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The Clause"

On May @ Senator FORAKER submitted
a resolution directing the Interstate Com
merce Commission to inform the Senate
whether the railroads Of the country have
duly complied with the so-called com
modify clause" Section / paragraph s.
Of the railway rate Law, "and IL there has
not been such compliance the commits
sion is hereby directed TO inform the
Senate whether such noncompliance is
due to any agreement, arrangement or
understanding Of which il has knowledge
between the railroad companies and the
authorities charged with the duty Of en-
forcing said provision,
Thereupon Senator BACON declared
that he was startled by the suggestion
even that there was any power in this
country outside Of the lawmaking power
by which the operation Of a law could
be suspended" The Foraker resolution
was agreed to by the Senate. The reply
Of the commission, which on Senator
MONEYS amendment is to be made
forthwith. may be more startling than
the resolution calling for it. The matter
to which attention is thus called is not
new. We assume that Senator BACON
reads the local papers, as most Congress-
men do. Had he read the Washington
Post Of March 81 with reasonable care he
would have seer on It's front page a col
umn headed Relief for Roads, Perusal
Of the article would have made known to
him that the Post is able 10 state on the
'best Of authority that President RoosE-
VEIL has carefully considered the disas-
trous effects that might follow the UNI
reasoning obedience TO the letter Of this
law without considering it's spirit A
little further down the column he would
have found the statement that the Gov
eminent will not prosecute the railroads
for a failure to comply with the terms Of
this act pending a decision OF the Supreme
Court. This statement is made on the
best OF authority Others Of similar
tenor appeared in many papers through
out the country at about that time.
1t is somewhat late in the day for leg
islators to awaken to the fact that there
has been for some time a disposition on
the part Of the executive branch Of the
Government to regard the enforcement
Of law as optional rather than obligatory.
1t is even probable that there would have
been no clamor for the Hepburn rate law
il the Elkins law had been enforced.
No subsoil plough would be needed TO
turn up sundry other instances,
The commodity clause Of the rate
bill is n Of the fruits Of the hysteria
which attended the passage Of that
measure The White House led the
scream for legislation which would tie
the hands Of railroad managers and
bring transportation service under closely
restrictive laws and regulations, Re
bates and determinations have practi-
cally disappeared, but their suppression
is not due to the operation OF the Hep
burn law. The enforcement Of the
commodity clause threatens the ruin
Of some Of our most important lines, but
the law is the law and the Senate Ia right
in asking for information regarding its
enforcement.
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is in truth q thing Of beauty and a joy
forever, a marvel Of -spacousness, sym
metry and elegance, but 1t happens to
be in a part OF the city remote from hotels
and their creature comforts; nor Ia there
a bar in the vicinity where a glass Of
wine, beer or spirits may be obtained.
1t is therefore highly desirable and
certainly not inimical 10 morals or dan
gerous to the peace in such a well po-
Iced railroad station that q bar should
be opposed for the accommodation Of
travellers marooned in the great ediice
by a failure 10 make connections,
No one but a politician nervous about
the temperance vote at home would
impute to travellers a design TO drink
themselves into a state Of violent or
helpless. intoIication at the Union Station
bar. Perhaps il was we'll for the des-
patch Of business in Congress 10 Danish
the sale Of liquors from the Capitol, but
why interfere with the comfort and
needs Of strangers passing through the
sequestered Union Station? We can
not think that the threat Of Mr.. lands
was taken seriously by his brother
Congressman on the eve Of a national
election, nor do we believe that the
irrepressible contest to close forever
every saloon within the confines OF the
District Of Columbia will ever begin
as long as Congressman consume beer,
wine and spirits themselves.
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Pr,I., for N. Men In Blue and Bra,.

To the RpIToR or tbs SUN-Sr: Permit me
TO emphasize the observations Of !. 7. Hubberd
relative to the clvlllty OF the New York police. ]
have lived In and about New York for some years,
and time and again have had occasion TO request
Information Of the police relative to situation Of
streets and buildings. Never have | been treated
otherwise than with the utmost courtesy, and In
deed often have odhcers done far more than duty
required In their efforts to be polite and clyll, n.
s." has eviden lily not cultivated the art Of 40 fran
lnT questions as 70 develop q civil answer.
The assertion that the New York police are a lot
OF "overpald blGckGusrds" 10 simply an aslnlns
statement OF one who Is not qualified 70 Judge,
In the army regulations there L. paragraph which
states that courtesy among military men Is In
dlspensable 10 discipline" That this fact has been
thoroughly lnStlled into the minds OF the New York
police Is a matter OF common comment among
o1hcers Of both aTmy and navy-men whose train
Ing emlnenuy ats them to Judge.
RETIRED ARhY oPEICIA.
MONTH ADAMS. Mass, May
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Shall Washington BE Dryp

During the debate In the House Of
Representatives upon the Tirrell amend
ment TO exclude oanteens from national
soldiers homes. which resulted in the
adoption Of the amendment by a vote
Of 1877 10 10, in spite Of tho protests Of
governQrs Of homes In ell parts Of the
country, Mr.. CHARLES B. lands Of
Indiana uttered Q terrible threat:
Mr.. Chairman. ! zee h the dany print that q
frant has been secured 70 sstablsh q bar In the
new Union station. that splendid edlnce which
would never have been erected but for the assistance
voted By the American Congress. This sGsmpllnes
ne shor.aIrbtedAess Of these EentlemeA who eall
themselves ftends Of personal liberty. They
should be wise enough 10 know that that grant
viii DO Of short duration. No District ApproprIa-
ION bin Will evef again pass nis House that does
not eany . provision sounding the death khell
70 that bar that Is 10 be sstLssShsd At the gateway
70 this splendid capital city. would utter q word
of warning to these friends Of perAonal liberty. /
Wouid warn them that that very grant Is likely to
preclpltdte a contest ON this 6ooF. uhder this DOME.
hat will not only prohibit the sale Of Intoxicating
liquors In the new Union Station bu, close forever
every saloon within the confines Of the District Of
Columbia
The new Union Station at Washington
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n AFGHAN WAR.
Apparently = COnnlct Between Militia
LeVIeS and Not Serious.

ANa ' SNNtNhaf
To 4 EDITOR or The SUN-Sir: To any
one a. familiar with the geography Of the
Khyber as he lie with that OF Broadway the
sensational account Of the threatened invasion
OF India by the AfEhans Is not only absurd =
detail but bears evident traces Of having
originated with that e%nterprisinE bureau Of
Oriental news which only a few years ago
manufactured for the press a massacre at
Pekin.
The precise situation Is this. When the
British retired from Afghanistan a militia
force Of local levies under the indian Govern
ment was placed In charge Of the Khyber
Pass from Jumrood to Lundi Kotal. An
other militia OF local leyies under the
Ameer was put In charge OF that section Of
the Khyber Ehich extends from Lundi kotal
to Dakka, Lundi Kotal. which in my day
during the Afghan war was a British canton
ment, Is In the centre Of the khyber and at
the frontier limit Of the British empire In
India. although the military base Of opera
tons Is at Peshawur, II now appears that
the local leyies Of the Ameer have attacked
the local leyles Of the Indian Government,
and General WillcoCks has promptly chastised
the tribes which supply these levies. beCa use
It is now und erstOOd that the Ameer is not
expected to keep in order the independent
III 7 NAhNH WI IL " " bbAhFN
IN the mean time the enemies OF the Ameer
have circulated The report that he is at the
bottom Of the whole business, | have from
time to time pointed out that no treaty can
possibly satisfy the AmeeT which does not
restore to him the Afghan speaking tribes
extending TO the River Indus. This OF course
is impossible, although il was actually pro-
posed by Sir John La wrenCe al the time or
The Indian mutiny. The Ameer has much to
fear from these reports. because he has not
only a division In his own household. but
Sirdar Ayub Khan. Who defeated the British
at Msiwand and who was In turn defeated
by General Roberts, Is at any moment ready
10 step into the breach. The treachery Of
the Afghan Is ine1plicable. An invasion Of
India by the Afghans would only he possible
under Russian commend. and II was this pos
sibility that brought about the Afghan war
The Ameer has an organized army Of al least
1900 400 men and there are al the very least
2O, OOO Afghan fighting men among the semi
independent tribes on the northwest frontier
Of India.
With Lord Kitchener at the helm there IL
not much to fear. These frontier wars are
constantly taking place. The most serious
Of them was the Cmbeyla war in the year
1853, when sixty British Officers were killed ~
action The report that Lord Kitchener will
he blown up with dynamite fired by a Ben
galee is almost amusing. Did any one ever
see a Bengalee FIRE a gun? He can WELD the
pen, which II sometimes mightier than the
sword and he can talk, but that Ia all.
NEW NoRK, MAY &. ANGLO-APoHAN.
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OrnIthOIORleaI.

Now you are entering on 4 brief career,
! pray you, little bird, lend me your ear.
BE clrcumspect-the risks you run are great
or you will meet a most untlmely fate.
needn't tell you where 10 build your nest.
Although | think a tree should suit you hest,
a talllsh tree, with branches rather irail,
So that, II thieves your sanctuary assall
land sure as "eTGs Is eGEs" they'l make a try,
To reach II they will have. like you. to hyl
The early worm 10 best-be up at dawn
And thoroughly investigate each lawn;
A model mother you are sure to be,
Teaching your young, Birds In their nests Agreel-
While, as for singing. MARBLE from your chest,
A rich ~conirsl,o ,rlll will suit you best
Work hard, and for a true perfection search
So In your art yoU1l take the highest perchl
Think over what I've told you-verbum Sati
That's Latin foT-Looh outi Here comes the osti
IA ToUcuH HANcoca.
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STEEL BEER TANKS.
Origin and Eject OF One instrument OF
hOdern Brewing.


To The ED70R OF THE SUN-Srs The letter
about the effect n gtsd tanks on the quality OF beer
falls to show the secret OF the matter. can throw
A ray OF Tight on this subject. In lS7 Mr.. Page OF
The Detroit safe Company cane to zee me about
making an enormous spinning lathe for The manu-
iacture OF these steel tanks or watts, whloh are built
OF Hngs placed one on the other and hveted 10
Fether by outside hangeS. He told me that he had
enamelled these rings successfully on a reduced
scale that be Intended to use The watts for beer
brewing. II was his plan 10 enclose the vat with a
metal cover and by a suction pump TO exhaust the
Eases OF fermentation as rapidly as they formed.
The gases by the old process DISCHARGED At air
pressure Into The cellar. while Mr.. Page proposed
10 draw them ont OF the fementnE mass by keep.
ing a vacuum over the liquid, This method wiuld
hasten the fermentation ~ greatly that be eG.
pected TO brew beer and have It ready for consump.
ton In a few days, which would save an snormous
sum for the brewer.
year or 50 aftsrward I met Mr.. Page. who was
a gentleman Of rare intelligence and Of the highest
character, and | asked him about my lathe and his
plan. In reply he said that II had been = complete
success and a rank failure. The beer made In the
steel watts was delightful to taste. but no human
insIdes could stand a second glass Of II, for reasons
whlch may be left 10 the Imagination. That was
twenty years ago. Since then chemistry has
busied Itself with the problem. stimulated by the
great gain In view. and Today all the breWeres
are equipped with Mr.. Pages steel watts. Why the
drinkers OF this beer do not explode il a riddle
which the chemist can answer. undoubtedly.
American beers are poisonous for the same
reason as our wines and liquors, because we do not
1--WE them time enough TO ferment or age properly.
We drink crude raw spirits, wines and beers which
would turn our stomAchs were they not Sophlstl
Gated. It Ia common saying that we can make
Is good beer or wine as they do In Europe. While
this Ia perfectly true, the exact truth Ia that We do
not want to make good beer or good wine, We
want 10 make money. and there IS more money 10
rank stun. II, B., b.,
NHWARU Mav
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In his decision in the celebrated case
Of Miss MART ELIZABETH LEWIS, who pos
Sesses $500 900 in her " right, Justice
MAREAN Of the Supreme Court says.
While / believe Miss LEWIS In some respects
departs from an absolute standard OF sanity, I am
not 30 well convinced that she ls Incapable Of taking
charge OF herself or OF her anaib that | am Willing
TO set aside the second verdict Of 4 jury declaring
her 10 be competent"
What 10 an absolute standard Of sanity.
and how many conform 10 it' These ques-
tons II would puzzle ever an alienist TO
answer. Most OF US believe that some harm
less people We know are not entirely rational
or they would not hold the singular opin-
ions we condemn OF do the remarkable
things OF which We dlsapprove. A man may
tap with his stick every tree he comes 70,
az was DR.. JonsoN's practice, refuse to
cit down at q table with twelve others.
regulate his conduct by omenS, talk 10 him
SELF on the street. or be queer and Eighty
In the opinion Of his wiser friends, and yet
he may be an able man OF business and a
useful citizen.
Probably no two alienistS could agree
upon what is an absolute standard Of san
ity, and II the specialists differ about the
matter 1t 10 idle for plain folk TO set up g
standard. Sanity after ell Is . comps-s-
tive term and there 10 no exact definition
Of il.
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Campaign Fund Publicity.

No humane man can withhold his SYM
patty from those unhappy statesmen
who long TO take the public into their
confidence with respect OF the details
Of their campaign funds but who are
restrained from 80 doing by a mysterious,
highly potent influence against which
they struggle in vain.
The great and thoughtful PAYNE burns
TO lay bare the immaculate record Of
the Republicans; the p%oetical and rasp-
ing WILLIAMS weeps because Of his in
ability to acquaint all the voters with
the inspiring secrets Of the Democratic
ledgers, They are one in demanding
publicity, but each is bound to silence,
az are all his brothers.
To what end ia the sound and fury
among the benehciaries and controllers
Of those r~eoeptacles commonly called
dough bags? II they wanted to do il,
IL they we're not mutually afraid to do
il, they could open their books in a mo-
ment, without law, rule or regulation.
Do they believe their lamentations over
the absence Of an act TO enforce honesty
on party treasurers and political organi-
cations deceive any sane person? II is
possible they do. A mar who makes a
virtue Of his incapacity for right doing
without statutory enactment is gifted
enough to believe anything.
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majority Of the voters did not know they
were voting on q question that wa prop
erly the business Of the Legislature and
which should never have been embodied
in the organic Law to plague future genera
tons. The fact IL the people are too prone
10 leave constitutional amendments to the
superior wisdom OF the convention that
proposes them, and this IL peculiarly true
a. TO so-called moral questions. II is the
politicians Of the constitutional Y
ton Of 1894 who we're really responsible for
tying the hands Of the Legislature with re-
gard 10 the regulation Of the ~ineradicable
passion for betting.
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GERMAN
Their Issue strictly Regulated and They
Are Said TO he Amply Protected,

Are said 10 he Amply Protected.
To TIE EDITOR or THE sUX-SiT have
to take issue with Mr., NikolG Tesla regarding
his remarks on German patents In TEE srN
Of May q. IL cannot be denied that the Ger
man Patent once has now and then revoked
a patent for the reason that the invention
protected thereby was not carried out 10
Germany in accordance with the REQUIRE.
ments Of the law within the prescribed time,
! beg 10 say. however. that the German Patent
once does not revoke q patent for that reason
in all cases, but only II the petitioner
can furnish sufficient proof and show reason
why the patent should DO revoked. II the
p~atentee can bring evidence OF the fact that
he has taken steps 10 have the invention pat
ented to him carried out 10 Germany, but has
been prevented from doing 80 by circum-
will give him additions. time within which
TO carry out his Invention, ] beg to add that
not only foreigners. who have obtained a
patent in Germany, hut also Germans them
selves, are subject 10 the requirements Of
working their Inventions referred TO. There
il therefore no discrimination between Ger
mans and citizens Of other countries.
When MT Tesla further AYERS that leading
from taking out patents In Germany for the
reason that they can receive no profit from
their patents, ! believe that this abatement
- ObSeu ehllTtiy upon prejudice, which could
be easily overcome II the real facts we're
known.
! have been practising in this country for
nearly ten years as attorney for foreign Pat
ents and have applied for and obtained in
Germany many hundred patents. Being also
sufficiently familiar with 'he limited States
patent practice to be- enabled 10 form an
opinion, can, say. and I think that / viii be
supported N this statement by a good many
attorneys, that a German patent a. a Tll6
affords a far greater protection than A United
States patent. and that good claims obtained
In Germany AFFORD the patentee a much greater
scope OF his invention than he could obtain
In this country.
One Of the reasons why a German patent
patent IA the fact that any one who infrlnaes
a German patent knowingly, or through Groes
carelessness. IA liable 10 be punished by Inn
prisonment and q very heavy ine.
" inventors In this country fail 10 obtain
good protection In Germany for their In.
yentions II 10 TO a great extent due 90 the fact
or that the applications kisd before ne once
are not prosecuted with the care and dni.
gence whereby alone success can he looked
for before the German Patent ONCE.
have found, too. IN my practice. that
after q patent has been obtained In Germany
by an inventor In this country, in most cases
hls invention put IN practice in Germany.
either because M. Ia too busy with his do
nestle patent, or because he has lost Inter
est In his German patent,
~ 70 the protection that Ia afforded by
United states patents only beg 70 refer Mr..
Tesla TO the letters which have recently ap-
peared In the Electrical World, a publica-
ton which Mr.. Tesla no doubt d familiar
with. DIR, AIFREp MrfISH
NEw YORK, MAY & ~
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Nsnsn IN scsttisA rnir.r,ii.,
From Nv LONDON Giobt.

The ladies' have done well At Glasgow At the las
graduation remon nifty women being admitted
to the degree Of N. A.. and hfty nine mon. Twenty
years ago women In the class room were a rsra
avis, and We have some reeonestiOa Of their hrrt
appearance At Edinburgh late In the 400. There
were eight young ladies In Professor Tait's class
Of natural philosophy, He wa elpAlhipe the
Octahedrou, parenthetieally remarking that n had
eight plain faces. One OF the sporting contingent
In the back row lntsrIeoted the remark. Front
bench" the ~unEallAnt reference being 70 the eight
stalwsrt young ladies-the pionee1 Of the woman
GrAduate-who occupied Seats In the fTont row,
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NJ Ions R DO, P.ssos ,n.aking a, N,

Mr.. john R. Dos PASsos. speaking Of the
constitutional amendment that prohibits
bookmaking and other forms Of gam
bling. says that 1t was adopted by the
convention 'ss a mere piece Of partisan
blum. each political side represented in the
convention seeking 10 outdo lie rival by 4
show Of excessive virtue Mr., Dos PAssos
adds that the amendment was adopted with
no expectation that the people would In
dorSsik We venture 10 cay that he crest
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II the night riders have any judicious
friends there will be no raids OF Indiana
or Ohio, unless the regulators Of the to-
bacOo market are prepared to lose the num-
Der Of their mess.
Governor HARRIS Of Ohio Is an old SOL
der and Governor HANLY Of Indiana Is a
~resolute and InieHlble person. Neither Of
them would have any conjunction about
employing the militia TO shoot down rioters.
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H..ltA E~r.m,n.,ion. in . Pablo Library.
FINN ns uorntnS Can.

TIE public library trustees adopted q rule pro.
vIdlng that In the future every young woman who
passes the written EXAMINATION for q position In the
library must also before admission TO the u rSry
service secure q certificate Of good heath from q
physician. This certificate must be renewed al
/, est once q year while the person remains con.
nected With the library. II 10 hoped by this means
to prctos. ,hs women assl1sntA nom lbreAkdsvns
OF health and At the same time 10 Increase the en-
cheney OF the stan.
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From ~ WtttUfnettf Cdfttf.
The Archoetcon OF Cunningham, VINO has gons
on a mission tour 70 the Anglican churches In ~
sla, will have the unique sEpefloaos Of Keeping v
casters. For obvious reasons Of oonvenisAcs ne
English colonies 10 Russia obterVs this festival on
the same date as the Greek Church. which 10, Of
course, that Of the wreioTmed calendar.
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Mr.. CANNON Is seventy two years old, 4 lean,
Wly, Lincoln like mai. Ths Forhf0hHV Rsrisp.
That Is. he tries to look like LINCOLN,
To look like LINCOLN is TO have the most
valuable political asset known in the Middle
West.
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Brttana Expoaed,

To rHI EDrroA or TIE SUN-Sir; Bntons haven't
any prejudice against Washington pie. On the
contrary. the plATiarStlc aliens used 70 have Il on
the Cunarders thirty and forty years ago under
the futile name Of 'vlctoriA sandwich" IL had
three layers Instead Of two. EIPosEA.
NV YoRL. Nay Q
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Paris once, - Rue Louis IL Grand. The daily and
sunday editions are on sale az KIosque y. near the
Grand Hotel. Klosque II. Boulevard des Capuclnes.
corner Place de IOpera, and Klosque ~, Boulevard
dss ltAlIens. corner Rue Louis lie Grand
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Rare Pose,

KnicEsr-so you want a photograph Of the
PresidcBt.
B~oohr-Yss, one showing him IN ths %, Of no,
being photoggaphed.
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II OSr frSHds rho fIror " Uih manuscript" fof
puhlcanoH UtJh 10 haze rSjscitd drtidss rti1hsd mty
ngsi IN an caGi SfHd SdmpS i0r thdt pnrp0is.
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Khiokef-hAh 10 born 70 tr0uStA
Bochsr-Ys., u yos ~ % y.uuho u nrnS SsAH
you et indoors The cot iseVuA
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