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cubs ana tho Amer,caus at Hayan..

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUK-Sfr: read in all the
papers that our ConBul.General Lee is ready to ask
for u man.of.war to protect the Americans and him
self. and that the Administration has left 1t to him to
order a vessel II he thinks he should need one, throw
ing thus all responsibility on him; that only four
hours are needed to reach Havana. I must say that
this Is very good. but l must say also that, knowing
as I know Gen. Lee. he will not ask for the vessel.
even II no sees that they are going to murder him.
VIII the sending OF ships do any good to those that may
be murdered In the four hours 1t takes to run the ships
down there? Who will be responsible for those lives?
Now, II our kind Administration does not send the
ships. or a ship. to Havana to protect our citizens,
and not wait until some OF them are murdered for
fear OF annoying Spain. why not suggest that our
Government ask England or France to send one Of
their vessels and protect them? I think this Ia q good
plan, and not to wait. / repeat, until some one is muir.
dered and then send the ships down; more SO when
It Is said that the real object OF this riot is to make
trouble with the United States 90 that they may in.
terfere.
Who tells you that the nrst one to be murdered is
not our Consul? And II this is the case. who is going
to give the news2 Knowing, as l do. the kind OF
people the rioters are. It may happen that in one
hours time the city may BIO thrown in q state of
panic. the Americans all murdered or only one. Well.
is It possible that our Government prefers this than
to incur the displeasure OF spainp My belief Is that
ono American life is worth as much as the whole
nation, and II the presence Of a man'of.war In
Havana harbor Is sunicient to make those rioters
respect the Americana. let II be sent there at once
-sure as I am that 1t willard let Spain be dis
pleased.
A few more words. !. and with me a million II not
more In the United States. would like to know and
have q true explanation Of what tho papers are say.
ing every day about the Administration wanting to
avoid sending a vessel TO Havana for the protection
OF Americans. What Ia feared 7 In what sense could
Spain ind fault with this? Let the nation have this
explanation and. II satisfactory. every one will
acceptit. AN AMERICAN RESIDENT OF CUBA.
that saw the shooting OF the boy students and the
shipping OF Gen. Dulce.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21

The Hon. BOB TAYLOR, who has con-
sented. against his repeated protests. to become
o candidate for Senator in Congress, is still in
session and obsession at Nashville. 1t is clear
from som remarks Of his that the present
called session OF the Tennessee Legislature 10
even more momcntous than Bob himself.
"Public questions of Importance made me call the
extra session. These were questions which threat
ened our safety AZ q state and tho perpctuity of our
free institutions. It was q question whether we
would govern ourselves or whether the Federal Ju.
dietary would step in and say that we could not en-
force the laws which we have made. but that tho
Federal Government would make laws for u.s."
II BOB 10 elected to the Senate, he will spare
no effort to abolish the Federal Judiciary. The
two powers have clashed. 1t 10 impossible for
BOB to yield the width of q fiddle string.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21
Tammany and 1900.

Mr.. JEFFERSON M. LEWIS recent expla-
nation in THE SUN of the attitude of the
Democratic Club Of this city toward the
Chicago platform has attracted much at
tention from Democrats of the South and
West, more especially. AS his relations
with Mr.. CROKER are peculiarly close and
confidential, he Is assumed to have ex.
pressed the views of the Tammany leader.
The plan of that club Mr.. LEVY explained,
is so to harmonize all the elements of the
Democratic party" that 1t shall be success
full at the election in 1900, and to that end
to conduct a Campaign Of education"
with a view to securing "a platform at the
next National Convention" that will "meet
the approval of all kinds and conditions Of
New York Democrats, gold Democrats. sill
yer Democrats. and all other Democrats"
or course, that means. or Is intended
to appear as meaning, the setting aside of
the Chicago platform, the framing of a
new issue for 1900, and the ignoring Of the
great currency question which stirred the
country in 1896.
1t Is plain that II MI. CROKER undertakes
to lead the Democratic party in any such
direction he will encounter irresistible op.
position, more particularly at the South and
West, though the feeling against him per.
sonally is modified by the conviction that
he will be loyal to the platform of 1900,
whatever it may be. That this is the pres
ent temper of the more prominent Demo
Gratis in Congress Ia shown In interviews
with them, obtained or Monday by the
Albany Evening Journal.
Mr.. JET of Illinois did not hesitate to
declare that however Mr.. CROKER may
plan, "the Democratic National Conven.
ton will act without any regard to his
wishes or the wishes of the East" Mr..
JET does not "expect much assistance
from the Eastern States" but believes that
"the forces throughout the South and West
who are In favor of the use of both gold and
silver as the standard of money In our
country will unite and elect the next Prcsi-
ident," who. he says, will be Mr.. BRYAN.
"of course"
Mr.. BAILEY Of Texas, the Democratic lead
er of the House, avoided all criticism of Mr..
CROKER, but dissented from the plan out
lined by Mr.. LEVY. Mr.. CATcHINas of
Mississippi was wholly ~reticent on the sub
ject. Mr.. GAINES of Tennessee. however,
was frank in saying that he ia mot an
admirer of Mr.. CROKER" adding that the
wishes of New York have not been regarded
in the last twd Democratic National Con.
ventions and will not be in the next" and
that Mr.. CROKER will be unable "to sub
Gratis to the wishes of the 1 D cent. OF
30. called gold standard Democrats"
Nj. LIVINGSTON Of Georgia declared that
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21
Where the Immigrants Go.

The total immigration to the United
States, which the Lodge bill aims to
regulate, was 23O,O o last year. OF this
total, the immigrants from Austro-Hun
gary were more than those from Ireland,
and the Scandinavians were nearly as many
as the Germans, though for many years the
Irish and Germans constituted the great
bulk of the Immigration to the United
States.
1t is the commonly received opinion that
a majority of these immigrants Ego West
and grow up with the country" Land in
plenty is still to be had under favorable
terms in many parts of the West. The new
Northwest is being developed under con-
ditions most favorable to immigrants,
and the foreign colonies established be-
yond the Mississippi havo many of
them prospered so largely as to make
probable their further extension by
the arrival of compatriots from abroad.
AS a matter of fact, however. very few of
the arriving immigrants go West to grow
up with the country OF the $50, 900 i'm
migrants arriving last year. only 481 found
homes or started to find homes in the agri.
cultural State of Kansas, $50 in South
Dakota, 100 in Idaho. 1877 In the new ad.
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neither Mr.. ChoKlns's leadership nor that
Of anybody can compel the party to
abandon silver" snying, however. that III
he IL willing to enter the National Conven-
ton and abide by it's decision in all mat
ters," he will be welcome. Mr.. LANHAM Of
Texas is Of the opinion that whatever Mr..
CROKER and Tammsny may attempt to do,
"the next Democratic Convention will be
for BRYAN and free silver, and the ticket
will win"
These expressions Of opinion by Demo-
cratic Congressman indicate that there Ia
little promise Of success for the campaign
Of education" Mr.. LEVY proposes TO con-
duct from the Democratic Club In New
York, and that Mr.. CROKER can never at
tain to leadership in the party by means Of
It. Obviously Mr.. CROKER has no notion Of
attempting to force his views on the Dem
ocratic Convention, the course Of Tam.
many in the last campaign being sufficient
evidence that It will not mako it's support
dependent on the acceptance Of any spe-
cihc plan proposed by 1t. Mr.. CROKER
and Tammany will be regular under any
circumstances they will stand on any plat
form the convention frames. Knowing
that, the great majority Of the party, which
is unquestionably for free silver, will be all
the more earnest In its determination to
force on them again the platform and can
didate Of 1895.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir: The meas.
ure now pending before the Legislature OF Vir-
ginia to prohibit flirting. mention of which was
made recently by THE SUN. had q precedent in
the early history OF the State.
John E. Cooke. in his History of Virginia.
cites a proclamation made by Gov. Wyatt
in 1921. In describing the scenes among tho
early settlers along the James. Mr.. Cooke says:
Hero 10 a group ON tho shore by the home Of q
commander. They are whipping o man. and when
asked what had been his offence, tho reply Is gro.
tesQue. He has engaged himself to marry two wo-
men at ono time, and the commander Is inhict.
ing the punishment directed by Gov. Wyat's procla-
nation for that offence. The said proclamation In.
cludes women in the class OF onenders-is even chiefly
aimed at them and their doings. II "forblds them TO
contract themselves to two several men at one time;'
for women are - yet scarce and IN much request, and
this OFFENCE has become very common. whereby great
disquiet arose between parties, and no small trouble
to the Governmentl' Therefore It must cease. and
"every minister should give notice in his church that
what man or woman Boeve should use any word or
speech tending to a contract of marriage to two
several persons ut one time > . . as might
entangle or breed scruples in their conscienccs,
should for such their offence, either undergo corporal
correction. or be punished by fne or otherwise &C.
cording to the quality OF the person SO offending"
Is the bill now before the Virginia Legislature
an instance of history repeating ITSELF
NEW YORK. Jan. III. X. E. l.. LEWIS.
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re-tiusouy mat the captain cesrivea at Rauitv
work near Savannah.

SAVANNAH, Ga. Jan. 2o.-The trial by court
martial Of Capt. oberlin NJ. Garter Of the
Engineering Corps Of the United States Army
was resumed in this city this morning. Mr.. A.
g. Cooper, an inspecting engineer under Capt.
Garter, and who is now serving under Capt.
Gillette, Capt. Carriers successor. wns the only
witness examined. When ho camo to Savan.
nah In 1892 no found mattresses being put
In the river to deepen the channel that did
not come up to specifications. He was told
that they came up fully to the requirements
Of Capt. Carter and passed them as inspector.
Those used cost tho contractors, In the opinion
Of Mr.. Cooper, about o conts a square yard. To
have them built as tho Governments s~peciflctr
lions required would have cost % cents a square
Capt. Carter was present frequently when
mattresses were sunk that did not como mp 10
notifications. At ono timo he made an exami-
nation OF one which had so little brush in II thtt
no got down into 1t and walked about. lie bal
this mattress sunk because 1t camo up TO the re-
Quiremonts OF Capt. Cartor.
Cooper said no was never told to hold the
contractors down to tho specifications. Written
instructions were shown to him where IL was
said all work must be done according to the con.
tract. He said no could not know whether the
work was being done according to contract Ms
he had mover seen tho contract. One of tho
items In the estimate for, doing the work In ths
harbor as made out by Mr.. Cooper was S25.o0
for lobbying the Appropriation bill through
Congress-. The witness said he had put this In
the estimate because he understood that 1t COSY
the contractors that much TO get the bill
through Congress.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21

In the Indianapolis Journal an accom-
plished but a somewhat severe critic of art sheds
this light on light
"a picture cannot DO sunhoieutly finished where
the bsholder must dance about in all directions In
order to get the right light and to make out what is
intended to appear in the indistinct background"
This opinion cannot be accepted without quail
i~1cation. TIL Hon. MICHAEL ANGELO TIT
MARSH. a high authority. maintained that to
get the best view of a landscape you must
contemplate 1t with your head looking back
ward between your outstretched legs. That
was his method Of getting tho best light
and bringing out tho background. The Hon.
HEINRIcH HEINE. who was as fond Of light
as q man can be. averred that G0ttinGen
was best seen with tho back. There are many
ways of getting the light. The habit Of dancing
about in all directions In an art gallery is dis
tinctly healthful. 1t takes tho cramp out Of
mind and body. The Indianapolis critic ought
to be grateful for a picture with q dancing light
that makes him dance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21

The citizens Of York county, Neb., have
asked the managers of the Trans Mississippi
Exposition "in ~allotting space to them for an
exhibit. to provide walls which they can paper
with cancelled mortgages for 1897" A spirit
Of consideration for q revered young resident Of
Lincoln should induce the managers to refuse
the request. There may be no way of prevent
ing the citizens Of York county from being pros.
porous. but they should not be permitted to fisunt
the evidences Of their prosperity in the eyes Of
MI. Y and other calamitous visitors to tho
show. Or, II the request Is granted, walls should
be allotted to the Lincoln peripatetlc. and he
should have ample room and verge enough to
display thereon in letters of the largest size
his celebrated demonstration of the close and
necessary connection between the price Of sill
yer and the price of wheat.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21
Central America and Our Flag

A noteworthy feature Of President ZE-
lAYA's recent message to the Nicaraguan
Congress is It's assertion that Nicaragua's
concession to the Atlas Steamship Com
pany does not interfere with the more
Important one to the Maritime Canal Com
pany. It will be remembered that the ar
rangement made with the Atlas Company,
which is British, gave 1t rights of naviga-
tion on the San Juan River and Lake
Nicaragua that aroused some anxiety at
Washington and elsewhere.
The assurances of President ZELAYA
may be welcome so far as they go, but
Congress will be likely to form its own con.
clusion In the matter. 1t would be folly for
Nicaragua to imperil or injure the greater
undertaking in order to secure the less.
OF course, IL there is any real encroach.
ment upon the canal grant in the con.
tract with the Atlas Company. the latter
cannot stand; but it would be bad pol
icy not to give the canal the benefit of col
lateral advantages naturally belonging
En- H.
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MI. VAN WYoK's refusal to vote for al

Mr.. VAN WycK's refusal to vote for an
appropriation Of 100000 for building tho
Grand Concourse north Of the Harlem offers an
opportunity for him to be of greater service
than perhaps he thought Of. Hitherto this
project has been In ignorant hands. and this
Mr.. VAN WICK ought to be Mayor enough to
remedy. A thoroughfare, which is not an ordi-
nary city street Of pavement and curbstone.
but q great park-like boulevard, to cost from
$4,000, 900 to $50. 600. 900. would have been
built, IL those hitherto In charge of it could have
had their way, upon q design which never saw
the eye Of a competent expert.
Mayor VAN WICK will find here an occasion
for giving to his administrator the stamp
either of enlightenment or vulgarity. The
thing for him to do 10 to see in some way that the
project is properly studied by a commission in
which art and q knowledge of ~parkways. both
in themselves and in their relations to the rest
of the city. have some standing.
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Follow Iowa.

The House Of Representatives Of the
State OF Iowa have left no room for doubt
81 the length and breadth of their minds
by passing a resolution urging the two
Iowa Senators to vote for the treaty that
would make Hawaii part Of the American
Union. As Senator GEAR Of Iowa has
been counted among the opponents of the
treaty, through his fear lest 1t might bring
injury to his constituents, this resolution
Il an act Of peculiar timeliness, and we
hope It will be effective.
In regard to Hawaiian annexation, 80
firmly supported by the traditions Of Ameri.
can ststesmapship and so unanimously and
urgently advocated by every military and
naval expert in the country's service, the
Legislature Of every State in the Union
ought to follow the lead of Iowa in demand
ing that It should be done promptly.
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A Chance for Ship Armor.

Hope for the solution of the armor prob
lem ~revives somewhat with the announce.
ment that Secretary LONG made to the Sen.
ate Naval Committee on Wednesday. The
willingness of the Bethlehem and Carnegie
companies, as reported by the dispatches,
to furnish the plates of the Illinois, Ala
bama, and Wisconsin for $4O0 q ton is an
important concession.
Last year the companies stood out for
$425, and were supported in that demand
by the Navy Department. Since then an
elaborate investigation by experts into the
expediency of erecting a Government ar
nor-making plant has made such a way
out of the difficulty less desirable than It
then seemed to some people, and Capt.
O'NEIL, Chief of the Ordnance Bureau,
and other department authorities have
taken strong ground against 1t. But in
stead Of treating this development as a
reason for sticking to their former price,
the companies, 1t appears, have made 1t
the occasion for q reduction.
Such a concession ought not to be under
rated by Congress. That body may prefer
a greater reduction, but on 5000 tons 1926
per ton amounts to 100000 which is no
small saving. 1t all comes, too. out of the
profit on the actual cost of manufacture, 30
that it should be compared with that sur.
plus above cost, instead of with the total
of $500, to see what proportion the manu-
facturers give up. Again, the need of this
armor is now urgent, 30 that the country,
however justified a year g in delaying
for a report on the cost of an armor plant,
Is not in the same position now. And here,
once more, the two companies do not push
the advantage which our need Of the ships
gives them, but reduce their price.
Four hundred dollars per ton Is the exact
amount fixed upon by Secretary HERBERT as
just, under all the circumstances. and &C.
cordingly adopted by the House in the last
Congress. The Senate then refused to con.
cur, and, at the extra session of the present
Congress, neither branch was willing to
give that price. But this last ground was
taken apparently under expectations re-
garding the cost of a Government armor
plant, which events have disappointed.
1t Is certain that we ought to finish these
three ships, and that, even II the Govern.
ment should hereafter conclude to make
it's own armor, the Illinois, Alabama, and
Wisconsin, during the founding of the
plant, would be delayed for years beyond
their time. Apart from the very disputa-
BILE question of the real saving the Govern.
ment could hope for in going into armor
manufacture, prudence will not take that
risk of delay on these three ships.
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The House Committee on Banking an

The House Committee on Banking and
Currency has consented to give a hearing to the
Hon. CHARLES ALGERNoN TowNE and Gen.
ADoNIRAM JUpsoN WARNER of the American
Bimetallic Union as to any financial bill "for
which they assume the responsibility Of author
ship" So Mr.. TowNE and Gen. arm ought
to BIO as nearly happy as 1t is permitted to
the sons of silver to be-. They are going
to have their opportunity to be heard.
They are going to stand up in the sight of ma
lions and that unfortunate committee and I'M
pack their hearts. But how about the commit
teei 1t seems to have prepared cruel and I'M
usual punishment for itself. And IL time ia
money, that committee Is going to lose enough
to pay the national debt twice over.
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mitted State Of Utah. and ~ in no mans
land" Oklahoma.
The influx Of foreign immigrants Into
the South, Of which 30 much has recently
been heard, seems to have been chiefly ficti-
tious. The Southern State which profited
largest from immigration wns Florida, but
this was due almost wholly to the number
OF Cubans, refugees and others. who, In con-
sequence Of the unsettled condition Of af-
fairs in that island, sought security in the
United States. Louisiana and Texas gained
something from immigration, but only
ffty.nine immigrants went to North Caro-
lima, fifty to Mississippi, and thirty-six to
South Carolina.
New England collectively received $4,000
immigrants, 24,os1 Of these going to
Massachusetts, alone. or the States Of the
middle West only 1,05s went to Indiana,
and only 1,777 to Missouri, a common.
wealth with al area OF 83. 900 square miles
and less than 100000 i~nhabltants, Its
area being two-thirds Of that Of the
main land of Italy, where the popula-
tion is 3O,O0O,OOO. The two unadmitted
Territories of New Mexico and Arizona
will never become States II they depend
upon foreign immigrants to attain the re-
quired population. One hundred and Atty
Eve only went to New Mexico. and 76 to
Arizona. The Klondike craze did not inn
press newcomers very favorably, one immi.
grant only out of 100000 having had
Alaska for his destination.
It 10 significant that as many as 94,283
Of the immigrants landing last year, or
more than 40 per cent, remained in tho
State of New York; 1O,24s went to New
Jersey, and SO, 525 found homes In Penn
s~ylvania. Less than 0 went to Ten
nessee and only 200 to Kentucky.
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The Kaiser and Cuba.

German interests in Cuba are vastly less
important than ours, and German subjects
residing there are not regarded with the sus-
picion and aversion bestowed on Americans.
Nevertheless, our havana dispatches re-
cord the announcement that Emperor WILL
LIAM is going to make o naval demonstra.
tion at that port simply in order to inspire
the volunteers with respect for the resident
Germans.
Perhaps this purpose may be traced In
part to the success with which the Kaiser
has lately used his ships at Kiao chou and
Port au Prince. Perhaps, also, the school.
ships that forced Hayti to pay an indem-
nifty may be chosen for Haunting the impe-
rial flag in Havana harbor. But the main
point for US Is that Germany has not put
herself into such q plight that the appear
ance Of one or even three OF her warships at
the capital of Cuba would be regarded as O
menace or an offence.
The German Kaiser's policy may we'll set
u own Administration thinking. Its pred.
ecessor Is answerable for the extreme
anxiety not to offend Spanish sensibilities
which has hitherto prevented us from send
ing even the smallest gunboat to touch for
a day ut Havana. We as we'll as Germany
have training ships in Caribbean waters.
The Annapolis is atSt. kits and the Vicks.
burg is on her way to st. Thomas. But
neither of these vessels has a call at a Cuban
port in her itinerary, while still less would
such a visit be made by the Detroit, which
only the other day was near by at Cape
Haytien, or the Marblehead, which was to
inspect Navassa.