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In the daily deluge Of the names worth
reading which pour upon us from all parts OF
the land. our esteemed correspondents do not
always discriminate between what is merely
odd or unusual and what is really so distin-
gushed as to be entitled to place in the col
lection.
To illustrate by yesterdays batch: We have
Mr.. r. A. CANINE and DIR. J. W. NEPTUNE; JIM
ODLE and WILEY McNIFF: MIKE FoLB OF Fay
etteville. n c.; BALDIs ONpERDoNK OF Mattea-
wan. n, Y; a Mr.. CHERRYTREE Of Syracuse
PELEG HUssEY Of Tasley. Va. and half dozen
foreign names which appear singular only to
American eyes. Not one OF all these would
find place in THE SuN except as examples of
the lack Of tho requisite quality.
Somewhat different. however. Is the per-
fecty authenticated case Of Mr.. PLEASANT
WH1TEHAIR. a barber OF Chapman. Kan.
PLEASANT WHITEHA1R gets in.
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Secretaries Of War.

There has been a good deal OF positive
assertion, within a day or two. that the
Secretary OF War ought to he soldier or
ought to be a civilian according to the di-
verse views OF the disputants. In reality
there is no uniform custom or tradition on
that point in the history Of the Office. With
the Navy Department the case is different !;
there the practice OF appointing lands
man as Secretary has been so invariable for
a century that 1t acquires the force OF I'M
written law. Frequently men without spe-
cial interest or experience in nautical affairs
have been appointed Secretaries. GIDEON
WELLEs was Secretary throughout the civil
war; Mr.. THOMPSON HAYEs's Secretary,
was from Indiana, and his successor, Mr..
GoFF, was from another interior State,
West Virginia. Mr.. LONG. who so success
fully administered the Navy Department
throughout the war with Spain, comes
from II seaboard State but he had mani
tested no special interest in nautical affairs
even while in Congress. Indeed, In IN ar
ticle contributed after his appointment To
tine periodical OF his old schoolboy acad-
envy, Mr.. LONG jokngly referred to his
ignorance OF naval affairs.
But there have been many Secretaries OF
War who were soldiers. In very few in
stances men have been appointed who were
professional soldiers. with West Point edu,
cations, although these we're mostly TEN.
porary appointments in special exigencies.
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Tho Plush Upholstered Car.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-S,r II seems as II
the travelling public ought not to he compelled to
suffer longer from the dscomforts and dangers
arising from the plush upholstered" palace sleep.
ing and chair in general use. II leather or
seats were used instead as ct present in smok-
ing and in the tourist sleepers not only would
travelling be much cooler in hot weather. but the
cars would be infinitely cleaner and the danger to
health from the germs OF disease lurking in the
present style OF seats which cannot be easily dis
infected frequently. would be removed. because
leather or cane seats be easily thoroughly
cleAnsed
If public opinion were suthciently awakened to
the ccssity Of this improvement. Boards Of Health
would undoubtedly. in the interests of modern san-
tstion, compel the removal from palace" cars Of
"push " seats which have already practically dis
appeared from street cars. FRANKLIN PALMER
NEW YORK, July 10.
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OF opinion since the battle OF Manila have
been emphatically In favor Of retaining the
Philippines and pursuing the policy Of ma
tional expansion as represen ted by that
party and in them he has represented the
sentiment OF our navy officers generally,
He Is, too, n distinctly conservative man.
and naturally, as such, is firmly for the
gold standard and against the radical ten
denotes OF the Democratic party as 1t now
is II there Is a school OF politics which
more than another goes contrary to the
whole character and career OF man like
Admiral DEWEY 1t Is the present De-
mocracy. He is as likely to become the
Presidential candidate OF the Populists, the
Prohibitionists, the Single Takers or the
Socialists as OF the Democratic party.
In spite OF the assumption Of Mr.. BEL
MONT, it may be assumed by sensible peo-
pie, therefore. that Mr. WHITNEY has gone
abroad on no such FOOLS errand as Mr..
BELMONT attributes to him. Mr.. WHITNEY
is q man OF too much discernment, too
much breeding. to make 80 insulting
proposition to the hero OF Manila. More
over, the Democratic party would not
nominate an out-and-out gold man. from
Vermont especially, under any circum-
stances.
Senator MORGAN, a stout silver man, has
suggested that the Democratic party could
accomplish the purpose upon which 1t is
set by nominating candidate for Presi-
dent who would bargain in advance to let
the Democrats In Congress decide the 10
to question in the way they think best
and agree to sign any bill as to the matter
they might pass. He would thus pretend
to take the silver question out OF the Presi-
dental canvass and conflne 1t wholly to
the Congress districts. That plan might
be tried IL a candidate for President could
be found who would sell out and bargain
away the constitutional prerogatives and
sworn duty Of the President in order to get
the nomination, but GEORGE DEWEY is not
built that way. 1t Is his custom when In
command to hold and exercise the functions
belonging to the commander.
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oRIsIx or TEE K1oKEr."
The First Drink of Tint Name Christcned at
Ahosmnker'a sixteen Years AGO.

WASHINGTON. July 20.-A long mootel oues.
tion has mt last been authoritntively answered
Ivy the President and cashier Of Washington's
Oldest md beat known public resort The dc.
csion s given in tho following letter published
In the Washington Post this morning:
e EnIIoR inst. wish to set AT rest contro-
versy which has OF latA been going the rounds
OF tho New York PAPERS which have boen
struggling with tho proposition to locate the
rlnce OF origin OF tho now famous drink. the
rckey.' 1t ia a wcllknown fact among news
paper men and politicians that the Hon. joseph
X. Hickey did. for speculative purposes. pur-
chase from the Shoemaker administrators the
entire business and real estate some sixteen
years ago. 1t happened that about year
after his ownership OF tho business per-
sonal friend. Col. Fred Mussey u Washington
newspaper CORES pendent, was entertained at
the famous resort Tor statesmen and newspaper
men by hickey. refreshments being served.
Col Mussey. in the interest of those to whom
sweetcr than music. under the SUPERVISION Of
he esteemed and genial chief chemist. George
A. Williamson. christened the mixture OF lime.
ice. liquor and soda the rickey.' Hence tho
first rickey was made OF Shoemaker's. sixteen
years ago. This occasion Is recalled as " It
we're but yesterday. and 1t Is but Just that
credit no given where it belongs. hence these
few lines on the subject. AUGUST W. NoAcK.'
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To TEE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sir Ed P. Acker
mans communication in THE Sun Of July II regard.
ing conditions OF employment in Southern cotton
mills gives facts substantially correct. Wages in
some mills may be slightly higher but 10 cents for
twelve hours work is o fair average.
The ouly remedy for this state Of affars,
ing to organized and intelligent labor is Transports
ton of the negro. The negro will not organize and,
therefore, drags down wage scales in every line of
endeavor in the South in which he eompetes.
Negro competition, II something ia not done will
yet cut the throat Of organized labor in the South
and in every other section OF the United States.
Send the TO the Philippines to Africa and
Southern cotton mills will be compelled to pay the
same wages that New England cotton mills pay.
AsHEvILLE. n. c., July ls. NV MEXICAN.
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Consultation with tho Acknowledgement in
Regard to Its Enforcement.

Consultation with tho At.ornev-Genernlin
Regard to It's Enforcement.
ALBANY July 20. At a meeting OF the Conn
mercial Travellers League. held in this city
some two weeks ago. MIR. p. c. DOVE o. Bod
ford Park. y. Y. the President Of the associa-
ton. was designated to consult with the Attor-
ney- General with regard to the enforcement Of
tho Donnelly Ant- Monster law. passed by tho
last Legislature. Mr., Dove was In the city to-
day and had an interview with Attorney Gem
eral Davies and Mr.. J. Newton Fiero. who was
emrloved rs special counsel by the Attorney
General in the Lexow antitrust litigation
against the alleged coal monster In 1897. and
who. it 10 understood. will be- connected with
any litigation that NAV arise In the admins
tration OF the new law.
While Attorney. General Davies In willing to
proceed under the new law against any trust
which 1t can be proved is violating the law. he
does not propose to go ahead blindly or to insti
tute proceedings for the success Of which he
would have no hope. II Mr.. DOVE should fur
nish evidence or clues to evidence that the
ATTORNEY General thinks would justify p1o-
ceeding to he instituted against any com bna-
tion OF capital. he will take such action. The
Attorney General. however. does not propose
to make any plays to the gallery
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An Insult to Admiral Dewey.

Mr.. OLIVER HAZARD PERRY BELMONT,
speaking at Chicago on Wednesday, averred
that the purpose Of the recent trip Of Mr..
WILLIAM COLLINS WHITNEY to Europe is
to persuade Admiral DEWEY to become
the Democratic candidate for President
next year. The story recalls the visit
made by Mr.. WHITNEY to Chicago at the
time OF the Democratic National Conven-
ton OF 1895, under instructions from Mr..
CLEVELAND to push back the silver wave
and substitute for it pure gold tide. In
the Cleveland Administrations circle only
were there any hopes Of the successful ac-
complishment OF Mr. WHITNEY's embassy.
Men close to Mr. CLEVELAND announced
confidently that the artful political strate-
Eist would turn the Democratic party to
gold but everybody who had watched it's
drift intelligently knew that its silver
policy was already inevitable.
The upshot is q matter Of recent history.
Mr.. WHITNEY was treated with bare civility
by the Democratic delegates at Chicago
He was looked upon as an envoy from
the camp OF the enemy and was unable to
exercise the smallest influence upon the
convention, which promptly proceeded to
adopt the 16 to I platform and nominate
Mr.. BRYAN in contemptuous disregard OF
the Cleveland emissary.
Any attempt of Mr.. WHITNEY now to
steer the Democratic bark again would
have a similar result, and more partcu-
larry II he tried to induce Admiral DEWEY
to Join in the effort The suggestion that
DEWEY. returning to receive the unani-
nous plaudits OF his countrymen for tho
= f.
American territory, would use his singular
fame for the particular benefit of the party
which has opposed the party and the Adj
ministration that carried on the war, aid
rewarded him with the highest honors pos
sible for a sailor, is a suggestion that
might prove attractive to a fresh poll
tician but hardly to the astute Mr.. WHIT
NEY. 1t proceeds on the assumption that
Admiral DEWEY could be induced to give
mp his place as the foremost Admiral Of the
world to lead q party which Is committed
TO the destruction OF the national honor
and credit and through it's foremost repre-
eentatives has denounced the policy Of ma
tional expansion of which his victory at
Manila was the prime cause.
Admiral DEWEY has been an officer OF the
United States Navy since 1884 when he
was appointed from Vermont cadet in the
Naval Academy, and like navy officers
generally, he has been removed wholly
from politics during those forty-hve years
Throughout the civil war he was in active
service and since has been absorbed In his
professional duties. Probably he has voted
very rarely. II ever. since he became n cit
izen, but his Vermont birth and associations
would indicate that his sympathes have
been with the Republicans. His expressions
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Tho Question of Logic.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: DR..
Brann's syllogism. intended to prove the ex-
istence OF God. Is faulty. for the simple reason
that the very question at issue is taken for
granted in the major premise. and conclu-
sion from such a premise can have very little
weight as an argument.
DR. Brann distinguishes beings into neces-
sary and contingent. rightly using the former
term rs synonymous with the term God. as
will be seen from his conclusion. where he
says: Therefore n necessary being exists.
i; e. God" We can. therefore. use the word
God" instead OF necessary" in the major
premise, and the syllogism then reads:
The existence OF contingent beings sup
poses the existence Of God Tho very point at
Issue. But 1t Is certain that contingent beings
exist. therefore God exists"
One, might as well say God exists: there
fore there ia a God"
DR.. Brann's svlogism gives us an excellent
illustration OF what Is meant by begging the
question" T J, K
NEW YORK. July II.
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WoRKIyGMEx's CLUBS Nv LONDON
DR.. Funk's Description of n Very Interest
ing Institution,

Ing Institution.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Do the
workingmcn Of New York understand tho ma
ture, extent and advantages OF what are known
as The Affiliated Workingmen's Clubs !" OF
Great Britain? In recent visit counted In
London alone nearly 200 OF these clubs. with
a membership of 100 to l 200 each. They are
managed and owned absolutely by working
men. who elect their own officers. nay every
dollar OF the clubs expenses. and. at least
sometimes. at the end Of the year have snug
balance in the trensury-the balance sheet"
Of one OF these clubs for the last financial year.
now before me. shows a surplus OF over E4OO.
Each OF these clubs IL Us independent and
self-respectng as the Union League" or the
Manhattan " here.
Take The Central Club Society. Limited"
Cerkenwell road. London. This club has a
financial members hip" OIL. 709 annual dues.
10 shillings: games Of every sort are provided;
refreshments. including alcoholic liQuors-as
long as the rich mons clubs are permitted
these. SO must all be-are furnished ut a slight
advance above cost: a large hall is provided in
which are held nightly concerts. lectures or
debates on political other questions be-
tween the members OF this club. or jointly with
those OF affiliated clubs. The wives Of mem
bcrs are admitted to these hall meetings four
club language are enforced by discipline when
occasion requires which. am informed, docs
not average once Il month. Here the working
man Il at home among his friends. 1t is his
club in every sense Of the word.
have never seen anything 80 well fitted as
| this popular club movement to become sub
stitute for the saloon-that so-called poor
mans club"-along the line OF which the devil
manages to put in such effective work. II is
| conguering by replacing. illustrating anew Dr.
Cnalmers's idea Of the expulsive power OF a
| new affection"
| The displacement made by a new thought is
! nearly always to be measured by the dpnunci-
alton it receives. Measured by this rule it Is
| to be feared that the late attempt to popular
| ize something like this affiliated club idea in
New York has had but, poor success. Why?
| started tightly it would seem sure winner.
At the " Hackney Workmen Club. the largest
| In London. the question was put. when was
present at one OF the hall meetings, whether
| dowed and largely differed by a rich man.
| like the one started some time since in the up.
| per part OF New York. would succeed in Lon
| don. Mo- mol" came the cry from all over
| the hall. The workingman must absolutely
| own and control his clubs this is fundamental
| The shadow or faintest suggestion OF q patron
| is deadly.
Rich men. II they wish. can most effectively
| help by erecting well-appointed club build
| ings and letting them to clubs at a rental OF
say 4 to per cent. but the relation must be
| that OF tenant and landlord.
! Let our philanthropic rich men. like Balznc.
| go out into the streets and roads for new ideas
A Negotiable mind will find them there In
| abundance. l. X FUNK
NEW YORK, July IL.
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What a Rishop Adyisas.

From the Ae"o0' an E'm'rd Ep'ScopoI Parish rdr,v.
Much as we must deplore the great injury Bishop
Potter has, as We believe, uuwittinely done to the
Church by laying hands on scf.conr icted hereto
the faith Of the Church. set forth In her formu.
laries. her Prayer Book and Canons and in her &C.
ccptAnce OF the consensus OF antiquity isunchanged
Meantime. our duty is plaiL II is we'll expressed in
private letter just received from OF the gre tcs
of our Bshops: Let us keep at it, until wo yet tho
Church to that this smugger Briggs with all his
works. is only another issue and the latest of the
DEVILS large number OF volumes. All We can do is
10 be valiant for the truth upon the earth and
never fail to sreak the Truth in love-"
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EX-SENATOR CALLS BOARD BILL
His Wife Files n Replevin Suit to Recover
Goods Held for Its PAYMENT.

Goods Held for It's Payment.
WAsHINGroN. July 20.-Mrs. Caroline P. Call.
wife OF former Senator Call OF Florida. has fled
action in replevin against the Normandie
Hotel Company to recover household goods.
silverware books and other property valued at
$500. According to her attorney. Mrs Call and
the Senator went to live at the Normandie
under an arrangement that the hotel was to
accept an assignment OF $500 due to Mr.. Call
MS fees for securing from the Government pay
ment to the Cherokee Indians for certain lands.
The hotel company investigated the matter
and found that S5.OOO was due the Sena.
tor. Mrs Gail in her bin avers that about
three months ago Notwithstanding this ar:
ranRement. the management made demand
on her for cash payment Of her hotel bill The
Senator declined to pay because Of the assign.
ment OF his claim, Mr.. aud Mrs. Call then left
the hotel. but the company, 1t Is alleged de-
clined to surrender their nersonal effects. con-
tending that IL had the right TO hold them
until the amount due for board and rooms was
paid. Mrs. Call. in her bill. AYERS that the
property belonged to her. and that she had
made efforts to secure it without recourse to
lnu.
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Whenever Mr.. Bryan touches upon the pub
lie questions. he displays the luciditv OF thought
and felicity OF phrase which pervade tho utterances
OF JACKSON and LINLoLN.-New Orleans Times DEMO
crlt.
These are but chilling words. Col, BRYAN
has all tho felicity and lucidity that make
things fortunate and clear in q monopoly
ridden world. He talks and writes not merely
like JEFFERSON and LINCOLN. but like WASH
ISGToN. WEBSTER. CLAY BURKE and GEORGE
FRED WILLIAMS. and he knows everything
that a Democratic leader has to know not too
much. hut often surprising.
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THE ANTITRUST CONFERENCE.
Attorney-General Davies Declines Gov.
Sayerss Invitation to Attend 1t.

ALBANY. July 2O-Attorney General Davies
has declined the invitation OF Gov. Sayers OF
Texas to attend the conference OF Governors
and Attorneys General called by Gov. Sayers. to
be held in st. Louis in September, to consider
the passage of uniform laws having for their
object the forcing out OF business OF combina-
tions Of capital or So called trusts. In his let.
ter declining the invitation tho Attorney Gen-
sral says
AT this particular time there Is an unprec-
edented amount OF important work in this
department. which promises to fully occupy
the attention Of myself and assistants for the
this business that it seems imperative that
should give to 1t my personal attention Knowl-
edge OF this work long since prompted me to
taken by the Attorney General. Such being
the situation in this office. ! am compelled to
tinguished gentlemen who will then assem- be."
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Swift Bears Outing.

1t would appear that the approximations OF
an Indian uprising, ms the result OF SWIFT
BEARS lawless hunting expedition in Wy
oming. are unfounded. since the band has
returned to Pine Ridge agency, and, accord
ing to Major CLAPP has expressed contri-
ton for it's offence.
While not SO serious nm affair as that Of
the Bannocks OF Fort Hail. whose violation
OF the Wyoming game laws four years ago
led to bloodshed, yet this escapade prom
Used for time to make trouble. The Ban
nocks thought they had right to hunt
under the treaties made with them under
the Government and apparently were not
aware OF the restrictions which tho State
game laws had placed upon this right but
the Sioux OF Pine Ridge probably under
stood very we'll what they were about
when they de6ed Sheriff DEMMING and
compelled him and his ten men to with
draw before their superior numbers.
The real danger was that when it was re-
ported that SWIFT BEAR and his men had
started for the Bad Lands OF South Dakota,
and not only Indian reservation police but
cowboys and others started in pursuit. the
red men might have been tempted to go
upon the warpath, relying upon the fact
that so largo a proportion OF the troops
have been sent away 1t has therefore,
been a great relief to find that they have
not pushed their unauthorized outing to
that extent, but have returned to the
charge Of their agent, processing a peni-
tence which will probably be accepted as
genuine whatever the doubts as to how
they may really feel.
We have certainly been fortunate thus
far in the conduct OF the reservation In
dians, since the war with Spain and the
Filipinos has compelled US to send SO
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WAR REVENUE DECISION.

Banks Must Not Affix Stamps to Unstnmped
Checks Presented for PAYMENT.
WASHINGTON. July 2O.-The attention OF the
Internal Revenue Bureau was recently called
to the action OF an Ohio bank which. as an ad-
vcrtisement to secure patronage as against
rival bank accepted unstamped checks from
it's patrons. tho bank itself furnishing and af-
fixing the stamps. Commissioner Wilson has
advised the Collector at Chill cothe that the
practice Ia illegal: that the bank must not
affix stamps to unstam ped checks but must re-
turn to the drawer any unstanped check pre-
scented for payment. He also directed the Col
lector to notify the bank that IL the practice Is
not Immediately discontinued it will he re-
ported to the United States District Attorney
for prosecution.
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Once more Calumny bellows from her
loathsome lair the yarn that Gen ADoNrnAM
JUDsoN WARNER OF Ohio doesn't believe that
the silver question will be the leading issue In
1900. Gen. WARNER believes that silver will
be tho leading question In 1900. 1000. 5000.
$4,000. forever and week. He may be said to
have issued the silver issue. and he will not
consent to withdraw 1t from circulation while
there is a moon in the sky and cheese in the
moon. Gen. WARNER knows that great issues
are not to be taken in lightly. like weeks
washing In small family.
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Keep Her Steady. Mr.. Pilot

Let the traitors whine and SILVER.
Let the weaklings hide their heads;
Let tho towards knife the victors.
II they wish to. in the night:
Let the Tagalogs OF Boston
Bite and snarl like quadrupeds-
We are with you, Bill Mckinley.
For we know that YOU are right.
Let them turn against the pilot
Ofthe country's policy.
Whom they trusted with the tiller.
Only back in Ninety-Six;
Whom they raised to save the nation
From dire calamity
We are with you. Bill Mckinley.
Both In war aud politics.
Oh. this fiimsy human nature
When it goes against tho grain;
On. tho blindness Of mortal
When he will not see the light!
Keep her steady. Mr.. Pilot.
There is sunshine through the rain
We are with you. Bill Mckinley.
For we know that you are right.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. JOE CONE.