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Spigot and Bunghoie.

IL is instructive TO see the House of
Representatives making a demonstra-
| tion in favor of economy. Uncle JOE
CANNON. a rich man, lets it be known
that in his Spartan soul is no desire for
a 5000 a year increase Of the salary Of
the Speaker To the Presidents pay
$4,000 is added with one hand and
taken of with the other Why should
the House raise the pay of the Vice
President a mere minion OF the senate?
As for giving living salaries to the Chief
Justices and the Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court, to the Circuit Judges
and the District Judges, the House.
afame with sudden virtuous love of
economy, will not do 80 necessary and
commendable thing. Send all these
matters back TO conference let il he
understood by everybody that il is al
ways the Senate, the spendthrift Senate.
which wants TO raise salaries. bloat ap-
preparations, waste the peoples money
early and often. The House? Why,
STEPHEN GIRARD was spender COM
pared with that body when once the
spasm seizes II
When il comes TO throwing away
millions, how generous the House can
he. Its motto seems 10 be. Save at the
spigot and waste AZ the bunghole. Yet
when even BoURKE COCHRAN "deviated
into sense the majority of the House
might have been expected TO be sens-
BILE also
We are no friends Of extravagant and
unnecessary appropriations, and there
is good reason for policy Of econ
omy: but the United States can afford
to pay its servants, and especially its
Judges, decent salaries The mean and
picayune ways of Congress contrast alb
surdly with its long careless ladling out
Of great sums, especially when there
are any votes in it,
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A Citi,sn'. :. JOY over The Practice Crsi,s.

To IzE EDyToR or THR SrH- Nhst .
gruuchy old dyspepllc f. r. W" mast b. rno
writes 10 THE Sun OF February ~ that he doesn't
see the good that has been accomplished b. cdt
bsule seets cruise. Think OF the enthusisSu
created IN Japan. In Melbourne. In SyLne /.
fact In every port touched by the ships. Think
OF the target practice In Msgdslena Bay: of the
manpuvres OF the neet while on the voyage
Think of the experience gained by the men snd
of1csr. Was there ever such . chance for a
broadening OF mems visions and 20 make them
more NJ for their dulles Were these things
not worth while
II, T. W says that the men and oncers re.
turn In . depiot able ansncisi condition" fow
does he know suppose they do: ls the money
bag TO be hoisted above national pride and ~ heve
menc venture TO say that we're he TO Interview
The men and oifcers he would discover that no,
one OF them has q thought OF regret: and what
about the people who rems lned ~ home. Didn't
iher hearts beat bit fsste- when the news from
the various stages NJ the voyage was flashed home
Wso hasn't grown IN knowing that we have
zee, 10 he proud o. Oh such glorious country
a. this is What Joy there is In seeing things
worth while" accomplished.
Three cheers for the RED white and hue. and
three more cheers 'ot our "corslng good neet.
returned safely after It's most wonderful and edu.
Caiiunai trip around the globe. w.
NEw YORK February ~
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THE CLOSED STREET.
Police lines That Annoy and Incon,
yenlence Householder.

To THR EDITOR OF THE SUN-S,y. =,
Justice to myself and other residents n,
Fifty sixth street below Seventh avenu. I
wish to ask whether any one has the rrhl
TO close street In times OF peace so ths,
quiet. lawabiding citzens cannot reach
their homes without going q block out o,
their way In a driving rainstorm. Such a,
experience was mine last night while m.
Booker 7. Washington meeting was beinv
held In Carnegie Hall
I left Broadway car about a O'Clock and
was Fastening homewsrd when at ths
corner Of Seventh avenue and Fifty.siIth
street l was suddenly halted by thr.S
policemen who told me l would have ia
go around the block.
In vain did urge that lived only ,.r
steps below. Neither would they give m.
q reason said they lid not know and despite
the fact that was alone and suffering fror,
q severe headache and sore throat without
reincoat, Iubbers or umbrella, | was forcad
to 80 around the large block before | could
:, This morning 1 called up the Chief Of
such a blockade was legal, but he referrad
me to Inspector Walsh, who he said had
charge Of the meeting, ! tried later 10 get
name, &c, before they would summon g him iny
That did not care to do. 40 my only alter.
native Is 10 ask you TO help me by bringing
this before the public.
orons Once last summer sE,S;r ESSfTd Tas thrown
meeting. but had no trouble In passing
when 1 explained that / was or my wav
home. The difference may have been that
that policeman was a gentleman in uni.
fayors: only justice A WoMAN,
NEW YORK, February -.
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THE DARHIN CENTENNIAL.
4 Plan TO Honor II by a Darwinian E;dI.
tlon OF the New Testament.

To TIE EDITOR or The SUH-Sn. How
can the present year-the one hundredtb
anniversary OF Darwin's birth and the
fftleth Of the Origin OF Species"--be mora
fttingly observed than by popuarizins
evolutionary views of religion in a Oar.
winian edition OF the New Testament
Let us have a brand new translation
that will break away from the ecclesi.
astioal terminology which ssturates all
existing translstions with the ideas OF a
later age. Let US have one that will MAKE
appro Xifnately the same impression upon
the reader OF to day that the original made
upon its first readers. fearlessly turning
Greek hufnor and slang into English and
giving Jesus and James for the first time In
any English version their true names
Let the books be arran ged In the order
in which they were written, that they may
furnish the best evidence that Christianity
is no exception to the evolutionary process,
but has followed the general laws OF devel.
opment
Let the best things from ancient and
modern writers be printed as footnotss
to the text Let the miracles be explained
away by evolutionists and higher critics
Let all the rare and curious informa-
tion known to scholars be made accessible
to the general reader: all theological prepos.
sessions be laid aside and the facts stated,
Keep nothing back; tell the whole truth
II might not be popular at first. but neither
All In favor OF these suggestions. either
In whole or In part. are requested TO write
me, c. L. ABBOTT.
ST. PAUL. MINI. February %
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and caterers and spill a little oil upon a
troubled surface.
II has come TO nothing. we regret to
say The Sunpdper stll talks nonsense
about the diamondback terrapin of the
Eastern Shore, the veal hash" accepted
in New York, and the utter futiiity of
the Southern gopher as substitute.
Worst Of all, il drtSels about pepper,
onions and garlic as the constituents
OF Creole dinner. ami openly ridicules
louisiana fish, raised in warm water. "
as compared with the spots and mack
erel Of the Chesapeake and the lusty
black bass from tho cold waters of the
upper Potomac" Then it INDUCES in
the highly original metaphor OF HYPR-
RIoN to Satyr and relapses into proud
silence.
We deplore the controversy and shall
do nothing for its stimulation, but are
bound TO say that the Sunpoper is
wrong in most OF it's premises and that
the Picdyuae ers in supposing the
Louisiana diamondback 10 be really
edible until il shall have been frozen,
artificially or otherwise. into the true
condition. As for fish, the mere idea
Of comparing the Chesapeake Bay
products to the pompano, the Spanish
the sheepshead, the founder
and the red mullet of the Gulf of Mexico
is grotesque.
We trust that this cruel war will
soon subside. After all, il broke out
over a childish proposition to have alli-
gator steaks at the New Orleans dinner
TO Mr.. TAFT, and only the supercilious
attitude Of the SuRpdper toward that
obviously stupid overture gave it life
and impetus. Baltimore is a very
worthy town, with an excellent market
and some insight into cookery, but the
mere fact that it doesn't know the papa
bot is enough to put il in the second
class.
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MIR. Tafts Salary.

No matter whether the incoming Ad-
ministration is to face a surplus or q
deficit Of revenue, does any reasonable
citizen hold that President TAFT's emol-
uments ought to be less than those of
his predecessor?
A salary Of 1000 without the Sos, 900
allowance for travelling expenses would
apparently put Mr.. TAFT upon the same
footing as that Of Mr. ROOSEVELT, who
has been receiving $4,000 plus 81, 900
for his travels. Actually. however, Mr..
TAFT would be at a disadvantage pecu-
niarily in comparison.
This disadvantage would arise from
the circumstance that Mr. ROOSEVELT
has been in the habit Of meeting some
of his domestic needs and swelling his
social state without drawing therefor
upon his $4,000.
He has managed practically to in
crease his available income by resorting
to certain expedients, notorious in the
case Of the barber and the Government
printers, to which or the like of which
We do not believe Mr.. TAFT when in the
White House will ever stoop.
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warships for EN.Presldents.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS- Sir: Nv
proposition made in your columns some
months ago to purchase the United States
man-of-war Mayfower 10 transport bis
Excellency to Africa proves not such bad
idea after all. Now the man -of-war North
Carolina is talked OF for that purpose.
II is to be hoped that this misuse OF the
navy will die out with the present Admins
tration.
Naval vessels are not intended for the
transport OF passengers and should not be
used for that purpose.
1t deranges the proper service on board
ship and Is demoralizing.
1t is gross sbuse which should be cor
rected.
Advantageous as his E1ecllency's trans
port to the centre OF Africa would be 10 the
country. yet It would be strsining too much
TO expedite the departure by lending him
q battleship. E.T. ".
NEW YORK. February as.
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Praying for Snow In China.

Pstin correspondence Chfness ksrcur.
since the winter season set In there has bees
less snow In pekn this year, and we have de
spstrhed Prince kuns on our behalf 70 the Tshso
ten TO dedicate incense 20 pray for snowfall and
we have also despatched Prince Tai Hsun and
Others 10 the Shihyinkung and other temple.
respectively 10 dedicst. incense and pray for
snowfall. Now We have had snowfall and W
have 10 thank the temples for the benevolenoes
shown. Therefore we hereby order Prince KuuI
TO proceed 10 the Takaouen on January 10 ~
dedicate incense. and Prince rsai Hsun to m.
Shihyinkung, Prince Tssi Jun TO the Shsohsieu
miao, Prince yu Lang to the Hsusnjenmiso and
Prince Tsai chen TO the Yihomiso. respectiv
10 dedics,e nceose and return thanks for the snop.
fall and pray for further snowfall for the sal.
Of the peasants
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A man and father and Republican exc
cutive committeeman Of Warren county,
New Jersey, in this boasted twentieth CEN
tury," dares to call his innocent babe
-GEoRoF WASHINGTON WILLIAM HOWARD
TAFT SO and So. This particular in
stance Of the cruelty Of parents may serve
to recall to the minds OF legislators and
other philanthropists the propositions
first uttered. We believe, by THE Sun:
1. No child should DO named. except pro-
visionally and for convenience until no
is n. Then let him name himself. ..
Children namsd under the present unjust
system who on coming TO voting age dis
approve the names given them shall have
the right to cancel them and select others
without further notice. 8. Parents should
be named by their children, not children
by their parents.
In confidence and pride we submit this
irrefragable theory Of nomenclature to
the world Of socioloeists, TO all children
named after politicians or otherwise in-
or unmelodiously. and to such
parents as have arrived at the age OF
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among several reasons cited, that three
or four diooeees, including one Of the
most populous diooeses in the country,
sent no report to the Metropolitan OF
st. Louis, 80 that he was obliged to
credit them with only the figures
printed in older numbers OF the "Direc-
tory In the reports from some other
diooeses no adequate allowance was
made for the masses of newly arrived
immigrants, Letting the figures stand,
however. as they have gone to the na-
tional Bureau OF the Census aud adding
to them the number of baptized Cath
olics in our transmarine dependencies,
especially the Philippines and Porto
Rico, Archbishop IRELAND does not
hesitate 10 say that at the very least
Catholic population of 22,474,44O exists
to-day under the Stars and Stripes.
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Gradual Mitigation Of q Too Perfect
Character.

To THE EDiroR or TIE SuS-Sir: From
the columns Of THE Sun time and again II
has been revealed that Governor Hughes
occasionally refreshes tired nature in true
German style: that sometimes at social
functions he is not averse TO pari king
sparinsly Of the scintillating inspiration OF
bubble water; that a long black cigar is
his frequent companion. Furthermore. the
writer once discovered him in tho attitude
OF true democrat having tho time OF his
life in the midst OF = group OF snore be
grlmed. overslled lshorers on the platform
of the Albany station. not doing all the
talking either.
II would he interesting to read what kind
OF deviltry Tnr SUH would have Governor
Hughes cultivate ftAH il invites lin to
invest his character with "a human weak
ness Of endearine Dimensions" WIS.
pHILApELPHi., e.. }. February =.
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The Seer In the House.

Whether Representative HoBsoN OF
Alabama thinks he il cast for the part
OF Atlas or for that of Sisyphus we
cant quite make out. Perhaps for both.
We know that he regards as thankless
his task Of arousing Congress to the
inevitableness of war with an Asiatic
Power and to the urgent need OF pre-
pairing for it by feverishly constructing
Asets Of Dreadn0ughts.
We suspect. too. he has half con-
vinced himself that he is bearing all
alone the burden Of maintaining the
worlds peace and Of bringing in arbi-
tration by long course Of arming the
nations to be ready to strike.
From one point of view Mr.. HoBsoN's 3
speech in the House on the Yellow Peril
and the blinking Of il by his fatuous
countrymen was the utterance of a
statesman and from another poin; Of
view il was the counsel of a warrior and
strategist. SO at least he seemed to
regard it himself His discourse, a.
he called il, ranged from theNgenesis OF
war and the tempting impotence of the
United States to the defensive methods
that should be adopted against Europe
on the one hand and Asia on the other.
Statesmen can take this tip from
Captain HoBsoN:
TO me 1t Is a demonsuabls fact that the race
~. Naa ,s -.
on the spet OF the world is going 10 dominate the
world"
Mr.. HoBsoN was so breathlessly in
earnest that Interruptions nettled him
when he was saving the country was it
any time to ask stupid questions?-and
in his anguish he cried out Il see GER
tain gentlemen smile at my reference
TO the gravity OF the situation We
fancy there must have been irritating
levity when Mr.. HoBsoN read out the
names OF the five Japanese in San Fran
cisco whom cringing city government
in order TO avert a casus belli with
Japan permitted to sell liquor without
license (which as aliens they could not
obtain:
SHiSIcko N,ko. 1915 Post street: SBIoEo !
rAKATA. 1915 Bush street: FIyTAhI lAhAsAKI |
S: Webster street TAkIcHI ooAvA. 1864 Post
street and JISosxI KokIJoAw,. 1910 Cherry |
street
We are positive there must have been
inseemly snickers when Mr.. HoBsoN, |
having painted the narrowing picture
If a first humiliation by militant Japan,
,eheld with dilated pupils the collapse
# civilization:
"By the time ~e completed the long pt.psra-
ion necessary for hghting the war over again.
apan would have dominated China and made the
'hinese military aud organized them. and the
econd war would usher In the beginning OF 40 .
Ultimate world war between the yellow race and
Fhite race in which America would he ground
eIw.en. aud out OF which III world would emerge
D a STATE OF new savsgeH."
No wonder Mr.. HoBsoN. though he
Iispiay the self-abeorption of the dan
ing dervish, is not taken seriously by
he House when the fit is on him. i
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he Fitted the spelling and Forget the silent
Letter

To rHE EDIJoR OF Tia ScN--sir' In 10 days
Sun NJ. W. l. :. Han fis he nall a powerful
blow. He drives II humr, End clinrhes It too.
am glad ofit for have something TO ssy on the
same subject.
MAJ Eastman bows down 10 th. silent "b- in
dumb" and worshlps II as the most devout
heather does his iuni, bat ne has not a word Of
sympathy for the child that Is PEELED 10 memo
ihe book full o' sIch STUPID nonsense.
His reverence Tor tic beauty Of that useless
b" outweighs al his humanity for the over.
burdened mind OF the oppresst learner. Such
Is the sum and substance OF his 1loso'y and his
,ycology. A ID. SxIrB.
INV NoRE. February -
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Fingy Conners's Poet Laureate.

The Hon, FINGY CoNNERs, enlarged
by travel and study in foreign parts, is
giving himself TO literature and art.
" he has produced little as yet, he is
one Of the most enlightened of con-
sumes. The example Of the anti
slavery poets and the Corn Law Rhymer
has not been lost upon that active and
inquiring mind, Why shouldn't Bryan
ism and Connerism have their whittiers
and their Lowells? They have hem now.
In Mr.. CoNSERs's Buffalo Enquirer the
Hon. MARC QUISTlhAN MCLAuGHLIN's
"Could'st Thou But See " Ill turn tyrants
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Loves Direct Nomination Becau 90 the Be,,.,
Oppose Them.

TO THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN--Sr: The vey
fact that the Woodruns. the Odells and the Nsr
phys are 80 worked up over Governor Hughss's
direct primary plans Is suficient evidence tina,
for these gentlemen the words spell Finish.
By opposing the Governor you are helping N
perpetnate the reign OF these and other botses
and bosslets. Their sbieot terror is best 70,
esled by the ,subiugston OF their hatred for
each other before their common danger Of 20.
iiucal snnihila ton. Verify. the menace which
makes these hated rivals-Rarnes Ward. WOOD
nun, Odell. ct sL-seck safety In communion and
union must be appalling.
Whom are you WITH UP AND AT 'En
lIKTHcLrYTE. February "a
The sun., 1909-02-26
Pens ,yivsaia's Captss, Esrsiturs
From ns Phlss.iph.a Record

FroW m PhIsdtIphfa Rtrof6.
The Capitol furniture al Harrisburg which
cost the state nine millions, Is In danger Of fsu
ing 10 pieces or being worn out before the con
spirators are brought 60 book for grating. Ia
the House OF Representatives Monday night
when Representative Scott OF Philad elphis VA,
making his argument TO place the forged tel,
gram motion before the House, a racket TO hi,
right distracted the attention OF himself and ths
House. The chsir OF RepreseniAtiye Townsend
Of Philadelphia had collapsed with Mr Townsend
In II. Such accidents are freouen, with the hIt
nlturc In the Capitol This Is the second such
collapse In the House this season. the nrst having
occurred several weeks ago. when the chair ~
Quinn T. Mickey Of Cumberland fell apart also
with the occupant in IL
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The Num- ber OF Roman Catholics In
the United States.

'he N"'tu Statcs.
A Roman Catholic census OF the United
States compiled from advance sheets
Of the official Roman Catholic Directory
has shown the number of Roman Cath
olics in this country, exclusive of trans
marine dependencies, TO be "A. .23s, ,45i.
The correctness OF these figures has
been disputed on the alleged ground
that Roman Catholic statisticians in
compiling the numerical strength of
their Church do not. as the statisticians
OF other religious bodies do, confne
their enumeration TO actual member
ship. II is averred, for instance, that
in the case of members OF the Protestant
Episcopal Church, who are represented
a. numbering only $50, $50, the inclusion
OF persons affiliated by family relation
ship to that body would double the
number OF nominal adherents. The
assertion is made that all persons thus
affiliated are included in the statistics
Of the Roman Catholic Church whether
they belong to the organization or not,
and that the entire population OF Roman
Catholic districts is made to swell the
total.
That there is not a word OF truth in
this statement is declared by Arch
bishop IRELAND in letter to the London
Times. He points out that the figures
given in the Directory" are not of the
directors own finding but are fur
nlshed by the Most Reverend Arch
bishop of ST. Louis to the National Bu-
reau Of the Census at Washington upon
the special request Of that bureau. which
is not authorized by law TO investigate
the religious belief of citizens. II was
arranged that the Metropolitan Of ST.
Louis should put himself into communi-
cation with every Bishop and parish
priest IN the United States and obtain
for the national bureau an exact esti-
mate Of the Roman Catholic population. /
based upon such conditions as the di- I,
rector OF the bureau should have previ- :
o,sly approved.
Archbishop IRELAND proceeds 10
show that the conditions adopted for
the basis of calculation may be summed
ny as follows; Those shall be reckoned
IA Catholics who. baptized in the Church
in their infancy or in their
later years, still profess to be Catholics !
- not having since their baptism with
drawn from the Church, either by open ,
net Of apostasv or by conduct implicitly !
iantamount 10 renunciation OF the
Catholic faith mere infrequency, how
ever, in attendance nj mass or at the
not constituting such re-
nunciation. In other words, the in
,tructions plainly given 10 the several
Bishops and parish priests were that
hose only were 10 be enumerated "a
Catholics who, having been baptized
N the Church, s;il' continue to make
personal profession OF the Catholic
'aith. There Is no foundation for the
,harge that in the enumeration are in
'lnded persons having no other affilia.
ion with the Church than such as family
les may give them. I,
Vt Is Archbishop lRELANDs opinion
hat the figures given by the -Direc- I
ory' and soon 10 he published by the
national Census Bureau as i,s own
'23jtil Catholics for the continental !
iomaln of the l'nited States arc too ,
ow. He believes that TO represent fully |
he reality they should not be under |
A1teen or seventeen millions; for this, "
The sun., 1909-02-26

Mr.. u. s. Maccoii In the March number OF the
Burlington 1ssd'ins sives an Interesting account,
with Illustrations, OF the work OF the English
artist Alfred Stevens. Miss HerripshAm's de-
scription OF Lsdis rugs 10 her series on Ortcs ts
NJ. Campbell bod gson writes on . Beham wood
cut Mr. H. p. Mitchell suggests an identncstioa
for the Limoges enameler X p there Is . nots
on Correggio, and a hopeful note on works OF ~,
saved az MessinA. In the American part Mr.
Oswald Siren describe. the Trecento pictures N
be found in American collec TONS, with msay
illust atoms
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Ihs Msmery Of H,nrx Rerrh.

To THS EpIros or TrE suN.-Su The lecture
given al Columbia College IN connection with the
Henry Bergh Foundation on February - WAS /,
appears to me. In opposition TO all tina, Henry
rergh represented. In the report OF the uon
troll OF disease through animal experim en- tai ton
as stated ny the lecturer Dr, Nathan Oppep heirn.
no, word was said about the proterton OF the
animal under experiment, silence on this point
Is an insult TO the memory Of The man whose name
Is thus used as a cloak for III. promulga a,ion Of
Ideas he would not have indorsed
STEPHEN $, CUNsINS
NV NoHE February si
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Lullaby, oh lullaby,
Angels guard you from the sky.
Father went TO Washington.
Means 10 march and have some fun.
says he won't come back. you bet,
TIN an once he can get
iiushahy, oh hushaby.
Little darling. do not cry,
Mother vent to Albany,
AMI sunragist Il she.
says she wants no ballots curse.
Skipped ana left YOU with the nurs,
Lullaby, oh lullaby,
True II IA that none Is nigh.
Nursie went TO hlbsny.
says she wants . vote, b's.e
SAYS your Pa your Ma may susrd.
Sut for her the world Il hard.
IuShsby. oh hushaby.
calm your voice and dry yout,,,,
some day they will oil come back,
Father walking On the track,
Mother ragged In array,
Nurse demanding higher pay
hcL,SpScIaI wusoS.