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TO DISCUSS A WORLD COURT
Permanent Peace win Rc Aim Of
Convention.

More than 2,00o delegate r.r
sections Of the country will corv'r' 4;
the Biltmore Hotel ut 10 \ NJ TE',-
day. and in the afternoon and cv' c
Carnegie Han. In the frs: dty 4 sce' -
OF the Second World court tonf'"rn
called by the Worlds Court I~nguo 'r+
congress will last TUESDAY. Nrl"ysIF
and Thursday.
Peace is the aim ~ N" assc' r''g'
and the base Of all the discussion "..
be the best means of obtaining g 20
manently after the present wtr
league believes that the best way Is '
cause the establishment OF an |"'"r''
tional court. so strongly suUp.~'et N'
the nations participating tina i'- d".''''
can he enforced.
A tentative programme has u.'1
nounced. but not the oricr Z" ''
speeches, Among the speaker "' '
John Hays Hammond, presideu' ~ '-
league cN-Presiden' Taft. h.'.' ~
president Prof, Albert RusNi'' lar
of Harvard, cx-Covcruor since. u
Baldwin Of Connecticut, Iaro. I''''
Scott, Rainhridcc Colby, SCUa''" "'
rem q. Harding, Or John Wos''. F"
Senator William Alden Smith, So '"'
Lawrence Y. sherman, Scrt'." ~
u. Cummins. Leslie NJ, Shaw NJ =
Hays Hammond. Oscar : S'''I
Frederick Lynch, Dr. Talcn'' vs."
Judge Alton II. Parker and N"n'}
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PHYSICAL FITNESS URGED.
Medical journal Points Out unprc.
paredncss Of Most Men.

military service. whatever it, do
STABILITY from other points Of WOW
a y the Journal of the American Med .
cal Association, has at least one mrr,
1T M 10 bring out the facts witt 70.
gard to the physical efficiency OF tie
male population. Nations seldom t,N.
stock of the physical condition uf thor
citizens except for military pu"pnse-
Sometimes the rNigencies of war hr'-
to light unweicone facts.
az. T.. Rittenhouse. iu an 'IHr,
advocating the establishment or q
tional vitality commission. quote p .
experience Of = civilian member 81 i-'
summers P~la,tsburg camp Tho llt'-
burg regiment was recruited lar.,
from men above the average in ph,.'c
respects-outdoor and athletic mon -l
as polo and football players ard Do .
game hunters. Vet after "A month. Sc
orous training the regiment as e N
was unable 10 accomplish "a day r..
a third as long as that of the r'G
infantry.
1T this p the experience W s.
leCted soldiers who undertake 49,, ,.-
because they nov ~ their " f'l..
physical condition. asks MIR Ei'iorltI~
how long would 4, take to "rchv..' a
regiment of men from our laIC" body -
unframed citizens composed pt''t '
men from the great physically ioN VOW
cred group
1T Is more than probable 'nt'
searching investigation would d-rov''
us az a nation To he fundaucu'all'
that liz, physically-equally 'unprcparea
for peace and for war"
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BEFORE THE CONVENTION.
For Phlander u Knox.

To THE EDITOR or THE SrN-Sir. In
THE SIS YOU recently reproduced from
the North American RericW pen por-
traits Of three Republican Presiden-
tial possibilities. namely. Elihu Root.
Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Evans
Hughes These are very distinguished
names, hut II Is more than possible tina
none of them will command a majority
OF the votes 81 the Republican nominal.
ing convention.
There is one man upon whom. in my
Judgment, all Republicans and former
Republicans with present Republican
leanlngs could and would unite that
man IL Philander Chase Knox OF Penn
~srlvania. He was Attorney-General Of
the United states under both Presidents
Mckinley and Roosevelt. lie was a
Senator of the United States for nearly
five years. hut resigned to become Score
tary of state under President Taft. lie
is eminently qualified to be President
OF the United States. and there In no
reason to believe that his nomination
as n candidate for that Office wouid
not he satisfactory TO all who are on
posed 70 the reelection OF Woodrow
Wilson.
Either Of these would make a grea,
ticket
For President, Phi,ander C.. Knox OF
Ponnsy,van.s
For vice President. Charles W. Fair.
banks of Indiana.
For President. Philand.r C. Knox Of
Pennsylvania.
For Nice-Prcsident, william n. Borah
OF Idaho.
4 GET TOGETHER REPUBLICAN.
WASHINGTON. ID. e.. April 90,
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At Related Funeral.

Our tears were shed for Hdrpcr's
weekly three years ago. when it's
honorable tradition was interrupted.
Its sane policy abandoned. and the
correct principles II had adhered to
In the days Of it's greatness were
forgotten. Then II ceased to he for
those who swOre by and nj II In the
period Of Its cranky supremacy. and
that Its identity Is now to he lost Is
hut n trivial incident In comparison
with the disaster that overlook IT in
tho installation Of the management
which presides over its dissolution.
Responsibility. influence and interest
fell from 1t under the editorship that
FASTENED its disappearance. Morbid
and rcpulsive tendencies replaced the
deccncies that had supported II: they
blighted all relies of the admirable
past that persisted In an uncongenial
atmosphere: their curse destroyed the
institution. and deprived the country
If a familiar friend. whose solicitude
for It's welfare had not been without
its irritant quality.
W. watch the passing Of Hnrpcr's
Weekly with dry eyes. Its spirit has
reached u haven of good rcpute. And
We are filled with interest by the
astounding report that the hand by
which the ultimate stroke was admin
istered has been engaged tn guide
the not unimportant machinery Of the
New York Post Office.
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Presidents II was perhaps safe, but
certainly d~isingenuous. to misrepre.
sent the opinion Of MONROE vs. ex.
tending only to the form Of the par.
tIcular improvement to which he
objected.
Mr.. WILLIAMS Of Mississippi com.
mits the same offence. He said:
JAMES MADISON. JEFFERSON and a
great nan Of the early fathers Of
Democracy also took the position that
there wss . Federal Jurisdiction. subse-
quently the Democratic party. becoming
somewhat more strict In Its construc-
ton Of the Constitution. ook the posi-
~tion-under ANDREW JAcksoN's Presi-
dency. ] b~elieve-that the constitutional
right did not exist. although Mr.. Nom
non prior q that vetoed one good roads
bill. but upon grounds that were not At
variance with the position taken by the
earlier fathers"
1t would be Interesting to know
where MIR. WILLIAMS found his au-
thority for the statement, which Is
contrary to all available evidence.
that JEFFERSON and MADISON believed
in the constitutional power. We read.
for example. in Lalor's C~yclopTdIa,
Volume IT,. page go: From the
beginning the constitutionality Of ap-
preparations for the construction of
roads was warmly denied, and by
none more than by the successive
Presidents JEFFERSON. MADISON and
MONROE" The jnunty. casual chunk
~ history In the phrase "under
ANDRrw JACksoN's Presidency. I be-
lievc." Is truly delicious.
Then there Is Mr.. UNDERWOOD, SO
far Il strict constructionist that he
cannot see In the broad authority to
levy and collect taxes. duties. i'm.
posts and excuses" n right TO levy
duties for any other purpose than the
one his party ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS gen.
tleman not only now believes that
the authority to give the States good
roads IL clearly conferred by the Con.
stitution hut that 1t is something like
II political crime that the right is not
exercised. That is. referring to this
very power. "that II Is just as much
In violation Of tho rights Of the in.
dlvidunl States for the Federal Gov.
crnment Ia refuse to exercise in the
interest of the American people II
power that has been delegated to II
by the States rs II Is an infringement
NJ the rights of the States for the
Federal Government to go within the
jurisdiction Of the several States and
attempt to exercise powers that belong
to the States
That secms to make the opponents
of the present bill little better than
viOlators of the Constitution.
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An Associate Justice Of the Supreme
Court on the Nomination for
the Presidency.

Forty -four years ago the national
convention OF the Labor Reform
party, In session at Columbus. Ohio.
nominated as its candidate for Presi-
dent DAVID DAVIS of Illinois, who for
ten years had been nm Associate JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of the
United States by appointment ~
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. In nnswer to the
letter informing him of his selection
to head the ticket of this organiza-
ton Mr.. Justice DAVIS said:
BE pleased to thank the convention
for the unexpected honor which they
have conferred upon me.
THE Chief Maeistracy of the republic
should neither he sought nor declined by
q American citizen
The circumstance that Judge DAVIS
subsequently refused to stand for
election was due in NJ measure to n
belief on his part that judicial duties
precluded n continuing and lively
interest In the politics or his country.
In the Liberal Republican convention
at Cincinnati. In May Of the same
year Judge DAVIS received on the first
ballot 92ia votes for the nomination
that on the sixth roll call went to
HORACE GREELEY and five years later.
In 1877. he left the bench, having
been elected to the Senate by the In.
dependent and Democratic members
Of the Illinois Legislature to succeed
JOHN \. LOGAN.
Judge DAVID DAVIS did not regard
the Supreme Court as a prison from
which no man once incarcernted could
escape to take up work not less i'm
portant than that performed within
its precincts.
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4 Good Word for HsrrOgate

To THE EDITOR or THE SrN-Sir: Hav-
ing been "A reader OF THE SuN since
1854. daily and sunday. me having been
at one time a resident OF Harrogate.
England. FOR "A number Of years. I was
grieved TO see in your editorial article
booming Saratoga a slur on my native
place. How your writer could call Har-
rOgatc an unat,ractive place | cannot
understand. unless entirely ignorant Of
il. Its natural advantages are great
from a tourists standpoint. II In stu
ated on high ground almost completely
surrounded by a beautiful stray of two
hundred acres Of playground. free to
everybody and divided by well laid out
walks. with seats everywhere and lots
OF shade. This was used In a~nte-beilum
times as a parade by militia %yeornanry
and territorials two or three weeks eacn
year. II In within three miles walk of
knaresborough. not far from Ripon and
Fountains Abbey. bounded on one side
by Yorkshire moors. which are wild
enough Tor anybody. Within it's borders
are located p number Of private schools.
This fact alone would prove its health
mess. II has q season of ak months,
opening at Easter. II has more hotels
than Atlantic City and its waters are
free. or a be paid for.
| should he glad 20 have you revise
the description ian unattractive place"
as | have always believed III you see
II in THE SuN It's 30"
RoRERr MORLEY.
NEWPORT, n. l., April 20.
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more like a real hero II he has power
rather than beauty In his counte-
nance. that there In no such creature
n a thoroughly bad man, and that n
stage villain II most lifelike when he
manages nearly to reach the Anal cur.
tain disguised as a fairly reputable
citizen.
II might he possible. Of course. to
open schools In our larger cities In
which the deserving gods could he
taught how to enjoy n modern play
from the top gallery. Courses In
twentieth century psychology might
bc given. with illustrated lectures
showing the false views Of human
nature presented by such plays as
"Jim the Penman," 1.-THE Silver King"
and other dramas TO which. In the good
old unsophIstlcated days. both high.
brows and gallery gods responded
with mutual enthusiasm. But the ex.
pertinent would no both costly and
hazardous and might conccivnbly re-
suit In further alternating from the
legitimate theatre those who hold
that n hero should always he pre-
scented ms heroic and a villain as de-
testable. II Is more thnn probable.
indeed. that the gallery god. a being
we both loved and feared. is rs de-
funct ms the dOdo: that the ancient
seats Of the mighty in our theatres
ARE tn remain permanently vacant.
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poker. A conferee, to blum, must
stoutly maintain that his colleagues
are standing pat behind him.
Representative Fitzgerald tells a
story about being on q conference
years ago with Uncle Joe Cannon.
When the conferees met. Uncle Joe
passed around good cigars, told stories
and joked for two hours before the
subject NJ the conference was mem
toned. During that time he had got
q good line on his opponents state of
mind and bluffed them into receding
from the most Of their amendments.
Speaker Clark's ruling that the Gar
rett resolution was not In order was
largely influenced by Mr.. Lenroot's
contention hat this Is an attempt on
the part Of the Committee on Rules
to do by indircction that which 1t
cannot do directly"
The Speaker. who usually leans
backward in protecting the rights OF
the minority. sustained Mann's point
Of order. Garrett then asked unani-
nous consent to amend the rule by
adding the words "vith one motion to
recommit." but Mann objected. saying
frankly. II want the right to move to
instruct
So the rule went over to the next
day.
Proceedings the next day moved
rs pidly to their amazing conclusion.
The resolution amended to abide by
the Speakers rulings was again in
troduced. the previous question was
carried by n vote Of 207 tn li5. and
Kahn OF California. ranking Republic
can on the Military Affairs Committee.
moved to recommit the bill to his COM
mittee with instruction to amend so
as to accept the Senate paragraph for
a regular army OF 100000. He VAS
challenged az not being qualified"
that ls. he was not opposed to the bill.
not in hat sense a minority member.
He tried to qualify by stating that he
was opposed TO the bill in its Senate
form. but the Speaker was compelled
to act upon the parliamentary as
sumption that the House was consid-
ering its own bill, for which Kahn
had voted.
London had risen when Kahn did.
the latter having been disqualified
the Speaker recognized London, who
moved to reconmi,.
Britten rose. and the climax was
brought about by the Speaker saving:
The chair recognize the gentleman
from New York mr.. Londonl The situa-
tion IL this: The chair hrst recognized the
gentleman from California IMr. Kahn1.
the ranking Republican on the
oil Military AHslr.. but he failed Ia
qualify under the practice and was ruled
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The Vacant Top Gallery.

The extinction of the gallery god.
an interesting memory TO middle aged
theutregoers and n being only Of tra-
dition To the younger generation. is
deplored 10y managers from an eco
monte standpoint and by grayhcnrds
from u sentimental. Mr.. RoLASp
HoIT, the publisher, n director of the
New York branch of the Drama
League. has studied the problem pro
scented by the dcpopulniion Of the
theatres top loft and has come to
the interesting conclusion that there
Is n method by which the so-called
legitimate manager may lure the ali
sente gallery god back to his exalted
perch from the ground floor Of the
movies. Mr.. IIoLT has REACHED his
conclusion after carefully weighing
both the psychology Of current plays
and that of the juvenile critic who
aforetimc sat In the high seats of
Judgment and passed audible com
ment upon the merits or dement's of
the play upon which he Cazed. He
asserts that the gallery god can he
brought back to the temples Of the
spoken drama II managers will forego
the production Of society and sex
problem plays and eliminate from
their casts heroines devoid Of phySi-
cal beauty.
The gallery god ns we knew him in
former years was a tcmpernmental
creature. somewhat crude, perhaps. In
his intellectual processes. hut with n
tender and sensitive heart situated in
exactly the right place, lie insisted
upon il that u heroine must be hand,
some. a hero pleasing tO the eye. and
n villain repulsive both physically and
in his manifestations of individuality.
After modern psychology had east It,
blight upon contemporary plnywrightS
and the people of the stage were rep.
resented n complex beings. spirit
ually both fat and lean. the gallery
god became Uneasy in his seat. shut
fled his feet protestingly, greeted
lBsEN with catcalls and suffered
PiNERO and clyde FiTCH in ominonS
silence. by the time BERNARD SHAW
had come into his " ms n play,
wright the gallery god had shaken
the dust Of the legitimate theatre
from his shoes and had betnken him
self to vaudeville shows. in prcpara'
lion for his present career as n pm
trOn of the movies.
We are inclined to believe that Mr.
ROLAND HoLT Is too optimistic II he
really hopes that there Is any prnc
teal means whereby the gods OF old
can he lured back to the top gallery
There need be no difficulty, Of course
in obtaining beautiful heroines, he
roes exhibiting manly pulchritude nnd
villains who in the real world would
he arrested IN sight, but the chnsn
TINT yawns between the gallery god
and the contemporary playwright Is
too great to bc brldged. The latter
in all probability. has taken a cOurss
Mt Harvard. he Is convinced from oh
servntlOn that Il woman with n strong
, fncc IL mOrc likely to he interesting
than a pretty girl, that a man look,
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Has secretary Josephus Lost His
Memory?

We recorded last week our aston
ishment at the statement made ny
Secretary DANIELS in which ne as
serted that ne did not know Of the
existence Of Rear Admiral FIsKE's
letter on the state Of the navy, hear
Ing date OF November q, 1914. until
long after it was written. and we ven
turrd an inquiry AS to the possible
ignorance of the Secretary with re-
gard to other important documents in
the files of the Navy Department. The
ARM and Nary journal Of yesterday
printed the subioined statements from
II naval correspondent
II have heard Admiral FIsKE say
to some friends that he handed the
letter to Secretary DANIELS, who was
standing at his desk in the Navy De-
partment that the Secretary read the
letter and then handed It back to Ad-
'mlral FIsHE without comment,
Recently, in New York. ] heard an
officer OF the navy say to two other on
GERS that he was In FISHES office when
FIskE took the letter to the Secretary
and that FIsKE returned to his office
in IA few minutes, bringing the letter
with him, and that FIsKE remarked that
the Secretary had read tho letter and
did not seem much interested in it,"
This circumstnntial account of the
| presentation to Secretary DANIELS Of
The Fiskc letter by the hand of its
author himself %contradicts In every
detail the account OF its reception
given 70 the senate on Saturday n
week ago by Mr.. DANIELS. In trans
uniting the r%eslirrccted warning, the
Secretary wrote:
This communication was not fur
nished to me, and ! did not know Of It's
existence until long after It was written.
at was filed with the chief clerk with
out my knowledge hat 1t had been
written, Although Hear Admiral FIsKE
was in my Office daily he did not tell
me that he had plS'ed the communica-
ton on Ale."
The history Of the warning pre-
pared for the Secretary Of the Navy
by his Aid for Operations u enveloped
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CHINESE TEMPLE
RUG BRINGS $4,000
Total Of %il.667.5O Received
at Sale Of Tiffany Studios
Collection.
OTHER CARPETS BOUGHT

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undertaken In emma. 1t was made 10
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foreign allies in 1900 half OF tho rug.
which had been divided to fl. or,upd g..
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70 inc S"'htre i'.a' WV rena'"'hs hal'
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THE AVERAGE FRESHMAN.
How He Feels About the Rising II
Dublin and German Methods.

To n EDITOR or THE SUN-SV' IL
IL unfortunate that when trouble arises
in Ireland the first people approacneu
iot comments :" .ne o,sr,,
proicssioha "si'..o's 49,. .o,,,,
reH'ark ,na, en'aha'o. "..uu "a aio
gfano LUIS Nrs "ot " 49," a. .,,nr,
Oh our 'r'S" peop'e' Nv w" 80 oS,an,
Oh mus country 20 ar,,i,ai
DESERVING - WI" !" '""
s''ua''"i aS .",S . a.. u,.-
JONI - "e"i"on' /. "a,,a ~, ,ho
axe OF ms mIe w NY .wn -. al.
",,'"n,e ,e"''na,'ou VI -. ,a,n.
pi'i, 'heIeos rernu,nns ,..,a.a,.
dat'oh Tor u'ssa,lstac,,"l. .u,Iaa 81
cause rs JUST WHY .nou." - ,b.
poH'po"e" untu -" 'a.ar ~, 1rhur..
VA . no.''e" W wv p"n.o, 49, IN.
Jay "'o'''"s
Pe"' W '"S" '''o'
fe pirate OF inc oid oppress'ns'
Tn" ravaee NJ nre ana SWORD,
or priests they kil'ed at eoniess'hs'
or babies drowned al the 'ora'
was u worse IMAM 'ne iert hsnn "'ess'"s
Yea q" from a herman 'or"
There ls no "prating' In an 1rishman
resenting the wrongs Of his country.
We have a peculiar situation right
| here In America. and ! know ! voice
the thought and feeling OF hundreds OF
thousands OF Irish Americans when ]
say that few Irish American papers rep
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in mystery. As an incident Of pre-
paredness. we make the suggestion
that the Senate, which unearthed the
document. devote n small portion of
its time to examining the conflicting
tales concerning Its appearance In the
Department records. and relieve the
Secretary Of the unfortunate cloud
that rests now upon the powers Of
his memory.
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lNarIr! UI Met

To rHr EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: I
see in Thh Sun thst Brother McCombs
says That he was the original Wilson
Man; but that he believes Colonel Har-
vey mentioned Mr., Wilson in 1900 or
lSlO.' ! recall attending n dinner at
the l.otos club In 1906, where Colonel
Harvey In AN address practically nomi-
mated Mr.. Wilson as the best man for
the Democrats tn name for President
The bound volume OF speeches delivered
10 the club. which Secretary Charles
W. Price will no doubt be glad to let
you have. will confirm or disprove my
statement. =. j II.
BOSTON. April %.