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Certain Unreasonable Democrats.

That Mr.. WILSON Is to he renomi-
mated at st. Louis next week every
body knows; that his Reputation of
the one term plank In the Baltimore
platform will be accomplished by n
sour and disguised organization has
not been So generally advertised. But
Mr.. WILSON has shown little consid-
Grafton for the feelings Of those on
whom he depends for nomination, and
their spirits are wroth.
Usually the officers of n convention
are selected by the managers of the
party, with due regard for the feelings
of the probable candidate. st. Louis
will see n gathering in which the
probable candidate has made all the
arrangements without any regard for
the feelings Of the managers. Mr..
WILSON has undertaken all the details
commonly RENTED to the national
committee. the committee on rcsolu-
tionS, and the committees or tenn
porary and permanent organization.
Moreover. he has done his task with
out consulting or informing the states
men who believed that they were @
titled at least to the privilege of rati-
flying his decisions. These worthy
persons arise each morning to read
the newspapers and learn from
the Washington dispatches what the
power in the White House has decided
on. These tell them who Is To open
the convention. who is to succeed him
beside the parliamcntarian; what the
platform Is to say who shall strike
the keynote. and who shall lead the
cheering. Their part is to a%cquiesce,
to smile pleasantly, and to see that
! the electric fans are adequate In
number and properly disposed about
| the hall.
Mr.. WILSON Is an expert patron Of
the p%reprlmary. Failing popular nom
ination Of Presidential candidates.
he has applied the principle to the
convention, and the p|reconventlon i
now In session in Washington. II the
Democrats relieved of responsibility
complain. they simply convict them
selves of unreasonablcness.
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Great Triumph at Chicago.

The subjoined interesting news
comes froIN the convention hall In
which the Progressive delegates are
celebrating in Chicago:
The Progressive National Convention
opened in tho Auditorium to-day with
a record breaking demonstration for
Colonel ROOSEVELT
For one hour and thirty-thrce min
utes the delegates and spectators roared,
shouted, cheered and applauded.
They sam the Progressive battle
hymns. paraded the alsles and over the
stage and howled down all attempts TO
check them"
Eighty-nine minutes, wearc solemnly
informed, was the best previous rec
ord. and the citizens who accom-
plished the great triumph of Wednes-
day must he highly gratitied over the
outcome of their eXertions. But their
honors will be short lived. They
cannot expect to wear the crown
for many moons; their success will
simply stimulate others to greater
efforts. The Republicans, chilling
though the atmosphere OF their pre-
liminary sessions was, cannot afford
To have the body Of electors believe
that the Bull Moose can be noisier
than the Elephant, and soon the bray
OF the jackass will he raised at st.
Louis in tribute to that lonely states
man at Washington whose sole desire
| now Is TO rub shoulders with the COM
mon people In the highways and by
ways.
Splendid undertakings, the conven-
! tional uproars for men and measures
! they are almost as convincing as
! mourning rOsettes on the hcndstalls
Of horses.
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The Immortal and Immoral Words
to Capting Comm.

This letter Is on II subject which
rises above partisanship and the strife
of factions. The communication ex-
plains itself:
r THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: You
quote Colonel ROOSEVELT as saying last
night when pressed with questions sug-
gestcd by the Chicago convcntions) that
the captain of a New England whaling
vessel once instructed his mate, II want
nothing out of you but silence. and
mighty little OF that
Colonel ROOSEVELT IL IN error, II cor
rectly reported. You should refer him
to the successive issues OF THE SrN of
some years ago, where on the editorial
page the old whaling saga was exhaus-
lively discussed and quoted. and where
Il was distinctly shown on the testimony
Of many reliable witnesses that what
Captain SIMMONS said to Mr.. SiMMs
tthe mate) was:
- want none Of your best terback-
ker. nor your good whiskey. nor our
Holland gin. nor your Medtord rum. All
I want is a leetle common civilltee. and
d-n little OF that A. G. $.
PHILADELPHIA, June g."
Instead Of correcting the Colonel.
who is no mean authority In matters
Of folklore, we are compelled 10 set our
esteemed correspondent in Philadcl-
phia Alright as To the facts of the his
toric incident. II was not the cap
tain but the mate of the whaler who
nohly spoke. II was not the mate but
, the captain who WAS rebuked In Ian
ruagc substantially aS follows:
Gaping CorriS. don't want your
whisky. nor M more your seegars. All
7 asks is see-vility and hat % the COM
monest C d sort
In some versions the captain is
SIMMONS and the mat. SiMM,. In
others Mr.. Macy is the aggrieved oil
Ger who brings the shorter and the
blower" alongside the whale ship and
il i Captain COFFIN of Nantucket who
Informs him in n conciliatory way
that liquid refreShment and tobacco
in the locker await his pleasure.
our impression Is that the late
H~orKINsoN SMITH preferred the SIM
MONS and SIMMs version; while Mr..
WILL HICoK Low employed COFFIN
and MACY in relating to RoBERr Louis
STEVENSON the story which that great
amateur declared To be the best he
| ever heard In his life. These matters
are not essential ut present. and we
do not intend to revive the old con
~troverSy.
The main fact Is that the noble re
ply was addressed with all proper re
gard to maritime etiquette by the in
ferior to the superior officer by way
of delicate rebuke; and not by the
superior to the subordinate by way OF
instruction. Colonel ROOSEVELT Is
indicated. He had an entirely DIFF
ferent story in mind.
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A POKE AT THE PURISTS.
IL Hatred Of sect" an Alteration or
u True Mental Weakness?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir, In a
letter to YOU - McG.' objects to the
diversity Of uses to witch the word
set" is put. II ia not a new objection.
IS long as ! can remember | have heard
Would-be purlstS caNil AT the same point.
one ! recall was 80 wrouGh up that he
expressed the wish that there might be
no such word IN the language. Il
seemed that the past tense was specially
objectionable TO him When | ques-
TONED him as 10 the ground of his
aversion, he exclaimed with fcrvor that
got had al inel,gaut sound.
Get seems To- me IN every one ~ the
phrases j, McGi' cites to he entirely
uuobjoCtionahlc. Indeed. the very d.
'crsity of use to which It is put, with
uuqucstionahle pronriety. compels my re-
sp"ct and even my admiration FOR il.
'tict' comes trippiugly to the tongue
and even to the pen, and never. so far
as ! have observed, gets out Of place.
II strengthens and di-nlhes slang
What finer or more admirable phrase
IN all colloquiahsm is there than "Cc,
me" How could il Ice improved upon
Let Il MEG" cease to rail ut a
faithful servant Of the public, and lie
thankful that lac has got II. might
have written the word gotten" IL there
were not three supcrtluouS letters I'm II.
| hope - MEG" viii get my point.
NEW YORK, June 9 u. A. G.
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Ending with Commence ment.

Bachelors are laurelled In herds.
these drcnchcd days of June. Bar
nard College rejoices over gifts. CO.
lumhia's 1000 plus commence under
ground; an academic procession In
tunnels Is something new since the
the catacOmbs, like rats" ms this
year II y It. Big bugs buzz In a
thousand auditoriums. and at West
Point big guns boom the class Of 1918
into u little army.
Dr. BUTLER makes many doctors.
Our young friend JOSEPH HoDGEs
CHoATE again becomes a doctor. He
"worthily wears the insignia of many
sister universities Phi. DIS. are AS
common ms oldest living graduates.
Masters of this, that and the other
futility swarm like Jersey canary
birds. Public servants, men Of letters,
Of paint and Of arms-more than In
other years-stagger under n shout
dcrload Of alphabctic honors, FIX
President TAFT Is denounced, nt n
sectarlnn school. for his religious he
lief. no casualties.
Salutatories, valcdlctorlcS abound
and rcsound. Nassar lets the girls off
without essays: r the motives of
the faculty utterly unseltish? Prize
winners bnSk In the sun, invisible tn
the rest of the rain soaked universe.
Some young gentlemen funk out
their better fates are but, we trust,
briefly deferred. Even "sad dogs
have their day. In 1926 or SO we
shall soc them lending twcntics to
the baggy knced Greclans, If any there
he In this profnnc generation.
New York University places the
wreath on the brows Of pedagogues
with others. IL a doctor of pedagogy
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America and American rights -; the ma

America ana American r1gnt the ma
ton recognizes the inadeQuacy Of
the military and naval forces Of the
country and demands that they be
strengthened the nation regards with
profound disquiet the economic policy
that IS now imposed upon 1t and calls
for Its correction the nation has re-
pcatedly displayed It's earnest desire
for the enactment of legislation that
shall guard the rights and better the
condition Of all It's citizens. Thus
the Progressive and Republican plat
forms cannot he said to be the work
of the individuals whose names are
appended to the reports prepared
by the committees on resolutions.
Rather they are the expression of the
opinion of that body Of citizens. large
from the beginning and constantly in
creasing In number. to whom the
weaknesses and failures Of the Admin
istration in Washington have been n
source Of constant alarm. embnrrass-
ment and chagrin.
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Another IneXcus sble Wreck.

The real end collision on the Third
avenue elevated railroad near 147th
street yesterday was the latest OF
several occurrences Of this kind. 1t
should be the last.
THE Sun has frequently pointed ont
that n real end collision cannot he
classcd rs an accident. II Is within
the easy possibilities Of railroad Op-
Grafton to prevent such happenings.
signal systems are available by which
the following train may be held AT II
safe distance from that ahead of II.
II the signals are in use and nre dis
regarded the fault lies with the disci-
pllnc enforced on the offending line.
should the management of n road fail
To maintain discipline there are train
stopping devices the adoption Of which
may he compelled by tho Public Ser
vice Commission.
Yesterdays wreck may cost n life a;
we shall not know the full toll until
the final reports from the hospitals
are received. II resulted from lnad"-
Ounte eouipmcnt or non~-ohservance of
the rules. The authorities will fail Of
their primary duty II they do not in
sist Immediately on the proper steps
to prevent the occurrence of such IA
disaster.
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LINCOLN ON EFENC
In 1887 lie Could See No Danger for
America.

To THE EpiroR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
forecast OF Abraham Lincoln. uttered in
1887 on the possible appearance OF some
dangerous man Of geniu and ambition
bent on the task OF pulling down the
republic, having been quoted by Judd
Stewart In THE SCS of June ) as appli-
cable to the position OF the KIM of
oyster Bay. II occurs to mo that there
WAS another declaration Of Lincoln on
the very same day in the same address
which 20 my mind IS equally pertinent.
1t seems TO have escaped the attention
OF the friends, of preparedness.
Al what point shall We expect The sp-
preach OF danger By what means shall
We fortify against tt Shall We expe.t
some Transatlantic military giant 20 step
the ocean and crpsh us at a blow" Never
All the armies OF Europe, Asia ana Africa
combined. With all the treasure OF tho
earth (our own excepted In their mill
tary chest, with a Bonsparts for a com
narder. could not by force take a drink
from the ohio or make a track on tho
Blue Ridge IN a trial OF a thousand years.
II dangers ever reaches US II must spring
spring UP amongst US, u cannot come
up amongst us. II cannot come from
abroad. lsAAC MARkESs.
NEW FORK, June s.
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THE RIGGS BANK CASE.
An Examination Of the Facts SHOWS
What n Trayesty 1t Was.

To THE E,pIroR OF THE SuS-Str: The
suit for perjury brought by the United
States against three gentlemen or the
highest character. officials OF the flggs
National Bank OF Washington. ended
the other day, after a trial lasting
three weeks. in n verdict of not guilty.
What the jurymen thought OF the case
was sufficiently shown by the fact that
they returned their verdict I'm less than
ten minutes after "A representative OF
the Department OF Justice. closing Tor
the prosecution. had urged them, with
lurid intensity of epithet, to bring in a
verdict Of guilty" The baldest out
line of the case will show the futilty
and fatuousness of the proceeding.
Here is the case In a few words: The
three officials of the bank made an am
':avih.. Tha, AFFIDAVIT stated that the
bank had never at any time bought or
sold stocks. The Government contended
that this meant that the bank had never
bought or sold stocks either for itself
or. acting az broker. for any one else
whereas. as = matter OF fact. 1t had so
bought and sold. The defence con-
ended that, while officials OF the bank
had. In their Individual capacities. made
purchases and sales OF stock Tor the
account and nj the risk of customers OF
the bank, the bank itself had. In n legal
sense. neither bought nor sold that the
affidavit stated the exact truth.
II may be open to argument whether
tie af'idavit should have been more ex-
rlicit but in order to sustain a charge
Of perjury IL Is necessary b. show that
In making the afiidavit the defendants
not only made a false statement but
made II with intent TO deceive. TSe
question of intent Is vital. 1t is at this
point that the Incredible happened. The
Government actually asked the jury. and
the public, to believe that these three
men of large affairs made with intent
to deceive an affidavit which by the
very conditions of the case could not
possibly deceive any one, and which the
defendants themselves knew could not
POSSIBLY deceive any one. The reason
II would not deceive any one was be-
cause the facts which the Government
claimed that the affidavit denied were
facts known to every one concerned In
the case they were facts already In
evidence in the suit in which the afi-
davit was filed. facts which had been
! y one form or another given out many
times by the defendants themselves.
To sum up the situation the Govern
ment. IN order to bring n charge for
perjury against these three men. first
insisted that the affidavit could IVA
only one meaning Calthough honest men
thought IT could have another). and
then insisted that the defendants In
tended to deceive In regard to facts
which had already received the widest
publicity. and which we're still. when
the affidavit was made. fresh in the
memoir OF every one concerned In the
case.
Could fatuousness. personal or rol'ti-
cal. go further? y.
Boston, Tune Z
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NO Save Our Com mon Country"

Possibly Colonel ROOSEVELT vas
aware that the gentleman from Mary
land who invited him to proceed To
Chicago to address the Republican
convention was not even II member of
that body. for in replying the Colonel
somewhat %guardedly says: IF the
convention desires me to address II
shall be glad TO do So"
The invitation, however. gave the
leader and hero of the Progressive
organization an opportunity To state
his position with regard to Republic
can reunion. Nothing that he has
previously written or said expresses
% clearly the patriotic purpose now
eliminating his soul.
Colonel ROOSEVELT appeals to Re-
publicans and ProgrcS>iNcs alike to
sink their political differences in the
presence of ISSUES vital TO the ma
tional life. He quotes To Republicans
and Progressi\es the solemn words
Of ABRAHAM LINCoLN. May not all.
having a common interest. reunite in
q common effort 10 save our common
country! Z" He describes again, in
language of impressive dignity. the
immeasurable misfortune that will
befall our common country if Mr..
WILSON Is elected for "a second term.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT al dare much,
but we are not ready 20 believe that
he dares 10 insult the spirit Il" which
he appeals with IL proposal conceived
In the interest of selfish ambition.
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Governmental Responsibility In the
ReiChstag.

Chancellor Won BETHMANN-HOLL-
WIGS speech of June = In the Reichs-
tag was an odd compound of chal-
lcnge and confession. The harvest
season may he bad, hut German citi-
zcns are expected to endure %privntion
with the same courage and patience
with which German soldiers bear the
hardships of the field. The German
naval "victOry" did not destroy Brit
ish sea power. hut at IS an omen for
II future" The German people have
never since the war began been scri-
ously divided, but now let there he
unity among them.
More significant than the essence
Of what the Chancellor said IL the
fact Of his saying It at all. The
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REFORMING THE DANCE.
Let the Duck Waddle" BE Excluded
From the Ballroom.

To II EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: !
rote with satisfaction that the dancing
teachers In session IN New York are TO
eliminate the duck waddle." II is a
pleasure 10 note the stand taken by
Louis II, Chalif OF the Imperial Ballet.
that It is "A time to have n heart 10
heart talk against heart to heart dane
ing"
am not a young man. but ! enjoy
dancing. II has always seemed to
me that II should be brought into the
bounds of decorum and art. The decent
dancer IS disguised with crawls and
wiggles, and II the dance mus. survive
l. must. AS Mr.. Chalif points out, be
made clean.
Why don't the teachers ~ostracizs those
teachers who permit the shrugs and
Jerks? A DANCER.
NEW YORK. juno 2.
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A MARINE PROTESTS.
The Death Of Captain Hlrshingcr Not
Properly Noticed by the Press.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir' \
captain In the service OF the United
states is killed IN the cours" Of duty IN
Sauto Domingo and the incident and has
career are dismissed by American u"~e-
papers with "A few lines. | refer. Of
course, to Captain Herbert j lllrau-
niger. t.. S Marine Corps, who W.
shot while landing with his company
near Puerto Plata, This WAS ON or
about June !, 1915. The only notice
of this fatality ! have seen in New
York or Philadelphia newspapers was
a brief report from tho American Mill
lister to Santo Domingo.
At the same time one may read In
those newspapers of the heroic deaths
Of certain officers in the British army
and navy with details Of their dos
r%eratr' ctiou against deadly foes In
Burma. India and EgN pit. descriptions
of the numerous medals given them
by an admiring Government. and ac-
countS of batting $50, not out, for
Sussex against MiddlescX, or OF playing
"A marvellous game ~ polo. Also, II Is
generally added hat they are eldest,
second or third sons Of the earl or
marquis Of 'thuS and So
Is it permitted to inquire. with all due
respect, why the death in action of a
British officer Is worth more space in
an American newspaper than that of an
officer in our own service. who has
ampaiSuCd against foes at least as
valorous and difficult to overcome as
the poorly armed blacks who are 50
generously cared for by tn" benevolent
Engiish Government In other words
"What's the idea
A regiment Of marines II now on the
way from the Pacific coast to Santo DO
mingu to help 10 satisfy the blacks VINO
! seem to object to Uncle Sans a'tcu-
tons, Only a few lines IN the news
| papers. Perhaps II a Canadian rcgi-
ment, the princess Pat for example,
were to leave for Flanders We might
learn something about the "hravc' men
who are about to sacrifice themselves
for an '1dea,"
ONE WHO WAS AT VERA CRUZ.
I PHILADELPHIA. Pa, June 8.
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PLAY TIME.
Would Outdoor Life Re slim ulated by
Moving the Clocks Hands Ahead?

To THE EDITOR oF THE SuN-SW: |
note with considerable interest that
there has been some discussion recently
with reference to moving the hands OF
the clock forward an hour during the
summer months.
While there IL no doubt that this
method would effect certain economies,
it seems to mo the prime benefit f. thai
which would hc derived from the addi-
tioual time that could Ice devoted to
outdoor sports.
There is very little doubt in my
mind that tho great majority Of men
would make 1t a practice TO play tennis
golf, baseball or go swimming, sailing.
riding or indulge IN some other good
healthy outdoor sport. The benefit this
would give to the community IN build
ing UP a healthier and more efficient
class OF men cannot he denied
NEW YORK. June s. H. w, DYER.
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The suggestion IN London OF Field
Marshal FRENCH for the post of Sec
rotary OF State for War Is unkind.
His retirement from the command In
France was a removal. Nevertheless
he had earned the comparative ease
and dignity OF his consolation post.
General OF the Home Forces. As the
fhitish say. Ne has done his biz a:
the front. Why throw a really fine
soldier into the arena Of politics 10
be torn limb from limb?
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To THE EDITOR or THE SrS -Sv: shall
Britain rule tn. seas asks "a Plain
Citizen dehantly In a letter to THE SuS,
lie should learn a nuns plain sense. The
reason why England should be mistress
OF the seas Is because she has built the
biggest and best nset. Sh" has a good
reason In her command Of - per cent. of
the population Of tn" world, Whenf any
other nation has similar or better reasons
ana builds a better Meet, that nation in
turn should and viii be- mistress Of the
seas. Until then Great Britain reiens,
Justly, wisely and well. CANADIAN.
NEW YORK. June 4.
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cheers Of the no peace delegates were

cheers Of the nc peace delegates were
not nearly so eloquent as the silence
Of those who represent the part of
the German people to which at last
the German Government seems begin
ming to perceive itself responsible.
The official imperative is confronted
by an increasingly insistent popular
Interrogation. and its existence has
now been acknowledged by the I'm
pcrial Government.
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What Is this: $3.50 a year not enough
for "A clergyman with a family of six?
Gentlemen who wish to live in the
extravagant style evidently hankered
by the preacher at Glastonbury,
Conn. who resigned his passionate to
take a job in a munitions plant, have
no business TO be raising families.
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any friend OF youth? Cinnamon and

any friend Of youth? Cinnamon and
children Of every continent hug sheep
skin. Is there Latin on 1t? The
Neocnsarian or Nassovican mill will
grind soon john HARvARD's sons and
those Of ELI YALE will wind it up.
Bless all their innocent souls.
When the last academic congrcga-
ton disperses. the country will he
how much?-bctter and wiser than
IL was n month ago.