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Further A me 11 tl 111 ruts .Verticil.
There stands ninonj; tho Inws of the
United States this archaic statute:
"Kvery person who Incites, nets on foot.
aaalats, or engages In nny rebellion or In
urroctlon agaliut tho Authority ut the
United States, or tho laws tlirrvof, or
fives Aid or comfort thereto, 'ahntl ho
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ten years, or by a fine of not moro than
$10,000, or by both of such punishment ;
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Ing nny oflko under tho t'nlted Htatvs."
This manifestly requires amendment
by the Joint efforts of .Meuntor Hloiies
of New Jersey, President Wilson and
Mr. Hamuli. (!oMri.r.s, us follows:
"Out fraternal, labor, consumer', nBrl
cultural and horticultural ortrnnlia'.loiu,
and the members thereof In good and reg
ular etandlmr, shall not be held or con
atmed ns comlin; within tho irovitlons
of this section."
There Is likewise the statute concern
ing seditious conspiracy:
"If two or more persons In nny Stato
or Territory coneplro to overthrow, put
down, or to destroy by fore the Oovcrn
ment of the United Status, or to levy war
ograluat them, or to oppose by forco tlio
authority thereof; or by forcu to prevent,
hinder or delay the execution of any law
of the United Btatcs; or by force to seize,
tRky or po'kcss any property of the United
StateVcontrary lo tho authority theroof ;
each of tlictrt shall bo punlilird by a flm
of not less than S8U and not more than
15,000, or by Imprlsonmant. with or with
out hard labor, for a period not less than
U months, nor more than six year or
by both such fine and Imprisonment."
It Is ensy to see how the umllscrluil
nntlug enforcement of tho lnw against
seditious conspiracy might under some
circumstances work hardship upon
members of fraternal, tnbor. consum
ers', agricultural or horticultural or
ganizations; and the subjoined amend
ment must therefore suggest Itself to
the ulert niluds of Mr. .Samuel Com-
PUS, Senator Hun linn of New Jersey
and President Wilson :
"Such orftnnliatlons, ord-ers, associations
or the members thereof, shall not be held
or construed to bo In seditious conspiracy
aalnet or In forcible opposition to the
authority of the Oovernment of tho United
State.'
Finally, there Is that too sweeping
and not properly dlPcrlinlnnHng deilnl
Hon of the capital crime ngulnst the
Mlsteneo of tho Government
"Every person owing allegiance to the
Unltad (States who levies wnr ugnlnst
thtm. or adheres to their enemies, giving
them aid and comfort within the United
States, or elsewhere, Is guilty of treason.
Every person guilty ot treason shall suf
fer death; or at the discretion of the
court shall bo Imprisoned at hard labor
for not less than five years, and lined not
less than 910,000; and every person so
convloted of treason shall, moreover, be
Incapable of holding any ofllce under the
United Btatcs."
Tho Indicated palliative Is an umend
went substantially In this form:
"Tills act does not prohibit the carrying
out of the legitimate objects of fratertml
labor, consumers', agricultural and horti
cultural associations ; nor slinll such or-
sanitations or tho members thereof be
held or construed under nny circumstances
to bo In vlolutloii of the anil-treason
laws of the United Htates."
Thero Is much to bo done, nnd this
would bo only 11 beginning. I.lltle by
little, however, by iho Intelligent und
porsltlout cooperation of President
Wilson, Mr. Sami'i.i. (luMrats nnd
Senator Huciiks of New Jersey, there
tuny be effected throughout tho stat
utes an equal nnd own lueiiunllty nnd
1 ayiiinietrloiil discrimination and ex
emption with regard to all kinds of
'rime nnd misdemeanors.
Carrnnz.a's llolutcd Interest
tu
Mediation,
Tho eleventh hour concern of (Jenerat
Cahhanza to bo represented In the me
dlntlou proceedings at Niagara Palls Is
real enough, btiVUio oxplnuntlon of Ids
widen change of front Is only to bo
conjectured. Orlglnntly he accepted
mediation in principle, hut wanted to
know whllt question; lt wnnhl deal
with. Ills conimuntcatlon nddressed to
tho mediators was not answered, and
the coiiferenoo met. Its discussions
were not retried. Tho plan at lost
evolved find sent to President Wilson
nt Washington has nut yet been pub
lished; Imt Micro has boon a soiiil-om-clul
Intlniiillon Hint a commission form
of got eminent pending tlic election of 11
successor to I'rcsltlotit Ili'iniA iiiiiI of
tnt'tnbcrs of a now Congress was pro
posed. At this Juncture tln J 11 ti t ii of tin:
CollStllUtlotinllst". III Washington bo-
cninu uneasy; It was of course In dally
COIIIIIIUUlfatlOll Willi lit'lHTill Caiiiianza.
On Friday Inst Noflnr Juan l'ligrint.
agent of ltUAl:t, Zi mmian, Minister of
llii' Interior In the Constitutionalist or
ganization, npi.'ared nt Niagara Pulls
ivltli 11 tuilc asking Hint 11 represent!!
the of (ioiicriil 0.nn..N. lo admitted
to the conference. Tlio n pjil leu Hon
must liiivo puzzled tlio mediators, as
(!oiiornl Caiiiianza hml always Insisted
that they hml tin concern with tlio In
ternal affairs of Mexico anil the plan
of tin' conference, which was In Presl
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111:111 llMM n iihiui-, iiruiL 111 inni Tln 'rrlllltlt.
tontatlvoly with the Internal affairs of I ' .
Moxleo. Moreover, the niiillntorx hud ' Ml"-'1' w'HH'? asrtlon nn.l curious
lon Mao uin.lo It a oon.lltlon of n I phlloiphy l.e-towe.l upon that ror-Coi.Mltiitloni.ll.-t
l.enrli.n that (ieneral i "' ''"- ot "IoIokImk tlio
(.. Hh.ml.t ,.oro,. 1.. nn iir..il.llPrt I
antl thin ho hml always rofusetl to do.
Why. then. kIiouM ho ileiiinuil rcpre
Hctitatlou when the uutllalorN 11 nil tlio
ilolt'Saterf of rreKlilciil Wilson nml
Oeneral llt'liiTA were ooncltidliiL' tholr
lnlsirs?
The plausible aniwer Is that (Ieneral
I'ahhan.a ealculatisl Mr. Wn.so.v would j
f:Ue hi approval to the conference rlKht : must be rlnlit. of course. Doubt
Iilaii, with the result that the Conslltu. , lesn boys have been mightily Improved
tlonallsts would have t" follow suit ' to keep pace with the rest of the conn
or lose the moral suniMirt of the Wll-, try. tllzzy hluh on the stilts of uplift.
son Administration, which Is at least
worth a coisl deal of ammunition. They I
nrn haunted by n fenr that tho ever
crnfty HfiiiTA, who Is repreented at ,
Niagara Talis, will derive from tho
conference an advantage that could not
be overcome. Probably Oeneral Cab
HAnr.A now renllzos that ho innde n
tactical mistake In not being repre
sented at Niagara Palls. Ho elected to
deny the Constitutionalists an opisir-
tuntty lo pre-nt their can; 1iis'iium '
tho pressing of the military ontusilgn '
seemed to bo the more Imtiortanl thing.
Tnmplco has been taken and Snltlllo
has fallen Into their hands, but Hen-,
oral Villa admits that his unities will !
not 1 in tlio city or .Mexico in lev.
than ninety day. even If ho obtains
all the ammunition he needs. 1
Now at a marking time stage of the i
campaign the mediators submit their ,
plan to settle tlio iillnirs or .Mexico, nun
President Wilson nmy Indorse It and'
i.enerai iivi:hta mny inn in wun ".'.,...., , ,. , .i.ool. Woodchucks,
The nro.pcer Is nnturally dltilotlng
to (Jenoml CAitttANZA nnd his friends.
Witness the frantic pleading of Se.ior
I.uis C.unui.A. the most nte Igrnt
ineinls'r of the Junta, that tho PhIIihI I
States, and not the mediators, should
iloohie 1 no (Hies,..m o. i.u'.iii.nn..o... ,
1st represciuaiton at .Miignrn ........ 1
Obviously fioncrnl ('MinANZA's policy;
It to have the conference plan modified
In his favor, and, If that Is not iHtsslhlc.
t protract tho discussion Indefinitely
while tho Insurgents nro ImiHirtlng wnr
material and lighting their way to tho
city of Mexico.
It does not follow that mediation
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w... go o,. .... n "-" "
s'eii more or less nt tho mercy of lnstir-
gelit activities tho wise course would be
In hold the door open to the very end.
for the mediators' services might bo
neisled most when the city of Mexico
fell nt last.
The Drug Trallle In Our .InlN.
Mis' Katiiakim: IIi.mi.nt Davis.
Commissioner of Correction, Is entitled
to much credit for her energetic cru
sade ngalnit the drug evil in our local
lntltutlous. She eooiiiN to have grasped
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. : .. , ;
limn vuiiikr iis-i hiivhh s. - ,
has fought It untiringly. In tho latos'
developments Hio appears as having
adopted the pror methods for her
crusade. Tho employment of her own
agents as defectives lo oxpoo the sys
tem and fasten the guilt where It be
longs Is a pris:eduro beyond criticism
or cavil. It Is far bettor than depriv
ing prisoners of privileges to which
they lire entitled merely In order to
prevent posslblo nhUM.
Now Hint Miss Davis sems to lw In
a way to break up tho entire corrupt
trnfllc nnd to bring thoe concerned In
It to Justice, lt mny bo expected Hint
sho will lunke n clean Job of It. tt Is
to U ho(Msl that with tho aid of tho
District Attorney nnd tho courts tho
lesou will bo ninilo so salutary that
thero will bo no recurrence of thc evil
for iiiaiiy a year.
Tho l'pweti and the Kagle,
While the liveliest of Colonels Is In
command of tho Atlantic1 and Its regi
ment of rough riders, with their "son
steeds, furious and frantic," It Is com
forting to hear some replication of his
regretted sounds from tho lips of his
famulus, the Hon, Piianois Wiii.iam
' limn, grandson and namesake of 11 onco
famous Liberal Itepubllcnn or Massa
chusetts and son of the pernmnent
Progressive candidate for (lovenior of
Hint fiticlent and Illiterate Common
wealth. Voting Mr. Hum Inherits a
pleasing loudness. No other electricity
can bo half o positive. Krnm his chief
ho has derived some smack of that
tempered and polished expression, that
balance and restraint which wo till ad
mire. Speaking after the iiiniinor of
the tobacconists, lire not these Oyster
Hay "seconds" :
"Our duty is
lo continue the fight
nenlnst corruption ami reaction. tlow
long tlio people of thn State will nomlmie
t-i vitn Into oOlen the craven nnd hypo-
critical mediocrities that both old organ!,
zatlons generally slilelil tliomselvcs behind
Ih hard to suv. Our light may be n long'
one. nnd Is sure to be u hard one. but for ,
ii, lm nr.. ilel.o-mlned to betlee eondl.
lions In this State thero can bo no com
promise,"
Mr. Hum Is admirably young.
Ho
, doesn't remember 1 SI IS. when Iho people
I of this State voted his Colonel luio
ii co at A mny; lis , w 1011 Hey lie pod
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11KI8, when they accepted his cnudldate
for I'rraldent Why should "ortf fight"
ho n lon ono? It'n only two year
hIihi1 Truth wns crushed to onrth.
Truth Is now literally on deck and
himself npiln.
As for "coiniiroiulso," Isn't Hrothur
Hum chirping all too boldly In tho
sweet Innocenco of IiIh dowy niorn7
Touched and them Is nobody more
Klfted or experienced In "touching"
liy one wonder working hand, "corrup
Hon nnd reaction" turn to purity nnd
ailviitircd humiint1 Ideas. It Is oven
possible that such a reprobate as the
Coloiiel'M onco dear friend ".Mr."
1Uiim:s, or even his other friend "Mr."
l'r.Ntiosr. mlh'ht be chnuued from llend
to aimel. Jut as that holy rennsyl
vaiilan Him. I'mnn was.
No, no, lovely but too confident Hum I
Ik It for that worthy little fly catcher
Hit! powoe to read the dark abyss of
the eiiKle's mind'.'
I'lllIWl Mlllt'M . .IIIIIIIIKHIOII oil iiiuu-.-
trial IMucntlon. In all that welter of
theory be his our.siieeliil thanks, that
assistant suis-rlnteiident of New York
schools who emitted this:
"As a rtilo the truant la tlio result of tn
elllclPtit Imnilllliif ly the toucher la tho
pchool."
Tho assistant Miorlnteiiih;nt nuiy be
nnd also to Is- a reproaeh to their
backward parents. Possibly, probnbly.
loys In titles are another race from
thoso under the grisjiiwood tree. We
speak of boys only because It used to
bo hold by these young savages that
nniong the multitudinous rensons for
despising "tho sex" was Its utter Igno
ranee of the Joys of uliiylng truant.
Possibly urban boys love school and
never utter the abhorrent sentiment of
the Immemorial lines
"(Iisid by, scholar: good by, school,
tttsid by, teacher, darned old fool !"
There niii-t ls soveral hundred thou
sand grown boys In this town, though,
whoso young Idea was taught to shoot
,n rlIrll Hdmounscsj some brick but
,,.,,,. wo,MiPI1. ti.,. ronornhlo even knew
i.i. ,.lirvi.,i wilh mum- n tin mo:
..... .,.,. ..,,,1 f,.rule.
wm W1 to K0 , K,,10()1 unle lt.,,
...i..,,,,. M, lmnl , IH,rmt nnythlng
, ..,.,... ... ,. ,,.,, tt u ,mt
,,,,, 11,ir. nllli ff(,i,i,i,.rs leiiemles
(p rtimw, m (,V),ry M,,m.
lnHtlo j,,,,,), MnK nortH. horn UK
fr ml nlJt tn.(,B CHrrnlt ,,,,.,
bosses don't go to school. Dogs don't
go to school. They fight: never light
,,. ... r,K.,.M ,i.irl.lntt
,..,,. ,lriv,L... ,.,. .., .m.kesand
! other deadly and faselnntlng outdoor
things nro always on vacation Hear
that fat bumble boo Just conic In nt the
window. "Sny. after sohool I'll show'
you where t'lioro's 11 hornet's nest." Yes,
but It's a long time until -I oVIoclc.
As a rulo the truant Is tho result of
Mug a boy. He Is the delight nnd
pride 04 life. He Is H.o revolt ngalnt
1 " ... .. . ,
respectability. He Is the Instinct of
freedom, lie Is the awful guilty Joy
of lawlessness. Him detection and
punishment await, but Ills manly licnrt
1. I l...ll ..... .Il.w.l, .
111111 wen roMiitm iiiiuii mint m't. 0,1,1,.
and oveu the trivial and Inferior order,
"the girls," shall bo appalled by his
ilevlllchtiess und 11 wed by his courage.
Ho Is Cain. He Is Dr. Paistl's. Ho
Is Hl'Iito.v, I.imnohtom: and T. 11.
Hueollo trunnls. mind you. When
they smell the lilacs, when they hear
the ks cnicklng and Isionilng on the
- -1,,,, -.1.0 cm is .,i ,..,.
to boar, when the llrst bluels-rdes are
reported, wlu'ii there Is a circus within
ten miles and nt nil other projicr times
t'ho destro of truancy, and very likely
the truant ntlleor, seize them. Can
anybody of woman born loll us what
In thunder can Ik learned In n year of
school one-threo hundred and sixty
llfth part as valuable, let nlono as pleas
ant, ns what 11 trunnt of happy dispo
sition can learn out of school In half nn
nfternoonV The trunnt Is tho nnturnl
"human hoy."
Most likely Tarrytown will have no
trouble with nn I. W, V. Invasion. Tha
preparations to use tho flro hose have
lieen too widely ndvertlsed. The sizzling
agitators will not risk having the fires
within dampened with cold Croton.
The city pocketed 1310 yesterday from
marriage license fees. .Vctes firm.
Why should the city put a tax on
inarrluge? It Is both Immoral und In
expedient, A good word has nt Inst beon said In
favor of thc tnngo, using that mime for
the newer dances generally, lt has
served to save the cloth dealers from tho
psychological depression, since greater
than over has become tho demand for
evening dress for men, Thus hn.s the
dance done moro for evening dress than
nny other Influence brought to hour on
American citizens, llestnurateiirs pro
hibited In vain, operngocrs scowled and
the rulo that evening dre.R must bo
worn wan Insisted upon with moro or
less emphasis. Apparently It took the
despised tnngo to malto Americans en-
thuslnstlo about evening dress; so some
civilizing Influence is not after nil to be
denied to It.
No doubt the Commissioners of In
ternal Hevcnun all over tho country
will find nn embarrassing tendency on
tho oart of Income tux payers to set.tlo
( oahn mtlier than In certified checks.
1 The check drawn to the collector's
order Is equivalent to a doclntatlon by
, the drawer of the nmount of his Income
und so It becomes to every one ithrough
whose blinds It posses 11 revelation of
ills most iniinrum nusiness secret, inis
I" especially dlstuHtef ill to men of mod-
erute llienns. tuo cmss, say
lietwecn
l.i... e f onn H...K nt.,1 tinnr.n
where no doubt can nrlse through
super tux coiiipllcntlons. There nrn many
who do not wish even their bankers to
know llielr exact llirans, and to these,
the only recourse Is cush inynunt of1
iitn ill 1 firiiiiuiiiiiir tiii 1 rii'i 11 1 a r n v
, ' T . . I
,a ntilsar.ee and an hnpurltlon, nut on
uccount of tho inouotnry burden but bo-
causo of thc Inevitable meddling and
prying Into concerns t.hlch every aelf
rcsptctlnc man likes to keep to filmaelf.
It cannot he urged thnt tho Judges
In n piny competition were prejudiced
In favor of tho well tnndo drama when
they awarded tho prlzo to ti writer who
has dona little or no work for tho stugn
but has gained n respected place In litera
ture The prizes ot such competitions
usually go to beginners. "Tho Clladla
tor," which won tho J-'orreat prlzo for
Dr. limn, was his llrst play and the Im
pulse to tho two that followed, "Ora
loosa" amf "Tho ltrokor of Ilogotn,"
An actor gnvo "The dladlator" to
tho stage, which cherished It through
at least two generations of actors. It
may bo that this contest organized by
wiNTiuiof Amks will also bring forth
a work thnt will endure ns long; and to
II vo through two generations of nctors
Is a long existence for a play.
Tho administration of President Mbno-
cal In Cuba has not surferrd seriously
from political foods, but tho conviction
and punishment of flovernor Krnkhto
AsuEitT of Havana and his friends Hep
renenlHtlvn Amah und Henntor Vihalks
for the shooting of Chief of Police An-
MAKtKi IltvA on July 7, 1013, will Inevi
tably breed trouble. In his campaign
for the Presidency (lencrnl Mknocal had
the support of the Asbertlstns, nn ag
gressive nnd powerful faction, nnd the
nlllntiro may have decldod the election
In his favor. At any rate, thu As
tiertlstas bellevo thnt acnernl MriNOCAL
Is under a deep obligation to them.
Should tho President fnll to Intervene to
save thu defendants In tho Hlvn enso
from tho consequences ot nn net that
Is condemned In Havana ns a political
aa,nu,lnnll,. 1 ,iH1 1t.. n ,,K-
Hltunllon to deal with. The Asbertlstns . .6"Br7 ,"" "'""B'K presug. ot too
will make common cnusn with his one- 1 toCerul departments, more laborated or
mles In tho Liberal party, nnd the 1 sanlzntlou of tho central government, In
combination would not bo abovo tntn- ! " word the Increased functioning of Wnsh-
prrlng with the pollco and the nrmy.
Governor Asneirr himself has a largo
following, nml lt will bo surprising If
tho pence, can he kept without n display
of force. President Mr.NOCAt, must bo
prepared to put down violence at nny
cost to his own political fortunes.
itEAsox ash m: no wtmsinv.
An Old llepnbllean Mt III n Mtllr Cold to
the Colonel.
To Tin: KoiToa or Tub Sun sir: A
celebrated Kngllsh preacher, Father Ig
natius, who visited this country somo
years ago said III a sermon concerning
human reason: "What Is human reason?
It Isn't very much since a ten cent glass
of whiskey will fuddle It," So the hero
worship of tii-chy Is so very Intense that
no matter how Inconsistent the hero may
be his followers will continue to swenr by
him to the lust moment or their lives,
The last offender In this matter is Mr. 1 erclse. Is Muto rights to-day nny
Itixjsevelt. Himself probnbly the most ' thing but ti fiction'.' There Is a remnant
Miprenir boss Unit ever dominated the will
IHiwer of his adherents, he conceives It to
be his duty to destroy two other bosses
who happen to dlagree with him, and
then merely because they nro Ikjskcs.
I liavo been ono of those who, reluc
tantly perhaps, have considered ns old
fashioned Itepubllcans that wo might have
to swallow somn of our prejudices and
combine with Mr. Hoosevelt to put out
of office vnrloils forms of Incompetence
which oro now giving cold shower bnths
to the country nt Inrso In matters of
business, flat when Mr, Hoosevelt de
clares there Is 1111 hope for tho country
except from tho Progressives, nnd then of
course with only T. ft, nt thci head of thn
Progressive party, we begin to see that
his enthusiastic love of himself Is getting
to be a grentcr nnd greater passion and
eeems to bo lncnrnllo. tl, V. M.
Nkw Yonic, Juno I.
the post oi'i'icr. easemest.
Miouk! Hie Imlille Nervier Commission
Apply to Congress?
To tub Kditoii or Tun Hon Sir; It
Is a well understood fact thnt tho Hecre
tary of thn Treasury has only tho custody
ami control of real estato owned by tho
United States.
He cannot convey It or grant nn Inter
' therein without action of Congress uti-
"-., ...
Why does not tho Public Service Com
mission npply whllo Congress Is In session
for nn enabling net for the casement un
der thn Post Ollleo needed for subway
purposes, thereby saving much time now
apparently wasted? Ot.o HxAPKn.
Nsw Yomt, Juno
M'tcsn or Uganda.
To T1IK KOITOU or Tltn Ht'N Sir; A
news Item In Tub Son In regard to tho
coming of Joseph of Cgnnda nays that
the Christians suffered persecution under
tho reigns of M tesn und his successor,
MwangH.
Nowhere In history hne I reud that
M'tesa, llmperor of Uganda, was un
friendly to tho white man or Intolerant
of the whllo man's religion, lt Is written
that M'tesa held the whole white raco In
tho bond of good fcllimxhlp because ot
his great lovo mid admiration for Speko
and Stanley. M'tesn Judged tlio white
man's religion by tho characters of the.ee
two splendid men; surely tho Cod of
such men must bo th one true Clod. lie
therefore) requested thnt Christian teach
ers should bo sent to Uganda to Instruct
him and bis people, ft was after the
death of M'tesa that the persecutions took
plnce,
flelng n great ndmlror of this unique
African putenlato I wish to hnvu Justice
dotio him nnd the truth established re
garding his attitude toward the christian
religion. M. I. K.
Nzw Vong, June 1.
.shingles. ,
To the UDtTon or The Hun Sir; Mr.
Henry Pierce Davis In a bitter to Tub
Hon ondeavurs to make It appear that wm
aro having awful hard tlme nt some
manufacturing point In New Jersey wliero
lie makes "wooden shingles." Ho com
plains that where ho gavn employment to
300 men only eleven ate now 11 1 woik.
ft Is probably true, but why? Because
galvanized steel shingles nm now cheaper
and last longer than woodon ones. It Is
chnngo of conditions, not the fault of
President Wilson's tariff reduction. Slate,
tin and tile are now used with more satis
factory results nnd last Indefinitely.
Kn 1 1 In line. Mr. Davis, ami shift your
business around to meet demand and con
ditions: wood shingles uie still used to
sheet the outsldo walls of country homes
und are very ornamental.
Srcnin.v H. HAinn.
OTIBV1M.K, Juno :.
The r etiology f Pockets,
A'com tlr rilthlturo I'ott
To prove how undeveloped l tlio grnwlnr
urchin's mind
Turn out u mnntl bny'e pockets, and thee
tremures you will limit
A top, six nuty shlngla nails, a hank of
dirty Ktrlns.
A etittko (defunct 1. n railroad eplke, a bat
tered napkin rloK.
A broken llle. a rubber ball, eoino ult of
broken ruck. . , .
And sundry ecttered remnanta of a shat
tered bum door lock,
To prove Hint lovely woman Is deficient In
the hralii .
Turn out her leather handbaK, which Is
likely to cuiiUlu:
A cancelled trnn'fer, 31 cents, nuuie frat
xlrd souurcs of silk,
,V fragment "f a recipe for sterilising milk,
A pulntleee pencil, eoven stamps, some pow
der mid 11 puft,
A shopping Hit. Kunio iclmora nnd a mani
curing huff.
To prnvo Hint man's a creature of tre-
niniMioiii initMi.'i
I fo tliruugh lil 1,v'""'e wma niornlnx und
A ,ry ,i,u utelew 'fountain pen. a knife
t'",,,ii.Viilin'!fUi'' n ..n.e i,i- .
1 ...
I ""' "
r...ir fccya to locks ions sans to
no, lu ruzi. 1.VD
cruiiinleil do lor b Us.
A box of etlcky couch drops and sli num
bered Millard pills.
THE IHSAPPEAMSO STATE,
The Alt Swallow ln Paternalism or the
federal Government.
To tiik KDiTon or Tim fiuw 8lri Can
ono read tho despatches that come from
Washington, especially thoso of the rail
road Investigations, without torn misgiv
ings? It Is easy to rhapsodize, upon tho
reign of righteousness nnd to anathema
tize tho evil that has been. Crime nnd Bin
were never popular and tho public con
science nt nil times approves their dls.
covcry and punishment. Hut in the fer
vor for purity, In tlio passion for direct
action, thero Is danger of losing sight of
fundamental principles,
Can our own Iconoclasts pull dowf and 1
spnra nt their eleatlon. nnd not rather
sweep away altogether leesli the real con
struction ot the past and tho dream struc
tures of their theories In one cataclysm?
I recently was talking with a man who
not long since stood very high In tho
counsels ot onn of the political parties,
lie said ho saw no excuse for tho .States;
that they wore so much baggago In thu
way of our natural political development
and that they wera In process of being
eliminated, l'er Imps every onn would not
bo so frank ns to admit that, but It would
hei very hard lo deny convincingly that
tho States are approaching tho definition
Metternlch used of Italy, "geographical
expressions." They nro becoming less nnd
less functional, nnd In government ns In
biology loss of function spells decadence.
I'ei hup, owing to changing social con
ditions, Stalo lines were from the begin
ning doomed to yield, but since the civil
war tho I'ederal (lovcrnim'ht has ad
vanced by Imps. Widening legislation by
Ington, nil have worked to this end; for
what Is added In ono place must, by In
evitable law, bo subtracted from another.
Hvcn the pollco power, which Is con
ceived to bo espccJully a matter of local
Jurisdiction, Is being abridged by laws of
Congress. The United Htates courts are
overburdened with business, much of lt
of a sort unfamiliar to the older dockets.
Paternalism Is In thu nlr, nnd tho great
father Is at the capital.
Wo used to bo taught that tho elemental
fact of American colonization was local
self-government. Hence tho organization
of the tonns nnd tho town meetings, which
developed peculiarly In New Kngland.
Ilenc) Congregationalism, the Now Ung
lunil expression In religion of unit govern
ment by community, ltcserved political
rights was 11 dogma. It may bo said It
was n plague, which It took a wnr to ex-
of Stato energies, but a right. In legal
contemplation. Is something enforceable,
Tho rate decision of tho Supreme Court
last year Indicated that In that wldo class
of eases rights exist to the States only ko j
far as Congress has not appropriated
... m.... . ,
phase, supposed to be local. There Is tho
rood inspection. Tnoro is the process of i
u federal commission running Into tho
Htates to summon witnesses to Itself,
,., ... ...
There Is direct taxation, and thero Is tho
evident hand of tho Oovernment over all I
Industry: It Is not something nbstruso '
and heard about, lt Is felt: the sensory ;
nervea of tha head arillon run cverv-
nenes or tile head ganglion run every-1
wnere.
In New Kngland tha county never had
Important recognition nnd thero nro not
wanting thoso who would abolish It com- j
Pletely. Tho aherlff Is about the only
significant county survival, and he Is
something less In dignity than tho nuts-'
1 cedent shlre-reeve. With tlio centripetal
force of nresont tendencies conKestlns au-
thorlty at tho centre, must not tho States
sink to the Impotence of tho counties and
In logical reduction pass away?
HAnTrosn, Conn., June t. I.A.B.
THE IIACHEl.Oll OP EAKEPLACM.
A Mellow Celibate niio Admires the I'e
llellv of Home of flic Married.
To tub KDiToit or The Hun Sir: Isn't
It amusing to hear and read of the many
attempts to tax bachelors? Surely they
do not remain single from choice.
Are bachelors such a bad lot? Dls -
v them nnd no doubt I
noe whS wroto-
1.,.'. ..r.u ..;-.,
cernlng widows marry
they ngreo with the poet
TU.. l.xn ioois spurn ..ymcn . senu. power. , , hav u tri, riTMet aU the
We who by sweet e,perlnc know, ' 1 Veneration having a walk worso
That m.rr sge rlrhtly understood. than that In the days of "tho Oroolan
Ilrlng- to he tender and the tru. ,l nrr,V(l( nttm, roncl ,,, tn0
A paradl-n .ow. Cl,miI(.(, wlth tn0 atrocious design
All my llfo I'vo lived n bachelor's ex- of tnt,lr c0tlilng, are the cause.
Isletice nnd appeared to enjoy lt, and yet v-)iy could thero not be n school or
every dny I'vo wished myself married. , KnnTei t0 train suitable art students to
When one sees the many happy married
couples nnd contrasts their great happi
ness with tho loneliness of the bachelors,
one feels that there Is something radically
wrong with Cupid nnd his methods, and
seeks tho (lo.nl Hook for consolation In
the poetic descriptions and metaphors of
human llfo, It ts so rich and delicate In
suggestion, lofty In spirit.
Isn't thero a conspiracy In restraint of
happlne, hnu Isn't Dan Cupid seriously
Involved?
Hhould not mnrltnl happiness be morn
equitably distributed so as to embrace all
the eligible among the unmarried?
John KnwAito I.eeps, Jr.
Lake Pl-aciu, May 31,
Two llailgrr Indian.
To tub KniTon or Tub Hun Sir.' Mny
I add to the published reminiscences of
thn killing of Key by thu Into Oeneral
Sickles? Thirty years ugo while 11 clerlt
on the Menominee Indian Heservatlon In
Wisconsin 1 mot and knew well Joseph
(fnuthler, Interpreter for the tribe. As
his name Implies, there was a French
strain In his blood, but he whs part Me
nominee and part Snuk nnd served as a
boy with Black Hawk In the war that
goi-s by his nama.
Just before thc war (fnuthler was In
Washington ns Interpreter for some
Menominee Indians who had business nlth
the (lovcrnnient. He told me that he wit
nessed tho killing of Key In the square
(Lafayette, I thlnlD. As he was a young
man and a total stranger ho hid behind n
bush until a lot of people came to the
scene and then inado his way to his hotel
and never mentioned thn Incident for fear
that tm would be called as a witness nt
the trial. He gave some Incidents of the
killing which I have forgotten but which
did not appeur In the many reports of the
trial then extant.
Another Indian on the reservation was
,Wnu-ko, who as n lad was nldede-camp
of Teciimseh nt the battle of the Thames.
Although very old, tin remembered the
battle well und snld that Tecuniseh wns
slain by an Indian with tlio Americans
and not by Oneral Hlchnrd M. Johmon,
later Vice-President, ns the latlei nlvvnys
asserted. JndGi'li M. Itnumis.
PiilUAPEtrittA, Juno a.
The Hummer Heeoft.
Imp Where will your Majesty summer
Satan t think I'll stay In town; I nolle
a lot ot people are coming from the coun
try. Creature Applied to (Irrutnckt.
Knlcker What do ou think of the 1(1 var
of Daubt7
llocker t think It Is purely psychological.
The Industrial Cenmis.
Mi. r.ivriu Wl.ii u ur trdo7
Weary Willi I'm a psychological worker,
VMST, LET VS KEEP FAITH I
Treaty Obligations and the Ntlhuldlzlng
of American Commerce.
To Tin: EoiTon or Tits Bun Sir. Mr.
"M. N.V lllumlnntlng letter nddresscd
to ex. President Taft In Tim SUN of this
morning prompts mo to say that the clause
In tho Hay-Pauncefote treaty providing
that the canal shall bo open to nil na
tions with no discriminations Indicates
clearly that the word "all" Includes this
nation, else of what use would tho word
be? If tho United States nxempts lis
own shipping from pnytiig tolls, Is not that
iv discrimination ngntlist Ungland? Ah
much as If, for Instance, on the ground
thnt we own tho cnnnl nnd oan do ns wo
like, wo gave free tolls to (.formally I
England's mnln object in that treaty
was to protect Its own shipping Interests,
and If she had 11 right, ns we must as
sume she had, to demand that all nations
should bo treotnd alike In the freedom of
passage nnd equality of tolls, of what uso
would that clause bo If United Htnt.es
shipping wcro exempt V
Whnt difference Is there It Ilrltlsh trado
Is Injured by tho United States or by
some other nation? If slin Is discrimi
nated ngnlnst by us sho might not be
much worse off If tho discrimination
ngalnst her were extended to Include
other nations. No doubt thoreforo can
thero be that "all nations" meant par
ticularly the United Btfttrs.
On tlio other baud, tlio cnun! should ho
made ns far as possible to stand on a
strictly business footing and to derive all
thn revenues that It Is entitled to. That
means the paying of tolls by every ship
that passes through It. no mntter where
It came) from. If tho exemption udvocates
mean thus to extend u subsidy to Ameri
can shipping, that Is tho wrong way
around. Tho proper and only right way
la to eolloct all tolls first, and then pay a
subsidy to those entitled to It under tho
law. Then wc should know tho exact
revenues derived from the cnnnl and thn
exnet amount paid for subsidies.
That American shipping should receive
suitable encouragement In tho wuy of
legislation, call It aubsldles If you will. Is
very clear to nny ono who can rend. Thn
spectacle of seeing fast freight and pas
senger service from New York to lltietios
Ayres having to go by way of Hotithamp
ton and Cherbourg speaks volumes about
the utter neglect of the American mer
chant marine by Its own country.
In thn face of fforts made to Improve
our trado relations with the Houlh Ameri
can countries wo must appear very simple
minded In the eyes of our Kuropean com
petitors, I.roNcu KnAtSSINRT.
HonoKEN, N. J., June 1,
"H7f.tr EVEItV IIOXEST I'EU.SOX
KXOWS."
A Hal' Mate l'rogrrle to n Jrrse)
"I .op tiled" llepnbllean.
To riir. Kiiitow 11K Tun Sun Nlr.' I
read In Tins Hvs of May 29 a lettor
written you by a person dclgnntlng him
self "A Republican," and apparently liv
Inir In Newark. N. J. That letter exactly
typifies the lopsided, nurrow minded
stand pit Individual who has helped to
wreck the Itepubllcnn party. He Is of
I'ourBO a rabid lintr of Colonel Itoosovell,
and I presunte this wnrruiiti one In not ,
fiiltltnr his unreasonable htntemenls ton
seriously. His hatred has wniped his
mind badly and he can see nothing but
disgrace and "selfish motives" In llioie
who ndmlro nnd support th Colonel.
What ground has Unit "Ilepuhllcnn" for
assuming that Colonel Itosevclt will run
for rustcleiit on tin- Progressive ticket In
101C? I nm Just as sluceio a Ilepuhllcnn
ns tho author of that letter Is, but I
renllzo that Colonel Hoosevelt Is Hie one
hope of the Heptibllcati party In 18111,
mt ,,0 , ,,;,t mtC(, to ru,rn ,t ,
tH former prestige nnd tu give It success
In the future. Mvery honest person
knows that H.sisevell wns the chiilre of
thc majority of ltepubllcatis In It'll, and
nn md JUHt r,g,lt , r(.,.ntlnB uc, mctlcs
M noot nd Tuft used during tho cam-
palgn nnd the convention.
1 bellevo that Colonel Hoosevelt Is as
Popular ns ever. If not morn popu itar nnd
tI!,n on ciecJloTn!
191c, Certainly the country has had
enough of Democratic rule und the one
source of relief will bo Colonel Hoosevelt
1 nlm
wholesome, cleaner Hepubllcan
1? witflnv l.ivrnl.v.
Hos'ton June S.
I
PETTEIIS OF WOMAX.
Clothes ami fhoes Keep Hie True tioelllrss
Prom Ilelng Patent In Her Walk.
To tub KniTon or Tin: Pun Sir: To
day, whllo slttlnir In IMucwood Pntk. lis
tening to the songs of the birds and drink-
i'ng deep of the coo ing ireexe. 1 uecnuin
Interested In watching tho procession of
I nialds and wives children and girls. Krom
'the study of their faces I passed to he
1 contemplation, from hats to shoes, of tho
deckle edged costumes now In vogue. My
Inspection Included the carriage of Iho
ladles, none of whom, except the elderly.
lealirn women's clothes, that both beauty
and utility may lie combined therein? As
tltn present styles undoubtedly emanate
from mindless persons. It might first .bo
necessary to develop brains lu designers,
but even that seems possible to an opti
mistic person. If that end could be at
tained then we might hope for women's
shoes so contrived that walking In them
would bo possible,
YSI'ADDAPEN PBNKAWn.
Nr.w Havisk, Conn., Mny 31.
'Die Nlr of Angels.
To THE KntTon or Tub Hun ,S(r; "Sub
scriber" Is unfortunato In his reference:
"Acts I., 0 et seq." Tluqe Is neither In the
vetflo mentioned nor In the chnptcr Indi
cated Implication, even by Inference, that
"two men In whlto nppnrel" nrn iingels.
He should have consulted tho Index to
bis Concordance, where ho would have
found numerous moro effective and telling
references, but the commentators differ,
.mil 1 must remain In doubt, worried and
In event travnll of spirit, until the Hon,
Josephux Daniels, leader of tho hosts of
righteous abnegation lu the navy, settles
tho question finally. He should know.
Aiitois nn CArr.T.
HAULinii, N. C, May 30.
l'cnn)hnnla lo MUsiiurl.
To tub DniTon or Tub Sun .Sir;
Hollcil down to plain lCngllsh. Mr. Met
cnlfs letter In this morning's Sen simply
menus that the "kicker" minds his own
business, whllo the reformer minds every
body else's.
This Is Just the difference between a
blessing and a cursu to tho community.
Mr Metcalf, being fiimi Missouri, Is
probably unable to nppreclnte such 11 small
difference as that. Others of us do.
I'm from Pennsylvania. It's better to
bo from Missouri than from Nebraska,
l'"KANII PATTtltFOV.
Nr.w Youk, June 1.
'Ibis n H the Trull
To TUB KniTnr. or Tun Srv Air: Dulco
et decorum est pro patrlu Cnuutiniquarn?
Nkw YonK, June 3. II. W.
Tho Vlens of the ItooacTelt-Wllion Ipiestlon.
from the I'ilUflrld Kaal'-
"Itoimevelt Is the only man who can bent
Woodrow Wilson In 1H," say the Trosres
elve leaders,
Allow us to amend!
Itooeevelt le the only man who can elect
Woodrow Wilton In 1910.
A Telephonic I'arewell.
We are no longer engaged!"
Said she through tho telephone
in a molt decided tune.
! That vas "("lien to make htm freeie.
"All rlfhtl" h answered, "ring off, plea.e!"
MUSEUM NOW OWNS
ALTAIAN ART WORKS
Formal Transfer of Collrctton
Ts Mndo by Late Mfr-
clin tit's ExocntorH.
VVMAC VIEWTN X0VKMH1.R
Tciiijtornr.v liisfnllntion Tin
Summer Until New Winy
Is Completed.
The last steps were, taken jeMerda it
was announced by Itobert W. de I'm t
president of the Metropolitan Musen n nf
Art, In the formal transfer to the ,
seum of the nrt collection of the lute II.,..
Jamln Altman, merchant and colitdor,
the most valuable .gift ever received t)
the Institution.
At the same tlnio Mr, da Forest gave
out the correspondence between tho ex
ecutors of thn Altman citato and the mu
seum ofllclats on the acceptance and In
stnllatlon of Mr, Altmnti's art works, The
Collection, valued nn high ns f 13,000,000.
ts rich In ltembrundts, tapestries, porce
lains, rugs, china, glum, rock crystals,
Chlneeo snuff buttles, I. Imogen enamels,
furniture, bionics nnd other works of
art.
H was written onco by a newspaper
man, u friend of Mr. Altman. who rait
been taken through the galleries ant
rooms of the merchant's l'lfth nvenu
houso for a "private view" ot his wonder
ful collection, Unit throughout tho Inspec
tion tho reporter bad a fueling of sadneSA
because nil thesn glories from undent
and modern studios "were locked away
from the people."
Tho people will be able to sea them at
their best during thn present year. The,
collection, Mr. do Forest said yesterday,
will bo temporarily Installed In tho mu
seum during tho summer. According to
the present plans tho formal opening will
tako thu form of u reception during the)
first week In November.
ino.nOO Fnml for Upkeep.
Thn letter of Michael Frledsam. execu
tor. Included the 'tender of a check for
1100,000 to be hold us a perpetual fund
the liicomo of which only shall bo used
for tho salaries of Theodoru Y. Hobby
and Arthur .1. lloatoti, who have been re
tained to care for thn collection.
Mr. de 1'orest In his letter of acceptance
promised a permanent Installation of tho
gift uh soon us tho new wing of tha
miiMcum Ih completed.
To permit of tho temporary exhibition
0f 4he collection alterations were begun
In the main gallery of tho museum last
January, pending the completion of this
new south wing.
Thn noted collection grew almost In
secret. With the exception of tho favored
friends of Mr. Altman nmost 110 one
except tho dealers through whom Mr Alt
man made his purchases had any notion of
the grent vulun of tha Altman collec
tion. Oleliralril Ileum of Collection.
The list of objects was published sev
eral times In January last following the
acceptance by thn museum of the glfL The
"Woman With a Carnation." tho eele.
brated "Auctioneer," the "Portrait of
Titus" tiiul other llembrandts nlono would
make the gift 11 notnble one.
Theio nro but two pictures by Frana
Hals, but there two examines ot the bril
liant Dutch painter lire, according to so
eminent un authority ns Ur. Hodn of
llei lln, "qulto the most distinguished genre
pictures" painted by Hills. Then thero nro
twelvo paintings from tho Italian school,
tweiity-tlvn Dutch pictures, Including the
thirteen llembrandts; eight nemleh pic
tures, four of tho Uerm.m school, two by
VeliiKiiiit.K. nnd Riilendld exntnnles of sculn.
' Hire by Donatello und many other Italians,
lloudon nnd other Frenchmen, iironzes oy
the Dutch, Krench and- Italians, 46
Chlneso porcelains noted for monochrome
glazes und black hawthorns, about 100
Chinese snuff bottles, und u miscellaneous
collection of Italian and demon rock
crystals, sixteen Persian and Indian rugs
of tho sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
and Kenalssance furniture.
MRS. ADAMS0N LEADS REVOLT.
OrlKlnntes Income. Tax I'rotwst for
TVomnii Noffrngei Party.
A resolution Introduced by Mrs. rtobsrt
Adumson ut a recent meeting ot the city
committee of the Woman Suffrage party
calls upon nil women who havo to pay
an Income tax to accompany the pnyment
by a protest. Thn suggested form reads
'This tax Is paid under protest by a
woman because the Oovernment denies
her tho right to vote."
Mora than SO.OOO new names were re
ported ns added to the roll of tha Woman
Huffrago party by the two weeks canvass
throughout slxty-thren Assembly dis
tricts. The canvassors hud the enthusi
astic cooperation of thn tradesmen In
many districts. The Horough of Richmond
had 1,6C0 enrolments. The Twenty-fifth
district of Manhattan had more than
1,000, the results of tho efforts ot twenty
workers, who dined together each evening
at thn home of a different member of the
sum!. Most other districts reported en
rolments of from 300 to tJOO.
WILL PRESS WAR OF UNIONS.
Mnrhlr WorUera to Strike W"h-re
llrlcklnyera Set Stone.
Stephen Hogan, secretary of tha Inter
nar.lonnl Marble Workers Association,
which Is now holding Its nnnu.it convention
at Heothovctt Hall, 331 Knst Seventy-third
street, said yesterday that It had heen
decided to take up tho fight between the
marble workers and tho bricklayers over
the question ns to which trade Is entitled
to tlio work of sotting tho marble prepared
by the marble workers. Tho brlcklayere,
by doing this work, he said, are try
to wipe out tho mnrblo workers' orgnuizi.
Hon. Strikes of tho mnrblo workers. e
wild, will bo declared on bulldlnrs throuy"'-
out the country where bricklayers u -doing
the disputed work.
"we hnvn been awarded 'Mils v -c
o recent decision of the American PcPts
Hon of UilKir," he said.
SEEKS TO OUST GLYNN JUDGES
Tmpnyer'a Case Against Hoy and
lljlnn ,orr Under Aelvlseiiirnl.
Supreme Court Justice Jaycox ' ,
Itrooklyn reserved decision yesterd)
a motion to oust County Judges Hoy
Hylan, both recently appointed !"
(lljiin. Tho notion U brought ifr. s
the Attorney-Oener.il's office by Wll. in""
Snyder. s h taxpayer He alleges 'is'
both appointments ure lllsal.
Following lengthy arguments Jus e
Jaycox took the pupers In th ease, an
nouncing that he would hand down h
decision speedily, so that the Attorni"
Oeneral may carry tho case to the i win
of Appeals before the end of the month
Many prisoners sentenced for long terms
will bo affected If the doclslon Is against
the Judges,
IlloeU Celebration To-day.
The south anniversary of Capt AdrUen
niock's discovery that veesels could pass r
through Iloll (late Into Long laland Hound
will be celebrated to-day at 41 Amsrsfort
placn, Brooklyn. Liwle H. Pounds, Presi
dent ot tho Horough of Urooklyn, will preside.
mum. . j i t. 11,
i