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MAKING THE PEOPLE PAY.
Would Public Servants BE Allowed
to Coerce Congress-?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir. II II
were suggested that the letter carriers
should organize a union and obtain bet
ter pay or working, conditions by a
strike or threat Of strike VI should very
quickly see these men brought up with
a round turn by the responsible officials
OF the Government. We should hear at
once that 1t is intolerable and not for
a moment to be permitted that Govern
ment employees should essay such
methods hat they are public servants.
paid by the public. and that loyalty to
the public Is imperative. The same
thing may be salt Of policemen. school
teachers. Government clerks. &c.
II is hard to see in what material
respects the case OF the railroad men
differs from that OF persons employed d.
rectly by the Government II 1t is true
that the Government has power to regu-
late their wage and conditions Of labor.
In either case the public is the pay-
master in one case directly. in the other
zone the less. though indirectly. In both
cases the service is a public one OF the
most vital description.
With the Government prescribing the
rates for passengers and freight and the
wages. hours and working conditions OF
employees we are already more than
half a on the road to Government
ownership Of railroads. II We had Gov
eminent ownership would the rom
ductors. engineers. fremen and rain
men be allowed to keep up their organ
izations and through them carry on
negotiations with the Government as
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Vera Crus and Chihuahus.

The failure Of Mr.. WILSON to get
n salute from General HrERrA after
the act of war at Vera Cruz which
cost the nation eighteen lives and
several millions Of treasure has made
the compiler of the Democratic cam
paign text book walk the floor nights.
Something had to he said about 1t.
He conceived the brilliant ideu that
"the American forces we're no tent to
Vera Cruz to compel Il salute Of the
American flag" and that Mr.. WILL
sons purpose was much the same as
that In the Presidents mind later
when he ordered General PERsHiNG
to lead an expeditionary force into
northern Mexico to break up the VII
lista faction, which was behind the
Columbus raid" So in both cases
Mr.. WILSON'S object vas to crush n
faction that was engaged In the
commission OF intolerable wrongs
against the United States"
This ONE OF having to- deal with
"weasel words" Mr.. WILSON nd
dressed Congress on April ~. 1914.
and asked for Its approval Of the use
Of the armed forces ito obtain from
General HuERrA and his adhercnts
the fullest recognition q, the rights
md dignity Of the United States. even
amid the distressing conditions now
u%nhappily obtaining In Mexico" Mr..
WILSON. leading up to the applica.
tion to Congress. said that he had felt
1t to he his duty to Insist that the
flag Of the United Suites should be
saluted In such n way rs to Indicate
a new spirit and attitude on the part
Of the Huertistas." Obviously II the
provisional President had saluted Ad-
miral FLETCHER's flag the incident
would have closed right there. But
now Mr.. WILSON'S apologist would
have the people understand that his
object was "to break the waning
power Of the dictator and 10 bring
his bloody reign to an end"
Unfortunately for the comparison
with the Pershing expedition. the
enemy Of the Administration whose
behavior precipitnted 1t was previous
~ an ally Of the President and not on
the blacklist. as HrERTA n II the
explanation that in both eases Mr..
WILSON'S object was tn crush II fac
ton Of Meyicans engaged in %intoler-
nble wrongs against the United
states he accepted. how can 1t be
r%ecOnciled with his statement. to Con.
grPss In the message Of April 20. 1914,
that 1.-THE people Of Mexico are N
titled to settle their own affairs in
their " way?
Each case must stand on It's own
bottom. Mr.. WILSON invaded the
state Of Vera Cruz TO compel n sa.
lutte from HrERTA. and even CAR.
RAMA protested against tho method
employed. Mr.. WILSON invaded Chi
huahua because Columbus had been
ratled, and CARRANzA protested again.
Finding the same motive for both in
effectual in%terventiOns to suit the px-
igencies Of n political campaign only
involves Mr.. WILSON In the meshes
Of his policy of 'watchful waiting"
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CYNICAL FROM THE BORDER.

CYNICAL THOUGHTS FROM THE BORDER,
DEAR BLANK: The expected inter-
vention in Mexico has all fzzled out.
things are now much worse of than
ever in Mexico,
Nearly all Americans and a great
many Rritishers got out of Mexico in
June and July.
The genera! Impression here Is that
Wa are due for another war scare be-
tween October rs and 30, which vii,
enable Wilson 10 come before the peopl"
again as the savior Of his country by
keeping It out OF the horrors Of war with
Mexico and thereby play a strong card
for votes for his reelection.
In Mexico itself things are COMPARE
lively quiet Just now as a matter %
fact the different contending factions
have reached q state OF exhaustion and
have pretty well run out OF both money
and ammunition. but from all over the
republic come sorrowfui tales OF actual
starvation. and this will keep on growing
worse until Americans go In TO assis,
them in reestablishing a government and
in getting In provisions and help for
the starving people.
| have to buy a full outnt OF clothes
shirts. underwear. shoes, &c. Cor tn.
children. as well as school hooks and {,
number OF other items. will
need $3.50.
FL PAso, Tex. August H.
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4 Prophet vindicated.

To THE EDITOR or THE SvS-SU': In
my letter IN u SrN OF September 10.
1915. I said:
Tn" unions have bsen tao means OF
bringing out In this country one OF he
worst crops OF political ~demagogues IN"
world has ever seen. They are attempt
ing 10 substitute the rules o. the unions
'or the Constitution. They boast shou,
what they have done for 'organilcl
labor.' bu; We do not hcs- Of any NJ
them t"i,!ng what they have done for
unorgsriled labor. They overlook the fact
that ;his country was organized not for a
lass bu' for all the people,
wonder what the public thinks OF my
statement now: II is enough to make
people shudder to see politicians tolerate
treason to get votes. All such politicians
should be dealt with OF election day.
7. l.. MURPHY.
FALL RIVER, Mass. September ..
The sun., 1916-09-04

pACKER dealt became either n friend
or an enemy, and neither his friends
nor his enemies we're In doubt where
he stood.
The traditional cruditics from
which the evolution Of American
character Is carrying us so fast were
not all undesirable and unadmirable.
Governor PENNYPACKER exemplificd
some Of them.
The sun., 1916-09-04
4 League Against Labor Bosses and
Politicians Proposed.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Sir: How
much longer IL the public to he the
goat" II is time. in my opinion. that
the public should form an association
throughout the United States and union
Ice. II you like the term. TO combat the
efforts OF labor leaders and politicians
to make the public pay In advanced
costs OF all commodities. An associa-
ton OF several million voters (and there
ought 70 he that many people to join ~
should have az much II not, more inhu-
ence witt politicians high and low az
a labor Organization with only three or
four hundred thousand members.
This does not seem to me 10 he an
impossible proposition and I believe that
such an organization could be accom-
plished in the next few months.
lIARor.D r. ADAMS,
New YORK, September ..
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POOR MISTER ME.
The Record OF . Vacation Spent Back
Home,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: I
reckon YOU all been back home this va
cation. Well, | hav too. But haven't
things changed considerable: There
was old u Rosie 2one black
had left for good, The last time ! saw
her ste was blind, but they say she
died a-smiiing to r%p-yonder.
And what | found in n corner Of The
backyard was the little grave Of my dog
Trip. In the fence corner where he used
TO bury his chicken bones they buried
him too. My dog Trip, or course You
amt know how I feel. for YOU never
had a dog like my dog Trip. It's heap
ca sier wishing forward thar it Is wish
ing backward.
The backyard looked lonesome, No
body could blame It much. I reckon. for
looking like II felt. Hadn't they ever
gone and chopped down the big old
apple tree. On a limb OF that tree Trim
and me trained for one solid summer
to go with John Robinson's Ten Rig
Shows. and that summer they didn't
come at all.
ing missed. for now stood just myself
tf'h iio9I view iolh, WlcTe one time
stood christy Mathewson and Iron Man
McGinnity rolled in one. And It was all
dead owe. by the corn crib, where Pari
Row used to run on the extras telling
all about how the game had been saved
by our splendid knot hole pitching.
| Just know there hadn't been a train
J IN under the grape arbor for a long. long
time and no more ships from all the
colors % the geography. ! did notice,
though, one mended board in the high
back fence. That was the very board
that split with u terrible whack one day
az We were whirling round Forty second
street and Broadway on a big screaming
FIRE engine. Next day dad nailed It up
with instructions.
Every night last week I went back to
that fence. but somehow / wasn't as I'M
! portant as l used I" be when I was
Chrlsty and McGinnity. and a fireman
ready, and the backyard was New York
and Trip vas my dog.
Last. week the way to the depot tina,
used to seem a way OF visions didn't
seem so amy more. unless you'd call II
like flowers a-wilting. Directly the train
pulled out and somebody shouted Good
by; but not TO me, no. no, no but to
poor Mister Me. KY-NY.
New York. September 4
The sun., 1916-09-04
THEY WILL R~ECIPROCATE.
what the People Are Going to DO for
Woodrow Wilson.

To TIVE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sr: Many
n rcmark worth listening to can he heard
a, the street corner II you happen to be
there at the right time. noticed two
old men on the sidewalk talking TO each
other. Roth had their hands behind
their backs.
First old man We'll, anyhow. Pres!-
dent Wilson has kept us out ~ war. and
now. my boy, he's kept us out Of a
strike. The people ought to do some
thing for him :"
Second old man THEY mr.. going to-
Fire. old man What - it,"
Second old man Going to keep him
gu, ~ the White House"
S~kvsCEArEH.
W>suJSGToS. September .
The sun., 1916-09-04
and forward looking man wants to
pull the Stars and stripes down In
the Philippines?
Acceptance by implication only is
something new in politics.

Hermannstadt. called by the Hunga-
rians Nagy-Szeben and by h Ruma-
ian Sibiiu. has a population Of $4,000.
a majority Of which Is Rumanian.-Lon-
don despatch.
The presumption is that after the
war the town will be known by the
Rumanian name Of Sibiiu II the En-
tente Allies prevail, but for the present
let it be plain and familiar Hermann
stadt for the sake Of easy identification
and economy OF vowels.
The sun., 1916-09-04
The shame OF Congress.

"Al legislative powers herein
granted shall be vested in n Con-
gress Of the United States. which
shall consist of a Senate and House
Of Representatives. says the Con-
stitution finally ratified in 1880.
That Is the first sentence in the i'm
mortal dOcumcnt-Or Is II mo- NOR
tai in this degenerate day? The
grant Of Legislative powers is ushered
In by the ono glorious preamble, In
which I'VE, the people," set forth
our purpose to form n more per
feet union. establish justice. pro.
note the general welfare. secure the
blessings of liberty. and 50 N.
But In this year Of disgrace IN
which we live Congress has abdi-
Gated It's function and allowed its
legislative powers tn bc directed. II
not exercised. 10y an organization vi
mel who hold no commission from
the people and have no interest in
the Government except TO Use 1t for
their own selfish purposes. And
they have been encouraged and in
cited to coerce Congress by n Presi-
dent who had taken nm oath to 'prc.
serve, protect and defend the Con.
stitution Of the United States" in.
Guiding that article which provides
plainly that nobody shall he deprived
Of his property "withOut due process
Of law"
Theee was never n more shameful
spectacle In the history Of Our Gov
eminent than that of the Senate
cringing before the lash Of the four
b~rotherhoOds and passing precipi
lately the crude and u%nrighteous
eight hour railroad bill unamended,
while the leaders of those organiza-
lions looked on from the gallery Ia
e their ultimatum accepted.
What justice can there he in II
measure that. under the pretense OF
shortening the hours of labor of II
minority of the men employed on
railroads engaged In Interstate CON
inerce, increases the pay of the pre-
ferred employees and dcprives the
company of It's property: How can
such predatory legislation promote
the general welfare when 1t is the
people who in the end will have Ia
pay for the fruits of coercion:
Where Is the security Of the bless
inss Of liberty when their interest,
afe not thOughtfully and bravely
considered and when they have nc
voice In the policy of nbdication and
surrender:
Congress has done what it did
not want to do. what 1t had no de-
sirc to do except under duress: and
II has done something that it want,
und0ne, having provided the means
therefor. Finally, what it has done
was unnecessary and the counsel al
cOwardice. We believe that Senator
BORAH was right when he said thai
strike would have been quickly
called off If the brotherhOOds has
been assured that the Executive ant
Congress were entering In goOt
faith upon an investigation Of thi,
question" Self.interest would hav,
compelled the decision.
The sun., 1916-09-04
THE TRIUMPH IN MEXICO.
What President Wilson DID to One
Mere American Citizen.

To rHE EDITOR Of THE SrN-Sir: The
enclosed is from a man I know VINO has
been twenty-five years in Mexico. He
owned a mine there md supposed at
the beginning Of the Wilson Admins
tration that he was worth half a million
dollars.
He Is immured now In FL Paso ard
borrowing money TO keep his children
In shoes and shirts. A. c. l..
BOSTON, August 81.
The sun., 1916-09-04

from ne Nrdtt1I RfrOld
Among tho pills the hest are I've wal
shang Ten" NJ ~" pro.crvinE pills. cost
ing about a dollar apiece, They are com
posed % Man,hurian ginseng d~er's horns
and other drugs. Among other common
remedies may he named dried. powdered
rationale skins, the h'l- % the on ard
dog FOR jaundicc, dried shrimps, a.. Qu,rk-
SILVER Ia often poured into gunshot wounds.
IN order to dissolve the bullet.
The sun., 1916-09-04
Poasum Meat.
From the Richmond Missourian

Missouri! possum meat, killed In the cool
Of tn. YEAR. hunE up to chill three nights
through. then rubbed In with salt and
pepper paste. then strung on two wires
and broiled over hickory Goals til done,
done. done-then. with raw onions and
corn bread eaten In the open. as you sit
on a log or rock free from the pinch OF
tho wind. you have . feast Mt and fairer
than kings secure In these warning days
OF imperialism. Wonderful meat-Mis,ah
Postum,
The sun., 1916-09-04

From The Topeka Cdpifd'
The figures show that insanity IL on the
increase, hut Buck Kilhy SAYS the peopl.
OF Kansas are no crasicr than they have
been FOR tho past thirty years. Buck
attributes the apparent increase 10 q bet.
ter and more effective system Of aprrc-
hens.on and restraint.
The sun., 1916-09-04

The President. refusing to commit
himself in the Martine-W escott o n
test in the Senatorial primary in New
Jersey, would say only that he hopes
the winner will play on the team"
Medicine not too bitter for Farmer
JIM. and not too strong a stimulant
for the Camden Judge.
The sun., 1916-09-04
The Wilson Waltz.

TO tn. EpiroR OF the SrN--Sr, In
view Of recent events the following
formula overheard on a hote, vcranGa
may he OF Interest: The Wilson waltz.
one step forward. two steps backward
side step and hesitate. J. y.
DANsyiLLr. September .,
The sun., 1916-09-04

4 line OF coasting steamers an
II that 1t will carry passengers
and freight to the west coast Cen
trail American ports by way OF the
canal. Do the contracts and tickets
contain the conditioning phrase
'cucaracha volente'?
The sun., 1916-09-04

From the TdrkiO Ardldnchr.
Among our young attorneys whom Il Is
expected viii get there IL skipp \.
CrosA
The sun., 1916-09-04
WHEN ETZHUCH OF TEXAS WAS "a
BECER MAN THAN OLD GRANT,"


ton of the "Lasker Resolution. .u~r o.,
solely by a desire to please l.ask.
brother. who was a resident -. Texas
and which might have got vs. mo A
diplomatic tangle with Germany ,hruI,,
the stupidity OF the House In ignorant
adopting II, as a deliberate insul, TO H..
German Government. Ochiltreo. as III.
mover Of the resolution. was allowed Z,
speak on IL" for a stated time AMI
when he wished additional tinr so ir.,
his remarks unanimous consent wa,
asked. Some member objecting. Tom
whirled around. facing all parts OF III.
House. and. with his wonderful cross.
eyes slowering so that they almost te.
came riveted in their sockets. he ,rur.
dered in a tone that Chatham nigh,
have envIed. WHO objects?" The -.
feet. however. was no. comically sro.
tesque that the House collapsed ard M.
roar Of laughter that ensued swalloue,
up Tom and all his prospects IN tina.
body. Tittkbat Titmouse could NJ,
have done better!
The only other act OF his worth mes.
tioning. during his service In the lous.
was in regard to his pay. The Conn.
trolier Of the Treasury interfcred VII
the payment of his salary az a pcr
resentative on the ground that Ochjltre.
was a debtor to the Government. tn.
debt growing out of a shortage in his
counts as United States Marshal -
Texas. After venting his anger a, 49,.
outra assault upon his touete,
sional immunitiss, without success. h
put the Comptroller in a very awkNar'
The sun., 1916-09-04
Fake Blakelocks sold as

Newspaper headline.
The happy restoration to health OF
the creator Of these beautiful pictures
occurred in time to foil the designs Of
tae ingenious parasites Of genius. At
the same time 1t has multiplied many
times over the value OF the prize
withdrawn from the INSCRIPTIONS
schemers.
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hines~ Medicines.

W>sUJNGToS, September .
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-01
PASS THE CHILD LABOR BILL.

While the committees in congress are gradually pushing along certain bills which are before them, when ever they can get the time for con- sideration of matters which are not directly connected with the question of national defense and preparedness, there are still a number of important measures which have not emerged from committee, or upon which needed action has not been taken.
 Some of these may well be delayed while more important bills are up for cOnsidera tion, and a number are de- serving of adverse reports or defeat, there are nevertheless those which should be taken up and passed and in this list is the familiar bill for the federal regula tion of child labor, re- garding which so much has been said and which the failure of states to act for the interest of their own people har made it necessary that congress respond and put an end to conditions whi1h ought not to have been toler- ated as long as they have and which should now be changed for the bene- fit of the future citizenship of the country.
 Such legislation would not mater ially affect many states for they have seen the wisdom of improving condi- tions themselves and enacted legisla- ticn to meet the needs, but there are others. which consistently refuse to provide the protection and relief to which the children are entitled, and it is the influence exerted by these, which is responsible for the delayed action. In the last congress the bill was pig eonholed but nothing of the kind should be permitted this year. The lower house has acted and the action of the senate is now awaited. Every possible effort should be made by that body to meet the situation and meet it right, and not wait until the rush of the closing days for a con- venient excuse for overlooking or kill ing it.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-01
rhrE BASEMENT vnRpIcr

From the time that Sir Roger Case- ment was arrested. there has been lit tie doubt as to his guilt or as to what the verdict of the court that tried him must be. The evidence appeared to be conclusive and this has been borne out by the conviction which has fol- lowed his trial and the sentence of death which has been imposed for high treason.
 Easement took advantage of every possible plea that could be made in his behalf, even to that of insanity, but it was without hope. and even though he was disposed to look upon his position as a matter of no great serious consequence, right down deep in his heart he knew what he had done and he must have understood that Great Britain is not disposed to handle such cases in a manner which will serve as an incentive for others to go and do likewise with the expec- tation of getting light sentence. Such crime calls for the severest punish ment, and when it is realized that Easement has heretofore been treated with unusual consideration by his government and given offices Of much importance, 1t can be appreciated that his act was all the more fragrant.
 That every effort at appeal will be made is probable. All the influence that can be brought to bear will be exerted in the hope that the sentence will be commuted to life imprison- ment, but the chances of that succeed ing are less favorable now that they might be at other times, or if the crime had been committed while Great Britain was not involved in war.
 The fact that Easement has done so much in behalf of humanity stands out to his credit It Is impossible not to recognize his activity in overcom- ing distressing conditions. but it is a question whether they can be made to overbalance the enormity of his more recent act.