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Enforce IT.

AS Governor HIGGINS sent two emer-
gency messages to the Legislature in
behalf OF the Prentice bill amending the
Liquor Tax law, it Is obvious that he
will not veto it, now that it has been
passed by both Houses and is before
him officially. The weapon that various
reform bodies wanted to aid in their
fight against disorderly liquor shops will
o be in their hands.
If it is disregarded and unused, as
many excellent provisions of the present
law are, it will not accomplish the results
that are expected of it. If it is enforced
generally and strictly it will be unique
among the provisions of the act it
amends. The Liquor Tax law has never
been enforced thoroughly by State and
local authorities. The criticism that has
assailed it has been due to official dis
regard of it's intent and purpose.
Perhaps if the new provision is en-
forced it may produce such excellent
results as to induce the authorities to
try the novel experiment of enforcing
all the clauses of the law.
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TRE COIN DE GRAssE.
Proposal to Homo France by Naming an
AmePIcan gFarship FOR Him..

To THE EDITOR OF THE BUN-Sir: 1t has
occurred to me that the coming OF the French
feet to take part In the ceremonies at Annapo-
lis In commemoration of Paul Jones VIII
afford an opportunity TO our Government OF
performing gracefully an act Of justice to the
memory Of the French Admira Count de
Grasse which would be at once oredltable
to our people and gratifying to the French
nation.
The arrival OF the Count de Grasse In the
Chesapeake In August, 1881. sealed the rate
OF Lord CORVALLIS and secured the successful
result Of cur revolution. Had ne laieu 70
put In an appearance when he did Lord Clih-
ton would have reinforced from
New York and the consequence would nave
been the surrender not of CORVALLIS but Of
the American army.
How fully Washington appreciated the SER
Woes Of De Grasse is shown by his letter TO
the Count. written October 90. the DAY aiter
the surrender. In which he said:
The surrender of York. from which so much glory
and advantage arc derived TO the allies, and the
honor Of which belongs 70 your BGcelency' mas
greatly anticipated our most ~ssnguine expectations
This country has very properly erected
monuments to the Marquis Lafayette and the
Count de Rochambeau at its national capital.
In grateful recognition OF their services on
land in our revolution. but so far no such
recognition has been vouchsafed to the gal
liant sailor whose timely arrival turned the
tide Of war In our favor. and the French navy
In the person of Its commander has been
ignored for moro than one hundred years.
Al tho siege Of Havana by the British In
1898 the command Of the Moro Castle was
committed to a naval captain. Don Luis
velssco. who greatly distinguished himself in
It's defence. Even after the fort had been
carried by assault this heroic officer refused
to surrender. but. gathering about him a
hundred OF his men, kept UP the fight until
he fell mortally wounded. In recognition OF
his gallantry and devotion the King of Spain
issued an order that there should always be
q vessel in the Spanish navy called the We
lasco. That order was respected for more
than 1870 years, and the vessel Of that name
was among those captured or destroyed by
Admiral Dewey at Manila.
II the King Of Spain could thus honor the
memory Of a faithful subject. would 1t not
be appropriate for the United States to recog-
niZe In a similar way the great achievement
Of the French Admiral to whom We owe our
deliverance from the power Of Great Britaln2
Would 1t not be peculiarly appropriate that
the French feet which comes to honor the
memory Of Paul Jones should carry back to
France the assurance that the people OF this
country have not for gotten the services Of the
Count de Grasse and the French navy. and
that In the near future an American warship
bearing his name will proclaim to the nations
Of the world that the American republic is
not un grateful?
JOHN SoUTHGATR TUCKER.
WASHINGTON. April 10.
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have long purses and understand the
publishing business, especially it's adj
vertising side. There would have to be
an art editor as well as a censor, for the
House has its limitations. In time the
fancy cover would come and the Record
would be as bulky as a Sunday supple
ment with freak features.
The Congressional Record does not
circulate enough, we know: there is a
college course almost in every number,
and the debates on great questions like
Statehood and rate regulation are illumi-
nating-without pictures. It should be
popularized by being made cheaper and
thus brought within the reach Of the
masses. Eight dollars to subscribers
may be good value, but 1t restricts the
circulation. A go-as-you-please illus
trated Record would, however, be a mon
s~trosity and a nightmare. It's mission
should be to inform and impress, not to
amuse like a comic almanac or a photo
graph album. Let Congress beware OF
a yellow Record!
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Richest Negro Farmer.

Corfn0ton correspondence Atlanta Constitution.
Cody Bryant enjoys the distinction OF being the
wealthlest negro farmer in Georgia.
Bryants estate, which he has accumulated with
out receiving outside aid within the last quarter
OF q century. is reputed TO be worth between SSO. 0oC
and 100000. He owns unencu mbered nearly 1000
acres OF the finest farming land In middle Georgia,
much OF It being valued at $50 an acre. In add.
ton to his extensive land holdings Bryant has
large sums Invested In various enterprises In his
section. Bryant runs about sixty ploughs on his
various farms In Jasper county.
Bryant is a splendid type OF the old slavery time
negro. Humble, courteous and scrupulously hon
est. he has the respect and confidence Of his white
friends and his credit with the mercantile houses
and banks OF this section is practically unlimited.
He pays no attention 10 politics and has a pro.
found contempt for the latter day professional
negro ofloeseeker. Bryant never attended school
q day in his life, although he is better educated
than the average negro In this section.
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The success Of Governor JEFFERSON
DAVIS in the Senatorial primaries in
Arkansas has not pleased the conserva-
tive newspapers Of the South. They
regard it as a misfortune and reproach
that a brawling demagogue should pre-
vail in a popular contest-the Legisla-
ture will merely register the will of the
p~eople-over a faithful public servant
like JAMES H. BERRY, who is identified
with the traditions which the South
cherishes. The Northern press remem-
bers that something like a silk purse has
been made out of a sow's ear before, and
it is inclined to suspend judgment on
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
1t must be understood that the Senate
will have the rawest kind of material to
work on in the case of the Governor Of
Arkansas. A man who talks about the
yankee Congress" on the stump ought
to be disinfected before taking the oath
of Office as Senator; but once in his seat
JEFF (as he likes to be called by the pee
pull may be expected to distinguish him
self. In 1ux of speech no man will be
his superior-he has a hog-and-hominy
vocabulary, some Scripture and a chro-
matte invention. He is as noisy as q
flock of crow-blackbirds in the migrat-
ing season; and modesty is his weakest
suit. He belongs to the Cyclone" DAVIS
school of political economy-the refer
ence is to the eminent pioneer Populist
and he regards WILLIAM J, BRYAN as
"the grandest and truest man the world
ever knew One of JEFF's maxims is:
You a legislate prosperity into a
country if you have the right kind of
men to do the l%egislating.' He is a
sentimentalist-warm, %pulsating, deli
quescent. Charged with liberating fell
ons wholesale, my fellow citizens" said
he u%nctuously, in the great ~Bentonville
joint debate, never criticise a man be-
cause he is merciful. What is mercy?
Mercy is GOD. COP is mercy. Without
mercy We would have no GOD. The sun
shine, the flowers, the birds, the trees,
the brooks everything in nature tells
us in glad, loving tones of GOD and His
mercy. Do not be unkind TO q man be-
cause he is merciful; you do not know
what shadow lies across your pathway,
you do not know what cloud o~verhangs
your home
JEFF always tells his country audiences
that "the farmer il the basic rock, the
foundation stone upon which this old
republic is founded; and that I'VE can
do without the merchant, or the doctor
and the banker; we can do without the
lawyer, for he raises nothing but a row
anyway, but we cannot do without the
farmer" This picture of the man with the
hoe never fails to bring down the house:
"Why, in the good old county of Pope,
my county, the tax assessor has assessed
the same old property belonging to the
poor man so often that he has almost
worn it out in the process Of assessment.
He finds each year the same old stuff;
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The liquor absinthe is just now having a
hard time Of 1t in Europe. A few weeks
ago Belgium prohibited the use or impor-
tation OF it in that kingdom, and in Switzer-
land, the great centre Of production. the
Government has placed such onerous bur-
dens upon it's production that one Of our
Consuls sends word that the United States
will probably need to look elsewhere for
supplies or Its consumers will have to find
a substitute. The liquor was prohibited
long ago in the French army and navy.
Absinthe Is distilled from the leaves and
Towering tops of various kinds of worm
wood, with some lesser ingredients, after
being soaked in alcohol. Chemical au-
thorities nave denied that there are any
deleterious effects in the liquor when hon
estly made, saying that 1t Is injurious only
when adulterants are used in its prepara-
ton. Unfortunately the pure article Is
not the only one that gets into the markets.
The swiss product has the best reputation,
but all is not Swiss that is sold under that
name. The results have been harmful to
the fair fame of the liquor, and especially
30 to those who drink excessive quantities
of it. Naturally the present crusade
against its manufacture in Switzerland is
bringing hardship to the producers in the
anton OF Neuchatel, which is the worlds
chief centre Of the industry.
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DOMICILES OF DISEASE.
Inherite ed Errors That Perpetuate Unhealth-
full Dwellings.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In Mon
days Sun "X-Ray" plays up a deep danger
Gus theme with a master mind. But to play
away the bad airs OF New York is TO bid
the COW consider is hopeless. however de-
voutly desired. Mrs. Partin gton' with broom
Is a less pathetic symbol than he who with
sweeps OF speech strives to sweeten the
Augean airs OF great modern cities.
Ignorance, instinct and a pseudo-sanitary
science are arrayed against fresh air. Stuffed
with junk and rubbish of ancient use and
custom, the so common as to be characterless
h%eadpiece fingers, loath to leave medi8val
poInp and pageantry and Its parasitic germs
and filth. Although secure in all the holiness
of peace the Anglo-Saxon continues building
his home as If It were a castle surrounded by
OF this instinct OF the sneaking foe, the Ken
lucky farmer when building his. house cuts
down every neighborlng tree. instInctlvely
Indians.
The, skulking Latinlzed ,Normans built
f tfSSe sunIess G Fseps' 70 al PeT tse al 3pS dtsgss son m
depending for safety upon his sword In open
warfare, and not depending upon walls,
slSdf'f the sea- surETff IKE sun q i IS no 'G }est Gt iPs fn 2
the red blood wine of life. arresting and NOV
lng the waves q, Of the sea- Si,;;. difSsipating the
and singing as on Creations Day"-indeed the
Winter or summer, wet or dry, the scientific
with insulated self breathing double walls
and, top (entlrely enoased in insulated air
Ia the true ideal. natural home to put soul
spirit morality religion. stamina, sense,
beauty and slenderness-every blessed and
valuable thing Into the Northern white.
The self-ventilatinR tent or double walled
wooden house is something like the insulated
feathers. on the bird I Insulated hair and
fur on the breast-the scales and skin of the
fsh-the leather scarf skin and clothes on
man. 1t is another form Of a living breathing
air spaced suit OF clothes. The Insulated
surrounding air space is the best of all non
conductors. is dielectric-is at once a shield
against all evil and a welcomer of all whole
some oosmic infuences--is as native and
as natural to the white as the wooden bee
gum IN TO the bee. Stone and steel walls are
evil, deadly conductors az a jug would be for
n hive. The envelopes and encasements Of
life are. exceeding vital and mistakes here
are deadly. Generations In brick means de-
generacy.. How are house pets or plants re-
stored, and regenerated but by fresh air and
sunlight.
Squirming London has the lowest OF death
rates because cut through by an intensely
vitalized streak Of gulf stream air. Britain
rightly housed would remain invincible, nor
Iron Kitchener return Falstafian levies OF
human Tugs and trash. Sanitary architects
and their mechanical ventllating steam heated
stone homes are a deadly -delusion and a
snare. ANON JENKINS, NJ. d,
NRw YORK, April o.
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Busy Month at Patent once.

From NE Wd&hIH0iOn Posi-.
Receipts al the Patent once for last week reached
the highest point In Its history, with one exception
The revenue amounted 10 81, 226. while those O,
the same week for last year were t45, 100. IS.
From these figures II will be seen that the month
Of April is an especially busy one at the Paten,
once. An oficial wa asked for an explanation
OF the fact. and replied that II was due In great par
70 the Inactivity Of the farmers throughout the
country during the winter months. While passing
away the time during the long winter evenings their
thoughts naturally turn TO labor saving devices
and as a result some new invention soon makes lis
appearance on the old plough. reaper. harvester
or other agricultural Implement. The next s,eu
Is the search for a patent attorneys address, and
fees and applications soon md their way into the
Patent Once.
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tn. Bu.,pe,, Man and His Empro,cc

To TIKI EDITOR OF THE SuS-Str. "o.A nav
to ask "Ciyis" how long since the operator ''
in part represented the publlc"' How has ~
done SOY when and why!
would like 10 put a hypothetical case before h"E
II a man who starts a mandatory, los his OWL
efforts, business ability and cleverness doubles nv
business pronts, and has 10 double his lt'''"S
force. Is there one penny moro per wrrk "'' ''
laborer whom he employs' The lahorcF has u'n.
the same amount Of work each day. WArn N'
work increased with the business NOR" mon WV
employed. The manufacturers business ha' m,,
creased by whose efIorts-the laborcr's or MS own.
II he has Increased 1t through his own e''''' y
there any reason for him 10 increase the Ia'"i'''
payI
II "CNs" were In a like position and MS NV"
threatened strike, he perhaps might wac HN ,-''
morning to see II In a different light. LAW
sEKw Yohk, April %
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What is this writ of injunction which
Senator BAILEY would prevent the Cir
cult Courts Of the United States from
issuing in a temporary or final form in
the case Of orders made by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission? For ten
years the Bryan section of the Demo-
cratic party has talked vaguely against
government by injunction" The labor
leaders find their supreme jurisdiction
hampered by injunctions. So there may
be a certain prejudice among some lay
men against the word and the thing.
Mr., BAILEY, it may be superfuous to
say, appeals to no such prejudice,
The danger Of curtailing the vital"
power of injunction was not stated too
strongly by Senator KNOX in his candid
and illuminative speech:
The whole framework and structure OF equity
jurisprudence was built UP and made possible be-
cause Of this inherent equity power, the power of
Injunction, and now II is suggested 10 limit and
control this power. II Congress can interfere and
lop OF this highly essential branch OF equity jurs.
prudence It is easy to see that II can destroy the
whole system. or at least its efficacy Such an
attempt upon the part OF Congress would clearly
be an encroachment upon another and a coordl-
nate branch OF the Government. and II is a matter
OF highest satisfaction to know that In the sys-
tenn OF nicely adjusted checks and balances which
safeguard this Government the judicial power Is
not helpless. but may assert Its own proper position
and functions by declaring such an encroachment
unconstitutional That the Supreme Court would
do m can hardly he douhtod
MIR. KNOX also made clear the distinc-
ton between Jurisdiction" and judicial
power The judicial power exists in
herently by virtue of the Constitution"
Congress creates the inferior courts.
1t distributes-but does not create-the
judicial power to them. Congress maps
out the jurisdiction Of the court by stat
ing upon and to what particular objects
this judicial power shall extend and
operate; but here its Office ends" Con-
gress may say through what tribunals
the judicial power shall operate, but it
can neither limit nor eliminate an essen
tial function of the power when vested"
So to limit or eliminate an essential
function, like the power of injunction,
would be an encroachment by the legis-
lative upon the judicial.
Senator BA1LEY's speech Yesterday
was very interesting, and of course ably
conceived. We are scarcely prepared
to say, however, that he succeeded in
demolishing the arguments Of Senator
SPooNER and Senator KNOX.
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OF 1000 immigrants landed in Philadel-
phia on Monday only 200 could speak Eng
lish. The others we're Russians, Italians,
M~acedonians, Syrians, Poles, Lithuanians,
S~candinavians and a sprinkling of other
%nationalities." If the men among the 1 800
C%ontinentals were to settle In Nebraska
they would be able to vote by declaring
their intention to become citizens thirty
days before an election. Michigan, Mis-
souri,, Arkansas and several other States
also allow aliens to vote. 1t is conceivable
that foreigners unable to speak English or
to understand what they were voting for
might decide a presidential election. The
great ~preponderance Of non-English speak,
ing immigrants now coming to our shores
will be a danger as long as the lawmakers
of such States neglect to revise the suffrage
qualifications.
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congressional Record" in Danger

The Congressional Record, which con-
tains the things said in the House and
Senate and the things unsaid but printed
by consent, may yet appear as an illus
trated publication with a cover in colors
if Congress doesn't watch out. True,
the monotony of consular reports is
sometimes relieved by pictures, and de-
partment reports often; but the old
Record has, with rare exceptions, been
free from h~alftones. 1t is indeed a case
where exception proves the rule. The
i%nfrequent instances have not been
regarded as precedents. We believe an
advertisement of any mans business
has never appeared. But Representative
RAINEY Of Illinois almost killed two
birds with one stone when he solicited
consent ito print in the Record a small
cut Of this picture which | have used in
illustrating my speech The speech
was on the tariff, and the picture, which
bore the name of an enterprising i'm
porter, had been displayed on an easel.
There was a disposition to let Mr..
RAINEY use his picture, without prece-
dent, until Mr.. OvERsTREET Of Indiana
inquired whether a cut which clearly
shows an advertisement of an individual
has ever been printed as a part of a
gentleman's remarks" Mr., WILLIAMS,
the minority leader, proposed that the
name Of the dealer be left out, but Mr..
OvERsTREET called for the regular order,
in spite of Mr.. RAINEY's insistence that
he had a right to include the picture at
his own expense; and as Mr., OyERsTREET
had the floor the coveted picture did not
get into the Record.
The question whether a member can
illustrate his remarks with pictures,
provided he pays the bill, should be
settled by the House. 1t is a momentous
question: if decided in the affirmative
we shall have a pictorial, perhaps a yell
low, Record, with portraits of self-made
statesmen, Photographic reproductions
of farm and factory, narrowing exhibits
of the slums, representations of battle
and sudden death, and political cartoons
by the series. Some Of the members
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A Compromise Reached in Hungar,

A Compromise Reached In Hungary.
What has looked for some time like
a formidable crisis in Hungary was
brought to an end last week by the resig-
nation of the Fejervary Ministry ad
interim, and the formation OF a new
Cabinet composed Of the leaders Of the
coalition which was dominant in the
lately dissolved Parliament. AS all
the heads Of factions, including Count
ANDRAs3Y, Count APPoNYI, FRANCIS
KossUTH and others have accepted
positions under the new Premier, DR..
WEKERLE, who was Prime Minister from
1892 to the end OF 1894, it is evident
that the crisis is temporarily over. The
agreement was reached in the nick Of
time, as the Constitution would have
been violated by the sovereign had
not writs for the election Of the Table Of
Deputies been issued on or before April9.
Baron F~EJERvARY had proposed to hold
the election at a considerably later date,
and upon an electoral basis which would
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or course there are more union laborers
thar Methodist ministers allowed to vote
in Brooklyn, a fact which Layman BIRD s.
CoLER no doubt forgot when he tried, UNI
asked, to inject his views concerning a
workmen's organization into the New York
East Methodist Conference.
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The invention by a Partisan of a bullet
that won't kill when 1t hits will go a long
way toward reviving the French sport of
duelling. The new missile is hollow, and
90, for the sake Of realism, may be filled
with tomato catsup for affairs Of honor
among the working classes. The mobiles
OF the chateaux may fill their bullets with
the best claret Of their own bottling.
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TWO PresIdents and Race suIoId..

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-.sfr: Is It not a fact
that the term race suicide used 30 often by Presi.
dent Roosevelt was first used by President Eliot of
Harvard University
President Eliot In his 1891. | think. or 1902 report
60 the Board OF Oversccrs OF Harvard University
called attention TO the small number OF children that
the rich graduates OF Harvard had and there used
the term race suicide" ! think this was the nrst
use OF these words. VRHITAs.
RANSOM, Ill, April g..
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Odd Incident ION the Field q, c,o,, ;,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-sir: On page lao
OF ION the Field OF Glory Sienkiewicz, jeremiah
Curtin. or the printer. has caused Pan Gideon 10
open his arms" whereupon Anulka throws herself
upon his breast.
Inasmuch as the old reprobate has but one arm,
the slip is amusing. HAcKEHsAcK,
HACKRH9ACK, April o.
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Told All In One Sentence.

FTOW me AuT0F1 Argus.
Doll Faulkner was the victim OF quite a serious
accident yesterday evening, while riding IA bicycle
out 10 his brother Toms home In the southeast
part OF the city. as a result OF the breaking Of the
frame near the front wheel, pitching Dol hcadlong
20 the ground. striking upon his face, which was
cut and bruised In a most fnghtful manner, chief
of which was q terrible cash clear across his fore
head, while the nose, mouth and chin were badly
aLI