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The sun., 1904-06-19

enos may show England that ths dsai-
gems Of tho ~roof Of tho world : would
rather do business with har by long
distance telephone.
Should England persist, as seemingly
now she must, In campaign Of punish-
ment and perhaps subjugation Of the
Tibetans, and should the Tibetans main
tain On attitude Of objection to either or
both Of those processes, 1t IL quite possi-
BILE that England may repeat her South
African experience, While her oppo-
nents are of less formidable type in the
present instance and have not that full
equipment Of modern arms with which
the Beers were supplied, their numbers
are greater. The entire population OF
the Transvaal and the Orange Free State,
and their immediate allies from Natal
and Cape Colony, was not more than or
9 per cent. OF the estimated population
OF Tibet. Approached from the south,
tho only route open to British movement,
tho country is, moreover, an exceed
ingly difficult fighting ground for British
troops. II both sides are determined,
England may find herself with large
contract on her banda.
Should the present complication de-
yelop a necessity for considerable en-
largement Of the expeditionary force,
England will be faced with ever increas-
ing difficulties In troop transportation
and maintenance. In measured miles,
the distance from railhead in India to
Lhassa is about one-third the distance
from Cape Town to Pretoria. As route
for a military expedition in force the
South African trip is summer outing in
comparison with the Darjeeing-Lhassa
journey.
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Political Corruotion the Cause.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: have
read with keenest interest and greatest ad-
miration your simple and clever reply to Mr..
Langdon's letter concerning the General
slocum disaster, over which the whole city 10
now convulssd with horror To persons
who. like myself. are not religious and more
inclined than not to question the methods Of
that unseen Providence, or God, that whole
article cannot fail to appeal most strongly
We humans are too prone to cast blame or a
God for what is but the inevitable result o.
purely human cqreessness. SE neglect .gssans'l q
bility In that way. Without doubt. this whole
dreadful happening Is dirsety tracsaes 70
OF steamboats, and other public convey anoes
are not going to do their appointed WORK
Alright bribable inspectors would not pc
possible did the people put only honest men
into Office.
Therefore, why blame God for this awful
catastrophe? Blame solely the voters % who Place bs
know only desire those offices for the per
Quistes thereof and not at all for the publio
good AN INDoRsER OF Your VIEWS.
NEW YORK, June II.
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+ THE sLOCUM DISASTER.
whether II Was 1T Ged Or ~ Man D,s'
amazed by Many COrrespOndente.

To The ED'ToR OF THE SUN-7Sir: Wlham
G. Langdon. whose letter you print to-day
with comment, evidently thinks the dsnetal
Blooum suffering in vain. surely tnls
ID very shallow view. When We 80
the harvest Of heroic deeds and generous
pity which has sprung out Of II. we must
know that II had it's use In the Proyldsnt'ai
scheme for the betterment Of mankind,
All that Is highest and best In humanity
depends. broadly speaking. for'its awakening
upon evil and misfortune. Courage wou!a
be unthinkabie without danger, charity wouid
be only a latent possibility without sunerine'
trust In the Wisdom which governs human
destiny would be an unoultivated yiFtae
were II not for the ord eals which prove TO ,s
the incompetence OF the phase OF sx'stchoe
which we are pleased to call life
The trials and hardships which come to "
"a individuals are designed, unauesttonapiy,
for the development Of personal chaLaoteT
But communities --cities. states nationsSM
also need the stimulus OF occasional tragedy
to tone up their moral systems. THIS is WY
war and other conditions. calamtties IN the
temporary sense, are In their eternal signiD-
canoe supreme blessings.
That the lamentable occurrence OF Wednes-
day was not q wanton cruelty. but supHmSg
inspiration. ] think any feeling man VII!
realize as he feels thetears with which every
line of the newspaper reports have 0een
written. A BELIEVER IN PROVIDENCE.
NEW YORK, June II.
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Mans Evil Not Gods Cruelty.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Apropos
of your excellent editorial In to-day's Sun
on "The Mystery OF Good and Evil" would
suggest to Mr.. Langdon that he vent some
of his spite and spleen. not on the Almighty.
but more appropriately on the men actually
responsible for the calamity.
We are too ready to shift our mistakes
and shirk the blame. God gives us common
sense. and In this century We are supposed
to have uncommon sense, a sort Of "up-to-
date" intelligence, as it we're. II We take
tIons we must and should bear the conse-
guences. and II others are involved and suf-
fer with u.s. 90 much the worse. Vicsrious
suffering runs through the universe.
for evil, and have done ali the good in our
power, II is time enough to rail against God.
will learn no other way. Even in this latest
appalling disaster we can find some comfort
aid and heroic deeds of unselhshness which
reveal our better and higher nature. as
NEW YORK, June II.
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An Agnostic View.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Having
read your article on Mr.. Langdon's letter
should like to say few words for the benefit
of others who have similar ideas,
The word God" has no definite meaning.
and when we use the word We don't know
what we are talking about. Neither do the
pretend they do. To believe In an omnip-
otent personal Ruler and Director or the
universe who permits these terrible calamities
is to believe in a monster.
II there is such thing as blasphemy. surely
this is It, But, as THK SUN truly says. the
ways OF Nature are discoverahle. Nature 10
RELENTLESS. There are no miracles in the
biblical sense and never have been. Every
thing is simply cause and effect. Be honest,
take no chances. and don't blame Cod a
mere. hement OF the Imagination, , for the he
madness lies. AGNosT1C.
NEW YORK June II.
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Mans Graft and Neslis ence Responsible.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Your
editorial reply to MIR. Langdon In to-days
Sun. written In the shadow Of an overpowes-
ing misfortune involving the lives and for
tunes Of thousands of sufferers. gives q good
many true points without In any way sup
porting the views of your correspondent 1t
must seem even to an atheist of the most
pronounced type rather revolving sort Of
hypocrisy. and ignorance as well. to forget
In cases like the present all the folly, selfish
ness. criminal carelessness and absurd stu
pidity OF humanity, and blame only and ex-
clusively the incomprehensible ways Of that
Power or Providence which We. having no
other conclusions to find, presume TO exist.
Instead of pointing It's threatening finger
In the proper direction and finding the guilty
one and saying, Thou art the man." and
then letting stern justice step In to punish
swiftly and severely, public opinion Is hrst
shocked and excited. then doubts every
thing, God included-and finally forgets.
To-day himsy tinderbox Of a theatre.
tomorrow the same quality In an excursion
steamer, q tunnel disaster, tenement house
nres, hastily built skyseraper.-sll results o.
and get rich auiok principles-Ihy brins
religion and Providenoe into such company
Is it necessary 70 doubt the ekistenee Of
higher power because twelve or fifteen hun
dred women and children are packed Into
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From the Kansas CITY journal
Ills not generally known that considerable moon
shine whiskey IL made In southwest Missouri.
Detective James Rosche OF Carthage has arrested
several propristors of illioit stills recently.
Mr.. Rosche says that Missouri moonshiners
make big profits as long a. Uncle Sam lets them
alone. He says they take one gallon OF cheap.
black molAsses, which costs about 20 cents: two
bushels Of meai Al an average cost of 6S cents per
bushel. and some Watsr. This Is made into mash;
allowed 70 ferment and tho stun then goes through
the process Of evaporation. This amount of molssses
and meal. with suficient amount Of water added.
makes forty gallons of moonshine. which Is sold
for - osr gallon. The men who engage In the
illicit dstillng Of whiskey are usually OF the more
ignorant class. That y. they are uneducated but
what they lack In book learning Sssv mtfs up in
shrcwdness that cannot be learned In school. Mos
OF the mon engaged In this business are desperate
fellows and do not hesitate 70 defend their iberty
with the use OF guns"
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Aqstaas ,tiadsrbox. - put i9to Scpdition.
VH{ch tkS law Of average toretelis must
result, now and then. IN Just such catastrophe
as the present?
road, sutomobtls. theatre. tenement house
and good shsr of9Ps but s
By unnatural conditions, all Of which figure
II the profit .nd loss account Of some man or
There ar sIslrsIpns svsry dsy. yith masses mas e.
Staoe syailatie' packing which, II horse.
Of cattle were concerned. would be prohibited
TO Animals: vet IN spite Of laws, inspectors,
regllatlons and all kinds Of preventive meas
coins. az they rattle into the cash box. weigh
MORE and Pr9ve more innnentai than all the
After an se[ ryaS pm, danger nnG aGs,a IN
until people forget It's very existence, then, II
thS unavoidable rule Of average brings the
calamity and must bring It. the "doubtng
Thomas" species rises up to deny the existence
Of an omnipotent Power. Justice however,
is pushed aside, being, alasi only too blind,
New YORK. June ~. COMMON SENBE.
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ULTRANONTANISM OR THE AM.
ERICAN SPIRIT?
A Letter From Goodwin Smith.

4 LetVer FROM SOiuWh S"A''"
To THE EDITOR OF THE suN--ST: The
letter on the visit OF Cardinal Satolli by q
dstin suished Roman Catholic priest which
appeared In your columns the other day
seemed to show that while Catholicism may
have succeeded In crossing the Atlantic,
Hildebrandine theocraoy and Italian au-
tooracy have not had the same success. "
will be wonderful II they ever have 1t, con.
sidering their relation to the spirit and
principles Of society in the New World.
Before me lies the Syllabus, the last and
most complete expression Of Hildebrandine
theocraoy under Jesuit inspiration. As
your readers may be aware, Its form Is that
OF condemnations OF series Of heresies.
Among the hereeies condemned are such
as these:
II Is FREQ TO every>man 10 embrace and profess
the religion which the hight Of reason leads him TO
believe true.
The Church Is not a true and perfect socistv en-.
tirely freo nor does Its authority rest ON It's own
proper aud constant rights conferred on II by Its
Divine Founder but II belongs 70 the civil power TO
dsnne what arc the rights and limits OF the Church
within which her Jurisdiction may be exercised.
= The Church has not the power of applying force,
nor any temporal power direct or Indirect.
The sacred ministers of the Church and ,he Roman
pontin arc TO be excluded from all care of and
dominion over temporal affairs.
In conflict between the laws OF either power.
the civil law prevails.
The Church ought to be separate from The State.
and the State from tho Church.
In our age lt Is no longer expedent that the Cath
ole religion should be regarded as the sole religion
Of the state to the exclusion OF all other forms OF
worship.
The last two articles denounce the free
publication OF opinion and the belief that
athe Roman Pontiff can and ought to recon-
oie himself with progress, liberalism, and
modern civilization Defiance of the prin-
ciples and gains OF modern civilization is
the pervading spirit Of the manifesto. 1t is
difficult to see how a man imbued with
such principles can be entirely at ease in
his position as an American citizen.
The history Of Montalembert, Lacordaire,
and Lord Acton shows that anything
liberal, however combined with thorough
fidelity TO the Catholic faith, is alien and
hateful to the Jesuit who reigns at Rome.
Your correspondent deplores the dismissal
OF Bishop Keane from his college headship.
The wonder would have been II the Jesuits
had allowed one SO liberal as Bishop Keane
to remain
Ultramontanism is not only alien to the
spirit and principles of American institu-
tions and civilization; it is absolutely an
tagonistic to them. or this your eminent
correspondent appears to be partly aware.
TORONTO, June Is. GOODWIN SMITH.
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He Dossur Change the Name Of tn. Nation

He Doesnt Change the Name Of the Nation.
To THE EDIroR OF THH SUN-.Sfr: Could you tell
me by what authority Secretary Hay changes the
name of THE United States Of America" Is he has
done or intends 10 do.
The Constitution says I've the people Of the
United States" and further on again says All
Legislative powers herein granted shall be vested
In . Congress OF the United States" Nowhere does
mention Just plain American. OF course. with our
energetic President 10 sanction such . change II
Is without doubt proper one 70 make.
BROOKLYN, June II. r. Y. KINo.
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The Nuisance in the Trolley Car


II Alderman DOWNING has his way,
and his way is practicable, the greatest
nuisance of the open street car will be
abated, That nuisance is not the 'end
hog, but the fellow who stands between
the seats, as everybody knows.
Alderman DowNING's S resolution, intro
duced last Tuesday imposes a penalty of
fifty dollars fine and three months in
the lookup on the open car aisle man.
He gets one warning first; his attention
is just once respectfully invited to the
circumstance that he is a nuisance, and
then, il he doesn't get out Of sight, why,
call the nearest cop.
The man who stands in the aisle, shut
ting of with his offensive and, maybe,
corpulent person the light, the cooling
breeze and all the comfort which people
get on open cars to seek hasn't friend.
Everybody in the car looks on him with
loathing.
But suppose Alderman DOWNING has
his way and his ordinance is passed.
Suppose you are in hurry, suppose it
rains, suppose there in no possibility
Of getting up or down town unless you
squeeze between the, seats of the open
carr How would you like being fined
fifty dollars and sent to Jail for three
months because you yielded to the ne
cessity?
Wait for another car? Suppose car
after car passes and no better chance
offers; that you can't get in any unless
you stand in the Objectionable position?
But why not compel the railroad to run
cars enough to provide everybody with a
seat and then compel people to keep of a
car Of which the seats are filled9 At the
hours when the nuisance of the standing
aisle man appears the street cars are
usually run as closely together as is posi-
BILE for movement and for safety. Ifthe
railroads drove people from their cars.
in the rain, for instance, there might
be q riot. At any rate, there would
be indignation and letters to The Sun
protesting against the outrage.
The question OF the aisle nuisance,
therefore, has two sides to it-like ques-
tions generally.
What is the remedy? Multiply the
means Of transportation? That the
city OF New York has undertaken to do
at great cost by building subways. But
in the underground cars there will be
ISLANDERS also, SO great and rapid is the
increase in travel. Then more roads
must be built. The whole island of Man
haitian must be honeycombed with sub
way railroads. Even when that has been
done, overorowding of the oonveyances
is likely to continue in this island, long
and narrow, where the majority of the
inhabitants want to 60 down town or
get up town during the same few hours
Of morning and night.
Alderman DowNING's spirit is right.
We all hate the fellow who stands in the
aisle, and hate ourselves for making our
selves nuisances OF the same sort. But
the Alderman's judgment is not SO
sound. In his righteous wrath he forgets
to take account of the compulsion Of
necessity which is put on the inhabitants
Of the long and narrow island Of Man
haitian.
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spiyita. Both the eroups--ons repre-
ssutjng lsss than 2, 800 and the other rep
resenting upward Of 5000 Republican
votss--ars at Chicago by their reprssen-
tatives, and In tho contested Fourth
district case the seats have been given
to the @Blaok and Tan delegates, with
indications that the work Of .disrupting
the really fine white Republican organi-
cation In Alabama, which was begun
with characteristic vigor Immediately
after the Birmingham convention. will
be continued to the end.
The wrecking Of the Republican party
in that State has been sore disappoint-
ment to many people in the South, both
Of Northern and Southern antecedents.
The new party born at Birmingham was
vital and aggressive force. In the
changed industrial conditions, in the
influx OF Western and Eastern men, and
In the disg,lst and distrust of the Demoo-
racy produced in the minds Of conserva-
tive Democrats with vested interests
atstake by the Bryanite free silver spree
in all these forces there was promise
Of an opposition party in Alabama which
would put a meaning and a life into po-
litical contention in the State that could
not be otherwise than healthful and
beneficial. Even Democrats, although
recognising it as fraught with ultimate
danger to their own party supremacy
welcomed the new party organization q
advent as portent of return to saner
conditions.
Therefore there Was general regret in
Alabama that Mr.. RoosEvELT's political
advisers saw in the spirit of disapproval
OF the Presidents course which was
manifested at Birmingham an element
OF opposition which must be crushed,
and the hope which some of them
entertained that the Chicago convention
would not indorse the crushing seems
hardly in the way OF being justified.
- ADDICKs in Delaware and the BLACK
and Tan in Alabama, apparently, are
both needed in Mr.. RoOsEvELTs busi-
ness.
The sun., 1904-06-19
The Glorious Privilege Of business
Men.

The Hon. j. FRANK HANLY is the Re-
publican candidate for Governor of In
diana. According to the indianapolis
Sentinel a Dem ocratic organ, "the feel
ing is general and particularly it Is so
among business men-that MIR. HANLY
will not do at all They are afraid of
him--they have no faith in his relia-
bility."
Naturally, we don't accept this Demo-
cratic view of Republican candidate
an good evidence or any evidence against
him. For all we know about him, the
Hon. j. FRANK HANLY may be the safest
and best candidate in the world and the
business men of Indiana may swear by
him and hang his portrait on their outer
wells. II, however, they are afraid Of
him and distrust him, he is thoroughly
modern candidate and complies with
the contemporary conditions Of political
eminence.
Business men are played out so far
as any influence upon politics Is con-
cerned. They are tabooed and out
lawed class. Not only that, but business
itself has become sort of crime to be
punished, or at least q suspicious and
dangerous occupation, which it is the
duty OF the Government TO pry into and
interfere with.
In 1895 and 1900 the Democrats threw
over business and the business man.
1t Ia not yet certain that this prescribed
class will be restored to some share of
favor with the Democracy. Demo
cratic platforms haven't ceased spouting
hat rhetoric The sentimental and So
cialistio policy has not yet yielded to the
good sense and prudence which are az
necessary in business as they have come
to be rare in politics.
In 1896 and 1900 business and the
business men, read out and kicked Out
OF tho Democratic party, found shelter
in the Republican party. That shelter
has been taken away. The romantic
the spectacular, the militant, has driver
the prosaic to the rear. A sober-sideC
citizen looks out of place in q glitterinl
and dramatically effective parade.
1t 10 the business of the Government
to meddle with business: that seems t.
be the present Republican policy. Per
haps business men have no right to com
plain. A penetrating, masterful and omni
farious mind, such al - now at the helm
of things, must have it's way and diffus'
new spirit through business as through
other branches Of human activity.
A candidate Queried or condemned by
business men has the essential qualifica
tions. II MIR. HANLY of Indiana pos
sesses that distinction, he is fortunate
He 10 to be congratulated upon having
won the opposition Of discredited ane
despised class, He knows how to b'
popular. He studies the right model.
Yet. however impotent in Republican
and Democratic politics business mer
may be, and with whatever bitterness
their business may be pursued by en-
lightened statesmen and platform max
ers. they have one high duty and conso
lation, which nothing can take away
They are still permitted to send checks
to the campaign treasurers.
This is a glorious and inalienablt
privilege
The sun., 1904-06-19


Our foreign exchanges report tnat At one Of the
meetings OF the South African Lighting Aasocia
tlon, to account for the ahrintase in the consump
tiou Of gas. It Was explained that tho Government
of Cape Colony has adopted standard time which
moved forward the day one hour. Now, the people
Of South Africa regulated their daily affairs by the
clock before this change and they still do 80. They
Ihsc ono hour earlier, and 20 10 bed accordingly
This shifting forward Of the day In onect extends
twilight Into the night Street lamps arc lit an
hour lAset-socording 10 the clock-and as they are
exiting guished al the regular time. hour Of light
ing u saved. II does not appear that tho new
life 10 less enjoyed than tho old, ~ doubtless the
chickens, cats and other domestic animals have
also adopted the new day. This Is surely an OK =
ceedingly simple and effective method OF reducing
one ltem of municipal expense. and We recommend
Il 70 thoss towns which. owning munjcipal plants.
each year have the hard problem a making the
income meet the Expenses.
The sun., 1904-06-19
A Pvovidential Lesson.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir: The
faithless letter OF william C. Langdon. pub
llshed In your edition Of to-day. relating to
the terrible fraud" Of God who permits
a thousand school children to die awful
deaths for believing In Him" Is void OF sound
reasoning.
Is 1t not moro reasonable to believe that
the human mind is 80 constituted that vivid
examples Of the results Of negligence, in
the common occurrences of life are needed to
Dreadful a. It Was Is small In comparison with
what would snsue II the evil was not cor.
rsoted right now, as Is likely TO be the case.
Federal and city authorities have already
taken. SRMI-OCCAsIoNAL.
NEW YORK June II,
The sun., 1904-06-19

The best way out OF the woods would be
to nominate the Hon. ROBERT MARION LA
FoILgrTR for Vice-President. The Wis
oonsin stalwarts would be glad To get him
out Of the Governors chair. Mr.. Rooss-
WELT would be glad to be associated with .
man whose opinions are as conservative
- his own La TOILETTE may have horns
and . cloven foot, as Mr. SPooNRR, Mr..
The sun., 1904-06-19
Tne View OF Mr.. Lansdon Sustained.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suX-Sir: Quite
right is Mr.. Langdon. II. a. you say. the
responsibility for the slocum disaster was
human. where then was the Guardian Angel
who va were taught from infancy hovers
over the little children to protect themS
Look at the help rendered by al those near.
pare the same with so-called Just and merci-
ful God, who could have stopped it all with
breath Of his almighty power,
Is this encoura cement to belief IN uodf
NEW YORK, June II. JOHN MUHidER.
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Tho Rights Of Labor.

To THE EpIToR OF THE SUN-ISir: Your
editorial this morning on Free Labor sounds
the keynote.
The time has come for the American pub
lie to place themselves sQuarely on record for all
that Free Labor means. They will welcome the
right And from such an issue and campaign
the Republican party should not shrink.
New YORK, June Is. W.. F. II.
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what Would Have Happened II There Had
Been . Miracle.

To THs EDITOR OF The sus-Str: Your
correspondent who wants to know why tha
God OF the Lutheran Sunday school didn't
save the women and children from drowning
and roasting overlooks the fact that had He
ming a passenger carrying. business would
Immediately dispense with lifeboats and life
preservers and any extra help.
he invent Sunday school excursions. 4.
BRooKLYN June II,