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: "TV" a' r luwvvrn - 4 t 10 ? THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1916. 1 tttt wtdnksday, junk t, ioio. Entered it th 1'ot OfTIc nt New Tork Kecond CIm -Mall Matter. Subscription li) Mull, Postpaid, tlAIt.Y, l'er Month IiAtl.V. per Veer SUNDAY, per Month .... FUNDAY Itn rmi,ida), l'er Month.... BUNDAY. l'er 'r JlAll.V AND jt.l)A Y, l'er ear. ... DAILY AND H'MIAV, l'er Month... KnerMS Hum. HAII.T. 1'et Month ffl'KMAY. IVr Month DAILY AND Kl.NDAY, Per Month... a An 8 on s.i ro : ao iu -j THn r.VBVI.VO .TV, l'er Month 5a TUB nVK.NINfl Sf.V Per Yfr. . . S .VI TJ1K KVKNIMISl'N I Kuril gn I. l'er Mu. I OS All cheeke, money orders, Ac. to he mad pavable to Tin: Sts. , Published dally. In. Hiding Sunda), by the Bun Printing and Publishing Association at JBn Naaeau street III th llorough of Man hattan. New York President and Treas urer, VViMl.im Hel. k. Khi Nhu itreet. Vice. President l;ird 1 Mllrhell, l.vi Nassau eireet. Secretary, ('. II. I.uiton, ISO Nassau atreet. lynilon offle. 411.43 Kleet street Paris office, is Hue d !a Mh-hodlere, off Rue du Qttstre septembrr VVaetiltiglon ntll. r llibbs tlulldlng I3rookin oitke. lw t.ivlngiton meet. our rlprirff tc.n Ml or u irith mrtnw. arrift and tttHtriti'Hi r fiuMirririon tciih to hair rfjrrtrrt arttclrt returned lAft Mf la all Ciiar fruit aMi'ii. tor tl,tU tturjtotf. Our Santo Domingo and Haitian Kipcdltlnn. The illlllcultlos encountered by the United States authorities In Santo l)omlngo may coincl the use of con .Mderahle force by us In the protection if the (iniortiincnt and result In embarrassing I're-lclent Wii.min nnd the peojile of this country. iur ef forts to inl.liut the imlltlcal troubles ,of the republic liae committed u to a nMe opposed to tmr national policy, nnd the errors of the Wilson Adminis tration In manning the diplomatic offices In the country have weakened pur moral authority. In the present uprising the United States forces, have Mipportod Presi dent Jiminkz In spite of his resigna tion, and It Is the hope of the Wash ington Administration that he may le Induced to return to ofllce. Mean while, It has been necessary to recti- rce the marines who landed several weeks ago, and the casualties Incurred in fighting the revolutionists Include Msven men nnd a captain of the corps killed. To furnish men for Santo Pomlngo It has been necessary to draw from the marines stationed In Haytl, and this renders possible, If not probable, a recurrence of serious disorders! there. Under these circumstances It Is to be hoped that the Administration has worked out a definite plan to regu late Its (ijenitloii In the two repub lics, nnd Is not merely allowing mat ters to drift In the hope that the In tervention of I'rovIdt'iiCA.' will relieve It of Its problem. Josephtu's Eiample. Feeretary Joscnifs conferred nn ddress on the students nt the Naval Academy last week In which he In dulged In the subjoined advice and prophecies : "I counsel you to early marry s!cj yourself to a Kpeclal branch of the ser vice, for an ounce of expert knowledge In the day that are before you will be worth a pound of general Information. "The man who Is to win the highest place In the navy of the future will be looked up to because he has made him eelf a maMer of his specialty. "The time will come when expert knowledge will be the chief demand upon you." May It turn out thnt .Tosr.rni's. throughout whatever period of time he may retain the ofllce In which he hns so conscientiously displayed his unfitness slneo March 4, 1013, will np ply to the ndmlnlstrntlon of his duties the lesson he sought to Impress on the young nnvn! officers. Hitherto he has shown n contempt for special knovvl edge and expert guidance thnt hns ulnrmed the service unfortunately entrusted to his care. Hl disinclina tion to give heed to the recommenda tions of trained and skilful officers hns been n boast of his ndmlnlstrn tlon, nnd Its effects are unhappily npparent In every unit of the nnvnl establishment. From .losr.eitrs's words, In this In tnnce, and not from his example, the young men of Annapolis are to derive whatever wholesome Inspiration he may be able to Impart to them. A Word to .Suffragists. The nttltude of the members of the Congressional Cnlon for Suffrage toward national preparedness Is In comprehensible to Americans, men and women alike, who realize the gravity of the situation In this coun try. The mischievous character of the union's propaganda Is the result of nn error underlying Its methods, an error Identical with that which led the KnglMi militants to nctlon Injurious to their cause. It would be well for the union to consider the significance of the fact that the KnglMi militants subordi nated their enthusiasm for suffrage to devotion to the ting of their nation. The suffrage cause may receive n new Impetus In England after the war because a large number of mili tant (suffragettes, once given to stone throwing and Incendiarism, have he. rolcnlly engaged on the battle fronts ln nursing men wounded In the strug gle Knglnnd was forced lo make for existence. The Kngllsh militants were quick to realize that In time of peril the suffrage Issue Is of secondary Importance, The Congressional Pninn Is is. posed to blind itself to the necessity for Immediate preparedness against war. As one of Its leaders recentlv aid, Its opinion Is that a country that denies the vote to women Is not fitted to survive; thnt unless our Fed- eral Constitution Is amended to glre the ballot to nil, Its preservation be comes (if no moment to them. Fortunntely, the union represents only n minority of the womnn suffra gists of the United States. Its methods itrc repellent to thnt lnrgcr body of women working for the vote who display Mifllelent pntrlotlsm to realize thut their first obligation Is to their country. These women are too loynl ' net Ion, n stern, unrelenting dlsclpll to the nation's Ideals, too hopeful of narlan In his army; so quick In de the future of Anierlcnn democracy, to ' clslon nnd so autocratic mid doml hamper the efforts to put the nation I peering In his dealings with men be In a Htlon to meet the foes who neuth him that he made them scarcely may beset It. RoonfTelt aad Hughes -A ralrlotlr 11 dreamer lacking In decisiveness Parallel. c'lnracter: he took sides ngnlnst !the Mnnchus apparently only when The first utterance of Colonel Tur.-; foroe(1 . np ,00nme Premier onlv when oihirk Hoosr.vr.tT concerning America amxvA : he refused the Presidency llrst. preparedness, deeds bucking I ,nm. times, nnd after he had seem words, nnd undivided allegiance to,1Klv Mruggled to seat himself upon the line as the Issues of 101.1, wasltllP tlironP ,. omcnlly announced mntaltied In the statement he made'tnnt h. wn,ered himself unworthy on March 0 at Port of Spain In the t0 ,.,,1 Island of Trinidad. I His ambition to be Kmperor preclpl- Since then Colonel ItoosrvetT has tnte,, ,hp rpvntlonary otitbrenk In reiterated and amplified his original , Sou,h Tllp mnv-mPt threat- declaration, with many hundreds of,pncrt (Iv,nn f thp .sentry, .tapa- thousands of patriotic words, In Inter lews, magazine nrtlcles, letters to ad mirers, and public addresses to multl- ...1 0 1.1. ...11 I " ' '" "'" ''". imriicu- larly In the middle West. Yet the es senco of all thnt he has said during the past twelve or thirteen weeks on the great subjects of national pre-j linrcdncss and nnhvnhpniif e1 Atnerl- mils and devotion to the Ideals which .1 . ., ... - . . our ting symbolizes Is to be found In n few sentences of the Trlnldnd In terview. The first utterance of Mr. Justice HmiiKs relating to these snme ldenls nnd principles of true AmerlcnnNm Is contained In the unpretentious nd dress which he delivered day before .vesterday to the graduating clnss of n school In Washington. If there were such n process ns a qualitative rather thnn a qunntltatlvo analysis of compnrntlve patriotism, the test might best be mnde. ln fair ness to both of these distinguished Americans and In strict Justice to the truth of political history, by put ting their Inltlnl declarations side by side, thus : nOOSBVBLT HL'OHBS. "It Is for us of to- Thle flag means day to grapple with more than awocla- the tremendous na- lion nnd reward. It tlonal and Interna- ' Is the symbol of our tlonal problems of national unity, our our own hour ln the national endeavor, spirit and with the our national as- ablllty shown by splratlon. It tells those who upheld you of the struggle :he hands of Wash- for Independence, of iNGTojc and Lin- union preserved, of col::. ' liberty "The men chosen to deride such a question should be the very best men that can be found In our country, whose one rreat mission should be to desire In un equivocal terms for a programme of clean cut. straight out national Amer icanism. In deeds not less than In words, and In Inter nal and interna tional matters alike, and to choose as their candidate a man who will not merely stand for such a programme before election, but will resolutely and In good faith put it through if elected." "It the fliEl means America first ; It means an undivided allegi ance. It means AmeriKi united, strong and efficient, equal to her tasks. It means that ou cannot be saved by the valor of your each generation , comee Its patriotic duty ; and that upon your willingness to1 sacrifice and endure ! as those before you have sacrificed and endured rests the national hope. There is not a thread In It but scorns relf-indul-gence. weakness and rapacity." "The crying, the vital need now la that the men who next June assemble nt Chicago Thls flag tells you of the struggle for Inde pendence, of union preserved, of liberty shall act with the j and union, one and ll,,,v ,n Iom' tnPm- f5vm "' could sane And lofty devo- Inseparable, of the nof nnvp surprised KiTCIir.NI'R. He tlon to the Interests sacrifices of brave j "ever had nn Illusion nbnut the dlf of our nation as a men and women to ' ference between territorials or volun whole which was whom the Ideals C ""d- regulars. Sh It must be shown by the orlgl- and honor of this evident thnt when the bitter end came nal Continental nation have been ,noro wni SM" u'nrk the great Congress." , iearer than life." organizer to do. Here nre two Americans standing side by side, uttering the same sentl- mentsi of undivided loyalty tn the flag i n,i ii f .t.,i. '.., , " and nil It signifies: sounding the snme 1 call for efllclent rendlness to sacrifice nnd endure, If necessary, ns those be fore us sacrificed nnd endured. Without the lnbel of the name nnd without nny other extrnneofls means of Identification, who could say which column of the parallel belonged to i Colonel ItoosnvrxT nnd which tie- longea to Justice JH-omkb? Who nre they thnt pretend to find Mr. Justice Hi'onrs'a Initial declnra tlon of faith "Inadequate" or "vague" or "time serving," while they hold Colonel Koosevjxt's corresponding declaration to be adequate nnd spe cific nnd pntrlotlcnlly disinterested nnd unselfish? Certainly not men who view the duty nnd the requirements of this crisis ns Colonel Roosevelt views them. For In the second column of the foregoing pnrnllel arc the precise sentiments; which Colonel Hooskvelt was waiting to hear from the Hps of another thnn himself when he snld In Trlnldnd : "I do not wish the nomination. I am not tho lenst Interested In the political fortunes either of myself or nny other man." Heath of Yuan Shlh'k'al Vt A Shiii-k'.m wns the (inn strong man" of china; strong because no other man hnd creoter Influence with the people and because no other one was considered by foreign conn- tries wi powerful as China's mouth- pleec In diplomacy mid International negotiations. Ills death leaves the republic without n head and the critical affairs of the great, unwieldy nation In n hopeless tangle. Yt'AN was In many ways the West ern Ideal of the 'inscrutable Ori ental." He was distinctly a man of more than his creatures or puppets. Vet In Government! affairs he seemed ne.ae ntri?ppslnii niu! fnrptpn Intnrfer ence. Yt'AN apparently endetixotrd to save China from these nerlls. Will ! 1 Mlcccor nrKP eotml to the task?. None appears In sight. England' Creat l-o. It Is doubtful whether bird Km it knkr'h place can be tilled by any ! II. 1 L..tl. 1. ....... 1tI.O I.I. ....I. living Englishman. While his tusk of organizing the greatest volunteer nrmy the world had ever seen was practically finished, he died at a time when the Centrat Powers hnil lost none of the territory they had won In the field nnd when the end of the war was beyond human calculation, lb' was the genius of efllclency, ntnl .his advice was Invaluable. Ills prestige was snch that at any council table In Kurope he was n commanding figure. When the history of the vnr Is writ ttn It will probably be found thnt he had more to. do with consolidating the military resources of the Allies and effecting cooperation xtween their armies on the various fronts than nny other man. Ills talents were Indis pensable to Knglnnd nnd the common cause. He was still In the prime of his mental jxmers when he passed from the scene. Hut I.ord KtTCitr.Nr.n wns nlso n grent moral force among his country men. Their faith In him was abso lute. A strong, silent man, whose career had been one of uniform suc cess before the grent war, they looked to him as the one mnn In the empire who could organize victory. It spite of his detachment and austerity of manner, be became the popular hero. It wns KiTciir.NKti's army, not the King's, that was being rnlsed to sove the empire. The recruiting sergeant conjured with KiTeitnNF.R's name. It stared from posters nil over the kingdom. When, n non-party man, he took oflleo as Secretary of Stnte for War. there was nn dissenting voice, although men thought thnt the victor of Omilurmnn, the soldier who completed the con- ancestors; that to,lllp!1 nf " H"r with his checker-J board campnlgn and the capable com "lander In chief for seven years In India might be of more service in "IP ""' ' '" "P'"I " -'rent nrmy m Krnnee. I'erh.-ips lie himself would have preferred the field to a desk In the War Ofllce. The C,alllpoll enm palgn would have suited his genius ns a soldier more thnn trench fight Ing on the Continent, nnd It will vvnys be debntod whether he would not have succeeded where the brave but mercurial Hamitton failed, Whnt n glorious ending to Kitcii knkr's career the capture of Constan tinople wouhl hnve ben'. Hut fnte decreed thnt he should rnlse ami train volunteers for the ordeal of modern warfare nnd see them die by reg. '"i''nts on Turkish soil because their lne.ierleneeil officers did not know On pnper Knglnnd hod nn nrmy of r..000.000 men. but for the most nrt:i , was raw material. It lacked efUclen. nmcers nnd Its eouloment left mlll.,. whose veins exists the normal proirtinn nmcers. nnn Its equipment left much.of r, rlo0(1 corpuscles. I tn tie tiesireii. Ann iviTritr.Nr.n s in spiration nnd exnmplo, Knglnnd can III spare him! fie was n mnn nmong men; nlwnys brave, calm, stoical, re sourceful, confident; n born leader, a tower of strength. Armies can be renlnceil : It mntters little thnt hnttlo. -a,!-. nr .,,b . h, , , , ,. i i,, e , i, ,,. ,.,,.. i. I i , . i of Mctory, as Hnglnnd fondly be.iun,r ,h, c&ptn ...,,,, , Mjn,,-. Itevod lllm to be, thnt wns n cruel ' In Tils Scs of Sunday, May ST. It'i emnlovees are nolitti- rinnt. 1 "" f '"' i TV'T Th,,hn,y Wrnn" 'hM ' ro-V"" Vn""ot b; remitted to stop all ' the divine' Hereon Z, changed all that VeasonTbl v expict'th m ,o Si I:"""B" rlm" 0(T Lord K.TCEa was not Infnlllble. ZT, .Tr"' .'transportation because they- have r , and show, n, how- to thln "Troth' n'' - htm" "f Vh.'TeiVTo Oo'S XT h: J'" ' nnd criticism hns of Into mnde hlmn"l? n.med "forTh. ... ".1 "'nk they have n grievance, neither I pcXV I found Iv't I a,:S,n- , . I o nT ... it.... the Union but rsther for the countlei of rnn the employees, nnd drast c penal p.' r T.V ttt constantly SinisawATTS, June 6. ', "roinanies tn vurpo.e ,t i. a shining mark, whether justly or not Z.etu.' Suffolk. VorloTk.Umpden , laws should be enacted which woS d , Sjjf 'dared .JJf "'" my ' n bK,!" weennnot know now. nut he was n 4c. I-erh.p. -T. can ch.n,. hi. plot punish nny attempt by either party fert' the ibra Ing nene 'aL'. 1 rinek. niH.u.,.' p . ' S PZ",,d n i nk ti re. C . hrlllinnt nnd Indefntlirnldo servnnt nf about th. miwi lth a -lfe la Colorado to do anvthlng of the kind v, r,' r .... .. u L'"';.""" adwas. ( locks. Dirigibles. Poets. . ."t,r0,1 ?s"1.. '" ''."."" . the Crown for forty-flve years crowded ! with toilsome work nnd achievement, nn empire builder ns well as n soldier, a dlplomnt nnd administrator. His name will be Inscribed on the roll nf F.nglnnd's grent and eminent men. Spectrlc Poetry and Sceptical Cats. The vortlclst "school" of poetry Is closed. Tho latest thing In verse Is the Spectrlc School. Two exponents of Its chnrms, Anne Knikh nnd Kmani'ei, Mokoan, Iwitli of Pittsburg, pretend to explain Its mysteries In tho Forum. Kvery object, scene, per son or episode Is to Hie spectrles "n concrete focus of Infinities," n prism splitting up Into colors, "(he white light of universal and Immeasurable possible exKrlence." A flower get ting Into the mind through tho sense becomes "the plexus of a number of different Impressions," It Is dlsmem bcred In the humnn consciousness. The mind reeomblnes the parted rnys, the white light shines, we nttnln the Platonic Idea of the flower. Siiectrlc;v'ew of the renewed demand for nn IMietry nits ine sontr piexus. -miss K.Ntsit eclipses the Imaglsts and Vor tlclsts with this oem of power, called "Opus 181": "Sceptlcnl.eat, Calm your tycr, and com to me. Kor Ion In "om pnlmid forfst. I too felt claws crawling Within my nnr Moons wax And wane; My eyes, too, once narrowed and widened. Why o you shrink hack? I'nme to me: let me pat you Come, vat eyed one Or 1 will spring upon you And with steel hook fingers , Tear you limb from llmh There were twine. In my cradle " There were twins In her cradle and; bats In her belfry. Prunes nnd prisms, prunes nnd prisms, tender buttons nnd n purple noise. Miss Amy I.our.M. nnd the Hon. KitRx PofNn mut look to their laurels. "" tn,,-v Put n M-rptlcnl out trough a speetrlcnl prism? I Let the makers of nominating speeches and platforms beware of promises with a kick. ifead cavities determine the volume of the voice. .1 IrrjcJifr of sinyina nnd , . iWi,f(nit, . . Mr Hrtan hns a fine loud voice. . . rresident Wilson says that he would rnther have something strenuous to do than something thnt cm he done leisurely. Von TmriTZ nnd c'arranza have tried hard to make Mr. Wilson happy. Kx.Senatnr Hrvzittpor. la In Massa chusetts writing a book. Chirngn dr.. pufrfi. rm "The Consolation of Heine Per manently I.ocntcd Outside the breast works"? Mr. KtTCHlN Is reported to have car ried nil the counties In North Carolina. And the victory In Wilson county leads all the rest. The district nearest to the Atlantic seaboard of nny of the Kepubllcan UnfirrfpntAtivc-ff votinc ncain?t n hie navy programme is snugly situate,! In the placid plains of Ohio. South!1'"'" nave tne nencnt or, Dakota vnl.antly come.. In with three nnentives. North n.ikotn with tw.v nnil Iowa three. "New York Just wants those battleships so that the dudrs can go on eating lobsters and playing golf undisturbed," Is the argument. Not n good one, possibly, but suffl cicnt What carpenter ln the conventions will dare use universal military train ing and suffrage planks? It Is said thnt Mr, firop.c.r. W Pr.R kins oe not share the fear of some nf his lieutenants that It would be difficult to make the Hull Moose dele gates nt Chicago mark time until the Kepubllcans had nominated a ticket. As Mr. Perkins 1 on tho ground rep resenting the Colonel and Is also the "good angel" of the Progressive con vention, the opinion of Mr. Perkins Is entitled to consideration. May bar Bryan speech. -Atoilllite. It cs.n't be done. .Vetr .piper Pan Francisco, where the Jitney had Its llrst success, if not its start, will soon offer a prlre for a plan to aha to the nickel nuisance That city's j,,!?ar'1 nf KIa!lMtlon ha. been asked i... ..... ...... ... t. inv it-Hi i-i'iimumiiics, to torco transportation business -street for a :.. tier cent 'down to rates which the courts have ln reduction In their tnxes, duo to de-; many Instances set asidi- as contlsca preclatlon In real estate values caused ,torv. Such a policy Is suicidal It is nl-!h' tnf Prevalence of Jitneys, nnd a citizen is suing the city for heavy damages for the death of his wife by a Jitney recklessly driven "under an I ,egal franchise granted by the super-j visors." A state of affairs our neigh- hor Newark should ponder. Indlspensiihio Importance to the corn Some nf the Penrose men will vcte'munlty entitles them to. for Ijni'MBAi-oit and sorn of th Urum- Ti1Pre , evidence of a decided pntft,, 'roads on the part of the public It . , Is not to be denied that In some cases m?T5l-r,"";,nW ' ,hf'y hBW heen rt""- nd exacting many In the Keystone State. ,av mor ,han ,o bp rnM Tho recall has been recalled. OUR MEXICAN POLICY. Shall the Cnlted States Take Klnal Actlon In the Hepubllc? To the Editor or the sun Sir The party which adopts as Its slogan "siirjiiirni .iniarirfiii KTratirnT nrn iev. u ii .t . . t that part of the voting population In We trK)k by force of arms California. Nevada, fah, New Mexico, Arizona, levas end pans or vvynming and i oio-; ratio ircm .Mexico. I jnlf ti'.re linnn tills nlrture o.H h-.re, upon this picture, and nn.,hro... .. .,, ,h-m '..'.,,, ' h, Z this JOHN A. WTETH. New Tork, June (, Hard rct: to the nnim. or Tn scs-sie i have h amusement "T i"i" letter, "'iirn.""""' WUir?w 1?. T Houton, June (l. We Dnn't Want Much. We merely ak for candidate And favored son A man whole qualities an thoit Of Washington. Then for good mesiure we d'etre That he should add Th verjr rreateit of the traits That Lincoln had, I.eit that should leave him lacklnt si 111 To meet the teat He mutt Indude the vital points That Orant thomed beat. Hut Iheee er of a bjgone ace; It folloni then That he mutt have more virtues (till Kor modern men. And who demands this paraion Of genlua groups? On hundred million rommonplae Plata alaeompoops. MetjSMrmofj Wiue. PUBLIC AND RAILROADS. Kmptoyees Mast Be Compelled to Re spect the People'! Needs. To the Editor or The Sun Sir: In iuu.nce in wnses ana snorter nours by the employees of the railroads nnd of Increases under duress on previous occasions It Is time for tho nubile to nl thn ,, .1, ....i taKe tho entire railroad situation unner carerui consKleration with a view to such action In the promises ns will be best nnd Just to nil parties concerned. We aro apt to forget thnt ; without the roads tho country could never havo been developed. Its life carried on, or Its buslnes transacted nt the present time they have come to le so much a matter of course. It Is forgotten, too, thnt hundreds of mill Ions of capital havo been sunk nnd wholly lost to Its owner In obtaining for us our wonderful transportation facilities, nnd It seems to w forgotten flA well thnt n great many hundred millions nre needed to-day for cx tensions nnd Improvements. Where Is It to come from? No one can be compelled to furnish It. nnd every one who Is requested to do so, If he Is ordinarily prudent, should realize fully the conditions under which he does It. If he puts his money Into manufacturing or busi ness he knows thnt his return will be subject to the natural Inws of com tnerce only; that If the cot of the material he uses Increases or If the wages go up he Is nt perfect liberty Indeed, he Is expected-to put up the price of his commodity correspond. i,i . ; . , llrclv. In no other wnv ran bnIopMn be successfully carried on or capital receive a Just return. The man who puts his money Into railroads, nn the ! other hand. !s told that ns they per- .form public function they mustlw. , -"j'-ii io ine most nrnstic govern- iiM-m.ii reKuiauon. ami nnsomte power is Indeed in the hands of seven men at Washington, complicated by the control of numerous State hoards, to say what his Investment shall pnv, ' or whether It .hall pay anything Look at what has happened since the' uivisnn,- Munmerce commission was Tho cost of labor nnd of all ma - terl.it has risen very much nnd the f ih.ii. n...v,i i i nets has risen corresponding and a a matter of course. The commodity the rnllro.tds furnish s transportation. The cost of providing It has risen tnnrmniily. but the seven men have as a rule stubbornly refused to per- mlt the roads to add a slncle pennv to the prleo of what thev f urnlsh. ! inMnj, thrm hn) out r,f iho nporn- linn if I Iva !. 1 1 " ' " uf. mui ,iu ' ' "rwieriiiore. tne , large and constant Furthermore, they have insisted on t outlay, doubtless I '-ceded, for better equipment nnd -fcty nppllances; the public nt the ' ?ame ,lm ,las clamored for more nnd faster trains, and the unions have not only forced n steady Increase of pay n're.uly larger and more certain than most employees receive, hut they make nnd enforce by threats of strikes such rules in regard to em ployment, discharge, promotion nnd hours ns practically to take the operation of the road Into their own hnnd, hold.ng themselves not amen able to discipline or regulation on the part of the management. A man may well hesitate before h- puts his money so absolutely out of his own control. Now It Is evident that 'the public demands nnd is entitled to bettor fa cilities, more roads, more double tracks, heavier and better rails, steel passenger cars and numerous other conveniences nnd safety appliances, but to get them It must adopt such a policy toward the roads as to attract Investments to them, nnd make It .ife and remunerative. There has been too much trying to get something for (nothlng. Mecause the roads are subject to legislative control nil ,.a!,es have combined, while cxartlni.- ( the utmost possible for their own killing th goose. It will promote every one's business to have llrst 'class, reliable, safe transportation, and every one InsUad of trying to cut the roads to the hone and cripple them should treat them with th ceneroo.s , consideration nnd Justice which their they have been compelled to protect themelves against organized hands of legislative r'ohlers In many of the State Legislatures. - have passed that stage nnd nre ready for a broad. fnlr- far sighted treatment of the en- i tir.P .. . , . Included In it, nnd a very vital part of it, s the question of thn relation I f railroad employees to the roads and i . . ... '" w,e I",n"t- ''" ""'"'"" private .cltl7'T' ,f wo ,.hn' u" hnv" "r"nK' ,n duress or ngn s to asert. must .proceed by persuasion or by resott to 1 the courts. Itallroad employees, if they make a demand on the owners of roads which nre not complied with. .llA OtA m.KOrt v... .!.' , ,,rnceed tn tnk I thm . .n,K " ' "' "' -""' " I ....... ... .....(. u.t,.. .11 (tv UI1VI' 1 coerce tho manngement to nccede to What they ask. Such a state of things cannot be tolernted in a s the re I civilized community if ,he roads nre public utilities rnce ,h" rallrPm' pnKl"t'"s Maaaa. elitLetta tltrnnlan. tn t 1, . le . i i I .,-.,1 ... rinnr 1, liirir 'rules ns to promotion, which hnd been the cause of n, terrible accident, were Interfered with. Governor Koss told them that If they carried out their threat he would call tho Legislature In special session and hnve laws en nctcd thnt would take enre of them, No more wns heard of the strike. I There should be such Inws in every mate, i ne travelling public and the universal public who nre dependent for every day necessaries upon tho reads must be relieved from tho re rurrlng apprehension they nre under every time n walking delegate chooses to start a grievance. ARCiiinAt.n Hopkins. WAsiiiNQTON, T. C. June 6, What Did Bratty lloT To ths HeiToa or Th Hrs Sir. What did Beatty beat: Did he beat th derman t or did Beatty beat It T RlltHM riaooat.1, June a. c SUFFRAGE AMERICANS. Are They Xot Less Patriotic Than I he Ilaclal Hyphenated? To the Kbitoh or The SUN Sir; On May 12 Tub Sb.v called attention to the fort th.it III flio "an..'i1lr1 nf ranrhllipd j states" several million women would I vote 'n November for Presidential lelectors nnd that this fact was "com Plicated" by the avowed purpose or the women In these States "to place their loyalty to sufTraRe above all personal i hood of policemen. Milk carts, b.ike party r(.dlecton!,.. . ,hat , to ;.ly the'boye. "while wings' and newsboys sir fitness of the candidate to perform hl9 official duties Is not to be considered, mist hovers over everything, trying In The only lue will be, "Is he In favor , res'st tli Increaslne dawn. Soon, how of Huffragc?" it, the nenc ,cnllvens ; shopkeepers' Think for one moment of the con- iisslstants arrive and optn tho stores, dltlon of a country whose national, i Janitors nnd porters busy themselves Htale. municipal or Judicial oftlclals effacing the tcmnants of the night. The were ele'eted simply becaute they fa- subway exits disgorge a continually In vored woman suffrage: creasing number of shopgirls, clerks Imagine a lawyer of high standing 1 and artisans. Motor cars cross In every and ability optosed to suffrage (for direction. The passing street cars nre l knPA nA -.... i. u , I rmmmn1 n l.t. itnnnln t. t,n fnr sntti ritnm judgeship In competition with a shvster I favoring suffrage (for there nre such), ' Imagine the well trained, honorable lawyer solely because of his antl-suf- ! belief defeated by the shj s:er ! ii is ine finien purpose or sunragisis to conduct the Presidential campaign on tl'ese lines. Is this the promised purincation or pontics"? In the same Issue of THE Hf.v was the letter of May U written by Mr. Itoocevelt to the secretary of the Roose velt Non-partisan league, )n which he said: "The sinister revival of the poIlticn-racl.il hyphen In our politics has emphasized the need of stern Insistence on thoroughgoing Americanism within our Isirders." Anl he also said: "There must be a feellnc of broad, radical and ' 'tense Amerlcanlm If good work Is to ''0"" ln a"' direction, Our citizens m"'1 Americans, not as Amerl- "V.".." th.n ?"x..nnd ual flcatlons." ..niu cio an owier ioy.ii .mericans ... ..... .... .... wav. nrofesse.. to to n nrrrmrtat. ihinv of suffrage Americans. Americans who Put suffrage nrst and Americanism Tl'p president of the National ' fif. Mf.,., hor fii0ners to "have a printed e.inl to pVe to people who nsk vnu to do any work saying that on account of the deferred enfranchisement of women V"" '"ut decline " This remark helne w'th cheers, Mrs. Catt pro- . ,ln Am,rlrAn, ,,r n , i!,cree nf patriotism from thn.e Her. oen so censured for b!ng more loval i 1 J" J""'1- "t'" lands than to America? These have at le.iM the ecue of the! , i,, W.men for putting "suffrage nrst' put" I tine it before preparedness, before all , altruistic work, before the upholding of ,tl' Principles nf democracy, as they ! in whc,n they arse the passing of the .i"'an " All,nnn amendment or when I i'n'.."'"'" .n':f'd And why. In -o dojnir. nrp not thw I .aw . . -ui.rnge .meri. ar.s. wno say thit they will sacrifice evervth ng. everv national I Interest, for the ke nf furthering the! , faUse of suffrage, more dangerous and more insidious enemies of true Atnerl. canlsm than "hyphenated" Americans? MVKT A Nr.w Tcrk, June f. Matnarp WOMAN IN POLITICS. I'nennhncal flnlm That She Holds the llalanre of Tower. rn the ijpitor or The Scn sir.- in forming a Woman's Party there . no tcall. nor Is there any expectation "of uniting i.nno.iiuii womn voters Wei do n.'t need to unite 4.O00.00O. I The wotren voters are organizing for i'ih- i.uiii .iiii... io secure tne passage of the national suffrage amendment, They have heen nppealed to becnuse they are th group of voters mo-t svm - jiath'tlc with the struggle of Ka!ern women for freedom. Their help Is r. ceded because the party In power Is blocking the nmendment In Congress. Women voters nre In a position tn give this help nnd to defeat the party which persists In nppclng national woman suffrage because nf these facts: The twelve State, 'n which women vote are "doubtful" States. In th last five Presidential elections not on nf them has gone stead. ly for any one party It any nf them a change of 9 per rent nf the total vote cast In nny Presiden tial election since 155 would have thrown the election to the other partv. In nut of jni Congressional elec. tlors during this same period a change of 10 per cent would have changed the result In the same wav A small group of thetn united can hold the balance of power In the coming elections. The Congressional t'nlon. th organi zation which Iihs called the women vot ers together. Is accused of hetng ami dtmocratle Th fundament-it prlncipl of the union !s to put the Issue of na tlonal woman suffrage above all par ties, to oppose any party ln power which refuses to further this cnus Th Democrats happened to he the party In power when by the winning of the last suffrage States women secured enough rower to make themrelves felt In na tional pollti-s, and the Pemocrats hive chosen so far to oppose the suffrage amendment Our hope Is that before th's session of Congress s completed th nemncratl party will lave recognized th Justice' the l.istlc: nnd wisdom of putting the mendmnt through, and the Woman's Partv will hnv no need to nter the fall elections Aucr Paci.. National Chairman. Clttctoo. .Tun 5 WOOING SLUMBER. Itergson's I'lillnsnphy Points a Way to Sleep. To Tiir KniTon or The St-.v- Sir One """r correspondents gives a new pre - 'cr""p." 'or insomnia, namely the con - ' rrntr,,lon of ,h 'nl"d on the corner of '," room nearest the bed. I have tried I e.i'. ".1"' n',cou"i''" other methods, irom tne counting or sheep to the rene- t.tlon of the lord's Prayer, as "II. S. i. 'V'??5'.. ... i i iiMoin ine oesx cure a few years' ! ?',' In..n!i?,n': n,'"ejwn's "Creative 'kvo. utlon " Chapter V. in his analysis of ' it cti wim ii ,ro 71,0 m";'Phslcs I W illiam Hamilton tautht us that accorrtlne in Tt.. hon fume and Kree Will," Chapter II page l"d). alters the communicating sur - face between the ego and external oh- Jects. Simply push away with vour will every obtruding thought This mental pushing Induces the eelf-hypnosla which ends ln blissful sleep, A careful study nf Ilergson will show that nil m.tha to cure Insomnia resolve themselves Into KM" nieniiii pusn HrR0eONIA' Cincinnati, Ohio, June 5 Can the lllryrle "Come Rack"? To tiis Editor or Tin Scv ,ir- ! the bicycle coining Into In own again? He cent observation, have convinced me that bicycling, eo popular ahout nfteen or twenty eari ago. It again gaining favor with the public. t nm force 1 to thU conclusion by the appearance of 10 many blccle. on the thoroughfare., e.peclully where th conditions are favorabl for thli form ef recreation, and on Sundaya when the, cjclera turn out In large number. They ride In groupa as well ai Individu ally, women batng conspicuous because of their number. Nkw Toil, June . CORE OF THE CITY. Metropolitan Khapsodjr of a Palpitant Impressionist. To THE KDITOR or THE SUN Sir: The Ian revellers, homeward hound, stagser ( fLnil MtmM Ititi rh lit'.ntrnfa. Murti- ' Ing dawns, tlie streets look eetly, lugli i tipirlts, mirth, saucltieej, firlde and anil - 1 linunhtlness have Riven way to a jrreal I weariness. Questionable characters lurii lirre and there, avoiding tho nelKhbor- b.ikerR , eji-1 lly pursue their ends. A dirty yellow i 'n or other must let themselves he rushed nnd pressed, The sun breaks J "'rough, chasing the dirty yellow mist 111,0 nothingness, day has conquered. i- V"?-. Te P"i or Vu!ln,.?1 J! i'""" ' " "n o( Thalia. On every corner groups ' nrl forming, only to be dispersed by the watchful policeman. Irresistibly. Inces santly. moves the dense crowd of people In both directions. All seem bent upon some serious pursuit. Beggar, crook, gnmblcr nnd blackguard are fellow be Ines In this democratic crowd. It grows denser nnd denser; It is matinee day. Mere man gives way to avalanches of fair femininity. Klve o'clock. The ofllce buildings on all sides empty iUlckly: theatres like vle. liver Increasing street traffic halts circulation temporarily. The sun has cast Its last glance upon the customary scene. Lights appear behind the cur- talned windows nf restaurants. Arc llchts compete with the twilight; Cz - zllng electric signs atop roofs, across buildings, over doors and windows of basement, first and every other story nd plerclns rays. Par above tho roofs, far up Into the Infinity of the heavens loom the more daring, enormous lettsrs. wnorever tne eye reaches, iiuiMines rle fantastically Into the dark night Helow the human Inundation Is stead ily Increasing. The air quivers with metropolitan life. The nndeflnable nar cotizing smell nf the metropolis fills the nostrils The perfumes nf the Orient Mend with the pungent srents of the western wnrio. vv oimertuny Hmnring. Is ii..- niiiiruie numan stream upon tne. sidewalk . wnn'ieriiiny nenumnine trc Fr'm"":l-V dl retumary haste v. .... 'T FTrsPrR' iork, June fi, WEST SIDE IMPROVEMENT. Let the City linvrrnment Show by a Model What I. to He Hone. To the i:niTon or The Sc.v Sir: The .Municipal ,ri .society or .New York through Its piesnlenu Joseph 1 low land num. on .May :3 addressed a eomuiunl - cation to the Hoard of Estimate and Apportionment In part as follows. for the propsr unjer.tnn.llng ef ai: con- , eernel. a and eip-cUl.y alt lem.n. anJ I therefor the vrr treat mtlnriiv ..f the ; P'orl-, d.em the r"r.tatlon ef a mod.l of th- propo.d New York Central W e.t sid. Imrrorement mo,. n.ee..arv. We earnestly petition voj- hoard to prepare-l a model rhnwlns precleely whit th plant ai now propose,! by jour cni mlttje on port ar.J terminal faei.lMen mean for th went tide of New York. The moJerate expenre involved will be money welt expended W further requeit that vou allow this society to appxr b'.'.ire oj at th nt metlng of your boird r"ent ve-y Mleny eome further eon- i Cnder date of June 1 1 am in receipt n letter from A'bt S Hard, secre- ;.-- -m- .iui I'.i'.n m ."iieiy ni j New York, which says it ts t'ie under- i standing of the society that the H .anl f Kstlmate not lncllne.1 to favor the above suggestion and in which the hop- i Is expressed that other organizations will .appear nt a meeting of the ...,ir.i ..n hrid.iy, June p. at in 30 A M . on the se, ,.nd floor of the City Hall. ,inl urge upon the board th desirability of hiv-1 ing a model prepared show it, g In cm Crete form Just what wilt haipn to Klverslde Park If the pl.it. t ..w l-f ,re the Hoard of Kstlrmt nre anted out. This ve-y pr.T t'.-al suggestion otfers nn nipnrturtty for every citizen to fudge r.f the merits or .tKm.rli. f .,., nrotiosed nlan V nresident nf .,."." innerstyat Its e ghtv vw.i i-n.t v.i,.i i. .... i. my hearty atiprov.il and I trust that the attend aitco at the mectl Kstlmate on June an.-n at the meeting of the Hoard of i ,. in v - - i n.wl In.l.l.n, .hi. .V... I, A ........ It necessary to have ,o,l'e prepared !"ent of Tcailiing. will deliver If the plans nf the port and terminal ""I'" nl art(J.r " s ,hls, '"" n- committee for fe Wet Side track lm- ".'','" ln e 1 olce0 of Ar!" "'' 1 ' provement are as deslr.uMe as they i;.0'0".' 'vho' t Applied ? , would have the citizens of New York ' 1 , 1hl,'"l,nn ''o.uare f,. ,-Ee v believe, a model showing how Itlverslde 1 CC1"0 '"'ligogy and the. . . Park would look after thev are put Intol "oo1. TfC've their degree effect will certainly do more than nny 5?'' in ho of Law -lie M. ' oce thing to prove their case. The con- o:. 'IP'1 th" NVw Vork s''v v' ' vers of this prnpnsltlon Is ff,tI,ij. t nlry 1 ,Iege w 111 be conferred h.s af'.e true John C Coi.kv.v 1 " A separate commeneeme-1 ' President th West Knd Association kw i ork, June 6. WHY ROOSEVELT? Many Cp-State Itcpubllrans, It s;nl.1 YVnnlil V.il Unn.n.l llt. ' To the KDrroa or The Pi-v Sir roTHEnDrroRorTiiESi-v Sir Why Hooseve'.t? This Is a question many hundreds of Hepubllcans ask. and I ' would be glad If some sane man would I try to answer It f he cm Opinions from the lnfatuat-1 cnrr on the band wagon are not . xt.ected with Mr. Itos-slter Johnson. Mr. Charles1.,,""" dy evercU.vs ef y. Stanley and many others who have'.Vi held on Hattery J I v - written letters to The Si-v. that manv ' af,7m.?n n"Kn " I'-mpag. 1 peueve witn A Thoroughhred country would refuse to vote for Itc.ise. ''"'''-s vvet W s W -'n -ve!t and would choose the "less of a I !fr5' "' an ' -lun- ro." I ...... ... . I'll. I .If!!., nnfi.lA., .1 t , menace," Wilson. ' In the sma'l town of Sn-imrw-.ite- ' New York, of about two hundre.1 .,i eeventy-flve Hepubllcans I personally know that twentv-seven of them in.v'. tne their word for It) would refuse to auonort Itoosevelt. nn,l t nm tnM .1,,. ' from seventy-.tlve to one hundred would I vo,, against h'm. When men look upon Itoosevelt . ih. most despicable character evr known ,o Amerlcnn politic, and believe thaTln polr.t of perfidy It would bo difficult for Omnipotence to duplicate or hell to pro- 10 znI r.mTon or Tim scn Fir- It ' ,nK'' a ro' ' "bat's what. Which "' of l"1 who Trni Tennveon In our ) outhful das paid nny heed to his ', Prophetic vision of "aerial nav lei." ? 1 sanctity of his phrasing was hardly nouh to Kv lllm from our contempt - junu" Pty for the fatuous folly we thought he dlsplaved ln presenting his preposterous vision to us a. a Dlctur of possibilities And now look I 1 since the erf .r! n keep d "hen Moore wrote: "The best of all br of mplnvecb ts to be . ways to lengthen our days ts to steal says also ti n t..i. ati.f a few hours from th night, mv dear," I tnlttlng mutu pal i-mp'oM who Imagined that he was doing any training iamp hi IMuttsb.'t more than putting a fantastic whimsy additional n low nice of fr Into tmmor.tnl verse? Wa smlle.1 and il'l for a generous v... ..' thought the witty words wer h-ir.itv - - worthy of one who could do so much Deiier. Ana now looit - What la a clock for anyhow? David- a. Cnens. Ngw York, June 5, Major and Minor Defeat a. Knlcker A defeat la when the iirnit drlvea you back home Outlat Or els when eu den't dare to. go homt. CONCESSION TO RAIL WORKERS IS HINTED n....t.t..i tt.. t .i. a i '" " -''"lilt 1 HPT Know Domiiiifls Will n. cron.ip Opera (in ir Cn. FI KM FOR AN 0 HOVH I).Y P.epresentatlves of the brnthr vit. 0f railway emplo.vees made It phln to the conference committee of ih raH-vavi vesterday that they know well that thlr (leinnnus will Increase the oprHMfe com of the roads, but the men are rfi,r. mined to get the eight hour diy h,i., I for payment Just the same. I The statement came at the n..o.. ,. . . ,. "i" '" committees In the .nglnrtr , Societies llulldlng Just about t-ie em. the proposals of the mer, hil tv "Ironcd out" to the satlsfnetmn e bns sides. It practically ushered iti i e i,, fight which begins ln earnest t when both sides will take up ts mands nnd counter demands A. H. Gurretson, chairman of the Or. der of Hallway Conductors, m d it t. I pons to an assertion by Kllsha chairman of the conference cornmiii . I "" know nur proposition w 'i your operating cot, but we do ri ' atrc. with you as to the amount It Is co ng t 'c0'', " J The railroads have ln sted that k 'd'm.mds of th" men, for the ( rei tn hour day schedule to he pa, 1 for pcn. hours work, with time and a I yt , lotted for all over elsht hour- v.'n will c .st them ttGO.Ono.ftOn mnr . , nu.uiy Oho way in which this extri r. might be met, the brotherhoH Titi aJc. gesteil, would h for the rallronn ef ih. country to speed up their fr -M t a to twelve nnd a half miles an ..re. stend nf ten. ns at present io you want us to cut our tn n in , two and put nn two crews t. i . -, present worK or otic in order t s" i a' ' speed : nsKen .Mr. Jee. -No, wi Mr. (j.irretsot s jm "we don't go as fnr as that. l it ; . in ,; have to reduce the tonnage ' Jr trains." A I t-te later Mr. I.ee eaid tha' i.v were .ibout leady to take up t e in qucMinn ne wanted to ey ,n ) 'he ro.ids that they were' n t i fe ' flTo,' 'f !?k",,: m " , from tne men. lfe hvesrtttd .t , prce.nt rate of wage. b co' - t a t- '" i"w level anil tne jetna. i , men be considered as the h gh .. , ltween these two lev. - , o,le h"e or the other." ne .. j '"his tb.ns . bound to be te- ', ; ,-t ' T f"'"'" ""' in the p.-f f ,e i- seem to us propc- rr .ipi under the present bas.s. hut n an- , 1 of. l",M" thcrf h!"-ou 1 i s ti I .irrancemc',- w r . sj ',r2Pcr adjustment could be made effect of these words on to 00 lo..-al chairmen out I" t e hvl' was most favorable The staternf w.n interpreted to mean that th" r .-iai are going to i nm cde some:- -g d that it will depend on the.r rcjTt tive how m-jen th concession s ,e "Vou know,- said Mr. liirr-'-"thire is one princijile ujion wh.cn e are uualtfrab.e; We must have a b.t ter rate or a better condition." A little later the labor leader sa 1 "Vnu kimw that no doubt ln timee r.u: b..th s-des have d sto:;cd words to ineinse.vc? t.ven to-day n ,mj t:, that may be tsud we teek the nigger in the w.o.pile. Karh of us seems to' .ifrald of what Is under the chip w , miiet lift It and see." The ronfcren.-t adjourned until morning at 10 o clock, w ith an argu i on earning oapa.-.t) t;!l unsettled TO CONFER 800 DEGREES. V. I", "a Ciimiiiciirenir nt l.at Tii-dn nnd i o-morroiT. i:,ght honorary degrees and na ' I j, , '.'.. 1 s-... v..-.. ...... '.'-." "I '"" Wll, He c-nfe- f 1 bv our.ll cntnmencf ce inert to-da ad morrow In th nuihtcrium tin :e- .... .. ' .' . ' , r-""J -.v.... . i . ... ii.-ii. I'lesmrri .ining 1 V Oil II U., lili fnr tlie A! .1 fn01 or Commerce, Accour's a- nanco will take plac. to-m rr . noon. Honorary dxrrees will b ctf-rt - day as follows : I isxtor of Divinity Th It m -Henry Pemarc't, president nf 'V v. . IsC"llece, and the Itv W'"ani 'I K n.-u-i. pastor of Die Nor.h C'lic-.;.' - 'Church. Th Itrnnv rw..,.. ...... .-.,m-,oer itro..k!w, Docto-' of I -, , ., chu -.iL v'l'. v' ,! ', . t j," V rv ll"? Al.nndPL n' !."'! V n-e-." )(.- '! .!... .. . . 5 . ''' 1 iverslty (Irnduat School ' ,,1"'m 15 r Pomer. W C '- a"" H- Cincs. p-esei-.ta "' ,h" afternoon Wil i.tm 11 p.j s, l"" ,v" oration. Wtlmer V. I.m-as no- -h -.- - -md Joseph II. Variant th" fourth annu.il Ma. Pot., ! contest In publ - -peaking : MAYflT? WTTI CItnnT UfiTT? TJTT T ? mAXUK "ITS SHORT HOtR BIU5 . .... ! Uvl,r " ' Kmuloyeet H" July nnd August, as aga st ' t ' ; winking ilav of fnu- )iour . - durlrg July and Atig-tst - ' dlnance tKed I i.-. l...-k as . c 1 tn certain departments ,l,r-t ' 1 well as during JU nn 1 A..- - ' 1 Present. The Mayor holds that wer-'-g '1 , are short ennueli tow I- v-w work that has to b d lit r.f- THE SEAGOEKS isal'.'.ng to t.v b toe C- hlp t-nt M.ru f. r p.i hean: Mr an-t Mrs n J Mr Monuomenr 1 J I. I. -inn Tvl. I.lod K i4for e. Mr and Mr hi- t ' 1 r. vvtni 1 . Pr Noel Svntnrl VI fieorje VfeHin I F.rneel II Pike