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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16
TAX SCHEMES

II is suggested that the Stranahan Mortgage
Tax bill which was before the last Legislature
may again be introduced this coming winter
and renewed attempt made to enlarge the
fixed income of the State and free the Albany
government from direct responsibility to the
sensitive payers of the general property tax
Many reasons, some good and some bad, urge
the modification Of the present tax laws. The
glaring inequalities of the existing system as
applied to personal property are a matter of
universal agreement. Few persons pay taxes
en- personally If they can help 1t, and those who
cannot help it not unnaturally consider them
selves abused because Of the perfectly lawful
escape of the great body of their fellows who
The feeling of the land owners that they bear
too large share of the tax burden stimulates
further efforts to make finer the meshes and
extend the sweep OF the dragnet of personal
taxation. The Populistic notion that the holder
or mortgage Is an enemy instead of a friend
leads to demands for more drastic taxation of
mortgages, whatever is done with other personal
property. And the desire Of politicians TO in
crease their spending money without letting the
taxpayers feel it renders all schemes for adding
mortgage tax for State purposes to the exist
ing corporation and inheritance taxes most
attractive
bSsoIe piunglnG INTO the dangers OF mortgage
taxation, however, the lawmakers of New York
would do well to see how similar but less
severe plan than the New-York BILL lust
scopted In Missouri, may work. At the recent
election the people there adopted an amend
msnt to the Constitution taxing mortgages and
q me same time exemptlng that part of the
,sao covered by mortgage from taxation, and
leaving the owner to be assessed merely on
gas equity. The amendment also forbids all
Jenemes to shift the burden to the borrower
{ Zaiss IL wiz be seen. was an attempt to appor.
uoa taxation according TO the interest of every
( psrsen In property. 1t was most attractive e.
sos farmers and they gave it n large majority.
DOG nsy are now reported to be III sometbine
( oa panic over the consequences of their own
acuon. The law on the surface looks fair. blu,
y 10 feared that In actual operation Il will hurt
those whom it was expected to helm Annrad
70 existing mortgages IT will probably accom-.
push It's object. but the real test comes later
1t Is feared that mortgages will not be renewed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16
PERSONAL.

1t is said in Chicago that the Rev. DR.. Frank
w Gunsaulus, of that city. will be chosen presi-
dent OF Northwestern University.
An informal meeting was held at Johns Hopkins
University Tuesday to commemorate the birth
of Robert Louis Stevenson. President Gilman.
says THE Baltimore News under whose auspices
the meeting took place. was fortunate In securing
for the afternoon Mr.. Burlingame Editor OF serb
ner's Magazine and a warm personal trieno ol
Stevenson. who spoke of his relations with the
writer. giving some glimpses OF his irresistinle
cut and dried biography could do in the readins;
This quality Of producing the nearer presence OF
mentos. which he afterward displayed in the form
of autograph letters pieces of manuscript ana por-
traits
WI Ting Fang, the Chinese Minister in Washing-
ton. will address the National Academy OF Poiitcai
and Social Science in Philadelphia on N1vsnloer r
90 his subject being The Causes OF the Unpopu"
larity OF Foreigners in China"
The second meeting of the Roman Catholic &C.
clesiastics in charge of the solemn process heces
sary for the Qualification and canonization OF the
late venerable John Nepomucene Neumann, fourth
Bishop of Philadelphia, held in that city on
Tuesday. The meetings of the committee. or rather
delegates, OF the Holy See of Rome will last sew
eral months and weekly on Tuesdays. There
are two promoters of the faith" Commonly called
devils advocates'O. whose duty II Is TO urge al
possible objection to the proposed beatincatlon.
tor of ST James's and the Rev James F. Turner,
of the Cathedral secretary OF the archdiocese.
Lexington. KY, Nov. 15.-Hugh H. Hanna. Of
Indianapolis. National Sound Money Committee
man. who has been urged for Secretary of the
Treasury, said here last night in an interview;
II think there will change in the Cabinet. am
offered The suggestion Of my name merely
the act of friends in Indianapolis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16
THE TRIBUNE MAYoRALTY CANVASS.

THE TRIBUNE MAYORALTT CANVASS.
The readers of The Tribune are awakening to
the Importance of the vote on suitable candl-
dates for Mayor which is now being cast In the
columns of this paper. Nearly thousand per-
sons have already recorded their preferences.
but this is only a small fraction OF those who
are entitled to do So and we earnestly invite
every New-York reader of The Tribune to send
in ballot for the nomination for Mayor at once.
We want to make this canvass an actual ex-
preston of the wish of formidable number OF
Republicans and independents.
1t is noted that some of the voters do not
express their second choice" and that others
record their second choice as being the same
as their first. IT is strongly desired that every
voter shall send us two different names, one
being his first choice, the other his second.
Those who vote for anybody to beat Tam
many or some other impersonal candidate prob
ably have not fully made up their minds. We
venture to suggest TO them that they may aid
this whole community to a clear understanding
of the Mayoralty situation, and thus perform a
public service, if they will give us their own
present idea Of who is the man to lead the fight
for pure and efficient municipal government
1t will be noted that about sixty excellent
names have been brought forward thus far.
How much actual strength do these men pos
sess in the community? The public, the poll
ticians and opponents of Tammany generally
will watch with great interest for every develop
ment of strength among the men on this list,
not only the present leaders In the voting, but
the dark horses and the many men who, fully
fitted for an office of responsibility, have not
heretofore been prominently considered for the
MaVoraIty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16
HAVE AND WANT.

The History of Brigandage" if it could be
written, would be interesting addition to the
treasures Of modern literature. At the first
suggestion one wonders that 1t never was writ
ten, but second thought it is appreciated
that such record would incidentally be to a
large extent history Of the world. The laborer
in this wide vineyard could not get earlier writ
ten records than those baked in the Babylonian
cylinders, say, B. c. 6O00, but Mr.. Darwin has
helped him to go much further back in showing
that systematized brigandage still exists in GER
tain simian groups, the proof of which carries
man tradition began. From the piracies men
tablets down to to-day, what a story it would
be. And one strain running through it all from
beginning to end-the fleeing Of the rich, Mr.
Darwin showed that the sense of POSSESSING
valuable property began early. When a chin
panzee discovered that he could break prts
easier with stone than with his fingers. he hid
the stone after its use Politically rho owner
of the stone has always been called a consarva.
tive, and the other chimmie who has STOLEN +hI.
valuable tool has been called either a reformor
or brigand, according to the prejudice Of the
bystander.
ms touches most interesting question in
human development namely. when did tbe
o'isano oesln 10 pose as reformer? Certainly
IN the earlier centuries brigandage in the 10.
sre.a'e was not condemned on moral grounds.
nor was there at that time anything done to
sui1use extensive brigandage with the SANITY
hmeiight of needed reform and moral imnrove-
'neht' "hen the brave Morse barons. who were
pfooaD'y the nnest people of their day. forced
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16
John sHERMAN,s WILL PROR4TED.

Mansfield. Ohio. Nov 15.The will of John Sher-
man admitted to probate to-day in Judge
Brinkerhons court Colonel Myron NJ. Parker. Of
Washington. and Congressman Kerr. OF Mansfield,
were made executors. No bond was required the
will having requested that bond be asked The
Probate Judge stated that he had received no nti-
nation that there would be any contest Apprais-
will he appointed later.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16
MRS. J.. v. OLCOTTS TEA.

a given yesterday afternoon by Mrs
John y. Ocott. OF West Thrteenth-st.. introduce
Mrs Horace Bigelow wife OF DR.. Blgelow OF this
city. Miss Wendell Miss Mather and the Misses
OlCOtt received
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16

The TS-WEEKLY TRIBUNE oHt TODAY, 81. 80 Il gear;
cents cotr. families uto ocisb TO send some
edition Of The TRIBUNE 10 Numbers absent at school
and abroad are ad0ised to consider our admirable,
handsome and olo-pTiesd TRI-WEEKLY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16
GUIrEAU'S WIDOW TO MARRY THIRD TINE.

Chicago. Nov. l5-A license Issued to-day
for the marriage of Mrs. Anna Dunmire and Enoch
Allen. Mrs. Dunmire the widow OF Charles ].
Guiteau, who hanged for the assassination OF
President Garfield in 1882. Allen Is TO be her third
M
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16

The bids for removing snow the coming win
ter have just been submitted They are higher
than those Of year ago 1t mighty big
bill which the taxpayers Of New-York were COM
PEELED to pay for the clearing OF the snow from
the avenues and the streets last season. But
the snowfalls were uncommoniy frequent and
bulky. Our people have ample reason in many
ways to hope that this may he an unusually
mild winter. IF It Is not the drafts on the city
treasury will he copious indeed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16

looks after the footgear. Therefore it has the
bulge from top to toe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Some of the arrivals yesterday from Liverpool on
the steamer Majestic, of the White Star Line, were
]. P. Armtage, the Rev Joseph NJ. Asher. Mrs.
Berridge. Miss NJ Eerridge, c. ". Bigelow, Mrs.
Theodore Butterheld Mrs. Duncan Cameron Mr..
and Mrs. ]. A. Connell. DR.. and Mrs. E. NJ Culver.
Mrs T. Garner Mr.. and Mrs. T W. Helyer, Mr..
and Mrs. f. c. Houston. Mrs. Harriet Lane John
SON. Miss Kennedy. Mr. and Mrs John Macdonald,
Lady Moon, DR.. and Mrs. s. O. Van der Peel t. ID.
Pomeroy. Dr. G. X. Radmore Captain J. b. Stuart.
Colonel Thys Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Miss
Gladys Vanderbilt and Mrs Wolterbeck.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16

The voters of California recently had OPP
portunity to condemn pooselling at the polls.
and they took advantage of it, the voters OF
w-Jersey did in the early nlneties. When
ever a question of this sort comes fairly and
squarely for decision before the people of a
State they decide against racetrack gambling
and swindling, they ought to do.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16

On the steamer State OF Nebraska. of the Allan
State Line. which arrived here yesterday from
Glasgow were Mr.. and Mrs. W. S. Douglas, DR..
and Mrs. MCIennan and Milton +. Williams.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16

Since election bill has been introduced in the
Georgia Legislature disfranchise the negroes.
Is this Georgias population of consent Of the
governed? What does Mr.. Bryan think
about III
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16

If the stamp tax should be removed from
checks bonds. telegraph messages ETC., how
would 1t do to put it upon advertising posters
and bill boards? There is good reason why
these latter forms of profitable business should
60 untaXed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16
CONCERNING SOCIETY
MISS MORGAN's MARRIAGE TO HERBERr
L. SATTERLEE.

The Satterlee-M Morgan wedding was the chic,
happening in Nev-York society yesterday. Sew
eral dinners were given In the evening The
Meadow Brook people had their usual drag hunt
To-day will begin the Friday to Monday exodus
Although there many house parties this week
the majority Of them will limited in time as thA
Horse Show begins Monday and nearly every body
will be back In town.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16

Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, ST., who arrived 'li
the Majestic. is staying for a short time at hT'
home. Fifth-ave. and Fifty-seventh-st-. oeto'e
going to Newport where she is TO visit Mrs FTaaI-
els OrmOnd French. Miss French and her mot"e'
came to town to welcome Mrs. Vanderbilt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16

Mrs William Everard Strong gave recePu'
yesterday afternoon in honor of Mr. and Mrs E"@I'
Scott Grosan, of England. their way "
New-Zealand. where Mrs. Grogan's parents nv nv
Mr.. Grogan travels good deal. and has maze Se
eral interesting voyages in the Orient
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16

Colonel and Mrs. John Jacob Aston have oes,
visiting Mr.. and Mrs Louis NJ. Rutherfurd -
The age-herald., 1900-10-08

resented as are the Democrats of Vermont, or Maine, or Pennsylvania. or Michigan, or Iowa or a half dozen States In the solid North. A Vermont Democrat never saw Democratic representative from his State seated in Congress. In the solid North the Congressional districts are gerrymandered against the Democrats, and in not few of them Democratic canvass Is unknown, and Democratic candidate Is a mere formality.
 Outside of New York and Indiana in the solid North the Republicans are not spend- ing any money or making any effort. Why? They know the other States are solid, just as solid as so many Southern States could be and are. All talk about a solid South. made so by Republican legislation, should be abandoned while there is a solid North out of free choice and without pressure of any sort, racial, political or otherwise.
The age-herald., 1900-10-08
THE VAUDEVILLE IN POLITICS

From the Minneapolis Times
 There is nothing original In Senator Clark's proposed vaudeville campaign in Montana. William Lorimer of the Second Illinois district. affectionately konwn as Billy" tried 1t two years ago when he ran for Congress. MT. Lorimer had his tent, his gasoline lamps, his band and his 'barkers." He had a star speciality com pany inside that could not be excelled. The ladies were plump and pleasing, and their attire left just enough to the imagination and not too much. His acrobats could and did do wonderous stunts and his equllibrists were the despair of all wheel athletes. He had trapeze performers who scorned to use their hands, but flew through the air with the greatest of case" catching on by the teeth, toes, or cervical vertebrae, as the laws of gravitation might happen to require. He had Knock about stars and he had serio-comic teams of the Billie Smith-I.ittle" type until repose was out of the question. All these and more Mir Lorimer had under one canvas and on three stages. but even then he made no greater hit than some other statesmen have made with no show at all.
 MT. Lcrimer was elected. The total op- position vote was 24,97s and MT. Lorimer's s majority was only 2l73 in an aggregate vote of 52,129. He did better than that in 1896 with no variety performers at all.
 With MT. Lorimer's record before us we are constrained to advise Senator Clark not to lay out too much money in the vau- deville line. People will go to the show. and if the programme Is properly con- structed they may be forced to hear some thing of the words of the spellbnders, but will the memory of pink tights and sheep skin wigs finger until voting time and cause patriots to cast their ballots for their thespian and terpsichorean benefactor? Doubts arise and impudently obtrude.
 Politically speaking, MT. Clark could get Legitimate"
The age-herald., 1900-10-08
.iN MANUs TUAs, DoMINE"

By Julia c. R. Dorr The glow has faded from the west, The splendor from the mountains crest Stern Days relentless task Is done And Nature rests at set of sun. But ere she shuts her weary eyes Soothed as by airs of Paradise, She softly prays on pended knee.
 sln manus tuas, Domine!' 0 silent hours, how dear ye are! There is no light of moon or star; The twilight shadows slowly creep From rock to rock, from steep to steep; The trees stand breathless on the hill; The restless winds are hushed and still; Only one prayer from land and sea-
 Tn manus tuas, Domine!' And my soul, be sure when night, In Gods good time, puts out the light, Anu draws the curtains soft and dim Round weary head and heart and limb, lou will be glad But ere you go To sleep thai no rude dreams nhali know, Be this prayer said for you and me
 In manus tuas, Domino"
The age-herald., 1900-10-08
THE OLD-TIME TAvERNs

From the New York Press.
 Newspapers killed the tavern of the old style. or at least retired 1t from business. It was the great focus of information before the morning journal supplied the intellect ual want. Much of the business of early times was transacted at the tavern, and the "win-hous' reflected the manners, so- cial tastes, customs and recreations of the people. The master, or taverner was mostly a person of substance, often of ready wit and cheerful manners. The tavern must have left its indelible impress upon poster ity, for even at this day we are content to sit beneath low ceilings and amid artificial stained to look aged, and amid artificial cobwebs.
The age-herald., 1900-10-08
Armor Trust Schemes.

All advertisements for bids upon armor plate supplies have been withdrawn. The Midvale Company Is no longer a competitor. Only the Carnegie Bethlehem combint'i Is in the field Nothing is to be aSS'Se aaSSe until after the election, andifn the meanwhile the com blhe # -eeX s,51eeted to fill Mark Hanna's cam paign hat After the election the size of the contribution will be taken Into consider alton, and awards will be made without fear of the people, This is the situation, and a very shameful situation 1t is. The Philadelphia North American discusses 1t feArlessy, although 1t is Republican pa- per It says: If Secretary Long values his reputation he will guard against even the appearance of political or personal in- fuences being brought to bear upon him in connection with these contracts. The trust demands for the needed amount of its prod uct several million dollars In excess of what Admiral ONeil, chief of ordnance of the Navy Department, declares is fair price All the first bids were rejected because they were excessive. The Mldvale Company for reasons which can only be guessed, has withdrawn from competition with the trust which has now refused to submit a second lot of bids and seeks to "Arrange" mat ters behind closed doors.
 The government cannot afford to be a party to such methods. Secretary Long has found 1t impossible to purchase the armor in an open market at a satisfactory price. He should now turn to the only alternative and set about building a government plant at once. The government may perhaps find that the first armor plate 1t manufacturers will cost more than If 1t kad been bought from the trust, but something besides mere economy Is at stake. The future naval pol icy of the United States Is involved. The real question is whether or not this power ful monopoly shall be permitted to over rule the will of Congress and dictate to the government what 1t shall and what It shall not do It Is not possible that the govern ment will abdicate In favor of band of private manufacturers whose only thought is their individual profit"
The age-herald., 1900-10-08
HAWAu's WEATHER

From the Honolulu Star.
 We have been complaining of>the heat here, but 1t Is nothing to what has been ex- perlenced on the mainland and in Europe. Our highest has been sS in the shade In London recently 95 degrees have been regis tered in--the shade and 1ss degrees in the sun. There were twenty-five deaths from sunstroke and sixty cases of heat prostra- ton. In New York the same story is told. Taking a sample August Day, at midnight it was S2 degrees at midday 92, from D m. till D. m. 1t was 95, at D. m. 1t was 90, at p. m. it was S6. There were fifteen deaths from heat and sunstroke and fifty cases of prostration. We ought to congratu- late ourselves upon our climate, which Is far better and milder than this original heat of the temperate zne.
The age-herald., 1900-10-08
SoIidity is Not Sectional.

The South is solid, and it will remain solid while 1t is menaced by Republican legislation It Is acting in politics as any other State in the Union would act under like circumstances. Republican legislation, dn and out of the constitution, made the South solid, and 1t will remain solid until fhat pressure Is removed
 But in the North where sectional legis- qatson Is not feared. where the race ques- ton ls unknown, there ia as much solidity as there .s ln the South. A glance at any rap shows that in isgs the North was sohd from North Dakota 10 Maine, from Lake Superior to Cairo. flllnoi@--a vast re- zion tflckly populated. True, there arc sometimes fractures In the solid North. but so there is in the solid South. North Caro- a!na has a Republican Governor; East Ten- nessse ss uniformly Republican. and the Galveston Congressional District is touay rsprsseatsd by Republican. Tne fractures are as great ard frequent in the solid South as they are in the solid North
 Nor ls this aiI Much gtress is laid by tbe organs lined up behind the only Hanna that the negroeE in the solid South are rnrepresented. They are fully as well rep
The age-herald., 1900-10-08
A pLuTOcRATIC COUP

From the Washington Times
 Former Editor Godkin does not think that the Hon. William Mckinley carries Q Ma poieonic frontispiece for nothing. He, in fact accuses the President almost of an intention to effect q coup d'etat such as Louis Bonaparte did in 1851. MT. Godkin Is dreaming dreams. MT. Mckinley is in- capable of such thing. What Hanna and the Rockefeller Morgan Havemeyer gang might do, if properly invited, is quite an- ether matter.
The age-herald., 1900-10-08
Poll the Democratic Vote.

In 1896 this state gave Mckinley 5i,13i and Bryan 131 ,219 votes-a total of 1S5, ,966 The full vote of the state is not less than 325 600, of which the Democrats should poll 200.0OO Seventy thousand Democrats did not vote in 1896. They should vote this year even if some do not like a plank or two in the platform. They should vote in order to show the Republicans that a movement to cut down Southern represen- tatlon has nothing to rest upon except party greed and party hate
 True the Democrats of Alabama did bet ter than the Democrats of Georgia or of 232 voted for Bryan and in Mississippi only 63,457 The neglect of duty at the polls on the part of Southern Democrats is used with telling effect. Voters in Maine are told, for example, that one man in Georgia has as much political power as five or six men in Maine, using the votes in each as a basis of calculation. The basis is false and misleading, but when of- hcial votes can be appealed to 1t is not easy to make the truth known.
 Let the Democrats come out next month. They are wanted in at least three Congress sional districts, and in a general way and for general purposes they are wanted in al lthe districts of the state. Every man should vote. It is a duty, next to cleanli- ness, and cleanliness Is next to godllness. his children, to his neighbors to his state and country. The Democrats of Alabama can poll 100000 votes, and they should do it on the sixth day of November.