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11 our Irlendi irln > uror ui ictlh manutertptiTtiMtznon for
TtiMtznon wish to hare itltctfil rtrlleles returned IIVmluf
rnuil tnall cntei itnJ itjmpi tor that purposeTlie
Tlie Sensitiveness of David IIHillMr
Mr HiMiB npr > enl to tho State larrclaton
Association for n decision BH to thl
cleanliness of his professional rclntiuiwith
with tlio Kcjuitablc is 1 most respeotftbliproceeding
proceeding It leaves no ground iomiHpecting
miHpecting him of having clodded tinArmntronK
ArmntronK romniltten nut Mr HUOHKSIlls
Ills falluro to appear boforo that coininitteo
initteo was duo to renl physical disabilityfrom
from which ho haw only just now recoverod
erod I the Armstrong committee wonvot
vot in session ho would yo before it nowUnder
Under tho circumstances he resortpromptly
promptly to the only competent nntavailable
available tribunalThere
There is manliness nnd thorn is dignityin
in Mr HIMR voluntary statement to theHaf
Haf Association that tho services rendered
dered by him t the Equitable werewholly
wholly and strictly those of a lawyerthat
that his employment by tho society watunsolicited
unsolicited by himself nnd that henamed
mme honorably and fairly every dollar
lar paid to him during the period of hifiretention
retentionWe
We have had frequent occasion tofipoak
fipoak harshly of Mr HIM and we mayhave
have occasion again for similar expressions
Ion For tho reason that THE SUN hasregarded
regarded many of his political activitiesus
us pernicious in the extreme discreditable
able t himself in the political sense andunfortunate
unfortunate for the party which hasbeen I
been handicapped by his leadership wonre
nre the quicker to suy that in our opinionit
i was hardly necessary for him to declare
clare that ho has always kept business iand
find politics apartWe iWe
We do not think tlie severest criticsbe
be has encountered during a long andvicjsaitudinons Ivic8iuoinolH
vicjsaitudinons nnd somewhat deviouspolitical Ipoltcal
political career have over looker uponoxGovernor
oxGovernor HILL as n grafter l business InesR
ness politician a trnfllckor in poltiI
cal influence n pervcrtor of politicalopportunity
opportunity to personal gnin And tohis
his honor bo this saidThe
The rresliUiillnl Office In FranceWhen
When on January 17 the Senate andChamber
Chamber of Deputies meeting in jointsession
session at Versailles clouted M Cifi ME NTAKMAND I
AKMAND KALLIKKS to l > e President ofthe
the French Republic they did but obeytho I
tho mandate issued on the previous dayby
by n caucus of all tho Republican factionsTho I
Tho successful candidate however hadnot
not many votes to spare and the fact thatI I
I ho supporters of his competitor 1
DouMKit who presides over tho Chamberof
DOI ml I
of Deputies numbered 170 as against 440showed Ihowed
showed that a considerable breach hadlioen
lioen made in the socalled bloc or coalition
ton of Radicals andSocialists which IIUHdominated
dominated the popular branch of thoFrench
French Legislature since r WALDECKROUSSEAU
became Premier The
ROUSSEAU success
cess of 1 FAIJIKKS who is a somewhatcolorless
colorless person of the typi of PresidentIiOUiiET
IiOUiiET is credited to 1 CifiMEvcEAUwho
who U exported to bouumu once morethe
the power behind the throne as he wasfor
for some years before tie explosion ofthe
the Panama scandal in which he likeM
I ROUVIEH was involvedTho
Tho record of successive elections totho Ithe
the Presidential office bears witness tonn
nn instinctive reluctance to intrust thofunctions
functions of Chief Magistrate to a man ofstrong
strong character and commanding > erponality
ponality The fate of tho Second FrenchRepublic
Republic which perished at the hands ofn
I President chosen by the people wasfresh
fresh in remembrance at the time whentho
tho Versailles Assembly by which theconstitution I
constitution of 1875 was framed decidedthat
President of the shouldl
that the Republic fhould I
l > e designated not by a plebiscite but bythe
the Legislature For this provision theymight
might have found a precedent in our ownArticles
Articles of Confederation but it is probable
able that they had in mind the existingconstitution
I onstuton of Switzerland under whichtho
i tho President is but ono of seven executive
tive councillors who are chosen by the1ederal
1ederal Assembly which itself is madeup
up of the Council of States and theNotional
Notional Council corresponding to ourSenate I
Senate and House of RepresentativesThe
The President of the Swiss Confederation
ton however holds office but for 1 singleyear
year and the constitution expresslyprovides
provides that he shall not be electedPresident
President or VicePresident for the ensuing
suing twelvemonth whereas the President
dent 0f the French Republic holds officefor
for seven years ant is eligible for reelection
electionThe
The President of the Third FrenchRepublic
Republic though he hits been lau hedat
at as a functionary who neither reignsnor
nor governs has powers which at acritical
critical conjuncture mid in tho handsr
> r w resolute and unscrupulous manmight
might prove subversive of free instjtutions
toll I is true that all of his nets to bevalid
valid must be countersigned by a Minister
ter but he win select the Ministers andinasmuch
inasmuch us tho members of the ham ilx
lx > r or Deputies arc in > t divided into twoo
r o t parties but split into many facijoil
ijoil there is n wide range for the exerrisfftif
risfftif discretion He conceivably mightfill
fill o Cabinet with blind instruments ofhis
his will who if the Parliament were notin
in session might execute a coup iTftatKVMI
KVMI when tho Parliament is sitting thopowers
powers of tho KxcRiitivc are theoretically
pal considerable Thus the Presidentthnjjgh
thnjjgh he lias no veto mny require thoChambers
Chambers to reconsider n bill Theright
right has never hen used but it verylikely
I likely would bo if a Cabinet which hadpnsgFil
I pnsgFil girnn bill should be succeededby
I by nnolhr hostile to ho measure Thenngiin
I ngiin tlf President with the consentof
of tlii Sin to dMilvn th
1 li1t on Chamberf
t f DciUlic although this power hast
seldom been need I was exorcised in
1877 by President MAcMAHONWo
Wo should likewise note that in Francetho
tho President has power to make treatiesalthough
although those dealing with war andpeace
peace with commerce or Imposing nbunion
bunion on the national exchequer oraffecting
affecting the persons or property ofFrench
French citizens in foreign countries orchanging
changing the territory of Franco require
quire ratification by both ChambersYet
Yet while the consent of the Chaml > erHis
is constitutionally required for I declaration
ration of war tho French Executive hasmanaged
I managed to wage war without It in Tunisnnd
and Tonquin on one pretext or anotherH
I is further to ho bornu in mind thatunder
under tho French constitution I verywide
wide field of secondary legislation Iscovered
covered by tho ordinances or decreesof
of tho Executive Filly in Franco theExecutive
Executive is less strictly held to thoappropriations
appropriations voted by the Chambersthan
than ho is in the United States Certainchapters Ichapters
chapters of the budget are annuallydesignated
designated to which additions can bomade
made by a decree of tio President issuedwith Iwith
with tlio consent of thc Council of Ministers I
whilo in and unforeacencoses
ters whio urgent ant I
coses arising when the Parliament is notin
in session the Executive has power notonly
only to incur the expenses called for bythe
the emergency but also to borrow themoney
money which i oonmdera itself to needTho
Tho notion therefore that Germanywould
would gain anything by invading Francodurinc
durinc a recess of the lattors Locisla
turo is a mistaken oneReflection
Refection upon tho latent and elastipowers
powers of tho Executive under the constitution
stitution of 1875 powers perhaps Intended
tended by some of the framors to facilitato
tato I transition from a republic t 1
monarchy enables us to understand thpreference
preference exhibited by the Chamberwhen
when choosing a President for mon lko
GREW SADICAHNOT FAUHE LOUIIFand
and FAMIEJIES instead of GAMRETTand
and JULES FKRKVThe
Tie Isle of Tines TreatyThe
The Senate Committee on ForeignRelations
Relations has tho Isle of Pines treatyunder
under consideration I is reported thatimportant
important changes will bo mude in theterms
terms of tho proposod conventionThere
There Ls a disposition to strike outArticle
Article II of the present instrumentwhich
which declares that the relinquishmentof
of claim to title by tho United Statesis
is in consideration of the granttt of coaling
ing and naval stations made by an earliertreaty
treaty This Ls H commendable proposition
sition I tho Isle of Pines is held tobo
bo Cuban territory any American claimwhich
which may have ben set up should berelinquished
relinquished as a matter of right and notas
as tho basIl of I trade The idea of 1Cs
cession of American territory or ovontlio
the relinquishment of a claim to territory
tory upon the basis of a trade is untenable I
i
tenableWhile
While the proposal to secure for AmericaA
icaA residents In the island certain rightsand I
and privileges ns a condition of relinquishment i i
quishment docs somewhat strain thesituation
situation such an arrangement mny boeffected
effected without serious difficulty Theisland
island is now a pat of the province ofHavana
Havana and of the judicial district ofliojucal
liojucal I the island area be estabjished
jished as 1 distinct municipal districttho
tho Cuban constitution provides for itsadministration
administration inn manner which wouldgive
give its residents a large control of theirown
own affairs The constitution providesthut
that rrtunicipn1 districts should b governed
erned by municipal councils and n MayorCouncil
Council and Mayor are elected by directvote
vote of tho people of the district Municipal
ipal councils are empowered to decideall
all matters that relate exclusively tomunicipal
ul reate
municipal districtsUnder I
Under the rule provided for municipalgovernment
government in Cuba the Pineros couldregulate
regulate their own taxes and expenditures
tures and select their own officialsThey
They could run their schools streetsbridges I
bridges and police us they saw fit Tholaws
Ibut
laws would necessarily be those of Cub
but the Spanish codes arc admittedlya II
a most meritorious system and theirproper
proper application would leave little tobe I
b dCi red i
A treaty which would give effect totho
tho terms and provisions of the Cubanconstitution
constitution with perhaps a few modifications I
fications would give to the Americansresident
resident in the Isle of Piycs a large ameTsurexxf
meTsurexxf selfgovernment as theywould
would get at homeThe I
I
The Jrosvcnor GRUel and Sociological i
logical GenreCiQnernl I
CiQnernl CHARLES HENRY OROSVENORis
is making u speech on the Philippinetariff
tariff bill Turn away from the Dingleytariff
tariff the Walker tariff and other greatmatters II
matters mentioned by the good Athenian Iian
ian Homelier scenes invite GeneralQROSVKNOK
QROSVKNOK is no General SCHKVKNothing
Nothing but Old Maid for him Heaccuses iUCCUfCS
Xothili IPike
accuses the Hon BEACCHAMP CLARK ofPike
Pike county Mo of quoting from C disreputable
reputable authority the poker tableMr
Mr CIAKK I raised you LaughterMr
Mr OROSVKNOH llr rtlwd us I rto notnow
Imow what that mMns renewed laughter butI I
I will try to NC what thrrc Is In the propositionFlrnrwod
Flrnrwod lau bter1r
Mr Vn oxYou will cal him will youIf
I this dialogue hardly forces thereader
reader to hold both his sides he is toremember
remember that the national game naturally
rally interests national statesmen andhat
hat it has enriched the bright lexicon
Df politics with stand pat standpatter
patter and etandpattism GeneralSnoavKNons
SnoavKNons innocence is known Hobelieves
believes that jack is ancientIrinking
belcel tlt a pot on ancent
Irinking vessel Behold him ow asirbiter I
arbiter of a delicate question of tasteind
ind electioneeringMr IMr
Mr IONowoBTh Would Ihr crntlrman rn1i ia
a box ol the avrrngr Mania clears In f ronMliiicnlit i
01 his whose x ilr hf wantedMr IMr
Mr finnsTrNon I would tun I would 1n It Inhis iIhl
his way I would say Irsi My Irlfiid I rtn notmoUf I
moUf thrrfforr T to not know anythlnc abouthrsf Itht
hrsf 1 these at not 11 to smokr you ran usrhjn IIh
hjn as curiosities In that w y I might tiecmpted
cmpted Io do I but t would not rend a box to lie i
killed ctntleman ray collcajue whose rod tastend
aDd accuracy of Judgment In these matters areirovcrblal I
irovcrblal who has addressed me Just nowMr
Mr IirrLiniLDThat Is If you wanted toiilntaln
iilntaln Ills friendshipSuppose
Suppose porno wag 1 Democraticcoundrcl
coundrcl in General GnosvKjfons dlerict
tric should send every voter therein 1
box of Filipino figard worse tlinu tho
worst and therewith a polite typewrittenrequest
request to try these little brown brotherswith
with tho compliments of Yours SincerolyC
C H GKOHVKXOK A terrible means ofInfluencing
Influencing elections Inc beating tho bestman
man oven Mr LmLKrlKLO himselfFrom
From luxuries to necessities Salt If
on the table The Hon H Ito EPAYNE
PAYNE remembers that when he was aboy
boy on the farm his father always considered
sidered it necessary to huvn Turks Islandsalt
salt to cure hit meat with That isthreequarters
threequarters of a century ngo saysMr
Mr eAU irreverently Mr PAYVEwho
who was born in 1813 confesses to halfa
a century Mr CLAIm as erti thatthere
there is not a country on GODS earththat
that cal compete with Kansas Kansas
Well MrChairman
sas ever froflh and fair Wcl
Chairman when I was a boy GeneralJnosvEXOit
JnosvEXOit begins That wits about Icentury
century ago cries the Missotirian Iremember
remember the Ohioan continues going
ing with my father in nn ox cart conveyance
veyance ox cart conveyance is gootlnearly
nearly thirty miles to trade wheat forsnlt
snlt That was in good olu Democratictimes
times Ho might have added that Ingood
good new Republican times the farmergoes
goes in nn automobile conveyance andtrades
trades by telephone or telegraph Whichchange
change like every other improvementfrom
from antiseptic surgery to wireless telegraphy
raphy is doubtless due entirely to highprotective
protective tariff Still the strong religious
ligious element in General GiioavENpRsnature
nature induces him to make a slight
concessionMr
Mr Ill noes the gentleman admit lhaNew
New England has born brought up by hand timingiovernmcnt
iovernmcnt aidMr
Mr iBOsVFNOR Yes under GOD and the Republican
publican parly ILniitliterlMr
Mr WlLLtAMsMr Chairman I want to recocnlzc
nlzc the unusual mugnanlmlly of the gentlcmaifrom
from Ohiounusual for himIn naming fion IhhtDcr
once as the sealor member uf the firm K calaughter
tDcr 11 Iieallau
lau herBut
But Genera QROSVENOR is never apito
to make Cardinal VTousKVH mistakeHe
He says By the grace of GOD if youplease
please and of Mr DINCILEY FromUiese
Uiese little bursts of religious fervor hedeviates
deviates into sarcasmI
I am sorry for MaMachusettn I tvlsh I coulddo
do something to cheer tier up I lanl to knowwhat
what kind of people th > y luve down thereThat
That Is In New ICiigbud you know I was horI
I Nov Kngland and 1 am proud of the farlThi8
Thia is a strange method of consolation
ton As if New England hadnt troubleenough
enough already without having GeneralGitosvENOR
GitosvENOR fling his birth in her faceMassachusetts
Massachusetts is not to blame howeverThe
The General sprang into being in Pomfret
fret Conn Mr HENRY of that Statetells
tells him that New England is proud ofthe
the gentleman Xo doubt the gentlemans
in the town history
mans portrait appears
tory Did he have to f > ay or was ho onthe
the free list We must not wonder intosuch
such curious inquiry but record reverently
ently this ornithological del ai
Why Mr Chairman the very birds that singIn
In the trces of llusum Common attune their melodious
dious voices to the refrain of the protective tariffEvidently
Evidently the o birds arc not roostingon
on the Massachusetts Republican platform
form but the tariff as I Bong n joyouscarol
carol itsbchedules trilled and flourishedwhat
what sweet Grosvrnorian
n GrosJoriln fancyA
A Joint in oratory General GROSVEXOR
XOR saysI
I havent alI peroration 1 dunl make themCurious
Curious SULZEI and COCKMAX dontmake
make anything elseSo
ese81ardllll
81ardllll fur JlrcSo
So far the hunt for heroes eligible toreceive
receive the benefits of I great fundestablished
established by I wealthy American hasprovetl
proved very disappointing Instead ofbeing
being put to it to mae income meetoutgo
outgo the trustees find it impossible toscare
scare up enough true blue simon puredyed
dyed in the wool heroes to make anappreciable
appreciable hole in their funds Manypromising I
promising leads nre followed manynewspaper i
newspaper herons and heroines nrechased I
chased to earth but few indeed are thosewho
who meet the standard established bythe
the regulations of the fund One or twoa
C year out of the great population inwhich
which the hunters seek those whom theymay
may glorify The majority of applicantsturn
turn out unworthyThis I I
This result of the effort to systematizeand
and concentrate the hero glorifyingbusiness I
business Is not surprising When thefund
fund was established two ear ago itwas I
was recognized that it would attractmany
many impostors and that the men and I
women whom its donor was ansious toreward
atiou8
reward would be the last to push themselves I
selves to the front The medal cravingselfadvertising
selfadvertising hero is likely to showa i
a shady record when his deeds are fullyexplained I
explained Tho Inn or woman whoaccomplishes
accomplishes a really heroic act is notof i
of the stuff that asks rewards fromtrustees
trustees of funds or seeks recompenseor t
or recognition from any public or semipublio
publio source Rather tho Arsonssought
sought for by the agents of this Pitts iburg
burg institution are of the class thatshrink
shrink from publicity depreciats theirown
own deeds nnd want them forgottenTlie
The fact that no new awards were madeat
at the second annual meeting of tho HeroFund
Fund Commission does not mean that noheroic
heroic deeds have ben performed recently
cently in the territory it covers Likemean
mean acts heroic n < t persist in about Ithe
the usual proportion regardless of fundsmedals 1medals
medals grants of mofcey or the like Norshould
should it be argued that the hero fundlias
his failed entirely of its purpose Itprovides
provides pleasant job at fair pay to anumber
number of persons in various capacitiesand
and thus decs goodIcrntan
Icrntan shipping companies know athing
thing or two In addition to tho witwldleRwhich
which they pet from the German Government
men for cjiendiiiK thonntlorml comnercothuy
they also help to develop tho commerce ofother
other countries and get wihsidies for thntwork
work too Tho latest turn of t hid kind Is withChile
Chi Th Chilean Government havingpractically
practically no merchant marinn of He own1Is I
Is willing to devote povoral million markspearly
pearly to Increase Its foreign trade and Itscoasting
costing trade The money is to b givenin
in subsidies Consequently new combinations
nations and organizations urn at presentictlvo
ictlvo In German shippingThe
The only difficulty about our doing theme
same kind of thing is that we havent thoilils
ilils to do it with U is disheartening Uipatriolto
American to next doorusinct8
patriolto Amercn see our
h usinct8 going into foreign hand for wantat
at ocean carrying vessels flyjuit our flag
XORTIl OF ALASKAThe
The largest unknown port of the Arctoat
at th present tie is that which xtndsbtween
between the Parry Islands the archpelage
pelage north of our continent and theNew
New Siberia islands north of Asia Noono
ono knows what may ho found In thts wldooxpal
uxpanse The only land that have heendh
discovered arc far southward toward thocott
coast of Auln where tho Jciinuette tOUlnfow
few small inlands all in eliallow wateThe
The drift of that VCKW I was In waWf tbti
i only from 180 to 260 feet deep In othlrwordl
words tho Jeannettos drift wax not onthe
the doeI HCA hut In ahallow waters whoflow of0r
flow in known an tho continental shelfIf
I Uilsunknown WM inki to depths Ir
Pooo to 12000 foot nuch UK Nanuun tounldurnl
during the drift or thu From to the nortof hof
of Aiiu tlwre IH little probability of InndillhlK
rising frori uuch dsptln Hut wheravetho
the coastal rcglol of America and Allaaro
nro low and flat nn in the tundra districtthe
the continental ohelf with clmllow waterrenting
renting on i hero uncl thsrs extendslong IIloug
long distance to the north and is likely tohe
lie crowned with inlands Ilkn tho Parry I 11and
nncK New land will first Ix sought in thnlouth
south along or near tha edge of the contlnijntal
tlnijntal shelfTwo
Two very modest expeditions will ontuthat
that region thin season Ono of them IIalreu1
alreirtly on the oilgo of i Tun Sllv 1mreferred
referred to tho little party headed by A I
Harrison which descended tha ftackeniiRiver
River last nummor nnd hopes noxt sprintto
to reach Prinoo Patrick Island and then toIt
set out with a sledge over tlio WH ice to thowest
west in the hope of discovering land to tbonorth
north of Alaska in tho arwi known us Jleaufort
COlt SenTho
Tho leader of tho second party is atenthusiastic
enthusiastic young Dan3 nunud KlnuiMikkoltien
Mikkoltien who has ton Arctic service ontho
tho ei t coit of Greenland and in rnzJoset
Josef Land Ho has secured tho necessarfunds
funds fr m the Royal Geographical Sociotnnd
nnd a London publisher and Intends alsito
to enter the unknown expanse of BenttforSen
Sen Ho expects to hnvo four or fivo metin
in hU party ant to reach the wet coast olBanks
Dank Lund this seasonEarly
Early in tho spring of 1007 he plans toItart
start westward over the sea with dofsledges
sledges and provlslofts for 130 days HiIopes
Iopes to travel over the ic 1 little nortlof
of wet more than 30 miles to the west ofBanks
Banks Lnnd and abut 330 miles from tinnearest
nearest cat of Alaska I he should fineland
land of tnuah Importance his plan is to survey
vey it only roughly so on to learn its dimensions
mensions and then return to the coast tcfit
fit out n more effective exploring partyThose
Those are small expedition > nnd porharthey
they will be hampered by their weaknessbut
but I thero is any more Arctic land of consldernble
sldernble extent to bo discovered it is likelyto
to bo found In this very regionSprnop
Sprnop the Od Man IptTo
To IHK Kmioit or Tiu SUN Sir In fhfuailO
naino of the went Jehrivoli and nil Unit isnoble
noble In our countrys unnaU what nro mircity
city fathers oivupleil with in tliene pIpltiBtimes
times nC peace that they havent the leisureto
to clean up nnd put In ire entaliln lmp tintatim
tatim of the Krnml old man In IrlntltiK llousoSriuuro
Sriuuro KrnnkllnI
I am prompted to nsk the iiipstlon ns thisIs
Is the two hundredth anniversary of his birthmid
mid a tie wlicn his memory Is belni honoredthroughout
throughout tin land by our brethren uf thuart
art priiiirvative uf arts and others Thoappearance
appearance of the statue his Ion if been ancymore
cymore to Now Yorkers ant mur especiallyBO
BO to us printers who rewiril him as ourpatron
patron saint Situated In Mich I conspicuousfditro
fditro of our busy town and In thr very heartof
of prlntordoni It I inoiuh to Jar our typographical
graphical nerves to liuvo to look on this ploturn
urn twice dullyI
I would bo willing to contribute my miteto
to get new rulllriKs to put around It did 1 notknow
know that Father Knickerbocker has moneyto
to bur Will our worthy Mayor plcasi situp
up and take iKiticv nnd makn suiinbodyhustle
hustle about this ililnu All that wit iu > k forHiTijnmln
HiTijnmln Franklin is a sqimrt1 dealWILLIAM
WILLIAM I POCUKVNEW
NEW YORK Jan IiTlo
Tlie Isthmian KlilpwuyTo
To TIIK KlilTOl I TlIK Hi SSir pidyou
you know that all Ills pother uboul tho importance
portance of n ship ciuml to connect the twooceans
oceans is iiitdlcss Dlrl you kniw there isalready
already in existence mid presumably inoperation
operation a means of transporting shipsfrom
from ocean to ocean that makes any canaluseless
useless I you dont know rend this extract
tract from Senator llevcrldcos The YOUIIRMan
Man and tlio World PIK 127Undoubtedly
Undoubtedly the Krfitfst engineer America liayrl
yrl produced was Capl K ds WhOM fame wasworldwide
worldwide This Indiana hoy conslriKtert
slriKtert tlif Jetties nf the MIislMliil built tlifkhlp
khlp railroad ncr the Isthmus of PanamaONE
ONE OK TIIK YoiNii MKNVASIIINOKIV
VASIIINOKIV Jan IBA
A rulamnr HefulrdFrom
From lite Inibinapolln SlurVlrePrrslrtenl
VlrePrrslrtenl Kalrbank i punctuality In preUltnir
Ultnir over the highest uf Uwnmklnff Ixiillr > Is IsuhJrl
utijcrt of urncral comment There have beenew
suhJrl any VicePresidents who worked at the Joblalf
hal as nurd a Mr 1nlrhanU Ttie irldlrunClubs
Clubs new Sli Everybody Works But Ialrlanks
hanks bvs a rolllcklnc nnd tuneful wiund but Itas
has no foundation In truth I I ucre chnnzcd tofvt
JPI People Work Harder Than Fairbanks Itnlnht
nlnht lot sound to well but I would hew closero
10 the factsMr
Mr Fairbanks Is In Ills hit leather cushionedhair
hair with precise punctiliousness when the handsf
01 the Senate clock point In hlib 110011 every layVlth
Vlth the exception of 1 brief lirerval for lunchle
hr wields Ihe gavel until thr Senate ndlnurns b
hat early ur late Other Vice Presidents haveeld
held their duties oply nominal and have tone aboutver
ovr the country havtnz a goo time while I Ircslem
dent pro tem held a line over obstreperous Tlllmannd
and bellicose UalleyMr
Mr Fairbanks Is never careless In cierclslne theiresldlne
iresldlne function lie float n treat deal uliaeirrsfdlnff
irrsfdlnff His Idea seems In be that I docs nntomport
omport with the dlfnlty of n creat nation for theircsldlne
ircsldlne office of tlie Senate to pound the marblelab
lab and announce decisions while In a MttliiK posure
ure Octaslonally he makes a mistake as the bestf
01 men will rti > but lie Is not Ions In vrcrlnir aroundo
10 the rlifht taeU Any new prctldlui ottlcer lilliely
lliely to make mistakes end the Senate takes theseew
ew slips as I matter of course at for InMaiicc thetber Iolhr
tber day uhcn thf VicePresident forifnt that alotion Imoton
lotion to e Into f lecuilvc sosloti requires noote IIolt
Iolt nnd Io Insisting on putting the negative ofhe IIhe
Ihe propositionIaKH
IaKH > ws of the lmPirninURO
PirninURO Jan IB Pullman porters are dlsrunllcd
runllcd over the cutting olf nf parses No passes I
no tips Tips come from pmpld rldlnc free Theorters i
orters will Ask for hinder wages us ole of theirliltf
liltf sources of revenue bte been removedThere
There Is warThere
There U woeOn
On the 1 It I
And tho I it OFor
For tne porters protestAnd
And Its im merry JestThat
That the taw Is I arsWhen
When It alms nt the panWhich
Which of courseIs
Is thn sourceOf
Of quartersFor
For itortcisThrrc
Thrrc Is wofThere
There Is waiOn
On tht I 4 OAnd
And the 1 1 RRy
Ry the powers supemclThe
The Nine Gods of WarThose
Those passes Infernallnpasftln
lnpasftln eternalThose
Those pisses once tnorrWim
Wim recurrence diurnalTh vThr
Thr core mil the kernelI
1MI
Are theyOf
Of botherAnd
And sons of the fatherDf
Df lleAnd
And the end the last linkOf
Of the chain the last UlnV
o caIn IlnIn
In the tanzle Is not yet In right Politicians theatretniycrs
ranaer anil porter have hid their turn Who
111 ucil v T NELSON
111 comr le111 NE O
I ISWHIV RKSEAIWHDr
Dr JKiuike Opinion Thereon luid IIU IIfence
fence Bilnst Mejsrt Illnn ami l > avlTo
To Till KDITOII pf TUB StN Hit It cunhI
be of very llMlo adviintam to your readers 10tMIi
learn wluit Jlr lilim and Ur Dllvlo Uilnlme orIlll
me its an Invottfgutur or 1 of them but itIn IIII
In my judgment of profound liuporlancthat
that pnyehologlitH and other scientists trnlne
to amMirat observation and thinking hllIltrslladtu
Persuadwl to peraUtent and wrious elTortn tnHohu
HOlyu tho real iMvelilo problemThere
There Is ni > problem before the piiblln Ihlllhll
lias in It > lrrnl potentialities for good lIhl
lias this one When n man of clear hllrdKcllulillu
Hulvntlllu sHtmo like Sir Oliver Uidhe lctorIIIlIeh
much InviwtUatijii in kd ti > say ns h dlllI
I Hie Inll 3Inll Miiytulne lanuny IBOIi
i Some of u luvv proofs that the IndividualI
I lnrsUU afler divitli which arc M certain as Jlw1I
I run b Ilii liliorlous doumints of theI
I Society for Psychical itc i rcli are there for allthe
HID world to bus uud while we have cxpotcd mucfraud
I fraud nnd discredited luucli sjilrltuiillaiu WI baiculleclfil
culleclfil vvlduive uf the liiinlljlllly of rummunlcilion
lion btwcen Ibis and ntlivr worlds which deserveconsideration
considerationI
I When eminent wienlllle men of trhdlakill
I skill like Alfred IliiiwM Wnlluce ami otheI
eNcecdingly keen 11It tlllllturfl who hllvlI
I made IIIIKII study of thu tricks of vonjnrrnand
and lutvo duoplr ludkil psyrholmry ilkII
I Richard Hoditson nnd Jaimx II llyvlup tlll
us that when I hey biuun their It ydil < > Invesllgntlons
llgntlons they were iiinterlnllstlc In their IKlief
lief but cniiiu out of their Investigations convliiccd
vliiccd of the continuity of human oxlstoneithen
then flippant assertion and mere poohpoohlug
poohlug are out of plaonMr
Mr ftimi Insist that I am no scientific Inyestlgator
yestlgator On thai ho nnd I can shakihands
hands that in what I have been saylne illIIlolI
aloiit nnd havo been simply urging tliosiwho
who are iitialltled for this kind of work 10tak
take it up in earnest nnti push it to results
111 The WluiktvH Mlto tvo years uso I ualdI
I am nut attejiipllni to discover anything but anattempting
attempting to Hale clearly n problem and to uneIII
III her betier < iialineil to Ihr discovery of Its solutlon
lutlon thai 1 claim only these Mmplvirtues <
virtues If virtues they ht III The humility of nmall
man who known he does not know an ll21 the willIniness
Ininess Io state clearly the ciaci problem to hr0h
solved content to leave Us solution to the tralneipsycliolntlilk
psycliolntlilk of the Morld Inside and outside 01IInlrllI
UniversitiesI
I presume It is scnrcHy necessary for liltto
to deny the following from Mr Hinns letteiIn
In TUB HIs uf January 15Dr
Dr Funk frequently misstates facts u shornby
by hU denial In TUB SUN of February 2 that hihad
had been to Chicago last winter and bad purchased
chased spirit pictures from the Dang Mst ro whlcl
we hler proved Io he true by documentary and hjPersonal
Personal evidence of the Ilang sistersThis
This wa Ihe mistake of n reporter Tnever
never denied directly II Indirectly any oltho
tho facts in the cose not one On the contrary
trary before a word was said in the papersabout
about this limttcr I showed the plrlures toMr
Mr Davis and told him hul how whereandwhy
why 1 secured them and finked him to helpjne
jne to gel nt the correct explanation believinghim
him an expert In jugglery work Then whenthe
the reporters wot the affair mixed I correct dIt
It over my own name In a card U > tho pressIt
It Is not noces ary to redeny Jlr Itlnneextended
extended iteiwrtlnn nboiit the experimentsimido
imido at a private house I find that not oneof
of the others present so misunderstood meNotwithstanding
Notwithstanding Mr Illnn grows merryover
over becoming as a little child In Investigations
gations Iet me once more onote ThomasHuxley
Huxley wltli special emphasis upon thewords
words every preconceived notionSit
Sit down before a fact as a little child be prepared >
pared io give up every preconceived notion followhumbly
humbly wherever and to whatever ahyue natureleads
leads or you shall learn nothing Thr Life andLetters
Letters of Iluitey by htssiin Volume I pageZJJAnd I
And loethe tells 1111 that wlion he set aboutto I
I to learn any new truth lie tlrst rmptled himself
self of all Knovledse until h imiilii feel aslie i
I lie fell when he bvvan to learn his AntI
I Humility IH ever tho entrance way to thetemple
temple of truth lilt It i well to rememberthe
the profound distinction between beingchildlike
childlike and childish and I think 1 for oneeffectively
effectively si remember I K FUNKNKW
NKW YOIIK Jan IHOn
On tile Need of n school fur MlenoATo
To TIIK Kplioit OK TIIK SlSSir Fortwenty I
twenty lIrI11 have studied in TIIK fits lhallrst
llrst day utterances of men appointed to Important
portant public positions In New York cityNow
Now appointees an > momentarily in tholimelight
limelight on their induction into olllce andthu
thu ulumotir of tin sitiuition seems to stimulate
late and ct nKoiiiK their speech centreHow
How much lntter It would be for nmv ofOclalato
to renialn Hllont while they urn learning thOrnp
ropes Kittliiu ClltII future HIICM of conduct
duct ItHtead of beginning at olico to erltlclnathilr
thilr predecessors ti > outline their ownpolicy
policy to Ull what they Intend to do andwhnt
whnt thoy inliiid to leave undone when an amattur
mattur ol fuel they Imvn little or no knowledge
edge ut HID moment of tins tliinus them
silves How can they liavo any iiinci > ptioiiof
of what they are noitiir to < lo or can do ormay
may want to do when tliey have no ItnowlIMII
IMII > ol tin cunditlons under which they willluivf
luivf to worliII
II is Kroatly to tin cridit of Homo of thMayors
Mayors recent nppolnteis that o far theyhnvo
hnvo had nutliliii Ui say In n public way thatsavortd
savortd of liroKKudocln or of iittcmptt tootitlini
otitlini futurr policies thut could not be outlined
lined In the absence of experienceI
I would cucKPt fur tlu < dlstliiKiiished consideration
sideration of Iron appointed to publicnlllcft
nlllcft uttetidiinue al MIIIIO school yet to borganized
organized ulien1 they can learn the rudiments
ments of GlliMicn for Its at times whrn silencewould
would bo most becoming 1sycnoiooisTSONVKA
SONVKA X Y Jan 17Ian
Ian of Avcriyses In ConnecticutTo
To TUB Konon or TUB SCN Alr In nearlyevery
every saloon barber shop and restaurant In Connecttcut
necttcut the proprietors have cheap gamblingdevices
devices to catch the loose change of their patronsThe
The e consist ol a boj which contains five wheelson
I on etch of wJilch cloveniilnylng cards are placedOn
On deposltliiT one cent In the slot and pushing alever
I lever the wheels revnlve some In one directionsome
some In the other When they come to a stop apokir
pokir hand Is displayed and the proprietor awardsso
so called five cent clears costing about JI50 ahundred Ihundrrdl
hundred lo the winnersThe
The prizes are figured tlms Two pair or threeof
of a kind one cigar straight two flush threefull
full house five straight Flush fifteen and royalflush
flush twentyfive As there are only otty twocards
cards In o deck an additional ace deuce and treyot iof
ot different suits are added but thrrc Is only oneACC
ACC deuce and trey on each wheelPresuming
Presuming the wheels spin accurately and leaving
ing out the qutstlon of the quality of the cigarscan
can any card sharp figure out what the chances areof
of winning oti I tic different showdownsI
I have seen two pairs and threes tumup severaltimes
times never bettor hut almost every proprietor willlell
ell of some mans marvellous luck whose name
he has forotun catching a royal flush two orthree
three times In succession last weekNKW
NKW LONDON Jan 17 WALTER W CONCKLINNew
New Vorks Injunt Tax LatviTo
To TIn KUIIOK or TUB HUN tr Assuming aswe
we are bound to du In tbe absence of countervailing
vailing evidence Ihat Tnii SIS correctly reportedthr
thr occurrence nnd that Mr Uraunsteln told thrIrulh I
Irulh In relation to his property we have the easenf i
nf a gray haired Jewish clathlng cutler the fatherif I
01 five children whose life savings amounting IoIWI
IWI are taxed Io the probable amount of J750 fornc
I
one yearIf
If tbe tVXJ Is In a savlnis bank It probably bringsIhe
Ihe owner an Income of I1J60 n year out of whichIhe
Ihe greatclly of New Voik pounces upon IJJOIs
Is not the bln lIt of tuts 7f0 to the city morehan
han onset by the discouragement of Industry andilirlft
thrill Could nny Irony be bitterer than the laxalun
lun of a fluid that will save the taxing power tbr
xpcnse of a paupers grave How much wotfdIds
I Ids 750 lie reduced the art of swearing oil taxesverc
verc unknownThe
The tax law ot the Slatt of Nef York are a dUracc
I1rarr to clvllltatlon Their revision tim led onlyo
10 the Ijcrease of unjust burdens Where Is thloses
> loses who will lead UK up nut of this land of ceolomlc
lomlc darkness riKNTiutNrw
Nrw YORK tan 1The
The Great Bear and the flrecrliesTo
To THE llnitOB or Tut SPK Sir To the dlsressed
t red minds of thr persons who have been agitatedy
h y the terlous problem aa to which of thvlr loconpllvo
npllvo appendages Mould hn first Inserted Intoheir
heir trousers tbe following quotation may bringnine
nine solace Samuel Jotmson said referring tobe
Ibe education nf childrenSir
Sir U l no matter I ml you Icb them flrirtny
ny more thai what leg you shall put Into yourireeches
ireeches llrn Sir you may stand disputingrhlch
which It Is best to put In list but In the meanline
line your brrrcb Is burr sir while you aro conIderlng
Iderlng which of two thlnfs you should leach yourlillrt
lillrt first another boy Im learned them bothI
I think the vclrhl ol iMf authority should nettleticbreccheiquestion
ticbreccheiquestion beyond dispute Incldeulallylie
Ihe point wUlrh Dr Johnson liluMratcd In thisomcly
omcly way may well br considered by somo ofur
our frenzied rdurauirt In III mldsi of their prdaoglc
cork handsprlne SiNBORN G Tw iirWIU4
WIU4 WTOWN ilais Jan II >
TIIK RAILROADS OF TItK WOKLlThin
Thin Country Ahead lloth rs tn Mllranc InI011Cr1ltl1l1l
OiJcrntlon oiitl Htopnt nntl IrnirnHlroivlliTo
To Tin KDITOII OK Till SUN Sfr1 ThInlted
Inlted States leads the world both In tJlIJprtIMt
present inlloaso and rcoint urowth nf Hrailways
railways sayn tlm Depart in nil of Comtnercnnd
nnd Labor throueh Its llureau orHUtlstloIn
InlI monograph just j ul1 oiitltlcd ThTransportation
Transportation Itoutm antl SystJiim of theWorld
YorldThe
The toUtl ralivay mllew of I In world In
not rasS3lnnoTiialnly distributed ail follnwsUntied
Untied States silOT4Argfntlna HMKuropeaii
Kuropeaii Uussla UJZIllcxIcu WMIcrmany 9Cltrllllll
Icrmany 3JW7ltaly 90Krane
Krane s10lllr sll II WIndl
Indl Vi3nedcn 117uAlrla
Austria Iluincvr StUolsiberlaHancliurliUnited 1
United Klnsiir 2cu atil other llusCanada
Canada luHI slau Asia j3Urlca
Afrloa 11SJuiJaiau 4u81ralb iaAuslralln
Auslralln HIU Ciilna 117JIlImt
llythiitsLhiduleWo s e Hint the UnltitStatus
Status in iwn hud Jli87 miles more rallwnthan
than had Kuropean Uussia lernmny KrantvInlla
Inlla Auslrlulliinwry ho tnltil 11111
ilont and Canada cvinhlnnl Or to IUI Hanother
another way the fnltcd HUtcn had llsOimore
more miles of railway than nil tho otheiAn
An lf8axun iouiitries of tho world imniclvthe
the luitd KliiKdom Inlla Cuniul1 ArloMitiitintlnir
itiitintlnir It all Itritish and Australia combined
binedThe
I
The IriiTvth of Hie presenl railway sysliiiiof
of I he Iniltwl States has hepti llttlo short ol
nmrvelloils II was not until JKA > Hull IIreached
reached ns mtiih as ioim lulles hllllll Inll
inllin In that year Note the crowth slnctthen
thenISiJ
ISiJ fiuitii8A UWiseo
iseo iflcf iwii 18111Thor
I
18M 30i 111 17 1
i
187 iOOOUTher
Thor are two very strlliliiz fuels Io notehere
here Kind that in wplle of the civil waritivi
itivi miles of railway were built durinu thatunhappy
unhappy period second that In the ten yearffollowing
following our railway iiillenKR was doubledDurliiK
DurliiK the latest year for which statistlrfare
are available says thr1 monoKrapli tlio railways
ways of the United States carried as compared
pared with ISSS
ISSi lootFreight
I Freight Ion tlioooaio l300ooooof
1 Passengers 151 nnoKio 750onooofHcckonitiK
I HcckonitiK our population ol eighty mllilions
lions in 1004 It is an if uvery man womanand
and child In tbe country made nine steamrailway i
railway trips during Ihe course of that yearand
I and also moved sixteen and a quarter poundsof
I of freightvThe
j vThe reduction since Ih6 > of railway freightraUs
raUs in the Inlted States is ulsn remarkableus
I us Illustrated by the fact that wheat by lakeand
I and rail has fallen from 2i cents to S centoby
I by railway only from < e cents to ll centIt
It will he noted that our railway mileageKrew
I Krew 0234 miles between the summer of 1901and
and the winter of i 05 and It Is still Krowlnpwith
with no Indication of Its growth belnp checkedfor
for wverdl years to rome on the contraryIt
It bids fair to have n larger growth eachsucceeding
succeeding year WALTKII JIALIMIIUSCHENECTADY
SCHENECTADY Jan 18Tbr
Tbr Drltlsb Claims la Santo IlomlngoTo
To TBK UBITOB or Tup mnssir U Is statedIn I
In a recent editorial of yours that the complainants
In respect to the arrangement of March 78 1903with
with Honto Domlnro called by Jfr Morales amodus
modus vlvendl arc the BritIsh shareholders Inthe
the Santo Domingo Improvement Company whoseIntererts
Intererts you eny were presumably secured bythe
the award of the OrayCarllsleGalvan commissionof
of arbitration under the protocol of agreementconcluded
concluded January 31 1003 which was signed byJ
J r Sanchez IJomlnlcan Minister of ForeignAflalrs
Aflalrs and W I Powell the American Charge1dAffalres
dAffalresIt I
It would seem therefore that this protocolwhich
which was as a whole utterly Invalid because It wasnever
never ratified by the Senate of the United Slat 8under
under the Constitution undertook to espouse andprotect
protect the claims of the llrltlsh shareholders In theSanto
Santo Ilomlngo Improvement Company and thatthe
the award of the so called commission constituted
tuted by that Invalid protocol secured the Interestsof
of those foreign shareholders In that company asclaimants
claimants under the protection of the InltedStates
States awdnsl the Dominican ItepubllcIt
It Is Impossible to understand upon what principle
ciple or precedent ol International law or diplomatic
matic action the Jovernment of the United Stateswould
would extend Its national protection to llrlllfh subjects
jects In respect to any pecuniary claims that theymight
might have under the Improvement corn panor
or otherwise against tbe Government of SantoDomingo
Domingo and It would seem very doubtful even Ifthe
the protocol of January 31 IH03 were a valid nirreoincut
incut between the United States and Santo Domingofor
for the purpose of tjic bocalled award under Itwhether
whether these llrltlsh complainants could bedeemed
deemed to have acquired liny rights by and underthat
that InstrumentThe
The protocol would certainly seem to be In anyview
view of It I nullity so far us any claims or Interestsof i
of Hrltlsi or other foreign shareholders of theImprovement
I
Improvement company are concernedIt
It may posslhl be thai Ihe solutlou of the matterIs
I
Is that U was not known when tbe SanchezPowellprotocol
protocol was sinned that nny llrltlsh subjectsowned
owned Interests In the claims to which the protocol i
tocol related and that It was not Intended thntforeign
foreign Interests In any claims against the Dominican I
minican Hcpubllc should he secured by the all rd
of the 5 ra > Carlisle Galla commissionWhether I
Whether Hrltlsh subjects paid liD > wrt of theeipcnsc
eipcnsc of that commission or the compensation ofthe
the members of It does not seem to be knownWASHINGTON
WASHINGTON Jan 10 LEXThe
The article to which this letter refer wnsintended
intended to set forth n feature In the Dominican
can situation rathor than to support anynraument
nraument in regard in It For Hint reasonthu
thu word presumably was twice used Ourcomment
comment reviewed the situation and notedIts
Its principal featuresDuring
During the summer of inn a representative
tive of the Hiinto Domingo ImprovementCompany
Company and tho Dominican Minister ofFinance
Finance agreed upon a lump um whichshould
should represent tho proper and recognizedclaims
claims of the company They failed to acrreupon
upon the terms and manner of payment andupon
upon other points of Importance The matter
ter was submitted to the Department of StatnIn
In Washington and the American Charge
dAfrnireswasliistrucUd ton iU thatit be madea
a subject of arbitration by n mixed commission
sion After discussion this proposal vnsaccepted
accepted and tho protocol nf an agreementproviding
providing for the commission nnd prescrifcIne
Ine its dutie wins signed on January 311003Tho
Tho commission met aud tho award wasmade
made according to the terms of tho protocol
Tho commission wan In effect and in fact a
board of arbitration Its decision was ren
dered on July 14 1W04 nnd tbe documents of
tho report were duly certified on Annum n
by tho Hon John Hay as Secretary of stateOur
Our correspondent declares this proceeding
invalid because the protocol was not rntlrledby
by tlm Senate We attempt no argumentupon
upon this point Wt > merely note the factKlhat
lhat the step was taken by the state Department
ment Hint the
proceeding covered manymonths
months and that they were a matter of public
knowledge that action was token under thewurd
< wurd and that the Inlted States Senate
lid not put UK foot on either the proceedingsir
ir their resultsPresumably
Presumably tho protocol did espouse andirotcct
irotcct tho claims of the shareholders of the
innlo Domingo Improvement Companyivhethpr
ivhethpr they Wern American or IIritI i
Whether it actually and lawfully did BO isiuite
iuite another mutter nnd wedecllno to essay
he determination of such a question llecaustj
f the fact that HIP complaint made comeslot
lot from the American shareholders but from
he BrltUh creditors who
as wo wild maymid
mid that thflr claims have already boen upproved
proved by International agreement we noted
hot the protest may be regarded ns BlKtilflant
antOur
Our comment merely cflllwl attention tnne
> ne particular knot In a decidedly tangledItuntfon
Ituntfon There is a little tightening of tidenot
< not in the fact that thr protocol declareshal
hal tho Dominican Government shall payo
o tho Government of the United States themm
mm of 4sooPOo and In the further fact that
he award of the commission provides thatcollections
collections are to b mado by a financialigent
igent of the Inlted Btatos acting prolumably
lumably In Hie Interest of the shareholders of
he said company whamver their na lonalltyShort
Short Treatise nn thr Philosophy ot PokerTo
To THR ECITOB or THE SuNSfr Westernersrho
rho frequent the Waldorf long oeo settled thelatter
latter ot averages In poker They say If theard
ard Is there Its there Therefor thry ndrlsr tostand
stand all raUvci and rail all bets riNrtr
Nrtr YORK Jn 18
InscriptionTo
To write thi football epitaphAnd
And grace It iTpon
Tpon Ihe monument rncravtSick
Sick jactt
KKAL ESTATE SPECULATIONWArnlttK
WArnlttK From a fillen Who Forcuea aDinccroui
Dinccroui llcaallonTo
To Till UuiTdlt OK Tun KtN Sfr JiHIIIO <
HIIIO for the public to call a halt on speculalion
lion In real cstatohuhlH city Thoconditioiof
of real estate In Manhattan show n verlargo
largo ndvanco In price In Hio past thriyiMrsnmonnllnrfto
yiMrsnmonnllnrfto SO Io lob per cent In FMMIMlocalities
localities Taxert have IncrcaHod th COMliultdinic
liultdinic has Increased from 211 to w per cemrents
rents nre up nml everybody noems tn win ireal
real estate Most of lhi > snips are with bibloans
loans first srcond and third mortgagesKoal
Koal property Is now n ses d al from f 11I
I tO iKrcpiit orsillliijpriccu honce the groundUxes
Uxes are from SIW prr year upward themUsing
Using hut little ground for halo at less thanSlOooii
SlOooii ii lot 23ximret In Manhnltnn ntd
1 lllllrlln fJ r M nVBAOtlvl tll I InTIU 11 Asame
same proportion Hence rents are neccsI
I imlly high flieiM conditions could no bei
i If labor WHS not In active demand at lushi
i prliw but what lll thu tlnlnh bi
i Wall atreet can have utrliiRont money ma
1 Uet nnd money panics that act as a braXon
on their speculative bourns and the falliirnof
of ono Hit of Wull Street auniblers only makmroom
room for mioHivr lot but a rejl eslute painmeans
means tho IOM of home nnd all tho savings orn
n great many people Arc we In danger ofH
H real esUto panln If so what will eausiII
II I l tm so Irospurlty rls In ww sciiiistd
ciiiistd tho boom and the InborrrR are tmtsltislletl
sltislletl nnd keep marking up the price oftholr
tholr BSTVlces Tho liouspsinllhs none ofwhom
whom are mechanics or skilled machinistare
are out on blrlke for an advance Irom 14 vito
to JI a day If It costs more to build a linuiII
II will cost more rent tn occupy II hence ireasonable > <
reasonable to miploue that a general itriVnof
of laborers nt tills tlnm would cause a motipvpanic
panic that would caus1 a stoppage of muiievto
to loan and invest In real estate the laborerbeing
being out of work would get In iirrr rs frent
rent the owner could not pay interest onmortgages
mortgages taxes Ac nnd would l > cuniielled
iielled to wll or Hiirrendcr his prot rly > thholder
holder of tho mortgageWhy
Why do tho laborers go out on strike whfnthey
they are receiving bin pay Perhaps ibecause
because they rend the newspapers vrlirtglarini
glarini headlliips inform them that MiTooUle
TooUle Wootsle says that phe Is the llle itrnnte
rnnte datiKhter of Mr Gotrock iinrl is ihprlshtful
rlshtful heir to rotooonoo that Mr lohtmOntheSpot
OntheSpot made SSfMKiiKHi in r Tn nnruts
uts on Chnngp Ac When tr icy is seasy
easy can you blame him for saying Whyshall
shall 1 pile up bricks nt 16 a dayIs
Is the end In night or are we on the righttrack
track Shall we keep nn advancing wageraising
raising rlits and ninrlly maculating Ucertainly
certainly does mnko good ilnips while It lastcbut
but how long will It Inst There Is an oldsaying
saying fio It go It and may the devil takthe
the hindmost Tnn devil seems to have hishooks
hooks on the foremost men In the prcscrurace
race Clod help tlie Innocent sufferers whenwo
wo find where wp arc nt Oit > FOOTXrw
Xrw YORK Jan lThrr
Thrr Unndred letters and Ezc DreadTo
To TDK EDITOR or THE Sow Sir Havlag gotme
me In more than a peck of trouble I think you wtlbe
be kind enough to help rot me ouU In a rashmoment
moment I answered your question about where tocet
cet good or u you put It the right kind ot mealsiylng
siylng this little town could supply It and going onto
to brag In a foollih manner about ege or hatfrbread
bread Well sir the letters thit have rolled Ioon
on mo sinceyou published that chesty blow nfmine
mine are a caution Nearly three hundred Allwantlnc
wantlnc anywhere from a pock to a bushel of mealand
and a great many ask me for the rtclpe for egg orbatter
batter breadXow
Xow as 1 stated bi my first letter the mill thatgrinds
grinds the nital here can only grind about tenbushels
bushels a day and the miller very often doesntfrel
frel like grinding nt all fio for me to send a Iaindred
dred or so bushcn of tbe meal oft at oner Is impossible
possible 1 went to the miller and got Mm asspecial
special favor to crlnd two clayc and I sent lhat toaM
aM part of the country but It didnt hall go roundWhen
When the folks sec thti Ibat wrote and dldut irrinny
nny theyll understand And now If you will inme
me add the recipe and publish It along with thisIll
Ill thank you hlncerely nnd drop the rommealtllhject
tllhject H < i IlRKCKINIIHKIEJiNCj
JiNCj tir Va Jan 12Kgg
Kgg bread for four to tlx peronsOnc half pintmeal
meal scald In hot water llrst then put In a dJiiand
and pour enough holllm fresh milk In to thin tohatter
hatter add two well beaten eggs a heaping tiblrspoonful
spoonful ol butler a Icnspoonftil of halt Stir niltogether
together thoroughly nnd cook In a deep dish untilvery
very brown on top Then thank the Lord you trtliving
living and proceedIn >
In Speaker Cannons MtUr UrnConcrrsimiin
Concrrsimiin C I ticott tn the Inla lirflrlrThe
The routine Is ths same nt each of the llnutfiIn
In making a New Vcars call on official Washington
ton You take oH your coat and hat In the hallleave
leave your card on a tray go to the dnor of theItarlor
Itarlor and give your name to a man who announifIt
It to the lady of the house who shakes handwith
with you and passes you down the line to sorctother
other ladles who may or may not pay any attentlon
tlon to you Then you lay your hand on somoman
man you know and go Into the dining room whciryou
you look over a table loaded with good tilings toeat
eat ask the waller for what you want sfUnd aroundand
and cat It drift along to another table and getcup
cup of coffee If you nre from Kansas and In thecourse
course of ten or fifteen minutes from the time youentered
entered get your hat and coat and go on to tenext
next place And you must not fall to bring up lathe
the end at the modest bouse ol one Joseph 7 Cannon
non lor In a little den of a back room you will nnda
a little old man comfortably curled up on the smallof
of his back with a lee over the corner of the tablrwith
with a cigar In the corner of his mouth and a letmore
more on the table and John Dalcell and Sereno KPayne
Payne Aid halt a dozen other old cronies nllluother
other chairs saying thing lhat ll Is good to hearSblpmilthon
Sblpmilthon Itcllglous C ntrorer rTo
To THE KDITOII or Tim Scw Wr I am a veiypoor
poor scholar but when I wns an apprentice to nIrade
Irade of shlpsmllh 1 did a Job one day which tooin
n long lime to forge and niter I had It almost flashed
shed I found what we call a cold shut Jn It 1did
did not want the boss to know It so 1 peonrd U nras
as we used to call It by hammering he edges igcther
gcther when black hot Hut the boss go wise to ibecause >
because he noticed that I was doing A iol < > iieiihammering
hammering He came over to mis and askc1 whI
I was doing nnd I said th re was n bad nukingspot
spot there that did no harm and I wauled to covIt
It up so It could not be see i Well sald he tIs
Is a cold shut and I dont want that Job to co outYou
You Just drop that and make another and nrvdo
do that again as Ion as you work for meNow
Now that makes me think of all the argumentI
I have read In TUB HUN on rellslon It scornsme < >
me they must keep hammering the bad spotthe
the time lest the world should see that thr > > ino
no good hut dome day all their work will Co ipieces
pieces Just as tho Job I was trying lo ilnkr uhut
hut the boss was watching and I got caught mil owill
will all the tinkers of religion In due timeNKWARK
NKWARK Jan 18 WILLIAU MISTYMutlcal
Mutlcal Criticism In la > iaehu ettFrom <
From the llrsf Haitian > IAMr
Mr Heujomln 1 Vhelplcy presided at the cannd
nd he wn In loving communion with his nifllrom
rom the moment ho caressed Its ke > s I vtons
tons now lofty now subdued exultant PnAans
Aans lullnhles sulked majestically unlKMlowed
lowed head galloped with mud abandon i > r rhcmsclvcs
hcmsclvcs across our plnne of hearing ant oihat
hat subtle vibration thnt communicates ie < nbe
be chords of our Innioft heart nd lrann > or > rnrirlal
nrirlal Into the realm of ImmortalThat
That sterling nrtlst Mr If an Van VIInresent
nresent with Ills cello and fairly rntlna > rludlenee
ludlenee with his skilful manlpulntlnn rfvotincrful
votincrful Instrument Are there such thinlad
lad waitings sweet sorrow good devlK si > TIn
In the laughter of tears then the cello isnedlum
nedlum nf ripresslon In Hie hands nf a nAIke
Ike lots the human cry of Ibis liiMruiiirnihc > <
hc cells of memiiryImtonn
Imtonn and Life S verTo
To TUB Kniion or TIIK SUN sr lly ha < 1lid
lid the Atlantic City llfr suvcrs refuse u tilie
lie passengers of the Cherokee the inirr >
irr stranding What rule or law or neimkcsa
imkcsa llfcsavlnr captain su enlfni lo tluollslines
uollslines of our scheme of customs
Was not a mythical llnr of duly read rvillrrnlly
llrrnlly ratbcr too recklesslyA
A stranded vessel argues danger lo theawengers
awengers on aurh a vessel no matter hihr
ihr weather may be at the time for who inell
ell mcleorologlciil evcntUalliyO Vldt
t thr Cherokee herselfNKW
NKW Vnim Jan 18Nhrlnklnv
Nhrlnklnv I nIV
IV T IB EtllTOn or THE SuVSIr rr Iif
if this lown deiHrndlnr to itwarfhood inr1Ihe
Ihe ghastly word It obviates the us nf 1 nif
if other wordsLet
Let any one look at the men on the inwween
ween 1 and oclock any day and Hii <
i appear quite apposite V iNfw
Nfw YORI Jan 1CA
A nifferenceSuitor
Suitor In your sister Stella the oldeoamlly
amllyTomnr
Tomnr Nopt sbe was Just born 6 U