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Mr.. McAdoo's stump Speech.

All that Secretary McADoO says in
his annual report about the resources
Of tho United States and its potential
prosperity Is true. In the passages
he devotes to these subjects the Sec
Rotary resembles a stump speaker.
Cnhappily. In other paragraphs he
does not abandon this attitude.
It is not ingenious to attribute the
situation Of last fall to the European
war. The distress which that up
heaval emphasized existed before its
outbreak. The revenues were unsat-
~isfactory, the outlook depressing and
the possibilities of disaster obvious
before the Austrian demands were
made on Serbia. To ignore these facts
Is not the act of a serious Conservation
Of national finance. II this spirit ami
mates the Secretary's recommended
lions. II he pretends TO himself as
no does to others that what we must
combat Is the incidental effect of for
cign conflict and not the weakness
Of domestic legislation. no permanent
good can come from the remedies he
advocates.
The financial condition Of the
United States, which will be further
complicated by the extraordinary ap-
propriations urged IN the Sixty-fourth
Congress by the Administration, Is
too delicate to be treated without
f%rankness. To cure 1t of present evils
and fortify 1t for the future the skill
of the statesman, and not the art of
the special pleader. is needed.
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Orthodox Subsidy and Heterodox
Subsidy.

Word m from Washington to
the International Trade Conference,
in the heroic language Of an Admin
~istration spokesman, that as long al
WOODROW WILSON and the Democratic
party are In power subsidies are to
have no quarter The reference is
Of course to the question Of subsidy
for the establishment OF an American
merchant marine under private own
ership for service in commerce among
the nations.
This Is very fine. but 1t would be
just as well to have hypocrisy about
subsidy cleared away. The Director
Of the Mint. who conveyed the fore
going message to the International
Trade Conference, merely uttered n
political slogan which, from much po-
litical nbuse, has come to lose its
significance in conveying an implica-
ton wholly false.
There has never been u political
party In power at Washington which
has been nor In favor Of subsidies
Of every kind than the Democratic
party now and always. The princi-
pal difference about subsidies be-
tween the Democratic party and the
Republican party has been In relari
10 the purpose of the subsidy and the
identity Of It's recipients.
All the efforts of the Administra-
ton are apparently bent on the pro-
lection of the Government into an
outright engagement In the shipping
industry In competition with such
private ship lines as there are in
this country and In unquestioned COM
petition with the vast merchant ma
rines Of other countries, privately
owned and many Of them Government
subsidized. The party in power at
Washington seems to have set its face
sternly against subsidies for the en-
enlargement Of a shipping industry
under private auspices because It Is
determined to subsidize shippers I'M
der Government auspices.
A vast deal of nonsense has In one
way or another been ventilated In
reference not only to ship subsidy
but other subsidies of trade and In
dustry. 1t is not pretended In the
case Of the shipping industry that
the Government can engage in 1t
p%rofitably. On the contrary, It Is
confidently expected. wen by the ad-
vocates Of a Government merchant
marine, that the enterprise will he
conducted ut n great loss. What the
question Of subsidy comes down to
then Is simply that the Administra-
ton party is opposed to subsidy which
will reach ship owners, while It Is
heartily in favor Of subsidy which
will reach shippers.
The same line of cleavage on tho
subsidy Issue runs through the whole
history Of Republican and Democratic
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Report on Hughes Sentiment In Ken.
tucky.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. We
recently noted your survey of Hughes
sentiment for the Republican nomination
for President in several States. not in
GLIDING Kentucky. however. Kentucky
will he a doubtful State in 1915. The
Republicans won n portion OF the State
offices in the recent state election and
the Progressives are back in line. While
former Nice-President Fairbanks Of
indian will receive a complimentary
vote Of the Kentucky delegation In the
next Republican national convention,
the real sentiment OF the Republicans
OF this State il for Justice Hughes. II
he Is nominated he will carry Kentucky
over Mr., Wilson. There Is a resolute
insistence for Justice Hughes in Ken
lucky, although the high position NE oc-
cupics and has taken In the Nebraska
matter is duly respected and will be.
Other border and southern States are
really for Justice Hughes, and II tho
occasion presents they will DO found
early for him.
THOMAS u. MCGRrooR,
President Kentucky Hughes Club 1908,
CORNER Assistant Attorncy-General
of Kentucky and Republican nom!-
nee for Attorney-General. 1911 and
1918.
FRANKFORT. Ky. December 6.
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RAKEs STATE CHARITY BOARD.
Kingsbury Belittles the
Island Iharges.

The controversy between tho Stata
Board OF Charities II the Charitie.
Department of this city over conditions
on randall Island was further stl,uu-
iaNd yesterday when Commissioner
kineshury gave out letters tina, had
passed between him and William n
stewart, president of tho State hoard
Mr.. Stewart wrote that his ins,ertnr.
had reported a woful lack OF clothing
Tor the inmates of the island. uucl,an
and uncomfortable beds, conditions nm
der which girls work in the laundry
and a neglect OF the inmates too,h
Commissioner kingsbury IN his replv no.
forts that II In strange the State bo, ri
should never before have noticed tho
lack of clothes, and that in
TO correct conditions the department had
obtained from the Board OF Estimate
an appropriation which became available
three days after Mr.. Stewards ,etter
was written, and that orders tays nj.
ready been placed.
1t was said at Commissioner E,r,s.
burys Office that ever since Gov Whit
man ordered an investigation of tho
state Board of Charities the boar RI in
st'ectors have been making an Unusual
number OF Investigations INTO the worl,
of the department.
commissioner Kinesbury SAWS that ha
cannot discover In the past records thai
tne BOARD ever sent more than one in.
spector for a n days visit onca ,
year until the present. His letter SAYS IN
conclusion "
Your recent reports have been
pregnant with u~nfavorahIe criticism
pointing TO difficulties which have en-
listed for years. difficulties which your
inspectors have failed before to men.
ton, On the other hand the reports
or your board prior to the suspens,on
and subsequent dismissal of the former
suIerintendent Mrs, Dunphyl were
manifestly calculated TO bolster I'm a
weak and totterins administration Witch
mad continued 20 exist for a quarter or
Y century beyond its usefulness. This
mefu condition has been allowed IN
continent either with tho tull knowledge
or through tn" ignorance OF the stare
Board of Charities and at the ,>nense
or thousands Of helpless. d~efencsless
feebleminded boys ana girls
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MISS MORGANS PLAN FAVORED.
Board Of Education VIII Aid store
Employer school.

The Department Store Education 81.
ISOLATION. OF which Mss Anne Morce
is the head. received the approval =
the Board ~ E.ducs ton at its meet'l
yesterday Of it, plan to conduct classe
composed OF Tho employees of doptr
inent stores with the help o. the boari
The request was in the form OF a l,,'e
from Miss Morgan 70 the committee q.
vocational schools and industrial tra.'-
Ing. which the latter referred 70 Tie
Board OF Education for its approval
In the letter Miss Morgan SAID tlbi
the plan was to be tried for two seq )
with the employees of two l4rgc storo'
The entire expense viii -" borne by
Miss Morgan and her associates 's
teachers to be supplied hy the board
The courses of study to 10 provided
in the department stores viii he g,N'
in the daytime. In addition 30 -
regular grammar school subjects '.'-s
will be taught sewing. cooking ard 40
mestlc science.
The Board Of Education Wa u.3n
nous in its approval OF the plan aai
assigned city Superintendent IluuyH N
establish II supervise the new sys'.'.
The proposed regulation and ioe.'t1
lishment of the k~indorgaTteu ss-''
throughout the city Will be acted uG.
finally at "A special meeting noNt Wet
day, This question has ho"u und"r g
v'sement by various committees ~ 7
Board since last March. whor 'N. l,t.
OF city superintendcnts Recommended
that the kindergarten teacher g.
classes of forty children each for ~
sessions "A day, thu ending the p11s"
system of each teacher having a ,ltr7
Of twenty-five pupils for one sess,or Co.,,
assisting in the teaching Of another '.Hs
during the other session.
The plan provides for the elm ns'o.
of 300 kindergarten teacher ard e n
accord with the school budgrt rc'r'' N'
mcnt,
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AFTER rHE WAR.
Do Heroes Of valhalls Laugh At Q
Cycling Revolutionary World?

To EDITOR OF THE suN-Sfr. Ia
there one among the Powers that can
score a decisive victory7 Any ~schoolboy
will figure that II would take a slice Of a
millennium for any Of the Allied Weak
nesses to dislodge Germany from vic
torious ground. To move hat colossus
by 90 much as q foot from the Russian
territory or French sofi chat 1t has con-
quered IL a task with we'll nigh insuper-
able difficulties. Nor can he Allies
take this initiative with their present
we'll developed lack Of organization.
A. Tor Germany. not military defeat
hut necessity may counsel It TO peace.
The economic problems no less than the
spiritual problem Of keeping alive the
stole spirit Of r~enunriation among the
German people will prove the stumbling
block to world power. In the meantime
Internal questions press on all the con-
tenders. and these may yet solve the
problem. for a time at least. which
armaments have as yet failed to solve.
Some premise Nm early peaoe. probably
q crazy quilt pattern of diplomacy. in
which Germany will gain the shadow Of
substance. while h Allies will sulk in
their tents with prestige unimpaired and
nervous systems badly shaken.
VIII that be tho end7 This Is not
readily conceivable. Tho Powers will
sleep on their arms. military preparation
will become q national programme Eng
land will arise from the sloth Of indif-
ference to q realisation that her empire
cannot be maintained by pious wishes
alone France will become a vast breed
ing ground and Russia will hasten to
complete her railroads.
All this VIII require now taxeA, I'm
pose new burdens on tho patriotic mar es
and while diplomats will plan the next
world drama the people will brandish
the new education and the new democ-
racy and there will he q new proietariat
revolution which will exceed those Of
1873 and 1s+8 as the present war dwarfs
previous conflicts.
Will this revolution bring a mangied
form OF socialism. or disarmament?
That lies In tho lap OF the gods; and.
soto voce. there may be no revolution
at all. But The peoples chant should
storm Europe. and the equality monger
will feed on the raw beef of the mob.
Then pleasant fantasy, everything
Will subside. the cycle will start over
again. with a deeper curve. perhaps. and
tho heroes will laugh I'm Valhalla-
ABRAHAM SOLOMON.
NEW YORK, December 8.
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AGREE ON REMOVAL
OF nth AVE. TRACKS
Counsel for n. Y. Central Saws
Arrangements Will BE- Com.
pleted in Week.
u TO COST $5O,OOO,OO0

Comptroller Prendergas:'s Announce.
ment last Monday that the way a. ,,..
seemed clear for a settlemcn, o, g..
railroad problem on the Wes, Side w,
followed yesterday by an announcen.a
by Ira A. Place, vice-presiden, a.,
general counsel for the New York Cen.
trail Railroad, that within 4 vcet =.
rangements will be completed uri.,
which the railroad Will remove ~.
tracks from Eleventh avenue.
I'VE have been going over A gene.
plan" he said. II think We arc vo..
ing toward a reasonable solution W ,.
whole matter. Under the plan I've
discussed. which IN viewed favorsb,
cost about $50. 900. 900 and TIE eSpan,.
would be borne by the New York Ce,.
trail Company.
The New York Central has been a,
anxious to get its tracks off Elpyelln
avenue as the city has been TO have
them taken off. The ono hig h,tcA cana
in the question of settlement Under
this new plan. the details of which can.
not ne maui puDilC WILL 1bt committee
on port and terminal facilities is ready
to do SO. the city as well as the raj
roa company will profit. New Yor1,
has grown fast. 1t has grown far
beyond it's freight facilities as the,
now exist In Eleventh avenue.
AS to the matter of deaths In ma
t~horOughfare. there have been Compare.
lively few. l have had charts on tbs
subject prepared and the figures show
that tho term Death avenue Is a m :.
homer"
The committee on port u terminal
composed of the Mayor. Dock Com.
missioner Smith. Borough President,
Marks and Pounds aud tho Comptroller
Under the plan as outlined by The
Comptroller on Monday tho railroad
tracks are TO be carried frcm Spuyten
Duyvil south to Fifty-ninth stree. h,
a series of elevated structures and tun-
nels. Discussion now centres abou, tho
plans for the railroad south OF FIT.
ninth street. 1t Is understood that
from Fffty-ninth street to Thirtie,h
street there will be an elevated sirur-
ture along the marginal way. or 7Nvclir
avenue. and that from Thirtioth stree
south to Canal street the tracks Wi,
be carried on an elevated structure
built on private property to be az.
CURED by III railroad company
Comptroller Prenderysst conhrmet
the opinion Of Mr.. Place that the vno's
problem eeems now near a solution
The committee on port and terminal
facilities Is expected TO submit the plan
to the Board Of Estimate on Decem
Der is,
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OF Byzantine L0gOthetes.

In his criticism of President VIII
SONS address to Congress Colonel
ROOSEVELT wrote:
His elocution is that of a Byzantine
logothete-and Byzantine logothetes
were not men of action"
II not, why not? What were they
II not men Of action?
These questions must have obsessed
the minds Of millions of readers too
removed In time from their academic
days accurately to recall what they
had once rejoiced in knowing about
logOthetes.
The encyclopedias waver, they are
vague, confused. They have written
down such thoughts in defining "lOgo-
thete" as IAN accountant" ian officer
Of the Byzantine Empire who might
be the head Of any executive depart
ment," "the Chancellor of the empire
chancellor or keeper of the patri-
archal seal of the Patriarch Of Con-
stantinople."
These and other hazards suggest
EDWARD GIBBoN, Esquire, as an III
used source. Some, old fashioned
enough yet to turn to tho Rome OF
GIRBoN. will profit by a clearer un-
d~erstanding Of what In Colonel RoOsE.
vELT's opinion President WILSON'S clio.
cution resembles. In Chapter sc,
Volume ", page 122, Of GIBBoN's
"Home" CLondOn, 1927 Is this:
"In the ancient system of CoNsrAN.
TINE the name Of logothete, or account
ant. was applied to the receiver of the
finances: the principal officers were dis.
t!nsuished - che logothetes Of tho do.
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Mrs. Washington VIII Continue Her
Husbands Christmas Work,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: In
the past ten or twelve years II was re-
sarded NJ a privilege Oy the late princi-
pal OF Tuskegee Institute. DR.. Booker T.
Washington. to distribute In he rural
districts of the South Christmas re-
membranes of one kind and another
which were sent to him for those who
without some such remembrance would
have nothing to remind them Of tho
Christmas season.
Mrs, Washington. who always cooper
ated with him in this labor of love. will
be pleased this yea to continue the GUS
tom of distributing such presents as may
be sent to her for the purpose named
among the poorer children of the cotton
growing States. using smaller schools.
churches. Tuskeges graduates and for
mer students, &c. as the medium for
reaching deserving children.
EMMETT J. SCOTT.
Secretary Tuskeeee Normal n InduS-
trial Institute.
TusREdEE INSTITUTE, Ala. December ..
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Not since 1883 have the Democrats
opened their national convention on a
date SO early as that chosen for the
gathering Of 1916. June IA. In primitive
times May vas the month favored by
the party. and in the troubled days OF
1860 April had the honor. Recently
July has seemed TO the national COM
mittee to be the bes. month. but the
Baltimore convention was called for
June % and that Of n~exteyear will begin
eleven days earlier than 1t did. We
believe the hope that the st. Louis
affair will not be 30 p~rotracted as its
immediate predecessor will not be in
as partisan or factionai.
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main. Of the posts. the army. the private
and public treasure: and the great logo
thete. the supreme guardian Of the
ANN and revenues, 10 compared with the
Chancellor OF the Latin monArchies."
Thus Colonel ROOSEVELT saying that
President WILSON'S elocution Is that
Of a Byzantine logothete would equally
have expressed his opinion by making
the comparison with the snakes Of
ireland.
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THE CONSTITUTION.
. Brief History Of Its Adoption, with
Lesson Drawn Therefrom.

To EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr. BY
far the most efficient thing that eve WA
done in our country by way Of prepared.
ness for the safety of our lives. our lib
critics. our property and our honor. waa
tho formation and adoption Of tho Fed.
eral Constitution. Presumably some OF
your readerA but perhaps not many. re-
member the main facts Of its history.
II We spend two or three minutes in re-
calling them VI may ind material for
. comforting parallel. I like historical
parallels for thoy often add materially
to my small stock Of wisdom
That instrument, which commands the
admiration Of statesmen all over the
world. va the result Of ono hundred
days Of earnest work by q select body Of
mon from twelve Of the thirteen Colonies.
o. states. a. they had called themselves
for eleven year. Among those mon
were George Washington. Benjamin
Franklin. Alexander. Hamilton. James
Madison. Robert Norris, Roger Sherman.
Oliver Ellsworth. Rufus King. Charles
Cotesworth Pinckney. who said millions
for defence. not n cent for tribute"
and william Samuel johnson. who edited
the Constitution. swing II q correct
logical and literary form.
Debate was unrestricted, yet when the
document was completed and ready for
the signatures Of the delegates. three who
had participated freely In the discussion
refused to sign. These were Edmund
Randolph and George Mason Of Virginia
and Elbridge Gerry Of Massachusetts.
Mr.. 0errys extreme conscientiousness on
that subject appears somewhat ludicrous
when we recall the fact that one OF the
most d~isgraceful of all political con-
trivances takes It's name from him, and
thu f,e04haR MT that vxrSSov COvAppOe ~
Massachusetts, he anticipated by twenty
years Jackson's practice Of removal from
Office for political reasons.
When Congress submitted the proposed
Constitution to the States the conven-
lions In Delaware. New Jersey and
Georgia ratified It by unanimous vote.
In all the others there was opposition.
even Rhode Island came In at last.
Every sohoolboy Is familiar with the
heroic figure OF Patrick Henry shouting.
Give me liberty or give me death ="
but not every ~schooiboy knows that that
Same orator m patriot did his utmost
to prevent Virginia from accepting the
clearest charter of liberty that ever was
written. In that State also James Mon
roe opposed the ratification: but after
ward he was very willing TO occupy for
ekht years the highest Office under
thai Constitution and without that Con-
stitution what force would there be In
his famous doctrine: Tho hardest
struggle was in New York. where George
Clinton. tho Governor, presiding over
the convention at Poughkeepsie. fought
hard and persistently against ratifca.
ton. That convention finally voted IN
favor by 80 to 81. The vote might have
been the other way but for a series of
expository essays written by Hamilton,
Madison and law. which collectively are
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Mr.. Moons Raid on the Federal
Bench.

The Constitution provides that
Judges Of both the Supreme and in.
ferior United States courts "shall
hold their Offices during good be-
havior." They can therefore be i'm.
peached and removed. Representative
JOHN AUSTIN Moon Of Tennessee has
introduced in the House a resolution
proposing an amendment limiting the
terms Of United States Judges to
fifteen years. He also wants United
States Marshals, United States Dis
trict Attorneys, collectors Of internal
revenue and ~postmasters elected by
the people.
This Is the same cracker barrel
statesman, although a veteran of ten
Congresses. VINO last year fought for
the spoilsmen's rider to the post office
appropriation bill taking about 2,4OO
assistant postmasters out Of the civil
service rules; the same Moon who
took occasion then to attack the dip
lomatic service, and who described
Ambassadors and Ministers as "a
gang Of political reprobates and 80
ciety degenerates that ought to be
wiped out Of existence"
Whenever the member from Chat
tanooga contemplates the Presidents
power Of appointment and the civil
service he froths at the mouth and
delivers the terrible warning: "Your
Government is being consolidated. 1t
is built on the theory of ultimate su.
preme power under a system Of fed.
eralistic domination and construction
of the Constitution. What are you
going to do about itT What the
Hon. JOHN AUSTIN Moon wants done
about 1t Is plain as a pikestaf. He
wants more Jobs for his friends In
the Third Tennessee district.
Mr.. Moon must be astonished at
his moderation when he asks TINT
Section 1. Article ILL.,, Of the Consti-
tuition be amended to limit the terms
Of United States Judges to fifteen
years. Would he not like to have
them elected and for shorter terms? ?
He himself served Ave terms as Judge
Of the Fourth Circuit OF Tennessee,
three times by appointment and twice
by election, before he entered the
Fifty-fifth Congress at the advanced
age Of AZ. No wonder he Is against
life tenure for United States Judges !
Rapid rotation in the Federal judi
ciary would probably suit him better
than terms of fifteen years. What
pickings there would be for the poll.
ticians! Mr.. MOONS amendment has
as much chance Of being adopted as
a SNOWFALL has Of c~ongealing Ge-
henna- The Constitution Of the United
States Is in no danger.
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The Humane Turk.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sr: Ger
man "frightfulness' IL brought homo 10
us in a striking way by tho Barulos Incl
dent. When the submarine appeared
women and children were terror stricken
and jumped overheard and many of them
were drowned. The tragic thing is that
as It turned out the subma rine WAS not
German, hut Turkish, 50 that the
women and children need not have been
alarmed. The Turks. instead Of firing
upon those struggling In the water, did
all they could TO save them. Y.
GUTHRIE, Okla. December Q.