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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-22
The Welcome 20 Mr.. Rrycn.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. THE
Sun OF to-day has. with even more than it's
usual felicity. given expression to the pleasure
with which most OF its readers have learned
Of the appointment Of Mr.. jam s Bryce to
the position Of British Ambassador at Wash
ington. But how fatuous is the supposition.
which, as one learns from THE Sun. is enter
tanned in London, that this persona oydtd will
be transformed into persona Orotissima by
being made a peer OF the United Kingdom
before taking up his duties herel Every one
to his taste. OF course. Mr.. Bryce. II he likes.
can adopt this method OF effacing. for pur-
poses OF correspondence and conversation.
the family name to which, by his career as a
statesman and his literary product, he has
given wide fame and high distinction.
II IL probably true that when. during his
residence in Washington, an eminent and
admirable British Ambassador was elevated
to the peeraRe" with the title Baron Paunce-
fote. everybody was pleased and thought
the honor appropriate and merited: but the
author OF The Holy Roman Empire" and
The American Commonwealth" belongs to
a different class. His peculiar scceptability
and. by consequence. his peculiar usefulness
will not be enhanced by his consent to the
proposal TO take hin out of the Commons"
into the Lords" Perhaps his acceptability
and usefulness will not be diminished by the
transfer. No one knows. Yet l cannot help
feeling that. heartily as the Government and
people of the United States would have well
coined MIR. Gladstone under any name. they
would have welcomed him far more heartily
rs Mr., Gladstone than as the Earl OF Hawar-
den--the title, l believe. which the late Queen
endeavored, happily without success. to i'm
pose on him. LECTOR.
PRINCETON, n. j., December 20.
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Disseminated Americana.

To TIE Eprros OF THE SUN-Su. A subtle dis
content Is evident In every vocation OF American
life. The pessimlst claims that we are on the verge
OF some dire calamity. Many a sermon has been
who sdmonishes his people to BE content with
such things as We have"
The average American is not content until he bet
tiers his material condition. He does not believe
vlrOnments, for he Is not retarded In his advance
ment like q native OF India. who can't advance
beyond the caste wherein he was born. The high
est positions in the land are open TO those who
have the ability and ambition 70 attain them.
Discomfort has always figured largely In the bet
tcrment OF our national lite. In private life the
disseminated man Is usually the progressive ono.
He docs not express his discomfort In useless com
planning because of his slow advancement, or OF
the bad management OF Government Affairs. II
he occupies a mental position he nils Il with dignity
and honor. thereby using II as a stepping stone TO
advance 10 a more desirable calling.
Contentment depends upon the power ofa human
beings conception OF life. As this power broad.
ems by education and experience. the greater be-
comes the discomfort. A child will be contented
with a penny because his mind cannot conceive
OF the possibilities OF riches: yet at maturity he will
not be satisfied with \ fortune when he learns that
others possess moro than he docs.
The more enlightened We become, the greater
will be our quest for knowledge and advancement.
We are discontented because we can't fully under.
stand the divine plan Of creation and the mysteries
OF life in Its various stages. Therefore. we are ever
striving to gain this knowledge.
II scientists. artists and captains of industry
should be contented with their past and present
achievements there would be no keen competition,
as no one would try TO advance beyond the retoK.
nlzed standards.
Let us be thankful for the American discomfort.
for 1t denotes that we are progressive. 1t is the
mother OF advancement. &c p, JR.
EAsroH. Pa, December 10.
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Of dealing with these documents when
they turned up that u ncighbor the
Tribune once remarked editorially about
eighteen years ago: .
MI. CHAMBERLAIN was never able TO remember
whether he wrote these letters or not. and his
memory remains persistentIy weak. We fear the
~dlrnculty Is not with his retentlve faculties, which
we have reason to believe. are excellent, The true
explanation Is probably 10 be found in wooDRUTfs
diary. where he made. upon finding that CHAMBER
LAIN had deserted him and meant 70 run for Gov
ernor on a Reform platform. the sad entry: | fear
he Is too great a hypocrite.'"
Now, all this merely shows that Mr..
CHAMBERLAIN's memory may be at fault
about the form Of his previous state
ments concerning the authenticity or
fraudulency of the document. The only
important fact ia that the original OF
the letter is in THE SUNS possession, to-
gether with other writings of Mr.. CHAM
BERLAIN and his political and business
associates at the period in question, all in
such shape and with such corroborative
accomplishments a. to leave no possible
doubt in any mind OF the genuineness Of
the melancholy exhibit.
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The President Obdurate.

No person Of judicial mind, we believe,
could share Mr.. RoosEvELr's satisfac-
ton, as wildly reflected in his memo
randum to the Senate, with the case
against the battalion OF the Twenty
fifth Infantry presented in Major BLOCK
SONS report.
The President says that the report SIS
based upon the testimony of scores Of
eyewitnesses." The fact is that twenty
one witnesses testified at the hearing
called by the citizens committee of
Brownsville the day after the raid, which
Mr.. ROOSEVELT properly characterizes
as "murderous savagery, ""cold blooded, +"
'cowardly" and "a black and dastardly
crime" The evidence so collected is
the body of Major BLoCKsoM's case as
communicated to his superiors and pub
lished. Without it nc indictment could
be drawn before the bar of public opinion.
But the truth is, much OF the evidence
Ia irrelevant, immaterial and worthless.
Some parts of it conflict with other parts,
and there were not more than four eye-
witnesses who testified that they recog-
IlZou 40 5Olulofb tno men WHO SHOt up
the town. Not one Of the men was identi-
fed even by the police. These witnesses
we're neither sworn nor cross-examined.
To some of them the committee said
before they testified: ~We know they
1.-THE raidersl we're negro soldiers"
The evidence vas entirely e1 pdrte.
end but for the finding of empty cart
ridge clips fitting the new Springfield
rife il would not be seriously regarded.
The presumption is, from inherent prob
ability, that the raiders were negro
soldiers, but the evidence of scores of
eyewitnesses' is certainly lacking from
the case. The President saws that
DoMNGUEZ, the wounded lieutenant of
police, stated that the raiders were eff
teen colored soldiers" But DOMINIQUE
did not testify at the citizens hearing,
nor was his affidavit read. And il is not
a fact that the evidence of many wit
resses Of all classes was conclusive TO
the effect that the raiders were negro
soldiers" The Mount of evidence il
material, because if there is not much Of
II the wrong done the innocent who have
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-22
Loyalty and Patience.

To rHR EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: This
morning THE Sun asks; How does a paternal
and Industrious ruler proposet to provide for the
unemployed millions who will presently APP
peal to his omnipotence for succor2"
Is not the above question very near to
making The SUN guilty of Hsc mdjeste'
What RICH has TEE SUN any more than
its humblest reader to demand of the exalted
parsonage, presently ~reigning. anything that
his imperious If not imperial will does not
voiunta rily disclose?
Perish the pretence that any subject Of the
exalted parsonage has any semblance OF a
right to demand any explanation Of the ex-
allied p~ersonaRe's acts or intentions,
Perhaps in the course of the next ten or
fifteen years-the exalted parsonage being
comparatively young-he may. as a matter
OF grace. deign to explain some OF his designs
that at present are not clear to certain Of his
loyal subjects.
Until then loyalty requires patience.
NEW YORK. December 20. W. r. @.
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The negro who was lynohed in Annapolis
yesterday morning was led by the mob
through the streets OF the quarter inhabited
by his race -as an object lesson to the popu-
lation there The sight must have had a
tremendous effect on men Of his color
They learned from it that the State OF Mary
land was incapable Of guarding its public
institutions. which are at the mercy Of n
two or three score men, who meet at
midnight 10 invade a community. over
power the officers OF the law and do what
they please with the persons committed to
the guardianship Of the State.
One result OF this object lesson will be
to bring the legal processes OF the State
into contempt with the very class IL Is most
desirable to impress with their strength
and power.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-22
A Denial From Mr.. Chamberlain.

In a communication to the New York
World, reproduced in full elsewhere,
Mr.. DANIEL H. CHAMBERLAIN, formerly
Of South Carolina, denies that he ever
wrote the somewhat celebrated letter
of January S, 1870, which THE Sun re-
produced about three weeks ago. Mr..
CHAMBERLAIN tells the World that "the
forgery" He says that he informed the
late CHARLES A. DANA that il was a
forgery about thirty years ago, and
understood Mr.. DANA TO accept his
statement as true: and that he has never
heard Of such a letter since then until
its recent republication in THE sun.
Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN adds that he has been
extremely sick and unable to attend to
business, and that such is really his con-
dition yet.
We have no desire or disposition to
add to the troubles Of a man who is
extremely sick and unable to attend to
business. Since we are charged, how
ever, by Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN with uttering
a forgery it is proper to say something
at the present time.
The document which Mr.. CHAMBER
LAIN says he denounced TO Mr.. DANA az
a forgery late in the '7Os or early in the
1908, and which he has never heard of
since until now, has peer brought to his
attention several times by reporters of
different newspapers since its first publi-
cation. He has never before, so far az
we are aware, pronounced it an entire
forgery, but has generally contented him
self with the avowal that it was outside
of his recollection.
For example, on one occasion in Sep
TENDER, 1877, he said to a reporter Of the
New York Tribune. who showed him a
copy of the letter TO KIMPToN: This one
also may be genuine" He had pre-
viously remarked Of another letter, also
Of an apparently discriminating nature:
This one may be genuine, but it looks
to me as if it had been doctored; that is,
some words interpolated.
This was soOn after Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN
had departed from South Carolina, and
while the question Of his indictment and
the technical possibility of sending him
TO Jail was under consideration at Co
lumbia.
Eleven years later the same letter was
reproduced with comment in the New
York Tribune, and on September 10, 1893,
Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN sent TO the New York
a communication in which he said
that he had no recollection OF writing the
This was just after Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN's
first appearance as a censor of public
morals at the North and a merciless
pursuer and ~tireless denouncer of the less
upright of his fellow citizens.
Moreover, the same epistle appears in
full in Mr.. WALTER II. ALIENS defensive
biography of Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN, pub
lished in 1883. There is in Mr.. ALIENS
text a mild suggestion, at second hand,
that the letter may be a forgery, but no
distinct statement TO that effect.
So notorious. in fact, has been the in
decision of Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN's method
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-22
English Lunacy Inquiry Fees.

Mr.. T. II. Fischer. X. C., a Master in Lunscv
giving evidence before the Royal Commission On
the Feeble Minded 10 day. referred to the costs ~
the present system.
In the case Of the Marques OF Townshend IN.
costs had not yet been taxed. but Lord Townshend's
own costs 81 .SO0-had he said. been paid by two
ladies lTelRtivcs). The Official Solicitors coats
amounted TO Al .S9 but had not yet been taxed.
Other bills had yet TO be delivered. and the total
cost would not be less than $4,000.
The costs amounted TO a cruel sum, and had.
the witness stated. reduced the subject OF the in
quiry 10 perjury,
In the case OF Mrs. Cathcart the taxed COST.
amounted TO more than 1000.
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SENIOR ORIA,s sERVIoEs.
Diversity Of Opinion as to Thrir value 60
lnele sam.

AuCtt H8uts
In IaOI-O2 Senior Casimiro Oria y Balbas. a
spanish subject resident in Languan, Sanlar.
rendered valuable services to the United states
by assisting its military and naval forces
In putting down the rebellion in the island,
lie served as guide pilot and interpreter. and
as ne was well TO do he asked no compensa-
tiOn. Then he fell on evil times. His money
gone, his health impaired, he returned TO
spain. where. at COmillas. Santander Prov
ince. he Ia dying OF disease which he asserts
was contracted while serving this country.
In his extremity he sent = petition to the
United States. under date OF q 10.
1908. in which he asked for compensation for
his services. The petition was Endorsed
oy three physicians. and on its receipt the
war Department began an Investigation OF
Senior Oria's services. The Official estimates
OF the value OF his work are interesting be-
cause OF their diversity. Colonel Fred A. Smith.
Eighth Infantry. writing from Fort Jay on
November rs. 1904. said:
During my service on the northern end OF Samar.
In 1900. l found the services OF senor CssImiro ORA
y baloas very valuable In many respects, partiou-
larry as a pilot, guide and Interpreter. He had
been engaged In the hemp business. and vss familiar
with the towns on the coast. the small rivers. and
had a large acquaintance with the natives. Many
OF the expeditions were by water. as We had three
navy ~gunboats In that vicinity, and the success of
these expeditions was largely due ~ his previous
experience and the Information he impaired. I
have no knowledge OF the amount OF the claim for
services rendered, but am of the opinion that $500
would be q fair compensation.
Writing on the same day from Fort Wayne.
Mich. Captain +. f. Lacey. Jr., First Infantry.
said:
Fifty dollars would. In my opinion. be o fair oom-
pensaton TO Senior Casimiro ORA y Baihas for his
services In the suppr ession Of the insurrecuon In
the Philippine Islands.
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A CHARGE OF FORGERY.
Mr.. ID. n. Chamberlain Declares Hc Never
wrote Letter Printed I'm ''Tbe SUM-"

FROM the Nev York World Of yesterday.
To THE EDITOR OF THE Wortd-Sr: A
friend in New York sent me on the 18th inst.
the vulgar editorial article in THE SUN Of the
LIST inst. entitled. GOSH Are There Two
ID. II. Chamberlains2 ?" which covers an alleged
letter OF mine dated in 1870. Since the re-
ceipt OF The Sun article I have constantly
been extremely sick in bed and unable to
attend TO business. Such is really my con-
dition at present. but l feel that 1t is now due
10 you, whose publication of my jerome
letter called out this ebullition OF The SUN.
II not to myself. that l should tell you that
the said alleged letter Of mine is an entire
forgery. No such letter was ever written
THE SUN declares its ability to guarantee
the gsnuineness OF the SAD Letter. nov lee
The same alleged letter Of mine was. I
or r'e early IN the SOS IN fac-simile / cannot,
however, at this distance and after such
lapse of time be quite certain that II was this
Identical letter. Al that time l informed the
late Mr.. Charles a. Dana personally that the
letter then published In THK Sun was q for
ss5y .n sDd >. understood gISs' S ann him T.t to sc ssG faP as my
now recollect, l never heard again OF any
such letter till this recent publication by
TIE Sun after a period OF nearly II not QUITE
think i is also OF interest to add that who
ever will read the alleged letter of mine, pub
lished in The Sun with ordinary care will see
that ii il were genuine it contains nothing
improper, much less corrupt. 1t simply. out:
lines a plan for combining and financing
rupt railroads of South Carolina. a plan which
some thirty years later was carried out. and
a process in which those who are understood
to control and manipulate THE Sun are spe-
cial adopts.
But think Of the mental state Of an editor
who undertakes 10 break the force OF my
letter on Jerome by showing or attempting
20 show that l am or was no better than |
ought to he! ID. II, C~HAMBERLAIN.
UNIvERsITr STATION, Charlottesville, Va.
December l9.
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Quictus TO Bleibtreu's Shakespeare.

From the London Sta nddrd,
am rather astonished to see the interest
excited In English newspapers by DR.. Blelb-
treu's theory" In Germany we do not take
much notice OF IL. Your eminent schoIsrs
such men as DIR. Furnivall, Professor Dow.
den, Mr.. Sidney Lee, Professor Herford. Mr..
boas. know, Of course, the exact value OF
such a theory" and they will probably not
be slow in ~refuting it. But, in the meantime.
L feel obliged to state that conscientious Ger.
man students Of English literature quite agree
with their English colleagues In rejecting this
new upshot Of Baconianism.
l have looked through all the Hu,,srd
Papers published by the Historical Manu-
script Commission for the purpose OF finding
any connection between the life of Roger
Manners. Earl Of Rutland uol2), and the
literary history of his time, and published the
results Of my research several months aro in
ny BOOK DAps Sh~akespeare's MeisterwerE-
for Or. Bleibtreu's theory.
or course the young Earl went to the thea
IRE some e when In London, as manv
neyis Arcadia" In 1903, as was natural for
the future husband Of Philip Sidney's dauah.
ssr; sess nkeiy ne was acauSinte ed With
ampton, and l suppose-although this is nor
quite certain that his personality and som.
OF Shakespeare's plays, That is ali ~
Ben Jonson and Sir Thomas Overbury we're
acquainted with Lady Rutland. and we're
sometimes invited to her house-if Ben Jon.
sons statement is exact. They praised her
poetical gifts. But no one $50 far as | know
ever mentioned any poetical or literary tll.
ents, any literary productions OF her h,fs-
bands neither Ben Jonson, nor John Jerou.
the young Earls tutor. nor his mother. nor
his guardian, nor his uncles. sister. brothers.
nor his friends, nor his own wife
Lord Rutland was born on October & 1873.
III three plays OF Henry vi. had been pro-
duced on a London stage by 1892. when he
was a boy OF IS or is and a student at Cam
bridge. Venus and Adonis" was published
in 1898. "Lucrece" in 1894. with shakespeare
dedication. as everybody knows. Richard
were printed in 1897, and. Of course, had been
written some time before. Francis Meres
mentions in 1898 twelve plays written nv
Shakespeare, Rutland, the supposed author,
was - at that time. The young Ear had
been abroad in i5es-97: GERMANY. Italy,
France. voyage TO the Azores. Sdpienh sat
There have been precocious poets in Eng
land, just as in other countries, Thomas
Chatterton. for instance. Lord Byron, Shellev.
~Tennyson,, But suche clandestine child poet
a. DIR. Fleibtreu would have us believe in. ~
whom. no contemporary ever speaks as a poet.
for whose poetical talents there is not fha
slightest piece Of evidence. would beat them
all. He would be the greatest and most
abnormal prodigy the world ever saw.
Besides, DR.. Bleibtreu docs not seem N
take into account the overwhelming mass NJ
evidence for William Shakespeare author.
snip. G. SARRAzIS.
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In the trial of CORNELIUS P. SHEA at
Chicago, JOHN A. DoNAHUE, driver OF the
wagon which. during the teamsters' strike,
was graciouGly allowed to carry money
every day from an express company's Office
to the Sub-Treasury, described the safe
conduct that enabled the Government
wagons to pass the picket Ii mes and saved
the horses from the attacks OF Mr.. SHEA's
acid throwers. The safe conduct was
issued by BERNARD MULLIoAN. president Of
the express drivers union. as follows:
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN; This wagon hauls
Government money and must not be molested By
pIckets."
MULLI0AN was the sovereign power. The
Government did not protect itself. The
city could not protect it. The easy. good
nat ured MULLIOAN pitied It and gave it the
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December la. 1905.

NoTE.-On the 10Th OF nerembcr, 1870, three
the sara Constant. Godspred and DlsLol cry
sailed from BlArkwall. England. for Virginia, where
The hrst successful American colony was founded
II jamestown.
Three hundred years ago three ships
Sailed out to blaze the way
Between the cipher Of that tine
ana millions OF TO day.
Their hearts were men. the fearless men
Who went TO meet what came.
Who knew the forfeit and who dared
To play the dangerous game.
They landed or a soil unknown,
InhOspitable. wild.
And thsve they sowed the seed on which
The sun of glory smiled.
And from that planting. tertillZed
ny Liberty. hes grown
To blossom now the Erandest crop
q The " Orld las ever known.
". J. LAhPTos.