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Some Petitions.

Many interesting and some curious
petitions hang at the knees Of the Con-
gress every day. Sometimes they come
from solitary thinkers. Thus P. P.
EDsLEY Of Williams, Mimi, all by him
self asks for the passage of the Pure
Food bill. So does CANoTE SPRIGG Of
New York. Sometimes mysterious so
cieties like the Japanese Corean Exclu-
sion League send in their thoughts in what
one suspects to be the same old petition.
Sometimes "sundry citizens seek to in-
spire legislation. Thus "sundry citi-
zens" of the highly respectable town Of
Stamford, Conn, pray for an investiga-
ton of the existing conditions in the
Congo Free State. Apparently Secre-
tary RooT's letter on the subject cannot
turn these earnest Stamfordians from
their purpose. What's Congo to STAN
ford? Why not investigate Belgium?
How would ~sundry citizens" like to
have the Belgian Senate and Chamber of
Deputies ask the Ministry to investigate
conditions in the free State oEConnec-
ticut? Stamford is not alone in its de-
vouring curiosity. "Sundry citizens of
Minneapolis, the Minister'S Alliance Of
Minneapolis, "sundry citizens" of Penn
sylvania and Mr.. r. l.. MITCHELL of
Pennsylvania, on his own hook, want
the Congo Free State investigated. This
zeal speaks well for the philanthropical
interest and ample leisure of the petit
TONERS. Now that everything and every
body in the United States have been in
vestigated and exposed, foreign coun-
tries must expect to be denounced and
dissected. If the climate is all right
the Hon. LINCOLN STEFFENs is the
most sense!ess and fit man to expose
the Congo Free State. The petitioners
should apply to him.
There seems to be a good deal of CO.
operative p%etitioning for the restriction
of immigration. The United American
Mechanics and the Junior Order of
United Mechanics are the most indus
trious beseechers on this subject. One
is a little surprised to find the Ministerial
Union Of Troy asking for Legislation of
this sort. Hermione Lodge, No. Al,
Knights of Pythias, too; a friendly,
kindly, charitable society, no doubt. Ii
the old hospitable idea of the United
States as she "of the open heart and
open door" SO changed? When Abdallo
Tribe, No, 81, Improved Order of Red
Men, of Hemlock, Ohio, petitions for the
restriction OF immigration there is SOM
congruity in its course. The Indians
are the old settlers and founders; yet
even they are said to be emigrants from
the Asian shore.
A belated cry for the investigation of
the Hon. REED SMooT is still heard once
in a while. "Reminiscences against the
repeal Of the a~nti-canteen law show the
uselessness Of convincing folks against
their will. Here, by contrast, comes
the petition of the United States Brew
ers' Association "for a judicial court in
the Orient" II is to be feared that
imperialism is girdling the world with
beer bottles.
Two firms OF seedsmen petition against
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FOR THE OLD BALLOT.
Reasons Advanced for the ban on ment
OF the Australian System.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: While
efforts are making TO reform The ballot again
let us consider whet her the little old unofficial
ballot in Use before this Australian diff ere emit
most -every-electlon kind was Invented was
not good enough for ell ical purposes
That kind, men still young remember, had
the county officers on one slip. judicial on
another, presidential electors on another,
and so on. Every candidate sent YOU q ticket
split in his own favor.
You could vote straight or as criss-cross
as you liked and you knew whom you were
voting for. You prepared your ballot al
home or got them from a worker" at the
polls, who was useful both to the Indifferent
voter and to his party.
There is an objection that this method pro-
vided no secrecy. Didn't persons interested
in knowing how Jerome voted find it out?
| have been told that his ballot was marked
by an election officer who was able to identify
II aft erward.
But the safeguards against bribery under
this secret" ballot! Rats! ] know better.
It's no harder to buy votes now than it was
in 1884, when | saw 'em bought in an upstate
township. Why. under the present law it's
possible for a bribed voter to sign his ballot
himself in the blank column for Alderman or
some other of1ce that the vote buyer doesn't
care about. ~ known OF that being done
in Odell's county.
wish they'd abolish this foolish, expensive
and pu2zling official ballot and go back to the
plain old way, HENRY c. ROWLAND.
NEW YORK, March o.
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From a SDsech BY Senator Nelson OF Minnesota
have no doubt In the years TO come. In the year.
Of my grandchildren perhaps, even Alaska Will
come here asking for admission into the Union,
not as a single State, but perhaps as three states.
The coast line, the AIeutIan archipelago. and the
archipelago along the British boundary. and the
south shore, southern Alaska. " as II Is called, will
no doubt some day come knocking at the doors OF
Congress for admission as a State; then the great
interior OF that country, the great Yukon and
Tananb and Koyukuk valleys. will come 10 Con.
gress and ask for admission as a State, ana by and
by Seward Peninsula. with Its 10000 square miles,
with Its endless amount OF gold bearing creeks and
the country beyond that Will be knocking at the
doors OF Congress.
II we who are now In this chamber could look
down upon this world OF ours 100 years hence |
have no doubt that we would hnd three States In
this Union from what now constitutes a portion Of
the Territory OF Alaska.
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Subway Air.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-sr: The eIplana.
ton put forth By your French correspondent,
"Niveau" in to days sun TO account for the bru
tally Of the subway employees Is quite ing enlo us
the vltiated air they are compelled 70 breathe al
all times,
or the two remedies sugg by NJ. "Niveau.
however, one. electricity. is as bad as the disease,
for, as he says, When human beings become over
charged with electricity. they md relief in punch
ing their fellow men"
l doubt. however, whether conditions in the
subway are as bad as represented. one OF the
guards told me recently that during the last year
he was at his post on the cars So days: that during
that period he gained thirty eight pounds, and that
he never felt better In his life. VOLTA
NEW YORK. March 8. !. T. MA0uIRR,
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The Presidents Train Not Forgotten.

From Railway and Locomotive Engineering for
March.
THE Sun makes a suggestion pertaining
TO the question of the Presidents railway
transportation which, We believe. now rep
resents the sentiment OF practically all citi-
zens who have thought upon the subject.
The SUNS proposal, in short. is to have q
Presidents train" or. in less picturesque
but more exact language. to have Congress
provide an annual appropriation to be used
by the President in paying for hS railroad
transportation to and from points which
he may be called upon to visit during the
period Of his administration.
The public good demands that the Chief
Executive of the nation should be protected
from the temptation OF placing himself under
obligations to the railroad corporations.
IL is unfair TO the President TO demand that
he pay for these junkets, which are made
generally In response to the public desire.
out OF his personal funds; but IL Is even more
unfair to the public to allow a condition to
maintain which forces the President to ask
favors Of the railroads.
The best solution of the difficulty. we be-
lieve. 10 that advanced by THE Sun.
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Hum0r and Pronunciation In the
House.

The Hon. HENRY d. CLAYTON Of Ala
bama got unanimous consent for present
| consideration Of the bill authorizing the
| Choctawhatchee Power Company to
erect, build, have and maintain a steel
and concrete dam or any other kind Of a
dam on the Choctawhatchee River. The
brilliant Mohawk humorist, the Hon.
JAMES SCHOOLGIRL SHERMAN, saw his
opportunity. The fire flew as Utica and
Eufaula crossed their trenchant blades:
Mr.. SHRRMAN-Mr. Speaker. reservlng the right
10 object. | desire to Inquire II the gentleman will
inform the House how the word steel and how
the word dam is spelled in the blu
Mr.. CLAIroN-They are spelled In the usual
| proper way. when a bill is as clean As this the
word steel is spelled correctly. and when the
bill is SO honestly and clearly drawn tho word dam
is spelled properly.
Mr. SHsRMAS-wha is proper under those
circumstances!
Mr., CLAYTON The spelling is In accordance
with the rules OF good English. Dam is spelled
wlthou, an n
Mr.. SHERMAN l wanted to know what was the
rule for good English in tho gentleman's country.
Mr.. CLAYroS-rhe word steel 10 always
spelled with the double Q in a clean bill like this"
Why doesn't the conventional laugh
teri accompany these scintillating pas
sages? Probably because Mr.. SHERMAN
is so profound and solemn a statesman
that the House feels that it would be
taking a liberty to laugh with him. Now,
an elder statesman, the Hon. SERENo E.
PAYNE, came into the shindy and, curi-
ously enough, went away the wiser:
Mr.. PAYNE-on the statement Of the gentle
man think am In favor OF the bill.
N CLAYToN-I am glad the gentleman is. II
is on the ChOctaw ,hatchee River and not the Chocta-
whatchee. as the clerk insists on calling Il. II he
was acquainted with Indian nomenclature sup.
pose he would know tho difference between Choo.
taw hatchee and Chocta .whstchee.'
This is only a first lesson in pronuncia-
ton for the clerk and Mr.. PAYNE, Mr..
CLAYTON has YET to give them the proper
and obvious sounds of such well known
Albanian Amazons as Cohoasanocsa,
Observation-Disclosures, Cheehawhaw, Cob
cochak, Coatopa, Chulafnnee, Cahabadia,
Caleebee, to stick only to the "Cs" and
say nothing Of treasures like Oketee,
Okonee, Occlichee. Hatchechubbee, Pom
chishatchee, Ketchepedakee, Uphapee,
Sacapartoy, Sizes MODS, Hohletikee,
Quotaquitte, Simbula, Weogufka and
Alamuchee.
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Odeli fer Z?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: B. B.
Odell, Jr.. has become a somewhat prominent
figure whose future must cause considerable
very fitting that the Republican party should
place Mr.. Odell in some congenlal sphere. and
| do not know any place where he would feel
more at home and find more harmonious
associates than In the United States Senate.
There is no opening for a job OF that kind at
present. and it may be that our past Governor
and present chairman of the Republican ON
mittee might have to wait a little. He might.
however. be la d down as u nest egg for the
future. STALwART REPUBLICAN.
NEW YORK March 8.
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Mayor MCCLELLAN will give a hearing
Tuesday on the bill which provides that
pushcart pedlers arrested for violation
of the ordinances regulating their trade
shall be released from custody by the
police on depositing their carts as surety
for their appearance in court. The pro-
posed law is a wise and humane meas
ure. Under the present statutes such
offenders are frequently locked up over
night for slight attractions Of the ordi-
nanoes; are deprived Of their opportunity
to earn a living, and suffer practicallytwo
penalties, as a fine is the punishment
usually inflicted on them in court.
Some opposition to the bill comes
from the men who make a business OF
renting pushcarts to pedlers, and who
fear that their customers may gain
their freedom by pledging security they
do not own and then decamp. This
objection has no weight. The %pushcart
%proprietorS may be trusted to protect
their own interests. They are not likely
to suffer hardship at the hands Of the
men who rent from them.
The city treats the pushoart pedlers
very unfairly. 1t licenses them to trade
on the streets and then refuses to allow
them the liberties enumerated in their
licenses. Too often policemen abuse
these small merchants, blackmail them
and arrest them unjustly. To make it
easy for them to give reasonable bail
when arrested is no great concession.
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From the Portland OFSgonidnr
The sheepmen OF eastern oregon eau aford 10
carry the manifold troubles OF the range smlincy'
Sheep are bringing high prices, wool Is %soatInc'
and buyers with plenty OF money are In substantial
evidence. Stockmen OF umatilla county l7N'
week disposed OF 10000 yearllng sheep and are
$780, 600 richer by the transaction. The winter ths
been devoid of Billiards. spring is just at hand
there Is u truce 10 the war with catllcncn. ana
altogether sheep owners are upon the Top wave ~
prosperity, not only In oregon. but Throughout
the great range country between the Missouri and
the Columbia rivers.
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Mark Twain and King Leopold.

From lie XSttme steele. OF Brussels.
Some time ago an American. Mark Twain, pub.
lished q pamphlet In which our King was shane.
fully attacked and insulted.
shortly afterward the King received Though the
mail a copy of the publication together with a lr'cr
which read as follows:
My Lord, | beg 10 draw your attention upon
the enclosed booklet. showing the awful things
an American pamphleteer has dared 10 write on
your account. II your Majesty will consent 10
pay me $4,000 | will take up the night for you and
answer the miscreant In good style"
The King read this communication allcutNc''
and then, handing IL 10 his aide de camp, VINO was
working with him, said: Rather high In America.
soap for embarrassing the guiltless, rather high
The would be Whitewater never received an
answer.
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Charles r. Lynch.


Dfu MuTCH Z, TWO
His days essig nment was the squalid Stun.
His copy" lay in Ghetto and In dive"
The court. the pushcart-all the swArmlng hive.
The refugee, the copper" and the bum"
Vet life for him was not u vale OF gloom,
His kindly pencil sweetened sordIdncss,
HIS testers bAuble put 10 nigh, distress.
Like sunshine Sitting through a wretched noon.
And now he's gone. We hardly knew his name
Artist reporter. doomed TO fading type.
Yet, h6ply. when the round OF work is done.
And pals swap stories over glass and pipe.
Some one may mention "Rosey" Of The SUN,
or smiling. SPEAK OF GlolSteln. Such Is fame.
n. II. O.
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To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUS-!siT; While convers-
ing with a travelling salesman recently the talk
turned to his rules in conducting business. He
claimed his nrm had several prices, one for the man
who is old fashioned" easy in his methods, and
another for the shIewd, sharp man.
ON my expressing surprise al that system he
declared the business life OF his arm depended
upon II; that n man could not succeed By honest
and impartial dealing,
Won I THE SUN please light up this subject
As one Of the common people desiring 10 better his
condition would like 10 know. II custom de-
mands and success requires ne To topple over my
moral idols, over they will have 10 GO
OBlacksmithi SAMUEL SoUIBB.
BROOKLYN, March 4,
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After IHaines.

Having forced President HAINEs of
the s, P. G. A. to resign from his office,
the members OF that organization now
have to tackle the job of reinstating the
society in public confidence. The dis
putes over the internal management of
the society which have led to the pres
ent housekeeping are not responsible
for the popular condemnation that has
been visited on it in recent years. This
has been caused and justified by the
inefficient performance Of the work
intrusted to the society and the neglect
Of their police duties that has charac-
terized its officers.
No matter how honest the financial
management Of the funds may be, if
the society does not enforce the anti
cruelty laws faithfully and effectively
it cannot win the support Of the public.
1t exists because at the time Of it's forma-
ton a majority Of the citizens belle we'd
that such a corporation could do more
to better the condition Of brutes in New
York than the municipal authorities or
agents of the State. This opinion has
undergone a complete change. 1t is
apparent that no governmental police
agency could be less efficient than the
s. P. c, A, has proved, and if a public
officer failed in his duties as the managers
of the society have he could be reached
and punished for his dereliotion, where
they are safe from moiestation.
The new administration of the society
will be judged by the manner in which
il cares for the domestic animals for
whose protection it exists. II cannot
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Sound Reason for a Locked Canal.

From fhe Hvdnstdie IHde Deudrr.
The independent has thus far refraincd from rI'
pressing an opinion as 10 whether the Panama
Canal should be Of the lock or sea level type. II
would now seem to US that the lock type VIII be
built, and for this reason: Anything ot ~ murl
value, commercially. as the canal promises 10 he
should be locked and securely locked AT boin ends
and In the middle 10 prevent the great powers o.
Europe from hitching their navies to the durn ming
and dragging II away. We are not AT all sir
prsed, therefore, 10 learn that all the foreigners
on the consulting board Of engineers were opposed
10 our having II locked.
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In AfRhantstan.

The telephone is making great hcadwav 4" W
ghanistan. The system is now being EXTENDED .
bring the most distant stations into Communlra'I'H
with each other. These include GhaSni, hauda''''
Herat, Badakshan, JalalabAd and Khos,. aud 'H"e
will be a connec ton with rurkcstan.
The Ameer wants railroads also, but so 'ar hs
advisers have prevented any lines being huhi, on
the ground that they would iniure the
population. many OF whom earn their iiv.ns ~
mules,
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Check on Extravaganza OF Wives.

From the Baltimore Herald.
President Seth 10 day came to the rescue OF the
married men whose wives exceed theft lImi, Of
credit. when he introduced a bill making merchants
liable to punitive damages II q woman Is given
credit while her husband is providing her with
all the necessities OF life. The preamble OF the bill
states that married men are often Inconvenience
by the extension OF their credit TO their wives, and
1t provides that the husband can 60 into a cour
of equity, stop the giving OF the credit and recover
darnaUa
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Color and snipe Seeking,

To rHE EDITOR OF THK SuN-Sir, 'Scuse me.
but 10 II true. as stated by W. Quackenbush In
yesterdays sun under head of subway Smells. q"
that the men employed as trackwalkers cannot
on account of their dark color, see cigar stumps
which lie upon the tracks,
Although but a mere woman l am interested.
What are the physiological reasons, II any, for thisI
| thought a colored man could See a cigar butt as
far as any white man II he really wanted one badly
enough.
submitted in all meekness OF spirit by
ArsJ FLORENCE y. CRUISE.
NKW York, March v.
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Preparing for the Future.

r. W. HOre IN AtchiSon GlObr.
The old wolf who acted as our guide AZ h'hi
told me that the dead bodies OF the ricn Hud"H
are burned with s~andalwoOd bt an expense ~ S."'
The cheap wood necessary 10 burn the eod' az
poor man costs about $3.50. The old r0ld' "a
Brahmin, or high caste Hindu. and every ''hr ne
buys a little sandslwood, and places It In n'' co.
down. This wood will be used 10 burn n' Nod'
when he dies.
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Inconsistencies.

Poor old gentleman He does not
even understand that at least seventy
five per cent. of the Republicans who
are asking angrily when ODELL is to go
have the same question at tongues end
concerning not merely one but both Of
the Senators from New York.
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Maps Of white House Functions.

From ne washington Posi-.
A map OF the noral arrangements at the Long
worth Roosevelt wedding. accounting for the dis
position OF the decorations and the kind OF flowers
used. has been made by the superintendent OF
public buildings and grounds.
II has long been a custom 10 keep an ofhclAl
record OF the functions at the White HOUSE. and In
every instance back 10 the Van Buren, AdmlnIstra.
tlon . map has been made.
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To THE EDITOR OF THB SuS-.Sir: In his talk TO
4 large audience last sunday Mark Twain said he
had never heard q good definition OF the word
gentleman"
Ia II possible that Mark is not acquainted with
Cardinal m dennition OF this word'
would sugges, that any one looking for a salts
factory definition OF a gentleman" look up New
man. JOHN SHARPE.
KINGSTON, March O..
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Wanted His LIQUOR Pure.

FTOW INC BON0H ReCOTd,
81 spent soo,oO0 on rum In twenty nine years"
exclaimed Capt. Durham before the committee
on public health al the hearing on the Fernald Bill.
A roar of laughter and exolamatlons went up.
Yes, sir" went on the old salt. i've drunk IL on,
OF a glass and out of a bucket. l want 10 appea.
here In favor OF that part OF the bill which would
require all liquor to be pure"
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convince the public Of It's usefulness by
adopting a new system Of bookkeeping
or by amending its bylaws. II it pre-
vents cruelty to animals il will succeed
in wiping out its past. II it does not
the time is not far distant when II will
be wiped out itself, and the State will
resume the police powers that are now
delegated to it.
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Locomotive Building In .Ispun.

From me RaardV and Engineering Retietr.
In the locomotive shops al Kobe, Japan. several
locomotives have been uIll eceniIy. The designs
follow American construction. The plant was
built largely as an experiment. but while Its output
emb' aces good examples OF construction. the de.
mand for locomotives is too grea, for Its ability to
supply the needs of the country.
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An Agreement Probable at Algeciras,

An Agreement Probable at Algeciras.
As was formerly Pointed out in THE
SUN, the skies began to clear at Algeciras
fromthe moment when France renowned
her original claim of exclusive control
over the policing OF Morocco and pro-
posed to share the exercise of that func-
ton with Spain. One good turn de-
served another, and Germany on her
part has recedRd from her first demand
that the police force should, as regards
the selection Of officers, be international
in the widest sense Of the word.
That the German Emperor has made
up his mind that the conference shall
not prove a failure and that the Morocco
problem shall now be definitely solved
is evident from the conciliatory temper
of the official statement made by his
chief representative at Algeciras, Baron
Won RApow1TZ, at the close Of the ses-
sion held on March 8. Referring TO the
proposals made by the French, Spanish
and Russian delegates at the preceding
session, the chief Of the German delega-
ton said that his Government would not
object TO the organization and direction
Of the Moroccan police by France and
Spain at the ports open to commerce,
provided acceptable guarantees of eco
nomic liberty should be forthcoming.
The qualification is variousIy construed
as referring either to the method Of or
ganizing and conducting the bank to be
charged. with the management of the
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Cnuses disagreement

The Small Hot Bird-what Is the Welsh RNhNr''
business
The Lobster A Ia Newburgh-weIl you might ca
him a professional Juror.
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n our rrtsndS uho faror US 18th manuscript FOR
Sablteaiion tstsh 10 hdVs rejected articles Tefurnsd. nav
must IN ali ca sss send stamps for that purpoSs.
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Unreasonable Cut.

From he Daias Ifemiccr.
During a dance Saturday evening John FN'
cut young White severely with a knife. thcr" bong
M reason for IT,.