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Mako Treason odious!

The expulsion OF CHARLES l.. KURTz
from the post he holds as the representa-.
tive Of Ohio in the Republican National
Committee should not be delayed. The
punishment should be inflicted summarily.
in order that the example may have full
force upon intending traitors.
The Republican State Central Committee
of Ohio should be called together at once
to declare vacant KURTz's post OF honor
and trust and to elect his successor.
AsAS. BUsHNELL's sentence is of n differ.
emit sort. BY grace of the Republican party
he holds an office which party discipline
cannot reach. If he lives and his nervous
system can endure the strain, he will be
Governor OF Ohio until Jan. 10, 0
1t may seem at first thought that Bush
NELL has an advantage over KuRTz. That
is not SO; the advantage is ON the other
side. or the two men KURTz is the more
fortunate. He will soon be in the shadows.
It is BUsHNELL's fate to stand for two
terrible years in the intense light.
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guage itself. Has hc been reading an Eng
lish GRAMMAR Then he has been reading
q work by the side of which even a report
Of the Federal Department Of Agriculture
or a speech made by the Hon. JOHN BROOKS
LEAvITT seems almost Ineligible and val
liable. There never was an English gram
mar that didn't darken understanding.
The whole pack Of English grammars Is
but a set of fossilized rules and obtter dicfG
about this wonderful, illimitable, and
pa~ssionately living speech. Use your Eng.
lish grammar, II heaven has been 30 harsh
to you as to give you one, for fuel in win
ter, or for cigar lighters in the furnaceiess
and grateless months. Burn 1t, esteemed
Philadelphia 1t is ar ignorant and a
presumptuous heretio and sinner against
our sacred English speech. So you may
grow in knowledge of that speech, and be
healthy and fortunate, not some few, but
very many years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-17
How stanton Dened Lincoln.



The application of n man. who wanted to be
chaplain in the army during Mr.. Lincoln's Adj
ministration was recently found. Attached to
1t are a number of Endorsements which are not
only interesting in themselves, but aid in dis
closing tho characters of tho two mon whose in
fuenco largely moulded the policy of the Gov
eminent in those turbulent times. The indorse-
prApts read as follows:
aSiDEAR STANTON: Appoint this man chaplain
al the army. A. LINCOLN"
DEAR MIR. LINCOLN: He Is not q preacher:
"E. nj. STANTON
The following Endorsements are duted u few
months later, but come just below:
DEAR STANTON: He is now.
"A. LINCOLN"
cancy. f. NJ. STANTON"
DEAR Mr.. STANTON: Appoint him chaplain
ut large. A. LINCOLN
DEAR MIR. LINCOLN: There is no warrant OF
law for that. T.. NJ. STANTON
DEAR MI. STANTON: Appoint him anyhow.
"A. LINCOLN"
DEAR Mr.. LINCOLN: I will not
"E. NJ. STANTON"
The appointment was not made. but the pa
pers were filed in tho War Department. where
they remain as evidence of Lincoln's friendship
and Stanton's obstinate nerve.
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Nrom az Saturdau Rerfett

The Princess Mary. Duchess Of Teck, left debts
amounting to $50, 1000. 1t is stated that. cons"
quently. the household furniture at White Lodge 10
to be sold by public auction. The debts were In
CURED through the Princess Mary's benencence 10
ward public charities; and for princesses. as FOE
peasants. It Is true. charity should begin at home.
This. however, Is obviously a peculiar case. The
popular liking for the monarchy. which OF lato years
has become more than a tolerant esteem. would 10
weakened by the scandal which seems impending
Parliament cannot relieve the necessities OF the royal
household at Richmond; but the Queen ought To a.
any cost. The Duchess OF York may become queen
OF England. 1t would be deplorable II our criticsi IN
the United States and lsewhere were able to speak
OF her as the sovereign whose parents home was
made desolate by an auctionecr.
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Of this pole as being repeatedly destroyed
by the violence Of the Tories, and was re-
peatedly replaced by the Sons OF Liberty,
who organized aconstant watch and guard.
In Its defence the first blood Of the Ameri-
can Revolution was shed, Jan. 10, ITO"
That blood, as we have seen, was not
literally shed "jn defence Of the POLE"
since this had been sawed to pieces n day
or two before yet the fight arose out OF the
peoples determination to have the pole
there, and out Of what the pole represented.
Again, strictly speaking, the Revolutionary
wal did not begin until years later; but the
array of popular sentiment against British
oppression began long before Lexington
and Concord. Hence the killing Of several
citizens OF Boston by British soldiers on
March 8, 1870, in what is generally called
the Boston massacre, Is associated with the
American Revolution and, accordingly,
the present tablet sets forth the fact that
here. still earlier, blood had been shed In q
conflict Of the people with British troops.
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A Mint for tho Metropolis.

In a recent speech in the House Of Repre-.
sentatives at Washington on the always
interesting subject Of money, the Hon.
ApoLPH MEYER of Louisiana set forth
some cogent reasons why the great mint of
the country should be situated in this city.
He said:
"If we arc to have one great mammoth mint and all
the Others are to be dwarfed, cut down. or abolished.
let us locate It at the proper point What Is that
point? Not Philadelphia. In population she has only
1900, 900 people. Chicago has far moro than that.
Greater New York has over three millions. more than
double Philadelphia. She beats her even In manu-.
features. She has left her so far behind that she re-
CARDS Philadelphia as a mere way station. II. there
fore, you look to foreign or domestic commerce. vast
capital and great business, tho mint at Philadelphia
should be dismantled, the splendid machinery moved
to New York. and tho present building converted to
some other purpose" a
Representative MEYER has taken a com
prehensive and statesmanlike view of this
important question. New York is undoubt.
eddy the proper place for the great mint
Of the United States. The money Of the
country should be made in it's financial
centre, from which 1t is distributed.
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WHAT IS n
Evidence Toward Extra terrestrial Origin.

From the Lancet.
Mr.. Herbert Spencers definition OF the nature Of
life implies, as Is we'll known. a continuous adjust
ment of internal to external relations. In other
words. vitality is preserved by interactions going on
between the constituents of the protoplasm. On the
face OF It this view must be very materially modified
in the light OF some exceedingly interesting expert.
ments recently brought to the notice OF the Royal
Society by Mr.. Horace Brown, whose classic re-
searches on that interesting class OF ferments the
engines are well known. He has found that by sub
hitting seeds to the very low temperature OF evap
Grating liquid afr. G., from -ls3' G. to -192' c.
for ITO consecutive hours. their power OF terminating
is not in any way impaired.
Since the above temperature is considerably below
that at which ordinary chemical reactions take place
the result Is very remarkable and would appear TO
show that although q state or complete chemical In.
ertness in protoplasm may be established 1t does NOS
necessarily lead to a destruction of its potential
activity. Is the protopiasm thus brought to a " rest.
ing condition to burst into activity on restoring
favorable conditions? II SO. what becomes OF life
during this "rest?" These observations are also Of
interest in connection with the suggestion of Lord
Kelvin that the origin Of life as we know It may have
fragments from the ruins OF another world" which
reached the earth as meteorites.
That such fragments might circulate in tho intense
cold Of space for a perfectly indefinite period without
prejudice to their freight OF seeds or spores is, Mr..
Horace Brown remarks. almost certain from the facts
We know about the maintenance of life by :. resting"
protoplasm the difficulties in the way Of accepting
such n hypothesis certainly do not lie In this direo
tion. Here Is an interesting problem for biologists,
and the development OF the question will be followed
with the keenest interest.
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The Golden Hill Fight.

On one Of the walls of the General Post
Office building of New York the Daughters
Of the American Revolution have placed q
bronze tablet In honor of the first bloodshed
OF the Revolution.
During the ten years or moro preceding
the Declaration OF Independence the patri.
otto organization known as the Sons of
Liberty set up masts or poles in various
towns, which formed natural centres of
popular gatherings. These poles aroused
the antipathy of the Tories and the British
soldiers. One such pole, placed near what
is now the junction Of Broadway and War.
rem street. In New York, on the north side
of the Common, was cut down, and. when
promptly erected again, was once more cut
down, only to be replaced again. That
series OF attacks occurred in 1865, and the
next year they were renewed, the third pole
being cut down m a fourth erected, which
withstood repeated assaults, the citizens
forming a strong watch over it.
Onthe night of Jan. 10, 1910. the liberty
pole was cut down and sawed in pieces
and on the 18th two or three British
soldiers were arrested on the charge of
posting scurrilous handbills. abusing the
Sons of Liberty. Some Of their comrades
went from the barracks to help them, but
were ordered back by the Mayor. They
were followed by citizens to Golden Hill,
and at a point not far from the junction of
John street and Cliff street turned on the
citizens. In the fighting that ensued
several citizens, the accounts say, were
wounded, one of them mortally his is
The event commemorate by the tablet, to
be unveiled on its 12sth anniversary.
The Post Office building is chosen not
only as being conveniently near to the
scene of the fight, but also because it is
close to the site of the liberty pole which,
according to the bronze memorial, was the
oriGAn OF the affair. The inscription speaks
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Will England Tax American Food
Products to Please Canada?

1t is natural enough that Canadians
should wish to see a duty imposed by Eng
land on grain and wheat imported from the
United States. while similar commodities
sent from Canada are admitted duty
free. On the other hand, it is difficult to
see why England should enrich the Cana
dams at her own expense, and Sir WILFRID
LAURIER, the present Prime Minister of
the Dominion, has admitted that he does
not expect to witness an entirely disin-
terested performance on the part of the
mother country. Nevertheless, the Hon.
G. W. Ross, Minister of Education for the
Province of Ontario, has undertaken to
convince British statesmen that they ought
to give Canada a preference in their home
market, M most of his arguments arc
reprinted, with approval, in the current
number of the National RerieW.
What are the reasons which, in the opin-
ion of Mr.. Ross, ought to influence Great
Britain to give the edible products of
Canada and other colonies a preference
over like products coming from foreign
n%atious2 1t Is asserted, in the first place,
that the commercial advantages accruing
to the colonies from such n preference
would strengthen and increase greatly
their attachment to tho empire. That is
true enough; human beings are inclined to
like those who enable them to make a liv.
ing. Attachment based upon this ground,
however, may be too dearly bought, and it
is for England to consider whether the
price'asked Is not too high. We are told,
in the second place, by Mr.. Ross that the
greatness of England depends upon the
maintenance Of her colonies. From this
premise he draws the inference that any
measure desired by the colonies, and not
detrimental to her own interests, is
worthy of England's most serious consid,
Grafton. We had always supposed that the
greatness of England depended on her for.
eign trade, and upon her ability to feed her
Industrial population by selling the sur,
plus products of her factories. This was
taken for granted by Lord RIPoN, formerly
Colonial Secretary, when he refused to de,
nounce the commercial treaties with Ger
many and Belgium, pointing out that Eng
lands trade with those countries amounted
to 5000, 600, 900 and her trade with Can
ada to only about 300, 600, 900. 1t fe
mains to be seen whether the recent de
nunciation of those treaties will not prove
as detrimental to British interests as Lord
RIPoN believed it would.
Again, Mr.. Ross insists that, In thi,
age OF steam, England's naval supremacy
depends, to a certain extent, on the nu
merous coaling stations and harbors O
refuge which she possesses under he
own flag Rll over the world. This, also
u true, t1t England does not need to Civ
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After mature consideration we are CO

After mature consideration we are COM
PEELED to return without approval tho bill Of
Mr.. OWENS of the Virginia House Of Delegates
Ito facilitate the creation of Colonels." The
premise Of the bill is erroneous. 1t is not true
that many worthy gentlemen in Virginia
find great difficulty in satisfying their laudable
desire and ambition to become Colonels." Any
worthy or unworthy gentleman can make him
self q Colonel by simply assuming tho title.
Mr.. OWENS proposes that any Virginia gentle
man of good standing in his city or county may
apply to a Justice of the Peace. and, after TAX.
ing the oath Of Office required by law. and par-
t~icularly the anti-duclling oath. and upon tho
payment Of q fee Of 81. such Justice shall issue
a warrant creating such applicant q Colonel,
with full rank for life"
Never! A title like Colonel Is not to be sold
and bought. In Virginia it should be as FREQ
and general as the casing air to oil citizens Of
full age. We renew the proposition that be 1t
enacted by the Virginia Assembly that on and
after Feb. l every male citizen shall be called
Colonel. The eighteen Colonies on Gov. TYLER's
staf shall be called Generalissimos upon pre-
senting at the office of the Secretary Of State q
diploma from the Poker University.
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NICE WOMEN.
An Americas Husband on the German Artists
Remarks.


nemnrkr.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: To an
American Mr.. Albert f. Stcrncr's sneer at
American women is peculiarly exasperat-
ing. IL Mr.. Sterner finds himself dwarfed
by the dol!cacy OF our women. no should
in Justice to his art sock an environment
assuring It's best development. II Mr.. Sterner
and his confrercs cannot be great without being
offensive to our mice women the sooner they
take themselves of the better. Nice women aro
not necessarily afflicted with false modesty; nor
need they be prudes. Thousands nre intclli.
gently apprcciativo OF tho best things in art,
or literature. At her best the American woman
10 entirely admirable.
Americans, / am sure, will sacrifice something
OF greatness in art =" rather than "nicencss -
in their women. 1t Is possible that mice"
women are much less tircsome than many freak
ish developments of the Partisan %nteliers.
As the husband of tho incest kind of an Amer
lean woman 1 protest against Mr.. Sterner's as
sumption that "nicencss' in our women pre-
vents the development OF tho greatest things in
art. Such assumption is u frank confession OF
weakness.
IL Mr.. Sternor has n great mission in nrt, let
stick to pnlettes and brushes. and let our
women alone. They will not prevent his great
ness from becoming
WESTPoRT, Conn.,, Jan. ID. AMERICAN.
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wilhelm II.'s fond Tansmau.
From thc 50. yamts,s Gl:etLc.

From the 81. JdneSs Glsettc.
The house OF HOhenzollern possesses a family t'"h
man. Since the time OF the Elector John CIcer', WHO
nOurlshel toward the eud Of the fifteenth century,
each ruler has, when possible before dissnlu" lie
handed 20 his successor a sealed packet. This con
tains 4 ring, In which is set a black ston' said &" nave
been dropped by a huge toad on the covcrl"t ~ a
princess OF the family Just IA she had giTcn l"T'n
to a son. Frederick tn, Graf found the ring 10 an
envelope, which also Enclosed a memorandum, "ft'
ten by Frederick l., stating Its value ami Its mole %
transmission. schn aiier, the librarian Of william J."
declares that he saw the packet handed by Colin.
the Treasurer. to his royal master on his accession
and further asserts that he read his account OF -
tAiiSmAa 10 the Emperor. who fully confirmed IL
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FTOW NC IuNOTc TTIUUHf,
Marwari banker OF o!ephantine build. while com
ing from the station to Anarkali, Lahore. stood NJ 10
his second.ciass garl near the shahalmi Gate 10 adj
Just his dhoti. No sooner he was on his feet, 10 no
horror. the bottom OF the conveyance gave wa''
With his well-known presence OF mind lie realized
the situation even MS he fell. and began running for
dear life. In spite OF being badly shaken. The drluE'n
Jehu would not hear his shouts to stop. At last, near
the tramway stand. some one saw his legs WORKING
with marvel, Gus rapidity under this conveyance, aud
gave the alarm. The cabby had the impudenre 10
demand his fun fare. ami was getting noisy ana
abusive. when a proposal was made by some ~
ISLANDERS TO give him a plunge bath In the adlos"iAs
canal, and the fellow then hastily drove on.
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Gymnasts and Parks.

A goodly number of men interested in
muscular development, representatives of
almost all the local athletic associations,
have called upon the Mayor to ask that
gymnasiums be established in the public
parks, and tho Mayor has referred them to
the Park Department.
The last administration Of the parks,
headed by Commissioner MCMILLAN, into
whose mind time seemed unable to instill
any comprehension of a parks first principle,
indicated the intention of gratifying the
athletes in tho spirit of clean-cut vandal-
ism. He was ready to take for this pur-
pose a portion ofthe East River Park, and
even signified to the gymnasts that they
might pick their spot in Central Park,
neither North nor South Meadow being
barred. Any stretch of green appealed to
him as an excellent place for anything new.
There it lay, vacant, and, therefore, to
his mind, useless. The very place for the
first party applying for 1t to take, enjoy,
and leave the rest Of the world to look
out for itself!
The principle lying under the SOUND way
of dealing with the subject is simple.
Gymnasiums lave no relation to scenery.
A gymnasium can be provided as we'll in
any city lot as in a park. b public,
therefore, cannot afford, and should not be
asked to devote, any site enjoying special
scenic advantages, or any ground that en-
tiers into the composition of the landscape
and strengthens and protects the sense Of
repose and beauty which it is a parks first
purpose to provide. The East River Park
has a site wholly incompatible. There is
nothing like it in the world, except the
Narrows of New York Bay and there is
no park there. The traffic of vessels pass.
ing through He'll Gate morning, noon, and
night, including the great Sound steamers,
is of inspiring interest. And the specta.
Gle, 70 fascinating in itself. is particularly
vivid through being crowded close upon
the sight by the Of the water.
way. To take part of the small area of a
park in such a situation for a gymnasium
would be like using the parlor to keep chick.
ems In. Officers intrusted with the care
of a public parlor have no right to put
chickens in it, even If the law has failed
to say "don't."
After the Mcmillan era friends of the
parks hail with delight the sign Of re-
stored understanding of them in President
CLAUsEN's announcement that the splurgy
order turning the public loose Upon the
lawns of the Central Park is to be re-
scinded. The long and short of it is that
the Park cannot be 30 enjoyed without
damage which destroys It's broadcast use
With the encroachment upon the lawns
restricted as of old, however. it was actually
used more than any other public pleasure
ground in the world.
The introduction of gymnasiums into the
parks is urged the more readily, 40 doubt,
because of the easy-going notion that when
the city WINS a park it costs nothing tc
turn it n buildings or gymnasiums. II
would always cost the park though, and
parks like the Central Park or the East
River Park are priceless.
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Faugh!

What actual information on "Civic Du-
ties and Reforms the Hon. CHARLES j. Bo-
NAPARTE impaired to his immediate hearers
in Cambridge last week we cannot say but
he gave in one sentence Of his contribution
to the above named series of lectures a more
vivid and instructive picture Of the Mug
wumpa as he really is h could be obtained
by the analysis of reams of the regular news
paper organs of the cult. President ELIOT,
according to the Boston Erening Tran
script, introduced Mr.. BoNAPARTE. one of
the most noted and highly developedo OF the
Mugwump school of thought and feeling,
as "one Of Harvard's graduates who. from
. his twenty years public service, is best
fitted to speak to Harvard graduates upon
the duties Of citizenship" In the address
of Mr.. BoNAPARTE on "Bosses and Rings"
we find this profound and characteristic
ally insulting Mugwump dcliverance:
.In this country the whole end and existence of
parties 10 to gain the Offices"
Mr.. BoNAPARTE describes American poll
tics as he and the other U%itlanders see
them. They see nothing but offices or office
holders. II shall be glad to accept any
nomination" said, for example, their latest
hope, Mr.. SETH Low, "from whatsoever
source 1t may come, on any platform" Mr..
Lows only proviso being that he should be
free to follow his own policy. A political
principle is beyond Mugwump conception,
and hence they can't believe that there is
such a thing as political principle in the
United States, or that the mass of the great
American community has any higher and
broader ideals than the Mugwumps have.
When the battle Is for the supremacy
In the Empire State of the st. Louis
or Chicago platform. they snarl about
"Plattism." When the question is on our
further national expansion, and the incor.
poration of our natural bulwark in the Pa,
cifc, the Sandwich Islands, into the domin.
lon of the United States, they tune about
Hawaiian niggers," and the faults of the
probable candidates for Hawaiian offices.
Their low and shallow estimate of the
scheme and manner of conducting our public
affairs is inevitable for the reason that II
actually represents their political selves,
and they haven't the power of considering
p~roftably other things.
But fancy the venerable halls of a famous
Massachusetts institution dedicated to
learning and enlightenment echoing with
the half maniac wall that Z" in this country
the whole end and existence of parties is
to gain the officesT
Less than two years ago the country was
convulsed in one of the most stupendous
popular efforts known to the annals OF
politics, to preserve itself against the fraud
and the anarchy of the Chicago platform
1t fought desperately to win the Offices and
the power of administration for the party
which would maintain the policy of honest
money. Yet the Presidento of Harvard praises
M introduces as a teacher among his stu
dents n speaker who declares that in this
country the whole end and existence Of
parties is to gain the offices"
FauRhl