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A Clear Title.

The revised figures OF the recent
Afayorafy election will be received
with enthusiasm by all loyal Repub-
1icans with their publication there
vanishes the last doubt as to the honor
able distinction belonging to the local
organization. It's right to the rear, left
In slight doubt on election night, is now
20 be unchallenged. The honor at
tained under the leadership of the Hon.
B. b. OpELL. Jr., has been retained
under tts guidanos Of the Hon. HER.
BEET FAHsOHs.
There are, we presume, consider
aba number Of Republicans who still
wpnder why their party in this county,
( pSpseesing an admirable candidate,
e&ac~ed with a cam paign fund ex-
teedlng that Of both other candidates,
Hag not forced to surrender its hold
H3en the third place. There are citi-
4<&s we believe, who are still the VIC
tins cf that amazement, of that stupe-
fkeBion, which the first returns from
tho recent canvass produced. The
magilitzide OF the victory" won last
month still battles their intelligence and
confounds their logical minds.
This amapenaSnt. however, will, we
believe. yield readily to a cursory exami-
nation OF the returns in recent elections.
In 1901 the Hon. SETH Low polled 1872
.es votes; in 1908, 132.17s. In 1906 the
Hon. WILLIAM NJ. WINS polled "a, ,2sO
votes. and in 1909 the Hon. OTTO T.
pANNARD received SO, ,4s7 votes. No one
Mill preGrme 30 deny the superiority OF
both Mr.. WINS and Mr.. BARNARD to
Mr.. Low in every respect that might
interest an electorate or appeal to the
individual voter.
Why then the enormous disparity in
the vote cast for Low and for WINS and
BARNARD? The answer is simplicity
itself. Leadership; this has produced
the marvellous change. What ODEM
began PARSONS has continued. Gentle
emulation has stimulated heroic effort
II OpELLs success was relatively more
complete. PARsoSs's imitation is far
ffUm contemplate. A few paitry votes
may divide the two aspirants, but the
ureat fact. the important result. remains
fhe same; the Republican party is still
tblrd In the totals Of votes cast in the
( old city Of New York.
a. fssviewing this honorable record. We
believe a,single conclusion viii impres:
llour fellow citizens. All that is neces.
ssry 10 retain for the local Republican
,srty the third place Is the retention
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E
To rHg EDrToR or TEE sUN--siy: u is
the opportune time to enter q plea for the
thousands Of seamen In the port OF New
York. At Christmas most Of the men in
port are strangers within our gates. away
from their homes, wives. children and
friends. The ordinary Christmas joys when
fathers. mothers. children and friends meet
the mirth. music. lights. present giving and
receiving. and ell the time honored sssocis-
tions of the season. win be denied these
splendid men. Very few people are aware
how common q thing IL 10 for seamsn 70
miss a Christmas at home for years at a
stretch. 49, fF ~
Amid all the Christmas preparations
we should not forget tho seaman. -the I'M
dispensabls man. who In homeless that
Others may have greater comfort and
luxury in their homes. How could We Gale
brate Christmas and forget the men IN
port through whose exertions the Christ
mas parcels. mails and gifts wers carried
across the ocean, Those who .fraveiied
in safety last summer should at tfsig season
remember the men Of ths sen. $50 ,sFssta
-Four thousand seamen Of all n&tispai-
ties win be in the Immediate vicinity Of the
home and institute. We have the space.
the facilities and an earnest de~irs 10 enter
tain these men, and we purpose doing 80,
and confidently appeal to the citizens Of
New York and the vicinity for help.
Donations OF all sizes win be cheerfully
received and acknowledged.
GEORGE MCPHERSON HUNTHR.
New YoRK. December O. Secretary.
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Army omcsrs. Prs.sns..

From the Christian Science Monitor.
No officer. clerk or employee in the army
Is to tender q gift or present to an oficer
receiving a larger salary. according to n
Government order Just received by army
ofiicials In Boston.
The order also prohibits Officers receiving
such gifts or presents. The order com
ing at this time 10, IL is believed, a gentle
reminder, that making holiday presents
to superior oficers may result In dismissal
from the service. Secretary OF War Dick
lnson signs the orders promulgated by
Major-Gen. J; Franklin Bell, chief OF stan
omcers are also reminded that the receiy.
with the service will not be approved iA
Washin gton. ~
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should be coevaV with the pervereness
and disgrace of the Prairie. commissioned
TO carry marines to the far South where
the clash OF arms resoundcd and war
barred her horrid front. Obviously a
case of telepathy between rebellious
merchant craft that had been di verted
from their ways Of peace to unweico me
military uses. Pea Patch spoke an
accent of woe to the Hen and Chickens,
and the Yankee rose to the troubled sur
face only to sink with an explosion OF
resentment to the graveyard OF good
ships. If there is lesson it is that the
Government had better build it's own
TRANSPORTS
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The President ON I'M Functions.

That portion Of the Presidents mes
aage which deals with the subject oi
judicial restraining orders or injunc-
tions il extremely conservative from
ono puintef wiew,and extremely radical
from, another. ->-, .-
* Mr.. TAFT proposes that notice to the
Defendant shall always be required be-
fore preliminary injunction is granted
by a Federal court or Judge. except
=hssTe there is danger Of irreparable
injury. tFash
This 10 the rule by which the action OF
nil competent and capable Judges is
now guided, in the absence OF any
statute regulating the practice in this
respect. To recommend that it's OBJ
Eerymce be commanded by an act oi
Congress is equivalent TO expression OF
ilack Of confidence In the Federal judi
ciary. The recommendation evinces an
apprehension on the part Of the Presi-
hent that the United States courts, unless
constrained by the express mandate oi
d statute, cannot be trusted to exercise
their jurisdiction in a proper manner
so far as the granting Of provisional
spsp6klies is concerned.
Such astatuts might well be indorssd
iby- Congress with the legend: :'-We do
hot trust our Judges II they need
such direction as President Tart would
like to have prescribed by law they are
mot fit to be on the bench at all. 40.
cording 70 the recognized doctrines oi
equity procedure as they now exist No
fudge ought to grant a preliminary
Injunction without notice unless il APP
pears to be necessary to prevent dam
age which cannot be repaired. We
believe that the records of the Federal
courts show that this rule has generally
been observed by the United States
Judges, and hence that there Is no occa-
zion 10 subject them 10 the rebuke which
would be implied by the enactment ol
such a statute as is proposed.
The Recommendation Is simply O sop
10 SAMUEL GolIPEEs and the rest Of his
breed. Even 80. ifitwere really necessary
TO amend tho law 90 as to compel the
Judges to do what they ought to dc
without any statutory command at al
I'VE should not object, although VI
hhosild lament the necessity; but We be.
pieve the need is wholly imaginary. Thi'
being the case, the entire Federal judi
riary, OF which President TAFT wa
iosscc a, distinguished member, shoule
rot be subjected to an unmerited 70
buke through the agency Of an act oI
Gongress.
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Americas naemkeys.

The whole simian family IL divided by natural
lists Into two main groups. one OF which b re
stricted entirely 10 the Old World and the other
exclusively inhabits the new; and h is worth
noting that only In the invigorating. Invention
breeding air OF the New World have monkeys
thought Of using their tails as an extra hand.
Not all American monkeys are prohensile tailed.
any more than sn human Americans lnvcnt typce
writer's or rramophoaess but no prchAnsIls tailed
monkeys exist elsewhere. IL 10 only an American
monkey. again. one OF the sskis. which has
learned 70 use It's hand drinking cup. TO avoid
Dipping. u b supposed. lbs mxurisnt beard m
the water An the Old World species continue
% mess their chlns and faces by thrusting their
muzzles down into the stream or pool
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Farmer wEitamssas Methsd Of Corn
Culture.

Culture.
To TEE EDIroR or TnK sux-Sir. On a
train returning from q visit TO the south
read an editorial article in THE suS on
corn and tho cost OF living, which moves me
to tell what learned on that visit.
Several years ago q farmer named v. Al.
Williamson OF Darlington county, South
Carolina. developed q system Of corn cul-
ture which has already worked an agricul.
tursi revolution In the Peedee River region
Of that state. and which In destined to bring
about in the South an Increased yield an
acre OF corn which would 90 far toward
reducing the cost OF living.
Williamson reasoned that the application
Of fertilizer at time OF planting stimulat ed
growth Of stalk rather than that of grain
BE therefore reserved the fertilization until
the plant was about TO fruit. when the stim.
grain production.
Since smaller stalks occupied less ground
space he seeded more thickly. and the COM
bined treatment increased the yield enor-
mousIy. 70 as much In some casee as f20
bushels an acre, and with a quite common
result Of SO To 90 bushels an acre.
Willlamson's system has now been so
generally adopted In his immediate locality
that found Darlington county abundahtly
supplied with corn Tor home consumption.
whereas IL formerly spent largely OF its
cotton money Tor Western corn.
The upland southern lands are thus
proved eapsble Of rtysilipg the gIrssa, corn
10 Farmer Williamson, who deserves q niche
IN the national hall q fame as benefactor
NEw YORK. December :.
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pr. Masl,lnEtsn.s Appe.l.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuS--Sir; Dur
ing the last seven years no one act has given
me more satisfaction than 10 distribute
among the children In the South In the
remote couutry districts such Christina
cards. books and other remembrances rs
friends have been kind enough TO send.
These Christmas presents are distribn,e'l
among class who Otherwise would get
nothing and scarcely know anything shout
the Christmas season. The pleasure concs
In giving 10 those who do not expect xlft
and who are not called upon to make an
other Gift In return. ! shall be very glad
to distribute as In other years whatever
friends may send to me at the Tuskegec
Institute. Alabama.
BooKKB T. wAsaiNoToN.
TUskE0EE. Ala. December Z.
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From "A, I.d,ouo ,oi,. s..l

FROM hs IRdiand pods star
The old elm at Corydon. under whose
rugged limbs the state Constitution was
drawn up e5 years ago and which for a
while seemed doomed to destruction. has
at last found permanent caretaksr ia the
Corydon organization OF the Daughters
of the American r evolution.
This old elm. which has always claimed
the attention OF visitors to the ffrst Stsf 2
capital and has been an object Of rever-
ence for loyal Hoosiers, In called the con
stitutional elm because OF its connection
with that important event In the history
of Indiana. AT pre- sent 10 is In an excel
lent state OF preservat Ion, although there
is evidence Of some past neelec, In csrins
The trunk Sf the constitutional elm Is
i've feet in diameter at the base and the
branches have spread Of nearly l2c feet
A forestry expert recently estimated that
the tree In now $50 years old and said that
with proper care. barring destruction By
flourish another hundred years.
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RETRENcHMENT.
nieA 0ppsrtun1saes fsr n IN the Depart
ments % washington.

ms8nts - washington.
To TEE EDfroR or TEE sUN-Sir: III.
Departments at Warrington viii welcome
investigaticn by Congress and hail oil
subssausnt refreshments. most OF them
at least. The Interior and tSe Commero.
and Labor departments especially are
quite aware Of the extont 70 which certAin
OF their buresus overlap or are overiapped
By the bureaus OF other Departments, and
Il will be distinct rclief 10 them 70 have
done With Il once Tor AL and the extra ex-
pense and responsibility disposedo OF.
For example. the Commerce and Labor
Department win be glad 20 bc relieved OF
the duty Of collating the crop reports IL it
osn be shown that the Department OF Ag-
riculture does it better. Certainly ther.
10 no reason why both of than should do
the came thing. /. hear that Secretary
NaRel is much better equipped for the ssr.
vice than Secretary Wilson b. The census
bureau 10 n fne and accurate machine, but
In any event there Is no reason why both
Departments should collect crop reports
and duly proclaim them. The result is
inevitably confusing 70 the public. and il
10 expensive. Then We have the Interior
Department with its bureaus OF the geo.
logical survey and its land once. Why
should tho Agricultural Department with
its assorted -scientists- repeat tho work
Of those long standing divisions unless there
is good reason for obiiterating them Evi
IDENTIFY there is no occasion for continuing
eli Of them. They cover ne same ground
they reach or attempt to reach the same
conclusions. and for all purposes OF govern
mental information most OF them are en-
tiroly superduous. The same may be said
Of the forestry bureau ut the points where
70 touches and traverses the work OF ths
Interior Department. In this case there
Ia not only duplicstson. but there is actual
The sun., 1909-12-09
The Meuated Police Dsrinx tho HudsSa-
Fulfoa Parades-

To TEE EprfoR or THs SuN-.Sb: Tho vsiue
OF The mounted police In the city streets was
never shown to such rood advantage as during
tho Hudson Fulton celebration On the days
OF the big psradcs it was The mounted men Une
preserved order among the thousands OF peope
who crowded the strceas. Tue foot police alone
would never have been able 70 cope With ine
situation Fsr
The efnciency Of ths msunssa mea vas pernsr'
tion thsy pleased. II they hsd bean permitted
70 do % the result would have boon great con
fusion. Ths mounted police directed tho Grow -
% sbilfuiiy thAs sverythins won't Oh smoofhb
A. the points whsre she foot police did uot na'r
ordsr. s't vmuoa
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a pertinsnt question, especially as the
President enjoins economy in his an
nual message. Hs has urged q reduc-
tion that would lsavs the War Depart
ment estimates s45, 100000 less than
thoec of last year. and has shown how it
could be effected. -by cutting on new
projects and saspending for the period
Of one year all progress in military mat
tors On the one hand we have Secre-
tary DICKINSON urging Congress to re-
viye and pass the bill for an increase Of
officers, and on the other hand tho Presi-
dent insists upon economy. II 10 true
that he hints at a special message upon
the need of reorganizing the military
establishment, but it Ia quite sufficient
for Chairman HULL's purpose to point
out that s12 new officers would cost q
good deal of money, and that this Con-
gress must cut appropriatio ms to the
bone.
The fact remains that regiments ara
underofiioered, q condition that entails
extra hard work and no play. or little
OF il, on company commanders. There
appears to be only one remedy II the
House is going to be obdurate, and that
10 the recall Of officers from those spe-
cial details that are not imperative.
Secretary DICKINSON gives a list Of
details in his report--the total 10 100.
Sixty-three officers are teaching drill
and tactics at state educational insti-
tutions. military schools many Of them.
Ii is employment much sought after
and therefore under some suspicion of
being often unnecessary in q time of
profound peace and evident security.
Most OF the officers we do not say all Of
them could be sent back to their regi-
ments without detriment to the defence
OF the country. Perhaps the number of
recruiting officers d29 could be re-
duced. as Mr.. TAFT does not want the
army increased just now. Some of the
twenty-seven aides de camp might be
spared. There might be even a cut in
the General STAFF details go, and in
those TO the United States Military
Academy (77), the army service schools
at Fort Leavenworth 1907, and the Army
War College (2D. At any rate it might
be well II the Committee on Military
Affairs investigated the special details
to decide whether they could be thinned
out. Where there's will there's a way,
and as Congress lis not in mood to pro-
vide more officers the regimental vacan-
cies must be filed in part by recalling
absentees who are on special duty Al
any rate there should be no easy and
ornamental berths for army men with
political influence.
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Inpslits P.ile.,m.s.

To IHE EprroR or Tnn suN--sfr: Is there q
police rule that forbsds policemen from occupt-
Ing seats In street while passensers ere stand
ingY have been under fhc impression that there
H. but the compiaccnt features of the seated cops
while women are dangling from the straps has
made me wonder n the police badge b good for .
scat AZ well as Tor free ride. -..t.
This morning whie riding In . Brookiyn ele-
waited train I stood near . fran ssrAphangtng
woman who daneied directly In frcns, Of q seven
striped policeman. who hold his seat olesv 70 Psrk
row with all tho ssse and grace OF . hrst rishfer
IN billboard seat Wf frDrowANr.
NEW YoRx. Decemser7 a. s-s,--s
The sun., 1909-12-09
PERRY,s yICroRY.


To TIE EorroR or TEE Sux-sir: As New
Yorker born and bred desire TO protest against
the Insult which is offered me and every loyal
American citizen by q communicates in to-day's
SUs on the Incidental victory Of Perry on Lake
Erie. Il is surprising how Engiishmen would
stultlfy that important incident. rightly termed
great battle. Engnshmen have no sense Of pro-
portion. Their islznd In small. and small Things
seem big 20 them. do you know. SIR. that The city
of Greater Ncw York contains only some thing bc<<
than 5oooooo people, Think OF It, little short Of
7,0oo.o0o That win siye you some idea Of ths
greatness Of the country of which ~ 10 the metrop-
oils. the Erestest country tsat tho ever shons
ON.
When you walk down Broadway and sec the
endless line OF trolley cars you realize how small
q thing IL trfnnx little hght In the south African
wilderness. BALD EAoLK.
NEw NoRx. December
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The Demand for More Army Omoer.

The Demand for More Army Officers.
Representative HULL Of Iowa, chair
man Of the Committee on Military Ar
fairs, intimates that the bill providing
for an increase Of 8i2 officers in the army
which passed the Senate in the Six
tieth Congress but was not reported
to the House will have his opposition
again. I'm lsoi." says Captain HULL,
I'VE gave the army all the additional
officers they said would be necessary
for an army OF 100000 men. Now they
want additional officers. How long
viii this number be sufficisnt7' 10 ID
The sun., 1909-12-09
=. a Coal Pis s.vsaty Years.

Fronl NNt LoHdoH UdHV TInleS.
Joseph Walton Of Darklands, Swadfincote Bur
ton who has iust retired 70 spend tho evening of
NE IN q house next TO that In which he was born.
has achieved the remarkable record of working
fulI time 10 coal pit when close % years OF age
he has worked ss miner for about scvent ~ year,
He remembers the time when golfers worked
twelve hours day for half crown. and he was
one Of the nrst 10 Join the Miners Association
W alton was one OF q family OF seventeen and has
,wo octorcnsrtnn brothers living
The sun., 1909-12-09

csnclnnat,n arranged 70 be found pisugnins.
-ror 10 csrt cotton and BIZ vhest- he sz-
n..s-sa - p-ss.svs Nm ps.s -.s r..uy p,sse.
The sun., 1909-12-09

The roar Of bsttle In Nicaragua lie so
variously interpreted by the intelligence
departments OF President ZELAYA and
the three insurgent commanders operat-
ing Independently that only one conclO-
sion seems possible: In the course OF
time the Nicaraguans will exterminate
one another.
The sun., 1909-12-09

TO TN Eprroa % TEE sux--sir: why nos
hsodlunsssss Ths word has prtxsy suuna mat
ssrves - ssessa shs haFsAnsss of ~ appncssss.
uxw rcuE psssnsw . q q. @
The sun., 1909-12-09

The spirit Of Independence must be
strong and all pervading in Cuba when
the public Offices and places OF business
are closed and memorial service is held
in the House Of Representatives on the
anniversary Of the death in battle Of Cen
eral ANTONIO MACEo.
The sun., 1909-12-09

N our friends rho fator as rnh ssaRgseripfs for
pubiicafon sctsA 10 hdus rsJsofsd articles resrned
0ssvsnua On all cases send stamps for that parpoSs.
The sun., 1909-12-09

: London once. Eningham House. 1 Arundel street.
Swsnd. The daily and Sunday Sun are on sale In
London st the American and Colonial Exchange.
Carlton street Regent street. and DAVIS Steamship
Agency. n Gfeen street. Lcicestsr Square.
The sun., 1909-12-09

Parss once. % Rue Louis le Grand The daily and
sunday edgtions on sale at KosQue II. near the
Crnnd Hctei Kiosque "a. Boulevard des cspucines.
corner Place derOp and Kiosque 10. boulevard
des ltsicns corner Rue Louis le Grand
The sun., 1909-12-09

Published by the sun Printing and Publishing
Association ai ITO Nassau street. In the Borough
of Manhattan. New York. President OF the Asso'
ctaiicp. Edward p. Mitchell. ITO Nassau street:
Treasurer OF the Association. NJ. y. LAnHn. 100
Nassau street. Secretary OF the Association. ID. W.
Quinn. 10 Nassau street
Evening journal., 1909-09-21
National League.
BUTCHERS READY
FOR CHESTER TRIP

Arrangements have been concluded by
the Wilmington Wholesale and Retail
Butchers Association to attend the field
day Of the Butchers and Grooers' Asso-
citation OF Chester on September %. on
that day the members win meet at C. l..
Meller's store at o'clock and from there
march to the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany's station and board a special train.
A band Of twenty-five pieces will accom-
pany the wilmlngtonians from here.
Tickets will be distributed by II. L.
Moore, A. c. Scott c. l.. Moiler. stdham
Work. william +. johnson and James NJ.
Thomas.
The butchers viii wear dark clothing
with white vests and white bow ties.
Charles l.. Meller viii be the chief mar
shay. lie will be assisted by George T.
Frederick and John II. Jos yn. The feature
Of the day VIII be a baseball game for the
Millard Il. Davis cup.
Evening journal., 1909-09-21
SQUAD
WORKING HARD

BY United Press Leased Spec al Wire.
BOSTON, Mass, Sept. I.-Hustling as
though the Yale game was TO be pia ed
next week. three new coaches have re-
ported at Harvard and to-day are putt ng
the Crimson squad through their races in
signal practice and tackling the dummy
on Soldiers field.
The new coaches are Crawford Blagden
'02, tackle on Dave Campbelrs champion
ship team Of '0l; Harry Greene, 'CO. centre
on the same team, and Harry Kersburg
or, guard on JuIhe Fosters eleven that
lost to Yale in 1906. Blagden and Greene
viii have complete charge Of the centers
and lnesmen. Roger Derby will help them.
Kersburg will have special charge Of the
guards.