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Tn. Declined With Thanks" Mail.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sfr: Mr. hampton s
arguments seem practicable despite the fact that
Il Is not hard TO provo OF dsprove anything by
visionary statistics--but things are seldom what
they seem.
or the 1900 free Iances" that he mentions, how
many write anything worth publishing! Possibly
A hundred and for the sake Of this hundred =. son
embryo authors are 10 have the benefit OF reduc
ton in the postal rate.
Mr. Lamptons assertion that writer must keep
on sending until he finds his market implies merely
that the writer has not studied the publications 10
which he sends his contribution, or else that be
has not nous enough to make necessary distnc-
tons. II the matter Is really valuable" and tho
right market Is struck. there Is always some very
potcnt reason for the declined with thanks which
Is sure to DO explained by the editor II the ex
PLANTATION Is not forthcoming then the value OF the
manuscript must be looked upon as simply relative,
and the opinion OF the author must fall.
No ono doubts for a moment Mr.. hampton s
altrulsm but he goes too far in this matter Of chea
hostage. The amount Of manuscripts sent out
every day must far exceed his statistics II he In
cludcs verse. TO n would be poet there Is no more
wholesome discipline than a little expenditure OF
money No one Is better aware OF this fact than
myself II doesn't absolutely prevent the sub.
hitting of vapid trash but II tends that way; and
mind you. Mr.. hampton, there is great prepon.
derance Of verse submitted to an editor. ! should
imagine.
There has TO be good deal OF philosophy In a
struggling author. and that philosophy Is very
often painful. but II won't be allcviated b. the
salve Of cheap postage.
You can check ambition with bvo cent stamr,
and II the editors were to have their say In this
matter you may he certain they would agree that
at present there quite enough ambitious writer's
at the current rate Of postage. They might won O..
der too, II some OF their contributors postage
bills did not exceed their board bills.
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Be on hand.

The Hon. EUGENE F. WARE, who runs the
Pension Bureau when he ia not writing
poetry, has been absent from his desk in
Washington five and half months since
his appointment eighteen months ago. Mr.
WARE advanced the immortal WIGGINs over
the heads Of an entire division of clerks as a
reward for not taking a vacation for five
years, and the thoughtless are now jeering
the Commissioner for not practising as he
promotes.
The truth il that since the advancement
of WIoGINs the Pension Bureau clerks have
unanimously abstained from vacations.
Not even in the height Of the baseball sea-
son were any Of them i'll enough to get to the
ball field. The result was that the Bureau
got far ahead of its work, months, years
ahead of it. 1t seemed almost necessary
to close it for time to let the Government
and the pensioners catch up.
Then Mr.. WARE, inspired by genius,
stepped to the front and took on his own
shoulders all the vacations.
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ANYBODY LODGE D0wIE?
mtg Hotels Not Anxious to Have Elijah II
Little One TO Take 30 Of tho Host.

Apostle William B. Kindle, to whom
Dowie has given charge Of this wicked city
till he himself comes to save it, Ia having
hard job finding rooms for Eli ah II. and his
army Mr.. Kindle wouldn't tell yesterday
where Dowie and his personal following
will stay, although he intimated that pAce
had been found.
At the Hotel Netherland it was said TINT
the Dowieites tried early in the summer
to engage rooms for their leader ther~
I'VE couldn't let them engage rooms for
such a short time so far ahead" said the
clerk. "and to tell the truth we are uo,
anxious TO have Dosr!s'
It was warmly denied at the Waldorf
and other large hotels that rooms had been
let to the host from Zion. Apostle Kindle
il sure, however, that he will find room
for all the expected 1000 OF the Restoration
Host. Many Of the hotels around Madison
Square, he says, will accommodate them.
The only hotel SUN reporter could find
which had actually agreed to take any of the
1000 was the Pennsylvania at Eighth ave-
nue. and Tbirty-fifth street. Thirty of the
preachers, as the proprietor calls them,
will be housed there at ST a day head.
F. W. Cotton. head of the department Of
hospices (hotels) Of Zion, will come here
on Thursday to begin to gather food for the
Host at Madison Square Garden. The
cooking and serving will be done by the
Dowieitcs themselves.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE sun SIR! The word
"e1umptlon" which your correspondent Inquirer
favors and on account OF which he nnds lault 18th
Mr.. Jerome. who objects to IT, Is an example OF the
willingness OF people to coin or use words whose
derivation Is unknown to them and whose use h
often faulty and un English. The proper woru
Is cXhumat ton. The words quoted by inquirer "
presume" CONSUME, assume" ami resume
which give the nouns presumption" "consump-
ton" &c. are all derived from the Latin verb
sumo slmps sumptum, from which latter mood,
the s,ipnr. get thu aforesaid presumption, -
CONSUMPTION" &c. The verb rAhnme, however.
Il derived from a different source; "numo hu :
mare humatum." to bury, and from the Sup,ne
OF this verb we get eShlraiion. tho GnburylBg
think your correspondent WIN see that Mr. Je
rome In this trhng nnttcr oi phllOlogy. II not In
more vital matters Is entirely right
| wish some one had the power TO eliminate tina t
horrible mongrel deterioration" from our Ian :
guage: Il In worse than exemption. D.S.
NEW Yonx, Oct.a
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Tho Comptroller's Speech Of Accep-
lance.

At 1 P. NJ, Saturday, at the Hoffman
House, candidates on the Tammany city
ticket and borough ticket and the Tam
many notification committee will inter-
change compliments. The acceptance
speech Of the candidate for Comptroller
is already in type and we are permitted
to print portions Of it, The tribute to
Tammany is as follows:
-Tammany Nail is mere business investment; 1t
Is not political party. Tammany Hall is an or
ganixation for the purpose OF enabling some people
to mako money. II Is an organization into which
some people put money and put time. in order that
they may get more money out OF It,.
"Tammany Hall has no record OF Democratic
consistency. >Tammany Hall has been turned out
Of national conventions and State conventions.
-Tammany Hall has given the Democratic party
of the city of New York such an evil name that II
Democrat from Brooklyn goes TO State or national
convention he has got to distinguish himself from
treated decently.
you 70 ask some Kings county Democrat that
you know personally who went to one OF the recent
State conventions and he will tell you that what
havs said Is the exact truth; that because he was
suspected of being a Tammany man he was looked
upon with scorn and contempt"
To this general panegyric the Tam
many candidate for Comptroller adds this
special and personal eulogium:
Nearly four (sl1D years ago. when l entered
upon tho performance Of my oficlL duties. I found
for the nrst time in my life that was brought
into close association with Tammany Hall. and
breathed the stencil OF Tammany Hall directly
at close quarters. In my nostrls."
These extracts may serve to show
with what appreciative, intimate and
sympathetic research tho Tammany can
didate for Comptroller has studied Tam
many Hall.
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The Case Of Judge Bisehon.

To THE EDITION OF The suN-Sir: Tho
Hon. Edward NJ. Grout. in his latest letter
to the Hon. r. Fulton Cutting. declares that
-this year you have lndorsed Judge Bischoff,
the Tammany candidate for the Supreme
Court"
Mr.. Grout falls into technical error. but
the point is a good one. The nomination OF
Justice BischoY by all hands. which will be
accomplished when the Tammany county
convention is held will place him In exactly
the position that Mr.. Grout and Mr.. Fornes
are to-day.
Justice Bschoff Is to be trusted even though
he accepts Tammany nomination. Is it
possible that the fusion conference put for
ward men for two important city offices In
whom they have less confidence than they
have in their candidate for the Supreme
bench? A..
NEW YoRK. Oct. 8.
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The Needs of Columbia University.


The annual report of the president Of
Columbia University, issued to-day, pre-
sents an impressive view Of that great
New York institution Of learning. The
property owned by the university, in
Guiding investments and tho land
and buildings occupied for educational
purposes, together with Barnard COL
lege and Teachers College, associated
institutions, is valued at tho great ag-
gregate Of $2e,5s7 ,sO7, and the outstand-
ing debt is Ss,s9s, l2o. Tho number Of
students in attendance during the year
in the various schools was 4,5O7, an in
crease over 1902 Of 27s, and there were,
besides, 1885 in tho university extension
department. The teaching corps at the
end Of the fiscal year numbered 46l, as
against 1913 In 1902. The area occupied
by the university, increased by recent
gifts, will be hereafter about thirty-five
acres.
The expenditures for the institution
and it's affiliated schools, independently
Of interest on debt, as allowed for the
coming year, amount to $l,455,54o. The
fees received from students in the year
closed last June contributed only about
one-half OF that sum. This university,
therefore. like all our great universities,
is OF the nature Of philanthropic insti-
tuition. The student pays only moiety
Of the great cost Of giving to him the
education he there obtains,
During the year the gifts received, in
money and for grounds and buildings,
amounted to Sl,72l,s95. Largo as this
sum was, there is urgent need Of at least
100000 more, in order that Columbia
University may extend to its steadily in
creasing army Of students the full meas
ure Of the educational advantages it
ought to offer. 1t is handicapped by the
debt incurred in its necessary develop
ment at Morningside Heights, yet so
great and so rapid has been the growth
in the number Of its students since 1t
occupied that site that already the &C
commodations for them have become
insufficient. Buildings are greatly over
crowded, more particularly and sig
nificantly the laboratories Of the de-
partment Of chemistry, and tho difficulty
and embarrassment Of carrying on the
work Of the university under its limita-
tons increase yearly.
AS President BUTLER says, great a
sum as is the ten millions needed, it Is
not large relatively to the wealth Of this
great commercial and financial centre
and to the profit which it's contribution
would bring to the civilization Of New
York. 1t would be an investment for
the future Of which the returns, even in
direct advantages to the town, besides
the indirect benefits in the spread of gen.
eral and special knowledge and skill,
would be rich.
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The Best Day to Register.

The registration Of voters for the an
nual election will begin on Friday, Oct. O.
Under the primary law ,as it was amended
this year, only those voters who enroll
when they are registered will be eligible
to vote in the two primary elections that
will be held next year. The first of these
primaries will be held in the spring, for
the election Of delegates to Congress,
district and State conventions, which
will elect the delegates to the Republican
and Democratic national conventions
The other is the regular, or fall primary
to be held in September, for the election
Of city, county and district committee
men and delegates to all nominating
conventions from the State conventions
to the Assembly district gatherings.
The number Of voters registered last
year was $50, 344, against 6l4,077 in 1901
The apathy which prevailed in the
Republican party in 1902 was responsible
for the falling of in the registration from
the previous year, when the town was
stirred nightly by the anti-Tammany
campaign. The falling of in the regis
tration amounted to almost five-sixths
Of the plurality Mayor Low received
at the polls, and it is probable that a
large part Of it was among Republicans
who had no interest in the success OF
their party's candidate for Governor.
The first step toward an anti-Tam-
many success at the polls is big regis
tration. The figures this year should not
fall behind those of 1901, and it would
mean a pretty sure Tammany defeat if
they rose as high as the figures of 1900
when the list comprised Gal ,i2O regis
tered names.
1t is unfortunate for the fusionists
that the registration will begin before
they have started their campaign. This
disadvantage will not be SO great in this
campaign, however, as it would be ina
strictly partisan contest. The duty OF
every man who has the interests of New
York at heart ID to register and vote
The best day for registering is the first
or Friday, Oct. 0.
Be on hand.
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Mayor Lows English.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir. 1t is often
said that the graduates Of our universities
are lamentably deficient in the correct use
Of the English language; but how can this be
looked upon a. extraordinary when college
presidents are 10 often guilty Of the same
ofYencef
For instance. In the Mayors letter to Mr.
Cutting In THE SUN Of to-day occurs this
sentence:
As the situation now stands, think that l may
properly quote these words which had penned for
my letter of acceptance before these difficulties
trsnspired.
OF course tho word here used. TRANSFERRED
should be occurred-the verb transpire mean
ing to escape from secrecy into notice. Nor
can ex-President Low allese In defence Of the
use Of this verb that those difficulties were
before this concealed-as they were all In
-the open" and every one was fully aware OF
the fact
However. his misuse Of English does not
prevent his claims to election: a. perhaps he
has been one Of tho best Mayors that New
York city ever had-incorruptible and fear
less WILLIAM l.. STONE.
MOUNT VERNON. Oct. 4.
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Liquor Sales in Drug Shops.

The records Of the Excise Department
for the four months ending Sept. show
that SASS was received by the State
between May and Aug 81 from the sale
of the stamp books authorized by tho
amendments to the liquor tax law
adopted by the Legislature last spring.
Under the amended law pharmacists pay
license fee Of $3.50 a year for the priv
lege Of selling liquors on physicians pre-
scriptions. They are also allowed, in
towns which have voted for license, to
sell without prescription not more than
a pint Of liquor to any customer in the
course Of one day. The liquor thus sold
must not be drunk on the premises in
which it is sold, and on every sale tax
Of 10 cents is assessed. The Excise De-
partment sells books containing fifty 10
cent stamps to the pharmacists, and one
of these stamps must be pasted over the
cork of each bottle Of liquor sold.
The trade thus carried on throws an
interesting side light on the liquor traf-
fc. OF the sol stamp books sold in four
months, only 22s, or about rs per cent,
came to the counties included in Greater
New York, although at least so per cent.
of the population OF the State lives in
this city. Three-quarters Of the stamps
were sold for use among one-half the
people Of the State.
New York city is so well supplied with
liquor stores that no thirst has to be
taken to the druggists. Is that why so
few stamp books, comparatively, are sold
to the pharmacists Of New York, Kings,
Richmond and Queens counties?
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Journalistic Amenities in Connecticut.
From, tbs LGchfeId Enquirer.

FT0nl Ws LNtHTeTJ HNNfTfT,
The Hartford Post last Friday evening wasted
considerable space on an editorial headed whore
Was Sunny JIM" the profrssed reason for the
article being paragraph In this paper that James
p Woodruff was In Boston. Monday, on business,
and an item In the Waterbury Republican that NJ
Woodruff was In Winsted In his automobile on
Tuesday. Brother Wells thinks 1t Is not possible
that Mr. woodruff could have been IN Boston on
Monday and in Winsted on Tuesday, but we happen
to know that both Items are strictly correct We
would suggest that you get n rood Automobile,
Tom. and then perhaps trip from Boston to Win
stcd In two days will not appear 70 you snch an
imposslbity. 1t will also enable you to the more
ens,lv escape those many Hartford "charmcrs
who now seem to pursue you to such an extent
that your squibs are assuming a decidedly feminine
tone. Then, too, Tom. think how advantageous
an auto will be In your wooing Of the lovely widow
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ton and q powerful political influence
has become Of very little account In both
respects. These foreigners have been
assimilated and Americanized.
Actually, there is no less opportunity
for the assimilation of the later corners.
The disposition to herd together is not
much, If at all, more prevalent among
them than it was among the others, and
they are hardly more distinct commune
ties. We begin now to hear in politics OF
the "Italo- American" and the Hebrew
American" as once we heard 80 much OF
"Irish-American and "German-Ameri-
can "-hyphenated Americans, 80 called.
Italian and Jewish papers are published
and largely circulated. In the Ghetto
only Yiddish is spoken extensively, and
Hebrew signs are abundant on the east
side of the town. But these marks of
race distinctions will be obliterated also
as time passes. The public schools are
rapidly Amerioanizing the children OF
these foreigners, as they did those OF
the old, and the generation brought up
here is speaking our language with
scarcely a mark of distinction from the
native speech. These people are getting
assimilated about as fast as did the
earlier immigrants.
Our correspondent suggests legis-
lation to compel the distribution OF the
immigrants who are now tending to con-
centrate in great cities, to parts Of the
Union where there is special demand
for their labor. The principle OF tho
Russian Pale no matter how much its
application is modified, can never be
enforced by legislation in this republic.
People here, whatever their national
extraction, cannot be restrained by law
from exercising their freedom OF choice
as to the place Of their residence, the
character Of the labor they perform, or
the wages they accept. Our political
system does not justify any such COM
pusion and would break down under 1t.
When the South or the West offers them
inducements in the way of employment
more attractive than those in the great
cities where they have congregated so
largely, the distribution for which our
correspondent argues will come about
naturally and without offence to the
theory of our political system.
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the Servian attempt ut an invasion OF
Turkey. the present season has come to
an end with the defeat of tho efforts Of tho
Bulgarian committees to bring about q
general rising in Macedonia and Thrace.
Now, as then, the Sultan knows that he Is
through with only the first act in the
play. In 1873 1t was the intention Of the
Emperor ALEXANDER II. to make war
soon after the conclusion Of the Servian
campaign, but the uncertainty Of keep
ing open the communications across the
Danube during the winter caused it to DO
deferred until the spring of 1877. The
want of navy in the Black Sea was also
a contributing reason to that decision.
The interval was passed in making pro-
tests, presenting notes, and other diplo-
matte proceedings by the Russian AM
bassador at Constantinople, and, finally,
war was declared on April %. 1877.
Conditions now, however, are some
what different. Russia has a formidable
squadron in the Black Sea and we'll
equipped feet Of transports, with an
army ready to embark for any point on
the Turkish coast Turkey, on the other
hand, has a much larger force Of men
under arms in Europe than in 1877, but
they are less favorably situated than
then, for they are divided into two widely
separated armies, with only slender
and easily interrupted line Of commune
cation between them, in the strip Of ter
ritory along the Bulgarian frontier and
the Egean. In the event Of armed in
PREVENTION by Austria and Russia, all
communication by sea would be cut of
at once.
The questions now are, how much
longer the two mandatory powers, for
80 we must regard Austria and Russia,
will 60 on sending protests to Constanti-
nople before they act; and, when they do
act, what form their action will take, and
what will be the attitude Of the other
powers, especially Germany.
1t will also be interesting to know why
the Turkish Ambassador at Berlin, where
he appeared to have almost taken root,
was suddenly recalled to Constantinople.
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American History.

Washington had just Issued orders for the army
to winter at Valley Forge.
But" insisted the soldiers. -tho advertisements
say VIC should 60 to the Bcrmudas or California"
Confronted by q new perplexity, II took all Of the
great Generals diplomacy 70 appease tho rsbellous
troops.
Jefferson was expounding tho doctrine Of sim
plicity.
"But,' he was asked. why did you ride horse
at all! Why didn't you walki"
THAT replied the Father OF Democracy, would
have created the impression thAS owned a auto
mobile.
Rsalisins tho mans szsss vbdsnslnO lssD1sd
- Shbuld have second form.
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From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
Thou dear old pipe, thy time at last
Hath come for honored rest:
And now shalt thou dwell In the past,
\ past thou ever blessed,
Thy fragrance: rare in clouds divine.
Envrlopcd Oft my soul.
All never more shall lips of mine
sip nectar from thy bowl.
Through twenty years Of changcful time,
Dear memories hest thou fed:
And back TO youth and golden prime
My thoughts thou Oft hast sped.
OF IN the tranquil hours of night,
When stars lllumed the sky,
Sweet dreams that thrilled me With delight
Did thy rich fumes supply.
Through days Of SORROW. mental pain.
Thou gavest solAco rare.
OF Where the balm that can again
With thino. staunch friend. compared
Now. comrade true, thy toll shan cease,
A peaceful rest thine own;
NY love for thee shall Ger increase,
Treading ufes path alone.
Fareweiii farewell . long farewell
Thy praise 70 nobly earned:
For years thou cast thy mystic sped,
And incense ever burned
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SNORT STUDIES IN POLITICS.
F1OWni

To TEE EDITOR OF The suH-Sir: Among
all the trials and tribuhions OF the present
municipal campaign there ID one subject lor
profound gratitude on the part Of Democrats
and Republicans alike.
II Ia that Bird Sims Golfer has disappeared
from tho political stage finally. and forever
For this and all thy other mcroies. LORD.
make US truly thankful" Il. H.. 81
NEW YORK, Oct. 8.
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In London. there were, In 1881. 900 aliens in 1891
05 OOO In 1901 100 900 and they arriving as
fast as ever they nave arrived before, NJ certain
seasons OF the year, even faster. -NinStesnh cen
tury RcpIcE,
In New York there are ten times as many
aliens, and they and their children num-
bered 2,843,957 in 1900; yet the article in
this London magazine from which we
quote expresses terror at the consequences
to England of there being in London not so
many aliens, all told, as are now added to
the population Of New York in one year.