Mr. Van Allen, Who Was

ni ii hp It-a'.iam misHioii by President Cleveland, declines 1'he pOBitiOO b ■- cause of tbc a&ram eriticisms of tii ■ jilos. A sensible act. As he li . me ver obfcained any prominenee in any tteW ot labor, tihöUgfot or action, ,-nnl la knuwii only as tih-e man -uiio niiirrieil int o I he very -vealthy Astor lainily, and lias tuOt A'alueil Hls citien-ihi]) in tki.s comiiry ciiuiyli to renualm ïicre to vote, iat realdea In Eurolpe iie.-uiy all the lime, it. is quite proper tbat he ehould decline it. He bas HO business wlttl bucIi a poelUwm: H admita gtring .SO.OOO to iQiie (U'inocralie campalgn iuiid ; but , Umi mare to curry favor -vitli ey of Enirland, wliom he apee, than tot any oiher purpoae. All ttt -wenllhy classes oí Etogland- iiJiü-ut exceptio'n- aro warm supportera ; tibe demooratlc party in Auieric.-i. emú íhe dudes, -vith W momey ïJkui braüos, who go trom here i) :i!;.le witJi tiiein, are (inite natur;iiiy nsed ae catspewa to pull the Aineïir.-iii (lioiuuis out ai the fire tJ bpemefit ol the aioreeald arlstociratsi. i 'l'lunnas A. Bdteon, thu inventor, ' gays : ''Gold is only valuablu 1 ca.U8e il is rare. It is aiot nearly so 1 ns inni, whirh is Ule real pW i ;is uncial. Aluiniuum is too soit. It is ligllit, but it laeks sireugtli. The metal of the future is nickel steel, which combines strent?th wlth pliability. Gold is not wortli as mueh as iead j ii commerre. and brasa is more llian worth iis weight In gold."