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The sun., 1908-02-21

The breeze from the South brings to our
ears the clash OF resOunding fists Captain
j. o. THOMPSON, Collector of Internal Reve-
nue. and -leader Of the Administration fac
ton in Alabama. and former Congressman
ALDRICH were at Birmingham, where the
Republican State committee was to meet.
Mr.. THOMPSON and Mr.. ALDRICH met in
hotel lobby. A despatch to the Atlanta
Constitution paints for us the exhilarating
scene:
ALDRICH was talking about she efforts of RoOse
welt onnoehOlders to run the Republican party and
said no self-respecting Republican would follow
q man whose mouth was fun OF White House pie
and who got his orders from the same place. Cap
tain THOMPSON said something about liars and
In an instant the we're pounding each other
Others tried 70 take part and free for all tight
was only prevented by the police.
Both men were bleeding when separated
though ALDRIcR seemed to have received more
punishment than THOMPSON
There an different stories as TO he nrst blow
Friends OF ALoRIcH say that It was struck by
THOMPSON and from behind, while ALDRIcH's
head was turned 70 speak to rend"
Mr.. THOMPSON seems to have won,
whether by his superior manly virtues OF
by his oppOrtunism. In any case, a decent
citizen whose zeal for the Cause and labors
for harmony are sure TO be appreciated by
the Boxer in Politics.
The sun., 1908-02-21
Joe Bailey In Texas.

What THE sun predicted many months
ago has come to pass In Texas. GEORGE
W. RIDDLE, president Of the State Demo-
cratic Club, has issued a call for con-
vention at Waco on March 7, and the
chief object of this is to prevent the Hon.
JOSEPH w. BAILEY from being sent to
Denver as a delegate at large.
1t is a singular proof Of the deep
seated animosity in respect Of BAILEY
that the Waco convention will also fight
against the evils in political and official
life which have come to be generally
grouped under the name of Baileyism, =
but this is q matter for Texans. What
the outside world can understand and
follow with intelligent vigilance and
zeal is the attempt TO keep BAILEY of
the list of delegates to Denver.
Here is an achievement that fairly
bristles with difficulty. The mere fact
that the Texas Democrats have so much
as considered it shows they are thor
oughly aroused. The Texas Senators
have hitherto served as delegates at
large by virtue of their Office. There
have been no nominations in their cases,
to employ the term broadly. They have
been regarded as delegates eE oficiO.
At the same time there is no established
rule in the premises. The custom has
been observed by general consent. Now
the Texas Democrats propose to ignore
the unwritten law, to get together at
Waco next month and to change the
habit and usage Of the party in one
particular case. Evidently the feeling
is very strong. We can imagine, indeed,
that a particularly sensitive man might
withdraw his pretensions in such a case,
and IL he wanted the position fight for
it on his private merits az others will
have to.
Nevertheless, the enterprise of the
Democratic Club Of Texas is beset with
obstacles. In this town and in Washing
ton BAILEY is known as a man of special
intellectual and professional equipment.
He is large of voice and gesture, fruitful
Of well chosen language, a notable and
shrewd parliamentarian. but never very
convincing morally. How they regard
him in Texas we can only guess. But
the fight seems to be on, and in common
with others we shall watch il with great
interest
The sun., 1908-02-21
Absolutely UnanlmOus.

Our copy Of the following important
document may be defective or emotion
may have crowded the parts Of speech
Of its makers:
The Democratic State central committee OF
Ohio In regular session assembled this 18Th day Of
February 1908. is not unmIndfuI OF the fact that
the Democratic State convention OF 1909. which
created II. demanded with great enthusiasm an
absolute unAnlmity nomination for the Presidency
In 1908 by the national Democracy that unchAl-
lenged leader. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. and this
committee believes that Il Is but echolng that de-
mand. grown stronger with the march Of each
days events. when It now renews and ndorses the
candidacy of Mr.. BRYAN and pledges him It's sup
port 10 the approaching campaign for the nom
nation"
The expression approaching campaign
for the nomination is unfortunate. Mr.
BRYAN is not seeking the nomination, and
he makes from five to fifteen speeches and
addresses day merely to screen himself
from the alteration Of his party and the
public eye. Yet when the nomination is
pressed upon him with great enthusiasm
and absolute eunanimity how can he resist? {?
Indeed, he is counting the guests at dollar
dinners and estimating the size of the
crowds that hear him; and feels the same
hopefulness that persuaded him in 1895
and 1900 that people vote ss they listen.
But this is no campaign. This is the
third battle; and Mr.. BRYAN is absolutely
unanimous in believing that he can win.
We see that fine, tragicomedy visage,
more deeply lined; that rotund, comfort
able person made meagre by banting
Time; we hear that everlasting voice still
rolling but now with decided squeak
in ii: My friends, no man was ever beaten
q tenth time for the Presidency"
IL Is 1895: and Mr.. BRYAN is still abso-
lutely unanimous.
The sun., 1908-02-21

We fear that the Virgin ian Pilot is an
ally Of the railroads. Otherwise why does
il strike a fruitless blow at the sublime
head Of the Hon. HoKE SMITH? Comment
ing on the assertion said TO have been made
by Governor SMITH that he joined total
abstinence society when he was -, has been
a Presbyterian elder for years and never
visited that Atlanta art palace endearsd
To mankind as the perch Of the HOkesmith
Victory, -our erring contemporary writes
n he has been On abstaIaer by pledge all these
years and Prohibltionst on principle since tia t
became an Issue. how can he account to his con
science or the Dubc Judgment for having partIcl-
pated IN the prOhts from rum shop maintained
In house OF which be was Joint proprietor"
We had not supposed that any American
with heart in his bosom and a bosom in
his shirt was ignorant Of the glorious fact
that HoKE SMITHS thirds, his third share
Of the profits Of the art palace was always
spent on arithmetics and spelling books for
the cOIored youth Of Georgia
The sun., 1908-02-21
NO RAckMArd StepI

From PTeIi6eHS Rooseesrs dnnWdI message Of tsna.
Whenever either corporation labor union
or individual disregards tho law or acts In
q spirit Of arbitrary and tyrannous inter
ference with the rights of others, whether
corporations or individuals, then where the
Federal Government has jurisdiction Il will
sec to IL that the misconduct 10 stopped.
paying not the slightest heed to the poaition
or power Of the corporation, he union or
the individual. but only TO one vital fact
that is, the question whether or not the
conduct Of the individual or aggregate Of
individuals is in accordance with the law
Of the land.
Every man must be guaranteed his lib
srty and his right 20 do a. he likes with his
property or his labor, 80 long as he does
not infringe the rights Of others. No man
is above the law and no man ls below it;
nor do We ask any mans permission when
We require him to obey It. Obedience TO
the law is demanded as a right. not asked
. a. favor.
We have cause as nation TO be thankful
for the steps that have been so successfully
taken to put these principles into effect.
The progress has been by evolution, not by
revolution. Nothing radical has been done;
the action has been both moderate and
resolute. Therefore the work will stand.
There shall BE- no bGekWGrd SteT
The sun., 1908-02-21

sent Of the Senats. President RoosE-
WELT declined TO accept the amendment
last year on the ground that It would
be an atfront to the other signatories OF
the treaty. IL appears that since then
Secretary Roof has sounded not only
France but Great Britain, Germany,
Italy, Spain, Portugal and Switzerland,
or In other words all Of the countries
with which arbitration treaties have
been signed, and In every instance has
ascertained that assent would be given
to the amendment. Under the cirCum-
stances there could be no reasonable
objection TO the change proposed by the
Senate, and It has accordingly received
the approval Of the Executive.
OF course, the general treaty OF arbi-
tratiOn with France does not bind US TO
refer to arbitration ali matters that may
be subject TO dispute. Questions affect
ing the vital interests, the independence
or the honor Of the two contracting
States, or involving the interests of
third parties, are expressly excluded
from the operation Of the compact.
AAAo EAAAAIG NOuAO lOl OC nHhIN w "a VI
trate any matters in which the interests
Of her Russian ally might be concerned;
neither could England, under similar
treaty. be called upon to make the same
disposition Of controversies by which
the interests Of her Japanese ally might
be affected. The application OF the
treaty, therefore, is narrowed TO differ
enoes Of a purely legal nature or relat-
ing to the Interpretation OF treaties ex-
isting between the two siGnatories which
it has not been possible to settle by
diplomacy. But while it is true that the
matters referable 10 the machinery for
arbitration established at The Hague by.
the convention Of July. 1899. may seem
relatively unimportant, they will help to
form the habit Of substituting arbitration
for war
1t is incomparably better for the pro-
motion OF universal peace that the
amendment upon which the Senate in
sisted should be accepted than that all
OF the seven arbitration treaties nego-
tiated by our State Department should
become waste paper Some Of the most
authoritative constitutional lawyers in
the Senate doubted whether, without
violation Of our Federal organic law,
the Senate could relieve itself of the
duty imposed upon it by ratifying a gen.
eral arbitration treaty, and they thought
that the precise scope and terms of each
protocol arranged under such a treaty
should be referred to the Senate for
specific approval. As the other sigma
tories Of the seven treaties have ac-
quiesced in such a reference, the ground
for Mr.. ROOsEvELT's objection to it has
been cut away under his feet.
The sun., 1908-02-21

VARNuM LINCOLN OF Andover, Mass, has
left by will 5000. the annual income OF
which Is 20 be distributed in cash prizes
to the best spoilers at a spelling bee. Mr..
LINCOLN, like some of the rest Of US. had
learned 70 spell in the old fashioned way.
To him simplifoation was "a vexation and
BRANDER MATTHEWS was as bad. He
determined "to inculcate the art OF real
spelling in the minds Of posterity." No
doubt he had taken part in many Il spelling
bee, sometimes in the school itself, when
sides would be "chosen," as in village
baseball, and phalanx would fight against
phalanA until only one survivor was left.
The art so acquired was naturally priced,
and we dare say that Mr.. LIECoLN's mod
est benefsctiOn will be at lesst as useful TO
the world rs Mr.. CARNEGIE's more literally
endowed efforts to make the world share
his photographed or geographical eccen-
tricities.
The sun., 1908-02-21
COURTEOUS BOSTON.
A stranger within Her Gates wOnderinEIy
Records n.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Sir: Ar
rived at the Huntington avenue station In
this city the night before last. / was put into
a cab by BOstonian OF Celtic race who was
polite without being servile. IL presently
appeared that by mistake he had ensconced
me in the wrong carriage. for while he was
looking up my heavy luggage the real owner
put in an appearance Very soon the ineVi-
table CONFORMATION Aook place. concerning the
result OF which ! Was very curious. being
certain other An .,can and European cities
Did the fur ny: By no means. The Celtic
sense OF humor triumphed over the awk-
wardness OF the situation, aided no doubt by
the influence OF Boston education. and there
ensued a yeritable after you. my dear Gas
toni" controversy, with the result that the
cabby who made the original mistake actually
Iy, though 4 was late on bitter cold night,
with all the other passengers already de-
Next day visited one. OF Boston's largest
department stores. and while wandering
through the kitchen department chanced to
see an artic e labelled Sad Iron In charge
81 the table was a tall. very prin. but by no
Salem OF Someryille. Mass, all over.
will you kindly tell me what sad IRON
Certainly, sir came the answer in clean
cut Bostonese. I0ne OF the old meanings OF
the English word sad is heavy a sad iron is
therefore an unusually heavy hatlron."
Her attempts to interest me in the merits
Of that particular iron we're lost on me. for
was too daZed to listen.
The two incidents related above are strictly
true. EDWARD BRKCE
BosroN, February 10.
The sun., 1908-02-21

vaporiSh. A utiR brseze would soon blow
away all thsss arabosques oR mists. these
departing visitors Of the night, and sold
sarth emerge. And then We should have
lost the ovanososut moods OF TryoD. YER
satillty is tempting, but ls often the thief
Of originality.
brothers, Clifford and Reynolds. viii tackle
anything from a oatboat 70 a precipice.
from moonshine TO a wood interior. They
are showing their work until the 10Th at
the Baner-Folsom Galleries, 500 Fith ave-
nue. They run an oven mech 20 neck, II
such critical comparison bo necessary; but
Reynolds Beal, with his greater rhythmic
sense and histy marines, has the advantage
over his brother a. far as thomo is con-
cerned. "A Fresh Breeze" 10 q buoyant
picture, as l. also Fishing on Block Isl-
and C1lriouSly enough, In hiS treatment
Of water and waves and sky and In general
composition 0inord fairly suggests those
old fashioned but always dshghtful marine
painters yam der Vslde and Baokhuisen
Not, however, In musfaness cf coloring, but
In the Welter and shapes Of his swells and
the pitch Of his boats. Otherwise hs is
fresh and clear In paint and with little
afiliatiOn 20 ultraimpressiouistio methods.
Compare Maufra's dancing Whitecapa with
those OF Reynolds BeaL ThSn you may
Conceds tho OOmparisOn with the classic
Dutohmen.
0iMord Beal's most ambitious canvas h
called -RsfleCtion." It In big and effective.
We prefer, however. the more intimate
Summer Morning. No. 0, . park under
trees, with hints and tints Of Monticello.
There 10 nice feeling In the Summer Land
scape.' But We can't admire the water Of
the torrent. II 10 more like nooCulent snow
than q fOaming liquid. It IN lmmoblle
like a cascade In Baudelaire's metallic land
scape. The Cascade No. Q. 10 better with
it's blush whites and terra corta house. A
tendency 20 prettifying may be disoerned
occasionally in the pictures Of this am
bilious fraternal pair.
The recent exhibition Of eight American
painters at the Macbeth Galleries was a
very successful one. The attendance was
a. large AZ at an Academy show. The
pictures sold were as follows: Two by Ar
thur B. Davies. two by Robert Henri, one
by George Luks. the old Waman with the
goose Cbetter known a. "Leda and the
Duck"); one by Lawson--the snow scene;
and one by Everett Shinn. a girl daANcinE
The curtain rose last Tuesday nc these
same galleries on a new exhibition OF forty
selected paintings by living American artists
IL lasts until March z.
The sun., 1908-02-21
Inspiration for Senator Bourne.

At a time when Senator JONATHAN
BOURNE Of Oregon is overwhelmed with
manuscripts entered for the 81 900 prize
which was offered by him for the best
essay setting forth why Mr.. ROOSEVELT
should have a third term, welcome en-
couragement comes from President PoR-
FIRIo DIAZ Of Mexico, who is now serving
his sixth term:
There can be do doubt that Mr.. ROOSEVELT is
. strong. pure man, patriot who understands his
country and loves It we'll The American fear OF a
third term seems to me to be without any Just
reason There can be no question OF principle In
the matter II majority OF the people OF the United
States approve his policies and want him to con.
tinue his work"
The message has been brought to the
United States by the veraci6us JAMES
CREELAiAN. For twenty-seven years.
writes Mr.. CREELAdAN, "he has governed
the Mexican Republic with such power
that national elections have become
mere formaities.'
President DIAz conaded to Mr.. CREEL-
MAN the reason Of his self-perpetuation
in office. He had tried to leave the Presi-
denCy several times, but could not graf
ify his desire. One thing particularly
impressed him:
The fact that the price OF Mexican securities
dropped eleven points when was III At Cuena.
indicates the kind Of evidence that persuaded
me to overcome my personal inclination to retire
70 private nfe"
Mr.. ROOSEVELT seems 10 have an
even stronger title to the Presidential
Office, because American securities
dropped a great many more points than
eleven, not when he was i'll, but while he
enjoyed robust and aggressive health.
The sun., 1908-02-21
Premature Burial.

The Massachusetts, bill for the pre-
vention of premature burial, or @encof-
finment,' as the short title puts its pur-
pose. which is said to have the support Of
two members of the United States Su-
preme Court, provides that in every case OF
apparent death of a human being eleven
specified tests for the discovery Of life
shall be applied to the body before prep
aratiOns for burial are begun The tests
would be made by two physicians in per-
son, one Of them representing the Board
Of Health, and the cost of the service
would be borne by the town or city in
which the death occurred
This bill has provoked much discus
sion in Massachusetts,, and a substantial
sentiment in its favor exists among ply
scians and surgeons. The possibility
of premature burial is recognized as a
real danger, and authenticated instances
Of it are on record in sufficient number
to operate powerfully on the popular
imagination. None of the tests provided
for in the bill il of such a nature as to
arouse the opposition of surviving kins-
men or friends. IL seems, indeed, a
highly proper enactment.
We're such law enforced in any State
and only one premature burial prevented
by It's operation similar statutes would
be found soon on the books of every
State. The Importance OF the subject
is. so great that the neglect with which
it has been treated in this country is
aYrrrfasnm
The sun., 1908-02-21
THE ISTHMIAN QUARANTINE.
Needless HardshIps inflicted on South
American Republics.

To THE EDIToR OF TEE SUN--Sir: After
a residence OF eleven years in South America
will you permit me to call attention 20 prac-
tics on the Isthmus OF Panama which un-
dOubtediy is doing US q great injury on the
west coast OF South American I refer 20 the
absurd quarantine restrictions and regulA-
tions on the Isthmus.
Our Government has been working for
more than a year in an effort to make salts
factory treaty arrangements with the Repub-
ties on the Isthmus are more than offending
Colombians by auaIsnunlnS against every
single Colombian port; Had Had there ever de-
on the Isthmus from any Colombian port
there ght be some excuse for the rule.
American Consul certifes there Is not q single
case OF contagious or Infectious disease, for
the Isthmus, and like all others. must 20 to a
filthy detention station at Panama for four
days. am prepared to take my oath that
the first night spent in that place was kept
leapfrog over my bed and scempering around
the room. The bath and toilet rooms are
nlthy. and the wire cloth which "a supposed
places. 40 that mosquitoes, house hies. &c.
might enter and leave without hindrance.
people aud an outrage on the travelling pub
lie that must cross the lsthmus. Women
to take but limited amount Of hand baggage.
and a lady may be huddled into a room with
six OF eight others, not knowing any OF the
We are most ably represented by dipio-
matte and consular representatives in Co
lOmbia but IL II questionable " they can do
much toward winning the good will or the
COlombians when all Colon bians who do
time in orr detention station 70 forth as
propa ~ ndists against US.
Our Government is more than generous
in providing rot only elegant but sumptuons
nuarters for those in charge of this work on
the fsthmuS. but these arrogant, well paid
and well cared for gentlemen appear TO an
outside sufferer as wishing to convey the
imnreSaion that a few brass buttons give
authority to do as they please with the travel
ling public. The travelling public OF course
must nav for keep and conveyance to and
from the .wretcbed station.
u would be absurd tn maintain that the
good health of our DeoDle on the Isthmus iS
due in anv degree to the absurd quarantine
admiDiSt ration. The prevailing good health
of the lnhabits nts on the IEthinns 10 due I q
the now good sanitation Ia Panama and
Colon, which before our taking the Isthmup
had no s~stem Of sanitation. and the intell-
Rence Of the inhabitants in obeyinR ordinary
common sense.
" we are to win the trade and good will
0f South America let US treat the peOple ~
thst country as human beings, and " We can
not e0ual them In courtesy let us obIige our
Government employees q least to be civil
with them. D. c. STAPLEToH
NEw YORK, February 20
The sun., 1908-02-21
The Arbitration Treaty with France
Ratified.

That was an important telegram from
Washington which we printed yesterday,
the despatch announcing that in secret
session the Senate had ratified the arbi-
tration treaty with France. IL is i'm
portant, first, because it represents a
victory Of the Senate az against the
Executive, and secondly, because Il
affords q precedent for the ratification
Of half q dozen other treaties which ex-
press our wish to make good, az far as
We are concerned, the failure Of the
second peace conference to secure an
agreement for arbitration on the part of
all the participating Powers.
The treaty now sanctioned, the sig
nifcant features Of which we printed
yesterday, is on its face identical with
that submitted to the Senate by our
State Department last year, except that
II Includes the amendment upon which
the Senate then insisted as a condition
Of ratification. Tho amendment pro-
vides that every special agreement for
arbitration In q particular case shall be
made by the President OF the United
States, by Gnd'with the advice and con-
The sun., 1908-02-21
In. Cau.s. OF D..,itntion.

To TIE EDITOR or THR SUN-.Sn. Or. Funk
asks whether DR.. Howard Crosby was In error
when he said: "As president OF the Society for
the Prevention OF Crime had the facts Investl-
gated and found that there was scarcely a single
case Of destitution that not due directly or In
directly 20 alcoholic liquors.
II Dr. CrOsby used these exact words he un-
doubtedly did so IN good faith, but his Observa-
tons must have been limited. for the conclusions OF
other competent observers are quite different
In his book on american Charities Professor
Amos @. Warner says that the causes grouped
under the heading Matters OF Employment theing
lack OF employment, lnsufncient employment.
poorly paid employment. unhealthy or dangerous
emplOymenD account for somewhat more than
one-third OF the destituton dealt with by the
American societies In llve leading cities" The
remainder Is accounted for as follows:
causes indicating misconduct" drink lmmor-
atty, IaEnessl. seodt one-quarter Of the whole
lumber.
Shlftlessness and ineficency; In no nationality
does the number due 10 these causes reach one
third OF the total.
An statistics Of charitable organizations show
that the real trouble with the majority OF people
who seek relief Is lack OF work and experienced
charity workers know that for every man destl-
tute because OF drink there are at least two men
who have taken 70 drink because Of destltutlon and
hOpslessness.
I heartily concur with Dr. Funks statement
that Il Is a moral and economic blunder for the
Government 10 make It hard for people 20 DO right
and easy 20 do wrong hut our restrictive laws tn
the mass OF whch he would add another, are OF
this character.
the enormous taxes on the liquor traino arc
great cause OF drunkenness; they restrict com
petition. encourage adulteratlon Of liquor. raise
profits and surround the consumption OF alcoholic
beverages with an ARTIFICIAL glamour. The remedy
Is not 10 the direction or attempted prohibition
but IN general economic and social Improvement.
NEw YORK. February 10. BOLTON HALL.