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The Sun's' Forecast OF the P.up.yIv,r.
UecaIOu.

To THE EDITOK or THIS SUS-st: As usps.
Ibh SIN had u right. Politicians In Pennsylvanrs
arc ttH taking about tho remarkably accurate for,
cast ~ the election results In this State as pr-
sented 10 THt Sun tWcn,y -iouT hours before il-
polls opeucd.
Monday morning. November ., THE SUN r.i
llshed a prediction That stusrt, RepublIcso uoyrs
nav" 1000 plurality over Emery. ttsionist. e.,
To'ernoT 81 PcnnSyivnnis' also that the DEM
crats would gain sS Cougressmen. namil ~ ii.
districts. Compute returns lust tabulsted shoe
StuArrs plurnlit, ~. ShO0'. and the Democrats geo
s4 Congrcssrhch. ~ THE ST. predicted.
THE SuN's forecast named nvc Of IN. ak di,tr,,-,
IN which Democratic Congressman would be cIec.r,
10 succeed the present Republican mcmbcrs-,
Ienth. Eleventh. Fifteenth. Sixteenth aud Invent
SlAln' IN ABOLITION 10 these THE SUN named ~
twentieth, Instead, the Democrats carried ,nr
Fourteenth This was the only error IN THE st,-
forecast.
Not anOthcr ncNspapcT even In pennsltNau.
gave anything HE 10 accurate n prediction A. rus
sen. especially with regard 10 the Goycrnorshlr
HARRISBURG. Pa. november T.. r. y.
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and o'NEnL-stubbornly refused to vote
for the payment OF the bill, and as it
received less than the necessary three
fonrths vote it was defeated.
Undoubtedly, in time, the taxpayers
OF Kings county will be compelled to pay
this bill. The awe inspiring HIGGINS
will depart from Office on January /,
and a cruel law will deprive the citizens
Of FLAHERTY's services in the place he
honors now. In spite of this, the tax
payers Sill foot the bill.
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A NEGROES
b President Too ImpuIstse In Discussing
the Battalion.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUH-Sir: As a
young colored man very much interested in
my race and everything that pertains to
Is. and as a regular reader Of TIE Sun.
want TO thank you for your editorial Lest
We Forget" in The Sun OF November ~.
also for the various letters commenting upon
IL. The letter of Bradish johnson Smith
was especially interesting and good. The
news despatch in THE SUN Of November ~
concerning the d%isarming OF those noble
old soldiers was very touching.
The colored people do not like 10 criticiss
President Roosevelt, but IA large majority
believe that he acted too harshly with those
soldiers. Probably If he had considered the
case a bit longer he wouldn't have been 80
drastic in his orders,
! trust the Southern people. those who
dont care about the negroes and the negro
haters. won't think it's a Case OF color or
prejudice and rejoice over il. for ] believe
the Presidents orders would have been the
same If the soldiers were white.
The President believes, Fthink. in a square
deal Tor every man. but 7 don't think those
negro soldiers got IL.
BENJAMIN PALMER LADsoN.
NEW York November ~.
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How sweet these Indian summer days
Days when the seasons pause
And golden autumn fingers stu.
DefyinR Natures lawsi
The crimson sun hangs low az noon.
Adovn the southern sky,
And lcadcn SHOW clouds hidc It's glow
From the terrestrial eye.
The g~oldrnrod. the special flower
Of Natures golden days.
IL Tipped with snowy plumes that cgch
Blsst OF tho north wind sways.
The rfpcned nuts fall from their burrs.
And children At their play
Will md them when the snow is zone.
Next June. perhaps ncAt May.
The corn shocks stand in spectral lines,
Liz Alps In snow white ticrs.
.And each stalk holds a bunch OF M
Against its frozen cars.
The yellow pumpkins fcck the fields.
beneath three foet Of snow,
And We can all have pumpkin pic
In seven mouths or 50.
The u,stcr. from lts summer grave
Unsehsonsbly eGhumed.
AppcarSuupon the backs ~ men
Win camphor balls pCTfumcd.
Last years "galoshcS" on the feet
or the pedestrian feel
some slight protection from tho sl,i.ll.
Though leaking At the heel.
And. though Il = tribe lstr.
ThIa Indian aurnuoev time
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n the Regiment We're white &.

We sincerely hope that President
RoosEvELT's busy eyes will rest for a
moment upon the generously conceived
letter which one of his colored fellow
citizens has written TO THE Sun con
corning the affair Of the dishonorably
discharged negro soldiers of the Twenty
fifth Infantry.
Mr.. LADsoN pleads for lenity Of iudg-
ment of President R%oosEvELT's harsh
act, which he believes was the result Of
impulse and inadequate consideration of
the facts; and he particularly hopes that
the incident will not be used by anybody
to infame rae p~reiudices. Il believe"
says Mr.. LADsoN, the Presidents orders
would have been the same if the soldiers
were white"
The moderation and manliness and
generosity of this criticism by a negro
seem to us peculiarly calculated to arrest
the Presidents attention and cause him
to reflect.
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A Grave Charge Against Attorney
General Mayer.

In a British magazine Of high quality
and great influence. namely, the National
Reyien, We discover this astounding
statement Of alleged fact:
NJ. HEAEsr is stronger To day than he was
q year ago when he was elected Mayor OF New
York. but defeated by fraud"
The allegation that Mr.. HEARST was
elected as Mayor and r~raudulently de-
! prived Of the Office he was entitled to
hold il made by the National ReriCr on
the authority Of 4, MAURICE Low. its
correspondent in Washington and its
principal informant about American
, affairs Of all sorts.
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An Echo OF Higgins.

In that period OF his official career
when the present Governor Of New York
took particular delight in ordering, by
telegraph. the constitutional peace Off
GERS of the State to perform their duties,
some one informed the Hon. FRANK
WAYLAND HIGGINS that riots might be
melted in the neighborhood of the vot-
ing places in Kings county on the annual
primary day. The possibility Of rioting
was apparent only to those partisans
whose chances Of success at the polls
were distressingly small. No other per-
Z sons expected or feared any disturbance
Of the peace of sufficient importance to
| require the adoption of unusual precau-
ttionary measures. The great popula-
ftion Of Kings county, accustomed to the
orderly conduct of all elections under
the guardianship of the municipal police,
laughed at the talk of riots. In fact,
nobody in Kings county, and nobody in
the city OF New York, believed for a
: moment that the party contests would
} cause disorder or serious breach Of the
kpublic peace.
Not so, however, Governor HIGGINS,
lwhose notions of metropolitan tanners
have been derived from a careful study
sof the conditions that obtain in Clean.
The prediction reports Of warlike prep
arations that reached his ears affected
him deeply. He trembled for the safety
Of the State and the lives OF its people.
SThe telegraph habit was strong On him.
What more natural than that he should
,send a message to the incompatible
FLAHERTY, keeper Of the eight hour jail,
and warn him 20 be on guard against the
enemies Of the public? True, a large
and well paid police force is maintained
for such emergencies by the city; true,
that force has always, since 1898, proved
capable OF suppressing any attempts at
lawlessness and violence in. the county
Of Kings; true. il might be expected to
take such measures OF protection as
seemed necessary: yet the police force
was not FLAHERTE, and as it was already
prepared for whatever might befall. little
or nothing could be accomplished by
telegraphing to its commander.
Therefore, the Governor did telegraph,
and FLAHERTY did act, and in conse-
quence on Tuesday the Aldermen were
asked TO appropriate $50 TO pay the
salaries of 125 special deputy sherifTs
appointed and assigned for duty ut the
various voting places in the borough of
Brooklyn on primary day, September ",
1905, the said appointments and assign
ments being made by the sheriff Of Kings
county IN accordance with an order of
the Governor of New York"
1t seems impossible that any public
servant should be- willing TO put himself
In opposition 10 two majestic minds,
yet there were six Aldermen who OPP
posed this appropriation. In vain the
Committee on Finance reported that
the mighty FLAHERTY appeared in per-
son before IL and exhibited the telegram
Z, from the Governor directing him to
take all necessary steps 10 insure a
, pesceubIc primary election Six obsti-
nate and wrOnghcaded men--ELLERY.
~GuNTHER, KUNTzE, LAwLoE, LEyERETT
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Progressive New En- gland Democrats.

ETORTfS~lNF WV bH-tdotN NV y
The New England Democratic Progress
sive League. composed apparently OF
iuoorrigiblc Bryanites, has been formed
ito foster, disseminate and give effect
10 Democratic principles, and for other
purposes. Old friends, some Of whom
loved to wear a silver halo and some
Of whom even howlcd for "the blood
stained, battleborn grecnback," are
among the leaguers, We greet with an
especially glad hand the Hon. ALExAN-
DER TRoUP of New Haven, the Hon. A. c.
DRINKwATER Of MassaCh usetts and the
immortal WILLIAMS, chairman, of Dcd-
ham. They have fostercd and dissent
mated many Democratic principles, and
some queer ones in their day, and they
are as joyous and confident as ever.
Progressive is the brightest jewel in
the leagues name. Democracy, once
called Bourbon, is so progressive that it
takes a nimble wit TO keep up with it.
BRYAN, god of the silver bow, has pro-
crossed to Government ownership OF
railroads; and he is still young, and many
strange shapes Of Democratic principles
may still be hidden in his tccming and
progressive intelIectuals.
Only one solemn thought mars the
happiness which the leaguing Of these
Yankee Organizes gives us. Isn't Mr..
BRYAN, fleet footed as he is, rather slow
for the recent and present Democratic
pace? How about that more rapid New
York, Chicago and San Francisco Jeffer-
sonian, Of whom the Hon. JOIN BUTIN
MORAN is the faithful minister?
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People begin 10 know BRYAN. They begin to
recognize his moral qualitics.-URBr \ NOoDsoS.
Secretary OF me- DeDtOcrghc national Ommftes.
Mr.. BRYAN is filed to bursting with the
finest sentiments imaginable. If morality
consists in exuding goodness on all occa-
sions for publication. Mr.. BRYAN is the most
moral candidate for President that ever
was. His benevolence spreads from pole
to pole. and is especially thick in the tropics.
He is the peerless friend Of man in all climes.
and is ready at any hour Of the day to write
a constitution and bylaws for the human
race. If the people do not begin to know
BRYAN by this time they are very un-
grateful.
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win be more melodious than SwfsBURxE's
choicest lyrics. He can tuSp sausage aud
sauerkraut into smbrosia. He knows all
the C~ampanian delicacies Of the table and
all the refinements Of social exhilaration.
He has a gift Of speech that sets the Chicago
afire. He is the leader OF all Circles the
Joy Of all companies. the shaker Of all hands.
the winner Of all hearts. a pink FIRE by day
and an aurora borealis by night.
Make the pay 100000 a year. and Colonel
JIM HAM LEWIS the first Commissioner Of
Industry.
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The Harlem Regatta Association wants
to get an annual appropriation from the
city treasury for the encouragement Of its
aquatic activities. It's president does not
think there will be amy SIMILAR requests
for appropriations. as there Is only one
other rowing association in the city" But
there are numerous bowling clubs. baseball
clubs. football clubs and the like, each Of
which is as much entitled to municipal help
as the oarsmen and should not the a
payers do something for those who develop
their iutellects by laboring long and hard
at bridge. whist or checkers?
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To TIE EDITOR OF TUE SUN--Sir: 4 man walk
Ing with q lady 10 have bis right arm free TO pro
tect her would walk with her at his left. In this
position tho coat Of each presents TO The other a
neateI appearance c. ", JR.
PRINoEToE. November 10.
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Possible Contest for Or. BntI.r., re.ns Men.

To THE EDITOR OF TEE SuX-rSir: 10 II too late
In the season 10 arrange an intercollegiate ballet
dancing match between Columbia and, say. Vassar
with apologies 20 VHSsar)? ! think II would be
highly exciting 10 the bunch OF "slssys" that Prcsl.
dent Butler seems to want around him.
INV YoRk. November II. DtsoUsrED
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sn,,cr,p,tnn. Nv MalI. Po.,paIa.

Published by The sun Printing and Publishing
Association a, 40 Nas~u street, In the Borough OF
Manhattan, New York.
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Observation, from Tn IN. state.


From mo Uttcd Obssuer.
Tue average born and bred downtown -
Yorker soys y" when he means wa, "
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Knioker-Heres a holdup In brad dayIight IN
Pittsburg.
socksr-Ho~ did ,s,y srt che Ishtt
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In Lea OF Trumps.

Stella when In doubt -
Bella Play possvm.
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JAMES BURTON REYNOLDS. Assistant Sec
rotary of the treasury. who has OH his hands
a herd Of four elephants seized for under
valuation. should be informed that there
are well authenticated cases If elephants
that lived for 100 years in captivity. With
winter setting in early. elephants are a drug
on the market. BY spring the Reynolds
herd will nave eaten up more OF the long
green than they are worth. and the Gov
ernment will not he able to recoup itself by
selling them. Why not deport them to the
Philippines, where they could be used by
Governor SMITH? An Oriental power should
havera stable Of elephants for professional
and ceremonial purposes.
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The Hon. John POWERS. a famous Alder
man and ~flnancier Of Chicago. has intro
duced into the City Council an ordinance
providing for the appointment Of a Com
missioner Of Industry st a salary Of $4,000
a year. This officer is to boom" Chicago.
She is too bashful to boom herself. De must
combine all the graces and most Of the
virtues:
"He must be u good mixer. q bon NivAnt. an
orator. an eKtemporaneous speaker, and n jolly.
whole hearted. optimistic Individual. IN addition
io these qualifications hr must be a walking bureau
~ -tatistlcs on ChlcagO now and twenty ycarshcnce.
,ic must Ice TcHdy at all times to tell right o' Inc reel
how nlany miles OF railroad tracks thyr" are within
ITO city limits. what these shlpplne facilities rep
resent. what are the freight rates between Chicago
aEl the outside world, also the shipping facilities
by waler'
One man IN the universe can I'LL this diff
cult post. One man. and only one. IL enIal
TO all it, duties and it's pleasures. This
man, now the most illustrious citizen ~
Cook county. can make q time table dithy-
rsnlbic and freight rates a grand swe~s
song. He can improvise statistics that
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-07
EXCURSION RATES
ARE POPULAR
HUNDREDS VISIT EAST ON
CHEAP TICKETS
Places VIII BE More Than Filled by
Incoming Pleasure Seekers.
General News Of the
Railways

Hundreds Of people left for the east
yesterday, all Of the trains on the
Salt Lake Southern Pacific and Santa
Fe being crowded. A reduced rate for
the round trip to any eastern point was
sold yesterday and is effective today.
The low rate tickets will also be sold
on July 2 and 3.
All of the railroads have been ad-
vertising the rate for weeks and In
consequence IL is thought that more
people will seek tickets than can be
accommodated with berths.
From reports from the east 1t is be-
lieved that the places of those who are
leaving will be more than filled by
those who see in Southern California
a summer resort. For the first time
low summer rates will be given this
season to the Pacific coast.
Los Angeles has just been awaken
ed to the fact that she is as great
summer resort as she is a winter resort
and the railroads and hotels and pro-
motion committees are spending much
money advertising the discovery. 1t is
believed that the summer travel this
year will almost equal the record es-
tablished last winter.
Los Angeles and the beaches are the
refuge from the hot winds that sweep
across the desert sands of Arizona,
New Mexico and other places that are
in the torrid region. Hundreds of peo-
pie come here every summer to es-
cane the disagreeable and almost un-
bearable heat at home. They have al
rady begun to come and their number
this season promises to be more than
ever before.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-07
MAKE NEW BAGGAGE RULES
Mexican Government Makes Railways
Refund Specified Amount

The Mexican government has made a
rule whereby the railroad companies
must refund a specified amount for
baggage lost by them in transit. New
checks will be used similar to those in
use in the United States.
The company must state its liability
on the back of the baggage check
given to the person checking the bag
gage. 1t is required that the company
refund 5000 for large trunk, 500 for a
small trunk, $25 for a hand grip and $5
for a hat box that is lost in transit.
The excess baggage coupons must
also have the charges displayed plain
Iy on the back. The general rate for
excess baggage in the republic is IL
cents per klometer for 1000 kilos. The
checks will be made of cardboard and
the baggage agent will fill in the desti-
nation of the passengers baggage.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-07
WIDOW DEMANDS
LIFE FOR LIFE
DIRECTS PURSUIT OF HER
HUSBANDS SLAYER
Horner, Slayer of Perkins, Rooming
House Proprietor, Willing to
Plead Guilty If Spared
Legal Execution

Perry j. Horner, accused murderer
of Frank B. Perkins, former man
ager of a roomnig house, 7121a East
First street, is being prosecuted re-
lentlessly by Mrs. Perkins, a small
woman clad in mourning
Yesterday during the preliminary
examination before Justice Chambers,
Mrs Perkins exclaimed dramatically:
although L knew my husband was
mortally wounded, 1 did not forget to
send men to search for the man who
stabbed him. A woman's love will
to remember that vengeance is due on
the murderer"
When Mrs. Perkins left the witness
stand she drew her heavy black skirts
from contact with the covering crea-
ture on the bench who admitted to
officers on the night of the Stabbing
that he did it because of an alleged
loss of twenty-five cents.
Horner was held without bail and the
police expect he will plead guilty in
the superior court and receive life
sentence.
According to the evidence Horner,
rooming house of Perkins on the night
of April II.
He became involved in an alteration
over the price of a room and pulling a
knife, stabbed the proprietor in the alb
domen.
Wife Orders Pursuit
Horner fed down the street, pursued
by a negro roomer, II. Williams, who
faithfully obeyed the frantic appeal
of Mrs. Perkins to find the man who
stabbed her husband.
Williams trailed the fugitive to Hew-
lit street and pointed him out to pa
trolman, who brought Horner back to
the rooming house.
Perkins identified him as the man
who had stabbed him. Horner told
the officers, according to the testimony
that he stabbed Perkins because he
thought he was being robbed.
Perkins died two days later at the
California hospital and Horner has
been awaiting his preliminary eXamina-
tion on a charge of murder.
The man offered no evidence yester-
day and sat in an apathetic condition
during the testimony that was being
woven about him.
He told one of the police officials that
he was willing to plead guilty of he was
sure he would not be hung, 1t Is al
legged.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-07
RAILROAD BRIEFS

w. r.. Gleason, chief clerk in the
freight department Of the Salt Lake
road at Salt Lake City, fell while rum
ming to catch a train Monday and broke
his right wrist and shoulder blade. He
is in q hospital and Is reported to be
recuperating nicely.
Douglas White of the Arrowhead
magazine, the official publication Of
the Salt Lake road, has returned after
a trip to San Diego on his yacht RAJ
mona.
E. w. Gnlett general passenger
agent of the Salt Lake road, received
word yesterday that the annual meet
ing Of the Dunkards in 1907 VIII be
held in Los Angeles.
The Northern Pacific has issued
orders that after June 10 the North
Coast Limited" will not carry passen-
gers destined to points east of Fargo
except from st. Paul and Minneapolis
to Detroit.
William II. Newman, president OF the
New York Central holds the record
this year of having more directorships
or trusteeships in corporations and
companies than any other man in the
United States, according to the direc-
tory of directors for 1906, now issued
It is shown that Mr.. Newman, as a
representative of the Vanderbilts, is a
pew, who for years headed the list of
directors in this country, dropped back
to third place this year. Frederick
Underwood, the president of the Erie,
is second having a total of seventy
two directorships. William X. Wander
bilt Is fourth on the list, with a total
of sixty-five.
Representatives OF speyer & Com
pany, bankers, and the National City
bank Of New York have signed a con-
tract with the Bolivian government
for the construction of railways. The
sections to be built are the Viacha-
Ouro line, connecting the africa road;
the Aruro- o-Gochabamba, the Uyuni and
Potosi and the Ororo-Tupjiza, via Po-
tosi and La Paz to Puerto Panado. All
the lines must be delivered to the gov
ernment within a maximum period of
ten years at cost of construction of
$27, 100000.