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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12
TWO CONVICT MUIR ROADS.
Royal Gorge and SKY Line Drive Near
Canyon City.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SvS-Sir: 7
read to-day the story concerning the
Colorado penitentiary at Canyon city ami
was greatly interested. I lived In Canyon
City two wears and am surprised that tn
writer OF the article should cunfnund tn.
koyal Gorge road with the Sky Lno
drive
The latter Is simply a picturesque road
built along tn" crest OF tho hogback hill
Just outside the town. is perhaps 400
feet above the town level and covers
only a short distance. The gorge road.
about twelve miles long. runs from the
town To III" top OF the gorge and one
may look down $500 feet. 80 tho rail-
road folders state. On 10 the tracks OF
the Denver " Rio Grtndc Railroad and
It's famous hanging bridge all Of which
rather mars one OF the most magnificent
sights in this country. pixies Peak and
the Saugr. de trsto range are in full
View. the latter pretty we'll covered with
snow In August.
Roth roads are convict built or they
would probably Mt haV" been carried
through as Canyon ~ hut a small town.
Yet IL we'll worth visiting Cor the grand
scenery close by ! T. JARRETT.
NEW YORK. February 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12
Forgotten Records.

BY the recent rediscOvery AT Lam.
beth, the London residence Of the Arch
bishop Of CANTERBURY, Of records Of the
Court Of Arches, the highest ecclesi-
astical court In England. an interesting
light Is thrown both on English life and
manners In bygone age and on the al.
most incredible carelessness with which
valuable records are sometimes treated.
The documents, some 1000 In number,
date back TO the time Of the great fire,
and since that date appear to have had
NO checkered and wandering "A career
that II Is almost miracle they should
have been preserved. At one time they
we're kept In hired room In house
at Knightrider street. which was rebuilt
In 1920 Probably the rebuilding was
the reason for their removal To st,
Paul's Cathedral, where they remn inal
til 1865, Then they were taken ia
Lambeth, dumped Into q room there,
aud for forty years have been acquiring
deep stratum Of London SCOT and
dust. When few years ago II oc.
Cured to the present Dean Of the
Arches, Sir LEWIS DIBpIN, X, c., to
investigate these records II almost re.
quired spade to excavate them.
Sir LEWIS DIRDIN told OF the results
Of his researches In an Interesting nd.
dress ut dinner OF the Authors Club
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12

To TIE EpIroR OF the SuS--Sr: since
one of the young and Jealous Assistant
United States District Attorneys has
lifted the veil of tho Grand Jury room
by stating certain book was found un-
mailablo by that body and expressing
astonishment that the trial jury should
have decided Numerically otherwise.
should like 10 ask two questions:
In what percentage of instances are the
findings OF the United States Grand Jury
dIsrcgarded either upon trial or prior
thereto in the Southern District OF New
York?
Is II true. as I have heard told by a
former United States District ATTORNEY OF
this district that the Grand Jury IL well
trained and will generally hnd an indict-
ment upon the nod Of the lnite-i States
District Attorney?
AS I understand II the functions Of the
United States Grand Jury seem 10 be
those OF agreeably backing up any view
presented by Government attorney so
as TO enable him to GO ahead and 10 the
4'init iae arrosting, rniding, Sc. @r,H~ut
the risk Of suit for r.eiihes.
FORMER GRAND JUrYMAS.
New YORK, February II
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12
Another sample OF Ellis Island
Stupidity v?

II may he that some awkward OK
preston Of the immigration laws will
he found TO justify the conduct Of the
Ellis Island geniuses In OBTAINING
JAMES \, STEWART. an Engllshman
resident In Valparaiso. and his party
yesterday because ~ the presence with
him Of niece under sixteen whom ne
was bringing To New York.
We hope this may be the case.
Frankly. however. we fear that there
has been merely another display Of
outrageous and stupid official imbecility
OF the sort for which the authorities
at this port are celebrated wherever
san" and intelligent men are found
If the law does make necessary such
treatment Of visitors to this country,
the law should he changed Whether
II does or not. there certainly should
be change at Ellis Island.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12
The Alien Guest.

An ocean Of oratory foams and froths
around Honest ABE to-day and tonight.
All sorts amd conditions Of men and
women celebrate him. not few for the
sake of celebrating themselves. lie Is
become not merely n national hero hut
legend. political mythology has
grown up around him. His great name
II curiously taken in vain by men and
causes alien TO his principles and his
nature.
What welcome. what hospitality
what place or influence would there be-
for ABRAHAM LINCOLN in this country
that worships him for the most part
ignorantly" lie was doomed adroitly In
Illinois and finally nominated in the
Chicago national convention ~ 1850 by
deals" promises. the clcvcrest manip-
ulating. II he revisited the gimpscs
Of the moon he would find Presidential
primaries IN the political incubators.
state conventions and national conven.
tons regarded M evils to be- abolished
and instruments Of Satan
lie would find that representative
democratic republican self government
Is looked upon 10y millions rs u failure:
that III" tumutuury verdict If the
crowd. n kind of Suuuttcr sovereignty
In the form of the referendum and re-
call, il held 10y multitudes to be the
supreme law aud justice.
II" would find that the Constitution
Is 10 many Il hunkrrish and Bourbonite
document, good only to he torn up,
mendcd or di>rcgnr,led.
In what present party. Republican,
Democratic. Progressive. would he be
Mt homr whose notion Of government
was this:
The legitimate object Of government, Is
To- do ,Ur the community of people what
ever they need to have done. but cannot
do AT all or cannot so well do. for them
selves, In their separate and individual
capacities. In all that the people can in
divldually do as well for themselves. gov
eminent ought not TO interfere
Primitive superstition. believed in
also by THOMAS JfIitRsoN ignoranily
worshipped with the lips and perpetu-
ally insultcd 10y the acts of the Demo-
cratic party.
You can see the kindly. weary but toll
Grant smile, patient of 50 many misun-
derstandings. All" says Mr.. JEFfER-
son to him. 80 you've had the psychic
telephone taken out for the day
"Oh. don't worry, Mr. JEFFERSON. 1t
will be up and sound Of wind ON April
2, your day. IL ] may take the new free
dom Of saying go Besides, I'm not
here. Everybody knows that I'm In
the South American Jungle"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12
The Mayors Plan for the Relief OF
the Unemployed.

Thar Mayor MITCHEL's appeal for
work for the idle in New York may he
successful Is the hope Of all humane
men. The condition now existing Is
described by persons qualified tn speak
with authority as distressing. Indus.
triOus workers, skilled and unskilled.
ar" without employment and reduced
to want. The ranks Of this hungry
army are recruited from the seasonal
occupations impossible to he carried on
In the winter months, and the victims
of slack business, and the recruits from
other communities lnred here by tue
mistaken belief that In 50 great n city
there must be Jobs for all.
Bnt Mayor MIrcHfL's plan is only
palliative. Were he To achieve the i'm.
possible and find work for every Idle
! wage Garner in tho city. the consc-
Quence would be an unpxampled influx
Of unemployed from other cities and
States which would soon render tn.
local situation as bad rs IL now Is. II
not worse. This Is the inevitable re-
suit of any scheme OF relief not OF
worldwide application. The cXtraordl-
nary measures adopted are widely ad-
vertlsed and bring desperate or ven
turesome men from afar. Such an in
cursion Of the helpless could he avoided
only by the operation Of registration
and Identification system which can.
not be improvised and which would be
intolerablc.
Ii Is this aspect If unemployment
that creates It's most discouraging
problems. Even "a walled city would
find IL difficult TO care for it's own.
How can New York care for its own
and the outsiders who flock to It?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12
How the Associated Presses "Rights
Of Protest" Anect Country
Newspapers.

The represslye mechanism OF the
Associated Press includes a system OF
| exclusion known as rights Of protest. -
The extent to which these so.called
rights Of protest" are exercised In re-
straint Of trade by the present manage
ment Of that monopolistic organization
Is illustrated by the statement Of the
Erening Times Of Clean:
NO Olean newspaper liz permitted to re-
ceive the Associated Press service because
the Buffalo newspapers holding what is
known as the protest rights granted them
by the Associated Press would not con-
sent 10 the extension Of such service to
the olean newspapers lest by so doing the
Buffalo papers would be acting against
| their own interests. These protest rights
are lodged in the hands Of three Buffalo
newspapers These three ncwspap ers have
tho power to refuse the service to any
newspaper printed Within one hundred
miles of Buffalo"
Olcan, we should say. Is about sixty
five miles from Buffalo MS the crow
, flies: perhaps scventy-tive miles by the
most direct railroad route. II is a city
OF between fifteen and twenty thousand
people. 1t is not in the same county as
Buffalo, It's interests are distinct from
those OF the larger town. its local news.
papers should I've In no way subject to
the will Of anybody in Buffalo: and yet
three Buffalo Journals, published more
than sixty miles away. possess and ex-
ercisc this discriminatory power by ,ir-
tue OF their private contract with the
Associated Press.
This Is the sort Of discrimination in
restraint Of trade concerning which the
| supreme Court of Illinois remarked In
the cuse of The Inter Ocean Publishing
Company VS.. The Associated Press:
THE appellee corporation being engaged
in business upon which n public interest
IL engrafted. upon principles Of justice It
can make no distinction with respect to
persons who wish to purchase Information
and news. for purposes Of publication.
which 1t was created to furnish"
The Olean case IL only an example Of
what is going on all over the country
! That Is why So large II part of the press
of the United states affected by these
processes Of discrimination and prohibit
ton is now taking n lively interest I'm
THE Suns application To the Attorney
General to institute proceedings. not TO
break w the Associated Press. but 20
prevent further acts Of oppression and
restraint 10y Mr.. MELVILLE r.. STONE and
the clique now In control.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12
The Liquor Problem -.

To TIE EpIToI ov TIE SuN-Sr. Ger
tainly THE Sun shines Tor all when II
gives on Its front page "A fine article Ike
that entitled prohibition Up as IA Big
issue" | thank you for IL. Though /
have found many things IN late years to
encourage" mo IN the hope that the drink
evil IL getting TO he "A lost cause Ike
slavery. | believe that II the great dailics
like THE SUN will give us the facts about
the tremendous advance Of the temperance
sentiment and the news of the way in
which the churches and tho big industries
are trying to curb this evil. We shall
make more progress than by any other
means.
When, added To science. big business
and religion, ", get the power OF the press
the victory IL won
believe that the liquor question is 10
he the next big question of the day
Throw all your light upon 1t ana count
less thousands will thank YOU now and
millions In the future viii call YOU blessed.
JAMES V. CHALMERS.
New YORK February 4
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12
Work men rs Part Owners

To THE EDITOR or TIVE SuS-Sir, IN
view OF the constsn, labor troubles be.
tween employers and employees, why dH
not employers devise some plan whereby
their workmen may become part owners
OF the business Were an employee 10
own one or more shares in u business he
would feel IL To his interest to be as
efYicient as possible.
At present, especially where a union
controls the mechanical department of a
hvsilcss. there. Is a. .Iplwerfu pressurl
constantly brought to bear to retard pro-
duction In order mat more members OF
the union may get work Ms there are
always many Idle In what are called busy
times.
Even partial application Of this plan
ought to help. as II would result I'm a
closer supervision OF the work
Along the line Of least resistance a
distinct advance could certainly be made
toward real harmony between labor
and capital, \ WORKMAN
NEW YORE February 10
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Why Not lBc y MHnr

ON Monday news reports announced
that tho Mercantile Bank Of Memphis
was insolvcnt due To "A default by the
president, CHARLES HUNTER RArNr.
Al first the shortage was placed at
SIs>.Sna. and R>iNL was arrested on
reports yesterday state that h. con
fesscd 10 dcfalcatlon Of more than
S1,WH.0r. and that three bills were
placed before the inquisitors charging
larceny, embezzlement and fraudulent
breach Of trust. RAINE's cotton specu-
lations are held responsible for the
wrecking ~ what had been Il stable
financial institution.
And now what does he have TO say?
On what ground does he ask condona-
ton and forgiveness; Was he man
enough to accept sole responsibility for
personal crookeiueSs? Or did no blra,
forth pleas of sclf.p,y through re-.
proach upon we'll worn and much
used scapegoat?
One line from q Memphis despatch
supplies the answer:
"RArNE says he lost because wall street
stacked the cards.
For "A long time in that section OF
the country in which Mr.. RAiNE 70.
sides there has been one safe and sure
maxim: When there IL nothing else to
write about. attack Wall street. And
so why marvel that a man who was
born in 1857 should plead that wall
street stacked the cards" on him when
he is discovered with the theft of other
peoples money;
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12

To TIE EDITOR or THE SrN-Sir: Per-
nit me 10 sugges, as "A means OF ending
the discussion Of the literacy test in YOUR
columns that YOU advocate legislation
which will bar from the United States OF
America all aliens having even the
slightest knowledge OF reading writing
and arithmetic, in any language This
will prevent the stream of virilc and
rugged immigration from being tainted
by education. as II IL now tainted under
our too liberal laws. II will also have tho
advantage. which the litcracy test lacks.
OF securing the enthusiastic support Of
all the exploiters Of ignorance In tho
country HOWARD y. DouGHrY.
IPSWICH. Mass, February II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12
The Expected Happened /.

II was doubtless good politics for
Mr.. WILSON to take Mr.. HENRY VoLL-
MIR, the Democratic candidate for
Congress in the Second Iowa district,
10 his bosom on the eve of election and
cNclaim that the Administration would
be delighted TO receive vote Of conf
dence, as If Mr.. VoLLMER were gal
lantly leading forlorn hope. AS a
matter Of fact. his success In a contest
with Republican and Progressive
was foregone conclusion.
The Second Iowa became a Demo-
cratic district In 1910, when the late
IRWIN S. PEPPER received plurality Of
2,Sli over CHARLES =. GRILK, Republi.
can. Two years later Mr.. PEPPER, to
whose popularity there seemed to be
no limit, had a plurality OF 2l.59S,
The explanation was that the Republic
cans pnt up no candidate and the Pro-
cressiycs followed suit, only IA Socialist
opposing the Democrat. When Repre-
sentative PETER died the Second dis
tiict might have been recovered by the
Republicans II they could have induced
the lrogrcsSiycs to meet them half
way, but the Bul! Moose politicians
were obsessed with the idea that the
Republican party was crumbling to
dissolution and that q test al the polls
would show that they were right. On
Monday, the day before the Congress
election, Representative MURDOCH Of
Kansas, who was In Dcs Mo,nes, pro.
claimed the Republican party to be
"past helping" adding: There Is an
Old saying thai there Is no remedy
for DEAN" When the votes were
counted tile Progressive candidate,
CHARLEs +. IIASLEr, was a very bad
third, and Mr.. VoILMLR's plurality over
Harry r. Hull. Republican, WAS about
1000. In the rural districts Mr.. HULL
ran well ahead OF the Democratic can.
didate. which proved beyond a doubt
that the farmers were not enraptured
with tao Underwood tarin law.
As ~ the trial Of strength between
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12
THE Law or HEREDITI.
E>empiinrd by n Professor Descended
From Daniel Pratt. q. \. r.

To. THE EDITOR or THE SrS-Sir: !
know TIE SrS will bc delighted 10 hear
that descendant of GA" ~ it, o,des.
departed friends has been found. and. con-
trolled by the fixed law OF heredity. in
the only place where "A descendant OF his
would naturally be looked for. that is
somewhere in the neighborhood of a
college.
On tho train to Chicago | spent
delightful afternoon In the obser-
walton car with "A man who told m.
that he is professor in "a great Western
university. As our ideas rubbed against
each other Il developed that he Is "A
worthy descendant Of worthy ancestor,
Daniel Pratt -. A. T
When | told him ! had often heard
the Hon Daniel speak. an entente cor
dale was at once established How
beautifully tho law 81 tho unexpected
works T. ". w.
Nrw YORK, February 10
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he Progresslves and Republicans, the

the Progressives ana Republicans, the
result must leave even the fiery Muir
DOCK dislllusioned and cold. II Is the
Progressive party and not the Repub-
lican that Is crumbing in the Second
Iowa. Will 1t be worth while putting
a Bull Moose candidate In the field for
the fall campaign? What would have
happened to Mr.. vorLMrR on Tuesday
II lie had had TO deal with a united
Republican party may be only conjcc-
ture, but II Is obvious that there has
been no test OF the popularity of the
Wilson Administration In the Second
Iowa district.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12

To THs EpIToR or THE Sps--ST, We are
not supposed to look SIT horse In tho
mouth, but II Ia the most natural thing In
the world to do Let somebody give us a
piece Of iewclry Are we not curious to
know about hoy much Il cost Are We
not likcy Just casually to ask some Jcweller
about how much n II worth
The surest way to get the bedrock value
Is tn ask n pawnbroksr how much he VIII
advance on II. H.Wpur,
Srw YORK.. February II.
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COWPENS tTION NIL mr. p
Republican C"UfrrrUr" \di"ur"'
Witbnut Taking action.

AtpAHY. Feb II -AlthouEh tu. !, .
NcIn conference subcommittee q" 1914
mems compensation decided this H''
that the flNnu compensation n.II
lr am"udc before Il passed thn ~
bly,. tho c0nforonc" Adjourned 60
without taking action. ".d u'..
members w-r, present
The conference VIII W"'l -
week 10 considcI the rcpu.t ~"
committee,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12

Let us hope that the bones, If bones
they be, OF prehistoric man. IL he be
man and prehistoric. now being dug for
and up near Los Angeles, will not haze
the disruptive and destructive tenden-
cies OF that ''lot OF fossil bones" found
by BRowN OF Calaveras. that broke up
our Society upon the Stanislow";
And JONES then asked the Chair for .
suspension of the rules
TIL he could prove that those same bones
was one Of hs lost mules"
From the lay point Of view It seems
anomalous that any hulk Of prcadam-
lite can show hisself with impoonlty"
In a state ruled by tho Hon. HIRAM
JOHNSON, ever fair and ever fresh.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12

Mr. SHAckLEFoRp, who fathered the
bill told the House that this s25, 600, 900
was the first substantial amount that the
Federal Government has caused to be
placed where II can be Of benefit to farm
ers.-Despdtch from Washington.
Are the farmers In turn expected "to
be of benefit" when they alight from
their devil wagons on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday next November?
II so, the Federal Government will have
been repaid In full.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12
An Albany despatch quotes Governor

An Albany despatch quotes Governor
GLyNN thus:
THE only leadership I will personally
undertake will be a leadership OF ideas"
AZ dictionaries do not define such n
leader In concrete form, perhaps the
following words of Mayor Mitchell will
prove helpful
Let us resolve that leadership OF no
lesser calibre than that OF TiLpEN is the
only leadership worthy OF the city OF
New York"
But the danger IL that after all have
settled their disputes az TO proper and
ideal leadership tho Mighty Hunter will
return from South America ard declare
that there are bad great leaders and
good great leaders, and that certain
leaders nre no wicked as to he virtual
bosses.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12
tn. Palm Tree Dre.me.h Of I'll. Goldfish

To rHs EDITOR ~ TBt Srs--Sir' have
read with interes, the letter. from GORE
spondents OF TnG sus who are seeking tho
.coolen place o. summer residence. s.nd. beg
% submit for thcir Information a place
which 7 have found always cool IA tho
many seasons have spent there Thi. is
Falmouth HciEhts Mass. on the southwest
heel of Cape cod. and il the highest land
on the south side Of the Cape COMFORT.
DAyToNA Fla, February p
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They felt that IN new phpniN has
arisen from the ashes OF Montrose."
booted and spurred. armed cap-a- pie
:" Sdrovdrd" IN JosEpHrs DANIELs's Nous
and Observer.
russ in Boots il an old favoritc. but
this is the first appearance OF Phoenix
in Boots and Spurs. rising not from
pyre and ashes but from the bootjack.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12

We had two rather odd specimens OF
men, who were reticent and otherwise Pc
culiar. TO spend Tuesday night AT the
hotel here. Some think they were Nor
mon elders. You couldn't find out from
them who or what they werc.--St. Paul
Messenger.
Sinister characters Men that shut
up and mind their own business should
be locked ny at once
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12

The man who bought new overcoat
last fall has had little show for his
money.--Macon Telegraph.
Don't whistle til you're out OF the
drifts and the March slip is torn on
your calendar.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12

nope that now that he has won the
hand Of ETuELBERrA. SO to speak, he will
see loss bil,ously "A less tragic world
and revive something Of his earlier
greenwood charm?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12

Professor WILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNER
classed vanity along with fear. love, and
hunger as "A primary element that controls
humnn action--HartJord Courdnt.
Wise old BILLY" SUMNER; and he
might have been justified IL he had
given vanity the precedence In tho ele
mentary primaries over fear and love.