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equally wise or wiser 10 the Federal Govern
ment 10 claim paramount jurisdiction over
any such nonsense ss this. To the outsider
again II is q question OF stunning cards and
waiting In patience.
Suppose the -trists" and the legislators
all study the statistics gsneralized by Mr..
Edmonds. and all 20 back to their original
charters and the Law Of the land. Some good
would surely happen. II goes without saying
that the Consultation stays where IL was
put
And suppose somebody looks up the error.
quite unwittingiy committed by the chap
lsin Of Uncte Dick Thompson. Secretary
OF the Navy, during the labor riots Of 1877.
vino 90 unfortunately discovered the riSst
OF the Federal Government 20 move Its malls
by armed force when needfui. No harm can
and some good might result Ancient his
tory" 10 q byword In local hnance; but be-
tween vested charter rights and ex post facto
legislation. and political ambitions. and the
unshaken intent OF the real United States
people to progress under their written laws
az confirmed by their own Supreme Court.
and the disputed power OF their courts. local.
state. Federal and Supreme. II really seems
footless to relegsts US all back to the days
when II was quicker and cheaper TO ride q
swayback bet ween stations than to trust to the
time table OF any train In Dixie.
Leaving the Constitution. always under
stood. for wiser men to deal with.
c. P. MAcxIK.
ENGLEwoop. N. j., August 20.
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cumvent the mountain barriers unless
roads for vehicles have been built across
them. The tourist has picked his route
so that he will be confronted by noun
tain ranges in only two areas.
He will reach the Usagara Mountains
in about two days after the start. There
is no getting around them, but IL hap
pens that the missionary settlements
long established at Mamboya. Mpwapwa
and a number Of other points in these
mountains and on the plateau beyond
them, and also various planting enter
prises, found that passable IL not good
transportation routes were essential to
their growth, and they were provided in
advance Of the railroad which is now
being built TO Mrogoro.
We do not know where Lieutenant
GRAETZ expects to get through the noun
tain barrier to the east of the southern
end Of Tanganyika, though the Germans
at Bismarckburg, on the lake, the capital
and military centre OF very large dis
trict, opened routes years ago to different
parts OF the district. He certainly in
tends to follow the Stevenson road be-
tween Lakes Tanganyika and Nyassa,
an excellent highway, built by the munifi-
cence of Scottish gentleman and kept
in good condition. To utilize this road
among the mountains is the only reason
why the travellers route should pass
through the British Central Africa Pro-
tectorate.
This pioneer will travel only where the
land is high, avoiding the vast marshy
areas of inner Africa. He will give a
wide berth, for example, TO the region
Of Lake Bangweolo; but the high pla-
teaus Of Ugogo in east Africa and Of the
two Rhodesias will give him little trouble
unless his machine is embarrassed by
high grass and at the numerous water
crossings. Fortunately for him, the
remarkably extensive surveys of the
past three years in both Of the Rhodesias
north Of the Zambesi have resulted in
large scale maps showing the fordable
parts OF the rivers. Without this infor-
nation he would probably encounter
many vexatious delays.
Nlne-tentns Oh tne way VIII DO un-
marked by roads. The native paths
will help him little unless to guide him
to a ford or a stopping place. Neither
the northern part of the Kalahari waste
nor German Southwest Africa will pre-
sent the slightest difficulty, but possibly
the high grass Of the widespread sa-
vannas may have its aggravations.
Only after several years of expert
ment an automobile freight carrier has
at last been produced that is believed to
meet the conditions Of the Congo tropi-
cal climate. Every one will wish the
transafrican tourist good luck, but for
tune must indeed smile upon him if he
is to meet complete success in this first
attempt to cross Africa in motor car.
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Justice for Mr.. Bonapartc.

II is not fair to say that the Hon.
CHARLES J. BoNAPARTE, Attorney Gen.
eral of the United States, is frivolous.
He seems to be, we must admit; but in
his case, as in even greater and more
illustrious cases, appearances may be
delusive. In considering Mr.. BONA
PARTE we must remember carefully that
he comes Of august and superior stock
The interests and cares, like the stand
ards and ideals Of the common people,
have always impressed him and his an
cestors as negligible or semi-humorous
considerations. The direct descendant
of that highly remarkable person the
King Of Westphalia. and Injured by long
experience to an oasygoing contempt for
the conceptions Of less virtuous per-
sons, the Hon. CHARLES JOSEPH BONA
PARTE should be regarded as some one
quite apart and tagged with sole refer
ence to a nobler schedule.
He is not really frivolous. II he re-
ferred, or was quoted az referring, to
the representatives OF capital, the great
pioneers of enterprise and the fructif-
erous employers Of labor in this country
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How the Demeanor Ss the Celebrating HaI
hsns Pleased an American.

To THE EpIroR OF TEE SUS-Sir: As far
40 have noticed the daily papers paid slight
attention to the celebration by our Italian
fellow citizens OF the feast OF San Rocco last
Friday. visited several OF the Italian quar-
tiers and was edited as well as delighted with
the briilisncy, taste and beauty OF the ar.
cades extending along entire lblocks OF Elev-
enth, Elizabeth, Mott and other streets
with the exquisite combination OF the three
best hsrmonzing colors. red. white and green,
those of Itslys nag. The Star spangled
Banner biazed alongside the Italian colors
aHS q noS.r. Sa q aS
shrines. with great candles burning. on and
about. them; statues OF the Blessed Virgin
portraits Of heroes thrown on screens all
produced a most agreeable and telling. enec
and showed how far even the poorest Italians
manner OF the people. the procession 81
orderly and. decent. made up not OF men
only but Of women. children innumerable
you always find in the. paintings Of the great
so6riety and psaceful behavior OF the mutt.
the City. ! felt inclined to say the more We
have OF such immigrants the better for our
civilization, many. Of. the best elements Of
which we owe. indeed. TO Italy.
patron Of the Festival, St. Roch. who ia
always represented with q sore on his leg
not that he was so afflicted, perhaps, but that
the length OF Italy caring for the people who
diseases. What q. noble idea to Get before
the 70 bos osI. %p e sss What worthy
,,E EDvARD McswEES.r,.
MOUNT St. MARYs. Maryland, August is
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A Perverse Governor.

Governor HANLY of Indiana ia a Laod-
icean and he is irreverent besides:
There have been and are great evils. and the
dangers OF those We have seen and appreciated.
We have been and are impatient to apply remedy.
and have been tempted TO take the shortest route
to achieve the result desired without regard to
precedent and without thought Of Its danger or OF
the harm to which II may ultimately lead.
This has seemed to me TO be dangerous state
OF mind. In matters OF such Importance we cannot
afford 10 act without counting the cost and this
Is especially true when our acts involve the rela-
tions of the Federal and the State Governments"
Not take the shortest route? Why,
the thing is to get there get some
where by the shortest cut. Precedent
be hanged The more unprecedented
a remedy is, the more it recommends
itself. As for thought, it is unmanly
and probably treacherous to sit down
and think. Thought is for empty phi
losophers. Action is for men. heroes
and gods. Do something. Think about
it afterward, il you have time.
What is this nonsense OF Governor
HANLY's? We cannot afford to act
without counting the cost? Base In
the slave that counts. Count the cost
afterward, if at all. When our acts in
volve the relations Of the Federal and the
State Governments. Governor HANLy
must be follower OF JOHN RANDOLPH,
or at least Of CALHOUN
Il do not believe Federal inheritance
law, carried to it's logical conclusion,
would be a valid exercise of Federal
power" Then you are an infidel and
must be put down. Probably the job
will be done thoroughly when the May
flower gets back from Provincetown.
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small Hope for Tranquility In China

Although the Russo-Japanese treaty
forged a new link in the chain of agree
ments by which the independence and
territorial integrity of China are guar
anteed, it does not follow that the vast
and i'll compacted realm inhabited by
peoples that cannot understand each
others dialect can be assured against
domestic discord and internal convul-
sions. On the contrary, the agelong
animosity between the Chinese and their
Manchu conquerors on the one hand
and the antipathy between conservatives
and progressives on the other hand are
likely soon to have full scope, if the tele-
graph report be true that the Empress
Regent is on the eve of succumbing to
long been suffering. II is her strong
hand alone which for many a decade has
kept the peace between blind reactionists
and headlong reformers, has curbed
autocratic Viceroys and overambitious
Princes of the imperial family, and which
managed to steer the ship Of state
through the whirlpool OF the Boxer re-
bellion that threatened the engulfment
Of the dynasty and the partition of the
Middle Kingdom. We have no doubt
that when the true story of her reign
shall have been compiled by the College
of Censors, after the Manchus have
ceased to reign, the woman's high abili-
ties, as well as her vices, will be duly
recognized, and that she will be pro-
nounced the greatest woman named in
Chinese history.
Suppose the definite retirement OF the
Empress Regent to private life should be
announced tomorrow, what might we
expect presently to witness in the Celes-
tial Empire? There is no doubt that
there exists and has existed for a dozen
years in that country a vigorous pro-
gressive party and that for short time
it had an official representative in the
present Emperor KwANG-SU himself. In
the palace revolution of September, 1893,
however, KwANo-SU was deprived Of
actual authority by the reactionary ad-
herents of the Empress Dowager, who
has since been, as she had been for
decades before, the real dictator Of
Chinas policy, pulling the strings OF the
puppet Emperor Il would be strange II
his spirit had not been broken by nine
years of abasement, during which his
life has hung upon thread. Some faint
and wavering sympathy he may still feel
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To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Sr: This
modern exempisr OF devil-msy care insouci-
ance, Theodore Roosevelt, instead OF using
tho power Of his once and the prestige OF his
popularity to calm the troubled waters OF
opinion and to save his people from them
selves. has chosen rather to play fast and
loose with the elem entail passions OF human
ity: while his Official encourage Of half baked.
sscialistic understudies. true to Its masters
teaching. has done Its worst to heap fuel on
the flames.
Ever since that September day at Buffalo
when the assassin's hand snapped the cord
of the -snsle life standing between that rash
young man and the Presidency" some have
not failed TO foresee aud to lament the insvi-
table sequence OF events. nor have they ever
spared to expose and to denounce the mischief
making folly Of this nightmare rule at tho
white House. Passing strange 1t seems to
such as these that the great American people
are but now shaking OF their drowsy sleep.
only to look aghsst upon the host OF evil
passions sum moned from the depths by the
magic sceptre OF this quondam hero and
already threatening the very citadel OF the
Republic.
patriotism OF this nation endure the amazing
spectacle OF It's Chief Magistrate nouting the
high courts OF Justice, seeking to deny the
plsinest elementary rights to men who have
the hardihood to oppose his career OF mad
ness. and trsmpling under foot the Constitu-
ton he has sworn to defendp
BARCLAY HAZARD.
NEW YoRK. August 20.
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az 20 many possible quarries Of the chase,
lot US think OF his noble forcbears, his
royal traditions, his inherited passion
for the battue, and dilute our first judg-
ment with the rich liquor OF a rever-
ent IL belated understanding. CHARLES
JOSEPH BoNAPARTE--think OF itl-has
been branded by the Mayor Of an OBJ
scure village suburb Of Washington rs
"a third rate lawyer
Let it pass. There may be something
in 1t for the low minded and the ignorant.
Secretary TAFT, himself an eminent and
accomplished jurist, has on two notable
occasions given certain warrant for this
estimate. But who are we 10 appraise
a BoNAPARTE by the vulgar measure Of
the proletariat?
Let US be just, though the heavens
fall. He In not frivolous at all. No
more was any monarch or noble Of the
Middle Ages when he drove his chariot
over the prostrste peasantry and jested
at them in the courtyard or from bat
Elements OF his castle.
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Across Africa in an Autom bile.

The journey across Africa in a spe-
cially built automobile upon which Lieu
tenant GRAETz started last Sunday will
attract wide attention Setting forth
from Oar es Salaam, the capital Of Ger
man East Africa, the travellers purpose
is to cross that co. ny, the narrow Pro-
tectorate of British Central Africa on
the west side of Lake Syassa, the two
r,rii;sn colonies OF Northeastern and
Northwestern Rhodesia and German
Southwest Africa, to the port of Swa-
sopmfund on the Atlantic. This outline
OF the proposed journey, though meagre,
is sufficient TO show the general route TO
be followed and to give an approximate
~ OF its length. From the starting
point on the Indian Ocean to the goal on
the Atlantic the distance TO be travelled
is about 2.i00 miles.
II is easy TO see thas GRAETz will have
to observe some general rules long since
established for wheel traffic in inner
Africa. He could not take an automo-
bile through the great forest regions,
ard his entire route is to the south Of the
dense tropical woodlands. He must cir
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A Com bination Of Bench Packers? 4?

,. ,.. Al.
ps,r I;.n.,aI 90 snoo;so tor
,ho ,roo,r,on, Of "swollep fortunes"
~. ,-.,,,t 49,, sc n ohonrad
u"o'ei ,' wv = .' -, -,
'''''
er'V' ne tneh ueciareu IL as "'e jung
ment that Rrauuateu lncoHe'sA shouiu
he part of our system OF Federal taxa
ton, and went on to say:
-rsn.,r a,rns.ruv .hou, IN, income Tar because
nm. ,cn.r,. ,or an income TAX WA. declared uncon-
s,,,,,or,i ~, the sunr.n. cour, hy a ave 10 four
xo. and IN addition Il IL dIn1ctIt tax 10 admin
,s,s, IN ~. rracc,l workings and qres, care would
have IN h. .kerc,scd 10 see that +, va. not eyaded
nv IN. v.r, me, whom 4, is mo :, desirable 10 have
ta,ed for ~ so eyaded Il would OF course be worse
than no ia, a. all ss the lcas, desirable OF all taxes
is the tax which bears heavily upon the honest as
compared with the dishonest man. NeVer'ne'e"
sraana'ea income '"A 0. 'le p'op'. ,ype Nou'u
u','o1 pe''"'ne"' ',a."'' " y. - 80
o." s'nro.. "s co,r, ,,n ,sc,,r. con.,,,u,,oral"
-,
)" "e''V'a'y i''oo' 10
.ion spevc" "a. No'u'"ouo 'no.e 'o'pIea'o
In shsh''y ui"oic'U io'"' '"i' eueeoo''u'' =,
'ndt means may ue ioun' 70 le'o''' '''e
ue'ie'''' VI '''o '"i'o o'"o 0o"r
"A graduated Income TAX would also nave Ten
oencS 70 teuuce 'ne 'no"'e 10, '"' ''ou"u'a'o"'
ol sno.'"ous M',.."' W, '' .na S",.. .,
u,.s 49, -. 49,, cov.,nm.,, IN. on,..,,on
a. :, from rr.c,,c., s,,pd,on, Is ,,s ,nouls,or,,
character and III. premium It puts on perjury. In
times Of great national need. however. an income
tar would he of great assistance In furnishing means
to carry on the Government and 1t is not free from
doubt how the supreme Court with changed mem
"rsn'p "oulu view new income 'sN "a" unuer
sucn 10nu'',o", ~. eOu,, MsS ",S ,s .,.'0 ."
~.'u'a VI ~. ,''. sar"',.s ~, ~ -. -, u,,s
on, ,ud,.,,, ,,,.rter,rcc md =, a wa, then Am.
posed within the Federal mower"
r.o - o,,;n NO, rn.xn.o,od
:. u. poospyv,r's nr.s.n,a,;on 81 en-.
s,,hiao, unr,oas.n, a. !, ;s in sn;r;, and
suorost;on There ia NO snecial sbocL
- sS.s;.a r.om, A. poosrvv,r,s l;ns
- u;u;e, .h., ,h.ro ara COW. o;,i,an.
-, :, ;a uoro sdos;-ahlav 90 "a, ,hon
80. 49,. aor,o o;, e., ., ,awa,;o, !.
. aaa.;v,I,l.y ,,orr,oron, toa,,,ra q, o,,-
The sun., 1907-08-21

There is practically only one sentence
in President RoosEvELr's speech with
which the public is likely to be much
concerned. u is that in which he as
serts that rich malefactors have COM
bined to bring about financial stress for
the purpose of discrediting the policy Of
the Government. A more unscrupulous
or a more desperate statement it would
be impossible to make. His great posi-
tion forbids its adequate characterization.
We can only permit ourselves to say that
II Mr.. ROOSEVELT does not know it TO be
false, both his circumstances and the
circumstances of the country are such
as 10 occasion grave alarm.
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now TO USE THE SURPLUS.
A PROPOSAL That ~ ne Applied 90 the Ton.
structisn Of National Highways.

To the EDIToR OF THE SUN--Sir! n ih,.
Government has one hundred million oE two
hundred million dollars a year surplus rev.
euue, Why not use that surplus revenue for
making improvements Why not deepen
harbors. Improve waterways and build good
roads all over the United Statesg The suppo.
sition ls that we and our descendants arr
uoinR to occupy this land permanently. why
not then make II q land worth living ipp
People are always bowling against the rRi'.
roads, but let ue nee II works which legIi-
mstely belong 10 tho Government are ss well
equipped and maintained as are the enter.
prisss built and managed by the rapaciols
corpor.tionG IL is admitted by all parties
that public highways are properly the con-
Germ Of the GovernmenJ and that they should
Ne esta ablished. maintained and controlled
by the Government. No wicked corporation
is monopolizing or attempting to monopolire
the public highways Of any state. Thsy nre
exclusively under the control Of the Govern
ment. What sort OF public highways have
wep Rotten-Lsay rotten
The railroads, owned. maintained and
operated by the wicked corporations. which
have no business to exist except to pay irib-
ute to politicians and be regulated, are tho
best managed properties. on an average. In
the world. They are In the highest state ~
Ss sn ~ T
and, employing at rernunerative wages hun
dreds OF thousands OF men. On the Other
hand, the public highways are so bad that
'aEsTss Tes. nisea ssstes S g ny then
has the huge surplus" which Ellis u
seem q measure Of prudence 70 use a. portion
Of this surplgs, thereby diminishins the
OF rrSls paSio X hishwsSs thfoashcSt our nstioSa @
domain which would make locomotion pos
sible between our villages and towns with
some degree Of comfort and safety. IL Com
gress would pass a general law providing
half or one-third Of the cost Of building public
highways In the several States. under proper
restrictions and conditions. IL would operate
a. q great incentive TO- each or the States
to raise its share Of funds necessary 10 build
stimuias to The good yosds movemsnt in gen,
sral. The national Government could well
AFFORD to appropriate one hundred million
dollars Q year for this purpose. on the CON-
dition that the several States would raise an
eaHad does mot * follow ps that ali mi Ssswsy. % or
even the maior part OF them, should be ia
vored with Government appropriation. ON
the contrary most OF the county and township
highwayg should be maintained by local tara-
but q system Of good State roads and national
highways might appropriately be developed
by the national Government 10 cooperation
with the State Governments. This would
dispose Of our huge surplus in a common
wealth OF the nation: for each dollar 40 In
vested, II honestly expended. may be relied
upon TO increase the national wealth at least
three or four fold. II would also keep money
in circulation here At home, give employment
20 q vast number OF men and assure good
GEoRoE W. CRTcHPiEID.
NEW YORK, August 20.
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A Boston Statesman.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: Has 10 ever
occurred TO anybody 10 nominate Mr.. Thomas W.
Lawson of Boston for Prcsdentr
Surely he would prove exciting novelty that
would put the every day sort Of Socialist OF the
Bryan order out of the running.
Then Mr.. Lawson would have the advantage OF
possessing a hide such as would natten out any
bullet, turn the edge of tomahswk or curl up tho
point OF any stiletto.
Here Is Lawson OF Boston trying 20 take the xiory
away from and the starch out Of Mr.. Roosevelt's
trust bustingI" market killing brigade.
Can you beat himr NJ
NEW YORK August n.
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From RsrnoIdss Nerspapsr.

FROM HfbHWdss Nenspdptr
u was q beautiful night. The gentle rephys
OF the evening played musically amid the silky
leaves OF tho turnip trees and the onion bushes
and waited from across the distant neds the delicate
fragrance OF the growing cabbages and the far on
odor Of the bean trees
Betsy" he oooed. a. they sat on the ricseiy
wooden fence surrounding Mrs. Filligaps plrsA.
low bee . -utiful 10 Iuvi Jes' think ov Il. Betsy
Wen we are married we'll have pig all on our own
all 70 ourselves"
"Wiilyum.r sho whispered. ressntfuly. "vhy
should we want ter buy pig. l shant want Ter
buy pig when I've got ycwi"
Then all was silent once more. except that Ne
gentle sephyrs stl played amid the fronds OF the
cabbage bushes and the silver throated frog still
sang from the roof
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Christian Science In Great Britain.
Era1a lha Iaadan TrihNnA

Christian Science Is only forty years old. and In
this country. where Its progress has bssn remark
able Il was nrst heard OF 1fteen years sgo. A. that
time the name was unknown In the whole Of Eu'
rope. To-day the Christian Scientists claim a
million votAres and more than go churches, and
point 20 nearly all the principal countries OF the
world where their doctrine is taught and their
methods OF healing practised.
In London there is eloquent testimony Of the
spread OF the new faith In what may be called Us
high temple which will be completed IN q few
weeks. This church 10 situated In Sloane terrace.
and when completed will accommodate a congr-
cation OF 100. Half the building. accommodating
about 100 or sO0 has been In use for q considerable
time. and has usually been 20 thronged that over
flow meetings have been necessary.
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The Landlady's Mistake.

FroTn Me London Dd1v ChronicN.
On her frst night at the seaside lodgings me
visitor found II. Incredible n seemed for the
landlady had appeared a neat cieanly. cautious
body. But as the lady visitor knew little OF ntr
landady and nothing OF her predecessor In 'he
apartment. she decided 10 mention the matter
breakfast. Il found something in my bedroom
she began. and the iandiady interrupted "rhen
you must have brought II with your Il am 1n'e
sure didn't" Aaid tho visitor. -for counted sa
mine before I left home. But II you insist 'ha'
this sovereign 10 mine, OF course"
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The Deafness Of Fish.
From rorss and Stream.

FNoW F0TSN ava SFTedW =
Much controversy has taken place on the oue'
tion OF the sense of hearing In nsn. and many -
psriments have been trted with view OF se'u'ns
IT, Some Of the latest OF these are those of f~nch
Maragc has given an account In the Paris ''n'p,'
Rsndss. Tho nah cxpcrimented with were cslr .
tench pike. eel and others. and the auihnr nno.
no. evidence OF q sense OF hearing. SouHds VET.
transmitted Into the water close TO thr nsh "na
an energy capable OF Affecting deaf mul's' :"
eject was produced on the ash.
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A Business Man for President

To THE EDITOR OF TIVE SuN-Si: The
writer. a laborer and a small investor. fearing
for his savings. would like to see how much
favor would be given 20 a suggestion that We
have business man for President for once.
For one. am afraid Of four or eight years
more Of my policies. SMALL INVESTOR.
BUFFALO, August 10
The sun., 1907-08-21

To THE EDITOR OF The sUS-Siv. Isn't il
pleasant to think Of the President actually In
danger Of being called down by the logic of
events1
And Of Hughes coming to the front quietly?
NEW YORK, August 20. r. w.