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A Chnrchman on the Cranser Trial.

To The EDITOR oY TIE SuN-Str' Concerning
the trial for heresv Of the Rcv. nr. CrspSer, now
being h-ld 10 the Episcopal Church. ma ] be per.
mitted brief space In your columns 10 state why,
In nv opinion. the accused should be found guilty
There Is, 7 presume. scarcely = man With any
sense Of reason or Ius'lce IN the Church to.dav
who will deny DR.. Crapsev the absolute night 70
his own opinions and convictions. ana 10 the e1
preston OF these opinions and convictions on all
occasions. Nay, more, there is not a man but will
accord him sincere respect for refusing 10 pretend
10 a belief which hc could not honestly hold and
which his reason refuses 10 accept. But every self
rcsrcctlng churchman must dom and that Dr.
crapssy act As an individual, and not as a priest
n, the Church Of jesus Chnst claim tha' II Is
unworthy OF a man IN accept orders in the Church,
TO stand up In the chancc' and rccltc thr Apostles
Greed and then openly dispute and dlsavow the
principles he has sworn 10 inculcate. when he
does that his place is outside the Church, not IN Il:
that is. " the Church itstlf Is sincere In It's cuLvlc.
lions. II must be clear 20 every thoughtful pr rSon
that thtro arc certain cardinal principl' = In tho
Christian religion that, " not adhered IN by its
followers. place that religion on practically IN" 'ainc
plane as those OF Buddha. Confucius and Moham.
med. The nrst OF these principles IL the divinity
Of Jesus Christ. Whom Dr. Craps denies that, he,
tpso raeo. renders hims,lt impossible rs a priest
OF the Church which holds 10 such ? BELLE. This
is the point in tho controversy which appears 10
me 90 clear that all other questions Involved arc
nv comparison insignificant and unworthy Of ron.
sidsration. Either Dr. CrhpScT believes or he dis.
believes the creed OF his Church. H. as appears
clear from hi, uftcTances. ne disbelieve> Il. then
Justice TO himself and Justice 10 his Church demand
that he renounce his present ONCE. II Is needless
10 and that this Is not a personal matter in which
individuals are TO he considered, II Is a matter
Of p1nciple on which depends the very life and
existence OF the Church. II the Episcopal Church
allows It's ordained clergy 10 preach doctrines eI.
sctly contrary 10 the principles on which II Is
founded, 1t Is only = question OF time when II will
80 a.. - InI ANR ne ~ ~ ..-AA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-29
The Unnecessary Cruelty Of the
"Death House"

The law bv which killing by electricity
was substituted for hanging was enacted
for humane reasons II was intended
TO divest the death penalty Of some Of
it's horrors Unfortunately. the law was
loaded with accessory details.
The horrors of the death house" at
Sing Sing have been the subject Of inter-
mittent discussion ever since the first
wretched creature, trembling at impend-
ing doom, was committed 70 its worse
than eepulchral silence TO spend months
or years torturing his own soul with
hopes and fears and the picture Of the
awful end. In recent years there has
been all TOO much detailed recital Of its
agonies by victims Of mental capacity
who have endured them and come back
to the world to tell the story.
But no more convincing proof Of the
inhuman torture Of the place and svs-
tenn has been presented TO the public
than was recently embodied in a brief
news item in THE sun. After telling
O the conviction Of murder in the second
degree Of MIKE BRuscH, the burglar who
slOI n pOllCtIIldii l"o years ago, Ine
reporter went on to say that during
twenty-five months that he spent in the
death house under a previous convic-
ton of murder in the first degree,
BRUscH saw nine men pass out of its
cells to the electric chair. His hair was
black when he vas convicted the first
time. il is now white; he is t%hirty-one
years old, but he looks fifty.
No good reason can be advanced for
imposing this frightful regime Of soil
tude and silence, this living death. this
nerve racking and brain destroying
torment upon men whose execution is
not imminent. whose ultimate execu-
| ton is not even certain. Every good
purpose Of the death house" in render
ing the dread penalty of the law solemn
and impressive and in giving the culprit
| time for meditation on his future would
| be secured by limiting detention in it to
thirty or sixty days before the date upon
which it was reasonably sure an execu-
ton would actually take place. The
amendment of the law making this
change is demanded by every considera-
ton of justice and humanity.
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Of a single chamber, a stipend is given
TO the members. This is the case also
with the Landtag Of Lippe-D etmold.
Under the Third French Republic the
members of the Chamber Of Deputies
and the Senators receive the same eala-
ries; under the Second Empire the Sena-
tors we're much more munifcently paid
than were their fellow legislators. The
members of the Italian Chamber of Depu-
ties receive free passes over the rail-
roads, but no pay, a fact which doubtless
accounts for the small attendance COM
planned Of in the house.
Nowhere in the world are legislator
so handsomely compensated for their
labors as they are in the United States
The salary of a Senator or member Of
the House of Representatives is far
greater than that paid in France, and
the Laborites in the British House Of
Commons have announced that they will
be satisfied with the equivalent of 81 800
a year. Many Of our State Legislatures
pay their members more than Deputies
to the Reichstag are now to receive,
The members Of the Russian national
assembly, the imperial Duma, which is
expected to meet early in May, are to
have a salary, and there is reason to
believe that Italy will soon follow in
this respect the example Of her German
ally. It seems strange to us that people
anywhere should have heeitated to
acknowledge that in legislation, as in
other kinds of work, the laborer is worthy
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New Spring Tonic Announced.

To TIE EDITOR OF TIE svS-Siy: Lovers ~
blbulous connections will hail a new spring tonic
Just over from Germany which possesses all the
advantages Of art, poetry and beauty that are
woven about so many OF our national mixtures,
The kI!'e Ente, or cold duCL. Is made by hrst
procuring a large and luscious peach auc .~,unctur.
Ing man holes through the skin and deep to the
stone with a fork. Place this peach In q large glass
holding al least one-hslf lltrc and pour over IL
equal parts Of a light Rhine vine and champagne.
The gas forming on the lower side Of the peach
will cause 1t 10 rcvolve rapidly, which together with
the bubbles from the wine makes tho prctticst
drink that ever tempted the eye of the pfreur.
Tho bouquet Ia rare, Lo1HAa4.
NEW YORK, April q.
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The alumni Of the New Palts Normal
School are rellying to the support Of the
project for the rebuilding If the school,
which was recently DESTROYED by fire. A
committee of the alumni organization is
writing 10 the graduates, urging them TO
exert every possible influence in favor of A
bill now under consideration at Albany,
The secretary Of the committee. in a letter
dated April "a. thus describes the status Of
the bill at that time; A delegation of bust
ness men and politicians had presented the
case TO the Legislature; a bill appropriating
SO 900 for the reconstruction of the school
had reached the third reading in both
Senate and Assembly, without a dissenting
vote Governor HIeoNs's decision will
probably be influenced largely by the adj
vice of State Commissioner DRAPER. As
the Commissioner ia believed to favor the
curtailment of the normal school system in
New York State, the New Paltz people are
greatly exercised over the fate Of their
a hool.
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Substitute Public School Teachers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-!s-' have a SOB
going to the public schools and he has not had a
regular teacher since the nrst OF the year. The
class Ia taught by Young girls tsubstituteS hardly
ont OF their teens, and they are changed almost
every other day. The result ls that my son never
SEEM to have any lessons 70 study, always plead.
Ing that they have A new teacher"
Some time ago ! saw q list In q newspaper Of
nearly 4o name 60 OF persons eligible TO teach. why
are not these appointed instead Of ever changing
substitute teaehers' The constant change Of sub.
stitutes seems 10 have a very bad effect on the boys,
whereas a regular teacher SCENE 10 exert a good
influence, A FArHER.
NEw YORK, Ami 27.
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The motor invented by the Hon. Tom l..
JOHNSON, which has developed a "theo-
retioal speed Of 400 miles an hour" is al
ready just as good as if it vas humming
along the roads Of the people at that clip,
in the Mayors opinion. For if it is theo-
retical IT must be in accord with his theory,
and TONS theories never miss fire. But
he has hidden the real motive Of his inven-
ton behind the public utterance that the
machine is TO revolutionize all means Of
transportation and save time, which is
money for the masses in their goings about,
The real use 10 which the machine is to be
put will be to draw a passenger car fast
enough SO that Tom L, JOHNSON can make
speeches from the rear platform to advan-
tage and without being swamped and
hemmed in by his words as they fall and
pile up around him faster than he can get
away on board any ordinary ao-miles-an-
hour fiier. He can. of course. talk faster
than 400 miles an hour, but won't.
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simplicity Of His Method ,

From The american Spectator.
You orc a successful prophet" VIC said. will
you tell MS tho secret OF your success"
"Ccrthinly," tho sage replied. In a kindly tone,
4 II Is always the unexpected that happens. I
merely p~rophesy the unexpected"
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Published by The sun Printing and Publishing
Association at 10 Nassau street. in the Borough OF
Manhattan. New YORK.
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space is given to the Des Moines episode,
al il it were a sensation. It would be
a sensation If the hotels threw their
doors open to the negro delegates. In
MERRIAM's "The Negro and the Nation
the Southerner is represented as saying
to the negro: Il will buy with you, sell
with you, talk with YOU, walk with you;
but / will not eat with you, drink with
you or pray with you" The attitude of
the Northerner is about the same, except
that he refrains from talking and walk
ing with the negro. Kansas of all North
ern States shouA be tolerant Of him.
but only the cher day its Supreme
Court decided that an act of the Legis-
lature providing for a separate high
school for negroes in Kansas City was
constitutional. When the bill drawing
the color line was before the Legislature
a petition of Is, 900 white people urging
It's passage was presented. So Kansas
has separate schools, The court in the
case referred to said that its attention
had not been called to anything in the
special act which seemed to be a viola
ton Of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Mr.. MERRIAM in his book says that
what we are facing o is not slavery
An institution that may be abolished
by statute-but it's offspring, Caste, a
spirit pervasive, subtle, sophistical, ty-
rannic.' In his final chapter. Looking
Forward Mr.. MERRIAM does not see
very far ahead. So far as the hotel
keeper is concerned, he would as soon
exclude a horse marine as a negro; II is
business with him, not caste. Caste is
stubborn enough without race antipathy.
The combination accounts for the Des
Moines episode. Nothing can be done
about II.
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steia-To wha, department does a check book
belong
Rella-Tour ErdndfSther't is history. your
fathers biography, and your sultoT't, notioA
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Attendance Per cdpfd

nthese cities, Mt so low a rate per ca pita. can
succeed in showing so high a standing BY the
attendance test. the question remains 70 be
answered, Why cannot we?"
z YORK, April 20. M~ohNTSGsIpE.
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II Costs to BE a Gentleman in Nilsson,


From he Columbia Hs-0id
II is dinlcult TO be a gentleman In Columbia for
than IS a week,
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Snfn.

Steila-Is abe legally divorced in every statsa
eellh-:certainly, she got one IN each.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-29

Rudysrd Kipllng In 4cCiurrS M1po:inc for May
begins a new series OF short stories. and nve other
short tales are contributed by other authors Carl
SehurI tells Of his escape from Germany 10 Eng
land, Prot G. F. Woodberry writes on Milton. and
Clara Morris relates experiences. There are also
three poems. an article on labor and the beginning
Of a serial on nte Insurance.
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wind. and only drifting slowly away to the
southwark, to be followed by a like dis
charge. Great ribbons of lightning darted
through the vapor. and there was constant
thunder. At Tore del Greco the scene
was precisely that described by Pliny the
Young when Pompeii was buried, and the
appositeness and effect Of the words he
used and their entire fitness TO the present
occasion are most striking. Had he been
writing from Pompeii last Sunday he would
nave expressed himself in much the same
terms that he used in 20 A. p.
: Every roadside shrine had its crowd Of
devout peasants praying frantically to the
Virgin for aid, and all the Madonnas of the
region, each With its record or tradition Of
miracle. were borne in procession before
the implacable mountain. Devout. these
simple and amiable people beyond all
belief. but equally the most ignorant and
impractical there be. A church in one Of
the villages on the east slope had a fiat
roof. like almost all buildings in the region,
and on Sunday evening this aged and VEN
cradle structure had six feet Of scoria and
small stones accumulated on top Of it.
Now. while in the prevailing stress and
anguish il was most commendable that the
population should fill that church and offer
mp their mos poignant applications for
relief, the efficacy Of their appeal would
have been in no wise impaired had a dozen
stout fellows first shovelled of the undue
burden. As it vas the roof fell in. and two
hundred people are believed to be dead in
the ruins II raises curious reflections in
the ultimate analysis of miracle, Had the
weight been removed from The roof the
church would still stand; and inasmuch as
the volcano abated it's fury Immediately
after the building collapsed, the fame, at
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-05-31

Memorial Day was fittingly OBJ
served at Laporte, as usual. There
being no G.. A. r.. Post here, the old
soldiers have organized themselves
into "Veterans Association" and
this organization takes charge of
the memorial service each year.
On Sunday, the annual memorial
sermon was given by DR.. ID. +. S.
Perry, rector of the Episcopal church.
The church was beautifully decora-
ted with the national colOrs and with
floral emblems and appropriate mu-
sic was rendered by the CHOIR.
DIR. Perry's theme was The Christ
ian Warfare, and his sermon was
highly interesting and profitable.
His illustrations were taken from
scenes and incidents peculiar to the
lives and duties of soldiers and he
showed that the qualities that go to
make good soldier are also charac-
teristics of the Christians life.
The Memorial Day services We'd
nesday were held in the Court
House, court having adjourned for
the day at noon, in order that the
court room might be used for the oc-
casion. A well arranged program OF
music and other exercises had been
arranged and by two O'Clock the
court room was well filled with peo-
pie. The address of the day was de
Iivered by DIR. Perry, and was both
scholarly and eloquent. He showed
how great have been the achieve
ments of the American sOldiery In
the history of the nation and fol
what great principles they have con
tended. Ho dwelt upon their valoi
and herolsm and the great sacrifices
and hardships they have endured.
He urged that upon this day we
think of the beneticent results OF
their loyalty and service and of the
blessings we enjoy, as a nation and
as individuals, by reason of theil
achievements upon the fields of bat
tie
At the conclusion of the address
headed by the drum corps and vete
rams, the line of march was taken ul
to Mountain Ash cemetery, where
the graves of the soldiers were deco
rated. The floral offerings were pro
fuse.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-05-31

The Sullivan County Normal
School will be held in Dushore this
year. The School i'll open Monday
June %, and will continue four weeks
Prospective students are requested to
read the following carefully.
The work will be based entirely
upon the Illinois Course of Study.
If you own copy of the Course do
not fail to bring it with you.
Text books will be used to supple
ment the Course, hence uniformity
of text books is not important.
Bring your own books if you are
supplied. A limited number will be
supplied with books without charge
if carefully used.
The purpose of this School is to in
crease the efficiency of the. teaching
force of our County and give students
an opportunity of reviewing their
studies. Inasmuch as the Illinois
Course of Study has been adopted
throughout the county it is of pre-.
eminent importance that the teachers
thoroughly familiarize themselves
with it. No matter what grade of
certificate the teacher may hold, he
or she should not fail to make "A care
fnl, critical study of this Course,
which must be followed in the schools
The best teaching is that done by
those who are faithfully and intelIi-
gently following this Course Of Stu
dy, and it is always the best teachers
who are in demand.
| Only those who are willing to work
are desired as students. The work
will require lots of hard work and
idlers will be out of place.
Despite the additional burden
Which it places upon him, the County
Superintendent, will supervise the
work and assist in the effort to in
crease the teaching power of those
who are intrusted with the life
interests of the boys and girls of the
County.
Remember, this school is not cor
Quoted for profit. Every dollar re
ceived is expended for the expenses
of the school. After paying the in
structors a fair compensation fol
their labor the rest is spent for aid
in carrying on the work. Cavin's
Orthography and Smiths outlines in
History have been purchased with
the balance left from last year and
will be furnished for use during the
school term.
Tuition: Four weeks, So; less than
four weeks, 81 80 per week.
Students desiring boarding places
and citizens who desire boarders will
communicate with any member OF
the faculty or with the Superintend-
ent.
Silas ID. MolyneuX
ID. Merritt Flick
| Thomas V Kellv
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-05-31

Why not so drastic as some of the
radicals desired, the railway rate bill
as it passed the Senate undoubtedly
marks decided step in the direction
of governmental suppression of dis
elimination in freight prices,
Senator Tillman's frank ac-
knowledgement that there would be
been no rate bill at all but tor Presi-
dent Roosevelt, is the most effective
answer to the complaints of his fel.
radicals that the provisions of the
amended measure do not entirely
meet their views. The President
has acted on the we'll tried theory thai
half a loaf of bread is better than
none, and the rate bill, as it now goes
to IA conference committee for APP
prOval by the House, represents
probably the best that could be got
ten from existing conditions.
In brief the amended measure pro-
vides as follows:
That the Interstate Commerce
Commission shall investigate charges
of unjust and unreasonable rates OF
common carriers.
If determinations are found, the
commission is empowered to fix Il
just and reasonable maXium rate.
Orders of the commission go into
effect within thirty days and con
tinue in force for two years, unless
set aside by the commission of Il
court.
The penalty for disobedience OF
the orders of the commission is Il
fine of -, 900 daily.
United States circuit courts shall
have jurisdiction over suits To annui
acts of the commission, the granting
Of finterlocutory decrces without hear
ings and making appeals dirert to
the Supreme Court.
oil pipe lines and sleeping ear
com panies are declared common ear
riers.
The commission has acccss To the
accounts nf the companies affected.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-05-31

lhe Veterans at laporle aHsl
vicinity give their heartfelt thank :
ta the speakers, choir, sunday
seh,ails snd the puhiir ln general,
wha ,a kindly a~.iste,l in Our NJ
murial ~srs ir., alul la decorating
ear Departed eaiarslss' graves.
Mul " tneh, S.yreiary
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-05-31

There will he u meeting of the
Republican Standing Committee of
sullivan county, on June ., ut |
a clock in the Court House ut La
porte, Pa, for the purpose OF fix
ing dates for primaries and Repuh-
liean conventions and such other
business IA may eolne before the
said committee.
VIM. T. Shoemaker,
Chairman.
I. u. lngham. see'N.