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The pemocraiIc Opportunity.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: There
are many reasons for expecting Democratic
gains at the next election. How can the party
best avail itself Of the unsatisfactory condi-
tons In public affairs which may Yghtfully
be laid at the door of the Republican party?
In no recent campaign have the Democrats
been so well supplied with potent arguments.
already impressed deeply and well digested
by the people. Pernicious legislation. Fed
eral bureaucracy. tariff wrongs. financial dis
organization. prosecution that nearly perse-
cutes and scores of similar causes cry aloud
for a change at Washington. To grasp the
Denver problem.
Two things, and two only, are needed to
enable this party to elect the next President.
Offer the people. FIRST a man Of proved hon.
esty, ability and conservatism; secondly. one
whose life Is 80 typical of American possibili-
ties as to stir the heart Of the voter
Something OF that FIRE must be kindled
which blazed into hero worship from stories
Of the plain begnn ings Of Lincoln. the rail
splitter Grant. the tanner; Garfield. the tow
path boy. Such lives always did touch the
voters like wildfre. and they always will: and
some such strong. simple. typical man Is
needed now to rally all the Democrats and
powerfully appeal to that independent vote
which must be reckoned with.
IL is probably true that John johnson is
such man. As Bryan man and speaking
for him when many business men were afraid
Mr.. Bryan, but not withstanding his uneaua lied
siren 9Th in the party everywhere new can
didate under conditions mentioned above
might fire the ina ginations aud touch the
hearts of the people, j. e. VAUGHAN.
NEW YORK, May 10.
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Wood Thrnsh and nuck.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuH-.Sfr; was In Pros
pect Park last Saturday evening. The weather was
somewhat chill and most OF the birds were silent
But one notable exception was a wood thrush. Il
was perched on a low branch OF q tree near the
lake, and In the words OF Keats poured forth Its
soul In ecstasy" j observed those who passed it
by-and they were many-but not one In nifty paid
the least attention 10 It. Presently however duck
began 10 auack loudly on the lake. As II by com
mon impulse the people stopped and craned their
necks in the direction OF the commotIon. Where.
upon mused thus: To be wood thrush In this
world 10 TO be generally ignored or treated with
indifference; but TO be a loud quacklng duck --l
with sigh turned about and resumed my walk.
NEW YORK. May is, SxLvAspa
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Explanatory.

Ancient peysons who keep tab on things
political fron1kthe days of NoAB's boss
ship will tell you that in given cases it is
customary to chloroform man by max
ing him chairman of this or that political
gathering; also IL you want him to be
active in an interest or for candidate
you must keep him upon the floor Of the
aforesaid political body where his oppor-
tunities for spouting at the chairman
and others are freer
Perhaps President ROOSEVELT in rec
ommending the selection of Senator
BEvERIDGE of Indiana to be temporary
chairman of the Republican national
convention had in mind the fact that
the Grand Young Man is one Of the
Hoosier delegates at large instructed to
use every honorable means to bring
about the nomination Of CHARLES WAR
Rem FAIRBANKS as President. Perhaps
the President felt too keenly Senator
BEvERIDGE's admiration and fondness
for his former colleague in the Senate
and for four years his titular presiding
officer, and maybe the President was
alarmed lest the activities of Senator
BEvERIDaE and his flashes Of political
genius on the floor Of the convention
might rebound too strenuously for Can
didate FAIRBANKS, even to bringing him
in a winner. Alive as the President is to
every exigency, was not his recommen-
dation of Senator BEvERIDeE to be tenn
porary chairman Of the convention an
indication that Mr.. ROOSEVELT still has
a lurking suspicion Of FAIRBANKs's
strength and Of BEyEBIDoE's utter and
comprehensive fealty to the tall Indian
ian3 II BRyRRIDoE could be shelved In
the temporary Office the doom Of FAIR
BANKS would indeed be sealed.
Happily BEvERiDoE, through the be-
nign decision Of the subcommittee Of
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A revolutionary and lawless element
In the House Of Representatives is en-
deavoring to crowd through by force
and political blackmail some measure Of
anti-injunction. They threaten sedi-
tious and sinister combination with the
destructive Representatives Of the De-
mocracy. Something must be done that
these unworthy Representatives may be
secure in the seats that they now dis
grace. Let them pass such bill II they
can, but let it be passed on the frank
admission that 1t 10 based upon an inso-
lent lie. BY an insolent lie we mean
the statement that has been made to
Congress that
in a number OF cases this power Of Injunction
has been used to the grave injury Of the rights Of
laboring men
Coupled with this a preceding state
ment that the writ of injunction
has sometimes been abused heediessiy and un-
justly and that some Of the injunctions issued
inalct grave and occasionally irreparabie wrong
upon those enjoincd."
Both these statements are deliberate
falsehoods. They form the basis Of the
urgent appeal which President RoosE-
WELT has made, and upon this appeal
alone rests the proposed outrage,
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The Forest Reserve Bill Asphyxiated.

The Forest Reserve Bill Asphyxiated.
The White Mountain and Appalachian
forest reserve bill, which carried an
appropriation of 5000, 900, passed the
Senate on Saturday last, and the House
had an opportunity before adjournment
to send the bill to the President for his
signature. The amendment declaring
one Of the purposes Of the bill to be the
preservation of @the navigability of nav
igable streams left Senator TELLER, who
protested that the original bill was un-
constitutional, not leg to stand upon,
and Its opponents in the House would be
in the same fix IL they were to attack
the bill on constitutional grounds.
Apparently it is the intention Of the
Speaker, who has shown no partiahty
for the plan Of forest reservation pro-
posed, to exclude the bill from the floor.
At the time 1t passed the Senate 1t was
in the possession of a subcommittee Of
the Committee on Agriculture. There
the bill is buried for the remainder of
the session. To this conclusion we are
persuaded by the bill reported from the
Committee on Agriculture on Monday
which authorizes the appointment Of
commission to investigate the connec-
ton between the preservation Of forests
within watersheds and navigable rivers
having their sources in the Southern
Appalachians and White Mountains.
The National Forest Commission, for so
the body is to be called, will consist of
five Representatives and five Senators.
1t is to report before January /, 1909.
The sum Of $4,000 is appropriated to
enable the Secretary OF Agriculture to
supply expert advice on forestation, &c,
and he may agree with landowners to
protect private forest lands in the water
shed Of any navigable stream. Imagine
the pulp companies now engaged in strip
ping the Presidential Range calling upon
Mr. WILSON to preserve the watershed
which they control! We read in Wash
ington despatch:
This bill Is considered forerunner OF the crea
tlon ofthe Appalachian reserve and will be brought
before the House without delay. In the opinion
Of the advocates OF the policy II will pass the House
by a decisive vote"
1t ought to be entitled "A Bill to Avoid
and Indefinitely Postpone the Creation
Of White Mountain and Appalachian
Forest Reserve" since that is plainly its
purpose. So far as the inquiry imposed
upon the commission is concerned the
evidence proving connection between
the preservation Of watershed forests and
navigable rivers is already abundant
and conclusive; it is besides obvious to
the simplest mind without the aid Of
statistics To none will the subterfuge
Of the House to, escape a. vote on the
forest reserve bill bring more elation
than to the lumber interests that want
another winter to denude the fianks of
the White Mountains.
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Repressins the street Dancer.

To THE EDITOR or THE Sus-Str: In the Live
Topics About Town" column recently there ap-
peared note on the performance OF acrobatic
stunts by ragamufins before hand organs on the
streets and the collection OF contributions from on :
lockers. This Is merely another form OF begging
which has been found lucrative to both the boy and
the organ grinder. The busy localities are under
continuous watch BY officers Of this society. who
patrol them for the purpose OF breaking up these
practices and boys are frequently taken into Gus
tody.
Only recently at Twenty seventh street and
Broadway three little boys were entertaining crowd
by dancing and tumbling to the tune of THE Merry
widow" They we're taken into custody and to the
society rooms, where each washed, clothed and
fed Two OF them were the next day discharged
TO their the socetys request and the third
sent 20 hospital for treatment The society takes
into custody an average OF nifty such boys MONTH
f. FELLOWS JENKINS.
Secretary and Superintendent g. p. c. C.
NEW YORK, May 49,
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microscopes II everybody in Ken
lucky didn't know all about the man
and were eick and tired Of himt Be-
sides which PowRRs has already been
nominated for Congress- expectation
Of his speedy release and the whole
State 10 eager for the campaign.
Governor WILSON ought TO get q
move on him, as the saying goes. He is
pleasing nobody as things are now,
satisfying no aspirations. either Repub-
lican or Democratic. The very menwho
broke away from BEoKHAM and made
BRADLEY Senator are disgusted, and
Kentucky bids fair to vanish from de-
batable ground In this years campaign,
returning to its ancient love
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We throw thrift to the winds when 1t
comes to the matchbox. Tho French afford
us q aiming example Of economy IN this
little detail Of expense.
Their Government ekes out its income by
monopolizing the sale Of matchee and can
therefore account for the consumption down
10 the last flicker. II reports that the aver
age consumption per capita in France In
1908 was l.oss matches. or 2.so q day for
every man. woman and child in tho repub-
lio. This represents an annual expenditure
by every individual In France OF little less
than twenty-five oents for ignition matches,
Of which eighteen cents goes into the ma
tional treasury.
Such figures are enough to appal the
stoutsst hearted American smoker. who
probably squanders an average OF three
matches on every pipeful OF tobacco. and
cigarette smokers would think famine had
struck hard II they were reduced to less
than three matches day.
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Vision Of supreme Folly.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-.Sir; On the
day that Mr.. william j. Bryan shall be NOM
mated for the Presidency Gf such an event
takes place) a million good Democrats will
say audibly or to themselves, Defeated q gain: !:
What supreme folly It is to enter con test
with a large percentage Of the party either
lukewarm or in open hostility, especially
when that oontin gent shall be composed Of
men who love their country more than they
love their party and who believe the simple
plans OF self-governmen instituted by the
fathers and embodied in the Constitution OF
the United States should be restored and per-
petuated in this new country of splendid
resources j. T. II.
PROVIDENCE, r., l., Nav 49,
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Tn. Uu,port.man,,ks Eue.,.. Of Eu.,se. Mile.

To THE EpiroR or The SuN-Str: The British
are notably fond OF contrasting their spirit OF sports
manship and love OF fair play with that OF America.
Mr. Eustscc Miles. the tennis player. certainly is
not good loser. After bis Arst defeat In England
by Mr.. Gould he explained Il by saying he was out
Of training. Mr.. Gould was III at tho time he played
the match. but we venture to say he would not
have made u an excuse u he had been defeated.
After Mr.. MlIess recent games In America with
Mr.. Gould he again explained his failure TO win by
saying he was unfamiliar with American tennis
balls. After his play In London last Saturday with
Mr. Gould he alleged ns the cause Of his defeat that
he was annoyed by straw hat In the background.
Why does he not admit like man that Mr.. Gould
defeated him In three meetings because Mr.. Gould
played q better game, IL seems that the boastcd
English fair play ana sportsmanshlp has desener-
ated into plain Britain beliyachnG. JOHN DAvIB.
NEW YONG. May 20.
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rim Of the depression is bordcred by
enormous heaps Of crushed sandstone,
which does not differ from the surround
ing geological formation excepting that
1t contains many fragments OF meteoric
iron, which are also scattered for mile
or two around the crater.
The purpose Of the deep borings at the
bottom Of the depression is to reach IL
possible any large fragments Of the
enormous meteor whose terrific impact
with the surface OF the plain is now COM
monty believed by geologists to have
produced this hole. The depression 10
not at all unlike volcanic crater, and
the first Investigators believed that in q
past era it was the vent Of volcano.
But the weight Of evidence In favor OF
the meteoric hypothesis 10 much stronger,
and most geologists now incline to the
view that the smashing and metamor-
phism Of the sandstone Is hard to explain
In any other way.
So much meteoric iron is mingled with
this crushed rock that company for
two or three years has found IL profitable
to collect it. The company has made
borings in the hope Of finding some large,
intact meteoric mass, but without sue
cess, and the failure, it is thought, may
be explained on the ground that large
part Of the meteor was volatilized by the
intense heat generated at the moment OF
striking the surface, and the remaining
portions have in great part succumbed
to oxidation.
The company thinks, however, that at
a greater depth it may find large frag-
ments Of the meteor, and this Is the pur-
pose of the borings that are now to begin.
1t will not be surprising if the quest fails,
but at any rate the evidence in favor OF
the meteoric theory is generally regarded
as practically conclusive.
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WOULD THEY BE HIS GOVERNORS?
Another Term for Mr.. Roosevelt Viewed In
the Light OF tho Late Conference,

Another Term for Mr.. Roosevelt Viewed In
the Light OF tho Late Conference,
To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-SL: From
the first words OF the Constitution Of tho
United States to the last words Of the last
Amendment to the Constitution there Ii an
uninterrupted assertion that the States
gave being to the United States. not the
United States to the States. Whatever the
Federal Government has 1t has from the
several States, and what those States have
not expressly granted to the Federal Gov
ernment they have expressly withheld and
retain to themselves.
II would be more verbally accurate to
designate the Federal Government a. -the
States united for the furtherance Of def
mite interests possessed in common by the
several States than to designate 1t simply
as "the United States Instead. therefore,
Of the States bearing the virtual relation
Of counties to the Federal Government, they
are in law, IL not in fact. the constituent
units Of oonfederaoy. The President OF
the United States is, under the law-how-
ever he be in fact-merely the executive
officer chosen by the States, not by the cit-
zens as suoh, to carry into effect the laws
made or to be- made for the States by the
Congress Of the United States; that is, the
States united to legislate for the common
veal.
The above trite reflections are suggested
by the recent meeting of the Governors OF
the States at the invitation Of the Presi-
dent OF the United States. and under his
supreme direction.
While it may we'll be that the meeting OF
the Governors to discuss subjects OF inter-
est to each OF the States will be of benefit.
one cannot but be impressed by two cir
oumstanoes connected with the conference
which may have a serious influence on the
relation OF the States to the Federal Gov
ernment. These two circumstances are
the call OF the meeting by the President OF
the United States, and the predominant
position occupied by the Most Exalted
Parsonage relatively to that of the Gov
ernors.
So far as the present Lord OF the White
House is concerned there can be little doubt
that his Excelency regards the States as
related to him analogously to the relation
Of the counties Of the States TO their sew
eral Governors.
AS there appears to be very good pros
pect that the present Lord Of the White
House will continue to be its occupant after
March 4, 1909, the question of the relation
Governors Of the States il one that would
appear worthy of some consideration,
! especially as the Federal Constitution ap-
pears to be lapsing into desuetude.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, May 10. W. r. c.
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In an interview in Philadelphia Mr.
BRYAN. indicating the issues Of the Presi-
dental election. said on Monday:
There can be but one choice for the thinking
American cltixen--he should ally himself with the
Democracy and vote for the candidates whom II
shall please the Denver convention TO name"
Which means, we presume. that II the
candidate should prove to be JOHN A. JoHN-
SON Mr.. BRYAN would support him with all
his heart, an expression used by Governor
JOHNSON when asked II he would support
Mr., BRYAN in the event OF his nomination.
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unchar,table View Of a Recent Gathering.

To THE EDITOR or The SuS--Sr: The
conservation of our natural resources Ia
subject that should be kept constantly in mind
and interest in It never allowed to flag.
But the recent meeting OF Governors to
consider the subject seems to have been only
the stage setting to allow his Magnifcence to
strut and swagger with his gold lace and gilt
buttons accompaniments. and the object OF
the meeting relegated to second place.
New YORK, May 10. T.. r. W.
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Red Eyed Kentucky Chicken.


FTUW Hs BDeU NtVs'
George Ladenburger has a sure enough Curl
osity in the possession OF red eyed chicken. Il
Ia not the eyeds' that are red, as might be In
ferred. but the eyes themselves. The eyebaih arc
not bloodshot or innamed. but are OF a brilliant
crystal red. while the sights are also red. hut OF
adarker hue. so transparent are the eyes that
when the head OF the chicken is held between your
vision and the sun II appears as " the sun were
shining through from one eye to the other and the
head lighted up inside. The chick Is as healthy
and lively and can see a. perfectly as any In the
brood.
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Post Once Proposed for coieasl Stewart.
To THE EDITOR OF THB sus--.str: ! have this
day mailed souvenir postal card to Oolone William
r. Stewart at Fort Grant. Arizona. shall send him
either a card or letter daily for the next thirty
days. Let other readers OF THE SUN who are In.
terested In his do the same thing and u would
not be long before the Government would have TO
start post once at Fort Grant to look amer the
Coonels mail. SANUEL SAUNpRBs
NEW yopu Nav 10
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the Republican national committee, has
escaped that snare. He is at liberty 10
pursue without trammels or embarrass-
ments his prodigious efforts In the Vice
president's behalf.
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NV The Hon. Julius Cesar Burrows.
stella--who 10 the temporary chairman Of con-
ventiont
sella-Hs ia ne. man VINO makes sss ksysoIs
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Uses OF q London Church.


The church Of All Heliows. London Wall. presents
a strange appearance every morning. The build
Ing Ia opened early for the accommodation OF girls
and women who arrive In the city BY the work
mems" trains. which frequently arc run tsuch an
hour as 70 compel the passengers 70 make long
walt after arriving In the city for their pisces OF
business 10 open. short service 10 conducted
and then the congregation is permitted and even
encouraged to employ themselves with nsedis-erf
or with reading. Tho women and girls arc pro-
vided with reading matter. though care b taken
that II shall not ee TOO narrow In its range.
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n Our friends ,rbo favor " uah manuse,tpfs for
publication irish TO hars rejected arffcss rfurned ev
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The daily and Sunday sur 10 on sale In London
at Murray's Exchange, Trafalgar Buildings. North
umberiand avenue; Pain Mall American and Co.
ionial Exchange Carton street Regent street, and
DAVIS Steamship Agency. II Green street. Leicester
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Paris once. no Rue Louis 10 Grand. The daily and
Sunday editions are sale at Kiosque -, near the
Grand Hotel: Kiosaue ~. Boulevard des Capucines,
corner Place de ropera, and Kosque ~. Boulevard
des Italiens, corner Rue Louis 10 Grand.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-21
THE YOUNG REPUBLICAN.

I'm a business sense the young voters
who have come forward since 1904 have
more Mt stake than any other class In
rendering Il right decision. Their ac-
tive lives are ahead. They have more
wears to live. and are now laying the
foundations of their business careers
National policies and conditions are of
the highest consequence to them. Per
baps they are farmers. Ii SO, let them
ask the older generation how farmers
Jared under the last Democratic alnli,l-
istration. Let them take the MARKET
reports of to-day and compare til n
with the prices that prevailed when MIR.
BRYAN made his crusade for free silver
and hurled defiance ut President Cleye-
land because he stood by the golsl
Standard At the same time Bryan De
nounceG the Republican party Tor its
protectioniSt us we'll as sound money
position. Perhaps the first voter is to
engage in notwithstanding o. nlilflt-, rs
wa-t.-eainVr OF otherwise. Docs ne
want his american rate q wages and
TIL. Industry he chooses reasonably pso-
tected a4aiist foreign compe;iiioa| I!
.e does MI Niyan's leadel$hip 4
take hiln in tie opposite direet.an.-
St Louis Dem ei,lt.
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