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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-08
Marion Butler on Thomas Jefferson

Senator MARION BUTLER of North Caro-
lima, in a speech in the Senate on Thursday
last, made a ludicrous attempt to expound
the political philosophy of THOMAS JEFFER-
SON from a PopulIst point of view. at rise
to state" said he. "that there has been
nothing perverted, distorted, and twisted
so badly during the last n hundred years
in this country as what is known as Jeffer-
sonian Democracy"
OF all the ,perversions and distortions
of Jeffersonism since it's institution, the
most offensive Is that enunciated by
Senator BUTLER In the speech wherein
he undertook to declare it's fundamental
principles. al believe" he said, "in the
Democracy of JEFFERSON and JACKSON.
For this reason l am now a Populist. The
platform of the Peoples party stands for
the Democracy of JEFFERSON and the Re-
p~ublicanism of LINCOLN" AS well call
day night as declare Populism to be JEFF.
fersonism. The fundamental ides of the
Populist platform is a vast centralized
Government, which is the very reverse OF
the Jeffersonian theory of what the re-
public, to live and be perpetuated, should
be. In his writings JEFFERSON again
and again declared that If the Government
is ever destroyed it will be first by econ.
solidation" and the necessary consequence
of consolidation" corruption"-corruption
on so vast a scale that the world has
never seen a parallel to 1t. what" he
asked, "has destroyed the liberties and
rights of man in every Government which
has ever existed under the sum- The con
centrating of all powers into n body, no
matter whether of the autocrats of Russia
or of the aristocrats of the Venetian
Senate"
This concentrating of all powers" in
the hands of the Federal authority at
] Washington 90 smphatleaily denounced
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IN COLLISION OFF TIE BANKS.
Hindoo Gets Here ana Lake Ontario Gets q
Liverpool. Each with . stove How.

Hindoo Gets Here ana Lake Ontario Gets 70
Liverpool. Each with . Stove How.
Tho Wilson line steamship Hindoo, from Hull,
arrived at her pier at tho foot of Montague
street, Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon, after q
the Newfoundland Banks with the British
steamship Lake Ontario. The Lake Ontario got
to Liverpool on Sunday. The ships collided
when about 200 miles east of st. John. The
Lake Ontario was bound from 81. John. n. B., to
Liverpool, and ran up against the Hindoo in
latitude 47.35. longitude AZ. So. The Lake On.
tario's starboard bow was stove in. and the Hin.
doc was badly damaged. The collision oo
CURED in a binding snowstorm. Capt. Cox Of
the HindoS seid last night: oo .,.
miscellaneous freight. This was a very light
cargo. At noon on Jan. 81 snow began to fall.
and got so thick that we were compelled to go
northeast. Just after we reduced speed, AT I:23
P. M. 1 heard tho cry of Ship to starboard.'
Our engines were Immediately reversed. but al.
most as soon as l heard the cry Of the watch the
was the mildest collision that have ever
known. The Lake Ontario struck us on the
starboard bow. glancing of to the star.
her again. An examination Of our damage
showed that fourteen shell plates had been in.
1ured, together with, several deck plates. We
found q big hole. which W. plugged with wood
shored up with planks and wedges. The only
passengers we carried were two cattlemen. We
had a crew Of thirty-seven. The break in tho
the stem. and extends ds" aft Il feet to the Bluff Of
the bow. Up and down the dent measures fully
ten feet, and twelve Of the big steel plates are
bent, bnckled. and rolled into wavy lines. with
checks here and there, which have been wedged
with wood.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-08
Another Trust smasher.

AS students Of octopodomania we give
heedful note to an antitrust bill intro.
duced into the Kentucky House Of Repre-
sentatives by Mr.. BRADBuRN. This meas
ure defines a trust as ga combination OF
capital, skill, or acts by two or more per-
sons, firms or corporations" and so on, for
certain purposes, one of which Is to limit
or reduce the production or increase or re-
duce the price Of commodities.
1t is superfiuous to enter into Mr.. BRAD
BURNS list of pains and penalties. 1t 10
enough to say that whatever they are, one
favored class is exempt from them, for "the
provisions of this act shall not apply to
agricultural products or live stock while
In the homes Of the producer or raiser"
No trusts but agricultural trusts need
apply in Kentucky. Doubtless MI. BRAD
BUR- will supplement this exemption.
The labor trusts must be coddled as we'll
as the farmer trusts.
1t will be noticed that this bill forbids
combinations of skill as we'll as Of capital.
An inventor, for instance. could not join
his skill to the money Of a capitalist
and put upon the market an invention
which would reduce the cost of any article.
TIL trusts seem to be most obnoxious to
the trust.hunter when they reduce prices.
An Individual can do without molesta.
tion all the wickedness forbidden by Mr..
BRADBURN to two or more persons. The
great capitalist or the keeper of the one
general store in a given neighborhood a
restrict and fix priest the extent that the
customers will stand 1t and the condition
Of the markets allows. 1t is important to
remember that trusts are considered as an
evil in themselves. What they do can be
done by other means. 1t is not the work
of the trust, but the name of the trust at
which the herd of wild B~uncombian asses
lifts up its beauties Of voice and ear.
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and reprobated by JEFTERsoN, Is the car
dinal idea of Populism. 1t stretches ont
its hand to clutch the control OF the rail-
roads, the telegraph lines, the insurance
interests In q word, the whole industrial
system Of the country. No Government
ever attempted 80 colossal an usurpation,
and, could It be accomplished. the worst
tyranny that ever existed at any period Of
the worlds history would be, in comparison
with such q system, light and unoppressive.
Senator BUTLER doubtless thinks that he
is, as he declares himself to be, "a Demo-
crat of the Jeffersonian stripe" but he is
not. His speech proves that he has not
the ~faintest idea Of the ~Jeffersonian phi
losophy Of government.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-08
Arc Oysters aud Crabs FISHES,


y" VT 1FeUUTu'
ANNAPOLIS. Nd, Fob. 4.-The question of whether
oysters and crabs are fish has arisen In the conten,
ton between Maryland and Virginia over the divid.
ing line in the Potomac River. The point now raised
is: Can oystering aud grabbing DO included in the
term 'nshing"? Scientists TO whom the question has
been submitted agree that oysters and crabs are not
nsh. having neither vertebr@ nor red blood. In all
the laws passed in Maryland oysters and nsh have
been separately treated. The biological department
Of Johns Hopkins University has Informed the legis
iators that zo0logically the oyster is not a nsh.
But leading lawyers contend that legally the oyster
is q nsh. and Cardinal Gibbons says that from the
Catholic Church point OF view oysters and crabs have
always been regarded as nsh. The Church permits
however. during the Lenten season the use as food OF
nearly ell kinds OF living creatures out OF the water
including terrapin.
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No sooner had the report that the Hon.
PoTATo PINeREE was to deliver one OF his soul.
convulsing addresses at the Marquette Club Of
Chicago made tho country happy than alarmed
representatives Of that institution gave the re-
port the lie. They say that tho Marquette Gu
Is composed Of solid Republicans. whereas PIN.
GREE is q rod-cycd Popullst and frce-silver
ranter. who has no right to call himself a Re-
publican. The peculiar economic and financial
views OF this celebrated friend OF man and foe
Of corporations are we'll known. Tho Mar
quette Club could not be expected TO invite him
as n statesman. but 1t might havo invited him
as q variety performer. He gives q good show.
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sUrRo rs LIKE 4 LITTLE CHILD.
The Old millionaire Declared to ne Mentally
Incompetent.

The Old millionaire Declared to No Mentally
Incompetent.
SAN Francisco. Feb. 7.-Adolph sutro, owner
Of the famous Sutro Tunnel, which drained all
the deep mines on the Comstock lode and also
the pockets Of many who invested in its stock.
has been declared mentally incompetent, and
his daughter, DR.. Emma Sutro-Merritt, has been
appointed guardian. Mr.. Sutro, who is over 80.
has shown signs OF failing powers for several
months. Those who have had business dealings
with him noticed his inability to fix his atten-
ton and his tendency to ramble In his converse
ton. Then came a stroke OF apoplexy, which
made him like a little child.
He walks about his beautiful grounds. over
he has to have an attendant. He seldom speaks
and his mind appears gone. His large proper
ties will be managed by Col. Little. who has
been his agent for years. The estate Is esti-
mated to DO worth $4,000 600. and includes
about 1000 acres in San Francisco. mainly sub
urban lands. which Sutro bought cheap during
the depreciation in values caused by the Kear-
ney sand lots excitement.
The old millionaire. who has been a fighter all
his life and who. for ten years, has waRed war
on the Southern. Pacific Company, will spend his
remaining days In peace at his home. on Sutro
Heights, near the Cliff House. His last great
fight was for the Mayoralty of San Francisco,
which he won single-handed against great oppo-
sition.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-08

. For the satisfaction Of the American
poople, and for the sake of the future that
70 before us. tho annexation Of Hawaii
should be completed without much further
delay. Close up this transaction Of nation
nj Importance. take possession Of the prop
erty that 10 ours for the asking. record the
title deeds at once, in order that'the coun-
try may attend to other matters.
It makes no difference whether annexar
Zion is contaminated by treaty or by bill or
joint resolution. The twentieth century
will care as little about tho methods Of
procedure which added to d national
territory this priceless station In the Pa
ciac as we care now about the exact details
and legislative mechanism Of the process
which gave us California and Texas and
Alaska. The Mugwump obstructionists Of
national destiny will all be dead or silent;
and they will have no successors. The
America of the twentieth century will bless
M unanimously for having had wit enough
not to allow o great opportunity to escape.
not to allow a great treasure to pass for
ever INTO the hands Of England or some
other European power. They will thank
heaven that We had tho energy to strike
when the iron was hot.
The treaty hangs in the Senate. Whether
there are sixty votes there to ratify 1t IL
the roll were called to-day, THE Sun does
not profess to know. There may be sixty
one. There may be only ffty-nine. If
there are sixty-one, or even sixty, jam the
treaty through, II every tradition Of the
Senate Is crushed fiat as q pancake in the
tanning thereof. II there are only fifty
nine, and no other in sight, do not wait
for the slow process Of evolution to trans
form fools into wise men, or to trans
mute selfish and self-opinionated and
phort-sighted and possibly ignobly infiu-
enced opponents of annexation into patri-
otie American Senators with eyes that see
quite to the horizon. Do not waste time in
electioneering for q two-thirds majority,
when q majority will suffice. Press the
Morgan bill ahead of the treaty. Pass the
Morgan bill and send it to the House.
The House will pass 1t, too; no fear about
thatl The President will sign it, and the
Stars and Stripes will float over the lovely
Hawaiian archipelago.
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ITO INSANE PATIENTS DEPoRTED.
Ono Was an Impoverished German Noble ana
Another n Russian NIhiiist.

Ono Was nm Impoverished German Noble ana
Another n Russian WHILST.
ALBANY, Feb. 7.-During tho past fiscal year
tho state Commission in Lunacy succeeded In
sending to other States and deportins to foreign
countries 10 alien and nonresident insane in
mates Of State hospitals at an expense Of 1892.
Among the patients deported were m impov-
erlshed member of the German nobility. q Rus
sian Nihilist, an Austrian military officer In
straitcncd circumstance at tho time Of his ar
rival in this country. and several Bohemlans
who were returned shortly after their commit
ment to the State hospitals by the United States
authorities at the expense of the steamship COM
panies bringing them here. In deporting these
patients the commission not only saves the
State S1S6 per capita per nnnum. for their
maintenance for an indefinite period, or an
annual sum of S2O.46O. but also makes avail
able room in the State h%ospitsls for actual resi-
dents OF the state. the cost OF such
lions amounting in each case to $500.
The commission 10 much gratihed over a con-
siderable reduction for tho first quarter OF the
present fiscal year in the cost of maintaining
the State hospitals. With an increased popula-
ton OF 1877 patients for the quarter ending Dec.
81, 1897. as compared with the corresponding
quarter of 1896, the actual disbursements have
decreased by $41 1856. Taking into considera-
tion the increased population and the lower rate
OF maintenance, the total savings for the quar-.
ter would amount to $s3.s9O. This reduction,
II maintained throughout the year, will show a
saving of over $500. 600. There has been an in
crease for the four months ending Jan. 81 in tho
State hospitals Of POI patients.
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The Atlas Company's Plan.

In the proposed contract between Nicara-
qua n the Atlas Steamship Company 1t
is especially declared that the concession
made to this British company shall not
affect the Governments agreement for con-
structing an interoceanic canal "along the
same line." nor interpose any obstacle to
hat canal.
This very statement shows that the need
of making such a disclaimer was felt. and
now the only question is as to whether
there is any conflict between the earlier
and the later grant. Nicaragua's con-
cession to the Maritime Canal Com
pany declares that, during It's continu-
ance, no other concession shall be made
for O canal between the two oceans,
nor for any railroad, such as might com-
pete with the canal for the transportation
of merchandise !" but the Government, 1t is
added, may permit the construction of
"such railways as 1t may deem advisable
for IN and internal traffic"
The proposed concession to the Atlas
Company does not include a canal. but 1t
does include extensive and exclusive river
navigation along the same line, and 1t also
includes railroads. although probably 1t
will be said that such roads are not of the
sort prohibited by the contract with
the Maritime Canal Company. The Atlas
Company is to have for thirty years not
only the right Of steam navigation on
the San Juan River but the right to deepen
It's channels, and to construct "tramways
and railroads along the line and at the best
places to avoid obstacles in the River San
JUAN" as we'll as the exclusive right of
navigation in the Silico lagoon.
The question, therefore, is whether the
Atlas Company's right to construct rail-
roads along the San Juan is In conflict with
the earlier company's right "to construct
and operate a railway along the whole ex-
tent of the canal, or those parts OF the
same that may be considered convenient
for the better service and operation
OF the said work." 1t will perhaps be
urged that where a right, not exclu.
sive, is granted TO the Canal Company,
a similar right may be granted to an
other company for a different purpose. And
again, Nicaragua, pointing to its reserved
authority to make concessions OF "sueh
! railways 81 1t may deem advisable Tor sOaa-
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merce and internal traffic" win doubtless
insist that the Silico lagoon and San Juan
grants are clearly for m and inter
nal traffic.
II, AZ has been reported, the Atlas Com
pany offers So, 100000 and Nicaragua
holds out for &c., 900, transportation
privileges Of great value are in question.
People do not pay such a price without ex-
peoting something for 1t.
The first question, however, to determine
Is whether the railway grants along the
San Juan might compete with the canal
for the transportation Of merchandise"
The canal enterprise is Of such enormous
value I'd Nicaragua that wisdom would
suggest making that secure by giving 1t
the benefit Of all possible advantages and
feeders along Its line.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-08
Governor Rop TAYLoR announced wlth

Governor Bob TAYLOR announced with
unusual solemnity that he would not be a candi-
date for Senator in Congress from Tennessee.
Then he became a candidate. To such varia.
lions is the artistic temperament subjected.
Beaten, he uttered this noble whoop and defiance:
"To those who stood here and voted against me I
have not a word to say except that the question will
be between them and their people. l am an old.time,
old.fashioned Democrat. l believe in Democratic
doctrine. and intend to stand here the remainder OF
my term as Governor and rs long as GOD shall give
mo breath TO fight this Internal invasion OF the last
rights OF the people OF the state by the Federal Gov.
eminent. III go down in the light a hundred tlmes,
let me go down. know the power that has been be-
hind the Tight against me. Thank GoD. / have tho
courage TO stand for the rights Of the people OF the
country against centralized power and trusts and
corporations and FaIlroAdA"
Bon ought 70 b oOatsnt with nshting central
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-08
lmEnro1n -1IrrnaruRn
Mr.. Heweiis's Entinnte or ''rncie TOMS Cabi,
vtEerepsty ControVePted

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: When Mr.
Howells creates fiction he ia sometimes convcn.
tional and dull; when he c~riticises fiction he Ia
always interesting, and few things could Ia
moro interesting than the Interview with him
in last SUNDAYS Sun. in which he discussed
fiction of to-day.
with ono of his statements ] am forced IN
take issue, for I am unable to share the conclu.
sions of n critic who says: "As for woman,
ability, what's the greatest novel that has been
written in American Uncle Toms Cabin and
who wrote that"
consider Mrs. Stoves epoch-making book ,
mere political document, nothing more. From
cover to. cover 1t Is trivial and inept writing.
unworthy, both in matter and form, OF the
name OF literature.
Can It be called n well.made book. a model OF
well-orderod construction Docs 1t contain a
sentence. o phrase, q word that is ~naturall Ia
1t not truo that in this greatest American
novel one finds leisurely, go.as.you. please tech.
rambling chronicle novels written in England
"uncle Toms Cabin . will be read out Of e "a.
raj novels that Interested their erandtaihers.
Save by librarians and occasional and over
unread. Mrs. Stoves heart was great. but 5Stlbo ham
art was scanty: che. was n beautiful.minded
woman, but her novels oo,as especially nIS inn her most no
that any Of her books was great is to misuse
language.
would not have It understood that I thu,
criticise Mrs. Stowe and her book simply be-
cause she ia q woman. To my mind there is no
sex in art, and I have always admired greatly
tho work OF other American woman writer's,
than "Uncle Toms Cabin" certain books Of
Mrs, Hunt. Mrs. Davis. and one, at least,
Sat %be Sy M sfe G Mo%sils 81 calls aGsp sU GNd f Tam.'
Cabin" the greatest" Of American novels, 1
state frankly that I think his view untenable,
why, l would rather have written n certain
brief scene in "A Hazard Of New Fortunes
than all Of Mrs. Stoves novels; And yet the
man who created that scene calls a mediocre
tract a good novel. and the greatest Of American
novels at thati ROBERT #. RoDEN.
NEW YORK. Fob. q.
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The Hon. ROGER ouARLEs MILLS of Cor.

The Hon. ROGER QUARLEs MILLS of Cor
sicana has decided to ~re-elect himself to tho
Senate, and has issued his prospectus inviting
the Texans to subscribe to and ratify him.
He seems to be Of a retrospective cast of mind.
He has very little to say about silver. which
is the main political issue, and he has
a great deal to say about tho tariff, which
is not an issue in the view Of anybody
except the Gold Democrats. now fast becom-
ing rare specimens. His young rival. Governor
.CULBERsoN, is going to make silver the chief
issue Of the campaign for the seat in the Senate
now occupied by the Corsicana CoBpEN Gov
ernor CULBERsoN is alive and awake. Mr..
MILLS seems to be In o state Of political sus-
pended animation.
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roDe Loo'. Mother. FULFILLED wish.
Prom the Baltimore Sun.

Y r"V TT oUH'
Pope Leo XIII, when talking OF the coming TWEEN.
tieth anniversary OF his nomination TO the pontin.
cate. recently tod that once, In the presence OF his
mother and a peasant woman. he, then a little child.
was straining to reach some object. when no fell TO
the ground. The country woman picked him up and
exclaimed; NJ you become a monk!"
Joachim Pecci, the present Pope. was but an infant
at the time. but he showed by sigma that the augury
filled him with Indignation.
"a Cardinal. ! mean. - said the woman, correcting
herself.
You should say q Pope" said the child'a mother,
aud thereupon the boy manifested unmistakable Joy.
Ever sfterward the mothers hest wish for her son
wAs that he might live TO be a Pope. Aud Pope he Is.
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BURRoS FOR APA
A Big Bunch or Them to ne shipped from tie
Oregon Ranges.

From the Morning Oreoonfan.
It was expected that nearly 1000 burros
would arrive in Pendleton yesterday from
Huntington. Not long ago. when W. L. Pow.
ell and A. J. Powell were riding through Wal.
Iowa county to buy horses they noticed on the
range numerous herds of burros. They hunted
up the owner. a hotel man al Elgin.
What do you want for thUse burrosf' asked
one of the Powells.
Tho owner fixed no price, but would sell.
"1Il give you $3.50 a head and round them
up myself or SO u head, you to deliver them at
the corrals."
A contract was made on the latter basis for
800 head. The owner found the job Of collect.
ing those burros o big one. They were wild and
free and objected to captivity. Since August
last from six to ten men have been busy with lar
iats, and they have just finished the work.
When a bunch of six or seven were captured
their heads were tied together and they were
released until wanted. Nearly a thousand
head, many of them young jacks, were at last
them all. They will be shipped to Seattle, and
the majority are destined for Japan to be used
there as pack animals. Some go to the Klon'
dixie, however: The younger ones will be re-
leased by the Powells on the ranges near Pros
ser, WASH, to further increase and multiply.
A dozen years or SO ago tho pack train of an
emigrant outfit, consisting of burros, was turned
loose in Wallowa Valley. From these ances.
tors sprang the 1000 head that now comprises
the novel shipment of the Powells.
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Money FOR EntertaIning indians.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-Secretary Bliss sent 70
Congress to-day a request for $500 for cont!'l,
gent expenses for the present fiscal year. and
that 81 900 be appropriated for continScnt rN.
penses for tho next fiscal year for the governor
OF Oklahoma. Gov. Barnes incloses a letter i,
which he complains Of the utter inadequacy OF
the funds and sets out the various duties '''
quired to DO performed by the Governor whose
cost comes out OF this important item. He r'cs
rent, printing and kilograms among o'h'r
things, and concludes with these two items
THE question of Indian citizenship brings IN
Indian Visitors to pow'wow with the Governor
and he has been compelled TO entertain srlttht,
delegations at tho hotels. The great thronH OF
visitors during the last six months has worn ino
carpets and racked the chairs so that bOll "te
needed new. and there 10 no place TO get them
save through the contingent fund"