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Mr.. BRYAN heard from Maine and was
happy, or pretended to be:
E" am very much gratned at ths returns from
Maine. They indicate that the trend toward the
Democratic party extends over the whole coun
try: they encourage Democrats to believe that
victory In November Is certain"
So CLOVIS the sunlight from the ucu
bers; and so the Kennebeo has q .trend"
to run up hill. and fire to freeze. A cor
respondent of the Washington Star was
In a Maryland town with Mr.. BRYAN the
other day. The Hon. DAVE LEWIS.
Democrat. is sure that he Is going TO
succeed Colonel GEORGE A. PEARRB as
Representative in Congress Of the Sixth
district. "The Colonel to put 1t poet
ically, has no more show than a fiapjack
at a famine party Struck by this joy
GUS confidence the correspondent CON
suited an ancient Democrat who knows
the district from a to zebra, and this was
the answer:
There amt much 10 tell and I'd be swfully
glad 10 tell Il II there was. But DAVE IN
always was a hopeful euss.-
Mr.. BRYAN is the Dave LOWS Of Ne
braska.
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the standpatters : without doubt, but
shall the nation permit the man who
makes grass grow and rain fall to hide
himself in the Senate chamber and en-
trust the mighty Department he has
ruled so long TO an amateura
IT'S Tama JIM who keeps the food
pure, the whiskey straight, the cattle
fed, the wheat field cultivated. Since
1897 he has regulated the weather,
counted the cotton bolls and fought
the cutworm. Under his guidance the
country has prospered; without him,
what may not be its fate?
Urgent as may be the needs OF the
standpatters Of Iowa they are not to
be compared with the necessities OF
the nation. The Federal Government
cannot spare Secretary WILSON. He
is where he should be. There he must
be left. From every farm and garden
patch between the Philippines and
Porto Rico there will rise a mighty cry:
Hands of Tama JIM The Hawkeye
reactionaries had better take notice.
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Peace In Central America.

The despatch Of a Mexican gunboat
to Honduran waters, in which the United
States Navy is already represented, has
led to rumors OF a closer understand
ing and agreement between the United
States and Mexico for the maintenance
OF peace in Central America. To such
an agreement there would probably be
no reasonable objection. The right
Of nations to intrude in the affairs
Of other nations, even neighbors, is
doubtful. In the present case there is
no question Of u~nwarranted intrusion.
The right Of nations to intervene in
quarrels in their immediate neighbor-
hood, the ground Of Intervention being
humanity or protection Of their own in
terests, was asserted by Mr. MCKINLEY
an the Cuban case in 1898 and was
accepted almost without dispute.
There is peace in Central America
to-day. Moreover, there is good ground
for belief that never before in the history
Of those countries has the prospect
for permanent peace been as promis-
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The Troubles Of an Heir.

The political identification Of Mr..
BRYAN with Mr.. ROOSEVELT has long
been clear to the former. At Cumber-
land, Md, last week Mr.. BRYAN was
actually taken for Mr.. ROOSEVELT, and
the mistake, II it was one, was made
by q sane person. Is a process OF
physical metamorphosis going on in Mr..
BRYAN? Is he coming to resemble in
looks his political double? A painful
change to the Peerless and to the public,
but who shall arrest the fatal march Of
development?
And, after all, would Mr.. BRYAN lose
or gain in matter Of jaw power and
vocal output by the substitution of the
Theodorian maxillary and lingual and
dental facilities for his own? A union
Of the two would be wicked as a trust
and beyond human patience.
But Mr.. BRYAN needs to be careful.
He Is being merged, occupied, over
whelmed. Neither his muscle, his
ayidity. his ~loquacity nor his energy is
e4ual to the besieger's. He lodges a
Tartar and q demon in his midst. Al
ready he must be struggling with
the dreadful and unconquerable guest.
At any moment THEODORE may have a
majority in the corpus and, still in the
fading form of BILL, make passionate
appeals for imperialism, a strong army
and navy, prizefghting, football. in
FAINT sharpshooters and all the rest of
the hell Of war which the Peerless hated
even when he was a Colonel in jackson
vile or thereabouts.
1t is Mr.. BRYAN's own fault, but every
kindly heart will pity him. No eject
mont will lie, no exoroism suffice.
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Back to Fort Grant.

Perhaps the rattlesnakes are not as
troublesome at Fort Grant as they were
in July, and in the night air there may
be the welcome portent Of autumnal
chills; but it is not because conditions
at the abandoned military post in the
wilderness are ~pleasanter that Colonel
WILLIAM F. STEWART has been ordered
back there from Huachuca, where he
went to take the ninety mile riding test
to prove himself physically fit to hold
down a chair on the veranda Of his
quarters and survey the action Of the
tooth Of time on the reservation.
There is no doubt that Colonel STEW
ART reported at Huachuca with a feel
ing Of relief and in high spirits to ride
his allotted ninety miles-in day,
he said, II relays were furnished. "The
test will be a pleasure to me, a jaunt,'
he told his brother officers, but it was
not to be. Back he goes to his exile
with the cook and the teamster to make
the best Of 1t. There is indeed a plaus-
ible rumor that the army surgeons inter-
posed and decided that Colonel STEW
ART had a weak heart. In the case OF
heutenant-C Colonel CHARLES G. AYREs,
who was not wanted in the army and
who also refused to leave it, they re-
ported that he was suffering from
chronic kidney disease and hardening
of the arteries. "To prolong his hfe,'
they said with tender solicitude, "the
Colonel must live very quietly and
save himself absolutely from excite
ment and exposure" So AYREs was
ordered before a retiring board and
duly dropped from the active list.
Colonel STEWART seems to be going
the same road, although to avoid pub
Lofty during the campaign to elect MIR.
RoosBvELT's successor the Colonel may
be allowed to enjoy at Fort Grant that
freedom from excitement which is SO
necessary to a man in his alleged physi-
cal condition, if his professional life Is
to be prolonged.
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Will the President Fly?

MI. ORvILLE WRIGHT, the successful
aviator, deals in a patriotic spirit with
a persistent report that President
ROOSEVELT will accompany him In one
Of his record breaking flights ver the
Fort Myer parade ground. Asserting
that a trip in his aeroplane is as safe as
a trolley ride, nevertheless Mr.. WRIGHT
submits that accidents happen to the
best regulated airships, and that slender
as the risk may be Of a tumble from the
blue the President Of the United States
ought not to expose himself to it, being
in duty bound to preserve himself intact
for the benefit Of his people.
We do not think that this view Of the
matter will deter Mr.. ROOSEVELT, II his
mind is made up, from cutting figures
Of 8 in the presence Of General j..
FRANKLIN BELL and the General staff
as the distinguished shipmate Of Mr..
ORyIILE WRIGHT. Discretion might
advise a tentative fight in the June
Bug, but compared with Mr.. ORvILLR
WRIGHT's creation the June Bug is OBJ
scure. The minor aeroplane would not
attract the President. II he Is resolved
on the venture he will patronize the
best advertised machine.
A nice question might arise on the
point whether MIR. FAIRBANKS would be
acting President while MI. ROOSEVELT
was in the air, but we should say that
Mr.. FAIRBANKS would not be so long as
Mr.. RoosEvELr's voice could carry to
the territory Of the United States.
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The Biggest Boss of AIT

History may as well be put straight
now as later. Governor HUGHES was
not renominated by the Intervention
OF President ROOSEVELT or by Mr..
RoosEvELT's influence, personal or
official. He was not renominated by
the submission Of HERBERT PARSONS
and some Of the ether bosslets to the
Presidents wishes. He was not re-
nominated by anything the Secretary Of
State Of the United States said Of did at
Saratoga. He was not even renominated
by the suspicious hostility and accel-
Grating resistance of TIM WOODRUFF
and WILLIAM BARNES, Jr. All Of these
: things were results and incidents, not
causes. They were results and incidents
Of Governor HUGHEs's strength with
the people, recently manifested in ways
unmistakable to the perceptions Of the
shrewder Of the machine politicians,
but ignored or misinterpreted by the
more obtuse and fat witted.
So, in spite Of Mr.. RoosEvEIT's
scarcely disguised dislike and jeal-
ousy OF Governor HUGHES, in spite of
the bitter opposition of an overwhelm-
ing majority of the second rate bosses
and leaders. in spite-most wonderful
of all!-of his own entirely passive
? If not absolutely uninterested attitude
concerning the affair, the u~norganized
voters behind the organization have
had their will.
This triumph Of u~norganized public
sentiment over all the elements and
factors usually decisive in a political
convention is marvellous. The nomi-
nation is dictated by a Boss, but for
once the boss debating the nomination
Is the boss intended and indicated by
the spirit Of our political institutions
the people. There never was anything
quite like it before. May there be much
that resembles it hereafter!
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In his new book on african Life and
Customs DR.. BLYpKN. the learned Afri.
can publicist. resents the charge that the
native African is lazy and needs a lot Of
wives to work for him. He says that a
hundred steamers are constantly Visiting
the African coasts to take away the prod
nee the native has created. not by the
help or supervision OF the white man
Steamers. he says. do not lie in West
African ports for days landing cargo al
presents to worthless men who give moth
ing in return.
Any one who reads the newspapers now
published in tropical Africa knows that
there is good foundation for DR.. BLYpgN's
protest. The old conupdrim. sWill the
native African work?' lie out OF date. We
read that in southern Togo the natives
have raised Is, 900 tons Of maize for ex-
port and sold 1t ut a price 30 cheap that
in spite 81 land transport to the sea and
the long ocean journey tho grain COM
petee with northern maize In the Euro
pean market.
The native planters Of southern Nigeria
raised only 500 bales Of cotton 10 1908.
out tnS CTop BIow w WV poAco ~ AvvV'
and the prediction is that In two years
more they will be producing 10000 bales.
The statistics Of the British Gold Coast
show that in 1900 the value Of the oacao
grown on native plantations wal S17s. 900
and that in 1905 the native crop wa sold
for more than 81. Ooo. 900.
According to the Deutsch Ostafrlka-
nische Zeifuno the native coffee planta-
tions In German East Africa, without the
investment OF q dollar Of European oapi-
tai, are producing a third Of the total
crop. The blacks along the German coast
OF Victoria Nyansa In 1905 brought to
the two shipping ports Of Muanga and
Bukoba on the lake ninety-six tons Of rice.
ASH tons Of peanuts, ss5 tons Of hides.
1870 tons Of wax. and other products worth
altogether $4,000 and these native
products were sent over the Uganda
railroad to the sea for export TO Europe.
1t takes downright hard work and
plenty OF it to raise such crops and carry
them to market. A great many Of our
ideas about Africans and their continent
have been very crude and misleading.
Not long g the Germans were talking
of the need Of q compulsory labor law In
German East Africa, but to-day we are
told that the natives are coming scores
Of miles to apply for work on the extern
sion Of the Dar-es-Salaam railroad.
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PROHIBITION IN rHE SOUTH
The Movement Not Caused by the In.
temperance OF the Negroes Solely,

The movement NOT CAuocu by tho In.
temperance OF the Negroes Solely.
To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-sb: II,
THE Sun OF September 10 o correspondent
at Alexandria, Va, says that the prohi.
bition movement In the South was whoIlv
caused by the intemperanoe OF the negroes
and the fear Of the effect Of liquor upon
them. / think your correspondent 10 IN
error. 1 held this theory until q recent
prolonged tour through the South oaused
o different view. One Of the most intellI.
gent and observant capitalists OF North
Carolina, who IL part owner of one Of ths
great Of the South, informed
ne that I was mistaken In that view. IA
was by no means on account Of the nearo
or q fear Of his intemperance that thia
movement had attained such power.
The whites were as prone to intemper,
ance as the negro, and when I TRAVELLED
further. especially in the mountain d~Lstriots.
/ found confirmation Of his statement. n
10 O convenient argument 10 say that luuoS
makes a Hend Of the negro, and II Is Q trus
one; but II that were all there never would
have been o closing OF the bars In the hot~ls
where o negro never 10 admitted or In cafes
where he IL never seen. In tours whers
the dispensary system was In full course I
found the whites moro generally than thu
negroes carrying liquor. and the Argument
against the dispensary system was thkf
It was teaching thew bites to drink at bona.
where the children soon acquired the hablt.
The use Of cocaine also was referred 10 n
prevalent among the whites and the perfi
of some preparations OF coca cola as "a
widely used by tho employees Of the cotton
mills-all white.
That the prohibition movement win
benefit the negro ! fully believe. but II did
not arise for his sake. IL fs only Just ID
this race to say that many Of them arc the
warmest advocates Of this movement. for
as Governor Glenn Of North Carolina de,
clared in a public address the oolored PED.
pie are growing In intelligence. In useful,
ness, In habits Of industry. and financial
strength and are doing much. TO solve dc
problem OF their existence and deserve ou3
sympathy, assistance. and respect.
PiTTsBURO, September IL. g.. J. y.
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ing as It now Is. While 1t cannot be
said that the day Of war and Of revo-
luton in these countries Is over, 1t a
be said that the days Of almost on
tinual trouble, domestic or international,
are probably gone. In the establish
ment Of this encouraging condition
the United States and its good neigh
Dor Mexico have played the leading
parts. When the story Of the work
is fully told, If it is ever told, it will
be seen that, more than to any other
and perhaps more than to all others,
credit for the new condition belongs.
to the Hon. ROBERT BACON, Assistant
Secretary Of State. We discharge a
pleasant duty in thus recognizing his
work and achievements.
While not yet fully assured that there
will never again be strife in that hith-
erto frequently turbulent region, we
are at least inclined to q belief that con-
ditions are well established which make
extensive disturbance improbable II
not impossible. There has been no
intrusion by the United States and
Mexico, for the eason that the inter-
vention OF those countries has not been
unwelcome. If serious objection has
existed it has been well hidden. The
attitude Of the Central American nations
was clearly shown in their response to
the convention held in Washington last
fall. There was more trouble last
spring, but the existence of the Central
American court Of justice and the atti-
tude of the United States and Of Mexico
were forces in its proceedings and in
its speedy adjustment.
There is, of course, no secret treaty
of alliance between the United States
and Mexico having for its object the
enforcement Of peace in Central Amer
lea. The United States does not and
cannot enter into such relations. That
there exists a mutual desire for Central
Americas peace and political stability
and that there is more or less definite
intention to cooperate for the further
ance Of that desire are no more secrets
than is the nomination of Mr.. TAFT for
the Presidency. The activity Of both
or of either in the event Of hostilities
would depend entirely upon the con-
ditions Of the affair, but these will
hereafter be a factor OF unknown force
and activity that will tend to discour-
age belligerency.
The Mexican Herald notes the cur
rency Of a rumor in Mexico that the
two Governments are about to estab-
lish a joint naval control of the Carib-
bean sea- for the purpose OF maintain
ing peace in Central America. We do
not believe that anything of the kind
is proposed and we do not believe that
anything Of the kind Is necessary.
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The Church Of England and the British
Crown.
To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuE-sfr: In oonnec.
ton with the Instructive and Interesting edito-
nal In to-dsy's Sun AN mi Catholic Demon.
strutlon In London" Il may be pertinent 20 state
that during the reign Of William ". an act Of
Parliament was passed which declares that no
one shall inherit, possess or enjoy the crown OF
England unless a membtr and In full communion
with the church by law established.
Does not this act Of Parliament OF William ~.
exclude Protestans Of all denomins tons from
holding the crown Of England or becoming sov.
ereigns Of that realm except those who are faith
ful menbers Of the Church Of Englands
WILLIAM b. MHAHY, N. d.
NEW YORK.. September IL
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Problems Of Physics In the Air.

To TIE EDITOR or TEE Sux-Ss: Mr.. orviie
wnght's recent proloneed flights In his aeroplane
give rise 10 an interesting and perplexing prob
lem. Suppose he maintained a fixed position in
the air. allowing the earth 70 revolve under him
for say twelve hours, and then alighted. where
would he md himself II he ascended from
Washington. and the earth rcvoivea On its axis
In twenty -four hours. then In twelve hours would
he not descend In Chinaf
Further. suppose he travelled eastward at the
rate Of nifty miles an hour would he not make
the trip from Wsshing ton 10 Pekin In much less
than twelve hoursf II q ship gains a day In
crossing the Atlantic eastward, would not the
Wright aeroplane by overcoming gravity and
running counter 10 the earth's rotation arrive. 90
70 speak. before II startcdt
still further, suppose Mr.. Wright could main
tain long enough q night counter 10 the earth's
transit around the sun, would not he and the
earth part company entirelyf
Perhaps some Of your readers can explain
why not" DREAMER
BRISTOL. r. l., September IL
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Hands on Tama Jim!

In their rage and desperation the OPP
ponents OF Governor CUMMINs Of Iowa
are seeking to bring to their aid and
comfort the matchless personality and
irresistible strength Of JAMES WILSON,
Secretary Of Agriculture, to whom they
have offered their support for United
States Senator. A splendid thing for
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Bryan Bestows the Ananias Degree.

To TEE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: As
there seems to be some doubt In the public
mind as to the qualifications OF Mr.. Bryan
an inheritor of the so-called Roosevelt
policies. please allow me to suggest a point
In his favor.
Mr.. Hearst recently asserted that Mr..
Bryan some four months ago asked for
his support for the Presidency In 1908. at
the same time saying he would support
Mr.. Hearst In 1912. Mr.. Bryan at Atlanta
September u made this
There ID nothing to say except that the state
ment OF Mr.. Hcant % absolutely false In every
met him at his house and also at
the house of DR.. John W. Cox some time last fall
or winter. but at neither piaoe nor anywhere else
was there any Conversation which by any posi-.
bilty eould be distorted into such q proposition.
After the foregoing. who will deny that
Mr.. Bryan is the inheritor Of at least ono OF
the policies OF the present Administra-
tion1 H, d. l..
NBv YORK. September is.
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Democrats outside OF New York State
must be deeply impressed with the enthu-
siasm Of CHARLES F. MURPHY and Will
LAM J. CoNNERs for BRYAN. KERN and
the Rule Of the People.
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A New LIT Loue Star.

To TIE EDITOR OF TIM sus-Sfr: Please post
the name Of Little Jimmie Green OF Marshall,
Tex. a Joint patcntee for a process OF making
peanut candy. INVENTOR.
WASHINGTON. D. @, September IA.
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braska.

For an uncommonly striking illnstrs-
ton of the truth that the People do Rule
Mr.. BRYAN might be referred To this case
OF CHARLES EVANS HUGHES.
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Recommendation.

Mrs, Knicker-So you gave Bridget q Roose.
welt referencef
Nh, Bocker-Yes: ! recommended her a. hay-
Ing all the qualities oonspicuously lacking In
myself. ]
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Notes From Abroad.

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49, Wspch 4, teos wcr. ! o1s IN tens ,.ss,a..
, soe Us ~. -, n: nrso.S,ns 80 Tss senss
a....as -. ose o,o 90 : ,.,r =, n sss -
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=" a.. -. n.cn,s. =, ~. ,oos c.,.ns.r -
-. - 49, s,nort ,ncre.s. w.
'no"
valuable psopeiaos " p.oaucaon
uareeiy cosp ncreasoo Hom ei.Soo.oom loeo
neaIiy S1!uo.oom wv, sna .nis'o "i.n ong veg
small part OF is mineral nao eAplo'teo. IN oiae2
. on T-~sss.I ess.pAst
so,u' shs - ss-- n 49,.
70 M " 49,. Ger. ,ya,..I $500
.s"ne. :, $780, a. .osi mt q ,ss ,o,,.as'
,ion ~, ths oTcat Murorsn iron and .teel industrv,
nov heirg formed nv Britisb ana Japanese oan,.
taI,sts' In four mine IN this LOCALITY the undsr-
living coal IL estimated a. COZ. ooo,oo tons.
pr..cot, Ontario. has become an rntey1nV nan
,r Amencan coal. one arm landed 40 600 tms
there durne the navigation period of last wear.
a I.voe uniosding ana toadinv nians hss 49,
,n.,.u.d
- -
ne'saua a. - 49, - .nS n n s.s,%I
Inpor.sn. s.euo q .es .Au w. y..Aa.
pss " IT. au h,,id,n. ~ p.rt, o. ~ nsa.,..
o...n .. 1910 aomrs.t.d 1000 ~. ~.
hrorsn a, shsnsh.i for an imnossns oon,uls,.
ssnsr.i whIia nd Trokio A sImilsr building Il 10 he
srsct.d AZ seoui. the espltal Of Oorea. A nev
h,,,d,nr has hocn erected for the belgian dln,o.
matte representative Belgium since 1895 hao
seriously entered the great neid Of commercial
activity in China. The country ID also AFTER Japa.
nese trade, some Belgian products being now sold
there extensiyeiy. Tho Societe d'Etudcs Belro-
Japonnaise is actively at work with It's monthly
bulletin for Belgian exporters, the japan ct Hd-
etqus. similar to the Chine a Bsi0tqus OF the Chi
asre. Rsi0ian ChAmber of COmmerce These
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Explained.

Mrs. Knicker-I heard you talking In your sleep
about setting them up again.
Knicker-Yes my dear; that h q mihery -
efoise. -.LssAnAeeks
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n our friends rho fapor W tcfth manuscripts for
publication tctsh 10 haze rejected articles returned
lhsv musf IN all cases send stamps for lhat purpose.
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Eject On the vision
Knioker-He b In the public eye.
Dooker-As Q cinder or o giessf
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Paris once. 81 Rue Louis lie Grand. The daily
and Sunday editions are on sale at Klosque IL, near
Tho Grand Hotel: Kiosque n. Boulevard des Capu-
cines, corner Place de l'opera. and Klosque 10.
Boulevard dcs Italiens. corner Rue Louis le Grand.
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London once. Bingham House, 1 Arundel
street, Strand. The daily and Sunday SUN is on
sale in London at Murray's Exchange. Trafalgar
Buildings, Northumberland avenue: Pail Mall
American and Colonial Exchange, Carlton street.
Regent street, and DAVIS Steamship Agency, II
Green street, Leicester Square.