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THE CONFISCATION POINT.

To H EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Sir: The
court review" controversy over the rate
legislation or Hepburn bill now pending in
the United States Senate seems to be based
exclusively Upon legal and constitutional
grounds, involving these general PROPOSE
tons:
/. Can the carriers right Of review be
limited to the question whether the rate
liked by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion is oonfscatory?
2. Can this rate, challenged as confisca-
tory, be made effective pending the determi-
nation Of this question by the court2
In the iutricacies Of legal debate over
these propositions is there not a neglect OF
economic aspects Of the questions which are
of Importance to the public as well as the
CARRIER From this standpoint should not
the carrier be permitted to have a full
review in the courts Of the action Of the
commission in fixing the rates or charges
upon which its prosperity and efficiency
depend, such review to extend not only
to the question whether the commissions
rate is actually 80 low as to confscate the
carriers property II cause it to carry the
traffic at a loss. a matter difficult Of proof
in particular instances, but also to the
question whether, on the whole, under all
the circumstances of the case, the carriers
own rate was not reasonable and lawful,
and, as such, improperly changed by the
commission2
Economically, is it wise to place upon the
proposed starvation basis the judicial re-
course Of such important and useful agen-
cies as the railroads Of this country Is it
not for the public interest that our law
makers should consider the undeniable
facts that railroad efficiency and railroad
safety, not to speak of the comforts and
Injuries OF railroad travel. depend upon the
enjoyment of rates not scaled to the con-
fscation point under the operation of a law
framed with sedulous care to afford the
carriers, if any judicial rights at all, only
the right to litigate a judgment of exter-
mination. which is made effective pending
the litigation2 JOHN G.. WILSON.
BALTIMORE, Md, April 4.
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MIR. BARNES OF WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, April 5.-The Presidents
right to nominate his assistant secretary
as postmaster in Washington is no more
to be questioned than his right to nominate
Mr.. Reid as Ambassador to England he
derives his power to nominate from the
Constitution, and no limitations are I'M
posed bv that instrument, Yet many a
good W%ashingtonian is gnashing his teeth
over the selection OF Mr.. Barnes. Al
though a resident of the city for eighteen
years, he has never been in any way iden-
titled with it's affairs and Ia not counted by
observation-disclosures as a local man either by
nature or by adoption.
For some reason a distinction rs made
between the case Of Mr.. Barnes and the
case Of the three District Commissioners,
no one Of whom was born In Warrington
This is due, perhaps, to the fact That the
Engineer Commissioner iB usually, II not
| always, appointed from the army, az Colonel
! Biddle was, while Messrs. mcfarland and
| West, by long residence and some activity
in local affairs, have come to be regarded az
"home folks" Moreover, they have never
shocked the sensibilities Of the people, as
Mr.. Barnes certainly did in the case OF Mrs.
Morris. Mr.. Roosevelt closed that case
and the Senate declined to open 1t, but
there are many who were not satisfied with
the official verdict and the incident still
rankles.
The Senate 10 always exceedingly re-
luctant about refusing confirmation OF
appointments made by the President, and
rarely, If ever, refuses except for some
clearly shown cause. While 1t turned
down by a large majority Senator Till
ran 8 motion to investigate the Morris case
when thst unfortunate affair occurred, the
committee to which Mr.. BaTnes's name has
been sent has decided TO appoint a sub
committee to consider his fitness for the
place. This will undoubtedly lead to the
reopening Of the Morris affair and give 1t a
more thorough hearing than 1t appears to
have had at the time Of its occurrence.
The appointment Of Mr.. Barnes is open
to question on grounds not OF right but
Of expediency. 1t has given serious offence
to many Of the people Of the District OF
Columbia, and there is a good deal OF quiet
rejoicing over the prospect Of a full airing
of the Morris case.
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The Philippine Bill,

The Philippine tariff bill may not be
quite as dead as it seems to be. The
probability that it can acquire a perma-
nent vitality is decidedly remote, but It
may show up one of these days in an
energetic death struggle. Mr.. LODGE,
as chairman Of the committee having
the bill in charge, is not satisfied with
its fate, and there is not even 3 ghost of
a reason why he should be.
The Payne bill is not an ideal bill. In
many ways it is eve a bad bill, The
only really commendable policy would
give the Filipinos free entrance into our
ports for any and all merchandise which
is the product of the soil or the industry
of the islands. The Payne bill virtually
PROPOSES reciprocity between the United
States and it's politically nondescript
territory in the Pacific; but it is better
than no bill, and to that extent is worthy
of support. The peculiar composition
of the Senate committee gave the meas
ure no chance for its life.
1t is probable that the measure would
stand little chance of approval in the
open Senate, but if it is to die it should
be killed with a club in the open and
not smothered in a closet. Mr.. LODGE
should get the bill out into the daylight
If he can do so.
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Canada's Commercial and Political Evo.
luton.

iut'uh.
To THE EDITOR OF The SuN--Sir: Elihu
Root in his speech on March 81, the occasion
being the entertainment of Canada's Gov
ernor-General, spoke the truth when he said
that Canada is no longer an annex of royalty. "
The Secretary Of State was no doubt the
first man in his unequalled international
position to utter such an opinion In the pres
ence Of his Majesty's representatives and
before an audience in keeping with the amity
OF the occasion.
The distinguished Secretary made a timely
allusion to the growing Importance Of the
nation" on our northwest border, which has
accomplished so much in the last decade or
80 in that which makes a people strong COM
mercially. In his doubt of annexation he
savored his speech to suit the delicacy OF the
occasion.
When a man of high station like Mr.. Root
well he could have put in words that Canada's
present, condition is to a great extent at
tributa Bile to American enterprise and Yankee
skill. Few great businesses exist in the
Dominion to-day that are not differed and
financed by Americans. NO longer an annex
TO royalty" has a CHEEKY sound to many hun
dreds OF thousands of the Canadian born, but
It carries with it, LET us hope, no annexation at
all in the near future. Those thousands that
are pouring into the Northwest from our side
OF the line are the wideawakes who see the
opportunity. They have the cash to pur-
chase and the Yankee skill to improve the
opportunity. The Britisher will soon find
royalty. With an American foundation he
viii create natural political conditions.
BROOKLYN. April 4.
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The Official StXle.

Dock Commissioner BENsEL recently
issued an order directing bis subor-
dinates to sign all official communica-
tons addressed to him in the good old
fashioned form very Respectfully, Your
Obedient Servant" While not a matter
of the first Importance, a uniform style
in official correspondence is desirable,
and phraseology better than that Sc
lected by Mr.. BENsEL might not easily
be found. 1t is not among municipal
officers alone that great irregllarity in
these details exist. The correspondence
in higher Federal circles shows a variety
of usage not to be exceeded in that Of the
city's servants.
On March 81 the President transmitted
to Congress the report of the American
members of the international Water
ways Commission on the preservation of
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Our wise old friend the Hartford Times
pluoks illusion from us. 1t will not admit
that as a result Of an agreement between
campaign committee ohairmen there were
no transactions In votes at the Hartford
city election Tuesday:
There Is no doubt that the open use OF money
was practically stopped. Voters were not bought
on the street, as has sometimes been the case, but
there was an actual purchase OF votes In private.
The presence OF a multitude OF voters In East Hart
ford and the means by which they were enabled
to have all they wanted TO eat, drink or smoke re-
main to be explained"
Stopping the open purchase II there
has been "open purchase is much. As to
private purchase. how do you prove 1t?
Thirst in Hartford is nc new event. Is the
Hartford Times dissatisfied with the result
Of the eleotion2 Such a consideration may
give an unconscious bias to the most
judicial minds.
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All things come TO those who are able
and willing to wait. The projected James,
town celebration Of the first settlement of
Virginia and OF the foundation Of civil gov
eminent in the United States will offer an
excellent opportunity for a sort Of fraternal
round UP" of hat numerous class of
persons the descendants Of PocAHoNTAs.
Recently there has been established in
Washington an organization called 4The
P~ocahontas Memorial Association" made
UP OF descendants Of the Indian princess
and Of those English %colonists who we're
saved by her intervention from massacre
or starvation. Attention has been called
to the fact that these descendants are
widely scattered, and as the time for the
erection of the memorial at the jamestown
exposition is approaching those not already
hOArd from are requested to communicate
without delay.
PocAHoNTAs was married to JOHN RoLFE
in April, 1913, in jamestown. Their one
son THOMAS, educated in London, went
afterward to Virginia. He married, and
"the descendants Of PocAHoETAs" are said
to number many thousands. The James,
town qelsbration will furnish them what is
certainly the first Official opportunity they
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London Catholic Landmark Noes,

From the London Daily Grdphe,
After a somewhat chectered career of clos. nm
200 years the old chapel Of the SArdinian Embassy
will In a few days be levelled with the ground in
the KingswAy Improvement scheme.
Built in iels. the chapel was formerly attached
TO the Sandman Ambassadors house. a nd for over
one hundred years was practically tho only place
OF worship available for Roman Catholics living in
London. During the Gordon riots Ht 1850 the
chapel and embassy suffered considerable damage
al the hands OF the mob on account 81 It's use by
the Rornan Catholic nobility, and Its being In add.
ton the church In the charge OF the RISbop or Vicar
Apostolic OF the London district.
II was restored and enlarged on the suppression
OF the disturbances and until thc building OF 81.
Mays, Moorhelds, Ia 1880, formed the centre Of
the charities and activities OF the Roman Catholic
Church In London,
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What a spectacle Arkansas viii present before
the Union II IL sends Governor JEFF DAVE TO rep
resent II in the United States Senate.-KenHeoee
journal.
oh. cheer up! JEFF has had his share
Of moving adventures, swattings Of the
tongue and pen, all the impassioned melo-
drama and roaring farce Of the stump.
But it Is likely that the Senate will tame
him; that he will learn to forget beer
garden tactics and become a more or less
grave and reverend Senator. Look at
Mr.. TILLMAN. See what a dozen years ave
lone for him, He may be the same old
~trlepenny on the Palmetto stump, but in
the Senate he only occasionally recalls his
back county days and eats his foes with
the pitchfork. In time JEFF DAVIS, who
used to address the people in his shirt sleeves.
may condescend to evening clothes, those
habiliments Of a corrupt civilization that
were 30 offensive to another distinguished
Arkansan, the Hon. A. H. GARLAND.
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are all a~ristocrats and descendants of,
members Of this and that society, full Of
pride and buttons. Bimetallism; old age
pensions; no exclusive franchise after
1910; freedom to mine coal wherever
found by condemnation Of lands and
prescribing royalty; the Supreme Court
to nullify no law Of Congress or a State
because it doesn't include all persons or
classes Of persons and corporations.
The Vice-President to have the par
doning power. The Interstate Council
to adjust labor disputes and during any
strike or lockout to seize and dispose Of
existing stocks at prices prevailing when
the row began, The owners can have
what is left after paying expenses.
Regulation Of international marriages.
THE abolition of gowns, regalia and all
forms-being relics of royalty-by the
courts" Graduated wage scale accord
ing to capitalization. Thus, a corpora
ton whose maximum capitalization is
$50, 900 would pay wages Of slips a day;
n Of 81, 500, 600, 900 or over, "a a day.
Subscribers to newspapers, says Mr..
RUssELL's Forty-seventh amendment,
pay their money to know what may be
transpiring to their private Of the public
interest. Newspapers refusing to pub
lish proposed changes in affairs affect
ing the public welfare, that their SUBJ
scribers may read, digest and form their
own unprejudiced judgment thereon,
should have nc readers" With this in
mind we publish his most important
proposed changes.
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sLuMs WIZ GO. SAYS DR. ApLrp
Optimistic Talk ut q Meeting OF the I'm
yePsity Settlement Society.

The annual meeting Of the Univeni,
Settlement Society Of New York was hss
at Sherry's yesterday afternoon, Pred
dent Nicholas Murray Butler Of Columh,
University, the president of the socistv
made a short opening address and tbs,
introduced DR.. Thomas Darlington, pres,
dent Of the Department Of Health, D,
Darlington spoke OF the contrasts in III,
condition OF the rich and Of the poor IN
New York.
when we consider the immense numbA,
of immigrants,' he said, 80 per cent, n
whom remain in this city, the eduoatiopa
task 10 enormous, In solving such a proh
lem We must rely largely On such work a
that of this society," DR.. Darlington ain
told Of the successful cooperation existln,
between the society and the Tenemsni
House and Health departments,
Judge Henry E., Rowland agreed with D,
Darlington that the education Of INN.
grants was q most serious problem. 'T.
prevailing hysterical denunciations an
coming to q serious extreme" he md
aThe, blaokmailer and demagogue and fsn
physician are fourishing. 1t requires a.
much vigilance to direct public opinion
regarding evils as 1t does to discover III,
evils themselves.
THE popular belief in a Legislative panacs
Is a mistake. Legislatures are now work.
ing on problems that we're better left to
the people. Every statute book is a chansl
house of dead legislation. Wise men do
better under defective laws than d~efectiv.
men under wise laws"
Judge Rowland advised his hearers to
consider carefully and not lose their heaA
sin times like these, where efforts are BENZ
made to excite envy and class hatred and
to magnify evils"
DR.. Felix Adler, after speaking Of various
rapid changes in this country, said:
I'VE woke up one morning and found
ourselves saddled with an empire in thu
Orient. The kingdom of the Philippines
like the kingdom of Heaven, stole in on u;
like a thief in the night, and | for one, wish
there had been some one on guard,
Il believe the time will come continued
DR.. Adler, when the slums will be abol.
ished, when the business portions Of our
metropolis will be surrounded by a fringe
of suburbs, occupied by professional men,
by tradesmen and laborers. Differences
OF wealth will exist, but they will be les
glaring than now, and absolute poverty
will be unknown
DR.. John II. Finley. Henry P. Werthein,
Willard V. King, stephen II. Olin and Charles
p. Rowland, whose term of office had ex.
pired, we're reelected to the council Of the
society for a term of three years.
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Chenpy-BacOn.

The marriage of Miss Ruth Scars Bacon and
Austin Cheney took place yesterday alter
noon in the Church of New Jerusalem in East
Thirty-ffth street. The Rev, Julien Smytn
performed the ceremony at 4 O'Clock, and the
bride was attended by the Misses Ruth Cheney
a sister of the bridegroom; Miss Kate De For;
est Prentice, her cousin; Grace Fargo arg
Marion Smyth as bridesmaids. Mrs Richard
March Harper. who was married on January
20, came from Colorado to attend her sister as
the best man and Hamilton Fish BenJamLt
James C.. Greenleaf, Joseph W. Alsop. RUM
Martin. Robert F. Dyer, Worcester Putnam
Philip Cheney and Clifford d. Cheney the
ushers,
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Mr.. ALFRED AUSTIN has been gibed with
out mercy, if not always without cause, for
his laureate verse to order. Yet he turns
out as good custom made poetry in as
sorted lengths as could be expected or
asked for. The average is to he considered.
Without any orders to fill, Mr.. SwINBURNE
produces occasionally none too brilliant
verses on subjects of the day; and the
austere WILLIAM WATSON loads his lines
with politics and anti-imperialisn. If
Mr.. AUSTIN never sets the Thames on fire,
yet by industry he thrives. He pumps
his lyrics, epithalamiums, odes, dirges,
(. o b., and is never ~behindhand with his
deliveries. Finally, he is or has been a
maker OF often charming little rustic and
garden verses, pretty pastorals. Our val
ued contemporary the Independent i'm
ports the Coming Of the Daffodils," one Of
his gentle ~springtide songs. In it pipe
those old French characters, "mavis and
merle; and the milkmaid hale" is there
with her pail. Happy, happy England In
this town the milk boy fell gives a ourdling
yell, and throws language up the dumb
waiter in what Mr.. AUSTIN would call the
"matin rathe."
A part Of the third stanza, however, has
had misfortines. At present it reads
" The madcap lambs round their staider Jams
Are skipping as, one time, they did;
And. proud of the cheat, will the cuckoo repeat
Soon the tale OF the nest invaded"
With all humility We propose this emen-
dation'
" The April book with the foam a -chock
Is dripping as erst II did, did,
o sweet and strong, to be slipped long
e. cha ranntn nf the stain q x., IIdlaa %
Is not the improvement obvious?
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The 1nfamy Must Not BE Repeated

In all the great strikes the labor organi-
cation involved has not been able to
prevent the killing of n%on-union work.
men, or, in spite of its virtuous profess
sions, it has not cared to do SO. Without
intimidation and violence such a strike
is bound to fail, since 1t must be but a
question OF time before the places Of
strikers are filled if they refrain from
illegal interference with the operation Of
the industry affected.
The first rule of war in the union camp
ls that strike breakers shall not be al
lowed to work; if it is seen that moral
s~uasion-that is to say, picketing and
threats-ls likely to fail, then some other
way to stop the supply Of new labor
must be tried. No great strike lasts
very long before the club and the pistol
come into play. 1t need not be explained
that such instruments Of coercion are
not recognized by the officers of the
union involved and that the strike
leader has never hesitated to condemn
them.
In the anthracite strike of 1902 it be-
came necessary to call out the whole
National Guard Of Pennsylvania because
a trucking and weak kneed Governor
had failed in his duty and allowed the
lawbreakers to get out Of hand. When
public opinion forced him at last to
summon the complement of an army of
10000 volunteer soldiers to protect life
and property he threw himself on the
mercy of the labor politicians with this
explanation of his course: an certain
portions of the counties of Luzerne,
.Sohuylkill, Carbon, Lackawanna, Sus-
yquehanna, Northumberland and Column
'bia tumults and riots frequently occur
and mob law reigns. Men who desire
ito work have been beaten and driven
away and their families threatened.
Railroad trains have been DELAYED,
stoned and the tracks torn up. The civil
authorities are unable to maintain order
and have called upon the Governor and
lcommander-in-chief of the National
Guard for troops. The situation grows
worse every day" In this statement
the Governor of Pennsylvania convicted
himself Of violation Of his oath of office
by the crimes of violence which he cited.
1t was too late to redeem his reputation.
The mischief and the evil had been done,
and the sufferings Of the helpless and
innocent had been written down by the
Recording Angel.
The hope is cherished that the infamy
of 1902 will not be repeated. Is there
not substantial reason for that hope in
the letter which Governor P~ENNYPACKER
has addressed to President BAER and
JOHN MITCHELL? "The Commonwealth
ofPennsylvania, Says the Governor, Eek
poets that every reasonable effort will be
made by the parties interested to accom-
modate the differences between the coal
operators and coal miners and to avert
the strike which is now threatened"
If the strike must come, what then?
Between the lines of this timely message
we think an intimation can be read that
the present Governor of Pennsylvania
will be prepared to employ the last re-
source Of his authority to keep the peace
and preserve to all men their rights, and
that if the last resource does not avail
he will call upon the Federal Govern
ment for help to hold up his hands.
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u~nfr,endiy Opinion Of Brother J. b.

TIC THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Sfr: The very In
~teresting letter from Mr.. Emile Pickhardt In your
issue to-day might with truth have placed the
blame for the Moroccan question on England.
That question was a mere preteIt and a blind. Ger
many is getting too great commercially TO please
England. The latter country would gladly have
promoted war between France and Germany in
order 10 get a chance TO clip the wings Of the latter
country. England was az the bottom OF the whole
business, just as she was In promoting the Japa
nese Russian war. The world would be able TO
lay aside war II Mr.. John Bull could be kept from
stirring up trouble, T.. X. d.
NEW YORK. April L.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Miss May Valentine johnson and WYATT
Warner Taylor were married last evening ~
the Marble Collegiate Church, Tweuty-nht
street and Fifth avenue, The Rev, Dr. Moen
performed the at 1 80 o'clock Mrs
Henry J. Hildebrand was the matrou OF honor
and Miss Bessie II. Taylor. the bridegroom :
sister. the maid of honor. The bridesmalls
were Ethel Lockwood, Frances J"T,E.s,
Katherine Daniel. Theresa Mathew, El'Ea.
beth Pearsall and llona Mighictta. Eyrreu,
V, Meeks assisted as. best man and LmoIS
Johnson, Harry Wilde, Henry iiild"hrann
George Jenkins. IL, Elmer Grail, R's:laNl
johnson, .Adriano Mighietta and Hiram Tag
lOr we're uShers.
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John g. MIlburn Sells His House in BuralO

BUFFALO, April 5,-The Milburn home on
Delaware avenue in this city has just been
sold by John G. Milburn of New York u
Philip Mark Shannon of Buffalo. MI
Shannon will occupy it for residence pur'
poses. The Milburn home was occupied
by John G. Milburn until his removal y
New York city about two years ago, Ihe
house has a national reputation from the
fact that it was in this house that President
Mckinley died on September IA, 1901.