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The Only Passive ord.

FROM the Phiiodciphic Public L,dg,r
Booker T Washington recently told gath
cring Of negroes that one of the great faults
Of his race was disposition TO exhibit
knowledge under any and all circumstance
and asserted that, until tho negro learns
not to display his vanity. he wac useless in
any con hdantial capacity, BY way OF illus
traitor. ha told 2 story which. he said might
he or might not he apocryphal. hut which was
goo', enough to be true
Gen. sherman had been told that tho soldiers
OF negro regiment In his command were
Ian when on sentry duty, and showed a fond
ness for passing doubtful persons through
the lines Just to indulge their power to do
So. 10 ascertain " this we're so he muf,ed
himself one night In q cloak and tried to get
past black sentry. After the Who goes
there" the "A friend" and the Advance
friend. and give tn" co,intersign. had been
eXchnne ed, sherman replied:
"Roybury
No. sshl" va. the polite, but firm re-
sponse
Medford."
NO sab"
Charleston" sherman next tried
NO, sab. No. sab" said the negro, de-
terrpinedlv Their, he added wow. seea
heal --yo can 60 fru tn whole blamed Jog
CRAZY: hut Msssa sherman he done say that
nobody. can get pas me wifout sayin' Cam
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the Far East. All eyes are turned to the
Mediterranean, particularly to the shores
of the INvant.

Kentucky has a prophetic bird. We
don't mean Marse HENRY WATTERsoN, but
the Hon. JACK PowELLs union hen. now
on free exhibition in the Louisville county
jail. This gifted fowl went on strike as
soon as the coal strike began. Oct. ~ she
laid an egg with the letter s in raised
letters upon the shell" The mystic 8 was
properly interpreted as settled" JAcK
PowELLs instincts were not deceived The
strike was settled. A good many geese
have mixed themse Ives up vsinly in the
coal troubles. JACK PowELLs union hen
quit work and thought, un, il the right hour
came
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WILL MEET AZ JERUSALEM
Plans for an international sunday .schoo
Con, entiOn Near CALVARY,

The subcommittee having IN charce
tn" arrangements for the Wurld's SUNDAY
School Convention. 10 be hold IN IarIsale, ,
In the spring Of 1904, has jus, closed ~,
days session al the Fifth Avenue Hot"
Members Of the committee are ". y Har,--
horn Of Bosto A. n. Mctrillis Of Prov
denoe aud r.. X. Warren 81 Three Oak
Mich, Plans are being made To- TAX. 81
party Of about eight hundred from tln
United States TO the Holy Land 10 attend
the convention II has boon dctiuifcl,
settled that they will leave by spocla
steamer about March 10. 1904. stopping a
some Of the Mediterranean ports and reaci
ing Jerusalem in time TO spend nine or In,
days there, closing with three days cpu-
vention about April II. In addition &" 49,.
400 delegates from this country. sovera
hundred British and G influential delegate
will attend the convention. tn, gath"rur
will meet In two large tents outside 10.
walls Of Jerusalem and very near Calvary.
Membership Of the American party VII
be assigned according To reprcsnnta,iv
plar. 40 that II will be composed Of per-
sons from all parts of the country
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THE SOUTH AND SOCIALISM.
Southern Rejection Of David Bennett Hiii
- Q Possible Candidate for President.

FROM me Richmond 7tries
Several days ago We spoke of the great
need in this crisis OF the true spirit OF Democ.
racy among the people and OF the great OPP
portunity OF the national Democratic party
to proclaim and exploit the true principles
Of Democracy as opposed TO Rcpublica nism
and Populism and Communism. The Democ-
racy OF this country has always been
stron gest when II walked in it's integrity, and
II has been weakest when II has departed from
Its chart.
II lie therefore with great disappoint n,ent
and distress. as well as surprise. that We have
seen Senator David y hin, who has so often
proclaimed himself to be a Democrat and who
was sckno wledsed to be a Democratic leader
and who was prominently spoken OF as can
didate OF the Democratic party for the Presi-
Dental nomination in 1904. commit himself
to communistic proposition and then openly
and defisntly defend 1t before the people Of
his state. II was one OF the greatest blunders
that any public man in this country has ever
made. and MIR Hill has DESTROYED every
chance that he ever had OF being the nominee
OF true Democracy OF the United States. He
may succeed In building up a communistic
party. and the pity Is that there ~ a very
strong communistic sentiment in the nited
states to which Mr.. Hill seems TO he catering
But il in 1904 the Democratic party of the
United States returns TO first principles and
determines to plant itself upon true Demo-
cratic platform. MIR Hill cannot he con-
sidered In connection with the nomination
He has done his party cruel wrong. The
nation needs. as II has rarely needed. in it's
history. genuine and enthusiastic revival
OF true Democracy, and We had Hoped that
men like Mr. Hill would see this necessity and
would do everything in their power to promote
genuine Democracy and rally all the true
Democrats Of the land. For years there has
been serious breach the Dpnorrgttc
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Russia aud the Mediterranean.

II has been evident for some time back
that the Russian Government was pre-
pairing to take fresh steps TO emancipatc
itself from the clauses of the Treaty of
Paris of 1856 which prohibited the main
tenanCc of a Russian war navy in the
Black Sea. The bases Of the new move
were undoubtedly laid at the conference
held during the past spring and summer
between the Emperor NICHOLAS and the
French President, the King Of italy and
the German Emperor. and the details
are still unknown. The events of the
last few weeks, however. throw some
light ON the situation; and the reports
just published of the propositions said
TO have been made TO the Sultan bv the
Grand Duke NICHOLAS, during his recent
visit to Const antinoplc. seem to bring
things to a focus.
The gist of the matter appears to be
that the Sultan will sooner or later have
the option presented To him of becoming
a mediatizcd sovereign under the Join,
protection of certain of the European
Powers, or under that of Russia alone.
The statement of the Austrian Prime
Minister regarding the settlement of
the Dardanelles question by arbitration
points to the first Meanwhile the
course Of the trouble in Macedonia will
afford some indication of the direction
events are likely to take.
The restoration of order there and the
cooperation of the Bulgarian Govern
ment with the Porte in preventing fur
Their agitation will point to the ascen-
dency of Russia mt Yldiz Kiosk: and this
is all the more likely, because the Sultan
cannot fail TO remember his abandon
ment by England. France and Austria
In 1877. although these Powers were
bound by tripartite engagement to
maintain the integrity and independence
Of tho Ottoman Empire. Another point
in R,ssia's favor is that though she ex-
acted heavy indemnity from Turkey
after the war of ls77-7s, which was
recognized by the Berlin Congress, the
Russian Government has exercised no
undue pressure for It's payment: and,
following the policy enunciated by
Prince GoRTsCHAKoFF at that congress
in regard to the general debt Of Turkey,
has taken no part in what he described as
the exploitation of the Turkish people.
The situation in the Near East ia b.
coming more interesting than that in
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BOOTHS VOLUNTEERS.
some Of the Good Things They've Done
In a Year.

President Ballington Booth of the Vol
unteers of America announces in his annual
report that the assets Of the Volunteers
are sac, 500 81, and the liabilities Sl7.s34 81
He calls attention TO the fact that when the
Volunteers were organized six years ago
there was only small bank balance, con-
sis,ing Of loans from friends. As TO the
growth Of the organization Mr.. Booth says
it has assumed national proportions There
are six districts, embracing fourteen COM
panies and nearly one hundred self-sup-
porting posts or societies throughout the
country.
In the homes for workingmen established
throughout the country President Booth
says 252. 780 men have been lodged and
344 450 fed at a nominal cost. Homes have
been provided for 428 children.
As a result Of the organizations work
in State prisons, President Booth says,
$4,000 prisoners ARE living reformed and
subordinate lives within the prison pre-
cincts," and "a correspondence for the
moral elevation and benefit of their families
is carried on with some % 900 men"
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All Boats Look Alike to the Deed
of GIFT.

With Sir THOMAS LIPToN's third chal-
lenge for the Americas Cup there was
published Yesterday preliminary letter,
dated May ?, raising indirectly a point of
law as 10 the Deed Of Gift. That was
answered conclusively by Mr.. LEDYARD,
and the latter's letter, dated July S, also
published yesterday, was interesting in
that it showed complaints of the type
Of boat evolved by Cup contests to be all
in vain The deed forbids other limta-
tons upon the competing yachts than
those il specifies Good or bad. healthy
or unhealthy" as successive models
may come to be in the eyes of critics.
the Deed Of Gift extends to all, and for
ever, the glad hand
The prOpriety of this is apparent.
There is no telling what arbitrary re-
strictionS owners of the future might
impose upon challcngers, did the deed
not forbid them. In our opinion. it is
well TO have one prize, at least in the
quest Of which every variety of form
may be tried which growth of knowledge
and novelty of material make available.
The modern yacht, of which the CO.
lumbia, for example, is the extreme type.
the boat with the great lump of lead on
her keel. which the hopelesslv bebar-
nacled salts used 10 scot, at. is COM
fort and delight. What developments
along these lines are vet in store for us
should be welcomed with an open mind
81 81 l.
them. For other cups make what rules
YOU like; the Americas Cup must re-
main the prize of a " free for all
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Honorable fame may be won in many
ways; and all sorts of feet may hobble up
the stairs to the proud temple. The glory
of Mr.. and Mrs. ", b. WILSON Of Rolling
Prairie. Ind, is not the dimmest or the
least among the constellat ions Of renown.
They have eaten pancakes for breakfast
every day for twenty-five years. A Chicago
s'atistician estimates that they have eaten
?2s,l25 breakfast pancakes; and they are
still in the prime Of life and many years of
happiness and pancakes lie before them.
They may hope 10 reach the 100000 mark.
an event 10 celebrate grandly. II you
have the constitution. much may be done
in the pancake-punishing line; and it is
rather more intellectual than most writing
or reading,
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the 81. Louis Republic or any other

the 81. Louis Republic or any other
source can hurt him His decisions
speak for themselves and him. Some
Judges love pedantry and parade. They
darken justice with citations pile Year
Books around a dog case and endowed
all the digests for small potato. Judge
SIDENER has learning enough, but he
also has what is more necessary. the
clear. analytical memorable logical mind,
the intuiiive grasp of legal principles
and Of their application TO the facts
before him. He stands by the decisions,
and he makes decisions to stand by.
Out of a full storehouse we need select
but one. That one is enough to place
Judge SIDENERs merits too high for
controversy. We refer to the memoir
able opinion in which he upheld the
right of a married woman to visit and
search her husbands pockets. I'm
pregnable of reasoning, just as justice,
that opinion is treasured by all women
and all right minded men. Ii is a monu-
ment in the history of law Private
adviccs from st. Louis tell us that Demo
cratic women are working for the cleo
ton of this champion Of women and the
legal rights Of women. 1t is the Demo-
Gratis and not the Republicans who are
in that state of Plutonian perpexity dc.
scribed by our vainly perfidious Demo-
cratic correspondent.
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classifying Post once Clerks.

To ruE EpIIoE ur lHE SCN SIR I OBJ
served In the columns OF your most valuable
ia per ol this date an article In which Mr.
Beavers is to bring before Congress bill
to reclassify the post ONCE clerks. | most
heartily indorse the acto Of Mr.. Beavers in
this regard
As n dstric, leader am personally ac-
uuainted with number ot post ONE" employ
..- and have talked with them over the
situation OF affairs time and again ! cab
safely say that there IL not a more faithful
or harder worked servant in the employ OF
I he Government, nor Is there any as poorly
IA id AS the post ONCE clerks. ] cannot for
he life of mo conceive as to why there should
be- such q distinction between the salaries
Of letter carriers and clerks. let ~ have
"classincat ion By all means for the clerks
JAMES T. MARCH,
Republican Leader Sixth Assembly District.
Ntw YoRK. Oct. III
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navy (rockctts Rinr.

From ne Nonptis Commercial Appel
One Of the most interesting relics Oh o,
hihition in the oftice of Secretary Of state
Crockett il the rinc which was presen'a1
by admring friends to his great grand
father. the immortal pavy crockett, hero
Of the Alamo. and author 81 the cguall'
immortal phrase. BE sur" ynu are RIG :
and th"n 70 ahead
This gun was carried hr The grandson ~.
the first owner, the lat" ticn Bob ,rnrt'''
who brought down much cam" WITH H. h.
now II has been retired with ouor and 90.
pay to pass the reminder Of IT. ~. ~ cot
turtles, m q relic Of on" Of tho greatest o"atsc
ters this country has ever produced II IL
Formidable looking weapon, orleindl,
the nlntlock type. with 4O."Ilihre hrr'
The barrel Was originally fNri'-siN in'te.
long, but Aome OF II has heon "It m and 40
IL nov only forty and one half incnos II ~
presented to David Crockett sooH sItaI 'r-
second election to Congress- III 1890, by m
OF his admirlns young Whig friends Of pu'le
delphla. IL cost $3.50 and was made especial.
for him, The donors raised the money b,
contributing half a dollar each 10 the fund
The stock Is trimmed in sterling silver. az
propriately designed with figures Of ffe
Goddess Of Liberty. a raccoon, a dcers heAd
and other figures None the upper rsI'
Of the barrel are the letters set into the mot
in gold some Of which has worn out IRE
sAnted by the Young Men Of Philadelphl1
to the Hon David Crockett of Tennessee" '
In similar letters near the muz1le are I .
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Prof. JENKINS LLOYD JONES OF Chicago
has been lecturing in the Indianapolis
Propyl@um on The Uncalculative Soul, .
whatever that may be. Prof. JONES was
talking to the Browning Society and 80
he did not hesitate to say that BROWNING
penetrates farther into the human soul
than any other poet But what does
Indianapolis. whose name ought to he
changed to Musicspol the City Of Litera-
ture, with Browning Society? Browning
societies ara played out. They have done
all they could; and everybody knows that
BRowNISa was H. clear a. mud and a uni
versa sage. There should be James Byron
Elmore societies and George Washington
Sayler clubs. indianapolis should boom
Indiana poets
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Aftermath.

To THE In ITOH on TuE SrN Sly Now
TINT the strike seems TO be settled IL i perth
ncnt to ask: What are the operators going TO
do to protect the consumer against the ra-
pacious dea Ter? There is too wide margin
bet veen - at the mine and &lj in the cellar.
Many Of us have been paying go n ton, and
morr.-lor two months, and We were willing
TO grin and bear II several months Ion ger.
II necessary. in order that the right OF free
w hor and personal protection might be vim
Dictated hui ~ the operators are gong to
continue selling to dealers without rc>tric-
lions a. to whom they shall sell and ~ TO he
price that shall be charged the consumer.
Tod help NJ.
While the commission is settling matters
hot ween the operators aud the strikers II
might take u minute on 10 consider the rights
of he con sumcr-. II W. are not too prosump-
uious In surprising We have rights
EAST ORANGE, y. J. Oct Ia u G.
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W.c.r.U. PRAYs ron ARBITRATORs
It's 30th Annual nvention Be,ng Held
In Portland. Me.

PORTLAND. Me. Oct. 1.-THE twenty
ninth annual convention OF the National
womon's Christian Temperance Union
Theatre.
Mrs. Henrietta l.. Monroe made the open
ing prayer and the roll call was responded
to by about two hundred national and state
officers and about five hundred delegates.
Lady Henry Somerset, president Of the
Worlds Woman's Christian Temperance
Union was formally presented and re-
ceived an ovation. the audience standing
and waving small flags. She carried an
American flag and Mrs Stevens. the national
president. waved an English nag.
Mrs. Rebecca r. Chambers, president
of the Pennsylvania State Union. suggested
that the convention pray for the coal strike
arbitration board. The suggestion was
followed. the Rev. Anna Shaw Offering a
prayer, in which she asked that all din err
ences between the operators and miners
be amicably settled, and that right prevail
in the boards deliberations.
An expression Of similar sentiment was
embodied in telegram sent to the arbi-
tration board.
This evenings session was occupied
with addresses 81 welcome and responses.
The first address was by Judge Percival
Bonney Of the Cumberland County Superior
Court Speaking OF the Maine Prohibitory
law, he said in part: Il believe in it, wisdom.
II has been an effective weapon with which
the war against the gigantic evil of intern
perance has been waged. But experience
has taught me that there il danger of de.
pending too much upon II for the final
victory over the pestiferous foe. danger Of
ignoring other and more powerful agencies.
Of relying too much upon the law and It's
al, ,,.t k<,k <,N
and doing too little ourselves in the way OF
assisting PRACTICALLY the public ofhcers.
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PRESI ENT AIDS THE POOR.
Sends His cheek for 500 for These SUI.
fering From Lack Of Fuel.

WAsHINGToS. Oct i7.-President Roose-
welt to-day sent his cheek for si0O TO the
Citizens Relief Association, in answer 70
an appeal sent ont few days ago to the
residents Of the District emphasizing the
suffering of the poor on account Of the lack
Of fuel In former years il has been the
custom of Mr. Roosevelt 10 draw such
checks as this several times during a winter,
besides privately alleviating a number Of
cases Of poverty. Mrs. Roosevelt interests
herself in all local charities, and has sent her
check for $50 to the Association OF Nurses
to the Poor in which she is much intereste ed
and Of which Mrs. Cowlee. sister TO the Presi-
dent, is one of the Office
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\ Great Missouri judge.

Some perfidious Democrat puts mouth
% blowpipe and this poisoned dart
Uses along:
TO InS EpIroH oY TIM SrS Sir: Why don't
~ do something for GEORGE b SIpEsER, After
We was appointed Police Judge, you praised all his
decisions and made him famous. So We Republi.
cans nominated him for the position OF Judge Of
the Oour Of Criminal Correction. Now the Demo.
craA are insisting upon II that SipHNIR Is not an
able jurst: and the ~. Louis Republic Is priu,ing
editorials to prove that what you said was satire.
Wa satire' IN was you have pu, us Republi.
cans In he'll OF q nx. MIssousIAN
ST. LOUIS. Oct. ~"
Why don't we do something for SOLO,
MON and BEN FRANKLIN, who had that
saving common sense, that homely
sagacity and that penetrating vision
for which Judge SIDENER is renowned
wherever Justice and wisdom are held
dear' Judge SIDENER has done enough
for st. Louis. We might say without
exaggeratlon that st. Louis is now
famous largely on account Of this learned
Judge. 1t was impossible that he should
not be transferred to a more important
court. 1t is impossible that he should
not be elected. The Democrats and the
st. Louis Republic are afraid of him.
They make the mistake OF pretending to
doubt his ability. They dare to assert
that We, who have watched his Just and
growing fame with an almost personal
satisfaction, have praised him insin-
cerely.
Judge SIDESER needs no praise Of
ours or any mans, and no censure from
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AGIINALDO 10 ROOSEVELT.
He Expresses Ills Gratitude 10 the Presi.
dent for Amnesty.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE following is
a copy Of letter received by Presiden,
Roosevelt some time ago from Aguinaldo:
SIN: ! have the honor to present to Won
a. expression Of my gratitude Tor the an,nrsty
VII, III opens the prison doors and lifts the ban
OF Punishment from many FiIiplnos who have
honorably struggled for their ideal
TRUST that such generous and noble course
on the part OF he nation which Won represent
will be beneficial In uniting in the future
the friendly relations between Americans and
fi!ipinos. and | am assured that, with the
disintercsted and Just protection OF the worthy
descendants OF the great George Washin u on
the aspirations Of my country will he satis-
fed, and which. assure, will fully demon
strate its gratitude for the benefits which are
being done for us. Very respectfully,
Emil - AGrINALpo FANNY
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SANTA MAMA BLOCkADED.
American Commander Finds Rad state q
Ansirs ~ COLOMBIAN Town.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE Secresrv
of the Navy to-day received a despatcl.
from Commander Wilson ~ the naval tram
port Panther. dated Colon. Isthmus If
Panama. in which he tells Of bad state
Of AFFAIR." AZ Santa MARIA, Colombia whi'her
the cruiser Montgoniery Comma nder Patch
was sent to make an investigation a.
the instance of the United Fruit Com
pany. The despatch follows;
The ontgomery arrived. Conditions a.
Santa Mart bad Insurgents IN small force
distant alb VI eight miles. Bridges burned
trains stopped. Two hundred undisci-
plned troops protect town. Fifty-eighl
foreigners with large interests there. H.
open port one side must win"
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! rotest Against Yesterdays Candidac,

President Voorhis Of the Board Of Elec-
,ions has received a protest from John \.
Hawkins, Tammany nominee in the Twenty
first Senatorial district, against Arthur
j. Yesterday. the Greater New York DE
mocracy candidate. on the ground thai
the nomination petition did not contain
the required number Of signatures and thai
the candidate IL ineligible as member Of
a local school board
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How Registration DAYS Vary.

In periods of widespread political ex-
element, especially in Presidential cleo
tons, there is a great rush 10 register
on the first day. In ordinary times the
registration is generally largest on the
second. In times of apathy. when en-
rollment has to be stimulated by the
efforts of the party leaders, it is largest
on the third. II is always least on the
fourth. il is those citizens who register
on the last day. the thoughtful and in
dependent elections, who may be said to
decide political contests. Robust par
tisans, their minds already made up, the
political workers. the candidates and
their friends. register, as they vote.
early Voters who incline To refrain
from voting in a year when the candi-
dates, or the course of the candidates
of their party is unsatisfactory. those
voters the last day men-swing the
pendulum one way or the other. Theirs
Is the last word
To-day Saturday. between the hours
of A. VI. and 10 p. NJ. is the fourth and
last day TOR registration in New York. II
is the last day for those not already reg
istered who intend to vote, and the last
day too for those regist cred whose votes
VIII determine, as in past years, the
elect ion.