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tics and reliable statistics of trade and
industry clearly incline toward the
darker picture. Nor is this greatly modi-
fed by DR.. VAN BURES's general COM
ment that wage rates and the condition
Of the laboring Glasses are relative rather
than absolute, and that at Is within the
limits of possibility that there 10 as much
starvation in the city OF New York at
any given time as there is In Porto Rico,
Hunger, distress and privation are abso-
lutte conditions, whether they occur in
the hills around Utuado or in New York
tenement houses. New York spends
millions Of dollars for the systematized
relief Of suffering among It's local poor.
Destitution in Porto Rico has no such
agency Of relief.
Nor can we accept the reverend gentle
mans evasion of the main issue that the
Government is not altogether responsible
for the condition. 1t 10 not responsible
for Spanish landlordism, nor for the
hurricane OF 1909. 1t may not be response
BILE for other causes of distress. 1t GER
tainly is responsible for the exercise Of
all possible means Of relief for any dis
tress that does exist. As general dis
tress is a fact beyond dispute, response
bility rests with the United States Gov
eminent for such relief, political or
otherwise, as lies within its power.
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For strikers.

In considering the expediency OF be-
ginning any strike that will reach far
It is Just as well if all hands reflect that
there are new elements to be reckoned
with in all such propositions.
The idea of the open shop is not any
longer indifferent to the great public.
The great public Is no longer indiher-
ent to the Constitutional right of every
citizen to sell his labor for such price
as he lie willing to accept.
The public opinion Of the whole coun-
try upholds and applauds Governor
PEABODY Of Colorado when he says with
pardonable pride that there is one State
in the Union where man is free to work
and certain that the Government will
defend him in his right to do 80.
The late WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT
mover said, "The public be damned!'
II was attributed to him, but falsely.
Let the labor unions beware lest the
sentiment attach to them. The public
Ii dynamite. Mighty slow to ignite;
but when it goes Oft!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-05
The September Elections +.

Two State elections viii take place
this week and one next week. The first
OF these is that OF Arkansas, to-day. To-
morrow comes the election in Vermont,
and a week from to-day, on Monday,
Sept. IL, the Maine election.
OF course, the result Of the Arkansas
ELECTION to-day is foregone conclusion.
Two years ago the Democrats carried
the State by IS. 1903. and in 1900 BBYANs
plurality was 8,s42. The result OF the
Vermont election tomorrow is also a
foregone conclusion, 90 far as Repub-
lioan triumph is concerned, but the di-
mensions Of that triumph in Q Presi-
dental year are always regarded by poll
ticisns as Of peculiar significance. That
-, II they are unusually great it is taken
a. a sign Of a general Republican ten
dency in the Union. II they are rela-
lively small, the sign is interpreted as
pointing the other way. The standard
OF comparison is suggested by this table
OF the Republican pluralities for Gov
ernor in Vermont since 1883:
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American q Real Papai Chamberlain.
From the Tah,

Mr.. Francis MaoNutt has this week been ap-
pointed one OF the six Camerier di Capps SpAda
df nun,sro In the pontnoai Court. IL Is the 1rst
time this honor has been conferred on an Ameri-
can-~lndced, until recent times all the Canereri
dI nup,ero 10 title which might, perhaps be best
translated as Active Chamborain> were Italian.
and Mr.. MacNmt Is the third non Italian 10 be
spipnted, Several OF the Archbishops OF Am
ericspeutoned the Holy SEQ 10 nominate Mr.. Mac
Mutt for the nrst vacancy. and the Holy Father
was rraciously pleased 10 grant their wish. Apart
from the four great hereditary ofhces which belong
TO Roman families. Mr.. MacNuus new dignity
Is the highest 10 which isymtn can aspire: II u q
life appointment. and requires constant residence
In Rome.
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THE SO-CALLED IRISH VOTE.
Why One Old Demo cratic and Catholic
journal Turns Now to Roosevelt.

From the Sunday Democrat Of yesterday.
To-day Democrats arc confronted with
the duty Of choosing between . Presidential
nominee whose selection was a. clearly -un-
derwritten" in advance Of the Ct. Louis oon-
vention as was any commercial syndicate
and Theodore Roosevelt, ths spontaneous
nominee of militant and victorious party.
Shall voters. assigned TO the Democratic
purity by tho evils of prescription and intoler-
ance, sustain the President who has brought
peace with honor to the Filipinos and has
once and forever, with hand Of iron and q
heel OF steel, crushed Know Nothingism from
public life in the United States by the ap-
pointment to high ofIicial positions Of such
representative lrishmen and Catholics as
John T. McDonough. William Byrne, Edward
J: sullivan, Joseph Murray and Dominica
Shalt the voters agree to exchange the pro-
dore Roosevelt for the pro- English and anti
American policies 5epresentod in the nomi-
Shall Theodore Roosevelt. albeit . Repub-
licsn. the champion Of the most courageous
foreign policy known in the history Of ths
United States. De opposed IN iay H o. an
but politically e skulkeg: who represents
The answer to these questions 10 clear for
who put sSnHs ssS.s
ana duty above resularity-vote for Theo-
Theoders Roosevelt viii DO elected pIesi-
asa' ne y aoaSs % sa ''
to be elected, and Irish American Democratic
votes by the thousand will be cast for hin on
the issues We have outlined. East and Me.
and surprising numbers a. in the Empire
State Of New York.
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Nothing that appears in all the persistent
stream Of testimony and controversy In
regard to the Congo Free State gives us
any reason to modify the opinion expressed
nearly year ago:
The truth is that there Is being repeated In
that land the history OF the civil zauon Of barbac
races by those of higher development. That proc
ess has usualiy. " not always. been attended
by more less naerant Instances of injustice and
cruelty on the part OF some OF the advanced guard
Of the higher and civilized race"
Among all the charges and testimony
which have been advanced in the attack
on the Belgian Government. there has vet
been nothing to -stagger humanity and
arouse other lands either to interference
or even to indignant protest. The charges
OF sporadic cruelty are admitted, but the
Belgian Government in the Congo is in no
way unique ia that respect. Nor are the
Belgian officials and the Belgian residents
the only offenders. The charges Of DELHI
crate and preventable acts OF inhumanity
or OF cruelty and corruption for which the
ruling Power can be held duly responsible
have not as yet been clearly SUSTAINED
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Liaoyang.

The Japanese victory is absolute, for
the attacking forces are now in COM
plets possession of Liaoyang, the strong
hold which has been the centre OF the
tremendous operations Of the past week
while the Russians have been driven
in disastrous retreat from their chosen
place Of resistance.
This great battle marks an epoch in
the war, apart from it's direct relation
to the strategy of the campaign. 1t puts
an end to the hope Of the Russians and
the theory of their sympathizers that
the first conflict of arms on grand scale
would disclose a weakness, or lack OF
staying qualities, or some inadequacy
inherent in the military character OF the
Japanese, which might reverse the con-
illusions drawn by impartial observers OF
the Asiatic nations initial successes by
sea and land
This hope and this theory have been
maintained persistently in some quar-
tiers, in the face of incident after Incl
dent most Encouraging to both hope and
theory. 1t has remained for the supreme
test of q general engagement Of the first
class to settle forever the question Of
the military science Of the Japanese
commander. and the courage and on
durance Of the Japanese soldier, meas
ured by European standards.
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silence and Sound.

According to the Washington corre-
spondent of the Brooklyn Eagle, dis
tinct disappointment is felt by Demo-
Gratis" in the District Of Columbia "over
Judge PARKER's decision not to make
speaking tour The disappointed
had counted on the candidate stirring
up lot Of enthusiasm throughout the
West by appearing in the big cities
there.
The disappointed are unreasonable.
A Porch campaign cannot be well COM
bined with Pullman Platform cam
paign. An admirer has painted the
Judge with the Constitution in his hand
and his foot on the Sword. A candidate
in that impressive, though rather con-
strained attitude, can't go jigging
through the country. The Constitution
might drop and be lost. The biting part
Of the Sword might get into a position
unfavorable to the foot.
Besides, enthusiasm doesn't become
the court room. Dignity. gravity, stat
uesque silence mark the Democratic can
ddate. He is calm protest against
militarism and imperialism. "Hurrah
methods are not for him. He is to be re-
garded with respect, not with enthusiasm.
He is duty, not a pleasure. The people
can 60 to Roeemount, but Rosemount
cannot go to the people 1t is safer and
saner to stay at home and say little or
nothing. If Mr.. BLAINE had stuck TO
Augusta in 1884 he might have been
elected President.
Another curious frame Of mind is ex-
posed by this same Washington in
structor Of Brooklyn:
There Ia some speculation here also - 10 what
effect Judge PARKn's decision may have on the
campaigning plans Of WILLIAM j. BRYAN. I, Is
thought by some that tho latter might hesitate
TO do wha, Judge PAAKxn considered insdvtsabie
10 attempt"
Those Washington thinkers should
think again. Mr.. BRYAN is not ham
pered by the judicial temperament.
He is under no particular obligations to
anybody but himself. Oratory is an
effort to Judge PARKER. To Mr.. BRYAN
1t Is breath, blood and bone. He doesn't
consider anything inadvisable except
advice from Gold Democrats. The more
tightly Judge PARKER shuts up, the
wider open Mr.. BRYAN will be. Every
body to his talent.
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A plurality exceeding q, 900 is regarded
as indicating that Republicanism in
Vermont and elsewhere in approaching
high water mark. The Democrats are
protesting confidence that on Tuesday
they will keep the plurality much below
that limit They have made vigorous
canvass with the aid OF some OF their
most noted campaign orators.
In 1900, however, they made fully as
vigorous a campaign and their conf
dence OF cutting down the Republican
plurality was not less. Their candidate
for Governor, whose efforts in canvass
ing had been extraordinary, reported
on the eve Of the election that he had
never before seen 30 large an attendance
and 80 enthusiastic spirit at Demo-
cratic meetings. The actual Republican
plurality was 1872.
This year the managers of the Repub-
l6an canvass in Vermont are modest
In their expressed expectations. we
won't get any votes from the Demo-
Gratis, said Senator PROCTOR on Friday,
and they won't get any votes from U.S.
We shall have plurality Of at least
25,0o0.' That would not be wonderfully
impressive victory, but considering the
present political situation, with the
Democrats back in their party at State
elections. it would be sufficient to indicate
great Republican strength throughout
the Northern States.
The Maine election takes place on Mon
day OF next week. and in that State also
the Democrats have exerted and are ex-
ertjpg themselves in tho canvass with I'M
usual vigGr. They have some of their best
campaign orators on the stump, and they
are expressing confidence that they will
reduce the Republican plurality to so low
level that the party's hopes Of carrying
the Union will be raised to enthusiastic
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Maids Maroeued.

To rHx EDITOR OF the SuNSr: Kindly settle
a d,spu,. as to the use Of the verb TO maroon. "
In heading, nrst page. second column OF your Issue
Of Sept. o. Girls Aarocned Among Nice" An
dictionaries Al our command give the word In con :
nection with desert islAnd." putting ashore as
form Of punishment" &C.. also a. used in the
southern United States, 10 take q hunting. fishing
or other pleasure excursion" Rebecoa and Rosie
and julia appear to be most exemplary young
girls. working overtime In an umbrella factory
AZ q White street, This would hardly seem TO be
any variety OF pleasure excursion" Again. they
were not put ashore" a. a punishmen, Though
TO the average woman the presence OF mice would
30 constitute ~, neither would II seem that the
Island OF Manhattan should be chased as desc.
late island" 1NQuIRu.
HARTFORD. Sept. T.
Dictionaries are dull fellows. Maroon"
IN a fgurative sense was properly applied
in the headline quoted. Narrowing can bs
pen insulsr as well as insular and we have
no objections 10 mainland NARROWING. An
umbrella factory after business hours may
be more desolate than the ultimate pole; and
TO feet like little mice. mice may be more ter.
rible than the anthropophag.
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A solemn and noble public duty lies upon
the Hon. JOHN A. T. HULL, the Republican
farmer-banker who represents the Seventh
Iowa district in the House. A Des Moines
tobacco company has fled petition asking
boxes OF cigars said to have been sold TO him.
1t Is common knowledge and belief that
these high grade cigars we're for the use
of voters who visited his headquarters in
his Congress campaign.
Mr.. HULL should resist by all means in
his power the proceedings Of the plaintiff
corporation. It is clearly against public
policy, the health comfort and peace Of the
community that political cigars should be
distributed. The price Of thsm is no more
to be collected than a gambling debt. In
deed. the Court will proba bly, take judicial
notice that they are not the subject OF
property and that they have no value.
A political cigar has the favor Of remorse
and the bouquet OF Barren Island. II has
slain tens Of thousands.
Mr.. Hull il In no sense an accomplice.
After the manner Of candidates. he has
his pockets full OF cigars. He scatters them
absentmindedly. He recommends nobody
to smoke them. He doesn't smoke them
himself 1t would be wrong for him to
offer a valuable consideration to a voter.
Instead. he offers a valueless cigar. II the
voter decent know enough to view such a
weed OF woe with alarm, is that Mr.. .HuI.L's
fault?
Successful resistance to the preposterous
claim Of the tobacco company can also be
made on the ground that the charge Is
extortionate. Who ever smelled a cam
paign cigar that was worth 81 IS billion'
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destroying land turtle shouid be pre-,

NoSN hA0 aehN tuAtiV ohiVusN ~ -
served: -,
There n no possible argument In favor OF ~
lowing the turtles to be used - food supply there
being no necessity. and besides there Is no tsillng
what the effect would DO on the general health
The time Is coming when we will have 10 protect
all frogs and toads. as well a. the land turtles,
without toads there would be no living for VIC
folks. There would be no gardens. for. Ike the
birds OF the air. which We now protect by stringent
laws. they destroy had pests aad obnoxious Insects
OF the garden"
The toad is pretty we'll protected from
boys by popular superstition. Does
not the handling OF toads beget warts?
To kill toad will bring rain from a
cloudless sky, The mud turtle is not
thus guarded. DR.. OvERToN II going to
ask the next Legislature TO enact a
statute prohibiting the taking or killing
OF this useful suburbanite. The bill will
be much more worthy Of support than
some others that will get before the
committees.
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In Behalf Of the Mud Turtle.

DR.. FRANK OvERToN, the Health
Officer of Patchogue village, Long ISL
and, has discovered that some Chinese
and Italian immigrants to these shores
are spelling the land Of mud turtles, and
for the sake Of future generations he
has begun an agitation in the interest
Of the slow goers. These Chinese and
Italians look upon the turtle Of the COM
mon or garden variety as a delioacy,
much as the epicures Of other races
regard the terrapin. DR.. OvBRroN has
disclosed the result of his Investigations
to the Brooklyn Eagle:
In the course of my observations have recently
discovered that Cinnamon and q certain class OF
Italians have fostered . sor. OF cruel sport for
small lads In offering them Insignificant sums to
catch the turtles. paying the boys as much as hve
cents apiece for them. found that the purpose
of the Cinnamon In obtaining the turtles through
the boys was for food, but any one who knows
can readily see that there Ia not much meat on the
common land turtle. ] found the same situation
among a certain class Of Italians, who caush, the
turtles for food purposes.
DIR. OvERToN does not think highly Of
land turtles as a source Of food supply,
but the Patchogue Chinese once had q
good trade in them, selling the reptiles
in New York at high profit. He has
broken up this trade. The turtle, he
declares, is a politician all the year round
the farmers friend:
As an argument why the common. II such you
may call them. turtles should be protected the
same as other destroyers OF pests, every farmer
knows the value OF this slow moving hard shel,ed
creature. The insignincant animals with toads
are really the farmers friends. destroying many
pests that II allowed 10 live would soon eat UP the
crops before they could mature The little turtle
eats tho destructive beetle which all florists nnd
an almost undesirable nuisance. and turtles are used
extensivsiy By florists In their greenhouses for this
specific purpose"
The Health Officer does not overlook
the sentimental reasons that exist for
preserving old shellback. On what are
farmers boys to scratch their initials in
days to come If the turtle Is driven from
the land? The turtle, also, is a COM
panionable creature, capable Of reoeiv-
ing and displaying affection. Witness
the gentle domestic picture drawn by
DR.. OvERToN:
81 know . farmer named RIcnrKR, q former
Brooaynite. who has a farm on Washington ave.
nue.. Just to the northeast Of Pstchofuc who keeps
a half dozen Of ,hese harmless turtles a. pets. and
It Is surprising TO notice the bond OF friendship
that has sprung up between Farmer FRONTIER and
his curious pete"
The swapping turtle is an ugly, vicious
chap He does little good. and causes
considerable pain to numerous small
boys Of normally inquisitive minds.
let the snapper be exterminated. But
the good natured. easy going, insect
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expectation, But in 1900 they were no
less confident. The Democratic canvass
then was no less vigorous, and Demo-
cratic Congressman who had been prom
inently In it predicted on the eve Of the
election that the Republican plurality
would not be over 5000 and would be
sure forerunner of the election Of
BRYAN Other Democrats reduced it to
10000 and even 5000. Actually the
plurality was "a, 1872. In 1898 it had been
247e9, and in 1902 it was 27,4e0 The
Republicans are not at all boastful about
how they are going TO come out OF the
election of week from to-day; but If
they get a plurality approaching $4,000
they will do exceedingly well.
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FT6M M FdH NdH GdsfH'
The three sisters Of the Pope have shown than
selves In Rome particularly open 10 foreign visitors
the quaint italian and different way OF LOOKING
At things Of the latter causing the good sdies In
nnite amusement. Among these soauAlntanoes
were two ladies, who won't 70 them about tv'oe
week. Ono was an autograph nend, and ono daJ
appeared with . gorgeous book and reouessta
a. q great favor that the three sisters ahou'd
insoribo their names. Thcre was an swkvHd
pause. tho saenortne Sarto hushed and looked en- :
barrAssed, and then the eldest With ampae or.
nifty, said: we none OF us know bow 70 read
and added, with note OF bitterness 10 her voice.
Il thought all the world hnsw thstl' The auto
graph hunter found nothing to say. seeing whiea
the SignornA Rosa, with great tact. said: Dear
sisnora. am sorry for your disappointment, ons
viii Try 70 procure for you something much mor'
precious the autog aph OF M brother, the Pope
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Question Of Provincialism.

From he PhRndepNId Pu6He LfdoF.
A Senator OF Missouri tolls Of the reply made
by a Kansas City man, who was visiting New York
city, to a man somewhat disposed to pstronise the
wes,erner. Said the latter:
I'VE visited Missouri. IT'S a hne State. and Hike
the people. There's only one fault In the inhabl :
tants and that is they are too provincial.
Al this the Missouri man became very angry.
"IA, me tell you one thing" he shouted. MS
sourians may be provincial In some things. but In
one at least they're far less provincial than are the
people OF New York"
indeed" auened the New Yorker. provoknxy.
And In what respect. prayf-
In this respect, SIR" responded the Missouri
man. mo one In New York knows much about
Missouri but every one In Missouri knows all about
York.
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To our Missouri sister the Wolnut Grore
Tribune, health and good day! The editor
and proprietor IL Miss JUNIA r. HEATH,
whose fortunes are described by the West
ern Publisher:
Four years ago Miss HEATH owned the Denver
(MoJ Tribune AND sold It TO J.. J. WALLER. She
then worked a. the case on the Bsfhanp tMol Demo.
trsi two years but thing OF that manner OF making
q livelihood. she went TO Walnut Grove one year
ago and established tbs Tribune buying An old
dilapi dated once. she soon put Il In ship shape
and after adding nav material was able 10 bring
forth one OF the newses, and neatest sheets In
southwest Missouri She has proven beyond a
doubt that woman with pluck and energy and
good level head. can win In competition With the
sterner seI. In her newspaper work she Ia ably
assisted by her sister. MISS ZxLMA HATE"
1T is perhaps needless to say adds the
Nestern Pubisher slyly. that the exchange
OF tho Tribpae 10 eagerly sought after by
the bachelor editors Of imperial Missouri y
Utterly needless. The picture. printed on
the same page. Of the Misses HEATH. is
q sufficient and handsome witness.