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The Army In the Philippines.

The city OF Manila Us a great army head.
quarters lust now. as the roster Of the
troops In the Philippines shows. In that
city TO begin with, are the headquarters Of
the Division OF the Philippines, at which
orders issue for the government Of more
than sixty. four thousand men In some three
hundred garrisons. Likewise In the city
are the headquarters Of the Department
Of Northern Luzon, and the headquarters Of
the Department Of Southern Luzon as well;
and, 10 top of, the Provost Marshal-General
has his headquarters there also. So there
are four headquarters.
The Divisional headquarters are the
most important; these are Gen. MACAR-
THURS; but the Others are much larger
than their name indicates. In the Depart
&. ment Of Northern Luzon there are troops
enough TO form an army corps; In Southern
lIuzon there are only a few less. The provost
guard itself consisted, until one of its regi-
ments was sent on detached service to China.
~ a troop Of cavalry, twelve batteries Of
artillery and three regiments of infantry.
The total forces in the Philippines on July
IS consisted Of ?.422 officers and 6l.740 men.
" VIVA Va q hAi' = AA'N III lOul Y
general officers. six o...cers from the Ad
jutant-General's department, five from the
lnspector-Generals department and two
from the Judge Advocate Generals twenty
five officers and four men give an Artemus
Ward-like appearance to the Quarter
masters Department, while the Subsistence
Department is represented more evenly
by thirteen officers and thirty-three men.
The Medical Department has 1902 officers
and contract surgeons and 1855 men of tho
Hospital Corps; there are seven officers and
go men Of the Engineer Corps. and three
officers and three men appear for the Ord.
nance Department. The Signal CORPS has
% officers and 3s7 men, and l. kept busy,
and there are ~ chaplains.
In the line there are 4,2l2 cavalry. 2,4Oe
in the artillery and 1907 In the infantry.
The Ninth and Fourteenth regiments have
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Cooglcr on the stream OF Thought.

Not without emotion have we received
from the Hon. j. GORDON COOLER OF CO.
lumbia. 5. c.. author OF purely original
verse" permission to print this masterpiece
called The Stream Of Thought"
Launch out In the stream Of Thought
Pause not On It's dangerous brink,
Know dge is never gained By those
Who never read or never think.
In that sire N yourl md success,
Though 'ns,th It's waters OF you SHY
There is no .efug, from the fate
OF those who live but never think.
Though In the chain OF wealth and fortuns
You may not provea golden link.
Yet you can be a mighty factor
For good, II you'd but only think.
Many have peri 'hed on tn. 'erg.
OF that pure and sparkling stream.
All brcause they would not think,
Holding life but an idle dream"
This Is the high, poetical view Of the ne
cesslty and power Of thought. a view worthy
Of the Imaginative range and creative
genius Of the Hon. j. GORDON COOLER.
Sailing. not to say steaming, on that
mighty stream, he has scant patience or
sympathy with the poor doddipoles who sit
upon the bank. afraid to take their shoes
and stockings of. afraid to wet even the
tips OF their toes In those fathomless waters.
The Hon. j. GORDON COOLER thinks: there
fore he is. and therefore is he CooGLRR.
But alas for those who never read and never
think. who live but never think! They can
not climb to the Cooglerian height or any
other height.
Still. It is Q fact Of the world OF prose that
n man may do very well without reading or
thinking. Take Mr.. BRYAN. for example.
lie has no time to read or think. All his
waking hours are given to talk, and we
dare say he murmur In his sleep against
imrerialism and the Trusts. Yet In the
chain of wealth and fortune he has proved
a silver link. While COOLER is thinking
for the few, BRYAN is spouting to the many.
To BRYAN thought Is impossible. We're his
admirers given 10 it. they would cease TO be
his admirers.
This anecdote teaches us that Thought.
which is C~oouLER's meat. Is BRYAs's poison;
and We hope that It will inspire the Column
bla singer to build q bridge OF rhyme over
the Stream OF Talk.
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gone TO China, together with Light Battery
F OF the Fifth Artillery; 80 the actual
strength was less than that reported
The roster is almost q list OF the onicers
OF the army, for most Of them are serving
in the Philippines. The various regiments
Of the Regular army are not much better
of for officers, however. than II they were
still In the United States, though the voiun-
teer regiments are pretty well supplied
OF the thirty-six line officers OF the Fourth
Cavalry. for example. only nineteen were
with the regiment. The others he'd higher
rank in the volunteer service, were on
other detached service or Oh sick leave,
In the Sixth Infantry the same proportion
Of absentees existed; out OF twenty-four
line officers. the Twenty-flfth Regiment
had only twelve. or course, these absent
officers are elsewhere on duty, and equally,
Of course, their absence Is due TO the tempo
rary conditions existing: the war, the
doubling Of the enlisted strength OF tho
army and the creation Of the volunteer
army. All these facts must be considered
in framing the army bill at the next session
OF Congress, which will be one OF the most
important bills ever introduced into the
National Legislature, and, In spite OF its
Importance. must be disposed OF almost
Instantly.
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The Day OF the Crown Of Thorns'

Sixteen members Of the on
Resolutions at the Chicago Convention OF
1920 signed a protest against the Tree slIVer
nlank reported by the Bryanite majority
'Ihev offered 10 the convention a substitute
resolution on the financial question. and
their substitute contained these s'ralsh'-
forward declarations:
W. declare our belief that the experiment on 'ho
oAttoft the United States alone OF Tree SILVER oo'nas7
ana A change 10 The existing STANDARD OF 'a'ue "uo
p,pdenuy Of the action OF the other gfea' nav ons,
you'd moi only Imperil our nAAnceS but would fetafo
n, entirely prevent the eSlab iShnent OF International
b,n,,nnism TO which he efforts OF the GoVefnmen'
should be steadily directed.
eft would place this county at once upon a
silver basis, impair contracts. disturb business
dtminisn TIE purchasing power OF the wages OF 'aOo'
and innict irsparaole evils upon our nSuoh 5 Soh'
merce and Industry.
Until International cooperation among IeadIngha-
tlous for the coinage Of silver can be secured se'a'''
the rig maintenance Of the existing gold stAhuAtua a
,,,,nlI.l 70 the preservation OF our national er'at'
the redemption OF our public pledses' apu Z 'V'
ing iuviol tie Of our counTy's honOi'
Wv demand that the national credit shall DO fe'o
iu,,lv maintained at all times and under all clfeum'
stances"
Among the sixteen Democrats signing
this sound. square and honest assertion OF
tho principles overridden by the Bryanite
majority on that committee, we're DAVID b.
HILL OF New York. WILLIAM F. Villas OF
Wisconsin, GEORGE GRAY OF Delaware.
LYypE HARRISON OF Connecticut, JOHN l..
RUSSELL OF Massachusetts and ALLAN
NoDERMoTT Of New Jersey.
soon after that u~navailing protest and
warning. WILLIAM j. BRYAN leaped upon
the platform to deliver his famous speech
for the independent free coinage OF silver al
sixteen to one, ending with the words:
we shall answer their demand for the gold stand
ard BY saying 10 them You shall not press down
upon the brow VI la bor this crown Of ihorns. You
shall not cruelty mankind upon Z CT 'SS OF gold"
We reprint the declaration of Mr.. HILL
and the other gold standard Democrats OF
the Chicago Convention Of 1895 for the
especial instruction Of any honest man,
formerly a Democrat or yet calling himself
such. who may not have made up his mind
to reject the advice and repudlate in 1900
the leadership of hat same DAVID b. HILL.
now touting for that same WILLIAM J.
BRYAN.
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CANADA.
Election Likely to give the Government a
Reduced Majority.
Vermont.

MONTREAL. Oct. ?0.-The cleo oral campaign
II nowin ful swing, and though hero Is not
much probability that the laurier Government
will be turned out, there seems TO b. a pref y
general fe, ling that 1t will not do much more
than hold It's ow1.
The arr val Of Lord Strathcona, Canadian
High Commissioner In L. ndon, at the M ment
that The disco ut on OF the p rliamen' took place
Ia regarded as h ghly len fcant, the intimacy
Of his relations with Mr. JOSEPH Chamber
lain being matter OF notoriety, and hi'
desire to serve him beng equally well
known. II Is an OF en- secret hat he Las come
over charged by the London Co onial ON e
10 push Imperial federation 20 the front a. lar
~ It ca be safely made an issue, and 1t $ BE-
ginning TO look a. Il The question vii result In
pI,hElnV "a the u-ln es'd1'O u u"Iil Ie y
u 6 political ia ic- The ar" divided, on
the tar n question. SIR har,c- Upper tandi' u
I T prefe enlia reel r'rItt within o." Empire.
while S r Wllfrid !. uri,r H. his lnarled
enthu iasm toward imperialism give Eng nd
J reference without sXaC in auvthu gin return,
thu pa ing the way for the lin" When
OF raw material and a cons mer ol British
m lnufactur's in competition with the
traIIa New Zealand AID c,nsol ds d south
Airi a. within the ii eral airy its'lf there ls
a great 'ivera nee OF on MON on ~. subj Ct a.
wei as In the Cons rv1tive, but the din FENCES
OF office. he lavish expenditure going on mi
promised keeps the voter Of the party In
rowe faithful and attracts others rom { o
other side The su1sId .2irg and purchase 81
newspapers prev Mt InConvauirnt or 70 SIN
and exposure Of sea dals and 'orruplion, not
tat that, hovev r, wor ID m K" much din =
ence. for a mo .. venal e %e0torate than the
Canadian It would b DIN ult to find. Every
thi 8 9 bei.,s {, ne TO s'ae iniep"nden' cH-
Bour ssa l. an example. A q result
OF the en'Igetio stand he madr n "A n-t
the policy Of the Government regardins the
Boer war he t. being oppos d 10y be- Govern
ment who have .pu' upR cand date In oDro-i-
ton to him n hi constituency Government
opposition 8 a So mad to Independence can
oidates IN Onta 10.
Cons ious of he dis'rust Of the polio OF I'm
perial federation, VIII its unknown conSe-
quenc =. which he has been 10. In, hat il
felt all over Canad 4, the rart sans # Sir Mil'rld
1.aurier are trying r. max the elections hinge
on the persoral factor: and that II has 10 ne
IA knowledgeH j. their strongest u nj Liberal
said today: IT the (ons %rva'ives had n differ
eni man as lrad'r I would vote 'or him, but |
prefer a bad LIBERAL 70 TUnre And a. In his
way, Canada Ia d. fitting toward the unknown.
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The Ground Of MORAL Obligation.

chr Eophtr c Dors IN N. Wss'ni1s'~- RsrisH.
Just s IN IN docs not NAVE The conditions under
which he exists as a ply IoAl being, OF the laws by
which his activity within the sphere Of the material
universe Is ineIorably governed, but has to suit him.
self 10 them or allow himself To be moulded thereby,
90 on attaining the stage Of moral oonScipusnoss he
discovers himself TO exist In, and be conditioned by.
a certain moral order which, before his Appearances a.,
an august stranger, determined not what must be.
but whA, ough, 70 be the character o. the actions
which he, upon and after hi, entry therein. would he
capable Of performing. The conditions, therefore, Of
moral Obligation must be regSd d a. eAistlug before
man became tie subject OF that o~HligatiJn By super.
venlng to II In 4 state ntted to perceive and carry out
the actions III IS laid upon him
This conclusion. the logic Of which seems irrcfraga-
Die. would b. sufficient 70 Justify Us In regarding the
ultimate ground Of moral oblis alton as uanscendent
In I've nature, and therefore hsompr.bsusibs 70 oss
undsfstAnlIng.
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The saIlying Forth From the Forts

Considerably moro than one hundred
years ago the estimable ELKANAH WATSON,
later of Albany, attended a political meet
ing In North Carolina.
The burning question at the time was that
of the adoption Of the proposed Constitu-
tion Of the United States, and there was
much excited discussion Of the dangers
lurking in the provision for a Federal reser-
walton, ten miles square, over which Con-
gress should exercise for all time exclusive
legislation.
In his memoirs EIKANAH WATSON reports
"A speech which he heard a minister OF the
gospel deliver at the North Carolina meet
ing against the proposed Constitution:
He then began to explain the object Of the ten
miles square a. the contemplated seat Of the Govern.
meuL This, my friends, sad he preacher. will DO
walled In OF fortified Here an army Ct $4,000, or
perhaps lOo.o0O men. will be finally embodied. and
upG ,dry rouh ana 'usiaS The psolIs who will be
gradually ~diSatmed.''
There Is a touch here which may be useful
TO Mr.. BRYAN In his future descriptions OF
the forts which he says the Republican
party intends to build near every large
city OF the land.
Let him picture the mercenaries Of i'm
periallsm, in case MCKINLEY is reelected
and the forts are built. sallying forth and
cnslaving the people-that Is. the 4" plain I"
~people-just as ELKASAH WATsoS's North
Carolina patriot predicted would be the
case with the District Of Columbia estab-
lished as a fortified and walled-in oentrs
Of Federal oppression,
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wireless Telegraph.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. Your
editorial In a recent lssue On wireless TaleC-
raphy' was timely. You " that about twenty
with their property at a great sqcrin q beclusa
o. the fear that the el ctr c light would dispense
with the need Of gas works II Is not 80 long
ago that there was a decided drop In the p-lca
Of submarine cable stock due 10 the fear that
wireless telegranhy would dspense with the
need OF such cables. In The writer's opinion
there was less reason for alarm In the las case
than In the FIRST There 4, OF uour,e, no nus
ton that when wireless teleGraphy shall have
been co0sidera' " improved and sirplihed il
will hnd a numb r Of held~ Of usefulness. but
such fields will only b. where the employment
Of n communicative wire s rot foasihln or adj
vtsable The substitution Of tho four-f OF cv in
der for the one hundred and ATTY Z OF vertical
wi . II a long -tnn In the direction o. SIM
nliditv. The writer can say from exr"Honce
that to MAMA n the n p1ratus OF n wlrsl 3
re eCrpnh ~. tom In successful on ration r.
qulres a consida' abb" q gre ofeNnpr' nose aud
for the trnnsm ssion Of signals, even when code
signalling Is escorted 70. a al amount o. i1tel-
l~lgenoe. To ohtsin m greatest deg 60 of use
fitness from this system when employed 10 pre-
vent co l.sions at sea. In Receiving news rom
dis ressed We ses. 4 (wN ch are ropu'arlv
supposed 10 be ,he functions for which ~ svs-
tom Ia 81" ecinllv adapt ID. Il would 20 m that
every vessel sailing the main should bn eaui~p d
with the apnIrat1s. nH6, granting ia II this
should he done. II Is still n question whet or he
skill ana iot"llieen " reqn site for IFS pronor
oneration would b." at 9ll times 9vaillhle on Mi
kinds ofcraff Bot assuming hnsvsto r to attain
the wildcat success IN 'his and q alogou. dirnc-
tons, Us success would not confic' commercially
with the ex tin methods OF electrically trans
mittiNr Intelligence NJ
NEW YORK Oct. 20.
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respective spheres Of influence. or should
undertake to make their offices hereditary.
antagonism on the part Of the Chinese
people, and would have to be upheld by
foreign troops and warships. That would
mean practical dismemberment.
When the treaty Powers pledged them
selves not TO countenance any further
mutilation Of China's territory they also
promised by implication not to weaken the
power Of the Central Government to fulfil
its obligations. For the present. therefore.
and until the Imperial authorities shall
have shown themselves unable to enforce
treaty rights. Capt. YoUNoHUsBASD's plan
for the solution Of tho Chinese problem Is
out OF the question.
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Expected 70 he q o I for some Sort Of Change
in the Greed, without Agreement on IL.


To date ls Presbyteries have expressed
opinions upon the subject Of a possible change
I'm the Westminster Confession Of Faith Ia
response TO a request made them by a General
Assembly Committee OF Inquiry. There are
1872 Presbyteries, but as fully SO Of these are
in foreign countries or in Alaska and other parts
Of the world. where meetings are held but
once a year, II il expected that not above 200
Will he heard from.
OF the number voting, 40 have asked that
the whole subject be dismissed. OF the re-
naming 81 to vote. the conservative leaders
say they cannot expect more than 30, possibly
not more than rs. The liberals say not more
than 20 OF the remaining 81 will vote to drop
the matter, making the total GO.
The number Of vote. agalust droDT ing tho
sub. cot now that il l. IN i -. or This number,
"a want a new creed. 81 a revi. ion Of IN old
one and 3 n -uprlemontal statement eNTlana-
tor OF certain misunderstood Nhra'es OF the
confe ,sion. IL seems ,likel', so leaders "a .,
that the vote will stand about l35 for a change
Of some sort To 6) against one. The hopes
Of the conservatives lie in the fact tina they
are united while tho-e who seek changes
seek all sorts Of changes, and cannot, 50 the
con 'ervatiEe' Sa.., come TO- an agreement.
20 drop tho sub ect are Dubuque, Kansas Cltv,
Long Island, Los Angelo, Monmouth. New
Brunswick, .Pitt,burc, Southern California,
st. Louis and West JERSEY.
A few strong rre-byterles. such as Roches-
ter Omaha and san Francisco. ask for a
revision 81 the Confession, but the largest Of
fReetSTr fRroHklyn niI BsuHSaiSon.e Chi a : a p'V Eiio"vHoanIa.nDdd,'
Council Bluffs. Des Moines, Detroit, Elizabeth,
4 TPdi@ns sRnd W lSYf1 Ti5g. & Imd nagl' tS syrqlS S,,Si
viii be, il Is predicted, the Prcsbytery Of New
York, witch will meet on Nov. 70,
ns, the PresbyteriSs win stand two to one in
favor OF some change.
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The warrIuE Of Iawton Again Repeated.

'NI M NNuuftTNld tFfd0tF,
NEW HAVEN, Conn, oct. ls-Capt J. v Book
miller Of the Ninth Regiment, L S. \ arrived al BIZ
HON. here this evening from California lie vss
wounded al the Sicgr Of nentsin. and returned on a
three months fuflo Oh after receiving promotion
from a Lieut'nancy 10 a Captai1oy II. spents year
In the Philippine Islands Relative 70 the situation
there he said:
The present attacks on the American troops b.
the FIlipnoS are undoubtedly Inspired b. Americans
whom the fiIipin Is call their friends at home. an
thoroughly co" WINGED that a. soon As the election Of
William Mckinley ~ Steamed by the Filipino, ths c'n
ccrted attacks on the American troop will cesSs. To-
they viii see that the same nrm hand which formally
directed them IS stu guiding them. They nrnly b.
lieye thatti Bryan Is elected the American troops VII
be withdraw. The best citizens and a majority Of
the citizens among the tilip!noS dont want the troops
Withdrawn. They wantltw and order They want
strong. protecting government, and are satisfied
With the Unit d States But thrSe citizens are inuu.
dated by the as,tatOrs and ny the military men,
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KENTUcKY's WRY Gun GEAR.
Can't. Chester Says u Can lie Adjusted In .
Few Da,s-Turrets All Right,

The battlcship Kentucky, which, having
started for China on saturday afternoon put
back on saturday evening, on account Of II
kInk In her gun mounts, remained yesterday at
Tompkinsville. Capt. Chester said yesterday
afternoon that she had returned merely nr-
cause the tests made In accordance with tina
navy regulations did not show everything
to be absolutely In smooth working order and
that while he might have continued the voyage
as readily as not, and would have done 30 had
the Kentucky been bound on a shorter voyage,
he determined TO return so that all adjustment
OF machinery might be made complete e@fore
the long sail was begun He said that he could
not talk Of the details Of the tests. as all that
was comprised in his report to Washington.
His return, however, would not surprise me
Department. as 1t was not expected that be
would go until all the regulation tests had oe'n
compiled with.
When he learned that reports had been cir
culated that the difficulties with the Kentucky
were connected with her s~upernosed turrets.
Capt. Chester said that he wished TO deny
them. as the supcrposed t~urret9 Of the shiL
were In no way affected, and his return had
nothing To do, with them. The adjustments
Thought. and he hoped that they might. be
completed within two or three days, They
involved nothing more than might happe"
The navy regulations require that a snip
shall proceed only when everything Is In abso-
iltR TeHOlIlcSst dllu Nllil .btl'l' Suns a., wv
crew shall be tried at their stations. These
can be complied with In a s~ati-tact2ry Wa,
ing- arc concerned, only when service charges
are fred from the guns, which cannot be dol
in port where shop tcsts. are made. lN"
best Information obtqiuable Yesterday vi.
to the effect that. as THE Sun said YESTERDAY
morning. the i3-inch guns Of the k"niu'h..
were tested after the blttlcship GOT clear "
Sandy Hook that the mounts did not operate
satisfactorily in takinR up the recoil and de-
posting the guns in their places and that on
This account Capt. Chester had come back.
preforring to have everything exactly. right
before setting out for 30 distant a station as
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DIR. JEyKyys saw PLAGUE CAsLS
And Brought some serum From Glasgow. but
DIdn't Try u ON HImself.

Dr. William 7. jenkins Of the Board Of Health
arrived from Liverpool aboard the Cunard
steamship Umbria on Saturday evening zoe
time to register NJ staten Island so that IN"
may cast his vote for the candidates ~ 'i-
brother-ln-law. Richard Croker. One of nc
objects OF DR.. Jenkins's trip abroad was n"
Investigate tho plague In Scotland He WEI.
into the plague hospital az Glasgow and raw
eighteen patients. most Of whom were COLI
valescent. The Scotch doctor who accom-
panied DR.. Jenkins suggested that the Yankee
physician should use some Of the serum that
the Scotch doctor himself had used b"tor"
exposing himself to the disease DT jenkins
said he preferred TO consider himself an m
mune rather than be so SICK a. the scotch
doctor appeared TO be after being inOculattd
DR.. jenkins il inclined TO favor the use o.
serum a. a preventive and cure Tor the plague
He obtained from the Scotch doctors twelN'
bottles Of Haffkine serum. nine OF. which N"
sent TO DR.. Doty, Health Oflcer AT this port
lie kept tha other three himself, thiukinE
that it might be a good thing to use some Of
the stun in case he developed any symptom
Of the disease on the VOYAGE 70 New York
There Is no quarantine system In ports o'
the British islands such as there l. In the por'
Of New York, The English. the doctor said,
had taught Us not TO be frightened but they
might. nevertheless, profit 10y, certain teature'
of our own system which enforce cleanliness
We had a tendency AT times to resort 70 seven
teenth century methods. our quarantine AW-
might be more liberal In certain respects N"
doctor sa d that our own ~tenPnI'nt-, bad ~
condition than many OF the tencncnts on IN"
other side Of the Ca
The probability OF the plague coming 70
New York, he thought. was remote Under
the Health Department the disease would
not find a foothold In this city.