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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-14
Tho Extraordinary Session.

Governor GLYNN has been urged to
submit q large number of subjects for
the consideration of the Legislature In
the extraordinary session he has called
to meet on May 4. Some Of them
have been proposed by persons hon
estly convinced that the enactment OF
this or that law would be Of immedi.
ate benefit to the State. Others have
been put forward on the plen that 1t
would be tactically advantageous to the
Democratic organization to discuss as
many projects as possible. for the pur-
pose Of confusing the public and dis
tracing attention from the really i'm
portant mea sures under deliberation.
That the Governor has decided to re-
slst the well intentioned enthusiasts
and the political manipulators alike is
q cause Of sincere congratulation. He
has announced formally that his "own
resolve 10 to confine legislation at this
extra session strictly" to the question
Of State finance, and he will submit to
the Legislature mo proposition except
upon the single subject" 1t Is true
that the Governor desires mot for n
mere tri-partisan compromise upon the
appropriation bill and the supply bill.
but for thoughtful consideration Of
the broad questions underlying the
states financial policy" which will
bring about:
Tile adoption Of a comprehensive plan
which. tor many years to come, will be
sufficient to establish the State upon q
basis OF assured credit"
That a session which accomplis shed
this result would be effective" there
can be no doubt that 1t could be
''shOrt" Is questionable, to put II mildly.
The errors and misdeeds OF the past
cannot be corrected In n day; there Is
no real agreement as to what the state
should do In detail, though there Is
widespread demand for economy: and
the wholesale reform that Is needed Is
sure to breed differences OF opinion and
disputes vigorous II not violent. The
financial policy Of the State will lie
studied In the constitutional convention.
IL II hoped to win for one plan the
prestige Of adoption by the Legislature,
IT, the sake Of influencing that bodyi
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Singular lyon AL"

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir. was
very much interested In the letter signed
Confederate" that appeared In your
paper. regarding the expression you all"
Your correspondent Is absolutely right
when he says that the expression Is only
used In the South when II refers to more
than one person. have lived in all sec
tions of the South and am Southerner
by birth, and ] can truthfully say, with
"Confederate," that l have yet TO hear
you all used In the singular sense.
Very frequently In the South you will
hear an old darky who has worked for a
white family accost one OF the members
OF the family In this fashion: Good
mawnIn. Mistah Henry How Is YOU
all tmeaning the individual addressed
and the rest of his familyl?' And this Is
the only way Il is used In the South. al
though one will frequently hear stage
Southerner say you air to one person.
meaning that person alone.
Many Eastern story writer's. writing OF
the South. also misuse tho expression and
will argue heatedly that they are right,
even when they are arguing with a South
erner ! have frequently had verbal bat
ties with Harvard professors of English.
who tried to int!mdate me into admitting
that you air was often used In sim
gular sense. II is often used in n
singular sense. most singular. In fact.
but only by those who are unacquainted
with the South at first hand.
+. c. RANcK.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. April IS.
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Helping Business.

Pathetic reports from Washington
paint the Administration and the rest
Of our Democratic friends at that navel
Of sapience as yearning to fly away
and he at rest after the canal tolls war
is over. But duty lays an iron compul-
sion on their souls. VIII the represent
atives in Congress dare face their con.
stituents until a few more hooks have
been put into the Jaw Of the business
leviathan' So the Judiciary Commit.
tee Of the House IL tinkering the Sher.
man act there Is deep revolving confer.
ence between the President and that
body, the trade commission bill is warm
from the incubator. Procrastina ton
about or postponement Of antitrust bills
would never be forgiven by the people.
Certain sages Of the Senate Committee
on Interstate Commerce say that II the
session adjourned without passing the
trust bills It would appear to the coun-
try as a surrender on the eve Of the
Congress campaign and 1t might make
an unfa vorable impression on the coun-
try" Mr.. WILSON agrees with them.
To let prosecuted, lean and hun
cry business alone for a little. to give
1t respite to recover in, not to roar
ana rage against it--by way Of restor.
ing confidence. Of course-not to pursue
it to the last moment Of the session.
that. the sanhedrim Of sages holds,
would not be forgiven by 1.-THE country"
Naturally the country would refuse any
invitations to prosperity. Americans
are not to make money. not to make
living, not to have work. but to praise
and bless and vote for the politicians
who clog those base desires and ener-
gies Of self-preservation.
Well. there'll be a referendum on the
state Of business the hrst Tuesday after
the first Monday Of November; an op.
portunity to thank the benefactors at
Washington. No wonder the great Gre
alive minds at Washington want to
hammer still deeper into the heads OF
voters those services for which the
Seventh New Jersey district was so
grateful.
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tuted about 20tt per cent. Of the total
financing accomplished BY the assist
ance Of private capital. Last year the
percentage was 80 1-3.
There will of course be occasion for
congratulation In whatever conspicu.
Gus success the city achieves at its
forthcoming sale Of bonds II will show
the existence Of a large supply Of CAPT.
tai available for the requirements OF
restored prosperity when slackness
gives way to activity. Still, optimism
must be somewhat qualified BY the re-
Elections which the progress Of munich.
pal financing inspires.
1t Is said that the current market for
municipal bonds Is the best in years.
The figures Of municipal. county and
State offerings in the last three months
are corroborative Of this assertion. The
output Of such bonds for the whole
country in the first quarter Of the year
was the largest ever reported for the
corresponding period. Under such cir.
cumstances II 10 hardly likely that the
city bond sale will be anything but
very successful. but it, success will IL
lustrate the ability Of highly favored
governmental borrowers to absorb more
and more capital. leaving steadily less
Of It for the maintenance and promo.
ton OF private enterprise.
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A MECKLENBURG DECLARATION.
A Challenge From the Capital Of the
Tarbecl Poetry school.

To THE EpIToR or The SUN-Str. In
first calling attention 10 the grotesque
m.sappication OF you ALI by tourists.
absorbers of local atmosphere" and srAt-
while residents Of this section. II was with
a full realization of the wrath likely to
be visited on me from that source and
the hopeiessness of convincing such OBJ
stinate offenders as. for instance. Mr.. ID. A.
Curtis. I have reented somewhat toward
this misguided and incorrigible old TEL
low, whose earnestness and tenacity do
him far more credit than his perception
and memory. Far be II from me to
rage" at Uncle David" tpardon the Ia
mliiarity. but he viii understand the ap-
propriate application Of the term) or to
deprive him Of his cakes and ale; for he
must know. from his sojourn on an ALA
bama plantation" that one OF the primal
instincts of "the heather" II a profound
reverence for old age even unto the dot
ing stage. Any one who can reminisce
about events. let alone language. "befo'
the wah' commands instant attention
and respect. And. by the way. he gives
convincing proof that he has actually
been here, otherwise he would surely
have written Il "befo' de wah. sab r.
Since "Uncle David" to show his liber-
ality and sporting blood" has bet
land lost) his apple. I will 20 him one
better and make this proposal:
Let n suDmlt tne question 10 TeCOHnlzeu
authority for settlement. I will give him
a years subscription to THE Sun II he
will cite one single instance Of a reputable
Southern writer or speaker ever having
used you ali' in the singular. BY
Southern writer or speaker I mean one
born and raised" in the South. not an
acquisitive citizen nor renegade.
(Some Of these conditions will bar the
correspondent at Highlands, N. c. I
suggest Joel Chandler Harris and Polk
Miller, who are probably the two best
known and generally regarded. by those
best qualified to Judge. as among the
greatest II not the greatest exponents Of
Southern negro dialect. True. both are
dead, but so In Noah Webster. Come on
Uncle David" and "be game as long
as you stand to lose no material thing.
you 'uns' In all right and is used
exactly the same as you ALL second
person. plural number. r. IT.
CHARLOTTE. N. c.. April II.
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WANT BILLY SUNDAY HERE.
Clergy and Laymcn Favor HE Cow
Ing at Church Meeting.

Clergymen and laymen OF many 4.
nominations. some hoping that the Rev
Billy Sunday will come to New York some
day TO conduct series OF revival meet
ings. others hoping there vii. be enough
opposition TO keep him away. met yes
terday in the Marble Collegiate Church
Fifth avenue and Twenty ninth street
TO hear the Rev. Dr. Maitland AlcNandef
pastor OF tho First Presbyterian church
Pittsburg. and Thomas Atherton. IL sr-
Yer OF Wikesharre, tell OF Nj, sun
days work IN their cities.
The Rev. DR. Charles l.. Goidel OF ~
Pauis Methodist Church. as mem
Der OF the evangelistic committee Of New
York city, presided lie said Mr.. Sunday
could not be secured for meetings he's
within a year or two.
The meeting was unanimous ana en-.
thusisstic that Sunday must be secured
for New York as soon a. possible a
more representative meeting Is 20 bs
called to voice the call. ana those N
charge yesterday were authorized 10 ta"s
tho next steps.
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",
NORTH TARRyrowN, April 10.

Referring 20 your communication of 2ad
instant. which the Postmaster General has
referred to me. In which 1t Is stated that II
parcel OF miscellaneous printed matter
weighing more than four pounds can be sen,
through the mails to nearby zones at a
less rate than Is required on smaller
parcel containing the same kind Of matter
have to say that while this condition Is
somewhat anomalous II Is due to the fact
that under the law miscellaneous printed
matter. weighing four pounds or less L.
third class mail and subject to postage at
the rate OF one cent for each two ounces
or fraction thereof regardless OF distance.
Since the limit OF weight Of this class OF
mall is four pounds. parcels exceeding that
weight are unmaiable at the third class
rate and. prior TO the Issuance OF Depart
close, parcels OF misc slianeous printed mat.
ter Weighing more than four pounds were
not accepted for mailing at any rate.
The purpose OF this order II TO make
clear that such parcels are mailable at the
fourth class rates, as the parcel post law
provides that fourth class matter shall en-
brace all matter not included In the nrs,.
second and third classes.
In promugating the order tho Department,
was prompted solely by the desire TO pro.
mote the usefulness OF the parcel post ser.
vice 20 the public, and. although there Is u
considerable discrepancy between the post
age charseable on parcel OF miscella
Eeous printed matter Weighing four pounds
or less and one Weighing more than four
pounds when mailed to the nearer zones
no privilege has been taken from the pub
ties and advantages have been accorded to
Il A VI. DucNuRI,
Third Assistant Postmaster. General,
WASHINGTON, March 2s,
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Public and Private Finan cling.

Tomorrow the City Of New York will
soil sos, 100000 of 4A per cent. bonds
running for fifty years The Offering
10 practically identical with that made
in May, 1912, these two issues being
the largest the city has ever put out.
Despite Its size 1t is expected that the
present issue will be heavily oversub.
scribed and that the city will receive
a very satisfactory price for its new
obligations.
Reasons for the expectation are not
hard to find. The more obvious are
the excellence Of the city's credit and
the relaxed conditions Of the money
market and the depressed conditions OF
business, which, together with the lower
level Of general prices, have tendency
20 compel capital TO seek investment In
the higher grade securities Of relatively
low yield. A less obvious hut more com
pelling reason Is the tax relations OF
Government securities
The bonds of the city will be exempt
not only from personal taxes within
the State but from the Federal income
tax. The exemptions amount to no In
considerable fraction Of interest them
selves. Furthermore they confer on
the holders immunity from the nuisance
and annoyance of having to make as
sessment returns for the amount Of
property or Income represented by the
bonds; and they not only escape taxes
but are supported by the taxing power.
Government. welding with one hand
the power to tax ana TO discriminate In
taxation, and with the other hand the
power Increasingly exercised to pre-
scribe oppressive terms Of regulation
for private enterprise, Is able TO en-
nance the competitive appeal OF Its own
securities. Is 1t then remarkable tina,
bonds supported BY unlimited taxing
power and exempt from taxation should
be making Roadway against bonds sup
ported only BY regulated earning power
and subject to taxation2
In the decade from 1903 to the mIddl,
q last year the aggregate Of STATE
Debts in the Union increased about g,
per cent A recent compilation Of pub
Nc and private financing In the countr!
from 1905 10 1913 shows that while Is
sues OF corporate securities Increased
70 per cent. the output OF governmental
obligations Of ali kinds increased l6I
pr cent. In 1905 governmental securi
DIES issued iu Me- 'u'Inl states consti
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-14
TIE PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN.
Mr.. Michael J. Ryan's Friends sure He
VIII he Nominated Governor.

To THE EDITOR o. The SUN-Str: A
recent article In The Sun from . Phila-
delphia correspondent gave an estimate
OF the Democratic tote AZ the coming
primary election in Pennsylvania which
Ia regarded a. very unfair to the friends
OF Mr. Michael J. Ryan. a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Governor.
Your correspondent estimated that so per
cent. of the enrolled Democratic vote
would go to Vance c. Mccormick and 20
are not Justified. in the opinion Of the
friends Of Mr., Ryan who are in close
touch with his campaign. and We doubt
IL any responsible person connected with
the Mccormick committee will father
them. Tho Ryan State committee Is con-
ident that Mr.. Ryan win sweep Penn.
sylvania on May 10. Indeed II would
prove no surprise II the returns should
give Ryan so per cent and Mccormick 90
per cent. OF the Democratic vote. Here
in Philadelphia Ryan will have $4,000
majority out OF total enrolment Of per-
haps 10000. We have one more day for
enrolment. April Is. and the figures now
exceed 10000. and there are good rea-
sons for believing II viii when one re-
calls that Wilson polled $4,000 votes In
1912. Mr.. Ryan will he tho gamer. be-
cause of his great popularity In his ma
tive city. the untiring seal Of the trained
veterans ana the entnu0la0tlC Work OF the
young men Of the party who regard his
administration Of the office OF City Solicit
tor as the best ever known in Philadel-
phia- He will have an overwhelming
majority in Allegheny county. likewise in
Lackawanna. Luzerne. Schuylkill and also
throughout the soft coal regions IN west
ern Pennsylvania.
He has larger personal following
than the late lamented Robert E. Patti
son. the only Democrat who ever carried
the State In Gubernatorial fight In n
generation and he IL better and more
fayorably known by the people OF Penn
sylvania than Pattison was the first time
the latter was a candidate.
Your correspondents assertion that Mr.
Ryan Is making a campaign IN bitter
hostility to President wilson IL abso-
lutely without foundation In fact. The
Ryan State committee is composed OF
Mr.. Wilson'S warmest friends. The
Democratic City Committee OF Philadel-
phia was the first political organization
in the United States to indorse Mr.. Will
sons candidacy. and II has indorsed Mr.
Ryan by a vote Of 80 to :. Eleven OF
the twelve national delegates from Phila-
dephia TO the Baltimore convention votei
for Mr. Wilson on every ballot. and every
one of them was allied with the Phiia-
delphia Democratic City Committee
This organization only recently went on
yecord In support OF the Wilson Admins
tration ard Its policies.
JoHN j. CuRLyY,
Former Chairman OF the Democratic City
Committee of Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA. April ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-14
PRINCE MAX or SiXONY.
4 Priest From Choice and Professor OF
Greek Liturgy ut FrihOurg.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SvN-Sfr: 4
special cable despatch In THE SCN from
Paris about Prince Max of Saxony moves
me 10 say that Prince Max did not enter
a monastery and II not and never was
monk. He did not enter the priesthood
because of any disappointment in love
anair. He became "a priest because he
found II was his vocation. and for several
years he was n curate In Il modest
Catholic church IN the East End OF Lon
don where he worked among the poorest
Of the poor.
Prince Max was never accused OF mod
ernism. and so far as I have been able
20 discover from his books and writings
has no tendencies IN that direction. lie
wrote AN article about three years ago
for the magazine Roma pOTsnte, pub
lished by the Greek monks at Grotta fer
rata near Rome which contained serious
historical errors rejecting upon the good
faith OF the Roman pontirs in dealing
with tho Bishops OF the Eastern church
and when called to account for II and con.
fronted with material In the Vatican ar
chves TO tho contrary he retracted the
offending article and acknowledged that
ne was mistaken. At the same time Archl-
bile editor of the Greek Catholic magazine,
was also called TO account for the naccu-
racv of the article.
ST. julien lie Pauvrs IL a Greek Catholic
tMelchite) church on tho south side Of
the Seine whose rector IL Archimandrite
Arsenius Attic, and its congregation Is
neither very rich nor aristocratic. Father
Max OF Snxony Is one OF the several
priests In the Catholic Church who may
use the Roman Catholic or Greek Catholic
tie. as the case requires. He is a pro-
fessor OF Greek liturgy and rite In the
University OF Fribourg. and has translated
many portions of the Greek liturgy into
French and has written several books
upon the Greek Church.
ANDREW J. SHIPMAN
New YoRK, April IL
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Who Puts Up the Ca sh /?

The Assembly Investigating Commit
tee. Of which JOHN LEO SULLIVAN of
Dunkirk Is chairman. sits In this city
this week, opening Its sessions on
Thursday. 1t will subpoena witnesses
under the authority OF the Assembly
but Its bills will be paid out Of n fund
contributed by private individuals, as
the Legislature declined to make an ap-
preparation for Its expenses.
Mr.. SULLIVAN asserts that there are
precedents justifying the acceptance OF
money from benevolent or interested
persons to pay for public Investigations
lie cites the Lexow inquiry and the
Assemblys quest of 1899 as cases In
point We do not question the accuracy
OF his representation OF those prece.
dents, but we emphatically dissent from
the theory that II Is credltable or de.
cent for a legislative committee, parti-
San in Its origin and composition. politi-
cal In It's purpose. 10 use the power of
its appointing body under the inevitable
restrictions and limitations. and the
possible sinister influences, OF undis-
closed private financial support.
To sell the authority Of the Assembly
even IN the name Of virtue and the fu
ture Of the Republican party, consti.
'ntes in our opinion n grave offence
against the dignity Of the State and
opens the door for dangerous abuses
In the future.
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A Loss to the Border,

The Mexican border could Ill spare
Brigadier'G General HUoH L. SCorr. and
the General STAFF might have got along
without him In the advisory capacity
Of assistant TO General WoTHERsrooN
who succeeds General LEONARD WooD
To put two such capable men At the
head of the stan Corps at this period
OF dubious and critical relations with
Mexico. SCENE to be waste Of good
material.
At I'll Paso General Scorr was the
right man in the right place. His d.
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City Chamberlain BRuERn need have
no fear that his investment In COM
plant box will not draw fat dividend.
II he Graves for complaints he will I'M
doubleday receive n generous supply.
He will probably acquire also a tenn
porary popularity among the profess
sional and semi professional fault find
ers whose name Is legion. But after
he has spent boundless kilowatts Of
the midnight current. assimilating the
kicks and growls, It may be doubted
whether ne will be much nearer C
producing millennial conditions. And
he must remember that II he remedied
every evil ne would soon have a kick
over that, for what would the kickers dc
II there were nothing left to kick att
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-14

Tho fragrance OF tho blossoms came
Upon the wooing breeze,
The birds made Joyous melody
In wondrous harmonies.
All nature called Come forth, ooms forth,
And put dull care TO routr'
"Its just tho day" said Mrs. Jones'
TO clean the closets out"
The thunders dispason rolled
Upon tho stormy sky,
The trees bsnt low beneath the blase
The lightning flashed on high.
All nature called Come forth. come forth
Put psttiness 70 routr'
Its lust the day" said Mrs JonsA
ITO clean the closets out"
AoI.ANpsUaou wiLAou.
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There is a truly pathetic touch in the
preservation Of Miss DOROTHY ARNoLD's
room in her fathers house In just the
state In which she left II. 20 that II
she returned she might not know she
had been away. When we see such
things In fiction we think them pretty
but unreal. Here we have proof that
the actualities Of human sentiment leave
the portrayals Of art pale and dim. The
present incident constitutes q strong
moral plea for the immunity Of this
stricken family from the activities of
sensationalists Of all sorts in search Of
notoriety,
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In Mobile and Helena.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir. In
Mobile. Ala. where the Northern after
noon Is called the evening. you Will hear.
IN see you all this evening" Il reckon
you all Is getting we'll again."
In Helena "Arkansaw." where I spent
a winter some years ago. I heard the ex-
preston you air used in the singular.
NEW YORK. April ;. OBSERVER.
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The London Ttnlos jeering at the
women voters OF Illinois Is a sight for
gods and men. We certainly would not
like to exchange them for those OF the
English brand. In the same Issue which
expressed pity for the American man
as the victim OF IA sort OF eternal spring
cleaning. report appeared of a gang
of female Yahoos Of the British type
shouting down the Bishop OF Norwich
al n. Johns Church. Lowestoft. and
singing God Save Emmenne Pank-
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For EayOrs Received.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS--Sfr. Sec
rotary OF the Navy Daniels IL full
fedeed ant-saloon league of'cial lie
has been and is member OF the head
quarters committee of the North Carolina
Antl-Saloon Leaeue His recent order
forbidding the use OF wines AZ the officers
mess Is only small return for the pollt-
ical help which he has received and ex.
poets t. receive from the paid and pro.
fessional reformers Of other peoples man
ners and habits. W, II. WILSON.
NEW YORK, April ~