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western Demand for q Harvard Oversecr So m.
uel Hin Its Candidate.

v " INNugO ItVeS Herlid.
Harvard has graduates In almost every village in
The Northern States and draws Its students from
every State In the Union ana yet the vas, territory
west OF the Alleghanles has only one re presen,st ,y. on
the board Of thirty ovcrserrs Of the uni verst,y. Thtse, AZ.
plains why the Associated Harvard Clubs. com prsln1
the Harvard clubs Of Chicago, ST. Louis. Minnesota,
PltsbuTg Omaha. Louisville Milwaukee, Indian.
apolis and the Rocky Mountain Harvard Club are
taking such an active interest In the election OF over
seeIs on the coming commencement day. Th.y sent
out an appeal 10 the alumni through bout the Nest ,o
marx the name OF Samuel Hill. ~, u MINNEAPOLIS.
on the preliminary list Of nominees as one Of he
nominees on The Official ticket 10 be voted for Al Cam
bridge q week from Wednesday.
Word came from Cambridge yesterday that NJ. nm
stood AZ the head Of the ten chosen By this prellul.
nary postal vote 10 go Oh the onicial ticket.
II now remains for the Western graduates 10 eyer.
else all their influence 10 secure votes for ML nm on
commencement day in person. and ihc ,ucc. a ar
failure Of the movement on behalf Of Mr. Hill must
d'peDd on the votes Of the Massachusetts Graduates
who arr on the spot
MI. HI was a member Of the Executive Committee
Of the Sound Money League at the INDIANAPOLIS Com
ventlon. lie ~ y North Carolinisn bv birth and WA
an anti slavery refugee a. the early age Of A wears.
he was educated In tn public schools Of Minneapolis
and graduated from Harvard IN 1879. He was ad.
mitied TO the Minnesota bar IN 1880. but retired from ,
successful practice TO devote himself to banking and
railway Interests IN 1883 after his marriage In The
daughter Of James J. Hill
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Hanna.

Everybody knew before yesterday that
the Hon. MARCUS ALoNzo HANNA IL a
smith who understands well how to strike
when the iron is hot.
Now everybody knows that he is equally
sapient in the art Of plunging the hot iron
into the water pail at precisely the right
instant.
1t has happened to Mr.. HANNA to be the
most conspicuous ngurein the management
Of two successive National Conventions OF
the Republican party, representing and
welding each time the tremendous power
Of scientific preliminary organization and
Of a deliberately conceived and perfectly
wrought programme.
Twice it has happened to Mr.. HANNA to
encounter Unexpectedly in the convention
itself the force Of an idea which he had not
previously reckoned among the elements Of
| the situation. On both occasions his be-
| havior has been mastery
1t was 80 at st. Louis. His whole plan OF
| campaign. subordinatlng the question Of
| honest money to that Of the tariff and de-
| pending on the one issue with which the
name Of MCKINLEY had been identified.
was swept aside by the action Of the con-
v~ention, at the instance Of New York. In
putting the dreaded word gold into the plat
form and at the front Of the battle. Then
Mr.. HANNA showed the calibre of his polit-
zeal genius and the quality Of his Repub-
licanism. He manfully accepted the situa-
ton and made 1t his own. Without a sign
Of resentment or the o~bstinacy Of opinion.
he ~relinQuished his preconoeived ideas Of
campaign policy. took up the new and
broader issue. and with 1t won victory for
his candidate and his party.
II has been so again at Philadelphia. where
Mr.. HANNA for the second time has found
his plans directly In conflict with a sentiment
the strength and persistency OF which he
could not possibly have foreseen. Curiously
enough, New York was q second time on
cerned. but that is only a coincidence. Once
more the country has had convincing proof
Of Senator HANNA's fitness to command the
battalions. At the right instant. cheerfully
and without hesitation, he yielded his pre-
arrangements and bowed to an authority
greater than that Of any individual in the
organization. The iron which he had
energetically hammered hot e into the
sizzling water. and HANNA, gracefully ap-
pointed arbiter by general consent. named
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
This. w say again, is proof conclusive Of
Senator HANNA's true political genius. We
congratulate him on having selected. in his
capacity as arbiter. a name so inspiring as
that Of ROOSEVELT with which to complete
the ticket Of 1900. We congratulate Gov
ernor ROOSEVELT on having in the coming
campaign the hearty, sincere. unqualified.
patriotic and consummately scientific sup
port and services Of the foremost organizer
of national victory.
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The Anti-Trust Resolution.

The anti Trust resolution In the Philadei-
phia platform Is fair enough. as such raso-
buttons go. and as definite az 1t Is safe for
q party to be that Is responsible for legisla-
ton. Mysteries and tempestuous words
are easy, and the Democrats will not spare
them. The Republicans do not kick null
ishly at the fact that combinations Of capital
are a part Of modern business. They
' recognize the necessity and propriety
Of the honest cooperation Of capital to
meet new business conditions" but they
condemn all conspiracies and combinations
intended TO restrict business. to create
~monopolics, to limit production, or to con-
troll prices, and favor such legislation as
viii effectively restrain and prevent all
such abuses, protect and promote COM
petition and secure the rights Of producers,
laborers and all who are engaged In indus
try and commerce"
As a matter Of fact. the sight OF a Trust
making a pile OF money Is an admirable
incentive to competition. An absolute
monopoly Is a rre bird. A hoggish COM
bination Is sure to 20 to the wall. Tho
Trust business has been as much over
done NJ legislation about II and In attempted
restraint Of it. The idea has been run into
the ground. A brood of promoters and
buffers Of Trusts hos arisen. Many top
heavy and sagging combinations have
been made. Plenty OF men have been
skinned and ruined by them and plenty
more will be. A Trust IL no sacred form
nf doing hiaippSa wnrrnntaI oyaInat a,at
dents and bankruptcy. II 1t is sound and
well managed and able TO keep its field,
It will live. II II Is mostly wind and water
it will burst like other bubbles.
There IS something to be said for the
view which Is held by some shrewd students
OF commercial affairs that legislation TO
protect innocent investors In bubble Trusts
is much more needed than legislation 10
protect the public from the supposed raw
age Of the Octopus. A harmless monster
enough. q Fafner Of the opera. 1t IL not
the public that is crying out. but the gentle
men In the Notwithstanding and oratory-
producing lines. Still, nobody will lift a
finger or a voice In behalf OF oppressive
monopolie~. II such there are. All parties
cBl'N' 'AlNlhs ih'I' u u tI liID vi TtfO-
ution raging against them; and this
Republican resolution. untainted by Bryan
esqne rhetoric and rant. may be e,m-
mended 10 the conservative. Resolutions
and laws will bent in vain against the I'M
pregnable necessities and demands of trade.
but ut least the resolution makers and
the lawmakers can be or should be sane
This Republican resolution is sane.
II is worth noting that so far back as
1883 the Republicans declared in their
national platform their opposition TO all
combinations of capital organized in Trusts
or otherwise, TO control arbitrarily the
conditions OF trade" They recommended
Congress and the state Legislatures TO
pass such laws as will prevent the execu-
ton OF all schemes to Cypress the people
~ undue charges on their supplies or by
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THE BATTLE or CEDAR CREEK.
A Defence Of Emory's Division Of the Niss-
teenth Corps.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: Mr.. W.
r. Crumpton Is inexcnsable. utterly unJus-
tifable in his -lur npon Emory's division OF the
Nineteenth Corps Mt the battle OF Cedar Creek.
He falls into the error Of talking about what he
and his comrade cavalrymen did, sliahting tho
infantry, and OF course intimating. We did g."
There happened TO be sent to our small regi-
ment OF the Nineteenth Corps a week or w
before this battle two companies Of what We
veterans 'sneeringly styled o.. 900 men-and TO
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The Candidate for Governor.

One rule Is worth commencing to the Re-
publicans Of the Empire State when choos-
ing O candidate for Governor, vice RoosR-
WELT, taken to run with MCKINLEY.
The Republican organization owes it to the
party at large not to choose a mar who
would present a violent contrast with the
Republican national ticket in the matter Of
identification with or foregone. unquestion-
ing submission to the organization. Such
O candidate would lead to a conflict Of in
terests In the campaign that wouldn't swell
the Republican majority.
The candidate, while capable of exciting
the enthusiasm Of the party. must be Of a
stamp to command the respect Of all. He
will make the general crowd Of followers
happier.
There should be a plenty Of such men in
New York.
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lBeadle Novels.

To II EDITOR OF THB SuN-sfr Your recent
editorial on the Beadle dime novels touched such A
responsive chord In the memory Of one old New York
STATE boy myself that / cut 1t out for the purpose OF
preserving II In a scrap book.
In later editions OF THE I have read with m,
greatest interest The COMMUNICATION Of other reader,
who enjoyed the dear old novels IN the sunny d.r.
OF youth" Never shall | forget The keen delight I
experienced in reading The Mystic Canoe" ,.rbs
Rival Scouts Kent. the Ranger" DC. when a
y~oungstsr In my home, CaSnovia. N. Y.
| used to play Indian" with another boy OF my
own age, who has bren dead many years We pos
sessed a complete outni OF fTearms. spears, tona-
hawks hunting knives and Other deadly weapons
We also had secret caves and wtgwams to retire TO in
case OF danger -.
| Tecolleci my good mother once taking me 10 task
for IDiulginE In such literature | persuaded her 90
read one OF The BeadIe novels and she af,eru,rd read
nearly all that came into my possession . All Of
those books were scattered or lost years ago. VIA, ,
pleasure Is would he To read again one o, those d.a,
old storissl | wonder II any are stu In existence,
BOSTON June ~ FRANK H. BRONSON.
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IN SOUTH AFRICA.

The reports received from THE Sun corre-
spondent with Lord Roberts, and from other
sources, Of the fighting east OF Pretoria on the
nth, nth and 18th, concur In describing me
Boer attack and defence as marked by great
vigor and pertinscity. Gen. Botha.s skill IN
handling his small force in the face OF superior
numbers has also greatly enhanced his repu-
tation as a commander; and his successlui
| retreat and evasion Of the British plan Tor me
capture of his entire force Is described by the
| correspondent OF a London paper as a great
disappointment. II is evident, however. that
whatever fighting there may be now viii be IN
der new conditions. The British will no longer
have the veldt country. so favorable to Their
cavalry, In which to operate. but will have 10
carry on the fighting In a broken and noun
famous region where the advantages VIII be
Increasingly ON the side Of the defence.
There has, apparently. been no fighting OF
any consequence by Lord Roberts, army since
the 18th. though there are unconfrmed rumors
Of an action at Machadodorp; nor Is there any
certainty as TO the whereabouts OF Gen. Botha
and his force. From the fact that the COM
mandos under his immediate orders are SAID
TO be composed mainly of Cape Colonists and
foreigners. II would seem that the bulk OF the
Transvaalers are In some other and unknown
directions. One commando Is known to be at
or in the neighborhood OF Koomatipoort watch
ing the railway at the frontier. and a small
force IL somewhere north OF Pretoria, while
q relatively inconsiderable body is acting as
a rear guard on the Ermelo road in the dlreo-
ton Of Gen. Buffers corps. Gen. Butler him
self has moved his headquarters some twelve
miles from near Volksrust 70 a short distance
west Of Sand Spruit on the railway toward
Johannesburg. The damage to the Malalane
railway bridge IL now said to have been incon-
siderable, and according to the last report
trains should be again running without inter-
ruption. The Boer headquarters appea to be
now definitely fixed at Luxembourg. as the
Transvaal ammunition factory has been
moved to that place.
In the Free State. Gen. Rumble is reported
10 have withdrawn to Hammonia. about fifteen
miles west Of Ficksburg. in which region the
Free Staters who have been reinforced by
commandos that were at Laings Mex. are show
ing increased activity.
A regular system Of boycotting by the Dutch
A~frikanders Of English traders and English
goods is said TO be spreading all over Cape
Colony. Concurrently with this method Of
displaying their anti British sentiment by the
colonial Dutch. it is to be noted that the Ger
man steamship companies engaged in the
African trade are making arrangements to
increase the number OF their ships and extend
their itinerary to all the Cape Colony ports.
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Why do the Florida Democrats damn the
Silver SOLOMON with faint praise' The best the
Fiorrdd Times- Union can md 10 cay Of him Ia
that the name OF BRYAN will DO next to that
Of WASHINGTON In the affections Of tho masses
OF mankind" A Mr.. WILLIAMS, no relation OF
the immortal WILLIAMS of Dedham, told the
Florida Democratic convention that the
Colonel's ability was the pyramid Of great
ness" and described tho great pyramid thus:
THAT nan who as the command Of the people,
has stood for a whole Quadrennium In the mouth Of
the guns Of the enemy. basl:ne With righteous
anxiety and with the dignity Of q c~HESrRRPrgLp
tor The cause Of tho people. stands before the care o
the civilized world today ss pure ~ redeemed human.
ity. as clean as q snowflake, and without the smell OF
powder upon him."
There is no smell Of powder about the Colonel
but his platform Is somewhat mustv.
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POPULATION or PORTO RICO.
The Census show, ass .2s3 Inhabitants. or
2OA 70 the Square Nile.

WASHINGTON. June 2i.-Gen. s niger, Director
Of the C'nsus OF Porto Rico. o., just issued a
bulletin showing that the population of the
island on Oct. 10. 1909, was s6s. 2as. The census
Of Dec, 81, 1887. showed a population Of 7ss. Ss5,
and Of Dec. 81. 1897, a population OF 500, 4s9. The
figures snow that the average increase Of non
ulatlon In the interior has been more fapid Than
on the coast. Tn" reputation OF the island 10
the square mile is 2eI. ~
The people OF Porto Rico arc. in the main. a
rural community There are no large cities in
the island, the two largest being san Juan,
which, regarding the entire municipal district
as a city, had a population Of 20, O4s, ard Ponce.
which, with rs port, constituted practically
one city. with a population. Of 2, 1859.
The next city OF magnitude is Maya
suez. on the west coast, with a 10 ~pulation on
i5.ls7, The .only, other city exceeding 5000 in
h%abitants Is Arecibo. with a population Of s.OOs.
The total urban population Of tho island en-
tanned In cite. exceeding 5000 inhabitants each
Is So, lo5, or only 81 per cent. Of the population
OF he island.
There ARE In Porto Rico hfty-seven cities. each
having a population of 90 or more. The total
urban population Of the. island, undr his
the total number VI inhabitants Of the Island.
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The Hon. W. DENNIS OLDHAM. the Nebraska
statesman TO whom has been assigned the honor
OF speaking tho chief nomination speech for Col.
BRYAN at tho Kansas City Convention. makes a
magnanimous aud high old Roman Offer. Hs
will delegate the honor to the Hon. DAVID BEN
NETT HILL end TO no man else. Here |, a chance
for the Sage OF Wolfsrt's Roost to show hs
oltruism. Also u chance for a glorious show.
Mr.. Hill in silver chains. celebrating the Peer
less. But Nr. OLDHAM wastes his breath. for
Mr.. HILL VII not care to waste any in climbing
these heights OF self-sacrifce. Yet what con-
vul'ive sobbinSs OF a hundred Missouri brass
bands. what screams Of triumph, what multi
tudes OF strong. Medium and weak men veep-
ing there would be- We hear the tears. But 10
u too good to b true.
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The Republican Ticket.

The Twelfth Republican National Conven'
ton has been all harmony. enthusiasm
unanimity. MCKINLEY il not the first Pres
ident of this age to be renominated prac'
ticaily by reclamation. but during his foul
wears In the White House there has arisen
no administration party; nothing OF
that kind has been seriously attempted or,
40 far rs the politically initiated confess,
has It been considered. At Philadelphia
there was no hostile faction marching sui
lenly with the friendly delegates because
opposition was hopeless. and In this happy
respect President MCKINLEY has not had
apredeoessor.
The denomination Ia fully earned. During
a strain Of war and political evolution the
like Of which the country experienced but
once before, MCKINLEY as the national
Executive has at no moment stood with
the doubters or the pessimists. He has
shirked no duty Of the moment because
Il was ~forbidding or novel. He has never
once sought refuge in tho ever open
shelter Of a~nti-expansion argument that
for many Of the Administrations determin-
ing acts In the progress Of expansion there
were no precedents. He has gone ahead on
the path Of our manifest destiny without
flourish, with a cautious tongue, but with
an unfaltering foot. until to-day the United
States are greater in truth and in the esti-
nation OF the world thar ever before, and
the Republican party Is not only hopeful,
but wholly convinced Of the wisdom and
patriotism OF the canvass about to be made
in McKINLEY's NAME.
The first man to be nominated for Vice.
President, though, by a like outpouring Of
party sentiment Is THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Even II the second Mckinley term should
close RoosEvELT's career in politics, the
would have had reward enough for
public service through a lifetime. No man
ever received so stunning a tribute Of
popular approval as ROOSEVELT received
in the persistent and at last triumphant de-
mand that he should be the candidate for
Vice. President. The bosses who scare polit-
ical kindergartens with visions Of their
absolute and awful domination In public
affairs were chips on the stream Of the ire
sistlble sentiment for ROOSEVELT. insatia-
BILE until 1t got him.
ROOSEVELT brings to the ticket the fresh
air Of youth and youths convictions. all
sound, healthy and patriotic. he being
strong for the policy already mapped out
by the Administration. yet Of an individu-
atty that Of itself awakes respect and COM
mands It's own support.
Never was there a ticket so free from
allegiance or obligation to any faction. de-
noting better the dominant partisanship
and the universal genius OF the country.
MCKINLEY and ROOSEVELT must win in the
natural order Of American events. But the
struggle to elect the ticket, or the part Of
Republicans and outsiders who approve the
foremost Republican principles. should DO
carried on with earnestness and energy
that would at a cause Of desperation.
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unjust rates for the transportation Of their
products to market" The Democrats Of
that year had the Robber Barons IN the
brain:
by unnecessary taxation Trusts and combina-
tons are permitted and fostered. which while unduly
enrlehiug the few that combine. rob the body Of our
citizens, by d~eprying them Of the BENEFITS OF natural
competition"
This simple theory. which holds that
Trusts are IA part of the protective tariff.
the fount and origin Of all evil. Is still held
by some Democratic philosophers, who want
il put into the Kansas City platform.
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raj Of Volunteers for his services. n was
mustered out on Dec. 81, 1898.
We doubt that any regiment in any other
army has ever seen service In so many
countries in 80 short a time as the Ninth In
fantry will have seen. "Primus In lndis y
Is the motto borne ~ the First Battalion OF
the Dorsetshire Regiment. the Thirty-ninth
Foot. OF the British Army. because it was
the first British regiment to serve In Hin
dustan. Our Ninth Infantry can well here
after bear the motto First In China"
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Jews in Schools and Colleges.

OF the e4O girls who passed successfully
the examinations for admission TO the
Normal College this month the great ma
jority are Jews. More than five-sixths
Of the whole number came from the public
schools. Of which for many years past the
best scholars have been Of that race
chiefly.
The names Of these girls indicate the
great variety Of nationalitie now making
up the population Of New York. Polish
Jewish names are numerous and all the
different countries from which Of late years
has come so large a Jewish immigration
are represented In the list. Next come
Irish names. but relatively their number
Is not great. and Of the purely English
there are comparatively few. Scandi-
navian names are noticeable. Considering
the large Italian population now here. the
small number Of girls representing that
race would be surprising II IL were not that
| the great mass Of these Italians are still
newcomers. Eventually, doubtless. We
shall see such names frequent among the
more proficient scholars Of the public
schools. Already they are beginning to
appear In the lists Of the more adroit poll
ticians Of the town. and as time goes on
we shall have TO count more and more with
the subtle Italian intellect in our politics.
1t is the Jews. however. who are inprov-
ing the advantages Of the public schools
most i~ndustnously and most effectively,
and from them the boys and girls pass to
the free colleges beyond, where they are
always in powerful force.
OF about eight hundred graduates from
the public schools admitted to the free city
college for boys. the vast majority also
are of the Jewish race. the proportionate
number Of other races being even smaller
thar among the girls admitted to the Nor
NAL College, English names are ever rarer
thar among the girls, but relatively there
are more Italian. though. perhaps. fewer
Irish names. Take. as an example Of many.
the successful pupils Of the school sending
the greatest number. Grammar School No.
%, situated at Stanton and Sheriff streets:
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The Hon. Lon STEPHENS. the Mouse Governor
OF Missouri. has decided after nearly seven
weeks Of meditation that the dynamite FRANKS
OF his friends. the st. Louis rioters. must be
stopped. He will stop them, we suppose. bv
reading a'long-winded typewriter statement.
celebrating himself and his wise and brave
course in regard to the strike, This wre,ched
little creature Is one OF the Missouri delegates
at-larse to the Democratic National Conyen-
ton, a fact which shows sufficiently what tho
Democratic party Of Missouri has sunk 70 be
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The Chicago optimists lay the credit OF the
cool June on the Drainage Canal aud the
reformed Chicago River. They like to imagine
that the summer In Cook county has settled
down for good and that there will be no more
spress Of the mercury and no.mors flaming
days and nights now that the Chicago bas
ceased to DO a rapid burner. It is best to wait
before accepting these meteorological maryels.
The Chicago Is o genius not easily auelled. II
it should yet send up red-hot stones or JeYer-
sopian lve-cent cigars. nobody would be much
surprised.