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The sun., 1904-05-15
THE SUN. SUNDAY, MAY Is: 1904.

and rejects even the authenticity and
authority Of the Biblical originals them
selves. The Bible emerges from its
testing furnace no longer the Word OF
COP, but the words of men-fallible,
legendary, contradictory, defaced by
frauds and limited by an ignorance OF
the natural laws of the universe which
betokens human authorship at periods
when superstitions swayed the minds
and governed the religious conceptions
of men.
The decision in 1902 by the British
and Foreign Bible Society and by the
American Bible Society in 1904 to put
forth both the newly revised version
and the old version Of 1911 as authori-
tative translations of the Scriptures ia
therefore Of grave importance at time
Of religious revolution due to new con-
ceptions OF the Bible.
The sun., 1904-05-15
The Faithful Weaver.

At the Democratic convention in
Iowa. a State which goes Republican,
the clarion note of party inspiration
and defiance was sounded by Gen.
JAMES B. WEAVER. His was a polt-
ical call to arms, and he was chosen as
one OF the delegates to st. Louis. No
more curious figure, perhaps, repays
the attention of the observer than this
same JAMES B. WEAVER, twice candi-
date for Presidency of the United States.
and twenty-four years after his first
domination to that Office still parsonage
Of some importance in State which he
has never carried.
JAMES B. WEAVER, now of Colfax, was
born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1888; studied
law from 1853 to 1856; was graduated
from the law school of Ohio University
at Cincinnati; enlisted as a private in
the Second Iowa Infantry; was pro-
noted Major and commi ssioned as
Colonel, the Colonel and Lieutenant
Colonel having been killed at Corinth;
was brevetted Major-G eneral, and, re-
turning from the war, was elected Dis
trict-Attorney in Iowa in October, 1865;
was appointed United States Assessor Of
Internal Revenue for the First district
Of Iowa in January, 1857; held the Office
for six years; was elected to the Forty
sixth Congress as member of the Ma
tional Greenbaok party in 1878, and in
1880 was nominated for President of the
United States on the Greenback ticket
and polled 900, 600 votes. He was one OF
the organizers of the Populist party in
1890, and as it's candidate for President
in lSse polled 1000, 900 votes and carried
Kansas, Colorado, Idaho and Nevada,
In 1888 he became an active supporter
OF W. j. BRYAN, whom he nominated at
the Populist national convention in st
Louis in these stirring words:
10 that midnight discussion between Bnurr.
ana CAhsius concerning the contemplated hath.
Phllippi. BRuTus argued that their cause u,,
hpe, their lcgIons brmful at the he,eh, md r.,dv
TO decline. For twenty years we have been plead
ing with the people 10 cspouse the sacred cau,,
which N al stake In this campaign. We have con
Stacy urged, through good and through evil re-
port. that our principles were more Important
than party associations: were above all consldeta
uonsof private fortune or the petty and feverish
ambitions Of men. Through nve Pres,dents,
csn,palkns. stretching from 1870 TO 1892 you co
rcuy estimated the purposes OF the old party
managers, and events have sustained every specl-
hcatI6n In your indictment against them. NIL
lions OF honest men within the old party ranks were
deceived, lured Into ambush and betrayed But
not sngIe one OF your pckets has been caught
ssppasr or been taken by surprise. To your de.
voted efforts Ia largely due the revival Of economic
learning 10 this country which has enabled III.
Democratic party to assume Its present admirable
altitude. fcl' work promises much TO man
The sun., 1904-05-15
Tho Old Man Eloquent in Lighter
Vein,

From the Albany Evening journal, .
still standing monument Of THURLow
WEED, the Literary Gem borrowed the
agreeable poem by JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
to which we treat our readers to-day.
The Literary Gem lost it's sparkle long
ago, if ever it had any. Its very name
recalls period as obsolete as the Shep-
herd Kings of Egypt or the Annuals and
Keepsakes of London; a period rich in
Female Poets and other geniuses to
whom Time has been singularly i'm
polite.
Notice the delicate amateur way in
which this poetic progeny of the House
OF Braintree is given to the public. Sew
eral young ladies in Mr.. ADAMs's dis
trict told Gen. OGLE that they wanted
Mr.. ADAMss autograph. Dear young
ladies, whose faces, the more piquant
for their curiously arranged hair, look
at us from old daguerreotypes or
splotched oils, the works of native
artists. Something hieratic, some By
zantine or early Florentine stiffness and
quaintness, is in those pictured faces.
Dear young ladies, more given to poetry
and piety than to exercise; ante-No-
achian ladies to the present race Of stall
wart and conquering females-as COOPER
and Mr.. ADAMS would say. But they
loved autographs. Naturally, Mr.. ADAMS
had nothing to do but write auto
graphs for the girls. He was only
some seventy-three years old, with
little to attend to but his duties in Con-
gress, his extensive correspondence, and
that great diary in which he has recorded
his deep affection for most Of the other
public men Of his day.
Still, 1t is impossible not to scent
literary device in this tale of the auto
graphs. A venerable statesman en-
gagged for years in swatting all bis South
efn brethren and most of his Northern
brethren and leading that long, daunt-
less, savage and at last successful
fight against gag rule in the House,
doesn't prepare a poem of twenty-five
stanzas for the sake OF gladdening sew
eral young ladies in his Congress dis
trict with a sight Of his FIST" The
Wants Of Man" has an air Of having been
written at leisure. II We were to follow
the methods Of the critics who cut up
Genesis or the Ilisd into assorted lengths
and narratives, We should say that here
are two poems. The pleas ant, light and
The sun., 1904-05-15
The Devastation Of Arm enia /.

The determination OF the Armenian
people proceeds at a rapid rate, thanks
to the completely Of Europe in the crimes
Of the occupant of the imperial kiosk
on the Bosphorus According to official
information received by the French
Foreign Office, the remnant of the un-
fortunate race inhabiting the noun
famous region OF Sassun in Asia Minor
that escaped the knife of the Kurd in
1894 has been delivered over to butchery
by the Ottoman soldiery; as despatch
says, "the action of the Turks has been
sweeping" and "the work of extermin-
ating the Armenians in the mountainous
districts of Sassun has been accom-
plished.'
This news cannot be said to be unex-
pected, for at intervals during the winter
Just past dispatches have appeared in
the European papers concerning the
preparations OF the Turkish authorities
to put an end, once for ALL to Armenian
discomfort with their barbarous rule by
putting an end to the Armenians them
selves. Fate has been against the
Armenians on all sides. Divided be-
tween Russia, Turkey and Persia, in the
last named country alone have they re-
ceived fair and sympathetic treatment.
The political conditions, however, in
Persia, and it's relations to the other two
countries, have prevented 1t from aiding
in any way the prosecuted Armenians
across it's borders. Abandoned entirely
by Europe, they have been given over,
like sheep. to the slaughter.
The Sultan knows well with whom
he has to deal. Any attempt at active
physical intervention in behalf OF the
Armenians or the other races under his
oppressive sway would be the signal for
the suspension Of payment on all his
peclniary obligations to his European
creditors. That is the whip which he
holds over them and their Governments,
and it is more effective weapon than
all the cannon in the forts of the Dar-
danelles OF the Mausers in the hands OF
his soldiers.
Russia is, of course, the last country
to which the Armenians can now turn
for sympathy or aid. The sixty millions
of dollars of Armenian church property
in the pocket of the Russian Govern
ment are a guarantee to the Sultan that
there will be no interference by Russia
with whatever he may do in Armenia; +;
and there is no danger that any of the
Governments of Western Europe will
intervene. The same reasons that held
them back in 1894 are holding them back
now, and will continue to hold them
back until the moral sense of Europe is
really awakened.
As for the leaders of the Armenian
people. they have long since lost all
illusions about the fate of their nation.
A few years ago there was in the mon
astery of Etchmiadzin, in the Trans
Caucasus, a painting by an Armenian
artist of an Armenian church standing
solitary in great graveyard wherein
appeared a single gravestone with an
inscription to the memory Of the article
in the Treaty of Berlin guaranteeing the
lives and liberty of the Armenian people.
The sun., 1904-05-15

There are two Democratic conventions
in important States this week, namely.
California tomorrow and Wisconsin on
Tuesday. Ohio follows, q week from next
Tuesday.
After this group OF State conventions
come those in Alabama and Tennessee on
May rs and in Georgia on June 1.
We observe that in the Southern press no
single piece Of contemporary literature is
having a greater vogue than the remark
attributed by the ingenious Mr.. DANroRTH
to Chief Justice PARKER, ELLIOT, they are
a great people; they are the countrymen
OF WASHINGTON and JEFFERSON, and MADI-
SON and JACKSON and LEE
The sun., 1904-05-15

From Stanza XVII to the conclusion, IL
different work, serious, religious
Probably Mr.. ADAMS, having oonde'
soended to be sportive, felt that ne must
conclude with a sermon; and he has
made an excellent one, without cant,
however strangely alien and remote
this talk of life, death and the judg-
ment to come may seem to many people
in eastern Massachusetts, to-day.
1t is as a strummer of the Tyre OF the
elegances, as a simulator of Horatian
epicureanism, as an earlier HoLMEs that
Mr.. ADAMS most interests us in the first
part of this poem. He had good ideas.
He could appreciate the lu1uries OF col
lection. In his varied diplomatic ex-
perience he had ample opportunity to
see those ornaments and splendors and
rarities OF European courts and great
houses and enlightened connoisseurs
which were 80 antipathetic to the nat
ural Puritan and mere dreamed-of
Arabian Nights to the simple little Ameri-
can society Of 1910:
What nrst l want is daily bread.
And canvasback and wine"
And porcelain vases with the stamps
OF Sevres. Angouleme."
The old man knew what he was about.
He could appreciate tastes different from
his own. He had quiet humor. If we
remember Alright, Mr.. JOHN T. MORSE,
.JR., in biography of him, denies that
he had wit or a sense OF humor. The
charge lies against the biographer, In
spite of having lectured on rhetoric at
Harvard, in spite of the almost unbroken
severity of his diary, there was fun in the
old man. Didn't he say something to
the effect that he had tried to learn to
like smoking and Paradise Lost at
the same time, and that he preferred to
smoke? At any rate, this poem would
be merit enough to save him from that
Limbo of the damned-for-wa want-of hui
NOR, where CHARLES SUMNER. for e1-
ample, must lie bowling. Dive into
STEDMAN and HUTCHINSON Library
of American Literature and fish up
Sally Mr.. ADAMss paraphrase or
translation Of "Integer vite':
The man In righteousness srrayed.
pure and blsmeless liver"
The old champion usually carried a
club, but once in a while, he could fence
and foin as lightly as anybody, We
don't want to be eccentric, but we have
fondness for Mr.. ADAMS. Not merely
for his attainments, his long and mani
fold public service and his glorious days
AZ an ex-President in the heart OF the
shindy. but because he seems to have
hunted unpopularity as most politicians
hunt popularity; because he would break
the ice in the Potomac to take his morning
bath when he was nigh eighty; because
he lambasted the New England Feder-
alists as we'll as his natural opponents in
the South; because the fire and fury in
him could be quenched by death alone;
and because. after all, he had bowels
and could write pleasant verses.
The sun., 1904-05-15
I BY dsy. By night. 70 Ply the task,
Her cup OF BLISS 10 an.

XIII.
want the voice, Of honest praise
To follow mo behind:
And 10 be thought In future days
The friend OF hum Al kind.
That after ages as they tse.
Exulting may proclaim.
In choral union to the skies,
Their blessings on my name,
XIV.
These are tho wants OF man;
I cannot want them long
For life Itself Is hut a span.
And earthly blLSs song
NY last great want. absorbing On.
Ia, when bcnesth pAs sou.
And summon'd 10 my hnal call
The mercy OF nv God.
XIV.
And oh! while circles In my veins
or life the purple stream.
And yet . fragment small remains
OF natures transient dream;
Ms soul. 10 humble hope unscar'd
Forget not thou 70 pray.
That this thy rant may be prepared
To meet the Judgment day.
WASHINGTON. 18th June. is%o.
The sun., 1904-05-15
Faatan In Chiuat>wn,

To TIE EDITOR OF TIE SuN-.Sfr: II Is high time
In the Chinese quarters should be exposed There
were never 20 many fantan games and lotteries
- there now In Chinatown. There are nfty
hve fsntan tables and thirty lotteries. On each
table Is levied 3iS week On each lottery 10 levied
t2n week.
II Is not only question who ssA The money,
hut II demorsiiEes the whole Chimes stipulation.
The above statement h true and II ean b verfied
By any one OF nine gentlemen whose names asA
addresses can supply. RlYoRNrR
The sun., 1904-05-15
Wameu in Industry,

To THE EDITOR or The SUN-Sir: Unless the
inalienAblc right Of life Is for men only. woman
has right TO preserve her life by her own activity:
and unless the inalienablc right OF liberty Is for
men only q woman has a right 10 activity In any
non invasive position she may choose.
One may choose housekeeping let those
who know say how much longer than ten hours, and
how much less than a dollar q day the wages. An
other may choose shoemaking: a third may choose
writing articles for the reviews. All are useful
members Of society all are giving service for scr.
vice: none are living on chsrity-be It costly or
cheap.
Let Mrs. Thompson think again and she may
discover that II Is women land mem In idlcness
and not women Tor mem In Industry that arc the
vampires OF our republic. MARTHA.
NEW YORK. May u.
The sun., 1904-05-15

From paper op Or. e. c. .sdrfdo, IN the M,d'ri
Record
Take Metropolitan Opera House audience oo =
star night and scan the couples In the decade 81
adult summit Look AZ the men-aeile. keen, aui'A
OF movement. still In the game OF life. OF use 10 'he'
family. age and race. Turn to their eonsorts-ss' =
few exceptions for our chivairy. they are obeS .
or seyswny, heoetudinous or Jerking. nabby eund'
OF uasue hanging n folds: each fold. 10 the esottI
sye. full Of burnt out tissue Juice, potssuins the
Individual with the ashes Of her own Ne.
The sun., 1904-05-15

From the Sydney Bulletin.

FT0W TN SVdHFV BUVfHH
There's great fuss made over singers, writer's.
painters. players. dancers and jockeys. These
people have had the run OF illustrated papers and
social columns long enough. II there were moro
commendation given the woman who cooks a
wholesome dinner for a man. and less eciat &C.
corded the one who, after II, entertains him by
placing her heels above her head. II would be better
for the community al large.
The sun., 1904-05-15
British ers-by Time Pay m en- I.
From the Sydney Bulletin

FTOW THk ,oVuWFV BUNSNW
II costs f5 los. to get naturalization papers Ia
England. The Yiddishers have founded a loan
once TO aid the foreign Jew In poor circumstances
by advancing this sum--which Is repaid, with heavy
interest, OF course. At the rate of Is. I'd. week.
You do almost everything on the installment plan
In England now. from buying . cycopedia cheap
to becoming a Boy Of the Bulldog Breed at . great
reduction.
The sun., 1904-05-15

From he AtfhlS0n CIObe.
Several years ago. Mike Sutton and Ed Madison
we're law partners at Dodge City. Madison tnow
Judgc) was invited 10 deliver a Decoration Day
address a, Stafford. and accepted. but at the last
moment couldn't go. So he sent his partner
Mike Sutton. In q letter to the committee he
explained the circumstances, AS a matter of
fact" he said. I'VE have but one Decoration Day
address In the nrm. and Mike delivers II about as
well as do"
The sun., 1904-05-15

To THE EDITOR or The SuN-,Sir: am a woman
engaged In the business Of being beautiful In face
form and drcSs. nnd that men pay the highest
wages 70 women In my trade. I hope. however,
that Mrs. Thompson's article dcprecating women
In Industry will not lead them to quit work. for
then I am afraid that my profession might become
overcrowded. and wages would fall.
Nyw YORK. May IL. ONE WOMAN.
The sun., 1904-05-15

n our friends scho fasor Us nth ndnusertpts Tor
pvbkeoHo vsk 10 ho ~ reJsesd are'ss returned. fAsv
srSsi ~ au eases send sfansps for that purpose.
The sun., 1904-05-15

4 Hebeken Astrelegists Gloomy weather
Predictions fer To-day.
To rHI EDITION OF TIE Sur-.str: The astroioe
icsl weather indications for sunday, Nay iI. are
earthquakes. thunder storms and lightning, which
will csuse great foods ip the southern and western
portions ot the earth In particular.
HoBouFN. hsy II. GpsrAvr NINA
The sun., 1904-05-15

Published BY The Sun Printing and Publishing
Association At No. 40 Nassau street. In the Borough
tf Manhattan. New York.
The sun., 1904-05-15
TIE WANTS or MAN.
An Ex.PresidentisI Peem, Humersus s"o
serious. by John quincy Adams

II s-
An Ex.PresideutisT Psern, Humsrsus an
serious. by John quincy Adams
From no LasraT 0sm.
MAN wants but Mttle here below,
Nor wants that l'''s sdsSs.1ru. lSps: HERMIT.
-Man wants but little here below.
Nor wants that little long"
Tts no< With me exactly so
Nv wants arc many. and II told
Would muster many score:
And werc each wish a mint OF goil,
l sttll should long foE moro.
What nrst want Is daily bread.
And canvass backs and wine:
And all the realms Of nature spread
Before me when I dine
Four courses scarcely can provide
MY appetite 10 quel.
With four choice cooks from France beside
To dress my Cinper we'll
What next want at heavy cost.
Is elegant attire;
Black sable furs for winters frost.
And silks for summers nre.
And cashmere shaws and Brussels lace
My bosom's front 70 dock
And diamond rings my hands 10 grace:
And rubies for my neck.
".
And then want mansion fair.
A dwelling house In style.
Four stories high. for wholesome air.
massive marble Pile:
With halls for banquets and for balls.
All furnished ricb and hne:
With stabbed studs In nifty stalls,
And cellars for my wine.
The sun., 1904-05-15

And naples fair Of glossy stain
Must form my chamber doors.
And carpets Of the Wilton grain
Must cover ali my floors:
Ny walls With tapestry bedeck'd
Must never be outdone:
And dsmask curtains must protect
Their colors from the sun.
The sun., 1904-05-15

want a Steward. Butler. Cooks.
A Coschman. Footmsn. Grooms;
A library Of well bound books.
And picture -garnished rooms.
Corregios, Msgdsien and Night.
The Matron OF the chair:
Guido's feet coursers h their night:
And Clsudes at least . pair.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-20
LATEST NEWS FROM WASHINGTON
Red Cross Presidency.

On the 14th inst Miss Clara Barton
resigned the presidency OF the Amerl-
can Red Cross and was succeeded by
Mrs. John A. Logan. who has hereto
fore occupied the Office Of vice presi-
dent of the association. The cere-
mony occurred at Mrs. Logan's resi-
dence and was participated in by Miss
Barton, Mrs. Logan and members of
the executive committee Of the Red
Cross. Miss Bartons letter of resig
nation was "a partial review Of the
work of the organization. The resig
nation was accepted and in addition
to many individual expressions of re
gret the executive committee united
in letter to Miss Barton.
With the retirement of Miss Barton.
Mrs. Logan, as vice president, sue
ceeded to the duties of the chief posi-
ton. She made brief address. say
ing in part:
In assuming the duties Of acting
president of the American National
Red Cross | do so with many misgiy-
ings as to the possibility OF satisfying
everyone.
However, desiring to do All can to
allay the present excitement in con
nection with the organization. have
consented to try to fill the position
with charity for all and malice toward
none
81 shall be governed by the wisdom
and counsel of the executive commit
tee and endeavor to the utmost OF my
ability to give most respectful constd-
Grafton to each member OF the society.
Every interest OF the American
Red Gross shall be protected as far as
it is possible to do so. The executive
committee shall be advised of every
step taken for the promotion OF the
welfare of the society and the preserv
alton of its assets and good name and
a full report will be made to the next
meeting of the American National Red
Cross society, to whom the executive
committee and myself are responsible.
Il shrink from undertaking the du-
ties of the president and from making
these suggestions, but having accept
ed the position from the society / feel
/ must endeavor conscientiously to do
my duty"
Miss Barton left with Mrs. Logan
number of suggestions bearing upon
the conduct of the society and Mrs.
Logan suggested that a meeting be
called for September 9Th next for the
consideration of this memoranda.
In speaking of the necessity for
this meeting she put it upon the
ground Of "the present unpleasant and
unsatisfactory condition of affairs"
She suggested that at the proposed
meeting no proxies be received. She
also expressed the opinion that in the
interim a proper custodian should be
appointed to take charge of the assets
of the organization
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-20
Irrigation Fund.

Apropos of the formal approval by
the Secretary of the Interior of new
irrigation projects under the reclama-
tion law in California, Oregon and the
Dakotas, the Interior Department to-
day issued a statement covering the
disposition of the reclamation fund,
which is in part as follows:
These approvals mark practically
the close of the preliminary or tenta-
tive stage of reclamation work. The
projects in each state and territory are
now well outlined and provisions made
for all of the available funds.
During the two years which have
nearly elapsed since the passage of the
reclamation law, efforts have been
concentrated on general examinations
and comparison Of the merits Of vari
GUS projects; these have now been Sc
lected and approved. contingent upon
securing the water rights and lands at
reasonable cost, and perfecting all de-
tails partly completed. The situation
in each state and territory is as fol-
lows:
"Arizona-Salt river project. under
consideration at estimated cost of
about s3,O0O,000.
"California-Yuma project, approved
construction by secretary at cost of
about $3,00O,OOO.
volving an expenditure of S2,500000.
"Idaho-Minidoka project, for which
about $2,600,000 has been Professionally
allotted.
"Montana-Mill6 river project-gen-
eral allotment of 81 500 600
"Nevada-Truckee Carson project.
under construction at cost of about
$3,0O0,O0O.
New Mexico-Hondo project, at
cost of approximately $350.000.
North Dakota-Fort Buford project,
taking water from Yellowstone river.
in Montana, at a cost of about $4,000
900.
"Utah-Conservation of water in
Utah lake at cost of about 81 100000.
"Washington-Reclam of land
near Pasco at a cost Of s1,500,000.
"Wyoming-The storage and diver
sion of Shoshone river. near Cody. for
which $2,25O,OO0 has been set aside.
"In all, the projects outlined will
cost $27,250,000, and will require for
construction two or three years; they
will reclaim, in round numbers, 1,OO0,-
| 900 acres of land, all of which will be
susceptible of intense cultivation, and
should be capable of supporting pop
ulation of 100000 or more persons. The
money expended in constructing these
works is derived from the disposal of
the public lands. The expenditures are
to be returned by installments to the
reclamation fund, and be used over
again in building other works. many Of
which are now under preliminary ex
animation, data being acquired SO that
the work can proceed as rapidly as the
money becomes available
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-20

In one block of twelve houses in
New Brunswick there are six brides.
That block is a good deal more desir-
able now as place of residence than
it will be few years hence, if they
all stay there.