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The sun., 1916-09-09
AN MTERPRETAT TON OF THE WRIT.
ING ON THE WALL.
II Prosperity and Adversely Are Balanced in the Human Lot. Amri.
Must Put Herself in Readiness for Trials.

The Greeks had q reasonable proverb
right to expect IL an equal dole Of good
and evil. At any rate. human progress
IL not made without adversely. The
animal in US fattens and grows slothful
and the spirit d%eteriorates IL the com
fort Of prosperity Is Uninterrupted
Calamities Of all sorts are evil Of them
selves. but they seem to be necessary In
the grand plan Of the human story. We
have faith to believe that this Is why
they happen. Certainly they do happen.
and they can be depended upon to rom
tinue to happen. Life Is one damned
thing after another though with sun
shine between the storms and laughter
amid the ears.
In recent time no great country of the
world has enjoyed such a long period Of
serenity as ours. Without discussing now
why this has been so. It is in point to re-
fleet that the grim law OF average In
human lot has probably decreed an early
end for our freedom from broad disaster
and general suffering. perhaps we are
not due for the agonies Of a difficult
war. Perhaps we may even escape do
nestle perils which at times have APP
peared to threaten CONFUSION. We are
not able to see In just What manner our
trial Is to come. Destiny Is not in the
habit Of enabling nations to avoid it's
judgments.
Yet we can all read some signs OF the
times. and a few Of us at least can fore
tell the instrumentalities through which
important public trouble is likely to be
brought in. one of these ways Is at
this time made conspicuous In the par
tlcular instance of a railway labor dis
pute and the character OF it's handling
by three selfish elements. labor. capital
and politicians, The largest and most
important element, that one, too. which
must feel the chief effect for betterment
or harm. the people. is not permitted to
touch 1t at all. The people have no ade.
quate organization by which to assert
their will and their rights. Govern
mental institutions do not furnish II.
Labor unions do not furnish 1t. Capital
lists do not furnish It. There is no pol
itician who is daring to attempt to fur
nish IL.
No matter how much Of consequence
there is IN the railway labor dispute
itself for hours Of work. for pay or for
alteration In the industrial economy. this
must he slight indeed compared with the
paramount fact hat dispute can exist
at all of such a character that at the
determination OF "A few men all govern
ment can be dered and the whole fabric
of society may be torn and bruised with
The sun., 1916-09-09
IS OREGON DOUBTFUL,
Women Voters Attracted h, Wilson
Has Kept Us Ont Of War"

To THE EDITOR OF THE Sis sir. Nov
that the absurd Democratic cry. wilson
has kent us out OF war has had core
siderable airing in Ia. press. 7 ro'ir"
that from Oregon comes , report t','
the state IL doubtful politically. u,,tg-,
this scnselcss argument ha. made ,u.E
Roadway among the women, who vo'e
this year for the first time.
Various champions of wonan sun a..
The sun., 1916-09-09

The July issue Of the Guam Neps
Letter. a Government publication far
more juicy than the Congressional
Record. lies before us with its budget
OF news from the most lively isle Of
the lMdrones. Its front page looks
serious. IL Is true a chunk Of advice
as TO the growing Of the alligator
pear, little brother Of Indigestion. But
on the next page Ia a piece about the
ball given by the citizens OF Guam In
honor " Governor Roy &. SMITH
Salad and other refreshments were
served and the evening was pro-
nOnnced II great success. This Il Of.
fetal. The Governor male a speech
at the closing exercises of the Guam
schools. for which entertainment Cor.
Forai Flock Of the Marines illus-
trated n hundred programmes. some
with comical designs. The Misses
BEArMs PEREz and REMEDIOs AauoN
danced the Spanish Jota.
San AntoniO's day (June 1S) wis
celebrated rs usual. There was a
parade and zone could go up to any
house and was always offered some
thing to eat and drink" Happy
Guam.
The streets are being repaved. Gale
Herman Cortes. Gale dc lS,bel Ia
CatOlica. Gale de Padre Aniceto are
in good condition. The Evening Bridge
Club met with Paymaster ROsE on
June 10. The Paymaster. the item
reassure<. was one Of the winners.
The schooner Sadie. out Of San Fran.
cisco. put into Apra IIarbor to get a
doctor for the skipper. The young
Masters Francisco and JOSE DE Ia
CNrz are home from SCHOOL In Ma
Mia. Paynaster COyLE gave a moon
light dance on the tennis court. A
court Of equity for the island has leen
established. Private RICE OF the Ma
rines was appointed an insular patrol
man. The transport Sheridan arrived
with 100 tons Of freight. including
1900 feet Of pipe and Sub-Inspector
S~ANDERsON." A son In born to Can.
u SAN NICOLAS. wife Of Gull
I.ERMO QUINTANILLA. In m action
brought by the United States Naval
Government, VICENTE DY.DAsCo n
found guilty Of the theft Of a bull and
must lie In the Preside Correctional
for six months and n day. Most of
the school children Of YigO spent
their vacation at Tarague Beach with
their parents for the purpose Of catch
ing fish. The FOrdeth Company Of
Marines offers to trade Its mess
steward for a fairly good ball player.
The Agama Garage is open day and
night telephone $50; special rates for
moonlight gazers.
Not a bad place to he, this Guam.
No i~nfantile paralysis. no trolley tie
ups, no campaign. The Government
Is n benevolent autocrat who gives, or
goes to. Il luncheon or a dance almost
every day. He yields weakly to such
demands. but probably without muir.
muring that the festivities have the
sanction Of society. He has an island.
an army, n newspaper. He IL lord Of
the high justice, the middle and the
low. a great nation IL behind him.
hut at n convenient distance. What
could a Smith ask?
The sun., 1916-09-09
MR.. HUGHES AT NASHVILLE,
More Than Eight Thousand People
Heard Him With Close Attention,

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: In
HI SUNS report OF Mr.. Hughes's speech
AT NASHVILLE II vas said that 5000 were
present. Inc Ryman Auditorium seats
ABOUT 5000. and II was filled to over
moving. Many were turned away.
me night was msunerably warm. The
auditorium was not even as we'll venti-
iatcd as It could have been. and there
were no fans' The immense audience
lon In advance Of the speak
ing ana a listened to several band
pieces before the speaking began.
considering the discomfort from heat.
~ was not surprising that the audience.
which mad already had a long wait.
shouid WISH TO near Mr.. Hughes at once,
ana not listen to preliminary or intro
"uc'ors speeches.. This Is sufficient to
&c 'ouht Tor the impatience and disorder
eNhioi'en ny the audience during the re-
"iarks OF Messrs' Taylor and Tillman,
Nheh MT hughes began TO speak
'here were numerous cries OF Wood
The sun., 1916-09-09
e We Assumea."

The most important question Of the
present strike was put plainly to the
organizer OF the car mems union by
the counsel for the Public Service
Commission:
How does II happen. then. that will
an agreement TO arbitra.e which you
regarded as binding the company a.
well as yourself In the lnterborough and
New York Railways situation that. ready
as YOU were on the stu Of September
to submit the matter to public investi-
cation n inquiry and decision. on the
9Th Of september a strike takes place
on both lines without any formal re.
quest Of this commission for an invcs-
tisation OF the facts on your part7"
To this the organizer, WILLIAM Il.
%FirzGERALD. replied:
THE offer was made on the part Of
ourselves. the employees. men represent
Ing the employees. to arbitrate the fair.
ness or the unfsirness OF the service
contract that was being circulated among
the marlborough men. Yesterday Mr..
HEpLEY said that III was going TO cir.u.
late and secure signatures. and IL was
contemplated and we assumed that II
his position was moi to arbitrate the
question Of the fairness or the unfair
ness about the IntsrborouEh and The
service contract. that his position wa,
going to be the sarne upon the New York
Railways. he being the and ia,
same oficlal for both companies"
So. or the impulse NJ IN assump
ton. the organizer set out to cripple
the street a service. lie served no
tice. II appears, on General Manager
HEDLEY. who was then unaware tina,
his own directors had decided against
circulating contract blanks among I'm.
plOyees of the New York Railways.
but there In no record Of any effort tn
notify the arhitrntors.
Somebody Numbered In the com
pany's office and the strike leader
FASTENED to strike. Between the un-
informed HEDLEy AMI the assumin.
FITZGERALD fell the public's comfort
and convenience.
The Public Service Commission,
with no thought except for New York.
should take n stick to the NarUleonS
Of both sides.
The sun., 1916-09-09

lawlessness by methods as patent, GRIN.
inal as highway robbery.
such a situation mus, neye, o,,.-
again." says President Wilson. u.
mark IL "A pathetic as IL Is heln,,,.
The like cannot help happening ara,
and Infinitely more dangerously. II tho
people continue without wisdom or mean.
to protect themselves against eyep
triple collision of selfish labor, sels,b
capital and selfish politicians. In o,h..
words. unless we shall make the ,hso.
retical government "of the people by tho
people and for the people ac,ua, 4,
power and law and adminlstra,Io :,
hold in subsection II minority Of IN.
people. n day a minority. violen, IN
vicious insanity, will pull down Inn,
itself and upon all Of us the entire al.
fice OF false government just AZ Sam.
son broke the heather temple. Survi,.
ors. II there are any. must build I'd The
State anew.
Our manner OF living is such that "a
depend absolutely upon the operation q,
mocha meal machines. II the wheels s,on
we languish. II they are destroyed w..
die. IL It a safe thing that our lack O,
q. a., a.. -. -. 80. sa.n raves
-s.s. 80. 49, WICKED
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r .Ss' -. ""'e W he
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The sun., 1916-09-09
The Sixty .fourth Congress Wins the
Grand Prize OF Odlum.

Probably the Congress OF worst re-
pute within the memory Of the pres
ent generation was the F~orty-second.
There are differences of opinion about
this, but we think that Il majority Of
competent historians would award
without hesitation to the Forty-second
the past primary In odium.
The Forty-second was the Salary
Grab Congress. Just before adj"urnins
finally on March 3. 1873. It passed an
net increasing Federal salaries all
around for the future. and also In
crpasing the salaries Of its own men,
~bers ret~roactively for the two years
preceding the enactment.
This execrable legislation at once
stirred the country To wrath. Many
Senators and Representatives has
tened to refund tn the Government
their back pay. The Salary Grab vas
repealed at the next session M to all
except the President and the Justices
II the Supreme Court.
The popular Indignation took prac-
teal form as soon as the next cleo
tons came around. A Republican
plurality of ~ In the Senate of the
Forty-second Congress was reduced to
IL In the F'orty-fourth. In the House
n Republican plurality Of 2S In the
Forty-secord was converted In the
Forty.fourth congress into n Demo.
crutic plurality Of "a.
Such were tho f.r rarrhing r"nsp.
Quences Of u single act of personal
greed and political folly in the Forty.
second Congress.
The shameful preeminence of the
Forty-spcomd Congress. so long main
talned against competition that has
sometimes been strenuous on the part
of it's SUCCESSORS, has now been utterly
and forever destroyed by the achieve
ment of the Sixty.fourth Congress.
which ended its first or long session
yesterday.
How paltry SEEMS the deed of the
old Salary Grab Congress, how pica-
yune its disgrace. how second rn<f It's
renOwn for fnithlcssneSs to public
trust. alongside the splendid new In
fanny of the Congress that listened to
WOODROW WILSON and for his political
benefit voted the great $GO,0OO,OOO
Brotherhood Grab!
The sun., 1916-09-09
THE SUPREME COURT IN THE
ADAIR CASE.
A judicial AdmOnltlOn as TO Leglsla'
tive Motives.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. Not
80 many years ago-it was In lS9S-th'
Congress Of the United States passed
United States to discriminate unjustly
against an employee Of an interstate
carrier because of his being a member
Of a labor organisation. go Stat. +24.
c. 800
A certain employee Of an Interstate
railroad company VIZ discharged from
such employment Of the company be-
cause of his membership in a labor or
sanitation and the agent OF the com
pany making such discharge was In
dicted under this Law.
The case involved IN inquiry as to
whether the above mentioned part OF
the act was r%cpugnant to the Fifth
Amendment Of the Constitution declaring
that no person shall be deprived Of
liberty or property without due process
of law. and the Supreme Court of the
United States held that In this respect
the act invaded the personal liberty. az
well as the right of property. guaranteed
by the Constitution. tAdair W.. United
states EOS l.. s. 1919.
' In the course OF the opinion OF the
court, written by the late Mr.. Justice
Harlan. the following language. occurs.
which. In view of the recent action Of
Congress. may well Ire taken as a pro-
phetic warning against discriminatory
and subeervient legislative methodist:
VIII II be said that the provision In
ckiestion had Its origin In the apprehen-
sion. ON the part of Congress. that II 1t did
not show more consideration for members
Of labor organizations than for wage
earners who were not members Of such
organizations. or II IL did not insert In
the statutes some such provision as the one
In question, members of labor organiza-
tions would. by illegal or violent measures.
interrupt or impair the freedom of com.
merce among the States? We will not In.
dulge in any such conjectures. nor make
them. In whole or In part. the basis of our
decision. We could not do so consistently
with the respect due 10 q coordinate de-
partment Of the Government. We could
not do so without imputing to Congress
the purpose 10 accord to one class OF wage
eatncrs privileges Withheld from anSther
cla% Of wage esrners. engaged. 1t may be.
In the same kind OF labor and serving the
same employer. Nor will we assume. In
our consideration OF this case, that mem
bers Of labor organizations will. In any
considerable numbers. resort 10 illegal
methods for accomplishing any particular
object they have In view.
A. careful perusal Of these words at
the present time might well be recon-
mended to the executive and Legislative
departments of our Government as we'll
as to all citizens Of our country.
NEW York, September 5. LEX.
The sun., 1916-09-09
TRADE BRIEFS.

New fields Of calcium borlx have beea
discovered near I%uuiquc, Chitc.
\ swedish engineer ha, found that an
extract ~ suiphite lyc. when powdered
and made into bricks, can be used as a
substitute for coal.
An al! extracting plant with a capacity
~ 100 pounds Of seed a day has been
Started at Leon, Nicaragua, The mach!n-
cry was bought in this country.
A new steamship line has been started
to transport lumber between New Orleans
ant Cristohal Colon
American lumber. ,inhcd goods. shoes.
machinery motor cars, coal and hardware
and a ready market in Apia. n a direct
steamer service was installed between san
Francisco ana Apia. Australian competition
would he almost eliminated.
Adverse conditions In Sicily viii cause the
1861; lemon crop to drop to about
ha'i the average output.
The present demand for ships has sc.
tolerated the shipbuilding industry at
Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. ship carpenters
and wood workers are In demand.
Sorway's cod fishery has closed with a
total " "l,3"I. tI hsh. The official vain.
is $50, loo. 600, England has bought the
entire catch.
There is a possible market for America,
machinery on the sugar plantations Of
Nhthl, south africa,
approximately 10000 mon Will he needed
In the harvest fields Of western Canada
The railroads make special rates for their
transportation
Consul W. II Hunt at ST. Etienne.
France. reports that there Is u possible
market In his district for American mado
IRE extinguishers, Primitive methods are
now used for rghtinH Ares.
Ploughs. harrows and corn planters are
needed In the state OF sac Paulo. Brazil.
\ zine factory, employing $500 hands.
has been started nj Hikoshima, japan,
During 1913 s50lA,9OI barrels OF ce.
mcnt, valued at 1I3, $50. $50. were produced
In this country,
\ manufactured In indianapolis has dis.
covered a method for making a%tropine
from iimson weed.
Gold from lode mines In the wil,ow
Creek district. Alaska. In 1913 was valued
at $3.50 900. Government observations
prove that there Ia still an enormou.
amount Of gold In this same vicinity.
There WAS an increased demand for
antimony during the past year. and ore
to the value of S7<,OOO was mined and
shipped from Alaska.
The sun., 1916-09-09

a precedent the example Of no less u.
lustrious a parsonage than the Prestden.
Of these United States. promptly made
haste to hold up both hands In token OF
unconditional surrender. Are the people
proud Of their lawmakers"
The Memphis Commercial Appeal
think3 1T would have been better for
the soul Of the republic II the broth
erhoods had forced the railroads to
grant all their demands rather than
use the machinery Of the State ~
bring about the result achieved" !.
adds Tint "the passage Of any law
which In such cnses Ms this Is a trial
and verdict without hearing the evi.
dence IL foreign to the genius Of the
Constitution" In bitterness Of spirit,
the Montgomery advertiser says:
Again Congress. led by the President.
has ignored the principle Of arbitrn.
ton. Arbitration, as a means Of set.
thing Industrial disputes. Is dead for
the present" And IA to the Great
Surrender. 1t observes:
Congress has established a prece.
dent. whereby any well organized mi.
nority Of citizens can compel It to pa -
legislation without study. without con.
sideration n without regard to the
other side Of the controversy"
The newspapers quoted are all
Democratic. partisnnly Democratic Ia
most cases and hitherto ardent SUP
porters Of the President and his Adj
ministratiOn. 1t Is a President of
Southern birth whom they have found
wanting and on whose shoulders they
ply the lash Of their righteous indig-
nation. 1t Is Il Congress controlled
by Southern men that they bold up
to public scorn. The manifestation
Is n to give good cheer to honesN
men everywhere. 1t Is another tie
that binds the South to the North.
for here Is IA mOnrpntOus question
upon which they stand together and
think alike. The spirit OF liberty is
not dead I'm America.
The sun., 1916-09-09

DIXON c. WILLIAMS. the Presidents
nominee for Chicago's postmastership.
rejected by the Senate In Difference 70
the request" OF Senator JAMES HAMIL-
TON LEWIS. IL ~variously reported to
have migrated to Chicago from Ten
nessee, from Arkansas and other points
south. Senator jim HAM mig rated to
Chicago from Virginia by the way Of
Georgia. Washington tState). Ottawa,
Cuba. Porto Rice and London. Is 1t.
then. that the Senator objects that Mr..
WILLIAMS arrived In Chicago not loo
recently but too directly from his
Southern home?
The sun., 1916-09-09

Yesterday being one NJ the three
days Il week that the Ereming Post
is for WILSON, 1t inquired:
Was there ever a worse bungled cam
paign than Mr.. HuoHEs's to date"
Ii must be admitted that the cam
paign Of Mr.. HUGHES Is not in the
same situation that II was two weeks
ago. At TINT time the programme
seemed full. The Republican cundi-
date for President had only to make
PLAN from the stump his views on
the Mexican matter. In which NJ.
WILsON-ha so ingloriOusly failed. on
the matter OF u European relations.
In which Mr.. WILSON followed the
shaken fist with the trembling fingdH!
and on II few other questions vital
to the voter.
Then Mr.. WILSON stepped in, four
pens In hand, and bungled the Hughes
campaign by arousing the country To
a fresh issue. Let us put In evidence
The sun., 1916-09-09
HE KEPT US OUT OF WAR.
Quantitatiye and Qualitative Analysis
Of u silly Campaign Cry.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: The
Democratic battle cry In Wilson kept
us ont OF war" Yes. but at this price
Loss Of national honor.
LOSS OF national prestige.
Loss OF efrectual sovereignty,
World ridicule.
Loss of national friends.
TOO proud to fight substituted for
millions for defence. hut not one cent
for tribute"
Official German warnings to American
citizens Of contemplated murders re-
ceived and approved.
federation Of locs, rebellion by for
cisn agents.
federation OF plots against the peace
OF the United States.
Massacre OF hundreds OF American
citizens and soldiers in Mexico.
Loss Of property by Americans In
Mexico.
Massacre OF n hundred-odd American
men, women and children on the steam
ship Lusitania.
Rebuff by Austria when requested to
explain Ancona murders.
Apology to Austria for stern note.
LOSS by murder of citizens OR Ancoua,
Arabic. Gulfight. Essex. SC.
Murder OF Consul McNcely accepted.
L.ooting Of American consulates in
Turkey.
Piracy Of Petrolite accepted.
Rebuff by Austria and Germany Of
requests for information or repatriation.
National isolation.
Contempt Of all nations for America.
Bryan and Daniels.
Destruction OF Belgium.
But why 90 on Wilson kept ,s out
Of war" DI%sGrsTED.
New YoRn September 3.
The sun., 1916-09-09
a quotation from the news columns Of
the same issue of the Post:

a quotation from the news columns o.
the same issue of the Post:
Business men have been stirred up b,
the battle cry that freedom from organ
ised labor union tyranny is as necessary
as was sound money in 1895. The Re.
publican leaders have not lone the stir
ring either. The business men have stint.
ply flooded the Republican national head.
quarters with kilograms n letters de.
~nouncing the Presidents course with re-
gard to the railroad brotherhoods' de-
mands. and assuring the q. O. r. cam.
~paigners that money and personal ser.
vices and votes will be forthcoming here
after to elect HuoHEs. 1t was Presldea.
WILSON who did the stirring"
Poor MI. HuGHEs! If his cam.
pnign is bungled like this again he
may rs well leave the stump. for there
will be no need Of another speech.
The sun., 1916-09-09

Day? Whoever wrote the story, II
pictured terribly and ''convinclngly"
the negotiable and unpleasant results
of attempts to reform the holiday
calendar. Leaving inside the matter
yof sentiment. Mr.. CHANDLER's artifi-
clally regulated system of anniversary
holidays would he bad for business
because II would make for monotony.
1t is too stupidity virtuOus.