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the inevitable effect upon our own people
Of the high spirited responses that
natural resentment for such treatment
would elicit from the JapaneseH We're
the two nations which in the first article
Of their first treaty proclaimed a perfect,
permanent and universal peace and a
sincere and cordial amity between each
other to face each other henceforward
with angry and vlndictive feelings9
Well timed and much needed is Secre-
tary RooT's &monition that in our day
it is not Governments but peoples that
make friendship or dislike, sympathy or
discord, peace or a In u day,
through the myriad columns Of the press
and through messages flashed over
countless wires, multitude calls to multi
tude across boundaries and oceans, in
courtesy or insult, in amity or in defiance.
1t is no longer foreign offices, no longer
Ambassadors and Ministers, that keep
or break international peace. 1t is the
people Of a given country who permit
themselves to treat the people Of other
countries with discourtesy and insult
that are sowing the wind to reap the
whirlwind, for a world OF sullen and re-
vengeiul hatred will never be a world Of
peace. Let us hope, then, as Mr.. Root
believes, that the question whether the
people Of the United States are about to
sunder their age long friendship with the
people of Japan has been happily an
swered in the negative.
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PPRgHENsroN
Tho TYlrd Term by Proxy.

To THE EDITOR, o THE sUN-SV: When
In an article on our form of government the
writer some three years ago made this fore
cast; 1T ls within the bounds Of possibility
that our grandchildren may tell their children
Of the election OF the last President. y the sug-
Restlon was received with polite contempt
IL seemed too absurd and far fetched TO de-
serve serious discussion. Does 1t seem 90
remote a possibility now? Have we not taken
a great step toward the man on horseback
when we tolerate the idea of a President dic-
tating 10 us who shall be his successor, telling
us II must be some one who shall carry on
my policy" ard at the same time trying
every known 10 the praotleed poll
tiolan TO make himself the apparently indls-
pensable candidate?
II Roosevelt stands for q third term, IN
heavens name let US be under no illusions
about the matter, Let II be put plainly TO
the people that they are voting not for a -FOUR
year President but for a dictator who mas
already shown his utter disre gard for All
their constitutional rights and who would
have no scruples in securing for himself a
power more absolute than that enjoyed by
any modern monarch. A.. b. H..
NEW YORK, May Is.
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THE AGASSIZ CENTENNIAL.
The Great NaturaIIst's Friendship for the
oct IOngfeiI0w.

WV wv DNs'NN y
AgasSIz was no closet student. He was q natural
list OF the pioneer type. and anything but a hermit.
He never isolated himself. but welcomed and drew
around him friends and associates In his most en-
crossing scientlnc Investigations. Recreation was
an essential 70 O man OF his intense nature. The
social life Of Cambridge was entered into with great
relish. He was a member of all the fashionable
clubs OF the time. Society claimed his presence
in Cambridge and In Boston, and he accepted all
invitations. He was a lively raconteur and a
charming companion.
Longfellow at his nrst meeting with AgAssiz al
Felton's on January 0. iH7, well describes the new
conner az "a pleasant, rclnh!s man win bright,
beaming face" Very pleasant, anAblo and simple"
he found him. a month Later Longfcllow notes
In his journal that he heard AgassiE az a dinner
party eItolllng his Qongfellow's description of the
Rhone In Hyperion" which, he remarks nAively
was pleasant in the mouth OF q Swiss who has a
glacial theory OF his own"
Between the poet and the naturalist q very warm
friendship sprang up. and frequent mention is
made OF AgassiI and his sayings in Long ELBOWS
soin tillai diary. On one occasion, Longfellow
records: -AgassiE said that whenever a road or
railway Ia opened up in tbs country there Euro
pean weeds spring up. The weed called by the
Indiana the white mans foot Is 80 named because
II advanced into the wilderness with the settlers. "
Again he notes that Agasslz thought there were
-severai Adams and Ewes" On one occasion Long p
fellow called on AGassit and found him dlssccunE
"a huge skate" There was en- intolerable hshy
odor in his ROOM" the poet; and the in
ference lie that Lonsfellow did not remain ss long
as he otherwise would.
LonEfellow gives US some idea OF AG0ssii's sui
fetnes from stsge fright, but adds she warns and
elovu as he advances" In one address II appears
that Agasslz exhorted his hearers TO strive 10 take
the same pleasure IN the scientific discoveries OF
others as their own" q fact which LonEfeulow
found quite worthy Of record AGaSsiI once tried,
II seems. 10 get LonGfelow 70 wTiie a poem on the
rreAt revelations Of saenoe concerning the earth
and eloquentiy depleted the successive periods
OF primoVai rock, vast forests Of fern. strange
huge creatures. &c. Lontfeliow listened Gro
cloudy and though tfuiiy 10 his friends vivid re-
cftai, but he was quite averse 10 the proposition
feeling that he was not the man 20 write such an
epic. Il was Longfeiiow who presided at the nfl-
eth anniversary Of AsasslE, when both Long fellow
and Lowell wrote their famous poems of apprecia =
ton.
Ten years later LongfelIow notes In his Journal
that it is sad TO seo AGasSE At sixty so weakened. i"
" 4 cannot work. he said, and wept" Long fellow
comforted and cheered him. and records a little
later AgasslI's departure on his last the HasslcrI
expedition:
His deepest sea soundinas shah not be deeper
than our love and sdminuou for him"
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HoL&EEs paid her the merited compii-
ment Of saying, for she has always been
remarkably young in her looks and
movements as we'll as in her views OF
life: "To be seventy years young is far
more cheerful and hopeful than to be
forty years old"
To the woman suffrage movement Mrs.
HOWE has lent the dignity Of a brave
and gracious presence, never faltering
in the cause and contributing many inn
pressive sayings to it, as when in Janu-
airy, 1904, addressing the Massachusetts
Legislature at the age Of eighty-four, she
said:
Through untold labors and privalons we bring
the men to men's estate. Who shall say tAGt our
duty TO the body polite ends there7"
JULIA WARD HOWE has always been
on duty herself, lecturing, writing, and
laboring without losing the refining and
moulding influence Of her sex; and she
Is still on the active list, for no longer
ago than May 10 she preached a sermon
from the pulpit Of che late JAMES FREE
NAN CLARKE. Truly she is wonderful in
her youth and optimism and a glory to
American womanhood!
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rulton street and Fulton Avenue.

To THK EDIroR or TIE SUS-Sir: I read In
THE sun OF May ~ the letter describing The Mys
tincAtlun OF Finn Hoop " In locating Fulton street
and Fulton avenue. brooklyn. Let me tell hin
that the street commencing Al the Fulton ferry
and thence running SOUTHERN 70 the east side Of
the City Hail, ending al the Municipal Building. 10
Fulton street. The street commencing AT the cast
aide Of City Han, near Municipal Building and run
ming easterIy 10 East New York Is Fulton avenue.
They have always been two distinct streets. al.
though meeting At City Hal.
A an old Brooklyulte ! can remember back nearly
Nifty i've years. and there has been no change In
all that time there have always been Fulton street
and Fulton avenue. g, NJ. MOOR.
Ga HIRBoH, wash, Nav 81,
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system, Not Personnel.

The disclosures made by the Commits
sioners of Accounts in their present in
vestigation Of the conduct Of the Presi-
dent Of Manhattan and his s~ubordinates
have shown at once the carelessness and
inefioiency, to put it mildly, OF Mr..
AHRARN and his appointees, and the
entire inadequacy Of the system under
which the taxpayers money Is spent.
Undoubtedly the Ahearns, Daltons and
Walkers would be able to prove their
inoompetency and slackness under any
conditions, but it may be questioned
whether the most gifted and upright
administrator could give an entirely
satisfactory account Of himself we're he
called on TO work through the bureau
organisations al they exist nov.
Il has been shown once more that the
bureaus duplicate each others work in
many cases, and that In other instances
they fail entirely to cooperate. The
bookkeeping is faulty and leads to end
less complications and misunderstand-
ines. Extravaganza and waste are in
evttable when the checks intended to
prevent them admittedly fail Of their
purpose, moi 10 it to be expected that
unscrupuloJs place holders, contractors
and tradesmen will neglect the opportuni-
ties for graft thus provided. When it
Ia borne in mind that practically every
department Of the municipal establish
ment is run in the same slipehod way
that Is characteristic OF the Manhattan
borough organization it becomes plain
that an unnecessarily heavy burden is
put on the taxpayers Of New York city
by the unbusinesslike ann in which
their affairs are conducted.
. Not less important than getting hon.
est and able men in Office Is putting
sensible methods into effect.
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The BarratOr.

To THE EDITOR or TBE Sun Sir; The
question OF the place OF Mr.. Roosevelt In the
affairs OF the nation after the expiration OF
his second term in the Presidency has not
appeared so grave TO me as you fear In your
editorial Should He Be Reelected" | have
been thinking for quite a time that the com
mon law will soon get him for barratry--un-
less he reforms.
Then, too, II II is true that there is a feeling
among Mr.. Harriman's business associates
that he should be dropped from the man
aRement of the Union Pacific Railroad. II IL
possible that we can have him for the Chief
Magistracy OF the nation. He surely knows
enough about the law of nations-the jus
oenfum-to remind Congress. before foreign
nations attempt 10 do 80. that it is the major
part OF the Law OF his country and he kno Wa
enough about the dignity OF q high office not
TO concern himself with the price OF chickens
and ducks. as well as to put Congress- on the
right track in its proper political sphere and
deny 10 It the interference with things civil
and common. ! am not sure that he is ia
miIiar with internatonal law-jus fecidte-or
law Of heralds; but IL We can persuade Mr..
Hughes to take the ice-Presidenoy we may
be sure of the whole matter.
Their first object in Office would probably
be the revision of the preamble OF the Constl-
tuition, which now stands warped, to the
folio
We. the people OF the United States. In order 10
form a more domestic union. force Justice. insure
common tranquility seditlon,, provide for the gen
erAl defence, promote the perfect welfare. and
secure the blessings of license TO ourselves and debt
TO our postc1ty, do ordGn and establish that there
shall be a Congress who shall have full power and
authority to make all laws which to their wisdom
win seem meet and proper.
or course Hartman is a reactionary; which
reminds me OF Frankiin's joke upon signing
the Constitution. An old Quaker lady once
reminded her sister that, All the people
except me and thee are queer. and sometimes
me thinks thee a little queer" Likely Roose-
welt is sm ~oeneris. as you say; but will you not
urge the candidacy Of Harriman-especially
that he has been shot in the back on account
OF campaign contributions? GALLO.
SCRANTON, Pa. May 81.
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From The London Est.tnc Standard.
The prohibition OF The MIkado" by the Lord
Chamberlain Is far from being the only example
where the censorship has been applied during the
run Of a dramatic performance in this country.
IA a general rule. however, the authorities have
been content with q little alteration OF the Dialogue
and business" This was the case where q certain
musical comedy In which a member OF the Turkish
Embassy traced an unnattertng likeness 10 hims"i
was concerned a few years ago. AS a result OF this
gentleman's representations the character was cut
out, or else made TO shine In more heroic Hight. and
the piece resumed Its career.
A much more celebrated instance was AFFORDED
by the production OF The Happy Land" Al the
Court Theatre In 1879. After the piece bad bs'n
duly licensed II was pointed out that three prom
inent members OF the Cabinet were depleted on The
stage In . somewhat undignlned fashion. Tho
Lord Chamberlain himself went 10 zee n perform
anoe. and a. q result ordered the piece 10 be with
drawn. Thereupon the management agreed 20 max,
certain cancellations and the license was restored.
in the old days the censorship was often exercised
in a ridiculous and tyrannichl fashion. For Exam
pie, In the time OF Charles II. THE Maids Trar
edy," by Beaumont and Fletcher. was prohibited
on the ground that the murder accomplished hytt,
heroine, Eradne. might supply a dangerous exam
pie 10 the Evadnes then shining al the court IN tN'
same rank OF royal distinction" II Is a little slr'
prising that the authors did not Try 10 get out ~
The difhculty by changing the lady's mama 10
EvAngelint.
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THE SOUTH AND THE PRESI-
DENCY.
ALeSding journal Of TOnnessee Brings Out
the Name Of Luke Il. Wright.
Conspirator

From the Mem phis Comm rcidl-Appedl.
The civil war ended forty-two years ago.
1t settled several issues for once and oil. The
South accepted the result cheerfully and has
been going about Its business philosophicahy
ever since. During the last forty years this
section has developed itself. 1t has built
cities and railroads. The Southern white
population has increased at a greater rate
than that OF any other section Of the country.
All along the line the South is coming into her
own. and Southern writer's. immensely handi-
capped as they are, have written In recent
years the most popular and successful books.
Yet the South has been modest. She has
year after year stepped aside. though fur
nishing the bulk Of the Democratic vote.
When she made an alliance with the East
she did secure some recognition. Mr.. Cleve-
land appointed a number OF Southerners to
come Of the most important places at his dis
posal. No other President has recognized
the South except to give negroes important
of1ces to which they we're not entitled.
In 1895 the South made what seemed q
logical alliance with the West. What was the
result? The West went Republican all along
the line, binding herself 10 the felonious doc
trine Of protection and betraying her chivalrio
ally. the South. as the latter had never been
betrayed before.
The people Of the East are much more akin
TO the people Of the South than are those Of
the West. An alliance between the Eastern
and Southern Democracy could be made to
mean something. II the professions OF East
ern Democrats are sincere why not take the
East at its word and nominate a Southerner
for President?
Who shall the Southerner be? Among those
mentioned are John Sharp Williams Of Mis-
sissippi, Joseph W. Folk OF Missouri. Senator
Daniel of Virginia and Senator Culberson OF
Texas. These are all rood men. and We do
not desire 10 dispAraee n Of them.
But there is one man in the South who could
come nearer winning than any Of these. This
is Gen. Luke Z. Wright. the first acting Gov
ernor Of the Philippines and now Ambassador
to japan. He is the only Democrat who has
by sheer ability and force Of character COM
PEELED recognition from q stalwart Republican
administration
II Southern men are to be considered why
not consider General Wright, q great lawyer,
a hne executive on a good, practical SOL
der and an accomplished diplomatP No man
in the country has had better training for the
Presidency than he, and he would make a
great President.
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Opportunity Arrives at the City Hall

Opportunity Arrives at the City Hall.
The Mayor will be face TO face with the
Prentice bill in a few hours. The Senate
passed it yesterday by a non-partisan
vote Of SO to 8, and sent II h~urrying down
the river. The following statement is
from the Springfield Republican. an in
telligent and detached observer:
Mayor MCCLELLAN is said TO be hesitatng
whether TO veto or approve the recount bin, AFFECT
ing his own title TO t~he(oface he holds. when that
measure reaches him from the Legislature. But
II cannot be that utter foolishneas SO far besets
him as TO bring forth a veto. Stin. there Ia the
fact that he resisted at every turn the Hearst EFFORT
to gain a recount of the Mayoralty vote through
the courts"
1t is largely a personal question with
Mr.. MCCLELLAN. He is more or less in
the tangle Of previous policy. It will
require some vigor Of purpose to cut
loose and grasp the opportunity that has
come to him-probably for the last time
to prove to everybody
1. That he does not fear the result Of
any sort Of investigation, under judicial
direction, Of his title to the office;
2. That he had rather lose his Office
than hold 1t by a title not legally and
MORALLY sound.
We rejoice to learn from the Hon.
WILLIAM F. SHEEHAE, for whose polit-
ical Judgment we have always had the
highest respect, that he is not responsible
for the policy that has encouraged so
unfortunate and 90 widespread an i'm
preston that the Mayors a . was the
inverse of that indicated in the two
foregoing propositions.
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Horsemanship in the Army,


President RoosEvELT's latest order,
requiring proficiency in, horsemanship on
the part Of all field officers Of the army,
has in a general way met with the ap-
proval Of the service. 1t may operate
a certain hardship in isolated cases here
and there, but upon the whole it will
leave things pretty much as they are.
Ever since Mr.. RooT's army reorganiza-
ton bill was enacted into a law seven
years ago the Captains and Leutenants
Of the infantry have been receiving more
or less training, for they have constantly
been subject TO detail for staff duty, which
involves equestrian performances. 1t is
q reasonable assumption, therefore, that
most OF them have by this time become
familiar with the saddle, those not actu-
ally assigned having prepared themselves
in anticipation Of assignment.
Cavalry and field artillery officers are
Of course good horsemen already and
will have nothing to fear from any ordi-
nary test. They have been on horseback
from the beginning and it must be an ex-
ceptional case in which any n Of them
falls short Of a really practical standard.
Such hardship as there may be will fall
upon the few infantry officers who, at
taining to middle age before 1900, have
not since had the opportunity to acquire
a strange habit. The worst that can
happen to them, however, will be the
Retiring Board and a precocious rele-
CATION to the limbo Of the inactives. 1t
may mean the elimination from the active
list Of a few men otherwise capable Of
admirable service and the consequent
reduction OF their pay; but it will not
necessarily involve injustice or oppree-
sion to any serious extent. Compe-
tent observers do not believe that the
Roosevelt order will cause widespread
injury. Thoughtful observers hesitate
to say that it will lead to any particular
results Of good. All agree that no
great harm will come of it, and that is
something to be thankful for in these
very piping times. Strenuous expert
ence has taught us to hail with honest
reverence any outcome Of a White House
order which amounts to anything less
than a calamity.
Perhaps we ought to add that all these
roseate forecasts are based upon the
hypothesis that President ROOSEVELT
will not require army officers to exhibit
the equestrian skill and reproduce those
astonishing equestrian achievements the
lifelike photographs whereof adorn the
showcases OF nearly every shop in Wash
ington. To expect so much Of mere
commonplace mortals would be at once
cruel and wantonly capricious. As we
understand it army officers presenting
themselves for promotion to field rank
will 10 expected only to show that they
can sit a horse with credit and ride that
horse a given number Of miles without
calamitous results to man or steed.
In other words, we shall have had the
familiar outburst with the usual upshot.
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place himself on a par with the incensed
naturalist and make equal Sacrlnces should
he fail in the proof, Would it be sufficient
to apologize? BY no a II the Presi-
dent b wrong about the wolf that killed
the deer by biting it in the breastbone.
about the woodcock that set Its broken
leg in = clay cast, and about the character
iStios Of the Canada lynx 90 well known
to DR.. LoNo and 90 pioturesquely described
by him. how could Mr.. ROCKWELL keep
on his pedestal as a great authority on
mammals and familiar birds, and how could
he escape the pledge not to write another
animal book?
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Paraftiu Here and In England.

TO rHE EDIToR OF THR US-Sir The clipping
from the Garden, reprinted In THE sun, telling how
to protect seeds contains an Anglicism possibly
unfamiliar to most Americans, Parafnn. as used,
Is undoubtedly an ahbrcvistion OF para nm oil,
that is, ordinary kerosene. petroleum or lamp oil,
and Is so used by English writer's. Three Men IN a
Boat" had all their provisions tainted with par
ann" from an oil stove upon a time, certainly not
tho inert. wsXlkc, solid psran1n as We see II In
candles.
Any onc attempting TO carry out the directions
understanding "paratlno" as used by us would be
In much the same predicAment as the eGperImcnter
who had been advised by his paper that isinglAss
dissolved In vinegar would make a desirable cement.
and wrote 10 the editor that he had been keeping
stove mica and vinegar on the back Of the stove
for hours and no Sign OF solution, TOURIST.
NEW YORK, May n.
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The Rev. DR.. WILLIAM J. LONG in his chal-
lenRe 10 President RoosEvELr to prove his
charge that the doctor 10 a nature iaker'
10 unnecessarily chivalrous, for he says;
IF have spoken falsely. u In sny book or word
Of mine ] have Intentionally deceived nny child
or man regarding animal lite, l promise publicly
20 rotrSot svSry such word and never 20 wife an
other animal book. On the other hand. II ] show
20 nay disintsrested person that you have accused
me falsely you must publicly withdraw your dceu'
Sauon and apotogiJe. ~ q man and az Prcsident
no other hoborabIe course 10 open 70 YOU
II the President takes up the Gaes he
CANNOT, &c a man and author, refuse -