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Mr., Htggtns.

TorHE EDITOR OF TEE sux--sr: In letter
to THE Sun Mr.. PsndYs1Ast says that II Hig-
gins is elected this fall II will be equivalent
to the election OF Odsll. because OF the agree
ment between these two men. What agree
ment1 Now. ] don't suppose that Mr. Pen
dregast will assert that he has any proof OF
an agreement. but ] presume that he de-
duces It from ths knowledge that he derives
from mental processes which have their
origin In the peculiar pabulum on which he
feeds his brain.
He states also that Mr.. Hisgins may DO .
man OF spotlsss character. II this be sd-
mitted, does II not preclude the possibility
OF making any ameemsnts not consistent
with integrity and honor, and. further, II
MIR. Psndrsgast 10 In posssssion OF any fsots
that will tend TO prove that Governor odell
has been remiss OF dishonest In the adminis-
tration OF tho States business. he Is in honor
bound 10 publish such facts; this 10 a duty he
oNes the public.
We want faets-ae humbug-and until
such svs fcrthoominS I ~ no reason why
any Republican should vote for Judge Her.
rick. RoDIBr J, WAIT.
NEW YORK. Sept. -.
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THE rWo CAMPAIGNS.
: Puzzietl BY EsopIan Phrases.

To THE EDIToR OF THE sUN-Siy: have
read with interest not only Judge Parker
speech OF acceptance but also your editorial
on the Five Points" In which he aims mp and
puts In modified form the few points he has
made In his speech and 1t strikes me that in
query No! 4, the Judge Ia little mixed,
To remain" implies the continuation Of
something now present. The word remain
as used In the letter. implies that the pres
ent Government Ia a government OF laws
why should the Judge ask. Shall 1t remain
government Of lawp" How far back has he
to go to even consider this Government was
never government Of law-probabiy 10
the Administration when his party was In
power. implicitly his lnterrog atory is abso-
lutely Incorrect; for again he asks as part OF
the same interroRatory. Shall 1t become one
ote individual caprice?" meaning. taken 10
conjunction with his former query. Shall
II remain government Of law" that there
must be change In order for 1t to become
one Of individual caprice. He seems some
what he says. then he admits that the present
Government 10 governments OF law. and no
asks the people TO say, "Shall II remain such
or is 1t time for chanse?" In other words.
Shall 1t become one OF individual caprice?"
To my humble mind he 10 very mixed. II
he had propounded the query. Shall IL be-
come q government of law or remain one Of
individual caprice?" he would have said what
he meant.
The same, to my mind. applies 10 Interrog-
atory No. 8. and II he said what he meant ne
should have worded the question. Shall we
cling TO benefcent despotlsm or embrace the
rule Of the psoplei" A.B,c.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.
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Van Alstyne.

To THE EpIron OF THE SuN-sir: In your
Yesterdays paper. IN the editorial captoned
The Sample Ballot you use these words:
The voter should make the legal cross tS
in the voting spaces In front Of the names OF
the Citizens candidates for Governor and
acknowledgements. Hon. d. Cady Herrick
and the Hon. Francis Burton Harrison"
Am I to understand from the above that
Republicans are urged to vote the Odell
ticket excepting Governor and Lieutenant
Governor? Is not the Hon. Henry A. Van
Alstyne. candidate for State Engineer. tarred
all over with Odelllsm. and placed in posi-
ton extremely painful and embarr RAISING to
his friends by the letter Of Accompaniment
Cunneen In the same issue OF your paperi
Do you urge all true Republicans to hold
their noses and vote for him and the names
on the State ticket below Hsrrisonf
have vote In Mount Vernon. westchestar
county. but cannot work myself up TO the
point OF voting for Van Alstyne. In fact.
unless Q nauzzie II put on Cunneen, doubt
my ability to screw up courage sufYicient to
vote for any Of our State ticket
JAMES H, DICKINSON.
NASHUA, N. H., Sept. 70.
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Mea,ut,nr the Force of ys,uvIu..

To THE EDITOR or THE SuH-sfr: Noting In
your editorial on "Vesuvtus at Work Again" the
estimate by an Italian professor that II must have
required force equal 10 oo7 ps6 horsepower" 70
project q weight of thirty tons TO such height as
10 keep Il In the air for seventeen seconds would
remind you that foroe "a not measurable In horse-
power nor Is horse power the proper term In which
10 express the energy Of proieetlle which should
be given In foot pounds or foot tons, In this case.
emitting the resistance OF tho air and supposng
that the stone fell vertically 10 the same elevation
from which II was projected, II must have fallen
for eight and onehsif seconds, which would CORE
spond to an elevation of i,isO feet, and nnal We
locity of ia feet per second. This would require
an initial energy OF "a 800 foot tons, which has been
considerably exceeded by some modern guns Our
new leinch rne gives . musZle energy OF 5000
foot tons. That. however. does not mean that the
gun u more powerful than the volcano. for tho
latter could doubtless have projected many thirty
ton rocks simultaneously with the same velocity,
had they been In the right position just a. cannon
would throw dozen grape shot at once az far as
one alone. x.
NEW YORK, Sept. %.
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TREASURY DEFICIT CUT DOWN.
A surplus for the Month OF September OF
Nearly %, O0O. 600.

WASHINGTON, Sept. S0.-The condition OF
the current finances OF the United States
Treasury is much more favorable than it
was at the end Of August and the excess
Of expenditures over receipts for the first
three months OF the current fiscal year IL
only S17,sS4 ,25S. 1t 10 believed that this
deficit will be largely reduced before the
end Of the year.
There was a surplus for the month Of
September amounting to nearly $1,000 900,
and 1t is evident that the deficit for the
fiscal year is due to large expenditures
incident to the early part Of the new fiscal
period.
The receipts from all sources in Sep
tember were 1864 $50, distributed as
follows: Customs, $28 ,23o,36l; internal
revenue, SO ,ell 1928; miscellaneous, 50 ,lTs,-
100 The expenditures during the month
aggregated 40, 44s 900, leaving a surplus
for the month Of IS ,ee8 ,6S3.
For the first quarter OF the fiscal year
1905 the receipts have been SIS Ios4 40? and
the disbursements SIS ,SSs ,71e.
There has recently been an increase in
customs receipts, the collections for Sep
tember being only about $500 600 less than
In the same month OF last year
At the close Of business to-day the avail
able cash balance in the Treasury stood at
$50, s77 500.
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A Policeman on Police DISCIPLINE.

TO THE EDITOR OF The sUH-,str: with exiSt.
Ing laws and willing courts intrenching policemen
In place regardless OF ntness and public rights
the ablest executive eyer born could not mako =
force what It should be. Tho really efficient.
scientious policeman Is bonn So and he is. 10 all
Cities decide dy In the minority. When meH have 10
be followed and watched they are slready failures
al any Job.
community OF interests among all grades
exists In all police departments and precludes the
enforcement, OF hdelty TO duty by ordinary meth.
DDS of discipline. An easy time on post, sinking
duty whenever possible. free drinks and feeds,
graft. and life pension ahead are what tho police
community OF interests aims for, as q rule. You
cannot lose the shirk. dsad beat, blackmatlsr by
sorders" and Shake ups" nor make them more
faithful by three. OF even four. platoon system.
Policemen should be young 1.-THE, energetic and not
over IS years OF age: at that age they should he
dropped from the department. excepting such
have earned promotion by meritorious service,
Shirks criminals and bapaoles cannot be got rid of
except through law making their dismissal for
unntness compulsory and Anal In every grade.
Some day perhaps, voters may wake up and
demand police legislation 10 insure system that
Will In some degree conserve the public interests,
and not the exclusive comfort and profit Of police
incapables In all cities. EXPoLIoK
DAYTON, Ohio, Sept, Is
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western University is said TO have be-
slowed this wisdom upon a class Of
'co-eds":
Do not seek the attentions Of young men.
Never notlceyoune men who look a, you from
the corner OF their eyes
DO not stroll on the campus with more than
one escort.
Don't employ little devices to attract men-a
man Of real worth will seek you for yourself alone,
Never speak to young men you don't know.
Don't encourage the attentions OF too many
young men: such conduct 'chcapens woman"
We can imagine the air of sanity
amusement with which. some of this
wisdom was listened 10. But much Of
1t seems worthier OF indignation. The
advice is aimed at cruder and more
primitive intelligences than those "co-
eds can be supposed to be.
So only one of Prof CUMNocKs
"Don'ts" needs comment. Why should
a coed" not have two escorts To
prevent envy among 4co-eds" less
fortunate or lovely?
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d none OF tho imperial note about the Canadian
attitude. Canada nation Is the principle LAu
RrER holds to a all times and under ell conditions
a. resolutely a. CHAMBERLAIN holds Ia the imperial
idea. Yet he Is not separatist, He viii notBacr-
Ace ono shred Of CANADIAN prosperity. one scintillA
of canadas freedom to pursue her own policy,
not even for the sake OF the unity OF tho Empire.
This b what his Willingness 20 Negotiate Dom.
marcisl treaty means but II IA not what cHAMBER-
LAIN means"
Commenting on Sir WIIFRID's speech,
the Toronto Globe, the leading organ Of
the Liberals, indorses the Premier by
saying that the relation In which Canada
and England can best "co-exist in
state Of harmony is one in which each
is entirely free to act at all times accord
ing to the exigencies Of commercial
situations az they may arise. 1t declares
that anything In the form Of treaty
might easily become a source Of dan
GER The Montreal Star, a leading
paper Of the opposition, says:
Although the Liberal party hero dare not openly
oppose the Chamberlain campaign, because they
fully understand that our people arc practically
unanimous In favor Of preference on Canadian
goods at British ports they steadily do oil they can
TO al the path Of the movement with obstacles and
70 throw cold water on local enthusiasm for this
imperial programme"
1t will be noticed that while the Star
says that "our people are practically
unanimous In favor Of preference on
Canadian goods at British ports, 1t does
not say that there is an equal unanimity
regarding a preference on British goods
at Canadian ports. Probably that 10
the point on which this question will
turn.
Sir WILYRIp doesnot commit his party
10 direct opposition toimperial prefer
enoe, but no makes 1t sufficiently plain
that the Liberals, as party, are not dis
posed to hearty support Of the Cham
berlain proposals. While the Conserv-'
atives are not likely to commit them
selves to an explicit declaration in favor
Of an imperial sollverein, and are likely
TO support such q measure only with
reservations theirposition Ii moro favor
able to and for such an arrangement.
The increase in the tariff which they
urge would leave leewsy for prefer
ence to England, while still guarding,
the Canadian manufacturer.
Although this states the case as It un-
doubtedly stands. 1t must DO admitted
that Canadian opinion on imperial
preference, as a political issue, is as
difficult Of demarcation as Is American,
,opinionon the question Of reciprocity.
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SPENCER BOYD, in hand. Mr.. BOND was
OF too timld makeup for rough work,
and 30 in Mr.. BONDS place the Governor
Chairman appointed, VAN ALsTYNE, for
rieriy Of the Furnaceville Iron Company,
which was controlled by EDWARD H.
HARTMAN, Governor Chairman ODELL' 8
personal friend and hacker Il was VAN
ALsTYNE who got from the State the
$ls,eis for the Furnaceville Iron Com
pany, which the chief law officer OF the
Commonwealth says was obtained on
false testimony.
Governor-C Chairman ODELL first APP
points VAN ALsrYNE to be State Engi-
neer and Surveyor.
Governor Chairman ODELLr-we make
this announcement advisedly-knew all
about VAN AISTYNH's connection with
the Furnaceville Iron Company.
Next, only two weeks ago, at Saratoga,
Governor,C Chairman OpELL compelled
his convention to nominate VAN ALSTYNE
for the Office Of State Engineer and
Surveyor along with HIoaINs d Co.
Why? The explanation can be found
in the Legislative Manual Of the State,
issued by the State Government:
He ftho State Engineer and Surveyor Is 4
Commissioner Of the Land once. member of the
Canal Board the Board Of state canvassers. the
Board Of Quarantine Commissioners. and the State
Board Of Equalization of Assessments. Tho canal
engineering department. Is under his supervision,
he appoints three division engineers and three
residens engineers and all subordinate engineers"
VAN ALsTYNE is q link in the chain
Of Odellism which the Governor-C Chair
man, through HIGGINS 4 Co., hopes to
fasten upon the citizens Of the State in
November.
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A Way Out.

Governor Chairman OpELL up to this
hour has failed to respond to the most
extraordinary declaration ever found in
the platform Of any party in the country,
namely, that:
For the nrst time In It's history the Empirs
State has q Governor whose personal integrity
rests AEndsr widespread suspicion. He has sur
rounded himself by high otficials and advisers,
under whose msugn influence tho public revenues
of the state arc largely diverted to private profit
Acknowledgement CUNNKEN, the law
officer Of the State, provides q way for
the Governor-chair1nan to obtain the
facts for our fellow citizens when he
says:
-Yirss Of az. I did not vnte tho Democratic
snts platform. No. Of It's provisions was known
70 me before :: vas adopted by the convention. I
have no doub thai II Governor oDHIA will address
himself TO tn authors Of that document they will
remind him { the facts on which It's charges arc
based.-
The mush-and-milk and pork barrel"
Democratic newspaper defenders OF the
Governor Chairman may also be in
tereeted,
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MORE FIREPR0OFING TESTS.
Columbia Professor Tries q Concrete and
Steel Bar Construction.

Prof. Ira Woolson, OF tie department OF
chemical engineering at Columbia, yester-
day held the third OF his series offreproofng
tests In the little brick furnace that he
built at Hath street and Amsterdam avenue.
Prof. Woolson tested yesterday concrete
over fange wires OF steel, resting on con-
crete beams. used instead Of the usual
! beams. The test, which was declared
perfectly satisfactory. was watched by
Messrs. Schwarz, Koen and Schaefer,
representatives OF the Building Depart
msnt from the boroughs OF Manhattan,
Brooklyn and The Bronx respectively.
The interior Of the brick furnace was
rooted with q seven inch coating Of the
rods. The whole was weighted with load
Of $50 pounds to the square foot. A fire
made OF logs was kept burning at 100 de-
grees Fahrenheit for four hours. Then
Fire Engine Al poured water, at the regular
sixty pound pressure on the flames for ten
was out and the concrete had not turned a
hair. SO to speak.
Prof. Woolson said that ordinarily there
was no apartment In New York city that con-
tanned material iphammAble enough TO
create q heat OF Zoo degrees for single
day was rather more rigorous than any
except rare occasions could demand
The amount OF DETECTION caused by
the expansion of the concrete and steel will
be determined to-day. The Building De-
psrtment does not permit the use OF fire.
proofng material which shows u defec-
ton OF more than N inches.
This afternoon there will be load test of
the concrete roof, which will be subjected
to . weight Of siIty-three tons. or about
900 pounds to the square foot. Prof. Wool
son announced Yesterday that his two
previous tests with the expanded metal
frame for concrete had been completed.
The hrst test was a failure, owing to defects
In design. The second, after some slight
alterations In the furnace, had proved
complete success. Both the tests were
made In August
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They Will Have to BE Censored.

The Democratic national committee
is to import into this State and New
Jerseysome Of the most illustrious Demo-
cratic voices Of the South. Among them
are JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS, the Yasoo
humorist; Claim-all jim GRI6ds Of
Georgia, and six Senators, BAILEY and
CUuBRRsoN Of Texas, BACON OF Georgia,
DANIEL Of Virginia, LATrdER Of South
Carolina and CARMAcK Of Tennessee,
the statesman whose pleasant name for
the operations Of the American army In
the Philippines used to be murder
This ID q goodly bunch Of various tai
ents, but It must be used carefully. The
Democratic principles" have to be ar
ranged In assorted packages for use In
different localities. Il won't do to jump
on the negro in New York and New Jer-
sey. Pouring red hot shot into RoosE-
Wilt, though much appreciated in some
districts In the South, is not regarded as
effective in the North. What shall the
Southern orators say?
The Hon. JOSEPH WELDEN BAILEY
went to Brooklyn and made speech;
and certain Parkerite organs showed
themselves very ungrateful therefor,
They virtually told him that he'd better
stay at home. Yet Mr.. BAILEY's only
crime was that he was too cautious about
the tariff. II fellow is not to be al
lowed to talk about the tariff, what can
he be allowed to talk about7 !
Col. HENRY WATTERsoN was received
with such q frosty hand in New York
that his great heart Is all but broken.
II the judicious WATTRRsoN oan't-satisfy
the Democratic critics, who can?
The distinguished Southern Demo-
Gratis will have to be put under censor
ship. The Southern Democrat whom
the North would most like to hear hasn't
been ordered North. His name is BEN
yAMIN RYAN TIII.MAN. He has habit Of
saying what he means. That won't doin
New York and New Jersey this year.
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r. W. RHINELANDER's WIZ.
No Public Requests OF Estate Goes
10 Seven Children.

The will Of Frederic W. Rhinelander,
president OF the Metropolitan Museum OF
Art, who died on Sept. rs. was filed Tor
probate yesterday. It contains no public
or charitable requests, but divides the
entire estate. which Is believed TO be worth
more than a million, among the testator's
immediate relatives.
The will was executed on May d. 1901.
and the three sons, Frederic, Thomas and
Philip Rhinelander, are named as executors.
In their petition for probate they value tho
estate at -over SO 900 In both real and
All MI. Rhinelander's personnel e6ecte,
including his furniture, pictures. books.
works OF art. ornaments, jewelry, silver.
ware, plate, china, glass and articles OF
yitu are to tf EtSs K;na end
Mrs. Frances L. Morgan-Jones. They are
at liberty to distribute the various articles
among their relatives In such manner o.
they deem fit.
shares, Of which the three sons and the two
oldest Of the daughters get one each abso-
lutely. The shares Of the two other
dau ghter, Mrs. Morssn,Jonss ani Ahcs :.
Rhinelander, are to be held In trust for them
by the executors, who may, however, In
their discretion turn over the principal 70
the legatees.
OF the remaining share. thrss-fourths
will remain In trust FOR o grandnhilds Heln
Cameron. till she Is rs years Old, whe9 she
will get the principal, whila the ranAanirR
fourth goes to, Lewis Camsto9, Mas
be held at a surrender value Of SO 900 cash
should tho executors conclude 70 terminate
this trust
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Without any interest in the onion market
and purely as sociological 'agrioulturaists, .
We record these accounts OF the commercial
talents Of fragrant flower:
"Mr. T. c. ME OF Laredo stated at the Farmers
Congress In July that he had grown 10000 pounds
OF onions on one acre az Two cents pound. This
means 81 600 per acre In less than six months The
Alexander brothers OF Laredo. a couple of Texas
cowboys, planted last fall forty acres Of onions.
They sold their entire crop for cash to q commits
sion merchant In Pittsburg. Pa, for SIS 600. Che
entire OF Seeds fertilizers crates and labor was
$1,000 This left these boys 81 600 for less than
six months Of labor"
Wealth to the onion raiser health to the
onion eaterl II these figures lie not but
stand, the country will soon be onionized.
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Laurier and Chamberlain.

The expected announcement OF the
dissolution of the Canadian Parliament
and the call for national election came
yesterday. The voting in Canada will
occur on Thursday, Nov. 8, five days be-
fore our own Presi dental election.
While other issues will play their part
In the coming election, the most i'm
portant issue Of the campaign will I'M
doubleday be that Of Capada's fiscal
policy. This presents two prominent
features, with third which, although
incidental, will have its place in the con-
sideration, These are: the question of
Increased protection to Canadian manu-
featuring industries; Canada's attitude
toward CHAMBERLAIN's plan; and, for
the third and somewhat less direct
feature, her relations with the United
States. ,... ..
The Canadian Manufacturers Associa-
ton is an influential organization rep
resenting hundreds of millions Of dol
lars of invested capital. AT it's meeting
in Montreal few days ago its tariff COM
mittee reported, with satisfaction, the
continued growth OF "a national proteo-
ton, sentiment" While ~ the men,
bsrs OF the association are not extreme
protectionists, this report is campaign
straw OF no little significance.
An indication OF the confused political
sentiment Of the Dominion lies in reso-
luton passed at the same meeting, re
affirming the associations support Of
Mn CHAMBERLAIN's preferential trade
proposals.. Against this thep must
be set Sir WILRRIp LAURIER's speech
before the same body on the following
day, The Liverpool Daily Post sum-
married. the Premier's remarks as fol-
lows:
Sir wnrRlp LAuRIKR Is ready TO bargain but
win DO 90 the principle that Canada Is o nation
LAunrm 10 ready to conclude with ths mother
eovntry treaty Of commerce, tuA - hs n ready
% eonoiudesuoh win Australia thgtnitcd4 ssatns,
Yrancoor Germany or.any -otnercoun There