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POLITICAL NOTES.

The official ballot will have ten columns
this year They will be placed In this order.
Republican, Democratic, Social Democratic.
Prohibition. Social Labor. Citizens Union.
Independent Peoples CDevery's). Working
mems League. Independent tincluding Will
liam r. Grell for sherifr) and blank. The
Wor kin gmens League has nominated the
Tammany ticket
The largest registration In any election dis
trict is 7s3, in the Eighteenth Of the Twenty
first Assembly district. In twenty-five dis
tricts OF Manhattan the registration exceeds
800 and in nine districts 1t 10 more than 100.
The Board OF Elections generally figures on
registration Of $50 TO district.
II the Job to make New York buy voting
machines had not been killed In the Legs-
lature last winter. New York might have
some nice experiences now trying TO cast
its vote on them. Tho best record claimed
for the machine is one q minute for the eleven
hours the polls are open. That would make
600 votes II the full registration came out,
soma men would be DISTINGUISHED In nine
districts Of Manhattan. Besides. 1t is quite
possible that the slowness OF some voters
would greatly reduce the record OF one vote
a minute. Up State. where the machines
are used, $50 votes Is reckoned as mighty
big days work for machine. In New York
In actual elections more than 1000 votes
have been polled within the legal hours with
the Australian ballot. as seven or eight men
may be preparing their ballots at once and
the handing Of them to the inspectors and
the checking of are quickly accomplished.
The vote for and against the canal will he
counted after the vote for candidates has
been canvassed. A separate ballot Is pro-
vded for the referendum and II Is deposited
in a separate box.
In Brooklyn there are ten districts in which
the registration 10 between 800 and 100,
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Date Of the sinai Manuscript.

To TIKI EDITOR oP THR SuN-Sr; In your
paper of Sunday last you have given u WON
derfully vivid and, on the whole. correct nc
count OF the Lewis palimpsest. the manu-
script Of the Four Gospels discovered by my
sister, Mrs Lewis, on Mount Sinai IN iss2'
There are two points. however, which trust
you will kindly allow me to clear UP,
The first 10 as 10 the date of the manuscript
which is only TO be- judged, like all our ancient
Greek manuscripts. from its appearance
and the character OF its writing. Inc upper
script indeed bears a date. viz. 1908 years
after Alexander. who fourished 3l2 b. T.
Mrs. Lewis therefore considered that inc
lower writing must be several centuries
earlier than the seventh. as II cannot oe
supposed that Gospel text would be used
up for writing paper until it had been dis
carded for some centuries. The end OF the
fourth century is therefore the latest period
to which the ancient writing can be assigned
Tatisn's DiatesSaron has not yet been found
in its original Syriac. but We have PROOF
from Eusebius and two early commentators
that this harmony of the Four Gospels was
composed about 100 A. D.. Prof. Hielt OF
Helsingfors has lately proved from internal
evidence that the text OF the Lewis palimp-
sest must Be older than Tatian. and the
proofs he brings forward TO prove this con-
clusion are such as to convince the most
cautious Of our critics Ihey nave oeeh sh
are probably too technical. depending as they
do on comparison OF Greek and Syriac
words. to be easily explained in newspaper.
or the Wisdom of Ben Sira and not OF &c
clesiastes which WAS discovered by DR.
Schechter among the manuscript leaves we
'''''' '''' " MARGARET D, GIBSON.
NEW YORK, Oct. "a
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The Green swizxle Of the Tropics.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--st,: What IL the
Green swtxzle, II is as green as sbsinthe with a
dash Of red on the top like the Jersey Sunset that
seductive drink that "Jerseyman." tho constant
champion Of Monmouth county applejack Ia al
ways booming. What do we care about pear trees
and peach trees, or how many there are OF them
In bloom, Let "Jerseymsn" tell US something
about the green swzzle. and see II he can make
IL With appieiack 1t is made with swi.;le stick.
IN R,ve him that pointer 10 start with. and II Jer
seyman- has ever twirled one between his palms
need say no more. II he has not. he has some
thing still 10 live for.
Capt. Murchison OF the good ship Grenada can
tell him Of the wonders Of the swzze stick or any
Jolly tar that ever sailed along the Spanish main
The sailor does not pass the Isle OF Sombrer0 on
his journey efore the smell OF the ripen
ing swizzle stick greets his nostrlls. Then comes
the aromatic Faernum. There was An I'm gSh
psrsou At 81. George whom the captain knew. and
whose wife could make better Falemum than any
one else In Grenada, Then there 10 NORWOOD
bitters - noble q product OF the soil as was ever
brewed. Thesc all mixed together In some
inc plioae!e way. well Iced and swizzled, and
needed only dash OF Aneostura on the top to give
II color. and there Is your green sw1zzlc,
The question Is whether "Jerseyman" or any
OF your other drink sharps ever heard Of worm wood
bitters OF Faiernum' The combina alton snacks
of the tropical soil OF the land Of mace and CHINA
mon and COCOA and. no doubt. would DO a. out OF
place on the banks of the Rantan as . polar bear
In the Amazon. SwILILE STICK.
NEW YORK. Oct. ~.
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money on the gold basis and thereby
bringing them into harmony with the
monetary systems Of the advanced COM
merciai nations
Since the approval of the purposes OF
the commission in Europe, Prof. JERE-
MIAH W. JENKs, one Of its members, has
been directed by President ROOSEVELT
TO proceed to China to discuss the de-
tails of the plan with the Chinese I'M
perial Government He will undoubt-
eddy encounter difficulties, but the
progress made thus far encourages the
belief that these difficulties will eventu-
ally be surYnounted.
Even if the difficulties Of putting China
on the gold standard were much greater
than they now appear. the time has come
for making the trial The extreme fiuc-
tuations Of silver during the last lew
years, which have carried it down from
300 pence per ounce to q 5-l6 pence and
then up again recently TO 2si2 pence, have
almost paralyzed trade between China
and the gold standard countries. Such
fluctuations at least tend to convert
legitimate trading into gambling. be-
cause the merchant who imports goods
from gold standard countries to be paid
for in gold can never tell from week to
week whether the silver prices he receives
will yield him handsome profit or leave
a big loss.
1t is this sort Of evil which the Ameri-
can and Mexican commissions are seek
ing to remedy, and it is OF vast impor-
lance that their mission succeed. Success
means that goods can be exported to
China from all the gold standard manu-
featuring nations with certainty AZ to
the return to be received for them in gold.
and that money can be invested in China
with the assurance, SO far as the none
tary system is concerned, that it can be
converted back into gold without the
loss of Is to 30 per cent, which has been
possible under recent conditions In both
China and Mexico.
1t is needless to say that with the severe
struggle Of the manufacturing nations
for new markets for the great surplus
of machine made goods which are con-
stantly being turned out from their fac
tories, the opening of China by the ex-
tension of railways throughout the En-
pire and the adoption of currency based
upon the gold standard will be an event
of cardinal Importance.
So far as the project succeeds, it means
the solution for generation OF the prob
lem Of new openings for goods and CAPT.
tai, and perhaps even the relaxation OF
the severity of the competition which
now prevails between the manufacturing
nations of Europe and America.
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respectfully urged 70 make . thorough revision OF
the tan6 with tho object Of safeguarding ana far
vardine Canadian interests. and OF uansfenne :"
Canadian workshops and mines tae producs'oh o.
many OF the commodities consumed ~ the cana
dian people, bus which Are now imported
Any review Of the Canadian situation OF
to-day, viewing broadly both the Poitioa'
aud the industrial position. cannot IAN ."
impress the observer with the fact Of the
active working Of heaven. in the results OF
which the United States Is deeply con-
c~rned. The United States, quite 'ortu-
nately. N awakening to realization OF vi"
New Canada, and much will depend upon
the attitude and policy Of the repuoic
toward her now wideswake and energetm
neiRhbor. A broad ard statesmanllke
policy will make for the wealth, progress
and highest development Of both countries
q narrow and bigoted policy will inevitably
result In injury to both
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Romance and Maria &c.

The subject before the class in 90
GEOLOGY to-day is this advertisement
printed in a Manhattan contemporary
yesterday:
Author recent popular book desires TO meet lady
having some means: object. matrimony.
ROMANCE"
There are no popular books but novels
This author must be a novelist. We
shall not embarrass by inquiry the many
young and beautiful novel-smiths who
have not yet married their heroine. By
the process OF elimination we might find
the man, but it is none OF our business
to interfere with his studies or collection
of material He may be a misogynist,
driven to that gloomy state by the gen.
eral adulaton and worship paid him by
the feminine world. Surely, some
where" he may say to himself, there
must be a woman, incapable Of lit
erary passion and innocent Of litera-
ture, who yet understands the money
making possibilities Of my business and
will form corporation with me. Her
money shall be the preferred stock. My
capitalized earning power will be the
common. Then | shall be able to en-
large my fiction plant, to employ type
writers night and day, and to double
my receipts. Heroines i can invent.
What | want IL a partner.
1t is needed, this explanation OF an
advertisement which might look sus-
plciors otherwise, Everybody knows
that the earnings OF novelists are great.
Why, then, should popular novelist
advertise for a wife Of meansY ~ not
the spuriousness Of his prstensions mani
festp Wearied OF the perfume Of fiat
terry and fame, q popular novelist might
seek some unknown and unsxprassi va
She, the predestined Half The way OF
King CopHETUA with the Bsggar Maid
might attract q maker Of kinp, But
surely romance will not Calculate in
tsrsst and add W golden numbers golden
numbers by commercial msyriaEs'
No, the young ladies who Just dots
on Mr.. sUApB and think his works par.
feotIy splendid know him better. Hs
IL all heart An lntellect, an imagine,
ton liks his soOrns tbs details Of bsisinsas
Ne goes through life like . Cavalier. Hs
filings gold pieces away carslsasly. Hls
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valet cannot help being rich, but he
scorns to Be.
Alas. story moulding or tale blowing
or novel stitching is trade like another.
only it In moro profitable than most.
Indeed, q novelist union or trust n al
ready in course Of formation. The only
difliculty ID in allotting the percentage
Of product TO each member, 40 each
plant will have 70 be accepted At It's
own valuation.
Still, glorious and fruitful a. the BUSH
moss ID. will IL last2 May not period Of
overproduction and depression come to
III At the Northwestern University the
business is to be taught; and similar
trade schools are sure to arise elsewhere.
II everybody goes into the novel trade,
prices must fall and the trust cannot
prevent competition. Romance may
have q long head. A forehanded wife
u a treasure oven to . novel-writing
husband.
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A Reading in Cooper Union.

In the series of little masterpieces
which the Croker Murphy candidate for
Mayor is permitted to read aloud to his
audiences the specimen read at the
Cooper Union Saturday night is perhaps
the most instructive and remarkable.
Ito richness, solemnity and demands
upon the voice may I've judged from these
passages:
In the midst Of the disturbance In the field OF
Industry II seems TO me that tho only hope of Sc
curing the happiness OF our people lies in the en-
acsmen, and enforcement OF laws which will not
only promote the production OF wealth In the world
bus will contribute to It's equitable distribution.
This must result from the intelligence and the
sense Of Justice OF those who can influence this
IsRisstion and since ours is a Government OF all
NJ citizens through their representatives. the
grsas electorate must be educated up to the state
Of mind where thot will be able to appreciate the
meaning and purpose. Of their political acts and
strengthened In . knowledge OF their rights as
men and their duties to society,"
Some doubts arise in the mind as it
walks breathless through these passages.
10 happiness dependent upon wealth
alone? What are the laws which would
promote the production and the equi-
table distribution Of wealth and thereby
insure the happiness of the world? The
unknown author of the speech, thinking
undisturbed in the midst of disturbance,
possesses, but hides, the secret of those
wonder working laws.
Is the great electorate unable as yet
to appreciate the meaning and purpose
Of its acts? What foolish electorate
Il must be, or else what strange speech
Col. MCCLELLAN had to pour into such
members Of the great electorate as were
at the Cooper Union meeting.
Was there not some mistake in giving
him this piece to recite? The first SEN
tence seems to come from a speech
written by some sentimental economist
for q candidate for the Assembly or the
State Senate or the House of Represent
tatives. The second, with its uncompli-
mentary opinion of the voters, must have
been derived from some article Of a
bilious and superior college professor.
Whatever their composition and origin,
hesssbfeSthlees paragraphs are an ex-
csssive tax upon Col McCLELLAN's vocal
apparatus. He will not last through
the campaign il be is forced to repeat,
without any mitigation or remorse Of
voice, such long -distance lines Of words
Suspend those sentences. Cut them up
into convenient lengths. Sprinkle those
periods with periods. Or let him Aren-
der selections from less long-winded
writer's.
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That steady extension Of the prohibtory
South has reached North Carolina. The
Raleigh Legislature has adopted q measure
making optional in rural towns either
total prohibition or the alternative Of
dispensary on the South Carolina plan
AZ a substitute for tho barroom. There are
ninety-seven counties In North Carolina.
and sixty OF these had already adopted
prohibition before the passage Of this
measure.
Both Texas and Mississippi are now prac-
tioally prohibition States. pioneer in the
movement was Georgia after the adoption
OF the dispensary system In South Carolina,
and Florida and Arkansas were soon after
ward added through the establishment Of
absolute prohibition in fifty counties Of
Alabama. thirty OF Florida. and fifty Of
Arkansas.
The most remarkable thing in the tenn
psranoe movement In the South is that
it has been suocessfu without the inter-
vention or even the cooperation OF any
formally organized Prohibition party there
The forces enlisted In the cause In tho
South are moral. social and religious.
In Tennessee two-thirds OF the counties
have adopted prohibition, and that State
Is the next on the programme OF the tenn
peranoe men for ransom from rum" a.
the agitation Va called In the South
A curious feature OF the success OF the
Southern movement for prohibition is that
In every case 1t has followed the elimina-
ton OF the negro vote. The practical
abolition Of negro suffrage has been in
most Gases tho first step The adoption
OF prohibition has bsen the second
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Tho Gold Standard for China.

The report Of the Commission on In
t6national Exchange, Of which an alb
stract ID printed this morning. proposes
IN important step for the extension Of
American trade and opportunity in the
Orient. The commission was appointed
under general authority of Congress to
take measures to secure stability Of ex-
change between the money of the gold
countries and the money Of those coun-
tries now using silver. AS the request
for the cooperation Of the United States
in the matter came from Mexico and
China, 1t Is those countries to which the
commission has first given it's attention.
Mexico is quite competent to frame her
own monetary laws, but she desired to
consult the European Powers on the
means OF establishing uniform national
currency In China at the same time as
its establishment in Mexico or soon after.
The European Powers were consulted by
Mexico and the United States largely
because Of the fact that China is under
financial obligations to them. Even If
this were not directly the case, China
would hardly be permitted to take an
important step affecting foreign trade
Of her own motion and with the support
Of single Power.
The mission Of the Mexican and Amer-
oan commissions in Europe, therefore,
was to clear the ground of national
jealousies and diplomatic obstacles for
intelligent action by China under Ameri-
can guidance. According to the report
Of the commission, their efforts in this
respect were eminently successful. Spe-
cal commissions were appointed in
Great Britain. France. Germany and
Russia to confer with the American and
Mexican commissions They we're a
little suspicious at first. judging from
some Of the reports received al the time,
that the United States were on another
quest for the opening Of the mints to
blmetallism. When they learned that
this was not the case and that the pro-
posals OF the American commission were
essentially monometaIlic, they promptly
gave approval 10 its purposes and pro-
srsmms. All Of them adopted resolu-
ttons or reports declaring in favor OF the
principle Of introducing the gold stand
ard at the earliest practicable moment
into China. This does not mean that
gold coin will circulate in large amounts
In China, but II means that the copper
and silver coins shall be kept at a rigid
rslAtton 10 gold, just ~ Ia the case with
O,H own,
Ths method for maintaining the gold
standard IN China will be similar 10 that
which has prevailed for some thirty years
In tho Netherlands and Java, which has
recently bsen applied on grea, soDls IN
NttAh India, and has bssn adopted by
Tho United States for the Philippines
Wages and business transactions are on
100 snsli Q scaIe among the Chinese "a
gsssaat tAs lAsgs uss NJ gold coin, bu,
this does not preclude putting their
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Mr.. Devery and Mr.. Grout.

Upon what evidence Comptroller
CIRCUIT bases. his statement that our
mild fellow citizen the Hon. WILLIAM
STEPHEN DEvERY il subsidized by
the Citizens Union the public does not
know. 1t will be difficult to convince
the man in the street that the Citizens
Union appreciates Mr.. DBvERY sufii-
GENTLY to induce it to contribute to his
support, and it will be even moro DIM
cult to convince the students Of MIR.
DEvERY that 800 month ID sufficient
sum to change his mind about anything.
Mr.. DEvERY has worked hard al his
life, but tho work he has been doing for
two years has been more in the nature Of
amusement than real labor. We have
seen strong man at play, and the sight
has been q good one to look UPON. AZ
Mr.. DEvERY puts It himself, for four
years he was the ass that carried tho
hay for tho Hon. RICHARD CROKER
and his fellow statesmen. Now he is
demanding his toll, and in collecting
it he u enjoying himself.
Mr.. GRoUT makes his statement in
plain English. Here it u:
Last summer Mr.. DEvHRY got little tired Of
the game and wanted to quit. and there was al
arrangement made by which the sum Of $500 for
tho month OF July and the sum OF 1900 for the
month Of August was paid to Mr. HUNTER to
keep Mr.. DKvRAf at his game. with the promise
that ster September n would be increased 70 s|oo
. week, and when the campaign got hot Is much
a. they could AFFORD"
Mr.. DEvERY is not slow in his de-
NAL that he is supported by the Citizens
Union, via a Mr.. HUNTER. No one can
mistake his meaning:
"HrNTza, Mr.. HuxrRRt Is Glorr dreamin
with MURPHY, what's he got In his head now
III nail him right away. never received cent
from Fusion In my life. and never expect to- 1t
Is . rs. and want to call GaoUr ny what the dc
tsonares call . polite name Che y liar.
81 don't know OF any Mr.. HUNTER In the Fusion
party. only know one Mr.. HUNTER, and he Is on
my stan. He never had forty cents In his life. He
is 70 poor that he couldn't buy liver for his dog.
lin . man. and l never got . cent from
Fusion. or TammAny Hail either and that is more
than clARLIn AuHDHY can say"
Mr.. HUNTERS financial condition Ia
his misfortune, but more his dogs.
However, il he is on Mr. DKvERY's staff,
he and his dog will be we'll fed out Of
the bounty Of the e1-policeman. He
has no cause to fear for the future. He
belongs to the most successful Don't
Worry Club in the country.
Mr.. DRvERY will post 5000 as prize
for q debate between Mr.. CIRCUIT and
Mr.. JEROME. II Mr.. JEROME can't take
part In it, Mr.. DEvERY will take his place.
We wish Mr.. JEROME no i'll, but we hope
Mr.. GHour and Mr.. DEvIRY will meet
in joint debate.
At any rate. II Mr.. CUTTINGS organiza-
ton has contributed to keep Mr.. DEvERY
in active eruption, it has earned tho
thanks Of all lovers of the spectacular.
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The Buzzard's Su bsidy

So long as the country ia prosperous
and can afford it, why not continue the
appropriations to enable Prof. LANGLEY
to keep on trying to fly? His is not the
only item on the Governments annual
experiment account, and very likely it ID
not the most foolish.
AS to the possibilities Of the aeroplane's
success, very likely it will be az useful to
the nation. and to the lives Of the citizens,
to have it officially demonstrated that
man cannot fly on the Buzzard plan as
to have it shown that he can.
We commend this idea to the War De-
partment authorities who have already
fed SsO, 900 in five years to the Buzzard.
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To THE EDITOR or TIE SUN-Sr Ths
expart opinions in THE Sun OF engineers
in reference to the proposed barge canal
and to the very low estimated cost OF SlOl,N
900. we're read by me with gratifying Interest
for the reason that in lengthy commune"
ton TO eX-Gov Morton few weeks after MS
election ! gave my professional opinion re-
garding the canal problem. II Is IN no way
singular that my opinions therein expressed
were identical with those OF the eleven O.
lected en- gineers you mention. ,
with a' our iamented MCKINLEY then doysfg,e,
OF Ohio. he requested me TO write ous 'o 'd
no; do fop az W Welt he said. Yes. Just tie inns
want sent him copy, o! ,n4t 'T ,,oy'
Norton Si," w i blue-psnoilsd tle pro
nosed Canadian ship canal from Georsh1
Say through Lake simcoe to Mont[Tfa.' . ana
also Es SIDE r OF the ~ Ssaa R
into Lake Ontario, thence VIA uh"'s' "
short time after ] wrote these ,''teg'
land Ohio, and PASSED resolution recon
nandlng that the Government build q y
canal on the identical line suRgrHi'a w.
United states ENGINEERS comlnl71',,,GJ .,r..
make the survey also recommended lh' o."
When Mr.. Roosevelt was elected Govern"
I wrote him, AZ bis request lhlrF, ~ w
OIL the canal question:, aud rh'i9Hra .,,..
/ gave my reasons for opposing any cap
lure on any canal from BurnIo 'o A..'"
with the hope or belief that II "u'Al Ft'
10 be- adequate - traDrpor, eNrh ", p,,',
tTaItlo u the West without considering
certain vast increase
ANY canal, whether u u al" ~ ,".
through II 1000 OF 2W0'loh DhiF " ..
hat matter any sized barge, cou.h l,'
tO',ompets with u ship canal cHTTllrr ~ 30
,yIhe tommrT.a vi Inc lake. withpa' bf'
~ XIV agree with Foster IIoWrll ~ h
yntL nty that the building NJ
row and shallow barge canal yuu.' '.
,nIu..a financial blUHdrT fOr the rlr.
krs Sofg u would u9' only pi'" d ''
dr.uIlAl bluIdgr, but the grrdt,tl y
III, az any hsr " ) Ma ."
AIBAHi, DC, -