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More About Maud Muller.

fVF Wv fWlSTfC0u.
Maud fuller the Maudie who raked the hay
And cazed at the Judge on the summer day.
And. thanks 10 good Winters rhyminx pen.
Gave chances for parodies to other men,
Maud Muller got married. but not 10 the judge.
And Whittier tells Us that she had TO drudge,
Maud Muller fur that was her maiien name
Her married cpgnomen II unknown TO fame.
I, chanccd thai, she stood In the baby show.
'MDrg,t iufsutS d 'glay.d H. many a row.
Babies In satin and babies in silk.
And bati-s 70 advertise "R~ligemr!ght's MIX"
Babies hat glggled and ba bies that rtIed-
Twas tner HAT the Judge by far Maudle was spied
The Judge wa, all dignity po,ly and Slow,
fos he was a Judging this ~infantile show.
And Maudie the Maudic Tho charmed I'm her vou,b
Exhibited triples In her dainty booth.
Three tri9lcts Why, certainly. there would be tbr.e,-
And Maudi-, nee Muller. all proudly stood she.
The Judge ambled slowly adown the display:
When he saw the lHpleis he stopped In dlsmay.
Reflections can't humming like bees in A swarm
He saw tho new hay and the old Muller farm
lie saw the fair girl who was raking th, hay
lie Thought OF lhe blues which beSet him that day.
He thought VI the ftpcirs he'd cherished so long
The fa1CcN tina. Whittier put In his song.
lie ga1ed at u" ttiDl,tS. and gasred. with , grin.
And a sigh OF relief An. Il might have been."
lie hed the hluc ribbon OH Maudle's display
And most dgnihedly he amblsd away.
But alt Through the day hi, reflections would 20
To Maudle and then 10 the I iplets on show.
I'm thankful, I'm lhankfuli' he'd mutter, ..becauxs
IL might have been but II never vas"
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GEN. LUDLOW REPLIES TO CRITICS.
An Indignant Protest Telling What Army
Onicers Have Done In Havana.

WASHINGToN. June l2.-Gen William Ludlow,
former Military Governor of Havana, Is very
indignant over The published criticisms OF the
sanitary and other military del artmcnts In
Havana. lie has prepared a statement in reply
TO these accusation. and refers specifically to q
letter written from tav,na and printed IA
several Western papers. lie says:
The streets and cafes of Havana are chronf-
cilly rife With the vilest gossip on tie part OF
those, native and imported, with personal or
o-her grievances against Americans and each
other aud this oral garbage has been gathered
up and spread broadcast through the American
press in tho form Of irresponsible allegations OF
gross forms Of dishonesty on the part OF Of
iicers of the army who have established their
honorable records In the service and were In
trusted with the grave.t administrative duties
ard responsibilities In Cuba These officers
have been engaged since Jan. /, 1890, in ardu-
Gus lahors Of the utmost Importance, the prose-
cution of which involved daily perils greater
than those Of battle, and have achieved results
that have commanded universal admiration
and should he the legitimate cause Of pride and
congratula.ion 20 every patriotic American.
Their work In great part accomplished. they
now End themselves placsrded as cheap and
vulgar swindlrrs and hlackmailer~.
"The conduct OF affairs In the city ard In the
De; artment Of Havana since the American oo-
cupnion has no DARK corners or con"naimen's.
and has nothing To tear from the most searching
Investigation For every dollar Of expenditure
there ara estimates vouchers accounts ana
REPORTS Of record showing clearly their purpose.
their validity and their value"
After replying in detail to tho criticisms, Gen.
Ludlow saws:
"The REDEMPTION Of Havana has been eff
f--s-l ta ~ ,,Nr. ~ "a Ntn1lA sFnnr md tina
city made ,leaner Shan Washington or any
otHar I knov Of The future interests of Ua-
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onies except the ethereal one OF sentiments
The Canadian Conservatives answer that a
strong economical bond of union would be
! provided II Colonial raw products were ad-
mitted duty free into the United Kingdom,
while a small duty should be imposed on
similar products from foreign countries.
This project the Globe and other newspaper
mouthpieces Of the Liberal party have
hitherto put aside ~ visionary on two
grounds first, that England will never
consent 10 tax imports of food for the
sake Of furthering imperial unity, and. sec
ondly, because II she did consent, she would
demand as a quid pro quo the admission ot
her manufactures into Canada duty free,
n Oncession which Canadians, having
at heart the welfare Of their " man
ufacturers, would never make. Here
again Mr.. q. W. Ross differs from his LIB
ersl allies. To him the proposal seems rea-
sonable that Britain should give Canada a
preference against the world in the British
market. lie assumes, apparently, that, ior
a small preference to Canadian products in
the British market, an adequate compenSa-
ton would be the admission OF British man
ufactures into Canada on terms which, while
decidedly more favorable han those con-
coded 10 any foreign country, should yet
stop short OF a total exemption from duties.
He seems to think that such an arrange
ment might be accepted by the British peo-
plci ( i, could b, shown that the prices OF
food staples could not De raised in kngland
by the small duty. which would yet suffice
TO impart a tremendous stimulus 10 Cana
dian production. Mr.. Ross said that If. in
the British market. the Canadian seller had
an advantage Of 10 ~ even ) per cent
over the American seller. the effect upon
Canadian trade would be simply incalcula-
bic He propheeicd that If " the Canadian
agriculturist ON The prairie should feel that
he had an advantage over the American
aericulturist, you would speedily see our
prairics filed with n teeIning population.
and the wheat trade of America would alter
its course.
Thus far, however, Mr.. Ross il the only
conspicuous supporter of the present Lib
eral Government who believes in the prac-
ll'lpllIty OF tle econoill' INK nuNO'dteu by
Sir CHARLES 1CPPER. The rest Of the
Canadian Liberals object. as We began by
saying. TO the judicial link that already
exists, and they have not been able to
devise any species Of legislative link that
they can venture to recommend. There
remains only the airy lie Of sentiment, the
t~enqcity Of which will be tested when the
Canadians find their present voluntary
despatch Of a small contingent to South
Africa transformed into "A precedent which
may impose on them hereafter a grievous
outpour OF blood and treasure in wars as to
the inception Of which they have not been
consulted, and Of which they may not
heartily approve.
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AyrI.rMrERrALrsT STRAW,
A Maa TO he Made Ont of Il 20 Best SILVER
Ii wsat work.

From ne N sm pals Comm rciai-App ri.
The conspiracy that was hatohed up against
silver by the Eastern Democrats. former GOLD
bugs and those who have not too much love
for Bryan has been referred to in these columns
heretofore. A man OF straw will be- raised
labeled imperialism, and this will he aSsail"d
for the purpos" Of detracting from N" silver
question. Imperialism" il tn be- the battle
cry. This is the way these smart goldhuSs
have Of hrowing dust in the eyes of III" people
whom they look upon as msophiSticltrd
They know that il matters not a baubee
what goes in the Kansas CITY platform on tho
subject Of expansion, the inevitable cannot be
prevented and tho irrcvocahle cannot be re-
called. They know that expansion, which they
are pleased to term imperialism, is IN accom-
pllshed fact and that they might just rs well
resolve against or "v!c" w!:h alarm the rings
of Saturn, or the recent solar eclipse, ~ against
il. The wheels of destiny move slowly but
they never turn back or reverse their motion.
Hence in order 10 win people away from the
real question the question of financial reform.
they propose developing a Fictitious lss,ie
and by a process of political necromancy
make black appear white,
This was not the original object of these
worthless. Their first plan was TO throw silver
overheard and Bryan with il. They wanted to
get rid Of both. They were uneasy in the
presence Of either. They thought by degrading
silver they would dethrone Bryan, but they
found that Bryan meant silver and silver meant
Bryan. and that to abandon one would be TO
abandon the other. But the people would
abandon neither and the consrirators were
fooled.
They are now contending, according to ON
Washington correspondence, that the Demo-
cratic party never advocated an unlimited
increase in money. but only such increase az
would restore prices to their old normal level
and keep them there" This contention. in
the face Of the fact that the Chicago platform.
which they claim to indorse and the principles
of which they declare they will not abandon.
contains a plank demanding the free and I'M
limited coinage OF silver and gold at the ratio
Of 10 TO /. without waiting for the consent of
any other nation" This shows the insin-
certify OF these conSpirators, They would mako
the Democratic party ridiculous by declaring
against expansion in order TO shelve silver.
The country will not fall into the trap.
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proposes to claim recognition at Philadei-
phia. II he should die, or be lockeu up
or transfer his personal operations VI p''.
tics to some other state. there woulu ho'
remain a single obstacle to the Repnbiican
party's assured and permanent co"""
Of Delaware. And yet he has the mnP"-
dence to send his men to the Nauon'l WV"
vention of the Republican party ana Y" "'N
1t to put the seal Of regularity uPo" III"
and his record,
The Republican organization "' -
ware is right in resisting at any cos' '"'
persistent, pcstilent, destructive s"li-lTo-
motion of ADDrcEs There can DC no 'o''-
promise in such a battle, IL IL ''""'
In refusing to buy peace with nm at inv
price he names, that is, his election 10 one
Of the two vacancies in the tnited o.'''S
Senate which the next Legislature VIII ha'c
to fl, Its fight is the fight of honest ne
publicanism everywhere. Neither the nv
publican National Committee nor the h'-
publican National Convention oil i9oo cah
afford TO pay blackmail to ADDICks because
this is a Presidential year.
The admission Of the Addicks delegates
would he not only a damaging SURRENDER
of principle, il would he also an act OF poh'l-
cal stupidity lie has forced TINS issue
At the election two years aco the canai'
dates of the regular Republican orSahl@a-
ton cast 5.4s4 votes for State SENATORS
The candidates Of the so-called lMoh'
or Addicks faction cast 3,23s votes.
The Republican National Convention
of 1900 should follow the example OF the
National Convention Of 1890. II should
refuse squarcly to lend itself to ADpiCks'
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CITY CLUB on CpARrsR REVISION.
Would Have the Mas OF Details Amsndable
BY the Municipal A~sseAbly.

The City Club. which had hearing recently
before the Charter Revision Commission. has,
through its council. presented in writing its
views "a to amendments Of the Charter. The
council holds that in order to satisfy effectively
the desire Of citizen. for home rule in New
York the provisions Of the Charter, with such
amendments as the commission agrees 10 pro-
grants OF general power, and ~. specific pro,
visions which are in reality only municipal Ordi-
nances more or less completely codlfcd, and
that the after b ould b. altsrable by the Munici-
pal Assembly The council also recommends
the extension 81 the Mayors power Of removal
throughout his entire term the abolition Of one
house of the Municipal Assembly and the cleo
naming body on the general ticket for the
whole city: municipal ownership and control OF
water SUPPLY and Of wharves and docks: q
ration OF the Bureau Of Elections from the
Police Department
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AMBASSADOR CLAYTON HERE,
His Oniciai Experience In Mexico shows tn,
Evil Effect OF Free silver.

Gen. Powell Clayton Of Arkansas. United
States Ambassador to the Republic OF Mexico,
was al the Fifth Avenue Hotel Yesterday.
lie is on leave Of absence. He said that his re-
lations. Official and social. at The Mexican capt.
tai had been extremely pleasant. There was
an all-around Improvement in the feelings Of
both peoples toward zach other. he said, and a
continued enlargement, both in volume and
variety, OF bet wcen the two repub-
lies.
On the trip %northward Gen. CLAYTON said
that he detected nothing unfavorable to the
reelection Of President Mex Inley. Touching
the currency question he said:
One Of the greatest evils o. the free coinage
VI silver in Mexico arises from the nuctua-
tons in value, For example, dunng ono year
Of my residence there the value o the Mexican
silver dollar, when compared with the American
dollar. ranged from 40 TO - cents. One can
readily see how difficult il must he for mer-
chants and business men who purchase abroad
to transact business under such conditions"
Speaking Of the business Of the American
EMBASSY in Mexico. Gen. CLAYTON said that
II had increased TO such an extent that its vol
ume was not exceeded now by that Of London,
Paris or Berlin.
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The Paris Exposition Stories Of Hotel Charges
Exaggerated Other Libels.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sr: ID seems
only fair to the people OF France, and to that
portion OF the American people in doubt
whether or not TO visit the Paris Exposition, to
correct the general false impression about il
which exists. Statements have been circulated
in our press which are not only misleading but
untrue. One OF our so-callod society papers in
its present issue. after relating thai Americans.
owing TO extortlonate charges. are leaving Paris
for other French summer resorts throws dust at
what IT calls the alleged Exposition.
As one Who with. the exception of two
the last. two months. my experience Of the So
called "~eXtorLopata" charges and the alleged"
exhibition, may he OF interest 10 some OF your
readers.
Daring the months of March and April before
the exhibition opened ! was living at ono of
the largest and best known hotels in Paris, roy
Ing for my room on the fourth floor : fran,s
pei, night. | could breakfast in the hotel Cooiee
and rolls for i.5o francs; table d'h6t lunch Tor
6 francs; tabl. ho!edinne With line, francs.
on a second visit, n MAY. after the exhibition
had opened l was able " procure my old room
at an advance OF francs. All meals the same
price as before Nor did | find that prices at
outside restaurants where | usually preferred to
cost me from . to 4 francs, and dinner from !
francs, according u the wine,
To the ordinary American citizen, who. | will
assume, goes 10 Parls on pleasure bent these
prices should not appear extortionate, Person
ally ! felt that ! was getting lull value for NV
money. ana that WAS not bolng robbed. True.
some OF the hotels, hiye raised their prices SO
and 100 per cent. but these are mostly II tho
class that is sure Of a certain patronage from
old guests and can anord TO be independent Of
tho casual victor -
The libels on the exhibition its-ll are mostly
undeserved some parts Of il are not ready
WJ,s ever a. affair OF this Kind, ut he opening?
what there Is 10 be Son will give the average
vlsltoT enough 10 90 Tor months. Pc Qrounds,
as We have been told, are not ankle deepin dust
or mud, according 10 the weather, but when /
lett we're as near 70 al earthly fairylnnd as one
can expect TO IND In the second largest city in
Paris and to go early STANLEY q. GITLAHn
BEILEvILLE. y. j., June IL.
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OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Senator Cushmsn X. Davis Lectures On the
Great Change In Our Diplomacy.

PHILADELPHIA. June u The foreign rela-
tons OF tho United States. increase Of trade
and expansion Of territory. the opportunity
in the Pacific. the duty and destiny Of this
country were dwelt upon at length this after
noon by United States senator Cushman K.
Davis. chairman Of the Foreign Relations
Committee Of the Senate. before the members
Of the alumni Of the University Of PennsyL
vania. He said the foreign relations Of the
country have recently assumed increased im-
portance. They have also become more than
ever the subject Of popular concern and de-
cisiOn. Diplomacy is now controlled BY pub
lie opinion, and II Is necessary now that the
Senate, the treaty approving power, shall act
with all tho VI 'dor, that can no obtained
through the best advice and instruction. The
universities Of the country, he said, are pre-
eminently qualified to assist in this duty. and
he declared that II Is one Of the most reasslr-
Ing fact. Of our time that the schools; not only
the professors and students, bur also those
who have graduated from them TO the great
university ~ life, are now lmpre- sing them
selves 30 decisiycly upon the conduct Of foreign
rels
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Union Baseball.

so far as the ideals of the national game
are concerned, We are sorry that the players
of the National League have formed a sort
Of labor union. As a sport, the game Is
bound to suffer when a player * likely to be
kept at work by his influence in the mot
rather than by his ability on the field. But
that is not the present question. The play
ers are not in baseball for their health 1t
is their livelihood. They know their own
business, and, like men in other trades.
their right to form a union is ~indisputable,
As union men they are at unqnestionable
liberty to strike-nOt at ball or umpire, but
at their employers-if they want 20, and II
they are able, to enforce their demands by
sitting idle on the bench until they are
complied with. But they must understand
that their powers for united action end with
the limits Of peace. lrthe League magnates
refuse TO give the wages wanted by tho
players. the players mustn't deliberately
arm themselves with bats and break the
heads Of other men willing to work for the
magnates. That is riot, and criminal. and
no self-respecting community wfllallow II.
The players have been trained in a very
vicious. school. The system of licensed
rowdyism which the League allows without
complaint Is enough TO incline any set Of
men employed by il to extreme violence
when they think that violence Is to
their interest. But the temptation to such
action must be withstood. Let the peace
be kept and the rights Of other men pre-
served, whatever the fortunes of baseball
under union auspices.
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The Ice Pack Around the Mayor

The Greater New York Charter permits
city officers and other persons to be ex-
amined before a Justice of the Supreme
Court concerning my violation Of law
or any ofhcial delinquency. The exam
nation must be reduced to writing and
filed in the Office OF the County Clerk, where
it is required to be kept accessible to the
public at all reasonable times. The law
does not provide That anything else shall
be done or even that anything else may
be done as the outcome Of the examina-
ton. 1t docs provide that the answers
Of " the party charged" shall not be used
against him in any criminal proceeding;
but there are no Affirmative requirements
concerning the examination except that
It shall be written out, placed on hle and
maintained in a state OF potential visibility
to the public rye.
The Mayor Of the city Of New York has
been examined under these provisions
Of the Charter He proves tobe the owner
Of shares Of the American Ice Company
Of the value Of many thousands OF dollars.
This fact is Of importance in several as
perts-legal, moral and political-upon
which opinions are almost as varied as
the persons who put them forward.
The accusers of the Mayor declare that
his ownership OF this stock makes him
guilty of a misdemeanor, because the
American Ice Company sells ice to the
city and leases real estate from the city,
and because the law forbids any Officer
Of the municipal corporation to become
directly or indirectly Interested in the
sale Of any article the price Of which is
payable from the city treasury. or In the
lease OF any city real estate or other city
property. The gravity Of this charge
depends largely upon the question whether
tn. mere acquisition of stock in a corpora
ton which happens 10 be furnishing goods
to the city, or occupies a part or the whole
OF n wharf or wharves under a lease from
the city authorities. makes the stock
hol Ter a person directly or indirectly
interested" in She sale or lease under the
prohibItOry provisions o! the Charter.
Mr.. JOHN +. DILLON has advised Comp
troller GOLFER that it docs not, An opinion
TO the contrary ha. been expressed by
Gen. BENJAMIN r. Tracy and Gen. ROGER
4. PRYOR. These gentlemen are all emf
nent lawyers, and all of them have been
successful Judges IL i. no invidious dis
tinction in favor Of Mr.. DILLON, however,
10 call attention to the fact that the book
which stands far and away ahead Of all
t~rentises on the law ~ municipal corpora
lions Is his standard work on that subject.
In view Of this diversity Of opinion. even
n" Majors enemies arc forced to conccde
that Il is very doubtful whether his ex-
animation mas revealed any fact sufficient
to fasten legal liability upon him, either
in the criminal or civil courts
The Legal aspect Of the matter has an
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"LOyal supporters OF the Chicago
Platform I'm FULL

Some Of the Eastern Democrats who
shy at Bryanism cannot or will not
understand the absolute hopelessness Of
their efforts to escape from the Chicago
platform and to induce the Kansas City
Convention to escape from 1t. Col BRYAN
il always perfectly frank as to silver and
the other beauties of the Chicago platform.
His recent North American Repier article
should have been sufficient notice and
warning TO the Democrats who are not
Bryanites at heart.
Perhaps that article was too long for
them to read. Last week put the case in
briefer compass. Fhe United States None
tary League labors for the spread Of Sixteen
TO One and has its propaganda headquarters
at Kansas City. The following letter u
addressed to the Vice-President Of the
League:
LINCOLN, Neb., June 9, 1909.
"MR. j. l.. WOODS MERRILL. Kansas cay. Mo.
my DEAR SIR: Your favor al hand think Il Is
a good thing TO have the bimetalllc people 10 hold
their meeting previous TO and At the same time OF lsiel
the loyal supporters Of the Chicago platform In full.
The more We have here representing these ideas the
greater will b. the enthusiasm for the cause.
Yours very truly. W. J. BRYAN"
Col. BRYAN holds that the Democratic
National Convention will be composed
Of loyal supporters Of the Chicago plat
form. The few disloyal supporters will
be in an Insignificant minority, and after
all their worry and reluctance they will
be compelled to support the Chicago plat
form. Their candidate seems brave enough,
however cowardly they may be.
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The Hon. IGNATIrs DoNSELLy's letter of
acceptance reeks with language. In spite OF
the severity Of the competition, the Sage Of
Nininger remains the best hurler at plutocracy.
His remarks about the troglodyte in his
cavern. cracking the leg bones of his victim
10 extract the marrow for his cannibaliLic
feast" have the true ring and bang. and are
worthy Of CYCLONE DAVIS or Of Col BRYAN
himself. We don't see. however. why an ac-
complishcd literary person like Mr. DoSNELLY.
should quote. perhaps. the four best-known
lines in Mr.. EMEssoN's poetry and quote two
Of them wrong, las he a cipher version with
new readings2