEAL"
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-09-08
Enter Oyster and Reed Bird

With a great many people it
may contribute something towards
alleviating the tendencies of the
thermometer that the beginning of
September ~signalizes the return Of
the oyster and the reed bird to
their whiIom preferred positions
on the bill of fare.
This country is exceedingly for
tunate IN it's abundance and va
rlety OF foods. Whether based
on corn or wheat; on the apple,
peach and their relations; or sheep
| or cattle or on the.melon and the
vine there are reasons for a song
of boundless thanksgiving. And
nothing perhaps could better JUS
tify an encore to the song than the
bivalve, glorious in ~palatable
healthfulness, and the winged poe
try of the table that together
this month make their entrance
to society.
Our nation, it may be repeated,
has been gifted with a most gen
erous measure of bounty. Be-
tween the two oceans and from the
Lakes to the Gulf the light Of the
fructifying sun is reflected in The
glad smile of growing harvests,
and the orchard trees that seem
more than willing to bend beneath
their luscious loads. But as i
this was not enough; as if our peo'
pie bad been SO given less thar
their deservings this pair of ma.
lures fastest master pieces, tht
homely oyster and its featheret
comrade of the moment, are adde'
to crown the mighty feast.
J The shellei visitor, who ha'
. left the comfort Of his sea o
: river home to sit with US at meat
will have a long season in WhicI
we Gao know pore of him an
become abundantly acqaainte'
with his virtues. This fac how
ever, offers no excuse why hi
reception should be any the les
hearty and pronounced. And a
: for his brown comrade Of tn
reeds and marshes whose stay
d shorter, being limited by fat
J. and game laws, let Us make Il
: most of the opportunity wher
e we can to give him royal We
: come. linen, conscious of havin
done our duty while here. Whe
IS be sooner or later leaves US fc
;. other ellmes, we can think Of hil
with a pleasant regret that ma
e only make our willingness MOI
\. keen to meet him when he CONS
again.