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trriflt and (Mmlr.irom or imbllratlnn trlsl
I Aave rejected arUclrs returned Hie mui
in aft co.ee uni ttampi for that purpoit.
Colonel Booierelt and Mr. Root.
There are, no doubt, ninny thou
sands of American citizens who be
lieve one or more or all of the several
subjoined propositions:
That Colonel Tiiuopoiie Itoostvixt's
campaign In ttie middle West was
solely for tho hake of a patriotic
and entirely Impersonal conception of
Americanism and I'repn redness;
That, In consonance with his positive
declaration at Port of Spain, he does
not wish the nomination and Is In
terested only In awakening his fellow
countrymen to the need of fnclng un
pleasant facts, and In procuring the
triumph of certain great principles
for which with ull his heart and soul
he Is contending;
That he Is .Irmly convinced, as he
announced In Trinidad, of the mag
nitude of the tasks which the coming
Administration will have to tlo or
leave undone during the next four
years; and that the cutidldntu should
be chosen, ns he so forcibly expressed
It, from among "the very best men
that cun be found In our country," u
candidate representing "a programme
of clean cut, straight nut, national
Americanism, In deeds not less than
in words, and In internal and Inter
national matters alike, a candidate
who will not merely stand for such it
programmo before election but will
resolutely and In good faith put it
through if elected'' ;
That the mot it o of Colonel Koosk
tilt's present political activity, so far
from being supremely selfish, and to
that extent sinister. U precisely what
he declared It to be when he begun
his campaign ;
That if he can bring the Itepubllcnn
convention and the Progressive con
ventlon to formulate the right plat'
forms of Americanism and Prepared
nesa he would Joyfully witness the
concurrent noralnutlon. by tho two
wings of the old lleptiblicun party.
of another mnn tliati himself enter
taining the Ideas for which he con
tends nnd capable of putting them
into effective practice;
Tbut persons pretending to speak
for Colonel Koosevki.t, directly or In
directly, who go nbout asseverating
that under no circumstance would
he favor or support the nomination
of Emhu Root, speak without his an
thorlty and misrepresent hN sentl
ments and Intentions.
Their asseverations are well nigh
Incredible, in view not only of what
Colonel IIooskvelt said In his Trlnl
dad interview but uNo of what he
has warmly and repeatedly and spe
clflcally said of Mr. Hoot's character
and superlative nbllltles.
We hnvo been looking, therefore,
for another statement from Colonel
Roosevet.t which, in his own charae
tertatlc and conclusive way, shall or
fectually and llnnlly dispose of such
unauthentlcated attempts to put him
In a light not altogether pleasing to
his real admirers or wholly creditable
to his real self. Unless Mr. Itooscvxi.T
declares to the contrary, his statement
printed to-day. "I have not expressed
and do not Intend to express mjhelf
as for or against tiny man," can be
taken ns positive evidence that he has
not threatened to bolt If Mr. lioor be
nominated.
"He Who Runs May Read."
The utilization of railroad sta
tions for the purpose of disseminat
ing Information on the preservation
of health und prevention of disease
is one of the most practical methods
of educating the public In matters
sanitary nnd hygienic. This plan has
recently been adopted by Dr. Her
mann Bioos, Health Commissioner of
the State of New York, who has de
monstrated prnctlcully the Immense
value of educating the public on this
vital subject.
Dr. Hioos has convinced Ooternor
Whitman by statistical proof of the
economic value of sanitary education,
and thus won over our practical Gov
ernor to all his suggestions for the
betterment of sanitary conditions In
the State of Now York.
Tliur. progressive railroad companies
are willing to glvu the Health Com
missioner Hpact! for his henlth bulle
tins In their stations Is evltlenco of
their appreciation of the value of
these publications In the promotion of
the general welfare of the people. If
Is fan hi that "corporations have no
souls," and no one lms denied Hint
they nre governed by II pnckel
nerve," The nftlcliiN of railroads nie
furthering the liuiinclnl Interi'-ls of
the properties iimlcr their cnniinl
when they encoiiriise health linkers
to spread hi'ondcasl knowledge which
does more to maintain and farther the
prosperity of the country thnn any
other propaganda.
That "health l wealth" has. be
come tin nxlom. The healthier the
PMipt itrc. the loss nflllctctt hy fdcli
ncss iiikI ilcitth, the more prosperous
they become, nnd the more prosperous
they lire tho more frequently they
will trnvel for pleasure mid business.
It follows Hint In permitting the
health authorities to utilize their prop
erty for the diffusion of sanitary In
formation they have started a propa
Kimdn which must Inure to the Inter
ests which they guard.
Tin; smoking and retiring rooms of
passenger cars could be profitably
utilized for tho same purpose. This
would he "advertising that pays."
What Shall We Do About It?
The Kngllsh military forces In Ire
land have suppressed tho Sinn Fein
revolt, nnd within n few days the
Island w 111 he "pacified." The dnnger
tnden problem of what to do with
lenders nnd participants remains to
be solved, nnd the repair of British
prestige requires consideration. That
task will not he easy. The Ministers
cannot be unaware of the painful Im
pression this sanguinary occurrence
has produced In those quarters of the
globe where confidence In the Integ
rity of the empire Is now essential
to the success of the work It has un
dertaken to do.
It hns been assorted thnt the Insur
rection wns expected to Influence pop
ular thought In the United Stntes
against the allied cause. We have
seen no evidence of such n renctlon.
The nntl-Kngllsh In our population
had n 1 1 i;ned themselves before Dub
lin became si battlefield; American
opinion as to the iuetllclency of the
llritish Government In comparison
with those of Trance antl Germany
did not need the Illuminating climax
of last week for Its guidance. Ameri
cans know that Inefficiency them
selves; they need not go away from
home to find It. Their understanding
of what has gone on In London Is
fortified by first hand knowledge of
what Is passing, nnd has passed, In
Washington.
Instead of Infuriating America
against France anil Kussia, the revolt
of the Irish against Knglnnd Is more
likely to Inspire n searching of hearts
and heads on this side of the Atlantic
with respect of domestic conditions
to which has long been refused the
sober nnd Intelligent study their Im
portance requires.
The Public Will Pay.
(if one thing the public may be
certain: the higher pay won by the
miners of anthracite coal from their
emplo.ters will be paid by It. The
sum of Sl'.'.tHki.ium, which It Is esti
mated will be added to the Income of
17S.000 workers annually through the
new wage schedules, will not come
from the owners of the mines.
Therefore coal will go tip In price,
although it Is now almost ruinously
expensive. In this lies n serious dnn
ger to the Industry. It Is not beyond
possibility that hard coul will become
too costly to burn. Great progress
has already been made In smoke con
suming devices, which make soft coal
practicable In communities having or
dinances prohibiting the discharge of
smoke from chimneys; scientific stok
ing Is a fact; gas Is used In ever In
creasing qunntltles for cooking and
heating; electric stoves of Improved
design are coming Into use. The mar
ket for bleb priced anthracite may
be considerably narrowed.
Meanwhile, by the Installation of
proper grntes, the smaller sizes of
coal may be economically burned In
kitchen ranges nnd In heating fur
nnces. The well plucked householder
mny turn from the familiar sizes to
pen coal, and warm his family with
out mortgaging his house.
An Kngllsh Estimate of the German
Army and Its Generals
In nn nrtlclo In the Mny Atlantic
Monthly Mr. Alvbeii G. Gabdineb,
editor of the London Daltii Srwt, hns
undertaken to analyze German tac
tics nnd generalship In thn great war.
As the author of "Tlie War I-ords,"
mi Intimate study of the statesmen nnd
soldiers who are pln.tlug lending parts
In the conflict, Mr. GAHmNF.n quali
fied for this task of estimating and
iippriilslug the enemy's military ca
pacity. In comparison thnt of the
Allies often suffers, for Impartiality
anil u love of truth are characteristic
of this writer.
Kirmabck, we nre told, had a small
opinion of German commnnders,
Moi.TKr'. and "good old Hoon" ex
cepted, However, the Chnncellor
thought less of French generalship,
which he held as beneath contempt
In the Frnnco-Prusslnn war, a Judg
ment (hat not even the countrymen
of MacMahon nnd Hazaink will dis
pute tn-dny. The German victory in
1870-71 was really won In advance
by HtsttARCK's skill In uniting the
German .States under the banner of
Prussia. In entering upon the present
war Germany wns handicapped by
her diplomacy: and she had to rely
for victory upon tho preparations of
her General Staff, tho ability of her
commanders In tins field, nnd tho
working or tier military machine, Mr.
GAnniMui cannot say enough In praise
of German mastery of the science of
war. He declares that "If we Judge
German generalship by strictly mili
tary considerations, ns distinct from
the political nnd Imaginative factors,
we are bound to admit thnt Its suc
cess has been complete."
The Allies "had no common strat
egy, no body of agreed doctrine," In
fuel, "lliey hud little to offer but Im
prnvlsed methods," If Franco wns
betier irciiired for war than the
France of NArou.o.N III., there had
been dissensions In her military coun
cils, and while she could put a Inrge
nrmy In the field she hud no war
machine In the German sense of the
term. The Ilusslan military system
was still corrupt and at the best ex
perimental. Great Britain's little
wars hnd not taught her organiza
tion; her methods were generally an
tiquated, Mr. Hai.dank alone did any
thing to modernize the army ; he gave
It a General Staff "In u modest form,"
and his War Hook helped S,lr .Toiin
French's; expeditionary force to ob
struct the German "drive" on the
right In the early days of the war and
thus gain breathing time for France.
The German plan In scopo and detail
was admirable, says Mr. Gardiner.
Why, then, did the Germans fall, If
confidence In their military machine
was not misplaced ? He answers :
"On th spiritual side they were
universally wrong. They miscalculated
Belgium, they mlsrold England, they
wofully underrated France, they blun
dered tn their estimate of the ability
et Austria, to hold Russia In check while
France -was being crushed.'1
Tho Germans were right about the
use of modern big guns In the field
and the French wrong In pinning their
faith to tho "." mm. The Germans
were right about the futility of the
modern fortress; and they were right
again about the high explosive shell
nnd the massing of machine guns.
"When the Germans," n British staff
officer snld, "do something In n differ
ent way from ours the chances are
thnt It Is n better way than ours.'
The Germuns were also right In post
Ing regimental officers behind the
charging line, for tho French and
British practice of leading has re
sulted lu n disproportionate los of
oflicers. Only In the air have the
Allies proved their superiority, but
It has counted for a good deal. The
Zeppelin Is generally admitted to be
a costly failure.
While he grants that the Initiative
Is still In tho hands of the Germans,
Mr. Garpinkh says that the Allies
have been apt pupils In learning scl
entitle warfure as the enemy prnc
tlses It, and now they have the men,
the guns nnd the ammunition for the
second stage of the struggle. Tin1
German war machine has met every
test, but In the first stage the wrong
men were In command. "Moi.TKr,
we nre told, "was never more than
the shadow of a great name." He Is
hehl responsible for the futile nnd
costly attempts to break through on
the const, at Arras, at Armentleres
nnd Ypres. The Crown Prince Is
dismissed n a "mere popinjay" of a
soldier. The Crown Prince of Hit
varla and the Duke of Wllrtteniberg
are names and "nothing more." Von
Ki.rcK eliminated himself by hi rush
march to the southeast In front of
Paris. Km Germany has produced
three great soldiers In this war.
To the new Chief of Staff, General
Fai.kknhatn, Is given the credit of
"the renascence of tho German cause"
after the battle of the Marne. Young,
ambitious, thorough and Inflexible,
Fai.kkniiayn at the age of .VI Is not
only the major strategist of the Teu
tonic nrmles, but he hns established
an ascendency over the Kaiser him
self. Mackk.nskn Is rated as a greater
commander than HtNnr.Nnrw!, In spite
of the hitter's tremendous victory
In the Musuriun Lakes district. More
subtle, more alert and more ruthless
In attack, Mackp.nskn Is the perfect
type of Prussian militarism. But both
are old men picked up from the dis
card. For the military genius on the
Gennnn side we nre bidden to behold
Fai.kkniiayn. who has become the
most powerful figure In the nation.
Tabarrn for Our Own "Boys In the
Trenches."
General FRr.nr.RiCK Ft'NSTON In
forms Tub Sun thnt he hns received
the checks nnd cash forwarded to
him through this newspaper by vari
ous persons for tho purchase of to-
baeeo for the use of the troops of the
Punitive Kxpeditlon. He ndds:
'1 take this opportunity to thank the
donors for their generosity and kindly
Interest. The money will he expended
for the purpose for which It wan given."
Any of the readers of The St'N
who are disposed to make further
contributions to the comfort of our
own boys In the trenches enn do so
with the lenst delay by sending the
tobneco money directly to General
Ft.'NKToN, Headquarters Southern De
partment, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
It will be n good Investment. Gen
eral Funsion will see that the volume
of friendly American fire and smoke
In Mexico Is Increased.
Solomon t'loae, to Whom We One
Hornet bin.
In defiance of the efficiency expert's
Idenls. New Knglnnd continues to pro
duce, harbor and protect men of pith
and originality. There the drab mo
notony our Instructors would force
upon us Is evaded by an occasional
daring innovator; and less ardent
spirits do not disdain his society. So
we have Solomon Cr.osc. who died lu
Stamford, Conn., Inst week, an Indi
vidual In n world of units, n person
of fresh Ideas, nnd consequently a
benefnclor of his race.
Mr. Close was n locomotive engl
neer, und a good one, He quit the
throttle fifteen years or more ngo
after a worthy service, nnd spent the
holiday of his life riding a hobby he
had long nurtured In a mind capable
of something much more Imaginative
thnn tho conquest of Intricate me
chnnlcal devices. He set for himself
the pleasant tnk of gathering enrlh
from historic spots, and using It for
the admirable purpose of planting
memorial trees. The good mould ho
trnnurtArtftH from ono snot In uni.tbnr
I fortifies and nuMolnn n numerous
I family of trees in all purls of llie
THE SUN, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1916.
country, constituting a living monu
ment to his gentle and beneficent life.
The man who plnnts it tree deserves
the thanks of his neighbors and ull
who pass that way. He establishes
an enduring claim on their gratitude.
Mr. Ci.osi; did this, anil he did more.
Ills trees bedded In soli enriched by
the blood of brave men, or mnde In
teresting by Its association with the
doer of some great deed, possess n
peculiar and lnstlng Interest denied
to other trees. The wanderers who
rest beneath their shnde, the towns
folk who watch their development,
will sen lu them reminders of fine
courage, of wisdom, of rare unselfish
ness; and they will think of Solomon
Ciosk. Among them, It mny be, snmo
will be encouraged to prosecute n de
sign out of the common, which they
have hesitated to practise because of
the fear of being different.
That Mr. Close wns uneconomical,
extravagant, wasteful the worship
pers of statistics will say. They can
not understand. They live In he
nlghtedness with those eminently
practical men who will prove to them
selves nnd try to prove tn sensible
folk thnt Mr. Ci.osr. was foolNh. that
It makes no difference where the soil
that beds n tree comes from, so long
ns It Is suitable tn Its task. It Is a
waste of time to argue with them.
Let them make munition. Mr. Ci.osk
wns a better mnn thnn any of their
tiresome tribe.
ComiulMtoner Pratt Wants $3,000;
Give It to Htm.
The subjoined tciegrnm. addressed
to those who protested ngnlnst killing
the Shelter Island deer. Is self-explanatory
:
"In repone to our representation the
department has poslpnru-d action with
repect to the deer on Shelter J-land.
"The property owners there must ho
pioucted from dumaKc
"Will yon asilst In mining funds tn
meet tlie oxp.'tife of tnldnt; thee door i
nllve and tranr.sli!plnjr thrm to n putt
nMe locality?
"Kxpcn-e expected to be at leaft
13.000 nnd probably more,
"The department has no money avail
able for thin purpore.
"Only feasible method ts to drive or
entice drcr Into corrals and then crate
them Individually.
"GEORiir. D, I'tutt,
"t'on-orvatlon Commlaaloner "
Ml sMirtnien and nature lovers
who Joined In the demand that the
leer should not be shot owe It to Com
missioner Pntir to give practical evi
dence of their sincerity by coiitrlbllt-
Ing to the fund for the capture iimt j
hlpmeiit of the deer. The sum
needed Is not large; divided among
those whose lutluenee prevented the I ,,'oratlon of all carrier's engaged In in
carrylng out of the death sentence itci.tatc commerce" (pp. 111. 115) Hut
pronounced bv the department, the
burden on iinv Individual would be
small. The nil.fsiO needed should be
'
raised before sunset.
In order thnt confusion may be !
avolded, checks should be drawn to essary, with the public admitted into
Commissioner Pkatt's order, tilth the the copartnership Accordingly I pro
note "deer removal" written 0.1 their "?, A for"i (.,f hpra '"'n'ratloi,
faces, mid sent to him nt his otllce lu
Albany.
The greening Iswns and swelling
buds betray Dame Nature performing j
her annual miracle of clothing Knrth
In garments of unmatched beauty with
out the old of German dye products.
Side by side In the columns of tes-
terday's newspapers the names I.a-
maii and I.tNiimi; appeared, one Identl-
flng a man sentenced to the Federal
prison at Atlanta, the other a prisoner
to he extradited to Kngland for trial on
a charge of forgery. There's nothing
lu a name. '
General OsSEOOV Intimates that Mev-
lean- are too proud to like, Americans.
Is that why they kill them?
DM Boyle O'Reilly Nay This?
To TltK KniTon or Tiir. PliN-SIr; Mr,
UeK 'To1;":. SWKJ ,f;,;r
,-,,..,! inriuinB in irei.nui carcelv H
of sufficient extent to 1 termed a revo -
lutlon. Ho H wrong, and to prove It
ran uuole the words of a distinguished
Irish patriot, now oeau, wno usea 10 live. These question" are vital because
In Hoston they chow why the railroads ate hated
The gentleman knew whereof he spoke J , ' , , , . ' . .
too. since he himself had helped lead a' '"" directors are looked . pon by
good sized uiirlstig In his native land, public as being hard as Unit and
only to be bctraved by some of his fel- cold as steel, nnd the public distrusts
low conspirators and transported to Au- them. So long as that continues your
trall.i, whence he had finally escaped , f 15,00(1,000,001) Investment wl'.i be at
In n most romantic manner. i tacked. You have got to get rid of
"Hut there) be many more nrvo u; them before .ton can placate the pub
t ons n Ireland," he sa d to me once, "no I ,. ,. ... . . ,,
matter how tin. population may shrink ;1!c- our safety lies In the pr.ven ill.
by emigration or the persecution of Kng-1 ""Cl0 ,K,I'1K put out and a l eder.il
laud For It dn-sn't take many people railroad board U-Ing put lu Tim pro
fit make an Irish revolution only Ihiee; posed act of Cotigtess, which was puh
In fact one to boss It and one to do the j Unlied in TllK SfN week before last,
shooting."
"And the
third?
I asked as he
paused,
"And the third
the other two'"
said be,
to Inform on
Paul. WmT.
Nnvv Voiik, May 1
Art Is Greater Than the Artlit.
To TllK FnlToli or Tltp Kit v Ntr TVlint
doe It mailer who wrote the plays that
have endiiied for threo hundred e.ir?
Is it not hitter to learn to love thn leau -
tlful llnex of tho plaa attributed to
Rhnkeppeaie than to waste time In try
ing to prove that Haeon wrote them?
Is It necessary, lu order to enjoy the
beauty of tlie ".Moonlight Sonata," to
obtain a decree of some court that
lleetlinyen composed It? To love the
sublime beauty of youth and purity
shining forth fiom the eyes of the
maiden In Ingres's "l,a Source" must
we have seen him paint the picture?
And to feel delight as "the woolmt
air Is Jubilant with song" must we find
the birds whoa melody charms our
ears? Jamks P. Dkwixi., ,Ir,
Nkw Haven, Conn., May 1.
All llltrdlMtl.lllMl XMtlIIM(iltll,
I'erul Peru'
In thai sou?
This In .Mc.tdoo ) , McAdoo.
I'm out here on the If
nlted Htales naval cru
iser Tennessee the oconn blue.
We'd like to vllt that beau
tiful capital of yours alulei, banquet!
nnd npceelien Ino
nut fact la that confounded bu
bonis plagua makes It our du
ty lo keep away. 'Twill nevir do
To lake that tn VCaahlniton for, entra
noun.
Th Administration haa ahout all It can
eland In get through,
A-rful trry Silt we mutt aay "Aitnol
Adnn!"
I.a Brerrna,
Wisnisoms, D, C, May 1,
FEDERAL INCORPORATION.
"('It Has" Explain to Investors Their
Interest In Ills Plan.
To tub Editor or Tub Hus Sir: Mr.
Wild of Bultlmore In his letter to you
of April in says that my plan con
llscntes the Interests of stockholders.
He summons me to atop until I cx-
plain, and so I write this letter to In
vestors.
My plan does not contemplate tho
exchange of share for share. In fact
one nnd a half shnre of the guaran
teed stock may be Issued for one share
of old stock worth $15(1. Or one sharo
of new may tie Issued for two shares of
old worth $50 each. The Federal rail
road tio.ud would determine all th.it.
Nor are, the present stockholders
obliged to come Into thn Federal rail
road Incorporation at all. Un the con
trary, they may stay out If they wish.
Then If the Federal corporation de
sires their stock It must he condemned.
But that Is not confiscation. On tho
contrary, the nward would be the full
vnlue of the stock. For ocr twenty
tears New York has had such n statute
wheie a corporation sells Its property
(Stock Corp. Law, sec. IT). Or an
other thing limy happen under tho
proposed act of Congress. The Federal
corporation may condemn tho ralltoad
Itself, nnd In that event tho Federal
corporation would pay the full value
of thn railroad Itself, and then the
present stockholders would get their
full proportionate part upon distri
bution of the award. In any case Mr.
Wild's slock would he protected. Per
sonally I think he would find It to
bis advantage to turn In his stock
voluntarily to tho Federal corpora
tion, .because the new stock, with a
j United Stntes guaranty of dividends,
wouiu op worm more in me niaiKci
than his present stock.
And now to Investors generally,
bondholders and stockholders; You
have $l"i,000,OOU,000 at stake. Your
Investment la In bad shapu. At pics
ent we have n Hurry of railroad pros
perity, but that will not survive the
war. Your $i;,000.non.nf'0 is In Jeop
ardy bec.iUKe the West believes much
o It Is "water" And the West hns the
totes in Conmess and out of Const es.
It has been urging on regulation for
tho past ten years.
Hut at last regulation lun oer-
I leaped Itself Itallrond construction
has stopped and the whole country I"
suffcrlnc. The rallioads have got to
have Jl.000.00u.0uo a year fur several
years to provide fni the growth of
trutllc. Three things ale possible:
1. The Interstate Commerce Com
mission might allow hmher railroad
rates to reestablish railroad credit.
That will not happen.
2. Government ownership. Thai is
still far olT.
3. Fedeial incorporation. That ;s
likely, but I'Vdj'iul incorporation wd.
not In It-elf raie the Jl.u00.noo.000 a
tear. In fact. Federal Incorporation
will merely enable the railroads to
shake off Slate resolution. Mr. Thorn,
the talented couueei ri'plesentiiiK over
S3 per cent of the tullroad mileage of
the country ilcnltlcant of much), tes-
tllle.l before a ConKiesslonal committee
on IVbruaiy V.", IT'IS. that the rall-
i..u.j .,,....,... ,1,... ui...n i.
;,., llf ,,ranlNlir.. i.vden.i mror.
, beware of lireeks who appear bearing
r cifl Federal incorporation tti..
"' l,M" '"-' allroad rate-.
and without such Increase the ninro.'ids
cannot m-t ti.omi.uno eon .a e.ir it u
evident thnt some radical move Is nec-
eon, 1111 im i.i.i, ,fi itit 1 i-uriiii null..-,
to the L'nion Pacific railroad manv
year ago, except that I would have the
Government name all of the director;'
Instead of five out of fifteen ns was
done In that charter
I further propose that the Govern-
nient shall name the-e director i')
means of a Federal railroad bo.uil
I further propose for your benefit that
the Government shnil guarantee 3 per
I cent, dividends on the m-.v stork of the
I-ederal corporation-, ton to receive
inlni un iiildltioinl a per lent. If earned
and declared, the Government to take
'the surplus. If that were done the
I ti.uOO.OOa.OOO a year could easily bo
liaised and your $ 1 3.00li.ooti.mifi Invest-
ment would be safe. A.s to a Federal
( railroad hn.ml nninlni? the dlreetoniie
wm.,(, vlIlc nothing. You
a, rrP,ent have the right to vote, hut
, proxies. And what kind of dlreeto
ruin have vnn cot? llavi. von ever
ll)ok(H, hptJ ovr? nn yol know .
;.rac.cri:,lcs7 Do they try ,0 do the
fair thing? Or. on the contrary, are
,they always trying to beat somebody,
neither me puiiiic or some memner of
' t, public?
won til bring this nbout.
The country's good Is the first con
sideration with all of iw. There Is dis.
cord everywhere over thl question,
livery one cries pence, hut there Is no
peace, Regulation has failed as n
complete remedy. Government ow ner
ship Is not titled to our Institution
and temperament. Hut here we nre In
a deadlock, Our railroads arc under
1 Hie control of men who ate not en-
titled tn control. Theso railroads aro
great national highway., nnd the pub
lic Is entitled to control them Instead
of their being used for private gain,
The railroads are seeking Federal In
corporation to escape annihilation by
the Stales, and now I the time and
opportunity to vest the control In a
Federal railroad boa id Instead of In a
self-elected, self-perpetiintlng und self
aggrandizing autocracy. Vnur $Kt,uno,.
000,000 already In nnd $1,000,000,000
year to go In call for thought nnd ac
tion on your part. CittTts.
New Voiik, May 1,
llelateil f ashion Note From the Caribbean.
Vow (fie '( (Voir II'mI if ,r,ri
Thoaa who expecleil to see ihs (.'olnnel
I attired In military or fasliloifn swell cos
tume wcie disappointed. The author of
"Tli Strenuous Life" liken simplicity; he
wore a suit of dark Rray Iwee.l, and lie
iindnuhledly Is atronsly attached tn his
Panama, nnd It tn him, Jmlajlnar how
closely the well worn aotnhrern aturk tn
hl treat head,
Oklahoma Prosperity,
from Hit MrAlrilfr Veil s 1'nfilnt
Tha lateat pro.perlly li.-in from A ret
more ti tn the affect thnt llie county Jail
ha. a Inra-er population than at any time
alnca Statehood.
BEFORE THE CONVENTIONS,
.
ri. t.... ti... a. ,a (i, ini,,rvnlnir
rhe Two Heads and the Intervening
Thicket.
n... i.-...., .. t.. ui.u.vn-. ft
seems nt least poss me in.il me imeoi-
fteilin'YnT
election, to a choice between llson and
liooscten. .
It reminds me of the choice that was
offered to his conereL-atlnn hy an old
larky preacher I once listened io ai
camp meeting.
Curried away hy his own eloquence,
he got things a little twisted. "Iley Is
two was open afo' tin In dls world,'
he said. "One am iln broad an' ciooked
road what leads to death cverlastin', an'
dn oder am de stralsht an' nnrrer path
what leads to de bell nre an lirim-
stnue."
"Den ills nlRRer gwlne take to di
ttoed," nald one of his bearers
A. Mann I'l'ATliKK.
Nrw VotiK, May 1,
A Chance to .lump.
To the KtJiTon or Tim Sun Kir: Why
don't the edltnia of Sew York and ele
where Jump at the chance to work fur
Henry Ford for President? For many
years we hate heard the complaint thatKnn. m 0f restitution to the unfottu-
our practlca. ami successful iiusmes i
men will not lend their talents ami
abilities for the public welfare by stand
tug for responsible public olllces. Hero
l& man with wonderful inveutlte
Rftiiui, great organizing power nnd un
limited common senre, who has madu
a conspicuous success In a highly com
petitive business. lie has muiki'ted a
democratic product In such a democratic
way that nobody has ever for a single
moment thought of charging his success
to Rrasplnc or monopolistic methods.
At the same time he has extended to
his emplojtcs the most liberal proilt
aharlUK plan that has ever been known
on a lame scale In this eountr.
Wo nlv In his public utterances and
h!s general altitude toward so. tal and
political riuestlons, be has shown the
same lomprehen.ilicnc of vision, the
same democratic spirit and the same
Invariable tendency to consider the wcl
far of the greatest number of Ins fel
low citlzene, An:, one who has followed
his public Hcthltlca and hi' published
Interviews during the last three e.irs
or so eatino; fall to ?ce that at all times
be has a icmark.ibly ilear vision of the
fundamentals of American problems.
All this ma have been Inst upon the
m.inpic polit 1. 1. in who approach tliliur"
from a different standpoint and who?e
.Morels may be somewhat mote se.f
rcntrcd. Hut It has not been lost upon
tlie great in of the people who have
been benefited and who hope to be bene
llted tlll more by a wider diffusion and
general application of the Mine pilini-Ides-.
That Is the unmltak:tVile mianing
of the vote for Henry Ford in M.ilil
gati and Nebr.iskn. and there s no rei
son whatever to believe that the peo
ple of the other forty-lx .States feel
any dlffeiently about him.
Ilenry Ford possesses a rare comb -nail
in of excellent iiualltks which make
h..n an Ideal candidate for the nlgtust
otitic 111 the land. While llie old iNle
P ilit'e i.iiis are threshing over old straw
and wondering what tu do 11, the peeiit
chaotic situation, this dark horse looms
up In a iefrelilng spontei'eous manner
that is tremendously MgnillcnM.
Wneever overlooks' tins portentous
fact is out of touch with tho tendency of
the tunes Kt.LlB O. JoNFS.
FotiKsr llll.t.s, May 1.
Written
Before the .Maachlselts
l'rlmarlc".
To tiii: CniTon or Tin: srs .sir. I
have been watLhlng with Interest and
HWif lien-ion jour couiso with reference
t Colonel Itoo-evelt. You have opposed
him In the past So bate I.
Hut 1 hope TllK SfN Is going to see
the light and tipport him for Pice. dent
He i thr only man of piommence in
Ainerb a who spoke out at the ti'ne the
rutted .States took Its scat on the tobog
gan for Its lapid ride to Us present
state of degradation and dishonor.
The hypothetical question vou pro
IKtundeil to him In our editnrial article
of Apt.! s .tie iiineef sary. Why try to
saddle him with the crimes of Pies. dent
tt llson"
If be had been President there would
be no Mcvan or German situation If
be were Inaugurated to-morrow there
would never be another American mur
dered In Mexico or on the hlch seas.
The only thins he could do would I
to dlavow the dishonorable cow.udlce
of President Wilson and announce that
the I'nlted State would take a new
start and that while he wa President It
would not be "too proud to light"
Tin: SfN and Colonel Itno-evelt nre in
si exact accord on the vital Issue of
Americanism thnt minor differences on
t ' onotnlc questions must be iltHieirarded
I'lStl Zonc, Apill IS AMKKICAN
The llritish I. It.
To tiik laUToii ok TllK Si's sfi Hav
ing lead recently the life of a eutisplcti
i.u American and the hlngraphy of an
eminent Irishman I am strongly of tb
oplnlmi that Sir linger Casement ha
governed bis activities according to the
example set by Theodore Ilon-ovelt and
If he ha ncil pers In hi deslie to
emulate that great statesman Sir linger
will Minn offer himself to the llritish
Government ns the only man who can
save Kngland if Hngbind i In heroic
mood Hl i'l iii.ican.
Jkiiskt Citt, N. ,t May 1.
T. It. und Wlllluiu II.
T TllK HniToll oe TllK Sf.x Mr The
ic.thzatmn of my suggestion Ihiown out
In your columns, numelv, the recon
ciliation of Hoot nnd Tedd), give me
the courage to address in behalf of tby
litter the following plea to all tlllo lov
er of peace, our college, pulpit, Con
gtes nilice, street and farm archlpac-
lists included : Make up jour mind to
vote for T. I!., for his very nomination,
as far ns I am able to gauge the psy
chology of Ihnpcror William, would
mean the real beginning of the real
eliding of the Kur.ipc.iu bedlam.
Ask lleinstnrff, ak Mucnterbcrg, and
If they are sincere with you, they will
(ontlnn my dlagnofl. They know as
well as I that the Hmpcror personally
was not anxious at all to risk In a real
wmld war the exlstencu of the German
Hmplre and of his own dynasty, for lu
splto of his tremendous vanity William
was ton shiewd not lo know that, as lu
(ill other Holds of his feverish meddling,
he was but a dilettante In milltnrv a!
falrs, he was still more convinced (if Ids
Kronprltij! being a huge Joke a a strut -tglst.
be knew Hint his Moltke, Jr. had
mil) the name lu ciinimon with his great
uncle, the silent ScliUihtendenker of
ixr.ii and 1S70-71 . as an old unlvcisltv
chum of Von Jngovv he was fully nwat'e
of the llllputlan sire of the brain ma
ihlncry nf bis Minister of Foreign Af-
inns, ami so on and so on, up and down
the scale.
It was to be the tragedy of William',
life and reign, nnd alas ! iierhups also tha:
of the German nation, that the Hmpcror
found In Sir Kiln aril Grey his superior
in the lllsmarcklan bluffing game lie so
suivessfully played for nearly twenty
)cars and what are nlne-tenths of di
plomacy If not one big bluff after the
other? When on that forever historical
c.irlv Aneroid d.iv ,,e mil u.iti.i.
.tmiiussaiior left llerlln the game was
practically over and the Teutonic debacle
Ix'iiun.
Well, If there Is one man In thn wmld
,ew. iu vuiiionii ,-iir cowiimim
jnii in vnpnrniiig ine nisi traces of tho
miming npirlt still thriving lu the im-
perlal system It Is certnlnlv T It
I should not be astonished at all to seel
William yield with consummate grain to'
Wilson's last ultimatum with the silent1
pui poHe of enhnnclng WIImihV piostlge,
and lo ace HernsloiTT at the ps.vi liologl
cai moment swing the xv hole "Gorman
vole" toward the Democratic nominee
everything In beat T. II, Is the manifest
parole of the Teutonic electioneering
machine
In brief, the only President! candi
dal of whom Kmpeior William nnd lila
thrcs Imperial and rn)a taenia arel
really afraid, the only American states-
limn null 'miuiii ino miiK" '"-'
nations, our potential powerful allies In
r,ii,,B 0f tho war. are ready tn treat
on the foot of personal equality, the only
American celebrity whine Identity stands
clearly outlined before the great masses
... . , ,. rnrl;ll ptf,nl f t,e
(,r1"' . Theodore Iloo-evelt.
J( ,)y M(f,l1. U(.Wni! ,1C
.,. . i,... ,inw,n,. in ilinlr
." ' "... , ..... ..,,,.,
'.'u'a' "" 15 . I "T"'
Peace of Portsmouth, nnd there Is none
morn nualllled than T It. to convince
Hmperor William thnt It would be In his
and his dynasty's Interest to wltlidtnw
from the same before he I? bc.tten to
a fra stale.
AN t'NllTcltKNATKI FlttF.Nn OF t'NCt.E
SM.
Nr.tv Ynntc, Mav 1
NOT ALL ALIKE.
A Correinnilenl Who IMIferf ntlales as
lo Variolic of High Finance.
To tub l.'lilTon ne THE St'N Kir Tho
fine speeches and writings of eeitaln
leading llnanclers. railway and Industrial
magnates, show lo-day a proper spirit of
hlKh idea In and noble purpoes for tlie
futine If th s could be backed tin by
mites who have lot their money Invested
In -onie of the enterpries fathered hy
certain capitalists, or If to the many
looled companies there should he re
turned the money which through meth
ods of so-railed "high finance" had been
taken out of them and retnlne-J by these
men or their families, there might be
some chance of teaching a better under
slandln between Hie public at large and
the capitalists.
Any one who ha followed me History
of financial method of the last twenty
years must realize that In Innumerable
eass companies have ben Mill for the
irsiilcts, and that in some cases they
have been so milked that they have been
forced Into bankruptcy, to the loos of the
holders of the stocks and bonds sold to
tin- public by the Insiders, who have been
able to retain thir III got gains through
th assistance of the best legal talent In
the inuutry.
Tim fact that many great fortunes
have been made tn tins way has so ob
sessed people's mind that honest mr
por.itlons are often el.ised with the ills-
honest. This ! partially the cause for
Hie antagonism to capital and the un
its' prevalent all over tin country.
It I ver.v easy to rpt-.ik fine woid
when secure In the poelon of great
we dih Whit the pub.'c wants Is
deeds, not won!. If restitution Is Im
pes ble, no real betterment In conditions
can take place until public opinion I so
awakened as to force out of pntdtlons of
trust and confidence tlune men who hate
been a:iitll of these misdeeds, lint wlio
still tn-dav in many case occupy Impor
tant and conspicuous pol In the ui.
nes w or III. A WaI.i. Stkrkt .Man.
Nkw Yoiih, May 1.
Colonel llartey's Moment of llaptnre.
To Tin: HntTon or Tnr. SfN Sir; Colo,
nel Georce Harvey mentioned the name
c.f Wood ow Wilson for Pieselelit of Hie
Cnited State at the I.utns Club Febru
ary .1. l'.iotl, an stated by your Hoston
contributor "S. J T" In The Si:n of
April 110 The Colonel's exact words
v. ere:
A on nf a con.l If rahle number of
It.mA' rnt who have hernme tired of vot
ing Itepubllcnn tickets, ll 1 'Vth a en
.ihne.t nf rapture thnt 1 lontsinplate evn
tl.e remnt. pnwIMUty n' raitin; a ln"ot
for the preMnt of Prln :n i l'nlrHy
to tieieme I'resl.tent of the I'nlted s(,ne..
In finy ca. lnr npp irttmlti? In nn
tlnnal political coiivenM'iin ar rare,
....
rod
il.U.ni j'rrr iii (iin. io mi -i I it. n , ll I'lin.
enllEhtenltut l.otn flub I sub-nit the noml-
nation. i
Theae were th- concluding sentences
"1 III'" rjll.trVVI n 1 llll'l t.-l.ll illlU I'ilMtiallL
a dili esc at a I.nto Muli l nncr In honor
.f W'n.Mlr.'W Wil.-oti, it.lilrnt of Prlnof-
a -... i 1 t I. I 1 . a U -
lll'lrll, iWHl I I'fUI'I' .(ll'J Ull"
I Mlrn they on-
,i f,. . re rAr ti,. ,i t
. t e e e, ?; '""""'"
c.un..Fs w. piucr.
Secretary of the f.oto Club.
Nr.w Voiik. May 1
lu the Urania's Urate Da).
To tiii: KniTiia or The Scn .sic
a boy In tile early i.ch I lived in Glceti -
wlcn illage, and often found my way the blasts weie overcharged, bad
to the llniot) Theatre o' ingbts. to belt nibcring been properly done with tr
delighted w th Hie plavs, nctors andcrse bracing between tlie I beam
iicltc-ses. Die mil) ,iii:e;i)a ever
saw was .xu.ii. is.iact .viciiKen ; I'linmu
Ilerr.ng never plaveil n.
Mr. and Mis George C. Boniface
stand out prominently In my memories of
i'ie New Ibmci) also Kate Newton, who
I believe was ;i sister of Mrs. P.onlface.
She mauled i minstrel. 1 think Chaille
While. Tliev lived in the '70s on Twelfth
street, between Seventh avenue and
liieeuwnli avenue, in one of u tow of
hr.ek house with marble ntoops, 1 won,
tier If those houses are still there? I
remember tier us .lurk Sicppnril spoiling
her buckskin knickers by dragging her
self aero the stage.
Mr, ami .Mr. Boniface pln.ved In "Nick
o' the Wood." and a play based on
the bravery of New York firemen. Mrs
Ilonifioes climax being, "If I weie a
man I would be a f-l-r-e-man."
I am not an "old boy" either
New Voiiu, May 1, ' A. f) A it m s.
The Abused Chauffeur..
Tn Tilt: nniron or XllE Sr.N Sir; Jinl.
Ing from Tun Sr.s'n account nf a recent
meeting nt I.f.oO t.ixl chauffeur who met
to protest ncvlnM His manner In nhnh
the i hlef of the Hurenu of Puhlle Vehicle
Imposed lines for violations nf the public
hack ordinance. It Is obvious that the pro-
evening "ros.tlnc" the License Commis-
slon.r ih. chief of the llureiu nf Puhlle
Vein, es .m l the poor old nub.le h,.k
ordiimu i
Now, If Ihe.e ih.nirf'tiri think they are
being so ludty treated It lnlslil slnipllfy
nritlers If they hn.l full rein to do n
they pleased for a while on the stierts
Then we would see n suite of chno. and
I venture the opinion thnt the protesting
i hiiunVtirs would be the tlrst in cry for
n return of the pretenl condition, where
driver who obey the Inw ns the ordinance
Fllptil.itre 't should b nbejeil nre not mo.
Ic.teJ and hav the opportunity to mnka
as much In fnre. na It Is possible lo make
while giving good service
The citizens of New York, however, nre
not going lo etnnd for n return to the old
louditlons which existed before this public
bin k bu.lue.s mis brought down in ,i (me
art. They (ieninn.l the tlrst class service
whbh It Is their right tn expect In return
for Hie (i.l III. nt of Hltlple . harcrs I'llmlf
r.iir. who me eiipniied In fomi'iuliiK turn
bio for the cut ntliclals will soon tin, I that
they cannot lake the bit In their testh ami
get nwav with It Til" nuthoiples will not
submit io It nnd the public will not tolmite
.in h on, nitons. , itn,, n.
Nt.iv tniiK, Mav I
.tltrul.lle Conned bin trims.
t'rnm (lie lltlrlord Couranl
t uu in ilvllia near Mallou IM put .eme
corn on the ground near hi home In feed
four lliiiig.iilan pal trlilnes, hut the) ,ul!
not upproach II. Pome crnna found the
corn, und, after eating nil they named,
coaxed the p trtrlilges to com. and get
I snms too
Tl, .VilhiirUcd Mar.
1 An n tiiai I u 1 1 1 1 r s 1 1 1 j , conns tn our ,imi.
i And this Is the Hy we shall grei i it
in sillier iisr iiiiiopi nnu l let;i e nsr rear
An nulhorled dreadnought will meet u,
An'' n,ifr 'bi'Ple en.ounier e foil
Tn ""'' tn lh' "kund'hing ragme.
An "rn,v "" nnt "M
n"r H",horl"' Hrll,v engaging
The m iuil airship. "1 -.,rtn m ih. k
,Vhoe mil' po-llloni H.i'etidlln;
tnd up In the . 1 1 we ull baie lo ,frrv
o.ir authorized aii'slnp. . iioieu.iuig
And after the nut hnrlo.l sr i. i
'Ipe Ollt'-onie i-bl trill he hinl.otti..
The leuil victor- i i 1 protnp ' r.'-.ue
llur aitiial IioinaRs or rsnsnu,
Mi'l.VMUll linn V sox
CAVEIN DEATHS LAID
TO SUBWAY NEGLECT
Thompson Inquiry rnenvtlis
I'. S. Engineers' Uopnrt
Denouncing Suppoi'K
SLA I' AT THE JNI l.
The Thompson legislative ,;t, ct ,
turned Its lately quiescent gun v-.i..
day upon Coroner Israel I,. Fe tiie-j.,
lnvetlgallon of the subway eaten
Seventh avenue and Itroadway lt sVp
tember In which nine perni P .
Killed and nearly n hundred InJ', e.t
Senator Thompson and the , ..
tee'. counsel, Frank Mn, are imt
fled with the conduct and find c.
the accident Inquiry. In fact, Mr t.
expresed his disapproval emphai r
at the cloe of the day by nnnniu, .c
for the record that "the blond of n.'r
dead people eric for tetmeam-e"
F.laboratlng upon this rnnchis'nn e,.
committee's counsel stated that the te"
mony snowen inai mo nearmg tierorc i'.
Coroner was overloaded with evbl.-nr.
favorable lo the United Stale ttealiy
nnd Imrovement Compicy. bu'lder e
the subway section nfTci tori by the s". v
enth avenue collape, whi.e tei:mor
available to the city was not used In
the latter connection Mr. Mo- r'fe--e)
to a confidential tcport on t i an, ilen'i
made by Charles Knziau, un eng uer
of the Culled State Hureau of M:n'.,
and to the findings of the erglneers ei
the committee appointed by Mayor
Mltchel to lnvellgatn the subway w.
lapses.
The Knzlaii tepott with (otmnfn'n
by Gorge S, Ki.-c, also an enilnier ff
I tn4 Government bureau, wa recited t
Leonard -M. Wallstt In, Commissioner
Accounts, under a seal of contldni c and
was not to be mado public, ultbouga
information It contained was to be av (
able for uo by the city authoritbe
Mr Wallstein sent a copy of the revert
to District Attorney Perkins
Toilette Culled In Mnnrt.
Meanwhile, J. Ward Foliate. A '-a'd
Dlstiict Attorney, had bcn nsslgncd
Mr. Peiklns to conduct the proeititor
end of the accident Inquiry before ;ln
Coroner. Mr. Follette was th ptlnc pi.
witness yesterday before the Thoinp.on
committee
Senator Thompson rnled tli ban of
confidence and the Knzian report wa
Introduced Into the committee' r''nr
Mr. Ktizlan concluded that the cave
In wmo caused by a piegresive c;
lape. of the roadway due to liudi-qu i'
support beneath the street surface, p
stati d that no cross-bracing wa ui"l
that tho timbering In the excavation or
hlstod of wood and steel Ifw-oiv en
nected without bracing lo pievent sh r
Itig
"lu ( tiler word," said the report
Knocking out of a single pn.it was eimi,,. .
to cause the collajiee of tlie whole s'ru
lute. The teinpnraiy work all t-ji !.-
, cut nil ii reacncii ine permanent n.
structure. In the Hmndw.iy exeav it .
,. ,
!l" faults of 111
vetitn avenue n
'""l- Ml"" l" M''P
Li,
J t2
'('
"The uiuU w.iji 1miip mttii i to
Atoll ltll'1 lllf-)H ttOtl tit I CJM I'M'Ill, I
(l1(1fllll ,,w, (lf ,,,,.,.,
a,,
'""re was no one In charge familiar w
the b.aung used In mining operat,,
rt-:!"'i,,lK. 8",,pv:
The commenlH nf Engineer Rice
Hngmeer Huzlan's reioil were:
The primary can,, of the Sev
avenue accident was blasting r
mam cause was that the t.mber
tSilapsed. The method of tlmbciing
1 fundamentally defective. While tw
collajise would not have oecurrid
III the Hroadway accident ad. i
(llagoual bract-K would have prove: '
the slide of the west rock null, mi
slide can be prevented, though '
started It cannot be stopped."
Neither I'.iiulneer I Cnlled.
M.
Folk lie ll. .! Hied that ne'tl.f f
I nr Mr. Hn.i.tn was called : ; re
'jK''
the C ir itier'a Jury, whose verdh" I i
blame any one criminally and cier
the il'vi- on of combustibles of the I
I 'reient mi Huicall for not seen g i ,
the il ii. unite blast tv.m covered by r ; e
mats tn prevent the hurling of rn a
Joset'i (i. Mammltt, chief of the I -Prevention
Hurenu, said on the sia- I
that it was not and still I tint the hi -to
use such rope mat because tl.e. -.
not sulllclcnt to check the force of .r
excessive idnst strong enough to ki "
out the props.
Mr. Follette explained that he I
called two of the Mayoi's cimm'ttre .
witnesses before the Coroner, hut M
Moss polnUd out that one of tf-.tr
Nelson P l.ejvis, testilled be l.il
gone Into the Seventh avenue -i
j mid that the other was an lnie e'.
party Mr Moss laid emphasis o
fact that the Cuitcd States lb
"umovcin. , , onuuiny was lej.res.
the C oroner Inquest by Judge ,
"'' "no w.i iiermnieu io pi
twenty-four wltnccses, engineers, ex-
olllci'ls nnd eniploecs of the mmi i '
who swore that the substructure . i ' e
subway was all right.
Against the "array of enea...i.
forces" culled by the realty cnmpiioy Mr
b'olletle, In reply to quent, t.v v
Moss, stated thnt he railed H 1
Parsons, an engineer suggested t M
Perkins, and also used the !'.
vice Commission englueeis ,tt
sons, he admitted, held to the i i ,
the sagging of tho railroad .
brought the stnicturn down, wl '.
Public Service Commission wa
defensive" lu the Coroner's mil-
Mr Mo also Inqulied at" .'
shortage of timber for the
the Seventh avenue exc.ivitm
w.i testified tn by nine , il.w i
men
I nils It Crlminnl eglluenei
"If there was a shor'age . f
mtci po-cd Senator Thoniiisnn tb.
ciiininiil negligence on the pn'
i onipan), wasn't it "'
"I wouldn't call It criminal t a--s.i.d
Mr Follette, "unless it w.i
thai Hie shortage of timber . u ,
collapse." "If It entered Into the cmise
talnly was?"
"Ves."
"And the Public Service c.nti
eiigiinera would bo guilt) a-
sol ies?"
"Vcs, if thev weie ch.uged w '
work "
Mr. I'olloite said there w.i- o 1
lury lmiuliy Into ilm ncidein s ,.
be and Mr Perkins believed .
be Impossible to get an In h ''" '
Hie evidence they bad S" ' i
son lem.nkeil that "the) nni-' b '
It iiml Juries down bete."
. i.i.iiiei i eiiiin'ig lesi.iici
bi vei knew of ihe Kmtl ii ,
vesteidi). when Cninmlss.nncr tt..' "'
was uilled to tho stand. I! 'o '
H i)iliago. vice-president " I f "'
. nirisel nf tin Culled State lle.l i
I in i i ov einent coiniuny, iKo ,i
said ili.it tniietv-iilnn clal n w o.
.iKaliist the ii i ;in ti a a ic
.1. l.iCi.l ,,,, , ,, I, ,1 l,i
setiled at a cost tn tlie i"" '
apo nxioi del) tlTO.OOO
ine eniiinniTon w ii cont.nuf "
'lulry this mornlni,