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HATUIIDAT, JUNH 10, 1010.
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Published rlallr. Including Sundar. br th
Fun Printing and rubllthlng Anoclatien al
i:-i Naatan trtt, In tfl Borough ol Man
liittan. Nw Tork. President and Treaa.
iirer, William C. Ftflrk. I.V) Nattau atrt :
J lc.Prntdnt, Edward P. Mitchell, 1R0
N"'iu ftreet; Secretary, C. E. Luaton, IM
.Nttttau atrict.
londsn efflf. 4n.,3 Fleet street.
Prl nflic, tl Rue de la MlrhoJIf re. eft
r.J du Quatr Septembre
Wathlngton office HlbM Hulldlnt
Brooklyn riffle, 100 l.Wlrii1on trt.
' df frltnilt irhn turrit hi irttH M.w
frift nn4 lllmtrnrlons for puhlmttan rith
to Mir rrlretrit article rrlurnut they mil
in ail ciri itni Hampi for Hit tmrpnte.
In Ilia person of Senator Hokatt
the Coliseum visited tlie Auditorium i
yesterday, cstablishlnc n relationship'
which we cannot but regard ns of n '
most Interesting character. At the!
beckoning of Keantor Fall Hip Audi-,
torlum, All gallery rt fnr rMoiiel i
ItoosEvaxf Is concprncil, lnvnd'd tin1 ;
Coliseum and honk almost to frenzy j
the Kallrjr of thnt Inotlttitlon, hut did
not ttaropedA Its door. Tho stirring I
scenes In both enmps In the late after-;
noon nd In the evrulne ended the
monotony of dulne.-B on the one lmud
nd cafcly restrained rt1ekle.'nes
of pergonal devotion on the other.
The first and second ballots taken last
ntght In the rerular Republican con
vention agreed nearly In their results
.with the previous estimate of coxno
Wentl, except thnt Colonel RooiE
ratT developed at the start about
twenty-the per rent, more strength In
that quarter than had been attributed '
to him and sained largely on the second '
bH6t. The Hlicne Vote started well
above half the totnl needed tS nomi
nate, and increased jrreatly. The break
In the ceremonial vote and the really '
fdgnlfleant recombination yf unlt had .
not occurred when the eomentlon ad-
JoUrned until to-day: but who could i
htlve dreamed four jear a so when
Theomre Roosnr.i.T ?bo.k nncrlly
from his fepf the dust of resular Itp
publlcanlsm that reeular Itepublican- i
lm on Its -Mriind ballot in lUld would !
register him as bltli as Tl in lt i
schedule of the honored? How
many times before hno events -eem-
ItlRly closed the last chapter of Itoorr-,
Ttr.T's career and written Klnls to his I
political Inlluence? He i-i still ma-ter ,
of the sltu.itlon and the elector. If hej
so chooses, of Woounou' Wilson for i
another term.
The Russian Successes lu Vnlhynla.
. Once more the Russian war ma
chine, repaired and -treiistheneil, has
started on the road to I.wow or
Lemberg and Przemysl, and General
Auxis IlBrsu.on I.-, tisaiu drixinc the
Austrlans before him. In the Gall
clan campaign in the autumn of MH
he led the left wing of a Russian
array and General Nikolah Hivsky
the right wing. liat.-att.orF Is now In
supreme command, an nggresslve sol
dier who Is always ready to sacrifice
masses of troops to break through.
But this time the point of starting
Is further back, further east thnt Is,
than wrts the case in thp tlrst month
of the wnr. The new Russian victo
ries with the capture of ."0,000 prison
ers and great spoil of guns and stores
are impressive, but the Dubno.Rovno
I.utzk triangle, where battle was
Joined. Is In the Russian province ot
Volhynln. I.embers. which the Rus
sians took early In the war. and from
which they were driven by the Ati
tro-Gerinans on June Uiin, Is ev-enty-llve
miles southwest of I.utzk.
which has just fallen into tuCiut
hands. Almot mldtvnv between the
two cities ruip- the border line. The
Austrian losses in four iI.i.vh light lug
are said to have been eiiormnii, but
thnt must be equally true of the
enemy.
While It Is chnnuii'iiMlc of Gen
eral Ritvsit.oKF never to count the
cost of success In human life, he I
popular with the arinj, a- tlshtlns
Generals always are. A cavalrx otll
cer ami a veteran of the Ru-xi.Turk-l
lh war of 1577. he doc not enjoy
General Ruzskv's reputation as a
aclentlfic soldier, but he - a strategist
always to be reckoned with mid a
brilliant tactician. Him mi.oh- nnuic
ft study of the topography of Gallcla
beforo the war, and his familiarity
with It accounted for much of his
succesi In the tlrst Gallclun campaign,
In which he coniiaandPd an army
of 800,000 men, druwn mainly from
southern Russia, An bearing upon
Ttat'Rii.oFr's operation In the new
"drive" It may be observed I Im I he
never gave the enemy any ici In the
summer and autumn of Kill, and we
hnre to go back to SKonn.t.rf to tlml
a Hnsslan General as swift to strike
nnd as quick to follow up an advan-
tage. Cavalry la twtaMf fa
He arm whn he can use It, but o
Rusilan k'flowa how (0 handte art It
lery with man rtrtty effect) and his
Infantry la never far behind his cav
airy when the enemy gives way. Von
Atnmt5BERd waa BatmiLnrr'a antato
nlst at Rotsionce, HallcJt and on other
bloody fields, nnd It would be n great
Injustice to the Austrian to accept
the criticism that he did not m,nke
n stubborn resistance to the Russian
Oneral'a advance.
The truth Is that the Austrian
fought with desperate courage In th
first Oallclan campaign, but the combi
nation of Rl'xnky and BRt'siuirr was
too much for them. It was not until
the German General Staff took charge
of the Austrian armies an trie eastern
front and put that greater strategist
NfACKftNetM In command that tile Rus
sians were expelled from Prxemyal
nnd driven from Lemherg, which they
had occupied for 203 days.
It may be conjectured thnt Mack-
knsen, If nvallable, will be fut In
again to save the day for the Aus
trian. The Russian objective Is first
or all Lemper, then Przemysl, and
finally Cracow. Early In 101.' thtff
cavalry rode to within Ave miles of
that ancient Polish city where the
tludown and Vistula meet. If the
Russians ever occupy and hold Cra
cow they Can make It a base for
an Invasion of German Hliesia and
an advance on Vienna through the
Moravian gate.
Th new Russia offensive rivets
the attention bcaue It Is an am
bitious attempt to break through the
eastern front from I.utzk to the Bti
kowinu with an Immense army1 wfll
supplied, according to report, with
artillery, an arm In which the Rus
sian". wre comparatively weak when
the Austro-Gerniaiis tinder Macken
! overwhelmed, routed nnd almost
destroyed them In the t ehrtliiry-.liine
offensive last year. Speculation about
the re.ult would be presumptuous.
The Russians have set themselves a
tremendous task.
The Federal fiorernment and the
Intrastate Railways.
In the overshndowinjf Interest of
other matters, how many observers
have measured the far feachlnt sljt
ulflcauco of a plank In the Republican
platform which transcends In Its pur
port of radical metamorphosis any
thins contained In the entlr Progres
sive scheme?
We refer to tht resolution with
rerard to tranportatlon, adopted by
the Republican convention:
"lntrUt and Intrastate transporta
tion h.iv bcom so tnterft'nvtn that the
attampt to apply two. and often savtral.
ft. of svrr to Its rutulatlon has pro
riticed conflict fit authority, embarrass-t.-.tat
ir. sptratlin ar.i lr.cinver.'.cr.ce
and to the public. Thf entire
transportation syrteni of the country
lian b'roms kfentlall- national. We
trurfor favor such action by legisla
tion, or. If necessary, throush an amertd
meat to tho Constitution of the UnltM
Stites as will rult In pliclns It under
rv'uiirr K'd'ral control"
In Its effect upon th present bal
ante between Pederal and 8tnte
powers this' Is perhaps the most revo
lutionary prnpovii ever accepted by
the national convention of a great
party. The Prosreslve platform as
already outlined contnlns naucht that
I- not tame In comparison.
Kverjbndy knows that mere statu
tory legislation can never brine about
this vnM evtensloii of Federal power.
and the i-orre-pondlng diminution of
the powers reserved to the P(afe.. !
slrable or undesirable, exclusive Fed
eral control of transportation within
State Hue ennnot be had without
altering the Constitution.
The railroad Interests themselves,
harased by the conflicting Jurisdic
tion of the present constitutional sys
tem, have been ready for years, we
believe, to welcome the radical change
which the Republican party nw
openly proposes. But In the polity of
our Government. In the fabric of our
Institutions, what a spven-league step
toward the obliteration of the re
maining hefltnge of Htafe autonomy
Is here contemplated I
Ground for Dismissal.
We observe thnt one of our most
esteemed contemporaries Is served by
a convention reporter who writes
ps-cudo-Engllsh of the sort exemplified
In this horrifying pasaee:
"Ths rrocresslvp convention I nlthr
cut nor dried . It If a spontaneous tody,
and nKt of th rlelesate fel like Hckrt
Aursr of Wichita expreseed hlniaelf."
l-'ar be It from us to pursue Win.
i am .IenNi.xis Bryan into the com
paratively harmless ncttvitles of his
semi-private life. We entertain not a
trace of personal animosity against
the Gon-biess-you ! ex-statesman.
Nevertheless, for the dignity and
good repute of our beloved profession,
we urge hi present emnlo.ver. the
II nrttl, either to discharge Mr. Bsyan
for Incompetency or to edit hU copy
with fearlessness.
Subsidies fur Ships and .Second
Terms for Presidents.
Heeretary .MApoo continues in the
tiiitlu'il; of this week his pleadings
for a merchant marine owned and
operated by th Government,
The alternative, he sa.vs, IS policy
of subsidies; and with th Iemocratlc
part) In the seats of power subsidies
are Impossible:
"Th Dwnecratlo party Ih In control
of the Oovernment and I pledged by Its
platform and record atalnat turnldlea.
Why, then, contnnd for the impossible?"
li Is gratifying to learn that Mr.
MrAnoo I so sternly opposed to ihe
repudiation of any pledge of the Dem
ocratic pant's, platform,
It bad been reported, with what
truth we know not, that tbe Secre
tary was thinking of rslirnirj(j his Postmnster-Oenernl wants to condl
ptn,ce In the Cabinet In order to takti tlon the examination unduly. Appar
charge of the campaign of his father- ently the expert Inquiry by the Inter-In-law,
Dr. Wttsnv, fot reelection to slale Commerce Commission nnd tbe
the office of President. Judicial review of which he approves
But this same Democratic party l are to lie directed only to a deierml
pledged by Its platform against sec- nation of the adequacy of compensa
ortd terms for Presidents as Well a tlon on a space basis,
against subsidies. If subsidies for Now, one thing which Mr. Rrnt.K
ships nre Impossible, a second term son's welcome communication utimls
for a Democratic President Is Impos- titknbly docs Is to develop tf-rth'strlk-slble.
Why, then, contend for n sec-, lug clearness the flagrant .contradlc
Odd term? ' j Hon between the shlpcr rind the car-
It ennnot he thnt the Secretary of rler of the malls. Tlie Post Office.
the Treasury and the son-in-law of
the president of the United States re-
gsrns tne piatrorm or his party as In- of compensation and the sufllclency
violable In some parts and a ntere.of rates which are diametrically
scrap of paper In other parts.
Does This Opportunity to Herre Hu
maalty Interest Mr. Wilson?
Mr. Wn.soN hns very frnnkly In-1 branch of the controversy, rts for In
formed his fellow citizens very fre-,Mnnce to nn examination of the sum
quently of his ery sincere desire to ,.ionrv of ,, proffered rates on n
serve humanity. We are confident, ' simce bnsls.
therefore, thnt In bringing to his at
tention an opportunity that lies at
his door to achieve his ambition,
without endangering his country's In-
ternatlonal relations, or Imperilling
us foreign rrienosnips. we snail not
be accused of Intrusion or Imperil-1
np,lw'- I
Of the people of the country whose I
Ciller r.xecufive Mr. Wilson tempo
rarily Is. practically 10 per cent, are
now notoriously most unsatisfactorily
situated. They nre deprived of the
right of self-government, restricted In
their movements, condemned to In
ferior station politically, and gener
ally repressed and restrained. The
hardships under which they exist are
Imposed on them In defiance of the
Constitution aud the statutes enacted
i . ... .. . .
lu accordance therewith: they are In-
dieted as the result of deliberate tie-
sign: and unless relief Is enforced
through the diligence and unsparing
labors of a devoted friend of human
ity they will continue Indefinitely, to
the degradation of lo.oon.ooo men.! . . . ,, . .
, , ,, , . , , , Mis remaining on the bem-h and flirt-
women and children nnd the serious ng w)th , pppor1rH Kir wanl.
Impairment of the political structure , In to b kls.l I rprphenslbl.
udder which more than lll.2Sii.noo ','','', -Ml-'BRAT
persons live l r)o,!, ,falfa N"-1, believe that the
a 1 -v i . 'alrl should 'take the Initiative?
TW Id per cent, of the people to (
whom we refer, whose status must i ... .
"
enlist the .nought of sffltesmen and
whose wrongs should stir the heart
of every humsnltarlnn. nre the negroes
of continental United States. Their
lot Is at least as Interesting ns that
of the Filipinos : their future Is of
grave concern to every citizen of the
United States; and how n servant of
mankind very frankly and very sin-1
cerelv devoted to the betterment of
conditions can overlook their pllsht !
m utt-f t..
a n...Mri o. r,.,,. ,.. , " rnurt philosophers and members of railroad- applies not only to tlimtich
son might appropriately undertake tn cult thnk nf tn, flr, ,,,,, whon t,e,Vy stornae mall- but to sHIInc
to rnlve. i the nun worshippers went Into court , drtltlnnnl ear spare fnr distribution
lit w.s ;i rainy, sunless div tht cave, t urpoi'ef and to haullnc all mills tltsit
Cork Lees and Board Bills. l''" ,',,1"f " n"5 ,,ff "M M ''"v- ' . tU, c.r. !a their hand.- en
i om i.egs ami noara inns. Kfl Wt, th. m- ' The l-o.t ouVe D-partnient ha-
A gentleman In Paterson, N. .T., j - . ),. t, to cite tr tbe Semte Com-
whofe brother-in-law owe him S.H ' Four salmons of Vltoona, Wis. will tnltte on Port Ciftlces ami fot tload
for board, has seized as security for f:ivr tn K" of business en .tuts 1. 1 hundreds of Instance.- where the ex
.,.,.,, ', "uiii j.k,..' ' ..i- . n'1 their pla-.'. will be ukm b one press rates to the public fnr Its un
pavment of the bill the debtors cork . m,jM(.,M,v ow1lM 5lIfH,. Frnm ,. . ,M.mndfp ,rnmc. ,r(1 ,PW
lee. valued at Mo", l'laclna u valtl-
ntlott of only i,n on a cork leg I
ridiculous. A cork leg Is worth more
thnu a pg of tlesh and bone, prop
erly articulated and operating In full
harnmnv with tbe other members of
the natural body.
What does n cork leg know of the
twinces of rheumatism? Doe. its
font ever "go to eep"V It cannot
bleed or bli-ter. I all overboard, and
a cork leif will buoy jou up--though
perhaps as a life preserver lu the
water a wooden head, being nt the
drowning end. were better.
It l nn unskilled artificer who
cannot give to a cork leg a lovelier
Shape than the Creator elves to the
props of nien. If a Coi'K lS Is ever
bowed. It Is only to match an Imper
fect model which, clumsily moulded,
Is not even amenable lo processes- of
correction. You cannot pay a board
bill with a leg bom on you. A cork chlldu-n arc nut Ihe str..ts are neces.
i i ...,u i-a .i...- i-o ...i . 's.nlly full nt mov i g velil. It, but the
leg Is worth 1..0 times SI..0, and to ,,,, rau, flom .lents. p, tratllo. can
seize It to guarantee settlement of a be kept down by careful mothers. Clill
WO obligation Is proof of complete I 'Ireu should nut b- allowed to pity In
lack of sense of proportion. I
Did nature ever make n hand half
us clever ns Captain Nt:n CfTTt.r.'s
Justly celebrnted hook?
Mr. Burleson on Railway Mall Pay.
Some exponent of the railroad side:
nf the mall pay controversy may feel
Impelled to comment on the vigoroti
exposition of views which Postmaster
General Rt'itt.FSON present elsewhere
on this page. The Burleson statement
bristles with points which might lend
themselves to Illuminating adverse
elucidation, its for example the con
tra! between hi announcement that
the railroads nre to receive under the
proposed space plan several million
dollar a vour mote than they are
getting now, nnd the argument made
by advocates of the space hal bill
that It would etfect a material saving
for the Government. The rotation of
the ("iiniHllnii Government to the rail,
roads of the Dominion Is hardly cov
ered by Mr. Iti RiF-ns's. allusions, nnd
something might be said about the!
comparison Which he intllllle lie- I
'
iweeii ine iirojccieu scneiiuics oi mail
pay and Ihe revenue from paen.-er
traflic. which ha never, to our knowl
edge, been complained of by the rail
road as excessive.
Our Interest, however. Is chiefly In
the postmaster-General's remark on
the question of submitting the mall
pay controversy to ine interiaie
Commerce Commission and on Tin:
MVS icceiii cuiiorini leicu-int- io ine i
htibjcii. we are gian to unuvv tnat
Postmaster-General Htfsi.r.sON not
only ofl'ers no objection to such nn
investigation, hut courts Inquiry hy
the Interstate Commerce Commission
Into Ihe competisailou of the rail
roads tor ciiri'ving Ihe iiiall. We me
pleased also to observe llinl lie favor
the grant to the railroads of a Judi
cial reriew ot the rates of mall pay,
At the same time It seems thnt the
Department nnd the railroads main-
mln positions In reiect to the basis
opposite. An 'antagonism m sharply
defined cannot possibly be settled ex
cept through an Independent Inquiry
by nn expert body not limited to one
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion meets the requirements of ex
pert Inquiry, nnd there Is no obvious
reason why If should not Investigate
, t,0 rHtVe merits of the spneo hasls
f pyment nnd the weight basis,
U,rn ),, heen the standard hitherto.
together with the corollary questions
nt r,,fP
Was It a Republican or a Progres
sive who said: "rtrinicASts alive or
I Raisi-li dad"?
All Stsmford Joins In J7.5th anniver
sary .Wn-jnnper Midline.
Newark, cclebratlnir Its 250th, will
hardly hegrudee the city on the Pound
the added prpsllsp of Its extrn ounr-
'ter of a century, because Connecticut
' h,ad ! "led tlrst In order to Rain
ine nonor 01 siarunii towns in .ew
jt.wy
( '
Now that the Udle have made two
convention.! acknowledee that they
really nre people, would they like to
b" Included In the army planks
in a ine pouiicai nornp ni n caan
nn ,lMnMlt ,, fn ,ln.h,wabl- eux of
foucht for sufTraae planks,
As far as my own soul Is knn-n to
. Mr. noofKVri.T.
Has the e.. President stolen a leaf
from ,he president's note book?
i
Chief Meters, once' of the Gls.nt
and now catcher on the Brooklyn
,'-m ,n lhB Nlnni i.eaaue. u
, t'l ih'M.UilH ."till "lilliI'l,,J ll.ll
proflt of thl- .aloen th- cltv plan- to
V is d nvv munlclpi! waterworks.
;;, nirh frnm Enu i"lntrr, ll'l..
FWrrr use the prodts to build
munlclpil water w.ison.
Chautauqua scouts on duty at Chi-
feign roputt that they found no prom-
is ns prospect
among the orators.
" " " "
Senator I.otii: winked .it Senator
lliwiiMi. aim senator imkpino wtnaen
back iirinr
rom thi ?f pubtcfin
emu onion.
And Hkn-ut Cpot I.opc.n a randl-
,la,, f"r cotton'
i The report of an aerial bombard-
meat of llol.oken must shake the com
piacem e ,.f New .Ur.-cy folks who
may have t'liiicht Hie had the only
Hohoken 111 tue world
.
Children iitul Hog In the Street
to nn riiiTon or the Srs sir: The
'open door season Is on ii.miii and themer Representative W K Tuttle. Jr
If 'cjtvwlrV interest could
be
awakened In makim? attractive pa
nioutidH of rack yard
tvnilbl be accnuipllsh'id.
great send
Kveij back
ard C'lilld be transformed Into
beauty
spot and a plnvcinund
tint tint din ttreilJiut nf n.Attir
not cVpii Ibn oolleo klirveill tnce. ran '
Protect our cIvMrtn from that menace
in people keep iloj " wii. dues the :
ii Koverament allow it' I life so
help, aie limbs so supernuous that
leek ami dslro ? Mnieuier. It is ibso
Intel) a sin Hs'aim-l
a dna'a titlnre to '
keep 1 1 1 in In a town
CtfNr. Pnr.STO':. ,
Nr.w York, June
thing but inlcqii ite" is even more
Kitchener. ! erroneous than to sav that the e.xUt-
To thf Kpitou or The Srs Sir; Did ',,e" nt" Insudlelent Th- pro
not Tennvsnn have K. of K. lu mind i rosed rntes would Increase the com--vhen
he wrote: ' pen.itinn to the railroads under the
Sun." iM i-nmi iiir, I present hitlrtlllig of the malls by
And one . tesr em fnr m' brtwetn fn.ooo.ooo and t.'.noo.nfto n
An I mm tht-re be no meaning ef the hr, car. The rates In the bill as t
VV hen I put nut to e.i I
New York, June ft
ft A. W, ,
, Vlmlerate l'aclll.' l'lilliinpll
To Tiir llwroii in- Tin: Si s sir. Tea
srslie thill w-e neei "lirepMleilness" ie-rxil-e
ti if-nn will nlWAts lie divniliiftte.l hy
Ihe lut nf luowr and therefore a lruue
to etnre pere i rmerer unork itiie
" 1 n" 'nation. ..uld al ! prey
nn.M- fine -.nntSe- I n miM nn, urtrm u
Hh.nc pr.-p.tr. Un.
wimld say milium
ii. - ini'.l. -.f kite! rtli.l lieh e hi
I is I -Mi-ii Ihe n.t li of -n.tn
It''l V:rZ:'rZl .r?'
Inns nihei thin tight for the i1efen,-e e(
itiv nation
ft itouit be h fiio-i 'i-ork to ree-ue n few
indo-Mjs from th- debiting tnHueice of .
psirielU-n
Ion lieiievinc it I o tint i lie feerntlon
t ,nf wnri,
iillllnB In i.iii- helleye
In i..t ., n ii .1. f.-.
I prepnirlne ' that nur .ouiiiiy ui.ts he
rr,,Prtr, nl f,
triiiin pillar In th
temple Hint shall vci In- built mi i-artli
M.iT York. June , p,; I- V
Wbi're the light loirs On,
Vein Mr I iMimilihi Sliltr
Will VV V.t. Kllsuie. V r.
Hit le, li lime. I'lklt
S- I ip '1'- S'.nilth ei, Te
III Hid 1v
The Temporal i Orgrtliiiitiult,
Sl-lli Did he proiiote"
llelU .Vnt et, but think hi ha- mii
tali kcynoti tpucb,
WHY MR. BURLKSOU OB.
JECTS.
.Statement Prom the Postmaster-Oen
eral Regarding Ills Attitude nn
the Question of Railway Mall Pay.
To.tiib KiitTOff m- Tub Sun nir: Sly
nttentlon haa been called to nn edi
torial article of June 6 bearing the
caption "Another Cabinet Mystery."
The article tiierts:
That the rates nim paid to the rail
loads for carrying the malls arc al
ready insufficient.
That the rates under the space basis
would be anything but adequate.
That 1 object to accepting the arbit
rament of the Interstate Commerce
Commission as to compensation of the
railroads for carrying the malls.
All three of theso insertions, al
though the stock In trade of the rail
roads In their widespread propaganda
against legislation by Congress on this
subject, are utterly erroneous.
Not only Is It possible to demon
strate from the statistics at hand that,
with the exoeption of a few Isolated
caws affecting some short line rail
toads, the remuneration of the carriers
under existing rate is already sum
clcnt, ftnd not Insufficient, but It Is
demonstrable by the conduct of the
railroads themselves In the keenness
of their competition for the alleged
"unprofitable" mall business, as well as
by the great difference In the rates
for carrying tnnll and express matter
In the same trains,
It those contending that the rait
roads are Insufficiently paid answer
why the Seaboard Air Line Rallway
bas been fighting to take from the
Atlantic Coast Line about :00 pounds
of mall a day: why the Atlantic
COaat Una Railroad has fought con
tinuously against losing that mall
btiflness; why In order to obtain Hut
business the Seaboard Air Line has
changed It schedule between Jack
sonville and Washington, and why In
an effort to prevent loslnc It thn At
lantic Coast Line has changed Its
schedule, and. finally, why the Atlan
tic Coast Line wilt take less than the
maximum lec.it rate a mite in ordr
to share with the Seaboard Air Line
such through mail business as It can
get.
Why Is the New Tork Central Rail
road to-day fighting continuously to
prevent 4.800 pounds of mall a day
from being diverted to the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, why Is W willing to
take less titan the maximum and al
leged Insiltlliietit rate In order to hold
this null?
If the pay Is Insufficient, why does
the rhleiiao, Milwaukee nnd St I'ant
i , , tu iiinn 1 1 j ,., ,n .
J -
I'OO. or per cent., a ye.ir les and
tlio Chlnaco and Uastern Illinois l"0,.
I ihio a year les Horn the cxlstlne rates
-f ,,ny, .) .,, ,,; This Is li.ippenlnc
Ial n tn), r,nU. fl fp. ,,y(, 11BO ,,,
nnc) !and nnd Its connection" m
me.l the possible rntnpetltlnn of the
Santa IV for the mall In I o Angel's
I educed its price to the Oov ernment
tlli.ooii a year llnw what the maxi
mum rate would entitle It tn,
This strusale on the part of the
i llf i
h.)n ,h(, M1)fnlrt ratM , ih r5ov
1 r 1. .1.. . j ...... I-
1 How of the mall traffic, and the rail-1
.roads receive from the expres com
I lvalues on'y So per cent of the ex-
I press rate to Ihe public. The IYt
1 r.mee rierartnient during the recent
, i,rlmas period took advantage of
1 the fact that It could -hip Us empty
mill bags 'heaper by express than by
paving the null rate, thcrebv -avine
nlioiit V' M0 on a few shipments
In regard to th adoption of Ihe
space bii-lfi It mil't not be overlooked
that this plan him b'en lndored bv
-vcr.il commissions, the most cxh.iu
t.vo -tlldv of the subject being the so.
(ailed Ibiiiriie Coninil-s.on Report, in
which the space plan Is extenslvelv
ui:rti.ed and approved This report
,i)S -igneil Htln transmitted to "on-
(cress on August :il. 191 J. by Senator
'.I II. IVinkhesd and John W Weeks
.Hid form-r Senators II. A. Richard-
son and Jonathan Bourne, and Rep.
resentatlv e Jumps T. Lloyd and for-
I.Vc.un. the spate basis Is Indorsed In
a conference report presented on
I March 2, calendar day of March t.
Il0l3, signed liy Senators nnnkhc.nl and
Swansnn nnd P.cpreeentattvp Moon.
I'lnley and Madden.
The space bisls plan ha- been in
eminently sttcceesf nl operation In Can-
...i, f.1P more than two year- and ill
... ,J,,,,,I , ,,,,( f.,r,h lit Ihr.
. i railroads nnd In all the arguments
Ueenlcd i them to tllo committees
'of i-oiiress It has never been alluded
srlcutllle and most equitable -ystem
f rrn (its .it a ha.d for pavment to
, ,u..,,i nr ,..n ,.rei.i o
, seiieer trains To .iv or to Insinuate
" "n coinpcnstl ion to ine r.iurnao
under tlie rates proposer! in me nin
're It passed tlie House will be "imv
nns.ed the House are almost Identi-
Cillv the revenue a car ml e oblalneil
by tlie railroads from their p.erni;cr
tradlc.
The most unfair a erlion in the
editorial article Is the statement that
the I'o-t Olllce Department objects to
submitting the matter to the Inter
state Commerce Commission for dc.
ti rm, nation. The facts are tliHt tho
I'. .si utllct- Department Insists, anil It
provided In the bill which passed
ire House, that either the railroads
-r W nepanment shall
i'lve the right to ask the Interstate
j Commerce Conmvsflnn tn determine
whether the rate fixed In the bill are
ftltlicient, and If not, what the rates
should be The Post Ottlce Depart
ment is willing and the bill passed by
tlie House In addition would give tho
rallrnd" a day 111 court to determine
whether the rates tlxed under the law
are contlscatory through the provision
miikliiK It compulsory for the railroads
to carry the malls, The railroad now
voliintuiilv carry the mails at the
rales tlxed by Congress and hence
cannot test the euftkiency of the rates
111 court, jet they Hie opposed to Hie
piovlsiou in the bill w hi' h would
Ht.'ike it posli," to olii.riii n Judlila.
ur t e i nil i i.i t inn of Ihe iiirsion of
tthether the tales fixed under the net
ate compensatory.
There must, be eomt basis of de-
termlnlng railway mall pay pending
an Investigation by the Interstate
Commerce Commission. The railroads
contend that It shall be on the present
weight basis, and the Senate com
mittee agrees to that and In addition
would permit the railroads to weUh
annually, hy their own employees, the
mall on whatever routes the roads
might use and let the Government
continue to pay, under the quad
rennial weighing, for the mall on those
routes on which the railroads would
not seek to have an annual weighing.
As against such a proposition, which
would give the railroads every advan
tage and the Oovernment no advan
tage 'that might accrue from annual
weighings, the Post Office Department
and the bill passed by the House of
nepresentatives would substitute thai..
space raU of pay Indorsed by Con -
gresslonal and other commissions at
.t rate of pay which would be practl
rally their paesenger earnings a car
mile, pending a recommendation by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
as to what would be a proper rate of
pay.
These are the facts. It Is not diffi
cult to understand why the railroads
object. A. fl. BtmtJtsov,
POstmaster-aeneral.
WAsHlfs-OTOer, D, C, June H.
THE OYSTERS AT OYSTER
BAY.
Prognosis.
To tub kpitos or Th Hun fir: Your
appeals to Itnnsevelt might Just as well
be addressed to Ihe oysters of Oyster
May a- be addressed to hint. He knots h
what he wants, and will pay no atten
tion to anything you or ny one ele
may say. He has no comment to make
on the situation at Chicago. Whv
should he speak out? What ran he ay'"
His Christian soldiers will have no one
else than lie.
The only question seems In b: Will
the Itepublican nominal him- For
him to ac-ept their nomination ought to
sicken every one of his followers who
has the root of rlghteousne-s lu him,
No one can touch pitch anil not be
denied.
The Republicans do not dare to nomi
nate him. The Progressives will have
no one else. They will stultify them
selves if they do not nominate lilm. lie
Is their man and their platform.
The Republicans will stultify them,
eelvea if they nominate him, lie would.
If nominated by thent, be their man and
their platfoHn. Mow can such thing
be" The epllt Is wider than the dlvi
slon between the T'emorrals and the Re.
publicans, and also that between the
former and the Progressive The irre
pressible conflict between Ihe Republi
cans: and the Prngres-ive.s must be
fought S-it to a nnlsh, There Is but one
wav that that can be done, Ic't ns hsve
a counting of votes In November, Let
each of them ignore the other Let etch
do Its own work and pave the voters
to decide The totintrr will b safe no
nutter w bo I elected
If W ilson slisll be reelerted the conn,
try will still live.
tf ftoo.eelt or Ituehe- or anv one
elr shall be elected the country mill -tin
Ipe
Vbm-e all thing- It I- ef th- uttoot
Importance that the pnlltp-ians t Chi
cago do the work they mere iet otod
to do, nainetv. nominate straight goods
andldatr.s and adopt straight goods
ptitfitrins The voter will do the rst
Should the Renillili-- ins nominate
Roo.eteit tlir will bury their party so,ltlber manufacture, are a by-produet of
deep that ;t will never b resurrected.
tf Ihev n'Cf'tlatf with lilm tlie will be
t.,, Th. rn Via Mr, ...HtinrotnUe oi
Iei1-. A polltl-.tl pirtv that heeit-itee
l io- ine i;epunn.-in voieff nemmd 'K'tir oh- neeu ic- ranirr man more
Mni the i representatives at Chicago I Thl- I- .tceotinicd fot by crude methods
I u up to the h-ira-te.r of xbraham , slaughtering for military ronmmp.
I.ln-ftlp and do th'ir dut Jtion leather and leather mercliandi-e,
No pilf.-yffiotlng, nn trafficking, no lecbtdlng shoes, are In Inefficient sup
weakness, but only bold and straight-I ply in all the market- of Ihe world. It
forward action lll satisfy Republicans! Ii the high fortune of th t'nlted rUate.s
who will not Mrlke hinds with a lialtor) tbat the -eari-llv- ts modified here py the
ho timblee for the rresideney t ftct that -e are at peace and our ports
Lpmi sn H. Popiit
Ncv Ycsk . June t
INCOME TAX PROCEDURE.
Mastsrhnselts Shows Hie Federal .
(ioi ernment Ihe Wa tn Kqultj. j
To Tits Kt'tToe. or Tltr Sl-W ,tr- Fnme '
week- ago yon publt-hnl a letter from " "
ire wherein were pointed out the in. . The .Mate lleparlment's lntrnrtlnn
lonsruttv and unfalnie-s of certain n-' Ampililcd for Intending Voyager-.
cnine tax Treasury rul'tms. whbh called
tor tt-e prorating, apportioning pro.-es.- To Tltr Rpitoi: or Tltr Pcn sir Will
In nndlne the protlt. subject to tax.t- ,nu kitnllv pnbll-h Hi vour tolutiins the
t.on. on sale;. 0f property bought p-e- 'ullowlns liitorniatinn glvlu; the neces
vmus to the d ite of the incidents of the siry -tep- to -ecure a past-pnrt for
tax. These rulings arc important as Prance, i the Information given by the
thev must affect thousands of cases: e.t.-li . stl.ne liepnrtinent on Ibis -iibje.-t I- In
tra: t alo sucserteil m my letter Iliat mmplfte. incorrect end ronftilnS
i':e onlv pr.i.tlial and fair method for. Get s: photostapbs of yourself, .1
a, ert.ilirnc tne tax.thle luoflt In que-1 Inches bv .1 Inches, on thin pvper.
lion would be to take as the i-nsl of such! Oct vour bltlh ceitlflc.ite at vour city
prop-rty Its market prlrc at the ,.ne 'hall. If thev tcglstcr hlrths
the Incimc tax- went Into effett for' C.ct some one who can personally
(ompailson with It- sellinr pi,e This 1 Identify nu at the otVbe of vour local
would show the .ipptet lutiun in value "nited States District Couit.
over the income period j Go to above offlcg. with shove petson
My purpose In bringing this matter 'and till out their tonus of application
up ajaln is tn call nttentlon to the in. i for n passport and pay various fee
come tax law which has Jut p,ised ! amounting to about ?5.
tlie M.is-acliii-etts Legislature Tills! Cpon receipt of a letter fiom State
law en.tcls that "in detetmlnlng the Pepattment. W'ushiiiKtuu, advlslni! that
mill- or !osos icillred" "from the sale ' above application has been accepted,
nf capital asets - owned at the d He ru to their btanfh otlke. !; Hector street,
of the Ini-ldenie of tne income tax, i ?ew York citv lodlic houts week da)
n.iiiielv. Januar) 1 '' tne value nf lo 3, Saturd.t) s ( .;in to 2 o'clock i
uch ptoperty nt that date "-hall be tlie
basts of determination ' Tills Is nh
iiantlallv the same method as -ug'.-rstcd
Ii- mi former Inter to Tltr Si
Lot me add that till Massachusetts
Inw Is pot ln-l). ill .-oiisierei ltgla.
lion, bin eMdenth the careful work of'eig In order tn provide fot emergencies
men who llioroucMy under-toed their I
businrss N s llvrni'TT
Mam iinsrrr.. Mass. June i
Inst rrtelbllll) tif Ihe Speedw?,
fo i Tie nrtror or Tnr Srs ir Thr
ire hilll'lreils of ftmPiee on Wt-hintton
llelehie "ho "O'l'd ivk- ..Jnl.l- of ihe
beanllfil1 Speeds ti If II it ere ! ,)in1ei,
lo rerh
file hem-he- liat line Oie llarl-ni ro-iM
a 'i einino l.t te hundreds nn bet afternoonM
If It were peIMe lo re t h theui -tlthoul
h v in r to nue iom nii ,,r ii,i n,t
it 1- liol VViiv- He u. e Hie one or f-to
avenue of aeief Ih-ouch Ihe prk l.e
(seen l.Vith and l-uth tinei sre i,.o
anllun lied to pernio of to'l h Irstei xti-d
persons sn1 mother- with v-ninc rluliren
are prevented from -valiinc ilie,.eiva, of i
ii dellchtfill -pot berau-e ef the Speea,
w it s imii i-es.iiiiai t .
If elalrw iv were protpleil hluen lh
Ireet. ineutulii ithove Hi ,,ili-, iy
;voiil, take on a new i-harru for tho who
long to iivnll tlietioeo en of It Inlt'iaunot
lone tpent In making this liuprev emrnt
would be well tpent llidieil VV. I,. II
VVt-IIIMiT'is II Fttllt I e. June fl
Solid far T, R,
To mi EpiTim or Tnr. Srv fir.- At lh
end ef a perfect day I often feel ptevlth
Mr Hex Jmt now It to tiudy Trench. I
already read It perfectly but the verbt
and th tpreohen are very bird.
If dear old Justice 11 iiahee. or the much
dearer Dr Wilton be elected fretldent
and many other, will try tn heroine
Freniiimen If this be T n reaton nuike
the inotl nf It' lln turtli I'linii it llr.tn
Nt it Tims, June a
Our l lai In l.lsliiin Harbor.
'iuiii Ihr Hutfi lniiiiiii,
Thf diluent of Uihnn, if not of ilin rett
nf rnrtugal. have hal nn npponunlty dur
ing Hie pttt ear lo lie nine fmnliii wlih
lie .tppeartnre of -lie Voeil n rtie
i if Hi .111 tlii- it hi h ,.,. ,,,.
In I ii Hit, i' eleei (ten
nuns ('num. I- ' 1 E lo Ih
- ' ' t
'It 1 ' UT
tlie ptereillna flHten te(- oril. one me
tliaiit let.el nf Ameiliari iegsi) hsd
vltiteii l.l. I. mi ih fginet fir (it ait
llttlt ihort of being rtmafkahlt,
WHY SHOES COST MORE.
A aether Onlalon of Cendltloa In the
Leather Market.
To THE KDtTor. OF The SUN Sir: Th
editorial article In jour excellent paper
Of June entitled "The Kxtra Dollar for
Shoes" opens up a lamer question than
It Is possible to dispose of In a few
words, There Is a pronounced scarcity
of leather, and nothing; can be Rained by
ilodglna; or attempting to Ignore this tre
mendoua fact. It la unfortunate that
6U accepted the Ipse dixit Of a paper
printed In Chicago which Is by no means
the leading organ of the leather and
shoe Industries. '
The fact are that a very serious con
dition exists In lb leather making and
consuming Industries. The situation Is
so acute that a conference of all
branches nf fhe trade from tanners to
tall shoe dealers tva recently hem in
hllaflelphla to consider what should be
done to mitigate the abnormal and per
plcxlng rlictiiuManres under which tan
mrs. shoe manufacturers, fchoft whole
salers and shoe retailors nre laboring.
It Is true that leading tarlners and
shoe manufacturers advised caution and
conservatism, They suggested that over
buying and speculation would only make
a had matter worse. This advlc wan for
the benefit of retail dealers, who as a
rule are tint financially strong enough
to stand the lu.c which may follow
a sudden endlns of the war.
this warning so far from being an
nditilesloti thnt leather and Shoes are
not scarce was a substantial corrobora
tion of the scarcity. The largest tan
ners and shoo nianuT.icturere realize that
the markets are so Inherently strong
that artificial stimulus Is not required.
On the other hand there Is extreme dan
ger la encouraging dealers of limited
capital to buy more goods titan they
may be able trt sell at a prOflt. If. as
sm persons Imagine, the present high
rurkeis will collapse Ilk a House of cards
at the end of Ihe war disaster will com
upon retail merchants. The tanners and
shoe manufacturers, from Ihe nature of
their business, are compelled to ahtlrl
pite their refpilremiiflM many months
ahead. It Is iinusuil for retailers to buy
far ahead and they arc ursed to refrain
from gambling nt this lime when the
t'mptHtlnii Is tirnng.
All branehpH of the leather making
and consuming Industries agreo that
prices are higher than they ever were
before. They fear that a bad situation
would lie made woreo by a contlnuanre
of speculative buying. The Philadelphia
eot'ference was called not to demon
strate that leather and shoes are plen
tiful and that prices should be lower but
I'. Insist that speculative busing will
force still hither price and aggravate
an already serloua eltuntlon.
It Is trim that larger quantities of
hides and skins are coming Into the
Culled Stales, but It Is Important to
realize that the world's supply I less
and that for every hide or skin that we
get In excess- of normal some otber
manufacturing country Is receiving one
Its. Sir Robert Paleh. the British
hanker, remarked some time ago that
the Mnrtd I" eating up Its seed com.
y this he means that future supplies
are betrtg cut off Yy present extraor
dinary consumption.
This exactly drllnes the rtiiiatlen in
leather, lu Europe the prices Of hldea
and sslns ami leather are fixed by mili
tary Uw In spite of this the maximum
rates allowed arc abnormal and enable
foreign buyers to Import lmmene quan
tities from the Cnlteil State at higher
average price, than are pild by domes
tie purchasers leather Is a munition
of war and during the past two years
the destruction of tt lias been enormous.
tilde- and skin, which are the hasls of
I the slaughter or animals for fonrj
I There has been no Increase In the
I world's sUpplv of beef animals bet-au-e
' of the war. and tile snpplv of hides and,
I .ire open for Imports of raw materials
which in other vears would hive gone
'iipplv the tanners and nianufacturi'ts
of Kurnpe. A H Tickwooo,
IMitor fim' otiif .ed'ft'r reporter
Hoston, June ,1.
HOW TO GET A PASSPORT.
, and set passport In person
tin to nearest nTb e of a frenh '
tonsiil and have tlicni "vlser' join i
I as-port
l'o all th abote th.ngs, allowing a I
ma-s.n of fortv-eiclit hour- before st.
et ror- of tlie Uovernncm cleiks
1 111 may -ave iirrron- wlliln
IHsspnrt for rraliee some of the trouble
I li.t-e been put to in cettini mine.1
. tn-cii lo iznnr.tncn of then dat e- on;
tbe ptrt of t be olllclils ) have had to.
ileni with Hnw-srn ! Toiasp
pim vtotrntA. June ?
FARMER MURPHY'S OPINIONS
Sonic Practitioner of the I'pllft Can't
I nid Hint. I
To tnr Otrnrt or Tltr St v- sir In J
Tnr Srs- of June saw- the folios lug'
Item lelatlve to tlin elnalitiiakens' strike '
H s uioioiinret nin ihe i-m,initls- of
inn eHttln winnen .tn.l . ergrnieii lio
litv- toiiniteeieii ror s'l nutht pli-kei ,ui 1
itltli th tinker- on Sundiv met be an', j
liouni-e.l io ninrrO't ' I
In in) letter In Ttir. firv of f,v ;t!
I referred to the bintnt -islltj. si..tB ti.,.t '
were going on all OvCi- the country to
prevent non-unlonl-ts from wot king,' and
1 said :
While the rowdies prevent tinn.iinlnnlsit
from working, the prn.tnmlgratlonl-ts are
telling up a hftwl about Searcltr of labor.
And In a prior letter I said :
There are plenty of political demagogue t
and notoriety eeker of luth texee who
ar talhlnf and spouting for Ih union,
but 1 am the only perenn In th ountr,
u far us I knus. vvlm Iihh risen to ileni.-tna
"" l""Pl Im" work I protest
fltiilhit the allltu.l nf tlinte who ate i.
tente.i wnii liny t-..in1l Hon j uiis ., nie I
illlintlii .ire pi le, f
V both of those letters were wiHtron
I hefme I knew anythlliz about tlie above
IlllllllOiril I'Ullllll lire. I I O Mill I i nil
that I can be charged w.tli tonlfinpt of
tleig) or illsie.pt-,. (nw ni d the ladies
Tliose lettets nete wiltten hefme
llou.-U While and hi- gang burned t,lie
Vini'ili-aii ling in the i melting p,,i
I i.iii nll-.til mo eiiilii ,.r .
low ni i l Me. n I hat
iilllli.l'e, nf inn
neaini) women mil ,.ersv men um
make mine people believe the) c snh.
ins some piohlein, bill lliev'tani fool
anv old folks t L. Munnt.
Kali, Ilm.it, Mass., June ,
TO ONE B. R. T. MAN
Tlioinpsoii CoiRmftlfp tfonrs
Also Vfsittnsr M Motor
men Chiisp Wrpok.
disagrct: ox bontsks
The Thompson rnmmltlee wound up
Its last week btit one yestetday by In
quiring Into a variety of matters from
the latest elevated tallroad wreck
to whether a 11. 11. T employee ever
offered a Public Service Commission em.
plo.veo a Job. The Investigators dls
covered also that John II. lleitnlngton
secretary 16 thn II. ft. T, gets no fewer
than ten salaries, each from a dlfferen
subsidiary company.
NCxt Monday organized labor will
present fo the committee anything It has
In the way of proof that the police Have
been tapping the telephone wire- of
labor headquarters. On Tuesday theie
will be more questions about the ft R
T's real estate deals, On Wednesday
Senator Thompson sas, but qunllfl
with "probably,"' he will call J. P
Morgan again. Tim week after next
the committee will go to Locltport.
Wrecks on the elevated, accordln lo
Travis II, Whitney. Public Service Com.
mlssloner, are sometimes caused TVy
motormen "visiting Ihelr neighbors'" bv
looking" Into Ihe windows of bouse-,
Subway molnrmen enn'l do that, SO sUU
way wrecks are few. he .-aid
"poesni Mr Ib-dley sell an anil
climbing device fnr Collisions?" asked
Frank lo-s, the committee's counsel
The anti-climbing device Is supposed
to prevent rars climbing up on one an
other," replied t'omml'slnner Whitney
"Those cars In .vesterday s collision were,
equipped with anll-cllmbers " 11 ex
plained that s "trip" and speed tontro!
system, now operating In the subway. Is
being Installed on the "I," express
tracks ami nt curves and crossovers on
local tracks
After remarking that all the "L" accl
deals seemed to happen In Manhattan
and pone In tVooklvn Senator Thompson
enld that closed hi- "Investigation" of
the wreck.
Then h vvenl to tbe Jir.O.OPO hofiu
to Theodore 1', Shont-. president of the
Interhoiough. Mr. Whitney a!d It had
not been up before the commission for
arbitration, ns It was not submitted as
pirt of tho cost of eon-tnictlon.
"There you differ from the Inferbor.
ouch nudltor." said thn Senator, "lb
swears It was part of a 'p-lor detc'
nilriallon' as part of construction cost
Will you submit to arbitration the
Shontx .-alary Increase, t'lo Shonls bonus
or the Williams tinn.onn bonus""
Commissioner Whitney didn't think
any of these thine vt uld or lould h
done William P Hunter a 'eal e-tate mun
for the R, R T, denied tltat a year and
a half ago U- appro iched Siegfried
Cederetrom, tlie Public Servi-e fomml--Ion-
teal estate expert, in work als i
for the H. H T At Thursday's re-ion
Col. Willhirts, pre.ldeiit of the B. R T ,
first charged and later denied lie had
charred t'ederrtroni w'th listens for a
jia.fliHi job with the. n R T Oder
slroni retorted with a denia' and s I
Hunter had done t e fi-lii n.
The committee adjourned until Mon
day morning at 11 onfk
BURNS CASE AHGUED.
lr.4i1rn netrrlm llcelsltin fler
llrarlou Vrtioments.
Chief Magistrate M-.doo, while M-
tlmatlng ag-aln tliat he might bold Will
lam J. Rurna fir the i;and Jury h--tM
of Ida metbotl- In Inve-tigatlntr Seymour
ft Seymour's ofliee fo- .1 r Mo-san A.
Co., announced yesterdsv after hearing
arguments as to w nether Bums ccint.
tnltted a crime tliat he -feuld hand down
a rltten opinion on or before Wednew.
dav
'What prleiion does Hie !,. -ive .,
man's private rhnimeiii nr hi private
letters" aked Magistrate MeAdon Of
tames M Reck. Huni- ceun-e, when
Mr R-'k maltitaliif d Hum had not
violated the law in entering the ..eytnout
olllce, taking from d. -k Icitec and
panel- and having them copied
Assistant Pl-trlrt Attorney lohnstnpe
askfd that Hums be ivM for vlolatlnc
ser-tlon .'.".1 of the I'ei.al l.aw whiih
mske- It a mlsiletiieannr to rnpv prlvalr
papeis. letters and telegrams and piihl!-li
them lie m.iinta :, -,i-.n iiubllcat'o -
i-ons.sts onlv ol sliiiw.iii si, h ropied
tuipers to any tlilirl pel sop
John S Sejmour argu'.tic for h m
Klf and his hrM'ir Crerb." I.-1 Se-tnour.
vigorously denied M vor Mltehe' s as
sertion tliat tl-eir weie i!itrnrittulla!
rcatons fir the sev n-ou one-! gatloo
"That w.n- aboluteh up'mio and ho
knew It.' ald Mr Sev mom "N'o-lnng
has been bronchi out n -In Inqu.rv tn
Justify ii
"Pol a uiati m -teal tee ic v-J, nf t
great binkiiu; Imu-i -tld Mr RrcV
'is ,ns de-jnc,iblt a t-mr a- can h
imagined This lnqul-v seem- to be
dlretted agtlnst a mm -tho suiteeded i
l tinning down a sieat ir;cn vir
lluius's reiut.tti in i rvcflle- t ami i
Is a shone to ba.e thee ,o uisitinot
spread ju.t.i s ' -n
BIG CELEBRATION PLANNED.
Inriepenrti c tin) I ooiiolllrr VV III
leel this vinrnlou.
I'le.irge CJ uiloi llai fi rmm nf i
M.tvoi s liii1cieini t - tit i no r tic
.ItinounierJ vcstilil.l i ' e w ht e . an
t iirmng for a hi; re 1
H. st(
; i i
i-i' ,i i
nv n t
'It i w n
orsan .
peatlni fVr ,1 l'o
t v er in t iee t i . ,.r pr
A 'lier.c ip.sni
At It- new he-.rliiu.il irr
tue bayrriuiit of ne i
aiitioiinred th.,1 toe i et
vvavs and me.iti- i o-n r m
tlieie tuls mnrn'n; -.. lij
programnie It o cp- t,
f
committee will Mumper - . I ',no
Mr R-ttt!r niaUes a p.ea i
tllC holiday be callml if - ' IV ,rt
Julv, but Indeperrli i. e In ',, t
begin this vear to bteak e , .w
alw-av- calling the iiica'e-t i o.
bolldavs the ).ti i i n' ' ,1 . i
' Let us break I le it. 1. 1 ot- . i . i t
al' tlie punch of bi i -1 c n !
Into the ih)- we celeb ate n i vg
lmlepenilence Hat
The member- n' t'ie w i ne
cnupillttee ii'e- inl,t"ii' I '
Vninil A-iie -j 'ir IP .
M'itlicwsi-oi . Hr .It it
Oueens. Maurice '. rnon '!
i ions i
ui 1
mpi i
t!
Calvin I' Van Nairn-
seph M Ilnntioil aieate .o
tlon, Joseph Harotide-- n
1 1
ward W'. Stilt, parks acl l,nar'-e
William J. Lee, block . . Vhr iHont. 1 e .
l.ewlsollll. dci'iir.U n'l.s, i .. es 1'
l.amli. Illiiniiuallon- VrHinr Wit'irn
music. I'rof lltlil v T Co n ,t"
.Vlnn II tliivv lev piugia ni
vvaiil II n.'.ini:in II i.l ' 'die
Mutn o . pulihc filui a' I '"
Information. IMward c Its .
ic's, I'ol Willi i"i 1
oli-cfv anct's, Hi t'ti'iuti I
cltir.t'iiv In- l-ifile I. i' Ho
i " i
Ian s
accepts Holm it I olli-uc
K'v sn.vv oprii .SI'
Law sun. fo- -even ve.tis p et.
Ii .sloi v and po' t" a I t '
i '.illete i rslgneil -o .1 i - I" "
fl' .III cf l-l-'lll II H ' -
l.liw -in i I men i - I 1
,.r ,p i. ii, 1 i '
I he I looil I lovei mln - I i .IV
reived 111- H V iei! ee t I o
Hint and his M ilinien ,n
University In 1ML
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