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TIIE BROOKLYN CITIZEN, DlXKUHKIi LA). 3UU7. 4 c. LZ Tiffuis jCcttcr he jStnoHim (Sifeu1 Fulten, Adams od WUlwjhbjr Stmt. General Debility Day In and day out there la that feeling Of weakness that makes harden of Itself, Food does not strengthen.

Sleep does not refresh, It Is hard tp do, hard to bear, what should be easy, vitality la on tbs ebb, end the whole system suffers. For this condition take Hoodd Sarsaparilla It vttalizeithe blood and gives vigor and tone to all the organs and functions. In usual liquid form or in chocolated tablets known as Saiaatsfcs. 100 doios $1. which tho elective official itt connected, and what chance would such an official have? It Is possible to prove dereliction against any official, from tho President down.

Men are but human, and the man who is perfect is still to be discovered. Resides, the head of an administration is largely at the mercy of his subordinates for his success or failure, but It la a new doctrine that the delinquencies, of subordinates oust it lit a sufficient reason for his removal before the legal expiration of bis lerm. What are elections for? What Is the exercise by the people of the right of suffrage, except to puss upon the efficiency or inefficiency of an administration? The Governor gave no consideration to the fart that, when as a result of tlm investigation, Mr. Ahearn learned that some of bis bureau chiefs bad been faithless, be promptly dismissed them and put others in their places, thus showing his good faith. At the most, his relation to the mal-adnilnis-tration of his subordinates called for no severer punishment than a reprimand.

It Is for the voters of Manhattan to decide, when his term expires, whether they are satisfied or dissatisfied with his administration. of anything the followers of the President can do to prevent it, The Governor, we should say, has much reason to deplore the overzeal of Ills exploiters. However well they may have meant for him, they liavo manifestly increased by a groat deal the difficulties in tho path between his present office and tho White House. There may, as wp have indicated, bo a change for the better lie-fore tho next meeting of the committee takes plaee, but no praetlral politician is likely to deny that for the present the Hughes boom is ill a demoralized condition. Moreover, the fundamental trouble will remain even if the committee should Anally allow something In tho nature of an indorsement to be given, for ho will still remain identified in the eyes of the country as a whole with the bitterest of the anti-Roosevelt combinations Whatever the politicians of this State may think it expedient 'to say in his behalf, so long as he is in a position to help or hurt them at Albany, the politicians of other States may be depended on to question tho desirability of having the party handicapped with a candidacy likely to alienate large numbers of its members.

Evcu if all tho politicians of the other States were opposed to the Roosevelt programme, they would still be likely to dwell upon the Inadvisability of giving the nomination to a man so offensively identified with opposition to the Administration, when some man less open to any such objection might bo selected, and this they will urge with tho more plausibility in view of the indisputable popularity of the President with the rank and file. It is, we must remember, a maxim PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD Bulletin. HOLIDAY TOUR TO WASHINGT. Have you ever visited This is a season of -givinp, why not give yoursblf a Christmas present of a tripto. the National Capital? You cannot visit it to better advantage than wider the auspices Df the Pennsylvania' Railroad Fcrson- ally-Conductcd System.

An unrivalled opportunity is offered in Sts Christmas Holiday Tour on December 2(5. All Pennsylvania Railroad Tdurs are high-class in eveiy1 respect. Tourists travel in special ains of the very highest grade of equipment and are quartered in the best hotels in Washington, nothing better bctfig obtainable for the rates named. Under the care of an experienced Tourist Agent, who is assisted by a Chaperon, parties see all the instructive and interesting features of Washington life all the buildings wotfli visiting, the home of the President, and the workshops of the Government. Tourists may also pay- a visit to Mt.

Vernon, the home and last resting place of Washington, at a minimum cost, as a side trip. One secs more of Washington in a short time, under the direction of the Pennsylvania Railroad than would be possible under any circumstances if traveling independently, as experience has arranged the itineraries to cover the most important points without unnecessary delays. The very low rates at which tickets arc sold for this tour, covering not only transportation, but hotel accommodations for two days, transfers from the station in Washington and other necessary expenses for three days, render this outing particularly appealing. Tickets will be sold at the low pate of $12 and $11.50. from New York and at proportionate rates from other points.

Full inforpiation concerning this Christmas outing, and-of similar tours to be run during the Winter and Spring, may be obtained from Pennsylvania Railroad Ticket Agents, or C. Studds, E. P. 263 Fifth Avenue, New York. place, and that because of Mr.

Ehlers with all experienced politicians not to 1 failure to keep this promise, some of giro unnecessary offense to anybody Mr. Watson friends contemplate pe-or any considerable Interest. That i titioning the Governor to remove the this maxim has been set at defiance by new County Clerk. In other words, a the Hughe men, is obvious to every one. THE ELSBERG LAW.

Public Service Commissioner Eustis says that the Elsberg law was discussed at the conference in Albany between the Governor and the commissioners. Tho commissioner is satis- PROPERTY OWNERS OBJECT. Think Proposed Assessment fV, Trunk Sewers Should Be Fold ky Yearly Installments, fled that private capital will not bid for c0pr-s 2C.000 plurality over Odell, fol-short-term leaseholds, and he favors the removal, showed th Entlr tJnlted Fms elation Teleirraphio 8rr1. KnUra at th Brooklyn N. Port Off! a 8ocondClM Matur.

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PARIS. HOTEL BIND A. No. IEobiUA II Reo Cembou. A SERIOUS SETBACK FOR HUGHES.

In deferring action for a month on the resolution to indorse Governor Hughes for the Presidential nomination, the New York County Committee, under the leadership of Mr. Parsons, has shown that it is, at least, not open to the charge of being inflamed with enthusiasm for the anti-Roosevelt candidate. It may be that at the next meeting the supporters of the Governor will he able to serve him more effectually, but for the present It will have to be confessed that the members of the -committee, who take their orders "from Washington rather than Albany, are masters of the situation. It Is a mere waste of time for the newspaper Btimulators of the Hughes to pretend that It has not received a setback. They were much too frank in the avowal of their purpose as late as yesterday morning, for any such excuses as they now offer to be acceptable.

Not only were they going to have the Governor Indorsed, sq they said, in the most unequivocal terms, but they were determined not to allow anything In the nature of an indorsement of the Roosevelt administration to pass. Having, as they imagined, the game in their own hands, what they had made up their minds to do was to show in unmistakable form that the Republicans of New York City were In favor of the Governor, not only because of his eminent qualifications, but because he was not in any sense what could rightly be called a Roosevelt man. Had they not felt very sure of their ground, they would have been much less resolute in their expressed determination to put a slight on the President. It may be that this over-confidence was what undid them. Had they been less aggressively antagonistic to tho President, they might have obtained a declaration favorablo to the Governor, coupled with a warm recognition of tho admirable work done by the national administration in behalf of the people at largo against predatory wealth.

As matters now stand, they will be fortunate if they succeed in securing any kind of an indorsement for their candidate, and what Is not doubtful is, that they have done him a great injury by making him, as he now is, a target for the shot of every Roosevelt marksman in the country. There was a time when it looked as If the Governor seemed likely to be exceptionally available as a compromise candidate, between the opposing elements in the party. It was argued, for a time, that he filled all the requirements bf rational reform, while giving assurance to conservative men that he would not be carried away by any rash impulses. There was nothing improbable in the prediction that when the sincere and unselfish supporters of the characteristic measures of the administration came to look oyer the field carefully, they would conclude that every public interest would be perfectly safe in his hands, while for the more or lesS alarmed capital ists of the party, there would be the guarantee afforded by'his calmness of mind that nothing of an excessively radical nature would be undertaken with his (approval. This prospect has been clouded over by the premature disclosures of the real Intention of his chief newspaper advocates.

It is no longer possible to make him acceptable as compromise. If he wins the nomination, It will have to be in spite Indvpsadsnt of Bin Soolxl, Political or Itsllglout Tho Beginning of a Movement Agoipst tho Proposed Authorization of The European Sunday in New York and the Indiscriminate Opening of Saloons and Vaudeville Show Mens Church Leagues Organise in the Interest of Public Morals and Civio Duties Many Methodist Chnrohps Represented Suggestion That All the Churches Take Part in the New Movement Liquor Dealers and Theatrical Managers Are Organised and Laymen Of the Churches Should Do the Same, Says One Speaker, Under the auspices of lbs MeuV League of Janes M. E. Church, a movement was begun in that' edifice last night, which, if wisely directed, ntny become very powerful and exorcise large influence. In response to invitations sent out to the respective Mens Leagues and representatives of forty-eight Methodist churches, there was a lnrge attendance ut the meeting held last night in the Chapel of Janes Church, ihe invited guest were notified by Chairman Sthoudclmicr, of the Committee on Organization, that the Mens League of Janes Church were de-irous of forming an allied organization of mens associations, representing every Methodist church in Brooklyn, with view to acting as one body in the interest of public morals nnd civic duties.

One of the members of the league, which has requested the co-operation of the laymen of the various Methodist churches in this borough, said to "Mul: "It is tmio for tho Christian men of this community to organize to preserve the Christian Sunday nnd to do nil in their power to prevent the City of New lork from becoming a wide opeu town on Sundays. The politicians, the theatrical managers and the liquor dealers nre all organized in the interest of the proposed establishment of the European Buiiduy on American soil. It was but a short tjine ago that the Board of Education was ready to accede to the demand of those who have no respect for the Christian Sunday that the name of Christ and Christmas hymns and Christmas exercises should bo thrown out of the public schools. It seemed for a brief spell that the Iilaws and Erlang-ers, and Hammersteins and Krauses and Frohmans and Shubcrts were determined to reinforce this demand by insisting that the theatre and vaudeville shows should be permitted -to open their doors on Sundays, and thus emphasize what had already been done in the way of showing disregard for Christian sentiment. Owing, to an aroused public sentiment the ban has been taken off tho name of Christ and the Christmas exercises in the public schools, but the Taudeyille, theatre opening question has not boon disposed of as yet.

It mist be very plain to ail thoughtful and observant citizens that efforts to establish the European Sunday in Greater New York have not ceased and will not cease unless tho clergymen and laymen of all Christian denominations, and citizens who are in sympathy with the teachings of Christianity even if they are not churchmen until they organize to prevent the proposed paganization of the -city. These are Borne of the reasons why the Mens League of Janes Church have begun the movement inaugurated to-night. At tho meeting held last nght it was stated by Secretary Schondelmier that it is prosposed to organizo a central body composed of representatives from every Methodist church in Brooklyn, so that when it should be deemed necessary, the men of all the churches could act together in behalf of civic interests and public morals. It was quite clear from the utterances of all the speakers and the general applause which greeted their remarks, that the men in this new movement are very much in earnest, and are ready to lock horns with ths politicians, liquor dealers and theatrical managers, who are credited with favoring a European Sunday. One of the speakers said; Tammany Hall has done many bold thing, hot I question that Tammany Hall will have the courage to take the stand that the Dame of Christ shall be excluded from the public schools, that Christmas exercises shall not he permitted In the public schools, and that the theatres and vaudeville shows shall be permitted to open their door on Sundays.

The Christian people of this city and those who are in sympathy with Christianity, even if not churchmen, can be relied upon to meet the politicians, the liquor dealers and the vaudeville managers on such an issue. For one, I do not think that Tammany Hall will dare to accept the issue. I do not believe that thb City of New York will be paganized, at least In our time. The Rev. Dh Bagnell, pastor of Jakes Methodist Episcopal Church, said the clergymen of Greater New York had done all in their power to itrevent the Board of Education from dealing with Christmas in a pagan way, and to prevent the city from being turned into a wide-open town on Sundays, and he added: But the hands of the clergy can be strengthened tremendously by the laymen of tho churches.

The liquor dealers organize, the theatrical managers organize, and the men of ottr churches should follow the example set them, in the way of organization by those who would desecrate Sunday and eliminate Christ from the public schools. The liquor dealers admit that the churches are stronger thsn they are, but they know that tbs churchmen are not organized as a whole. The laymen of the churches, If they shall organize, ean exercise a larger influence on the politicians than that exercised by the organized liquor dealers and others who haTe no respect for the Christian Sunday or Christianity. One of the speaker re-echoed the sentiments by Dr Bagnell, declared that the Methodists of Brooklyn could of themselves exert a great influence in behalf of the preservation of th Christian 8undny, and In repelling th encroachments of the liquor dealers. II was followed by a spanker who agreed with every word that Dr.

Bagnell bad uttered, hut who added by way be as expert In handling (he reins as the founder of the family was in hand ling the oars, but hanks to the lattera expertness in other matters also, Alfred is not obliged to drive horses for ling. If Hie insolent anarchists who entertained the crort of unreason in Cooper Union, New York, last night, by denouncing American institutlops, under which-alone they are at liberty 'to say in public what they think, were sent back to the land they came from, they might not be grateful for what they enjoyed here, hut they would in time come to a better understanding of it all than they have now It is said that the four million young spruce that arc used as Christmas trees in tho United States every year, could he grown on a plpt of a thousand acres; and perhaps there's a hint in that for some farmers with an eye to business. POLITICAL AND OTHER COMMENT When the Blind Lead the Blind. Samuel Gompcrs was Hie first to declare the principle of in wage reduction. regardless of the demand for labor, and now John Mitchell, th" president of tile United Mine Workers, lias echoed thnf declaration.

The mistake of both men is that they assume that wage reduction, if it conics, will he the result of determination on the part of employers. Tail it lie that they do not understand that wages nre subject to the same law that regulates the prices of commodities? Business reaction decreases the demand for labor, and consequently leaves an increased supply. Instead of two jobs seeking one mail, tiro men or more compete to get one job. Wages fall as the result of such a condition. Albany Journal (Rcp.l No Fear of a Glut of Gold.

Is it possible that the output of this precious metal, gold, may become so great that free gold will jet dchase the currency aa much as free silver would have done a dozen years ago. Hardly, we think, although fears have been expressed in some quarters. The tre-niondous growth of commerce under corporate enterprise nml the increase of population will be sufficient probably to prevent calamitous consequences through the glut of gold. Vastly more is required to-dnv than would have been needed a generation ago. and unless there he a great reaction instead of continued progress in our industries, incalculably' more will he utilized advantageously a generation hence than the sum which now suffices for practical purposes.

Humanity will find pient.v of use, in one way or another, for all the gold, silver, copper and coal which may be taken from thg bosom of Mother Earth. It is true, however, that the yield of gold for a year back lias been increasing prodigiously. Troy Tress (Dem.) Not a Prohibition Triumph. The official canvas of New Y'ork State is not yet published, but it will probably show an increased Prohibition vote for Judges of the Court of Appeals. Certainly it will if other counties are affected like Chautauqua.

Rut the Prohibition party will never include all' the people who are Rgainst licensing the liquor traffic. Prohibition in Kansas and Maine wns voted laregly by Republicans. Prohibition in Georgia, Alabama and Oklahoma is principally the work of Democrats. It is not therefore well to jump at the conclusion that the Prohibition party is to be a large factor in next yearR Presidential campaign. It may be.

it is trne. hut the chances are that will not he to a much greater extent than heretofore. Jamestown Tost (Rep.) Time Ripe for a Ship Canal, Nature has provided magnificently for by far the greater part of a continuous waterway from Duluth to New York, and it would lie a reproach upon American genius and public spirit if mnn should fail to do the rest. Of course the costliest nnd most gigantic part of the work would be tho connecting link between Lake Ontario and the Hudson River. The other engineering requirement would he trivial by comparison, although the one between Lakes Erie and Ontario would be a job of considerable magnitude.

Public sentiment should, be so aroused in favor of a ship canal from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic as to cause Congress to take favorable action. The newspaper and chambers of commerce van Assist wonderfully in this movement if they but take hold with a will. Surely, the time is ripe for action. Troy Pres (Dem.) Theyll Nominate Him, AnylJlr. Mr.

Roosevelt is the only Profident since Andrew Jackson, who, after six years of continuous service in the White House, was wanted as a candidate again or bad any temptation to try again. What makes the situation even more extraordinary is the fact that there are not wanting prophets who insist that whatever declaration Mr. Roosevelt may have made the nominating convention will again demand that be be the standard-bearer of his party. Schenectady Union (Rep.) Simply Gambling on the Future. This matter of dealing In Spanish castle ha been the subject of a legal dispute ithin a few days.

A member of the Chicago Board of Trade was sued for $40,000 which he had lost in option to a firm of broker belonging to the exchnnge. The case was tried by a Jury, which found that the defendant owed the brokerage firm nothing. The defendant in the lawsuit showed that the by-law of the hoard forbidding dealing in option were openly violated, and that not ft bushel out of more than 2OO.0tN),00) denlt jn hail lice a delivered. Of course not. The option gambler had no more notion of buying a bushel of wheat than the margin gambler had of buying a share of atock.

Rochester Herald (Dem.) Give Lower, Not Higher Duties. The Express is not opposed to the idea of granting more protection where a need for it can lie shown. We welcome the petition of the potters on admission that the stand-put idea ean no longer be maintained. We are willing to bis convinced that they should have more pro-teetion. though, as fur ns we hare looked Into their case, the weight of argument appear to be sgainst them.

Certainly, this is ft poor time to n-k for increased prices, fof the coat of living already la too high. Tariff revision should aim at a reduction of, the cost of living, rather than an increase. Buffalo Express (Rep.) To the Editor of The Citizen; Sir A great surprise has been sprang -upon property owner of South Brooklyn hy tlie announcement of a proposed assessment for the trunk sewers through South Brooklyn, involving an expense of over 300,000, the entire amount of ft hiih it is proposed to assess immediately upon an nre of territory extending from the Narrows on the west to Brooklyn avenue on the east, and from Graen-ft'ood Cemetery, Frospeet Park and East-era Fnrkway, on the north to Boventy-seventh street on the south In the Bay Ridge section, Avenue on the south in the Bcnsonhnrst section, and Avenue on the south in the Fiatbusb section. The property owners ars just learning of this proposed assessment, and great indignation is heing expressed by them upon learning that in some case the rate of assessment is as high as $104 per lot, and if confirmed immediately, will have to he paid within a few months time. Mqch of the property included in th ana of assessment cannot be benefited hy this improvement for years to come, becanse of the lack of lateral sewers connecting the properties with these newly constructed trunk sewers, and on this account property owners, who have been in to see me, have expressed the opinion that the only just way of levying the assessment would be on a yearly instalment plan, and that some action should be taken to bring the matter before the legislature at the next session, assuming the Board of Assessors take the position that they are powerless to grant the relief.

A large meeting of the Central Flat-bush Taxpayers Association was- held Isst evening at their meeting No. 1301 Nostrnnd avenue, and resolutions were adopted expressing indignation at the method of levying assessment and at ths high amounts proposed to be levied upon property in their and counsel wns retained to represent the association before the Board of Assessors, which meets to hear the objections text week. I attended the meeting and- explained to the property owpers the legal aspect of the situation and recommended certain action in the line of objections before tho Board of Assessors, and also advised the securing of sufficient adjournments before the Board of Assessors to enable the preparation and introduction1 of a bill in the Legislature providing for remedy. The number of property owners affected is so great, and their objection to nn immediate levying of so -lnrge assessment so fully justified that think the matter will appeal to you as of sufficient importance to give it a notice in your columns, and thus bring the matter to tho attention of property owner? who arc ignorant of the ROBERT II. HASKELL.

approves librahyb6ilding! Design for $4,900,000 Central Library Receive Sanction -of Mnnloipal Art Commission. WATSON AND EHLERS. The announcement from Republican headquarters that Mr. Reuben E. Haskell, tho youthful leader of the Twenty-third Assembly District, has been selected by the organization as counsel to County Clerk Frank Ehlers, has moved former Justice William Watson to confldo to the reporters that prior to election Mr.

Ehlers had promised to appoint him to this very same second Guden case. "The Citizen does not believe that Judge Watson will be a party to any such method of evening up a score, for he is capable of getting redress in a manner mqre compatible with his reputation. Besides, the Guden removal on the flimsy charges provoked by a private grievance, was exceedingly unpopular in Kings County, as Mr. lowing We have no doubt that Justice Wat son tells the truth, but this is not the first occasion where an elected official has changed his mind. Mr.

James Dunne was accorded similar treatment under even more aggravating circumstances by Sheriff Hester-berg, but Mr. Dunne did not run to the Governor for redress. He got it at the polls by the votes of Democrats, who took this method of rebuking the men responsible for Mr. Dunne's turn down. Judge Watson is an eloquent gpoer, an experienced politician and has a host of friends.

He is capable of requiting an Injury without adopting the tactics of a squealer. THE PANAMA CANAL. Col. Goethals, Englneer-In-Chief of the Panama Canal, is reported as holding the view that 100 feet will give a sufficient width of locks to accommodate all the shipping that will ever pass through the waterway. The latest proposed battleship is, he observes, but 90 feet beam, and she could get through a lock 100 feet wide without difficulty, while any greater width would be a possible cause of injury to the vessel and the lock because the wider the lock the greater opportunity the vessel has to swing from side to side.

However, the question of the proper width, he thinks, should be left to the Navy to determine; and if the efficiency of a battleship that can use the 100 foot lock, is materially less than that of one requiring 110 feet width, the lock ought to be of that width. This is a qualification of his first view that seems justified by the increasing size of ships, commercial and naval. There were few ships of a-greater width than 60 feet ten years ago; now there are many of 70 and over, and the new Cunarders have a beam of 88 feet Perhaps within the next ten years we shall have the vessel with a beam of 100 feet or and there is no reason to think that tho largest afloat will not want to use the canal to shorten their course on both oceans. Better have the locks laTger than ne ccssary than too small; though It would, of course, he better If there were no locks at all. The explosion In the Darr Mine (at Jacobs Creek, yesterday was the third disaster of the same kind In that coal belt within the past nineteen days, the two others having occurred in the Naomi Mine near Fayette, and in two at Monongah, West and the three together have caused the death of about 600 men.

That the Government will find some means of preventing these disasters is probable; but, It la worth while to suggest now, that If the explosive gases canont he removed as they appear, the mines should be lighted by Incandescent elec' trict lamps with an attachment to carry away the heat generated. In view of the advancement made of lata In steam, electric and other means of vehicular movement, It Is Interesting to hear of Alfred G. Vanderbilts project to "run a public coach with a four-horse team, one way dally, be tween London and Brighton, a distance of E2 miles, and for hire, the charge per passenger to be 82.50 for a single trip. The remark In the New York Times dispatch, that Mr. Van derbllt is one of the best four-in-hand whips in America may be taken as an Intimation that he proposes to drive the coach himself.

He may, indeed, of friendly comment upon tho remarks of the speaker who hud spokeu of wbat organized Methodism could do; It is irue, as one speaker has satu, that Abraham Lincoln once declared that Methodism was mighty force which had upheld his hands, and it is a great force in this day. But I would respectfully suggest that this movement he made broader, and not confined to the Meth; odist denomination. I have no doubt that there are many good rresbyteriaus. Congregntlonalists, Baptists and men of other religious denominations who would heartily join in fhc movement begun tonight and march with you shoulder to shoulder. Get all of the churches to engage in this movement and it will he irresistible.

Judging from the opinions expressed to Mul last night after thd, adjournment of the meeting, he is inclined to the belief that the movement will be broadened, hut whether that shall he done or not, it is very clear to the writer that the politicians and the liquor dealers and the Uieatrieal managers will have to face organized opposition of a more formidable character than any yet faced by them in years. "The Citizen hs editorially warned the liquor dealers and those, who seem disposed to make of New York city a wide-open city, that they may yet have to confront the temperance wave which has swept over many Stntes of the Union, notably in the South and YCcst. The Citizen has editorially warned the men who want to open all sorta of Sundny shows, 'and the liquor dealers ft ho want larger freedom in the matter of running saloons, that they will act wisely if they shall moderate their demands and refrain from ignoring Christian sentiment. The official organ of the liquor trade In the YYest, the Champion of Fair Flay, recently said editorialy to its readers; You will need all your resources, all your grit, all your strength and all your united power to preserve your rights and privileges against the flood tide of unreasonable and unreasoning prejudice. One of tho Manhattan liquor organs, Beverages, recently said regretfully: Various forms of viciousncss seem to fasten to the liquor traffic with the tenacity of barnacles.

The Wine and Spirit Gazette. of Manhattan, recently warned the liquor men: The license system Is in peril and the business interests dependent upon it perpetuity are threatened with disaster. Jefferson County, Alahuma, in which is the greatest labor city of the South, Birmingham, recently decided to try prohibition and the temperance people won with the assistance of the labor clement. Six -tates of the Uniou have recently passed prohibition lea s. Ono square mile of Chicago, is dry because of the vole taken under a local option measure.

Even Kentucky, the former stronghold of the distillers, has for the larger -irt of the State gone dry hy decisive mejoritlc at the polls. The temperance wave Is certainly sweeping over the country, and if the liquor dealers of New York city and the theatrical managers do not cxer. else" great care to avoid offending Christian sentiment, they are likely to have cause for deep regret. W. H.

M. (Mul.) CURRENT HUMOR. "I dont rend ns many gold-brick swindles aa I used to, anld the man who watchea th newa. "No," answered ghe mnn with the diamond breaetptn, whnta the- nee of going to the trouble to flx up sold brick when you can get bigger returne on a proepectuet" JVaxhlngton star. "The congregation paid up every cent of my back salary to-day? announced the village minister.

"How In the world did they happen to do thatt queried hit astonished wife. "I announced from tho pulpit, exclaimed the good man, unless I got It would not be able to take the three-month vacation I hid planned. Chh-ago News. Benevolent Old Gent Do you And a sailor' life a very dangerous one? Old amt Oh, yea sir; but fortunately It ain't often we sits Into port. Punch.

And you were never concerned In graft of any kind?" "Never," answered Senator Sorghum; "the name had not been Invented when I laid the foundation for my present fortune. Washington Star. "Ten thousand volumes!" exclaimed the visitor, looking In amezement at lha coxtly books that lines the shelves In the privets library. "How In the world do you expect ever to And time to read them? -To reed them?" echoed the owner, equally astonlshod. "How In the world do you expect a connoleeeur tn rare books to find tune even to open them? Chicago Nsws, repealing the twenty year li-tt In the law.

Neither Is the city, he contends, able to finance additional subways unless money spent for rapid transit purposes is taken out of the debt limit. The Governor realizes that failure on the part of the commission to solve this city's pressing transit problems will discredit his administration, and hence his keen interest in its work. Besides hearing from the commissioners as to the causes for the delay, he has obtained from President Shonts, of the Interborough Company, an exPer opinion as to the transit needs of Manhattan. The point to he steadily borne in mind by the public in ail this discussion is that the fundamental object of the Elsberg law is contained in the provision, which enables the city to construct and operate subways, in the event of the failure of private capital to meet the people's needs. The question of leasehold is a minor one, and The Citizen is in accord with the commission in regarding the twenty year limit as a bar to investment of private capital.

We are, however, not oblivious of the fact that under cover of this correct demand, the transit monopoly and its legislative agents will surreptitiously seek to repeal the clause permitting the construction and operation of subways by the municipality. In this matter eternal vigilance is the price of safpty, and it behooves real friends of the people to keep a sharp eye on the legislative "accelerators. It is of the highest civic Importance that the city shall not he put at tho mercy of the privately owned transit monopolies. AHEARNS RE-ELECTION, The election of Mr. Ahearn to succeed himself as Borough President is regarded in some quarters as an illegal act.

Tho Mayor, who presided at the meeting of the Manhattan members of tho Board of Aldermen, charged by tho charter with this duty, raised the point prior to the balloting, that Mr. Ahearn, by virtue of his removal by the Governor, is ineligible during tho remainder of the term. Although tho majority of the Aldermen present overruled the Mayor, we shall not presume to pass upon the question, which is purely for the courts to decide. Waving aside the legality of the election, and considering It from the layman's standpoint, the action of the members of Mr. Ahearn's party In electing him to fill the vacancy caused by his removal by the Governor, was, in our opinion, justified by the circumstances of the case.

The Governor explicitly relieved Mr. Ahearn of any charge of official dishonesty. He based the removal wholly on what he declared waa proved Inefficiency. Admitting that Mr. Ahearns administration failed tq meet the standard of efficiency set by the City Club and the Governor, It does not follow that he should be removed.

It Is a monstrous doctrine that an elective official responsible to the people resid' ing In the Borough of Manhattan, and absolved from any charge of personal dishonesty, shall be subject to ejectment by a State official for no other reason than Inefficiency. Why, if this doc trine were to be Incorporated in our political annals, what official would be safe from removal? Given a hostile Commission of Accounts, with power to Investigate, a Governor of an opposite political faith, and a local press unitedly against the organization, with The Municipal Art Commission has approved the designs for a fonr-story and attic building to be occupied by the Brooklyn Public Library as a central library building. It ufill he erected at an estimated cost of $4,300,000 on the ft trapezoidal plot bounded by Prospect I Park Plaza, Eastern Parkway, Flntbushy' avenue and Underbill avenue extension. The building will be of steel skeleton construction, fted. with limestone above the base course and granite below.

The side of tile building facing nn the Eastern Parkway will contain all the executive offices and departments of gen- eral administration of the Brooklyn Public Library system. -The basement will be need for the storage of supplies. The second, or main floor will contain tho apprentice classroom and tlm inter- change and traveling library. The I floor will contain the Library of Congress catalogue and the catalogue department, The group of rooms devoted exclusively to the use of the public will occupy the central portion or the building, -the Flat- bush avenue side and a small portion of the Underhill avenue side. It will in- i elude the mniu and special reference room, delivery rooms nml rooms for ex- hibition purposes, tho children's rending room, the library for flic blind, the uews-paper rending room, the public document room, the teachers reference room, the I scientific periodical room, the emergency hospital, etc.

Th main staekroont' ft ill face the en- I tension of Underhill avenue nnd will be equipped with thirteen tiers of ijtcel book 1 stacks. 1 A BUSINESS CALENDAR. "The Brooklyn CitisenV dsr fop 1908 will ke ready for dts tribntion on Monday, Deo. S3. To secure one, out ont coupon on first page of next Sundays Citizen" and present sama at tke main afllea..