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TUESDAY, MAItCH 28, 1010.
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! Ml rtltclra" arttcltt returned lhfi nniil
In II oaita tend ilainpi lor that purpete.
Tnm Machine Polltlrs to Plain
BUrkgutrdlsm.
The Thompson committee wus con
ceived In polities', attracted Rcncrul
attention by Its Incompetence, llxctl
Itself In public esteem by its treat
ment of a youriK woman, and nt pres
ent Is engaged In revealing Its ca
pacity for bliickfnmrdlsm. Toleration
for its performances hns endured be
cause of the hope thnt despite Its
manifest intellectual and moral lim
itations It mlpht, If not through mal
ice, then through Inadvertence, re
real some fact of Importance to the
community.
This hope has become so attenu
ated that to-day It may truthfully b
described ns non-cxistcnt. Conse
quently, it is in order to direct the
notice of the Legislature to the abuse
of Its powers the commute; Is guilty
of, to the scandalous nature of Its
proceeding, and to the Indecencies
to which It Is ojienly committed.. It
has accomplished itHpolltlcal object
y confiding the Public Service Com
mission of this district to men ac
ceptable to the Itepubllcan organiza
tion, and Us further activities have
done no more than bring the Leg
islature for which it speaks into
greater disrepute thun that body has
alreudy earned.
The Direct Tsi.
Senator Wac.nku wastes his time
Id proving ngaln that the direct State
tax for this j ear wits unnecessary
and that none should be Imposed for
next year. Cither competent students
of State affairs showed in the spring
f 1015 that the imMist was not
needed for the replenishment of the
treasury. It was wanted by the Itepub
llcan organization, whose high desire
overrides all other consideration.
When the tux was itiixiM-d the plan
was to let the taxpayers escape next
year and congrntulittn them on the
superior ability of the Itepubllcan
Administration In matters of finance.
This design would have been fol
lowed had not the Itepubllcan can
didates won n notable victory at the
polls In November. That Incident
convinced the pnrty managers that
regardless of what they did with
the treasury they were sure of popu
lar support, and, the spending of
other people's money being a pleasant
employment for them, their plan for
npxt year was abandoned as soon as
the returns were In.
The (Jovernor announced on De
cember ! that there would be a di
rect tax next year. It had then been
decided oil. The iSovernor knows
nothing alMiiit the Slate nuances, it
Is true, but lie has never let his Ig
norance Induce hlin to modesty in
denling wlih them, and his declara
tion of four mouths ago Is vindicated
In the programme of to-day.
Vers Libre.
For some time lovers of poetry
and despite our alleged national ma
terialism their iiiiiik! Is Icgimi In this
country have been awaiting an uu
tkoritatlvo and llluniliuitlug defini
tion of so-called vers llbre, a form of
literary art under suspicion In cer
tain worthy circles because of Its
French title. With a scum; of grati
tude and relief they will learn from
the high priestess of the new poetical
cult, Miss Amy I.owki.1., that there Is
nothing pernicious in the output of
the literary futurists, or better, per
haps, the cubists of the cadenza, nnd
that vers librn really possosos beau
ties Inspiring to the Initiate, The pleas
ures of bicycling or aeroplaiilng can
be enjoyed only by Ihose who have
mastered a certain technique. So It
Is, we Imagine, with vers llbre, or the
new poetry; to appreciate Its charm
n reader must sere an apprentice
ship under tint guidance of some
emancipated literary expert who con
siders Ti:..Mso.v old fashioned mid
SwiMit ii.M'. an obsolete tiiiie hov.
Miss I.owki.1. delines her art : "Vers
llbre Is bued upon rhythm. It Is a
verse form based upon cadence rather
than upon exact meter. It Is n little
difficult to define cadence when deal
ing with poetry. I might call It the
sense of balance." This sense of bal
ance demanded of the writer of vers
llbro Is also necessary to the render.
When acquired by the latter, bow
ever, It Is said to ho detrimental to,
frequently destructive of, the sense
of humor. There nre recently re
corded Instances of light hearted
nolces who have plunged Into thn
study of tint new poetry and liovo
lost presently all power of npprccla-
ting a Joke, even after it had been
explained.
"Poetry," Miss laiuxt.t. says, "being
n spoken and not n written nrt, those
not well versed In the various Metlc
forms will Hud It simpler to read
vers lllirc imems aloud rather than
to try to get their rhythm from the
printed pace." Ity this suggestion
Miss I.owki.i. throws out the Interest
ing intimation that tins vpry latest
novelty In the realm of poesy hnrks
back across the centuries to ilnd n
tin with Homeric days, when a blind
maker of epic verse wandered about
reciting his Immortal tines to the
rhythm lovers of undent (Ireece.
The oftener vers llbrn gets Into
print the less likely are Its makers to
win the crown of bays.
The Case of Costa Rica as to Nicar
agua Canal Rights.
The claim of Costa ltlca to be con
sulted In any arrangement between
the United States and Nicaragua
concerning omul rights from the
Caribbean to the Pacific rests pri
marily on the geographic fact that
the San Juan Itlver Is for many miles
the boundary lino between the two
Central Amcrlcnn republics. For per
haps twenty-five miles, front near
Castillo to Oclion, this boundary river
was to lmvn been canal Ir.ed, accord
ing to the old Nicaragua route plans;
nud the boundary river thus to be
navigated belongs Jointly to Nicara
gua and Costa I lira.
It Is now reported from Snn Jos6
that President Gonzalez' Govern
ment has begun action in the Central
American Court of Justlco to penal
ize Nicaragua for transferring by
treuty to the United States canal
rights In which Costn .Wen claims
to share under the terms of her boun
dary agreement with Nicaragua. In
the protocols of the boundary settle
ment Nicaragua pledged herself, as
t.'ostn Illca holds, not to negotiate
for the sale of the canal route with
out consulting her neighbor nnd part
ner In the control of the San Juan
boundary river.
The Nicaragua canal treaty was
ratified last month by our Senate;
but the resolution of ratification car
ried this proviso, submitted by Sen
ator Uboussard of Louisiana :
"Vhoreaa Costa IUca, Salvador nnd
Honduras have protested against the
ratification of said convention In the
fear or belief that said convention
might in some respect Impair existing
rights of said States;
"Therefore, it Is declared by the Sen
ate that in advising and consenting to
the ratification of the ald convention
an amended audi advice nnd consent
are given with the understanding to be
exprci-wed as part of the Instrument of
ratification that nothing la said con
tention Is intended to affect nny exist
ing rlRht of am' of the said named
States."
This Is n guarantee, so far as the
United States Government Is con
cerned, that Costa Hint shall lose no
valid right through our negotiations
with Nicaragua. As to the validity
of these right's of Costa Hlen, we call
attention to the text of a protocol,
still In force, which was executed by
Secretary Hay and. Minister Calvo
of Costa Hlea In 1000, when the first
Hay-Pnuncefoto treaty was pending.
That proposed treaty, It will be re
membered, was Intended to apply
to either the Panama or the Nicara
gua route:
"It Is agreed between the two Gov
ernments that when the I'ret-ldcnt of
the United States Is authorized by law
to acquire control of such portion of
the territory now belonging to Costa
Itica as may be desirable and nccot-sary
on which to construct and protect a
canal of depth and capacity sufficient
for the passage of vessels of the great
crit tonnage and draught now In use,
from a point near San Juan del Nnrto on
the Caribbean Sea, via I..ike Nicaragua
to Hrlto on thu Pacific Ocean, they mu
tually engage to enter Into negotiations
with each other to Fettle the plans and
agreement, In detail, found necessary
to accomplish tho construction and to
piovldo for tho ownership and control
of the proposed canal."
Costa Klca's right to be consulted
seems quite clear, not only from her
geographical relation to the Nicara
gua route but also from this itgrei!
ment, which Is yet of binding force.
The Hay-Calvo protocol of lfM0, Itt
connection with the Itroussard pro
viso of 1010, would certainly appear
to afford her ndequatc grounds for
asserting her rights.
The protests of Honduras nnd Sal
vador are on other grounds. The
question there involved Is tho right
of the Nicaragua Government to con
cede to 1 1 to United States a nnval
base In the Gulf of l'oiueca, au In
dentation of the Pacific upon which
Salvador nud Honduras have front
ago as well iih Nlcnragiin.
Kwliiillng Good t'ltlrriis.
llcprcscntntlM! Mann of Illinois
will oppose the literacy test in the
Ilurnett Immigration bill, but If Ills
efforts to hnvn this provision stricken
from that measure tiro unsuccessful,
he will accept and ote for It because
he fears "a Hood of immigration such
as no country ever experienced be
fore" when peace comes lo Ktirope.
Such au unprecedented exodus Is un
likely. There will bo a great demand
for workers In tho nations now at
war nnd Intelligent efforts by business
men nnd Governments V rebuild the
devastated regions nnd reestablish In-,
diistrles. The Mciicultural, Industrial
and commercial rehabilitation of the
countries will he undertaken immedi
ately; opportunities for workers will
be "' -"ii-ictons on Hielr
emigration are reasonably to be ex
pected. Mr. Mans should kuou auU
probably does that oatalde tlief380,00a,700: silver certificates, -NO,
United States government energy Is
dc oted to the upbuilding nnd suste
nance of trade, not to Its destruction,
as Is our enlightened practice.
Hut If Mr. Mann's alarm were well
grounded, what would the United
Slates hite lo fenrV We need the
Immigrants as much as they need us;
need them whether they possess the
nrtlllchtl accomplishment of ublllty to
rend and write or tire so unfortu
nate as not to fiosscss them. Ob
servation during the recent months In
width we have had occnslon to ex
amine somewhat carefully the quality
of our naturalized citizens hns not
disclosed superior Amcrlcnnlsm In
those of alien birth who brought to
their adopted land literary skill. Men
enjoying the advantages of school
training have not lieen quicker to rec
ognize their obligations to the Untted
States than have their less fortunate
brothers: Indeed, thero have been
times when a proposal to exclude
from this country nil literate Immi
grants might have enlisted consider
able populnr support.
Neither on sentimental nor on logi
cal grounds enn tho literacy test be
defended. The nutlon knows that Il
literate aliens have made of them
selves gootl citizens of this country,
nnd that they have bred sons and
daughters who have done credit to
them and to the opportunities Amer
ica hns offered them. It knows that
If It Is protected apt Inst the obviously
Incapable, the notoriously dlsuffectetl,
the habitually criminal, the physically
and mentally defective, It will not
suffer from those who nre allowed to
land. It knows, moreover, that with
out hook learning a mnn or n woman
can contribute to its prosperity and
safety; and wherever n selfish pur
pose or pure Ignorance does not swny
the Judgment, this section of tho
Hurnett bill hns not n supporter.
Tracking Villa.
It was hardly to be expected thnt
Villa the bandit, who must be dis
tinguished from Villa tho commander
of organized Constitutionalist forces,
would be run down In tho desert that
stretches to Cnas Grnndes nnd be
yond. Villa the bandit rides with
no impedimenta. His headquarters
Is In the saddle. He has no need of
even it mule train. He lives off the
country. He can pick tip new mounts
on the ranches. He had about six
days start of General P:r.itiN0. Ten
days after crossing the line the Amer
ican cavalry Is iBO miles from the
bonier, and the peons sympathize
with Villa, who in their eyes is a
hero.
General Pr.nsittNU hns established
his headquarters for the time being
at Kl Valle on the Santa Maria Itlver,
some eighty miles southeast of Cnsos
Craudcs and about 1-5 tulles north
west of ('hlhunhua. Ho Is forty miles
oust of (lie railroad on one side ond
lifty or more west of tho main line
running from Kl Paso to Chihuahua.
The country Is fairly open and hns
certain strategic advantages as n base
for sending out expeditions both on
the trull and in the air. It Is Im
perative that General Plkshino, ns
he cannot ue the railroads, should
have wagon connection with Colum
bus to get tip his supplies. General
UuNsToN, by the way, says thnt tho
transjMirtatlim of rations and equip
ment Is a growing problem, on nc
count of the deep sand thnt the
trucks must force their way through.
Loads have boon reduced one-half.
VillaV tactics will be no doubt to
drnw his pursuers deeper and tleeper
Into the mountains If he finds them
hot on Ids trull. He should be a
shrewd Judge of what Amcrlcnn cav
nlrymen can do In such n country,
and he knows what the strain on
their heavier nnd unnccllmated
lior,-os will be ns well as the illlllculty
the cavalrymen will have In gelling
water and keeping open their com
munications. Gf.itoMMo was some
times aware of the presence of Cap
tain T.awton's troopers when they
did not know that he was In their
vicinity. In some parts of the Sierra
Tarahiitnare, where Villa will seek
refuge If html presod, n small band
of men could tlnd concealment while
horsemen looked for them In vain.
To drnw the Americans further
and further Into the wilderness and
keep the expeditionary force Indefi
nitely In the country until they wear
out their welcome from the Carranzls
tas would naturally be Villa's plan.
He made a daring cast for Interven
tion when he rallied Columbus, nnd
he will play the game with desperate
cunning to the end.
Inflating the Currency.
The statement of the rederal reserve
banks for last week shows that
.:t7-,(M) more reserve bank notes se
cured by Government bonds sneaked
Into circulation. The record of the
uioM'iiieur which began this month
now stands as follows, the dates being
those of the weekly returns for the
rcsone banks ;
Notes In circulation:
March II f 1 10,000
March IS CSl.OOO
.Match LT. 1,05:1,000
We asked last week why the In
stitution of currency reform was
working In such a fashion. We pointed
out that there was nothing In the
circumstances of the money market
or In lliiauiial conditions generally
to furnish any explanation. In again
asking the question wu wMi to di
rect attention lo the facts relative to
the conntr.v's puHr money supply,
Tho last Treasury statement of
money in circulation was made for
March I, 11)111. In comparison with
the return fn'r March 1, 1015, these
Increases nppourcd: Gold certificates,
THE SUN, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1916.
Itm.OIV); United States notes, 16,108,.
13)1 ; Federal reserve notes, 1B3,.Ti8,
080; Federal reserve bunk notes, $'-,
000. 070. A gross Increase of If.'Sl,
741,001 Is shown, which Is reduced
to n net Increase of 1,170,887 by
decreases of .51fi0,0S.T In the Treas
ury notes of 1R00 nnd $ 127, 102,1 II In
national bank notes.
On the face of these figures the per
capita circulation of paper money
made n startling gain of SI In the
twelvemonth from March 1 to March
1. The real Increase Is about S.'.oO If
nllownnce Is made for the fact that
the bulk of the national bunk note de
crease resulted from the retirement
of emergency currency put out In the
summer and autumn of 101 1. There
arc, of course, offsets. Most of the.
Federal reserve notes have probably
replaced an equal amount of gold cer
tificates In circulation. The reserve
bunks hnvo Issued only about a third
of tho notes shown by the Treasury
statement ns tnken out. Neverthe
less the currency statistics disclose
thnt half n billion dollars or more of
paper money hns been added to the
circulating supply in the last year!
This denotes an extraordinary situ
ation, one that. In view of the ensy
condition of the money mnrket, calls
for contraction of currency rather
thnn fresh expansion. Yet the re
serve bunks have lately begun to en
gage In the Issuance of bond secured
notes, with the result that the effect
of the currency reform legislation of
1913 has been to add a second patch
to our currency crazy quilt, the first
being the Federal reserve notes Is
sued ugalnst gold or ngn!nt gold nnd
commercial pnppr.
There Is llttlo difference between
night and day to a Mexican bandit.
What malefactor of great wealth
spoiled the latest discovery of Oyster
Hay's most famous faunal naturalist
by shocking Brooklyn with bewhls
kercd nut cracking birds?
Kansas has sent a message throughout
tho nation. The h'ntmii C'ifj Joiimnl.
What, another?
"The ruacharo," Mr. I'oosnin.T's
devil bird of Trinidad, "does not feed
on nuts, but on soft fruits." say the
Brooklyn ornithologists, futin.il Ann
r.Uses. who basely pretend to have
beaten the Colonel to It by several
yeans nnd a lot of detail. Would, then,
the bird with n Kirn owl's countenance
and whlppoorwill whiskers cat a Pro
gressive? Uncle Sam's need for a shock nb
torber Is constantly on the Increase.
STAR ROUTE ECHOES.
Colonel Ingrrmll'a Part In Affairs of
Horsey and UN Codcfcndants.
To Tlir KniTor. nc Tin: Kt'N S'r- Al
though tho 'mprcss;on l abrn.nl lh.it
Stephen W. l"orry b.i viHtul'.y 'vied
from the memor ! tnu pn st-tit genera
tion. 1 m.ikn bold to s.i th.it some
of our leaders at least will care to
Vead a few things which. Pi a sens.-,
supplement jour editorial article deal
ing with this once n ttlon.il tlgure. What
It com to defend Senator Iorwy anil his
codefendants In the Star ltotite cai-es I
do not know, but hcn t'olincl Itmersoll
died his Identification w t:i the atif
of the defendants In theje p-ocefsllr.gs
was cited as a kind of an Indefinable
reflection upon his legal leput.itlon, and
I have alvas thought tho ili.irvc or
the Implication seriously unjust, la hi.
lifetime It was widely published that
he received a princely fee for the work
he did, work that resulted In acuulttal
for his clients. iinton P. l'arrell, In
gersolI'M publisher, printed this s a
footnote In .t volume devoted to Inter
views :
Colnnl fnrrrrl! hat l.r-n o rrltletjiej
n't inl!tn'i! for defending Mr. Iinn-ey In
th Star Ituu! r.ii.e, ami frniurntly
charred with hating rrcrlted mii rnurmuui
t-r, that I think It hut ttmple jiittlo t
hit memory tn tuy thtt h- re.-Hvi-.l nn
tuch fe. n. tht the rMleiilnusly rmnW
sums he ilM ri-ltt tr much nior- than
offiet hy the unimtnt he had tn pay at
Indoreer of .Mr. Hor-ey's ptper.
A statement bv entitle for thn do-
icneo "woum n.irniy no neeepted t;i any ,
court of lompotent jurisdiction as legal i
evidence, nor does -t carry to Die nilnds
of Intelligent men nny weight not Just!-,
fled by the fact" offered to sustain It.
Hut 1 think the following east upon tin-1
whole affair a lleht which mnt be wrl-j
come, in nny consideration of Dorsey
and the excitement that swept the coun
try when ha was brought to bar;
T did ntlolpt k verdl t mil on ft'
acquittal. I fenew that the de'enlants
wern entitled to etifh n verdict. 1 knew 1
that ths (Internment had elKiiully fulled
t'l prove, a cate. There was nitlilne hut I
eiifjilclun from nhtch mallei. v.m Inferred.!
Th dlreet proof mat utterly unworthy of j
hellef. Tho ill-r. t ultima wns iiiiicht
with If ttert he had fom-d Thle on. far: j
wa ftiouch to cover the prosecution u.tlij
cnnfutlon. The fart that Iterdell sat withi
the other defendant, nnd reported tit th I
Government frum day to day tatistle.l the
Jury as to Hie tain of hit trattniony an I
the animus of the Department of JuMlrr.
Another thine had creat In
fluence with the Jury, the etldence of the
defendants , upon all material points.
o candid and ma natural, so devoid of all
colorlnr. that the Jury could not help lie.
Iletlnr. If tho people knew tho etldenre
they would acre with the Jury. When
no remember that thrr were mrr lii.uou
Star Itoutet It It not to he wondered at
that eoniK inltke wrio made, that In
some Inttanret loo much wa ptld and In
others too little. i-rmdent Ar
thur removed orilcert nn falee i harret with
out KivlnB them a hr.,rnjr lie deposed
Martlml llenty hec,uio nouiiliody .aid
that he was a friend of the defendant.
Henry 1 ii rood oftlrer hiiJ an lionert
man. the I'reildent removed Ameer for
the same reason. Tills wu a mlMake,
AlnR-er etioiild hate lieen heard There It
alwn time In do Jii'llre. It uai thought
that the community could he terrorised,
The .Mtoruey-llenernl wrote a
letter denouncing thn defendants at thletei
and roldiers. Illton, the foreman of thn
tlret Jury, wan Indicted Members of thn
tlmt Jury voting "giilllj" were In various
was rewarded. It was claimed
that the mp tried wan the stroiiKett, If
thl It to the ril would hrtter lie dla
missed, I think the people are tired of
thn whole business,
1 htilunlt this without prejudice. I
iniiko no ntte-iitpt to go Into the taerllM
tif thn case or to Justify wJut iJoiecy
and his nshOclatcH may hate done. Tho
Ktiilt or Innocence of the iiccuseil Is. in
the light of thn Msord, largely a nites
tluu of opinion. Thon went slut my
days la tho history of the npuhllc, duH
when the pi ens ld.ijid .1 J.iigcr p.ut
than It iI:isn to-day In the rulmlnlHt ra
tion of Juetlce. Tho tilltois thought
Dnrscy mid l.ho others should hate been
convicted and maybe they were, right.
In any event 1 pat tlnse cMntels along
lo nu III tho hope Ihat.they will rorvn
,to amplify what you Itavo already writ
ten nljout Horsey and make tills curious,
chapter lu our law and polltlrs com.
Pl'tC. JOHKI-II lldl.l.lSTKU.
riTWULD, Matta., March IT.
THE FEDERAL CHARTER FOR
RAILROADS.
"CItIUs" Answers Mr. fllnyresant
Fish.
Totiih liMTott oe Tiik Six- Sir: The
letter In Tiik Ht'N of March So from
Mr. Stuyvcsant Fish, the well known
railroad man nnd capitalist, opposes
Federal charters for railroads nttd
favors an act of Congress to rllmlnatn
State regulation. Ills grounds for op
posing Federal charters mo us fol
lows: Many strong railroad corporations enjoy
Invaluabls rights under their Stats char
ters, tuch nt perpetual eurcettlou, ex
emptions from or peculiar provltlons In
reeptct to taxation, powers to crots and
divert waterway snd highway, to con
demn needeil lands and to make by-law
for tho conduct of their hutlnej.t.
Mr. Fish also says thnt thn stronr,
railroad companies have established
In their present corporate names n
credit known ull over thn world, and
finally that Federal Incorporation
would cotnplleato thn present situa
tion by adding ono moro class of rail
road corporations.
I.ct us consider these objections in
the order named:
1. l'erpetuul charters. A Fcder.il
charter mlKht equally well be perpet
ual. Yet tho value of perpetual char
ters Is largely Imaginary, ltallroad
charters of limited duration havo al
ways been easily renewed. For In
stance, tho original Hudson Illver
ltallroad charter (the present New
York Central ltallroad from Albany to
New York), wan for tlfly years only,
from May IS, lStrt. Thero has been
no trouble In extending its existence.
In fact, many Important railroad char
ters In this Htato wore limited to fifty
years. Our Court of Appeals referred
to many of them in 202 N. Y. 2S0, nd
held thnt such limited corporate) ex
istence did not affect nt nil the prup
crty rights and franchises.
2. Kxfinptlons or peculiar provi
sions uh to taxation. Those wero
granted In the early days, but have
mostly disappeared by legislation
under flu- reserved right (203 I', S.
1121 or by consolidations flST f. .S.
S.'.S). or sales (203 F. S. 2ofi), r fDrc
cloKiirc (111 l K. 176i. or by Judicial
construction. Railroads may bo tard
In various wajs, namely, tho tangible
property or franchls- or capital sfxk
or shares of Mock, Ac. An ceniplPM
as to one may be construed ns not cx
PiilptliiK from tho other modes of tax
ntlnn: for Instance, the exemption of
"stock" does not exempt shares of
Mock (Slti 1. S, 420), and tho exemp
tion by a tax on shares of stock dies
not exempt capital stool: (161 I. S,
14ft). Few exemptions have escaped
and tho few remaining remnants do not
commend themselves to public policy
or to the public. The less sntd I'bottt
them the bettor. If they don't wsnt
to come into .1 Federal charts" let
them May out and take the'r pre
carious chances with SUto regula
tion. l!a.;ioads claiming- exemp'lon
from State taxation are tn poor shape
to claim exemption from State regu
lation. 3. Power to cress and divert water
ways and highways. A Federal char
ter would gite all the as fully as
ireent State charters.
4. Condemnation of land. All rail
road charters g.e this power, and a
Fcdcra. charter would give It.
... The enactment of by-laws. Kvtry
corporation 1 is tlsia power. In fact
it Is tut Implied power, anil, the I'd!
( nil chatter iimmI lint even name It.
!. Continuation of corporate names
as a matter of credit, Federal clnr
ters could continue present railroad
names. Then; would not be the slight
est occasion for hanging them. As
to cr. dit. all investors and bankers
would prefer the protection given by
one Federal charter to a dozen pro
vincial State charters.
7. An additional class of rn.lr.iad
corporation-. In view of the f.t.-t thi: i
there nre fnrty-clglu ciase now in
forty-eight State.-, one more wi.l do no
harm. In fact the one would quickly
absorb many of the forty-eight, anil
there would be less Instead of m re I
The object .on would seem fanciful. I
Ttirn.ng now to -Mr. li-h'.s argu
ment that Congress has the power
to eliminate State tegu. iti'ti of rail
road", the navigation nets nf Con-I
grot-.-, to which -Mr. Fish refers are of j
great historic Interest but have little
direct beating nn the subject be'oro j
ns. They pertain to "waters of :h j
Fnited states which are common '
hlghw.ij.s of commerce" illion, it. s. j
of I. S.). Those acts did lint attempt I
to Invade the powers of the St it 1
The established rule nn this subject !.. 1
given by Judge Cooley In his work on :
constitutional law, wheto he svy,
(pp. C.-7): " i
Nat Uatlnu and fn'fr, ourre upon ttie i
natural h!k'hw.ia by watrr It under the'
reEiilatlni; control of inngreo, whereter
It It not rxrliititely limit'1 1 to a ,liiu-le
l-late. So are transportation 'ol Inter,
course by railroad between iiirfrreiit iart
of thn lountry; and It la therefore com
petent for Comma tn provide that all
nillroad companies may carry p. is. enters,
mallB, and rrcprty over their road., boats,
bridges and ferries, on their way fioin ona '
state tn riliotbei, and rewrite cmjifns.i -
tlou thorrfnr. Tho lomuieri c uf ,i
State whbh fonitresj may control must
tn some etaro of Itt progress bo extra- t
territorial. It in netrr liuludc trannac
tlint wholly Internal t'onnresi I
cannot IrKitlate for Uk regulation of com- I
mrrce en a stream whose luivinaltie ia
tera aro exclusively within the limit, ef '
a Mate, and whh'h does nni. by eomirctlng (
with ether waters, form b continuous
highway over wil,-h commerce It or may I
bn rarrld on with other Statet or with
foreign inuntrlet.
Mr. Fish's argument hardly ic.og.
nlze.s this f iiuilannntal ptiuciple -f
constitutional limitations, iiicio cer
tainly Is n boundary line be) ond which
the Ciovernment cannot encroach on
the powers i f the various States i.
to the Intrastate part of r.illronls and j
railroad unfile. That boundary line
has been a legal anil political question
for a generation and more, and it I
would lie Iia.ardoiis for any one to I
assort that Coitgrrsn nwy eliminate it '
altogether. On the other hand, a Fed- '
oral railroad charter would enable
Congress to exempt all tho properly,
trafllc and operations of .such a rail
road corporation front tho jurisdiction
of tho Si, lies and -Stuto coiunils.-ioii.s,
Of the two courses the latter nemi
preferable. An act of Congress elltu.
hinting State regulation would lead to
doubt, confusion, delay and litteriuin
able litigation, An act of Cougicss
Incorporating; a Federal railroad com
pany would eiiible Coibtresa to elim
inate State iegiiittlnu like a slut.
Public opinion will not sustain
either act of Congress, however, with
out concessions The SI, lien havn a
tremendous power of lesl.stance and
will not give up tl-i ,r invent power of
regulation unless muho new ystom of
controlling these vast railroads Is con
ceded, The day is pashiiiK when one
man or group of men nta.v dominate
great trunk systems of railroads, Mr.
Fish himself knows how tho proNy
system of control was used to oust
him from the Illinois Cetitrnl. I we.
however, that your correspondent J
"I.cx," In his letter of March 23, his
challenged my pro)osltlnn on thnt
point, and inasmuch as this letter Is
alrcndyi too Ions 1 will answer Idm
later.
In closing; T wish to ruy that Mr.
Fish bus rendered a dlsiiii.'t public
service In his contribution. Ho Is a
conservative man of tho highest type.
'And such men have a jiowerfnl In
Ituonrn In foimlng public, opinion.
Nlivv Ytiitu, Mnrch 27. Civitas.
FRIENDS OF ENGLAND.
The American IMrM Committee Seen
Only In That Muht-
To tiik liniTon or TitsHus filr: Sym
pathy cannot bn compelled, nnd It Is
only human for tho people of this coun
try. In spite of the President's Injunc
tion addressed to alt alike, lo ivn ex
pression to their thoughts and feelings
about the great war. Hut that a group
of men more or less prominent In m
ciety, In tticir professions nnd In poli
tics; should assemble flieftire u large
gathering of their .follow citizens und
pass resolutions amounting to a demand
upon the President of the United States
to declare war on a friendly nation for
the purpose of helping one of the bel
llgerentH Is so, unusual, so extraordinary
an occurrence, that It Is difficult to
grasp Its actuality.
It would be futile for any one now to
fix the blame for HiIh world conflagra
tion upon ono or more of the belliger
ents. We shall have to leave that tusk
to the hlstorluns of tho future. Hut
well known to all Is tho first statement
hy Orcat Hrltalii 111 entering tho fray,
namely, that sho Intended to protect ito
small and -weak nations as.nlti.st the big
Powers attacking them. With this plea
tlrcat llrltaln tlrst appeared befotc the
world's open court. Hut (ircat llrltaln
did not come before tho court with clean
hands, having herself been guilty of tho
accusation now made against another
Power. Henco no ono with an Im
partial mind believed Kngland when Mr
1-dward lrey made the statement.
The Intention to crush (Scrmany or,
as the Allies and their friends like to
put It, to wipe out forever Prussian
militarism (the existence of the much
more powerful and much further reach
ing Hritlsh iiavallum l conveniently
Ignored) mutt therefore bo put on nn
other basin. NVithlng, of course, appeals
to the public at large more than a well
chosen catehwotd, and the much nbused
and much misunderstood word "democ
racy" Is promptly hit upon. Tho Allies
nnd their friends; hero argue that If they
cm convince the American people that a
decisive defeat of that powerful nation
of "Huns" and "barbarians" will save
them from tho "blessings" of (ieraian
"Kultttr," supported by the l'rnes.an
snnrd, and that to do so will mean h
lat, tig guarantee for the upholding of
democratic principles, which to the un
thinking m.teses mean liberty without
responsibility, they can easily win the
support nf ntrst of the American peo
ple to their scheme to line the L'nlted
States up on the side of the Allies.
And -what It behind nil this? Those
who constitute the American nights
Committee Ims Fncland better than
America, They reallie that the Insolent
wav In which Kngland continuously in
terfere w.tli American oversea com
merce may bring about a rupture between
the American and Hritlsh i Jovermnents,
leidlng eventually to war between theto
two countries. This, of course, must be
prevented at any ccM, even If the
Fnited States must be dragged Into -war
with a friendly nation. That the move
ment represented hy the American
ftlrlits Committee Is supported w.th
every tnevns by Kngland, there cannot
be the remotest doubt. One only ban to
look nt the names of the members of the
American P.lchts Committee. And It will
bo well for the Atnerlcatt people, to re-tnenibe-
thes,. names, for since a war
with Knel.ind '.s not one of the Impos
sible thlng. It will b most Interesting
tn sto on what sldo theso gentlemen
will stand when Kngland Is fighting the
Fnited States, as nho s now fighting
lennatiy, because of the rivalry In
tr-'"'"- At.ir.Kt) pMuEt.u:n.
Nkvv York, March 27.
INDICT VILLA.
Ills ( rime In ew Mevlrn Murder and
He Mtuiilil Pay the l'ennlt).
T- Titr Km roe. of The Scn Sir: tf
In New Miixlen murder Is a capital
crime, with hanging as a penalty, does
not Vtl a s ta.d into Columbus fit that
murderer peek for an uncscapable
noii,.' Should not VI. la bn toriuall
indicted In N'ew Mexico nt once?
There w.is nothing political tn the
"line om-n.ttod, any more than If Mla
as a private i .ti7en had single handed
sneaked ,-iero-s 'ho Fnited States botin
d.ir.v and t'i edd blood murdeted one or
more individuals.
If indi. ted. Villa could not at any fu-tu-n
tm.e on any plei whatsoever seek
refuse with Impunity In this country,
nor In anv other country from Which
tlm Fnited States can extradite for
murder.
Let preparations be made for liltlunte
Justice In so fur as Villa personally Is
. i ilii-.'meil . k1i,.ii1,I i, I,.- -., .....un...
chance e.-c.ipo h.s descrta in lis own
count i) T. .1 S.
Nrw Vouk. Mar. h 27.
OLD FAMILY NAMES.
A (ieiiraloglst es I'litie .loo Cannon
Hluht on IIMorj.
To Tltr KtUTot! or Tun St'v---S'lr? In
the Mouse Fin le ,lo Cinnoti of Illinois.
In a unci h that caused "mil. h laughter,"
made ttie following irtunrks:
Tho Colu-re.s of tile t'nlti'il Si. lies It no!
the only p'.ue wliele ulnnt nf ill,. fr.,.
I.I'llllH - do l.ot m-inopo'l.'O il,n member-
ship. Tlo re wero no MeKennis, m pn.
i.cjs, no Van lievanters mil nn Itr.it lei.it
tor the nn nibcrehlp of th" t'liprrni" I'onrt,
no M, Adoos, no Ilurleeuns and no lloii.toua
in sit around tlm c'-iii.net table. I cm ilu 1
III the list nf the llrst f,nnl,et In i;jii no
Aciseu. Kdis.in or VV , stiuftioii-e ; n, iir
t'lkic. Ilarrlinau, 1 1 i inn j ,t hi M.n-kat.
no .Vsior, HelniiMii, l.onl.aiit or I.etrer. no
rutihton er rirshlni:. in Waiterion, no
ilonipitsor MoriiMin on 1t'. Sunday and
no .vtary Pli Uford. These nre a fi nf iho
lillnes wlib-h would neier ha, nppoirrd
to Amen, an hlstol In, 1 Cmigrest In 175D
tit in legislate against the alien linnil.
graiv .
1 niie Joe Is wrong The MeKciiuas
weie in Vliginla befme 1 7 7H and In
l'cnns.v Iv aiii.i In 1 7 mi. The V.imievau
teis were mimemus In New .Wrscv and
other States before 1 7 1 The Hous
ton,, were in Augusta cmintv, Virginia,
befiue 17 Pi; In Keatncki lu 17s"; In
licl.nvaro In lioO; la New Veil; m
I7.'.'i. In lVnus.x lv iiiii.i la 171,".
The Loiters wen- In New York in
l7oo. and tm Loi-lllatds In New York
in !7 The Vlomperses wctc In Penn
sylvania In 17SI: so vvrre the Mi-Adoos
In n-'i. The KiliMitia were lu New
Jersey lu 1 7'.il, and In I'eansi Is nnl.i In
177.'. The Muck. its were iu New York
in H;::i. in North Carolina lu I7t2;
Pennsylvania tn 1771 ; Virginia In 17MI;
Kentucky in 17SH. Over twenty Mackaya
i-iTved In the llevolutloii. The House,.
velts were In New York In 17Pi
Tho Wnttersons were In Virginia In
I'fii, and In Maryland o 17110. The
Morrisons were In Massachusetts In
WOo; lu Maine, lu 17'F.: In Virginia In
I ".'I; la Pennst lvania tn 171I1', and in
Pelawnre lu I7o"i .Mure than thirty
Morrl.sotiH servid lu the e,iiP' Indian
wara nnd In the Itcvnltition. The ,i r.
lilli.llis were III New Jeiscv la 1717; In
New V01 1, In K.'b', In Massachusetts)
In 17'jn. In Mar) laud in 177". Six
families of I'ltnejs were In .Mmrls
lovvn, N. .1 , before I "tin. Thn Pick
folds were In Maine In .
Ami a Charley Chaplin was living In
Massachusetts In I:' I,
W'll.t.itJi M, C1.11.v1 ns's,
Itfttor ffriun'ujy .Vayadnr,
New Vouk, March 27,
AN ARMY OF RIFLEMEN.
Teach Americans lo Shoot Straight
and the Country Wilt He Safe.
To tub KruTon op Tin: St n "r: As
preparedness In litis country on t in
Kuropean plan Is not praetleabla what
Is to be done" All nilnilt that some
thing should bo done, that something
must be done If wo are nut to become a
htino, lumbering, helpless, hopelcs muss
nf humanity, the football mid prey of
any Impudent, fiir.itlc.il nation that m.iv
feel disposed to give us a l.hk or take
a slice of our leirltory.
Let us tike a lesson fiom hlstoiy. I
It has been said that the. thirteenth was 1 1 ' 1 1 1. S (i. 0. P. I'WOI'li I'
the greatest of tho centuries. However i " 1 '
that may be, one salient fact stands
forth that may help us In our dilemma.
llurlttg that century, and for a great This Is the tenth nf a series nf mtl.i,,
many years afterward, (he Kngllsh com- ' politics In the middle West, iioimi,,.
mon people were compelled tn i njny shown lo lisle (he mlianliuc am,,,,
their Sundavs nnd holidays In the sport Kepulilliniis In Iiiuh, s.niili i,,,t x
and practice nf archery. So skilful did I'm-ku ntid Vnoe.ol. t ..lu-tt.- ,, ,
they become that It was nearly a butt- nrth llal.ota. Hughe Is the t,,,,,,,
tired years after the illt-covery nf gun- Missouri nnd Kicn-a., tt. 1 , It.- nuiai,,,,,,,
powder before tho bow and nrrnw w.is Inclines In Itooseielt. who Im. ,ril,'r
entirely displaced. So elllclent did this bedd upon nil ( the Mates named ,
archery make tho Kngllsh in their wins ' "n real opposition to Mil.on.
that they then nnd there laid the found i-
tlon Tor the slntit position that the ArsTis', Tex., Match 27 Th, '' v ,.
"Tight Little Isle" has held ever since. , ,, i,.,,,,,,, t i tho llepuMic.in m ,
Who has not heard of Crecy audi . .. ' "'
1'olctlera nnd Aglncourt? tin those tliiec,,0"w ",io" wl" 1,0 ''"histru.te.t T. ,
several days the flower of the chlvnlty Ktpublloiihs tire for any man I t '
nf France wan destroved. Those three HnoM-velt, Texan Prictcssit, , ,
great nnd decisive battles were won by , , (Jl ,.,,,. Texas i'
tho men who hud been compelled toi ,,, ... '-s i
learn how to -shoot straight. . publicans tecently held n e'
To come down to our times, to ("on-
cord, Lexington nnd Hunker Hill, and
to tho men who hampered and harassed
and nnally forced llursoyne to surrender
m 1 .r : a
trained soldiers, hut they all Knew how
to shoot straight. And what about New
Orleans, where s great Kngllsh army
trained In the battlefleld.s of Luropo met
such a disastrous defeat?
O, mortal foe enn never stand our deadly
vole) now:
In vain they cheer. In Vain they charge,
with filed nnd dnuntlest brow-:
In Tain the bleeding, broken ranks bold
I'ackfnhitni lends on,
It falls, he's rlnlnf The Kng'.lsh f.) !
Hurrah, the day la won!
Talk nf preparedness, many of the
riflemen of Kentuckv nnd Tennessee w im
csme to the aid of Jackson arrived In
New Orleans unarmed. Thetn were no
arms to givo tnetn. j;very nouse m tne
city was ransacked from top to bottntn
:md any o!d thine In the shape nf
firearm was seized upon ns a treasure.
The great battle nf New Orleans wa
won by the Indomitable Andrew Jack
son and tho men under his command
bei aue every one of them knew how to
shoot straight. We mtm acknowledge
that our great civil war was not shorteneii
by the fact that previous to '51 evety
man and boy In the South knew how to
handle a gun. "lo lilt a bird on the wing."
The war tn the Transvaal that Is still
fresh In memory was one of the mo.tkt.oivu and liked, Mr. McCall Is, qe
vaiuahlo of object lessons. Tho Hoers,
who wero ued to the saddle and could
shoot straight, held nt bay tho largest
empire In the wot Id for two years, com
fsfllltig it to use all Its strength by land
and tea, "as If a I'yrrhus or a IIannlb.il
wero on her borders,"
Now, after all this, f MiSKcst: A thor
oughly capable, up to date and adequate
navy: an efficient regular army; and
at call from ten to twenty million men.
each ono of whom has been compelled
to learn to bhnot straight.
It Is now universally admitted that
It Is every man's duty not only to de
fend his country but to equip himself
tj do so. As a large standing army is
out of the question we must have the
material for a national army ready to
take the field at nil times, an ntmv of
rltieuieii. this Is try plan : Lvery nuns
man of the asc of is to he registered
and ordered to Join a title c'.tih ostab-
llshed In tho distrnt tie not hi" homo
urill ami tillo practl e once evctv week
compulsory until he te.ic.hes hl twentv
third year: two wicks military exercise
111 tho open twice a e:ir; rifle clubs to
bo under tho control of the (.oveniment
through Its army heads; each man's
turn expires at the end of his twentv.
scconn je.-ir ne is io ne released trom
further duty, except in case of threat-
"'"'! ,w"r'
This s.vstem ef prcpsredtms Mfed not
be expensive. There should he f4 Il0sl-
"," per cnima. it would no
io- s-ieoi'sc lo'iicni io lue nu-n tnem
hcivcs who want to become men. Mili
tarism such as this would not ho a
danger to the ropuuhc It would be Its
strength mid safegmnl
osi: oi- tiik Ilrx-pnm Miu.to.v.
Ntvv Iftvn.v, Conn, March 21.
TRADE BRIEFS.
.Vlicn.r
orrlcii t niintrlis Are N,nt Urliin;
en Amerli im C'oiuiiii'n e.
C'cns in her !-i.it.i . n Import sul
.leut uu.iirlttes of r nv inaie.-..,:., fr th.
iti.iitufH. uir-- ef t'tlnes and im ilermaiiy
lias hid to rc.ort lo the i.rndu lion of
th... nt,i. i I.,.,,, , . ..... ,
' '"i" ." i inoi-
dred tear, hko .lai.an nuniifa. tured rn
Mini I'.'..' l.-n:n paper pup nn 1 .V 'nerl, a
sin ceeded In prtduiinc the same nctrrlal
some forty ears later.
He ,... of the llr.tl.h n,l,.t on th-
expor ef t- ith.r fro,,, ,i-.at lint. In and
th- i 'ose.i lieiniin prts s -1, t iih lian turned
l.pp of lea i In
I'll" woo.lrii shoe In 1 -.ire i the Xs'h- I
erlands hut gica'y tn.-ieie, .liirmc ttie I
pa-t fco ), ji.. Th- fornn r He'tlau sup- I
P'y lias lieen ttnpps.i nnd liei.n.inv. mi j
i mint nf tlm lecilirr shoitas., is I. mon
itor IlLlLi ill! Itlll' Irs ,if lltr.,i .I,..,.
on mvoiini ef tlm h,-ir.in- nnd hlth
prhc ef druss A movement to p .put uUe
the raising of li.-li, ,i, lira,,. I, of .
mull's work his lieen lfl.nnhed at lllld.bre-
Held. IPb'iii,', with the for nation of Hie
'.Voln.in's llerli llrol ing Asso, l.l'lo-l.
liiiiy ii fe ,,!, 1. 1 ,,ri, f Ainerlcin
im I i '.inn, II. i n apples rea lied l.lt -rp ml dm -
ing -lniunn, vv here is In ii.iii..' tinm, oi.-r
1'O.ihiii hariels , Imporied we, My fi.im
these oinltrler. Hut ri,o. 't due to
the e. essliet freUlil rate, snd Ink of
bottoms
t'pon tlm einiip'eti hi of the uit'nay from
HJII'.iil to Addis Alil Vl.vs.iiu.1, t.
.Vtsitii,iii tn.,rket for .Vmerl.-.n eoods
.hmild he 1,-re.itlv entnrge.t. Amni,K the
ai-l. - fur will h there y. pn.l, ,1,1, .
il.-ni.iii I e'o sua p, s.ifeiv mat hs. ha-d
"""I lltliral lu,ple,e,., ,,,.B. sew
log niH.'liin, .. ..c.lon.r is far cooking
pliriosia Hll.l leilgl.ois lif.ol,..
lllle to the tlinrtag" of lue rei pe' supp'y
III Sew ealmd tlm dllrl' Intern. I, f 1 1 1 i
enimtry nie planning tn u.iijier up a.' Hi--o.
al law liiiitcrml Mill pip,r. II !i.t
.lioii.ic,' otters mi rt eilei,' oioi iinlti for
Allien, an to enter thN in.iikil,
l.vpor's nf i otlou plei e pond from il-eat
It-IMIn w.m snu.ler durltu- IPir, thin dur
ing nnv ether ve.ir since Ipoli. unU t
Tts.l.ol.Coii card, ie ctporlel'ln Pit;,,
.oiupaicd nitti T o '.',,'.' eon j.n ts j.
tie lust nortnal j.'ar.
I'lie .Lipanes" liovel'iiiiii'iil is . I, o ir.iRii cr
llle lualilit.u lure iu Japan ,i sntmti,
dcs mid llieillcllie-, witli the rrs ( IH,
a roiupiiiy i'iplihed nt nearly tloooiiini
has l.een f.umrl for the iii.ii.iil.ii iiirlm: of
these prod i, I
The Mwdlsli init.ll-hlin: 'bin nf II is.e ai d
t'lliheri; hut Issued nil SV. iae iet
book on' tilt I "Site llsh I'o'iv.uiMce'
for lite
promotion of Sne.P.h li.i.le wh Itu.shi.
ItcsldcH ir.initii.il. ll.iistrattons tl,:, t.o, Ic
coutailit a list of u'Ml lame iw. dl-n tni.i
nees firins. a rm'ster of no n H.in. Use and
,t drhcrlplloii "f Snellen us n trad.ng
ceil ii 1 1 .
The total exti.nls fio'll Argeii'hui for llil.i
were the Ifirgett eier known, it It I ri i i 1 1 il if 10
T".s 7 10 s','ll. nt, uoli.lsn uf h'.'li'.l.ll'.l',,,",!!';
over lull
1'ro ii Jlatikoo, I'll iis , '.'.ti.'ii,;,.:.", ii mnds
of hri-tles wei. ivporod ilurln i,i. of
whn h nn y '.'Is mm pound. .1,1 j
to III.' Fined hit .1 1- s The I. line.
tl was rent to limit llilliiio
in ili
siHtider I rum VVlsi nn.ln.
'mm tl.? A'r'le.itl .Vent
Two e.irlo.ii nf ulrl-s shipped n.n, i.
I'e c'reek were (nund shnri uf wilfcht b
Cll Sealer Fred llarnai 1,
WILSON TO WIN IN
TEXAS BY DEFAULT
Hp Is Nh( Ksipcinllv Popular,
lint flip Sfnfc's Keirnliii' :im
Mc ini it AH inn Helps.
S' Hi' r Main inciting but dd
mtl, t,e I'liisresslves to ti,U
r..i
pa''
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-"a. .c ''J 1 'f'W ' v" h a e.
tORI'tlHT Mlf Otitic HtHi IflVltnl fill It-tints
V'e ., . . l!c,u,,,'e" '
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I 1 '.f.'"' ' 11 Bl "T 'wk-m-. - .
for Ii.iiiimiiv and lendy to lompion
any itivmiuicati who could Im eitrtc .
that I'nl, HiKisevclt was tlm nnb i ,,
who had a chatico against President V"
soil. Falllpg to get the i:epnhUi,n .,,
attend liis meeting. (Sen. L.von Hpp.di'e,l
ii coinm.ttee to conTcr with Ifiulers ,
each sale for the purpose of nrr v :nr a' k
i ompioniis" of some kind. Cat it t
' M- iiicgor, llepuhllciui national i -n.
' mltteeinan, lia Isxued nn tiltlm.iut- to
I 'be efTcit that the I'rogrt.slvn li.iiir.t
will be weli inic buck, but that thev ,mlt
cme as i.epuuiicaiis. not as I'rre'.t
"en. Lyon thinks thnt Texas rtr-in..
Ives, and ItffinbHoar will succeed t,i.
ting togeth.r. white Col. Ma'iiie.r
thinks ttiat they will not
llngliea I tun Slmiic.
Texin Itepubllc.ins aro to select n r
tlnn.il delegation on n date ns yet to !
llxcd Thero It, it 1 1 undei lying ntnr.ent
tor Jut , e Hughes. Mr, I'alrlank. a so
lias Mitre strong supporters. Mr Htir'
because of long connection with the sesj.
nto Committee on Waterwavs. Is we',
t'"e support of a number of leaders
Itoot wotkets are the moat ctlv. I' it
the delegation to tlm national confer i
w.ll be unlnstiMcteil nnd l! mr ns
ready to fall In lino behind tlm i ,,
date who shows the most strength a' i
convention ptiivldcd that cat did i .
not Col. Itoosovelt, Te.xis Itepull. -o -will
not aciept him.
Te.x,-iM iMnoerats are for pre.
WiNon, but there its much dise it.s' ., i
with h's Ailiniiiihtrntlon. The clcsii.it. h
Amen nn ttoops Into Mexico w,ll ttne
to smooth over affairs to a retta u d
giee, hut If Cariatma sends anv nf
soldicte. Into Texas they are II ihle t i .
hutt.
Some of the le.-ulets of ponm,-, ,i -v
Texas ate il.t-cuseltig tlm pciesilil'p; . t
the probability, of Texas nc'iialli C" :
1 li'iuilillcin at tlm ne.xt election. Lip:1
Heaps tn ike no claims nf thl n.itute I .
v that they inav be aide to gam i .
tliiet ncressiti.-n vvticncver the S .if t
I 'eilistnet, i The dis.sati.si.ii t ,n
lexans toward I'nsideiu Wilson
to iiflnlts on the liorder.
lierninn for Brnn.
Mr. Hiviiii was at one time tie
populnr man in Texas. Tn-dax ht
tceive the unanimous suppi.it
"Ictmans. hut vet little el-c. v
"I' r"r election. Hermans !re f
bc.aiise nt his peace propag.iii.li
ims me against him tor the vei
or.te.ih.Vii Fnrmerly Texas licim
whom tli.ie are about .lO.Ooo .
President W ilson and against Mr If
Texas Hermans lire ng:iint nn
blame nf pic-p,licilirs, vine '1 ,
meiiriins nre unanimous fir .
mil), greater coast clelepies
larger nnvv. Hermans cnn-idrr V
paicdnchs to ,e alnmd at Hem ,
The Senatorial loutest t, r i ,
new ocupnil by Senal'ir ii"- i
deveopi nine c.itiillda'is- M'
Mill's form expires thu i , r .
m iiis the Senator has I u t i
part In i..itloii.cl legislation .,1 i '
Hunk that Ihevshniihl have uu.
vv .li-hington. Mr. I'uiliris i
i .
1 1 .ciniio.iie lor icelccttoti Id I n
. popuhcl n v that weie he aide t.
."I e t :. w .-.i.,l i.wl.
one goo.) -; .
leitinn tvniiM ... as-smcl T -
ln,,r i ;,,!.. ,.. s., ,.' ,,
,:..,M.llU lu. .. ,. ', ,;,',. I r ,
. . . , . '
l,ot llo Fx -I inc eriler I'otuii
of the iliftiient landiilatcs
W III lie ill i l. led bv the i.il '.
diddles tul n ihc ptollllot
Mr. 1 in 1 1. nn nun. pi. ,n 1.
Mr i ' ,'i'pt i II o- I ii- ii , i
piohlliitinii, piohalilv will i.
I '
eiiininitiiin pi Imatv on n,
, ""''' l"""i i on Aituu-t .
frohllil , c s.
tea's, until t.o
jeielv iKillon n Tex is I ,m
1 I el' In' ..ii, ,lli.i,i aid .,
I btieiip was had on pirn II. ,i I' .
".H'oilin i . In the l.i' ' ,
b-gihhit id evert kind I ,il . .
Hess sllffi l i d. A Ini ,I n.i i, ,
, ' Hi t nud Hie i mini i v ili.i i .
r liilm ilu while the i ities im .
'ai'ti-pi-n'iibuiutiihts won .,
x iilt iniiteslh it ti I the .It's .
tn iiiakn fiiitlni hendwin
Tw o v cm s ago .Initios I ' F,
unKpow II hallkl f (l"ltl Hie .i
i.i Ho. si.i , . .. . .
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t, I I
fotts and gel down to t.
plollllseil to M to nnv Ictl- a'
lilliltlnn. mii' wav or the i H i
betnie h.in Although a
elei tei h an nverwl
Mi Pcix-iisim is a iiiuiiniti .
Ii.IiikcIi 1 1 in ptlui'lpil pi ml
Piohlhitiou or aiitl-pi.'bil'.i
tnif " Ills opponent i . i
.Moiil.i, a pridiildilniiiri
is pnpuhii nnd in.l.,,l'i . "
liilleil Tl'.s liiiliihiiitniti i- .
eb tle'i. 'IVvin bu'i
we.it v of the lung agit "
i essatioii of theso ai lie ii
to biiMiit'sh The ill v , i
sc. l ie .ill the pipims t1
ac ii. the Slate lift
Thi'l c w ill he li l nn Li i
(iiiii.il llchls, all w itlnii I '.
lilts s. The issue s pi- i 1
i ii.iiu e oi tic oi. lit. w i t
BRAZILIANS HONOR M. A!
IIiiihiiii'I Is (.It ' lot' 1 1 1 m ."
tie .liitieirn.
Ho i r ,1 1 m'ii.i,, M i
Mull 'l'. Hi ami .in VI -
Ml. it s, i-.ivt' .i I'.ili'i'i'
W 111 .nil '1 Jl- Adou .11 I
of Hie Ainei 1. an ilelea
I.. I'
I riigh c ', it it i . 1 1 . '
M . , Vdoo w is t.
I'i id. oil. Wu In" !:
'to iiiln ''I il I In- 1 lovi ' l.l '
In li.si-iissi'il ipiestioiiM ,,' '
Kill led ,11 the ClllVi n'
A) u s
The Fllitid States , ru
vv ill tall to da) fui Hin n"t V
sk.-sA.l.-tt v.
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