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or all the many attempts at electoral re-
form which have been made in the State
Of New York, the registration OF voters alone
has proved successful. 1t was resisted
stoutly, but it has acted from the first
effectual, it is true, but valuable. The faci-
tiles for fraud have beer reduced to mini
mum, whereas before the enactment Of a
registration law they were so many as to
raise well-founded suspicious Of the honesty
of the returns Of every election, more
especially in the great city of New York.
This gain. however, like every other gain,
cannot be secured except at some cost
Registration requires the elector to get his
name on the roll of voters as necessary
preliminary to voting. 1t is not much cost,
but it Is some. 1t amounts practically to
going twice to the polling place in order to
exercise the franchise, but neither process
takes up more than II few minutes Of time,
which every intelligent citizen is glad to
give in order to protect the purity of the
ballot and prevent the fraudulent neutrali-
cation of his vote If man is unwilling to
do it he is not tit to he citizen; in neglect
ing his duty to the State, too, he is negli-
gent OF his own interests.
This year the registration in New York
on the first two days fell Off notably from
the usual enrolment Great public dis
fractions accounted, in part, for this de-
crease; explaining it, though not iustifying
1t. Two days remain during which this neg
ligence may be repaired and afterward no
excuse for not registering will avail anybody
who Is not physically disqualified. To-day
and tomorrow the places OF registration
are open from in the morning until o in
the evening, and they are near at hand to
the residences OF the electors of every cleo
ton district.
We will not insult readers Of The Sun by
assuming that they need to be urged to
perform this duty OF the citizen, but now
only remind them that unless they register
to-day or tomorrow they will be dcbarred
from voting at the election OF Nov. I.
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The Dissolubility OF Marriage.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: 1t 10 as
sumed by some uncharitable people that the
real purpose Of Bishop Potters sudden and I'M
expected deliverance on the divorce question
was to divert the mind Of the Diocesan Con-
vention. whore 1t was made. from tho Briggs
matter by the substitution OF another target
for High Church attack, which, for the time,
would place him in the position OF an ally
rather than an adversary However that may
be- it is to be deplored that it was the rehahil-
tat on OF a Presbyteran hereto with the orders
OF the Church which produced the predcament
OF thus raising the divorce issue.
Whatever Rome may assume to be her duty
In the prem we can have no argument
with her. For the Church whose appeal is to
reason and the Scriptures and whose asser-
tions and claims are only OF what she can out
OF those Scriptures prove. to take upon hersei I
at the same time to transcend tho dictum OF
her Lord Christ therein written. upon the mar
morals. ia manifestIy both absurd and basphe-
nous. But this is what the denial OF rema rriaRe
to the innocent party in divorce amounts
to. Nav. more; tho propos ton : to deny even
tho Scriptural right to obtain II divorce though
it is true that one Episcopal Bishop declares
there is no innocent party.
1t Ia tho arrogance OF not only intolerant
bigots but rank towards, who. whether lay
men. rriests or Bishops, have not enough faith
in tho divine authority OF reason and the right,
nor vet OF tho very Scriptures. to stand on them
which to claim and from which to enforce the
prerogative5 OF their ecclesiaStical rule.
An EPISCOPAL CLERGYMAN.
NEW YORK. Oct IT,
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A Scandinavian Union.

The fruitlessness OF the efforts Of the
Finlanders to save themselves from COM
plete absorption by Russia is bringing to
the front with greater force than ever the
question Of Scandinavian union as the sole
means of saving the Scandinavian peoples
from the dangers that threaten them. A
Swedish publicist. HJALMAR BRANT1NG,
writing on this subject, says that no coun-
try in Europe is so deeply concerned in
the fate OF Finland as Sweden.
United with Finland by tho history and
culture OF six centuries, it has also, since
1909, been bound by sympathy to it's
Swedish-speaking brothers on the east side
OF the Baltic. No Swede, he says, has ever
dreamed OF political union, but the peculiar
Finnish culture that has grown up under
the shelter OF a relative amount of self
government has always been in intimate in
tellcctual connection with Sweden. The
affinity has continued in spite OF the
sometimes violent conflict between
Swedish and Finnish-speaking Finland
ers during the greater part OF this
century. The decree of the Emperor
NICHOLAS H., therefore, made all Swedes
feel as if it were directed against
themselves, and WAS resented accordingly.
At the same time, the Swedish people and
press acting on the expressed wish Of the
Finnish people. refrained from all utterance
OF opinion that might render the situation
more difficult; but the fact remains that all
classes in Sweden unanimously condemn
the action OF Russia, and follow, with the
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The Money Makers.

1t is easy to understand why in New York
city the most heated contest OF the cam
paign will be in the Nineteenth Assembly
district, where ROBERT MAZET, Republican,
Is a candidate for reelection.
Mr. MAzET happens to be Chairman OF
the Legislative Committee that during the
summer and fall has been carrying on an
investigation Of our municipal affairs.
Through the pursuance Of that duty he has
become the star antagonist OF the political
association best denoted by Mr.. CRoKER's
part in the subjoined conversation between
himself and Mr.. Moss. We quote from the
record of the Mazet Committee
20 Participating in tho selection OF Judges before
election You also participate in the emoluments that
come from them in judicial saes1 A. Yes.
% 1t goes into your pocket? Ayes.
20 Then you are working for your own pocket
A. All the time"
Mr.. CROKER is but one OF a large and
powerful partnership.
II any one thinks, as Mr. CROKER thinks,
that the Mazet Committee has been making
Tammany votes, let him sit down and re-
fleet upon the conversation just printed.
A years foolishness and failure on the
part OF the investigation wouldn't lessen
the force OF the indictment which Mr..
CROKER here makes against himself and
his companions. Money making through
the power Of public Office never can be
agreeable to those electing the officers.
The Money Makers, who recognize Mr..
MAZET for what he is, have concentrated
their energies for his defeat. with the con-
temptible assistance Of little band of re-
formers flying the banner OF the Citizens
Union. Shall they beat him?
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The Church and Agnostics

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: Your cores pond.
ent "a. H." in his somewhat feeble attempt to ac.
count for the non attendance of the people at
church. the rather reveals his utter lack Of con.
ception Of the Christian reli zion Those not bcev.
ing in the inspiration Of God most Holy wor are
no. to be looked FOR in churches. Their logical
places of 'srrt are free.thiuking and humanitarian
gatherings. thu raion d1'rr of their alter lance at
church disappearing simultaneously with the fight
OF fIth.
Tho Church ia in 10 way rcsponsble for either
literNtt an poSs bla SMILES the Yugarsns of
the pulpit, pu; very much doubt watcher even
these as Objectionable or ms dcrogatory to Chris
tianity as the dispGr z ,mcnts and detrartIOns OF
some Intelligent and thinking" aGnostics, VIII ,
svowedly know nothing OF Christianity aud Ger.
tanly care lcss. VINCENT c. LACEY Priest.
FREEHOLD. y. j., Oct II.
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From En1ineering.

FROM EhDtntefinp.
The length Of line in operation in Euron. a..
the c'oSe OF ioo' was estimated at 1874. 465H
miles. as con with 14eo 4s. mile. at the
in North and South Am,ric, At Tho 'p coo. d,
1897 was 2sz74o miles. as compared with
Iannth 80 un T., - ~ 90. us
lengt a OF ln.in oper"ton in Asia at tho close
2s.soeH miles at the close Of 1893. The length
llno IN operation IN Africa at the close OF 1897
was 9.eo7'. miles. as compared with 7.736nI
in An.tra,.s,. 49, ,bo o,o ,e e ens.n o. 5.ne
III aus'ra'asia ae the close OF 1877 was H. 1884
miles. as compared with 1920 miles at the
throroh"t ~, ne .s .. me IN 1peratlon
'nrousnouo tne ~orla at the close OF 1897 was.
accordingly. 457 $685. miles. as COMPARED with
41ao33I miles at the close OF 1893
Inc 'otai m OF lo4 400. miles: renresenting the
close OF 1897. was made IN az follows. Gar
u,on, On o7oD -" w a. 'o.,om r, yer
n ma ~ Z; ;'oOnEa m.les; austria and Hungry.
T rsnc o9 ss reas b P y 22ss miles:
I,at 7a22 4 m'Gs; huss'a 81 1853 miles;
law C,,o mi'es I;Mesteium, 3.oSI miles; the
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When Mr.. RUDYARD KIPLING shed the
picturesqucness Of his genius upon the
good ship Dimbua on her maiden voyage
he merely told an ancient story in the
language OF advanced civilization. 1t is
being told again, though not for the first
time by any means, Of the people of the
United States. They, like the Dimbula, arc
finding themselves.
The novel strain OF war under the Stars
and Stripes six thousand miles west OF San
Francisco having raised o noisy conflict OF
opinions upon the question OF Go Ahead or
Surrender, the country at last understands
the moral baseles5ness OF disagreement
and finds itself united for the prosecution
OF the work before 1t.
President MCKINLEY's short trip through
the middle West has been a continuous
declaration Of allegiance, not only in the
Presidents speeches, but in the applause
OF the millions of people gathered to hear
them, to the Philippine policy undertaken
by the President and Congress The feeling
OF America lie practically one in support OF
the men who in the military and civil de-
partments of the Government are sup
pressing rebellion against its authority.
so are the expressions OF sentiment within
the political organization which at present
lives on opposition to the party Of the Adj
ministration. "Is it not about time" says
the semi-Bryanite Cowier-journm, THAT
Democrats should do something to correct
the impression that ATKINSON and his com.
mon scolds speak for the Democratic
party?" Democratic Stalwart the Hon.
JAMES S. HodG. shouts for the national
policy with the greater vigor that corrc-
spends to the craftsmanship and the local
customs Of his State. 1t is now the duty
Of the United States says the defiant
Bryanite Of Texas, Ito shoot hell out of the
Filipinos and bring the war to an end
If it hadn't been for the treacherous anti
imperialists, the Atiinson-Schurz gang,
the war would have ended months ago.
and we call AGUINALDo himself to witness
it. Anti-imperalists may rage, Bryantes
scowl and sulk and anti-McKinley Republi-
cans scheme, but the American people are
firm for ending the Philippine war as it
bcgan--with the American flag flying.
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Danger from Electric Railroads.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: It IL announced
that the engineers and ofhcials of the Manhattan
Elevated Railroad Electrical Construction Depart.
ment have nsturned from their tour OF inspection
They have visited Schenectady. Buffalo, Niagara,
Chicago Ptsburs and perhaps other places. and IL
Is said that they prepared to award before the
end Of October the contract for converting tho els-
waited road from steam to an electrical system.
II Is WE'LL therefore 10 ask what precautions will be
taken to secure the safety Of the travelling public
from death by FIRE in midnir. Are tho dangers OF
Chicago and Brooklyn to be repeated in Manhattan
by permission OF tho Authorities2
On tho 10th Of September AN electrically driven
elevated train in Brooklyn caught nrs and one car
was entirely consumed. The train was crowded. hut
cismberine over the sleeper. Mosnwhile. tho
elevated and trolley lines were blocked for miles
on Oh tho south sds Tosa
in Chicago The motorman wa. driven from his
controller handles with him. but he forgot to turn
"A n" current and the flaming train filed With
fortunately. again the mot to. recovered his
the IRE ana stopped the train. The messengers w"rs
s nd IRE G ~ out odd,
were operaed by the same stem.
The Gth.r day New Y"Tt blazing
down tn" street by FIRE engine.
obviously, il We arc to have electric trains tho
elevated road public safety dem fnds that should
have 6renroof cars Nowadays freight cars ma 10
WHY . no. nGG .c snod not he az
elevated cars and j. Necessary have Steel-iinel
would h" hrepro1f IT." Manhattan rectorG should
think Of this Otherwise rhe experiences OF Brooklyn
and Chicago are ikelv to b. repeated in New York.
Fires "a this sort ar" not uncommon. In Chicago
pericnce has shown tho railroad conway the ncceS
atty of kn~unG liberal rrpply Of water 1T the sta
tions in train come, in blazing at the motor
mans
Cwerv What hrcproof safeguards have tho Man.
haitian directors to offer the New Yorl; puhlici n
tho" have nom" is there dnpartmo Mt of the public
service which can comnel the adoption Of such safe
crords' And II rot, why not? NEW YORKER
NEW YORk Oct. 49,
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herent antagonism between the West and
the Atlantic seaboard and Middle States,
which this choice OF Chicago would
augment; secondly, that tho course
OF political power (though there has been
no intermediate census or apportlonment
between 1892 and 5000 had shifted to the
Mississippi valley; and, thirdly that Chi
cago, tho storm centre OF contest, would
be the determining factor in the election
in Illinois, the third OF the States OF the
country in voting population, and having
thirty-two electoral votes.
The practical result OF the election was
that all these claims were proved to be
utterly fallacious There was seen to be no
antagonsm between the States OF the
West and those of the East. The equilib-
rum Of politics on geographical grounds
was unchanged. The political benefits to
be derived from appeal to local sentiment
in Illinois we're not forthcoming, for Mr..
MCKINLEY obtained flfty-tive per cent. OF
the total vote Of that State, only little
less than his percentage OF the vote OF New
York, which was tifty-seven, and somewhat
more than his percentage OF the vote OF
Ohio, which was tifty-two. Such neighbor-
ing and politically tributary States as Iowa.
Wisconsin and Minnesota went overwhem-
ngly Republican, and the city Of Chicago
was carried by the Republicans by $4,000
majority.
Since 1895 there has been a lively dis
cussion OF the project to transfer the
Democratic headquarters from Chicago to
Washington, city totally unsuited in
summer time to the prosecution OF
national canvass, city where the resi-
dents have no votes and therefore no
political influence, city indifferently sup
piled with newspapers, and, withal, city In
which the overwhelming majority OF those
in the public offices are now, and will be in
1900, opposed to BRYAN and Organism.
The rejection Of Washington as headquar-
tiers and the intolerance OF any suggestion
to return to New York turn the Democratic
committee back, OF course, to Chicago, and
illustrate a truth OF which careful and
discriminating observers have been for
some time aware. 1t is this: The Demo-
cratic party as now organized is practically
divided, as to its leadership, between two
groups Of statesmen, both looking back
ward, namely, the radicals so-called, who
are shouting vigorously for the lost cause
and the discredited platform Of three years
ago and the so-called conservatives, who
are in favor OF going still further back to
the apprehension OF the Civil War for
political issues and for the inspiration OF
warfare in 1900.
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MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.
The Great Evil Alleged to BE Marriage with
ITnbeIieyerh.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: 1t seems
to me that our Bishops and ministers have
two horns OF a dilemma to reckon with in the
divorce problem. Thus far. they have failed
to grasp the whole situation. They are aiming
all their guns at an effect and fail to sight the
cause.
The alarming increase OF divorce 10 the
logical effect according to Scripture. OF the
Protestant practice Of spiritual mcsalltnnce in
the marriage contract Fully two-thirds OF
the membership OF Protestant churches are
women. These Christian women are married
to all sorts OF believing or unbeieving men {;
and such marriages are sanctioned by their
teachers aud shepherds. This practice IL in
direct violation OF the teaching OF Scripture.
in which We lind the spiritual reason for avoid,
ing such unions: -" y" not unelunlly SnStn
together with uuballevrrs: for what f'llowship
hath righteousness with unrixntcnlsnvss'
And what communion hath iight win darS-
nefs I, Ana What c"nr rf hsn EhJt VEN
with Hn inhde' IT. Cor VI. II. t5l? III such
unions the ministers OF tho Gospel o. Christ
has already ser a.nndrr. Il wall put enmitv
between thee ana the woman, and between thy
seed and her seal Gen ill. lol.
To-hay, the powers Of gooi are arrnyed
against the forces OF evil as thev have never
heaven S.s t nna S hss
things which cannot be- shaken may abide
alone; Tho spirit Of Christ and the spirit Of
ages. This conflict is appearing in nil phases
OF human Thought and activity. IN tbs spirit.
ual com bat 1t ia inevitable that the house
divided against itself must 90 down. Tho
divisions that come 10 the surface In the 81
vorce courts are simply tho barometer which
indicates the GROWN Intensity OF the strur-
gle. The shepherd OF the sheep who would. in
the future, save the innocent lambs OF his
flock must see to it that they are not sent into
tn. camp OF the enemy by m6saliancc with
Belial.
When Protestant Bishops propose to make
marriage indissoluble. as practised in the
Roman Church. they must reckon with the
fact that the Roman Catholic Church objects to
marriage except within its own communion
Without this spiritual basis any attempt to
make Of marriage a sacrament wouli bs sac
religious. A PROTESTANT
NEW YORK. Oct. lS
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The Animal Being Exterminntod by The n,
In South Africa,

From the Scien'tfc american.
the Bocrs are credited with being great
hunters. and chief OF them in his younger DAYS
was President KRUGER. whose daring In attack
ing lion single-handed. with hunting knife.
has many times boen told When the Beers
migrated from Cape Colony to the Transvaal
they were forced to clear the way by killing
6O0o lions, many OF which were killed by
KRUGER. For years the South African Boer,
have been hunters and their skill with tho
rife 10 due to this daily practice in the field,
and woods. But with them the killing OF game
has been either matter OF dollars and cont.
or self protection.
Their creditahle work OF freeing South Africa
Of tho dreaded lions. which roamed in ,ucb
numbers that life was rendered unsafe any,
where in the country. is. Offset ny their
Caps cocny tS the Of bos s s Fsr from
they Killed G,ooo lions in the Trans.
Sanl before existence was made safe, they may
iailes; In III. early days OF South African his
i0ry IN the giraffe was the most abundant 9Nins
irse state but the crenture has BEEN kir r1n re
like our American buffalo and the few remain.
lnK REPRESENTATIVES, of noble race gradually
been = profitable quarry for the Boer hunters,
nnd the animal was valued by them onv be.
use. They ,wer. not hunted shot down in in
droves and destroyed in the greatest mum Der
IOShlDlt IN every direction.
good CRANE ski n is worth from SO to $50
In South Africa Today and much more in Lu.
rope. On their hunting trips ten and fifteen
years ago u was common matter for one
hunter to Kill forty and fifty of these graceful
animals an. In ore day; The reason for this IL
mails and easily hunted. They are absolutely
defeneeless. and there 10 hardly a case on
record where a wounded giraffe turned urop
the hunter. II is true they have great powers
OF speed. and they can dodge RAPIDLY from tres
TO troe in the woods. hut they offer such A fair
mark that these tactics hardly ever save them.
ne skin or hide OF tho animal il its chief
article Of value. No wonder that the buIlets
often fail to penetrate this skin. for it is from
three-Quarters to an inch thick. and as tough
as It 10 thick. The skin when cured IN Il tanned
makes eIceIlent leather for certain purposes,
me Beers make riding whips and sandals out
OF tho skins they DO not send to Europe Tho
bones Of the giraffe have also a comm rcial
value TheIeg bones are solid instead Of hol-
low. and In Europe they are in great demand
Tor manufacturing buttons and other bone
artcles The tendons OF the giraffe are 90
strong that they will sustain an enormous dead
weight. which gives to them pecuniary value.
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From NE kT'TErlcl7 RspIsNr.
A Philadelphia Instrument maker tho other
day ordered from large manufacturer OF tin
boxes in that city box about two feet cube az
sample He WAS surprised when it wns
brought to his factory by well-dresssd gem
tleman and asked him why he hadn't sent II
by an rrTHrd boy.
I'm a salesman, and II isn't my business to
deliver goods this way. but Just now ws'rc so
busy and full q: work thatthe aaiesmen arc I 70
only idle people in the place. We've got all tho
errand boys In the shop. punching tin. As wo
don't want any, moro orders We statesmen are
cunning errands."
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From Ia, Southern RurniSt.
1t il high time the farmer became conscious of tn,
fact that the only wav farming can be male 'pro
Rressiye. profitable and permanent" is by ANNA
farming Not bushel o: corn should leave the
farm until manufactured into beef, pork. mutton
poultry. butter and lard, Not ton Of cottunsced
should leave the farm. but to no retu ned IN seed
msal and hu!l@ for stock. The South La, equal ad
vantages with the North in roughaEc to 20 with tho
concentrated tattening food. The South can grow
a greater tonnage Of cowpeas, velvet beans scr
Ghum. millet. katfr CON- cassa"a, peanuts, chutas
sweet -otatoes, than can the North OF clover. ar:d
correspondent; crous. with which a grow and fatten
stock. and by rotation to improve the soil.
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deepest sympathy the struggle Of the Fin

deepest sympathy the struggle Of the Fin
landers in the unequal contest.
The classification OF Finland has brought
the Russian frontier up to that Of Sweden
and has involved Sweden in heavy expendi-
ture for arms and Notifications, and for an
increase to the navy. This expenditure
was readily acqulesced in, even by the
anti-militarists, on account OF the emer-
gency OF the occasion. Unfortunately,
the antagonism between Norway and
Sweden wcakens the national strength
and prevents the establishment OF any
thing like solidarity between the three
Scandinavian States. Still, the fate OF
Finland has not left the Norwegians uncon-
cerned, and their indignation has been
quite as strong as that of tho Swedcs 1t
has also done something to check the ten
dency OF some Norwegian politicians as Mr..
BRANTINa says to flirt with Russia. But
the radical difference between the peasant
democracy OF Norway and the conserv-
alive aristocracy OF Sweden is too
deeply founded to disappear at once,
even with equal dangers threatening them
both; and he doubts that the warn
ing Of the fate OF Finland is yet under
stood to its full extent by the two peoples.
For that reason he regards Scandi-
navian union on the modernized ground OF
the old medieval Scandinavia, n confedera-
ton for peace and neutrality Of Sweden,
Norway and Denmark, as the best guaran-
tee for their combined integrity.
For Europe solid Scandinavian confed-
GRAFTON OF nearly ten millions Of in
habitants would be factor not to be over
looked, and it's neutrality would, therefore,
be respected in future conflicts.