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the victims who survived the impact. We
suppose.
Scorchers will almost die with envy
when they read the news: No speed
limit, no meddling constables. no rule
OF the road or rights Of horsemen, or
OK men, or camel men, OF mere pedes-
TRANS to consider; nothing to do but
scorch. nothing to fdt that can hit
back, all kinds of odd vehicles and traps
and old guys OF peasants and holy men
to run into and toss aside, and no back
talk, only pious genuiections and graft
tude for lives casually spared!
What scorcher with sporting blood in
his veins but would want to have such
rare fun, such an intoxicating expert
n Somewhere east Of Suez in the
wilds Of Asia is obviously the Scorchers'
Paradise, and there they should be de-
ported with their machines to have the
time OF their lives. The automobilist
who regards the rights of others and
q find enjoyment in the society Of his
folk and friends while tooling along q
macadam road at the legal rate Of speed
will wish the scorcher in Asia no worse
luck than an uprising Of the p~easantry
with blood in its eye.
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No Rescue for tho Gal.

Georgia has hardly ceased her iubila-
tons over the passage and signature OF
a prohibition liquor law, a s APP
parently desired by the great majority
OF voters, when q new channel is opened
for the forbidden strong waters. An
amendment to the general tax act sup
ported by Dry and Wet with equal readi-
ness reads as follows:
Upon every club. corporation. or association
OF persons. who shall keep. or permit 70 be kept.
In any room. or place. or any place or any room
connected there with directly or indirectly. In which
members OF such club. association or corporation
frequent or assemble. any intoxicating liquors. the
sum OF $500.
Provided nothins In this section shall DO con
s,rued 20 license or permit any intoxicsnt or liquors
In any place now prohibited by Law or which shall
hereafter be prohibited by law"
The anti-prohibitionists hold that
under the provisions Of the amendment
Dew Drop Inn" clubs will be organized
in every town, the lockers loaded with
various kinds OF hot and rebellious stuff,
and that prohibition will be turned into
license. Negro clubs will also DO organ
lied and 30 another of the great purposes
of the prohibition act will be defeated.
On the other hand the prohibitionists
maintain that the amendment enables the
State to know where intoxicants are kept
and to keep a watch on such places.
Whatever DO the value Of prohibition
the mean of enforcing il in places Of
considerable size are often inadequate
because there is not weight OF public
opinion behind them; and in the chang
ing mood of Legislatures, now severely
virtuous and now amiably indulgent, q
law to nullify a law is common enough.
Whatever be the intent or effect Of the
amendment in question, we cannot agree
with an esteemed correspo ndent in At
lsnta who writes us that the Gal at the
Fountain, who still retains her robe of
mourning, will become the Queen OF
Clubs" Only as the gem and ornament Of
a public gallery. open to all the world and
admired by millions, a queen Of hearts,
can the Gal have her proper site and
station. To shut her up in a clubroom
would be to spoil her beauty. Far better
to destroy her at once, leaving unsullied
and undiminished the memory OF a glo-
rious vision, of another illustrious mas
terpiece vanished from the eyes Of men,
than to lock her up in a locker room, i'll
lighted, scanty, where. men come not TO
feast upon beauty but to guzzle fur
lively and meanly.
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Sir Roger Tuckcrnuck.

Nothing nettles the Hon. HENRY CABOT
LODGE 30 much Is the taunt that he is a
boss or a drill master. Guide, coun-
sellor and altruistic friend Of the Repub-
lican party in Massachusetts,, he is no
"glutton OF the limelight," and only the
prompter's timely call to duty summons
him from the shadows OF the wings. II
he has anything to do with the wording
of the party resolutions in a State con-
vention, it is as amicus curiae and not az
a partisan. II the question is one OF a
nomination, his voice is heard difldently
from the background after others have
spoken and he can no longer remain
silent. Nothing is more painful to him
than se~lf-assertion. His is the wisdom
consulted "A a last resort, He knows
that the meek inherit Scholarships and
stand before kings; Mr.. LODGE never
has to do with lean men. Imagine his
gratitude, then, as he heard himself
presented to a sympathetic audience at
Wonderland Park, Boston, by President
JOSEPH MoNErTE of the Franco-Ameri-
a Club in the following terms:
81 desire now TO Introduce Sir RooER TucxxR.
NUcK. our kaiser. our sovereign. our master. our
emperor. our dictator. our boss. l call him these
names to make sure you will know Of whom am
talking. Our friends on tho other side have called
him so many names recently that I fear II ! called
him HxNRf cAsor LoDos you would not under.
stand TO whom l refer. But II they say the senior
Senator exercises undue influence on the party
organization and arbitrarily dictates its course
they are away on from the truth. and they know
IL we'll"
OF curse they do, the minions, the
v~arlets, the myrmidons! Ask the wild
waves that beat on the sands OF Tucker
muck, the lesser Nantucket, where Mr..
LODGE meditates in the summer ~solstice
upon the splendor Of his services to the
State and the peridy and ingratitude Of
common men. Sir ROGER TUcKEBNUCK
sly and delightful touch OF mingled
pride and reverence! Not u~npleasihg
to a pillar of State deep on whose front
engraven elaboration sits and public
care.
Let there be no more filings and gibes
at unconscious eminence and modest
unaffected worth Let there be a clean
campaign in Massachusetts,! As Gov
ernor GUILD, deprecsting levity, says, a
truce to mud slinging!'
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To THE EDITOR OF TIE sUN-Sir: In his
very remarkable book Degeneration" DR..
Nordau differentiated many forms OF devia-
ton from mental normality. Among these
sbnorKhalities 10 one that Nordsu calls
"egornania." A person afnicted with this
pathological condition may be quite HARM
less. and may not display any tendency to be
violent. Hence an egomanisc, as such. need
not be put under restraint so far az the bodily
safety OF those persons with whom he comes
In contact 10 concerned.
II an esomaniac is q person Of no impor-
lance he is negligible except In 80 far as he
is %snnoying: but IL he ia a person clothed
with authority he may be very dangerous 10
all over whom his authority extends.
The essence of egomania Is a belief enter
tanned by the ~afficted person that any one
that does not agree with him is either wholly
an imbecile or wholly a knave.
The victim OF this mental disease regards
himself as infallible In all his opinions and
impeccable in all his deeds: and he 10 unable
to understand or to tolerate any one that
fails to admit his possession OF infailibility
and OF impeccability.
Many forms OF whatmay be termed minor
insanity are smenable to treatment. but ego
mania is incursble. While it il quite true
that a person suffering from this malady is
physically harmless. IL is no less true that he
is morally dangerous to all those persons that
may be subject to his influence. An ego
maniac IL always hysterical. and says-with
perfect sincerity-many things that he after
ward for gets or repudiates.
Therefore an egomaniac in power is a per-
son who may work harm to those persons over
whom his power extends. W. r.. G.
NEW YORK, August "a.
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THE NATIONS SWORN DEFENDER.
MIR. Roosevelt n the veteran with Five
Hundred Shares Of stock.

To IRE EDITOR or rBE sUS-Sir: ~ Illus
trativc OF how completely the President fails
TO appreciate the business and financial situa-
ton for which many Of US believe him to be
mainly responsible my own case 10 cited az
one of thousands.
than three years In the War OF the Rebellion.
wounded and mustered out 10 1894.
Since that time ! have e~ndesvored TO oon-
duct myself 40 o good citizen should. work
ing steadily and accommodating q few dollars.
which from time to time have been invested
In stocks. both railway and industrial. TO the
extent OF nearly 800 shares, from which a
small income 10 derived. With this income
and my current earnings IL has been possible
to support my family in comfort and educate
my children up to the present time.
Now my stocks have greatly decreased In
value, my earning capacity. owing to my age.
may decrease at any time, while the ipdica-
lions are that my dividends may be cut or
passed entirely. as q continuation OF the exist
ing conditions points surely to hard times.
My children are all under II years Of age. the
expense Of them increases a. they grow older.
30 that the outlook 10 gloomy enough.
What 10 the reason for the tremendous drop
In securities? '
II seems 10 me 70 be due to the talk and
the actions Of the President IN declaring war
on corporations generally.
The popularity he has gained among peo-
pie with socialistic tendencies has stimulated
all the tin horn politicians, especially in the
South and west. to emulate or excel him.
He has started the ball rolling and who can
stop IL?
The newspapers to-day state that the books
Of the Pennsylvania Railroad showDmors than
$1,000 stockholders. How man. Of them are
thieves?
Apparently the President recognizes but
two classes Of people in our country. tho
malefactors with swollen fortunes and what
sr~ generally called the laboring classes, more
particularly the labor ~unionists. The former
he would cruelty and the latter he would
cater to.
How many Of either class can be found
among the 1000 stockholders Of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad IL 10 an appalling situation
that this great country should DO at the mercy
OF q headstrong man who never earned q dol
lar except as an ofiosbolder. YAHKEE.
NEW YoEk. August ~.
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To u EpITop or TBR SuS-S,y. Re-
ferrins TO the editorial In THH Sun on Forces
OF Conservatism. permit me 10 suggest that
the psItlessn named are not equally conserva-
i've. iheir conservatism appears TO me
70 ne IN nearly the inverse order In which your
cdltorlsl names them,
MT. hooseveits policy wolld leave the
title OF the rsilroads IN the names OF the cor
porations' would require the rich stock
holoers 70 FURNISH the necessary capital for
extensions and betterments. the national
ana state commissions TO have absolute
power 10 NIX the charges TO De made Tor trans
portation OF passengers and freight. and with
no appear 70 courts from the commissions
decisions. In the end. should q profit be
derived oy the rieh stockhoider. II could be
taken from him through income and inheri-
lance "a. "
Mr.. tart indorses Nr. Roose velt's policies
now all ths accommodations OF past years-by
tne INSTRUMENTATION ciass-may be
recouped 10 the people;
The state Legislatures have complete control
OF what shall be done with a mans property on his
death. He has no right 10 leave IL BY will. and his
children or heirs have no right TO receive II which
the Legislature may not modify or take away.
Inc states can therefore best remedy the dangers
OF 700 great accumulation OF wea'th IN one hand
oy oo .nn ,sas aes0en' soa ae'o'u''on OF prop
'Ns'
As MIR. Taft admitted in an interview that
his speech was very long, IL 10 fair TO assume
that a statement Of such t~ranscendent posi-
bilities was Incorporated for a purpose.
Senator la Toilette, wisely or otherwise,
dominates the legislation OF his State-ths
Legislature OF which recently enacted q
public utility law giving to the railroad
Commission the right to grant franchises for
opposition public utility corporations in
cities where companies now hold exclusive
franchises from Legislatures. some OF which
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The Exploiting Of a Rival.

Mr.. BRYAN, who has been reduced 10
such eXpcdients for repeating his views
on rubliC questions rs announcements
by obscure district committeeman that
on a certain day he would strike q key
note and formally present himself as a
candidate for President, is unaffectedly
pleased with the space he fills IS a rival
~ President ROOSEVELT in Secretary
TAFT's speech at Columbus.
Mr.. BRYAN is in politics what that
homopterous insect the cicada is in
nature. He is in full cry most of the
time. but has this advantage over the
Cicada, hat he can talk all the year round,
while the harvest fly is limited TO the
dog days. Mr.. BRYAN allows hat he
speech for an extended reply. 81 shall
take up his illusions to myself" says
Mr.. BRYAN, and then there will be some
mighty interesting reading"
Secretary TAFT surprised all his friends
except President ROOSEVELT, who can't
abide Mr.. BRYAN. by devoting 100
words of his speech to a contrast be-
tween the two men us rcformers, very
much to the disadvantage Of Mr.. BRYAN.
Mr.. TAFT's text was the complaint of
the Democratic radical that the Repub-
lican radical had stolen his thunder. We
arc not concerned with the reasons the
Secretary gave for regarding the Demo-
crat as a pinchbeck reformer and his
chief a. the genuine, unalloyed article.
What interests us is the motive of Mr..
TAFT in Juggling Mr.. BRYAN from his
cave of silence and presenting him as
the acknowledged leader of the Demo-
cratic party. Why did the Secretary
advertise the %unreluctant and unofficial
tribune of the people 80 literally? At
first blush, what explanation SO plausi-
bic as that Mr.. ROOSEVELT in whose
mind the taunts Of Mr.. BRYAN had long
ranked, desired TO post him as a pre-
tender and the good natured Secretary
was willing to speak Mr.. R%oosEvELT's
piece for him?
But the reason perhaps goes much
deeper and will not flatter Mr.. BRYAN's
self-esteem. Mr.. ROOSEVELT has seen
his ~pretentious rival overwhelmingly
beaten at the polls, and the second time,
when he ran himself for ~vice-President,
apparently forever ~extinguished as a
candidate. If Mr.. ROOSEVELT could
dictate the Democratic nominee for
President as well as the Republican he
would confidently name Mr.. BRYAN as
the opponent of his favorite Cabinet
officer. Full and pointed recognition of
that gentleman as the paramount Demo-
Crat by Mr.. TAFT in a keynote speech
would not be bad politics; on the con-
trary, to advertise Mr.. BRYAN, even in
uncomplimentary terms, as long as il
was done without heat, would be a help
to him in his campaign for the coveted
nomination. Thus the fixing of Mr..
BRYAN in the public eve by the COM
PLEASANT legatee Of "My Policies" after
a conference with the supreme politician
at Oyster Bay, can be accounted for.
Convinced that Mr.. BRYAN would be
"easy," Mr.. ROOSEVELT picks him as the
desirable Democratic candidate.
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A summary just published by the French
African committee shows the rapidity with
which tho French arc extending knowledge
OF all the conditions and life of the Sahara.
The list 10 confined to the southern part of
the desert between tho Niger and Lake
Chad. In tho vast region Of the military
territory Of the Niger. whose seat Of govern
ment is Timbuktu.
Eight expeditions were sent out over this
region last year. each party numbering from
thirty to sirty men travelling on mehari
or swift camels. The primary purpose was.
firm and strengthen tbs French occupancy
OF the country. 1t is OF more general in
terest. however. that a number of men
attached to all the French Saharan expedi-
tons are qualified to make accurate route
surveys. to determine geographical posi-
tons and to collect scientific information.
This praiseworthy policy is constantly
widening our knowl ledge Of the Sahara.
The routes traversed In this southern
territory last year passed through long
stretches Of country that had never before
been seen. Tho region between Gao on
the Niger and Agades. the chief town OF
the mountainous district Of Air. wa crcssed
by white men for the first time. Some
centres Of population that have never been
recorded on n map were discovered. Per-
manent military stations we're established
at two points. Although the French have
subjected nearly all the Tuareg robbers OF
the desert some Of these bandit bands are
still at large. and one Of them. on . camel
stealing foray. last summer was found and
punished.
It 10 creditable to the Government that
all the geographical and other scientific
results OF these journeys are published as
soon as the complete reports and tho maps
illustrating them are prepared. We shall
o have to wait long for tho maps and de-
tailed accounts OF last years researches In
this little known field.
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abraham IincOin's WaS.

From ho address deiircrcd by george BancrO:
before Congress on LiHcoIn's Birthday, 1850.
Lincoln gained a name by discussing aues-
sions which. OF all others. most easily lead
90 fsnaticism: but he was never carried
away by enthusiastic zeal. never INDUCED
In cxtravagant language. never hurried TO
support extreme measures. never allowed
himself to he controlled by sudden impulses.
He never sought TO ~clcctrify The community
by taking an advanced position with a banner
Of opinion. Truth he would receive from
any one. but when impressed by others he
did not use their opinions till by reflection he
had made them thoroughly his own,
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The Picture Postal Card.

The picture or souvenir postal card is
probably doing more to make the world
known to the ultraviolet than all the
biographies and gazetteers. There is
scarcely a village anywhere in the do
main Of the Postal Union that has not
had its picture taken for a postal card
impression in black or white or in colors,
and thus its humble fame has been
carried over seas and introduced to the
four corners of the Union. All the
aliens and prodigal sons cannot return
for the Old Home week celebrations, but,
thanks to the man who invented the
picture postal card, they may be re-
minded of the old home scenes at an
expenditure Of a few cents.
A manufacturing firm in Newark re-
ports that in one week 1900 picture
postals were left at the establishment for
the employees. These cards were passed
from bench to bench to be admired, and
the practice interfered 80 much with the
work to be done that the firm notified
its employees that no Of their mail
could be received oil the premises. An
insurance company, a shoe shop and a
corset factory in Newark had to make
the same rule.
The sale Of one cent stamps to put on
these picture cards has become enc
nous. So congested have the mails
become with them that the carriers in
many cities are days behind in their
deliveries. The vacation post offices are
swsmped. Thousands OF cards never
reach their destination. It is not to be
supposed that they are distracted from
the mails, for nothing could be cheaper
than specimens Of the new art. We
suspect that the overwhelmed and
%distraught sorters in the railway post
Office cars sometimes lose a bundle OF
cards in sheer desperation by design.
Flesh and blood cannot withstand the
pictorial deluge. 1t is wonderful that
the faithful servants who have to face
the ever mounting combers Of two-for-
FIVE souvenirs retain their ssnity.
In cities Of the first class the post Office
clerks handle thousands Of the cards every
day. The transportation and delivery
question. 1t would not be surprising
if Congress were asked to increase a
service made -groggy' by the extra work
which the habit causes We should like
TO know how much the Department is
ahead Of the game by the sale Of one
cent stamps to carry the cards. In a
day when it has a deficit TO report it
cannot afford TO discourage such a de-
velopment Of popular art. There are 80
many new varieties of picture cards
designed every day that il the fashion
continues to advance by leaps and bounds
il may not he long before the Post Office
Department will be self-supporNng in
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Roosevelt, Taft and the Socialists.


To THE EpIroR OF TEE suN-S;r: Mr..
Taft's speech ct Columbus suggests the oues-
ton. Does he really think the United States
has sunk below the level Of Q South Ameri-
can republo2
No amount OF verbiase can alter the fact
that my policies" ave put q torch to
the whole fabric Of American development,
nor that the basis OF rate regulation 10 the
sherman antitrust act. which Justice White
OF the United States Supreme Court de-
clsred to be destructive OF government. Of
human liberty and Of every principle on which
organized society depends"
Now. Jeremy Bentham proclaimed that in
law and politics the final court Of appeal is
the public good; yet since 1901 legislative
interference with the Natural laws Of trade
has caused s~hrinkaEes In the value of
property in tho United States amounting to
$500 0 600 900. or three times the cost to the
North Of the civil war.
The London Morning. Post afirms thai Mr..
Roosevelt Ia developing socialism against con-
s~ervatism in the United States: Is ieading
the masses against the CLASSES" lie Tempe OF
Paris says: 1t is impossible to understand
why President Roosevelt is trying to destroy
the financial credit Of his country" La Libre
Parole. speaking Of his devastating career, "
names him q second "Attils. the Scourge Of
God"
Now Mr.. Taft has played Mark Antony to
Roosevelt's Cesar. And under him my
genius 10 rebuksd." Because We have had
Roosevelt the Great must we now have Roose-
welt the Little?
As Mr.. Taft has become q protag onist Of
Rooseveltism. the Board Of Simplined SPELL
ing should begin his name with 9 D.
LESLIE CHAsE.
ATLANTIC CITY. August %.
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Marriage with Deceased wife's Sis
ter Will he Valid In England.

II is now certain that the bill legalizing
marriage in England with a deceased
wife's sister will soon become a law, as,
in spite Of the earnest opposition of the
Archbishop of Canterbury, it passed on
August % the committee stage in the
House Of Lords. It Is true that once
before OS96) a similar bill was sane
toned by the Peers mainly through the
influence Of King EDWARD VII, then
Prince of WALES, but ut that date the
House of Commons, which on other
occasions had favored the measure,
threw it ont. Always before, however,
the project had been introduced by a
private member, and the supporters Of
the Ministry for the time being were
thus left at liberty TO vote as they pleased.
In this instance the bill, being brought
forward by the Bannerman Government,
is certain to be accepted by the lower
house OF Parliament.
Thus ends in triumph an agitation
which has gone on in England for nearly
three-quarters Of a century, or ever since
Lord LYNDHURsT, then Lord Chancellor,
procured in 1885 the enactment Of the
law which bears his name. That law
declared valid all existing marriages
with the sisters of deceased wives, but
made future unions Of the kind illegal.