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Mr.. Whitman'~ Successor.

District Attorney WHITMAN IL re-
ported as having made up his mind to
present himself as a candidate for the
nomination for Governor in the Repub.
lican primaries.
Assuming that he wins the nomina-
ton, and later Is elected Governor, who
will have the naming of his successor
Could he remain In his present office
until the moment he takes the oath as
Executive Of the State? Or would he
I've obliged to resign before election, or
in the period between election day and
the date Of his installation?
Should the naming Of Mr.. WHIT
MANS successor fall to Governor GLYNS
would he select an orga nization Demo
crat for the District Attorneys Officer
II he did the Democratic orga nizat ton
would regain an Office 1t has not con-
trolled since December %, 1900. when
Governor ROOSEVELT removed District
Attorney Asa BIRD GARDINER and ap-
pointed EUGENE A. PHILBIN in his place.
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Murphy Out. Tener to TAFT.

II no Federal baseball league had
been organized Mr.. MURPHY Of Chicago
would probably have ornamented the
national sport for a considerable period
to come. The National League might
even have retained him in membership
despite the outlaws had not BAN JOHN
son OF the Americans projected himself
into the discussion with a few words
as to the effect OF Mr.. MuRPHY's sctivl-
ties on the box Office receipts Mr..
JOHNSON is a person Of emphatic habit
who usually achieves action when he
considers II desirable.
Governor TENER was chosen president
Of the National League because he was
believed to possess those qualities which
were needed to rule the unruly. sup
press the trouble makers and restrain
the violent. The situation created by
Mr.. MUMMY seemed intolerable. Mr.
MURPHY defed his brethren. They put
him out, TESEs to TAFT. Apparently
the league has found what II has
wanted for years-a real boss.
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on the aspect of an interlude founded
upon judicial simplicity.
The following excerpt from the des-
patch reads like pa ssage from MARK
TWAIN at his best;
The visitor said he was not the ordi-
nary motion picture man. but was a
cousin Of a former we'll known diplomat
and that he was acting for the Govern
ment at Washington. His pictures, he said.
were to be deposited with the historical
records and not to be given out to the
public or used except upon official sane
ton OF the Department of Justice. He
presented letters OF request which Judge
ALDRicH thought wero genuine and with
which he complied in order not to APP
pear discourteous to tho Secretary Of
State and other officials. The operator
even got the Judge to pose in his cham
bers"
That THAw needed no motion pic.
lures to make him historical is AK
iomatic, but II he can take an entire
court room down the river Of the ages
along with him on one reel fame will
soon be quoted ut wholesale prices.
Judge ALDRIcH's tact and delicacy in
not wishing to offend the Federal Gov
eminent In It's natural desire to pre-
serve HARRY's head and halo will re-
main quite rs immortal rs the film
Concord must he on the lookout for
gentlemen who make peas disappear
under walnut shells.
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individual plaintiff. yet the average
jury would not be very astute In de-
terminlng whether the damage claimed
by the Individual was due to the spe-
clhc violation adjudicated In the Gov
eminent suit, and the only question
that the jury would pass upon would
be the amount Of the damage sus-
tanned by the plaintiff. which would
thereupon be trebled.
We cannot believe that It is for the
good Of the American people that the
business men Of this country, who are
already pursuing a thorny path and
who are doing their part In building
up the prosperity Of our country, shall
he subjected to the crossfire Of Gov
eminent suits in equity. to inquisi-
torial grand juries seeking to regulate
the price Of commodities by grand
jury proceedings. to oppressive regu-
iat1ons Of governmental bureaus. and
finally to civil suits for treble damages
by less successful competitors in bust
ness and by dissa tisfied consumers.
especially when In the latter suits the
principal defence Is effectually denied
those combina tons which have had
any unsuccessful legal controversy with
the Government as to the true meaning
Of the Sherman law.
Apart from this consideration the
proposed amendment would be a Sc
rious menace to property rights and
would shake the confidence Of in
vestors to q very serious extent No
matter how great the resources Of any
business organization may be. II It has
in the past or shall have in the future
an adjudication against 1t in a Gov
eminent suit 1t is likely to be visited
with a food Of suits which might mean
confscation. That this Is not an idle
fear can be shown by the fact that one
Industrial combination. against which
a Government suit Is pending, has
been In advance Of any decree sued by
a small army Of litigants claiming
damages which are far In excess Of
the entire capital stock and surplus Of
this large and prosperous company.
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valuable o. . Reminder Sf Heroism and
Incentive to Peace.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str:
"Northerner' asks II 1t IL not about time
for some one to start n crusade against
the moving pictures Of the civil war. In
reply I would say that on general princi-
pies we have plenty of "crusades' In prog
ress now, hence no more are needed
I believe that every young person should
know something OF the history OF this
great country. and II makes not the slight
est difference in this respect whether the
facts tickle their fancy or not. Just as
long as both North and South hold In VEN
GRAFTON statues, monumental &c, comment
Grating Incidents In that great war and
continue to add to the already large num-
Der OF them In existence, Just 10 long are
memorials stand for perfectly right and
proper
When a Crusade IL started to remove
everything that can remind US Of that
mighty struggle. begin by taking down
every one OF these mementos throughout
the country. then dispense with thee NOV
Ing pictures
A short time ago saw moving pictures
which illustrated one OF the great battles
anything else that 30 forcibly demon
strated the bravery and devotion Of the
Southern soldiers. Why should this be
forbidden?
There are two conditions which tend 20
prevent modern wars first. full prepare
ton for the successful conduct OF war
II we should be attacked second. full and
complete knowledge Of the awful realities
Of every war. Does "Northerner" know
Of any better way OF showing these stern
realities. except actual participation In
them. than thu moving picturesr
w. II. wAKeMAN.
New HAVEN. Conn.,. February 81.
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Here's q state Of Things,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Str: ]
see by to-day's Sun that We are 20 have
women doctors In the hospitals The
feminlsts have had their way as usual In
defiance of sense and decency. The only
reason given for their demand was that
they need the practice. That's nice !
dare say they do. And the patients must
be the victims. It 10 an outrage.
A doctor. especially In hospital. should
be profound. cool. strong and resolute.
Women are by nature shallow. excitable,
weak and vacillating They will reduce
our hospitals to the wretched standard of
our feminized public schools
! repeat II Is an outrage and what's
more, the hospitals will suffer In public
esteem In consequence OF this nonsense.
NEW YORK, February 90. LAWYER.
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Income Tav Receipts.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: The
fact that the income tax law lie full OF
antiquities ought not to cause unneces-
sary criticism OF the overburdered officials
upon whom Ia imposed the heavy task OF
seeing that the provisions OF the law are
interpreted and complied with.
The exceedingly simple remedy TO
meet the difficulty which you suggest has
been practised by this Office In filing a
considerable number OF income tax re-
turns A duplicate return is taken TO the
collectors office. and when the original IL
fled the duplicate is stamped Internal
Revenue. date, Received. Second District
n. Y" 1t takes the collectors office a
few seconds to stamp a duplicate. whereas
writing out receipt such as you suggest
would be a needless waste OF time and
paper.
Where the return Is filed by mail.
duplicate letter Is enclosed with post
paid envelope for Its return. and up to
the present time no collector OF the in
ternaI revenue has failed to return such
duplicate with his receipt stamped
thereon. JAMES ID. WILLIAM
New YORK, February 81.
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A Home m AIDE Ice Chute.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS--Siv! Every
morning when the ice comes up Mrs.
Blink puts on a big Bingham apron and a
pair of big buckskin gloves takes u of
the dumbwaiter and carries Il over to the
ice box on the opposite side OF the kitchen.
l thought I could improve on that, so ]
invented very simple contrivance by
which the ice could be transferred from
the dunbwaiter to the refrigerator with
out It's being handled at all: II was n
chute. made Of a long, smooth plank, with
strips nailed along the edges to keep the
ice from slipping OF at the sides on the
way.
The hrst time ] tried this chute was
also the last. / let forty pound chunk
OF ice get away from me at the dumb
waiter end and It never brought up till
IL was half way through the back Of the
refrigerator.
THERE" said Mrs. Blink.
But have heard long d!scourses that
were less significant.
We called In tlnsmlth and n car
penter to fix the refrigerator. and now
Mrs, Blink, In her big Bingham af<on and
big buckskin gloves. has resumed full and
complete control OF the ice transfer.
STEPHEN J. BLISx.
NEW York, February 22.
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rHE AOUEDUCT POLICE.
A Body Of Highly Trained Men Whose
AerN tees should BE Used.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: I was
very much interested In your editorial
article as to what would become OF the
magnificent equalization OF canal diggers
now that the work on the Panama Canal
IL nearly completed. I would like to call
attention to another most efficient body
OF trained men right at home who IL seems
are about to dlsintegrate. j refer to the
members Of the AQueduct Police. Here
we have 800 men Of five years hard SER
vice. fine physique, all expert horsemen,
drilled and trained to tie minute. They
have faithfully performed their duties In
the protection Of lives and property along
the region of the new aqueduct.
As they rode up Broadway last May In
the police parade In perfect alignment IL
was the general comment that no finer
body Of cavalrymen had ever been seen.
Now the work of the aqueduct ID done,
what IL to become OF these men? Bills
have been introduced into the Legislature
to have them annexed TO the city police.
and we should be proud to have them. but
through some political or technical rea-
sons nothing has been done. 1t also has
been suggested that they become nucleus
Of a State constabulary. In the meantime
they are drifting and disappearing day by
day.
The cry Of the day 10 efficiency" The
men OF the Aqueduct Police really are ex-
ceptionally efficient. trained to the minute.
Our State and city should embrace the OPP
portunity Of keeping them in service.
LOYAL CITIZEN.
BRoOKIyN. February 49,
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There IL an almost audible chuckle
In these headlines Of Chicago Tribune
composer:
politicians shocked. Feminine candi-
dates enter races In most of l0i down.
State counties"
Shocked" is too cold a word. The
trousered lords are comboboratively and
conniptively fabbergasted. so to speak
Women folks want to run for office?
What Is the country coming to? Aren't
We doing more than enough for them
in letting the poor creeters vote? And
now the shameless things ask TO be
voted for. What selfishness. what
impudence, what a high handed en-
croachment on the rights OF man!
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The most remarkable thing about tn.
Journal Of Egyptian archaeology, tn. new
quarterly published by the Egypt Exp,ora
ton Fund. 10 that Its appearance should
have been delayed until now, for the ar.
traordtnary discoveries OF the last half can
fury from the excavations In Egypt nav.
aroused the interest of the general publ,c
as well as OF the rapidly increasing band
~ scholars who have devoted them,elye.
to Psychological studies The nrst number
for January, 1914, presents a notable array
Of names: NJ. Naville writes on Abydos ID
q. Hogarth on tho Egyptians In Asia, ana
W n. FLINDERS Petrie on the British School;
Alan II. Gardiner translates some new IN .
erary work and A. A. sayoe has q note on
stonehenge. There are other papers Of In.
tersst. several on Abydos and ali are we'll
illustrated,
A portion Of the Journal has an especial,
news importance: namely. the survey of what
IL being done IN exploration In each quarter
OF the year. and the summary Of the books
aud articles relating TO Egypt that are pub.
iishsd during that period. II may be had
In the United States of Humphrey Milford,
whose name has replaced that Of Henry
Provide as agent for the Oxford Unsvsrssty
prssa
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shall There he the Grade Of Lieu.
tenant.lseneral?

II the grade Of Lieutenant General
Is TO be established In the army to cor
respond with that Of vice-Admiral In
the navy, as Secretary GARRISON pro-
poses In u letter 10 Chairman HAY Of
the Military Affairs Committee Of the
House, shall there be one Lieutenant
General or more than one?
We suppose that Secretary GARRI.
son would he satisfied with one Lieu
tenant General, but he must be pre-
pared to encounter opposition In Con
gress. Opinion there Is quite strong
that the present arrangement Of six
Major-Generals with no distinction be-
tween them except in length OF service
is satisfactory. The Chief Of Stan Is
more conspicuous in the public eye,
but he Outranks no other MajorG Gen
eral, and 1t 10 to be noted that Brig
adler General may be detailed as head
Of the STAFF Corps.
1t Is perhaps an advantage for the
President to have six Major Generals
to select from for the highest COM
nmnd In time Of war; Lieutenant
General, although he might be a medl.
ocrity would naturally expect to lead
the armies Of the republic, and 20
litlcal influence would certainly be ex-
erted In his favor II there were n dis
position to overlook him.
The grade OF Northumberland has
been revived to be bestowed upon emil
nent war soldiers and later abandoned,
the last time In 1907, because It threat.
ened to become, plainly speaking. a
burden to Congress. 1t was only q
short time ago that friends Of a Major.
General on the retired list, who had not
figured at all in the war with Spain.
asked for his elevation to- the higher
rank by special act of Congress.
The establishment of the grade by
Congress, as the Secretary Of War now
urges. would raise at once the unwel.
come question Of which Major General
ON the active list should be first hon.
ored-and how the wires would be
pulled! The proposal Of two or more
Lieutenant Generals would also be
made, and not fllogically.
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Where SNOW Removal should he 81 In.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: The
suggestion OF MIR F. w whltridge in re-
gard TO snow removal Is one that has been
In the minds OF countless thoughtful citi-
z.rs for many years, namely. the desira-
bility OF beginning work at the dumps on
the water front and working back.
II would also be perfectly possible TO
keep such dump streets solely for the use
OF snow carts for a day or two IL neces-
sary by the aid OF the police.
Those who during the past week have
had an opportunity to observe the effect
OF not adopting this very simple plan
would suppose that the work OF snow re-
moval was being done by persons abso-
iutely devoid of common sense.
New YORK, February 22. NJ. N, Jr.
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A cable despatch from London says
that Professor ARTHUR KEITH gave an
anthropological study at the Royal In
stitute OF portraits Of SHAKESPEARE and
BURNS. II seems that the playwright
was descended from the Bronze Age
Celts. the true round headed people.
What do the Bacon supporters think of
this discovery that SHAKESPEARE was a
roundhead when all these years they
have claimed that he was mutton
head? II we can only get a biological
Interpretation OF SHAKEsPEARK to up
hold the anthropological research into
his genius, perhaps this BACON contro-
versy may yet be settled. And have the
various schools OF mental and sex
hygiene no words of explanation az to
the Sonnets?
BURNS. on the other hand. was Of the
long headed type. Unfortunately his
biographers are unable to state that
BURNS ever knew how long headed ne
was until he was dead
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United States to exploit sea products al
Sun
Loi Uncle Sam from old John Bull
Intends to take q wrinkle.
To feed US all 10 quite . pull.
But very soon We shall be full
OF mussel and Of winfield
The mussei may be NJ for fo0d
But salt and pepper sprinkle,
A touch OF vinegar include.
And then a morsel OH how good.
10 the delicious Wrinkle!
How sons Of Albion will rejoice.
And how their eyes will twinkle,
when once again they hear the voice
or costermonGer with his choice
supply Of luscious 'winklst
Days OF my childhood when heard
Tie muiiih bells loved tihkisi
That memory has long been blurred.
But will Il not At once be stirred
AZ cries Of Fine. fresh 'Winkis"f
ososos =. MoaawooD.
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THEATRE TICKETS.
The Method Of Reservation at the Box
once OF the Old Days.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Str: In
all the talk about the theatre ticket abuse
! don't remember seeing any reference to
the method In vogue at Days Theatre
when Augustin DAILY was alive. Anybody
with a memory that goes back twenty
years will remember that you could have
seats reserved by giving your name and
receiving n numbered coupon exchange
able for the tickets before entering tho
theatre.
My recollection 10 that the system
worked very satisfactorily. but Of course
there was a man behind the system who
was impelled by sincere motives. We have
outgrown such simple provincialism. l
was held UP some time ago by one OF the
brlgands who infest the vicinity Of tho
Hippodrome. and by some sieisht Of hand
was fieeced out OF twice the original price
Of the seats. which turned out to be
among the poorest in the house instead Of
the good ones thought I was buying.
Oh. but what's the use Of kicking?
Graft. hypocrisy and humbug will con-
tinue to flourish az long a. the high
birth rate OF suckers continues.
GLEN RIDoR, n. j., February 81.
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To The EDITOR OF THE Sus--Sr. About
twenty-five years ago you printed story
by Mr.. w. p. Pond on clearing snow from
the Paris streets. detailing tho opening Of
the manholes TO the sewers, the use OF sheets
Of iron with fires under them TO slide the
snow to the sewer. and also the use Of q
hose pipe In lighter snowfslls. The success
full treatment of the snow with small hose
on wes, End avenue the other day recalled
It, New York has not much chance TO adopt
this plan. however. while piling snow In
heaps. transferring heaps to carts, then carts
TO dump. unloading them to seow, and then
dumping scow; no chance while all this
shufYiins smploys about thirty thousand
votes o. II. AKRON
NEW YoRx. February %.
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Tne Typewriter as . Snow Remover.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir:
see from an editorial article In THE Sun
that the Street Cleaning Commissioner has
already figured out and made a report on
the efficiency OF his department In remov-
ing the snow In the streets.
He evidently has a very capable and
energetic Office force, but the snow seems
10 be somewhat with US. Also the men
who were responsible for this efficiency
have had a hard time collecting their
pay.
Question: Is the typewriter as snow
remover a success? INQUIRER
New YORK, February 81.
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The FOltsts,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str. In
"A Tale of Tub" section VIII, Swift
thus anticipates and analyses the Pro-
gressives. New Freedomites. upl!fters. sex
hygienists and miscellaneous windbags OF
to-day:
THE learned .Eolists maintain the orig
inal cause OF all things to be wind, from
which principle this whole universe was at
first produced and into which II must at
last be resolved that the same breath
which had kindled and blew UP the flame
OF nature should one day blow It out"
New York, February 22 DEcANua
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Storms through the West are held by
meat dealers here to be responsible for
tho general fiuctuation and rise in prices
OF meat In tho last three weeks--Netos
item.
Next August this information will
undergo q slight transposition so as to
read thus: Calm weather through the
West Is held responsible for the ad-
vance in meat prices. as the steers and
the sheep are too full Of lassitude to
walk to market. Dealers hope that
cold, brisk weather will overcome their
languor and that by December prices
will be normal
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4 Corporation with q Heart,

says corporations have no souls? never
will again after seeing representative
Of the United Cigar Stores Company
handing out gloves to the snow shovellers
to-day on upper Madison avenue. under
stand the same thing was done all over
the city wherever gang was at work.
Somebody will say II was good advertis-
ing all right. II that's the way you want
to look at It, But every numbed finger
In which the warm blood was started must
have reached out to the giver while the
receiver said: shake" PIP
NEW YORK, February u.
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Fame at Cost,

New Hampshire Is the last State to
appreciate true valor and historical
greatness. A despatch from Concord
states that Judge ALDRICH decided that
one net Of moving pictures Of the pro.
ceedings In the case Of the one and
only HARRY X. THAw are SUFFICIENT for
the emulation Of posterity. That a
United States court should have been
turned over to ''movies' operator for
exploitation affords conception OF
dignity that Is IN keeping with the
modern view Of exalted crime. but when
the reason for this astonishing per-
Torrance 10 given the whole AFFAIR takes
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WILLIAM RYAN. a baker In Troy. was
another $3.50 a day provisional foreman.
AN the road experience RYAN had was
acquired In bakeshop." said Mr.. o.
sonSE-Despatch from Albany.
AS the road was built primarily for
the use Of pie wagons. what person
could have been more experienced
and competent inspector than the baker
from Troy? II is wrong to jump at
hasty conclusions
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To rus Eplroa ov TIE suS-Siy. A 10
cheese with pie. Merely appie7 What non
sense Tho correct and rational US. of
cheese with pie 10 hot mince pie with q
welsh rabbit poured over Il. as served a,
an old English inn along Duane s,rs.,
NEW YoRK. February al a
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The Echo or Isuncom,,r.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir. lam
afraid Senator O'Gormans remarks on the
Panama Canal tolls and Carnegie's peace
plans will have a bad effect on home
rule for Ireland Some people vii! think
tha' irish prejudice against England is
so deep rooted that the Orangemen ~
Ulster are justified. INroMIa
NEW YORK, February %