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that Il would probably have to he nodineu
after exneriencp Some of Mr.. Clevelands al
visers favored more exceptions but ne pre-
ferred to make the general rule and let eNceP
lions come as needed, rather than start out
with making exceptions In the hope that ,he'
would be few enough to leave a general RUE
We have been content to give full credlt ~
Secretary Cages defence of withdrawing pro-
tectIon from deputy collectors even though
tho reasons given seemed rather theorehcai
than practical. and their force much broken
nv the well-known fact that II the places are
not filled by competition they Will I've Eieu
nv noliticaI machines. and the personal choice
which should 60 with personal responsibility
for subordinates will be largely farce AS
snred ne we have been of the Presidents SIN
ceritv and good faith by his previous exten-
sions Of the Civil Service reform principle
somewhat TO the surprise and much TO the
Qualification of the professional Civil Service
reformers who hailed them as remarkable al
vonces we have been and are inclined to think
tbera may be practical reasons for the weigh
ors, and CANCERS and the Indian and Alaskan
exemptions though TO the average observer
tbev we,e uncomfortably suggestive Of spoils
The provision for wholesale transfers, if not
IN every branch of the Administration, might
mean the honeycombing of the merit sys-
tom with politics. Nevertheless, like all the
other notifications If administered perfectly
as no doubt the President means 1t 10 De- 1t
may meet some conditions In the service anu
be in practice beneficial
II is all a matter Of spirit. If these modln-
cations are made for good reasons not CON
nected with politics. and can he applied Win
ont opening the door for the spoilsmen, they
will Justify themselves. even If they do violate
our preconceived opinions Of wise civil service
rules But if Mr.. Kerr and his Ohio friends
have the correct view Of the new rules anu
they are the throwing down for political rea-
sons of the bars which Mr.. Cleveland put up,
then they are a political blunder and moral
wrong. No matter what motives actuated sue
cessive Presidents in extending the rules, the
rules as extended brought about great I'M
movement in the public service. The Repub-
loan partv and President Mckinley accepted
what had been done and promised to uphold
u They cannot break those promises without
discrediting themselves with the people and
those who proclaim the order of the Presi-
dents q concession to politics really represent
him as breaking his promises. Yet they pre-
fond n he his closest and most devoted friends.
The notifications will be judged by their fruits
and If their first fruit is season or JOY for
spoilsmen, there is too much reason 10 rear
the final verdict will be that the tree was bad.
But perhaps the spolsmen's JOY is premature
and foolish. For the Presidents sake we hope
II is And we believe the President means II
to be.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-03
PERSONAL.

p..,...o, Alfrad Cornu. OF Paris who has been
amounted Rede lecturer at Cambridge unVersi,y'
England for the present year. occupies u'
,inqu,shed position In the world OF applied sciehce
His most noteworthy achievement was MS ,n,pv,
tant experiment for determining the speed Of .sn,
In which he perfected the methods OF NJ flzeau
Professor Cornu was elected member OF .he hc "a
demie des Sciences in 1873. IN successor 10 ~, VI,
Recnuerel pere and he decorated with me
Legion OF Honor in the previous year he opta,nea
the Rumford medal OF the hoyai "ocie'S u A'
also In lSs
In "IIarper's Magazine" for April. 1894, President
elect HadIey OF Yale. said: The development OF
college athletics has been OF great service In coun-
teractng some of the dangerous tendencies or the
day. open to criticism as athletics may be for
their unnecessary expense for the betting which
goes on In connection with them. and for the dis
,orted views which they encourage TO the rela-
tive Importance OF different things In hfe they yet
have n place I'm education which IL Of overwhelming
;mnortance. on the whole as athletics have been
managed at Yale under constant advice ice OF the the
the faculty they have done great good and little
harm, both physically and morally; II there Is
students # is to be remeded not by less encour-
agement to athletics. but by more encouragement
to study"
A u,tle-known record In the War Department re-
latInp 70 General Macarthur reads as follows:
Medal OF honor to Arthur Macarthur for GOODNESS
and conspicuous bravery In action In SELLING the
colors OF his regiment at a critical moment and
pt f Miusonary Ridge Tenn, November 25 1853
while serving first lieutenant and adjutant. Path
Wisconsin Infantry.
The Kansas City Star" says: THE pastor OF a
Congregational church in the suburbs OF Topeka
wrote and published a book three years ago which
has had the largest sale OF any book published
since Mrs Stoves Uncle TOMS Cabin The book
ia In His Steps: or. What Would Jesus Dor II
was written by the Rev. Charles NJ Sheldon, OF the
Central Congregational Church. Its sales are In
creasing all the time. but how fast Mr. Sheldon
does not know. because a half-dozen publishing
| 49, nrtta Te1A nd d.
ing no account him. and 1t has been trans ted
into German French. Swedish. Norwegian span
ish Italian, Armenian, Russian and some dialects
OF Western Africa. The book Is attracting more
attsntion and causing moro discussion In England
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-03
WHERE DREYFUS WAS.

Where Dreyfus was Du Patty de Clam now is
1t is a strong cell, In the military prison OF
ChercheMidi. 1t has some grewsome mem
cries. which its present occupant will scarcely
fail to recall. 1t was there that Dreyfus, con-
victed by deliberate fraud, was subjected to
physical and mental torture. 1t was there that
ne was urged TO kill himself, and was pro-
vided with the implements necessary for that
act 1t was there. too. that he bore himself like
a hero, and won from Maitre Demange the
tribute You are the greatest victim Of the cen
tury." Nor has Dreyfus been the only occu-
pant of that cell Of whom Du Patty de Clam
may well think to-day. Lieutenant-C Colonel
Picouart was also confined there. because Of his
love of truth and Justice And it was as he
entered that very cell that he gave to his friends
the warming IF am found dead In this cell,
| shall not have killed myself!' Du Patty dc
Clam of all men. best knows what those words
referred to- There was a rumOr yesterday that
he had himself done what Dreyfus was urged
10 do 1t was not so. and probably will not be.
Du Patty de Clam is not made Of such stuff.
True suicide Is the resort Of the coward, and
he is a coward But then, as Webster said,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-03
THE NEW CIVIL SERVICE RULES.

II some of the Republicans Of Ohio think they
are serving the Administration by their atn-
tude on Civil Service reform and the new civil
Service order they are much mistaken III IS
nossible TO defend that order as providing mere
" for exceptions 10 a good general rule found
70 he necessary after experience. There may
be differences Of opinion as to the wisdom or
any particular exception, and we must always
allow some leeway to those In authority for
the exercise of individual judgment in such
matters We may think they have gone too
far or not far enough without questioning their
good faith But II is not possible TO glory In
this order as concession to politics. as the
breaking down Of a bad system. as restora-
ton 10 the Republican party of the fruits OF
victory without casting aspersion upon the
honor Of the party and representing the Presi-
DENTS own words on Civil Service as mockery
and deceit.
The speech Of Congressman Kerr, the tenn
porary chairman of the Ohio State Convention,
is little less than an assertion that the Repub-
lean party and Republican Presidents from
Arthur 10 Mckinley have been regularly guilty
of the most hypocritcal fraud. He says that
mo party ever extended Civil Service material
IL in the day OF victory" and insults ex-Presi-
dent Harrison by attributing his extensions to
a sordd desire to rob his successor Of patronage
He joins in the cry against Mr.. Cleveland's ex-
tensions regardless Of the fact that after those
extensions had been made Republicans all over
the country commended them, and the Repub-
ljcan National Convention in It's platform
pledged the party to support the law and ex-
tend II even further than Mr.. Cleveland had
done By its failure to give hint Of criticism
and its promise to 20 on in the course pursued
nv every President since the law was first
passed the Republican party committed itself
ohsolutelv against the attitude taken by Mr.
Kerr when he says: 1.-THE present etatus OF
.tbe Civil Service does not reflect an honest
"effort 10 inaugurate genuine reform, but
rather a successful attempt to wrest from the
"Republican party the legitimate results OF its
"vlctory." Even conceding that Mr.. Cleve-
lands rules did protect large number OF po
ntcally appointed Democrats from removal
that fact would not Justify a single exemption
In retaliation The President and the party
are by their pledges absolutely forbidden to
take such a backward step The only excuse
for any exemption is the good Of the service
A change from any political motive. even 70
Offset former political favortism. would be a
betrayal Of Civil Service reform.
We have been Intentionally slow 10 comment
on the Presidents recent order We believed
that the men with the responsibility of govern
,xnent and the experience of the actual work
inss Of the rules were making the proper mod
hdcauons even II to US they did seem danger
Ipusiy sweeping in character. II was we'll IN
hasrstood at the time Of Mr.. Cleveland's order
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-03
suicide is also confession, ana ne mates '"'" 'o'

su,cide 10 also confession and he hates truth 700
much to confess II even in such fashion.
Rut what n turning of the eternal millwheels
,horo bos beenl Let lis look back four and n
ho,, yoors IN December. 1894. Dreyfus was
on trial on forged and perjured charges' oeioie
a hacked tribunal The detailed statement oi
his alleged acts. laid before the court WIS pre-
pared by Du Patty de Clam Inc lnquisitoriai
examination was conducted by Du faty oe
Clam. When a witness ventured to say woro
In Dreyfuss favor he was furiousIy a'tache"
and denounced by Du Patty de Clam. AT every
noint where the prosecution seemed to he MATT
ing or the defence to be gaining ground Du
patv de Clam interviewed. 1t was Du Paty ue
Clam here, there and everywhere, unti Dre!iu'
WAS moved TO exclaim that he seemed 10 uH
conducting the whole case. In trutn' ne NOT
only seemed to be. but was. Driven by soue
nstrus goading into mad mania FOR plots anu
stratagems crazed with desire for masquer
ades ANONYMOUS kilograms, dark lanterns ana
nil the paraphernalia of the observation-disclosures
melodroma. that extraordinary creature actually
seemed 10 hypnotize those about him and lead
,ben, trIbu;ary to his fantastic will But now
no himself. Du Patty de Clam. hes in the very
cell where Dreyfus was! 1t is Nemesis.
The drama moves on. 1t Is now near It's end
The action grows more and more rapid. Inc
nation of interested spectators was lately haii
historical 1t has become omlnously caim'
Madness has had It's day. Now justice dawns'
The light which lola demanded in his FAMOUS
letter of accusation is dawning upon France
II fell upon Henry, and he persisted 1t mas
fallen upon Du Patty de Clam. and he Is III
the old cell of Dreyfus And Just beyond are
others. partners or culpably willing dupes OF
that chief engineer of iniqulty upon whom the
same deadly rays will fall Great names ana
high stations will not avail 10 screen them
Zola returns 10 France in triumph. And 1t may
not be long before men shall speak of the
Devils Isle not, as for some weary years, as
the place where Dreyfus is. but as the place
where Dreyfus was. 1t would be a fine crown
ing of poetic justice If some miscreant. some
forger some perjurer. who condemned himself
and led others to everlasting infamy by con
cocting the hideous conspiracy against Dreyfns
could he sent TO take that victims place in that
a-girt prison. II not only in Cherche-Midi'
but on the Devils Isle, Du Patty de Clam were
nut where Dreyfus was, the world. including
France herself. would heartily say, Well done!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-03
THE HONE FOR ADMIRAL DEWEY.
MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE
THINK 1T SHOULD NOT PASS TO
ANOTHER OFFICER.

Washington June 2 (SpecisD.-The suggestion
Admiral Upshur published in The Tribune that %
home which il is proposed 10 purchase Tor Admin
Dewey should be his only while he remains at TIA
head of the Navy and at his death should fan
the ranking officer Of the Navy does not meet
with favor at the hands OF the committee now ID
charge of the collection of funds .
The members of the committee point out severn
objections TO It, which from their point OF V'ev
seem vital This home. they say Is a tribute
the gallant and brave services OF Admiral De"V
personally. and could not descend 10 another Al
n,iral for the reason that the rank VIII ole wiz
the man who won the battle OF Manila. Inc rank
ceased to exist with the death Of Admiral ror'@'
and was only revived on the occasion OF grcs'
event II is probable that with the death OF Dewey
,bere will be no other Admiral until another Nu
nroduces another naval hero. To make this NOUS
the home of the ranking officer means simply tnas
Il shall fall TO the officer who becomes Hear.
Admiral at the top of the list through the oranH
promotions incident to me Ser , &c. cnmrpttee
Mr. Heath the first Assistant POSTMASTER Gen
erei member OF the National COMMITTEE IN eas rs
OF the Collection of funds, has received assuIansss
from a relative OF the Admiral that he VIII accep.
This gift from the American people. The connh,te
has communicated with banks and postmaster
throughou the country authorizing mem 20 lecs"s
Contributions and IL expects within a short inns 70
hear favorable reports II is authoritatively az.
nounced that the committee intends 70 leave tn
SELECTION OF the house the site, etc. 10 the Admha
The statement that the mouse Is 10 DE psssy
10 renudiated by the committee This home Is 70
be located where Dewey wishes II, and VII ~
furnished in accordance with his taste Felc.s
occupant of the home. nothing more will be doas
than to proceed with the collection OF the funcA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-03
A,em7)ork Dailp Gribm,re
SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1890.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

roRFIGN.-In the Queen Regents speech
+roro the Throne at the opening OF tne Cortes
sn Madrid 1t was announced tna' tne MSI
sn,a Caroline and Palaos islands were ceoeu
a. GERMANY by the late Spanish CablneI -
The United States Philippine COMMISSION ga az
q brilliant ball at Manila: Generai SHlitn no .
nunished the insurgents at Escalante, lslahu oi
Eayros for the murder of Captain Ilhey' OF tlle
signal CORPS - rebellion has broken out
~ Iou,tos on the Upper Amazon IN PERU -
The Queens birthday honors were S,d not receive
q neeraee as expected. - Johann strauss
The famous Austrian composer. now IN ms Sc a.
ty-fourth years. is beheVeu u NC O'o
Vienna ,,.
DOMESTIC. - Vice President Hobart lelt
washington for Long Branch, where he expects
IN spend the summer and fall -, CoIls f esS.
man A j. Hopkins Of Illinois. wlthore" I'm
INC snesSership contest in favor of D. B. Hen
darsop Of Iowa 1t was decided al the
Cabinet meeting that no necessity Tor enHse, ,i
IoIunteers exists at present. - Inc Oi,o
S.ta Convention nominated Judge George X
Nash for Governor. and the resi- OF tne to NJ :
was filed by union of contendlng iacuohS, VIZ
nIatform heartily supported the policy OF fre s
go McKinlev - Governor William n. Ell
lerbe of South Carolina died from c0ns SUI, ~,
ton - a Union Pacific train was nelo up ~
robbers in Wyoming. and the express car sll no.
tred nv blowing up the safe, and damage was
done to a railroad bridge. - opponents Oh Tue
Franchise Tax act will contest the constitution,
aiitv Of the present method of appointment OF
49, "Reminiscences -= Payment Of con-
tractors under the S9000000 canal approprla,
lion will not be made it is said. until response
biIity for damages TO property has been hxed'
CITY.-Stocks were strong and higher. =
Csntain Price and his lawyer. II. G. HENDERSON.
were elected from the room for contumacious
oonduct toward the Mazet Committee and It's
counsel; Henderson resisted the sergeant-at-
arms violently. but Price went out quietly - =
The Rocklend County authorues oeclueu W
Ia The orisoners in the Clark Kidnapping case
there; many people were attracted to the ClarF
house in East Sixty -ffth-st - IL vas an
nounced that the Rev. II. P. Nichols, OF MIN
neapolis had accepted a call to the rectorshp
of HOLY Trinity. Harlem 80 Squasron "A, &C
comnanied nv Governor Roosevelt, started for
Peeksl<ill and camped for the night at van
Cortiandt Park.
TUE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day: Fair
followed by increasing cloudiness. Temperatur'
Yesterday: Lowest. 70 degrees; highest 90 aN
erage, TN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-03

diminishing but increasing. by the products Oh
its own works The forty items named sno"
in the aggregate an increase Of s11'sff,oo-' 50
that in all other products taken together 'ne
imports were S2.596.425 smaller than IN April
Of last year. But It is not here the op]ect 10
show the trlumphs Of American industry Inc
fact especially worth attention Is that periou
of the highest prosperity brings practca'y no
increase in any class Of imports, excepting III
materials for home manufacture, IN iood ioi
the people and in a few luxuries III "'icn
scarcely half a dozen compete at all WIN
American manufactures.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-03
WHAT IMPORTS INCREASE.

II has heen often remarked in general terms
that the increase of imports was mostly in ma
terials of industry. articles Of food and lux
uries. But none can realize how true this Is
without such study of the returns as has
been made of those just issued for April The
increase in that month was large-S9,24S.OI7, or
165 per cent. over last year-and caused quite
y huzz of satisfaction among those who were
anxious TO see the tariff "break down. In the
following statement every item OF increase
which exceeds about $4,000. or eighthun-
dredths Of | per cent Of the aggregate imports
last wear. is shown. and out Of several hundred
items enumerated in the returns there are
but forty cases of such increase. In wool there
is a decrease, and in woollens an increase OF
ONLY 1912: in tobacco an increase Of $4,000, and
in tobacco manufactures Of $1,000, while In
iron manufactures. tnplates, india rubber,
gloves silk goods. sugar toys and wines de-
rreases appear, which, with many others, are
al, ignored. in order to give attention wholly to
the items In which any increase worth men
tioning is found. The forty items given make
IN an increase greater by S2.596423 than the
increase in all imports, and twenty or them
are raw materials of industry, eight are arti-
cles of food. ten are articles of luxury and only
two are manufactured products not clearly
within those classes. The amount Of increase
exceeding $4,000 and the rate compared with
Anril Of last year are given for each item. with
tho main source of increased supply where
that is known:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-03
OPPOSED TO LEARNED WOHEn'
THE REV. f. w. DONALD OBJECTS TO LNEs
TRAINING AT BRyN-MAwR AND
WELLESLEY.

Boston, June Especial There Is sensa"s.
here over the fact that at public meeting O. ~.
McKeen Memorial Committee in Trinity Chape' " -,
Rev. f. winchester Donald rector OF Trinity, H. ~,
an attack college women whom he said ne ~.
liked. In the course OF his remarks he meh'" "A
specifically two women's colleges. Bryn-MaW -,
wellesley. Mr.. Donald. after praising the endsss~
of the committee which Is TO collect funds foi ~
erection OF a new building on the grounds o.
Abbott Academy, at Andover, said: i want 10
one thing in favor OF this movement Persomsnt
do not like women's colleges. The NOR ~ sy-
woman becomes erudite as she does after tne vrs
erage college course. she becomes bleSs'S conss
and anart from the rest of society, ana swhich
onentIv she does not accomplish the good ~n,.x
she might otherwise These colleges are ess NOV so %
for society. The school az Andove, W4IsIiesisy 10
this respect II trains a woman and gives INV INV
finish without doing any harm. and that j. WIZ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-03

49,. 1, a,a N this country and from the sales IN
,bat country the author gets no royaIues' oecauSo
he copyrighted II only In America
During the native attack on Manila an hnsnsh
resident demonstrated with General macarthur ior
os,ns himself perhaps I in some dan
Ger replIed the soldier "but I'm needed here, ana
isn't II a sight? Look at the shell exploring IN
those bushes there!' and ne III cigar
The chair OF mechanical engineering IN Mc''ili
University, Montreal rendered vacant by ,he ue-
nsrture Of Professor I. T. Nicholson to the new
technical school IN Manchester. has been filed by
tho anno,ntment OF r. j. Durey, who has been
ass,sfapt nrofessor since 1897. Mr.. Durley Is
science graduate OF London uhVers'ty'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-03
SECRETARY LONG PRAISES DEWEY.

Rraintree Mass June John d Long. Secr
tary of the Navy. received an enthusiasts greeuS
as guest at the twenty-second annual Foundsrs
Day exercises at Thayer Academy to-day seer
tary Long is a trustee Of the academy. ana cams
from Washington especially TO attend the exercises
Secretary Long gave an informal talk. referr'ns
the duties connected with his office, and descro'hs
the training at the Naval Academy and In the nrst
few years OF sea duty. He spoke Of Admiral Dew,
as the deservedy great naval hero OF me c.oss,AS
half-century and said IL pluck and nerve w.
led him to sail into Manila Harbor and attack ..e ,
Spanish feet when he knew that the neares. "a
he could reach in case he failed ten tnouss,ss
miles away. The Secretary described the os.%
OF Manila inipressivey, and then spoke OF me ~
conditions which the Government had 10 meet ~ -.
said everything possible being done IN "a, os
terest of humanity and the advance OF civihIs"~