The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

est IN the country; that they have more
at stake. This is a curious argument in
the nineteenth century, and IN England
at that / hold that a man who runs
the risk of losing the welfare of his
home and of his family runs the risk
of losing all that is worth having in
this life, 4 poor man with home has
just as large a stake IN the welfare
of his country as the richest man in it..
Tt is absolutely necessary under ex-
listing conditions that there must be
some persons who are richer than others,
but that fact gives no privilege to the
rich man, from which the poor man
must be debarred. In equality, which
gives every man the same right as his
neighbor TO live, pursue his business.
and aid in the government OF the state.
and in liberty Of speech and discussion
lie the whole secret Of the welfare Of
the state Therein lies also the distinc-
ton between the Liberal and the Tory"
The earnestness of the American stu
dent. no less than the sentiments which
he expressed, assured him a hearty re-
ceptlon and a hearing wherever he ap-
peared.
Chamber as "A Rogue Chaser.
-Four years ago Mr. Chanler Joined
the ranks of the rogue-chasers, who
have grown to be such a menace to
dishonest of3ceholders. and to the in
triguing politicians Of both parties. His
law Office has been in New York, but
his home is in Rokeby, an estate near the
village OF Barrytown. Red Hook town
ship, Duchess County, overlooking the
lordly Hudson. It was originally the
home Of the War Secretary, Armstrong.
and when William Backhaus Astor we'd
ded Miss Armstrong ne added TO its
broad acres and made II the most COM
Portable, not to say luxurious, country
seat in America When he died in 1875.
he decided Il with other pieces of prop
erty, city and country, and investments
so numerous as to make a recital of
the list positively laborious. TO the mother
Of Lewis Stuyvesant, and there the Chan
lers live to-day.
The sheriff of Duchess County has
grown fat and insolent from too many
fees, Illegal in many instances, as Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler, citizen and taxpayer.
insisted. So Chanler went after him in a
most practical way. Entering his colors
in the race of supervisor Of Red Hook.
he won out after a hard struggle, for
Red Hook was Republican, and Demo-
Gratis had small chance in such a hot
bed. His younger brother. Bob, got into
the race for the assembly and added to
the CONSERVATION of the Republican ma
chine. Such gall'' on the part of
two Democrats its managers had
never seen before, they declared.
and its Ike, they conceded on their de-
feat. they never desired to see again.
A third brother, Capt. William Astor
Chanler, brought up a long tom and a
lot Of political experience from the citv
of New York. He had been sent to the
assembly a couple of times by Tammanv.
and also to Congress. He had hunted the
Republican elephant in the mazes of
New York, just as he had hunted the
African species in the wilds Of the dark
continent, and he knew his game from
his trunk to the tip OF his tail. 1t was
a right merry fight from start to finish
and the Republicans were shot and she'll
ed numerically.
Once within the charmed circle that
had so literally audited the sheriff's bills
Lewis Stuyvesant was able to engage
that official and his protectors at close
quarters. Before he could finish him his
term expired and he again appealed sue
cessfully to the Red Hook yeomanry.
The sheriff was brought to book and