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why These Complaints, Tom?

II since the Hon. THOMAS RIEy
MARSHALL sank into the ohscurity NJ
the vice.Prcsidential office day has
passed on which the news paper press
Of his grateful country has not gladly
given circulation 20 his philosophic
thoughts. nobody except the compilers
II Mr. MAHsHALI's scraphook has no
ticed the omission. From personal
"reminiscences Of his domestic relations
to theories as To The rights and privl-
l,crs of heirs. Mr.. MARSHALL has COW
cred me field 81 human activities won
derfully. and a press given to laneniing
the pressure on It's columns has cele.
brated him faithfully.
YET Mr.. MARSHALL Is dissatisfied.
Free speech Is dead the free press is
dead along with II. The cause Of the
dem ~ Of free speech. which antedated
the dissolution of the free press. Mr..
MaRsHAtL summarize thus.
The vice-Presldent asserted that there
was no free speech n that no man could
say what 10 pleased without paying the
price, sometimes collected In unfair coin
age. and In tina; to no man vas accorded
tn. right to change his opinion without
being reViled.
II there were fyc cent Iapers, APP
parently in Mr.. MABsHALIs opinion
there would be- no paying the price"
no unfair coinage II beft hero
to pay In unfair coinage" no '-reyil.
ing. Where did he get the facts on
which he bases his theory: Are the
surviving five cent newspapers all Of
his opinions; Was there never n Ave
cent paper that "reviied"?
The fact is Mr. MARSHALL has SUI
fcred from far too much, not too little,
freedom II speech. and his plaiut
against the press springs not from a
lack of freedom on its part but from
the fact that II has pretty generally
laughed at an cminen; citizen Of In
diana. now temporarily in Washington,
at those moments when he has con.
ceiys-i himself 10 he most impressive
and dignified.
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The FIsgcIlation Treaty.

The spirited periodical TO which the
Colonel and eN.President is contribu.
rory loses no time and uses no am.
blguous words in defining it, position
with regard 10 Mr. BRYAS's proposed
treaty Of national Self.aba sement and
cutlcular eXcVriation. The outlook
,ays to-day:
The present Administration believes
thai 'hs United States zr.evously wrong.d
Colombia IN the process Of acquiring the
Canal Zone. As hush money 70 Colombia.
~ stands wiling to pay the sum OF $685.
100000 and. as lsgnisppe perhaps. certain
privileges which W are ready to gran, 10
no other nation on the face Of the globe
In planning the entirely just!hab!e ceie-
bratioa Of the opening Of the canal the
Administration therefore places itself.
so,oly because Of It's attitude toward Co.
!onbis, in the position OF a man who has
won the Derby with a stolen hofse The
Administration IL. Of course. unwilling to
return the horse. Far from It: It calls
upon all its neighbors TO rejoice In It's
tremendous victory. or the other hand.
Il is willing 10 pay the former owner
enough 70 keep him quiet. The Admins.
iration In defending such a course on
moral grounds very neatly and unescsp-
ably impales itself or both horns Of
very pugnsc!ous dilemma"
So there are 10 be two Panama Canal
celebrations The second, as the out.
look puts II, Is To lie the celebration Of
compounded felony. Secretary DAN
IELs is working out the details Of the
programme.
We are most concerned just now
about the earlier celebration. which r.
under the personal direction Of Score.
tsry BRYAN. The programme Is set
forth in the treaty with Colombia
which Mr.. BRYAN and President Will
soS arc asking the Senate 70 ratify.
This proposes something vastly more
spectacular than anything the ingeni
Gus JosFPHUs can arrange in the way
~ naval display. Mr.. BRYAN wants
Uncle SAM 10 strip himself 10 The waist
for self-lnnicted castigation In the pres
.nce Of the invited nations. belaboring
himself with knout or cat o nine
tails or whip Of scorpions or some
other equally efficient agent Of morti-
fcation, and thus do penance TO Co
lombia for sin which Uncle SAM
never committed.
Yes. and TO pay s25,OC0.OOO for the
privilege Of appearing In this unheard
Of. undreamed Of role OF Flagellant!
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The only difference Is that they have

The only difference IL that they have
no Involvement 10 color the truth. IL
Is well known that abundant crops are
In prospect. Money j. or recently was
| available In ample volume. sources
we're known from which big business
might originate. the physical needs ~
the railroads. for instance. could they
see their way to paying for what they
require. II IS generally conceded that
q relaxation OF the existing tension
might speedily result In q boom.
But the place where the President
and his informants on the one hand
and business leadership on the other
are hopelessly apart is as regards the
restraining forces. The business world
feels Itself fetterel by the general
attitude of political hostility TO the
higher mechanism Of business, a hos
tility OF which the President Is the
principal exponent. the self-declsred
Mahdi. The business world feels that
The Presidents attitude renders the
prevalent hostility not merely political
but governmental. and eNaggerates it's
activity. what with prosecutions and
probings. legislation and administrative
Interference and threats u still more
stringent measures TO come. into some
thing 10 the nature Of a holy war.
Mr.. WILSON fatuously saws that
there Is nothing worse for business
than 10 be kept guessing. II this were
20. guessing could not be injurious.
There i something far worse In the
persent conjuncture, not TO put too fine
point on II. the passage ~ the
maniacal measures now In Congress
and known as the Administration
antitrust programme IS worse, much
worse, and It IL because business
knows this that business leaders will
not move. viii not risk their money or
waste their efforts ut the present time
Further business men are well
aware that guessing will not end with
the passage of these bills. Behind
them there Il new field NJ guess
work. The spirit and method in and
under which they will b. applied fur
nishes n disastrous desert 81 guess
work over which business must plod
before II can realize what shred of
free agency T." Presidents new con.
stltution" leaves 1t. Beyond all this
there l. the menace OF Mr. MCADoo
with a new battery Of lnquisitions
and Mr.. OWEN with new set 81 reg
ulstions. reported TO the senate by
trick and device. to Kill the heart Of
enterprise and palsy the hand Of prog
reSs.
Mr. WILSON asks aid in altering the
psychological situation. The opportu.
nifty for beneficial change is all within
himself. Yet we were told on his
own authority the other day that he
never reads the newspapers We
know with what contempt he waves
aside the admonitions Of citizens
When lie asks that the mental disorder
81 business be mcdicined with his nos
irums, what then can business do but
cry out 10 him in reply, Physician.
cure thyself.'
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The salem tire. which has destroyed
so much OF the industrial district Of
the famous little city and left perhaps
third Of its PEOPLE without homes.
seems TO have spared most Of the his
torical or Evolutionary landma rks. In
the last general ton the population has
become one Of many races. in that re-
spect following the fortunes Of most
other New England towns. and in the
inevitable changes of it's modest growth
something Of its odd World charm
has vanished. To outlanders IL Is the
indigenous inherited quality Of ancient
Salem that counts. Its very name re
calls the Puritan iheocrats, but 10 most
Of the world II Is the aloof and exotic
genius of HAwTHoRNE that still pre-
sides there. The House ~ the Seven
Gables. an attrlbution 50 far as place
and maine 90. and the Custom House
are the first ''markworthlncsS to
the seniimcnlai and literary pilgrim.
Through the memory Salem looks. as
Port smouth once did, q paradise Of the
digniied Colonial or the ugly Colonial
mellowed into ''qualntness."
Something of strength and charac-
ter gathers in those honest buildings
IL few OF them are spacious enough to
he stately. There fourishes or -four
ishcd the gambrel roof, loved by Or.
HOLMES, whose Cambridge birthplace
Of that style was torn down ~ pitt
lessly by men who ought 10 have known
better and who would be iitly pun.
ishe1 by confinement in a Queen Anne
Hades. There the water used 10 lap
as on L"the's wharf the quays whence
In their adventurous prime the Salem
profit by the strong hand; 10 which
came back those splendid clipper ships
| that made their way around the world,
bringing the products OF Cathay and
! Ind TO that Custom House where the
/ shyest Of Collectors was afterward to
sit at the receipt Of customs And ~
| the FISH that went out and the rum that
came back in humber craft In the good
old Colony times there was no end.
! In commerce, In shipbnilding. in the
development OF the American navy,
| Salem has an honorable history; and
/ PRESCOTT and WILLIAM SToRY are OF
her sons I'm literature and art,
But not as HAwTHoRSE's birthplace
and seldom for what she really was Is
! she most remembered. She is known
wrongly to millions as the place where
they burned the witches" A thousand
! Sir Thomas Brownies would have fought
vainly against this "pseudodoxy." The
tongues Of men and angels might wag
TIL they dropped of, and yet nobody
would he persuaded that Salem VII
lage. OF the witchcrafts, belongs 10
Danyers and other townships II might
he added that most persons seem to
ina CINE that witchcrsft, instead Of lie,
ing on It's last, though not quite It's
last legs NJ far as legal punishment Is
concerned the belief in witchcraft is
understandable and Is not nfrcguently
shown in these supposedly enlightened
times--lu Salem was invented by the
Puritans. Those tough and sturdy
worthless worshipped n mistranslation
dear TO Scottish Solomon Thou Shalt
not suffer a witch to live; and some
Of their diylnes as In England and Scot
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"OBEY."
Tue Ooyeetseua Of Dr. Anna Hs~srd
NhaM and z Rncinst.

To THE Eprroa or. TIVE SuS-s+r: Your
correspondent Mr.. Fred Metcalf has stated
that Or. Anna ShAw's stand against th'
word "obey" 10 a proof that even the
best qualified representatives OF fenin-
ism are somewhat hopelessly lacking In
comprehension of the obligation and re-
strictlons Of that masculine freedom foi
which they thirst so interupersteiy." Al
low me to correct Mr.. Netcalf on one OF
two points.
In the first place DR. Shaw Is not =
feminist: she Is an advocate Of the polit-
ical enfranchisement OF women. which Is
not the same thing.
Then, does Mr.. Metcalf really think that
Dr. Shaw and the other leaders OF the
woman suffrage movement have not
themselves held positions, do not them
selves know how to earn a iiving7 III so
ne is wofuliy mistaken The leaders OF
this movement have been recruited from
every walk OF life and have passed
through viclssitudes fully as trying as
those through which men are required TO
pass II Is chiefly because Of this expe-
rience and the knowledge thereby gained
that they are In possession OF their pres
ent positions. and that we, their follow
ers. honor them
II Is not against that obedience that lie
sold deliberately for the price OF living
and which can be tossed aside like an old
DR.. shaw hurts her invectves. but
against that obedience that one human
being illogieaily demands OF another as
the price of lawfully being the mother OF
his children and having the privilege OF
serving him and then Tor the rest Of her
life under penalty OF social aud religious
accommodation. This Is not an attack
upon marriage. but upon the absurd and
untenable conditions that are making
marriage p thing TO b. Stunned by all
thinking women. The wife OF to-day who
svears 20 love. honor and obey" her hus-
band perjurrs herself In the Interest OF
bes utiful form, for she does not intend 20
love more than her heart bids her. nor
20 honor more than honorablcnes. De-.
mands, nor 20 obey at all except when II
pleases her to do 20. She is rendering
value for value received and no man
worthy the name expects her 10 do more,
nor does he desire to be the recipient of
moral charity. Taking = solemn and re-
llgtous oath 20 obey for all time. and sc-
cepting a position wherein one ust obey
a, the price OF losing H. are two different
things. and there Is no excuse for con
founding them.
Ny own objections to the army ana
navy are more deep lying than the mere
inconvenience OF discipline. because they
are based upon the Humanitarian prin,
ciple that any war Is Incompatible with
Christianity and progress. Certainly II
Is Incongruous that Christian men should
be bound by an oath TO the Prince OF
Peace to kill their fellow men. whom that
Prince taught them to call brothers
GERTRUDE y. LrsSELi,
YoNKEEs, June 2s.
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The Irs0slmIans.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS--ST: The
letter on Obedience would be excellent
like all the other letters coming from tn.
same source, II II were not based on false
premises The feminist doctor OF dlyin-
ity.' a.. Is right: Thy pledge OF obedl-
ence by any adult to another Is almost
unthinkable." Your correspondent over
looks the fact that the males OF the pres
ent human species are neither adult nor
human. They remind one OF the bears or
monkeys chained from their nose to the
grind organ OF the larry Savoyard whose
only visible means OF support they are.
Evolution in its wonderful workings
follows strange lines, often circles, often
spirals. running seemingly backward. but
actually pointing higher to the creation OF
the male-femsle and the estimation Of the
male. The male-female Is with US and
only a few males remain.
Professor Garner in his letter published
in THE SuS few days ago, speaking
about two gorillss he captured, wrote
THE female Is one OF the joiliest things
YOU ever saw. we have some real rornps.
The male Is a t!nid. savage little besEar,
and hasn't much sense Also In tire
jungle? Inverted atavism' Perhaps the
spiral. 8 O S.
NEW YORK, June IS.
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land were not above trying TO prove that

land were not above trying to prove that
the Devil was just as much afraid Of q
Congregationalist or Presbyterian min
lister as Of an Anglican or a Catholic
priest So nineteen they hanged and one
they yresse; TO death. las every srhool-
boy knows" Bot folklore will not have
II 10. The Toet In the popular breast
objects. Burning. the more common pen
atty Of vitchcraft AMI sorcery. espe-
cially when Identified with bcresy. is
the more striking and symbolic. Flames
at the stake. flames from the place
presided over by the Black Man. with
whom the victims had covenant. SO
We venture n predict that this Salem
FIRE will add to the unquenchable de-
fusion. Doubtless. In hts more rhe-
torlcal and glowing moments. High Hat
HunEr. the present. past and future
Mayor OF salem. believes firmly in the
vitchcraft fires
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President wilson's Psychological
Boom.

Nothing II not psychological il the
business boom which President VIII
SON foretold In brave words to the Nir-
ginia editors who called upon him In
the White House on Thursday. II ex-
lists nowhere outside the realm Of
mind indeed. hardly outside the Pres
ident's mind. But apparently in this,
az In 20 many other disputed things,
he regards his own perception as
dw8rfng IN insignificance the observa-
lions and opinions Of all the rest Of the
country. Indeed, Mr.. WILSON said In
80 many words that he was better able
to Judge Of business conditions than
any one else could possibly he because
the reports of Government agencies
brought him al the information eN-
,ant. His capacity 10 draw the right
conclusion from his material went
without saying.
Now II may be questioned. to begin
with, whether the President has the
best available information ~ to bust
ness conditions. The reports Of Gov
eminent agencies, so TAR a. they 10
not deal with elementary facts, must
inevitably be colored by administration
ideas. Government observers are rea-
sonably certain to see through Govern
ment glasses. Granted that material
facts and figures are correctly stated
their bearings and effects and the hui
man factor which Is still more impor.
tant. the psychologist element. IL Mr.
WILSON :" prefers, may be miscon.
c~fvcd and misStatcd 80 as to Mt In
natteringly with the preconceived idea,
Of all dominating wisdom.
The truth f. the business world and
Mr.. WILSON'S advisers are not fal
apart as to the favorable elements ir
the situation. Rig business has II,
agencies as well AS the Government
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THE COLONEL.
Rescued From New York Worshipper.
lie should save the Country In 1910.

To THE Editor ~ THE SuS-Sir: I
noted In THE Sun OF June 90 that one w
II. Samson IL much perplex=d over what
the eminent Teddy intends doing In he
matter OF running for Office. | trust tina ;
by this time his fears are allayed. Upon
landing In New York yesterday the Colo
mel reiterated his statement that he will
not be candidate for Governor OF New
York. W II. Samson. like others who
are altogether too narrow minded 10 see
any good In our famous Colonel. delights
In procls ming him az an office seeker"
when In fact the Colonel is kept busy de-
clining nominations. The truth is Colonel
Roosevelt has not expressed a wish for
any Office on his own initiative since 1908,
but has simply given in to the many who
are constantly urging him TO be a candi-
date.
As for the New York Bull Moosers, they
are plcsyunish aggregation and their
demanding that Roosevelt be their candi-
date Is ridiculous. ] have my suspicious
as TO their motives and sincerity in ask
ing the Colonel to run. ! do not think
they really expected he would run for
Governor either That job is too small
for Teddy.
The country is In a sad plight at pres
ent and unless the Democrats hasten TO
mend their ways only one thing remains
10 he done, elect Colonel Roosevelt Presi-
dent In 1915. Republicans cannot afford
10 be- narrow minded and permit a foolish
prejudice against Roosevelt to stand In
the way OF success two years hence.
Roosevelt Is growing stronger In the pub
lie estimation every day, and he Is the one
from the tomtoolery and weak kneed con-
troll OF the Democrats.
Il. WILSON LIScoLs.
BosroN, June rs,
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SECRETARY YES, SIR"
An Expression Of Admiration ana In
cour aSemcnt Concerning Mr.. RedncId.

To THE Enfroe or TINS SrS--Str: The
recent speech Of the SECRETARY Of the
Department of Yes. Sir possessed unique
interest. The honorable gentleman has
come TO be recognized a. the Official
phonograph OF Dresmland and OF course
IT was a certainty that he contained the
new psychological record. The establish
ment OF the great naval dock yards at
Raleigh, for the reconstruction Of ward
room etiquette. made the atmosphere Of
that delightful city especially cungenial
TO the culture VI optimistic bac.lli.
] fear the lmelight aad noise u the
band wagon has impaired the Secretary's
sigh; and hearing. II he will come 10
New York We will AFFORD him an oppor-
tunty TO smell and taste the business ~
this community and provide him with
!imburger caramels To- aeutralize the
flavor on his return trip. Possibly the
next record may tell US that iimburger
is psychologicslly fragrant.
Who would have thought that Drop
Forgings' would ever be utilized as
hypoderInIc syringe for the injection of
psychological dope into the arteries OF
commerce? This Is one OF the few prod
ucts not to he found In department
store, which may account for the d!stln-
gulshed Secretary's encyclopedia knowl.
edge Of general trade conditions. The
twisted business tail has been wsgg!ng
the business dog for over year; Il
Seems 10 be our sole representative In
the council chamber OF Infinite wisdom
No matter what the proposal, our tai
wags approval and keeps on wagging
In fact II is waEgins us 10 death.
II the honorable gentleman can be sd-
vised. he will drop forging rainbows In
the teeth OF storm aud will further
remember that II takes deeper soil than
yes. SIR to grow side whiskers In the
laurel beds OF history.
JAMES a. RADCLIFFE.
BROOKLYN, June rs
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When FRANZ MOAN goes into the
ring against JACK JOHNSON tonight
the negro will weigh twenty pounds
Ut 20 more than the white man, bat
MosAS's youth may make up for this
excess of beef. MORAN Is reported ms
having trained faithfully. while the
black In his supreme selfconfidence Is
represented as having taken the prepa-
ration for the fight lightly. and particu-
larry TO have neglected sparring with
competent adyersaries. still, the bet
ting Is 10 10 against MORAN. In n
game in which the spectators should
he wise.
Since the melancholy attempt Of JEF-
FgIEs to come back" no encounter In
the ring has attracted So much hope
FIJI attention as the Moran-Johnson
battle. Never ia the history Of the
sport has there been such unanimity
IN the hope to see champion defeated
and unfortunately there seems to be
nobody in sight up to the job. Per
haps IT would bc small honor 10 knock
him ont now. IL his life has been AZ
loose as has been represented; but even
allowing that he has prepared the way
for his own undoing. the end OF his
supremacy is a thing much TO be de-
sired.
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Cocksureness and u, choIok,

To TIVE EDITOR oF THH SuS-S!r:
should like TO ask our beloved President
whether In the face OF one OF the great
est commercial disasters this country has
witnessed In the last twenty years ne
still maintains the psychological attitude
that business is improving? Does he still
think that honest business men who have
dared 10 address him and the American
people on the subject are consplrlng to
ruin his Administration and its policies
II to-day's gigantic failure Is a proof OF
the Presidents wonderful statement that
business Is improving, have no doubt
that when his scholarly administration
draws to an end our country will have
died Of Improvement.
CONSTANT REAPER
NEW YORK, June 26
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Mckinley on the Postal Cards

To THE EDITOR or The SUE-Slr. Let
me say that believe I have sense enough
to know that II does not follow that be-
cause ! say that some act is a ''blunder
II Is necessarily blunder,
But a great many people will he indlg-
nant that our Post Offioe Department il
going to take the portrait OF Mckinley
OF the one cent postal card. Is 1t not a
mistake? think II is.
The memory of Mckinley is endeared
to the American people, Irrespective OF
party,
Why offend the feelings OF those who
would have the country thus keep alive a
token of respect and love for our mar
tyred President?
Yes, II is a blunder JUSTICE
WAsuISGToN June IS
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Mr.. Barnes.

To rHE EDITOR or THE SuS--Sir. This
IL the question every Republican must ask
himself Shall we wrap the Constitution
around us this fall and lose with Barnes
or shall we draft Roosevelt as Governor
and win by 100000 plurality? There Is
IA feeling among some OF the ssner lead
ers like Hendricks and Aidridge that there
has been altogether too much Barnes"
for success Barnes may like defeat, but
most Republicans want another look at
the political clover patch, J, r. II. c.
NEW YORK, June 2s.