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IMBECILITY OF SOVEREIGNS.
An Educated Democracy Must Rule.
and Put an End 10 War.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sunni: Em-
erson wrote History is full. down to
this day. of the imbecility of kings and
goycrnors." Europe TODAY is being
shaken to its very foundations by that
very imhecility. Where can he found
the remedy for the evil consequences
Of reckless and lawlcss rule? Not in
peace tribunals. nor In any such advice
as depends on the will OF sovereigns.
In what then? In the enforcement OF
democracy.
In addition. In order to advance civ
ilization to the high point where IL
should he. there must he the education
Of the masses and the asses who enter 80
knowledge is power. When people
shall have learned that many of their
most cherished beliefs and opinions. par
ticularly about warfare and the divine
right OF kings. are nothing but delu-
sious. products of silly or ~uneducated
minds. they will begin to realize that
they were designed for better things
than to murder their fellow men or get
murdered at the behest Of insane. goo
~tisticsl rulers.
There will dawn on them n new light
that will emancipate their lives and
enable them to see the true purpose Of
their existence. They will destroy for
ever the ultima ratio OF kings, the
right to make war. and will establish "A
government Of the people, by the peo-
pie, for rhe people. r. l.. ".
GLEN RIDGE. y, j.. May %.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. Isn't
II fair to assume that the state Of
Georgia and it's accredited representa-
tives are perfectly competent TO handle
the nov nauseous Frank case in al able.
righteous and efficient manner? Frank
was given a lair trial. was duly repre-
scented by eminent counsel and has since
had unlimited wealth and powerful in
nuence at work throughout the United
states. He has enjoyed every benefit
tina the law of the land allows u so
far no nav has been found in any of the
moves. II II pretty near time. | should
think. that the matter be left where II
helungs-with the Governor of the state
Of Georgia. an executive possessing
every attribute necessary for his exalted
position.
Clamorous denuneiation will sway no
one Radical racial prejudice can do no
good Georgia can we'll take care of it,
own affairs and will doubtless do so IN
a perfectly legal and proper name
Franks case has been injured more
than helped by his unwise friends in
this and other cities. Until they made II
q national snair IL was nm ordinary ease
When they injected outside influence
and the newspapers tcemcd with unWisc
and improved allegations II became the
duty Of the officers OF that state to rorn-
hat this undue influence, and they have
been omincntly successful. Let us let
Georgia handle its own affairs. We
have plenty to interest us on Manhattan
Island and need not 60 beyond these
boundary lines. DINE HINES.
NEW York, May %,
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Csntributory Negligence On the Pub.
lie Highways.

in the thirty days Of April sixty
persons died in New York city as the
result Of street accidents. an average
Of two for each day, and 1894 were
injured. From the records Of the
Police Department It appears that 80
per cent. of these m~isadventures were
The result " the careless conduct Of
the victims themselves. Four-nfth.
Of the accidents attributed to In.
caution on the Part Of those who sui.
fered from them occurred AZ street
crossings.
II Is plain. therefore. that while
recklessness on the part Of motorists.
drivers and street car men persists.
the public cannot escape n great share
Of the blame for the dangers It finds
in the highways Of the town. The
fact that In crossing streets n person
should he particula rly alert seems to
he ignored Ivy a large proportion Of
those who use the highways. This is
confirmed by ordinary observation.
which records instances ~ inattention
and disregard for conditions that ex.
plain many Of the injuries sustained.
II is apparent. therefore. that the rigid
enforcement Of intelligent traffic regu.
lations must he applied not only to
the well recognized agencies VI dan.
ger hut Ia those who are accustomed
To roam about with as little regard to
rheir own safety AS TO that of others.
No person who has observed the
habits of New Workers in the streets
ran have failed to have impressed on
him the inconsiderate and i%mprudent
ann in which vehicles are oper.
atcd. ~ the utter indifference with
which those who stand In imminent
peril from them regard the risks they
take. The first should he restrained
the second educated to ordinary pre-
caution for the preservation Of their
lives and limbs. and II this proves
Intellectual they too should he re-
pressed for their own safety.
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Vaudeville.

The American variety show Is just
now in a state Of transition. Various
explanations exist for the present
financial difficulties OF the managers
Of vaudeville theatres. only a few
years ago the most prosperous IN the
country. Fortunes were made in the
so-called vaudeville theatres after the
two performances a day became com
mon TO the celebrities 81 the music
halls were paid salaries that seemed
out Of all proportion TO their value.
II looked as IL there could only he
permanent good fortune in such -four.
ishing institutions.
II took the moving pictures TO bring
uncertainty into the field. In add
ton 10 the cheapest theatres which
show only these picture plays there
are those circuits of theatres that
offer their clients both variety and
the pictures. Thus there have come
into the vaudeville business strange
divisions and subdivisions. The sit.
uation was rendered more complicated
than ever by the sudden increase in
the number Of theatres Offering these
varied programmes.
Eminent and discerning magnatcs
have been travelling over the country
trying to find the answer Ia the
question What Is the matter with
,audeyille:" They have concluded
that there Is quite AS much money
invested In 1t every week as there ever
was. The public has shown no desire
80 far To limit its expenditures for d.
version Of this kind. The difficulties
are of another character.
what the public formerly paid for
its entertainment In the variety the
aires is now distributed among two
ol three times as many p~layhouses
II this character as used to exist. The
demand Is as strong as yer. hut the
supply is much greater. There can be
no more profits In the business until
the number OF theatres In which the
money Is 20 he invested has been
rigldly curtalled.
The burden of waiting until the
relation between supply and demand
has been adjusted will fall most heay-
lily on those not supplied with capital.
To those managers able to struggle
against the competition there will he
prosperity In the end. Rut many IN.
%trepreneurs will he driven out Of the
field before n satisfactory adjustment
has been made.
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DEMONSTRATION u Work.

Governor WHITMAN has approved
all the principal ripper measures
passed ny the Senate and Assembly
under the euphemistic designation of
''reconstructive legislation" They
are designed tn pui out Of Office the
Democrats Of high aud low degree
who " their association with the
State payroll To the activities Of Gov.
ernor DIN. Governor S,rzrR and Gov
ernor GINNN. and 4 replace them
with Republicans. who will serve un.
der new titles.
For the support Of these public
officers the law makers appropriated.
and Governor WHITMAN signed bills
providing for. lavish expenditures
from the State treasury and the re-
Punishment Of that mysterious re.
pository 10y the collection Of n bur
densome direct tax. and indirect lev
les the proiuctivpnesS Of which is vet
10 be disclosed. The imposition OF
taNcs was general the decapitation Of
Democrats, II is announced, will be
selertive. such office holders as
JAMES VI. LYNCH. Commissioner Of
Labor. and john MITCHELL, Work.
mems Compensation Commissioner,
are not 10 he deprived Of their in
ONES. but will le r~eengaged under
new titles. not. il Is admitted. be
cause of their superior efficiency as
compared with their less fortunate
partisans. hut as n trihwe IN their
popularity and power anon the
trade u%nionists of the state.
Thus II Is made clear that emf
hence in politics alone cannot save
the head ~ n job holder in periods
of reconstruction. but that some
higher claim TO consideration must
he urged. Mere aScendcncy In the
councils Of the Democracy has proved.
in fact. sufficient Justification for
gushing from the States service: dom.
nance in the field of unionism is eX.
hlbitel aS u convincing argument for
IfItIlllbn neTPIn. NOR VIII the rare
~ the Democrats bring tears to the
eyes ~ many: congratulations ap-
propriate to Mr., LYNCH and Mr..
MITCHELL will have no background If
mourning for their less fortunate
Democratic fellows.
with these measures enacted into
law, the Republican organization is
IN a position tn complete that rcmod.
elling Of its enginery to which its
adhcrents have looked forward So
hungrily since election day. The
faithful AR to he eva rdcd. The pos.
slbillries Of 1916 are TO he translated
into the region Of probabilities; and
the new machinery. supported by the
taxpayers, will demonstrate within
fourteen months In twn general cleo
tlOns and three direct primary con.
tests It's pOtpncy.
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WITH LUCKLESS INFANTS.
More City Money Needed by Private
child Caring Agencies.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SCS-Str' In
an article in THE SUS Of May % u APP
pears that Deputy Commissioner Do
herty OF the Department Of Public Chari-
ties OF tho city criticised this board
because OF alleged conditions in some
OF the private child caring agencies of
the city. | think 1t hut just 10 such
institutions to make the following brief
statement:
The state Board Of Charities has long
known that conditions at some Of these
institutions required improvement. and
II has officially brought the facts IN full
detail TO the attention OF the fiscal au-
thorities Of the city. with the statement
that until the city paid a reasonable per
capita amount to- the institutions to on
able them to care for their wards IN a
better manner IL would not be possible
To ubtain any permanent Improvement
A copy OF one such communication scnt
10 the Comptroller under date Of August
Il. 1912. is submitted for your CON
sidcration IN this connection.
This board has not given publicity 70
these statements because II did not In
the first place desire to add to the a.
ge,her too large number of officials
who seek to magnif their own Inn
portance by public exploitation ~ the
defects In the work OF some OF the pri-
waite charities and because +, was un-
able to see where any good could he
accomplished by such publication. AS
the result Of the boards recommended
tions and the influence OF friends OF the
charities the city has paid "A little more
to the institutions. thereby enabling
them to improve their work. Rut the
amount H. still insufficient.
When II is considered that the private
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A HOUSE.
Trials and Tr~Ibulations Caused by an
italian Musician.

To n EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir. Trou-
BILE is brewing at our boarding house
all because of the war. The other day
an italian with "A barrel organ stopped
IN front of our house. There are chill
dren In the house and this organ grinder
calls once "A week. for he IL usually
well paid for his visits. Well. on this
particular occasion he played among
other selections the "Marseillaise."
Thereafter he started in to play the
"Wacht am Rhein." when 10 and be-
hold. n coin came flying from an upper
window Some p~antomimic order was
given. for he stopped very short and
substituted another selection. The party
upstairs IL a lady Of French extraction,
while the writer has some German blood
In his veins. Now. what made my blood
boil was the fact that the aforesaid
lady knows that ! am OF German extrac-
ton. and In absolute fairness she might
at least have permitted the finishing of
the German air. And I freely confess
that ! enjoyed the rendition OF the
French patriotic air. for II appeals to
me for Its stirring melody and besides I
have great admiration for the French
people. In consequence of the unneutral
action or the lady's part I gave the
Italian another coin. He understood the
meaning Of my wink for he played the
"wacht am Rhein' right through to the
end. and ! had my revenge.
For the sake Of peace at the table the
incident has not been alluded to. The
Italian il due again within n few days
and ! anticipate that there may he some
friction. for ! am determined to have fair
play. Either he shall play both airs or
neither. or course the further compli-
cation may arise that the Italian may
omit the "wacht ann Rhein'' entirely
from his repertory because of his pa
trlotic feelings. II that should occur
and he plays only the "Marse.llaise,'
then I'll change my boarding house.
In the meantime the situation may he
described as tense. Some Of the board
ers are openly e~spousing the cause Of
the French lady. some are In sympathy
with my stand. white others claim to he
strictly neutral" But honestly. am |
not strictly neutral In the stand ! take?
And to cap the climax the lady refuses
u speak to me. AMERICAN.
NEW YORK. May %.
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THE USUAL PROFESSOR.
Criticism Of the Utterances Of n Physi-
Ologlst Pm. ID. on III, war.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir. Pro-
fessor Yandell Henderson's article our
selves as Others See Us" is an I'M
fortunate departure from his PROFESSIONAL
functions. Ii is i'll advised and entirely
out of keeping with the facts leading
up to and marking the progress of the
war. He says that through the stu
pidity Of Germany's diplomacy .
termany's cas-, mas never been fairly
put before Americans" while England's
case has been put with consummate
skill" has II occurred to the professor
That the respective cases speak for
themselves to unprejudiced and intelli-
gent observers? This is so undeniab bly,
true that non such need further CON
vincing II there chance to he any who
do. let them read Prof ssor Ramsay
Muir's masterful marshalling of facts
In his "Britain's Case Against Germany"
But Professor Henderson is in grave
error in classifying the vast majority
OF real American thinkers as anti-Ger-
man and ~pro-English.
As to the first, we are not anti.cier-
man We are. however. anti-prussian,
and unalterably opposed to everything
that n military despotism stands for.
We are satisfied with our own civiliza-
ton and our intellectual and religious
status. and in common with our nom
Prussian neighbors we decline to accept
In lieu thereof n "Kultur" which. II we
refuse to swallow, it's adherents would
force upon us by injection.
For the other Germany, the Germany
Of scientific and Industrial achievement.
we have nothing but sympathy and our
hearts are wrung at the thought of how
her marvellous march to prosperity In
recent years has been arrested by the
Hohenzollern ineradicable lust for con-
quest.
A. for our being pro-i;ngllsh, has Pro-
fessor Henderson forgotten 1875 and
INi2; And how are We more probing
lish han pro-Belglan, pro-French. in
short. pro-AilicsG
But most deplorahle ~ all that the
article contains Is tho reference to the
sinking OF the Lusltania with its cargo
Of precious lives as being chiefly mn
portant because II was dramatic n
that the loss OF these lives vas ae moth
ing in comparison with the lives saved
by the destruction OF So much ammuni
tion. As II one gun less were fired at
the front through this destruction.
| think II will he conceded that tho
last two paragraphs Of the article under
consideration merit no discussion. being
as they are strongly ~prctudlced n
wholly illogical. all of which Professor
Henderson would clearly see were he less
pro-German and more pro-American.
New YoRK May 90. F.. ;. NASH.
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TARAS. TEAMHAIRS, LOSSES.
Wood. Waffle, Adobe. Steel and Clay.
Says an Irish AntiQuary Poet.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Sir In
Charles C~allanan's GLOSSARY" nares
-, 81, lls, 1877 and 1863. will be found
references to the component parts OF the
word "%Temhair," or Tara" Under the
main definition, page 1877. the title
Prospect House" is fully and fairly
justified. In Paddy Joyce's Irish
Names OF Places Vol. l., page 2s4, we
read
"ranh.,rn ,a. r.,,,
u.,,,,g as ..:r,.rs," =,
,.a,o, .,o, oor,n.nd,,
nee, ava 4, ,h,s So. 4, =. :,
n..d "a ,.n.1c ,,,m 4, u.s -
.,,,,,, 49,. ~, au, ala
q, 49, u
ara-.., !.
.or,,a,,an Z. $1,000. 80
na. a,d ,...m
"A
l mere are laras All over ireland. ana.
IKE the MOUND IN Meath, every one OF
'htIH was "a resiuehce OF some import
an'"' containing one or more forts, and
ia'np'T'eo win an earthen emoank-
'''il'' NOT a stone wall All these Taras
were, IKE the Iiosses 'all losses are
te"inhhirs)' not stone structures. but
WOOD ana waffle adobe, sod and clay.
Except a rev large lags such as ule
he"dS'"he on the ~ Grave, there
Is no tNldeh'e or stone, certainly not or
huiIdinS stone, on TARA hill. Poor
'r'iIN certainly mas a choice historic
headstone Tor surely II, and not the
small boulder IN me base or the British
coronation Chair, is the genuine Liza
Fan.
The most important Taras OF to-day
are nj Nitter. County Down Durrow,
Kings county, Corey. county Wexford
Sliah Luachra. County Kerry Kill
dOrrery, County Cork killaraght,
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Academic Freedom"

Nothing Is so likely to unite all the
faculties Of learning in our schools
and colleges and bring them into ac-
ton with eruptlve pens and voice
ms a suggestion thai any profess
serial utterance shows the speaker 10
he too big a fool to he allowed to hold
his job What: Propose to lay a
profane hand on the palladium of our
liberties represented by the liberty
of unlicensed thought and talk by
any colbler Of the curriculum. 40
matter how little he may he sticking
10 his last
Free speech is undoubtedly n sa.
cred thing, nut every now and then
there Is an episode which shows how
much mankind Is willing TO suffer
for an ideal. Usually instances Of
the sort are furnished by a discourse
from some authorized Instructor Of
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our youth which almost makes one
believe that there should he a law re-.
stricting the exercise OF the mex.
pugnable privileges Of the intellect
to thinkers duly certified by a Fed
cral Thought Commission. Among
all the projections by which non.
sense Is surrounded there is mont
which compares with the safety AZ
forded by the magic phrase 'aca.
demic freedom"
In any other walk Of life when n
man manifests propensity to the in.
n In speech. when he thrusts 1riv.
elling bosh on u weary world as his
own momentous views. the conse
quences are very apt to recoii on
himself. Customarily he Is likely to
nnd his usefulness ended or more or
less curtailed in the connection which
has been providing him with wages.
salary or income. There Is no appa r.
ent security Of employment for a
proved = except in n college or uni.
verslty chair. Once he has given
such proof Of his quality in such an
association he has all but made his
living sure for life.
An output Of imbecile professional
opinion which finds its way into the
public prints has come to be the most
valid Of titles to n permanent place
on a faculty payroll. No board Of
supervisors or o%vcrseers dare
to challenge IL. The universally of
PROFESSIONAL odium which would he
heaped upon them as enemies OF
academic freedom" is too dreadful
TO contemplate.
There ought 10 he n law about It
In a land which believes sincerely IN
the virtue Of law making to correct
any evil.
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and last but not least, the elder Aus.
Tin FLINT, father Of clinical teaching,
a method indicated by the name Of
the school and which has been re-
vived by the success Of Johns Hop.
kins University.
With perfect equipment made pos
sible by the generous benefaction Of
the Arbuckle sisters. Long Island Col.
lege Hospital enters upon a prosper.
Gus career that will place II abreast
Of the foremost schools of medicine
in the country.
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To n EpIToR oF TN SrN-Sr: May
! say as - laymdn to the law that ] feel
that city Magistrate Joseph T. tnrrl-
gHn,S efforts In behalf at the simplitica-
ton Of the criminal law seem To me de-
serving Of the cordial approval OF his
fellow citizens
Coming in contact with IN, actual
workings of the law, ms have as chap
lain a. the city Prison, the BlickwrlNs
Island p~ruitrntinry and a. the El.iS Isl
and immigration station, | feel indeed
grateful for such "A stand as MAGISTRATE
C9rrigau has taken IN his regard. |
earnestly hope for a thorOughEoiuS aud
broad Slmpllncation of our law system
and welcome all activity In behalf thereof.
DtcvD l:llON WHITE.
Port chaplain, Episcopal Mission Society.
ELLIS lsIANp, May %,
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4 Worthy Memorial.

The opening of the .Arbuckle Memo.
rfal of the Long Island College Hos
pital in Brooklyn Is an event in the
history Of medicine and philanthropic
institutions that merits public atten-
tion. In European countries teach
Ing facilities and hospital activities
are under the control Of the Govern
ment. which initiates eleemosynary
institutions ami maintains them. In
our own country education in the
higher branches of university teach.
ing would be indeed inadequate If de,
pendent upon the Governments aid.
The spirit Of kindness toward
their fellows in evidence among those
upon whom fortune has smiled is
happily growing apace. The bcncfac.
tons Of our wealthy men and women
have exercised the wonder of royalties.
and well may they do 50, for they
have become conventional by reason
Of their frequency. since the day Of
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, who in his will
~hequeathed his property Ia the fur.
therance Of the happiness Of his fell
lows, including eve public baths.
which in that distant time were not
thought of by many.
Indeed, II is not hyperhole to say
that altruism has developed into a
national characteristic, If The histori-
cnl fact he regarded thar never in The
history Of the world has any other
nation sacrificed It's blood and treas
ure 10 conquer the oppressors of an
alien neighbor, restored the conquered
territory To The latter. taught them
self-governmcnt and then turned over
the government TO them.
Some Of our universities. especially
their medical schools, have been made
Independent by cndowments from
men like ROCKEFELLER. MORGAN, Cor
NELL. In u neighbor borough the
Long Island Collegr Hospital has been
a special favorite. The fact that local
philanthrOpistS, under whose eyes its
beneficent activities have been on
dncted. have been lavish in their on.
dOwmenis tn this medical school de
monS1rates its special fitness, for. con
trary to the Biblical "A prophet is
not without honor save in his own
country the Long Island College Hos.
pitaI has been the recipient of large
gifts from It's Brooklyn hencfactors.
with results which are manifest In the
Polhemus Memorial Clinic, the IIoag.
land Laboratory, the dudley Memo
rial-nurse home-the Arbuckle wing
housing 10 patients, li3 being free
beds, and now the splendid gift of
a quarter million by the Arbucklc
sisters completes the equipment of
tho Institution. Thus n medical school
which began in the small ferry house
IN 1857 now sends large numbers Of
well equipped physicians out of It's
halls, Among the faculty Of this
school in the past may he found some
On the most eminent teachers Of mcdi-
cline In America CHARLES JEwErT.
ALEXANDER SKENE, OGDEN DoREMus,