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recollection, and Prediction Of a Soldier.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-ESfr. l had the
misfortune OF being a soldier In Cuba In 1898. when
Theodore Roosevelt led the Rough Riders into an
ambush and n lot OF good men were killed, such as
Hamilton Fish and Bucky O'Neal, and lots OF Other rs.
Had It not been for the timely aid of the Tenth
Cavalry, colored. and another regiment all the
Rough Riders would have been wiped on the map.
Had Roosevelt been a Regular army on1cer he would
have been court -msrtialled for leading his men into
an ambush, for he did this without orders.
II one reads the soldiers handbook and Articles
OF War one will soon come 10 the conclusion that
no man can be put out OF the army without a gen.
eral court martial. The discharge Of these three
companies OF soldiers In the winter time or any
other time is a disgrace to humanity. as well as
70 civil and 20 military law.
soldlered at Fort Bliss, Texas. two miles from
III PAso, In 1893. Theirs was trouble there then. \
company OF the Twenty NTH Infantry was there
and a corporal was killed. In the same night =
Sheriff was killed. and a sergeant and a few others
are In prison now. The FIRST sergeant was diShon-
Orab.y discharged for opening the gun rack SD the
men could get guns 20 defend themselves against
an armed mob OF citizens.
What was all this trouble Aboutr They hardly
wanted the soldier to walk on the sidewalk. The
time will come when the great God OF heaven will
be angry at this nation for Its partial treatmen OF
an oppressed people. II you will but look around
you will see that something 10 going 10 happen, and
who can stand against the mighty Ruler OF heaven
when He shall rise up 10 defend a helpless people'
LAwsoN W. HARRIS.
PEovIDENcE, r.. l.. December T.
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tuition. In the present day and time all
sight Of the fact that the powers OF the
nation are a grant from the individual
States seems to have been lost. The
notion prevails that if the individual
States fail to do what some Of their citi-
zens think should be done, it becomes
the right and even the duty Of the Fed
eral Government TO correct that failure
by the passage of national laws. To
that end the Constitution is indefinitely
stretched, in spirit and in letter.
The difference between prohibiting
interstate commerce in merchandise
which is the product Of child labor and
a similar commerce in merchandise made
by Cinnamon is purely sentimental. II
the transportation of such merchandise
can be prohibited or penalized, 80 can
the transportation of merchandise which
is the product of union labor, or the out
put Of an open shop, or Of merchandise
in the production of which a fair living
wage is not paid to those who produce
it. The logic of this proposition is in
disputable, although the appeal to human
sympathy may be stronger in n case
than it il in another. No grant to the
Federal authority has ever been made
by the individual States under which the
Congress may usurp SO wide a measure
Of power.
1t may be held that the Beveridge bill
is not unconstitutional, but it can hardly
be denied that it is extra-constitutional.
A much sounder course is indicated by
the President in his message. He there
says that each State must ultimately
settle the question in its own way Mr..
BEvERIDGE and a few others would have
the nation settle IL, ono and for all.
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The Origin OF Fairbanks and Of
Cannon.

Our new Washington contemporary,
the Herald, has just inaugurated a very
interesting department Of genealogical
research, the idea being to present in
compact and authentic form the record
Of our most important families, thereby
enabling the student of American great
ness 10 trace it back to the original foun-
tain head. AS we understand, there will
be no excursion into the field of heraldry,
no crests, coats Of arms, notices and
the like. 1t is proposed simply to give q
plain and truthful account of the debut,
the subsequent expansion and the
present status Of those powerful and
prosperous and highly placed families
to whom we have learned to look for
national renOwn and safety. Thus will
our esteemed contemporary illustrate the
sources and the e~volutions of success.
Thus shall we become familiar with the
background and the inspiration of the
processes whereby this proud country
has, more than any other on the surface
of the earth, been s%prinkled if not
half drowned in gusty rains OF heroes,
statesmen, poets, conquerors and as
sorted blessings Of every conceivable
variety.
The first instalment of this promised
illumination appears in the Washington
Herald Of December ?, and is devoted
exclusively TO the Fairbanks family. 1t
opens thus;
JONATHAN FAREBANHE came from sowerby.
In 1889 settled In Dedhsm. Mass. on the four
teenth Of August. iets. the following entry was
made in the records OF the Congregations Church
In the latter place:
JONATHAN PAIREBANKE. Notwithstanding he
had long stood on fro ye church upon some scruples
about publike p'iession OF faith 4 ye covenant yet
after divers loving conferences with him: he made
such declaration Of his faith & conv'sion 10 god
q p'fession OF subsection 10 ye ordinances OF Xt
in this K " he was readily & gladly received by ye
whole church,"
Evidently, reformed spelling is not as
sudden a thing as we had imagined, for
as far back as 1857 -FAIREBANKE' had
been elevated to "FAIRBANK," and by
1924 il had entered into the true light as
FAIRBANKS" There seems little doubt
that somebody has been before THEo-
DoRE ROOSEVELT and ANDREW CARNE-
Gle in this field OF ecstasy.
But the revelation that throws most
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PORTO RICAN PROBLEMS.
Questions Raised by Impending Govern.
mental Reforms.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: You
have recorded in your columns the over.
whelming electoral triumph Of the TnionIa
party Of Porto Rico. In the insular elections
in November this party carried the seven
districts OF the island. the Republicans barely
saving a few municipalities. The success Of
the Cnionists was so complete that all the
members of the next House Of Delegates,
thirty-hve, will be representatives Of that
political organization. There will not be q
dissenting voice in the legislative body Of
Porto Rico.
The platform Of the Union party is a very
patriotic and comprehensive document. hav.
ing as a substratum American citizenship
and local self-government for Porto RicO.
It beseeches from the Federal powers the
restitution of the autonomous administers.
tive insular machinery which the islanders
were operating when Uncle Sam disturbed
their tranquil slImber under the flag Of
Spain. According TO Republican ethics, the
electoral victory of the UnionlstS cannot
have any other significance than that Porto
Rico is a unit as to the aspiration for a larger
native share in the rights as well as the duties
of the insular government Conformablc 10
present indications. American citizenship for
Porto Ricans Will be an accomplished fact be-
forethe Fifty-ninth Congress closes its present
session.
In the presence Of this anxious willingness
on the part of Porto Rico TO become the
recipient of those reforms, and the apparent
willingness of the national legislature 70
grant them, the following queries would 10
timely and pertinent
If the concession of American citizenship
to Hawaii, with its natural Federal burdens,
has, II is said. ruined the islands on the Pacific,
will that be the case with Porto Rico, unable
as she Is to pay the Federal internal taxes and
tributes demanded from the various organ.
lied or unor ganized Territories?
Will the national Congress be powerless 10
release Porto Rico from the duties imposed
by the rights accorded? II so, will il be con
at u nfiana tn nFna1a = nFanRhnnI in DprtA
Rico's case? u. COLLA7O
NEW YORK, December 4.
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To THE EDITOR or The uN-Sty New Workers
are too busy TO answer the question of the CORE
~spondent who asks II they are too busy for friend.
ship. I live In a fairly good neighborhood. Prob.
ably there are people near me with incomes sp.
preaching $4,000 . year.
What is the difference between u.s. Eight thou.
sand dollars.
Can their wives associate with miner Not By
5000 a year.
Can l associate on terms OF friendship with them'
Same answer.
New York is a garden. and friendship is a weed
which interferes with the growth OF the plants. both
manufacturing and distributing. IL was dinnculi
TO keep the place weeded properly TIL the trust or
combination was invented, but those In charge OF
the work have hearts that pump ice water, and a
weedless garden is something we can look for.
ward to.
IL will take time, but we also have the
20 help form class distinctions. Il, W. BLIss.
NEW YORK, December s.
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Tim e Losing Capacity OF the Harlem Railroad

To THE EDITOR or The SUN-.Sir, From time to
time recently letters have appeared in The SUN
from readers who have occasion 10 use the Harlem
division OF the New York Central Railroad TO get
to their business. This morning train lis drew
into the Mount Vernon station about twelve min
utes late, A matter OF twelve or nfteen minutes is
nothing. We congratulate one another when a
Train strikes as near the schedule as that. After
the train left the station Il was merely a crawl down
to lssth street, and at Fifty third street, when we
thought our morning troubles about over. the train
anne TO . fun stop. followed after a season by a
series Of hard jerks, then a backing OF the train.
Finally, the passengers were deposited in the Grand
Central Station at 9:l5, Just nifty -four minutes late,
a loss OF forty four minutes In a run OF thirteen
miles. Heretofore we have borne our dlsappolnt-
ments somewhat philosophically, having In mind
the splendid promises for the future of the road
This morning the loss of time is chargeable simply
and only 10 q miserable, defective engine that could
not get up SUFFICIENT steam 10 carry the heavy train
with even moderate continuous speed.
are a patient lot, but the limit has
been reached when we are called upon TO ride be-
hind a ramshackle old engine that Is not capable
of generating steam %suficient 10 take a train thlr-
teen miles within forty four minutes OF the SEIZED
uled running time.
1t is a mighty serious proposition to those who
are compelled TO use the Harlem road and are
anxious to give value for value received In tho
commercial world. EDMUND L. PENDLEToN.
MOUNT VERNON. December 4.
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The Tehuantepec Railway scheme was originally
proposed four centuries ago by the dlscoverer
conQueror CoRTRz.-RerteU OF RerteUS for De-
esnber.
The facts regarding this interesting an
nouncement are susceptible of brief state
ment. In the spring Of the year 1919 the
magnificent oceangoing steam yacht be-
longing TO Senior Don HERMAN CoRTEz
entered the harbor of Vera Cruz. Senior
CoRTEz was taken ashore in his naphtha
launch. He was met on the beach by the
representatives Of MoNrEzUMA. who took
him for an inland spin in an 80 horsepower
automobile. The idea of the ~Tehuantepec
Railway developed in the mind Of CoRrEz
in consequence Of the frequent ~puncturing
Of the rubber tires Of the car by cactus
thorns as the machine ~ploughed its way
through the jungles.
Alasi CoRTEz neglected TO live long enough
to witness the practical results Of his intel
ligent foresight.
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THE d. III. CHAMBERLAIN OF OH
"Reminiscences OF h Days OF CarpetDar
RecOnstructIOn.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Str. Ycr.
editorial notice in Saturda US SIN Of r. "
Chamberlain. who seems TO have resurrec,,a
himself from oblivion. was interesting .nS
refreshing reading. 1t carried one back h
the reconstruction period in the South Poi
lowing the civil war. when the c1rp,tha gRer,
were enga ged in the pleasant task 20 them.
selvcs) of d~espoiling the Southern States and
loa ding them with debts which il afrorwsrd
took years to pay OF.
Among their particular quests vo-c m.
railroads, which were being rebuilt ana
which were MIXED" for all they werr worth
During and after the civil war the writer va,
a dealer in railway supplies in New Yor.
and furnished considerable materlaI DURING
the ReconstruCtio period To the southern
roads being rebuilt. lie was down thers a
good deal. looking after payment of his bills
and saw what was going on. ~ was not an
occurrence to see n road pvt ipto
the IA nds Of a receiver overnight. and IN.
employees and supply men had To Hook sharplv
and quickly after their pay as the rputtsA A,
a rule were not disposed to recognize ohliss.
lions incurred prior to such reooIvershlp
South Carolina, Ala bama and Georgia vera
the principal sufferers from these depreds.
tors. on one Of the writer's visits rp Mont.
gomery. Ala. during this period. and when
the Legisl ature was in session, he saw a mum.
Der OF negroes sitting "a members. Who's.
votes could be bought at o. apiece for any steal
that was up. 1t was a trying time for thu
South, which even the forty years since tho
war has not entirely effaced.
The writer had no business with South
Carolina and therefore did not come In con.
tact with the gang which was enga ged /,
despoiling that State. but he had TO do with
conditions then existing in Alshama, Georra
and Tennessee. and his firm dropped" about
$40. 900 as the result OF their experience
II was charged up to profit and loss account
thankful that it was no worse. The write,
did not know that D.. II. Chamberlain va,
still "in the flesh" Apparently he is, IL tn.
man who has the impudence to %criticise MI.
Jerome IL the same who was Attorney-Gep.
eral OF South Carolina in 1870. VICTIM.
EVANSTON. ILL.,, December 8,
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as the debtor nations Of the New World,
would be represented. That is why the
Rio Conference limited its course in this
direction to requesting the Hague Con-
gress to consider the subject.
There is no direct allusion in the mes
sage to the existing provisional arrange
ment under which our Government IL
collecting and apportioning the customs
revenue of the Dominican Republic. A
new treaty is said to have been negotiated
with that commonwealth. which it il
hoped will meet some, il not all. Of the
objections to the treaty now pending in
the Senate: but the Presidents com
ments OF it will doubtless DO conveyed in
a separate message.
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No!

Every system of free government
takes for granted the fallibility OF the
ruler; hence the provision for checks
and balances and limited responsibility.
President ROOSEVELT could not have
had this fundamental in mind when he
proposed to Congress in a special mes
sage yesterday that Article SO Of the
articles for the government OF the navy
be amended and Article 81 be repealed
30 as to give him power in time OF
peace to dismiss an officer OF the navy
without the right of appeal to the
service to prove his fitness to remain in
tin other words, without trial by
court-martial.
Abuse, irregularity or hardness OF
process there may have been, and in
competent or unworthy officers may
have remained in the service by reason
Of il, but we do not agree with Mr.. RoosE-
WELT that because the President is con-
~stitutional commander-in-chief Of the
navy he should have the unrestrained
power of dismissal for what he alone
considers cause, and that there would be
no danger Of the abuse Of such a power.
1t is human to err, and no man born Of
woman il omniscient, though he be
President Of the United States.
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light upon a great and thrilling ques-
ton, namely, the character Of the
Hon. CHAKLEs WARREN FAIRBANKS, is
that which deals with the conversion
Of his ancestor, the wary and re-
sourceful JONATHAN. Less gifted men,
confronted by the pious solicitudes
OF the Pilgrim Fathers Of that time,
would have hesitated, perhaps blum
dered. Every student of u early
history knows what it meant to have a
loving conference" with those pioneers
of religious liberty. The chronicles of
the time are crowded with instances OF
inglorious flight and idiotic subterfuge.
They tell us, for example, that the for
bears Of the Hon. JOSEPH G.. CANNON
fed in miserable dismay from the affec-
tionate opportunities Of the Fathers
Furtively and by night they visited the
graves of their contumelious and non
adjustable kindred. And ere dawn
broke, and while as yet the Pilgrim
wrestler snored beside his sanctified and
eager blunderbuss, they scooted south
for safety. Here it is that we are en-
abled to account for many differences
between the descendants Of those
primitive progenitors. Here we con-
trast the frugal elasticity of the original
FAIRBANKS with the ~improvident con-
tumacy of the original CANNON. The
former wisely made his profession OF
subsection and thereby avoided those
loving conferences which had 80 nearly
dismissed him to eternity-remained to
share in the dividends of the elect, as it
were; while the latter, timid, undecided,
stiff necked, hiked away to the precarious
refuge Of the Carolinas.
So we see to-day the fruits OF these
discrepancies Of nearly three centuries
ago fairly breaking the bough Of gath
cred information. There is the Hon.
CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS, shining
with suavity, redolent of a nobly
lubricating JUNCTION, adjustable to every
conceivable emergency, beaming over
buttermilk, efiorescent in the presence Of
the rosy cup, fluent Of amatory over
ture, and battling the ultimate resources
Of mechanical ingenuity by almost human
achievements Of wreathed smiles and
infiammatory gesture. There, on the
other hand, is the Hon. JOSEPH G.. CAM
NON, stiff Is a poker, u%nyielding to the
fiercest blasts of fate, contained in his
cigar, his baggy rousers and his ineradi-
cable convictions. In one we see the
perfect miracle and flower of accommo-
dalton. The other reveals to us the
aspect Of a stubborn and enduring
bumptiousness. These genealogical
revelations possess a value beyond all
computation.
We await with i'll concealed impotence
the light that must, one or later, fall
upon the origin and evolution of other
and perhaps ever greater persons There
is much we need to know.
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The Beveridge Child Labor Bill.

Child labor in far too many instances
Is a recognized and admittedly existent
evil, an offence TO the best sentiments OF
the community. Proposals for its ~restric-
ton make a strong appeal TO all right
minded people. State regulation OF the
evil has been tried, with only limited
success. On Tuesday Senator BEvER-
IDGE introduced a bill providing for
national regulation under the Interstate
Commerce act.
The plan devised by the proponents Of
Federal regulation OF child labor is prob
ably the only n by which the matter
a be brought into national control, but
II involves a considerable strain on tn.
intent and the provisions Of the Consti-
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To the "Conxre.sionsl Record. =.

The Congressional Record will continue. IN h.
1nted as heretofore the 'dmplined spelling rules
III . "ppiy,
a." Co"v,esso"H Heoord'
my noaI., anu nghu
u .nou ~ouiost DC ravlshed
The wolnsh pack was after
Thy hide with whOop and yelp.
And In thine utmost peril
Methinks thou yelledest "Help,"
For they would rip thine innards
Clean out. and hang thy hide
Upon the fence tpoliticaD
or Spelling Slmplinedl
na'e assurance
- . DC disturbed
~ ~ NeIOlaee'
conunu. ,hon 70 rnssu :.
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Yuma's Six P~ersimmOns.

NV 7 NTFE NUT'
Although every county In Arizona hSDe1 10
swell the exhibits At the fair. Yuma COUNTY ron'
tributed SIX Japanese p~ersimmons toward ad'ef'
Using her possibilities TO outsiders.
Six p~ersimmons to attract attention 70 r mining
and farming district equal to any In The r''el
Statesi
Six persimmons to prove that 1--we stoea and az
the horticultural and agricultural posS!p'I'rs Of
the semi -tropic temperate zones thrive lu ps''ec'
ton In Yuma county,
Six persimmons to advertise a county ln ""'a
the United States Government Is s]pcudiuc nl MS
OF dollars In reclamation work.
Six persimmons TO attract attention to the ''''i
winter climate the world affords, TO ,at ro' Z
OF the beauties OF the Colorado River and 'r s,F'
rounding mountains
Six pcrsimmons from Yuma county, Wei.
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From me New ortnns TrnsS-Dsro,SsL
The chef lighted a cigarette.
"A good omelet. was II not" nc ssF- N''
l Will tell you OF the record omclet Of the VOID,
When I soldiered in Tunisia, our company vi"
sent out. at the farmers Request. To annA'a'r re
sparrows which destroyed the crops. We t'5ush'
bAck-it is incrediole-5.OO0 eggs. Think o. 80
Out OF those 5000 spsrrows' eggs Ne naie Al
omelrt. II was II feet long. - feet wide and . '1c'
thick. And light Lighter. my friend, "a. .
feather.
1T was the record omelet Of the world s"d J
have q photograph OF IL IN my strongboG
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sonth Bend. warning Bells.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: An item In
The SUNDAY Sun said that the New York Fire De
pariment authorities thought OF putting alarm
bells on busy corners. and were going 10 Bridge
port. Conn. TO investigate the system there, but
thought II would not do, as It had overhead wires.
II they will take the trouble 70 write to South Bend.
Ind, they will get some pointers regarding the
system that has been in use there for some years,
and the wires are underground.
JAMES H. KIvLAN.
PHILADELPHIA. December 4
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Rssrettable Decision OF Colonel LONE.

FROM the Lake Providence Banner Democrat.
Colonel r. Sambolo Jones Of Baton Rouge will
not be q candidate for the position OF Judge. made
vacant by the resignation OF Mr.. George X. Favrot.
who killed Mr.. Aldrich a few weeks ago. II IA
the nrst once that the Colonel has failed to run
for, and II Is very strange.
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We have often wondered why TIE SUN never
pitted WALTER J. BALLARD against General GRos
1t is not BALLARD we should pity. It's
old GRosvENoH.
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wsyfarer-Did you see an auto 60 along the
road
Famer-No. but I passed q smell q mile back.
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Published by The Sun Printing and Publishing
Association at no Nassau street. in the Borough OF
Manhattan. New York.
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Practical Physiology.

T-eacher-Johnny. do you know the er-i' I"
alcohol on the cells of the BRAIN
Johnny-Naw. but / know de effects on ds ceS
% dc station house.
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n our friends pAs rasor ss 18th maavsertpts for
publication rtsh to haze rejected articles returned fAey
must IN all Eases send stamps for that purpose.
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PHILADELPHIA. !
The Marshall republican., 1906-08-31
Thanks!

Our request for names Ia
sen sample copies To,
brought a good number of re.
plies and names that we sent
papers TO as requested. One
correspondent wrote: "below
are some names TO send cop.
les Of your papers to-nearly
everyone takes the Republi-
can here, Democrats as well
as Republicans"
Another says, Every boGy
likes the Republican. Send
me n bunch TO- II few weeks
TO distribate " my neigh.
bors."
Another writer says: 81
DOM thin
the small amount that it costs
10 read il every week in any
better way. ] would like 10
see more people read il. Wish
IL much succ 49,