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ONE or THE "DISHONEST."
A Lifelong Republican on Mr. Taft and
Colonel Roosevelt.

The Rsr. f. y. Parker. H. D.. IN The hartford Time,
still cherish an old fashioned conviction
that ministers OF tho Gospel had better
leave the business OF spcechmaking at
political rallies tn others and that they oft ell
do more harm than they are aware of and
seldom do any good by entering the arena
OF party politics.
Nevertheless in the circumstances |,
seems quite proper for me to say now tina,
! am in cordial political sympathy with all
rallies and assemblies which have for then
purpose the Endorsement of tho nomination
OF MIR. Taft by the recent Republican con
vention at Chicago. My respect. honor and
admiration of MIR Taft considered In both
his personal and political character are in
the supcrlaiive degree. From Philip drnnl,
with Rdulation. Conc"it. ambition and arro-
aance ! appeal to Philip sober and sane,
and believe Mr. Taft TO Lee the man de-
scribed by Mr.. Roosevelt some three years
a 10 and not in the least such as with equal
c1 rontery and untruihfulness he now mis-
represents and defames him.
Furthermore. am one OF the great multi
tudc OF men described and denounced by
Mr.. Roosevelt as dishonest" because they
utterly disbelGve and rcject his Wholesale
charges OF fraud and theft in the nornna
tion of Mr.. Taft. and believe that Mr. Roose.
| velts sole grievance is the failure of a con-
temptble conspiracy TO capture and con-
troll the national convention for the further
ance OF his political ambitions
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ScnatOr BURTON Of Ohio finds three
prirn" causes for the prevailing higl
priccs
These are the phenomenal progres.
of recent years. the striking inequality oi
this progress In different branches OF human
endcavor. and the Inevitable tendcncic,
In every progressive ara to extrava "a gancs
and waste in expenditure and to the di.
minishcd productive energy of a large
share Of tho population
This view Is formidable and ominous
II progress is to enrich the few and i'm
poverish the many progress will become
very unpopular. As to cxtravagance
the individual is responsible for It in
his own case. and he may rctrench; and
in the case of the Government, cxtrava-
gance can be curbed by the voters.
Economy in Government expenditure
Ia certainly a pressing issue. Senator
BURTON maintains that high prices are
in no way due to the tariff law This
may be too sweeping a statement. His
conclusion that "the trusts and large
combinations of capital" are not rcspon-
sible for high prices may not bc popular,
but it is largely true. The prices of
their products are generally lower than
prices were under open and costly COM
petition. No thinking man doubts it
now.
In appropriations for the army and
navy. which have greatly increased
since 1880. Senator BURTON finds lever
for high prices. Naturally. for he has
scant sympathy with naval expansion.
If such appropriations are an evil it is a
necessary evil, and they give employ
ment to great number of men. The
growing scarcity of lands suitable for
cultivation and "thc movement of pop
ulation to the city the Senato or ac cknowl-
edges to be contributing factors. The
truth is that great stress should be laid
upon them. for the appreciation of value
of land makes its products cost more and
drives out the small cultivators. If Mr..
BURTON deals with the dcprecia ton of
gold because of the mining of increased
quantities it does not appear in the re-
port of his remarks. 1t is another cause
OF high prices against which the wage
and salary earners are helpless. The
great question is how to regulate condi-
tiOns in the interests of this class which
does not share as it should in the prog
ress Of the higher civilization"
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An l'ncdifNing Spectacle.

In London. in Berlin. in Toxic the
clear and untlinching words in which
the Senate Committee on Foreign Re-
la,ionS rcasserts the Monroe Doctrine
will bc construed in the light of reason
shed by the House of Representatives
ships or indeed any battleship. To the
world this can only mean that this
country claims the right to forbid while
it declines the power to prevent tres
pass.
The German statesman who described
the Monroe Doctrine as a piece of
Yankee impertinence" did not much
exaggerate the international view of
this historic article in American foreign
policy. No sane man has suspected
Japan of any uniriendly purpose in
Magdalena Bay. no reasonable American
credits Germany with any present in
tcntlon of scizng southern Brazil: but
if this country assumes the right to
prevent Japan. Germany or any other
great nation from obtaining "a place
in the sun" in the western hemisphere,
it must justify it's assumption by cloth
ing its words with power; otherwise
they are revealed as empty and futile.
The Monroe Doctrine ia not a policy
of peace but threat of war. 1t has
never been invoked save under cir
cumstances in which the United States
Government was prepared to reinforce
diplomacy by military and naval force
if necessary. That it is a war policy
conceived in spirit Of justice, Of hon
orable intention and proper purpose, is
not To be questioned, but this does not
change its character.
Thus the spectacle Of the United
States Senate affirming the Monroe Doc
trine and the House Of Representatives
tying the hands that would enforce il
Is humiliatng, ridiculous, shameful. II
i, in fact an insult to proper patriotic
spirit delivered by the Democratic ma
iorty in the House. an exhibition of
petty partisan politics in the face OF a
question Of national safety.
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The 1Plple Han.

FROM ne PdH Maj Gd:ene
In according II triple han" to the Prince OF
Wales on his recent visit TO their clubhouse the
Paris students paid tho royal guest the highes,
honor which n In their power 10 bestow. and Que
which the wayward dcnikcns of the Quarter Latin
have been known 10 withhold from kings and
emperors. No oncisl hint win bring II forth, and
II In the students proud boast that the ban" has
never yet been made To order"
In the French Chamber Of De eputIes most Of ths
members Of which have teen through the uni
wrsi'y course IN Paris. and occasionally rene m
her thcir student days. the han" has some time
brrn given AZ signal mark Of approval A han
Al the PalaiS Bourbon Ia even more desfcnins =
than In the Quarter Latin. a. Nis executed win
desk lids and paper cutters instead Of the hare
hands
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WAS ST. PAIL 4 WIDOVER?
4 Deduction from Ills Advice TO the
Unmarried.

To rHE EDITOR or The SrN--Sr: St
Paul j. brought into the discussion of the
fate of elderly unmarried ladies and he l.
spoken OF as having been an old bachelor
II i quite a common thing to speak OF the
apostle in this way Eut was he never
married? Ie often wrote concerning z
widow" D." but he never spoke of widow
ers." Why!
| ono" heard II said there was no word
in the nreck TO CORES pond with our word
"widower" l. that fact? In his epiltlo
to the Corinthians Il. Cor. vii. 81 he wrote:
Il say therefore to tho unmarried and
widows II is good for them il they abide
eycna I"
II would seem that the word unmarried"
here really refers to "wdowers" as We Use
the word TO day. That l.. they had once
been married. bat had become unmarried"
hy III" death oi their respective wives 1t
is thought from this scripture that Paul
really was "A "widovcr NOVICE
MoSr,LAIR. y. j., August
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GAMBLERS.
1ncinde Al Women and Most Men. Ac.
cOrhiug 10 BrOOkiyn (yuic.

10 THE ENRON of TIM ~ y. sir: Tho
| Manhattan Philosopher means we'll enough
but he has not allowed his philosophy full
! play. His main contention Ia right. but
| his political economy H. at fault Every
/ woman /. n horn gambler and great pro
portion ~ that seS gamble, but every woman
| II not fool. Mo-t men are mad" gamblers
aud fools Into the bargain. Tho point the
philosopher has overlooked h that every
| thing - capable Of abuse from love to rcli
gion. and what he meant to say was that
| gambling was an unworthy form Of excite
ncnt. II Won wish TO find relief from mo-
notonous daily toll by tho creation of an out =.
aide interest. II you wish to buy excitement
you can do much better than hazard your
money on the anguish OF suspense for the
exultation Of winning. If you lose you pa y
for your excitement.
When yOu give monay to n bcggar in the
street YOU do II from a gambling spirit. lie
may he honest. and he may br "a scamp
You take u gambling chance. This is Rodly
gambling. Novel reading used to be the
woman's substitute for gambling. Tho old
three volume novel would take her out aide
her narrowed circle OF interests. Tho short
story Craze swept this away and women
had to be content with best sellers. These
did not prove satisfying. and so the ma jor-
ity came to a bridge which may or may not
have been built ny Euclid. Others took to
typewriting, which by the way, Il n terri
ble gamble. and others stili TO writing stories
instend Of reading them. which is more
terrifying.
Inasmuch as there IL no stable relation
between work and reward we must all he
gamblers. Iou make an investment. and
Its value may rise or fall through no fault
OF your own. but through the marhinati ions
OF others. Why. even when you insure your
life you are a gambler! Most of us had a
gambling spirit inculcated in our systems
In childhood. When u youth played
beziuue with my grandfather every night.
the stakes being postage stamp. and he
always won. This was natural AS he pos
sessed wealth. and needed the stamp for q
letter to my lady love. Then played the
ponies" and found that horse of another
name and color almost invariably won.
Finally | became \ member OF the Stock
Exchange and married. Everything was
gamble.
The wealth Of the world l. not changed
by the transfer of money from hand to hand.
If you abuse this transfer that j. your own
fault. hut inherently there Is no harm in the
transfer. Teach the people to crave some
thing better outside their daily groove,
and gambling will soon disappear among
hoi polloi. though the smart set very
likely will always follow M this brainless
pursuit. BRookLyN BLUE SroCKISG.
BRoOkLrN. Aug,isti.
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SUNDAY BASEBALL,
A GrOwl at the Recent Activity Of the
Police In stopping II.

To nv EDITOR or THE SrN-Sir. Why
doesn't the New York Police Department
devote its time to something more serious
than stopping Sunday baseball games:
Last Sunday. acting under orders from
Headquarters. officers supplied with sum
monscs interfcred with. delayed and in some
cases stopped baseball games that were
being played in parks and lots scattered
all over Greater New York
Apparently 1t is not understood by ,hoss
in charge of police affairs that Sunday is
the only day of the week when hundreds
Of people have an opportunity OF attend
ing baseball contests. our great national
game. All week long great many of these
pcorlc are cooped up in offices without rec
reation of any kind and they derive great
deal of pleasure from Sunday basel II
games. They 90 not only to see tine games
but To get fresh air and a glimpse at the
green grass and other creations Of nature
which they have no opportunity of seeing
on weekdays.
Then there are thousands Of bows and
Young men who play ball because they love
the game and the exercise II Affords them
They receive no money for their services
Is enough to satisfy them. They bring
along their friends. in some cases their
wives and swec'hearis. and il affords all
conditions of he hot flats and tenements.
II sunday baseball is stopped, what are
these young men going TO doy They have
TO spend the day in some way and they are
going 10 turn 10 the thing, that al ord them
the most pleasure. whether these things
ara good or evil 4 large number OF these
young men are going to spend their time
IN the hack rooms ~ saloons. which the
polc" have failed to close up, proha bly, be-
cause they are too cngrossed in stopping
baseball games.
Children will be the worst sufferers. They
are unable to stand the heat aS w"ll as the
older folks. Some OF them have been in the
habi, OF visiting the parks where baseball
has been permitted with their fathers and
brothers, and II tho games are going to he
stopped by the police the children may be
forced TO stay home and play in the hot.
dusty streets.
our city Is for the masses" and not the
Glasses" II may be that the Police Depart
mcnt IL acting ON the suggestion Of a few
old fossils who desire TO see Sunday base
hal stopped because they take no interest
in II and got no pleasure out OF II. Some Of
these people have their automobiles and they
tour the adjoining country in them all sun
day. They have the opportunity of get
ting recreation and fresh air. but how about
the poor swetering in hot tenements? ?
Where do they come in? 4 trolley il their
AUTOMOBILE" and park Is their playground.
NEW York, August II. ". l.. ID.
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"etai'soI MS opinions ana pohc'cS ~ ou''
lined IN tho speech We leave our readers
T., consul, for tbcmsc,vcs nor for the
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i,su. Tho emorra,ic par,v and the
former Republicans who hay" left their
parry ar" neither OF them 70 De trusted on
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The New Japanese Foreign Policy.

There Is certain appropriateness in
the fact that a new Emperor of Japan
will find himself confronted with an
utterly changed situation in the foreign
relations of his country. The victory of
Japan over Russia, the final assertion of
Japanese power and influence in the Far
East, will remain the enduring triumphs
of the last reign. But IA this reign was
closing evidences multiplied that new
foreign policy was making.
Briefly this foreign policy is ono Of par
tition and recognition Of spheres Of in
fllience rather than rivalry and further
conflict. Thus the European press at
the present time is giving much atten-
ton to the reported entente between
Russia and Japan which is based upon
tho recognition by Russia of Japanese
supremacy in southern Manchuria and
by Japan of Russian influence in that
part OF northern Manchuria now crossed
by III" Trans-Siberian Railway and in
Mongolia.
For Europe, and particularly for Eng
land Germany and France, who have
COLONIES IN Chinese territory. the Mon
Golian item in the Russo -.Iapane.e n arree-
mont is most Interesting, and this o,,es-
tion has already been opened in tho Brit-
ish House of Commons The ancient higb-
way between China and E,iropc GROUSE,
the Mongolian Desert and rcioins Tho
route of tho Trans-Siberian nt I,Lo
/ Baikal To-day Russia maintains n nns,
road along this route, and a railroad fol-
lowing it would cut in half the Distance
, from Moscow To Pckin.
| Plainly, If Russia is now to become
/ supreme IN the vast Mongolin province
her power viii reach to the very door of
! the present Chinese capital, for the
/ frontier of Mongolia is only two or
three hundred miles from Pckin
British protest at such an expansion
was met by the frank statement of Sir
EDwAHD GREY that England was in no
position to prevent il. Japanese con-
sent now removes all possible source
Of effective opposition, and it is the
British view that tngland's eastern
ally acted with the full approval of the
British Government and that conCce-
slons to Russia IN Persia and Mongolia
form "A part of the agreement of the
Ir'pl" En''ni" in Europe
Apparently, then, Russia and Japan
IN northern Asia are following the
example Of France and Great Britain
The sun., 1912-08-02
BRIAN BORUy GLORY.
Ihe high kins an Ancestor of Theodor,is
1libert,Icus.

bu"rTbbVuS.
To Tnt EDiTOR uF IuE SrN-.S,r: Tho
Roosevelt Gaelic Literature Association
and its gcncalogist, Mr.. II. OH. Molineux
being challenged for n fact of authority in
support of the claim that Theodore Rouse
welt u descended from, Brian Boru, the rd
Rsh or High King of ireland. promptly
give an authority What great Celticist dc
they cite? IL IL OCurry. O'Donovan OF
O'tlaherty? Ia IL O'Flanagan. Brogan OF
John ! Murphy? Not at all. but the dis
tinguishcd I. Ilibcrnicus himself. the
renowned Thady OBrien. head Of the new
nationalists. In THE StN the other day
MIR Molincux wrote: President Roosevelt
himself wrote" &c. Is there any doubling
Thomas left? II so. away with him to the
Apanias Club.
As to fact. true genealogical fact. "
according to Mr.. Molineux. President Roose-
welt himself says: MY Irish ancestors
came to Pennsylvania early in the seven
tecn,h century. They included =
Sarah Craig" Now comes Herbert O'Hara
Molincux who says: Sarah Craig was a
descendant of Colonel Barnwell OF North
carolina. who fought the 'riscarora Indians
in IN" SO that the wonderful Sarah, /,
who came from Ireland TO Pennsylvania
early in the seventeenth century, was
descended from Colonel who fought
in North Carolina early in the eighteenth
century. a hundred years after poor Sarah
was lost TO Mononla and cold in her grave
to return to kincora no more"
This eighteenth century Colonel, We arc
told. was IA descendant Of union in nearer
generation between the Norman Barn
wells and the Irish O'Briens. Therefore
Colonel Roosevelt Is a descendant of King
Brian Boru. Quod erat demonst ra ndum.
I his is sample Of the genealogical resea rch
of Rcosevelt's Gaelic Literature Made Easy
Association. PHiLo-OELT.
NEW YORK, August l.
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DISCIPLINE At TUSkEGEE,
4 Compliment for the Negro Educator
system,

To THE EDITOR or THE SrN-SI: Re-
fcrring to II recent letter in THE Sun from
a SrN Disciple" permit the writer, a
southern man. TO gay that the suggested
Booker Washington training class for negro
hotel walters would not require deputy
sherii!s to keep pupils in order. To the
credit Of Booker Washington's industrial
school 1t can he truihfully stated It Is an
object lesson for many OF our white colleges
North and South as regards discipline and
conmendable behavior OF students. Row
dyism. frequently reported of students in
white universities. does not exist in the negro
institutions of Dixie. The trained negro
is "a model servant. The Pullman Company
employs them alone for porters.
ANOTHER syn DISCIPLE.
NASHVILLE. Tenn. July 30.
The sun., 1912-08-02
Watcl, Stull,s!

To 1HE FniroE or THr SrS Sir Watch
Stuhbs Watch Stuhhs' cried Roosevelt
few months ago. We watched him. and
what do We see? We see hin, trying 10
steal the electors Just a. he tried to stea
the delegates. aud his acts are counte
nauced by Roosevelt.
Thou shalt not steal from Me. il what
Roosevelt means hy this quotation. for in
addition To stealing delegates and electors
he has also tried To steal the good name of
TAFT and tho Republican party. all because
he could not get the nomination.
Was ever a political party mcnaced by a
rule or ruin pest like this' Never
GEORGE fENTHICK.
NEW YORK, August l.
The sun., 1912-08-02
THE EGOTTST.
Two Timely Quotations Prom sir George
Trcyciyan.

To the EDITOR OF THE SUN-Siy: Tn
connection with Colonel Roosevelt's activ-
tiles two quotations from Sir George Tre-
velyan's Early History OF Charles James
Fox" may interest your readers.
After speaking OF the dcplorsble state al
public life In the early reign OF George III
he says. on page 90: 1T IL the nature, said
Bacon. of extreme self-lovers to set a house
on fire If 1t were but to roast their eggs.
And on page i07:
Since his day. IA we'll "a before II. Eng
lish monarchs have occasionally 80 fai
failed in their constitutional obligations a.
% show themselves partisans: but all the
preference which from time to time the
Crown has displayed toward one or another
of the existing parties never produced a
tithe of the mischief which was brough,
about 10y this king. who set his heart upon
creating party Of his own"
NEW YORK.. August READER.
The sun., 1912-08-02
Division.

prom The .Somerrir Jogrna'.
We uscd To be the best oi friends.
but now, ALAS We Amt
The fond devotion that We felt
Has somehow got a taint
We pass each other Colily now.
Each iroSning from sfar.
For, after years OF frlenuliness.
We've split upon T. u.
lie thinks that Theodore Il great,
All virtue and all vim.
In half Of this ! don't agree
Win Thcoiote and him.
lie Views him as the GIFT ~ God.
ucaNn's bright particular star
] mink that We could get along.
somehow. without T. u.
And 50 our frIcndlinrss has cooled
TIL nov W. hardly speak
tilhougn Tor years W. W met AT whist
Al least three times week.
And countless Others, Ike ourselves.
Have likewise had lar.
Tor We are not the only oues
WhoNr split upon 7 Il.
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We are not so bad OF afJcr all. Here
are q few things culcd at random from
the news in The SrN yesterday:
Wheat dropped cents a bushcl.
The harvcsts promise TO be unusually
good.
The price Of copper is high
The coal trade is brisk.
A serious car shortage is promised
owing to trade activity and the crops
Europe owes is Il huge trade balance.
Congress will ad journ within u month.
And
1t will bc lawful to shoot Bull Moose
full Of holes on November 5.
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ANGLING for salmon With Worms

To THE EDITOR OF The SrN-!S;r: Will
some OF the fishermen who are wrangling
over the question OF large VS.. small mouth
bass express their opinion as TO fishing for
salmon with baif: Boston clergyman
visited Newfoundland this summer equipped
with sixteen foot bamboo pole. a heavy
line and a quart of ang!ewo orIns. and pro-
ceedcd to stir up somo Of the hest pools ON
the upper todcry with lunches OF worms
irnpaled on gang of hooks. He caught
some salmon, but so disturbed the fsh that
the orthodox fly casters got hardly a rise.
Is salmon fishing with bait sportsman
like? IT not. why not?
WHIDDEN GRAHAM.
CAMPBELLroN, y. r., July al
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To The EDITOR OF THE SIN S,,. II il
too bad to let the word Progressive" be-
come a term OF reproaoh. a, the term "rc-
former" has come to he. The name "pco-
Piles Gas Company" is protected by the
corporation laws. or would suggest that.
Can you not induce tho Lion Hunter
with his bull and cow mooses to he satisfied
for the present with some significant name
such az "Qnid 1crtium Party?
That's classic also. BILL BALL.
GOAT ISLAND. Niagara, August
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In Africa and after years Of rivalry. and
In their cas-" actual conflict, recognizing
the validity of national ambitions and
accommodating conflicting dreams Of
empire. If such an agreement seems
remarkable 40 soon after Mukdcn and
the treaty Of Portsmouth. IL is still
cxplIcablc in view Of the need of japan
for peace 10 RESTORE hcr finances and
Of Russia to regain her lost prestige and
Influence IN Europe.
The sun., 1912-08-02
BeWare the Arkansas RazorbaCk!


PkdSdnF 0ItV t0TFFSrondcnte Rogers CO0pere.
iie Press.
II Is high time the Pleasant Valley Vigilance
Committee did something about the Stimsor
SOW. Her .noot Is so long and strong that sh,
can III, a ten rail fence on the ground and throw
II over her shoulder. She has already done gresl
damage icsrrops about the ncighborhood. Sh.
II especially destructive In the orchards. Shs
leans M against the trees 10 scratch her hack and
hei sharp spine saw them down Slmp Sunmer r,
ss>s n" mas only managed 10 save his trees by
wrapping them with barbcd wire. lie says even
thai has It's disadvantage as II makes an cx
rellrn, place Tor her IN scratch. and II only take
about week ior hci 10 wcal the wire on
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For the Scratch Brigade.

To THE EplroR or THE SrS-Sr. For the
benent Of the scratch -br rothcr rs-scratch-a
swear brigade permit me To assure them tina
the one infall,be protection against mosquitoes
black nics and sand nirs is q mixture OF nine
parts olive oil and one part carbolic acid.
I have used this mixture on recent ashne
trip to Newfoundland and escaped the swarins
Of insects which infcst the woods of that island
while other fishermen, relying on various "dopcS
were badly bitten. One trial VIII convince the
scrpltc that the stun Is an ideal past rcpcllcr
WHlppEE GRAHAM.
DALRousIH, n. H., July 80.