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Conrre.s ana tho P.n..aes.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sfr: Tho statement b
in this mornings papers that a memorial has been
presented in Congress favoring the purchase OF the
Palisades by the national Government for q military
reservation. and that this memorial came In the
shape of u request from the Legislature at Albany to
tho New York Congressman and Senators to lend
their influence to secure favorable consideration Of
the scheme.
This recalls to mind the circumstance that II 10
now three years that the attempt to secure national
aid in preserving the natural scenery Of tho HUDSON
River has been before Congress. From the nrst the
proposition met with the disapproval OF the Military
to whom the Palisades Fertilization bill
was referred; and this last attempt. modified in vari.
already. as reported from Washington. has been
turned down in committee. only one vote being 70
corded In is favor.
During these three years the work OF the quarry
men has gone on unrestrained. while al efforts
through the state authorities have beon checked by
false hopes OF favorable action by Congress, The
public interest. SO thoroughly aroused in preserving
the Palisades before further and irreparable injury
has been done, should know that the proposition TO
make . military reservation of this region has from
the nrst been condemned at Washington. Any fur
ther hope that Congress will seriously consider the
matter may be dismissed.
The remedy, as Gen. ]. Fl. 7, Hull. the Chairman OF
the House on Military AnAlrs. has writ
ten. 'lies within the province OF the States OF New
York and New Jersey. and not with the national
Government" HUDSON.
NEW YORK. March o.
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II IL certain that New England had no
share. The plain truth is that our efforts
to invade Canada at that time were dis
graceful failures, aud, although in duels
between frigates, our naval officers gained
great renewn, our navy was virtually ex-
tinct at the time when the peace Of Client
was concluded. Our one signal victory on
land, the battle Of New Orleans, was fought
after the wa was over. It is not true, either,
that 1--WE took care Of ourselves against
Great Britain when WI were three millions
and she was nearly twenty millions" No
body believed Mt the time, and no student
Of our revolutionary struggle believes now
that, had we been left to ourselves, we
could have forced the mother country to
concede to us independence at that time.
Our three millions received assistance
from other countries.
As to the alleged impossibility Of q war
with England at the present time, We need
only recall that q contest would have been
unavoidable over the Venezuela affair, had
Lord SALISBURY adhered to his own pub
lishcd declaration that never under any
circumstances would he submit the terrific
rial claims Of British Guiana to arbitra-
tion. The thousand ties" that, in Mr..
HoAR's opinion, bind England and the
United States together did not prevent val
in 1912, nor did they seem to be productive
of much sympathy during the war Of the
rebellion.
Senator ELKINs hit the nail on the head
when he said that, after having allowed
Great Britain to rob US Of our ocean carry
ing trade, we were now permitting q Brit
ish railway to invade our territory and
steal away our land from Ameri-
can roads. "What q commentary" he
added, ION the business management Of
this business country"
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Sending Young criminalst TO America

The Ne,cs Letter Of Belfast, ireland, re-
ports q case, recently brought before the
Custody Court of that city, which, we think,
requires consideration on this side Of the
Atlantic. Agang of boys Of various ages
was brought up early In February before
the Belfast Recorder, charged with having
burglariously entered several dwelling
houses, from which they stole numerous
articles and considerable sums Of money.
They were let of by the Recorder on the
promise Of their parents that II the charge
against them werc dismissed they would
be sent away to America, meaning the
United States.
Within a week after, n Of them was
arrested in a restaurant where he had con-
cealed himself waiting the opportunity to
commit another robbery. He was COM
mitted for trial. but subsequently his
mother pleaded for his release. saying that
she had procured a ticket to enable him to
leave the country. Her request, however,
was not granted, the magistrates of the
Custody Court not having the same view Of
the matter as the Recorder, who appears to
be under the impression that this country
exists as a place Of exile for the criminal
apprentices of Belfast.
No doubt the Belfast Recorder was i'm
pelled by worthy motives toward the rela-
tives and friends of the young criminals;
but as charity is said to begin at home we
annot sec things in the same light here.
The case is one which our State Depart
ment might very properly bring to the no.
tice Of the British Government, for there is
no assurance that in other parts Of Great
Britain n Ireland magistrates may not
be giving the same opportunities rs were
given by the Recorder Of Belfast to GRIM
inals to escape punishment by emigrating
to America.
We have a Consul at Belfast. It may not
be out Of order to suggest that he should be
called on for a report on the particular
case to which our attention has been called,
with a view to putting a stop to further
emigration Of the kind to this country from
the district included in his Jurisdiction.
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So far. there have been 574 Supervisors
chosen in wards or townships of New York out
side Of the territory of Now York city, and in
these. as the above returns show. tho Republi.
cans have elected moro than three quarters of
the whole number. a proportion considerably in
excess of the proportionate Republican major
ity in favor Of Judge Wallace in such of the
counties as he carried last year, which were
thirty-two or the thirty-fve counties In which
there have been already township elections this
year.
In the territory included within the Greater
New York, Judge Parker's plurality last year
was 142.500 He carried tho State by q plural
ity of $4,000. Judge Wallace's load outside of
the Greater Now York, therefore, was 80, 500.
and about th~ree-auarters Of this lead, In coun-
ties giving a net Republican majority of GO. 900,
was in those in which township elections have
already been hold. In some of tho interior dis
tricts. and particularly in such as arc
exclusively devoted to farming interests,
the Democrats have made this year some
gains. In the State at largo the Repub-
lican lead 10 as great as over. In some of tho
counties authentic results have not yet been re-
ported and in Others there arc still elections to
be held. for some of the largo counties, Nensse-
lHer and Monroe. for instance. do not choose
their Supervisors in the cities on the same day
as tho country districts vote for Thorn. But, in
The main. the results of tho township elections
up to the date of tho first anniversary OF Presi-
dent McKinley's inauguration are as well known
as they need be for comparisons with references
to this years State election.
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A Disgrace to Pennsylvania.

A despatch from Pittsburg published
recently In the NetO York Times contained
a statement which, If true, is a disgrace to
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a
rcproach to the civilization of the United
States. 1t relates to the inventor of the
celebrated Ferris wheel, which was an OBJ
iect of such remarkable interest at the
Worlds Fair In Chicago:
"Tho body OF GEORGE W. FERRIS. known through.
out tho world for his invention and construction OF
tho great Ferris wheel at the Chicago Worlds Fair, is
still held at the crematory of Undertaken SAMSON in
this city for tho unpaid funeral expenses, contracted
over a year ago. Mr.. FERRIS was practically penniless
at his death, but carried insurance to the amount of
$4,000, This. IL Is said. was eaten up by the nuner
Gus claims left"
The practice of arresting or holding dead
bodies for debt was not only abandoned in
England many years ago, but was pro-
nonnced criminal by the courts of that
country. In New York, our Penal Code
expressly makes it a misdemeanor to arrest
or attach the dead body of q human being
upon any debt or demand whatever, or to
detain or claim to detain such body upon
any lien or charge. Similar statutory pro.
hibitions exist in Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, and other States of the Union, but
apparently not in Pennsylvania. 1t is high
time that The Legislature at Harrisburg
remedy such a glazing defect in the posi-
tive law OF that Commonwealth.
Az long g a. the year 1904. Lord
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HT MUzzLE THE CHAMBER.
The Liberty or Its Expression or Opinion
Threatened by Two Resolutions.

The Liberty or Its Expression or Opinion
Threatened by Two Revolutions.
On the invitation of Gov. Black the Chamber
Of yesterday named A. Foster Hig-
gins, James B. Baker. and Samuel D. Coyken.
dali to serve on the commission authorized by
act Of Legislature to investigate the State
canals. Resolutions were adopted favoring
the passage by Congress of the bill introduced
by Senator Spooner to establish a Commission
of Health, which will secure the unifcation
and efficient execution of sanitary regulations.
The same resolutions condemned the bills in
troduced by Senator Caffery and CONGRESSMAN
Hepburn dealing with the protection Of public
health.
A letter from Secretary of State Sherman
was read stating that the Bureau Of Ameri-
can Republics had withdrawn the circular let
circular announced that only accepted sub.
s dfr1etos al would 90 saf bs IL inslpRg FoaP9's n iS Son liner q
said that the bureau now intended to ampIify
the lists of names to be printed in the directory
representative firms engaged in manufacture
Ing and IN the export trade. and 1t was pro-
posed to obtain these lists from representative
Francis G. Moore submitted two amendments
to the bylaws Of the Chamber. One of these
provides that all motions, resolutions, or re-
Of the opinion of the Chamber shall be- printed
49, oSAb w thC uCuiDCl " JCHbL OnG uaY In adj
vance of tho meeting at which they are to be
acted upon.
The other amendment fixes the number of
members to form a quorum ut not less than %
per cent. OF the total membership of the Cham.
Der. OF which, number the President or, one OF
the Vice Presidents shall always be one. It IA
now provided by the bylaws that eleven mem.
bers OF tho Chamber. of which the President
or one OF the Vice-Prcsidents shall always be
one. constitute a quorum. The total member
ship OF the Chamber Is 1880. 1t is seldom that
more than 80 members attend q meeting. and
100 members is considered a very large attend.
ance. There is only ono meeting a year-the
annual meeting in the spring, at which an elabo.
rate lunch Is served at which 20 per cent. of
the membership over is present. Mr.. Moore's
proposed quorum amendment was not re-
Rardcd seriously by the majority Of the nom.
beers yesterday. As one Of them expressed IT,:
II IL were adopted l am afraid there would DO
only one meeting of the Chamber each wear
unless the proposed amendment was Itself
amended 80 as 10 provide for a lunch at every
The amendments will DO considered at the
next meeting.
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The Hon. POTATO PINGREE seems to ex-
pect to be reelected Governor OF Michigan by a
combination of cranks. and he seems to think
that a majority Of the Michigan voters believe
that the interests of the State are promoted by
attacks upon property. As We gaze upon the
Hon. POTATO PINoREE pursuing the octopus
and the leviatkan, and hear his CHEEKY "Ah.
blow. blOw!" cut the air, we wonder IL
he has ever read about that old famous
rascal of a whale. "Callao Tom" chased
by countless crews. making q permanent d.
version out of smashing boats. and living
safe and unmolested after generations of crime.
"Callao Tom" chuckles at the approach of a
whaling vessel. He loves his exercise. He
laughs as the pursuers come up. But when the
pursuers como up, they recognize "Callao Tom"
at once. He is known around the world. He Is
tho worst old whale in water. Dejectedly the
crews row back to the ship.
Tho Hon. POTATO PINGREE 10 securing tho
waters for his prey. 1t will DO a "Callao Ton"
whom he finds it,
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To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: Take 1t alto
gothcr. ! think we have pretty good manners. what
makes me think this Is the way we get about on tho
elevated road. We stand there at the stations wat
Ing for a train and crowding together at the srarFi
opposite which the car platforms come And then
we do crowd q little getting aboard; but We crowd
usually spontaneously; very rarely rudely, and ]
remember but one case in which tho crowding IN
getting aboard led to hard words. Take 1t alto
gether. I think we are pretty considerate, one Of an
other; no doubt our manners are better than they
used to ne.
In the cars the improvement Is not 40 marked,
There we seem to sit with our legs crossed. and -
IN such positions othe rwise that we cncroarh uI"in
the space or Others. Just about as much As We lIii
put ! think that Is due in some measure 70 u feeling
tnat we must assert our rights, and not let auFholy
ride over US. ] prefer to Judge Of our manner ny "r
actions when we are under some excitement, how
ever slight. as In the hurry OF getting aboard, when
we are more apt 10 act naturally and, judge y
that standard. our manners are certainly impro'ir.'
4. LIVELY BOIHGAIE,,
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The Virginia Legislature has adjourned
after a memorable session. 1t will be known to
historians and reverenced by posterity as the
economical Legislature. It spent vast stores of
thought upon tho ways and means Of re-
ducing State expenses. and then. in its culmi.
nant moment, almost made the State pay
for n stump speech emitted by tho Hon. JOE
BAILEY of Texas. We can understand why
a Legislature forced to hear q speech of the
lion. JOE BAILEY's should vote itself double
pay as q compensation for the cruel and I'M
usual punishment endured, but who can I'M
derstand why the Hon. JOE BAILEY should re-
ceive pay for a speech He saves money every
time he makes a speech. If lie were not permit
ted to talk early and often. he would have doc
tors bills to pay and would probably succumb to
suppressed ~oratory. Which doesn't change or
dim the fact that a Democratic Legislature, al
most in commissions of economy. almost charged
JOE BAILEY to the State of Virginia, and adj
journed. without day and without peer.
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The Republican State Campaign.

The one great issue which should absorb
the citizens Of New York at the election
next November is the Issue Of Novem-
Der, 1895. Organism and reputation
should have been the single controlling
issue at the last election, but the Citizens
Union, so called. working in harmony with
Tammany and in its interest, succeeded in
burytng It under q heap Of rubbishy local
Issues" with tho consequence that tho
Republican party was beaten docisively In
both the city and the State.
This q Republicans who were led
astray by that laundering political policy
arc becoming convinced Of tho neces-
sity Of adhering steadfastly to the prin-
ciple of national honor and integrity
and business security. for which the Re-
publican party stands. singly and alone.
Actually there are no peculiarly State issues
to be decided. Democrats are seeking to
trump up some at Albany, but they are not
even agreed as to the particulars Of their
policy of humbug.
Unfortunately, some Republicans in the
Legislature and some party leaders else
where are playing into the hands Of these
Democrats, as did the Citizens Union
movement last year. They are doing the
best they can to introduce the issue Of the
freedom of the press by a mad effort to put
through the Ellsworth bill.
Such an assault on a fundamental princi.
pie of American liberty could not be made
without stirring up an agitation which
would sweep from consideration, or at least
perilously subordinate, every other issue of
the campaign.
Outside Of the question Of principle, the
introduction Of such an issue would be
suicidal as party policy. The Republicans
Of the Legislature who are advocating the
Ellsworth bill have lost their senses.
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II the President of the Blavatsky branch
Of the Theosophical Society In America lie not
mistaken. thoosophy is considerably easier to
acquire than pinochle. He says that theosophy
may be mastered by ANY person of average
intelligence willing to undertake the easy
task Of examining an ordinary encyclopaedia
Whence It appears that the heights by great
theosophists reached and kept are by no means
intolerably lofty. but are accessible by elevator
service. day and night. Thus the Hon. GROVER
CLEVELAND. whose favorite reading is the en-
cyclopedia, is capable of being, and perhaps 10
already, q theosophist Of high degree.
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The Key to What Is Wanted.

Recognizing the existence of disorder on
the ball field, and foreseeing its fatal effect
upon the popularity of the national game,
the magnates assembled in st. Louis,
raised their good hammer Of understand
ing. and thus hit the nail of rowdyism on
the head:
"In tho interest OF reform upon the bail field and
to prevent rowdyism. u~ngentlemanly conduct. and
unnecessary contentious by ball players. I agree to in.
struct my manager and agree that he shall instruct
his players that no decision Of an umpire or assistant
umpire. whether right or wrong. Just or unjust. shall
be questioned or disputed by . player on my team
during the schedule season of 1885,"
This, as the context reveals, Is part of O
document to be signed by the clubs.
Signed and upheld it will uproot the bot
tom.most cause of disorder, bad language
and stoppage of play on the field, and of
undue interference with the game from the
seats. All those have come from the no.
ton in the players heads that whether they
were tout" or not was a question for
argument with the umpire.
To send n player promptly to his seat
when declared out, forbidden to wrangle
with the umpire, is the secret of restor.
ing baseball to the place which 1t has
lost on the list Of decent games. There
is nothing extreme in the requirement
of absolute submission to the umpire
under every and all circumstances. "The
Umpire, usually right. but, right or wrong,
the Umpire is the indispensable rule of
sport; without it there can be no sport.
The managers OF professional baseball are
to be greeted as men who desire honestly to
perform a duty clearly seen.
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The President of the National Lumber
Dealers Association says that the annual out
put OF lumber In the United States "eIceeds in
value all the gold. silver. coal. iron. and wheat"
Here Is another crime of tho money power.
Why don't we have wood money as the cur.
roncy OF "the producing classes"i Surely
wood money would DO easier to get and moro
convenient for use. Tho big forests, now
In the possession of plutocrats. could be
conhscated by the Government, coined, and
distributed pro rata among tho enemies
OF the money power. OF ooursS. free and
unlimited coinage would be adopted. and .
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The Hon. WILLIAM NORRIS STEWART of
Nevada tells the Senate that tho House Bank
ruptcy bill is "diabolical." and tho most afro
cious bill that could bo framed in the present
condition Of the country" Mr.. STEWART
should explain a difficulty with which these
expressions of his will MI tho bosoms OF his ad-
mirers. Is the bankruptcy bill more atrocious
and diabolical than the crime OF 1871 Would
a bill to pay the Government bonds in gold be
less atrocious and diabolical than the Bank
ruptcy billl Mr.. w should pity tho
public and explain.
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The Campaign In Georgia,
From tho Savannah Press.
Now this Is all very vol. but

TITO" ITO 'HUFWVuH FVO90,
Now this is all very vol. but
From the DanfeIsrtiie Monitor.
In the meantime your Uncle Allen " sits steady I'm
the boat"
From the Brunsuofok Times.
One OF tho surest ways of restoring confidence ia to
elect Joe Bennett Judge.
From the hontesuma Record,
II THE political waters are to be hot this ysar. Lar IL
DO clean water. free from NTH and mud.
From the Dalton Argus.
Yes. the Atlanta Journal gives both sidsa all
It can for Atkinson ana all 1t can against Gambler.
From the Dublin Courfe-.
There's one thing concerning Bob Berner on which
all can agree, whether they favor him for oov.rnor
or not-he IL the haildsomest man In the race.
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women Giving rips.

To THE EDITOR oy THE sUS-Str; My daughter t'li'
me that there arc now . number of restauranii
patronized by women where Il IL the regular th'nS
Tor the women to tip the walters. and where tie
walters expect tips. This was rather surprising 70
me; Tor had an idea that women rarely gave iiIe,
ahu uln not know that tho custom wac spreading
am sorry TO hear that It is; and | take this oppor
Sunity 20 express my Fe9rOe that tlps are given or 70
seivsd In this county BY any oaS. 1AzEAA
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CONSCIENCE CONTRIBUTION.
A Man Whs stole . Ride ON . sIiIL Train ssuas
In the Amount or tho Hars.

VIM s'e'e hs'a ON . WIKI Train Sends
In the Amount or tho Hars.
NEwBURa. March 3.-The Cornwall station
agent OF the West Shore Railroad. William r..
Brown. has received a letter containing a 81
bill and four two-cent postage stamps. tho
amount, OF one fare from Cornwall TO New York.
evidently intended as conscience money, The
letter roads: N
DEAR SIR: Find inclosed 81. which I owe to your
railroad the West Shore) FOR n ride on the front and
or a milk train from Cornwall. TO New York city, This
louTa, In Christ, wv
p s,-May the spirit OF God he with you and your,.
and eternal Joys; and you. with every child Of God'
instead OF war. 'S'P'
dated Monday
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when Riley Painted.

FSom the Cincinnati Enquirer.
PERU Ind Feb. 2s.-In the TemodelIing OF a build.
ing to-day the decorations of a former clubroom done
In water colora were destroyed. This work wa, done
by the HOosier poet. James whitcomb Riley. txsntv.
I'VE Year, ago. when he was . sign writer and de-,
0Estss.
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We Think 30. Tool

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Sir: No event in re-
cent years has furnished a better illustration Of The
feif'restraint. quiet dignity, and real patriotism u
the American people than the trying period throg-n
which the nation is just passing.
OSCAR BAsBERdEh.
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n our Friends ,cho favor US svfth uranasortpts for
publication rtsh to have rejected ARTICLES retsrned,
sn,v must IN all cases send stamps for that pvrposs.
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II anybody can give any good reason why Boz
TAYLOR ought to be put In the National Senate, let's
have it.-Douer Record.
The Hon. BOB TAYLOR can give ono thousand
reasons and one reason. Apply to him.
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defects, and q very large share Of II cannot
help being expended at the most important
points.