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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-20
VIRGINIA AND THE DEMOCRACY.
The "Mother Of Presidents Called On to
Lead the Democratic Party.
From the Richmond Time


All students of American politics agree
that the South Is the nursery OF the Demo-
cratic idea. Democracy has always been
found In the South In It's purity. and there
has been more of pure Democracy here than
In any other section without meaning to
reflect upon other sections. II must also DO
admitted that the most respectable and the
most influential part Of the Democratic party
Is in the South The Democracy of the South
Is stronger In numbers and its voice must
always BE- heard in the national Democratic
convention
II seems TO us. therefore TINT this Is De-
culiarly time for the Southern Democracy
TO rally and assert itself II seems to us that
this Is peculiarly time for Nir ginia Democ-
racy to rally and assert itself In this state
We have many Democrats Of brain and stand
ing, who enjoy the respect and confidence
OF the whole nation, and We believe that II 10
In the power of such Democrats to mark
out the policy to be pursued in the campaign
Of 1904. We think that II would be n national
blessing II all the Democrats OF Virginia
would get together and issue an address to
their brother Democrats In all parts Of this
land. redeclaring and reasscrting the cardinal
principles OF Democracy. and inviting the
Democrats OF other States 10 take similar
action.
We do not mean by this to glorify Virginia,
nor to make II appear that Virginia demo
Gratis are better than others But there y
magic In tho name of Virginia She Is q.
feotionately known az the Mother OF States
and OF Statesmen" and she always gets he
ear OF tho nation when she speaks We ~
lleve that II Is time for her to speak, and 70
speak In words that burn
We have reason TO believe that leading
DEMOCRATS Mt tho North would be more than
pleased TO see such conference in virginia
TO see virginia take the !, ad in the movement
who's" purpose sh ould be- to revive the Demo
cratic spirit and TO put the Democratic party
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THE LOW ADMINISTRATION.
Dependency Produced by Its Neglect 10
Use Its Own Opportunities.

To THE EDITOR or The SrN-Sv: In the
course of an editorial on The Election Result
In Greater New York" the Independent Of
Nov. IL says.
From tina, signal detea, Of Tammany all decen,
euch az opportunity as does not occur once In a
generation IL was chance for a s,roIg. un.
believed tina! Mr.. Low would rise TO the occasion
Inc belief has been shattered. The municipal
oscilating and inefficient. The moral eject OF
Its failure has been most unhappy but inevitable.
Few evenings ago a group OF men In one
OF the university clubhouses on West Forty
Fourth street were discussing tits matter Of
Low puttyism and it's far-renc ching and dele
FERROUS effect II was much the ame group
OF prime o'-life" men who a year 70 had
been Shaping one another on the back In the
true college WY. congratulating themselves
anC the world at large upon the ousting of
Tammany and the election OF college Prcsi-
d dtil 20 for I,hshtins head" of this Thriving
~, ylas gear, az was sobsr-fsced score Of men
is there college man In the hind who has
not been depressed and ashhmed and con-
months have passed, that this fine gentle
man, this Typical product of our univer-
sitins, this man OF wealth. OF every material
fertilization against any necessity of knuck-
ling down-tar this man should prove to be.
after all, nothing but sleek commonplace.
I III. T was the dri,t of the conversation.
There was not dissenting voice. All agreed
they would be- either a man or monkey"
something emphatic. possible OF identifca-
ton.
Why has Mr. low SO signally failed? How
can he be content TO lead the jelly-nsh lifep
Thousands Of college men. YES and Of COLI &C.
women and OF shop men and Of shop women
thousands in all walks Of NE. WHO had, as
u were. projected into Mr. low all that had
been hoped for of good and OF strength and
effectiveness In the administration of tbs
great city-all these thousands have been
hurt, immca-urably disappointed. You will
hear u at Yale. AZ Harvard. az Smith. You
can't help hearing II AT the clubs Of the great
universities, nj the business mems clubs
u Is downtown-upto II Is In Maine.
In California
The great opportunity came. Does It vet
exist If 50. why does no, Mir Low get
himself together. " see his Observation-Disclosures
administration as II is-and do things?
The moral effect of his failure has indeed
been most unhappy l., Is. l..
NV York, Nov. II.
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. full control Of the patient and his sur
roundings.' As in the case Of alcoholic
inebriety, the arousing of religious emo
tons may be especially beneficial. The
Women's Christian Temperance move
ment has an efficacy simply because it
is Christian, or Of a religious inspi-
ration, and because it's influences are
primarily religious.
The facility with which morphine can
be obtained by any one who wants it,
as shown by the surprising statistics Of
DR.. CRoTHERs, suggests that there is a
field in which the Prohibitionists may
find even more need for the expenditure
Of their energies than the liquor traffic
affords. His book suggests also that
when the devil Of inebriety in one form
is driven out n worse devil is likely TO
enter in. Bad as IL is, alcoholic stimula-
ton is light evil as compared with the
surely destructive morphinism.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-20
LILY WHITES BOJND TO FAIL.
White Republicans and independents DO
Not Approve Their Leadership.

WASHINGTON, Nov. ls.-Joseph c. Man
ming. the postmaster at Alexandria City.
Ala, who is making a visit to Washing
ton. is one of the few leading white Rep ID
licans in his State who are opposed to the
so-called Lily White movement. He Is
favorable to the nomination Of President
Roosevelt in 1884, in fact he says lie is the
original Roosevelt man in Alabama.
These Republicans in the Sou,h.' Mr.
Manning says, who 30 suddenly became
fanatical upon the Lily White project,
have found that even in Alabama white
Republicans and independent voters do
not approve their lee dership. Out OF a
registered vote Of 200 600 in this State. the
Lily White ticket polled only 10000 votes
and the Democratic ticket about 5000
votes. OF the 10000 votes cast for the Lilly
White aggregation. not 5000 were cast
Dy voters who will further follow this move
ment.
Gould the next Republican National
Convention afford delegation OF Lily
They defy Republican principles and defy
a Republican President.
THE sudden outburst for Senator Hanna
for President on the part Of certain Lily
Whites Is Just an expression OF the senti-
ments they have had all the time. They
owe their appointments to Senator Hanna.
president Roosevelt will receive the solid
support Of the Alabama delegation to the
next Republican National Convention. and
this late cry for Hanna is the dying Lilly
White song
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nouncing US for attacking that Same
treaty. 1t was addressing to THE Sun.
for example. such advice and remon-
STRANGE as this:
To refuse TO CONFIRM the treaty would be to
leave American citizens unprotected where they
are now fully protected. and TO surrender the
trol OF the most valuable harbor and coang station
In the South Pacific Ocean. The value Of
the position for the future cree OF the world
is 'ncaiculabe; the value to the United States upon
the finishing OF the Nicaragua Canal will be greater
than to any other nation OF the world.
do we understand THE Sun to advise the Senate
OF the United States tina, these enormous sdvsn-
tagcs In the commerce OF the Pacinc Ocean shall
be surrendered TO Germany and Great Britain
con,ointly. simply because the treaty was nero-
,ia,ed under the administration OF Preslden, HAR-
RisoS. and because the conditions were laid down
by Secretary BLAINE in his Instructions TO the
American COMMISSIONER
Al that time we certainly understood
the Tribune to defend the Berlin Treaty,
to advocate its ratification by the Sem
ate, to praise it rs great and good
measure. and TO rebuke THE Sun for
refusing TO regard it az the perfect fruit
Of diplomatic wisdom.
We may have been mistaken. II so,
We desire TO make proper amends to
our neighbor; and this is one reason for
referring to a past controversy after SO
considerable lapse Of time.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-20
Rallying Round Delaware.

1t ia satisfactory 20 see that the desire
to encourage the Republicans Of Della
ware in their determination to show as
against EDWARD J. ADDICKs that Della
wares seats in the Federal Senate are
barred to the political highwayman as
we'll as TO the corruptionist has run like
fire throughout the country.
II is a case for pride on the part OF
every true Delawarean.' says the VII
mtngton Star, independent in its politics
that there are enough unpurchasable
men in our little State to thwart the ne
fariOus schemes of ADDICKs."
This sentiment is echoed TO the very
borders of the country. This contest
is greater than Delaware. says the Phila
delphia Press. The question il pri-
marly one for the true Republicans OF
Delaware, but the rest Of us cannot be
indifferent TO it,
If the country had become indifferent
to enterprises like ADDICKs's. it would
be indeed deplorable.
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urt. The gulf between the two classes

! court. The gulf between the two classes
is wide and deep. The average office
amanuensis could no more record the
ipsissima rerba OF BoURKE COCHRAN in
an imprisoned fling at Imperialism, !"
or that of DEPEw when telling a funny
story, than he could swim across the
Atlantic Ocean; and il he attempted TO
report them, he would be apt to fail as
wofully as did young and enterprising
scribe some years ago who sought TO
keep pace with member Of Congress in
whose speech appeared this quotation:
Anxious PLATO. dmicus SOCRATES, sed
magis dmica reritds" His report read:
- may c,iss PLATO. ] may cuss Soc
RATES" said Majo NERITAs."
il il true that the field for good office
| stenoGraphers - incompetents are not
worth considering here's overcrowded,
and that. in consequence, those who hold
places are undergrad? According To the
statements of men whose business il
is to find such clerks for employers in
New York. il il not true. These inter-
medaries inform ls that stenographers
pay II uruillN d'F w IiiN ShIil ,
that if he is worth s25 week. he will get
il and that il he is worth more and doesn't
receive more where he is, he can get il
elsewhere. OF course, a great deal of
perseverance, on his part is oftentimes
needed II is undoubtedly fact. never
theless. that some employers. owing to
their lack Of experience with amanuenses
Of both sorts. the good and the bad,
frequently undervalue the services of
the good. But sooner or later they dis
cover their error.
Do employers demand too much Of
stcnOgraphers? We never have heard
Of any uniform rule whereby the duties
of an office stenographer were fixed or
determined We should hate to think
that any conscientious employer would
ask his shorthand assistant 10 do. in adj
dtion to his note-taking, what the late
BILL NYE claimed TO have done for his
boss, namely, wash the windows. mop
the floor and rejuvenate the cuspidors.
And it is improbable that any such duties
are exacted.
We fear il is the same old story Of a
lack of energy or Of adaptubility on the
part of the kckers themselves. As one
correspondent has put it. a great many
of the complaining wordcatCher' rem
der a purely automatic service; in other
words, they are machine stenogra-
pliers, who seem TO think that all de-
ponds upon their ability to make - pot
hooks while somebody else talks. They
lose sight Of the fact that the only thing
their employer values is the finished
product. He cares nothing whatever
for the queer-lookng hooks and quirks
in the stenographer's notebook. The
evidence that there is room az the
top" for really able office stenographers
is overwhelming.
We advise our stenographic friends
who have been good enough To favor us
with their view Of the situation 10 per-
severe and be patient. Az 10 their pro-
fessional skill we can't say, but no stem
ographers were ever found To- be too
expert. Those having the swift art AT
their fingers ends. together with good
knowledge Of the English language, need
not worry about poor pay as the result
Of an overproduction of alleged stenog-
raphers from short-term schools.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-20
DECLINE OF SALT LAKE.
II Had Fallen 90 Feet I'm the 10 Years
Ending NTH lOOO.

WASHINGTON. Nov. i9.-The decline in
the waters Of Great Salt Lake. Utah, which
has been in progress for the last sixteen
or seventeen years, has become n matter OF
concern TO local property owners and
OF much interest to scientists In the
fifteen years ending with 1900 the lake
had fallen 90 feet. a decline more serious
than at first realized, a. the lake is very
shallow. averaging less than twenty feet,
and a. the eastern and western shores
slope SO gradually fall Of foot in
the level exposes many square miles
OF bottom. Business interests centring
around the lake have so suffered from the
decline that within the las, twelve months
apetili1n signed by number Of the promi-
nent officials of Utah was sent TO the United
States Geological Survey. requesting an
investigation of the phenomenon.
Some light il thrown on the movements
OF the lake in the last twenty-sccond)
annual report Of the Survey. Part ~, now
IN press. in which careful comparison
OF the rainfall records since 1888 has been
made. II il found that the low-water
fluctuations of the lake, Of which there
have been several since that time. CORE
spond in remarkable degree with the
periods OF deficient rainfall, and il has
further been discovered that one inch
OF ralnial! per year more or less upon the
watershed of the lake makes a difference
OF o 20 OF "A foot In the water level. This
ratlo. applied to the present low water
on the basis of the deficiency In rainfall
Tor the last fifteen years. which amounts
70 IA inches. seems to account for less
than half of the present fall, 40 that other
causes for II must be found
In recent years II has been suggested
that the increase in IRRIGATION OF adjacent
lands 10y water taken from the streams
ieedins The lake has caused the lowering
OF its waters. Large quantities OF water
are spread upon the farm lands by irriga.
tion, partly to be absorbed by vegeta-
tion, partly TO be evaporated and partly
70 return 70 the streams or lake In the
form OF springs. On account OF the artificial
control OF the streams feeding the lake
the causes OF the present low water have
become much complicated. but careful
gauginRs OF the lake levels ara being made
and additional observations taken to di--
cover the causes Of its decline and to learn.
In II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-20
FATHER AUGUSTINE's DEATH.
Capt. Browncil Admits That He Adminis'
tered the Water Cure That Caused II.

WASHINGTON. Nov. l9.-Cornelius NJ.
Rrownell Of Burlington, Vt. former Captain
In the Twentv-sixth Volunteer Infantry.
has acknowledged that he authorized the
administering Of the water cure to Father
Augustine at Banatc in the Philippines.
from the effects of which the priest died,
Capt Brownell's statement is part Of the
mass Of testimony presented 20 Secretary
Root Yesterday afternoon by Judge Advo-
cate General Davis. Notwithstanding the
former officers confession. the officials OF
the War Department are convinced that
there is no way by which he can be placed
on trial.
Brownell has also stated that he made
no report of Father Augustine's death to
his senior officers and insists that the
water cure was administered solely as an
act OF war to secure information from the
prisoner as 10 the Whereabouts OF the in
surgents At no time has Capt. Brownell
declined to be examined by officers Of the
army sent to his home a, Burlington and
he has freely assisted he aut horities in their
inquiry. Secretary Root has not yet con-
Guided his examination OF the papers and
probably will not for several weeks. as some
documents hearing on the case have been
called for from the records in Manila.
The investigation has shown concusively
that none Of the Regular officers 81 the
army had anv knowledge of the treatment
Father Augustine rece,v al. nor had they any
Information regarding his death until the
charges were made by the committee OF
Boston Anti-lmperalists.
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The Governments First Duty.

To rHF EpIroR OF THE SrN-Sir: wish
YOU would make minute of this. and from
time 10 time point ont TO the Gray arbitration
commission IN" importance and necessity OF
said commission dwelling upon that phase
of the labor trouble which pertains to the
right of men 70 work without LEI or hnderance
from any man or set OF men
The Constitution of the United States
guarantees life, liberty and pursuit of happi-
ness to every man Shall this principle be
abridged by any combination of men? l.
not the Government in duty bound to protect
every man who wants to work? l. II n square
deal for the Government TO pass by unnoticed
the outrages on men who want to work when
ever q strike occurs?
No doubt you have countless suggestion
from your thousands Of readers. but ! think
the above Is one that should be harped upon
necessarily. until in this country every man
who wants TO work-whether he be white or
black union or no union Catholic or Protest
ant. Mason or odd Fellow. nom" Joiner" and
the rest-shsll all alike be protected in his right
to work JAMES = CLARK.
EILwoop CITY. Pa. Nov II
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The Jumping Hand of the Sten.
Ographcr.

Doubtless many who have read the
numerous letters from stcnographers
which have appeared recently in TIE
SuN have been led 10 believe, among
other things. that members of the short
hand fraternity are the least appreciated.
the poorest paid, the most abused and
by all odds the most dissatisfied mortals
In the universe. They explain that they
work hard and long to acquire skill in
their profession; that they wait wceks
and months to secure a situation. that.
once employed, they are forced TO per-
form duties inconsistent with the dig
nifty OF their occupation. and, further
more, that their salaries are altogether
too small These, they say, are condi-
attempt 10 dispute.
One stenographer claiming to have n
general experience Of over eight years,
to have practised shorthand for three
years and to possess an understanding
of the technicalitics of Wall Street and
general business correspondence, says
that he has looked in vain for a place
that would pay SIS week; and he is
about ready Ia conclude that there are
no such places. Another writes that he
has been Obliged to render unprofcs-
sionai service such as sweeping the
Office, in addition TO taking detection.
in order to obtain SIS a week And so
runs the tale, drifting from bad to worse,
until one who signs himself An Old
Timer says fatty that learning stem
ography and typcwriting is simply a
waste Of time that salaries of SIS and
$50 per week for amanuenscs do not
exist and that people who say other
wise " lie, and they know it.
How are our friends who pursue the
winged art to be rcconciled, ASSUME
ing that reconciliation is possible? First,
let II be understood that this cry of dis
tress comes from Office stcnographer-
those whose duties are usually confined
70 taking letters from dictation and tran
scribing them on n typewriter as dis
tinguished from general stenographers,
that is, verbatim reporters who are cap
able OF reporting a speech or a case in
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-20
sIa.0o0. 900 BRIDGE APPROACH.
Municipal Art Commission Reports Plan
70 the Mayor,

The Municipal Ar Commission, re-
spending TO a request from the Mayor,
has drawn up plans for an adequate sys-
TEN OF street approaches TO the Williams
burg bridge. A committee consisting Of
John DE Witt Warner. J. Augustus Healy
and Frederick Rhinelander. representing
the commission, reported TO the Mayor
yesterday.
The report suggests cutting a new
thoroughfare from the bridge, running
diagonaly TO Cooper Square the widening
OF Delaney street 10 a hundred feet and
! carrying that approach through 10 Elm
street at the same width by widening Spring
street The report also advises connecting
me Williamsburg bridge and Manhatt an
bridge al Pike Slip by cutting Suffolk street
through TO the Junction Of Fast Broad
way and Canal street.
The Mayor said he was indebted to the
Municipal Art Commission for the plans
and that they would he of value TO the
Board Of Estimate In determining the
problem which confronted that body.
The cost OF carrying out the plan sug.
gested by the commission. il Is understood
would be between Gil 900, 600 and Si2 coo 900
hall OF which would probably he levied
on the property owners benefited by the
Improvements.
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After Potter, Yergan.

The turning of WILLIAM POTTER out
of his union in Schenectady, for belong
ing to the militia, and the condemnation
of him to idleness was reported last
Friday. Yesterday the other side of
this gloomy picture was described, as it
appeared in Indianapolis.
youth named YERGAN had deliber-
ately committed an offence, in order TO
get into prison where he would have an
opportunity to learn trade from which
the trade union barred him. The same
hand that would force one man out of
the State troop drives another into Jail
as haven of liberty to learn how to
make an honest living
Trades unions will do we'll to take
another look at where they're going.
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CANAL TREATY NEGOTIATIONS.
Secretary Hay and Minister COncha FIX.
change Memoranda.

WASHINGTON, Nov. le-The Panama
Canal treaty negotiations have reached q
point whore Secretary Hay and 50 flor
Concha. the Colombian Minister, have
exchanged memoranda, in which each
sets forth the views Of his Government
oncerning the points of difference that
have arisen. II Is understood that most
Of the differences that remain unsettled
are not Of serious character, but each
side il 20 tenacious Of its opinions In regard
TO them that II would b. useless TO atteinpt
to predict when the negotiations will be
completed.
IL il the desire Of the Administrat ion
10 have the treaty signed in time to be
submitted to the Senate when il assemblies
In December The Colombian Congress
will not meet until January, 80 there will
he ample time. II the treaty is signed
before the Senate meets, To send IL To Bo-
gotta for submission TO the Colon bian
Congress on its opening day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-20

Capt. Lowry. commanding the British
battleship Hood. completed a remarkable
feat Of seamanship on the last day of Octo-
Der, when he brought his rudderless vessel
into Plymouth harbor after six days ;
trip from Gibraltar. The Hood dana ged
her steering gear at Argostoli but made
her way to Malta. where ii was found that
the r,idder was broken. and that a new one
would have to be cast and brought from
England. Instead Of waiting for this,
Capt. LowRY had the broken r,idder I'M
shipped. and on Oct. n sailed for Gibraltar
under the convoy Of two cruisers He left
Gibraltar on Oct. rs, running first into "a
fog and then into a gale, but holding his
course and making the voyage at speed
Of between IL and Is knots an hour. The
entire distance from Malta is 2,0s5 miles.
Nearly seventy years ago, in 1875, the
PiQue Of the British Navy. commanded by
Capt. Rors. ran ashore on tho coast Of Lab
rador and lost her rldder. Being foated
once more. Capt. RoUs headed her for
home, and got there. too. The two cases
are not wholly parallel. as the Piqie was a
sailing vessel and the Hood a twin-screw
ship, but the more recent instance shows
that seamanship has been only modified
not destroyed. by steam. and TINT the
sailormen OF to-day are as clever in their
way AZ were those who manned the old
time wooden ships.