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The sun., 1909-06-15
A unioa ye.er.n on Fen .lon 4.

To rHz EDITOR OF TEE SuH-!Str. Asaveteran
OF the civil one OF those who volunteered sand
went 10 the front In is6,, am surprised TO read
such words as are used 10 the editorial In TEE
SUN OF June is under the caption Of Fred Grant
at Memphis" OF the ex-Confederate reunions It
is said;
They do not represent . pension list. and the
men who participate 10 them bore arms, saw
death at close quarters and have survived by the
grace OF heaven. . They are well mean
Ing fellows and served faithfully an fought with
4 certain splendor. Their ranks thin every year.
while the pension list on our side Increases
In other words you extol the bravery OF the
Southern soldier who fought 10 destroy the Gov.
eminent and belltte the Northern soldier who
fought 10 preserve the Government. What are
the reasons given for bclitt ling the Northern SOL
der. He draws q pension. 10 the Northern SOL
dier not entitled 10 the pension be recciresf ]
have nine scars on my body received In the late
unpicssantness" every one OF them indicted by
men who fought Against the Government, and
for these wounds and Two years and eight months
OF service l receive the magnificent sum OF Sl2
month. and for the two years and eight months
service was paid SIS month 10 deprecated
currency. There sre 10000 survivors OF the civil
war living to-day. Hundreds OF thousands like
m, self went into the service OF our country be-
fore we were eighteen yesrs OF sge. Are We not
entitled 70 live out our allotted time OF life. and
are we not entitled to this stipend from the ns-
ton we helped 70 saver
think there Il 700 much loose and thoughtless
writing about the pension business and not
enough intelligent investie alton Into the facts and
the reasons for the payment Of the pensions
HExRY W. KNtoAr,
Late Of the Seventh Maine Regiment. Past Com
mandef U. s, Grant Post.
BkooELYN, June IL.
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welcome il not altogether intelligible,
We have long believed that thess same
navy yards are costing the country at
least eight times as much as they ought
to on even the most easy going scheme
OF expenditure. but in the hurrah Of
clashing ambitions and conspiraeies we
have never been able to identify the
special and peculiar leak 1t has seemed
to US in fact that the paymasters, the
doctors, the constructors and the civil
engineers have been engaged in an
affectionate rivalry as to which chief
can get the most out Of the Government.
assemble the largest number Of subs
and assistants, obtain tho biggest pos
sible appropriations and otherwise in
trench himself most securely in the
interests and expectations Of our frugal
Congressman. As Mr.. JOSEPH JET
FERsoN used to say, we may be wrong,
doubtless are; II 80, pray correct u.s. "
From this distance the proclamation
of a great saving in the navy yards
through the medium Of the pay corps
neither enlightens nor disenchants us.
1t is our fancy, meretricious no doubt,
that the entire administrative system of
the United States Navy is in dire need
Of reorganization. We do not think,
however, that anything serious can be
achieved by isolated and empirical ac-
ton. Our opinion Is that reform should
begin in the Department itself, with It's
bureaus and the false atmosphere tha.
has followed their establishment. An
economy here or there amounts to moth
ing. No wholesome structure can be
erected upon such foundation. Let us
assume that $l25,0O0 year has been
cut of through the pay corps Of the navy
yards. The system remains, and ten
times $i25,ooo a year may easily be
squandered under its regime.
What the naval administration needs
is real reform. The question Is whether
we are likely to get it from the Hon.
GEORGE Won L. MEYER.
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should have done. be measured BY the
standards Of perfection here main
tanned. Thus the ideals and the in
spirations OF the Citizens Union may be
transfused into our whole body polite.
Indeed, is it too much to imagine that
day may come when the President Of
the United States himself may stand
trembling and abashed before the accus-
ing agents Of the Citizens Union, seeing
his petty and imperfect efforts fade be-
fore the sublimated glory of their own
projected performances?
The Citizens Union has added another
bright page to its splendid history, an
other brilliant triumph to it's unparal-
leled record OF achievements. Some
day we trust that the complete history
Of all it's undertakings may be printed.
On that day we unfalteringly proclaim
that American humor will achieve new
high water mark
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To rHI EprroR OF TIE suN-Sir: II Is about
pie TO their wits. from which the bActerioloeists
means of scare tales concerning the alleged
battle II Il manifestiy important for them 10 know
friends from foes. Instances have been known
In which squads Of the same Army, In the DARK or
In the smoke Of battle, have fired In 70 each other
causing . bloody sacrince and at risk even Of
utter rout BY the enemy. That the same sort
of thing may ooeur-thst Il has, In fact occurred
In war against disease Is susceptible OF proof
and would cite the experience Of three eminent
physicians. after quoting the remark Of Professor
Jscobi that 1T may b possible that vs can learn
how 70 poison aud extsrminate the so.oalled
germs. but In 70 doing we may kin the ps1snN"
The experience Of Dr. BAhi. Perron ana
Gimeno uanest, April 30. i&eO y OF great sis.
ninesncs ln beAhng out Professor Jaoobi1 diosum:
when dealing with tubercuiosaa Of sAs lunes,
The microscope having revealed the prssAace Of
the Koch bacillus, but the patient y Without
fever, night sweats, or yetlowtsh green sputa
the results from a1psrtmenh with serum from
douksys were somewhat amazing - well o. dis.
Astrous. Treated with the serum. their general
health seemed 70 improve lpoison stimulation
ssys the present writsrl, snd the number Of Koch
bscili decreased In notable proportions In two
cases the last sputA sxAmined showsd that the
bscilll had entircly disAppeAred: but wNh the
dissppeAranoe Of the specific bacillus Of tubSsou-
iosis hectic fever set IN, and one patiset died IN
eight days and the other In ten. With the SYMPHONIC
OF septic poisonine.- cnAALSs Z. PACE, u. d,
BOSTON June IL.
The sun., 1909-06-15
THE TED PLANET.
May Not ITS Inhabitants. II Has Any,
Despise Men OF the Earth?

To TIE EDITOR OF tbs SUS-Sr: Apropos Of
the attempts 10 communicate with Mars. nave
the honor 10 offer ggesuon that has been MADE
before suppose. but surely has not been sum
GENTLY emphasized. The Martians may be toou
sands OF generations In advance OF Us in in'ein'
renee. but perhaps even they have not yet a.
ye,oped an enduring love of all things great ana
small" especially II those thints are unfanihh'
We do not hesitate 10 kill serpents and creeping
things and all forms of life repuldve 10 US even
though they do not harm US. Indeed stentonsn
advocate Of moral upllft and every desirable hnd
OF life under heaven shoots monkeys. those poor
little relatives OF our own proeenitors ana no ons
thinks much about H. We even blot out 'nieno!
races Of mankind when they cross our pstn ano
call II destiny or the survival OF the httest
How do no know that the Martsns. though eVsa
less mslevolent than ourselves would not rcss'o
us -foeked, straddung. blpeds With handy leeh
Is We look upon rats-creatures unworthy OF 'ne
beautiful worid-and proceed 70 remove VI 70
make way for more truly progressive oefnss'
Addison held that the vast majority Of men ana
women 70 out of the world without sver having
learned how 70 I'VE In Il. HUXLEY despsifed OF 'ae
future OF mankind and thought that unlee eosne nN
radical change took plsce the advent OF k,nas
comet 10 sweep W away In one van cs'scs
would be welcome. II one Of the hndnest soo
most thou m tful OF men could hold such q opsnon
what might not be tho New OF the ennsssos'
Mariana
I advocate Z solsuane apprasal Of oufseNs
before we oSgin TO Airt with total ttraAeUa I1 ~
bly thea ~ shall decide 70 wsits few Asoos q si''
The Mariana 10 bow hfst
Nsw YoRx. June H.
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Democratic Leaders.

Aletter from the Hon. ROGER QUARLEs
MILLS OF Corsicana is published. He
speaks OF "the present exhibition in the
Senate by Senators calling themselves
Democrats" and ichabodizes thus
1T is dlfncult matter In these degenerate
days for rea, Democrats who belonged to the
party for the sake Of the principles which It rep
resented 10 have any Idea as 10 what Democrat
s."
II must seem 10 MIR. MILLS That his
work is writ in water. With what cour-
age and constancy, what scorn Of con-
sequences, what unoompromising, ad-
mirable and fatal conviction he strove
to compass tariff reform fought for that
painted devil "free trade Chairman
OF the Ways and Means Committee. his
Mills bill was the undoing Of GROVER
CLEVELAND in 1880. The young folks
have scarcely heard OF it, or II they have
it Is as old as Troy. HILL, HARRISON
and GRANT; ticket and cry in this tone
OF those who we're or pretended to be
scared green by free trade" And the
Democrats got their chance Of tariff re-
form in 1892, muddled it, sneaked out OF
it, broke their promises and their party;
in short, were thoroughly Democratic.
They have tried courage; they have tried
cowardice. Economic causes have risen
to justify what was else but shabby
opportunism; and between MILLS and
BAILEY there is a great gulf.
1t is curious to recall that Mr.. MILLS
was first assigned to the Ways and
Means Committee in the Forty-sixth
Congress by Mr.. RANDALL, whose opin-
ions have at last triumphed in the
Democracy. Speaker KE1FER did not
put Mr.. MILLS on that committee in the
Forty-seventh Congress. 1t was Mr..
CARLISLE in the Forty-eighth who re-
stored him.
The theories Of Mr.. CARLISLE and Mr..
MILLS are no longer prosperous. Their
party is gone away from them. But in
that party, 90 confused and futile, so
grateful for the slightest pennyworth
Of protection, 30 content to be Repub-
lican sideshow. what leaders are there
with a jot Of the high public aims Of
CARLISLE and MILLS, their unshaken
belief in their principles, their enthusi-
asm for q policy which they thought
right? II we mention that disaster has
come to that policy 1t is not to triumph
over its protagonists, but to salute men
OF intellect and convictions and to re-
gret that in the Organized Democracy
they have not left their like.
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Navy Reform.

We see it asserted in the papers, from
some very high Navy Department au-
thority, that the improved system of
paying navy yard employees will save
the Government s125,o0o a year" 1t is
quite possible that an even greater
economy could be effected, say at Kit
terry Point, Me, by arresting the manu-
facture of tubs, buckets, squeegees, DC,
and buying those articles in the open
market at one-third the price. Never
theless this saving in the pay service is
worthy of consideration. II amounts
as we understand to sl25,Ooo year--a
good round sum which would make the
cyeballs Of the average farmer bulge.
We trust, however, that this tremen-
do,ls retrenchment has not been achieved
at the cost OF any diminution Of the pay
CORPS. When we heard last from the
New York Navy Yard there were nine or
tenor was il really eleven?- assorted
paymasters stationed there, most of
them with no apparent duty save that
OF Joining in the general staff cry for
more help, more politics and necessar-
ily more influence. Maybe the saving
in question has been accomplished by a
looping of in New York and elsewhere
OF these beautiful and bright adorr-
ments. We really do not know
In g general way, however, this an.
uouncement OF considerable economy
|. the pay system Of the navy yards Is
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Arsum.ntum id Phiiippun,.

TO rHK EpIroR oy TIE uH-Sir: nox With
Amusement a letter In this mornings son slSned
Philip Snyder, the same being nn argument
against woman suffrage upon the ground ths,
women wear hats little 10 his liking.
OF one thing I am quite sure namely, that no
woman In New York knows a. much about mil
linery as docs the gentleman In question.
there fore conclude that 70 be his business. Such
a iund OF Information upon the shape, slse and
trimmings OF hsn for Generations argues little
time spent upon the study or prarticeof politics.
Masculine graft rlsrule and corruption AZ least
cannot be laid At his door.
Mr. snyder cioses with the assertion that years
ago he was young. ~ he will pardon my saying
so, long before concluding his letter ] imagined
hin, s,ill 10 be very, very young indeed.
kAkoukRirR pu PoSr Ire.
GEonoEToWN. u. c., juno II.
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The. law Gets on the Right Side.

Thenews dispatches from Evansville,
Indiana, are full Of cheer to those who
long for a readjustment Of the agencies
of government to the conditions in
which we live. Evansville is luxuriat-
ing in strike Of it's street car employees,
with the usual assaults and batteries
contributed by strike sympathizers.
In the words OF the news report:
-EuUARp HEBEaER. awealthy commission mer-
chsnt. was arrested while In pursuit of s'rikef:
As ~ ear VA moving along one Of tho principal
streets a bottle was thrown through window and
psssinR EIrpIRrR head was broken against the
opposite side OF tic car. the pieces cutting .
woman and little girl.
HtsIarR jumped from the car in pursuit Of
the riscreant but failed to overtake him. He
rennasRed In the presence OF two policemen who
were once street car employees that he would
have shot the scamp II he bad had gun. For
this be was put under arrest"
II will be observed that the violent
and incendiary HEBERER is wealthy,
which alone justifies his arrest; that he
is commission merchant, or middle
man, an offence not to be condoned; and
finally that he objects to having women
and small girls bombarded by strikers,
thus ihrmly establishing his character
as q dangerous enemy of society. 1t is
well that the policemen were at hand to
gather him in and that they, being
former employees Of the railway COM
pany, appreciated instantly the deep
crinlinaltty Of his conduct.
1t, is regrettable that numerous per-
sons have shown a disposition to criti-
else these alert and progressive police
mon and that fifty citizens followed
HEBEaER to the police station to 60 on
bis bond" Yet they are evidently unre-
constructed and hopelessly prejudiced
in favor of law and order. We have no
information as to their fate, but obvi-
ously they should have been locked up
forsS1lisring an officer, disorderly con-
due9Ahd contempt of unionism. We
trustthat they are in custody, held with
out bail, and that their fate may be
settled by the officers Of the union that
now controls the police Of Evansville.
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Notes on Saccharine Immunity.

Notes on Saccharine Immunity.
This expression of simple faith in the
squareness Of the deal and the evenness
and equality of the distribution OF
President RoosEvELT's trust busting
efforts is contained in letter which
Receiver EARLE, as representative OF
the interests Of the spiked refinery in
Philadelphia, wrote on August 2s, 1905,
to Attorney General MooDY:
lam one Of those who have believed that Mr..
are working out the salvation OF the country In
this respect. and have felt that this case was one
they should fully understand"
Eight months later. after a persistent
attempt to interest the Department OF
Jussiesinthe doings of the Sugar Trust,
Mr.-KsRLE was writing as follows on
April i, 1907, to Mr.. MoopY's successor,
Attorney General BoNApARTE:
i we.e 4, no, for your assurances would be
Inclined 10 trouble you no further In the matter.
50. Widespread seems the impression. II am TO
Judge from the communicatioas sent me- that the
Sugar trust Is immune from attack by the presen.
Admins ktration."
1t may be added that Mr.. BoNAPARrE
did nothing whatever to remove the
insulting opinion which Mr.. EARLE had
formed of the activities, or rather the
inactivities, OF the Rooseveltian De-
partnlent Of Justice where the Sugar
Trust was concerned.
How different with TAFT and WICK
EHsHhMi,
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What Did Julia Say?

While deeming it his duty to oppose
the free admission Of works Of art, the
Hon. KNUTE NELSON of Minnesota pro-
tested that he didn't want to be held
up as a barbarian He enjoys nothing
else so much as a fine painting" He
never comes to this town without visit
ing the Metropolitan Art Museum, that
fine art gallery" Indeed he shows
plainly though unintentionally that he
is critic, even If by want Of experience
or book Of synonyms he overworks
fine, that respectable adjective:
II was going UP one OF the corridors OF the
museum, and on the wall there was hne lot OF
paintings OF the Flemish school OF the seven.
teenth oentury-barnyard scenes: elegant: In the
finest colors: nfeliEe. A stout old lady. with .
black silk dress on, and her daughter were there.
They had moro jewelry and diamonds than my
whole farm and possessions In Minnesota are
worth; and as they were goint up the old lady
got her eye on that picture and she said. JULIA.
do you notice how that pig curis his ears That
was the one thing which struck her In that i'm
portant picture, while I, u rude barbarian from
the wild West. stood there and admired that pic
ture as much as any picture In that noble art
gallery
With submission to Mr.. NELSON may
not something be said in behalf OF
JULIA's mamma? She too must have
found the barnyard scene elegant, 10
the finest colors, lifelike. A realist at a
realist shrine. She was a specialist.
That's all. The lifelike curling Of the
pigs ears attracted her. She fingered
with Ineligible and intelligent enthu-
siasm over those elegant ears. Com
monplace visitors might have fioated In
rapture over the curl Of that pigs tail,
an object too often represented by
painters with prodigality beyond ma
ture, painted romantically, impossibly,
in way to make st. ANTHONY stare
and gasp.
We can imagine STERNE writing a
book on the canons Of pigtail portraiture
and the forgetfulness by artists Of the
sacred Greek rule, Nothing too much.
The conventionality, the eccentricity,
the hidden or obvious symbolism, the
motive and value of an elegant painted
Flemish pigs tail OF tho seventeenth
century-what a theme was here for
commonplace hubble, for critical jargon,
for mystic Rosicrucian and illuminate
aubdub. JULIAs mother resisted or
was too strong to feel temptation to
these ignoble depths or heartbreaking
heights. She took the pig by the ear as
PHGBUs took MILTON. She saw in
that the essential curve and curl Of
grace, the flower of beauty, the jewel
and the joy, the pink and pigsnear Of
consummate art She may have been
wrong, but she had her point Of view.
She knew fine painting OF an elegant
pigs ear when she saw H.
Was IL worthy Of Senator NELSON to
dwell upon @the jewelry and diamonds"
Of JUlLA's mamma? II rich and rare
were the gems she wore she couldn't
he expected TO leave them at her hotel.
She was stranger In New York, We take
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LIFE IN NEW YORK.
Delights That Only the Dweller Between
the Rivers Knows.

the Rivers Knows.
To THE EDITOR or The SUE-Sir: New
York city has the best things to eat and
drink Of any place on this continent This
fact possesses peculiar Significance to every
one who travels about among the Lesser
towns and cities. In certain places In Bos-
ton. Philadelphia and Chicago good food
can be found. and often tempting liquids
delight the parched throat. but in this won
derful city the places are legion where the
epioure can revel In the satisfaction Of the
sensations OF the palate.
As . rule In the smaller cities throughout
the country the cooking is simply as poor
as it we'll could be. The coffee Is vile.
Cream is seldom served with it or with the
breakfast cereal. Vegetables are half
cooked and are generally dished UP in q
pale watery LIQUID. The meats are, simply
the roast beef that drummsrs eat. The pie
ie fsea sea SGsa q. sSsatry
There L no hope for them and they de-
Is one spot hotter than another It should be
reserved for the coffee makers Of village
ipns. May they never know Joy! But In
ored eoee e 70 Be- oSssned for even ven SH
cents q cup. And what steakl Gods. what
steak Think Of anything, your tongue de-:
lsuto 70 IOnQle ana your tnTOAJ CdTe68, ana
you will dnd II in this city. sent here BY the
very people who have never learned the art
Here are to b. found tn. really truly
cantaloupes that are ripe. asparagus that
Is Fat and tender as youthful pullet. straw
berries large and luscious. spring lamb that
melts In the mouth, butter sweet a. the lipe
OF maid. lettuce all heart and soul. dsh
fresh and savory everything soodl
And beer! Now. as we all know they
pride themselves on beer in st. Louis and
Milwaukee, but ono stein Of imported
l'ilsener or W1rtzburger 10 worth 4. cask OF
the domestic slop. Ask bar man IN Utica
or Syracuse 70 mix you Bronx or 6alome
cocktail and he will stare at you and give
shiysr as II trietlee down your throat.
adore their native city, Il took me 8 long
while to find out. Now ! know. II 10 be-
cause We live. here In this city. In other
places people only exist, Laughter and
the 10Y Of living are In the air here. even
are not too serious. The future doesn't
bother us much. Lite ts something TO en-
10y. not a period in which to discount hv
penapce future punishmsnt, Surely this is
. delightful city.
Fulton Market is q romance. Washington
Market a pastoral. and the open windows
OF our hundred thousand green Rrocers .
mer for q change Of ar. but The farmers
New York. non,inslly to see the sishts. but
In reality to get 4 good square, meal well
cooked and to look 10y betw cen the eyes.
NEW YORK June a. Ngw YORKER
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DIR. HALE'S LONG LIFE.
Inspired BY BELIEF In Gsd and Love for
HIS Fellew Men.

lneplfed ny beile1 " ssVu .no A~'o '~s
His Fellsw Men.
To THE Eprron or TIE suS-sh: There
is one exception which might be taken TO
your admirable estimation and delightful
"reminiscences Of Edward Everett Hale. That
exception Is to the recipe which you give
for q life "lonE and enviable. 90 nrowded
and 90 fruitful" a. his: that formula OF an
intellectual curiosity" which seems TO fail
short of the true standard OF valustion'
not Of other long and useful careers. at any
rate OF his.
We have had men in Boston and New
England Of equally wide and unhssging
Intellectual curiosity and activity, Of sohol-
srship more varied, and certainly moro ao-
curate; men who were scholars preeminently
and solely. 1t 10 the human interest. how
ever, which distin guishes his intellectual
activity from theirs, and that human inter-
est fed It's perennial hame In the hre OF
love for his fellow men which drew Its own
life from the central source Of light and love
whom he addressed In terms OF q belief In
a personal relationship. Our Father.
That belief has pretty much dropped out
Of acceptance to-day. inside the church
az we'll as out. 1t was. however. the SOW
ereign motive and guide Of his life. its uni
form inspiration, by which and In which
the multifarious activities Of his Life were
bound together In q splendid unity es Ia
duence running through all the phases In
which his energy manifested itself. That
love was the final summing up. In his own
conception at any rate. Of the meaning
OF all energy, without which intellectual
energy, II It 10 separabls In any sense
from this quality of love. is stillborn.
Therefore to that service Of truth 70
which these other scholars dedicated them.
selves In single and more effective service.
he Joined the service and ritual Of Christ
and the Church as the necessary compile
ment Of the whole meaning Of the truth.
which became a service. therefore, insep-
arabic from the service and love Of his fellow
men; and by that quality Of love which fred
all his intellectual enort--love Of God and
love Of mamie 10 set apart In their estimate
from any quality Of mere admiration which
they yield to these other lives animated BY
purely intellectual quality and curiosity.
consecrated In their eternal love and
memory.
The badge Of servitude is the badge Of all
his tribe. They are bonded to it's free and
joyful acceptance. The sign and seal IL
love. That is the stamp and quality. the
secret OF his life. UNITY.