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THE UNIT RULE.
A Memorable Instance OF It's Application
by n Now York Delegation.


To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: I notice
in Yesterdays issue OF THE Sun q communica-
tion under the headline Application OF the
Unit Rule in the West" referring 10 the Con-
gressional delegations which have acted as
unit in supporting a candidate for Speaker
when. in fact. the delegation is divided ~
opinion. as II such a rule had not obtained in
tho East also. I will give perhaps the most
notable instance in which the unit rule-was
adopted in New York.
At the convention IN 1850 that nominated
Abraham Lincoln for President. the friends OF
Mr.. Seward feared-Mr. Thurlow Weed par
ticularly-that after the first ballots some OF
the New York delegates would break away
from Mr.. Stewards support and vote for other
candidates, To prevent this a caucus Of the
seventy delegates was called. at WHICH res,o,su
Evarts the Chairman. to cast tho solid vote>
OF New York for Mr.. Seward so long as he was
before the convention as a candidate.
The resolution was warmly discussed. being
opposed chiefly by Mr.. George William Curtis
OF Richmond. Judge John 7. Hogaboom OF Co
lumbia and Judge James Of ST. Lawrence.
The resolution passed, however. by very
large majority. and Mr.. Eyarts cast the solid
vote Of New York at each balloting for Mr..
Seward.
The same rule was expected to be adopted at
the proposed nomination OF Gen. Grant for the
third term but his friends were deceived and
disappointed by it's violation.
MONTICELLO. June 4. c. V. R. LuDINGToN.
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MIR. CHoATE ON SAFE GROUND.
Our Ambassador Talks Che erily About Char
ity Dinners and Ballet Girls.

From he London Times.
At the hfty.fourth annual dinner in aid OF tho
Royal Theatrical Fund the American Ambassador.
asking his hearers to drink to the drama. was re-
ceived with long continued cheers. He had, he
said. been studying this great national institution
OF England the dinner for charitable purposes
Laughter 1t was entirely unknown In the United
States. "A solemn cry OF Hear. heart" followed by
laughter Tho old philosophers disputed to
what part OF the human organism was the seat Of
the soul. and many OF them concluded that tho
stomach had that honor. Perhaps the promoters
of charity dinners in this country took the same
view. Laughter They ate their way into the
pockets of their friends and neighbors and washed
out the contents of those pockets with copious
drauxhts OF wine It was a practice which he pro-
posed to introduce to his native country whom he
returned there. tLaughter.l He had only been con.
nected with the drama in ono capacity-that Of
spectator. 1t was u most important capacity. for
what would become Of your playwriRhts, actors,
scene shutters. prompters ballet dancers The
Chairman here made q remark inaudible to the
gathering generality Lord Dartmouth. continued
Mr. Choate, said they were not his ballet dancers
Ilaughter-but in proposing the previous toast
THAT OF The Fund ~ he had certainly appealed on
their behalf. What would become Of all tho EN-.
ployees Of the drama II there were audience1 As
representing the audience. perhaps he had . right
to propose this toast Another thing which justified
him was that he Amer ican and in America the
drama occupied quito as conspicuous q position
as OH this side Of the Atlantic. Americans had
been fortunate in producing during tho last forty
fifty years many favorte actors and actresses. who
had ennobled their calling. and had not only been
received with enthusiasm In Great Britain. but had
returned thence with rich reward. daughter and
cheers.l Moreover. America. especially in recent
years. had been the paradise reganed OF dramatic
performers from all parts of the world. They were
most cordially welcomed there. and they carried
away vast boards of treasure-tlaughterl-yet he
could from all he had had the pleasure OF hearing
that they left with America deal moro than the
distracted, for they left . knowledge Of what the
highest art was capable OF. lCheersJ
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A Strange Thing in Politics.

The characteristic sentimental attach
ment which Democrats have for former de-
feated candidates, which Is exemplified now
in the case Of WILLIAM J. BRYAN as a can
didate for denomination for President seems
to have lost no strength
The most popular New York Democrat
from the date Of his nomination in 1850
until his retirement thirty years later was
HoRATIo SEYMOUR, who seemed to gain
popularity with each successive defeat
as candidate for Governor until his
sixth nomination. when he peremptorily
and Internationally refused to run. The
nomination Of CLEVELAND for President
by three successive Democratic national
conventions, with difficulty at first, una
nimity in the second, and enthusiasm in
the third, was striking illustration Of the
rule referred to. The Republican party
does not make the defeat OF its nominees
or the overthrow OF principles which they
represent the key to party favor A de-
feated Republican candidate may continue
to enjoy the respect and regard OF his
party, but the circumstance that he has
been defeated by the voters is never ac-
copied as proof either Of craftsmanship
candidate is selected in his place under the
general theory that the principles which a
party processes are more important than
the candidate who defends or expounds
them, and that the determination ~ the
voters not to accept n particular nominee
az the best representative Of certain prin-
ciples Is a proof rather OF his unavaila-
bility than Of their demerit.
With the Democrats, however, it has
uniformly been otherwise. The element OF
political hero-worship in the party is
always strong and it has come to be almost
proverbal observation that the Demo-
Gratis are stronger in off years after the
reaction following a big defeat than when
the party resources are put to the strain OF
Presidential election. It is for this reason
in very considerable measure that though
there is nothing in any wise appealing to
New York State voters In the political ante
cedents of BRYAN, he, former Democratic
nominee for the Presidency. continues to
obtain the enthusiastic regard of Demo-
Gratis everywhere. II used to he said
in Indiana that TON" HENDRICKS was
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why do you not leave the

Ambassador, why do you not leave the
country"
The nation most directly affected by this
complete change OF policy on the part OF
England Is Russia; Russia's chief antago-
mist at the Porte Is no longer the British
Ambassador but is the German Ambassador,
and he now exercises degree OF influence
never before possessed by any foreign repre-
sentative at Constantinoplc. He practically
controls all railway concessions in the coun-
try and at this moment the privilege OF build
ing line to the Persian Gulf, 50 long denied
to England at German instigation, is given
tothe German Anatolan Railway Company,
and the preliminary work is about to begin.
The Russians, not to be behind hand, have,
as recently announced, decided to push
their Trans Caucasian railway up to the
Persian frontier, preparatory to continuing
II through Persia to the Gulf. The Trans
Caspian Observer, dealing with the subject
Of Russian railways in Persia, says:
AT the present moment are not at war with
England and we have no mind to conquer indla.
But we must be ready for this campaign II England
binders lis in the lines have laid down for our.
the rs steps of which, Ivy patient efforts that
have vt much bio ii. have already been taken II
our progress in Central ASIA has become deter
mined the English are themselves to blame for hav.
ng closed the Straits into the Mediterranean.
and Russia. with growing population and increas-
ing industries must and and will find. outlet for
herself TO q southern sea-
Unable, sngle-handed and unaided, to
continue the opposition to Russia at Con-
stantinope England cedes the task to Ger
many; but has to pay the price for the
transfer of the burden by giving Germany
a free hand commercially and in the railway
development OF Asia Minor. The evident
acceptance by Germany Of the situation
gives England full liberty to deal with Rus
STA respecting Persia, where the final
struggle between England and Russia is
likely to he waRed.
This outcome of the conflict between Eng
land and Russia over Constantinople can
hardly fail to inspire Downing street with
rogret that the proposal for the partition OF
Turkey, made by the Emperor NICHOLAS OF
Russia just before the Crimean war, was
not accepted But it is an open question
whether Russia would not prefer to have
England as stopgap at Constantinople
rather than Germany, with her controlling
influence in the Turkish Army, railways and
trade, as a barrier.
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Nearer home occurred the disappearance sixty
years ago OF 8.yearold John johnson OF Lower
Biddeford. The little fellow playing with his
brothers and sisters afternoon when suddenly
they missed him. All efforts to ind a clue TO his
whereabouts futile ana finally nearly every
decided that he had fallen into the river, though
few believed that he had been stolen Thirty
forty years attcrward party OF Indians camped in
Biddeford. and a sister OF the missing Johnson saw
among them man she believed to be her long lost
brother Her parents were also the man, who
was called John GlossAn, was their child; but he
himself did not believe. and the Indians could not
or would not throw any light IN the subject. He
had married an Indian woman and again away
with them hut later he became convinced that hs
was not one NJ them and came TO his family. He
now liN es in Hollis ON farm.
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the most popular man In Hoosierdom till
the people elected him vice-President.
Then his local popularity waned consid-
erably. Gen. MCCLELLAN after his over
whelming defeat for the Presidency Of the
United States was thirteen years later
elected Governor OF New Jersey. and ALLEN
q. THURMAN, while he lived was the most
popular Ohio Democrat, though when n
candidate for elective Office he was gener-
ally defeated, notably on the only occasion
when he ran for Governor Of Ohio. or the
two surviving Democratic Governors Of
New York one is out OF politics and the
other quiescent, but the last defeated
Democratic candidate for Governor, VAN
WICK, has already had friends laying plans
for his nomination on the Democratic
ticket for Vice-President. II, indeed, he is
not nominated for the Office OF President,
and there has been some talk OF PORTER,
the Democratic candidate for Governor Of
New York in 1896, as Vice-Presidential
candidate II the Silverites are strong in
the saddle one year hence.
BRYAN has been spoken Of frequently as
the only Democrat who is making any
fight for the Presidential nomination. He
is certainly the only Democrat in that field
making fight for anything, or making
any fight for the Democratic party organi-
zation. He is constantly on the move; he
goes from place to place. speaking in Chi
cago, Omaha, st. Louis, Quincy or st.
Paul, as opportunity offers. He points
out the aims Of the Democracy super
vises the rolls Of the party's active men,
bers, and arrogates to himself general
power OF blackball as to those who wish
to join or rejoin It's broken ranks. In
fact. the only potent influence in the DEM
ocratic party rs now constituted one year
in advance OF a momentous Presidential
election is WILLIAM ]. BRYAN, lungs and
metaphors, working sixteen hours a day.
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ressntative from Brooklyn iMr, HESDrrxl. and thu
same fact was referred to By that sturdy old com.
moner from Ohio Mr.. GnosvESohl the day before
yesterday, that . long time had elapsed-over two
yeaIs-after the adoption Of the sherman law before
the fever or the paralysis in our country began"
And few lines further on he turns his
attention to President CLEVELAND with
satirlca intent:
1.-THE President who put tina. paragraph into his
message that hour forgot his oath Of once taken
on yonder steps of this Capitol Ny GoDl were
there none but clerks in his Cabinet Was there
patriot there to say Mr. President strike out that
attack upon our people at this hour2''
These brief extracts are interesting as
exhibiting both Gen. HENDERsoN's compll-
mentary style and the quality OF his pro-
fessional invective. To understand tho
difference between his intellectual processes
and those OF MIR. REED, it is only necessary
to contrast the paragraphs we have quoted
with your idea OF what Mr.. REED would
have said about Mr.. BRYAN or about Mr..
CLEVELAND II he had undertaken to pune
ture the rhetoric Of the one and the mes
sage Of the other. 1t is also interesting to
note the precedence with which Gen. HEN
DERsoN detected in BRYAN, three years be-
fore the Chicago Convention OF 1896, tho
predestined leader OF Democratic-Popu-
list combination.
The political convictions OF Gen. HENDER-
son, as disclosed in the printed record Of
long, useful and reasonably loquacious
legislative career, are those OF the regular
Republican. As rule he has not been a
leader OF thought. Initiative and issue
making have been left by him generally to
others. II anybody were to take the trouble
to scrutinize his speeches for evidence with
which to convict him Of inconsistency. no
doubt the job would be found far from diff
cult. No false pride Of opinion has pre-
vented the Iowa statesman from readjust-
ing his intellectual position by the light Of
later information or in consequence Of more
careful ratiocination.
1t is this facility which leads us to hope
that the Hon. DAVID BREMNER HENDERSON
may have revised already his views on the
subject OF American expansion, as an
nounced by him a little more than a
year ago, after the destruction OF the
Maine, but before the beginning Of the war
with Spain. The one thing certain is that
II he is elected Speaker and uses his power
as Speaker to promote the opinions which
he then avowed, his election will prove an
embarrassment to the Administration and a
misfortune to the American people.
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The austere life OF the Trappist monks, With
its perpetual silence and daily sacrifice OF self.
has It's counterpart in the Order Of the Ber-
OF the Pyrenees falls on the lonsly retreat OF
these women. whose lives. to the casual OBJ
"nS Ii aa dssy
the word home may, he applied to dwelling
place whore no word Is ever spoken. no glance
,HayinS renowned all things, of earth
fasss 's nd RRsnd hss days
unGsasing they TN the soil. compelling, i h,
engage in household ,tasks~and through d,
.6s 81
severity Of their rules controls even the adorn-
diligence Of love OF the beautiful. '''' w.
."One bright. sunny morning" says trav-
set seF fOE to dssovS S''t eSe
As pssssd along is pasture and s R.0G n
silent women in their hs BIT OF black snS wh t
hooded in black. and with large white crosses
turnps. tillng the SoIl. gathering the fir-cones.
guiding the cattle, all speechless. all with eye
cast down on the ground. Suddenly a be
ter % ssSh d hour and psh hs bell
For them in their humble. ssnded refecto@~
At nightfall will be piece OF dry bread NJ \
jug OF cold water; prayer on bende6
silent meditation in S'f fhe i oWS chap
%hitswSsf fsd t ss1ded unadoEned save IN.
solitude "a miraculous gift. And then IL lew
but ;spotlessly clean. scarcely protected from
the cattle q the convent t Of the SoIitTae n' "a
their warm. coy sheds. are better tended"
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Americans and the Dr.yfus Case.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: Now that.he
Dreyfus case is approaching Its hnAl disposition.
many of the readers OF THE SUS will Join IN
pressing gratitude for the bold and decided stand
which your truly great paper has taken from the
very beginning.
You will also md some satisfaction in your CORE
spondentS' Views and prophecies. published in your
columns on June ~ Of last year.
Millions OF hearts will rejoice to see the complete
triumph Of common justice and the uplifting
thought which this resurrection ofberty in Fran 81
will assure.
Verify. verify. Truth has conquered once more.
NEw N0RK, June u MAJ JAoERHUBEh
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England Supplanted by Germany In
Turkey.

There have been symptoms for some time
past that the British policy at Constantine
pie had undergone a radical change. An
incident that recently occurred there in
connection with the British Chamber of
Commerce seems to leave the matter no
longer in doubt.
British trade with Turkey Is declining
every year, largely. it is said by those en-
gagged in that trade, because the Govern
ment does nothing to prevent it. Germany,
France, Austria, and even Italy, but more
particularly the first named, spend yearly
large sums OF money in various ways to
stimulate and promote their commerce
with Turkey. Lines of steamers are sub
sidized and special facilities or bounties or
preferential rates on railways and steam
ship lines are among the means adopted by
those countries to push their trade, while
the absence of any assistance on the part OF
the British Government in any shape what
ever has for a number Of years past been a
standing grievance with the British trading
community at Constantinople, and the sub
ject of frequent representations to the
people in Downing street.
Apparently matters have at last reached
climax for in the eleventh annual report
ot.ntin.,n 49,. ,aa.,o, A. nn,, ~ Uon-
49, aut,a,,,s -, "oTn. s''es
ti,,,.oI, ~ W, Wv" Do."'e'
.an T., 49, 49, oo. .'n'n,', ~,
Ambassador at Constanstinople, the follow
''0'' 'o' ''eei''
.su vi nr'' "i 'ranerN cailea upon the Am.
ruestIon which a1ec,ed british comnoroa ws sn'
posed our case as we'll a. we could and sn,iouslv
waited for the reply. This ia the repy This is not
within my province The matter was a very urgent
one. 30 we reiterated . our Arnunehts Ihe reply THIS
cannot assist yon wsv do vou no ,or, -. :,
Now, the incident would have been uninterest,n,
but for the reply of of us. who thcreupon sug.
EeSted that the Ambassador should don the Garb of
se,ohu MosLs, ana, IKE ,nA' n,SthcMSned prophet
land ~ mix and hone" ''' 80 '"'''' 10 '''
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,,n,iae,o, - 49, aa,,,,-,i'' -. !'io
hoId ~, pritiah I;nian'.ne 6 ro7'.'o''
tinorIa tha1 thia IL, r.. avn. Wv,
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Baby Clark's Opinion.

Behold me.
Marion Clark. OF Now York city!
I'm only fourteen mt nths.old baby
And can't talk.
But don't have to,
For everybody else and the newspapers
Have done all tho talking
That was necessary.
Still would like to mako few
Incongruous remarks
On the situation.
just think minute. kind friends,
OF the predicament I'm in!
There isn't baby
In this broad Land OF Freedom
Who IL as we'll advertised az I Am,
Or who has such opportunities
To make good thing out Of ITSELF
But can't say . word
Except loot" and "Boo!"
And they don't mean anything
outside Of the family.
cant even read the newspapers,
And they're just full OF me.
And have been for days and dayG.
If could only talk.
What a snap l would have in
The lecture field!
Or If could dance
could take to vaudeville
At hundred per;
Or If could sing
could join a comic opera company
At $500 week and private car;
Or IL conld act
might play leading lady
In a society drama,
Or do Little Eva
In an Uncle Tom combination;
Orit I could write.
might prepare
An able article for aY.J.,
ON How 1t Feels TO Be A Stolen Baby"
ORR l weren't girl
might be available for second place
on q national ticket
With Mr.. Bryan.
But can't do blessed thing;
I'm only an impossible kid,
And a girl kid at that,
And I'm outclAssed at every point.
oh, it's hard lines,
Friends and fellow citizens.
It's hard lines, indeed
And baby'a crown of sorroWs
Is just being baby
Under such circumstances,
You've all been babies yourselves perhIps
hut mighty few Of you
Have had my chance
And can thoroughly realize
Ny PAINFUL position. W.. l.
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The Buffalo Times reports the discovery
OF a new reptile. the gold crocodile" The
gold crocodile feeds on the sweet offspring OF
our free institutions" When caught he should
have tank in the Democratic aquarium next
to the Octopus.
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Now Orleans Mails May Enter Texas.

AUSTIN. Tex. June 4.-State Health Officer
Blunt to-day issued instructions permitting
New Orleans mails to enter Texas. provided
border. He received telegram this morning
from Marine Hospital Service surgeons deny
ing that the recently reported case in New
Orleans was yellow fever
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Governor DAN JONES of Arkansas, brothe

Governor DAN JONES OF Arkansas, brother
OF Senator jim JONES OF Arkansas. wants to go
to the Senate himself He is In favor Of destroy
ing THE dragon which uphods and sustains
the gold standard" The dragon is the Trust.
the proper classification OF which gives the
Democratic natural historians a good deal OF
trouble What is Jones Trust In the Senate
but a dragon? Let this nsidious work Of
Jonesizing the Senate go on. and in a few years
the Senate will he composed entirely OF
JoNEsEs. The Legislature of Arkansas should
forbid the forming OF Jones Trust in that
State.
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We can sec. in the green summer fields, how
vain aud NJ place are any or ali Of our little re.
grets.-HartToTd Tim.E.
Excellent but erring brother. stay out OF
doors all summer, let the breeze flick away
your cobwebs. and forget your little regrets
and splsnetic kicIlpgs against expansion.
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The failure OF the American campaign in
l.uzon 10 everywhere admitted.-SDrfHaHeh Rtpub.
hcan.
Something In this curious Identification OF
the universe with the inside OF Gen. SAMBo
BowLEs's noddle brings to mind his we'll known
Lines on Woodchuck Hole in Agawam":
81 love TO linger by this little hole,
The All-of-Al T. y0n poor Arctomys;
This IL his chamber OF inhnities,
Greater to him than all the worlds that roll"
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Blunders in writing upon the currency
question are not exclusively confined to Ameri-
can newspapers. Tho London Economist. tho
leading financial periodical in England. gets off
this precious nonsense about the scheme re-
ported to have been adopted recently by the
Republican House Caucus Committee:
Take FIRST. as most important. the provision that
greenbacks whom redeemed in gold should be
issued only for gold The total amount OF green
backs issued is little over f6s, 900, OOo and the
amount held by tho banks and the public constitutes
about one.sIth OF the total volume Of money In cir
culation These greenbacks of course. how into the
Treasury along with other moneys in payment Of
tine revenue and paid out again to defray the
Government expenditure. but u they are 10 be re-
tanned and bearded then there must BE- SHARP contrde
ton Of ne CURRENCY.
The writer here assumes that the greenbacks
paid into the Treasury in the course OF bust
ness are to be locked up Just as II they were
presented for REDEEM ption in gold. which is not
the scheme proposed. and he makes the further
blunder Of concluding that the paying out OF
gold for the greenbacks actually redeemed
would contract the currency. whereas 1t would
not affect its volume in the least. The Treas
ury would take In greenba backs and return gold
for them, dollar for dollar. and the people
would have much money as they did before
the REDEEM ption took place.