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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-13

To THE EDITOR OF THE sus-!S'r: believe that it is
agreed that the Dewey arch should not be made
permanent to commemorate the heroisn Of the off,
for whom 1t is named. if for other reason
that 1t would be erecting a monument to living
person.
1t 10 now proposed to perpetuate this same arch
q soldiers and sailors monument. To my mind
even this would be In the very worst taste do not
wish to raise the question ~ to how far should
60 in erecting monuments to commemorate the
triumphs of section OF our country mother;
but do wish to object to the Roman arch.
number OF years ago had conversation on
this same subject with the sculptor, Mr.. Launt
thompson than whom no greater artist then lived
. man Of thought and genius. He was speaking OF
the Soldiers and Sailors monument at Hartford
Conn. He said; Why. it in only q Roman arch
Those arches were erected to commemorate triumphs
in war over foreign tribes and nations. Our Civil
War was between brothers. and II are to have
monuments for those who bore part in that great
conflict let them DO. at least original and aPpro-
pirate" HENRY G. LOCKWOOD.
NEW York, Oct. IL.
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The Speakers Amendment.

The Hon. DAVID BREMNER HENDERSON
made q speech at Waterloo, in his State,
last Saturday. He was opening the Repub-
lican campaign. One OF his openers was
this interesting declaration about trusts:
II think it would be much better to have Federal
legislation so that the treatment OF these combine
tions might be uniform throughout the nation than
TO have the peculiar views of each State orysalzed
into law for the treatme nt of combinations But to
reach this by Federal legislation more power must
be given to Congress than l am able to ind in the
Constitution OF the United States. This is not at all
impossible. believe that Congress will ultimately
act on tho matter for the protection of the people,
and believe that the several States would promptly
ratify Constitutional anne ndment looking to the &C.
complishment OF this important end. Such an
amendment must be most carefully considered. 1t
is easy task to frame and to legisato there
under to reach the desired results without too
much GENERALIZATION OF power in the General Gov
eminent and without encroachEg upon the power
of the state
fine diplomatic reserve obtains in these
views. Mr.. HENDERSON believes that Con-
gress will act ultimately, and that several
States are ready to act sooner 1t would be
undignified in Speaker of the House and
is impossible for anybody but the seventh
son of seventh son to tell the exact day
and hour when the States will ratify by the
necessary votes a Constitutional amend
ment giving Congress power to poke its
nose into the States for the purpose Of
hunting out the octopus. 1t is not too easy
for Congress to propose, and it is almost
insuperably difficult for the States to ratify,
a Constitutional amendment. But the day
will come, as the melodramas say. Mean
while let an outraged people hope.
Mr. HENDERSON is soidly statesmanlike
in Offering his amendment 1t must be
| neither too small nor too large. but just
right; and it must be carefully considered.
| There will be plenty OF time to consider it
| before il is adopted.
The Hendersonian plan has been pro-
| posed already by Mr.. BRYAN Mr. HEN
DERsoN is less impusive than his Nebraska
neighbor. 1t will be a delight to all the
foes of monopoly to sec the Speaker of the
| House and the Democratic candidate for
President standing on the same hopeful
platform and looking through the same
| glasses for the ultimate hour Of the trusts.
| But the spectacle will amuse those mon
| sters vastly.
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The Brown Democracy.

The color OF the Democratic emblem in
the coming contests for votes has been
determined by the party's own choice.
1t is brown, to match the complexion OF
AGUINALDo and his insurgent Tagals.
The brown flag is being unfurled every
where by the Democratic leaders since JOHN
X. MCLEAN flung it to the Ohio breezes.
The sympathy OF organized Democracy
for AGUINALDo's cause is fully reciprocated.
That adventurer and assassin is watching
eagerly the progress of the chocolate brown
standard on the American mainland. His
only hope is in its success.
Nowonder the more independent and out
spoken newspapers OF the Democracy are
crying out in denuncation OF the idiocy of
leadership which is deliberately adopting
tho brown badge and rejecting the red,
white and blue!
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Tho Sunday Ouehtion.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: The dis
cussion In the Episcopal Church Congress on
this question fails to furnish remedy for the
evil com planned OF. There has been a steady
shortening Of the hours of labor during the
past fifty years. but since the Civil War there
has bsen less attention paid to Sunday. Fifty
years ago In a New England village the writer
worked in a cotton factory and the employees
attended church with great regularity. yet
they worke ed from in the morning until g at
night-or twelve hours. and no half holiday on
Saturday. In that same village the hours OF
labor are now ten daily and an hour off on
6atur day: but the attendance at church Is
probably one half what It was.
Neither DR.. Greer nor DR.. Hills gives the real
reason this 10 stated best by THE Sun. Since
the Civil War there has been a widespread
graspinR for the pleasures Of life. The Ameri-
can people are after the good things OF life."
and are not attracted by religion as they were
formerly.
The remedy il to educate the people to seek
happiness in spiritual rather than visible
things. should have been greatly pleased II
Dr. Greer mad pointed out the means by which
this could be brought about certainly It is not
by half holidays to the workngmen. The
wealthy stay away from church quite az much
There is a general apathy toward religion.
This should like to see discussed in n Just
manner. not by the clergy. for they do not COM
prehend the question. but in the columns OF
THE SUM- by men who 60 and men who do not
90 to church on Sunday. E. B. FIELD.
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While the Atlantic near Sandy Hook has
been all too calm for the great event OF the day.
the yacht race to be consummated. there has
arisen something OF a storm on land over the
manner in which the American yacht Column
bia is sailed. Public interest in her. and
desire to see her win. are 80 great that she Is
criticised as though she were public property,
and her manager weighted with public respon-
sibility. instead Of being the representative
OF the New York Yacht Club with Mr.. IsELIN
responsible to the club only.
Much OF this criticism 10 rational and natural.
but more OF 1t Is primarily for criticisms sake.
ignorant. sensational, foolish. or harsh beyond
the degree OF license proper to the occasion
OF whatever nature 1t may be. we will suggest
to the Columbia authorities that the better
policy for them 10 that recommended By the
Hon. MATHEW STANLEY QUAY to a certain
candidate for Governor OF Pennsylvania
Don't talk"l
The only reply to those who think they could
run the Columbia better than she Is run al
present is to beat the Shamrock. and the
most promising line Of action for accomplish.
ing that is to stick to the methods
that seem best TO tho Columbia captain
They have won in the past and il they lose
now, the final opinion will probably blame the
boat. not the sailors. Let Capt. BARR keep q
steady hand on the wheel and a watchful eye
on tho sail and listen respectfully to Mr.. IsE.
Inns orders. and all will be done in the effor
to win that has ever been done In any victory
What we really want most is blow.
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No interference!

The bluntest statement Of the case OF the
Transvaal will be the surest foundation
for n clear view OF this country's relation
to 1t.
The Beers are by rights as free from Eng
land in their internal government ms Eng
land is from Germany The single legal
ground for British interference with them
that Is, the British right to revise a foreign
treaty-has not been touched. British In
vason OF the Transvaal will be as purely
a war OF conquest as Russia,s invasion
OF Turkey. 1t is also folly to say that re-
sponsibilty for beginning the war rests on
the Beers because they strike the first blow
The massing OF English troops on the
frontier and the shipping of retnforcements
from England was n declaration of war,
after which it would be insanity for the
threatened enemy, seeing the inevitable to
delay action.
None the less, it is not the affair OF the
United States Government. 1t IS not this
Governments function to intervene or
demonstrate or offer its friendly SER
vices for mediation. With South
Africa, however much we might like
to be concerned we are not con-
cerned to the extent that justities our
mixing in the disputes OF its inhabitants.
The territory of Great Britain there meets
the territory OF the Transvaal, and owners
OF transatlantic land are not the arbitra-
tors for their quarrels.
An American President who should put
the official hand OF this Government into
the disturbance in the Transvaal would be
stretching it beyond the borders marked
out for it, and be laying up for his country
nothing but rebuff and humiliation.
Much as American feeling may chafe at
this restraint, it is the political law Of the
situation.
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Twenty Years Ago.

From the Baltimore American.
dimes that will probably no written to Sir Thomas Upton
I've wandered to tho seaside. Tom. I've stood upon
And GA1ed upon the ocean. as we did in days of
But none were left to greet mo- Tom-no who
About the race didn't have some twenty years
The sea is just as blue. Tom. the whitecaps are at
The breeze just as ahsent as it was upon the day
We tried TO get the yachts to sail and found they
Because the wind refused to push-just twenty years
ago.
The fog is Just as foEgy Tom. the waters Just as
As twas the day we tried to raco-deAr Tom. do you
The steamers still are Steamng. but tho yachts re-
Just as they did upon that day. some twenty years
ago.
They re still exchanging sails Tom and ming
Just as they tried to do it in the days that long are
Du. the same old calm is in the air the gulls fly to
While tho yachts standing like they did. Just
twenty years ago.
The Shamrock swinGs slow. Tom; the skipper tries
And the Columbia still is calling shamrocks every
But Skipper PArker's gone. Tom. to Germany. you
For Kaiser wilhelm called him back Just twenty
years ago.
The silver cup is stu here Tom. AS 1t has always
been,
We dust il off and look at it, and thor we syIy grin
And think about tho brsezes, Tom-the ones that
didn't blow
years ago.
Ny lids have long been dry Tom. but tears came to
each eye
As aazed out upon the yachts and them idly
lie
Those yachts that neer beat but once and that
was. Tom You know
When the time Limit beat them. Tom. Just twenty
years ago.
The yachts are drifting calmly. Tom. no nearer to
the line
Than ever We could get them in the fall Of ninety
nine
And daily they postpone the race Just as they did.
you know,
when You came here to lift the cup, just twenty
years ago, JoAa WMK.
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Street Cars In Brooklyn.

Tot EpIroR OF THE SUS-Sir: would Like to
call to the attention of the officials OF the street car
system OF Brooklyn that the service they are giving
ON the Seventh avenue line ia simply wretched and
especially so during tho rush hours from to 1:8o
O'Clock. From appearance, the cars run on from
appears IN sight there IL q mad Scram BILE TO get
on board. which usually results in any women who
are unfortunate to have to use that line not
being able to get on or II so the chances are that
they have to stand on the rear platform while the
gentlemen occupy the seatA,
This used to be one OF the best lines in the CITY,
and we'll equipped with cars. but since the road
changed hands there seems to be something the
matter. ONE OF MANY.
BaooKLyS. oet II.
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A member Of the Toledo City Council
has introduced into that body resolution
which whereases that the Philadephiaus so
fight for office that the town has given up the
practice Of brotherly love. while Toledo lis
regarded everywhere as the first point In the
country to recognize the universal brother
hood Of men," Therefore the country is invited
Ito refer TO Toledo and to Toledo only as
the City Of Brotherly Love- and to cease to
apply that title to Philadelphia 1t had
been supposed that Toledo was salts
fed with the titles OF the Golden Rule
City and the Sucker Rod City. thus celebrating
applications OF the Hon. SOCIALIST SAM
JONES. At any rate. Brother ALFRED Fl. LOVE
OF the American Peace Union still ornaments
Philadelphia which still remains the City OF
Brotherly Love. Toledo wants too much.
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To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: A sense
Of justice impels me to draw the attention Of
your readers to the gross misstatement Of Mr..
Bourke Cochran at last nights meeting in Car
negie Hall in favor OF peace in the Transvaal.
The honorable gentleman said that Catho-
lie could not hold Office in England. Can We
believe that q man OF Mr.. Cockran's position
has forgotten Mr.. O'Connell's successful strug-
gle for Catholic equality or that he does not
know what the religious belief 10 OF the presen It
Lord Chief Justice OF England; OF the Marquis
OF Rpon. late Vlceroy OF India: OF Lord LAND
afr. formerly Mr.. Matthews. late Home Becre-
tary. and that other equally well-known Cath
olics hold office at present? Yours truly.
PRODUCE EXCHANGE. Oct II. J. Mel.
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year at prices that have dened competition
How Is 1t that under such circumstances 1t
is possible to convene international COM
mercal congresses such as that now meet
ing in Philadelphia
One reason Is that merchants will buy
wherever they can buy the best things for
the least money. The practical lesson has
been well learned that the way to meet
foreign competition is first to go into the
competing country and thoroughly study
the circumstances that make 1t rival.
Manufacturers will never be leaders In tho
export trade who do not understand what
foreigners want and what home markets
afford them In their own lines Of pro-
duction. Germany wondered why it was
that Hudders6eld manufacturers were
able to pay freight and 10 per cent.
duty on their woollen cloths and then sell
them to Germans at the very doors OF the
home factories. Thereupon an investiga-
ton was made and some surprising things
we're discovered, including the fact that each
English weaver tended two looms. I'M
provements were then the order OF the da y
in the woollen factories Of Germany, and
thereafter each weaver ran two looms.
The foreigners convened at Philadelphia
know that we shall profit by their visit, but
they confidently expect to reap benefits
themselves that will be fully commensurate
with the benefits they confer.
There are moreover, wide fields OF COM
merce into which the phase Of competition
scarcely enters. One people has need
that another people can best supply, and
the producer and the buyer are thus united
by a great common interest. 1t benefits
them both to get together and talk over the
practical business questions growing out OF
this demand and the supply to meet 1t. We
almost monopolize the privilege Of supply
ing the world with the raw cotton it
requires. Some of our largest customers
are not fully satisfied with our usual
method OF baling it. There are ques-
tions also Of certain grades OF fibre
for special demands, and this and
other interests relating to the cotton
may be promoted by meeting between
producer and consumer to talk over their
closely allied affairs. We are the greatest
sellers OF foodstuffs, and there are impor-
tant questions that we need to discuss with
our customers. The Philadelphia congress
will confer great benefit upon both Europe
and this country il it exerts any infiu-
ence to stop the slanderous warfare that
has been waged for years upon our fresh
and preserved meats than which no more
healthful food is produced, as Is proven in
Germany the centre OF this opposition,
where our sales continue to be enormous.
Among other great questions is that OF
transportation and the facilities and i'm
pediments which exporters find at large
seaports; and not the least among the ad
vantages of this international meeting is
that it will promote acquaintance and social
enjoyment among men who represent large
business interests in many lands. We trust
that our foreign visitors may enjoy their
sojourn among us and may return to theil
homes convinced that the results OF the
Philadelphia congress will be advantageous
to all the interests concerned in it.
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respected as a body OF men who hold to the
highest standards OF professional attain
ment and cultivate with unsurpassed ecru-
pulousness the nicely Of honor that gives
their proper pride to men bearing arms.
II it should become established that the con-
is sanctioned by the Navy, or consti-
tutes no bar to advancement or to public
favor. the service would not be worth
keeping. 1.-THE sinister excuse ia valid for
SoHLEY's failure to demand a Court OF In
quiry, namely, that he would not get fair
play, then the Navy Is corrupt as body
and national shame. Yet for both OF
those repulsive suggestions Admiral
ScHLEY and his friends stand
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The Hon. EUGENE BLooDGooD BEERE OF
this town pours into the ears Of the Norfolk
Vir0inian- Pilot q terrible distilment. Tho
hand OF an avenginE Deity Is more and more
evident just now in the affairs OF men
and the finances Of the world" says EUGENE
BLooDGooD. This Is mere modesty. The hand
OF the avenging deity is BEEBE's own. Hear
him avenge.
and will until the equilibrium is restored between
silver and gold by law. for money the creature of
law In this country that great crime against the
people. the debtor classes and CHRIsr's poor. has
opened n Pandora's box Of evils on the innocent
and unofending masses OF the people. and some of
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. who stabbed silver in
the dark as BRuTus and the Romans dipped their
ored and still move in respectable society and they
are all rich. Future generations. however. will exc.
crate their memory for they betray their county
men to the perhdious British gold standard and
sought to reduce their country to British
province. Their myriad victims, crucihed on the
cross of gold. as Mr.. BRYAN insists may appeal to
the God Of Justice. for have not alas done with
the centuries"
Nor have we done. 1t Is i'm possible not TO hope.
with the Hon. EUGENE BLooDGooD BEEBE. He
10 too good to lose. His avenRing hand is aw
full on the hero In spite OF the baying OF the
hellhounds. he must continue to avenge.
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how imperative it is for Schleyism to meet
the contradictions with something besides
glorifcation for ScHLEY and vituperation
for his critics.
Although an oftrepeated phrase OF COM
pliment to SoHLEY, found in the press
magnifying his fame, is "the dashing
ScHLEY," here is an official map OF the
course OF the Flying Squadron when its
commander was under orders to proceed
with despatch" to Santiago, where
CERvERA was believed to be:
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In accordance with his duty under the
Charter. Mr.. MAXWELL. Superintendent OF
the Public Schools OF Greater Now York. has
made report to the Central Board of Educa-
ton. In that docume lent he has censured the sys-
tenn OF appointing and promoting teachers in the
Brooklyn schools. Thereupon the Brooklyn
Commissioners Of Education have had the
report referred to a committee for the purpose
OF having the criticisms stricken out.
This is foolish and wrong. Moreover. 1t 10 a
distinct interference with tho right and duty
OF the Superintendent Be he right or wrong
in his criticisms. it is his right to make them.
1t is his right to have his report published
and not a version made by the Commissioners.
The Brooklyn commissioners should show.
II they can. that Mr.. MAxwELL's structures are
erroneous. but they have no business to mutt
late or suppress his reports.
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New York Democrats, Behold Your
Chieftain and Your Creed!

Having swept the carpet with the broad
back OF the Hon. DAVID BENNETT HILLS
frock coat, the Hon. RICHARD CROKER pro-
ceeded on Wednesday night to nominate the
national leader whom the State Democracy
Is to follow, obey and cherish.
The resolution officially recognizing
BRYAN as the natural approved leader of
the Democratic party in the Nation eX-
pressing solctude about the state of his
health and strength and assuring him OF
loyalty and love-" was adopted by the
Etate Committee at the instance OF the
Hon. RICHARD CROKER
BY a curious coincidence, Mr.. BRYAN that
very night was sufficiently recovered in
health and strength to accept the loyalty
and love of the Crokerized Democracy Of
New York and to instruct them specifically
as to the opinions they are to entertain on
the two great questions OF the day.
In an interview at Des Moines on We'd
nesday night the licge and beloved Of the
Crokerized Democracy of New York State
issued a proclamation, Of which the essential
part is this:
81. Former issues have not changed. Our issues
OF 1895 are just as important to-day as they ever
were.
20. We should at once declare our purpose in
unequivocal terms-so positive that the Filipinos
aannot doubt ito grant them full and complete
Independence the very moment they have established
. stable government"
There you have IT, reduced almost to its
simplest terms, Silver and Surrender.
Democrats Of New York, line up behind
the Hon. RICHARD CROKER for BRYAN and
Silver and Surrender.