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just Lie RIIIy Mason.

Perhaps il would be unfair To the Hon
WILLIAM T. Mason u Illinois, who has a
genius for humorous eXaggeration, 10
take him literally when he saws that
81 per cent Of the seats in the United
States senate can be- said 70 have been
practically purchased. We are re-
minded that Mr. Mason and the Hon.
WILLIAM LORIMER. now junior IN the
senate to the Hon SHELBY VI. CUIoM.
we're rivals in 1885, for a seat in that body,
and BILLY Mason prevailed. WILLIAM
the Silent withdrew in favor Of his
round and witty friend. in fact, turned
over his Cook county delegates to BILLY,
who was named in the caucus by ac-
clamation. There was no cloud upon
his title We never heard ~ a dollar
being used 10 promote him from the
House TO the Senate. he was among tho
impeccabls % per cent. who wear no
mans collar and take their orders from
conscience, that little spark II celes-
tial fire
We remember that soon after Mr.
Mason was elected Senator he made one
Of his eloquen; and ferv speeches AZ
Binghamton. in which he said that a man
who would sell his vote AZ the ballot box
or in Congress was too contemplate 10
live among American people. and thar
the man who bought vote was ~ much
a traitor as he who fired upon the flag
And now BILLY Mason saws that 81 per
cent. Of the seats IN the nited States
Senate are practically purchased
Has obscurity with it's compusion IT
muteness turned 10 gall the optimism Of
him who was once the merriest wag in
Congress- We cannot believe that ne
il serious in this reflection upon the
title Of forty Senators Why, billy
Mason has been a candidate for his old
seat whenever there has been a nesting
Of the legislature 90 elect a Senat or. and
Mr. MAsON calls himself. and truly VIZ
believe. a poor man. Only the other dav
he was in receptive mood when the
doomed HoPKINs. who succeeded billy.
was IN his last legs Il must be one 81
the Mason Jokes, and in he usual vein,
for i lacks ,uhileiv.
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The VaIedictOry.

In an Albany despatch 10 the Tribune
the interesting announcement il made
that Governor HUGHES will deliver a
public address on Monday next in Bing-
hamton. In ths despatch we find also
the following advance notice Of this
speech:
IT Is sHpsctsd that hls speech utn he a clear
and iorcsful rslterauOn Of bic intense desire That
the Hlnman Green bin be passed and Of his be-
Iiei In the necessity for fair and square yots
on Ia
Although this announcement IL pre-
sumably made with full authority. il
cannot fail 20 recall to many the decla-
ration made in the same columns last
week on what We had assumed 20 be
equally unimpeachable evidence. From
this earlier declaration we take the
following
while he iths 0overnOrl stands nos a. aluaTs
for ths aboushmeni Of cOnvsauOns from We Siate
convenuon doWn. be lsnt going 10 cram that
doerine down the threats Of the Legislature Or
the poopls Of this STATE By main susngth or the
sEsreiss Of executive pOSer-
The explanation Of the apparent con-
tradiction in the two dispatches is not
hard 70 fathOm. Obviously the Cover
nor has changed his mind. He has re-
considered his decision not to cram his
personal project down the throats Of the
people Of this State and determined that
his valedictOry shall take the form Of an
attempt to cOerce and compel the legis-
lative branch Of the State Government
TO surrender to the executive
Such a valediCtory. We believe il not
only unworthy Of the Hon. CHARLES
Evans HUGHES but. whatever its
temporary effect, certain 10 remain a
permanent blot upon the record Of his
public service in this State.
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ouoth Shakespeare. The language used
VITA never = law nor q misN
Pun wide uas Inc range Of ny lore.
But What Il me meaning NJ hts
On Doyie's bingie ihe outneldsr heat 1, q, ,h.
third ststlan and talied On Murrays aserfars Al,
after Doyle vas landed a. sacf,ud ~ = .,g.tts.
throT b. lnhappy smith N humHei
Cried Milton once iuEricd words
Win higdiy successful eRscL
Bui TITS cannot understand.
pray you eapiain and diasect-
Residss tanning nevors. Rucker Whlasd c.
seymour hel erA Wntse and fietcheT.
SID chuuosF: Ia past days wrote.
Ny quaiatness { DO not dfsciaiH:
But THIS do not nomprehcnd
Wm soms ono ihteFpFst the sane
~ vas eHpecttd. Hal Chass picisd ant al.
hat ~ dl1lEed and SMASHED q un the nose s1d
IN ihis eondiuon The bed ned 10 Mcbride.
And Sponsor and Dryden and Pore
And Addison gathered around:
Good craftsmen Of English dults stunned
~ paragraphs strange tbsy had fsund.
rhey said that ~ early tasy lived.
Too aocn IN ~ world utsd ths ionrua
And userina iof en- tksy had missed
y Tteir harpa On ne rrat willow huna.
hcisunguhaI WnaoH.
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The NeggInR NnIsance.

That the number and audacity of
beggars on the streets have increased
Recently Is obvious 10 everybody. Thor
oughfares that have been free from this
nuisance are now infested with impor-
tunate and threatening mendicants.
and the avenues from which they have
never been entirely excluded now sup
port them IN greater numbers than ever
before. They Use foul and violent Ian
glage. behave "a II they had franchise
20 intimidate the workers of the commu-
nifty. and generally comport themselves
in public in the most offensive manner
imaginable.
or course nobody j. 80 stupid or IN
sophisticated ~ - believe that these
parasites conduct their operations with
ont official conniyance. and nobody is
10 inexperienced ~ 20 think that the
essential blindness and inaction of the
police are the results ~ mere iazlness
Or inattention. The privilege of begging
IN the streets oi q rich and caraless CITY
Is worth money, and there il no doub,
that money is paid for H.
The only question is as 70 the identity
u those in authority who receive the
toll Who are the officials that SHARE
the gain n the beggar- 40 boldly At work
in the highways and byways Of tins
afflicted town
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tile litigan,s 20 Of their own free viii
before the Judge or Judges whom they
have chosen TO pass upon the differences
between them.
Colonel ROOsEvELTs address before
the Nobel prize committee was short,
sensible and dignihed. We are glad 10
he able 90 commend il. In one respect,
however, Il NAV bs open 20 criticism.
The ColoRels meaning IS usually plain
Ordinarily the reader or listener has no
difficulty in aSceriaining what he n
trying TO get a. he told the Norwe-
gians that no nation deserved 10 exist
Il u permitted itself 10 lose the stern
and virle virtues. and that II made no
difference whether he lOss were due 10
the gNoVih of commeFcialism. 10 a pro-
longed Indulgence in luxury, -or 10 The
deihCaiion Of a warped and twisted
senlimen,alsm.
What does Mr.. ROOSEVELT mean by
the words which We have quoted? What
is the ssntimentalism to which he refers,
and who has deified ii? We pause for
a reply.
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He Meant We'll.

II ia with intense regret that We notice
in certain quarters tendency TO impute
unpleasant motives 10 the Hon. JOSIAH
7. NEwcoMB because Of his part in the
recent legislative action in the matter of
the anti-gambling bills Il il true. Of
course, that the amendments offered by
Senator NEwCoMB would have fatally
injured this praisewOrthy attempt to
diminish sin by legislative enactment.
II is even possible that Mr.. NEwCoMBs
strangely efficaciOus amendments might
have weakened the laws against race
track betting passed after 80 much
agony and travail several years ago.
We presume. moreover, that no cham
pion Of Mr.. NEwCoMB, however ardent,
can deny that his amendments had the
support Of all the touts, tipsters and race
track attorneys at Albany. Not even
prejudice can blind one 10 the fact that
in this particular incident Mr.. NEW
COMB was the agent Of evil and the ally
Of powers Of darkness. All this IL made
clear in Mr.. NEWCOMERS confession. and
il further proved by the action Of the
Governor in the matter.
Il is not hard 20 understand. there
fore. why in certain places where the
Hon. JOSIAH T. NEwCOMB il not well
known the recent assistance this legis-
latOr rendered the wicked should be re-
garded a. wilful and deliberate. Where
ever Mr. NEwCOMB il known. however,
the error and the injustice Of such
judgment will instantly be recognized.
The slightest possible acquaintance with
Mr.. NFwCOMB establishes beyond ques-
ton the fact that he means well. tina,
good intentions are among his most
conspicuous possessions
II the Hon JOSIAH T. NEwCoMB was
made the agent Of the racstrack con-
tingent. a. Governor HUGHRs believed,
Il was without his own consent or knOwl-
edge That such an agent might be
highly useful Il quite obvious. but IL
would Ia just a. fair 10 censure the
purchaser Of a gold brick for an alb
sence Of commercial integrity as 10
blame Mr. NEwCOMB in this racetrack
affair. 30 far as we are concerned. We
have no doubt that Senator NFwCoMB
was satisfied thar his course was not
only correct but made for betterment
in the community.
II Is natural enough that a states
man possessing Senator NFwCOMB's tx
traordinary csparitv for listening should
make a mistake When attempting an
unfamiliar task Vet his manly con-
fession and public apology should con
vince every one II the integrity Of his
intentions Public life IN this State.
moreover. has reached a sad condition
II the blunders Of tho well meaning are
20 b. visited with that condign punish
ment which should property be reserved
for Wilul maleiactors.
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ALL NUIEr ON TEE GUAYAS.
Ne Grsuna. KxVsrtsEs say. Ter tho RsDSFt
mat ne nlNer o MlnaA.

To rms EDIIoR OP the 8UN-SiT. Under
the title Of Pear Tnrpedoes IN uuayaquil >
there appeared IN TIVE srN Of May q sDe-
cial cahls despatch 10 the sIe't that fear
Ing fOatinK aud submarine mines IN the
River Ouayas the Pacific and the Cosmos
line steamers vii not cell II 0uayaQun.
the chief port Of ECusdOr. a. they have done
heretofore
B.irG interested in the shipment Of q con-
siderable volume Of American mahufac-
lures TO that part OF South America. both
across the Isthmus Of Panama and along
the west coast from san Frrnclsoo. We were
not only somewhat alarmed ourselves but
naturally the manufacturers we're dis
turbed
We nave cabled and teleErAphed every
where 90 get specific and truthful lnforma-
ton. hut have failed entirely 70 ind that
there Il a shadow Of truth In the report.
The agents OF the shipping companies here
know nothing Of Il. and they treat the report
a. not auihentio They. moreover. say that
n there had been any truth or IRE sen-
blance Of truth In TIE report they would
have heard from their companies. Under
the circumstances they are continuing 10
take orders for shipments In the usual way
and will execute them.
Asa matter Of fact. there IL no casus belli
existing between Ecuador and Peru. nor is
there likely 10 be I have Iust returned
from the west coast Of South America.
an fairly Intimate with the conditions there.
both politically and commercially. Snd
know Of no earthly reason why war should
take place between those two countries.
On the contrary there Il every reason to
avoid such q conflict. The small territory
a - saN
Ecuador and north NJ Peru. tho intrinsic
value Of IL Ia not worth wasting i've minutes
talk over. Besides, the dispute l. being
arbitrated, and the President Of Brazil In
his message 20 Congress. alluding 70 the
differences between Peru aud Ecuador.
expressed the hope that no rupture Of the
peace would take place.
The PeFuvians and tcuAdorians a. =
whole are a highly intelligent. civiized
and prosperous people, and are progressing
With wonderful rapidity. commercially and
financially. That a dispute exists there Is
no doubt, and the embers % 10 feeling are
being famed BY irresponsible people: but
With the knowledge that those two countries
have capable Governments Representatives
az home and rKceedingly able and shreWd
diplomats in Washington, we nav h sure
that the whole problem viii b. settled
amicabiy In the near future.
The PITY % Il Il that these war scares nom
South American countries seriously alarm
American anaRcisrs and manufacturers. and
Il Ia doing the country a public service 70
print the truth snd thus aliay their iesrs.
J. W. DAVIES.
President Latln America Export Com
pany.
Nav YORK. May Z.
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homogeneous. In a different form, but
generally 10 the same effect. Mr.. ROOT's
reform OF the army organization can he
extended 10 the navy and marine corps.
AZ the bottom all these scandals and
cliqnes and warning ooteries are gener-
ated by the immObility Of the siad as
signmsnts. Gentlemen move into pleas
ant berths at Washington. In the
course Of year or two they like them
and begin to scheme for permAhency.
the fighting men come and 60, but save
IN rare instances they are at sea. far
removed from the scene Of intrigue.
while the staff officers beleaguer sump-
tuous dinner tables, daily in bOudOirs
and dance in bathrooms and in all other
ways anchor themselves in the affection
and the confidence Of the lawmakers.
40 -Admirals' are always accessible 20
congressman who want sympathy and
patronage. while real Admirals are away
attending to their fleets and squadrons
and making the glory and reputation Of
the service
In the matter Of the marine corps our
guess is that the investigation will end
in the transfer and distribution Of OIL
GERS who have been stationed in WASH
ington for many years and who are
deeply rooted in society and i'm
mersed in every pleasant and agreeable
communication, IL Secretary MEYER is
the man We take him TO be.
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not forgotten when he came before the
people ~ candidate for judicial ONCE.
The Republicans did not look FOR such
a manifestation Of public sentimen; As
found expression in that election. II
their leaders had fOresoen |, there were
many RspiraRts for The bench who would
have prevented the nomination for the
Court Of Appeals from going TO EDWARD
r. BARTLETT.
The people. however, would not
have Jared better in that event. The
quiet, siudiOns lawyer who was nom
mated and elected then. and who was
the candidate Of both the great parties
for reelection when his first term ex-
pired in 1907. proved to be a most pains
taking. industrious. conscientious and
faithful Judge. No man Of higher char
acter ever adorned the American bench.
He was a worthy representative Of his
distinguished New England ANCESTRY.
and Il his first election may he said to
have been the result % a political acci-
dent, it Is to BE- regretted that such
accidents are not more frequent,
When the time comes for the Governor
TO appoint his successor he will find il
impossible To name a more honorable
gentleman or a more faithful public
servant than was EDWARD T. BARTLETT.
whose body IL laid at rest to-day at his
old home in western New York.
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The Marine Corp. investigation.

Nobody knows and nobody can know
Cor q certainty what - 10 be the out
come % this inquiry into the bitter quar-
rel in the Marine Corps. The inquisr-
ton. three grave and reverend retired
Admlrals have been charged with the
Investigation. and We understand that
their report Is now IN the hands " The
Secretary. ~ ms nature. ~ fS cnnchl-
sion- and recommendation nothing is
really known Even those who testified
have been cnioined ~ secrecv.
In he light IT The past shrpwd guess
can be- made. however. When the Hon
FLINT ROOT became Secretary ~ War
IN iSga he found the -eryics IN much
'he same plight ~ he naval servire
and 'he marine corps are IN now Ne
found the sian practically anchored for
life. N long diss0cistcd from tho line
that stan officers had forgotten ~ neasia
and ~ emergencies The march and
the bivOlac were pleasant but dim
memories Without martial knowledge
or experience Mr. ROOT perceived the
kernel Of the situation and tho ranrpan-
izafiHn laws followed. To-day duties
IN me army are Interchangeable and
regulated on a sure and measurable
scale Quarermas,ers and commits
sarias leave their swivel chairs in order.
The staf is a mere symbol lie oocu-
pants are temporary and the army b
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BOYS.
They were Net An Angels Half q Century
AGo.
Nav YoRE. Nay

To TIE EDIToR or TEE sUN-Str: Two
correspondents have recently asserted that
boys nowadays are not a. well behaved e.
those % the past. Before the declaration is
accepted u seems well % make some COM
parsons. Of course seven-eighths Of the
boys between the eges Of 10 and Is are mild
or acute pests. owing 20 their animal ex-
hilarafion.
OF the population Of the city ~ per cent.
Il Of foreign birth and only 10 per cent.
native born Of native born parents. IncOr-
porated among the first and last are those
Of two races kept down by the tyranny u
centuries. and they now confuse reasonable
liberty with unbridlsd license.
For their Improvement for the time We
must place our hopes upon their better
assimilation with our ideas. the police. our
public schools. churches. boys clubs, set .
Element houses and various organizations
for altruistic and corrosive work
We now come 10 the AnglO-saHOn boy
when was boy In the late 'sOaor early EOS
the boy under the harsh and puritanical
treatment By his father was q contempti-
bic hypOcrite. a liar and a thief. He was
brought up by the hair Of bis head. awakened
with a rake or poker. and for a slight infrac-
ton Of parental discipline was hurried sup
PEERLESS 20 bed with club or cat o nine tails
and punished between times AZ a matter Of
general principle.
No one had any respect for him and he
bad none for himself, Hts Niciousness
vas fgely secretive His literature was
on news stands. such ~ Beadle'a. Adams's
OT MunrO's dime novel; Wild Oats" m.
Days DoinGp.' or works srch a. the Law
No. ~ ths hark ,,.rd. contained ,,r.,.
arcors frd0i which In the darkness he pur-
lolned freely. With q horse nail on The end
q broOuistlck he stole from the groceries
ON election nights nothing vas too sacred
for the bonfire, 4 small DISAGREEMENT be-
tween two would gesult IN a challenge
and adjournment ~ the nearest vacant
lot for prize rims adiusime Hs ran
N1th the FIRE engines Of the volunteer FIRE
depart ment and having access 10 such
stations heard language and stories such
- fpcn NOWADAYS rarely utter before the
young. strange boy In a neighborhood
vas rrquently 80 upon and relieved NJ
MS lackknife or other possessions. and those
who darei TO h. afraid 20 enEage IN numer.
Oua other atrocities remembered hy those OF
my ace were held in scOrn
A. men IN the mass are better to-day
than in the past 30 also are their sons IN
act ~ promise Ms two sons nov adulta
tr their iuvenle years we're more in
teliigent. better behaved aud more amht-
tious than ! was a. the same period Of life.
perhaps because they mad = better father
: han mlno. who vas a sOn Of q slayish He's
sian scidier. With manhood. courage and
good fortune enough 20 'lesett from the
host NJ murderOua hirellngn amOng whom,
he i0refath@rs had served Tor generations
] have lived under one roof for forty
years and my observation Of the netghhoFs'
bows mp 10 to-day exhibits them a. heinR
vastly superior 10 those Of the earlier wears
- not your correspondents despair Tho
minds Of men are widened with The process
Of The suns ON Row
NV YoRN. Mays
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4 SEARCH FOR FOLK SONGS.
assistance Wanted In an EHert 20 Collect
American nallafls.

To THH EDIroR ~ Tbs SUN-Sr Under
appointment from Harvard University a.
sheldon Fellow for the Investigation Of
American ballads ! am trying % bring to-
gether the most typical folk songs 81 the
United states. such ballads - Prom
Buffalo 10 Syracuse canal boating song
The Mountain Meadow Massacre A Nor
mon song The Old Chisholm Trail
cowboy trail song Jerry. go lie That Car. %
a railroad song The Arkansaw Traveller, %
An early settlers song. aud The Days 81
Forty whine a gold seekers song. are ex-
amples Of the material am seeking Many
songs belong 10 each ~ the types men
TONED % have more than one hundred COW.
boy songs and there are types omitted
from the list Minnesota. Maine aud other
states have lumber songs the sailors Of the
treat lakes and along the Atlantic coast
have vhsnteys there are mining songs,
fishing songs. a. we'll ~ songs Of the noun
tam people 81 kentucky and North caro-
lima aud the hundreds oi negro melodies Of
he southern states. and still Others exist
especially adaptations OF limitations Of ing
li-h ballads
Whenever people. from whatever cause.
live tu primitive ISOLATION for a time they
make songs that reflect the feelings Of the
whole community Such particular songs
also spring up from unlettered men follow
ing % particular occupation especially N
10 calls for supreme physical effort The
songs are perhaps rarely written out and
less seldom md their way tn print They
are often crude In form and matter. some
times vulgar. but always interesting ~
Rejecting The initmate life of the people
These are tho folk songs. either handed
down hy word 81 mouth from generation
10 generation and entirely submerged lon
tho rush ~ progress or lost through the
dominion ~ the newspaper kducati0n
and civilization always pat an end 20 the
making NJ ballads
" b. my purpose 10 help save the native
American ballad from extinction. In this
work I earnestly nzk the cooperation 81 the
press and readers Of IHE SIS ~ matter
sent 10 ue ~ the Agricultural and Me-
chaniCal tOllega Of Texas, College station.
lex. will be gratefully acknowledged.
lOHS TOMAN
-.LL.-. .r.rL.. L.. M..
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\ Faithful Judge.

When EDWARD r. BAETLETr ~ this
city was elected an Associate Judge Of
the Court of Appeals siHtssn years ago
no one was more surprised than the sue
cessfIl candidate and the Republican
leaders who had nlaccd him in nomina-
ton. The election AZ thai time ~ the
Republican ticket, including the dele
gates AZ large n The constitutional con-
vention NJ l,qi. wis due 10 the intense
popular hostility 70 the late Isaac ".
MAYNARD. who was the Democratic
nominee for the Couri oi Appeals bench.
A. Deputy Attorney General Of the
state Judge MAYNARD two years pre-
vioJlsly had dealt with certain election
returns from Duchess county in such a
manner A. 20 bring down upon him the
condemnation Of the court8. This wa