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forty trips since entering the White
House, and if he had been obliged to
pay for them out Of his own pocket
they would have cost him about sI1S.-
600. 1t is the fact that these expenses
have been borne by the railroads that
is SO unpalatabIe to the president and
to the American public. Mr. Roosevelt
believes that it is his duty as chief
executive to travel about the country
and come in contact with its people.
He realizes that the public owns him
for the time being. and he recognizes
its right to monopolize a certain amount
of his time and attention in any man
ner that it elects. He was averse to
continuing the practice of accepting
favors from the railroad companies.
and he thought that congress should
find a way out Of the difficulty
And there were comparatively few
in congress that dissented.
GEORGE H PICARD
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tions against the king is in keeping
with Paine's sledge hammer way and is
not at all after the manner of the Sage
of Monticello" There are at least two
nlisspelled words in the draft. and bad
spelling was not a fault of Jefferson.
the university graduate, but was de-
feet of Paine who had only a gram
mar school education. Most conclu-
sive of all is the use of the word
"hath,' which occurs in the Declara-
ton. Jefferson never in his life used
that archaic verb ending, but Paine
employed it habitualIy.
Third.=The ideas of the origin of
government and the right to rebel
against it are peculiarly those of
Paine The belief that men derive GER
tain inherent rights from their Crea-
tor is also one often expressed by
Paine jefferson shared these notions
in a way, but never affirmed them in
this fashion, while Paine did
Fourth=The original draft of the
Declaration censured George III be-
cause he had fostered the slave trade
in the colonies, and thus a Christian
king" had condoned a thing that was
reproach to "infider' countries. This
paragraph was stricken out because it
displeased southern members. Jeffer-
son could scarcely have written that
! passage. It is not like him. He was
mildly against slavery in later days,
but he would not have made such a
savage thrust as this He was more
suave and diplomatic. But Paine had
already attacked slavery in the Penn
syIvania Magazine. He always opposed
it and was man without policy when
it came to question of principle. The
use of the words christian and i'm
fdeI" with the sarcastic reflection on
Christian kings. is like Paine.
F'ifth.-Another passage in the origi-
nal draft contained the words Scotch
and foreign mercenaries. This Of
Tended some Scotch members, and the
words scotch and were striken out
Now. Paine was known to be hostile to
/ the Scotch. while Jefferson was fond
of them, having had Scotch tutors
Moreover, Jefferson in writing about
the incident could not even quote the
| passage correctly, for he refers to it
as scotch and other foreign auxilia-
ries-'' He thus misquotes one word
/ and iniects other" which is highly
significant, for Jefferson, having been
born in Virginia, would think of the
Scotch as foreigners and therefore
would use the word "other" but the
author of the passage did not regard
the Scotch as foreign, for he had writ
! tS4l AoNCNNA anu AOiCAssA IL hlCA CAleli iS9.
This tallies with Paine, for he was an
Englishman, and Scotland and England
were under one government.
Sixth.-Although the whole struggle
between the mother country and the
colonies had been preeipitated over the
stamp act and the cry of mo taxa
tion without representation" the Dec
laration only makes one slight refer
ence to the matter of taxation. No pc
/ culiarity Of Jefferson could account fol
this significant silence, but Paine al
4 ways belittled the matter oftaxation and
thought it an unworthy and mercenary
issue. unfit to be dignified in so great q
struggle.
Seventh.-The references to God in the
Declaration are like Paine, who con-
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station. whittier he had gone to take
train for Baltimore, that he fell by the
assassin's bullet. Arthur, who sue
ceeded him, left no record of premedi-
tated tours, his occasional absences
from the capital being due to calls of a
strictly business nature to New York
city.
1t was Grover Cleveland who made
the first long trip ever planned by an
American president. 1t was in the fall
of 1888, during his first term, two years
after his marriage. Johnson's Swing
around the circle" was confined to the
region east of the Allegheny mountains
and north of Maryland and West Vir-
ginia 1t consumed only a few days
and the total mileage was very small
compared with the distances traversed
by later presidents. Cleveland went
west as far as the Missouri river and
as far north as st. Paul and Mime
apolis. He visited all the larger cities
in the middle west and was absent
from Washington about three weeks,
covering at least $500 miles.
Benjamin Harrison was also presi-
Dental traveller. He made tour of
the country that was much more ex-
tended than that made by President
Cleveland It was memorable tour in
many ways, In the first place it serv-
ed to reveal the president to his fellow
countrymen as one of the most tact
full, eloquent and forcefu1 speakers of
the day. Again, it worked marvellous
change in popular opinion in regard to
presidential travelling. For the first
time the people became reeonciled to
the idea and accepted as matter Of
course that which had been criticised
50 numerically in the early post bel
Ium days.
But it was Mr.. Mckinley who was
responsible for the full development of
the presidential tour as it is now
known. He conducted it purely on
nonpartisan lines, appearing simply as
the chief executive of a great people
desirous of a closer acquaintance with
those who had made him such. He
travelled more miles than all of his
predecessors combined. making three
long tours and several minor ones His
long tour of the south contributed
greatly to the healing of sectional diff
ferences and met the approval Of men
of all political creeds.
Mr.. Roosevelt has proved himself to
be the champion presidential tourist.
He has taken, ali told. no less than
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and Franklin. Finally his efforts were
crowned with success.
Paine then shouldered a musket and
went into the army as a common sol
der Born a Quaker. he abhorred war
as such and often wrote against it. but
to fight for defense and liberty he
thought holy. At one time he ris6ed
his life in going in an open boat down
the river past the enemy's works on a
mission for the patriot army
When the colonists had reached dark
days Paine began the publication of
THE Crisis TO cheer up the soldiers.
He kept on issuing successive num-
bers till the war was over Some
times he wrote them on a drumhead by
the campfire and printed them on
brown paper when no other sort could
be secured. These pamphlets have
been described as half battles They
were read at the heads of the regi-
ments and aroused the despairing SOL
diers like the peal of a trumpet. The
first one began with the memorable
sentence, These are the times that
try mems souls No more stirring
calls were ever made. They were veri-
table battle cries of freedom.
Paine also served for a time as an
aid to General Greene. He was then
made secretary of the foreign affairs
committee of congress-, a very i'm
portant position in that day The dis
covery Of what he considered perfdy
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principle of which was utilized in later
days
Hurrying to France, he participated
in the first moves of the revolution
At one time. with a few others. he
issued an address and placarded Paris.
and it stirred that capital as America
had been stirred before. He also had
a part in preparing "The Declaration
of Rights and other documents.
Going to England in connection with
his bridge, he was fncensed by Burke's
attack on the French revolution and
wrote a reply. the famous Rights of
Man" This book had the same un-
precedented sale in England that
Common Sense had had in America
The younger Pitt. who was at the
head of the government said that If it
had not been combated it would have
caused a revolution in Great Britain
and for that reason a move was made
to prosecute its author. Escaping to
France, Paine was elected a member Of
the national convention, where he al
lied himself with the more moderate
party, or Giro idists. He served with
distinction until the proposal to exc
cute the king was brought forward.
This he opposed, though it almost cost
him his own life to do so. He advo-
Gated giving the deposed monarch an
asylum IN America XIII the mon
archy, but spare the man." he said.
The latter part of Paine's life was
spent in disease and sadness. After his
death his body was TAX sn to England
and no one knows its resting place even
to this day.
Students Of Thomas Paine have call
ed him the greatest political writer that
ever lived They have asserted that
he was practically the founder of mod
ern democracy. He has been named
the autllor-hero of the Revolution" +"
also "the great comnnoner of man
kind J. A. EDGERTON-
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betraying his country's interests,
which idea was borne out by later de-
velopments, but Deane's friends raised
so much of a disturbance that Paine
resigned. He was next made clerk of
the Pennsylvania assembly. He help
ed write the constitution of that state,
which became a model for others.
bankrupt and Washington was calling
for money. Paine wrote fiery letter
proposing popular subscription,
which he headed with his whole year.
salary. AS a result an immense sum
for that day was raised and the crisis
was averted.
At later date, when financial
stringency again came, he proposed
seeking a loan from France. His plan
was finally approved, and Colonel
Laurens was sent to look after the
matter, Paine accompanying him as
private secretary. The mission was a
success.
At the close of the Revolution Mr..
Paine was presented with a farm at
Bordentown, N. J., and another at
the New Rochelle place is still stand
ing. The farm has been recently sold
and divided up into city lots.
At one time the legislature of Vir-
ginia proposed to vote Paine sum Of
money for his services, but notwith-
standing this promise, he published a
pamphlet called Public Good for the
reason that he believed Virginia was
not treating properly the western ter
ritory that belonged to her and as a
result the gift was not voted. There
are few greater examples of unself1sh
devotion to duty than this.
Paine might have settled down now
to enjoy the honor and gratitude OF
America, but the French revolution
was coming on, and he hurried to Eu-
rope. Franklin had once said. s'Where
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Paine was the real author of the Dec
laration of Independence.
Books have been written during the
last quarter century to prove Paine's
authorship of this most famous of po-
liticaI documents. The most conspicu-
Gus advocates of the idea are Van Bu-
rem Denslow and William Henry Burr.
Among the proofs brought forward to
support this theory, brief mention may
be made of the following
First--The tradition above referred to
that Paine wrote the Declaration. IN
this connection it may be we'll to state
that about d hundred years ago a
newspaper at Newark. n. J., intimated
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PAINE MONUMENT AT NEW ROCHELLE.

that Jefferson was not the real author.
but that a we'll known writer was and
used other references clearly referring
TO Paine.
Second-The literary style is that OF
Paine rather than that of Jefferson. It
is simple, forceful epigrammatic, like
Paine. not easy. pleasing and scholarly,
like Jefferson. Moreover, it is full of
Paine's stock words, used in the same
way that he used them. The cumula-
tive manner of piling up the accusa-
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Paine avenue. third is seen in the
returns To a Philadelphia newspaper
when it asked for d vote on candidates
for the Hall of Fame. Paine got more
votes than any other one name A
fourth Indication is discernible in the
kindlier and more appreciative notices
of MI. Paine in the recent encyclope-
dias and histories and in the maga-
zines and press generally. A fifth
sign and most important Of all. is visi-
ble in the revival of the tradition that
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ldllNe agitation OF the
8. .#.= "": S.. :. :. !. s.. ) !. :. : :
s discussion which has
- .A arisen as to the presi-
3 - 49, kssas kl.,t.. dents travelling ex-
penses- Il is really Il
matter which has not seemed to ex-
cite widespread public interest until
now 1t is unlikely, indeed, that it has
occurred until recently to any con-
siderable number of persons to make
themselves wise as to how the ex-
pense of these presidential journeys
is betrayed.
no one has yet risen in his place
and questioned the privilege of the
chief executive to travel about his own
country in fashion commensurate
both with his comfort and his dignity.
The free and equal clause of the con-
stituti0n seems to dispose of that pret-
ty erectually. When those of oppo-
site political tendencies express their
disapproval Of what is known in cam
paign parlance as presidential jun
keting' it is not likely that they expect
to be taken too seriously. they know
perfectly well that with the next
change of administration they may be
compelled to defend what they are then
attacking
The political charge of junketing
would be puerile as a campaign weapon
If it did not carry with it the sugges-
ton. expressed or implied, that the
American taxpaying public was foot
Ing the bills. That, it seems. is pre-
eisely what the American taxpaying
subIic has not been doing That. it
Appears, is exactly what the present
occupant of the executive Office thinks
The American public ought to do. and
there are many others Of all shades of
political belief who agree with him to
that extent.
Tt is only in times like the present.
when so many American Industries are
put on the defensive and the newly
coined expression grating. has taken
on such a malOdorOus significance, that
It humiliates the American public to
be reminded by some OF those under in r
vestigation that the country is actual
,y indebted to them for substantial ia =
7ogs. It is estimated that if Uncle
sam had been obliged TO pay the trav-
Hing expenses Of all the presidents
rom the time when those dignitaries
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year after having been refused adnis-
sion for long time previously. An
other is shown by the recent acceptance
of his statue by the city of New RO-
chelle. N. ". and the designation Of the
old lane that led UP to his house as
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on the part of Silas Deane caused Mr..
Paine to expose that gentleman. and
unfortunately he was considered to
have divulged a committee secret. The
ouIcry against Deane was caused by
the fact that Paine thought he was
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1CENT national Iegis-
lative agitation Of the
railroad rate question
is responsible for the
discussion which has
arisen as to the presi-
dents travelling ex-
raansaa IL l. reaIIv q
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IS a revulsion of feel
ing set in toward
Thomas Paine2 There
are many signs TO in
dicate an affirmative
answer. One is found
in the. fact that his
bust was admitted to
INDEPENDENCE hall last
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27
MORE COMPLAINTS MADE.
Ifadignities Suffered by Japanese in
San Francisco.

Washington, Oct 26.-To-day's Cabinet meet-
ing lasted two and half hours and was at
tended by all the members except Secretary
Shaw and Postmaster General Cortelyou. Among
the important matters discussed was the situa-
ton growing out Of the anti-American sentiment
In Japan and the exclusion of japanese children
from the public schools Of San Francisco. 1t
was stated by member of the Cabinet after the
meeting that the general opinion OF the men,
bers was that the Japanese situation was ex-
ceedingly grave and would require the most
Japanese restaurant keepers have suffered in
disnities in San Francisco, as we'll Japanese
school children according TO reports received by
the Japanese Ambassador from the Japanese
consular officers In that city.
At least seven or eight reports have been made
concerning boycott instituted against japanese
restaurants in the Californian city. Agents
nave been posted to prevent patrons from en-
tertng the restaurants. and in several instances
stones have been thrown and windows broken,
according to the statements of Japanese officials
These cases have been brought to the attention
of Secretary Root by Viscount Aoki. who says
that 1t is with great reluctance he brings to the
attention of the central government demonstra-
tions against the Japanese, which are purely
local in their nature When asked to-day il
complaints had reached him from Japanese in
any part of California outside Of San Francisco,
or from other Pacific Coast states. Viscount
Aoki replied that all the trouble has been con-
fined TO the city. The Ambassador assured
his government again to-day that the outbreak
against the japanese is purely local, and was
much gratifed at receiving dispatches which
showed that the Japanese press is, for the most
part. attempting to check the feeling against
Americans.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27
RETURNING FROM CUBA.
The Minneapolis and the Nescarh
Bring Back Marines.

Philadelphia, Oct 2S.-with nearly four hundred
marines on board. whose terms of enlistment are
about to expire. the United States cruiser Minne-
apols passed IN the Delaware Breakvater to-day
from Havana for the League Island navy yard
The cruiser viii arrive at the navy yard tonight
and will be placed out Of commission The crew
OF the Minneapolis will be divided between the
cruisers Washington and Tennessee. which are to
act as convoy to President Roosevelt on his vista
to Panama.
Captain L. c, Heilrnan, Of the League Island navy
yard. who was sent to Cuba in command OF ths
cruiser Brooklyn. returned to the United States
by steamer and to-day resumed duty the
The Minneapolis made the run from Havana. to-
the Delaware Breakwater IN the remarkably quick
time OF nnety-one hours The marines on board
the cruiser. who sent 70 Cuba at the first out
break OF the recent disturbances. are returning
from Havana, Manzanillo and Cienfuegos.
Washington. Oct 26.-The cruiser Newark ar
rived Norfolk yesterday. having made a re-
markably quick run from Havana with number
Of marines board and. acting orders issued
by the Navy Department, proceeded at 70
New York, where the vessel will be put out OF
commission. IL is said 10 be the purpose Of the
Navy Department to lend the vessel TO New York
for the use of the naval militia of that state
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27
PAY FOR RURAL LETTER CARRIERS.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Will
Recommend Substantial Increase.

Washington, Oct. 26-Fourth Assistant POST
master General Degraw wiz recommend to
Postmaster General Cortelyou substantial in
crease in the maximum salary allowed letter
carriers in the rural free delivery service Es-
Inmates recently submitted by the Postmaster
General to the Secretary OF the Treasury for the
postal service for the coming fiscal year. In
cluding an increase Of S1.475.O0o for the rural
delivery service, did not include an appropria-
ton necessary TO provide for an increase in the
salaries of the rural carriers. The item referred
TO IS merely TO cover the normal addition to the
cost of existing service. and S1.1IoOOo VIII be
required for the establishment OF additional
rural service. Estimates for the appropriation
necessary to provide for an increase IN salaries
OF rural carriers, IL determined upon. Will have
to be submitted 10 Congress by the Postmastr
General
There are now IN the rural delivery service
86. 4S7 carriers employed In all parts OF ths
country, the service being operated from post
offices in cities where II IS expensive to own
and maintain horses, as well from postofacsa
IN small towns and villages where the cost OF
grain and forage varies greatly Mr.. Degraw
found that TO make fair allowance for horse
hire within a reasonable limit would require q
knowledge OF the cost of horse feed throughout
the country, which is necessarily subject to
change. and that If an adjustment should be
undertaken with that basis anything shora
Of the actual expense OF maintaining the con-
veyances could not be made satisfactorily.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27
BRAVE DEMOCRATIC WOMEN.
A Mouse Visitor at Their Meeting Fails to
Raise Even One Scream.

The Woman's Democratic Club made record
FOR bravery yesterday afternoon all but unparal-
leled in the history OF womankind It was holding
Its monthly meeting at the Hoffman House, and
Eltweed Pomeroy was explaining to II the mys-
terfes Of the initiative and referendum, when a
large black cat with mouse in her jaws solemn-
ly entered the and made bee line for the
table before which the president Mrs. John s.
Crosby, sitting. Not a sound heard
There was not ripple Of excitement, al-
though every had witnessed the incident and
dead because a cat has got it between her teeth
One Of the members thought it wise, however, to
call the attention Of the president to the close
proximity Of the creatures, but Mrs Crosby nnerat
shrugged her shoulders and remarked:
We'll it doesn't make any difference
The cat then proceeded to another tabsa IN q
corner OF the room and presumably ate the mouse
for when she issued from her hiding place few
minutes later the mouse was gone and p,ssie wore
an expression of duty well done.
When Mr.. Poneroy had finished his speech the
women decided that they would ask all the Demo-
on the subject of direct legislation A letter will
pc written to each one, and this viii be followed up
that the call would be an imposition SO near cleo
uon time, when all candidates are buky with what
they might regard as more important matters bur
%nen Mf. Pomeroy pointed out that it Is before
election. not after, that a candidate Is open to
oonV1oton they decided not to let the grass grow
A special campaign meeting will be held next
Erlday afternoon by invitation of the Democratic
State C9mmittee, at the Democratic headQuarte
Snat the Democratic party has given any ndica-
ton OF being aware that a Woman's Democratic
Cup existed. the women hope to make this change
OF heart the occasion for a rousing meeting
another recognition came from the Democratic
OF the otn Assembly District, which invited
Tuesday