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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-24
The Two Conventions.

= Two political parties assemble to-mor-
row to do something, one at Saratoga,
che other at Buffalo. Very much the
same necessity confronts each, and that
tsto make a desperate appeal to public
confidence.
Il The great mass Of the people Of this
State is sick Of both of them; sick Of the
party in power because Of its unexampled
corruption, apathy and ~depravity; and
rick of the Democracy because Of its
ihgrained imbecility, instability OF pur-
pose and suppression of its decent
elements.
The Republicans are in power; they
iii TIE Offices; they enjoy the vast
advantage Of possession and the potent
buttress of the Federal State. They have
everything, save a good character.
More deplorable still are the Demo-
Gratis, except that they have no charac-
ter at all. Mr.. ROOSEVELT has sown the
whirlwind, and they are not content o
bet him reap the storm himself, but must
needs strive out of the materials he dis
carded or despised to fashion a worse
chaos Of their own. Distracted and dis
RTrayed by a national fanatic and vulgar
mountebsnk, themselves the chattel and
Che prey of the lowest type Of brutal and
degraded creatures that ever attained
to leadership in any party's history,
they come together at Buffalo pledged to
mischief and c~onsecrated to disaster.
sEEThe Republicans have lately cast out
their head devil Of uncleanness and
perversity, but he has left his sly behind
him, and tomorrow it will be at Saratoga,
nnsterilized as ever but fully occupied.
Every rogue in the State who has bat
tened on corruption, who has blackmailed
q corporation or a citizen, or who has,
according to his lights, achieved emf
nence in disgracing the Republican party;
every one Of them will be at Saratoga to
swear fealty to a new boss. That en-
physematous and crapulous entity, that
man who has made the Governorship as
contemplate as ODELL made it odious,
he by the irony Of fate will be in spirit
at the head Of this baleful and sinister
assembly, the Republican convention Of
the Empire State.
If only an inscrutable but ever benign
Providence would raise up in either con-
yention, or in both OF them, the figure
Of q man Of parts, a man Of integrity and
Of courage, a man of head and OF heart,
how might the black and cherries
prospect Of the morrow be changed TO
radiant sunshinel
0hlfo a man, a full grown, adult Mani
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-24
Ball Players FanisM.

FT0m me BTockt0T EnterprLse.
Tne ending Of q ball players career has IN Is
much the same tragedy that accompanies the loss
OF voice by the singer. AZ one fell Egoop the
player and hs family drop from comparative luz
ury. ease and the ability to have all the ordinary
pleasures Of life and fall to something Ike actual
poverty. oftsntimes poverty 10 en- count tered before
the end Of the struGgie IL reached. The ,till young
couple. AFTER several yean OF rood living. travel
ing. seeinG the world. enjoying all the fSa in sight.
suddeniy come with a splash to the leg water NJ
poor living. poor clothes inability 20 pay for theat tire
nckets and trips about and inability perhaps 20
much more than pay the rent Of q small nat for
the ball player who has never done anything but
play Dali and who has not saved his money IL
against . hard proposition before he can learn a
Tade or ma eomething 10 ca rTy him safely along.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-24
Abolition Of me Arrival Dat. stsmu

To raH EDITOR or TEE SuN-SIy: May Nc "a.
quirc whether any complaints have been received
since the now postal regulation for sbolIshing the
arrival date stamp on Iettersf
We have 9 case In hand Of i'm portAnt letters being
sent from Pueblo. Col, stamped September 10,
$50 p. NJ. and only delivered By the nrst mall this
morning.
Would there not be an inducemsnt To neglect
prompt delivery whsn there Il nothing to show
whom the letter reached the post ofncef
GoLDscRNIDr THERMTr Co.
NEW YoRK, September ~.
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Have w moi. been just q little bit hasty IN what
Ltsutsnent- General HENRY G. coRBrN, y. 8. A..
ssftytd.
We may soon know, but tho Cubans
should have the benefit OF the doubt until
they show that they do not value the inde-
pendenoe won for them and guaranteed
IN than.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-24

Yesterday at I;S7 A. NJ. the sun began
crossing the line, q performance which
1t completes to-day at lOsV A. M. 50. any
rain that falls in the interval may be said
with perfect exaqtituds 20 belong to the
equinoctisl storm. Yesterday afternoon at
a quarter past 0 one might have made q
careful observation; for fourteen and seven
tenths seconds later autumn came in; and
n might have noted tho shock OF It's
arrival.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-24

From ne coIumbta B,,aln

FN0W ThS COIUNbta HsraId.
Prom Howard county comes the tale Of a fan,
story farm. Charles RldEeway 10 lie owner and ana
farm is located near Fayette. Nh. R,d1swa~ 49,
. hne clover neld. Beneath the clover 10 ons AZ In.
richest beds OF coal. and underneath the coal = .
nne bed OF shale. from which excellent buUa,n-
brick are made. In and above the clover IL an ADnls
orchard. on which there b IN abundant CROP 81
apples. This makes . four story fArm-shaIs
coal. clover. Apples-and shows how Inc we.I,r
n piled up In Missouri.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-24
The Protest Of a Boon COMPANION.

To n EDITION or THE SUN--SU: In THE srN
OF September y another Snob. -. T. D. writes
tna' an American Regular 10 not q az associate for
q decent citizen.
nave been TN the company Of American soldiers.
marines and sailors. ! know that they are tho
hnest crowd OF comrades and good fellows the
world ever saw. The man who says ley are not
decent 10 either some foreigner who came over
here with . tag on his back and is showing bis love
Ior tne country by insulting not only It's men but
us nag, or else hes Got q swelled head and doesnt
know what he's talking about. n,
NEW YoRK. September p,
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Mr.. NORMAN r. MACK seems to think that
his position n a member Of the Democratic
national committee makes him q statesman
whose nod ought to b q command TO his
party. Yet Il may b doubtSd II any ward
leader has sss influence with IL, and Mr..
MACK has lost whatsvsr infuencs he had by
Tapping" for the Hearst boom.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-24

They drove along the rock walled way
Above SaiernOis tide,
The sweet young tourist and her fray
Old weather beaten gulde.
what" cried she. Fare those rainbow lakes--
Those stands opal bright
Where fair Salernos soul aWakea
Rejoicing In the Iight!-
The courier winked his trusty eye.
And rave bic horse q swtah
Before hs answered d~rawllaglE.
"sL, madame. dem 10 Ash.-
ADA RosTn MmRAx.
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ter 10 not q proper for the Board Of
Aldermen TO NEEDLE with, and the change
can DO brought about by the a COM
panies II II IL deemed wise. The operat-
ing officials Of the corporation know how
to run their lines, and they should not
be hampered in details like this by Iegis-
lative enactments passed by bodies that
know nothing OF the conditions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-24

On this date the Government Printing
Ofhoe i 20 become an open shop In fact a.
we'll as In theory. Men are TO be hired and
discharged solely on their merits, and judged
only by tho work they do. It IA an nlumi-
mating commentary on the conditions that
have prevailed in the past that the adoption
Of such a policy Is regarded a q revolu-
tion&ry change by the individuals most
intimately affected.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-24

me October number Of Country LIE IN America
10 given UP TO house building and 10 Illustrated with
large pictures that are % usually nne, even for thi.
periodical The tinted paper provided for Mr..
HaWley's paper on Good Taste" brings out the
pictures remarkably. Among the topics treated
are glasS roons. Georgian furniture. bun gAIows.
ven driving. piumbins. rennodelling 9. with several
articles on the cost Of building.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-24

FrOm no oraaOs TpSDUaa.
Prank IIiott, TN man who wAs SAoa m R.h.
Ass Sunday AftsEnoou bv O K Dodge, has afsv.
enc % snos n an body, whEs ne horss h wa
riding % ths time hns thiEy -sl9hs IN i'm 49, n.
nots 3 shos IN ths head. bSsasa anna. hodv' Tns-n.
nneee and loot
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-24

0AYNoR 10 the man. His Anlscedsnts and eharAe.
Ter are exactly such a. supply the demand. The
closer the scrutiny, the moro evident his avalia-
bility ~comeA-Fr ne Brooklyn Eagle.
Indeed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-24

: n our friends pho rdror US CRh ndnuscrpn ror
P1bieanon wist N hors rcjseit6 articles r'fnrHed fHeS
mus IN su c4ses send STUN rs for that purpOse.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-24

knsskas--ls Ne N laasrIxsns oaddyt
r1..A - 80 AlushA
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Authorization. b, MAI. POSTPAID.

Published by The sun Printing and PUBLISHING
Association At 10 Nassau street, In the Borough Of
~ffsRhAttan, New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-07
An Austrian Bureaucratic Sentence.

From the Pail Man Gazette.
A few days ago the director OF the Imperial
Botanical Gardens In Vienna received a visit from
an Oncial commission OF the Finance Mlulsir'.
which demanded to know whether tobacco p.arS
were grown In the gardens.
Naturally they are answered the director -
are all other plants coming within our scope
That IL q breach Of the Government tobacco
monopoly, and renders you liable 20 severe pea
allts said the chief Of the commission.
much trouble the director succeeded =
showing tho commission that the botanical gar
dens as a part OF the univeTslty. enjoyed 'H"
prvtlege OF growing tobacco for the purpose "
study and sdence. The commission depart. n
peace. and thsn began q voluminoYs CORE 1I'l.
ence between the Ministries OF Finance an d..
cation over the question. The decls!on,ATrHtl az
IVES this:
The nvs tobacco plants which have been sn'1
secretly and iclOniOrs'y behind the back H. 80
unco1s los tobacco monopoly may contr .
Be cultivated. but The crop from them on -
gathered on a nxed day In each year. and Ilsu fnI
there carefully burned In the pr ssnce and D.
the eyts Of . Joint commission from M -
Mln'strlsR"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-07
TARGET MISSES AT CREEDMOOR
A Iheery That Sometimes Q Bird Defects
the Bullet.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: In the
editorial The Seventh's Rife Victory" THE
Sun infers that the anaccountable misses
made by Grail and Beach were caused by
defective cartridges.
1t IL far more probable they were caused
by the presence Of hQEks Of birds at the tar
gets. Long ago thS late Sergeant-M Major
Coughtry showed conclusively by going to
the targets at Creedmoor after a match and
bringing back scores OF dead birdie, that very
often q bird gets between a bullet ana a
Target.
Every boy has noticed how, when a top
is spinning very rapidly, the slightest touch
on its side will. make II jump way. The
amusing game the Devil Among the Tailors"
In founded on this popularity.
bullet fired from q rife IL spinning In the
same way, with Uncomfortable velocity. II
on its way to the target IL brushes against a
large bird IL will inevitably he DETECTED.
There is q forest behind the butts At Creed
moor and IL swarms with, birds. which, when
no shooting IN going on, may be seen nying
about the targets. Most unAccoun table
misses are no doubt due to the terror OF these
birds when firing commence.
Such scores as those Of Grail and Beach
and OF Fulton land Gill at 400 YARDS ought
to be called perfect. for human skill will
never devise a rife OF ammunition which will
overcome such accidents as. a bird flying
across the path Of the bullet, or q CLINT OF
light being cast on a barrel or sight from the
rear. RIFLEMAN.
New YORK. October S,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-07
The Graft That Failed.

Mayor MCCLEILAN's action in check
ing the attempt to prostitute the police
courts of this town, the courts of the
people, to the passion for graft OF a
political machine, through the appoint
ment of 100 court attendants; vas in the
interest of common decency.
That the Mayor was compelled to
make threats of presenting charges per-
sonally against the Magistrates, before
the Appellate Division, is of itself a suffi-
Gent commentary On the low estate into
which these courts have fallen. Deplor-
able as it is hat iliteracy, ignorance Of
law, lack of good character, subserviency
TO political pull" should be conspicuous
in this important branch of the judiciary,
the deliberate attempt TO open the doors
Of these courts to graft was one Of the
most shameless exhibitions see in the
politics Of this city for many years.
1t is to the lasting credit of some Of
the Magistrates that they have fought
the scheme re~lentlessly. No faint, no
suspicion of their ability or high char
acter attaches TO such men as BARLOW,
CORNELL, MAYO and WHITMAN.
The publication of the entire bench is
a wholesome work hat should be under
taken at the earliest opportunity.
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proportionately small among this class
Of criminals IL was no new discovery
that the great majority Of ~convicts are
unskilled labOrers; OF the total OF LIZA
there were I,IpS who had no trade. Less
than one-.hird Of the whole number had
been married. Eighty-six per cent. were
serving a first term. One-third came
from cities containing One-fourth OF the
population OF the State.
Mr.. MosBY does not give us compare
tive tables to show the progress Of crime
in Missouri. Between 1850 and 1890
crime in the United States increased 44s
per cent, according to the eleventh CEN
sus, while the population increased ITO
per cent. The most hopeful deduction
to be drawn from the records Of(the
city Of crime" Is that punishment does
deter, for only IA per cent. Of the prison.
ers were serving a second term or were
old offenders. We are a little puzzled
by the proportion Of only one-third Of
city criminals, for it conflicts with the
estimate Of criminoloGists that the cities
furnish a far larger proportion OF crimi-
mails, Mr.. H. NJ. BoIEs making II as high
as 90 per cent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-07
Economic statu. Of tn. B.Id Eagle.
From BSoIo0tcoI Surrey Bulletin No. n.

FrOW BtOtO0tOt SNTreu buIeFtH 40. ".
Since the bald eagle feeds largely on rsh OF
various kinds II OF couTs. destroys species useful
10 man, and TO this degree must be considered
Injurious: but the total amount OF this harm would
seem TO be comparatively small, for much OF lie
fnny prey consists OF speci,s not economically i'm
portant On the other hand the devouring OF vast
quantities OF dead nsh. that II left TO decay would
pollute the air. is a positive benent. Itsdestruction
OF ducks gees and other water fowl. all OF which
are available IS food for man. is perhaps Its most
serious because most frequent fault; but this 10 10
a considerable ektent local and confined largely TO
the winter and the seq sons OF mig grafton. ltattacks
gulls and other non game water birds so seldom
that even were their economic value much greater
than II Is there would be little against the eagle
on this score. Upland game birds are not OMEN
molcsted, and song birds are evidently considered
too small to be worth pursuit.
Although not often attacking large AnlmalS II
sometimes kills fawnsL This however, 10 much
more than onsst by It's destruction OF such more
or less ~noxious, mammals as Opossums, accOons,
ground squirrels, prairie dogs, rabbits, rats and
mice.
The complaints lodged against this eagle for the
destruction Of poultry and the smaller domestic
animals. such Is pigs and sheep. seem to come
largely from the southeastern United States, In
localities where the bird 10 rather numerous.
where other food Is at times scarce, and where the
domestioated animals are 60 sy OF access: but the
total amount of this damage is. lively
speaking. not great. The bald eagle is, moreover,
almost everywhere somewhat OF a scavenger, a
trait that should be set down TO Its credit.
All things considered. the bald eagle 10 rather
more beneficial than otherwise.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-07
DefenOes of the Channel Tunnel.

FVOW We L0pa0n THOune.
Sir Douglas Fox. who carried out the work Of
the Simplon tunnel. Is now In Paris, actively en-
gagged In the preparation OF plans which will be
deposited in the Private Bill once in November.
prior To the In Introduction. next session, Of measure
seeking power for the construction OF the Channel
Tunnel.
II legislative sanction be given to the scheme.
as far as the limits of Britsh 5urisdIction extend.
the work nom each side OF the Channel would begin
Immediately. q concession having already been
granted by the French Government for the makIng
Of a submarine railway. which. starting from
Sangatte, shall form part OF the undertaking,
The promoters have already indicated their
readiness 70 place the control OF the mouth of the
tunnel at Dover entirely in the hands OF the local
garrison, and on their journey from France the
traans would emerge under cover of The heavy
guns mounted In the Drop Redoubt.
As an additional precaution the promoters, are
ready to provide. at their own expense, means
whereby the military authorities at Dover will aIso
have power either 70 food the tunnel or to blow
up Its entrance. 90 as to make tranic Of any Kind
totally impossible. Guarantees having a ike object
In view are being offered In regard 70 the French
approach 70 the tunnel,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-07

From the Forum.

FTOW the r. OTuW.
Al the time OF the nrst commercial production
OF liquid air. several years ago. q number OF un-
tenable claims were made as to It's practical april
cations. One OF the most valuable uScs 10 which
the liQuefacuon OF air has been put is that Of the
subsequent separation OF the oxygen and nitrogen
by fractional dlstilla ton and rectlncation. The
possession OF such a substance as liquid air. how
ever. has proved OF much value in the study OF the
behavior OF various materials at low temperature
II is generally assumed for instance. that at very
low temperatures metals become brittle and even
fragile, and In numerous css S the breaking OF steel
rails In winter weather has been attributed 10 this
Gauss. By the USE OF q bath OF liquid air II has
been found practicable to tCst various metals and
alloys at temperatures ss low ss $50 degrees
Centgrade; and this has led TO the discovery that
while many steels have their tensile strength in
creased. their duetilty lowered and their brittle
ness raised at low temperatures this Is not always
the cas-.
Mr.. HAdneld has shown that a nickel Manganese
steel can be made which will be as tough II not
tougher at $50 degrees Centig radc below zero than
II Is at ordinary atmospheric temperatures and
this, too, without material change In the tensile
strength. Liquid air has also been used for Quench-
ing specimens after tempering. and some ~lnstruc-
tive Information has been obtained about the
processes Of hardening in this way. The much
heraldcd liquid Is thus becoming CssfuI In ways
not Considered by Its original explolters. and will
doubtless ind increasing Applications OF similar
nature.
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DisinfectIOn at Ihe source h Duty OF
the AnihOriIIes.

= TO rms EDiToR or THk sUN-S'r! Mr..
Culyer's letter In rms Sun Of October 8 under
the caption Polluted Water" hlts the nail on
tho head. He solves the problem IN a most
logical and diplomatic name II stands
70 reason that the only way 10 remove an
efect IL by 4 direct attack on the cause.
It 10 true that -attenuated declmals are
often misleading to the ordinary reader; out
figures are palpable and stubborn facts, and
they are an Invaluable and most dependable
aid 70 the analyst.
Chemists do not seek to prove that any
kind Of water 10 lnnocuous. Their duty 70 70
determine the exact truth as far as practicable.
To insure the harmlessness or water LhsIe
gre but two alternatives, namely, 70 Dol ihe
or, when possible, 70 distll II. Theorists
assert that the germs present IN wateT. are
not all pathogenic. In fact. some perform
the function Of annihilatinR their disease
breeding ~neighbors. On the other hapd,
the salts present In water are often desirable
and cannot be retained when the water ID
subjected TO distillation.
The authorities are to be cepsured Tor
permitting the existence Of the dtsgIaceful
conditions described BY your correspond ent As
prevailing At Mount Kisco and nearby locaIl-
funds are low, Let the authorities at least
see TO II that ali the cesspools and privy. vaults
Of those small villages are periodically, dis.
infected. The ground. would then be rid OF
some Of the germs, and the danger Of sewage
contamination could thus be miOimized.
NATHANIEL ]. G1LLMAN Phar. u.
NEW YORK. October Q.
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Liberal PresbyterianIsm.

To TEE EDITOR OF TEE SuN-Sir: A little
Investigation would convince Inquirer" that
FOR practical llberality In tts requirements for
mem no sect In Chrtstsndom surpasses
the Presbyterian Church oil to-day. The old
doctrines Of election and r~eprobation. have
long since 'been releGated TO the theological
dust heap: few OF b members have any faith
In the doctrine OF eternal torment. for cx-
ample. and I kno very good Presbyterians
whom John Calvin would most certainly
have burned with Michael servetus had they
been living In Geneva In 1888 instead Of Amer
lea In 1909.
Let a young man Of good character and
enthusiasm tell his pastor that he no longer
believes in the stories Of Jonah or Joshua.
Of Balaam and Noah. in theifal Of Adam, In
the Inspiration Of the Scriptures.-or the re-
corded miracles. but that he accepts Jesus
Christ as his Master and friend and wants to
work for Him. and what Presbyterian church
In New York city or New York State will turn
him outi Let Inquirer" stick to his Church.
repudiate frankly its dead and decayed
theology. and make use 20 the beat Of his
ability Of it's agencies for the uplifting OF the
racc and the development Of character.
Il became convinocd.- says Andrew d.
white in the last pages Of his autobiography.
that what the world needed was more re-
liRion. rather than less: more devotion to
humanity. and less preaching OF dogmas. =
To assist evolution. not revolution. and within
the Church Of his adoption to strive TO in
crease breadth Of view. tolerance. indifference
to un~eseentlals, cooperation with good men
and true Of every faith that was the ideal
Of one Of the greatest educators that America
has ever produced. A. L.
AURORA, N. Y, October g.