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The prospect Of new appeal In the
case of BECKER. involving from year
to eighteen months delay in the final
adjudication Of the case. brings into
strongest light singular feature of
our criminal system.
When two jurles after full presenta-
tion of the evidence coincide in their
Judgment there is not much reason for
any further hesitation about the case.
Not the most scrupulous mind can have
any doubt as 10 the substantial proof
OF guilt; the most sceptcal must feel
convinced of the guilt itself. Appeal can
be based only on technical errors or on
some theory of prejudice affecting the
Jury. But 1t il childish to argue that
any mass of error could have crcpt into
two trials sufficient To determine the
result. As for the possibility of preiu-
dice, whatever may he thought Of the
earlier trial. it is plain that there was
no excitement whatever on the present
occasion. Indeed, all the prejudlcial
factors were in favor of the accused.
since every juror started with the
knowledge that the highest court had
upset the former conviction.
Nothing can be done to rob BECKER
OF his legal rights as they stand.
but the case should operate to bring
about reform In the law. Appeal
after second conviction for the sa me
crime should be abolished except where
new and important, evidence may be
produced. In the present instance
should the decision be adverse on
BEcKER's appeal. the opportunity Will
have been little better than cruelty
to him and his family. while the moral
effect of his punishment on the evilly
disposed will be gravely diminished
On the other hand, should his convic,
ton be again reversed the proceeding
will tend 10 bring law into contempt.
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THE FOREIGN WELFARE AMEND
WENT.
respectfully Proposed to Congress for
Submiss sion TO the states.

In addition to the powers and duties
described in Section OF Article H.. the
President shall from time to time give
20 the Congress information of the state
OF affairs in foreign territory adjacent
20 the United States or elsewhere stu
ated, and recommend TO the considera-
ton of the Congress such measures as
he may judge necessary and expedIent
for the ameloraton OF political. legal
economic or social or moral conditions
therein, or for the general welfare Of
mankind; and during the recess of the
Congress or in the event Of the failure
Of enabling action by the Congress. he
shall have power to employ the Army
and Navy of the United States. and
any moneys in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated, TO enforce his judg-
ments concerning the domestic affairs
OF such foreign countries and his pans
FOR the general welfare of mankind.
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MIR. BURROUGHS No SMOKER.
The Naturalist WonId Even stop Cultiva-
ton OF Tobacco.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir. There
appeared In some OF the daily papers last
week the following:
John Burroughs. who has Just celebrated
his seventy seventh birthday, Is a smoker
but not Il spirit drnker. hence he believes
that tobacco is a promoter of long life.
Upon reading this l Immediately wrote
to Mr.. Burroughs, as ] could not believe
that man OF his beautiful mind could be
user of 'obacco. The following is his
letter in reply:
You have been misled by that Newspaper
reporter. have never used tobacco In my
life and am Its determined enemy would
even favor law prohibiting the cultivation
Of the plant. Smoking and chewing are
equally disgusting habits. told the reporter
so. ] am heart and soul with you
In the anti-tobscco crusade. My son grad
usted from Harvard and never learned to
use tobacco he had heard me denounce the
use OF 1t from his youth, No lover of the
open air like myself can tolerate the fumes
Of tobacco. II you can make any public use
OF this letter do not hesitate to do so.
IL is due Mr.. Burroughs and the human
family that this letter should be published
in full. l therefore ask II you will kindly
publish this communication.
CHARLES @. PEAsE, M. d.
NEW YORK, May %.
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THE EQUAL OPERATION OF THE
LAW
An Opportunity and Test for the Demo-
cratic President.

M opportunity anu y best tut tssS DVsss"-
cratic President.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: The
majority party In Congress Is again
confronted with the problem creaVd BY
the demand to exempt labor unions and
farmers organizations from the opera
tlons of the Sherman antitrust law.
and will thus have one more chance to
display its backbone in this matter. II
1t has any, for twice before 1t has
meekly yielded to the audacious impor-
tupities Of a class which desires to be
excused from obeying laws to which
the rest OF us must submit.
The first Of these occasions occurred
during the preceding Administration
when such a bill was sent to Mr.. Taft,
which he. with his broad legal expert
ence and knowledge Of the l4wlessness
which the measure would have given
some people the right to exercise. We
toed with a frmness that was iavigor-
ating TO behold, denominating 1t as
vicious class legislation" and effec-
tually barring, for a time at least any
attempt to introduce such legislation
upon the statute books of this country.
Likewise. In the early days Of Mr.. Will
sons term. an appropriation bill was
sent to the White House with provision
similar to that OF its immediate pre-
decessor. This bill, however. was signed
and statement issued by the President
In which he indicated that he did not
approve OF such legislation In principle,
but held that the sum which the De-
partment of Justice was enjoined from
spending would not deprive It OF SUM-
cient resources TO proceed in these cases
as before.
The President now lets It be known
that the proposition TO entirely exempt
one class from the operation OF the law
will not meet with his approval. thus
putting the leaders or his party In a
perplexing dilemma, as they do not
wish to antagonize the large percentage
or their constituents who are affiliated
with labor unions and yet at the same
time desire to conform TO the Execu-
tive's opinions on the subject. Is II
not therefore probable that IL President
Wilson had sternly frustrated the first
attempt to lnculcatc on the laws OF the
land the vicious principle which has
succeeded In getting there his party
would not. Aow have thia issue to meet
at 80 comparatively short time after
the 1913 enactment?
Nevertheless, there shoulo be cause
Tor congratulation on the. part OF all
citizens inclined to entertain q respect
for law and order tnat the President
VIII not permit, according to Washing
ton dispatches to THE Sun, d repe-
tition OF the sophistry OF last year. The
Juror which. In some quarters. would
have greeted an attempt to exempt GER
tain corporations and business Arms
from the obligations OF a statute may
be family Imagined, and consequently
II must follow that any effort to allow
others to enjoy such right must be
hrmly rcpressed II the doctrine ESQ
often enunciated by the Democracy,
by the way Of Equal opportunity for
all. special privileges for none." is to
prevail. X. GL.
| RIDGEFIHLp PARK Nav %
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are the main items Of taxation In
crease. The amount Is so assessed that
II will fall altogether upon about
100000 persons ln the entire population
Of the British Islands.
IL this sound hnanciering? The OK
perts hold that the death duties will
rapidly deplete the nations working
capital. Others. speaking Of the In
come tax, argue that what Is given to
the poor with one hand Is taken from
them with the other. No very rich man
can or does spend all his money on
himself. He cannot spend more than
he has. Therefore every hundred
pounds additional he pays in taxes
means the discharge of gardener or
dependent of some sort, or II Is a
hundred pounds less going back into
industry to keep loom or lathe In
operation.
So even some radicals have stopped to
think. London Truth talks of 1t rs
robbing Peter to pay Paul. 1t adds
that as Paul has acquired the habit
of helping himself nd libitum out Of
Peters pocket, with Mr.. GEORGES help,
"the habit may grow on him to de.
moralizing extent" The Spectator
points out that In the long run 1t was
overtaxation that crushed the Roman
Empire. The system Of doles--bread
and the circus apped the energy and
independence Of the working classes,
while the middle class was destroyed
by paying for It. The invading bar.
barans found kept democracy and
an army Of officials" The army Of off,
cials Is one of the evil results OF Mr..
GEORGES social service policy. Tens
of thousands of men and women are
diverted yearly from production Into
ofiiclalism. The people Of England
are rapidly undergoing a sort Of dichot-
omy. Reorganization into two fac
tons, the plundered class and the
pampered class.
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The River OF Doubt.

oh, a wonderful stream is the River of
Doubt
That winds through the junsles Of
Where:
II rises at Whence and at whittier flows out
And drains the vast region OF There.
From latitude Which and longitude What
II cavorts over mountains and hills;
II crosses ten rivers and likewise u lot
OF unnumbered streamlets and rills
So crooked that monkeys In trees all
around.
Prehensile TO spy out its bed,
All twist Off their tails and drop to the
ground
pecaudate and crosseyed and dead.
From Hitler to Thither its flow is uphill
And its depth Is as deep as cup;
II never would answer for turning a mill.
For all of It's cascades fall up.
Yes, this River OF Doubt is a wonderful
stream
And 1t acts in a wonderful way
Unmatched in tradition. In fiction or
dream.
And it's spiked to the atlas to stay!
r.
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In the June number OF Scribner's
Magazine Colonel ROOSEVELT introduces
his readers to Colonel RoNDoN. the Bra.
lillian explorer who reads Thomas a
Kempis when the tempera ture Is 1O3
degrees in the shade. and also TO the
Rio da Duvida. the River OF Doubt.
which lin point OF volume Is like the
Rhone, the Elbe or the Hudson" This
Is the river that our Colonel has put
on the map Of the Brazilian State of
Matte Crosse, the Great Wilderness"
1t Is to be noted that he does not claim
the discovery of this river but that he
has explored it from the source. or
thereabout, TO its junction with the
Madera--or is ii the Tapajos? In an
Interview ut Para on May 8 Colonel
RoosEvLLT said:
THE upper part OF it's course was ut
terly unknown TO anybody except the wild
men on It's banks. while the lower part
vAs known to few rubber men only.
The river takes It's rise in the high IN
lands OF the western part OF the State of
hatto Crosse, just north of the thirteenth
parallel Of south latitude and between
longitude SO and 90 west of Greenw,cb"
According to Colonel ROOSEVELT. M
ne deals with the matter in his maya.
zine article, Colonel RoNDoN sighted the
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business Before Pleasure.

Colonel ROOSEVELT has discovered
that there Is crisis in Pennsylvania
All good citizens must stand together
for the election to the Senate of the
Hon. CLIFFORD PINcHoT.
"Crises come up" the Colonel says,
"when 1t is the duty of all good citizens
to sink ordinary party differences and
to stand up either against fragrant
wrongdoing In public life or against
policies fatal to the welfare Of the ma
ton at home and to the honor Of the
nation abroad"
Evidently the Hon. BoIEs PENRosE
has been guilty Of nagrant wrongdoing
IN public life or stands for fatal poll
cies, domestic or foreign.
AS to Mexico and as to canal tolls
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repeal. and as b Colombia and 10 on.
Mr.. PENRosE seems to agree with the
Colonel In the main. In home policies
he Is prominently a high protectlonist.
Has the Colonel been otherwise since
his salad days2
The crisis to be met by the union Of
the good on Mr.. PrNcBor must be. then,
the fragrant wrongdoing Of Mr.. PESRosE
In public life.
Here indeed the sin Of PENRosE Is
beyond forgiveness. He supported the
wrong man in 1912. That made him
a reprobate. Whereas by making the
right choice then, BILL Finn became
purer than the unfallen snow and
sweeter than the memory Of the just.
We like the Colonel. when he's rea-
sonable, and are not of counsel for
BoIEs the Bad; but possibly the Colonel
may notice later that the Pennsylvania
Republicans and other Republicans are
not sentimental or romantic this year.
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upper part Of this river In 1909. be
tween the Gy.Parana and the Jurena.'
The discovery is the Brazilian Coloners.
but that the river was explored In the
spring Of 1914 (our spring. Is owing to
the American Colonel. There can be
no doubt of this. He says In his arti'
Gle. written In January:
1.-THE region through which II flows Is
unknown. no civilized man having ever
penetrated IL; and as all conjecture as
to what the river is, as to Its length and
as to its place OF entering into some high
way river is mere guesswork. he IRON
posI has entered 1t on his sketch maps as
the Rio da Dovida, the River of Doubt"
1t is all clear as sunlight from the
unclouded ether. On the borderland OF
the unknown 1t was Colonel ROOSEVELT
with his superintendent energy and In.
ordinate love Of peril and adventure
who proposed the plunge and persuaded
the other Colonel. The other Colonel
knew what 1t meant; he was surfeited
with jungle experience, for his Illus
trious friend says Of his wanderings
In Matte Crosse:
Three times he penetrated into this alb
solutely unknown. Indian haunted wilder
ness. being absent for a year or two at
slime and suffering every imaginable hard
ship, before he made his way through to
the Madeira Some OF his men
died of berlberl: some were killed or
wounded by the Indians he himself almost
died OF fever again and again his whole
party was reduced almost to the last ex-
tremity by starvation. disease. hardship
aud the overexnaustion due 10 wearing
fatigues."
Undaunted our Colonel yearned for
the unknown with Faith In his star. and
the other Colonel, with the explorers
zeal still aglow In his brave heart. ac-
cepted the summons to the ordeal. feel
ing, too, that he was responsible for
the safety of this intrepid and impul-
siye ex-PresIdent of the United States
And there may have been generous
desire to let our Colonel have a share
In the glory Of Brazilian exploration.
III W ulIu INtNNON htiu ~
degrees.
So the Duvida was traced through u
thousand miles Of jungle and foaming
rapids TO its debouchement. and 1t was
placed securely on the map; and our
Colonel went through the same plague
of termites and singing things that
poison as they strike. through the same
sufferings. prostrations. starvings. fe-
vers aud halrbreadth escapes as dark
hucd and fatalistic RoNDoN had three
times encountered and survived. With
such an Endorsement ms the Brazilian
Colonel's our own Colonel may claim
with a serene mind that he resolved the
River of Doubt, and no sane cartog-
rapher will say him nay.
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II is significant OF the times that tho
amusement parks at Coney Island and
elsewhere have this year arranged to
have dancing play an important part
in the amusement of their patrons. on
all sides bathrooms have been built or
made more elaborate, as IL suitable for
a feature OF the place which IL TO he
relied on chiefly for entertaining visitors
This is interesting in view OF the ban
placed a year ago on the dances which
are now looked upon as the principal
means Of entertaining visitors. Last
season It was possible to dance as one
wanted to only in the more or less
expensive resorts. In the popular halls
on the island the modern dances were
prohibited. Now they are to be the
mainstay Of the dance resorts all over
the island. for the foolish prejudices
which interfered with them have dis
appeared. It Is amusing to reflect how
perncious the influence OF ignorant
ofiiciousness may DO for those compelled
to patronize resorts on which reform
and uplft may try their misguided
experiments.
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Municipal psychOpathy.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: I
have a daughter Of IS on whom l have
tried the Chicago test for moron" and
find her to be about 95 per cent. deficient,
the fact that she has al
ways stood first or second In her class, Is
fair athlete. has perfect health and
many friends.
Do you know II this test has been made
on obvious idiots7 suspect that the
ma jority OF nisocephalies or hydrocepha-
lies could pass successfully
The Municipal Psychopathetic Labora-
tory Of Chicago should have a lot OF
available material for this test.
NEW YORK, May 20. MEpIcus.
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The Finances OF Militancy.

The renewed outburst Of activity by
the militant suffragettes in England
has aroused inquiry as to how the agi-
tation Is kept alive. 1t appears that
the Women's Social and Political Union
is just rolling In wealth. It's annual re-
port. recently issued, shows that its
subscriptions for the last year totalled
f46,S7o los. I'd. or about S234.3s0
There were about 1000 subscribers
and the amounts ranged from q few
pence up to 81 800 from Mrs. DOUGLASS
HAMILTON. Many subscriptions of one
10 five hundred pounds appear. The
principal expenditures are given as
follows:
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The Bible that you tell us came
From heaven through heaven inspired
men,
Does II contain a score OF creeds,
To meet a score OF party needs?
Should not the faith OF Christians be
Faith in the Christ OF Calvary,
Who died dying world to save
And rose In triumph from the gravef
Why not put party creeds away
And bring about a happy day:
4 day OF union. peace and love
Like that We hope to SEQ above;
Teach sinful ones to trust In Him
Who triumphed over death for them.
That they through His great love may be
Crowned heirs Of Immortality?
Teach saved ones that through Him they'll
be
As one through all eternity:
As one eternal glory share
And be as one forever there.
Teach them while here to be az one
In hope OF an eternal home.
Through Christ their Lord now saved
from sin
Let their eternal Joy berlin!
IT'S thus dear brethren. We may know
Something OF heaven while here below.
The rest wen learn in heaven above,
Where all will be eternal love.
Jesus Will he our teacher there
In his eternal mansions fair.
And we with Him our Lord shall be
In glory through eternity.
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TO MAKE CLEANUP PERMANENT,
Health Department Wants week"
TO Continue Year Around.

Cleanup week ended yesterday with
results so gratifying that the Health De-
partment is considering an effort TO con-
tinue the idea throughout the year.
Daily inspections show the refuse re-
moved to have been much less than las'
year, due TO the fact that more ru3olsh
has been put out for removal by tAs
public during the year. Last year Low
EXCESS loads were removed. while lis
year there were only 1000.
at seems To me-" said Deputy COM
missioner Emerson yesterday, tina; vs.
should consider maintaining present 81, ~
conditions DIR. Blauvelt and toNni
more accumulated filth to-day in rom
of saloons and restaurants than '}
where else. The police and other w
departments and civic and m'r'''', =,
organizations cooperated sple"d.D+ I"
the cleanup work"
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Mr.. FILM Is confident OF victory. as.
of course. ! am. don't think there IL any
doubt OF it.-CoIoneI ROOSEVELT.
Tho Colonel was talking about the
Senatorial election In Pennsylvania, or
rather about the contest between the
Hon. BoIEs PEERosE and the Hon. GIF-
FORD PINcHoT. Why should the Hon. A.
MITCHELL PALMER be overlooked except
for the reason that he Is a Democrat?
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The Philosophers anu the k,cker,.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-sir: A
kicker Is nothing more than a reformer.
mere sociologst, person who makes
scene II man wears bow on the back
of his hat or fly lights on his shoe in
fact. he turns every little thing into a
tragedy.
II e II. j." and Henri de Lafitole
will become a little more philosophical
they will see that these things amount to
nothing more than Mr.. Pickwick's riding
after horse torty-two years old.
7. PINCH.
New HAVEN, Conn, May ~
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If the new German navy dirigible L3
really made a thirty-four hour voyage
in the air at an average speed of nearly
sixty miles an hour and upon landing
had enough gasolene left in her tanks
for sixteen hours more OF sailing. the
Germans apparently can make the At
lantic passage to Newfoundland when
ever they decide to start
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BROOKLYN BRIDGE 81 TO-DAY
River spans VIII Fly Finss ~
Birthday Compliment.

Brooklyn Bridge is thirty -one years n =,
to-day. In celebration OF the annlNei 'S ,ss
flags will be raised on its own an W.
other bridge towers. COMMISSIONS n
said yesterday: .a,a-s
"Brooklyn Bridge is carrying seNe rs.
times the traffic II carried when II W.,
built. Nevertheless, engineers say wv
IL is safer now than ever"
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General FUNSTON reports to the War
Department that the sick rate among
the soldiers at Vera Cruz Is 1.4s per
cent. and among the marines LAG. with
no malaria. Yet the maximum tenn
perature is well up In the sos each day
and the humidity rate is high. General
FuNsroN's statement would be incredible
II medical science In the army had not
made such tremendous strides since the
Spanish war.
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wish 20 say that everything that
could be done was done for me by the
Mexican Federal authorities. both as to
protection and accommodation.-V,ce- Con-
sui SiLLIMAN.
Mr.. SILLiMAN died many deaths on
the road from Saltillo to the capital. ac-
cording to report. In fact. the day he
arrived safe and sound dispatches in
tiinsted that General VILLA, so useful
when he is needed. such a bloody
monster In the intervals, would find
Vice-Consul SnLIMAS wasting In a Fed
eral dungeon. Obviously HUERrA is not
so black as painted and VILLAS atroci-
ties are not always confirmed.
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O'LOUGHLIN SAYS HE'S Boss.
Register suspends Executive 'ie''
for Disobeying 0-;ier'.

Registrar L. T. O'Loughlln IN Br'' 7"
has suspended Felix ]. Herman, a Nr'r <,
executive clerk in the office ana g.,
service employee, for alleged neglect "
duty NJ.
Herman failed TO carry out certain ~
ders OF the Registrar regarding inc .'~ s,,.
Ier in which pay checks should be VT.
ten. He explained that he was ay|.:
under rules OF Comptroller Prendelssssss
o'Loughlin contends he Is boss OF 'a1
Registers office, not Prendersast' Ne'"
will fight to retain his 1850 Joo'
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-.sir,
Neither our President Wilson nor Score
tary Bryan smokes the brain dullInr
cigarette, yet. in the opinion of a few
of us. that half Indian Huerta, who has
smoked tons of paper made cigarettes, has
put rings all around thsm. AMERIcUs.
New YORK, May %.
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II IL morning prayer In an azure
cathedral.-M. MAErERLINcK's description
Of an aviation experience.
The truth probably is that every pas
senger making his first flight prays
fervently that he will survive II.
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CHRISTIAN UNION.
\ Message OF Love and Hope From q
Preacher for Threcscore Years.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: I
send you few lines you may send abroad
to your readers II you think proper 30
to do.
/ am a preacher: have been preaching
sixty years, went to school with Garfield.
lived In the same town with him. and
preached from the same stand with him.
He has gone to the life beyond. shall
follow soon. JOHN ENcELL
New YORK, May %
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have no vote. and I've raised he'll all
over this country.-uother JONES.
Respectfully referred to General
EMIELINE PASKBuRsr, who has a good
deal to learn from Mother JONES.