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SUNKAY, MAY 21, 1011V Entered nl the lt nmr n( New- - York Second Class Mull Mutter. Suh.i rlpllnh. hy Malt, I'osl pivht. DAILY. v. Month ,M SO DAILY. Per Yriir II no KttNDAY, li Month HU.VUAY 1.. .mult). Per Men'il... Ht'NIAY. Per ff.it 2 .Ml 1A1I,Y AVI) lI'SHAV, fir Vear... ft .Ml DAILY A.SD St'MlAV I'T Month.. Pl'llll'IN ItA I I.H. DAILY Per Mnlilli I 2a KIWDAV, Per Month i,:. DAILY AND Sl.NK.VY. IVr Month.. 1 no THE KVKMMI sr.V, IVr Month,... . 4,i THK i:LNINO H'N, Per Year Till". I:v;mi M'S'i Foreign). lr.Mo oj All rhe. he, motiey order, Ac. to i.c I fnkile imj.iIiIp t Tin: Sis. j Published iiniiv, Piindny, i the run I run Ml K :iu i uuii-imi- i.iii.'ii m 160 N'assiu el: In the Itorouch ot Man hftttan. New York Pirsl.lmt mid Treas- urer, William V. Itelck. l.'.o Nns.nu street. Vice President. Ilrtitnrd V Mitchell, I.Vi Nassau ilrrtl; Secretary, C. i:. I. ml on, l.Mi N'iimu street, Indon office. 40 13 Fleet street Paris nil' e, II line de il Off Rue ilu c u.il re Sr.itenilin Washington nth c HIM.. Itulldln llrunkljn ntni e, ton l,t Inn-to- n etrrt. 1 our jnrna. ,'tllfir hi into minu- terii,i, nn,i I'lunnuinn, fnr M.Wi.nffon ,rii ro wire reiruni umrir. return, i must In all rims unit Mm, vr thai ii"toe. r- - Oregon Signals Bark to Vermont. Oregon Is no mere straw; It Is a aturdy oak. The returns from I'M-- 1 days I'resldentlnl primary In that State, where the favorite sons made a brave tight for the preference and the Progressives from policy lent as-- 1 alstnnce to the attempt to keep down ' the Hughes vote, serve to strengthen the widely entertained and rupldly growing expectation of the Impartial that tho contest of 1010 will he be- tween real whiskers and false. The President's Generally Ktrcllcnt .Stjlc of Kugllili. It Is a Miiall mutter, but we confess a n should higher respect for hntl ' h" though a Jack-D- r. Wu.bON's methods of rhetorical ' ninnple us If would certify- - w c" Ireland 1' Inc so freiiuontlv to the entire slncer-- . Ity of his utterance, There are continual manifestations of nn Inveterate habit which It Is pet- - haps more reasonable to consider as a law tho farming .lAcon said city, there Into Some crude projects Imvo kept ,',u have l1aw mlsht li.ive dono cense when literary than a moral Inllriu-- Chief Secretary who was "very un- ity. The President's state papers, about Dublin" should have been ndmlrable many for clearnes.N the keeping eye the apt would gain much Sinn Peltiers learning what In force could be made going "the cellars of Dublin," that nothing calculated to.iiM' Mr. HiiutKi.i.'s llgurntlve coiilldence a persmi's sln-jslo- He would have been a cerlty than freipient .better position make this troops. The President can nlo course the truth of the mntter his stylo by nine out ofjis that the Asipilth was ten of the "verys" which things drift Ireland, hoping j for the bet but fearing the worst. discreet suggestion from n toler-- ' a good critic might lead reform. I must known what was plan-Th- e Sun not per-jnln- the Dublin cellars and the haps n friendly word from , count rvslde. Lord KiTcm:Ni:n House might not offend. dperlmcntlni With Farm Increased facilities, ngrl However, op- portunity linportiint translating encour- agement necessarily conse- quences Inspiration experiment represented, expression expres-weake- n strengthen eliminating profusely. Intelligence department privileged, borrowing culturally Interpreted terms However, tini kitchener makes a cheap money, have been the delusion very good scapegoat, since never snare of much farm i "tnlkb When was Comman-polltlc- s. Congress threatens gratify der Chief India, and Cub-thi- s through the enactment with whom didn't get on, wns n rural credits creating a Viceroy (who hit with financial organization especially do-- , tlint Kitcii-signe- d for borrowers ami so knku obliged make aoclated with the Treasury constitute a Government sub Idy of agricultural enterprise. Many votes are, conjecturally, be had fanning communities by j the grant of special privilege the Kunil credits leglsltlon ' appealed Hie average, politician becnuse of the vote coaxing i.os,bl. Inherent the connection which might established between the pub lie funds rural necessities for flnanclal accommodation. Accordingly . . . . . i i . i , i . in tins miiuji:mi iiicie been much renson expect that a rural credits which might be the statute books would fall contain Invitation the farmer observe the efforts of his political friends what wants. A great many farmers are supposed want direct Indirect access the Fed - rear borrowers step taking admire emerges the commit- - tee contains the best the worst features the House and Sen- ate bills, essentials It have been fixed. much too satisfactory serious students tho subject farm credits Its political character is by the of opposition, roll culls, either the House the Senate forms This some assume, eWneo merits of proposed enactment, a demonstration the political cowardice which reluctant an- tagonize a plan "do something for the farmer." Yet chance substantial and bemilclal change the before final passage is slight, and the of Kxccutlve oto lo.ss, The Administration can, with a reason, Justify Its endeiiMirs this piece of legislation another undertaking, defects demerits, and rely Un- workable ailuptatloiis which al- ways bo contrived the initial of a On side the rural credits bill alms soino usMiranco loanable lands for fanners for periods, lis great de- fect i hut political reasons it takes the short cm (internment support for farm finance and the ensl. est not likely proxo the ha font. the may work hotter than expected In proportion iih administrators of the act ItH political origin and keep view Intent make business. Ah Mr. II. Scmrr re- cently meeting of the Chnmber of Commerce In this nntl need for Government encouragement of farmers many agricultural tireiiH. the law errs hy thin Government nlil, It does not follow t the will he disastrous. any Impending might he worse. of popu-- ; jllstle heen out of ''ensure, and It, has apparently he accepted an we or Just ho ul 'Ireland! vice as a ,.asy In ways ,m spot, an on nnd phrasing, and was If he to see on In to Is more In then In protestations of to requisitions sort. for of Oovernmsnt he expends' lotting In so A it has atcd to If nnd have Is thus In Colonel Not Credit. In of he and Interest' back." he to In In Lord Interest I son, he of law new could It off exalted personage?! Lord farm as- - was to an address Pedcral as to to In to farmer. lias to ties In be nnd ...I.. eitr hum hoi to law put on to an tn tc to do he to or to all all of of to attested on of hill. as apologists Is of to for Its an show of In lis on may In Us of nt s Is for of Is to In In tn nt Is In If as to In In which the country going to be com- - mltted by the party In power, Kitchener as a Scapegoat, If Lord Kiti'IIKnkr likes being a scapegoat he must he enjoying the ofllee of Secretary of State for War. The Itlght Hon. Winston Spkncf.b Clltmi'titi I. illsclntmcil ri'slKitislhlllt v for what luippened nt (lalllpoll and ttiitli'iiti-i- l K nf i. as the blunderer Now Mr. Alwstim: MntiiKi.i., who ns Chief Secretary for Ireland preferred ,, , 0f tho House of Commons creature comforts of London ro,,ml of mclal llfe Dublin, points Iord Kiti'IIEngh , ,.,,,,,, imvc prevented t. r,,vot 1,,'land by sending "sol- - tilers with bayonets bands to pa- - streets of Dublin." It may w"" 1,0 ,lmt Kirciirara was not Impressed by the fears a Chief Som,tlirv wllo ,,, not R0 to mt clly t stmy the conditions that worried him. At the Ituiulry by the royal commission Lord Hahiiimu: asked Mr. Hikiikm. why he had sojourned m much In Loudon, and this was crotchety reply : had to present t the Cabinet meetings tiecause the cniie Ireland WH" were discussed by the Cabinet. Mr. Himtr.M. was therefore wasting precious time at the Cabinet meet ings. His own exptauattvn convicts him of neglecting Ills duty In Ireland. but the coalition Government was responsible for failure to send troops to Ireland. Its Irish policy was stupid, spineless nntl cowardly. on a notable occasion, and lie tie claimed siimetuing nun nis had "lifted" from n composition on which Lord Curzo: prided himself. The plagiarism seemed so barefaced that any oilier man nut tne victim would have made a statement, Mk iik.mk did notliing oi ine son, , letting the storm mow over ami ios ing uone of his composure. So It unlikely he will answer the charge of the Chief Secretary for Ire- - l(l who hntl to resign. I " Big Court" In Georgia. Compared with the South to-da- y far West sick, the middle West moribund, this section of the coun- try n moss crown mummy. Talk about Prosperity, and Progress, and ) Politics ! Dixie will yet gobble all. And not In the van. not any nearer equally her pertinacity In keeping alive the memories of older days. It by virtue of no cold mnemonic "system," no artificial hotbed culti- vation of sentiment, but with clear- ness heat) warmth i the heart that the (n;rlte of Tlfton tin Horrlen county, south Georgia I where the K strip on the map crosses the II slice has evolved that excellent i reminiscence of "'Hlg Court' In the Olden Times" which has aggravated ' for us the vernal restlessness, the Itch of wanderlust the antiquarian appetite. The court house was a square build- ing, so Tlfton reminds us, and It was .set In a public square that was tho j nucleus of the town. "People were on the square In those days." Fie thee, Tlfton, to let one drop of add Implication fall Into thy genial corn- - position! f'atalpas lined square. The court house nearby Jail were of wood; now court bouses and Jails are built of stone, and the lawyers haxe hardened with the years. In tliosn days Judges carried their law hooks In their bends, nntl there were fewer appeals. Hut "Hlg Court" was not nil law. its seinbnunual recurrence was house-donnin- g time: "Floors were fresh sanded, chimney finings blue clayed, yards swept clean, cedar water buck- ets and drinking gourds scoured and sunned." Vacuum cleaners and "la end Treasury, and the rural credits the guard but safe In the march-bil- l which Congress Is about to pass j ing ranks of the States of tho awak-wt- ll connect farm with tholened South. Georgia keeps with Treasury about as directly ns can be the gallant company. Admiring Geor-linaglne- d. gin's enterprise and courage In Whether or not tho bill It up new projects, we nt least from conference and the It Is political be to of of lack the to or the does not. the the lt Is to the in bill chance Is as whatever and oper- ation law. at long way tho lint In case, the law to Is nml the to as and 'l of the "I be of the Is that the Is Is Is us If Is of the and of and upon tho and ns dividual" cups of crisply waxed paper were not. And preparedness for the Invading troops began In tho pig pen nnd tho bnrnynrd; squealing porkers and fat fowl were led to the sncrl-flrl- altar; fnt thighs of bulls went to the fire nlong with the rest of the critter's carcass; kitchens sent forth savory odors of spices, perfumes of the oven blessed the breeze, while ginger cakes, turnovers and other cntes of tho domestic refectory po- tato custnrds not least of the delicate, substantial viands emerged golden, crisp and tlaky, to await tho onset of the hungry hordes. New Kngland fed differently, hut not better. It wns n time, In modern parlance, of "big eats" for all. Houses were tilled nnd overflowed. Kvery porch wns it sleep- ing porch. The court nnd the Jury boarded, nnd hod beds; plain folks enmped. Whnt spinning of ynrns about the cnmptlre! Whnt arguments ripening to a "list nnd skull" decision I It needs a 81ms or a "llorseshie Hoblnson" Kennedy tn chronicle those gatherings of the clans. Twice a year the storekeepers at the county sent reaped their share of the harvest : There) ware rarely more than three of these, and usually only two. The storea were oblnnt buildings, a row of shelving along one !da containing a miscellaneous stock of dry goods, 'no- tions' and a few canned roods the variety was not gteat then, cove oysters boltiK the great favorite. Across the end nns a counter mld-wal- high, and he-hi- this the bar. Every grocery store had Ita bar In those days, even though the stock consisted of only a Jug each of corn and rye. The most elaborate had only a little morn variety, with much greater quantity : and beer was counted only a drink for alck folks, women and preacher." Merchants did half their year's business at "lllg Court." The county seat became their clearing house. Newspaper editors met their remoter subscribers. Horse swappers were In glory. Fiddlers were kings: "Hitched my horse to the grocery rack. Ho got loose and broke his bsck Suslel And what art iou about, Susie?" Anil through It all the law courts ground their grist. There was wit, there was eloquence at the bar. No case was too trivial for oratorical fireworks. And men graduated from "Hlg Court" to bigger tireuu. "Great men they," as Tlftnn reminds us; "of an age that was great. An age when an emprie, that of the South, was tu the making; whose people were strong because to the pioneer strength Is essential." "Illg Court" was n big thing; ami as tho country fills up, nnd becomes more and more sophisticated and "or- - ganlzod" nnd mechanized, such vivid j reconstructions of the old ways and days as the south Georgia newsp.-.pc- r brings to us are precious and whole- some. Out of out pnst blows n health- ful breeze. Mohanitc. Governor Whitman hits properly vetoed the llrown bill which pre- tended to protect New York from pol- lution of Its water supply through Lake Mohanslc, but actually sought to deceive the people of this city . While preserving the Interests of West- - Chester politicians. The means by which Institutional sewage could be kept out of our drinking water was simple and easy. The Legislature chose not to adopt It. The Merchants i Association, which has been foremost I the struggle for pure water, pointed out the faults of the ltrown bill whllf , lt Wls tll(! i,egsluture and Mibse- - quent to its passage; and Governor Whitman In refusing to sign lt has merely declined to be a party to a piece of legerdemain designed to nils-len- d tho citizens of New York. The situntlon which now ohtalns Is the same that has existed since the humane purpose of our philanthropic rulers to pour sewage Into the water system aroused opposition. The pro- tection of New York rests on the Gov- ernor. Mr. Whitman has given his word tlint the project advanced for the pollution of tho watershed shall not be carried out. He has the power to block lt, nnd this power he has exercised for a year or more. We have no doubt of his intention to per- severe In his present position, but we recognize that he needs the support of the whole population of New York city If he Is to succeed. When the next Legislature con- - venes the national and State cam palgns of 1010 will be matters of his- - tory. There will bo a better oppor - tunlty to obtain legislation than there was this yenr. Until n satisfactory enacted the Governor's good faith and not forget our own obligation of In upholding his hands. Jersey City's Jltneiise. Miss Anna Kkakvkk of Jersey City runs n Jitney bus. Judge CitAni.r.s Doi.an of Jersey City dispenses Jus. tlco In one of the city's criminal courts, Mouttis Sm.MiK.r.o of Jersey (ity ran his wagon Into Miss Kuah-mkii'- s Jaunting car, and Judge Doi.an utteretl tho voice of the law In the case, "You should have been more gallant." he said, "than to pick out our Jltneiise," "I don't get you," said STriNiir.RO, and paid his fine. Neither the Jltneiise nor the name of her call- ing should be permitted to be smoth- ered In the swelter of the day's news. "Jltneiise" will live and grow Into the speech of the people, or It will perish from off the face of the earth, exactly as the practice of Jitney bus driving by economically emancipated ladles flourishes or decays. If "Jlt- neiise" Is not common, how long has "Jitney" heen current? now i nizi ouiv, o u xjtl. x t milt . ii'iu, this same "Jitney" Is riding Jaded minds to death. Lnngunge grows anywhere: tn the pnllco court, In tho business ofllee, on the farms, In tho kitchen and the tullnr shop, on the nthtctlc Held ; blacksmiths hammer out now words on their anvils, miners dig them out of the earth, sailor men catch them on the gale, they flame Into being on the battlefield, surgeons carve them out of our bodies, discov- eries nml Inventions carry n tnll of tliem. The lnngunge borrows what It likes, Chinese or Greek, Malayan or Patagonlnti, and does with it what It likes. "Hoomernng" conies from the Australian hush. "Ittircnu" Is us French as "chlffotinler." "Gas" Is a chemist's Invention ; nntl consider Its extensions, particularly In regard to the superabundant vtttiorous speech of our politics. "Itlcyclc," "telegraph," "motor,'.' "kerosene," "dumdum," "electricity" nntl thousands more had a beginning ns actual, time marked, If sometimes as clouded In obscurity to modern Inheritors, as this physical World. To try to write n seventeenth or even eighteenth century story In the first person Is to acquire n com- plete comprehension of the nature of linguistic iiiiachronlsm. "Masseur" and "masseuse" ; "chauf- feur" and "elmiilYeuso" why not e n license to "Jltneur" and never minding the limitations of analogy? "Chauffeur" becomes on the vulgar tongue "shofer," "sho-four,- " "sliuufTer," and may crystallize Into "shover." "Jltneiise," with nn ultimate prospect of "Jltnoose," for the symbol follows the sound and It Is not the children of culture that pre- vail In shaping wonts back of the lips, may pass from the street to the dictionary and there proceed by easy stages of graduated recognition to the standing of an accepted Integer of our common speech. Then the philosophers and genealo- gists of language will write letters to the newspapers about It, and be happy. Judge Ciiaiii.es Dulan may liuxu "stnrtcd something." Who DerelTed Dtimba? As a considerable part of the mis- understandings that complicate our controversy with Germany over sub- marine warfare Is directly attribu- table to the misinformation concern- ing the attitude of the Culled States conveyed to the Teutonic Powers b Dr. DfMiu, the Austrian Ambassa- dor, the source of his misconception possesses nn Interest neither histori- cal nor nciiileiiiie. The communication which misled Dr. Dtwtm Is admitted to have come directly from Secretary IiiiYAN. It has been asserted that Secretary P.uyan's eonimunleatlon misrepresent- ing the temper of the President nnd 'nutting the protests to Germany on the mean level of domestic political 'chicane iloweil from hN 111 considered dcMitioii in peace at ali price. P.ut Mr. Hui an asserts that his conduct In the transaction was In exact accord with President Wilson's Ideas, and received Mr. Wilson's Indorsement. Thus the former Secretary of State: " 'Ambassador IH'mba called at the Stat lVpartment at a time when the President was In New York.' "Immediately after the Interview. Mr. Hrtan said, he wrote out a report of whHt ha xnVen place, and sent It to the i.M-nt- . and received his approval." TUN refers to the note of May 1.1, IIH.", and the result of the Ambassa- dor's conference with the Secretary was that the Imperial German nil ., thor ties were convinced that I ies- - dent Wilson wrote for effect In the Culled Stales to strengthen his jm. ltticnl ami partisan Kiltlon. and with- out Intent to make bis words good with deeds. If this Interpretation of Mr. Phtan's messnge to Dr. Dumiia actually received Mr. Wilson's In- ducement, and Mr. iIktan was ap- proved for delivering It, lt Is plain that responsibility for the erroneous belief prevalent In Iterlln rests nt least as heavily on Mr, Whon'h shoulders as It does on Mr. Rryan's, and before the political campaign of IfUit Is over the facts of this humiliat- ing passage of "diplomacy" must be put on the record. Nobody knows everything. .Veirsmp'r iidiflliic. What, not even the director of the Iturciii of Municipal Hesenrch? "It would tnke." says the WorM, "1.000 Tenderloin high rollers 1.000 years, spendlnu 132 every night "; revea'lnir that the n orm no Mn mind 1 eon high rollers of eminently 'thrifty habits. I'eru want" salute from United State 'warship. .SYicpuiirr ftrmi Ine. Not a vet nn official demand, but ln llBBPMWn ,. mnv in0V(. President ' .., t,, i,tti belated svintuitliv It may be cheaper next winter to go Smith f"r tho season than to try to heat a house, with tho producers oi' co.il pus-lu- g the buck to tho ulti- mate consumer. To those fortunate mortals who.e race was run before Kuropc went mm! the phrase "he Hew before the enemy" bad a sinister slgnlllraece; y It records the daring exploits of the bravest of the bravo. Mr. Hknrt FoRn'B activities In be- half of peace nt any price Indicate n liking upon his part for militant methods. The Kime, 1 fnuMn't help e tlut yo'i looked t me, Anil boeil nlth pretty nolle, Hut tli llchti ere low. no how eouM you know That I mlleij bark nil the whIUT I don't ruiipoee th.it nu ir the ro I lieM tp my bun. I for mi; Ye. I Kr.npeil II tllit In the oft Inlllehi, And HeJ nt jour feco o true, Ilu when the plnj- - had faded wr, Ami vanished the huppy .I'ene, Who e! cou .1 ! I why red reee fell At the toot of the movie screen? II. ST4MKT IflSKINS. , statuteI.s we must trust tutor Honor I1ii:i:ta. And DEAD BUT DOESN'T KNOW IT. Former Corporation Conasel Watson on tho Present Stntns of the Thompson Investigating Committee. It Is elementary that In tho absence of a constitutional provision whereby concurrent legislative resolutions have the force nnd effect of law a Legisla- ture may perpetuate Itself only by statutory ennctmcnt requiring the con- currence of both houses of tho Legis- lature, th approval of tho Kxccuttve. or passage over tho Executive veto. A concurrent resolution such as brought tho Thompson conunltteo Into belnn Is not n law and lt does not have tlits forco nnd effect of law. (Seo People ex rel. Argus v. Palmer, 12 Misc. .1!2; atllrtncd 140 N. Y. 406.) It Is qillto dear, therefore, that u Legislature cannot perpetunte Itself after Its own dissolution by adjournment by the continued existence of n committee appointed by concurrent resolution prior to adjournment. Otherwiso n committee of tho two houses, or of one or the other, might conceivably lie en- dowed with tho prerogative of per petual existence, and a ilecade henco the yet nnltnnted relicts of half a dozen moribund Legislatures might bo still Investigating, Issuing subpirnnii for witnesses, books and papers, and reporting to each successive legl'la-tlv- o body its It came Into existence and passed away. This view Is not one merely of my own personal opinion. It has Leen substantiated by many cases. Ore Fergus v. Htis-scll- , 270 III. 304 and cases cited.) Mr. Cashing, In his work on "Law and Practice of Legislative Assemblies In the Cnlted States," ex- presses the same conclusion, namely, that a legislative committee cannot regularly sit during a vacation or after an adjournment of the legislative body. (See p, 739.) Of course, the Legislature mlg'it enact a law appointing a committee to sit In vacation or any other time. (Hraiihntn v. Lange, lj lnd. 4!7.) fiat as already pointed out, a legislative resolution Is not a law. It Is cle-tr- , on the other baud, that even a stand- ing committee of a Slate legislature can perform no olllclal act during a legislative recess. (Marshall v. liar-woo- d, 7 Md. 46fi.) In tho caso of H.tnk v. Worth, 117 No. Car. 1 Ifl, Judgj Clark said: The ettetenre of til conniItle. In th e. l'enco of lesi!atlon, neeerlly deter-milie- u upon Hi adjournment of the body to whLh they belonit. It Is true that In the "Legislative Law" of Now York there Is n rather peculiar provision. Section fiO pro- vides that a legislative couimittte m,iy require the attendance of witnesses within the State, or may Issue a com- mission for tho examination of wit- nesses who are out of the State, "w hleh commission, If directed by the ll'Hio or Legislature by which the cmni Is appointed, may be executed dur- ing the rrcc.1.1 of the L This, strangely enough, seems to limit the recess functions of legislative committers to the mcro executh n of commissions to examine witnesses who am nut of thr Sttttc. Hut "the recess of the Legislature" does not mean the Interval nfter the adjourn- ment of one legislature and before the time appointed for the meeting of tho next. A legislative rcccn denotes nn Intermission between sittings of the same body, at a regular or adjourned session thereof. (Tipton v. Parker, 71 Ark. U'3.) There Is not now a legislative In New York State, po that the doctrine of reccs functions is not applicable. The Legislatutc has sine die, and simultaneously every committee, standing or special, became functus officio. 1 should say that the Thompson committee Is therefore In the con- dition of the corpse described by the 1 ishtnan "dead but doesn't know It " AttoniiHLti Watson. WHAT FORD PROVES. Ills Support Shake One .More Cnnrt-denr- e In lleinorracj. TO THE KDITfMt .T TUB SfN SI" Th" vole that Henry Ford has i.Mir.ned for the Presidency at the primaries In sev- eral States has done mnro probably to shake the faith of sensible pe pie In u d m.H ratte form of gcert n.e-i- t ihnn iipjtb og that bns hnptencl s nfc the f. .'.c.i.itb n "f this reptiMI.- - It Is almost able that o T.inv thousrhtless voters could be found wlllliii: to subscribe to Mr. l'ord's wild theories It raises the question as to whether a nation of a hundred m lllons o' people Is really capable of It arouses th suspicion that tome time or other we may have in- dicted upon us such a rreldent as Kurd. It tnlcht even he Ford himself. New York. May 10 M. T. It. riilladelphla In rr Verne. Magnificent vltlase. mot natv And djotll of all title! With ace Jonir epotleei record of blnc Hy a too plaetlc no Tweaked Hy covetous !n"at!ab!e politician! Whom all the world you IteclstT knte. Hut you" Nay. uch bUnd trux'ul ub- - l letKe Into mulcting maw Sure never et uh hlttory. You prime al Deo1ttrx tli common food on erlnnlne III.,'! And eclns fatuoui to aleepl ou commiinltt of admirable eouli Tndrr nn lepii.' You op!i. I' ut- - with the political morale If n bemil,l behemoth! lie.loilbtab' Ide.i'.let Yle'dlnir hiBli o1Hl to Invertebrate.' ou Incorrvptlb'.e Jellytleh, Ymi sainted sophomore. Yon Philadelphia! You sublimated county aeat, You passionate proUnclal! (Hi not another rlty of th land litittteM such pathos Nor other Jllilllles Ulrh prldi Inevtri' able a In a child's world both! Your literary club. Surrendi red to a speaker of th hour, Palpitate, unctuously cqnl-cen- t, Nor think, excellent critics, to. criticise forsooih. It Is th- - Colluslm Club. Or the Pliant or th" Philadelphia Props, Whb h crai Jotsly If proinUruouily IlJth the sponsoring' till. swallirtlnK tapacltv of classv clubs! O distent Philadelphia! And furthermore ihi music motner, Loial In beatltbatlon, youl No more acute Intelligence esl.ts Than yours, more searching nonet Yst, let the Institution b your own, Your on the dubious product, Then. Palsied the hand that srorea It so, lllasphemou, th" inlcs that whispers iUf.tbiti: And stultifying praise Inundates reason. Oh, primitive again, TluUe primitive - How ilnth the l".ace Idol scintillate! You weU bred but Inbred Intrinsic; You Jealoui keeper of the closet shrln; You wph plump poiket gods; You vulnerable Immune: The eiulius w irl.1 gnashing without salutes. You Philadelphia1 Stam.it Kirnra Wii.nos. MERED1TH1AN GOLF. "You play a much better game now- adays," said LliitHlrifr.q friend plain- tively, as ho lifted his ball from tho green and acknowledged tho fulness of bis defeat. At tho turn ho had been 2 up, but Llandrlff had won six holes straight nfter that. "it Is duo to nn accidental perusal of (Jeotge Meredith," said Llandrlff apologetically, as they took a short cut toward tho clubhouse. "I used to go around tho courso llko nn express train. When bunkered I behaved with tho cMisperntcd violence and nourish- ing tactics of n rotary snow plough buckttiK a monumental drift. After wasting a dozen strokes In tills way one day 1 sat down In such a state of exhaustion that I fell asleep. "Visions of 'Tho KgolKt,' which I hnd Just been rereading, commingled themselves In extraordinary fashion with tho game of my choice. Sir Wllloughby I'amrnc was playing golf on a beautiful course laid out on tho grounds of his Imposing estate. I was playing with lilm. Tho accomplished and detestable Sir Wllloughby played a wi etched game, at least as bad as my own. Hut his spotless self-estee- would not. permit hint to become angry or even to recognize his miserable , showing. My own shots were so poor that I could not tako it natural and malicious satisfaction in tho way be topped bis ball, sllc; .t Ida drives and dribbled his atito.uiirs. "It was extremely startling, In the midst of this sorry match, to bear the ( sound of silvery and Ironic laughter coming out of a patch of woods off the ninth green. I stopped short and iiuestloned Sir Wllloughby, but ho was unable to hear anything at nil. When be said as much there rang out a particularly delicate peal of mlr'.b, as If some celestial sprite bad reached the highest apc of an amusement that was obviously superior to the limited enjoyment of mortals. "At the next tee I pulled my drive right Into these trees. I bad spent ten minutes looking for it and had attained a state of perfect fury when tho comical aspect of our playing sud- denly struck me. While I doubkd up with guffaws that appeared to grate exttemi-l- upon Sir Willounhby's sus- ceptibilities tile Comic Spirit echoed my enjoyment In musical notes that llo.Ued In and out of the glove and must have bei n audible to every one within half a hundred yatds except my partner. "That was the turning point. I drove a new ball and beat Sir Wll- loughby by live and four. As he bade me a po.lsheil but frigid good-b- y I awoke. I am ufruld that the people who nppe.inu pl.i tig up behind tne got tho Impression that I had played the nineteenth hole tlrst." "Well, but I don't seo bow a thing llko that could .mprme your gone.'," Insisted l.l.itnlr.ff s friend. "It gave me the necessary detaci-- J meat, a thing I bad never possessed befi rr." I.in. ii.l explained. "1 am able to take a bud stroke with equa- nimity now. When my brassy shot imbeds Itself In the sand trap guard- ing riio green I adopt a certain subtle Indifferent mentnl attitude and the ball rolls to w'thlti a foot of th-c- up. 1 don't Ui "W how It Is with others, but with me, to play my best mime, It is requisite that m addition to coolness, perseverance and atten- tive exercise of my best skill I should be able to command a kind of amused .duufiieiwi t..ic!.id with scorn. I dare say .Mered th ha made me six strokes belter than in handicap." NEW YORK'S SKY LINE. lis Perreile Perching to the Man on the Street. IV run JUit ui oy The SfN Sir; On a North Ktir L.ribi.,U 1 overheard three nifti ntti oipt.lK U estimate the size of the tla on I p of tho Mnuer Mullding. Standing out In a strung west w.nd it looked from the rhcr little more tti in hand size. .Nine levt by tnr.ie was the llrst tain's gurs. The s.ciml tnan put the injures nt twenty l tlfte. n. wi de the th.r l man was more uiirfgtp.ittw . he wanted to bet on Its It.ng at haM forty fe t long. Tlie.Woolwoith tower e.irrirn no tlai, so I look the tumble t.i qiivt-tto- a uni- formed attendant nt Hie dooi. "Kl.tg "" be lepeated. "No. we ImU'ii'l any ling. Nevir did h.ue We'te only got a pnle that don't amount ti liotliliK." 1 :ictlgatrd further and found. Tile utilised ,i le en top "f t"e YVnn!-- rth Hud'l ng is just a thirty font steel mast lis top Is v.T. feet '.' iik lies f:oin the sidewalk at the liatvtay street en- trance and ?II feet P 'mites from the lock upon which the building Is sup-p- ted, on July 1, 1 m when the last girder had been put Into place on the fifty-tirt- it floor the Stats and Strlprn wns talsed to the tryi of the (lag pole, nnd lnce then the p"le ha net been regularly used brcatis of the strons winds at tlut height The Hag raised on July 1. tnensured twenty.fo.tr feet In loncth nnd twelve feet In width In n stiff tiree7e n forty foot H.k would probably tie lashed to pieces or torn fr un the pole In a e''nit time. New York. Miy IP. Fiao pTArr. LIVE EAGLES. A Flock lav lie seen In the Omaha Public l.lhrurv. To Tin: IIpit' r. or Tiik scs,--fIl- r: In regard to the controversy over the evlsf. ence of a f.O gold piece, not, however, minted nr Issued from the I'nlted .s'tatrs Mint ''lit still m ovl-'en- and at one tlo" 'n cl" ulatl Hi btli !n Cali- fornia nnd In ColiT.iilo. "I V. I." can. I think, tin I a numVr of sti.'h pieces iiteorg lib it I or i K when I was there last known as I' e Hi ron Heed collection on view In the rooms of the Omaha public binary Th" pieces, some of them tound an 1 some nctacnti, tire commonly called slugs. I linn- - nn teen there for neurit' twenty teats, but I am ml .riro.l hy men who have been there re.'etilly that the collection still renin. in intact, as It was ime nf the enn.plinns the gift of the grout) I and building in tie cite that tho collecti'ii should be kept together .1 I! ' VI'IIISKIK. W'taui vvvkkn. N .1 . May :o. The IrMi I'binkelts. To Tin: IlniToit or Tin: .it's- - .s'tr.- Mr Vim ent litzpatrlck might well have men-ti'iie- il In Ills Inteiestlng iiitble last Sunday the I'rotistait branch of the liunketts, the hear; of vvlibii Is t.md l'lunki tt. Ills f.il'icr wis Itish p of Meath. Ore of this branch Is the l.irv'one slr-e- lla-'-- Pluukett ilteene, well known nnd admired In America, w'ose mother was a d.uiBhter of Lord Iiunkett. To see the lireenes, father and tines sons, together was to get a good Idea of the Irish gentry, not one of them being under slv feet two and a half s In helPht Ono of these sons, Sir Conynham Greene, belongs to the h'ghest ranks In Itrlt'i-- dlplomacv These Plunkrtts and (irrenes ire all "as Irlh as Paddy s pig," hut they are not fools nt the same time, and 1 nm sum (hnf none of them would sloop tn he tint allv i.f tho Kaiser. r.pwxrn HntVK. An.sjvpoi.18 ltov.w., N. S, May it "Taps." Tapplnir the till Tannins; tie bln Tappttu His keir Tipples; the phnn. IN DAYS OF YORE. A Welcome Letter Krom an Admired aad Faithful 1'rlend, To tiik KtiiTou or Tun Sun Sir: ln n letter dated .May 3 one of your corre- spondents speaks of Fanny loulse Buckingham, tho actiess, who played ".Mazeppa" eais ngo, and wonders if nny of our "near old hojs' remembered her. I am ono of the near (V) old jjlrls, nnd I remember her very well. I saw Iter la that play many yenrs iigo while on a visit In Syracuse. She wii.4 a line, liiil,!,; looking w email. I saw her strapped on the back of her i.isr.ti i.n....,ie..i i.r.-u- n Unio. nim;, who steined to unilerstniid every-- ! thing she said to him, utid when he turned and went tearing, planning up the mountain with her on his back, her limbs dangling, the house went wild. 1 thought It Mas the best thing I ever saw on the. stage and I never forgot It. Strange J ncier heard of her nfter that, but I suppose she continued acting. And In another lelter, April .: the writer ....I.I Incidents ! speaks of uu times." i .. o .' .u i - -- r m i . A nt'll I eilll'lllltVl III," uiiiiiiiik "'" Ilowery The.itte In 'C6. 1 think it was (mine,! once befo o ln the early '40s. I ' lememher healing It was on lire; great excitement of What lights the , llremeli used to'h M Thcy we tens, and Jealous of each o her. J New York was a pretty tnimh old town then. There was no gas, elec tricity, water, no scwets ; It was dirty . mdly managed, and how we ever lived without the conveniences 1 cannot now Itr.iKlue, 1 remember when those things were Introduced, the cable, the light with the colored race, their persecution, lights nniung the actors or about them, tho Lngllsh MeCrcailv nnd "IM" Forrest, our falorlte ; the burning of the cupola. 1S..S ; , re big the old bell In t he. p.irlf . he wortli Zouaves in the pa lit drilling -- mid how t icy were dressed: ' , v ., . . , : r LZ XZ J, TV " and broke my arm and band. I was born In 1S;;, and I am writing t.. an "old friend." ns TUB Sf.v has been member of my family many years. Maiua Davenport. SoMr.itvii.tr, N. J., May 10. ALFONSO OF SPAIN. The Kind Hearted Neutral Klnpr us the Friend of .Suffering .Mothers. To tiii: KiJiTon or Tin: SfN sin The pi. line of the joung King of Spain I fur Alfonso will always be young even If he has Just passed his thirtieth birthday) acting as intercessor and helper In the midst of the prevnllltr.-wur.- d mlseiy is ono of the few pleasing and cheering visions which the present war 1ms evoked. 4 The King's untiring devotion to a task which he assumed voluntarily the highest honor upon his heart, while nis sua ess in handling dllllcult and dell, ate cases proves that lie pos- sesses remarkable tact and steadiness of put pose, in short. King Alfonso Is a shining example of neutrality in hll.ii tdaees. No wonder that the tormented moth-er- r and wives ,.f nil the belllKeient conn- - trits turn I" iiim for lull', and that he is liieiailv .,vet whelmed by app.als to tlnd he has bietl able to tr.l e by means of p.itlent , and palnst.iklti Investigations. mu i.iuur wium ciuaiicii upon ine limn- - a.vh and his bind of assistants Is enor mous and never ending, but one fancies that the kind ymmg King counts It as notmnt; w en enmparcil to the reward whl.il he receives In the blessln-- s' nf hundnds of grateful wives and moThees who through bun have been enabled to bioil; the horrible silence of uncertainty. Atootig conspicuous neutrals who irlgl.t l.ave idled the olllce which King Alfonso l tilling ns a matter of course ,,..,t ,.,.. iii,,,. ,.,, ,i,, several names w hich would have oc cnrreil more readily than hi- - to the j minds of the majority: the Pope, cjueen Wilhelmlna. President Wilson Vet I'm,,' Is vnm.thl'i tie..il li rlv :, rn rt 1 .. ln the fact nf the vonns- - ruler of Spain throwing himself enthusiast tally intv the vast and complicated work of mercy, (mo likes to believe that the thought of his own mother's admirable divotion has had something It do with lis eagerness to nsslst suffering mothers of all nations No doubt the dl"trartoil Ir'sh mothers are turning to Mm now with pathetic Celtic confidence: no doubt a p.c.i wi'l l- - made to him to sue the milium ati herulc sir Itoaer Casement, surely one "." the most ttusle figures even In Ire- - land's trag'e h.sp'rv : May Kl"g Alfotis.i e.m'lnue his benefl-- 1 tent lai..ts ;ls a g. .Ine if unheralded hampioii of Iiiit it,. y, as a teal If un-- 1 prorl.i tne.l friend .f the distressed nf both si les. ,,s a irue If unadvertised tirutriil, nt a t.me when neutrality Is al most ll'iti-- f v'strtlt. ci auk i;i:nipict. Nltvv Vohk. M iv UNCLE SAM'S FORECASTS. An Amateur Mariner Whose Faith In .storm slgmils II w Indies. I To the Hiutoh ok Tiik Spn .sir; On Wednesdav. May in, 1 was one of nn amateur crew t.iat sailed a snnll sloop . yaeiu irom ,eiv v .rK to ninimore, an when we Hin bored unlet- - th small breakwater at Cape ll.'nlopen about sundown that da the storm flag was flying nt tl.o signal statli.ti. The wind was fresh from the southwest and there was every Indication of n blow. During the night the wind hauled to th north- west nnd blew half n gale, giving u a merry time, though with Vwo anchors UUI t- - iiiiiik li.eie. In the mottling the slgnnl station displayed "southwest" storm signals a. though the wind was from the northwest and hlowlig hard, In fact It was ni lHitthwts st .rm m spite nf the fact that llir .e.ii!iei i.ti'r.iu s siKnrtl ItlUll atetl I th at Mi'irn wouiu itr irom tne soutn- - w est. What did w. do we tucked In twoi.,.,. teefs, put on the storm Jib and fought ur way up the Delaware to Delaware Cltv, but 1 cannot but think thit the U'cither Hureati plaved n Joke on us or i'!-- i' the foreea-te- r was asleep until a late hour and In Ins hurry put the wh.le iennaiit under tie storm signal r -- lead of over it. where tt should have been. Tho moral is: Don't ever b In a posl-Ho- n tn need a storm signal. Sti aiit R Scott. IUt.TiMCfin, Md, May 20 The Fitly-Fift- y Ticket tor IfMfl? To tiik HniToii or Tiik Spn Sir. As an a Cleveland mil. . bolder, i M. KInley and Taft IteimblbMii, 1 guess the Chicago ticket will be II' ..urs and II vi i i y The H-l- l tl.ket, with six letters In ei.'h v. H j). New Venu, Mnv Id. We Are Asked to Promote a Strike. To tiik KniTon or Tiir, Scv .Sir; I'. ease do everything In vour power to ;i unote n stnke of the Author League of America. Trunk of the Inlln.te pcn-- of a seastn Whl-- h shall free us from th- - eurs Of a rhm that knew, no Am! an unmelodlous verse HosTOS, May "0. s, Tnhiirro on the tiring I. Ine, To mr IlniT'in or Tnr. Sts .fir' "1 I," In Ids little letter In paper refer in the "tob.l'-'- evil" "I. I," npptrently Is irjing to show your renders timt "p-- hus eom-thl- to do with iibolltlnn Mv Investigations In the tnhaeen trade nffHlrs, Ac, leid m to beiieis thit i per cent of tho,.. wb ai iigalnst prepuredne.s are nou ,ni..ker. nnd ful'v 95 per lent of the u k' r nf tbs conn, try are fu'ii In f.i' ,.r nf ,, i.irter nny. n.iv n1 s'l tbut inrt of th'-- II M W .tir-.r- Hi i .r 7 .1.1 o fee. rj New Veen Vlay t, WHY DENVER QUIT COMMISSION ROLE Finds Tlint It Lends tn Xrj. loot, Waste nnd I.nrk of Iiiitintivc KEIH'KKI) MA YOU HACK Dns'vr.n, May 20. This city nt Hft.oco population has Hfter four eur trial of commission government repudiated that form of ndmlnlstrntloti nnd again n. sumed the old mayoral sy.slem by iv. f'"' l,rtl.. w h""r 10 " of Mayor, 11,n reicrsloii from th commission K;ii"r"7eSt,em?n;,tf" 'V "" lr" LP,!'B;,n1L;,lu '.t!. mi"""'MI primal a busii,..., an1 problem, no, ,,., " " J'"ICl"ns' Thero am many psychoioglral rt. sons that helped bring about the revet. ttlmi. but flip ff.miritn,c nrnhlnai. u.i, .1.. ;,,; " " p,,, ,;.,,. 1 under tho commission form Ins shon a constant Increase iitinu.tlly in the of administration, with little or no money going for permanent lniirovemnN, The "headless" commission with . ' ? V" " ' .,'.' " , ; , lllUl-i- l I until iiiHiiuiii; miih in i rn The lack of cHilrabzatam, , ?h lIf.partnlf,nt try,tl(. ,, s;t most he could for his tlepirirtwit, ai like live horses pulling In different dlrec- - Hons or like, tne stocanoiucrs or a om ;'" -- lectin a board of ,Ke dlrenor. and neglecting to pick a cha.ritijti. No department head showed much re- gard for oilier departments and it m a else of "the devil take the hltidmoM" Nominally onn of the department heads was made "mayor" by courtesy, but his authority was practically limited tr. the dcslies and wishes of the othir depart- ment licads and Ills duties were I irgely clerical. Cohesion Wns Lneklng. This division of authority or I.i k ot lentrallzatlon made It almost Impossi- ble to plan expenditures of city funds along a general Improvement line or da any cohesive constructive work. The Commission!'! s of I leaver nsr simply a nudlocre lot of men. they tr neither good nor bad, but milliters. nt tu the welfare of the city as a whole. lUd there bten some nun of strong perso- nality and executive ability tlu.ng the 'mayor's'' chair it Is probable t'.at Pen-ve- r would have given tho conunlMloa form at least a few more years trul. The Commissioners' methods of iibd.-ture- s made for cxtr.ivagatKea .md thus was a lack of Initiative. All of the city revenues went s.inv'.J for maintenance, with ihu cost of mai- ntenance mounting up each year TU adoption of statewide prohibit. n by olorado hist January spuinu an annjai ,. . Y ... Z that amount la taxation. While nu! re- - st,n9lble for this lo-- s of revetu. th. - - , ,. ..... .. r.i.,.,1 mu s VUIIUiiiS.aivii ...v.. j .v-- .- unjustmaDie oianic om the In. reared lax.muu. Kor several veara Denier has been "' melting pot for ninny novel r.nunUi reforms. The city has largely b.e con- - trolled by a set of men who pa 1 l.ttie or no taxes and who earned the.r nihil- hood as reformers, not by the swt.it f their brows but by the abuse tlii t jii beau on Denver officials and I'etmr nioiierty owners One Deliver tims paper of the "e low type has been foremost in that kind of l.i. ti. s n .d the recent w. ,rg, : ,u.'.c .. that newspaper It vvagtd . , rg of Vlllllcatioll llgaltlSt S ' .'slIiC him With graft, ballot s'jffl.iB ai crowbarlsm" during - former admin istrations. They preJe ted that if he were returned to offoe it would reui' in a saturnalia of crime, "red held ' d - tricts, political corruption, graft and ,' czat like'" form of g .ver:. met. t Spi er mill Vriiold. About four .ve.ii- - ago the people Deiivtr adminlstere I what tho fe.t ' a stinging rebuke to Mr. Spier ar elected Henry Arnold to the p isit on ' Mayor. Mr. Arnold went . to c!t ; under the greatest wave of popular'' ever nccorded any man In Detive, V a candidate lor Major he carried evr)' precinct la the tit evitpt one Te- - months after he assumed office he every pri' nut In the city by a Urgf malorltv than he had previously .ir- rled lt. nnd the city swung to a form f government. No other nun In Denver y cou have probably appealed so stroi g 't : the taxpajer- - and voters for a reve - v to the majoral form as Kobert spter Ills ability as an expert city n i c is now fully iccognUcd in Denver a- the constructive work bo accompl sw,e. In Idle he was for eight years Ma In,,, . city was ... his strongest recomnierla. tlon ror reelection, Speer was of the "boss" type of May r but of the hardest working kli.l Tho mlnutet detail of civic g was subm.tted to him for i. proval or disapproval, but ho ai big things In a big way a" practically all tho big civic in.pme. ments that Denver has y initiated ;lI1d completed by h i II' built the municipal auditorium. i''P lie baths, laid out and praencai., pleted the boulevard and publ t . sjstem. built the llr-- t plajgron - tabllshed a municipal band wl pi fice Sundav concerts during w ,,, , ,l..,,ral...l ,lrt holidays and during hlg convc - e- - tnbllshcd bathing beaches in 'he p r ti.r things for e e. fare and amusement of the pr Further, during periods ,.f al sticss he planned municipal give employment to the ui.r Naturallj all these things tmr, ,i ailon, liut the Increase was p t" l.ule conipki.iit, for the people '. " they were getting their mot et r'S In short, the citizens of Drive- - ' come to think that they g ' e -- e ( ' their dollar under mayors 1 r under commission form of g. te COLUMBIA ROW GROWS APACI I'role! 1'lled After Seemid I le- i- lion of n student llonnl. Again Columbia Is In ,i 'jr Its student board elctiu1 s v ' polls had closed yesterdav at a three days of balloting In " ' flection made neeess.ri I Invalldiitl iti nf the first v 'i. ' - , tiounceil that ptotes.s V.i' 'e ' No announcement of tl,e r be m ule until M 1'idny 'f t Itobert W. Wait. i r . ' ' board, and several . f tin ' would not say ivhe'her " e ' been made bv il.sgi in.' . s p Journalism students or w f , verslty eoiuicH had leri -- proceedings jiending r.c I' or. Into the uvular elcl'.on . and de.i.ued void James V. Daluny a kind, the Join na1 ei s' . . the board at the llrst a ' , known etenlav t at tend nil nuetlng ' wli''lher the.v were r. -- Dean F I' Kepp, ' i Matthews of the s, i pi evented an li .p'e ' w hen a group of "'. . g. members of the v a ' upon the School of .1 u of a student w ho l i I i '. w eie determi' e.l In llie fountain t subsidrd vv'ien ' K Matthews appc.ieed

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days I'resldentlnl primary In thatState, where the favorite sons madea brave tight for the preference andthe Progressives from policy lent as-- 1

alstnnce to the attempt to keep down'

the Hughes vote, serve to strengthenthe widely entertained and rupldlygrowing expectation of the Impartialthat tho contest of 1010 will he be-

tween real whiskers and false.

The President's Generally Ktrcllcnt.Stjlc of Kugllili.

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ity. The President's state papers, about Dublin" should have beenndmlrable many for clearnes.N the keeping eye the

apt would gain much Sinn Peltiers learning whatIn force could be made going "the cellars of Dublin,"that nothing calculated to.iiM' Mr. HiiutKi.i.'s llgurntlve

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privileged,

borrowingculturally Interpreted terms However, tini kitchener makes acheap money, have been the delusion very good scapegoat, since never

snare of much farm i "tnlkb When was Comman-polltlc- s.

Congress threatens gratify der Chief India, and Cub-thi- s

through the enactment with whom didn't get on, wns

n rural credits creating a Viceroy (who hit withfinancial organization especially do-- , tlint Kitcii-signe- d

for borrowers ami so knku obliged makeaoclated with the Treasury

constitute a Government subIdy of agricultural enterprise.

Many votes are, conjecturally,be had fanning communities by j

the grant of special privilege theKunil credits leglsltlon '

appealed Hie average, politicianbecnuse of the vote coaxing i.os,bl.

Inherent the connection whichmight established between the publie funds rural necessities forflnanclal accommodation. Accordingly. . . . . i i . i , i .in tins miiuji:mi iiiciebeen much renson expect that arural credits which might be

the statute books would fallcontain Invitation the farmer

observe the efforts of his politicalfriends what wants. A greatmany farmers are supposed wantdirect Indirect access the Fed -

rear

borrowers step

takingadmire

emerges the commit- -

tee contains the best theworst features the House and Sen-

ate bills, essentials It havebeen fixed. much too

satisfactory serious studentstho subject farm credits Its

political character is by theof opposition, roll culls,

either the House the Senateforms Thissome assume, eWneomerits of proposed enactment,

a demonstration the politicalcowardice which reluctant an-

tagonize a plan "do something forthe farmer."

Yet chance substantial andbemilclal change the beforefinal passage is slight, and theof Kxccutlve oto lo.ss, TheAdministration can, with areason, Justify Its endeiiMirs thispiece of legislation another

undertaking,defects demerits, and rely Un-

workable ailuptatloiis which al-

ways bo contrived the initialof a

On side the ruralcredits bill alms soino usMiranco

loanable lands for fannersfor periods, lis great de-

fect i hut political reasons ittakes the short cm (internmentsupport for farm finance and the ensl.est not likely proxo the

ha font. the may workhotter than expected In proportioniih administrators of the act

ItH political origin and keepview Intent makebusiness.

Ah Mr. II. Scmrr re-

cently meeting of the Chnmberof Commerce In this

nntl need for Governmentencouragement of farmers many

agricultural tireiiH. thelaw errs hy thin

Government nlil, It doesnot follow t the

will he disastrous. anyImpending might he

worse. of popu-- ;

jllstle heen outof ''ensure, and It, has apparently

he accepted an

weor Just

ho ul 'Ireland!

vice as a,.asy

In ways ,m spot, an onnnd phrasing, and was

If he to see on In toIs more

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sort. forof

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mltted by the party In power,

Kitchener as a Scapegoat,If Lord Kiti'IIKnkr likes being a

scapegoat he must he enjoying theofllee of Secretary of State for War.The Itlght Hon. Winston Spkncf.bClltmi'titi I. illsclntmcil ri'slKitislhlllt v

for what luippened nt (lalllpoll andttiitli'iiti-i- l K nf i. as the blundererNow Mr. Alwstim: MntiiKi.i., who nsChief Secretary for Ireland preferred,, , 0f tho House of Commons

creature comforts of Londonro,,ml of mclal llfe

Dublin, points Iord Kiti'IIEngh, ,.,,,,,, imvc prevented

t. r,,vot 1,,'land by sending "sol- -

tilers with bayonets bands to pa- -

streets of Dublin." It mayw"" 1,0 ,lmt Kirciirara was notImpressed by the fears a ChiefSom,tlirv wllo ,,, not R0 to mt cllyt stmy the conditions that worriedhim. At the Ituiulry by the royalcommission Lord Hahiiimu: asked Mr.Hikiikm. why he had sojourned mmuch In Loudon, and this wascrotchety reply :

had to present t the Cabinetmeetings tiecause the cniie Ireland

WH" were discussed by the Cabinet.

Mr. Himtr.M. was therefore wastingprecious time at the Cabinet meetings. His own exptauattvn convictshim of neglecting Ills duty In Ireland.

but the coalition Government wasresponsible for failure to sendtroops to Ireland. Its Irish policywas stupid, spineless nntl cowardly.

on a notable occasion, and lie tie

claimed siimetuing nun nishad "lifted" from n composition onwhich Lord Curzo: prided himself.The plagiarism seemed so barefacedthat any oilier man nut tne victimwould have made a statement,Mk iik.mk did notliing oi ine son,

, letting the storm mow over ami iosing uone of his composure. So Itunlikely he will answer thecharge of the Chief Secretary for Ire- -

l(l who hntl to resign.I "

Big Court" In Georgia.Compared with the South to-da- y

far West sick, the middle Westmoribund, this section of the coun-

try n moss crown mummy. Talkabout Prosperity, and Progress, and

) Politics ! Dixie will yet gobble all.And not In the van. not any nearer

equally her pertinacity In keepingalive the memories of older days. It

by virtue of no cold mnemonic"system," no artificial hotbed culti-

vation of sentiment, but with clear-ness heat) warmth

i the heart that the (n;rlte of Tlftontin Horrlen county, south GeorgiaI where the K strip on the map crossesthe II slice has evolved that excellent

i reminiscence of "'Hlg Court' In theOlden Times" which has aggravated

'

for us the vernal restlessness, the Itchof wanderlust the antiquarianappetite.

The court house was a square build-ing, so Tlfton reminds us, and It was

.set In a public square that was thoj nucleus of the town. "People were onthe square In those days." Fiethee, Tlfton, to let one drop of addImplication fall Into thy genial corn- -

position! f'atalpas lined square.The court house nearby Jail wereof wood; now court bouses and Jailsare built of stone, and the lawyershaxe hardened with the years. Intliosn days Judges carried their lawhooks In their bends, nntl there werefewer appeals.

Hut "Hlg Court" was not nil law.its seinbnunual recurrence was house-donnin- g

time: "Floors were freshsanded, chimney finings blue clayed,yards swept clean, cedar water buck-ets and drinking gourds scoured andsunned." Vacuum cleaners and "la

end Treasury, and the rural credits the guard but safe In the march-bil- l

which Congress Is about to pass j ing ranks of the States of tho awak-wt- ll

connect farm with tholened South. Georgia keeps withTreasury about as directly ns can be the gallant company. Admiring Geor-linaglne-d.

gin's enterprise and courage In

Whether or not tho bill It up new projects, we nt leastfrom conference

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dividual" cups of crisply waxed paperwere not. And preparedness for theInvading troops began In tho pig pennnd tho bnrnynrd; squealing porkersand fat fowl were led to the sncrl-flrl-

altar; fnt thighs of bulls wentto the fire nlong with the rest of thecritter's carcass; kitchens sent forthsavory odors of spices, perfumes ofthe oven blessed the breeze, whileginger cakes, turnovers and othercntes of tho domestic refectory po-

tato custnrds not least of the delicate,substantial viands emerged golden,crisp and tlaky, to await tho onset ofthe hungry hordes. New Kngland feddifferently, hut not better. It wns n

time, In modern parlance, of "bigeats" for all. Houses were tilled nndoverflowed. Kvery porch wns it sleep-ing porch. The court nnd the Juryboarded, nnd hod beds; plain folksenmped. Whnt spinning of ynrnsabout the cnmptlre! Whnt argumentsripening to a "list nnd skull" decision I

It needs a 81ms or a "llorseshieHoblnson" Kennedy tn chronicle thosegatherings of the clans.

Twice a year the storekeepers atthe county sent reaped their share ofthe harvest :

There) ware rarely more than threeof these, and usually only two. Thestorea were oblnnt buildings, a row ofshelving along one !da containing amiscellaneous stock of dry goods, 'no-

tions' and a few canned roods thevariety was not gteat then, cove oystersboltiK the great favorite. Across the endnns a counter mld-wal- high, and he-hi-

this the bar. Every grocery storehad Ita bar In those days, even thoughthe stock consisted of only a Jug eachof corn and rye. The most elaboratehad only a little morn variety, withmuch greater quantity : and beer wascounted only a drink for alck folks,women and preacher."

Merchants did half their year'sbusiness at "lllg Court." The countyseat became their clearing house.Newspaper editors met their remotersubscribers. Horse swappers were Inglory. Fiddlers were kings:"Hitched my horse to the grocery rack.Ho got loose and broke his bsck

Suslel And what art iou about,Susie?"

Anil through It all the law courtsground their grist. There was wit,there was eloquence at the bar. Nocase was too trivial for oratoricalfireworks. And men graduated from"Hlg Court" to bigger tireuu. "Greatmen they," as Tlftnn reminds us; "ofan age that was great. An age whenan emprie, that of the South, was tuthe making; whose people were strongbecause to the pioneer strength Is

essential.""Illg Court" was n big thing; ami

as tho country fills up, nnd becomesmore and more sophisticated and "or- -

ganlzod" nnd mechanized, such vivid j

reconstructions of the old ways anddays as the south Georgia newsp.-.pc- r

brings to us are precious and whole-

some. Out of out pnst blows n health-ful breeze.

Mohanitc.Governor Whitman hits properly

vetoed the llrown bill which pre-

tended to protect New York from pol-

lution of Its water supply throughLake Mohanslc, but actually soughtto deceive the people of this city .

While preserving the Interests of West- -

Chester politicians. The means bywhich Institutional sewage could bekept out of our drinking water wassimple and easy. The Legislaturechose not to adopt It. The Merchants i

Association, which has been foremost I

the struggle for pure water, pointedout the faults of the ltrown bill whllf

, lt Wls tll(! i,egsluture and Mibse--

quent to its passage; and GovernorWhitman In refusing to sign lt hasmerely declined to be a party to apiece of legerdemain designed to nils-len- d

tho citizens of New York.The situntlon which now ohtalns Is

the same that has existed since thehumane purpose of our philanthropicrulers to pour sewage Into the watersystem aroused opposition. The pro-

tection of New York rests on the Gov-

ernor. Mr. Whitman has given hisword tlint the project advanced forthe pollution of tho watershed shallnot be carried out. He has the powerto block lt, nnd this power he hasexercised for a year or more. Wehave no doubt of his intention to per-severe In his present position, but werecognize that he needs the supportof the whole population of New Yorkcity If he Is to succeed.

When the next Legislature con- -

venes the national and State campalgns of 1010 will be matters of his- -

tory. There will bo a better oppor -

tunlty to obtain legislation than therewas this yenr. Until n satisfactory

enactedthe Governor's good faith and notforget our own obligation of

In upholding his hands.

Jersey City's Jltneiise.Miss Anna Kkakvkk of Jersey City

runs n Jitney bus. Judge CitAni.r.sDoi.an of Jersey City dispenses Jus.tlco In one of the city's criminalcourts, Mouttis Sm.MiK.r.o of Jersey(ity ran his wagon Into Miss Kuah-mkii'- s

Jaunting car, and Judge Doi.anutteretl tho voice of the law In thecase, "You should have been moregallant." he said, "than to pick outour Jltneiise," "I don't get you," saidSTriNiir.RO, and paid his fine. Neitherthe Jltneiise nor the name of her call-ing should be permitted to be smoth-ered In the swelter of the day's news."Jltneiise" will live and grow Intothe speech of the people, or It willperish from off the face of the earth,exactly as the practice of Jitney busdriving by economically emancipatedladles flourishes or decays. If "Jlt-neiise" Is not common, how long has"Jitney" heen current? now

i nizi ouiv, o u xjtl. x t milt . ii'iu,this same "Jitney" Is riding Jadedminds to death.

Lnngunge grows anywhere: tn thepnllco court, In tho business ofllee,on the farms, In tho kitchen and thetullnr shop, on the nthtctlc Held ;

blacksmiths hammer out now wordson their anvils, miners dig them outof the earth, sailor men catch them

on the gale, they flame Intobeing on the battlefield, surgeonscarve them out of our bodies, discov-

eries nml Inventions carry n tnll oftliem. The lnngunge borrows whatIt likes, Chinese or Greek, Malayanor Patagonlnti, and does with it whatIt likes. "Hoomernng" conies from theAustralian hush. "Ittircnu" Is usFrench as "chlffotinler." "Gas" Is achemist's Invention ; nntl consider Itsextensions, particularly In regard tothe superabundant vtttiorous speech ofour politics. "Itlcyclc," "telegraph,""motor,'.' "kerosene," "dumdum,""electricity" nntl thousands more hada beginning ns actual, time marked,If sometimes as clouded In obscurityto modern Inheritors, as this physicalWorld. To try to write n seventeenthor even eighteenth century story Inthe first person Is to acquire n com-

plete comprehension of the nature oflinguistic iiiiachronlsm.

"Masseur" and "masseuse" ; "chauf-feur" and "elmiilYeuso" why not e

n license to "Jltneur" andnever minding the limitations

of analogy? "Chauffeur" becomes onthe vulgar tongue "shofer," "sho-four,- "

"sliuufTer," and may crystallizeInto "shover." "Jltneiise," with nnultimate prospect of "Jltnoose," forthe symbol follows the sound and It Is

not the children of culture that pre-

vail In shaping wonts back of thelips, may pass from the street to thedictionary and there proceed by easystages of graduated recognition to thestanding of an accepted Integer ofour common speech.

Then the philosophers and genealo-gists of language will write lettersto the newspapers about It, and behappy. Judge Ciiaiii.es Dulan mayliuxu "stnrtcd something."

Who DerelTed Dtimba?As a considerable part of the mis-

understandings that complicate ourcontroversy with Germany over sub-

marine warfare Is directly attribu-table to the misinformation concern-ing the attitude of the Culled Statesconveyed to the Teutonic Powers bDr. DfMiu, the Austrian Ambassa-dor, the source of his misconceptionpossesses nn Interest neither histori-cal nor nciiileiiiie.

The communication which misledDr. Dtwtm Is admitted to have comedirectly from Secretary IiiiYAN. It

has been asserted that SecretaryP.uyan's eonimunleatlon misrepresent-ing the temper of the President nnd

'nutting the protests to Germany on

the mean level of domestic political'chicane iloweil from hN 111 considered

dcMitioii in peace at ali price. P.ut

Mr. Hui an asserts that his conductIn the transaction was In exact accordwith President Wilson's Ideas, andreceived Mr. Wilson's Indorsement.Thus the former Secretary of State:

" 'Ambassador IH'mba called at theStat lVpartment at a time when thePresident was In New York.'

"Immediately after the Interview. Mr.

Hrtan said, he wrote out a report ofwhHt ha xnVen place, and sent It to thei.M-nt- . and received his approval."

TUN refers to the note of May 1.1,

IIH.", and the result of the Ambassa-dor's conference with the Secretarywas that the Imperial German nil

.,thor ties were convinced that I ies- -

dent Wilson wrote for effect In theCulled Stales to strengthen his jm.ltticnl ami partisan Kiltlon. and with-

out Intent to make bis words good

with deeds. If this Interpretation of

Mr. Phtan's messnge to Dr. Dumiiaactually received Mr. Wilson's In-

ducement, and Mr. iIktan was ap-

proved for delivering It, lt Is plainthat responsibility for the erroneousbelief prevalent In Iterlln rests nt

least as heavily on Mr, Whon'hshoulders as It does on Mr. Rryan's,and before the political campaign of

IfUit Is over the facts of this humiliat-ing passage of "diplomacy" must be

put on the record.

Nobody knows everything. .Veirsmp'riidiflliic.

What, not even the director of theIturciii of Municipal Hesenrch?

"It would tnke." says the WorM,"1.000 Tenderloin high rollers 1.000years, spendlnu 132 everynight "; revea'lnir that the n orm no

Mn mind 1 eon high rollers of eminently'thrifty habits.

I'eru want" salute from United State'warship. .SYicpuiirr ftrmi Ine.

Not a vet nn official demand, butln llBBPMWn ,. mnv in0V(. President' .., t,, i,tti belated svintuitliv

It may be cheaper next winter togo Smith f"r tho season than to tryto heat a house, with tho producersoi' co.il pus-lu- g the buck to tho ulti-mate consumer.

To those fortunate mortals who.erace was run before Kuropc went mm!the phrase "he Hew before the enemy"bad a sinister slgnlllraece; y It

records the daring exploits of thebravest of the bravo.

Mr. Hknrt FoRn'B activities In be-

half of peace nt any price Indicate nliking upon his part for militantmethods.

The Kime,1 fnuMn't help e tlut yo'i looked t me,

Anil boeil nlth pretty nolle,Hut tli llchti ere low. no how eouM you

knowThat I mlleij bark nil the whIUT

I don't ruiipoee th.it nu ir the roI lieM tp my bun. I for mi;

Ye. I Kr.npeil II tllit In the oft Inlllehi,And HeJ nt jour feco o true,

Ilu when the plnj- - had faded wr,Ami vanished the huppy .I'ene,

Who e! cou .1 ! I why red reee fellAt the toot of the movie screen?

II. ST4MKT IflSKINS.

, statuteI.s we must trust tutor Honor I1ii:i:ta.

And

DEAD BUT DOESN'T KNOW IT.Former Corporation Conasel Watson

on tho Present Stntns of theThompson Investigating Committee.

It Is elementary that In tho absenceof a constitutional provision wherebyconcurrent legislative resolutions havethe force nnd effect of law a Legisla-ture may perpetuate Itself only bystatutory ennctmcnt requiring the con-

currence of both houses of tho Legis-lature, th approval of tho Kxccuttve.or passage over tho Executive veto. Aconcurrent resolution such as broughttho Thompson conunltteo Into belnnIs not n law and lt does not have tlitsforco nnd effect of law. (Seo Peopleex rel. Argus v. Palmer, 12 Misc. .1!2;atllrtncd 140 N. Y. 406.) It Is qilltodear, therefore, that u Legislaturecannot perpetunte Itself after Its owndissolution by adjournment by thecontinued existence of n committeeappointed by concurrent resolutionprior to adjournment. Otherwiso ncommittee of tho two houses, or of oneor the other, might conceivably lie en-

dowed with tho prerogative of perpetual existence, and a ilecade hencothe yet nnltnnted relicts of half adozen moribund Legislatures might bostill Investigating, Issuing subpirnniifor witnesses, books and papers, andreporting to each successive legl'la-tlv- o

body its It came Into existenceand passed away.

This view Is not one merely of myown personal opinion. It has Leensubstantiated by many cases. OreFergus v. Htis-scll-

, 270 III. 304 andcases cited.) Mr. Cashing, In his workon "Law and Practice of LegislativeAssemblies In the Cnlted States," ex-

presses the same conclusion, namely,that a legislative committee cannotregularly sit during a vacation or afteran adjournment of the legislative body.(See p, 739.)

Of course, the Legislature mlg'itenact a law appointing a committeeto sit In vacation or any other time.(Hraiihntn v. Lange, lj lnd. 4!7.) fiatas already pointed out, a legislativeresolution Is not a law. It Is cle-tr- ,

on the other baud, that even a stand-ing committee of a Slate legislaturecan perform no olllclal act during alegislative recess. (Marshall v. liar-woo- d,

7 Md. 46fi.) In tho caso ofH.tnk v. Worth, 117 No. Car. 1 Ifl, JudgjClark said:

The ettetenre of til conniItle. In the. l'enco of lesi!atlon, neeerlly deter-milie- u

upon Hi adjournment of the bodyto whLh they belonit.

It Is true that In the "LegislativeLaw" of Now York there Is n ratherpeculiar provision. Section fiO pro-vides that a legislative couimittte m,iyrequire the attendance of witnesseswithin the State, or may Issue a com-mission for tho examination of wit-

nesses who are out of the State, "w hlehcommission, If directed by the ll'Hioor Legislature by which the cmni

Is appointed, may be executed dur-ing the rrcc.1.1 of the L

This, strangely enough, seems tolimit the recess functions of legislativecommitters to the mcro executh n ofcommissions to examine witnesseswho am nut of thr Sttttc. Hut "therecess of the Legislature" does notmean the Interval nfter the adjourn-ment of one legislature and before thetime appointed for the meeting of thonext. A legislative rcccn denotes nnIntermission between sittings of thesame body, at a regular or adjournedsession thereof. (Tipton v. Parker,71 Ark. U'3.)

There Is not now a legislativeIn New York State, po that the

doctrine of reccs functions is notapplicable. The Legislatutc has

sine die, and simultaneouslyevery committee, standing or special,became functus officio.

1 should say that the Thompsoncommittee Is therefore In the con-

dition of the corpse described by the1 ishtnan "dead but doesn't know It "

AttoniiHLti Watson.

WHAT FORD PROVES.

Ills Support Shake One .More Cnnrt-denr- e

In lleinorracj.TO THE KDITfMt .T TUB SfN SI" Th"

vole that Henry Ford has i.Mir.ned forthe Presidency at the primaries In sev-

eral States has done mnro probably toshake the faith of sensible pe pie In ud m.H ratte form of gcert n.e-i- t ihnniipjtb og that bns hnptencl s nfc thef. .'.c.i.itb n "f this reptiMI.- -

It Is almost able that o

T.inv thousrhtless voters could be foundwlllliii: to subscribe to Mr. l'ord's wildtheories It raises the question as towhether a nation of a hundred m lllonso' people Is really capable of

It arouses th suspicion thattome time or other we may have in-

dicted upon us such a rreldent as Kurd.It tnlcht even he Ford himself.

New York. May 10 M. T. It.

riilladelphla In rr Verne.Magnificent vltlase. mot natvAnd djotll of all title!With ace Jonir epotleei record of blncHy a too plaetlc noTweakedHy covetous !n"at!ab!e politician!Whom all the world youIteclstT knte.Hut you" Nay. uch bUnd trux'ul ub- -

l letKeInto mulcting mawSure never et uh hlttory.You prime alDeo1ttrx tli common food on erlnnlne

III.,'!And eclns fatuoui to aleepl

ou commiinltt of admirable eouliTndrr nn lepii.'You op!i. I' ut- - with the political morale

If n bemil,l behemoth!lie.loilbtab' Ide.i'.letYle'dlnir hiBli o1Hl to Invertebrate.'

ou Incorrvptlb'.e Jellytleh,Ymi sainted sophomore.Yon Philadelphia!

You sublimated county aeat,You passionate proUnclal!(Hi not another rlty of th landlitittteM such pathosNor other Jllilllles Ulrh prldiInevtri' able a In a child's world both!

Your literary club.Surrendi red to a speaker of th hour,Palpitate, unctuously cqnl-cen- t,

Nor think, excellent critics, to. criticiseforsooih. It Is th- - Colluslm Club.

Or the Pliant or th" Philadelphia Props,Whb h crai Jotsly If proinUruouilyIlJth the sponsoring'till. swallirtlnK tapacltv of classv clubs!O distent Philadelphia!

And furthermoreihi music motner,

Loial In beatltbatlon, youlNo more acute Intelligence esl.tsThan yours, more searching nonetYst, let the Institution b your own,Your on the dubious product,Then.Palsied the hand that srorea It so,lllasphemou, th" inlcs that whispers

iUf.tbiti:And stultifying praise Inundates reason.Oh, primitive again,TluUe primitive -

How ilnth the l".ace Idol scintillate!

You weU bred but Inbred Intrinsic;You Jealoui keeper of the closet shrln;You wph plump poiket gods;You vulnerable Immune:The eiulius w irl.1 gnashing without salutes.You Philadelphia1

Stam.it Kirnra Wii.nos.

MERED1TH1AN GOLF.

"You play a much better game now-adays," said LliitHlrifr.q friend plain-tively, as ho lifted his ball from thogreen and acknowledged tho fulness ofbis defeat. At tho turn ho had been2 up, but Llandrlff had won six holesstraight nfter that.

"it Is duo to nn accidental perusalof (Jeotge Meredith," said Llandrlffapologetically, as they took a shortcut toward tho clubhouse. "I used togo around tho courso llko nn expresstrain. When bunkered I behaved withtho cMisperntcd violence and nourish-ing tactics of n rotary snow ploughbuckttiK a monumental drift. Afterwasting a dozen strokes In tills wayone day 1 sat down In such a state ofexhaustion that I fell asleep.

"Visions of 'Tho KgolKt,' which Ihnd Just been rereading, commingledthemselves In extraordinary fashionwith tho game of my choice. SirWllloughby I'amrnc was playing golfon a beautiful course laid out on thogrounds of his Imposing estate. I wasplaying with lilm. Tho accomplishedand detestable Sir Wllloughby playeda wi etched game, at least as bad asmy own. Hut his spotless self-estee-

would not. permit hint to become angryor even to recognize his miserable ,

showing. My own shots were so poorthat I could not tako it natural andmalicious satisfaction in tho way betopped bis ball, sllc; .t Ida drives anddribbled his atito.uiirs.

"It was extremely startling, In themidst of this sorry match, to bear the (

sound of silvery and Ironic laughtercoming out of a patch of woods offthe ninth green. I stopped short andiiuestloned Sir Wllloughby, but howas unable to hear anything at nil.When be said as much there rang outa particularly delicate peal of mlr'.b,as If some celestial sprite bad reachedthe highest apc of an amusementthat was obviously superior to thelimited enjoyment of mortals.

"At the next tee I pulled my driveright Into these trees. I bad spentten minutes looking for it and hadattained a state of perfect fury whentho comical aspect of our playing sud-

denly struck me. While I doubkd upwith guffaws that appeared to grateexttemi-l- upon Sir Willounhby's sus-ceptibilities tile Comic Spirit echoedmy enjoyment In musical notes thatllo.Ued In and out of the glove andmust have bei n audible to every onewithin half a hundred yatds exceptmy partner.

"That was the turning point. Idrove a new ball and beat Sir Wll-loughby by live and four. As he bademe a po.lsheil but frigid good-b- y I

awoke. I am ufruld that the peoplewho nppe.inu pl.i tig up behind tnegot tho Impression that I had playedthe nineteenth hole tlrst."

"Well, but I don't seo bow a thingllko that could .mprme your gone.',"Insisted l.l.itnlr.ff s friend.

"It gave me the necessary detaci-- J

meat, a thing I bad never possessedbefi rr." I.in. ii.l explained. "1 amable to take a bud stroke with equa-nimity now. When my brassy shotimbeds Itself In the sand trap guard-ing riio green I adopt a certain subtleIndifferent mentnl attitude and theball rolls to w'thlti a foot of th-c- up.

1 don't Ui "W how It Is withothers, but with me, to play my bestmime, It is requisite that m additionto coolness, perseverance and atten-tive exercise of my best skill I shouldbe able to command a kind of amused.duufiieiwi t..ic!.id with scorn. I daresay .Mered th ha made me six strokesbelter than in handicap."

NEW YORK'S SKY LINE.

lis Perreile Perching to the Manon the Street.

IV run JUit ui oy The SfN Sir; Ona North Ktir L.ribi.,U 1 overheardthree nifti ntti oipt.lK U estimate thesize of the tla on I p of tho MnuerMullding. Standing out In a strung westw.nd it looked from the rhcr littlemore tti in hand size. .Nine levt by

tnr.ie was the llrst tain's gurs. Thes.ciml tnan put the injures nt twentyl tlfte. n. wi de the th.r l man was moreuiirfgtp.ittw . he wanted to bet on ItsIt.ng at haM forty fe t long.

Tlie.Woolwoith tower e.irrirn no tlai,so I look the tumble t.i qiivt-tto- a uni-formed attendant nt Hie dooi. "Kl.tg ""be lepeated. "No. we ImU'ii'l anyling. Nevir did h.ue We'te only gota pnle that don't amount ti liotliliK."1 :ictlgatrd further and found.

Tile utilised ,i le en top "f t"e YVnn!--

rth Hud'l ng is just a thirty font steelmast lis top Is v.T. feet '.' iik lies f:ointhe sidewalk at the liatvtay street en-

trance and ?II feet P 'mites from thelock upon which the building Is sup-p-

ted, on July 1, 1 m when the lastgirder had been put Into place on thefifty-tirt- it floor the Stats and Strlprnwns talsed to the tryi of the (lag pole,nnd lnce then the p"le ha net beenregularly used brcatis of the stronswinds at tlut height The Hag raisedon July 1. tnensured twenty.fo.trfeet In loncth nnd twelve feet In widthIn n stiff tiree7e n forty foot H.k wouldprobably tie lashed to pieces or tornfr un the pole In a e''nit time.

New York. Miy IP. Fiao pTArr.

LIVE EAGLES.

A Flock lav lie seen In the OmahaPublic l.lhrurv.

To Tin: IIpit' r. or Tiik scs,--fIl- r: Inregard to the controversy over the evlsf.ence of a f.O gold piece, not, however,minted nr Issued from the I'nlted.s'tatrs Mint ''lit still m ovl-'en- andat one tlo" 'n cl" ulatl Hi btli !n Cali-fornia nnd In ColiT.iilo. "I V. I."can. I think, tin I a numVr of sti.'hpieces iiteorg lib it I or i K when I wasthere last known as I' e Hi ron Heedcollection on view In the rooms of theOmaha public binary Th" pieces, someof them tound an 1 some nctacnti, tirecommonly called slugs.

I linn- - nn teen there for neurit'twenty teats, but I am ml .riro.l hymen who have been there re.'etilly thatthe collection still renin. in intact, as Itwas ime nf the enn.plinnsthe gift of the grout) I and building intie cite that tho collecti'ii should bekept together .1 I! ' VI'IIISKIK.

W'taui vvvkkn. N .1 . May :o.

The IrMi I'binkelts.To Tin: IlniToit or Tin: .it's- - .s'tr.- Mr

Vim ent litzpatrlck might well have men-ti'iie- il

In Ills Inteiestlng iiitble lastSunday the I'rotistait branch of theliunketts, the hear; of vvlibii Is t.mdl'lunki tt. Ills f.il'icr wis Itish p ofMeath. Ore of this branch Is thel.irv'one slr-e- lla-'-- Pluukett ilteene,well known nnd admired In America,w'ose mother was a d.uiBhter of LordIiunkett. To see the lireenes, fatherand tines sons, together was to get agood Idea of the Irish gentry, not oneof them being under slv feet two and ahalf s In helPht Ono of these sons,Sir Conynham Greene, belongs to theh'ghest ranks In Itrlt'i-- dlplomacvThese Plunkrtts and (irrenes ire all "asIrlh as Paddy s pig," hut they are notfools nt the same time, and 1 nm sum(hnf none of them would sloop tn he tintallv i.f tho Kaiser. r.pwxrn HntVK.

An.sjvpoi.18 ltov.w., N. S, May it"Taps."

Tapplnir the tillTannins; tie bln

Tappttu His keirTipples; the phnn.

IN DAYS OF YORE.

A Welcome Letter Krom an Admiredaad Faithful 1'rlend,

To tiik KtiiTou or Tun Sun Sir: lnn letter dated .May 3 one of your corre-spondents speaks of Fanny loulseBuckingham, tho actiess, who played".Mazeppa" eais ngo, and wonders ifnny of our "near old hojs' rememberedher. I am ono of the near (V) oldjjlrls, nnd I remember her very well.

I saw Iter la that play many yenrsiigo while on a visit In Syracuse. Shewii.4 a line, liiil,!,; looking w email. I

saw her strapped on the back of heri.isr.ti i.n....,ie..i i.r.-u- n Unio.

nim;, who steined to unilerstniid every-- !thing she said to him, utid when heturned and went tearing, planning upthe mountain with her on his back, herlimbs dangling, the house went wild.1 thought It Mas the best thing I eversaw on the. stage and I never forgot It.Strange J ncier heard of her nfter that,but I suppose she continued acting.

And In another lelter, April .: thewriter ....I.I Incidents !speaks of u u times."i .. o .' .u i - -- r m i .A nt'll I eilll'lllltVl III," uiiiiiiiik "'"Ilowery The.itte In 'C6. 1 think it was(mine,! once befo o ln the early '40s. I

'lememher healing It was on lire; greatexcitement of What lights the ,

llremeli used to'h M Thcy wetens, and Jealous of each o her. JNew York was a pretty tnimh oldtown then. There was no gas, electricity, water, no scwets ; It was dirty

.mdly managed, and how we ever livedwithout the conveniences 1 cannot nowItr.iKlue,

1 remember when those things wereIntroduced, the cable, the light with thecolored race, their persecution, lightsnniung the actors or about them, thoLngllsh MeCrcailv nnd "IM" Forrest, ourfalorlte ; the burning of the cupola. 1S..S ; ,

re big the old bell In t he. p.irlf . hewortli Zouaves in the pa lit drilling -- midhow t icy were dressed: '

, v ., . . , :r LZ XZ J, TV "

and broke my arm and band.I was born In 1S;;, and I am writing

t.. an "old friend." ns TUB Sf.v has beenmember of my family many years.

Maiua Davenport.SoMr.itvii.tr, N. J., May 10.

ALFONSO OF SPAIN.

The Kind Hearted Neutral Klnpr usthe Friend of .Suffering .Mothers.To tiii: KiJiTon or Tin: SfN sin The

pi. line of the joung King of SpainI fur Alfonso will always be young evenIf he has Just passed his thirtiethbirthday) acting as intercessor andhelper In the midst of the prevnllltr.-wur.- d

mlseiy is ono of the few pleasingand cheering visions which the presentwar 1ms evoked. 4

The King's untiring devotion to atask which he assumed voluntarily

the highest honor upon his heart,while nis sua ess in handling dllllcultand dell, ate cases proves that lie pos-sesses remarkable tact and steadiness ofput pose, in short. King Alfonso Is ashining example of neutrality in hll.iitdaees.

No wonder that the tormented moth-er- rand wives ,.f nil the belllKeient conn- -

trits turn I" iiim for lull', and that he isliieiailv .,vet whelmed by app.als to tlnd

he has bietl able to tr.l e by means ofp.itlent

,and palnst.iklti Investigations.

mu i.iuur wium ciuaiicii upon ine limn- -

a.vh and his bind of assistants Is enormous and never ending, but one fanciesthat the kind ymmg King counts It asnotmnt; w en enmparcil to the rewardwhl.il he receives In the blessln-- s' nfhundnds of grateful wives and moTheeswho through bun have been enabled tobioil; the horrible silence of uncertainty.

Atootig conspicuous neutrals whoirlgl.t l.ave idled the olllce which KingAlfonso l tilling ns a matter of course,,..,t ,.,.. iii,,,. ,.,, ,i,,several names w hich would have occnrreil more readily than hi- - to the j

minds of the majority: the Pope, cjueenWilhelmlna. President Wilson VetI'm,,' Is vnm.thl'i tie..il li rlv :, rn rt 1 ..ln the fact nf the vonns- - rulerof Spain throwing himself enthusiasttally intv the vast and complicated workof mercy, (mo likes to believe that thethought of his own mother's admirabledivotion has had something It do withlis eagerness to nsslst suffering mothersof all nations

No doubt the dl"trartoil Ir'sh mothersare turning to Mm now with patheticCeltic confidence: no doubt a p.c.i wi'll- - made to him to sue the milium atiherulc sir Itoaer Casement, surely one"." the most ttusle figures even In Ire- -land's trag'e h.sp'rv :

May Kl"g Alfotis.i e.m'lnue his benefl-- 1

tent lai..ts ;ls a g. .Ine if unheraldedhampioii of Iiiit it,. y, as a teal If un-- 1

prorl.i tne.l friend .f the distressed nfboth si les. ,,s a irue If unadvertisedtirutriil, nt a t.me when neutrality Is almost ll'iti-- f v'strtlt. ci auk i;i:nipict.

Nltvv Vohk. M iv

UNCLE SAM'S FORECASTS.

An Amateur Mariner Whose Faith In.storm slgmils II w Indies. I

To the Hiutoh ok Tiik Spn .sir; OnWednesdav. May in, 1 was one of nnamateur crew t.iat sailed a snnll sloop

.yaeiu irom ,eiv v .rK to ninimore, anwhen we Hin bored unlet- - th smallbreakwater at Cape ll.'nlopen aboutsundown that da the storm flag wasflying nt tl.o signal statli.ti. The windwas fresh from the southwest and therewas every Indication of n blow. Duringthe night the wind hauled to th north-west nnd blew half n gale, giving ua merry time, though with Vwo anchorsUUI t-- iiiiiik li.eie.

In the mottling the slgnnl stationdisplayed "southwest" storm signals a.though the wind was from the northwestand hlowlig hard, In fact It was nilHitthwts st .rm m spite nf the fact thatllir .e.ii!iei i.ti'r.iu s siKnrtl ItlUll atetl I

th at Mi'irn wouiu itr irom tne soutn- -w est.

What did w. do we tucked In twoi.,.,.teefs, put on the storm Jib and foughtur way up the Delaware to Delaware

Cltv, but 1 cannot but think thit theU'cither Hureati plaved n Joke on us ori'!-- i' the foreea-te- r was asleep until alate hour and In Ins hurry put thewh.le iennaiit under tie storm signalr -- lead of over it. where tt should havebeen.

Tho moral is: Don't ever b In a posl-Ho- n

tn need a storm signal.Sti aiit R Scott.

IUt.TiMCfin, Md, May 20

The Fitly-Fift- y Ticket tor IfMfl?To tiik HniToii or Tiik Spn Sir. As

an a Cleveland mil. .

bolder, i M. KInley and Taft IteimblbMii,1 guess the Chicago ticket will be

II' ..urs and II vi i i yThe H-l- l tl.ket, with six letters In

ei.'h v. H j).New Venu, Mnv Id.

We Are Asked to Promote a Strike.To tiik KniTon or Tiir, Scv .Sir;

I'. ease do everything In vour power to;i unote n stnke of the Author Leagueof America. Trunk of the Inlln.te pcn-- of

a seastnWhl-- h shall free us from th- - eurs

Of a rhm that knew, noAm! an unmelodlous verse

HosTOS, May "0. s,

Tnhiirro on the tiring I. Ine,To mr IlniT'in or Tnr. Sts .fir' "1 I,"

In Ids little letter In paper referin the "tob.l'-'- evil" "I. I," npptrentlyIs irjing to show your renders timt "p--

hus eom-thl- to do withiibolltlnn

Mv Investigations In the tnhaeen tradenffHlrs, Ac, leid m to beiieis thiti per cent of tho,.. wb ai iigalnst

prepuredne.s are nou ,ni..ker. nnd ful'v95 per lent of the u k' r nf tbs conn,try are fu'ii In f.i' ,.r nf ,, i.irter nny.n.iv n1 s'l tbut inrt of th'--

II M W .tir-.r-

Hi i .r 7 .1.1 o fee. rjNew Veen Vlay t,

WHY DENVER QUIT

COMMISSION ROLE

Finds Tlint It Lends tn Xrj.loot, Waste nnd I.nrk

of Iiiitintivc

KEIH'KKI) MA YOU HACK

Dns'vr.n, May 20. This city nt Hft.ocopopulation has Hfter four eur trial ofcommission government repudiated thatform of ndmlnlstrntloti nnd again n.sumed the old mayoral sy.slem by iv.

f'"' l,rtl.. w h""r 10 "of Mayor,

11,n reicrsloii from th commissionK;ii"r"7eSt,em?n;,tf" 'V "" lr"LP,!'B;,n1L;,lu '.t!. mi"""'MI

primal a busii,..., an1problem, no, ,,.,

" " J'"ICl"ns'

Thero am many psychoioglral rt.sons that helped bring about the revet.ttlmi. but flip ff.miritn,c nrnhlnai. u.i, .1..;,,; " " p,,, ,;.,,. 1

under tho commission form Ins shona constant Increase iitinu.tlly in theof administration, with little or no moneygoing for permanent lniirovemnN,

The "headless" commission with

.' ? V" " ' .,'.' " , ; ,

lllUl-i- l I until iiiHiiuiii; miih in i rnThe lack of cHilrabzatam, , ?h

lIf.partnlf,nt try,tl(. ,, s;tmost he could for his tlepirirtwit, ailike live horses pulling In different dlrec- -

Hons or like, tne stocanoiucrs or a om;'" -- lectin a board of ,Ke dlrenor.and neglecting to pick a cha.ritijti.

No department head showed much re-

gard for oilier departments and it ma else of "the devil take the hltidmoM"Nominally onn of the department headswas made "mayor" by courtesy, but hisauthority was practically limited tr. thedcslies and wishes of the othir depart-

ment licads and Ills duties were I irgelyclerical.

Cohesion Wns Lneklng.This division of authority or I.i k ot

lentrallzatlon made It almost Impossi-

ble to plan expenditures of city fundsalong a general Improvement line or daany cohesive constructive work.

The Commission!'! s of I leaver nsrsimply a nudlocre lot of men. they trneither good nor bad, but milliters. nt tu

the welfare of the city as a whole. lUdthere bten some nun of strong perso-nality and executive ability tlu.ng the'mayor's'' chair it Is probable t'.at Pen-ve- r

would have given tho conunlMloaform at least a few more years trul.The Commissioners' methods of iibd.-ture- s

made for cxtr.ivagatKea .md thuswas a lack of Initiative.

All of the city revenues went s.inv'.J

for maintenance, with ihu cost of mai-ntenance mounting up each year TUadoption of statewide prohibit. n by

olorado hist January spuinu an annjai,. . Y ... Z

that amount la taxation. While nu! re- -

st,n9lble for this lo-- s of revetu. th.- -, ,. ....... r.i.,.,1 mu s

VUIIUiiiS.aivii ...v.. j .v-- .-

unjustmaDie oianic om the In. reared

lax.muu.Kor several veara Denier has been

"' melting pot for ninny novel r.nunUireforms. The city has largely b.e con- -

trolled by a set of men who pa 1 l.ttieor no taxes and who earned the.r nihil-

hood as reformers, not by the swt.it f

their brows but by the abuse tlii t jiibeau on Denver officials and I'etmrnioiierty owners One Deliver timspaper of the "e low type has been

foremost in that kind of l.i. ti. s n .d the

recent w. ,rg, : ,u.'.c ..that newspaper It vvagtd . , rgof Vlllllcatioll llgaltlSt S ' .'slIiChim With graft, ballot s'jffl.iB aicrowbarlsm" during - former admin

istrations. They preJe ted that if he

were returned to offoe it would reui'in a saturnalia of crime, "red held ' d -

tricts, political corruption, graft and

,' czat like'" form of g .ver:. met. t

Spi er mill Vriiold.About four .ve.ii- - ago the people

Deiivtr adminlstere I what tho fe.t 'a stinging rebuke to Mr. Spier ar

elected Henry Arnold to the p isit on 'Mayor. Mr. Arnold went . to c!t ;

under the greatest wave of popular''ever nccorded any man In Detive, V

a candidate lor Major he carried evr)'precinct la the tit evitpt one Te- -

months after he assumed office heevery pri' nut In the city by a Urgfmalorltv than he had previously .ir-

rled lt. nnd the city swung to aform f government.

No other nun In Denver y cou

have probably appealed so stroi g 't :

the taxpajer- - and voters for a reve - v

to the majoral form as Kobert spterIlls ability as an expert city n i cis now fully iccognUcd in Denver a-

the constructive work bo accompl sw,e.

In Idle he was for eight years MaIn,,,

.city was...his strongest recomnierla.

tlon ror reelection,Speer was of the "boss" type of May r

but of the hardest working kli.lTho mlnutet detail of civic g

was subm.tted to him for i.proval or disapproval, but ho ai

big things In a big way a"practically all tho big civic in.pme.ments that Denver has y

initiated ;lI1d completed by h i II'built the municipal auditorium. i''Plie baths, laid out and praencai.,pleted the boulevard and publ t .

sjstem. built the llr-- t plajgron -

tabllshed a municipal band wl pifice Sundav concerts during w,,, , ,l..,,ral...l ,lrtholidays and during hlg convc - e- -

tnbllshcd bathing beaches in 'he p r

ti.r things for e e.

fare and amusement of the prFurther, during periods ,.f al

sticss he planned municipalgive employment to the ui.rNaturallj all these things tmr, ,i

ailon, liut the Increase was p t"

l.ule conipki.iit, for the people '. "

they were getting their mot et r'S

In short, the citizens of Drive- - 'come to think that they g ' e -- e ( 'their dollar under mayors 1 runder commission form of g. te

COLUMBIA ROW GROWS APACI

I'role! 1'lled After Seemid I le- i-

lion of n student llonnl.Again Columbia Is In ,i 'jr

Its student board elctiu1 s v '

polls had closed yesterdav at a

three days of balloting In "'flection made neeess.ri I

Invalldiitl iti nf the first v 'i. ' - ,tiounceil that ptotes.s V.i' 'e 'No announcement of tl,e r be

m ule until M 1'idny 'f tItobert W. Wait. i r . ' '

board, and several . f tin '

would not say ivhe'her " e '

been made bv il.sgi in.' . s p

Journalism students or w f ,

verslty eoiuicH had leri --

proceedings jiending r.c I' or.

Into the uvular elcl'.on .

and de.i.ued voidJames V. Daluny a

kind, the Join na1 ei s' . .

the board at the llrst a ' ,

known etenlav t attend nil nuetlng 'wli''lher the.v were r. --

Dean F I' Kepp, ' i

Matthews of the s, i

pi evented an li .p'e '

w hen a group of "'. . g.members of the v a 'upon the School of .1 uof a student w ho l i I i '.w eie determi' e.lIn llie fountain t

subsidrd vv'ien ' K

Matthews appc.ieed