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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-04

More Of the work OF years Of temperance
agitation was undone during the first three
months Of 1903 than during any like period
since the prohibition agitation began, Atty
years ago.
Vermont, unswerving in its support of
prohibition since 1852. has fallen out of tho
column.
New Hampshire. which adopted pro-
hibition In 1855. has voted to repeal II.
In North Dakota, which adopted pro-
hibition as . part OF Its Constitution by an
Affirmative vote on that clause. separately
submitted in 1880, the agitation for its re-
peal gained much Roadway. and the next
Bismarck Legislature will, it is predicted.
submit an amendment to do away with
It entirely.
In Kansas an adverse decision OF the
Supreme Court on the right to proceed
summarily against saloons as public null
sances. the weapon OF warfare which made
possible CARRIs NATIONS Ratchet cam
paign Of saloon wrecking. has thwarted
the labors Of the Kansas Prohibitionists
materially by taking from them their chief
instrument Of enforcement since the sdop-
ton Of the prohibition amendment to the
State Constitution in 1888,
While the cause Of prohibition has been
languiAhine, woman suffrage has been max
ing considerable Roadway. II was first
adopted by State or Territorial Govern
ment In 1870. nineteen years after the first
State had adopted prohibition. II il now
the law In four States, and no Common
wealth which has once adopted 1t has ever
voted TO repeal II. Al the recent New
Hampshire election. 1900 votes were cast
n faves q the woman suffrage amsuAnsnt,
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self.Made Copper King Of japan.
From the Japan Man.


We reeret 10 announce the death Of Mr.. Furukaws
Ichibei owner of the Ashiwo copper mines He Wa
a self made man. having originally been hawter
OF beancurd cakes In Kyoto Fortune took him BY
the hand when at % he entered the service OF the
Konoke house In Kyoto. whereafter he was adopted
into the family OF Furukawa Taroyayemon and
initiated Into the mysteries OF the foreign sink trade
under the auspices OF the Ono -gumi
II appears that from the year 1874 after the bank.
ruptcy OF the Ono arm. he conceived the idea that
Japans future lay In the development Of mines
and. following that inspiration. he devoted hmself
to getting possession wholly or In part. OF various
mining properties. hrst that OF KusakuYa "copper"
and then those OF Ashfwo Imai and Sui. No DIFF
nculties seem to have dsunted him. and at the time
OF his death he had proprietary interest In siaty
nine mines. measuring 81 millions OF fsuso. employ
Ing 5000 men; having machinery OF 1000 horse
power. and producing 70 krdmme Of goid 5000
kTan Of silver. IA million pounds Of copper. and
100000 tons OF coal These hgGss represent -
per cent Of the whole production OF silver In Japan
and 10 per cent. Of that OF copper. Mr.. FuruksvA
WAS ~ years Of age al the time OF his death. sud
his maady Mas cancer of the stornach
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-04
President Baer and Mr.. shearn.

At the hands of the Interstate Com
msrcs Commission two or three days
ago Lawyer CLARENCE J. SABARN met
with q rebuff which must have startled
him. Mr.. BARs declined to answer q cor
tain question, whereupon Mr.. SAEARN
asked him If he declined on tho ground
that his answer would inoriminate him.
Mr.. BA1R's reply was that the question
was insulting. Lawyer SHEARN then de-
mAnded that the Commission rebuke
tho witness. but the Commission. to the
lawyers Amusement, declared that the
witness was in the right.
II Mr.. BAER had been on the stand in
an ordinary court Of law, Mr.. SHEARN
would have asked tho question, not only
with impunity, but as matter Of oourss; ;
and Mr.. BAER would have found himself
impaled on one OF the horns of the di-
lemma which always threatens witnesses
thus Intercepted. If he said that An
answer would incriminate him, he would
give the lawyer all he desired; il he said
that it would not, he would have no
excuse for not answering, and the Court
would require him to reply.
This is only ono Of several cases in
which the degree Of protection afforded
to witnesses differs somewhat in differ
ent tribunals or investigating bodies
In Mr.. BARRs case the combination of
conditions was particularly interesting
and instructive. All three parties to the
incident we're right, Mr.. BAER because
tho question was an insult; tho Commits.
sion because tho lawyer WAS insolent,
and Mr.. S1RARE because he followed q
customary and legally recognized method
of inquiry.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-04

and Scottish beverages waiting at the
end Of tho course.
The college golfers are now showing
skill quite % high ~ that OF the football
players, and the Princeton captains
victory over TRAVIS, the champion de
focfo, though not in nomins, was one
which ought to have made the sons OF
Nassau greet him at the station on his
return with many tigers" Yet there
10 room for doubt that the college golfer
will ever gain a. much esteem among
his fellow students a. the football
player, who fights and bleeds and runs
for his university.
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Literary LOYALTY.

FROM ~ Washington Star.
There isn't any nnsh TO these Mage mes and books,
A felers bound 10 notice EN- whichever way he
looks.
Put when pick one of EN- up an read an hour or
1t Seems quite similar 10 what I've read long years
ago.
An 30 ! close the volume. On the shelf put II
back
An se,tlo down cont.nted 10 peruss tn. almanac
some young man.
II seems jes' like esvesdroppin' 10 be follenn out
each plan
They make fur future happiness. Nv. cot -
many cares
I haven't time fur pryin' In young peoples love
A0alnD.
Tia tna Ave mar Bsvs,s. ! Win ,sver FED lack
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-04
The Man Who Changed Col. Rosseveit1
Earlier Economic Code"

From an fntereteW IN the Nep York Press ,rhh
Mr. Harry White. Secretary OF the t'nRed
Garment Workers OF America.
When Mr.. Roosevelt was nominated for Gov.
ernor he had . very unfavorable labor record,
which he had made As q member Of the Legislature
He redeemed himself by coming out boldly and
announcing after q conference I had with him
that he had revised his code Of political economy
He said that q result Of his experience and obser
walton he was In favor OF labor measures he pre-.
viously had opposed. As result Mr. Roosevelt
announced after his election that his triumph was
owing largely TO the unexpected support OF union
workmen. That Is most remarkable thing.
You see how a mans standing In the eyes OF the
labor people may change. The people are willing
to forgive the past and give man credit for what
he is doing or is willing to do In the present"
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Presidential rickets-Cleveland and Ora,

To THE EDITOR OF TER srN-Sir: I've
read with great interest your editorials and
correspondents letters on the question ~
Presidential candidates. I was particularly
struck with the letter dealing with Judse
Grays fitness. ] agree with IT, I thin
every man in this country 10 debtor to En-.
man who fearlessly and faultlessly did his
duty In the extremely difficult and delicate
work he had to do as head OF the Coal Com
mission. There is only one man In this
country to whom a man OF 81 oh dignity. char
acter and force could be asked to stand second
and that man IL our only living ex-President
Grover Cleveland.
Let the Democrats nominate Cleveland
and Gray, and the election Ia won and the
country safe. No "pot-house politics" with
such men in power,
For every Democrat voter lost to this
ticket there will be two Repu blicans gained.
And as to this third-te opposition, that
when \ is r.emepbered that twenty years
and what would be the beginning OF the third.
beat IL? HASsIED
LAKEvILLR. Conn. May2.
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II tho Hon. SUCKER Rob SAM JONES o,

II tho Hon. SUCKER ROD SAM JONES Of
Toledo Is not too rigid q non-partisan,
there Is party to his taste at last. The
United Christian party held a convention
ia Rock Island last week. and highly re-
solved that the Golden Rule shall be ap-
piled TO all questions of government and
that all government be carried on in
sooor dance with the righteous principles
Of initiative-referendu government. We
know that the initiative and referendum
would come to be regarded as sacrosanot
and matter Of religion. Perhaps JoNEss
habit OF standing on his head makes him a
little too agile and frivolous for the Rock
Island platform.
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Tho College Golfers .

Some Thousands Of people abstained
from the Wild excitemsnts OF the Yale
Princeton golf match at Garden City on
Saturday. There were no grand stands
filed with bowling undergraduates and
beribboned sisters, cousins and aunts.
No ons yelled Rah, Rah, Rah," nor let
OF a single So, boom, an No ono
sang Boula-boulA, nor did young men
gravely uncover themselves aud sing
Old MESSIAH There was not bit;of
excitement, for golf is not only an an
Gent and royal, but also very decorcus
and even idyllio game. Yet in al proba-
bility It u much sounder and moro gem
orally beneficial game than football,
which makes colleges famous and is
therefore moro enthusiastically sup
ported by boards Of trustees and facul-
ties. Even staid and rnsasurably vener-
able professors have been known to play
golf, but their public trumpstings are
usually a. to football.
Yet football IL played by q very small
percentage Of the students Of any COL
lego. In fact, its practice Ia in these
days Of high specialization and suspi-
cions Of professionalism confined to The
members Of tho squad Tho rest of
the student body attends to the cheering,
singing and betting. Golf, on the other
hand. requires, first Of all things, tho
fresh and inviting greenswsrd Of the
perfumed links, always lying open and
ready to tempt to mild and beneficial
exercise, not too tame for the most Wig
orous youth nor too violent for the
anemio bookworm, It may be played
nearly oil The year around, without spe-
ctAl Training, svSa With PIPE in mouth
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-04
Road improvement In w,ll..nsssvn.

To THR EDITOR or THE SuN-.Str. In Justice
10 w1lliamstown. Mass. wish TO correct state
ment regarding the OFFER made BY Mr.. Harley r.
Proctor TO the town for improving the roads.
Mr.. Proctor offered to give villa mstown $4,000
toward improving the roads II the town would
appropriate $50 900 for the same purpose. at the
same time stipuatng that the whole sum OF NO 900
should be placed in the hands OF Q committee Ap.
pointed by him (Ar. Proctor 10 be used as said
committee saw nj.
The town very wisely declined the offer with such
. string attached to II. The taxpayers considered
that when tho town was 10 Appropriate I'VE times
a. much money - Mr.. Proctor offered 10 give they
should have at least voice In the disposing Of the
money. TAxpAYIR But Non PRESIDENT.
WILLIAMsTowN. Mass, Maya
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All 6ahermen and sons OF truth will greet
with glad fipper an elder OF their
tribe. the Hon. THOMAS BOYD Of Marcus
Hook, Pa. He is in his eighty.six year,
has never been sick in his life and has been
hauling in fab for some eighty years, Up
at 4 every morning and his boat is one Of
the first to land At the Chester fish wharves in
Chester Creek There may be older fish
ermen than he on the active list. but there 10
mono with nobler and moro reasonable
ambition. He means to fish at least fifteen
Year, more. Some sentimentalists COM
plain that angling is not good for the fish,
but think bow healthful it is for the fisher.
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His Antleret Escort II the Park.
From ne Los Ansslss Tfmss.


Above him the wild skies bending.
Beneath him the wastes OF snow
Through the hush of the forest vending
And over the bleak plateau,
He rode. with his strong heart glowing.
In cline OF old, held dear,
And the winds OF the west were blowing
With the music he loves to hear.
Beside him, with clanking sabre.
The brown checked trooper rode
Yet he pAssed, As friend and net ghbor.
Where the things Of the Wild abode
Where the things that people the places
OF mountain and hill and fen
Were waiting, with kindly faces,
To welcome the chief Of men.
And so that they, too. might render
Their tribute OF love to him.
Forth, then. In their strength and splendor
From the forests dark and dim.
From the wastes and the gushing fountains
Like leapine wave Of Name.
The antlercd kings OF the mountains
In royal escort came
Down through the wild wastes riding.
They followed him over the snow,
BY the peaks In the cloud -u,ista hiding
And down 70 the broad plateau.
And never, In song or story.
In tourney. or feaSt, or fray.
pode dng or khan - his giory
jSka 8. if'essAs1s
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From tho Macon Telegroph.

The series Of frank letters to The Sun
from Northern correspondents at different
points Of the South is very interesting and
informing and will undoubtedly cause q
reimbursement Of the thought of a grea
many people on this subject. The Sun is
performing useful service to the country.
Its unprecedented inquiries into Southern
conditions ought to result in the enlighten-
ment extending far beyond the limits Of
it's readers. We are glad to see foolish
notions modified or removed in this way,
but there is one probable result Of such
revelations that is less welcome. There
is already strong opposition to the influx
Of negroes from the South. and the more
Northern people learn of the true condi-
ton the stronger will be their desire to
keep the colored brother at distance.
On the other hand, 1t will be TO the South's
lasting advantage to unload as largo
share Of the burden as possible upon the
North.
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1t would be easily possible to project
these tables almost indefinitely. In only
very rare instances has there been found
any correspondence whatever In the sub
mitted financial reports of tho various
departments.
There is no purpose here to intimate
any irregularity In the use Of the insular
funds. although the possibility for de-
falcation under such a system OF book
keeping is clearly manifest. That there
has been gross and inexousable lack of
business and business methods is equally
manifest. Comparison of figures SUBJ
mitted in this Anal report with those pre-
viously submitted in annual reports
shows the same discrepancy which ex-
Hts In the foregoing tables.
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Queer Post once Names.

To rAR EDITOR OF the SuS--,SH: Your edltora a
page recently contained clipping from an English
newspaper giving q list OF uniquely named
postal stations in Great Britain. As usual. We are
pe. gu! SHSN ec: .ons ons
fine Of Investigation tho following:
Ii. nsi 20, o t.f IT. VI LIZ H.ns " w.
sow vi q biz 700 FOOT fsd hEi aca .'f sood
~: Cheeks, Az; CHM AN Join! , ohIS: Lips:
shoulderbiade. Ky; soles. Va. j. u, CHArEE.
INV YORK, April 20.
To THE EDITOR or TIE SuN-Str: You don :
have to travel far to hnd weird names. The post
ofices In the State Of Pennsylvania constitute .
collection hard beat All the fowls OF the air and
the beasts Of the neld with the flowers thereof are
remembered and most OF the Christian virtues.
Effort and Industry are not far apart: Frug ality
and Patience have their Inhabitants Sober and
Drab are also to BE found. but these are oiiset BY
aea Vy Do zSn s.SS. SuR Rs ana ss
away while !, Paradise ,;- Is close At hand Harmony
places, and so must Nice,own; Rosebud, Butter
cup, Bloom and Boauet are Undoubtedly attractive
what more can be said, There Is : Cottage IN
Huntington county COUNTY; and cotse5 e.. in nekssn:
x:s H nSss se
four other towns named for the girls: Think Of
that would be no worse than 10 have II come 10
Trzah or Hannah or Lilly
In one end OF the State there Is . Tank and Tub
There Is also Magic and an Emblem There Is Z
DAIRY In Northampton county and . Creamery in
Montgomery: there Is also q Joint.
Scrubg rass Shintown and Frog town are not In.
wiling, and had rather live In Balm than at Autumn
Leaves. while they undoubtedly have nne time at
Bills.
Some Of the names smack Of the West: Fairplay,
Big Shanty. Bird In Hand. Blanket Hill. Cyclone
Burning Bush, HardpAn. lnstinter, Scalp Level
For . spelling match the following would be
useful: JAose, KishscoouillAs. Dsfuscahonda
Mehoopney, Naompnes Shiskshinney and Wap.
wallopen. A. b.
ERIE Nav 2
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The American Race.

A eells0S6n Of lectures and magazine
papers By President DAVID STARE JoR-
DAN Of the Stanford University, entitled
The Blosd Of the Nation, is described
in the Independent by Pref. e. E. SLossoN
Of tn University Of Wyoming as a
brief and tantalizing glimpse Of what
tho history Of race would be II developed
from Darwinian lines or from bio
logical point Of view a. tho cultivation
or dstArisration Of the breed Of men. .
No such history has yet boon written, but
that it b a 6eld int which tho scientific
historian wM enter in the future may Do
expected reasonably, and nowhere else
ard ct no other period in tho world have
TIE materials been furnished az they will
be by this country.
The mixture Of races is now proceeding
in the United States on scale of magni-
oude and variety Of which the previous
history Of the world affords no parallel.
At this particular time, too, new addi-
tions to tho elements for tho future COM
posite race to be developed are coming
to US by immigration in volume greater
than ever before. OF the immigration
up to 1890, the vast preponderance was
from the races Of northern Europe, but
since that period q radical change In its
character has taken place, and southern
and eastern Europe are now the chief
sources frSm which we are drawing for
eign additions 70 eur population. Mean
while, tho contributions Of immigration
10 the othsr race elements are dimin.
ishing greatly.
In tn period from 1920 to 1880, out Of
total immigration OF about twenty
mllions only le2,ols came from italy
and Austria Hungary, but from 1880 to
1900 the aggregate from those countries
was /. sos, -, and now the immigrants
from these sources are by far the most
numerous. In the year 1907 alone, u.s.
s7s cane from Italy and III $50 from
Austria Hungary, and this immigration
is even greater In 1903.
The immigration from Germany, Ire
land and the Scandinavian countries
began to fall of heavily few years be-
fore 1890, or simultaneously with the
sudden IND ease in the Italian end Aus
tro-Hungaiian, and since then This
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-04
CeRes-Heased Goa oh m On.

From the London Cour journal
Lady Hopes coffee barrow" Is about again.
The excellent Idea was conceived BY Lady Hope of
experimenting the party within by a coffee stall
without. al which ooschmen footmen. and-now--
motormen could obtain refreshmrnt during the long
waits In the streets. The nrst season worked
well, and Is again success
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-04

and the extension Of the right Of suffrage
In minor elections. particularly for school
Officers, COCA on steadily.
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From the Brooklyn Edois.
A portrait OF Brig Gen. Leonard Wood ~
Sargent has heen placed In the Corcoran Gallery
In Washington. None OF Edward G. Bsllsirs ~
yet been put beside II.
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diminuton has increased steadily In its
percentage. Last year, al told, II was
only ios,s1o a. compared With tho i7S,s7s
from Italy alone.
According to the census OF 1900, tho
foreign-born population OF the United
States Wa 10, 400, osS and the countries
OF its nativity we're.
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Of 'repsymsnts,' ss4s. oss.s7, which. II
deducted from the gross amount. thus
leaving only revenues from normal
sources, would leave his statement OF
receipts - 1851, o76.7o.
Analysing the various reports, this
sum Of receipts, with lite apparent
variation Of about $1,000 900, there 10
encountered an equally compiler and con-
trary presentation. In the various state
ments Of receipts for the period, the
following figures appear:
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rHE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.
10 the Time Conin0 70 Face squarely the
Questien NJ HepeAi:

Questisn NJ Hepeai'
To THE EDITOR OF The suH-Sir: 1t Ia
not . question OF social equality 40 10 colored
and white people and different races even
Of white people
II 10 question Of nature. and all the laws
that man can make will never remove a
feeling that nature has planted In human
beings. B.HJ.
New YoRk. May ..
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To TIE EpITos OF THE suN-Sir! The
people" to whom Abraham Lincoln re-
ferred in his Gettysburg speech as the proper
governors and ofioeholders Of the United
States were not Chinese and negroes.
WARRINGTON. May2 q. F. O.
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shall wrap the sandwich up"
NO. I've got something 10 put srsunl ~
WHAT" -.'In .,,
-hA' isE
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ousfoM0 hRcRipr.
Treasurer Rofovv exhibit ~ .,..,,,.,, @,7T.4iiw
Auditor TuRlILL Exhibit y. .......... ss67.6 90
Collector Bliss liable No. W"...,"... S7o,%es'si
PoSrAL DESAAr1rrNT kscnrTs.
Treasurer Roioyy exhibit n ........ Nsi. $40
Auditor TRRRuL exhibit J......,,.... l@.ii7.1S
Report Of Director General Of Posts
FosSHs (paso IN ............,......" la,i8o
INTERNAL HEvrTus
Treasurer NoioYY Exhibit p .......... ssss. ifi.%o
Auditor TERRIlL (Exhibit D............ Ae.l67.se
MIscRiANDous Rxc.IpTA
Treasurer Roi.oyY CE1hbis n. ..,.... 3l%S,ees.ii
Auditor TIRhilL tF1hibit J.,....,..... ip.o77.D
In the matter Of expenditures similar
confusion appears. This is shown by
the following Statements:
Mde.de. Camp MCCOY Exhibit HI ..... 1851. sSo.o7
Treasurer RoLoYP Exhibit D. ........ 1904. o,ss
Auditor TEsnILL tExhibi, X ......,... ss2eiS.7e
The same discrepancy appears in the
individual items making up these sums
The Treasurer's report does not present
items In an ineligible form, but Aide
de-Camp MCCOY uses figures furnished
by the official reports Of that depart
ment. His figures are, therefore, used
here:
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Since then both tho Austro- Hungarian
and Italian population must have been
moro than doubled by immigration alene,
to say nothing Of Its largo natural In
crease. In 1900, Of the population born
in this country, 2e,los.oas had foreign
parents, ono or both, out Of a total popu-
lation Of 7e,eo3, Ss7. OF the parents OF
these children, the principal race sources
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-04

In this table We have classified with
the English the Scotch, Welsh and the
Canadian English. and with the French
the Canadian French.
1t will be seen that up to the time Of the
census tho racial elements OF northern
Europe were by far the largest; but tho
immigration since 1900 from southern and
eastern Europe has increased greatly, 30
that it has formed and continues to form
about four-Hfths Of the unpreoedentedly
large total imm igration.
The future historian who shall set HIM
self to the task Of examining scientih-
cally tho American race. or the blood Of
the nation will have before him =
chance to study the development Of =
composite race such as the history Of tho
world had never before afforded. It will
be now race, now development in the
history Of mankind.
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