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rHE soUTHERN DROUGHT.
Forced on the whites by the weakness
OF the Negroes.

To THE EDITOR or TIE sUN--Sfr: Many
EXPLANATIONS have been offered for tho
spread OF prohibition in the South. As .
result of my INQUIRIES down here 1 am con
WINGED that only one explanation ID aae-
auate, and that IL the negro.
The men OF the South point to the fect
hat when during the civil var virtuaiiy
every man had gone to the front, IN
consciousness all the women OF the South
were without their men relatives. such an
u%nspeakable abomination as a negro even
saying any unseemly word to . woman va
unknown. The negroes. slaves o. tney
were, knew that their masters and ms
tresses were their friends ever resoy 70
care for them: and with the gratitude Ina
even the dog shows. the negroes iaithiuny
SsrsSa 1Ss t asd Prothsss.
-fr Use's and bow have they used and how DO
they use their freedom? According 70 tpe
tssstipony, Of y@ir,aslIE, even eGSos ms holder Il 'o or
s sSIsn seeker eSs the Ssp sssro today female Is
veil as Tnaie-is a s6iftless, lazy creature.
Whose. only purpose IN life 10 70 obtain money
s sssqs.. e ssl PIX X. G siSoSSi' s @Ei.t etsohe41h The e, =.
work, say sy1 IN a bricsysrd Or other such place.
" Eos bay a a str bah ne . seT tSsn f he SSsits. Ana
no persuasion whi cause him 20 work again
until the Jag" money 10 exhausted.
The femafe-the- cook. the holsetneidi
the waitresa-is the same. Cocaine and
The only things Tor which shs works; she,
like her male relatives and friends, almoSs
Invariably IL armed. The favorite weapon
Of the female is the razor, that or ne mae
the revolver. The authorities do what they
can TO prevent the negroes carrying ooh-
cealed deadly Weapons but opyiougly
their efforts cannot Be very effective. We;
groes, because OF their highly emotional
weird superstitfops. are extremely deneeI-
Gus when under the influence, q coceine
and alcohol. As the drug and the -wnis-
key" are sold TO the negroes In low ayes oy
lower white folk OF q very low price. the ne
groes need work hut q short time TO lay py
q sufficient sum OF money to procure them.
The result Is evident to, any observer, ano
It ~abundantly justiaes tie estimate 81 the
negroes OF both sexes that is held IN ne
South. At any hour Of day or night tne
streets Of the towns and cities OF the SOUTH
contain crowds OF negroes whose only APP
parent occupation is loa1ng; THIS state
Of things has existed since the clytl wer,
and zach year Il has been worse han ne
year before, It has been found impossible
to restrain the negroes In their use OF Wills
key and as q last resort, the men OF the
South have felt that prohibition ssone |"
X~hHxXNDRIA. Va, September g.
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For the Pro..o,,sn Of birds of Rar. Pianas,


From The London Eaay Graphte.
On Saturday the report Of Lord .Avebury's com
mittee Of the House ofLords, which was appointed
to consider the imporssnce of the plumage prohibl-
ton bin, was issued as q Blue Book. The com
mittee sees no reason 10 suppose that the exclu-
sion from the market Of the plumaEe Of rare birds
would materially AFFECT the feather trade Of the
country as q whole. The great bulk OF the I'm
ports In that branch Of consists Of
feathers OF the ostrich and other birds which are
exempted under the bill. and the feathers which
would be excluded are OF relatively small value.
Birds are as q rule In their finest plumAge ~ the
time OF nesting and have been shown TO be espe.
ciaiiy the prey Of hunters at that season. The
committee Is of the opinion that the feathers
Of eRrets Imported into Great Britain are obtained
by killing the birds during the breeding season
and that few II any Of them are moulted plumes.
The committee has therefore had TO consider
whether it In possible by q bill prohibiting the
Import of the plumsge. skins or bodies Into Great
Britain TO reduce the destruction Of the birds
within reasonable limits. II appears clearly
from the evidence that the enactmen ts Of british
colonies and certain foreign countries which
pgpude q close season for wild biyanaa4so1 Indis,
which prohibits their export, are 70 I c5nsiderabie
extent Ineffective. partly on account Of the open
market In this and other countries, The CON-
mittee believes therefore that the bin would
not only be OF general advantage but would also
render more effective the legislation Of India
Of Australia and OF the United States.
While the committee Ii strone Fly Of opinion that
the bin would be useful In itself II considers that
II would be more effective II legislation OF the
same kind wore adopted by other countries. N
trusts therefore that his Majesty's Government
will endeavor 70 secure international action with
q view to the preservation OF rare and beautiful
birds and that the bill may be msde the basis
Of representations TO other Governments In
order to induce them 10 pass similar laws.
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rHE eoMRERs 0oNEEMPT cAsl,
-Postponenaent whlch WIN Garry mo o.,
Beyond Eieetion Day,

|~FOotpon00aent WHOM WIN CAffy Uho o.
Beyond Elegtien Nay.
wAaHNoToN. Sept, a.-Whsn the On.
tempt GASES against the obicers d 4.
American Federation Of Labor We,
called to-day bsfpre Associate Justica
Ahhlsy N. Gould In the Supreme Court
Of the District Of Columbia the Attornev,
for the Buckle etove and Range Com
pany. the petitioner; Daniel Davenport
and ". @. Sullivan. asked for time In
which to take testimony. This was al.
lowed over the earncst protest Of Judes
Alton B. Parker and Ralston Il Siddons
attorneys for the respondents, all Of
whom were In court.
The Judge appointed N examiner 10
take testimony ON issuas OF fact raissd
by the pleadings- Thirty days wa
allowed each side to examine witnesssaL
This will carry the case beyond election
day and 10 o great RELIEF to tho RepuhH-
oan national campaign managers, who
have held several conferences over the
matter in Washington and New York and
even secured the cooperation Of two
Of the shareholders Of tho Bucks Stove
and Range Company In st. Louis in their
efforts to compose the differences and
induce James Van Cloaye, president
OF the company, TO withdraw or postpope
the petition until after election. Tia
case threw Q first class soare into ths
leaders, who did not conceal their fears
e the eject, on the s CAM q cutting
Frank Morrison In jail for contempt q
court In violating an injunction.
The attorneys for the petitionar pointed
ont that the answers lied by the thres
respondents to-day prosented certain
issues Of fact. Judge Parker denied
that the issues were sharply defined,
and offered 10 produce the respondents
pleaded for an immediate hearing and
disposition Of the cases. He called at
tention to the presence Of the respon-
dents In the court room and OF the eIeou-
tive council Of the American Federation
of Labor. -
Justice Gould declared that the request
for time TO take testimony was not an
behalf The desire for more time. He
said he had not read the petition or
answer in the a Q and called attention
to the rule followed in the District Of
Columbia Supreme Court Of hearing no
contested cases IN vacation.
Judge Parker urged the Court not
to delegate the question o. contempt
to q special master. He declared It was
one for the Court to pas upon. In this
demand the Judge wss Joined by the
attorneys for the petitioners,
In their answers submitted to-day
the respondents. Samuel Gompers, John
Mitchell and Frank Morrison, denied
generally an intent TO show contempt
Tor the Court or to disobey tho injunction.
They submitted a motion to be allowed
to frame issues Of fact to be submitted
to a Jury. but later this motion WIS with
drawn.
The taking OF testimony In the case
for the petitioners win begin Friday
and the bearings will be held IN the Typo.
the American Federation Of. Labor.
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IN improved type practically In COM
mission, while we have only two under
way and they win not be completed
until 1910.
This article Of ours has ELECTED from
a staff officer of tho navy a communi-
cation, which appeared on Tuesday last,
the writer hoping that we would pub
.lish IL Gin the interest OF truth" The
communication, however, does, not deny
that We are years behind England in the
matter OF construction, and therefore
makes no protest against the real point
we presented. 1t Is devoted almost
wholly to an effort to show that Lieu
tenant PoUNDsToNB did not propose
the ideal battleship of to-day, the i'm
piled inference being that The Suns
position was all wrong, or at least i'm
pulsive and premature. An amusing
oorollary of this elaborate argument
Is found in the writer's admission that
the monster ship and the "all big gun
battery" were pressed upon the Depart
ment as far back as 1899 and suisse
quently, and were serenely rejected by
the Department. To this injurious con-
fession he adds the comment, that
these plans were rejected now seems to
have been a mistake, but, hindsight is
usually better than foresight. Even
to-day there 10 far from unanimity Of
opinion on this subject" Besides, Eng
land, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Italy,
Russia and other nations are building
their Dreadnoughts, but Of course that
fact weighs as mo- hing.
The truth is as we have stated. Our
Navy Department Is far behind the
march Of progress, and for the simple
and sufficient reason that it refuses to
dislocatea comfortable, not to say mxu-
.rious, but very slothful arrangement
and give the seagoing officers a chance
to exploit their views. As far back as
1904 the general board OF the navy
proposed a Dreadnought which might
easily have been in commission ut least
q year and a half ago. 1t met the usual
fate. The Secretary is playing peanut
politics, and the chief constructor Ii still
wondering whether turbines and big gun
batteries are practicable.
There Is no room for discussion Of this
fact. We are shamefully In arrears, and
If Jul native talent and genius were per-
mitted to assert themselves we should
be far away in the lead.
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A Kansas Historical Exhibit.

FTUTH ~ y vi '
-Four husky negro ~janitors carried a big walnut
door up four nights OF stairs In the State house
the other day 10 the Kansas Historical Society
rooms. The door was mashed and battered.
Two panels were entirely gone. The frame was
cracked In q number OF places and the anish
marred and scratched. After Il had been duly
set up against a vacant space on the wall George
Martin. secretary Of the society. tackled this
notice on the battered frame. which tells Its own
story: This door is one of the double doors which
opened from the cloak room into the House of
Representatives at the Capitol In Tokepa In the
session OF 1898. Up to the 18Th Of February.
inclusive. two bodies known as the Douglass
and 'Dunsmore' houses occupied Representative
Han and Its accessories jointly. The men,
bers OF the Douglass house fought their way
up the stairs and gained entrance into the
cloak room. The Popullsts ned into Represen-
tative Hall. locking these doors. The Doug
lass house stacked the doom with a black
smiths sledge. which they CARRIED with them.
The panels Of both doors were smashcd In. The
opposing force escaped through the west door
leading to the iron stairway. John Seston and
Alexander Warner. both Republican members,
paid for new doors, each keeping one Of the old
ones. This one was Seaton's and was presented
70 the Kansas Historical Society by him in
August, 1905"
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Mr. Murphy,s Long Thoughts.

The Democratic State convention
will be controlled by CHARLES F. MUIR
PLY and WILLIAM j. CoNNERS. These
apostles Of good government will be
the real judges Of the results Of the
Democratic primaries in Brooklyn. The
votes cast on Tuesday merely show
that in eighteen Assembly districts
out Of twenty-three the enrolled Demo-
Gratis prefer Senator McCARREN's lead
ership to the rule Of Mr.. MURPHY, acting
through the benevolent Golfer. This
Is a. matter Of small moment to the
Tammany leader and his Buffalo COL
league.
II it pleases Messrs. MURPHY and
CoNNERs 80 to do, they will admit the
McCarren delegates to the Rochester
convention. II their fear and dislike
Of Senator McCARREN convince them
Of the desirabilty of the opposite course,
they have the precedents of 1905 and
1908, both Of their own making, to justify
exclusion. MURPHY and CoNNERs will
not be troubled by thoughts Of the
fate OF the Democratic ticket on election
day. They will do what seems best
for themselves.
Mr.. MURPHY finds the situation COM
plicated by the fact that there is to be
a city campaign next year. That, to
him, Is. of more importance than the
national and State contests OF this fall.
His decision as to MI. McCABREN will
be influenced more by considerations
Of 1909 than it will be by thoughts Of
November 3, 1908.
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The Loves Of Liiiey.

Mr.. LIGHT, who made the nominating
speech for the Hon. GEORGE LEAvESs
LILLRY for Governor yesterday. said:
The President has created new standards for
public seStces which demand new nlsp. .GEaRoR
L. LIAx fully satisfies those standards"
This is about the toughest thing said
about Mr.. ROOSEVELT yet. Mr.. LIGHT
was bound to tie his man to the con-
queror's car:
WILLIAM II. TAFT"
How do the hard headed Nutmegs
relish this neurotic and sentimental
hubdub?
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A TangIe In Cleveland Traction

The Cleveland experiment in street
railway operation has already en-
countered a snag. The report that
the new company has hardly earned
operating expenses and is on the verge
OF a financial crisis appears as an Incl
dent in the proceedings. The main
charge is that the Municipal Traction
Company is "a fraud upon the city and
its taxpayers and wholly without legal
or financial responsibility"
Something OF this kind vas perhaps
to be expected in a case where a
S25, 900, 600 property is leased to a $l0,O 900
company, whatever the standing and
responsibility Of the members Of the
company. The present attack seems to
have originated with and to have been
maintained by the employees union
which was thrown down by the Mu-
nicipal Traction Company in the strike
Of last May. Three suits have been
fled against the company. The latest
and apparently the most important is
brought by JAMES X. FAvAsEY, the
president OF the Street Railway Employ
ees' Union. Mr.. FAvAsEY filed his suit
personally, as q taxpayer, in the Court
of Common Pleas. This has served to
precipitate an issue which has been
discussed for several months. A State
law, known an the Schmidt law, pro-
vides for a referendum vote on street
railway franchises. When there was q
call some weeks ago for q vote on the
matter under this law, Mayor Tom JOHN
SON opposed the plan and urged that be-
fore ~resorting to that course a fair trial
be given to the new scheme. He sue
oeeded in blocking the movement. The
fact that he has now asked the City
Council to opdsr a special election for
the purpose Of voting on the question
may be regarded az proof Of his con-
viction that the lease will be approved
by the citizens Of Cleveland.
The suit is brought against the city
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WHERE GOMPERs DOESN'T LEAD.
Unions. Breaking Away From Hus faaa
to Deliver Them to Bryan.

A split In the executive council Of the
American Federation of Labor over
the circulars asking for contributions
for the campaign to support the Demo-
cratic party and to defeat the Repub-
lican party sent out by Gompers to the
unions is threatened, according to Pres
ident George l.. Cain OF the National
League Of Employees OF Navy Yards,
Naval Stations, Areenals and Gun Fac
tories Of the Continental United States,
who came to this city yesterday from
Lynn, Mass, to confer with the New
York locals Of the league. : asts.'-
The league consists Of the members
OF the unions in the navy yards. .afsehals
and other Government establishments
Of the kind, which belong 70 the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor. The league
itself, MIR. Cain said, will not have any.
thing TO do with the political circulars.
sFour Of the members Of the executive
council OF the American Federation Of
Labor, whom I know very well, are Re-
Republican ticket, and they are very
bitter at being made apparently a party
to an attempt to get the unions to COM
init themselves to the support of Bryan
and the Democratic party, for the cir
culars, one OF which Is q strong indorss-
ment of the Democratic party as the
friend Of labor, the other an appeal for
funds to help the friends and defeat the
enemies Of labor. stand over the names
OF Gompers and the members OF the
executive council.
at would not surprise me to see a split
In the council at any time. There b
Z growing dhdeferouhd feeling OF d.
satisfaction which - liable to break out
in revolt any day"
The feeling against the policy OF Com
said. The Boston Central Labor Union
had rejected the circular asking for con-
tributions, and the unions In other towns
were doing the same thing, The unions
In Gompers's own trade, the cigar-
makers unions, were also rejecting the
appeal for contributions.
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Says that plants can see."--THl SUN, Ser
amber g.
Last night the seasons nnal bap
Was danced and Arabella and I
Strayed from the crowded feStsl hail
To where I thought no one oouid spy
On such ~phiianderine 40 VIC chose.
q Yet our surroundings lacked rcpose.
And later al the same event
When ] and Maud Tor was ~ BlsncheD
To this same refuge slyly went
II seemed 10 me q curious chance
That though ] knew no man was nigh
felt beneath q critics eye,
But now the savants make Il clear;
Thcy say that leaves as well az ants.
For instance. see perhaps they hear,
And we were hedged by rubber plants.
So ware the nowery paths you walk
Some day the weeds may learn TO talk.
Lkrrox HhEvHR
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The whitley Gtrls,
From ne Whalsp Republics

FFoH Hf WhnHfb Rfpu6Hean,
When II comes night down to q test csse Of the
prettiest girls In The world. brother. this 10 whEe
they live-here In the mountains, just hump
yourself out anywhere within the Aforesaid terri.
tory and YOU will md them. thick ~ the leaves
In Vsiombrosa. Take them as they come and
wen match them against even the girls Of AlRe-
clras. dollars against doughnuts. every time.
No wonder we feel that we have the outlying
districts Of the Gatlon bucked up against the
ropes and gasping for breath. With Sea and sky,
hills Of splendor and valleys Of dream. we crown
Il all with the miracle Of miracies-thc Whitley
rri In her matchless beauty OF face and form,
her virtue and her rcd lips OF laughter
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The statements which the circular says were
made by the President through his secretary are
absolutely false. There was no denial
Of any claims. There was simply refusal 90 say
anything about the contest In any way.-From a
letter signed bu Secretary LOEB.
The President has not interfered and viii not
Interfere in any such matter. Tit President
wrote Mr.. JEkKLSs. as he has written various
other Senators and Congressmen.-From a sker
SIGNED BY Acting Secretary FORSTER.
Have they all acquired. Intentionally
or unoonsoiously. the peouliarities Of his
literary style and his little habits Of
phraseology?
Or is II that In his Unreasonable activity
he reverses the usual relation between
principal and clerk and writes or dictates
all these minor communications himself.
merely requiring, his private secretaries
to sign them?
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The Roman Catholic Congress in
London.

The Roman Congress I'm
London.
A memorable proof Of the extent to
which religious liberation is now car
ried In enlightened countries is afforded
by the meeting of the BemaD. Catholic.
Eucharistic Congress, now being held
in London under the presidency Of
Cardinal V~ANNUTRILI, one Of the most
distinguished members Of the Roman
Curia, who is acting as Papal Legate,
the first Legate, by the way. who has
been seen in England since the time
Of Cardinal POLE.
The Pope's chosen representative on
his arrival in the British metropolis
was welcomed by no fewer than six
members Of the Sacred College, includ-
ing Cardinal GIBBONS Of Baltimore and
Cardinal SANcHA Of Toledo, besides
many Archbishops and Bishops and a
multitude OF Catholic ecc~lesiastics and
laymen. The sessions Of the congress
will take place in Westminster Cathedral
and plans have been made for a process
sion on Sunday, in which the Host will
be carried through the streets. The
delegates to the congress have made no
mistake in relying on English hospi-
tally, and no unfavorable comment on
their contemplated proceedings has been
heard from the respectable section Of
the London press, but not on that &C
count must it be supposed that the en-
bers Of Protestant rancor have not been
stirred. More than fifty Protestant
associations have protested against a
reception of the Papal Iegate by their
sovereign. and through the Home Secre-
tary have petitioned the King TO forbid
the intended street procession.
1t il now ~fifty-seven years since the
last outbreak Of anti Catholic bigotry
occurred in England. That explosion
OF fanatioism was excited by the APP
pointment Of eminent Catholic ecclesi-
astics, all Of them British subjects, not
to archbishoprics and bishoprics in
pdrtibus, but to o e bearing English
names and o~stensibly representing Eng
lish localities. One Of the appointees,
for example, was termed Archbishop OF
Westminster, an Office that does not
now exist in the Anglican Church. On
the face OF things such dignities were
purely titular. They represented no
authority except the moral one re-
spected by the body Of faithful Cath
olios. They were not recognized by the
law. The term Bishop, given to a
Roman Catholic residing in England,
Meant no nor than it does when APP
piled to a supervising officer Of the
Methcdist Church. Beyond a doubt
Roman Catholics in England after tho
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-10

Alabama's ~irrepressible Governor Is
so surfeited with virtue that he is about
to summon the Legislature in extra ses-
sion with a view to upsetting the United
States Constitution. He seems to want
a State constabulary that will pursue
shipments Of liquor under the inter-
state commerce law and 80 hinder the
individual In the enjoyment Of his o n
stitutional rights. The scheme, II car
ried into effect. will make a g little
hole in Alabama's treasury and also
provide Governor Conner with n force
of janissaries to render life intolerable
to all who do not agree with him.
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Trophies OF the Chase.

from We aVSaS Cty otdr.
In the day. when buffalo stiil roamed the plains
of Kansas In countless NUMBER q great many
limiting parties came over from Europe 10 have
a hand In their slaughter. Ont party was CON-
posed Of q FrenchmAn named Auguste Rouzand.
the nrst husband OF Christine Nilsson. the phma
donna. and an Ensiishman, a Mr.. Blackmore,
from London. They arrived at Dode City one
day In the fall with a carload Of equipment, In.
Guiding every sort Of deiicacy that the market
afforded and several large trunks fall of bright
new butcher knives. A detachrseAt Of the Sixth
Cavalry from Fort Dodge was detailed to accom-
pany them. and probably no command ever Jared
better than that one did. The Engishmsn sho,
q few buffalo and the soldiers Slaughtered them
by the hundreds. But the Frenchman didn't kill
one. Instead, as fast as the animals were sho,
he would take one Of his brand new butcher
knives, plunge II Into the slain animal unit, I,
was smeared with blood. wrap II carefully In
tissue paper and put Il back In the trunk az a
trophy OF the chase 10 exhibit when Ne got back
TO Paris a. proof OF his mighty proves az 4
hunter. That was his Idea Of sport.