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THE FOUR PENS.
An Old Brotherhood Engineer Makes
an Offer TO Mr.. Wilson.

To rHE EDfroR OF THE SUN-SE. As
President Wilson is giving pens away.
do you believe no would send me one II
] should write him . letter like the
following:
MI DEAa PRESIDENT WILSON: notice
you used four pens to sign the eight hour
day bill. and that you presented one of
them to each head Of the four great rail-
road brotherhoods.
Was that action merely for %demagogic
eject. or did you intend II for a cheap
form Of bribery. expecting by that means
to get the votes of the two million railroad
men in the United States? II the latter
superstition Is the true Interpretation of
that benevolent action on your part. I
fail to see where I receive any beneht
from II. For nearly all my active life /
have been al employee Of tho Central
Railroad OF New Jersey and for twenty
three years before I resigned I was a loco
motive engineer and stili belong to the
brotherhood.
Now. my dear Mr.. President, az I am
no longer earning wages I get no beneHt
from the eight hour law. but I am in
terested In pens. Not pig pens. am not
Interested In pork; even tho luscious iubri-
eating pork that has been so extensively
used to grease the palms Of deserving
Democrats does not appeal TO me. I refer
to tho common steel pen that costs about
a cent.
l want q good serviceable one, that I
can use TO write articles Intended 20 pro.
mote the true interest OF every American
citizen.
IL you can send me such a one, I pledge
myself to vote for you on November 7
provided YOU can convince me that the
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The sun., 1916-09-06
ban Patch.

Dan Patch's owner died within a fAv
hours OF tho death Of tho Grea. racer.
broken hearted.
You're gone, Dan Patch! You're son.
on me,
or am ! dreaming Ike n ninny.
! thought | heard ven softly wh,nny
And nose IN" in the dark. oh me.
| guess you're sonc-you'rc gone.
| wonder Will tho sun shine on,
And things 60 smoothly Just tho same?
The track Is tame. Dan. awful tame!
I tell YOU, Boy. It's lonesome here.
I'm no weak sissy; I'm TOO old
For folly-but Gad. there's a tear
A lump In my throat I'm cold. I'm
cold
Well. I dom, care:
I loved you. Dam
Great love IL rars
Most everywhere.
And rarest most
Tween start and post:
For horse or man
That IL a fair and fighting test
OF all that IN the heart Is best;
loved you. Dan.
As nan to man.
when old Greek Plndar wrote IN thunder
The odes that make MS gasp In wonder.
lie sang OF racers.
The swiftest PAGERS
That swept II over ancient track;
The hero chariot driver. Dan.
Was he that owned and loved Q span;
lie won the laurel; and no lack
OF human praise or glory there
For gods and heroes filled the air.
They say you're gone. but you'iI come back.
just once more. Dan. one more crackl
And she'll be there. Dan!
There like a man!
She'll ride with us. Just ono last spin,
Break one more record. Yes, we'll win,
Look for me-. Boy. right on the chime!
I'll ride behind you, one last time.
We're on the scratch!
Please go! Dan Patchi
We're OF. like spirit Of the wind.
And spurn the ground: TO all else blind
save yon white limo, that's all. DAM Mind!
o galaxy through golden spheres,
d pathway through the darkened yeara
Come. winged wheels OF chariotesrs;
Come. horses wild with prairie Arss
OF human love and earth's desires,
Come. whiri me through the flaming spires
And turrets built In burning gold.
OF truth and love and progress hold.
Beyond this tame and sordid void:
Come, send me down Great s%peedways
track.
With brain and sinsw on the rack,
While thousands cheer and fate whips
crack.
Come. hell and heaven and wild despair,
O thunder me through the god CHARGED al,
To the winning post! We're thsrsi ws'r,
there!
DAVID B~lowN.LnwuRs.
The sun., 1916-09-06
The Only Way Under Gods Heaven
to Prevent . Repetition!

The volume of public Indignation Is
growing. 1t grows fast rs people be-
gin to perceive more clearly the great
harm to the republic which was done
in Washington between the hour Of
the Introduction of the Wilson.Adam-
o bill in the House of Representa-
tives on Thursday and the signature
Of the bill on Sunday, followed by the
prompt despatch Of the four Wilson
pens to the ruling quattuorvirate in
token of v~assalage.
The letters to The Srv show how
the consciousness of this event OF
shame. this national humiliation, is
growing in the minds Of Americans.
The remarks you hear in the streets,
In the railway cars, everywhere, show
It. The comments of Independent AMI
eelf.respecting newspapers Of all
shades of political opinion show il.
Even the few journals now specially
engaged In the defence of the Admin
istration admit the shame, make no
attempt to minimize the disgrace. and
only plead that the thing can never
happen again.
It must never happen again, but
the present infection does not insure
immunity for the future Us in the
case Of certain physical diseases. On
the contrary, the success Of the Quat-
tuorvirnte invites and encourages a
repetition at the first favorable OPP
portunlty. The same thing will hap
pen again under similar circum-
stances. 1t will happen again once,
twice, thrice, n dozen times, when.
ever the conditions give labor the
chance to terrorize the community,
whenever there is q weak and schem-
ing Executive In the White House,
and In the Capitol n cowardly and
subservient majority.
Let 1t be understood and constantly
kept In mind that there is only n
way TO render impossible the rcpeti-
tion of this unexpected and staggcr-
ing blow TO our system of reprcsen-
tativc government. That way is TO
drive out Of public life the politician
who sought to profit by tho surrender
to which he urged the Congress: and
to make the responsible majority in
the Sixty-fOurth Congress odious for
its cowardice and time serving; more
odious than any responsible majority
in any Congress has eve been made
In the eyes Of the nation, not even
excepting the salary grabbers of the
Forty-second.
10 cooperation In this just and
necessary chastisement of the vendors
Of the republics honor THE SUI in
vites all Americans who can see ahead
- far as day after tomorrow.
The sun., 1916-09-06
Mr.. Hughes In Fighting Trim.

Nashville audience saw. The home of
Old Hickory should know n fighter
when 1t sees him. Here In New York
when CHARLES EVANS HuGHEs snys
that he Is not too proud to fight we
remember his record as Governor,
and know that he is not speaking
"weascl words" Nashville had t.
learn. 1t came to scoff at the Rcpub-
lean candidate, and remained to re.
>pcct and understand him to respect
him for his manhood and to under
stand what he would have done IA
President in emergencies that found
WOODROW WILSON wanting.
AS to Mexico. MI. HUGHEs told his
hecklers that the issue was not the
recognition Of HrERrA but the protec.
ton of Americans in their rights ut
all times, and that lie would have
seen that they had that protection.
HUERTA was only an incident In the
Mexican u%phcaval. Mr.. HrGnEs has
steadily declined to say what he would
have done In the case of HuERrA. So
far rs the Republican candidate is
concerned that question Is irrelevant
To the real issue. the assertion Of
American rights and the protection
of them at any cost. There Mr.. WILL
son has failed lamentahly. Nusll-
vile now understands that whatever
political action President HUGHEs
would take with regard TO Mexico he
could never be- charged with showing
the white feather when the blood Of
American citizens was being wan
tonly shed by Mexicans of any fac
ton. ANDREW JACKsoN's by the
Eternal" must have occurred to Mr..
l%iuGHEs's hearers Mt Nashville when
he talked about Mexico.
Concerning The great question of the
hour. Mr.. WILSON'S cowardly aban-
donmcnt of the principle Of arbltra-
ton and the AFFECT surrender Of the
Democratic party in Congress to the
four brotherhoods. Mr.. HuGuns was
just rs explicit and fearless:
Il stand for two things-nrst for the
principle OF fair. impartial. thorough.
candid arbitration second. for leglsla-
ton on facts according TO the necessities
OF the case. ! am opposed to being die.
tatcd to either In the Executive depart.
ment or in Congress by any power on
earth before the facts are known and In
the absence OF the facts"
We in New York understand the
calibre and the mettle Of the MAI.
WHO uttered those words. Nobody,
no individual. no organization, could
make him swcrvc Il hairs breadth
from the line of duty rs he saw II
when he was Governor Of New York.
If CHARLES EVANS HuGnEs had been
President of the United States las,
week the makeslift, monstrously un.
just eight hour law would not be on
the statute book to-day, and there
would have been no legislation of any
kind until the facts were known. Nor
with such n high minded, fair dealing
and rcsolute President in the White
House would the brotherhoods have
threatened to tie up the railroads Of
the country IL the Government re.
fused 10 do their bidding. Nashville
understands thnt now.
The sun., 1916-09-06
The Quest That Did Not Fail.

Those four months Of fighting with
Antarctic billiards. and famine on
Elephant Island will make one Of the
host moving stories Of adventure ever
written II FRANK WILD can put II into
simple English. Sir ERNEST %SmACKLE-
TON knew his man. Wild is u born
explorer, n fellow of heroic mould
70 whom nothing is impossible. After
three failures to reach Elephant Island.
6HAcXLEToN's faith in WnLD's leader
sAip vas mistaken What mortal maj
The sun., 1916-09-06
So Senator HrcHEs OF New ,Jerse

SO Senator HUGHES Of New Jersey,
owing to a little ~irregularity in quail
flying as presiding officer Of the Sem
ate. had to sign the eight hour bill
twice. and Mr.. WILSON was under the
same necessity because his first sigma
ture. made with four pens presented
to the chiefs Of the four bro%therhoods.
was made on Sunday. But all this
duplication Of signatures mo make
the thing valid. Only the Supreme
Court can do that.
The sun., 1916-09-06
The Four Pens.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: Holy
smoke -Four pens needed by Wilson
to sign away millions of money not he
longing 10 him in the form OF a so.
called eight hour law!
This is to remind him and every Con-
gresham who thus betrayed the public
shat 1t will take yours truly and thou.
II of other Democrats lust "A little
cross CD made with an ordinary pencil
to put the quietus on the present Ad-
ministratlon on November :. 1916.
\ DEMOCRAT.
L.oNG IsLANp CRY. September l.
The sun., 1916-09-06
The Next Step for the Bosses Of Con.
gress,

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sr: II
is now In order for every union leader
in the United States whose members
work for firms engaged in interstate
trade to notify Mr.. Wilson that falling
to secure ten hours pay for eight hours
work they too will gag In a nation
wide strike. I would suggest that the
factories OF Mr.. Edison be selected to
head the list also. that this measure be
taken Immediately. for "the vote Is the
thing"
Item: Pen manufacturers take notice
four gross at least needed as souvenirs
for the labor leaders. II. II. WRIGHT.
PHILADELPHIA, September S.
The sun., 1916-09-06

Seldom has the V. G.. been awarded
for greater daring than was displayed
by Lieutenant WILLIAM LEErr RoBlS-
son Of the Royal Flying Corps when.
manPuvring his aeroplane. he brought
down a Zeppelin near London last Sat
urday night. The risk vas great. the
chance Of success small. An immense
amount OF ammunition fired from the
ground Is wasted I'm bombarding
Zeppelins. The remedy for them
seems to lie more Robinsons and more
and more ~aeroplanes.
The sun., 1916-09-06
THE NJ QUESTION.
VIII the Supreme Court Promptly Re.
store Government Of the People
by the People and for the People?

To EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: No
more degrading spectacle will probably
ever be witnessed again In this country
than the passing Of the eight hour bill
by Congress at the behest of a morally
corrupt President for purely political
reasons. 1t is disgusting beyond ex-
preston. Let us hope that the uncon-
stitutionality of this law. made possible
only by the cowardice Of the men to
whom the people have entrusted the
welfare Of the country. will soon be de-
by the Supreme Court.
ALFRED MUELLER.
NEW YoRK, September 8.
The sun., 1916-09-06
lincoln and Wilson.

To " EDITOR OF TIVE SrN-Sir: Com
pare the words OF President Wilson with
the words Of President Lincoln when
capital and labor are at war.
Wilson'S words to capital God for
give you. l cannot"
Lincoln's words to capital I've are
not enemies. but friends" we must
not he enemies
The spirit of both OF Lincoln's inau-
gural addresses Is mercy. Not tho Kings
crown nor the deputed sword. tho mar
shal's trunchcon nor tho Judges robe
become them with one-half so good a
grace al mercy does II. d. +.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. September s.
The sun., 1916-09-06
The Answer in September and No.
yember.

To THE EDITOR or THE S~rN-Sir: Tho
answer to Woodrow Wilson and his
toadying to the so-called labor element
at the expense of the bulk Of the hmeri-
can people will be given in Maine on
September IL.
Those who expect a Republican ma
jority Of less than 10000 will see the
dawn of a new light. and following this
will be seen the great Republican land
slide on November Z. with Hughes
sweeping all States from Maine to Cali
fornia. except the solid South.
A. c. GILBERT.
NEW YoRK. Sentemher l.
The sun., 1916-09-06

TTVT6 T|F " TVFFVVV
One day recently Nj. \ ". Mah,lsy
ran across what appeared to he = bum
bic bee mes, and following an Old Gus,
tom h" secured = big jug and uIlsd -
with water. placing the neck near ~
bce most, and all a sudden the bees be-
gan q buzz around tho neck of the Jus
and then a sudden dive into It.. Ia
twenty minutes he caught ia bees. who
ever can beat that, tro' ont your bees.
The sun., 1916-09-06
Solomon. In His Crude Way. Wrote
the Scenario.

To THE E.Diror or TIE SrS-Sir: After
looking over the costumes worn by many
wone and young girls on tho streets.
in the restaurants and the dance places.
| feel confident that big returns would
come To the producer OF n motion pie.
ture on this subject to lie called "Is
Any Man Safe provided the censor
would pass II. AMApro.
NEW NoEk. Scptomher ).
The sun., 1916-09-06
The Distribution,

To THE EDITOR OF THE StN-Sir. I
should like to know whether you or any
OF your readers can guess why the Presi-
dent. after signing the eight hour bill
with four pens, didn't give two TO the
heads OF the railroads instead OF giving
them all to the heads OF the brother
hoods? ct.riors
NEW York. ScptcmDcr =
The sun., 1916-09-06

President WILSON. c.asped. as il were,
in the arms of Humanity, murmurs
that We should love u neighbors,
though they be Mexican MUIR
derers. better than ourselves. Mr..
Edison should invent an electric halo
for the Millennium Chaser more brill
liant than anything Of the kind the
world has seen.
The sun., 1916-09-06
The Goose They Came From.

To II EDITOR OF THE srN-Str. Tho
-FOUR pens used by the President should
have been quilts plucked from the
smitten railroad goose that In the past
has laid the golden transportation Eggs
on which the country has fattened.
ROCHESTER, September 6. +. r.
The sun., 1916-09-06

The President ignored woman suf-
frage in his speech Of acceptance. But
he will address the suffrage
ton at Atlantic City on Friday eve-
ming. and the suffragists will learn
just what he thinks of their crusade
on Friday evenings.
The sun., 1916-09-06

The World says that 'Mr. WILSON
is certain to rank among the greatest
OF all the Presidents of the United
States" 1t will be time enough on
March 4. 1917. to estimate Mr.. WILL
sons greatness. The World appar-
entity wants to get its Judgment in
early.
The sun., 1916-09-06

The capture Of the village of Chilly.
south Of the somme. by the French was
officially admitted here this afternoon
Berlin bulletin.
Unusually Indictment weather IL re-
ported from that vicinity.
The sun., 1916-09-06
"a Load Of Books on n ia bh"'
Back"

To THE EDITOR OF THE sun N''
on Wilson and the -" q f"
tho best so far printed, Il 49,
us that We have not a ~ i
some judgment and backbone" ''
Wilson reminds me of Az o' '''
proverb: "A man with KIN"
and wisdom to lack -
of hooks on a jackass's ha,r'
WrrrrtH "AFS
NEW YORK, September &.
The sun., 1916-09-06

II Mr.. CHARLESTON desires to shed real
tears he should listen to the applause
that greets the Republican candidates
attacks on the eight hour law--or,
rather. lawlessness.
The sun., 1916-09-06

1t should be distinctly understood
that the double signing Of the eight
hour bill in no way indicates double
dealing in connection with that
measure.
The sun., 1916-09-06

Secretary LANSING desires a perma-
nent settlement of the Mexican prob
lem. Dur dead compatriots have al
ready received Il.
The sun., 1916-09-06
In Training.

Mrs. Knicksr--Is your husband going 10
run for Congress?
Mrs. Bocker-I think 50: he pulls the
sheet over hts head whom there 70 . burglar
In the house.
The sun., 1916-09-06

The Kaiser assures his troops that
he sees the end of the war before
winter. II it's a righteous war. why
should he hurry IL?
The sun., 1916-09-06

villistas a few days ago murdered
eleven non-combatant railroad passen-
gers. VILLA seems to be doing very
nicely without Z~eppelins.
The sun., 1916-09-06

The vociferations of Wilson Demo-
Gratis who object to Colonel RoosEvELT's
speeches are not surprising.
The sun., 1916-09-06

The trouble with the so-called eight
hour law 10 that there is no eight hour
about 1t and II may not be n law.
The sun., 1916-09-06

The Latin American republics are
perfectly capable OF distinguishing a
lemon from a bouquet.
The sun., 1916-09-06

~ our friends Uho frror ns ,riH mann
ocrtpfs and iNust rtfionS for pnbhcdt,on ,tsh
10 have vsjstted articles returned Ncy must
IN all cdscs send stamps for that purpose.
The sun., 1916-09-06

The ancient mariner, now rcifins
The end OF his days. dreaming O.; =.
days that are gone. was moved 20 ~,
Renaissance:
Il was "a bay when tho war h., "
! made II cro"ss in n WHALING '.'S
my fathers ship. We We're 81 ia
West lndy Islands. cur third met.
sworo in his watch on deck 70 9.
ships Albumin, but we didn't 'lt, ~
stawck in that story. lBut lu ~.
mornin' a crew came in n bot 81, I'm
'Pirits'' They seq Il tonicdrit pr. 90. -
burnt the ships and are ldudun' -
crews around on the lee shur" ~ "a
highest island. Another wht,or ana
up. an her cap'n and fa'l," no.
jump in n bot an row IN. soon ''.
come racin' back. an father l, h..'c-'
to up with the r'y'l yards an - 's.
booms an light out.
"S"z the either cap'n: 'I.f ,,l '' .
sec this Teller Sims t>.cl TEL, .'n ~
he'll come tew mo I'll tell Inn ,a'''"
about him but he'll hry ter ,p'u. '.H
the Ar'tic ter find mo-
"a littlo spell later W 500 'Ho =
kearsa'gc, an her captain So 'N'|
time yc hear from me yen beat go
end Of the old .\lalammy.' N" H'
clare cf he want right
: We SGT sail for "l'!-t' a~' -
on hawgs an p'oNIsiuns, an "s-: -.
a-Croossin'."
The wllaler Of Il single ,uttsc y
came a veteran Of Ia" ii,~h"ro 'I-!'r.'
Now he Is Old and sits M TIC e.
The sun., 1916-09-06

London once. 4O-43 Fleet street.
Paris of,ce, q Rue de la Michodiere. or
Rue du Quatrc Septcmhre.
Washington once. Hubs Building.
Brooklyn ONCE, Room To-. Eagle Build
ing, S03 Washington street.
The sun., 1916-09-06
bition. KUMAGAE carries home n
golden prize Of American respect and
affection.

A de facto Government, It appears.
is that won't hurt you II you lend
II money.
The sun., 1916-09-06

foreigner. and Quit quietly. PERTAINS Il,
feared further persecution and bsi
not spirit enough to fire g. worth -
his approved brand of English cyp;c.
tive at the boss.
The gentleman farmers appetite fl.
exercise OF his power over his on,
ployees was not satiatcd hI' S'.mu.
lated. lie went To the mans hro,he.
another of his hands. and said. "yo,.
brother, who lives with you. mas boos
discharged. You must put him on, a.,
your home or lose your iui.' IT,.
second brother resigned forthwith AMI
without formality. \ Yankee h.-ei
man of bygonc times would h,y.
Earned that gentleman farmer a thin,
or two.
The hired hands of our island h,yo
no union to fight for the cure of ,lci-
grievances.
The sojourner and his family lived
in a little old farmhouse on 4 hil,S.jo
with a view over several miles of s,l,
water to the mainland. ON tine OPPOSITE
shore u lighthouse twinklcd in iri,nd'y
fashion all night, winking every hal,
minute as IL to hint Of strange things
II might but would not tell.
one night the fog lay heavy over
land and water. In the heart az 4;
strange light appeared. II elowed +.
fiared. 1t fiickered. 1t disappeared a..
irregular intervals. The city folks wcfe
puzzled and excited. Was there A
wreck on the beach n mile away. o-
perhaps over on the mainland" Was
the lighthouse in trouble?
Among the treasures in the farm.
house garnet. spinning wheels, powder
horns. rusty barrelled guns o: every
pattern back to the fiintlock Of orr
Observation-Disclosures, there had been dls.
covered an old fashioned telescope.
used by some seafaring forefather d.
the farm family. 1t vas brought into
use, but 1t was not a night glass. and
served only to magnify and distort The
mysterious illumination.
The puzzle was solved next day
Farmer Blank, in his barn half a mic
away, had been doing II belated bit o.
work, patching harness. by the light -
an ancient ships lantern. His move.
ilieIitS Hdu li''ii ul'''h Wv i'N dHi wv
thick mist had given grotesIu" shapes
to the shadows thrown IN the fos.,
screen.
Probably the shipwrccks whose &C.
on those shores j. at.es.cd
by the bones of s~choOncrs hlcaCn.ns o.
the stony strand had been less sr''.
tacuiar: rs they occur in winter. 'h.t
have few witnesses ashore tn
natives Of this island profess scoru o:
neighboring islanders rs Il br"d O.
wreckers who would not hesitate e
display false LIGHTS to lead mIr.u'rs
and claim half Of hUll ana
as salvage. The other !s!1ni De-,
in kind, and the relative i3s'
ness o. the charges Is not 10 ne t.
cidcd hy the "off Islander
The sun., 1916-09-06
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NEW York, September 4.
The sun., 1916-09-06
The Price Of Amerlcanism.

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