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Lion ''POst" and Lamb Croker Lie
Down Together.

Mr.. WILSON made two noteworthy
gains ON Wednesday: the Ercning
Post and RICHARD CROKER.
From MIR. HUGHEs," says the Post,
I'VE had hoped for nm exhilarating
campaign" The Republican candi.
date was not up TO the job. Say what
he might, the POst's corpuscles re-
fused To shout. The Post must have
its intellectual slimulant and so. Civ
ing Mr.. WILSON Il last small kick, 1t
fell on his shoulder.
Mr.. CROKER Graves exhilaration
from no man:
mir. WILSON should be returned for
the simple reason he has kept his coun-
try out OF the horrors n terrible well
ter Of blood destruction of this war"
The fierce Post discards Mr.. HUGHES
because lie could not provoke Its
lymphocytes to utter n loud yell. The
paclfst RICHARD takes Mr.. WILSON
for opposite reasons.
What did BoUCK WHITE say when
he cspOused Mr.. WILSON'S cause: that
the President was just the man to
keep down the growing unrest among
the masses? Probably not, but II he
had 1t would have been logical. vii.
sonism makes logical anything that
gets n vote for WILSON.
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A MEMORY OF TAMPICO.
How Twenty Americans Owed Their
Safety 70 the British Navy.

TIC II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: The
statement attributed to Senator Robert
l.. owen OF Oklahoma in the New York
Times concerning the protection given
70 American citizens at Tampico by our
warships Ii not true.
was In charge Of transportation at
that time for an American oil corpora
ton. and hearing gossip among the ma
tivcs to the effect that Spain and Mex
leo had declared war on the United
States after a naval battle at Vera
cruz in which an American dreadnought
had been sunk. We decided that 1t was
wise to return to Tampico with all our
Americans. on the arrival OF our men
and some from another company. whose
camp was close by. we left for Tam
pico. seventy-five miles distant. We
were twenty Americans and eight Chi
nese. As the Panuco River opened its
reaches to our view we eagerly looked
for our warships. whose guns had the
city at their mercy in normal times.
Nowhere could We see the flag OF our
country. but the British and German
flags were on the Job. So we decided to
proceed toward Tampico. There was a
choice OF the devil or the deep sea. We
chose the devil.
BY good fortune We had the son Of
Captain Turner o, the Cunarder Lusi-
tania with us. our flag had deserted
us. hut the flag of Britain sticks by its
nationals. Through Turner we had the
flag Of the British navy carry US to
safety.
The next day we left the protection
OF the British navy for the nearest
American flag. out in the Gulf OF
Mexico.
our navy has to obey orders from
Washington. I blame Washington and
not our navy. which IL by no means too
proud to fight. Rather 1t will fight at
the drop OF the hat for the right. I
am betraying no secret by saying that
the sentiment In the foreign navies and
our own at the time was one OF
disgust.
Our navy would have given the men.
women and Riddles the necessary pro-
lection. but the orders from Washing
ton were proceed to sea and there
await orders" And let chance take
care OF our nationals!
Now the administration tries to per-
suade us that 1t gave US protection. Be-
cause the British and the Germans had
the courage to do so. they should have
proud to protect their own.
WILLIAM J. MACDONALD.
MARINERS HARBon. s. L.. November 2.
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Four Questions.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SCN-Sir: What
documentary denial. II any. has been pre-
scented that armed forces of the United
States, acting under orders Issued by the
present Government OF the United States.
overcame armed resistance and occupied
an important city of a country at peace
with the United States: that another
armed force of the United States, also
acting under orders issued by the pres
ent Government OF the United States, IL
NJ this date stationed In the territory Of
a country at peace with the United
States. and hat such orders Of the pres
ent Government of the United States
were issued without request or consent OF
the Government or people Of the country
so occupied?
What documentary evidence. II any,
has been presented to SHOW that the de-
mands made by the present Government
OF the United States upon the Govern
ment OF Germany relative to the sinking
Of the Lusitania have met with fun COM
pliance?
What documentary denial. II any. has
been presented that. following the recent
change in the tarin law and preceding
the European war. a period OF serious
business depression existed?
What documentary evidence. X any.
has been presented to show that the four
Brotherhood leaders whose activities
were involved In the passage OF the
Adamson bill truly represented Ameri-
can labor or American society?
SYDNEY !. PREscoTT.
NEW YORK, November ..
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The Fenlan Ram In Use Six Years BE.
fore the Peacemaker.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: II
is understandable that "A. +. c." rep
r~esenting the London Daily Mail" should
endeavor to persuade folks to believe
that the Peacemaker OF 1856 was the
first boat to be successfully navigated
under water"
John 7. Holland. TO whom all au-
thorities accord the credit for perfecting
the first practical undersca boat. COM
pleted the Fenian Ram. which was ri
exhibition at the Irish Bazaar. and
made In her many underwater trips dur
ing the year 1850. six ears before
Captain Tuck's Teacemaker took the
water.
Tho Holland. recently bought by Or,
Gibbons when she was scrapred as obso-
lete. was the pioneer naval submarine
and was purchased by the United
states Government. No well Informed
person thinks the Holland was the nrst
boat TO run submerged.
JONI d. MOORE,
National Secretary. Friends OF Irish
Freedom.
New YORK, November :.
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Some Dead Horses.

From the subjoincd table the tax
payers Of New York may extract the
comforting knowledge that their debt
is great and burdenSome, and that the
contributions they are called upon to
make TO the sinking funds and the
amount of interest they pay for money
borrowed have increased from S14,-
166.211.3S eighteen years ago to $780,
7~I4,56S.95 for 1917. II sum only $3.50
WO less than the gross appropriations
for the support of the Government of
the state of New York for the year
1915. In the table are also exhibited
the appropriations made each year
since consolidation to make good de-
ficicncies In the tax leyies of previ.
Gus years:
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THE FIRST SUBMARINE.
An Associate Of John +. Holland Gives
the Peacemaker's History.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir. "A.
+. C's" letter TO THE L regarding
Captain A.. l.. Tuck's submarine the
PeacemaNcr is interesting but decidedly
misleading II incorrect as to time and
dates. IND out of respect to the mem.
DRY OF John =. Holland I feel con-
the summer Of 1879 the Delamater iron
works built a boat for Mr.. Holland
which was later known as the Fenian
Ram. She was built OF His inch boiler
iron. was cigar shaped. thirty feet long
and six feet in diameter amidships.
George b. Brayton designed and
partly built the engine at Too q Raj
fertys In Paterson. ". j.. and ! COM
pleted and installed It in the boa: at the
Deiamater works.
She was launched In June. 1850. and
towed to the Morris & Cummings ship
yard In Mil Creek Basin. Jersey City.
where We made the first dive a few days
later. She was then towed to Bay Ridge
and OF the following Sunday was dis
covered 10y a SrN reporter. THE OF
The following morning under the heading
rs This a Fenian War Craft" on its
FIRST page. column one. gave a good de-
sription OF the boat and an interview
with Mr.. Holland.
We remained In Bay Rldee during the
summer OF 1850. In which time Mr.. Hol-
land and ! made numerous submerged
runs ranging from ten tn thirty feet In
depth. On the ninth day Of January.
1881. while returning from n run to
SpuNten DuyVil Creek and of Stevens
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A Sailors Word Book.

The death OF Captain Howard PAT.
TFRsoN sends us to an obscure corner
Of a neglected shelf from which We
take down a volume bound in a can.
vas cloth. The blue cover design Is
pretty well faded. 1t exhibits a gay
border OF flags, a capstan, a boat hook.
a logline and whatnot with a rope
bighted and bent at the
Within this frame are sketched n war
ship. a merchant steamship. a square
rigger and a schooner. AT the centre
Is n ships wheel with n compass in
set above and below in graceful let
tcring we read 'Patterson's illustrated
Nautical Encyclopaedia
Turning past the portrait OF the au-
thor and q testimonial from GROVER
CLEVELAND. we find that the work
treats of the parts Of ships from keel
10 truck. from stem to sternIOst. from
hedplate to funnel. from torpedo boat
tn battleship." aud Of the terms OF
navigation from zenith to nadir. And
was the business ever more lucidly
handled than by the founder OF the
New York Nautical College? Captain
PATTERSON, who was a master both in
sail and steam, sometime commander
Of the schoOlship st. Mary's and an Adj
minl in the Haytian navy, presented
in a trifle over 500 pages 5000 speci-
mems OF nautical nomenclature and
illustrated every tenth one.
The reader Of his compendium need
not have sailed before the mast to
take delight in this vocabulary OF the
seas, though to have had a memorable
experience OF that sort is to be able
better to appreciate the authors cru-
dition. Here are words that set your
thoughts dancing. A ships yards are
said TO be a-cockblll when topped up at
an angle with the deck. The orna-
ment on the prows OF ancient vessels,
from which vas evolved the figure
head. was called the acrostolium. 1t
Is true that some Of the lingo Of the
Mediterranean sailor Is not in the
book. The captain does not tell you
what q b~alancclle Is. though he ex-
plains that n balandra Is "a Spanish
pleasure vessel and n balangha Ia a
Philippine sloop. But his compass ion-
ate regard for the ~landlubber is testl-
fed to by this entry:
AYE, AYE, Sir. A reply made by
seamen In answer to an officers call"
"And do they always answer that
way" asks a denizen OF the shore,
Well. IL they don't there is likely to be
a squall astern.
Here are two pages OF knots. SO
clearly depicted that the amateur is
certain he a tie them--until he tries
We recommend the figure OF cigh,
knot us n starter. The sheep.shanl
and the carrick bend are not 50 easy
4 proper bowllne may mean the saw,
ing Of life when a mans overheard
The marling hitch IL useful in roplnc
large packages. Spllccs are illustrated
too, but 1t may he doubted If they
can he learned from pictures, any
more than the knark OF Frcncl
shrouls and double diamonds.
And here are ships all rugged and
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Eighteen years ago l2.I29 per @
Of the city budget went FOR interest
on the city debt; last year this per-
centage was 201l; it will not be less
this year. 1t Is a fact that n portion
of the city debt on which these stu
pendous payments must be made has
been contracted for productive pur.
poses; but this does not obscure the
extravaganza. waste and bad manage
ment that are responsible for a large
fraction Of It. The taxpayers are pay
Ing now for many dead and buried
horses, and for some that are dead
but not yet decently underground {;
and II they do not enjoy the process,
they must remember that on their
own shoulders rests the responsibility
for the accumulation of this hea,!
burden they must bear.
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"wilson Prosperity"

The Rev. DIR. HENRY VAN DYKE,
appointed by President WILSON to be
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary Mt The Hague, con
tributes TO this weeks outlook the
remarkable sonnet here s~ubjoined:
They tell me thou art rich. my country {:
In glitterlng Hood has poured into thy
chest
Thy Hocks and herds increase, thy
barns are pressed
With harvest, and thy stores can hardly
Their merchandise: unending trains are
rolled
Along thy network rails Of East and
West;
Thy factories and FORCES never rest:
Thou art enriched in all things bought
and sold.
~But dost thou prosper? Better news
I crave.
D dearest country. Is It we'll with thee
Indeed, and is thy soul in health?
A nobler people, hearts moro wisely
brave.
And thoughts that lift men up and
make them free
These are prosperity and vital
wealth!
THE HAGUE. October /. 1916"
Does Minister VAN DYKE expect TO
retain the confidence Of the Admins
tration when he sends v campaign
matter like this?
Even VANCE Mccormick would de-
tect at a glance the deadly character
Of the good poets we'll meant effort.
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MARKING THE BALLOTS.
A Page From Recent History for
Workers to Study.

To rur ENRON or Tur s,-N-S,r. There
are ot present I'm the CITY OF New York
a,~Aroximate,v ann OOO neonIe who in
their ,abors have n do with woollen, or
c,otbinI. II ia M exasaeration TO place
At ,eost 40 nor cent. NJ these workers in
the ranks OF union labor.
am not a manufacturer OF woollens
or clothing. but NV position IL one where
I serve both. In other words, my plant
handles the woo,lens which are sold by
the woo,len manufacturers TO the cloth
ing Manufactured. To give YOU some
idea of the volume we handle can
safely say that the woollens which we
handle in a year would make suits for
5000, 900 citizens.
In the months of March, April, May
and June, 1914. a very strange phenom-
epon took place, Where prior to that
time we received enormous quantities OF
popular priced o%vercoatings made by
standard Eastern mills, a foreign line Of
coatings, which up to then We had re-
ceived in small shipments, began to Hood
in. The sudden popularity of the for.
eign fabrics interested MS, and we made
inauiries, with the result that our Gus
toners informed us that the foreign
o%yercoatincs were costing them IS cents
a ward. whereas DIR domestic mill, were
compelIed 10 ask s1.O5. This had been
brought about by the decided reduction
OF The tariff on wool,ens
In this same period we beson 70 get
serres made in England which sold here
for so and 90 cents n ward. Our Ameri.
49, -..u A.. ... -
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To THE EpiroR OF THE SCS-Sir: Has
Mr.. Wilson really kept us nut of war?
No. not at all.
The difficulties. complications. national
controversies arising from the subma-
rine exploits or at the border have not
come to a definite settlement.
The outcome Of the Wilsonian policy
has been a continuous. shameful, igno-
minious destruction Of American oiti-
zens. No American rights are respected
abroad. We enjoy no safety on the sea.
our sovereignty as a nation has been
houted and We have suffered humilia-
tons no other nation would stand for.
On land another nation has ~plundered
our border cities. outrased women and
children. killed men and soldiers. re-
ducing the citizens to terror. What has
Mr.. Wilson lone to stop these condi-
tons? All His expedients ave given no
results whatsoever. Things are getting
worse and worse every day.
What about the mail issue with
France and England. and the black list?
FRANCIS r. FAsrlLo.
BROOKLYN, November ..
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their sails labelled from the flying
jib TO the spanker and from the cross
jack pronounced crodget) to the miz-
zen skysail. There Is n moonsail on
the main. Deducting the studding
sails. no longer to he found. Captain
P~ATrERsoN's model ship spreads twen-
ty-six pieces OF canvas to a fair and
gentle breeze. The sInnker had better
be used In case she does not steer well
with her crossjack set. or the stay
sails only the foretopmnst staysail. Is
shown. or course there are others for
suitable occasions.
with the parts of the book treating
Of steam vessels we are less con
cerned. These deal with common
places Of seamanship to-day. But the
pages about the square rlggers we
willingly llnger G They make vivid
a life Of the sea which has vanished
forever; they are the printed nssur.
ance that the adventures. the hard
ships. the glOrics Of youth and the
homeward passage existed in Il time
AMI space TO which only the earth.
bound philosophers deny reality.
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Plain Poem BY . Plain American work
inEman.

From the Ddrisn Rertev.
l am not GU, for wilson or Hughes or any
I'm on, 70 night a Congress on the Demo.
Since Wilson is. a Democrat and showed
his lack Of sens .
I'm out Tor lH@sS.- protection. which al
Has kept our workmen working straight
through from shore to shore.
wilson means n. party the party which
To give our shops protection. to NJ our
dinner pals.
show they .,end for labor. protection hrst
I care not much for whiskcrs. or Wilson's
ia rather hays the factories run by pro.
tectIve tariff law.
The man who stands for labor. who wants
to give men work,
never shirk.
so why talk much Of Wilson or Hughes or
IT,. the party YOU must vote for, the party
To either siye our industry a chance to
The Democrats have knocked It; H.pub.
lean am |.
fortune for "A within,
And feel that they must vote for one, Just
because It's him.
when common sense should teach that the
country's greatest need
Is to keep our markets TO ourselves. away
from foreign gree.
Must We learn the same old lesson too late
to say" the cause
That our ,.fe,y lies In voting for protective
p.n..S. Conn. 1915 "'""'S'1AS'
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affairs? One of our friends. previous
to the receipt of Mr.. DELMAs's letter.
declared that BYRON Il. NEWTON, As
sistant Secretary of the Treasury,
was the author Of this curious prod
uct and THE SuN stands ready now,
rs 1t has since October IL. to con-
firm him In his title ms oon as he
convInces us of the justice Of this
claim by sending to us the two miss
ing verses.
VIII Mr.. WILSON'S Assistant Sec.
rotary of the Treasury find time to
crafty our curiosity before the COM
Ing Of election day?
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HAIL TO A REAL REFORMER!
Abolish the Laundry Pin. Cardboard
and Wooden Button Nuisance.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: The
paper shortage can be solved, the
strained situation In the metals market
eased and n vast saving in time. temper
and energy effected. { offer the formula I.
I ask no reward. shall he satisfied to
have served Humanity and to have rid
myself Of a blamed nuisance.
| refer. sir, to the slab OF cardboard.
the d.nky wooden button II the half
paper OF pins which every laundry thinks
itself in duty bound 10 put into each
shirt. ] suppose the notion is to give us
something for our ten or twelve cents.
Usually trustworthy statisticians in
form me there are 10000 men IN the
metropolitan district who put on n clean
shirt each morning. OF these. at a con-
sentative estimate. 1890 utter an aver
age of one curse for each pin. one for
the button and one for the sheet Of carl
board. Nor Is that all the remaining
l0,O5S have Wallets who swear much more
'orrihle. Then there ATE 10000 Goa in
round numbers Who wear fou shirts II
week and reduce the wear and tear on
their tempers IN that proportion,
That makes "A total Of IA. 25u. O0O slabs
OF cardboard used weekly In New York,
and the same number Of wooden buttons.
II this vast amount Of stock were worke,
INTO white paper we could have more Of
THE SvS and more OF us could buy TrE
SrS. Cannot his reform be effected?
Certainly the cardboard AMI the wooden
stud do no good. although I dld know \
ScotChman who used the wooden stud
behind where Il, wouldn't show. The one
button school had not arisen In those
days. n by this thrifty device he saved
ten cents a year, he estimated.
have ~purposely said little OF the
pins. Laid end to end, the pins from
one shirt would, and usually do, reach
from the Chifonier 10 the window. The
pins from l3.o50.000 shirts would reach
from New York to Chicago. Obviously
this subject demands more extended con-
sideration. DAILY SUFFERER.
NEW York. November ..
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Confession.

To THE EDITOR OF TIKI SUN-ST. The
triumphant assertion OF the supporters
Of President Wilson that he has KEEP,
us out Of this war. and the most recent
pronouncement Of that eminent execu-
tive and fccund orator that we must not
he neutral in the next one. recall to my
mind a story. rather old. but which
seems in point.
A school teacher asked her class d.:
who made the world?" There was no
answer. Now, children. who made the
world?' she said. You can all answer
that. ~(SevereIy,) Some little boy must
tell me who made tho world Then "A
hand went slowly up n a small. fright
encd voice piped out: 81 did. ma'am but
please. ma'am. l won't do It again"
WALTER NJ. WILSON.
November Q.
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Mr.. Delmas IL AbsOlyed.

We r glad to give to this letter
from Dolphin NJ. DELMAs this cOn
spicuous place In the crowded COL
pmns of THE SUN:
ITO THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: I
have been shown an article published
In the issue OF THE SUN OF the 18th inst.
poem on New York is discussed. and
have learned from comments in other
contemporaneous public prints what the
so-calied poem commencing with the
line Vulgar Of manner. overfed,' is.
'In the article referred to 1t Ii said /:
~It may be that Mr.. DELMAs wrote
Il; perhaps he consciously or uncon-
sciously appropriated Il; perhaps he
quoted It i%nnocently.' &c.
ITO these various statements permit
me to answer categoricallyt
Il never wrote the so-called poem,
Dor any line OF It: I have never appro-
priated II, nor any line of 1t; I have
never quoted II. nor any limo OF It; I
have never entertained the ideas It repre-
SAINTS. nor any OF them. How or where
tho report originated which holds me
out either as the author or the dis
seminator OF such wretched doggerel |
am At q loss to conceive. Certain it is
that It is without foundation.
"As through the columns Of THE SUN,
hswever. the report has obtained wide
circulation. I trust to your sense OF JUS
tics and fairness to give equal publicity
u this It's refutation.
"DELPHIN NJ. DELMAs.
sNos ANGELES, Cal. October cs,'
We are glad to have the opportunity
to set Mr.. DELMAs right before the
people OF New York and to give cir.
culation to his explicit, convincing
and admirably good naturcd dis.
claimer. After reading his letter we
know that even were he In n mood OF
Irritation he would be incapable OF
writing a production so Ill tempered
as the lines enormously ascribed &c
him; and w congratulate ourselves
on the fact that In reprlntIng it from
the Despatch Of Erie, Pa, We omitted
two peculiarly offensive and insulting
verses. The Despatch should at once
ret Its readers right.
Mr.. DELMAs IL hOnOrnbly acquitted
Of the charge Of writing the stanzi
beginning "Vulgar OF manner. over
fed" But who did? Was II in fac
the child of an eminent member o
WOODROW WILSON'S Administration
Does II express the sentiments Of ,
political subordinate Of the Presidcn
now occupying Il position Of rcslDnsl
billty In the conduct of the nations
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than they ever before received. are going
to vote for Wilson for the reason. purely
fictitious, that his Imperial Majesty
William H.. German Emperor and King
OF Prussia. kept US out Of war.
II these former patrons Of the bread
line who intend 10 vote for Wilson must
have a campaign cry. please allow me
to suggest one that was applicable two
years ago and which In case Of Wilson's
reelection will apply with equal force
two years hence. a slogan which sounds
very similar to the one they have
thoughtlessly adopted, and one which
n~ecesstates a very slight typographical
change. My suggestion Is. "He kept US
out Of work. ]. X. II.
PiTTsBuRG, Pa, November 2.
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The Workers Real Friend.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In
the Hughes administration in this state
more laws were passed for the benefit
Of labor than In any other Governors
time. Democratic or Republican. n yet
q Inner pail temporarily full of high
prices has blinded the eyes of some
workers, They forget their real friends.
Hughes was a friend of all the people.
believing in absolute justice always nc
mobs or time servers for him.
THEo. VAN WICK.
NEW York, November 2.
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In the Unlikely Event Of No Choice
by the People.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: Here
Is Il contingency that ma arise
Suppose neither party obtains a ma
jority OF the Electoral College in Illus
~tration. give Hughes. 263 Wilson. 25s.
and the ten votes OF Oklahoma TO the
Socialists. who are claiming that state.
In that event h Constitution provides
that the election shall be decided by
the House OF Representatives. each
State voting as n unit.
There are twenty States with Demo-
cratic delegations. twenty-five States
with Republican delegations. and three
States. California, Nebraska and Utah,
whose delegations are evenly divided. In
this case Hughes would be elected by the
House. as was jefferson. {.
NEW YORK. November ..