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@@A 49,
From he Richmond NewS Leader,
Whatever may be the result OF the tenta-
tive candidacy Of Senator Daniel for the
Democratic nomination for President. the
platform he announces IL wise and strong.
He Is opposed TO the idea OF government
ownership OF transportation companies but
favor firm and conservative regulation. He
wants the tariff revised. not radically, reck-
lessly or ruthlossly and not according 70 any
theory, but gradually and on practical lines.
He stands suuarely on the gold standard and
~repudiates the free silver doctrine emphat-
ically. We are cory he does not speak ont
more clearly and strongly on the question a.
the rights and sovereignty OF the States.
Possibly as an ex~-Confederate % former
secessionist he feels q little sensitive; but
the great mass OF the people North. East and
West feel with the South and resent strongly
the attitude OF hardly voiled contempt Tor
the State Governments 10 which the President
habitually presents, himself.
We have no way OF judging how strong the
Virginia Senator is In the country at large.
OF course. II there appears 70 be any general
response 10 the presentation of his name.
Virginia will support him with a~dectionate
enthusiasm and loyalty. Even II he becomes
a formidable candidate. no weyer. II will be
better not to have our delegation to the ma
tional Democratic convention instructed. IL
WIN not require any INSTRUCTIONS 10 Ulhht u
vote for Senator Daniel, and ought to be free
10 deal with conditions and meet emergencies,
or use opportunities which may arise.
Senator Daniels direct. explicit, practical
decla ra lions are In strong contrast to the con-
fused, wAverinR and somewhat Wild express
sions Of Mr.. Bryan. The Nebraska leader
since his return from Europe has given the
country two definite expressions OF his pur-
poses, One OF these Is for government
ownership Of transportation lines and has
been repudiated promptly by Democrats
everywhere. The other Is for the inltia tive
and referendum, and the more that is studied
and understood the more unpopular ii be-
comes. Exactly where he stands on the cur
rency question is not clearly understood. So
far as we recall he has not gone on record as
forsaking the free silyer theory on which the
party met two disastrous defeats under his
guidance. The time is approaching for him
10 reach and declare q platform Of principles
and purposes on which to present himself
before his own party and the country.
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Wall Streets Right to vete.
From the Baltimore SIM.

FTOW TF bWTWTUFF sun.
Taking Wall Street as the epltome, In a way.
OF the financial. corporate and other busi-
ness interests OF the country, 1t IL unreason-
able and utterly impractical TO treat II as a
negligible quantity in our political contests.
Wall Street oannot be gagged or muzzled.
1t was openly and aggressively for Mr.. McKin-
ley In 1893 and 1900. The majority OF the
popular and electoral vote which President
Roosevelt received in 1904 would apps rently
indicate that he had the support OF the inter-
ests with which Wall Street is identified. al
though a few Democrats Of prominence In the
financial quarters were advocates OF the cleo
ton OF Judge Parker. II might be desirable
to eItinRuish Wall Street as a political factor.
but to the extent TO which II represents the
corporate and financial interests OF the coun-
try it has enormous power and refuses TO be
eliminated. II is entitled TO vote and 10 will
continue 10 vote.
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Hoke smith Of Georrin.

From The Atlanta Geor0ian and NeTS.
We do not hesitate to voice here the eI-
preston OF the belief that next to Mr.. Bryan
himsslf no figure looms upon the horizon of
Democratic possibility so potential and 90
promising as Hoke Smith OF Georgia.
II 1.-THE public prints in their repeated declara-
lions are TO be believed he lie at least the next
choice Of William Jennings Bryan for this
exalted responsibility OF leadership.
1t comes TO us from Northern newspapers
that Grover Cleveland. his former chief in
the White House and the Cabinet which sur
rounded him. are practically solid for the ex-
Secretary OF the Interior. Interviews pub
liShed In Northern newspapers demonstrate
that the factors which have heretofore con-
trolled the deliberations Of the Democratic
party share the opinion that the stalwsrt
and splendid Georgian Is the figure Of hope
and promise for the campaign OF 1908.
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For breakfast we'd snow 4 IL Norway,
With iciclet fresh from the spout,
And "eurrssts" iofSiH from ire doorway,
whenever. the waitress went out:
The frost on the windows fantastic
was served 20 the fuests as bouquets,
White BoreAa whistled, bonbastie,
A chilling though gay poionsise.
A luncheon a Guett unexpected.
who called himself Pain In the Face.
Arrived all bedragGied, detected,
And drpped, too. all over the place;
We'd numerous desserts on the menu.
Floating island that looked rather brown,
But OF chocolate Ice cream there were tons on III,
stream,
VITA plenty OF sip and 20 down.
BY dinner the butter9ups hourShed,
Brought out BY a MUD southern hfeSIe,
And al OF the quests wt'S well nourlshed
on milkweod and early sweet peas;
we'd German Wlndbeuteit left over
From breakfast, enough for two month";
And such 10 the weather We get all together
In little hanhattAn, al once.
WILLIAM WALLACE wHITEIooH.
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The Grocery smasher.

Governor HUGHES has shown that a
chief executive so green to the game Of
practical" politics that he cannot boast
Of ever having bought a vote or solicited a
bribe or backed a strike bill can overcome
the opposition of a carefully selected and
splendidly organized company Of "expe-
rienced" statesmen,
Governor HUGHES has shown that a
man Of good mental equipment, of in
dustry, Of firm purpose and reasonably
decent political principles is at no dis
advantage in a contest with the states
men of the slime, no matter how able
and expert they may be.
This is not the least valuable of his
services to date.
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MORTALITY STATISTICS.
An Example or the Ease with which The
May BE Doct0Fed.

May BE Doct0Fed.
To H EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Let
US imagine a village with 100 inhabitants.
whose ages are graded equally from l to 100;
that 10 to say. one person / year old, one per-
son . years old. and 80 on up 10 100 years. In
this community old age lie the only cause Of
death, each person living to be 100 and dying
at that age. his place being taken In the COM
munity by q child / year old. In this com-
munity the death rate is 10 in the 900. lie 1t
not? And the average length Of life is 100.
Let us imagine another community with
100 persons ranging In age In the same manner
from 2 to 50-that is. two persons 1 year old,
two persons 2 years old. and 90 on. Death
occurs. at so years.
In this community the average death rat 10
is 20 in the / 900, lie 1t mott The average length
Of life lie SO years. .
II happens that 20 In the i;000is in the neigh =
borhood OF the normal death rate as reported
to- as by health statisticians. But when we
find a town claiming death rate OF less than
10 per cent. their case seems to approach
to my hrst example. does II notY And as
we know the mortality OF children is immense,
we must expect 10 find In such a town numer-
Gus c~entenarians,
But what must we think of Mr.. V. O.
Strlckler aud the Christian Scientistef In his
letter OF May is Mr.. Strlckler says: Among
the Christian Scientist population the death
rate for the year " was only t.Ol to a
Happy Christian scientistsl But what a
chance for life insurance. Ase expectation
P1NiR DEL RIO, Cuba, May Is.
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Zen Franklin in Boston.

From NE Boston EreHfno Record.
Why Is II that these self-oplnionate and worldly
Wise New Workers always make themselves ridicu.
lous when they Try 10 talk about Bosioni New
Yorker" writes 10 THu sun from Boston 10 tell
a narrowing tale about how Boston people are
handing poor old Ben Franklin a lemon" In buy.
ing for the proposed Franklin union q tite with
It's Surroundings of dingy old rookeries where his
money Is 10 be blown In"
The least that could be expected was that the
city would provide a decent site for the erection
Of a 10000 memoriA building " continues this
news dispensing wonder.
The city OF Boston did furnish the site. and the
5000 oo came out OF the city Treasury. and not q
cent Of Il out OF the Franklin fund.
New Yorker" raves o. length over the "un.
slightly and dilapidated surroundings situated
In a most central location AZ the corner OF Berkeley
and Appleton streets. the union has AZ least some
respectable neighbors, On one opposite corner 10
the Theodore Parker memorial, On another is the
Young women'B Christian Association and on a
third stands q church.
As 10 the sire OF the lot. while the trustees would
like 10 have got more land. they did SECURE ample
room for the building they intend 10 erect Sccord.
ing TO plans approved al . meeting 10 day.
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Shoes.

Bulletin 70, Just published by the Bureau OF the
Census. tells us that In 1905 our boot and shoe In
dustry had grown 10 the following proportions:
Establishments 1918
Capital "a vested 5izz .5z5,VSa
wage Gamers. average number. ........ ita.s2t
Yearly wages $50 ,o5o,osJ
Yearly cost Of m Materials. .....,...,...,, 1911, s6S. teS
Yearly product 820,1o7+6S
Comp&fed with 1900 the number OF establish
ments decreased by 2ss, but In all the other items
there were increases during the nve years. Capital
Increased by III per cent. and the yearly product
by 2s.e per cent, Advertising was mainly the
cause Of an increase OF eoe per cent. In the yearly
miscellaneous expenses. Increased use OF ma
chinery and cut stock accounts for the small in
crease (5.7 per cent? In the number OF wage eSrners.
Every kind Of boots and shoes increased In value In
the i've years. though in most cases the quantity
produced did not increase In proportion 10 the in
crease In value.
Ever since the boot and shoe industry began 10
this country it has been led by the New England
States, and more than 20 per cent. OF II 10 In MassA-
chusetts alone. That State increased Its shoe
capital In the hve years by eil .e62. COS, or 81 per
cent, and its yearly product by 81. i7b,Iss, or 2S,2
per cent. New York State follows with ti4, loo,o5s
capital invested In boot and shoe making. and tt,-
49, ts yearly product. The ten States next In
rank In this Industry. according 10 value OF product.
are: Ohio, Missouri, New Hampshire, Pennsyl.
vanis, Maine, Illinois, New Jersey. Wisconsin,
Minnesota and Michigan. in order as named. In
capital those States rank the same as In product,
except that Wisconsin leads New Jersey. In the
hve years Missouri rose from seventh TO fourth
place. Ohio also reported more capital and o
greater value In products In 1905 than In 1900.
sixty cities. each having yearly shoe products
worth q, o0o!0 900 or more. produced four -hfths OF
the country's total product. Broekton. Mass.
leads, followed by Lynn, Haverhill, Marlboro.
Boston and 81. Louis. Each OF these cities has a
yearly product OF IS .0oo. 600 or more.
Since isn the values as well as the quantity OF
leather boots and shoes exported have increased
steadily. Since 1905, when our boot and shoe eI.
ports for the hrst time exceeded ~ 900, 900. thero
has been nearly a sevenfold increase. and from
1900 to 1905 their value nearly doubled. For me
past three calendar years our export record 10:
1904. T.Sip,7S
1VUo. ,.,,','.s'.'',.' hNSu!R-
1905 S.obS,Wl
American shoes are marketed IN England. Ger
many France, Belgium Switzerland. Australia South
America. Central America. and even In South Africa
and China. weiesd the world In shoemskinG.
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Why Russia Waited So Long for a
Parliament.


1t has been believed, rather than
authoritatively proved, that when ALEX
AMBER III. was a~ssassinated, In March,
1881, he had agreed to sign, il he had not
already put his signature to, a ukase be-
slowing a Constitution upon Russia and
c~onvoking a Parliament, but that owing
mainly to the influence Of the late Con-
sTANTINE PoBIEDoNosTsEFF, so long
Procurator of the Holy Synod, the sue
ceedins Car, ALEXANDER Ill, refused
to carry out his fathers design. What
actually occurred is now disclosed in
some OF PoBIEDoNosTsEfF'sletters which
were written at the critical period,
and are now appearing in the Archtve,
a Russian historical journal. 1t is by
| these documents made evident that no
country has wei had more reason to
| deplore the work of a reactionist than
has Russia to lament the. influence Of
PoBIEDoEosTsEFF.
In 1881 the experiment of representa-
| tive self-government would have been
made under good auspices in Russia. In
| the first place, the agrarian trouble vas
far less acute than it is now. The
number of peasants was smaller by
from 100000 to 2o,oO0,ooO, and famine,
though always chronic in some parts Of
| Russia, had for a decade been less wide
spread and destructive than it has been
| during the last few years. On the other
hand, the reforms in substantive juris-
prudence and in legal procedure were
| Of recent date and in full activity. In
| der the virtual dictatorship OF the liberal
| minded LoRIs MELIKoFF freedom of
| speech, freedom OF public meeting and
freedom OF the press practically existed.
| What was even more important, a sys-
TEN OF local representative institutions
had already been in~augurated.. Pro-
| vincial and district zemstvos were in full
swing, and as yet the Large powers origi-
| nally conceded to them had not been
curtailed. The habit Of self-government,
in a word, had been formed to a con-
| siderable extent, and q Parliament was
recognized as the flower and crown Of
the new scheme OF national legislation
| and administration. Had the first Duma,
in a word, been called together in 1881
instead Of in 1905 II would in ell likeli-
hood have proved a success,
The bright prospect vas darkened for
aquarter ofa century, IL not rreparably,
by the revolutionists-or was it reaction
lists that, as some have asserted, mas
| queraded in the guise OF Nihilists?-who
struck down the Car Lberator in the
hour when he purposed to confer a cul-
minating blessing on his people. The
Pobiedonostseh letters show that on the
very day after the accession Of ALEX
AMBER III. TO the throne MELIKoPF
presented the project Of a Constitution
approved by his father, but the new SOW
ereign hesitsted TO sign the decree, and
summoned on March 81, 1851, a council
Of Ministers and Grand Dukes for con-
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Perhaps a Parallel.

The case OF Professor WILLIAM j.
Lone recalls at least n important and
memorable feature or the case Of the
Hon. JAMES n. TYNER, now deceased,
who was indicted in 1904 for various
alleged malefactions in connection with
tha Post Office Department. We refer
TO me public denuncistion Of TYNKR by
President ROOSEVELT at a time when
the scandals first became fragrant, but
some time in advance OF trial or indict-
ment or even a complete and compre-
henslve investigation. Prompted by his
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AlMa,a a Nnrthnrner2

From the Nashville American.
For threesoore years the office Of President
has been a Northern asset and the Vice
Presidency has been equally out Of the South q
reach since 1894. The executive department
lie an entirely sectional affair and has been
ever since the irst sectional ticket-LIncoln
and Hamlin- was elected. Might 1t not be q
wholesome thing for the Southern people TO
nominate him. and challenge the North for
q showdown of real Americanism. which
being interpreted is the equality Of States,
the equality Of sections and the equality Of
meuf ..,,4.
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The SUN Acknowledges the receipt Of a
virtuous copy Of the AmefiodH Monthly
RevieW Of Reviews. the portion containing
the Presidents Indianapolis speech Of
Thursday last having been carefully ampu-
tated and suppressed. This extraordinary
~precsution AGAINST further publicity ought
to count as a mitigating circumstance when
sentences pronounced on DR.. ALBERT SHAW
for the sin and shame Of last week.
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TO TEE EDITOR or Tn SUT=sir' II the rail.
roads should raise fares and freight rates 10 per
cent, 30 per cent, or 100 per cent. AZ q crack,
would there be q commission 10 cit on the easel
The Government has advanced the price OF pott
ONCE boz rents more than 100 per cent, have not
seen a protest from any one. and r.tie GOOD II would
do any one 10 protest, Gueta. Us, w.
CONCORD, n. H., June 2.
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An article in the NtE York Medical Record
for June / il headed Eye Strain and Other
Diseases Due to Crossing. Crowding and
Damrning OF the Retinal veesels.' The au-
thor must reside in the nelghborhood Of
Thirty fourth street and Broadway.
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Queen VICTORIA is doing well. The bAby's name
has been entered upon the roll Of q regiment and
he wears the number OF Il, In gold, pinned on his
bib. A bed In the barracks lie reserved for him. as
the latest recruit. -DtSpdich from Madrid.
How the regiment must rejoice that the
young Hannibal does not occupy the bed!
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A Brom,de m ,e suIph,d..

To THE EDITOR OF TRH SuN-1sfr; There is one
bromide that must live until the question 10 an
swered or some one can hak II In another form. IL
Is: VIII there ever be another Gilbert and Sullivan
combinatioui
BY the way, viii there ever be, PATIENCE.
BOSTON, June a.
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Al lockwood. through which the President
passed at II 10 O'Clock, Mr.. RooeEvKLT shook hands
with q hundred or more people. Hope you will
be b candidate again." shouted one man; to which
the President replied quickly: "Oh, no: some
body else's turn next time. "-DsSpdteh from Meyers
DALI. Pa.
Wemarvel at the mildness OF the rebuke no
less than at the audacity of the proposer.
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sometimes be misdirsesed, it certainly 4
not undeserved.
What becomes Of the towards who
must, in the natural order Of things, get
into the department ono In a while? ls
courage injected into them? Do they
learn it from their felloWsS Or are they
detected and quietly ousted without
fuss and without publicity2
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Sociological Report couesrninE Sunday Last.
To TIE EDITOR or THs sbE-.stt WIN some
stsilsucAl sharp please tell VI the effect OF stormy
Sundays upon crime wArett i've got through
this holy holiday In a city fat free from compicd.
tlont With the laws OF mAn's making, but IN he
coth dArnsd n haven't offended the memory OF
my grandmother. a. WE.
NGv YoAN, June .1+r
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Paris once. 81 Rue Louis lie Grand, The daily and
sunday editions are on sale at Kiosque u, near the
Grand Hotel; Kiosques II and II, Boulevard des
Capuciues. and Kiosqse 10, Boulevard des ltallens.
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n ouT friends rho fdeoT US nth manuscripts for
publication Dtsh 70 hute rejected articles returned they
nuh IN all cases send slonps for that purpose.
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Published by The Sun Printing and Publishing
Association al 10 Nassau street, In the Borough OF
Manhattan, New York.
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EllHA on the Lee.

Eliza had Just crossed the river on the ICE.
1T was the spring OF 1901" Ehe explained.
Herewith they ceased 10 wonder al the feat.
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NAfnrs Irnth,

KAitkts-w WA, 10 the slLth ssnsei
Bocker-HortA
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Bulletin 70, just published by the Bureau OF the
Census, tells us that in 1905 our boot and shoe In
dustry had grown 10 the following proportions:
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
DEPOSIT LAW To APPLY
To FOREIGN CONCERNS
Senate Committee on Insur-
ance Reaches Decision
in the Matter
WOLF GIVES CONSENT
Commissioner Agrees to Ex-
clude the Domestic
Companies
WOLF GIVES CONSENT
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1nnr EIGHTH STR EET

SACRAMENTO Feb. 25.-The Senate
committee on insurance decided this
afternoon to make the proposed law
requiring insurance companies to de-
posit securities equal to the amount of
their capital stock with the Insurance
Commissioner or have such deposits in
the State under which they are in
corporated certified to and subject to
attachment by California policy-hold-
ers made applicable only to foreign
corporations. Senator Lynch led in the
protest against having this deposit re-
Quirement applicable to domestic COM
panies, arguing that it would bring
about retaliatory laws in other States
and injure California insurance cor
porations.
Insurance Commissioner Wolf had
included the deposit requirement in his
revision of the insurance laws incor-
porated in two bulky bills introduced
by Senator Leavitt. He offered no ma
terial objection to the protest made by
Lynch, but thought the law should be
made applicable to at least the foreign
corporations. The committee sus-
tanned him in this contention, and
Leayitt's bill was amended accordingly
and ordered out OF committee with a
favorable report
Leavitt introduced a bill today
which provides for the appraised
policy" in fire insurance on buildings
and real estate. Under the provisions
Of the bill the insured will collect
the full face value of a policy in case
of total loss by fire, and will not have
TO pay for the cost of appraisal.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
WELLS TELLS OF ADAMS
CONFESSION TO HIM
State Closes It's Case
Against Tyler's Alleged
Murderer

WALLACE, Idaho, Feb. 25.-The
State closed its case against Steve Ad-
ans this morning, saving for the last
hours the weighty testimony of Bulke-
ley Wells, former adjutant general of
Colorado, who told of the confession
Adams made to him while the prisoner
was en- route from Boise to Colorado
in the custody of Detective s. c. Thiele
and Deputy Sheriff Johnson.
General Wells testified that he was a
member of the Mine Owners Associa-
tion. He denied that any threat was
made or inducement offered to Adams
TO secure the confession, and stated
that he was the only man who heard it.
On the resumption of the Adams trial
this afternoon and Immediately before
the jury had taken its place in the
courtroom, E. F. Richardson moved that
the jury be instructed to return a YER
dict for the defendant
The motion was denied and an excep-
tion asked for and allowed
Clarence S. Darrow then made the
opening address in behalf of the de-
fense.