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RADIANT WOODROW.
His Ringing Voice Matches the strong,
Haunting Features Of Col. House.

To THE EDITOR or THE StS-SirH
with naive toward none. with char
ity for air Is the deliberate standard ~
the United States AZ represented by
tho present Plain American. Woodrow
Wilson. and II IL woven into all Ameri-
cans worthy OF the splendid name,
The words that he speaks are very
plainly the truth. and his hearers be-
lieve the homely. quaint, patient man.
who without "a single forced manncrism
gets his thoughts directly TO them with
a speaking voice Of such quiet. clear
power that there is never any doubt In
the mind of the nearer Of the square,
ness OF the American who Is addressing
them. Mr.. Wilson knows his W
power on the stump and does well TO
use II for great purposes. The man
radiates a strength that does not have
to assume appearances. No N can
tell the truth an clearly and ~charitably
as he does without making II malicious
TRUTH n not he believed.
The tone Of the man Is really West
ern, and II to know a nan o must
know with whom he hobnohs. then the
type becomes even more clear. Think
of the President and you instantly
think of Colonel House or some one
like that. The "so+nething mighty
good" In the expression ~ Colonel
Houses face (Which has made even the
cartoo' SITS respect those strong. haunt
ing features). which once seen cannot
but stay strong in the memory. ts the
same Something mighty good that
rings 50 easily and strongly in presi-
dent Wilson'S voice. There IL IA good
deal OF fresh air In II. II is the Spirit
Of Independence. a more American aud
somewhat more careless angel Than
A. Is... 81. - Z tkA, ..l a..
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paper based on war munition exports
IL offered them for purchase they
should buy It II the paper Is other
wise acceptable.
This Is cold common sense. The
Iowa farmer who sells his grain can
not tell whether 1t Is going to feed
soldiers or civilians. The Southern
cotton grower who disposes Of his
staple cannot know If II Is going to
bc made up into shirts for mechanics
or cartridge belts for an army. Tho
markets cannot distinguish between
commodities on other grounds than
those of demand and supply, and It Is
no business OF tho banker, whose
function II Is 10 finance the move
ments Of commerce, to discriminate
against transactions because OF the
demand which they may, %conjectur-
ally or certainly. represent on one
side of the bargain.
Presumably some Of the alien ele-
ments which have carried on a propa.
ganda to prevent American business
expansion In response to the oppor.
tunities Of the war will rage In Con-
gress against this ruling Of the Fed.
eral Reserve Board. Yet It Il safe
to say that n Judgment backed by so
much common.sensc will not be upset
by the politics Of %hyphenism.
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The Song Sparrow and the Wren.

To THE EDITOR or TIL Sr'N-Sir. The
song sparrow Is M relative Of the Brit
ish wren. as suggested by "a. j. r." In
a letter from Long Branch to THE SrN.
The former belongs To the family EN-
berizide and the latter to the family
TroglodytidT. Moreover. the wren sings
through the autumn and winter. Its
song IL in no way distinguished. being
not unlike that OF our yellow warbler,
but heard on a duh December day it is
more grateful to the ear perhaps than
tho sol of the lark IN May.
II may he noted that this little bird
builds n great domed nest Of bic
architecture. in which II lays from sin
teen to eighteen eggs. \ curious fact,
which ~ a puzzle I" ~ornitholoGisis. is
that nodr the nest viii usually b, found
one or i've others only half or imper-
fcctly constructed Another puzzle Is
how tho mother manages tn feed her
numerous brood or keep them from
smothcring one another. i. NJ.
~ERooKLYN, February IL.
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To THE EDITOR or THE SuS--Sir; n
has been very interesting TO read OF the
methods put forward by our political ms
In their endeavor to find ways and
means to raise more taxes. or. TO make
II palmer. to make more Jobs for their
followers but nowhere has Il been
mentioned how to put more business
like methods in our body polite.
Would II not he more advisable and
10 a better advantage 10 all II more
businessl.Ec methods were Inaugurated
in all ~ our political subdivisions OF
Government" More business could hc
done with less help and considerable
saving could be made, and work would
I've better done.
You never hear of taxes being re-
duccd, but the cry seems t. bs raise
then, and then raise them again
I. A., WILLIAMS.
NEW York. February 10.
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A singular Challenge.

As the Ex-Governor Of the Canal
Zone, the Hon. RiCHARD l.. MErcALrE,
buried Mr.. BRYAN politically nine
months ago. the telegram to Miami
challenging an old patron to debate
preparedness in Nebraska may re-
ceive no notice. Soon after Mr..
Bryan retired with the Dove Of Peace
from the State Department. Mr.. MET-
CALrE. who had just withdrawn from
the putative Governorshlp Of the
Canal Zone. printed on editorial in
his Omaha newspaper saying that
mir. BRYAN Is not credited with hav-
ing given the real reason for his re-
tirement from the Cabinet: charging
him with deserving the President (;
concluding:
Everywhere one hears predictions on
the outcome Of this matter. n to-day
the general prediction Is that BRYAN 10
forever dead"
But the proprietor Of the COM
moncr. Of which Mr.. MErCALrE was
formerly editor. must be showing
signs Of resuscitatlon. or II wouldn't
be worth a mans while to debate pre-
paredness with him. Why does the
Fidus Achates Of other days want to
%galvanize him into life. and raise him
up on the Nebraska platform only To
iioor him with straight lefts and
right hooks Of logic? II ls n ques-
ton hard to answer.
Did not Mr.. BRYAN. In gratitude for
past services In the campaigns of
1895 and 1900. obtain the job Of Gov
ernor Of the Canal Zone for his pro.
teg6. intimate and keeper Of his con.
science? A strange business. Would
1t be Il bona tide rhetorical combat,
Or n preurranged bout for mutual po-
litical profit? II IL to grOJe darkly,
But II WILLIAM j. BRYAN takes up
the gage. and Mr.. METCALfE cham
piOning the cause of WOODROW VIII
son will tell all ne knows Of the eX
Secretary Of State. and particularly
what was the true reason " his quit.
! ting the side Of the President with II
Con bless you" the Nebraska de-
bate will sizzle with interest.
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-FOUR MIGHTY PROPHETS.
Certain Old Bay Stste Promoters OF
Republication Examined.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SCS-Sr: The
recent Roosevelt declaration by Messrs.
Gardner, Gushing. Bird and Washburn
Of this Grand Old Commonwealth IN
spires me TO ask II you CAN give the age
and land we live in some explanation
Of the superstition that political lame
ducks are or al be a source OF political
strength to some other aspirant Tor OF
Ace. A political zero multiplied ~ TOUR
is still zero. Let us 20 into details.
MIR. Gardner ran for Governor OF Mas
sachusetts and was beaten out or MS
boots.
Mr.. 0rawfton Cushing IA a school
master and politician who entered inc
lists against sam Mccall for the nom
ination on the Republican ucket uor
Governor OF Massachusetts. Wero Mr..
Cushing's head AZ long as hts legs ne
would have known better. He was wal
Hoped ignominiously.
Mr.. BIRD Is a Progressive In politics.
a dodo In political wisdom ana acttoh, u
real good old scout. with money to burn'
a bird 10 pluck. lie went down In dis
aster before tho phaianxes OF the ross.
when that sensitive critter was In the
flower Of his democracy and was lett'ns
liquor alone. Bird Is a bird. -.
bob Washburn, u WtaueSman VI
Worcester, "A cagey satirical rooster. Is
now a has been and full Of chagrin ana
rather a Joke as a booster. Hic ocet
for Rob.
am not sure this quartet OF also
rams can b Of any political benent
10 the leaf and dumb man OF oyster
Bay, outside OF making a noise ana a
splash to disturb the dreams OF Messrs.
Mccall and Weeks. These Roosevel
rooters seem more like the thrown tnan
the power behind II. Their aarocE'ten
-- Il. ,at N,syrh Ollydtde OF
Bob Washburn the boosters have more
black and blue marks than gray mat
ter, and to cock up the falnal natura,
is,ic Humpty Dumpty on his Old pedes-
tai requires a mighty lot Of horse sense
and horsepower. more than can he iur-
nisled by a group Of low powered don-
key engines.
In a word these four Roosevelt re-
verberators should not be taken too seri-
ously. They represent no tansipte asee.
In our Republican po'tica III they
couldn't save their own skins. now are
they coins to save the relt OF a SHRINK
ing violet like T. r.. who Is now merely
!, stalled motor, kicking, easptng ana
smelling with his gasolene supply peter.
ing out? The quartet politically might
cut Ice In the Harvard yard or !he
Rack Bay or the Fens. but u In inc
pie belt and the whisker regions. IN IN"
mill and shop districts. the big rour
don't amount TO a hill Of beans.
COTTON MArHER WiGGLEswoRrH.
BosroN, February ~.
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Wellesley "startcd something with
It's composite figure" Swarthmore
goods have taken up tho Venus chal-
lenge and claim the team and indi-
,idual championships. A pretty pother
there will be Of II when the boys Of
Harvard and Yale begin wearing out
tape measures In the search for a
composite Apollo. The amusing thing
about II all is hat the average" per-
son liz so sure 10 match few OF none
~ the specifications obtained by
averaging a crowd. And how were
the neither measurement OF the Venus
Of the Louvre obtained, anyway?
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20 unpublished. to establish a prece.

70 unpublished. to establish q prece-
dent Of u~nfitness.
II there In no n to be shielded or
whitewashed, suppression Of the re.
port is n crassly stupid act, challcng-
ing suspicion u~selessly and In dis.
turbance Of the public peace of mind.
II guilty error Is established. II should
he made known.
The n person who seems bliss.
fully unconscious Of the one service
which Mr.. JosErHus DANIELS has II
In his power to render to the nation
IL Mr.. JosrPHus DANIELS.
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CONGRESSIONAL OSTRICHES.
win They Learn 70 Prepare Only After
Bitter Experience"

To THE EpfroR or THE SuS-Sir.
Washington foresaw that his country
men would need guidance in the flu
ture. such as his long experience could
give them. and embodied some excellent
advice In his Farewell Address" Has
II been needed? Not to any great ex-
tent and certainly not with respect to
the mos, important feature OF that ad-
dress: the warning that the most effec-
tive way u secure peace Is to be pre-
pared for war.
OF course the only way TO prepare
for war il TO maintain an arTn and
navy able to cop successfully with II
foreign invader Reliance on the militia
OF the States has been and IL now l.v-
ing in a FOOLS paradise. II is OF course
ridiculous To Imagine that the militia
of forty-elght States could he modified
and concentrated at "A given point IN
time TO be OF any value in case of in
yasion. and u II still more ridiculous
to suppose that such a d~isorganized
body would be of much Use when
assembled.
Ex-Secretary Of War Garrison, who
was the strong man Of the Wilson Cabi-
net. In letters to President Wilson pre-
cedinR his resignation pointed out the
weakness and instability Of the militia
controlled by the States and not by the
national Government. His plea for "a
continental army Was probably not
made because he believed such a force
Was the ideal solution Of our prepared
ness problem. but for the reason that a
large increase In the regular army. the
only practical way to prepare. would
not, be acceptable TO the present Con-
gress for some reason which the man in
the street is unable to comprehend
What the United States prohuhlv
needs and some day will get. IL its
representatives IN Congress IN imitation
of that bird of big body and little
brains, the ostrich. continue to hide
their heads IN tho sand. Is n sound
,hrashlng by a real and not a sham
military Power. NJ T. r..
New YORK. February H..
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Or. EDWARD LIVINGSTON TRUpEAu,
whose death recently gave occasion
for publication Of many anecdotes Of
his most distinguished patient Mt
Saranac. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. de-
serves consideration for his scientific
attainments and achievements. some
what overshadowed by his personal
legend. The postgraduate school for
specialists in the prevention and cure
of tuberculosis which will continue
and expand the work which the doctor
began thirty-two years ago will be an
adequate perpetuator NJ the memoir
of his useful labors.
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The respective moral tendencies OF
Paris and Topeka have just been the
subject Of an illuminating controversy
between Nine. ANNA HELD and the
Rev. FEsrrs FOSTER. As chief film
censor Of Kansas. the Rev. Mr.. Fos-
TER branded Nine. HELp's movie pro-
duction Of MADAME In Presldente"
as immoral and unfit for exhibition
in Kansas opera houses" The chief
film censor explained:
Nine. HELD displays her lingerie and
a little too much Of fer personal charms
That condemns the picture. 1t Is tho
purpose OF the Kansas cereors to put
the ban on anything that is harmful.
1t Is better that our people know moth
ing OF the wicked ways Of the world.
A person would he better of II he knew
nothing Of badness
At which Mine. HELD exclaimed. ac-
cording to report. donkey. n'est.cc-
pas" adding. as II II we're possible
to emphasize the eloquence Of the
comment:
of I show my shoulder a little. wha.
is the harm? ! do not know him 1.-THE
censor1. ! never heard OF hkm until he
announced thai ! am a dangerous per-
son to the people OF Kansas. II he
feels that way. then ] say he I, the kind
Of a man who should live in a narrow
little chicken COOP"
All will agree that the controversy.
viewed from whatever standpoint. is
to be deplored. 1t is unfortunate that
friends Of the belligerents did not
take steps to prevent It hy diplomatic"
means. say an exchange Of notes. for
tho resort to verbal bombs seems 50
utterly unnecessary. The censor com
planned further:
at 1.-THE flmI misrepresents the mar
ried man and will have a tendency to
shake tho confidence women have In
their husbands. That secns to be- lie
lesson. that you can't trust a man"
But. by the Rev. Mr.. FosIEE's own
admission;
"Men are to bc trusted. Not one
Kansas mar out OF ten would Nirt with
a married Woman
OF course he wouldn't. and therein
lies the difficulty in fathoming the
Rev. Mr.. Fosters opposition. For
our part We believe that the censor +
entirely too conservative. Surely far
more than @ per cent. of the men Of
Kansas know nothing of the wicked
ways Of the world, nothing of bad
ness. and are proof against the charm
of ever so seductive II thing as n little
Of Nine. ANNA HELMS shoulder. rs
pictured on the movie screen.
On the other hand. Nine. ANNA can
blame only herself or her manager
for having the temerlty to think oi
invading Kansas. did she not know
that WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE found
cnnvaSes In the IOuyre-Old master
pieces, the world had considered them
therrtofore-which Einporia, and sup
posedly Topeka. would never tolerate
Furthermore. he wrote:
"One sees pictures In the Paris boule
ward windows which would make q
Kansas man run screaming down III.
street"
What would the Emporia sage say
If the Rev. FEsTUs FOSTER permitted
him v fleeting Photographic shoul
der glimpsrs?
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Representative EBENEzxR HILL Of
Connecticut deplOres the fact that the
United States must "humbly beg
from Germany dyes to print u
money and postage stamps, and then
"humbly beg from the English the
poorer privilege Of having them
transported from a neutral port in a
neutral ship across an cea we
fond!y believed to be free" Carrying
his argument to a logical finish. the
Congressman limited tho possibility,
highly unpleasant Ia contemplate, that
We may in time he unable to get colors
for the flag. Mr.. Hill. II not one Of
those who would he willing to see the
Red and tho Blue fade Out OF Old
Glory.
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william Shakespeare Wanted In Colo
RADIO.

To THE EpIToR OF THE SUN-Sir. I
have read with pleasure a short poetiral
enlOgy of the immortal william Shake
speare published In your columns on
Sunday. February ~. A note of pure
respiration IL sounded unquestionably
the work Of genius, Vet regret to
find In the closing line 4 dlscordant
element:
And he circles With the eagles round and
roundabout Mont Blanc,
Mont Blanc! And THUS IN THE Sun .
OF all papers! Why not Pixies Peak:
Let tho eagle scream!
BosroN, February 10. q. HARRIS.
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Il NcCurred In Massachusetts,.

To 1UE EpIton ~ TUE SIS-Nv. In he
article In THE sun With the caption "Min
tia L. Useless" YOU quote me as having
said that In the war OF 1872 the Governor
Of Maryland refused to obey the com.
maud Of the President to send the milltIs
into the ranks OF tho national army. This
occurred not IN Maryland hut In Mass..
chu sets. HENRI 4. WISr MOOR
NEW Y"RK. Fehrusry II.
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There are instructive features in
the annual report which the Federal
Reserve Board has just sent to he
submitted Ia Congress. the first in
fact which has been based on actual
operations such as were the purpose
Of the new banking machinery de-
vised In the legislation of 1913.
Throughout It's report the board
here and there enunciates sound prac-
teal doctrine, as In the repetition of
the conclusion expressed In its first
report that to influence the money
market "a reserve bank must always
be- In the market" One Of the useful
things which the Federal reserve sys-
ten has already begun to do has been
to carry forward, through the Federal
Reserve Board. n desirable process Of
education which will make our bank
ers better bankers than they have
ever been before. Sound traditions
which should govern banking practice
are being set up and an excellent H.
Illustration Of this IL furnished by the
boards findings In respect to foreign
trade.
What might he called the basic text
~ the report Is contained in the state
ment that "the financial history of the
year has been tO an unprecedented
extent founded upon development of
the export trade Of the United
States" Arguing from this text the
board reaches a conclusion of prac-
teal sagacity which is In refreshing
contrast with much Of the theoris,ic
futility that has been ventilated In
other governmental or semi-govern.
mental quarters In Washington.
We refer here 10 the ruling by the
board that the Federal reserve banks
moi only Gun but should, II such
paper II offered to them. buy CONNER.
cial bills based on exports Of war
munitions. provided the paper com
plies with the technical requirements
Of the Federal reserve act. The
board makes 1t clear that the pur-
pose for which goods are sold or ex-
ported, or the use t. which the goods
are ultimately put" has nothing to Il"
with the determination Of the cllgibil-
ity Of paper for purchase by the re-
serve banks. If the paper otherwise
falls within the limitations Of the
Federal reserve act 1t Is II Legitimate
investment for reserve bank funds,
mo matter by whom or for what
drawn"
In order, apparently, that there
shall be no doubt as to what Is meant
the report Is mt the pains to say that
ut Is not the province Of the hoard
to deal with problems Involving in
ternational relationships OF the United
! States, either for the purpose Of re-
strlcting or extending expectations In
m direction or another" Then, "a
drive Its meaning home, the bOart
adds that II believes that the finan'
cling Of the country's export trade Is
ut the present time one Of the most
important financial problems with
which the nation has to deal; and |,
Is Of the opinion that Federal reserve
banks cannot, even II they would
avoid the responsibility Of assisting
In this process Of financing wha'
lcgItImately properly devolves upor
them" In SO many words, therefore
the Federal Reserve Board advise,
the reserve banks that II eligible
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A CabaI ~ the Rejected.

To THE ErYroR or THE SCN--Su. Is
4, possible that the three gentlemen,
Messrs. Gardner, Gushing and Bird,
whom the people OF Massachusetts, re-
fused 20 elect Governor. are going to
have their revenge by engineering an
other spill. in the Republican party,
which would give IL It's coup de grace
and reflect Wilson, II looks like IL
lNGvlEER.
WAsurNGToS, February 10.
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or high baiis are to be made: will the
new munitions he moro deadly than
the old: will the factories continue
to make poisonous fumes; Is JoHN
BARLByCORN q conscript, and such
chatter.
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Maryland hears "the distant thun-
der-hum,' and. with x-Attorney-Gen
eral BoNAPARTE a. spokesman. calls II
"a man Of plain. fearless speech. and
OF prompt. fearless action the self
proclaimed zone" to whom the Kaiser
is tho other" cause OF Presidential
fear.
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TAs National Campaign OpeneA by
Mr.. Root.

ELlHu Roor's speech to the Rcpub.
iican State Convention was a terrific
a~rraignment Of the Administration OF
WoopHow WILSON: and In most par
ticulars, In II opinion. II was a just
a~rraignment. with n precision and
dignity of phrase matchless in con.
temporary American oratory. and
with that surenes Of perception Of
essentials which only great natural
gifts Of mind and wide experience Of
affairs can impart. the man whom
THEopoRE ROOSEVELT once described
~ the ablest statesman Of the pres
ent generation In this or any other
country marshallch the facts of per-
formance and non-performunce on
which the people ARE To pass judy
ment in November. The indictment.
we say. L. terrible In its general YER.
bal restraint and compelling power Of
specification and yet rs nearly rs It
Is possible for human precedence to
forecast the verdict of history con-
corning President WILSON'S charac-
ter. deeds. words and failures. that.
We believe. ELIHu Roor did last night
in Carnegie HALL.
To summarize or paraphrase here
this mastery address would indeed
he superhuous. Every word of it will
be read n eagerly by Republicans
waiting for the keynote Of attack as
by Democrats searching for flaws on
which TO build defence. II is all
there: III" >elf.c"mplarrnt destruc-
ton Of business by utilities Of theory 4:
the shameful chapter If interference
In Mexico for the one purpose of
overthrowing HrrRrA: 1.-THE death and
outrage. the suffering and ruin of
our w brethren, the hatred and
contempt for our country and the
dishonor of our name In that land
for which, In Mr.. Roor's scuthing
words. "the Administration at Wash
ington shares responsibility with the
inhuman brutes with whom it made
common cause; the policy toward
Europe since July. 1914. Of extreme
and b%elligerent expression. unsup.
ported by resolution; the shaking of
the fist first and Of the finger after.
ward. This retrospect comes like II
draught Of fresh air full OF oxygen
into an atmosphere for three years
atifing with ar~tificiality. vacillations
and hypocrisies.
The personal feature is not the least
interesting. Thrcescore and eleven
years old yesterday. ELrHu Roor
stood forth to deliver whit is per.
haps the greatest OF n long series OF
remarkable forensic efforts. With I'M
dimmed vision and unlmpaired power
he faces the man who IL going to ask
the American people to continue him
in the Office Of President and he tells
the impressive truth about a tempera.
ment and a training that have
wrought failure and a nature that
reelection cannot change.
One OF these two men Is undeniably
n great man.