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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-27
Women as Detectives.

We publish elsewhere a letter from q
woman in Boston, who attempts to defend
the employment of women as detectives
against the experienced judgment of former
Inspector WILLIAMS and of Miss DOYLE,
the matron of Eldrldge street police sta
tion. Our Boston correspondents asser-
tions, however, do not dispose of the we'll
founded objections which render ~unadvis-
able the use of women as detectives.
At the best, the service is tolerable only
as a necessity, and those who enter it are
subject to the demoralizing consequences
of the false pretences incidental to their
employment. They are obliged, also, to con-
sort with criminals, and crime and vice lose
their natural repugnance for them. Wo-
men should not be thrust into that danger (;
it is bad enough for cooler.headed men.
Moreover, the feminine temperament It,
self units them for the business. Their
judgments are apt to be too much governed
by their emotions, and, as Inspector WILL
LIAMs says, they are untitled physically for
the arduous exactions so frequently put
upon the physical strength of detectives.
1t is not a business for women. in stores
or anywhere else. They should never be
subjected to it's evil effects on their own
characters, and other women should not be
imperilled by the lack of discretion which
women detectives are likely to display.
Inspector WILLIAMS was right in saying
that "a woman had better drive a horse
for a living than go into the detective
business"
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that China IL not open TO colonization on to
conquest, and binds herself to maintain the
territorial integrity Of b Middle King
dom. Treaty rights would not survive q
conquest or q cession. When Tunis and
Madagascar were acquired by France. there
was, for q time, some discussion and nego-
tiation touching the question what wastobe
done about England's treaty rights. In the
end, however. England has acquiesced In
the principle that conquest puts an end to
treaties made by the conquered State, and
British subjects in Tunis and Madagascar
at present are treated precisely AZ they
would be treated in France. England now
says that she will suffer nc analogous loss
Of treaty rights in China, which means, Of
course. that she will not permit q partition
Of that country.
1t Is undisputed that England, for the mo-
ment, has strength enough to enforce her
will in the far East. With the cooperation
Of Japan. which is assured to her, she Is
greatly superior to Russia and France in
the Pacific, even IL those two powers could
count upon the assistance Of Germany,
which now seems improbable. Under the
circumstances Russia may deem 1t ex-
pedient to renounce her plans regarding
Port Arthur and Manchuria, with the In
tention Of resuming them, however, when
the Trans.Siberia Railway is completed.
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ment validating the bonds held by the
State, but leaving the outside investor stiil
outside. The serious people Of Texas did
not appreciate the humor Of this amend
ment. They rejected It, showing thereby
that they were honest men, in spite Of the
eccentricities Of q few Of their communities.
Now the Supreme Court has checked fu-
ture eccentricities Of that sort, and some
Of the humorists who have been chuckling
at the capitalists will rave to pay for their
past amusement.
The case in question, County Of Mitchell
vs.. City National Bank Of Paducah, decides
that 1t Is not necessary to the validity Of
the bonds that the Commissioners Court
should have duly levied the taxes according
sufficiently provide for such a levy; that
the act Of the County Commissioners Court
In carrying out such provisions lie purely
ministerial in its nature, and that the
courts Of the country can upon application
of the holders of the bonds, compel the
Commissioners Court, by mandamus, to
perform this ministerial duty"
The State Of Texas is to be congratulated
on this decision even more than are the In
vestors In repudiated Texas county bonds.
The honor and reputation of the State are
restored. She will pay her debts. Conse-
quently money will flow into the State.
But the foes Of the money changers must
regard with horror the fact that debts must
be paid even to outside money lenders.
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Manifestly. equals 1000.


To THE EDITOR or THE sUS-Sfr: have Just read in
your paper the opinions OF Matron Doyle and ex.
Police Inspector Williams on women as detectives.
and think that they are absolutely unworthy.
Matron Doyle attaches blanc to q woman detective
for not "letting OF" q thief because "it 4, hor first
offence" It is not q detectives business TO "let
people on" no matter whether the offence ia tho
first or the last. The FIRST offence +" is a very i'm.
portant matter. And the detective who told Matron
Doyle that her business "would 90 to smash " IL she
gave in to sentiment was simply proving her ability
to be a good dot ,ctive. heads of stores do not hire
detectives to let thieves OF. l do not say. though,
that I think they deal perfectly with offenders.
Was cx.Polico Inspector Williams ever the Creator
chat he knows so much about women's physical and
mental states?
Women ought to make good detectives. and Matron
Doyle's admission In regard to on1 of them shows
that at least one know her business. Women are not
one whit harder on women than men are. The fact
that men accuse women OF such . outlines proves 1t.
Boston. Jan. 81. JEAN Balm.
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A National Labor Law.

We Hnd in the Providence Journal Of
Commerce and Pautucket Commercial
Bulletin the argument upon which the
Hon. WILLIAM C. LOWERING, representing
the Twelfth Congress district Of Mas
sachusetts, proposed in the House o fRepre.
sentatives in the beginning Of January to
amend the Constitution of the United
States so that Congress "shall have power
to establish uniform hours of labor
throughout the United States"
The competition Of the cotton mills of
the South, where labor is comparatively
free, has caused 1t to go hard with the
mills Of New England, where the labor
laws are many and rigid. This has moved
Mr.. LOWERING to advise a Constitutional
equalization of labor laws throughout the
nation. He says in support of this plan:
"The present variation in the hours of weekly
labor. from nfty.eight to seventy.two. creates con.
ditions OF discrimination. as between the citizens OF
the several States OF the Union, which operate to the
disadvantage OF both labor and capital in many
localities. resulting in unequal earnings for q given
amount OF capital. and unequal wages for q given
amount OF labor. which unequal conditions are con-
trary TO the Fundamental theory Of the Constitution
of the United States. which contemplated equal rights
and uniform privileges to all citizens OF the United
States, irrespective OF the particular State in which
they may happen to dwell"
In the process of accommodating himself
to the despotic restrictions of the Massa-
chusetts labor laws, Mr.. LovERING's head
has been so added that he has lost
the understanding of the Constitu-
ton of his country. One right which
the democratic founders of the re-
-
equally to every future citizen of the
United States, was the right Of private
contract, and the privilege of laboring
under any terms one regarded as desirable.
1t is equal rights and uniform privileges"
which Mr.. LOWERING would destroy.
Thus every year brings fresh evidence of
the strength of the United States Con-
s~titution as a bulwark of personal liberty.
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Baseball.

A man who, like WILLIAM BARN1E of
Brooklyn, has served for nearly a quarter of
a century in managing professional baseball
players, deserves to be heard attentively
when expressing his views on the prevail
ing rowdyism and how to stop it. Mr..
BARNIE was thus quoted in ycsterday'sS sun:
You ask me who is to blame for the trouble3
Well. It iSn't the players. nor the umpires. It is the
club owners or magnates who employ the players,
and II they will realize tho necessity of stopping
further indecent behavior In kicking there will be no
trouble"
The s%oundness of this conclusion is incon-
testable, and a few more words from the
same observer indicate that he spoke with
the authority of his superior, the President
of the Brooklyn Club:
"of course. I have no power. in my capacity as
manager OF the Brooklyn team. to enforce the rule
against kicking unless Presidept EBBETs. the owner
OF the club. instruots no to do 80. He will do that.
however, for he "a a believer in clean ball, and will
go to the coming League meeting fully prepared to
make n fight for the reforms that will cleanse the
game of It's unfortunate features. II the magnates
do not take this question up seriously and deal with
1t without fear or favor. the game will suner more
this year than II ever has
The League cannot stand on the fence in
regard to disorder in the national game. 1t
must either overcome and stop rowdyism,
or surrender to it, for IL it IL not stopped it
will grow and get worse. The League will
either see that %wrangling with the umpire
is suppressed vigorously on every ground,
by having the players submit to the UNI
pire's decision without quarrel, OF before
long the stuffed figure which has been called
the umpire will sinh out of consideration
entirely, and the captains INT their men
will fight it out in open war.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-27
Texas Will Pay.

The Supreme Court of Texas has made a
decision in favor of the despotism of CAPT.
tai, and the clanking of chains can be heard
distinctly at Austin. 1t has been the di-
version of certain Lone Star counties and
towns to borrow money, issue bonds, repu.
diate the same, and tell the CALLED money.
lenders to whistle for repayment. Public
improvements were aus paid for by the
Capitalists" 1t had been held by the
Texas Supreme Court, as well as by the
United States Circuit Court and Circuit
Court of Appeals. that under a provision of
the State Constitution county bonds were
worthless, even when owned by purchasers
for a consideration, unless the County Com.
missioners levied a certain tax for the in
terest and an nnu sinking fund. The
capitalists, great and small, were not aware
of the power of the County Commissioner
in the matter of county debts. Their inno-
cence tickled and has kept on tickling some
communities with an acute feeling for hui.
NOR. Here are a few instances recorded by
u esteemed contemporary. the Alcalde, to
which we owe the other facts of this article:
''Presidio county Court House 10 tho Joke OF such
inhabitants of the county as are devoid of seriousness
OF honesty Diu cost US u cent, they tell the new
conner with glee, as they point to the building stolen
under the protection OF the laws Of Texas. Tho city
OF Cleburne boasts waterworksw won without expense
from connding contractors. In this case . trivial
technical defect caused the bonds to be declared In
valid. The contractors sued to recovert the w%aterworks.
"A mere matter OF form. OF course. to enable the city
to pay the debt2' VIC can imagine some stranger In.
quiring. Not at all. Tho city pleaded the statute of
limitstionsi 'Ahl' might say the stranger when no
had recovered his breath and assured himself OF the
present safety OF his wallet. things are done differ
emily with us; there the contractors often rob the
people, but a whole community consent to rob a con-
tractor! Eeyerl EobIesSe obii1et'
"Corsicana won paved streets from contractors
who thought to secure themselves by demanding
surety for the bonds. Vain thought, Some techul.
cal requirement was lacking in the bonds. and how
could sureties be held where the principal was not
responSibleP
+" But II Is not worth while to extend q roll call OF
shame. Let US end at the capital city OF the State. In
Travis county the bonds for the two bridges over the
Colorado River have boon repudiated. In this in
stance the Commissioners Court actually endeayored
TO validate such Of its bonds as were held by the
Public School Fund. and r~epudiate those held by out
side invessors. but were oyerruled by the Attorney.
General. who held that mono OF them could be val
dated in the manner attempted.
Thus II 10 that counties and cities in Texas have
been aided and abetted by our laws In conduct that
would oonsisE individuals to the penitentiAV."
The last Texas Legislature wa full of the
same airy and Skimpoleian humor. The
State school fund included some $4,000
900 of bad bonds. The Legislature submit
ted to tho peoD'e q constitutional amend.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-27
Little Marks In watches.

from the Kansas Cfu Star.
"What are all these funny little marks In
your watch, Cousin Charley Z" asked the bright
little girl who sat In the young mans lap play.
ing with his gold tinlepiece.
"Ehf Let me see." said the young man. TAX
ing the watch from her and blushing.
The little girls father looked at Cousin Charley
and winked. Let ME see. too" he said.
Inside tho back cover OF the watch were sew
eral little. shiny spiral marks that looked NJ
though tho gold had boon rubbed hard.
" Eight times. oh = said the little girls father.
Been hung up quite regularly. hasn't it,"
what do you mean T. asked the puzzled little
Seem to have been there yourself" remarked
Cousin Charley.
What are you talking about - the little girl
asked Dersistently.
Little girls should be seen; not heard. +" sug-
gested her father.
Twice a year said Cousin Charley. "Oncs
in the spring and again in the fall"
"Overcoat time. see." his uncle said, nod.
ding Understandings.
Now. the fact OF tho matter was this: Inside
the back cover of tho watch were eight little
round marks made by acid. They were made by
pawnbrokcrs to test the quality of the gold
when the watch was presented for q loan. The
pawnhroker dipped the frazzlcd end OF a match
In acid and scrubbed at a place in the gold. IL
the acid made no impression tho gold was all
right and he made tho loan. II tho metal had
bubbled and frothed slightly where the ncit
touched 1t the case was not gold and the loan
was refused.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-27

A writer in the Outlook Is In favor Of
feeding tho minds OF children with serious
poetry, OF substituting LoNGFELLow and other
bards OF name for Mother GoosE. We aro
ready to maintain against a world in arms
that as an introduction to poetry. prosody.
music. mythology. folklore. history. comedy,
tragedy, geography, astronomy, natural history.
and all arts, sciences, and trades. and to sooth-
ing sleep and delightful dreams, the collected
works of Mother GOOSE arc superior to those
OF all the other poets In the world. They are an
encyclopedia. Both in their obvious and their
allegorical Significance, they are rich and full OF
matter. Thousands OF people puzzle and suffer
over the "Divine Comedy who havo never
mastered the works OF Mother GOOSE. Tho
wisdom OF many generations is condensed in
her. 1t will be many generations before n book
moro valuable will appear. Anybody who has
been brought up on Mother GoosE's melodies
has had q good education.
In the whole gallery Of fiction where are there
clearer-drawn or mere interesting figures than
those that throng her immortal pagesi Why,
JACK sPRAT is worth o hundred thousand Of the
pulling paretics Of the Neurotic-Idiotic School;
and We wouldn't swap the Cow that jumped
over the Moon for all the philosophers from
PTTHAaoHAs to NIETzsoHE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-27
The Cable to Hawaii.

The promoters Of the proposed Geographic
communication with Honolulu are again
before Congress, relying on the fact that
never was their enterprise more urgent.
If Hawaii is brought under the Stars and
Stripes by the ratification of the treaty
pending in the Senate, the desirability OF tho
cable will be manifest to all eyes. Indeed,
several years ago, when there was no
project of annexation. and when the
monarchy was established in the islands,
the Senate voted a very large subsidy for q
submarine wire from San Francisco to
Honolulu. The House did not concur in
that measure, but it substituted a measure
for the survey of a route at the Govern.
ment's expense, n that survey was made.
If the cable project appealed so strongly
to Congress at that time, it has far greater
claims to consideration under our present
and prospective relations to Hawaii. Gov
aid is asked because, with the
small population Of the islands, the enter
prise can hardly be undertaken by private
our alone as a commercial transaction
profitable from the start.
Exactly what aid ought to DO given by
the Government is a question for Congress
to consider; but, in any case, there will be
an Offset to some extent in the freedom Of
Government messages, and the need of
these will increase when the islands be.
come a part of the United States. The
question whether the enterprise should not
be prolonged across the Pacific to Japan
and China is also to be considered. Its
uses, at all events, will unquestionably
increase with the growth of Pacific trade,
and it appeals to us on national grounds.
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THANKS FOR THE TAMPA.
Emperor William Cables to Her Former Owner.
Richard q. Palmer.

At the office of Mr.. Richard S. Palmer, 80
Liberty street. the following despatch was re-
ceived yesterday from the Emperor of Germany:
Richard S. Palmer, 80 Nassau street. Ne,o York city:
As the new owner of tho Yampa. l take pleasure in
Informing you that I am fully satisfied with her ex.
cellent condition after her three voyages across the
Atlantic within one year. I am happy to possess the
handsome schooner. and thank you for the liberal
manner in which she was handed over. Her last per
fornlance In crossing to England was really astonish.
ing. WILLIAM, /. r..
Mr.. Palmcr's secretary said yesterday that
he Is in the South on n shooting trip and that
the despatch had been forwarded to him. The
iampa was sold nominally to the German Ad-
miral. Baron Won Eisendecher, who either act
She sailed from Stapleton. S. l.. on Dec. %, and
arrived at the Lizard.in sixteen days ten hours:
FOR three days She was becalmed, her actual
smiling time being thirteen days ten hours. She
encountered very heavy, weather and went un-
der squaresail and trysail. She is an extremely
during the heaviest seas. She was taken over by
Capt. John Burt with n crew Of nineteen men.
terranean, touching at a Russian port before
returning to this country in October, so that
her last voyage. which ended at southampton.
spring:
A. Cary Smith was the designer Of the Yam
Del, by Harlan d. Hollingsworth for Chester W
Chaplin. After seven years Mr.. Chaplin sold her
% Hm MI; pal tmn, ms she s1sd is sa g fine specimen EN- Of f, the
especially with q view to seaworthiness. She
Is 10 feet on the water line, of 81 foot beam.
loaded for sea service. She has 95 tons of lead
on her keel. On her trial cruise she made the
,wenty-six hours, considered very: fast time.
She, has made 500 knots in fifty hours. Her
the time of the blizzard, when many vessels
were lost. she was on her way north from Tam
pa. Fla, and did not lose q boat.
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city. At all eventA inst nov there
is q multitude Of actual necessities
pressing upon the municipality which,
with the debt limit always in view, would
doubtless forbid payment for such a new
pleasure ground. II Governors Island is
ever acquired, It will be when there is no
anxiety on the score Of money, and also
when the War Department is convinced
that 1t has q satisfactory substitute in or
near the harbor. Then Its accommodation
of the transfer would have great weight
with Congress, just as Its opposition to the
scheme will undoubtedly have now.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-27
says Caualea Won't Bur. In Dawson.
the 81. Paul Globe.


Talk about candles being worth $l.5O apiece
in Dawson; It's all wrong" said Charles Way.
yesterday. II wintered on the wost fork Of
Stewart River in "a and '95 with a party from
Sitka, We went into winter quarters early.
having good prospects, on a bar directly In front
of our log cabin. We had plenty OF supplies thar
We had hiSed The Indians TO bring In Tor us VIA
Dyea;, Among, other things we had n gross
Of tSllow candles, Things went along nicely
until Oct. % when at noon it brgan 70
The water I1 the boxes wouldn't run moro
quit work ana went into the camp. Wo
loaded the stove up with birch wood. and some
body lighted a candle. 1t burned nll right tor IL
minute or two; then the light commenced 20
grow dim. and In all appearances went out. |
was surprised, upon examination. To lind that
the wick Was still burning; but tho tol!oW
burned, the fire burning itself right in the can
die until the wick was consumed clear down TO
the bottom. melting q hole about tho sizo Off
lead pencil through the tallow, but useless asa
light, and we had TO go 10 bed in the dark
Candles are not worth $l.6O each when the
weather IL real cold. for they won't burn"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-27
Tho Federal Government and the
Erie Canal.

It was q Republican Congressman from
New York, the Hon. ROWLAND BLENNER-
= HAssETT MAHANy OF Buffalo, who intro
/, duced in the House last week the subjoined
FONT resolution providing for the purchase
: or lease Of the Erie Canal by the Federal
Government:
.Thst the United States enter into negotiations
with the state Of New York for the purpose of pur.
chasing or leasing the Erie Canal to the end that this
Waterway DO made an arm of war and commerce for
che General Government"
Who is behind the scheme which thus
! makes It's first public app%earanceG What
+ interests are demanding the acquisition
and control by the United States of New
York's great waterway
Not the interests of the Federal Govern.
mept. As an EARN of war" 1t Mount
TO precisely the same thing whether the
Erie Canal is owned and controlled by
the Empire State alone, or by the
Empire State In common with her forty
!. -four sisters. AS an farm of commerce."
what has the Federal Government to do
with the Erie Canal, unless the days of
BELtAMY are at hand
y" Not the interests OF the State Of New
York, which are inseparable from the in
: terests of its great metropolis and seaport,
and which demand that the Erie Cana
shall be managed for the sake Of our own
9 commerce, and not for that of our rivals.
81 This second proposition is SO obvious, so
% far removed from controversy, that the
people of New York have incorporated it
in their Constitution, in section 8 of Arti-
IA Gle VII:
:. The Legislature shall not sell. lease, or othertri'e