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Sunday Mommg Editorial Page of The Daily Sue May 1st 1910 Geftftmg A Crowns Ready TTJfENRT WATTERSON Insists that all conditions point not only to a third ii term In the White House for Theodore Roosevelt, but as many more aa he wishes, or at conditions may compel him to accept. Some days since, the "Courier-Journal's" first declaration along this line reprinted in THE SUN, with some comment that would hardly be classed as serious. The dto tingulshed Kentucky editor's declaration was similarly received elsewhere. The newspapers of the country refused to be Impressed. "Harper's always bitterly sarcastic at everything Rooseveltian, thus takes a whack at both the colonels, Roosevelt and Waterson: Proudly as an American, and yet with a fearful joy, Marse Henry regards himself In Europe.

"Altogether the most startling figure who has appeared In the world since Napoleon Bonaparte he comes from the family of kings of men, and is a lineal descendant of Caesar and Cromwell." Glows thereat Kentucky's ranking colonel, but shivers, too. If we feel, he says, that our constitutional government Is a failure as many think and want to swap it for benevolent despotism, Roosevelt Is the man for us, and the world cannot produce a better. But he warns us that If Roosevelt comes back to power the world will Interpret it to mean that we confess that representative government Is a failure, and that the only cure tor admitted evils is the one-man power. We envy you, dear Colonel, that beautiful dream, all lfs and lrri-descence, but Take the pot. Colonel; you deserve it We won't come in.

But the Louisville Journalist is serious. He declines to permit what be thinks he foresees to be thus laughed out of court, and he again sounds the tocsin to prepare for the literal smashing of the century-old tradition against a third term in the Presidency: Nothing seems surer than tnat, long before the opening of the activities of the pre-election campaign of 1912, the personality of Theodore Roosevelt will have taken possession of the field as quite the leading figure upon it. It will then be too late disinterestedly and dispassionately to discuss the possibilities and portent of his election. Men and newspapers will have taken their stand. They will listen to nothing which does not flatter their view.

All the tomfoolery about Caesarism, as they call it, wherewith the "Courier-Journal" stands charged, will become the common vogue of one side, all the contempt with which the "Courier-Journal's" modest questions are treated by the timid, the Indifferent and the unseeing will become the common vogue of the other side, the votrs tossed like shuttlecocks between two battledores. Can any harm follow looking a little ahead? Shall we never be able to contemplate a Berious political question without excitement? Frequent reference Is made to the case of Gen. Grant It Is indeed a striking and fruitful example. The premature explosion of the third term scheme in 1874-1875 drove It to cover in 1876. Mr.

Blaine and other ambitious Republican leaders took excellent care of that. Having access to the darkened chambers of the party household they found the means, without themselves appearing ou the scene, to smoke the secret out The lower house of the Forty-fourth Congress went the length of passing a resolution reasserting its fidelity to the tradition established by Washington, maintained by Jefferson and confirmed by Jackson. The people were not so busy money-making that they stopped thinking those days. But in 1880, when Grant had made a tour of the world, attended by no such pomp and circumstance as now attend Roosevelt, and had returned triumphant at home, the obstructed and delayed boom was launched with no less a pilot than Roscoe Conkling, and what happened? Truth to say, there proved to be a good deal of Republicanism in the Republican party. The case is quite as strong against Roosevelt as it was against Grant.

If Roosevelt is to come in again it will be to do something which can be done by none other. That is upon the threshold confession of the one-man power. If he Is to be once more elected, it must be through the potency of a majority which prefers his personality and jurisdiction to the less direct agencies of the houses of Congress and the courts of law, the terms of the new commission and enlarged and unlimited increase of the power of the executive, his tenure Indefinite, for, with the overthrow of the third-term tradition, it will be idle to think of a change of parties until the tremendous autocracy thus established chooses to allow it That has been precisely the road which led to absolutism in every age and under every form. What Watterson descries as a repetition of the Mexican autocracy, Twb'cfe for term after term Diaz has been his own successor, but with us it is to be because of "the potency of a majority which prefers his personal ity and jurisdiction to the less direct agencies of Congress and the courts of law." Wait until Roosevelt himself has spoken, and then say whether he stands for absolutism, or for the Republic. WHAT THE TOURIST CROP IS WORTH.

Tc1 IGURES have been prepared by the railroad people, indicating that the i Travelers who come to Southern California during the winter leave of their money in the southland. If that Is so, it is easily the third largest item of revenue of the section on the nearer side of the Tehacbepi range. Oil and oranges of course come first Northern papers and people have also been sharpening their pencils, and they have arrived at the opinion that out of 40,000 tourists who come to California they get not more than 14,000, and they are wondering why. Of the figures, the Oakland "Tribune" says: Winter tourist travel from the East continues to be one of Southern California's leading industries, so to speak. Citrus fruits are her largest Bourse of revenue.

Next comes the tourist business. In larger numbers than ever have the Easterners flocked there the past winter. Conservative estimates by the leading railway passenger agents place the number this season at 40,000. The officials figure out that the average time spent by the tourists down south is six weeks. The aggregate of what they spend there is 110,000,000.

This is in addition to about three millions for railway and Pullman fares. Most of this travel has gone back home without returning by way of San Francisco. It is estimated that but 15,000, or about one-third have gone home by way of Northern California. Del Monte had 5,000 of them in March and an xtra 2,500 so far this month. On this account it is no doubt correct to say about 15,000 came this way before going back East For the first time, San Bernardino is beginning to get a small percentage of these visitors, for two reasons: We have woke up to the advantage of united effort in the entertainment of excursionists, and the Arrowhead hotel supplies an attraction absolutely unique.

During a considerable part of the winter, that beautifully situated hostelry has been crowded. Plans are afoot for Increasing its capacity. With the opening of a trolley line to Riverside, we will be able to draw still more of them, for of course the Glenwood is a veil established headquarters. THIS YEAR OF IMMENSE CLAIMS. IF the direct primary law is to be credited with being responsible for the Munchausen-like claims that are just now being advanced on behalf of at least four candidates for the Republican nomination for Governor, later In the year the same law can be blamed for deveolplng the greatest crop of political liars that Cailf jfnia saw.

Just why it should be nceessaor to try to bamboozle the electorate in such shameless style we do not understand, unless all the candidates are proceeding on the theory that nine tenths of the voters have no other wish than to finally pick a winner. The whole performance is becoming nauseating. Hiram Johnson's press bureau shrieks that something like 60 per cent of the voters in the upper Sacramento valley counties are for the late graft prosecutor. Johnson Is in the north just now and that is the word that comes south. When he was In the south, similar figures were returned beyond the Tehachepl.

Curry seriously announces that he Is going to win, not only by a plurality, but by an absolutely majority that is to say, he is claiming cue votes for biauf than iie will concede to four other candidates com- WodA Passmg Alomig IN THE CRISP AND THE GLOW. TTN the crisp and the glow of the morning, li When blue shines the sky overhead, When the purple and rose of the dawning Across the horiton is spread The Joy The delight to be living! To feel the red blood in one's veins! Man's heart, in transcendent thanksgiving, Gives voice to exuberant strains! In the crisp and the glow of the morning The fresh- wakened gold of the day All weakness of yesterday scorning, Encouraged, he goes on his way. The pleasures of daylight and striving! Of labor for those near and dear! His breast of its misery shriving In sunshine Inspiring and clear. In the glow of the sun's slow retiring The crisp of the slow twilight's fall With love all his eagerness firing Sweet love for home, wife, child man's all! The joy! The delight! Compensation! His soul soars on love-burdened wings! No weariness mars the elation Of heart-gushing home-songs he sings! Lurana W. Sheldon, in the New York Times.

POINTED PARAGRAPHS POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Don't kick if people distrust you. Who's to blame? A man isn't necessarily a sharper because he has an ax to grind. It's hard for a pessimist to keep on the good side of himself. Somehow we can't see the taint on money that comes our way.

Being a born politician is generally equivolent to being born rich. Landscape gardeners work by the yard and chiropodist by the foot. Even if a dollar doesn't go far it is difficult to induce it to return. Some men have many possessions while others are not even self-pos sessed. Some girls like to be engaged so as to make It more exciting to flirt with other men.

You can't make a bit by being selfish, because you will have too much competition. If most people's faces were their fortunes it would keep the government busy building poor houses. The chap who failed is always ready to give advice, but tbe one who suc ceeds is too busy. Widowers have Just as much right to marry their housekeepers as widows have to marry their hired men. You can't make all of the people admire you all the time, bo you may as well make up your mind to grin and bear it.

Chicago News. Smu Spoils Now isn't that appropriate? Professor Percival Lowell's reported discovery of a new canal on Mars is mentioned in a column of shipping notes in an english weekly, called "The Mariner. Topeka State Capital. Do the Chicago butchers who are selling horse meat guarantee their immunity from nightmares? Oakland Enquirer. The correspondent who writes to suggest that Mr.

La Follette is "the salt of the Senate" is only half right; La Follette is the salt and pepper of the Senate. Kansas City Star. That census query, "How long have you been married to the present incumbent?" suggests that Uncle Sam is trying to keep up with the proces slon at Reno. New York World. One good thing about the gaseous tail of Halley's comet, which Is to envelop the earth before long, is that we shall not be compelled to get it through a meter.

Alameda Times-Star. Halley's comet is approaching the earth at the rate of 3,400,000 miles a day. Well, Barney Oldfield's auto went at the rate of 3200 miles a day for twenty-seven seconds recently. Stockton Record. tV d.

Phil Ttanton backers still maintain thai, he xlll win 75 per cent of he total Republican voto of lxa Angeles coun.7, and enough in the re maining southern counties to win, if be gets only 10 per cent of the vote beyond the pass. Anderson's figures are less loudly shouted, although a long list of up-State counties are claimed for him, including San Francisco, Nat Ellery is dealing entirely in futures. If some of these candidates will confine themselves to a declaration of principles which they seriously pledge themselves to put into effect for the general good, it will be a welcome Innovation, and ought to make votes. It really begins to look as if John D. Rockefeller would go down in as the only man who tried to give away a billion dollars and couldn't Jim Jeffries caught 80 trout Thursday.

Did they suspend the law in Santa Cruz county in honor of the champion, or are the game wardens using discretion as the better part of valor? REAPING THE WHIRLWIND. SAN FRANCISCO has not had another earthquake, but the Indications are that the last one didn't shake all the cussedness out of the people In that devoted city. The president of the police commission is under indictment for standing in with a band of poolroom operators, wire tappers and general bunco artists, the figures named being that the bead of the police department was to receive something like 12 per cent of the' gross returns. Planner? hasn't been convicted he has not yet been, tried on the charge, but the whole proceeding is characteristic of the city which made it possible for a leading citizen and publisher, by the way to say: "Damn morality; what we want is prosperity." hor have been counted, how many do you suppose there are of us? Register your guess, although it may be several months before you have any other figures than those you guess. Those nine elephants that got loose in Uncle Joe Cannon's home town of Danville will merely remind the Speaker of another elephant that has been busting through the stockade over much of late.

Work to be Resumed on the Orange Blossom Mines Deputy Assessor W. B. Coombs, who recently returned from the desert, reports that while at Bagdad and the vicinity of the Orange Blossom mine, it was announced that work was to be resumed at once on that property, In which so many local people sank their hundreds and thousands. has again come Into the possession of John Denalr, who presumably paid off the claim under which It was sold on attachment, and according to the word given Mr. Coombs, work was to have been started again in the shaft before this time.

Miners aro also at work In the shaft of the Orange Blossom Extension, and mining men predict that somebody will pick up the rich lead one of these days that will really make a mine. Big Mining Deal Is Pending In the Monumental District One of the biggest mining deals taking place In this county in a long time Is In the option. It Involves a large number of different groups of mining claims and mill sites in the Monumental Mining District, along the eastern boundary of the desert country. Yesterday the options, which were taken last week, wero (lied for record, together with the assignments to the real financial interests for whom they were originally secured. The options were secured by Richard Robert Schware.

They were1 upon tho Dlova, Tracy, Comet and other groups owned by E. P. Croen', the purchase price called for in the option being E. S. Book and Cronen gave an option on the Ready Money group for 1600; Cronen, A.

Reber and William Greenhalgh, gave a $600 option on the Fox and other groups; and Harvey Hon and B. E. Brown bound their Silver Queen, Gold King, Gold Bar, Nugget and-other groups for $2000. The same Interests took options on the Baltimore and other groups owned by a. M.

Corrfellus, for Harvey Hon, B. L. Vaughn, George Butler gave an option on the Big Lucky and other groups for $35,000, F. Horstman and M. H.

McMahon optioned the Boston and other groups for $2000, M. M. Garrett and J. N. Goodwin gave an option on the Old Timer group for $10,000, and E.

L. Bowman, W. C. Humphrey and F. A.

Bowman bounded their property, the Copper Belle, Including mill-sites and water rights for $70,000. According to the terms of all these options, which have been transferred to Francis M. McMahon and Edward Raignel, the purchase prlcei In each case will be paid In full August or the options will cease. Last Deposit of Coin Over the Old Counter at a Bank 'That's the last deposit oveT the old counter," declared President E. D.

Roberts, of the San Bernardino National shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday after noon, as a belated SUN man with an extra coin laid it across the marble slab over which so many millions have passed since the San Bernardino National bank was opened in those quarters In 1894, following the fire that destroyed the old Stewart hotel in 1893. For the workmen were already tearing out the old furniture, and before the afternoon was passed, the place was thoroughly wrecked, preparing for the Installation of the new furniture which presents a beautiful showing of mahog any and marble. Every daylight mo ment from noon of yesterday until banking hours tomorrow morning, will A be utilized by the workmen In getting the new furniture into place. The work is already well advanced In San E'ernardino County Savings bank. The old fixtures of the National bank were sold yesterday to Swan Mc-Kenney, modest real estate brokers as real estate men go, and they Insist that they are not about to become bankers but declare they bought the furniture because It Was offered at any old price, and that they expect to use a part of it in equipping their present office in Third street.

They allege that they will not use it in thd Chamber of Commerce building, they have enough to fix up one of the storerooms there for office purposes, if they desire to do so. 4 Mt. McKinley Expedition Is to Search For Cook's Record By Associated Press to THE SUN. TACOMA, April 30. All supplies, Including topographical tools and food for outfitting of the Bellmore Brown expedition to the top of Mount McKinley were loaded on the steamer Portland here today.

The party, consisting of five men, by the American Geographical soe'ety, will sail north Friday. The purpose of the expedition Is to climb Mt McKinley and make a search for the records which Dr. Cook claims to have left on the top. The party will attempt to climb the mountain from the south side, which Is as yet, unex- SHOOTS SELF ATTACK FAILS David Davies, of Redfands, Attempts to Murder Former Wife and When She Escapes Fatally Wounds Self REDLANDS, April 30. (Special to THE SUN).

David Davies, who through his former wife's repeated arrests as keeper of blind pigs here and at San Bernardino, gained wide notoriety in this section years ago, night at tacked the woman, who is now Mrs. Kourbon, and after she had escaped him. he went to the home of her sons, tht Jure boys, where he has been living for the past two weeks, and shot him self In the head, inflicting a wound which will probably prove fatal. After his wife had obtained her divorce In the Superior Court Davlet disappeared. For seven years he haf worked in the north.

He returned tf Redlands two weeks ago. At the Jure boys' home he frequently met his form er wife, and they appeared to be or friendly terms, no one suspecting the tragedy he contemplated. Attacks Woman. Tonight he called at the Fourbon home, and attacked Mrs. Fourbon with a revolver, hitting, her a terriable blow on the head.

She fled from the house. and hastened to "notify the officers Davie escaped In an opposite direction to the Jure Jiomeplace, lay down on hl bed, and placing the revolver to his head fired into his brain. He was unconscious when found, and the doctors say he can survive but a short time. It is believed he wa' demented, though Mils Is the first indication noticed that he was not mentally right Mrs. Fourbon was not seriously Injured.

Read the Oxygenator full page ad of testimonials In today's SUN. Read the Oxygenator full page ad of testimonials in today's SUN. i F. W. Staeffer has moved his shoe-J making shop and residence from 1029 Third street to 1614 Rialto avenue.

i plored. The topography of the mountain will be taken and maps made for use by the Government. At the top of the mountain the winds and flow of glacier rivers will be measured and recorded. The party Includes Bellmore Brown, of Tacoma; Prof. Herschel C.

Parker, professor of phys'cs of Columbia University; Prof. Cunti, of Stevens' University; Waldemar Grassi, an experienced mountain climber of Europe, and Herman L. Tucker, an experienced mountain climber, recently with Gov ernment forestry service. TO NAME TREE IN HONOR OF PINCHOT SAN FRANCISCO, April 30. One of the giant trees in the Muir woods will be dedicated and named tomorrow in One Doctor UNIQUE THEATRE OA Tib Weato WIITXII COVDmOHl, LOS ANGELES, April high area that has been moving Inland over the Pacific slope for the last several days has decreased In magnitude in the last 24 hours, and little remains of It this morning.

The pressure Is low over the Southwest and in the Lake region, while a moderate high area occupies the Southern States. This distribution of pressure has caused general cloudiness west of the Mississippi river and scattering precipitation in Northern California, western 'western Washington, northern Nevada, eastern Colorado. Montana, North Dakota, western Nebraska, the middle Atlantic and the New England States. The Indications are for fair weather In Los Angeles and vicinity tonight and Sunday, probably with some cloudiness (high fog) Sunday morning. A.

B. WOLLABER. Local Forecaster. WIATEIS BEFOKT. SAN FRANCISCO, April -Fore- coat for Southern California: Fair Sunday, WILLSON, Forecast Ottlcer.

BAnTFAIiIh 1909-1910. August l. October .04 November 1-28 December 7.19 January 2.43 February 08 March 1-68 April 6 01 April 11 13 Total for season to date' 16.04 TEMPI April 1 86 April 2 80 April 3 64 April 4 83 April 6 69 April 6 64 April 7 79 April 8 85 April 9 76 April 10 75 April 11 61 April 12 62 April 13 70 April 14 75 April 15 82 April 16 87 April 17 95 April 18 99 April 21 96 April 22 100 April April April April April April April 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 103 103 96 ,.93 91 84 78 37 37 62 44 50 52 39 42 55 53 60 41 48 54 47 39 40 44 43 44 46 48 43 46 52 38 honor of Glfford Plnchot by the Sierra club, the members of which will make special excursion to. the grove for that purpose. Addresses will be delivered by Alexander McAdle, vice-president of the club; former Governor Geo.

C. Pardee, Wm. Kent and Vanderlynn Stow. A band of musicians will be in attendance, and luncheon will be partaken of In the forest. Motocycle and bicycle tires at The Robuck Cyclery.

Have only one doctor just one I No sense In running from one doctor to another 1 Select the best one, inen stand bv him. No sense in trying this AA your Jochr about Aytt'n Chart, Ptc thing, that thing, for your cough. Care-Yorulfo, threat and lung Doctor fully, deliberately select the best cough for 70 utan. medicine, then take it. Stick-to it.

RIGGS A LEE LESSEES AND MANAGERS The Best In Vaudeville and Moving Pictures. Phones 48 and Main 1151. PROGRAM FOR WEEK OF MAY 2, ISW M'DERMOTT AND RAYMOND 16 Minutes of Giggles. MARCO THE WIZARD Fun and Mystery. MAX 8TEINLE AND MATTIE HYDE The German and Sis Hopkins.

ANNIE BAU MAN Singer of Melody. 3,000 Feet Moving Pictures. PRICES 10c and 20c. Curtain at 8:15. Tuesday Ewgimmg, May 3 Given by the San Bernardino Municipal Band, for the Benefit of the Uniform Fund.

Music by the Band 20 Pieces. Good Hall. Good Music. Good Crowd. uroiia springs rarK THE FAMOUS COLTON CITIZEN'S BAND In Concert Work Sundays 2:30 and 8 p.

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