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body with bullets and placarded II
with an inscription declaratory Of its
intention by such lynching to show
its contempt for tho Supreme Court
of the United States. Tho Court, in
vindication OF its own authority, in
stituted an original proceeding TO try
SHTPP and the ringleaders Of the mob
for contempt Of court. The journey
Of tho respondents from Chattanooga
to Washington was, according to the
newspaper accounts Of the time, a
Journey Of triumph" and what fol-
lowed their formal appearance in that
body Ia thus described by our neigh
Dor the World in it's issue Of October
10, 1906
"Shenn sHiPr was In court. aud when his
presence was no longer necessary he hAstencd
70 the White House. accompanied by Judge
AcRErsoLDs. who presided al the trial OF the
negro. and two or three OF the attorneys In the
case. to arrange a reception for the entire party
from Chattsnoota. President RooskyID was
having a conference 90 important business, but
when be learned that sheriff SHIPP awaited an
audience he excused himself and came TO meet
him. lie seized the sheriff by both hands and
gave him most cordial welcome. lie said II
would greatly please him 10 receive the party
10 morrow morning. When told that they desired
To leave the city TO night he proceeded to give an
informal reception right then and there"
Notwithstanding this reception at
tho White House to men charged by
the Supreme Court itself with wilful
contempt OF it's authority, resulting in
the unlawful murder of a friendless
prisoner, that court on December "a,
1906, held that this lynching constitutes
a clear contempt of the Supreme Court.
Can it be wondered, then, that with
such example GoMPERs, MITCHELL and
MORRISON believed that they could
with impunity defy and insult United
States Court2 When the President
thus needlessly sffronts a coordinate
but independent branch of the Gov
eminent, what can be expected Of
lesser men, who have no official obliga-
ton in the enforcement of the law?
These considerations, however, only
emphasize the necessity Of loyal
support OF tho courts Of justice in
their difficult task. Fortunately the
end is near. GoMPERs and MITCHELL
have been taught a wholesome lesson,
and on March 1 Of the present year of
grace the present reign Of Jack Cadeism
will cease in this country.
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The Kings ClOgg.
From DE .saiurdav RsetcN

From he Saturday Rsrtcr
The King Clogg" is rather a picturesque
phrase: II has something medieval about II. We
have looked through all the judgments given
In the case OF Adair vs.. the New River Company
Limited and tho MetropolitSA Water Board by
the Court OF Appeal 10 see n Il has any special
historic association with the King. But really
Il seems to mean nothing more than whatwe mean
nowadays By an encumbrance or rent charge.
Lawyers stlll speak ola property being cloggod
by charges and encumhrances. And the dlction
aries speak OF cogg or clog as any thing that OBJ
StructS.
Charles l. conveyed the Crowns shares In the
New River Comnany, known as the kings
moiety.- In 1881 10 trustees and Sir Hugh Ayddel
ton covenanted to pay 800 year forever, and
the beneht Of this covenant passed from one to
another until thc plaintiff obtained the beneh,
OF IT, This Is the Kings Clogg. When the water
board succeeded TO the New river Company
II became 4 question whether the board or the
stock held by the New river Company Is liable
for the Ciogg. The decision OF the Appeal Court
Is that the Clogg must he provided for out ot
the Water FUND and not out OF the New River
Company stock.
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A blow for Liberty.

Many persons have feared that the
subordinate employees of the city
might be so weak ns TO obey Comptrol-
ler METzs harsh order that the clerks
in his department should be at their
desks from o o'clock in the morning
until O'Clock in the afternoon, with an
hour out for luncheon. Happily this
thought turns out 10 be unjustified.
The clerks are men, and as men they
will oppose the oppressor.
1t is now proposed that an organiza-
ton be formed in which shall be united
for common defence clerks, policemen,
firemen and others on the city payroll,
By intelligent cooperation the efforts of
any officer Of the city TO get the taxpay-
ers work done at something approach
ing a reasonable cost are TO be thwarted
The revolutionary proposals of the
Comptroller that clerks at city desks
shall give fair days work are thus to
be brought to naught.
To what hideous extreme the Comp
troller is willing to go to compel his
clerical force TO spend seven hours
each day at the treadmill the public
does not know. But we have every
confidence in the opposition. 1t has
long upheld the sacred right of an en-
ployee o! the public to get something
for nothing, and for the preservation
Of that honorable principle it will dare
to do and die.
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FOR SMALL GIIERS.
Sale or international Emergency stamp
AdXOCAteh

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Since
the tidings OF the heartbreaking calamity
has reached us from over the seas II has
aroused in every one sympathetic response
While many Of the wealthy have nobly
answered the cry by giving of their bounty,
thousands there are who would joyfully
add their mite, but which In some cases
would perhaps seem to the giver hardly
worth the sending.
In speaking Of the beautiful work accom-
plished by the He'd Cross society Christmas
stamp" DR.. John Burling has made a prac-
tioal suggestion which would be far reach
ing in the worldwide relief il would carry
In case OF disaster.
This to be the establishment Of a uni
versal emergency stamp association, to
be organized by men OF influence, having
headquarters either In New York or WASH
ington and local branches to be organized
In every city. town and village.
The stamps could be printed In large
quantities and distributed throughout the
country and when necessity arose be put
into immediate circulation, thus giving
opportunity to the masses, who long 10
express substantial sympathy with their
fellow men.
Even the purchasing OF FIVE stamps at
one cent each would be an ipcaloulabIe
help. and the money thus accrued TO be sent
At once TO headquarters.
GRACE CLEVELAND PORTER.
SUMMIT, n. j., january.
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Trinity Finances.

The unequivocal assertion included
in the statement published yesterday
of the finances of Trinity Church, that
with the exception Of the comptroller,
who manages all the business affairs
of the corporation, and of the clerk of
the vestry who is its legal adviser, no
member OF the vestry receives, directly
or indirectly, any compensation, re-
muneration, fee or profit in any form
whatsoever from or through the cor
poration, should set at rest the unpleas-
ant rumors that for years have had
circulation regarding private profits
accruing to individuals from the man.
agement Of the great estate Of the par
ish. Many Of these reports have been
patiently absurd, but the policy Of
secrecy adhered to by the corporation
has had the effect Of causing credence
to be put in them by many persons who
were not ordinary scandal mongers.
The reserve with which the managers
of the Trinity property have admins
tered their trust, their refusal, in the face
Of insistent demand for information,
to make public the balance sheet Of the
corporation, and the grossly exagger-
ated notions of the wealth of the church
which have prevailed, have resulted in
numerous unfair and unjust attacks
on the church itself In the frequent
assaults that have been made on Trim
ity it has been interesting to observe
that large number of men and women
closed their ears to all the explana-
tions and protestations the rector and
vestrymen could make.
Whether the publication Of detailed
financial statement at this time marks
the adoption OF a new policy, or
whether such statement is to be made
periodically hereafter. does not appear.
The advisability Of following such
course the church authorities will decide
in the way which seems wise to them,
but il is beyond question that the per-
sonal comfort of rector, wardens and
vestrymen would be increased by de-
stroying the mystery that for years
has surrounded the business transac-
tions Of this famous parish.
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From ForeH Products Ruli,itn g
Toe total purchases Of cross ties In 1907 eI
ceeded those Of iot8 by 5O.sS551s, or nearly 30 pei
cent. The Increase In heued ties was nssa, $40
or b.s per cent, while the Increase In sawed ties
amounted Ia s,a7G03j, or 3a.i per cent. HcSed
ties formed II per cent. OF the total In 1907.
In 1901 about 2s,5S7.oo0 Ties were reported a.
purchased for new tracks. This Item includes
spurs. switches and sidIngs, as well as actual cr
cnslons OF the roads. or these nearly Ia 7s2 600
ties used for this purpose by the stea roads,
amounting to l3,7 per cent. Of the total purchases
by these roads. The balance, or over 3sS5,OoC
ties, or nearly 20 per cent OF the total number Of
tics purchased by the electric railroads. were for
neg tracks
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An once Lost and Won.
Ernni Ia Eri hn pnrI.

FTOW u ITT ut PdTTf,
In the arrondlSsement OF Florac u.ozere) 4, a
little community made up OF few houses grouped
around church and OF numerous farms scattered
about the country. This village had one postman.
He enjoyed the most tranquil felicity, as he had
no more than twenty letters day 10 distribute.
One morning this worthy postnan was stupe
ned TO see an avalanche OF newspaper. cople,
OF daily Of southern France, Not an inhabi.
tant near or far but was to have COPY. Here
was trip OF thirty TO forty kilomoters
The postmsn distributed them. hoping thi,
day OF intense fatigue would not have any NOR.
row. But the rain Of newspa pers went on day
after day. The postman protested The den.
uy OF the reimbursement was agreeable and
obtained the place for another man.
The very day that the new man entered upon
his duties there were In all only slx letters TO dis
tribute and not a single newspaper. Since then
the newspapers have not reappea red, but the new
man holds his place.
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powers. soofIed at his prophecies and
even suspected his honesty. Yet he re-
mained the same simple, devout, ascetic
man. and II he retained a ruble Of the
gifts Of money that had been showered
upon him In the day Of his greatest popu-
larity there was no evidence Of II In
his manner of life. The contributions,
which had been devoted TO charity when
they we're not stolen from him. had
ceased TO come or dwindled 10 almost
nothing About year ago Father JOHN
complained that he was an old broken
man; his sole remaining pleasure. he
said was the daily service at his church.
which made him forget his troubles.
What were the troubles OF THE Holy
Man Of Cronstadt" who had been idolized
and was now neglected. can be imagined.
His income used 10 he one Of the largest
in Russia, and he never had TO account
for kopeck Of the money given to him.
The demand for his minstrations and the
belief in his miraculous powers kept him
In Il constant state OF exaltation and ex-
oitement. He became the best known
and most loved and venerated man in
Russia. He did not so much set up for
a prophet as believe that he was en-
dowed with presoence. What Father
JOHN thought was the concern Of mill
ions of Russians in any great exigency
the war with Japan. the revolution, the
meeting OF the Duma.
Father JoHN's downfall may be attrib-
uted TO his open sympathy with the reao-
tionaries and to the detestable practices
Of the Johannites, society that used
his name to fleece and outrage the poor.
The orthodox clergy had always been
jealous OF him, and when he fell into dis
repute they naturally rejoiced. Whether
Father JOHN was humbug or an honest
and amiable bigot, who can say2
The sun., 1909-01-04
The LittlA Onea.

Ne are tho little bills,
The kind you like to bolt:
But we happen around on the nrs, OF the mont
And give you fearful Jolt.
Remember that ten dollar note
Reserved for brand new hAti
Tn. gas, the milk and q length OF sllk
Put In their claims for that.
Did you think you would Ike TO hear
The tenor OF whom all rsvel
Did you ssy 10 yourself; Il will get the p,lf
And save and save and save,
pld you save aud save and save
Till you bad the needed sunni
Did the cold snap, due. make tro ouble for YOU,
And the plumber-he had 70 come.
Were just the little bills;
To say we are large Ia rash:
But We are the ones that make the duns
And eobble up the cash.
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From ne Macon Telecraph.

submitted meekly and continue to submit
they will deserve the loss OF respect. for
whi ch they must inevitably suffer in per-
son. But the chief matter OF concern is
the injury done to our institutions through
the virtual abJect surrender OF the legisla-
tive branch of the Government to the will
of the Executive and the possible perma-
nent decline OF the former. We trust that
the resolutions passed by Congress are not
mere words to pass over a painful incident,
but are the beginning Of a determined
struggle to maintain the integrity Of a CO.
ordinate branch OF the Government.
The sun., 1909-01-04
Small Feet OF New OrIean. Women.
From the baltimore American.

FToW NE BdHimore AWertcdn.
1T seems to have been pretty certain "
proved that the women Of New OrIea q
have the smallest feet OF any OF the fair
sex in Uncle Sans dominions," said Capt.
b. NJ. Carter OF that city.
One Of our big shoe stores the 9th er
day put a pair OF No. l slippers in its shoe
window and offered prizes TO any youn 2
woman who could get tn EN- on and walk
in them, At first some failures were made
but inside of two days twenty young women
we're successful applicants for the honor
OF getting in and walking about in the Gin
derilla foot wear
The sun., 1909-01-04

From DduV Consular and Trade Repors
a Calcutta arm buys drugs In foreign markets
which are used In the preparation OF. a patent
medicine which has an extensive sale In India
The nrm has departmentwhleh converts th,
wooden cases IN which the drugs are received
from the United States and the United Kingdom
into penholders. They have succeeded In max
Ing a penholder OF such quality that the British
Indian Government and the municipality have
placed orders for this product
The sun., 1909-01-04
Ffom me Boston Herald.

Congress will not reply in kind 10 the
Presidential attack on its integrity. By
unanimous vote the Senate and House have
chosen wisely to indulge In no personal
recrimlnation with the occupant OF the
White House. But however much con-
tempt for insinuation or baseless accusa-
ton might influence Congress to ignore
q slander, the deliberate utterance OF a
state paper could not have been passed
without action. Had either branch Of
Congress found reason for the expression
Of similar sentiments concerning the Execu-
tive the purpose could have been accom-
plished only by means OF impeachment
proceedings. The fact that the Consti-
tuition contains no provision for the i'm
peaohment Of the legislative branch OF the
Government does not minimize the serious
character OF such an accusation when made
by Executive authority. The dignity OF
the legislative branch OF the Government
a. we'll as the faith Of the people n its integ-
rity demands the course which has been
taken by the adoption In the House Of tn o
Perkins resolution.
The sun., 1909-01-04
From the Mauaukte Sentinel.

In respect Of the gross insult he put upon
Congress. two alternatives seem to be
open to the President; II he IL unable to
show by substantial evidence that. as he
charged, the Congress is so permeated with
rosuery that It Ia afraid to be Investigated
he should make amends for a calumny
hastily uttered: or II he has evidence to
back his astounding statement he should
produce II for the information OF the coun-
try. Either the Con sress Is entitled to an
apology or the people whom Congress rep.
resents have a right to know why 1t is not
so entitled.
Withholding eliminating evidence from
the public in order to threaten and intimi-
date Congress with it savors too much OF
the practices Of the common bisckmailer
A showdown" is wanted.
The sun., 1909-01-04

London once, Efhnghsm House. Arundel
street, strand. The daily and sunday SUN are on
sale In London at Murrays Exchange. Trafalgar
Buildings, Northumberland avenue; Pail Mall
American and Colonial Exchange. Carlton street
Regent street, and DAVIS steamship Agency, II
Green street. Leicester Square.
The sun., 1909-01-04

Paris once, 3: Rue Louis le Grand. The daily
and sunday editions are on sale at Klosaue ~ near
she Grand Hotel; Kiosque II, Boulevard des Cap
uelnes, corner Place de rOpcra. and Klosque TO-
Boulevard des Italiens corner Rue Louis lie Grand
The sun., 1909-01-04
From me Indiararo'ts NsW,.

There is much speculation as to what
answer the President will make. II does
not greatly matter. Even II he ls able to
expose half dozen crooks in either branch
Of Congress. that fact would not Justify him
in the use Of language which challenged the
integrity Of the whole body. For the action
was the action Of the whole body. and IL
the motive assigned by the President Is the
true one the motive is the motive of the
whole body. The plain implication was
that Congress-not the dishonest men in
eongress-hsd curtaied the use Of the Sc
sret service because Con rcSs was unwilling
The sun., 1909-01-04

Long before his death. Father JoBN. the
parish priest Of Cronstadt. had ceased TO
be the idol OF the Russian people. They
no longer believed in his miraculous
The sun., 1909-01-04

Published by the sun Printing and Publishing
Association at 10 Nassau street, In the Borough
Of Manhattan. New York. President and Treas
urer OF the Association, william NJ Lanan. i1C
Nassau street; Secretary OF the Association
Franklin Bartlett o Nassau street.
The sun., 1909-01-04

" our friends uho faror Us nth manuscripts for
puAieatton riSh 10 haze reJecied articles returned
they niHu IN all cases send stamps FOR that purpo1.
The sun., 1909-01-04
From ihs Ptnsonra Post.

Imagine Edward VII. assailins the ears
Of Parliament with accusations that it
feared to be investigated and hence had
prepared a bill that benefited only the
criminal element. Would the German
Reichstag sit quiet under such charge from
the Kaiser? When 4 President assumes
privileges that no monarch would dare
to assert. republican institutions have
fallen upon evil days.
The sun., 1909-01-04
Necessities.

knieker-Do you oArry comriete auto suppliest
Desler-YeS even diamonds for ball.
The sun., 1909-01-04
From ne Albany AYess.

We do not see how it will be possible for
psrtisanship to reach a middle ground in
this inquiry. for any vindication OF the
President must OF necessity leave the Con-
sress branded. One wonders II Mr.. Roose-
welt were to serve as President q few months
more IL he could escape impea chment.
He has loaded with studied insult Con-
gress, the courts and honored private
citizens; he has said at his leisure what the
Psslmist said in his haste. that all men are
liars. But on the other hand II 10 quite
possible that IL he were to serve for few
months more cowardice and the hunger
for the oaves and fishes OF Federal pat
ronsss would shield him. as It has 80 long
already shielded him, from offlcial rebuke
Of any name or nature.
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CONGRESS MUST DEFEND ITS
HONOR.
From me Springfield Republican.

We're the accusations true It would bt
necessary to believe that the majority OF
Congressman in both houses are In sym
pathy with crlme-and what would that
mean except the utter ruin OF our repre-
sentative system and the hopeless moral
decay OF the republic! The time has not
come when this people Is ready TO as
sumo that there Is but one honest man IN
q position Of power left in Washington.
and consequently the public demand that
Congress vindicate itself should be so inn
pressive that there could be no mistskinR
popular sentiment at the Capitol. Mem
bers should understand that in the popu-
lar view their honor has become involved
and that they cannot now afford TO be
srerved aside or intimidated by threats
Of further attacks from the white House
upon the individual Congressman. such a.
appeared in the New York Tribune's in
spired Washington despatch to the effect
that II the President should fire back at
Congress the result Would be most senss-
tional and the consequences to more than
one member Of Congress might be disas-
trous."
IL Ia true that Congress IL at a dissd-
vantage In getting its case before the peo.
pie, compared with the President. but Il
cannot afford to draw back. 1t must main
tain Its honor as a legislative body against
a public assault by the executive branch
OF Government; and It should do this At
any cost. however serious to individuals.
In all the years since government under
the Constitution began there has been no
other breach in the amenities between the
executive and legislative departments COM
parable with this II il an open slap in
the face, given under circumstances indie
stivs OF the fullest deliberatton. and IL
cannot be met with a cringe or a whine.
From the Roch,Rer Post Etprsss.
II ls surprising that some American news
papers are inclined to sustain the Presi-
dents astounding accusation on the theory
that some few men among the 600 Senators
and Representatives may be IN some re-
spects unworthy OF trust. This, however.
10 not the question. It IL larger and broader
and deeper than that, The reflection was
not upon individuals but upon the law
making branch Of our nation. The Sena-
tors and Representatives we're not insulted
personally; II was the legislative department
Of our Government that was insulted. The
charge OF the President tends not to degrade
individuals but to degrade the nation itself:
and so 1t h the duty OF Congress to assert
Its own dignity by resenting the insult
and preserve its own usefulness by assert
ing It's independence.
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The Presidents sspersious we're wholly
uncalled for and could scarcely have been
intended as anything else than deliberate
anront to a coordinate branch OF the Gov
eminent which in the past had not been as
responsive to Executive suggestions as the
White House autocrst thought proper
When the President declared that the only
reason why Congress ourtsiled the use OF
the secret service was that its members did
not want to be Investigated he laid at the
door OF every member OF Congress the i'm
putation OF dishonesty. He did not single
out few Of the "undesirables" and hold
them responsible for crcumscribing the ac-
tvities OF the Treasury Department spies;
all members came under the Executive
accusation,
The sun., 1909-01-04
FROM me Boston ktsnins Rsca,d.

The intensity and unanimity OF the
feeling In the House were shown by the
absolutely solid vote by which it was
passed. This, together with the public
comments from every part OF the country.
must convince the President that no gen
eral evidence will be accepted as suficlent
or effective answer.
The sun., 1909-01-04

II Congress Ia to be dominated and ter
rorized by an Executive II would save time
and expense to abandon the theory OF re-
publican government and establish an
sutocracy.
Il is bad enough for individual members to
crlnge at the feet OF the lord Of the White
House in order to control patronage. but
when a party's entire representation In the
Federal legislature are required to abandon
their convictions and accept the DEGREES Of
the White House respecting legislation then
II IL time to call a halt.
The committees having in charge that
portion Of the Presidents message relat-
ing TO the secret service should make a
searching investigation Of the alleged spy
system and take whatever steps may be
necessary to defend the dignity and inde-
pendence OF Congress.