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The sun., 1908-04-22

While the BOer war was on there
we're many positive British assertions
that British control Of the whole of South
africa would result in an immediate and
rapid development in that country. 1t
was predicted that settlers would go
there in crowds and that business would
experience a stupendous boom. These
assertions and predictions have failed
distinctly. The modest impetus of the
months Immediately following the war
has given place TO a we'll defined retro
gression.
Gold represents about SO per cent Of
the exports Of the Trsnsvaal, and the
output Of this commodity shows a large
increase. When the war broke out the
mines we're yielding about $4,000 900
worth Of gold a year. The output of
last year was valued at tl30, $50, 900.
The dividends paid on this amounted to
a little more than S35,OOOOOO but both
product and dividend go out of the coun-
try. The life Of the mines is estimated
at from twenty-five to thirty years, and
II no new discoveries are made the fu-
ture OF the country is quite uncertain.
In time it could be made a rich agricul-
tural producer, but enormous expense
az we'll as time would be involved in the
process. In its present condition, and
this holds in the case Of the Orange
River Colony as well as in the Trans
vaal, there is little or no inducement
for settlers There are a number OF
far better opportunities elsewhere, and
reports indicate decrease rather than
increase OF population.
A recent report from Consul SNOD-
GRASS, stationed at Pretoria, gives the
value Of Transvaal imports for the first
three-quarters Of 1907 as $50, ,353, 400, as
against i6s,979,S $40 for the same time
in 1908 and about 377,0OOOOO for the
same time in 1904 The Orange River
Colony Is in somewhat better shape
than its northern neighbor but the gen.
eral conditions Of that country are
fairly shown by the fact that in allot-
ting Government lands To settler farm
ers on long term payments over l,2OO-
40 acres we're distributed among 67S
settlers, thus giving about 1900 acres
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Bryan and Defeat.

Why should Mr.. WILLIAM JENNINGS
BRYAN trouble himself TO reply to the
charge, as he does from time to time,
that he is a plutocrat-a term loosely
used, but meaning In his case that he is
the possessor Of wealth. He admits il ,
but declares that he came by his wealth
honestly, as a lecturer, editor, author
and writer. 1t is nobody's business how
large his bank account is or what lands
and buildings he owns
Mr.. BRYAN has been asked moFs than
once by devoted admirers whether there
could be a wealthy Democrat. In one
Of his replies he said
i have pondered long and seriously over the
answer. aud hero II Is II man makes his money
honestly, no matter how much money he has be
can be Democrat, provided he Is the master VI
his money and the money Is not his master
TWitting Mr.. BRYAN because he has
saved something for a rainy day should
therefore cease, 1t is not in good taste
and whatever his place on the tax list
may be, no exception to him as Il candi-
date can be urged because he pays his
bills and has a balance at his bankers
That is in his favor and to his credit.
The concrete, substantial and para
mount objection to Mr.. BRYAN's candi-
dacy, as thoughtful and earnest Demo
crats see it, is that he does not understand
that he should not be candidate at the
expense Of his party and Of the country,
In the statement issued by him at Lin
coin on November Is, 1907 in which he
announced that he desired the Demo-
cratic nomination for President, lie said
No man can Ask ior nOmlhatlon as compll.
lnsnt II bis nomination will not benent the party
and no Democrat would he jdsuhed In refusing a
nomination II his party demanded bis services and
lfthe members OF the party believe that Mr. BRTINs
nomination Will help the party, ls principles and
lts policies he will accept the nomination whether
the indications point to defeat or victory"
II is Mr. BRYAN's willingness to sac
rifice the party, il he can obtain It's nom
ination, that is charged up against him
and renders him unavailable in the esti-
nation of those Democrats who do not
want to join in the sacrifice. The indi-
cations, particularly in New York and
other Eastern States point like a warn
ing finger to another defeat for the party
il he is nominated Mr. BRYAN is too
shrewd a politician not to know that
without electoral votes in the East he
could not be elected, and that there is no
prospect Of obtaining them.
No one disputes Mr., BRYAN's right to
the wealth he has acquired as a profess
sional politician and moralist, II people
are willing to pay and to buy, that is their
business; the objection to Mr. BRYAN is
that he wants the party to nominate him
again although the indications point to a
third defeat Ihe is willing TO be a loser,
although the Democracy is aching for a
winner
The sun., 1908-04-22

and Japanese in the extreme Orient Is
the fact that Japan has forbidden the
extension Of the North China Railway,
which has been constructed from Pekin
TO Hsinmintln, to Fakumen, city in
central Manchuria, fifty miles further
| north. As the proposed extension would
run along the right or western bank Of
the Lao River the Chinese claim that
it would lie entirely outside Japan's
sphere Of influence, which Ia confined
to the zone environing that section
Of the Chinese Eastern Railway which
under the Treaty Of Portsmouth was
assigned to Japan by the Russian cor
poration that was the original holder
OF the franchise. The Japanese on their
part allege that in April, 1907, China
agreed to build no line Of railroad COM
petitive with the southern or japanese
section Of the Chinese Eastern Railway.
The Chinese rejoin that the convention
Of 1907 contains no such agreement but
that on the contrary, as the minutes
Of the negotiations show, the japanese
envoy tried to obtain such a stipulation
but was unsuccessful. The British sub
jects affected by Japan's refusal to
permit the desired railway extension
are the engineers who constructed the
North China line up TO its present ter
minus and the British banks which
advanced the funds. The same engi-
neers and bankers entered into an agree
ment last November with the Viceroy OF
Manchuria to build the extension for
the sum Of to,jOO,OOO to be lent for the
purpose.
The tremendous magnitude Of British
trade interests in the Far East and the
extent Of the influence which under nor
NAL circumstances they would exercise
on a British Government will be appre-
ciated when we point out that the ag-
Grcgate tonnage of the vessels entering
and clearing Hongkong in 1904 eX-
ceeded 10 800 900 tons, exclusive Of Chi
nese junks engaged in foreign COM
merce whereas the aggregate tonnage
credited to the port of London in 1905
was less than 1S,75O,OOO tons Even
Singapore has two-thirds as much tom
mage entering and clearing annually az
has London What these figures mean
TO British manufacturers and shipown-
ers is patent on their face. These vast
industrial and commercial activities are
certain to be arrayed against an exten-
sion after 1915 Of the Anglo-Japanese
alliance, which for the present restraints
Great Britain from upholding strenu-
ously the interests Of her subjects in
China and Manchuria. The representa-
tives of British manufactures and COM
merce will demand as they are already
demanding that they be not again sacri-
feed TO the supposed necessities Of the
Anglo-Indian Empire, especially as since
the treaty between Britain and Russia
was concluded Japan's aid is no longer
needed for the defence Of India.
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Judicial English as II Is Written.

Poets have sometimes been accused OF
not knowing the meaning Of their own
verses. when | wrote that BROWN
ING is said to have remarked, u prob
ably knew what it meant, and so did
GoD; now, GOD only knows!'
1t is generally conceded that clarity is
an essential element in a good judicial
opinion, The opinions Of a great tri-
bunal like the Supreme Court Of the
United States should be characterized
by sound law clearly expressed; after
that the higher the literary quality the
better-but the Judges should never for
set that style is a secondary considera-
ton.
When OLIVER WENDELL HoLMEs, Jr.,
the son Of the poet, esssyist, novelist and
medical philosopher, was appointed 10
the bench Of the Supreme Judicial Court
OF Massachusetts, and subsequently pro-
NOTED TO that Of the Supreme Court Of
the United States, there was rejoicing
in the souls Of those members OF the legal
profession who hoped for an improve
ment in the literary character Of judicial
opinions. Here they said, I'VE shall
have a Judge who is a literary man by
descent as well as by reason Of his Har-
ward training, Now look out for eIposi-
tions of the law which shall be not only
sound in substance but clear in state
ment and felioitous in expressionl'
Alas! for the result The felicity is
not We search in vain for style and
sometimes it is even rather difiioult TO
find the sense in the opinions Of Mr. JUS
tice OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
That learned Judge recently undertook
to state the views Of the Supreme Court
in the case which denied the right Of
a New Jersey corporation to transmit
water from that State TO the Borough Of
Richmond in the State Of New York for
the purpose Of furnishing 10 the Staten
Islanders a supply Of pure and whole
some drinking water. We find thisapas-
sage in his opinion
AN rights tend TO declare themselves absolute
70 their logical extreme Yet all In fac, are limited
The sun., 1908-04-22

Some Of the German geographical journals
are limiting at the probability that before
very long the majority Of the nations may
agree to adopt some other initial meridian
than that Of Greenwich They assert that
the days Of the Greenwich observatory are
numbered, because, as they allege, it is no
longer possible to make clear and accurate
observations at that famous centre Of
scientific work. The erection Of large
electrical power house in the neighborhood
Of the observatory is said to have already
made It impossible to carry on magnetic
observations and measurements; and the
earth tremors produced by constantly
passing trains are vtiating the results Of
practically all the astronomical work. 1t is
therefore inferred, even by PetermdRH's
Mitteilunosp, usually very careful and csu-
tious in its statements, that the observatory
will not much longer be occupied for scien-
tiho purposes.
But even II it is true that such a calamity
impends. why should the nations change
the prime meridian that has % long been
taught in their schools and used by their
seamen? Some German geographers are
writing that If the leading nations should
agree tO adopt some other meridian from
which TO measure longitude east and west
it would not cost very much TO adapt the
new aliases and maps to the new prime
meridian That is 50, but il would certainly
take long time for the general public to
become accustomed to new readings Of
longitude, and the confusion would he in
creased by the fact that for generations
nearly all geographical literature has used
the Greenwich observatory as the starting
point for numbering degrees Of longitude.
There are certain advantages in having the
prime meridian pass through a great OBJ
servatory, but this, Of course, is not neces-
sary. What is more important is to have
a general agreement as to the prime merid-
ian and then stick TO it,
The sun., 1908-04-22
ECHOES or BROWNSVILLE.
Sentiment In Rural New EASIand said tn
Be AdYerse 70 the PresIdent.


To TIE EprroA or TEE SUs--sn: In TEE Sun
Of April 10 there s q letter from "Neteran Soldier
who seems 10 feel that there b no sympathy among
the whites for the victims Of the Brownsville lnjus
uoe. ] can only wish that Veteran Soldier" bad
been with me during long stay In many parts o.
rural New England during the last few months.
Although an admlrer OF the pegro race, was
surprised and delighted 10 md 70 many symps
thlEers among the farmers. One and all denounced
Roosevelt and TAf as unjust and foolish In the
Brownsville affair.
Roosevelt" said one old farmer. lest acted m
IKE plumb fool; but Tan. he's dened sly. HeS
a. hard 10 ketch as 4 creased pig" Another
farmer, who had fought In the Rebellion, was pre'
snt one day when the subject Of the President
invitation 70 Mr.. Booker Washlhtion 70 lunch 40
the White House was under discussion. lie waite
IN We had all had our say, when he remATke
Wall. reckon ef | want none TOO good 70 fg' A,
10 free them negroes Teddy Slnt none too EOou
&c 80 =! nsst With one who's done heap more 10
eddlcAte himself than any Of you boys has II the
Southerners had done as much for herseiv'
since the war As the negroes they'd cuSs the co.
Ored people less and worship their ancestors only
on the ally"
Mr.. Foraker. whose conduct In the Brownsville
affair no unprejudioed observer can but admire, 3,
not by long odds the only American who AAtes
Injustice, and II the people have the chance the
will show this at the polls. II Is 10 be sincerely
hopS that the negroes will see their political oppor
tunlty, with neither ostentston nor noise and se1'
and use It. S, Il.
BOSTON April N.
The sun., 1908-04-22

Captain HoBsoN's political manager
announces that the Captain will attend
the Denver convention and probably will
be heard there Undoubtedly he will be
heard II the chairman recognizes him, and
probably the chairman will invite him to
the platform for the Captain has a gallery
value az naval hero. ltis also announced
by the political manager that Mr. HoBsoS
viii be candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for President in 1912. 1t would be
just like the Captain, but would the Demo-
cratic party have the nerve to nominate
him.
The sun., 1908-04-22

The New Hampshire Republicans in state
convention at Concord yesterday over
whelmingly rejected the following resolu-
tion:
That while We are IN favor Of sending an unn.
structed delegation TO Chicago, II Is our earnest
belief that the man above all others, embOdyinE
every element Of . trlumphIl candidate and q sue
cessful administration IL the Hon. WILGAn H..
TAYT"
Triumphal Humph no wonder the hard
headed Republicans Of the Granite State
jumped on the resolutionl
The sun., 1908-04-22
Uncle Isaac Knew.

last week, a. Deacon Pennington
Come down 10 Joe Binn's store
lie found a lot o. fellers there
AlounCin' round the door,
Gosh want he madl Fer monEst EN- all
He had 10 squeeze an sldle.
What be theS doin' here" he shouts,
AN lyin' about ldle'-
They Sln't" says solemn Uncle Ike.
A.heftln' an a swtShin'
A new cane sucker pole he'd bought
'msy'm lyin' about hshln'i-
N Morn.
The sun., 1908-04-22
MIR. Borah on the Brownsville Case.

MT BOrah on the brOWnsNllle Oase'
The first impression, and the last as
well, made by Senator BORAH's maiden
effort in the Senate, on Monday, is that
he tried to deliver a speech that would
put him in the orator class, with Mr..
BEvERIDGE and Mr. JEFF DAVIS, and if
possible at the head of the class. 1t was
grand burst, more notable for its rhetoric
than for it's reasoning. 1t was an ear
ticker of great merit and should win
favor at the White House
Wemaybe astray in our Interpretation.
If We are not We venture the suggestion
to this fedglng that long acquaintance
with the honorable body of which he is
now u member has brought us to distinct
conclusion that only in comparatively rare
cases have men distinguished for their
oratorcal power impressed the country
with their qualities az statesmen. His
speech was the plea Of q lawyer for his
client, fOrceful, at times dramatic; an
address to the gallery rather than TO his
colleagues. There is rich and rolling
sound in such words as these:
Men wearing the uniform Of a soldier Of the
rniou, the Insignia Of Government and the symbol
Of law and order In the quiet Of night whll. homes
are deitnceless assault and attempt to murder
whole families aud hnsy succeed In committing
one murder"
We admit that this is blood curdlng
burst of oratory, but is it convincing
statement Of fact? Mr. BoRAH's speech
was scarcely suited to the floor Of the
Senate
The sun., 1908-04-22

Pans once. ~ Rue Louis 10 Grand The daily and
sunday editions are on sale At Klosque ~, near tue
Grand Hotel. KlOsque II, Boulevard des Capuclnes,
corner Place de rOptra, and Klosque 10. Boulevard
dee ItAllsns, corner Rue Louis le Grand
The sun., 1908-04-22
Subscription, BY Mail. Postpaid.

Published by the Sun Printing and Publishing
Association Al 10 Nassau street. In the Borough Of
Manhattan New York. President and Treasurer
of the Association. William N, LAdan, 40 Nassau
street: Secretary OF tho Association, Franklin
BArtIstt. 8 Nassau street.
The sun., 1908-04-22

Tue daily aud Sunday Sun Is on sale In London
At Nunays Exchange, Trafalgar Buildings, North
umberland avenue Pail Mall American and Co
onial Exchange. Carlton street. Regent street, and
Dlw'G steamship Agency, II Green street Leicester
sauAFa
The sun., 1908-04-22
American Coal Productie..

Other coal States, In order Of importance a.
named, were Iowa, Tennessee, Kansas, Wyoming,
Maryland, Virginia, Missouri, Indian Territory,
wsshlntton, Arkansas, New MEXICO, Montana,
Utah. hlchigtn. Te1As. North DAkOta, GeorFia.
North Carolina, Oregon, California, Alaska Ind
Idaho.
The sun., 1908-04-22

n our friends Uho faSor Us tchh manuscripts fot
pabltatiOA WJh 10 haze rejected articles returned hsg
mUd N dl eases send Stamps for hdi purpoJs.
The sun., 1908-04-22

To TAI EDrroR OF ThI SuN-sir: There Is a
align up on Third avenue which Is Val. Ubl.
Nav YoRL. April a. CsP,
The sun., 1908-04-22

AASthsr View.
wOodmIn, hew that tree.
Spare not Z single limb,
In youth my misery
Came from its switches slim.
THOMAS JhNKnB.
The sun., 1908-04-22
Ne Mature Fake Here.

From PrssidsHf ROosepsirS Veio message OF Apr1 H.
These rivers run evsry hour In the day and eVsy
day IN The year.
The sun., 1908-04-22
ne hystsry Of the Great MsthsmstIs.l
RRfoFmer

To THH EDfToA or THl SUE--sir, There Ia q
legend hsreabouis that certain great AAthemau-
cal Reformer was recently met by a friehd who
asked him. What are you doing these dAySi- oh,
iooln EN- was the response. 0UnasIR
JHRSRT CTfI Aphl 2i
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-28
Her COOKING

Mrs Crimsonbeak-I offered Fido
some of that hash we had for breakfast,
and, do you know, he refused to eat
it,
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-Ye dear; I think
that dog seems TO have almost human
intelligence.--Yon lxers Statesman.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-28
LAST P0TT0WAT0MIE CHIEF
LEADS A LIFE OF SOLITUDE
Survivor of IIIustrio"s Indians No
Longer Regarded with Awe
by Members of His
Tribe

BATTLE CREEK, Dec. GA unique
character is Phineas Pamp-to-pee, the
last chief of the Pottowatomies, who
resides with seventy-five of his tribe
on the Nottawa creek, twelve miles
south of this city. Now nearly shorn
of authority that has been handed
down to him for fifty years by long
line of illustrious chiefs, his loneliness
is pathetic. For years the Indians
have been growing democratic, and no
longer look with awe upon their chief,
having no more respect for him than
any other member of the tribe. "A
chief has been necessary and will con-
tinue to be as long as the question of
bounties for the Indians exists. The
chief is necessary in signing the pa
pers and government documents as
representative of the tribe.
Pamp-to-pee was born in st. Joseph
county, but has resided nearly all of
his life upon the reservation on Not
tawa creek, where each Indian head of
a family owns farm. He is really a
fine old Indian, quite interesting and
Intelligent, talking good English. He
possesses many traits of the real In
dian royalty. He came to the rank
of chief through the famous Mogua-go,
who was his uncle. Preceding Mogua-
go was Kosha-west, Kaho-sed and
chiefs backward for over 100 years.
Pamp-to-pee when musing on the
past says that the hunting days OF
the Indians are over. Once they were
Independent and hunted the deer, bear
and turkey through the woods, and
had plenty of game to live upon. Now
when they go hunting they are seized
by the game wardens. The place where
the bones of their forefathers rested
is now plowed over by the white men.
All is changed
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-28
NEGRO CLAIMS HE SLEW
ADVERSARY IN A DREAM
Slayer's Disappearance at Time of
Finding Body of Victim Reveals
Murder as Result of
Quarrel

HALLWOOD, Va, Dec. 27-The facts
of the killing of William Allen, negro.
so years old, by George Wharton, 80
years old, also colored, have just be-
come known. The two men quarreled
over a game Of crap in the woods near
here and exchanged blows, but renewed
their walk home together. Upon reach
ing Assowoman the quarrel was re-
newed and Wharton is said to have
shot Allen through the heart, killing
him instantly. Wharton then went to
his home and spent the night. The fol-
lowing morning he told his wife he had
had dream in which he had killed Al
len in a fight and then left the house.
His dream at first was given no
thought but after he had been away
from home for two days his.wife, being
unable to find any trace of him. made
a visit to the home of Allen, whom she
also found was missing. A search then
was made on the theory of Wharton's
dream and Aliens body was discovi
cred in the woods. covered with leaves.
The affair was kept a secret until to-
day, when the friends of Allen made it
known to the authorities.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-28

could walk upon the water, he usually
took a boat. He honored the usual
the normal.
"He healed the body that he might
remake the soul. He went first to the
sin which was at the basis of one man S
illness. He used the work of healing
as a point of contact with another that
he might ask him, 'Believest thou on
the son of mann He cared because
men were hungry, he had compassion
on their poverty and pain, but the
smaller compassion was always over
Swallowed by the larger. While he fed
them, his great concern was that Ia
borers might be sent to teach them OF
the kingdom. He urged his followers
to pray the Father to send laborers
into this white harvest. He often shows
that he healed to bring the greater
gifts to the soul.
''He sent out twelve to preach and 70
heal. Later sent out seventy and COM
manded them to heal as well as an
nounce the nearness of the kingdom.
In that sacred hour at the end, with
those nearest him he said Verify,
verify, say unto you, he that belieY-
eth on me- the works that I do shall
he do, and greater works than these
shall he do From these sayings 1t
would seem that he intended healing
tc continue in the church. Next week
we shall study the Interpretation OF
these commands in the Apostolic
church"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-28
OLD MAN DANCES WITH
Joy AT SEEING AGAIN
Blind for Two Years, Veteran of Civil
War Has Sight Restored by
Repeated Surgical OPP
erations

CHESTER, Pa, Dec. 2h-Fer the
first time in two years, Thomas Collins,
a veteran of the Civil war and promi-
nent resident of Chester, was aple 10
look into the faces of his friends and
acquaintance this morning, as tney
took his hand and showered him with
concentrations. Besides this, ne ac-
tnaily danced for new-found joy. TWO
years ago Mr.. Collins lost his VISION
by the forming of cataracts upon ms
eyes. o,.ono
him. but Mr.. Collins sister, Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Rigg, widow of Rev. John u.
Rigg, for a number of years promi-
nent Methodist clergyman, did not de-
spair. Last May she took her brother
to the Wills Eye hospital in Phlladei-
phia, where an operation was per-
formed The hospital physicians con-
tinued to treat the patient, making eX,
aminations several times a Week. ana
three weeks ago another operation was
performed by DR.. Samuel ID. Risley OF
Media, this county,, at the Wits nos
pital The patients eyes were paIlo-
aged, and he was kept in dark room
until this morning, when the< band
ages We're removed, and Mr.. Colilhs
says he can see as we'll as ne ever
could. -, -,
He was nearly overcome with JOY
when he found that his sight had been
restored. He even forgot his 50 years,
and danced in glee. ,,.
Il can't believe It'll" he declared. II
seems like some delightful dream, ana
I'm almost afraid to go to sleep Tor
fear I'll wake up and ind that u ~
mot real.''