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As to Secretary Hitchcock.

II ETHAN ALLEN HITCHCOCK, influenced
by personal considerations, should make
up his mind to quit the office of Secretary
of the Interior, the public would accept
his decision with the utmost regret.
Mr.. HITCHCOCK has corrected many
abuses, introduced many effective reforms
and brought punishment to many scoun-
drels since he entered the Presidents
Cabinet. He does his work SO quietly
that for several years his fine achieve
ments were unnoted by the country
at large. His system puts deeds before
talk, performance above promise. 1t is a
good system, unfortunately less familiar
to the public than are some others. Mr..
HITCHCOCK believes in administration by
acts, not by conversation.
Men like Mr.. HITCHCOCK are not too
numerous in Washington, or in public life
in any capital. The more of them a
nation employs in the management Of
it's affairs the better of that nation will
be. 1t is to be hoped that the doorkeep-
ers of the Interior Department will not
be called on to admit Secretary ETHAN
ALLEN HITCHCOCK for the last time for
a long time to come.
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One of the commonest political catch
phrases Of the time is Special Interests.
We are told that our legislators are con-
trolled by and act only for Special Inter-
ests. The phrase is by no means new,
but in its proper meaning it represents
an influence which has been operative
over since the creation of the world,
The effort of those who Use it 80 glibly
nowadays is to impress upon the public
mind an idea that they have discovered
q new and fearful evil.
We live in a land of Special Interests
and in a world Of Special Interests,
Senator ALDRICH and Senator FORAKER
and perhaps all their associates in the
Senate are charged with devotion to
Special Interests. They are thus de-
voted, and 80 Is President ROOSEVELT,
So is every man who buys or sells, or
who takes any interest whatever in any
special topic or special enterprise.
these interests conflict, as interests
always have and always will, and ma
tional legislation is and perhaps a be
only an effort to reconcile conflicting
Special Interests in national affairs.
These interests may concern trade,
politics or morals. The great modern
discoveries of universal corruption per-
vert their phrases and ignore the fact
of greatest importance. They eek to
show that the interests OF which they
constitute themselves the m~outhpieces
are not Special Interests, but only a
great seething mass OF helpless human
ity throttled by a minority whose num-
bers may be stated in hundreds if not in
scores. Tariff questions are preemi-
nently questions Of Special Interest.
New England, demanding free hides
from South America and free coal from
Cane Breton, is stirred to its centre by
legislative proposals which would admit
cheap .iewelry from France under a
reciprocity treaty. New England might
even feel like seeding il free entrance
were given to Germany's cheap tools
and cutlery. California wants a freight
rate on oranges by which she can COM
pete with Florida, which is 1000 miles
nearer the Eastern market. The Phil
ippine tariff question involves a moral
principle, but the tariff bill is defeated
by farmers, planters and wage earners,
who constitute a Special Interest as
clearly defined as any other Special
Interest in sight.
Effort is made to convince the public
that railway rates may be reduced with
no injury 10 anybody except a few rail-
way magnates who constitute a Special
Interest. Nothing is said Of the real
Special Interest which must be affected
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PHILADELPHIA. March IL.
A Policyholder who Doesn't want Protection.

To THB EDITOR OF TER SUH-Sir: / am much
impressed by the un9nlmlty with which each
member Of the Armstrong committee says that
1.-The policyholdcrs must he protected at all haz-
ards" Protected against what' For thirty years
no policyholder has lost a dollar by the failure OF a
New York State life insurance company and no
claims have been or could be made that any &ew
York state life insurance company Is unable TO
meet Its policy liabilities.
Then what must the pollcyholder be protected
&C ainst: There Is only one thing left. and that Is
that he should have large dividends. As the divi
bends In a life insurance company are simply the
returns OF excess payments made by the policy
holders II resolves Itself into the position that the
Armstrong would compel either the
reduction of premiums or an Increase In dividends.
and the proper way 10 solve this is for the State 10
provide maximum premiums or minimum divi
dends.
Why not meet the issue practically instead OF
suggesting all sorts of roundabout expedients,
And while the Armstrong committee is at II why
not OK maximum rates for FIRE, casualty and marine
insurance, minimum interest rates on savings
bank and trust company deposits, minimum in
terest rates on investments, a maxlmum life NOR
tally and ere loss. &cf LARGE PoLIcY HOLDER.
NRW YoRK, March IL.
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That tender innocent the plate glass
trust is clutching passionately AT the
knees of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. The trust AYERS that the ILL
nois Central Railroad makes it pay a
freight charge of sixty cents a hundred
pounds from Chicago to New Orleans,
whereas the importer of plate glass can
have it brought from Antwerp to New
Orleans and thence to Chicago for thirty
two cents a hundred pounds. This seems
to be a case Of gross injustice TO this toll
erably we'll grown industry, an industry
specially coddled by the Dingley tariff
The Government is doing the best it can
for it-and here is an iniquitous corpora
ton trying to undo that ~benevolence as
much as it can, and helping the accursed
importer and foreigner.
What will the Commission do? Shall
the steamer and railway freight rate from
Antwerp to Chicago be put up? Shall
the freight rate from Chicago to New
Orleans be put down?
b II the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion gets the enlarged power which the
Hepburn bill would confer upon it, such
q complaint as this of the plate glass
trust will be doubly interesting. The
Congress doesn't wantto do anything for
trusts. Some thinkers in it would cut
of clean the duties on articles which
are the subject Of trusts. If a majority
Of the Commissioners are stark high
protectionists they will not be apt to
-.on;-,,lo&a rotoc in a manner iDiurin1ts
to "the home market" crowd, no matter
what happens to the railroads. Nobody
appears to care what happens to the
consumer.
On the other hand, suppose an "up-
heaval" and the blossoming of that fine
old plant of tariff reform or free trade
as the protectionists prefer to call it.
Is a Democratic Interstate Commerce
Commission going to do anything it a
help doing to bolster up protected inter
ests? As for the trusts, never name
them! They are the common football;
and might not fare a bit worse under
Democratic radicals than under radical
Republicans.
Remember how suddenly and without
q warning the greatest issue in the world,
the linchpin of national destiny, the
supreme problem changes. A little while
ago it was silver. A little longer while
ago it was revenue reform and a consti-
tutional tariff for revenue only, and so
on. Now it is Government making of
railway rates. When the Government
gets the power Of making railway rates
new supreme problems must come up
or old unsettled ones be revived. The
tariff may be ag~ain-indeed, is likely
again to be-the chief issue. Mean
while, high protection or low tariff, free
trade, may have an influence OF the Gov
eminent made railway rates. Think of
an Interstate Commerce Commission the
majority of which consists of Wilbur F,
Wakemans or Roger @. Millses.
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Poem by One of Mr. C~arnesie's Scotch Neigh
bOFH,
From The Dunfermifne Prt,,.

w" wv wv Fftbt fiNss
We're puir bit %craiturs. Andra, you an me.
We hae a bath In a marble tub. ! dock In the sea.
cate Gu lat In a silver joog for breakfast gangs
I sup my hrose wi a horn SPUN an eat TIL I'm fu'.
An there's nae great differ. Andra-hardly ony:
My sky is as clear as yours, an the c'uds are as
bonnie:
whussIe a tune thro' my teeth to myser tina,
costs nae money.
The bobollnk pipes IN the orchards white In your
hamc on the ither side.
Gray whaups cry up on oor muir T. me, white tea-
An organ huns In your marble hall wi mony a
sough an swell:
1 list 70 the roar o. the wind an the sea in the hol-
Al n there's nae great differ, Andra-hardly ony
For the measure that throbs thro' eternal things
An II watts me up TO the gate o. God 10 hear his
choir ana.
PaIdlln' NJ In, DOR ane bit dub. m glowern' Tx
at his star;
Rakin' up, the clcrt o. the trnk I'LL DOR Faiiher ARTS
us hamc.
whites wi a strap, whites wi a kiss, or csrrvin'
An there's nae greai d rer, Andra, we're slb as
Ill .tanrcd weans al the bcs,-hc draIEn, wi the
An well a get pcyed wha, we're ocht, Andra.
when we gang hame 10 God,
What n I win fame or gear. Andra. what II I fail
BE gieg as a fumart whitrook. or dull as a snAilf
Itll be a, ane In a hunder year whether / sally or
slide
The nicht sits as dark on a brawln' linn AZ I, broods
on a slecpin' tide.
An there, ;, nae great differ. Andro, whether We
II no ou A Wheel = s.G Y ma may be a crnt-it we Gamma
We maun tax, the World as vi md i. lad. IN.
content wft - u 10
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Tho unnnnaciona Onea.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: Apropos
Of your leading editorial Of Saturday last
"Unconsclousness." ! recall reading the
OF her evening In Andrew D. Whites auto
biography what Ezra Cornell, founder Of
the university which bears his name. said In
1857 to his then colleague. Mr.. White. In the
State Senate. He had just returned from a
visit in Washington. Mr.. Cornell Is described
as having been unusually lenient in his judg-
ment Of men and seldom given to criticism.
This Ia what he said:
While at the Capitol I was asham cd Of the
State Of New York: one great question after
another came up: bills of the highest i'm
p~ortance were presented and discussed by
Senators from Ohio. Vermont. Missouri.
Indiana, Iowa, and the rest. but from New
York never a world"
True then. perhaps. but how much truer
nowi EKAL.
NEW YORK, March 49,
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TRE SNIP.
Patriotic Thoughts Inspired by, Reports
That the Shipping BiIi May Fan.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The
Washington reports appear to indicate the
astonishing possibility that the present Ship
ping bill may be defeated in Congress. Is
1t understood that this means that the people
OF the United States shall continue TO eXpend
more than $50 900 900 per nnnum In pay
ments TO foreign capitalists for freight and
passenger transportation and continue to be
Inundated by being forced to travel across
the ocean under foreign fags2
Does the country realize the industrial
treason involved In this suppression Of Amerl-
can shipbuilding for international operation,
by the failure to apply the protective prln-
oiple TO this important industry. during the
past forty years since our civil war ended?
The bill, which has passed the Senate, Ia
rather contempt IDLE as a national effort to
correct this outrage. but 1t will be effective
In stimulating a development with immense
possibilities. The proposed subsidies are tnslg-
nilcant In com perison with the wealth that
can be created. .
An ultimate saving of at least 500 900 900
a year by transferring this enormous trans
portation business into the hands Of the people
OF the United States Ia a proposition OF the
very first Importance, but the possible null
tipllcation of American shipyards and the
construction Of at least $500, 900 900 worth Of
American ocean steamers for peaceful opera
ton would constitute the greatest mechan-
ical industry in the United States. enriching
all our people. and promoting our patriotism
and self-respect,
American steamship lines are essential to
successful competition for foreign markets.
It also appears to be a matter OF increasing
Importance that our strength In the number
OF American sailors shall be largely increased.
for obvious reasons.
The tinie is not far distant when the iron
and steel and every other business W III be in
urgent need of the support " llyh can be OBJ
tanned In the developrp eHt Of this interna-
tiohai marine business of ship construction
and operation. E.. p. WILLIAMS.
NEW YORK March II.
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MEN PUT OUT BY M'ADOO YIN.
Under O Court Of Appeals Decision, IL 10
Said, They VIII All Go Back.

wyer Alfred f. Sander of Brooklyn
received word yesterday from Albany
that the Court of Appeals had unanimously
affirmed the decision Of the Appellate
Division and Justice Gaynor in the case
of his client, Sergeant Harry Metcalf, who
sued Police Commissioner McAdoo for re-
instatement on the ground that his dis
missal from the Police Department was
illegal. On May o last Commissioner
McAdoo retired Sergt. Metcalf and fifty
eight other police officials of various grades
on the ground of physical disability and
upon certificates OF the Board of Police
Surgeons that the men affected we're not
capable of -full' police duty.
The matter came up before supreme
pointed out the fact that the charter did
not refer in any manner to a board OF police
surgeons. He salso showed that Sergt-
Metcalf was in good physical condItlon'
and that after his retirement had run one
hundred yards in excellent time. Justice
Gaynor decided in favor of the sergeanti
and in his opinion said that, while a mem
Der of the police force might not be able
to perform full police duty, yet he might
be able to do all that was required Of hlm.
of police could perform the duties of that
office, while at the same time he might
not be able or in condition to patrol the
streets. He also said that the charter
did not create a DOaru OF ponce SUI BsOE',
and that any certifcation by such a body
was ire gular and illegal. Commissioner
MoAdoo carried the matter to the APP
pellate Division of the Supreme Court
and hat body affirmed Justice GaynCr'?
de cision. Then the matter was CARRIED
to the Court of Appeals. Sergt. Metcalf
must now be resorted to duty, When 10
was retired he was a desk sergeant in ths
eighty-seoond precinct in the Rororgi,
that under the decision of the Court OF
Appeals the ffty-eight other officials will 10
restored to duty. These include two in-
spectors, se veral captains, three telegraph
sergeants, a number Of regular sergaantS
and roundsmen, as well as pat rolmen
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More Jobs.

Some Of the most eminent meddlers
with other peoples business now active
in public life hail from Brooklyn. There
resides thu genius who would make it a
misdemeanor to follow the trade of
washerwoman without alicense. Brook
Ign boasts, too, the statesman who would
license real estate dealers, And in the
same borough resides Senator COOPER,
author Of the bill to create a State COM
mission to regulate nursing.
The merits Of the Cooper bill are found
in the provisions which fix the salary of
the Nurses Commissioner at $500 a
year, that Of his deputy at $500, and
that of his secretary at $4,000. Three
new, good, well paid jobsl What further
arguments are necessary TO convince
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Pesslmistie Report from Philadelphia.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: On
Sunday rankin Edwards spoke before tho
Y. NJ. c. A. of New York city on the great
reform results in Philadelphia. At the hour
he was proclaiming the virtues Of the reform
ers James Gay Gordon. attorney for Mayor
Weaver, was ma fling his letter OF thousands
of words, defending Weaver and himself from
the charge Of deceit and hypocrisy brought
by the Committee of Seventy.
The ambition OF Weaver is to be Governor.
All the virtnous (fake) reform leaders are
either holding Office or are candidates for Of
fee. Mr.. Edwards is a candidate for District
Attorney.
The filtration work has been idle for a year
on account of the Mayors action. Chief
Engineer Hill. who was arrested for forgery,
&C, has been acquitted. and the filtration
work has been proclaimed by the best ex-
work. Filthy water, unfit to look at is what
a. vast portion Of the city gets. Typhoid
fever. and death have resulted to thousands.
This has happened in consequence Of Mayor
Viewers action in delaying the completion
OF the filtration plant since last May.
II any action was contemplated In a Grim
inal way against the contractors, nothing
but talk and letter writing has resulted, The
statute OF LIMITATIONS applies in q month;
g. Co, are about suing the city for breach
OF contract and no doubt viii win.
At present the sham reformers, the old
timers and the new combine are all mixed up.
calling each other names, and the city ls in a
worse condition than it. was before Weaver
and Gordon became reformers.
FATHER WILLIAM PENN.
pm InEIpuII March 10
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GRADE CROSSING DANGER.
Central Officials Say That Even When
Guarded They Are Dangerous.

Central Officials Say That Even when
Guarded They Are Dangerous.
In the report of the Board of Railroad
Commissioners Of the State Of New York,
submitted to the present session Of tbs
Legislature, the following statement show
ing the number Of casualties at grade cross
ings of team railroads in the State of New
York is found:
In 1905, 96 persons were killed and "a persons
Gncluding 1 employeel We're injured at streets
and highway grade crossings of steam rail-
roads protected and unprotected by gates
or hagmen; in 1904, los persons Including 3
employees> we're killed and 81 persons dn-
GLIDING ? employees) were injured at such
crossings. In 1905. "a of these persons vera
killed and IL injured Including / employee a
crossing fagmanl at such crossings protected
by gates or fagmen; in 1904, 80 GncludinG I
employees-6 of whom were crossing flag
mem were killed and 80 including = en-.
ployees) injured at such crossings protected
by gates or fiagmen. In 1905, II persons were
killed and "a injured at such crossings not
protected by gates or 1agmen, in 1904, ~
persons G%ncluding / employer were killed
and 81 injured at such crossings not pro
tected by gates or fagmen.
Commenting on this an official Of the New
York Central said yesterday:
1T appears from this that even gates and
f1agmen do not protect the people from
crossings at grade; even the flagmen then.
selves are in danger of their lives. The
only. adequate method of protection is the
elimination OF the crossing. The State OF
New York has done very little TO enforce
the law in providing the method for abolish
ing existing grade crossings"
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rREEpOM IN EINLAND.
Laws Governing Press Utteranco In the
Province.

To H EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir; As a
SEQUEL to he story of how the Moderate party
In Finland threw itself or the Russian Gov
eminent to escape from the revolutions ts'
the way In which It is using It's power 10 stlhe
free expression cannot fail to interest IN a
count y where the press Ia free. According 10
a Finnish journal, the Frdmtid, the Leglsia-
ture. having passed a general law seVereiy
restricting the liberty of the press. appointed
a special committee to elaborate the admin
~istrative details. The following are some OF
them:
Printing establishm ents are only to ne
allowed In the cities. Every printed docu-
ment has to be submitted to an official OF tine
local administration and the chief OF police
before it can be Issued. Any change In tine
manager OF a printing establishment has to
be approved by a ma gistrate within eight DAYS
following the change, otherwise work VIII
be suspended, Any printer. editor or man
ager who from any cause is forced to suspend
operations must Immediately notify the COM
g. to $40. Where the name Of the editor does
not appear on a publication the printer IL
responsible; In ADDITION the t0it9wn Paf All
EETissaRsh: concerns foreign Du0n'S',0O' 0. 81
tqlned, articles WHICH competent authority
shall have dee,pred to BE- dang sSs,i bs s1e
AZ AssO rlsSt dsrtns the Se t fas ss %onfhs sh foiloW Wing
the second declaration to forbid the entry
period not exceeding two years.
It IL forbidden to any book store to sell any
foreign publication before depositing, q copy
OF the Acknowledgement Of the Senate. The
title Of this new press bill is TryckfrihstslG0.
lander commenting on the old press law.
which was severe enough, says that this
amounts to simple abrogation oil. all law and
is only playing into the hands OF the revolu-
tionary party. which Il left nothing to choose
bel tive the rule Of the Russian bureaucracy
and that of the react ionary Moderates.
NEW YORK, March IS. +.
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Nearing Hats In Church.

To THR EDITOR OF THE SUS-!ST: I have Just
read the report OF the innovation requested by
the Rev DR.. Warren II. Wilson OF the Arlington
Presbyterian Church. Brooklyn. that the 800 women
OF his congregation remove their hats during the
service, | would ask the Rev. DR.. Wilson and the
thirty women who refused to remove their hats
whether the ouakers. the Jews. or the Bible. In its
New Testament reference 10 the verses OF !. Corin-
thians. have for Chrstendom made this law, which
has been observed in church for nearly 1900 years7
May II not he that neither the Bible nor the private
Judgment OF men on the bible has made this dog
matte custom as well as the observance OF the nrst
day Of the week instead OF the Sabbath!
CAMDEN. N. ", March II. FATHER TIKRNAH,