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Amusements.
*CAOEMY OF " SICSIC-g-Llttle Johnny Jonea.
A LH> MBKA-2—S- Vaudeville.
5«- Before and After.
V"f-i, A . sc °— *>:»?•— Itose of the P.ancho.
r.jjUL— »:.fi — Comteii?B Coquette.
"ROADWAY Si. j'ari«lan Model.
„r^l ^ NrO 8:16 — The White Hen.
COLONIAI — 2— »—
EDEN MUSEB— The World la Was
J:* 1 " 11^— «:3t»— m 8 Excellenoj- the Governor.
•.ARRICK— B :3O— Caught In the Rain.
HAC.KETT— f.30 The Chorus Lad)
HAMMERSTEIX'S VICTORIA 2:ls— B:ls— VauJevllle.
HERALD SQI'ARE— fc:l. r ,— Tnr Orcljid.
HIPPODROME 2— B— Wild West. Neptune's Daughter
an F'lotieer Days.
HUDSON Brin-pter's Millions
IRVINO MLACB— 8— Faust
KSKKEKIiOCKEn- 8:35— Th c Red Mill.
ÜBERTY 8 15 Ral. n■• Ja.-.e.
LYCEUM— B:IS- The Buys of Company B.
I.YRIC— B:ls— The Road to Yesterday.
MADISON" KG.I.'ARE GARDEN— 2— k— Wild West.
MAJF:sTir— «.:15 — The Prince Chap
NEW AMSTERDAM— 8:10— Kin Richard 111.
PAVOY >ir. The Man of th Hour
"Al.Ui X > 8:15— Dlvor^ons
Index to Advertisements.
* Page. Col. j Vase. Col.
Amusements p O|H«lp Wanted 13 2
An Kales •_• <; Mitels & Restaurants 5 •>
Auction i-aies I'.ral (Instruction 12 6
Estate 14 Ol^..st and Found 12 6
Rankers an.] Brokers lo lll>«.t Bankbooks 13 1
Board and Rooms... 13 1 Marriages and Deaths 7 5-C
farpet i-Uaning '■> 4 Notice to Creditors. . .11 «
Citations 12 5 Ocean Steamers 13 8
City Hotels 12 G }Tiiposali> 14 «
City Property to I^et 14 C; Public Notices. .> 14 6
Country Property for (Railroads 13 7
Kale or in I^et 14 .-• ;;• a! Estate 14 5-«
Desks and Office Fur- ; Restaurants 12 5
mtur« 13 II Savings Bank* 10 1
Dividend Notices 10 1 ! School Agencies 12 •*>
l)nm»»i!i- Situations I Special Notices 7 «i
Wanted 1." &-8 { spring Resorts 12 «
DKssniaking 13 i i Steamboats 13 7
Prypoods 9 4-7 Burrogate's Notices. . .12 B
Kmiiloym't Agencies 13 l ! The Turf 5 5
Financial 11 3.4 t,, I>-t for Business
Financial Meeting! . .10 1 Purposes 14 6
Furnished Apartm"t* !Tr">ani> Fubpcrlption
♦o '-*' 14 r.| Rates 7 6
Furnished Houses to Trust Companies 11 6-6
t*«. Ob— 14 ;■ Typewriters '.» .r.. r .
' #l 13 1 Work Wanted 13 2-5
F*urn!sr.»d Rnr.tns to
w-^frrk Ibdls Snbtrra.
FRIDAY. MAY 3. 1907.
THE KEWB THIS MORVINO.
FOREIGN.— Sir George Arbuthnot, head of
the house of Arbuthnot & Co., was arrested in
Madras in connection with the failure of the
allied London house of P. Macfadyon & Co., the
head of which committed suicide at the time of
the failure, in October. 1906. == General
Botha, Premier of the Transvaal, surprised the
Imperial conference by protesting; against any
attempts to rob the respective colonial govern
ments of freedom in tariff matters, and Mr.
Asqulth. In replying for the government, ob
jected to any infringement on the principle 'of
fr»*» trade. :—: — The German Reichstag passed
the first reading of the Kiel Canal bill, which
provides for the beginning of the work of en
largement, the cost of which, it is estimated, will
exceed the amount originally expended for con
struction. - - King Edward .and President
Falliere* exchanged visits at Paris, and the for
mer received Premier Clemenceau and the For
eign Minister, M. Pichon. " Paris resumed
Its normal appearance after the May Day riots,
a.nd less than a score of the persons arrested will
he prosecuted. ■ ... ■ . - A German mall steamer
want aground in the Goodwin Sands, but got off
apparently without injury. :—: — The new Bel
gian Cabinet was formed, with M. De Troos, the
Minister of the Interior, the new Premier.
DOMESTIC— The President received the com
mittee of the Central Federated Union of this
city, and promised to write that body a letter
on Mover and Hay wood ■ Congressman
Burton said in Washington that Secretary
Ta.ft's lead in Ohio was becoming so great that
no primaries might be held. == The statue of
General McClellan was unveiled in Washington,
President Roosevelt delivering the principal ad
dress. ===== John A. Stewart told the President
that New York Indorsed his policies, and. be
lieving he would not run again, was looking for
a man representing them for a candidate for
the Presidency. ■ .: General Kuroki and staff.
representatives of Japan to the Jamestown ex
position, arrived in Seattle. . _ Charlemagne
Tower, the American Ambassador to Germany,
in a speech at the University of Pennsylvania
urged the establishment of training schools for
diplomats. . = The submarine boat Lake made
fa-st time in the government tests off Newport.
CITT. — Stocks were, strong. = There was
a report that the federal government might take
n hand in the prosecution of the charges against
the international committee's officers under ar
rest on the ground of improper use of the mails.
~ r- Th/» District Attorney said he approved of
the course of his assistants in the insurance ar
rests. _^_r=x Corporation Counsel Ellison said
he had no intention of resigning unless asked to
do so by the Mayor. = Commissioner Starin
proposed that the Interborough-Metropolltan
bid for new subways in return for extra ele
vated track permits: Mr. Bhonts scouted the
■mimliim — --_ Morris K. Jesup resigned as
president of the Chamber of Commerce. — —
An affidavit by a former employe of the inter
national committee declared that 196 New York
Life ballots forwarded by foreign polloyholders
were received without the official envelopes.
- — — A Bharp advance in Union Pacific pre
ferred revived the rumors of plans for forming
I company to take over Union Pacific holdings
in other lines. = Inspector Russell raided an
alleged poolroom central in an office building:
opposite City Hall Park. == President Mel
len of the New York. New Haven & Hartford
Railroad conferred with President Newman of
the New York Central and other railroad offi
cials on the relation of railroads to the admin
istration. == The Rev. Jere K. Cooke, of
H>mp.«tead. was deposed from the ministry of
the Protestant Episcopal Church.
THE WEATHER. — Indications for to-day:
Cloudy. The temperature yesterday: Highest,
54 degrees; lowest, 47.
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THE ELECTRIC DUCTS.
The il»'< - isi<'ii of tin- Court of Appeals inainiu-
MWIIH. tin* Consolidated Telegraph and Kloc
trieal Compaiiy, of this city, to permit the we
of its ducts for wires and cables by the Long
Acre Electric Li^hi and Power Company is in
tho public interest, if tli<» latter concern can
do only one-half the thinjjs it promises to. The
decision that the Electric Light Trust has no
monopoly in the use of the ducts through the
public streots is in the public interest, anyway.
The law is perfectly dear on the point, requir
ing the company to accord space to any other
<"ompany wishing to use the ducts.
When the law wan pa— cd requiring electric
wires to be put underground a dry commission
was appointed to provide the subways for the
use of all companies alike. The commission
made a contract with a • company to construct
tl.-e ducts. That company was originally inde
pendent of any lighting or power company and,
of course, did uot discriminate against any con
cern wishing space in the ducts, leasing the use
of them to all alike. Afterward control of the
duct construction company was bought by the
electric lighting, telegraph and telephone com
panies. Since then these concerns, through their
control of the original company, have attempted
to use the ducts as their private property. The
decision of the Court of Appeals reasserts tho
public right in the ducts. The Ixjng Acre
company promises to furnish electricity both
for lighting and power much mure cheaply
than it is now supplied., It promises to
furnish electric refrigeration cheaper than Ice
In now fold. Undoubtedly the progress of
the new concern will be fought, and the
probability to that if ii has the ability to do
any or the things It promises toward cheap
<-uing supplies there will ultimately be a com
promise and a combination between it and the
existing company. The real gain to the people
from the decision, apart from this case where
imfoiiimin may Call far short of promise, is
that It prevents ■ iuonojK>ly from twin? anti
quated methods and unimproved devices and
b(«p]ng later aud better contrivances from the
OJfl and to enhanrins: the cost of public err
view, to Jhe community. The < • npetition that
a monopoly exclud&MA tho greatest disadvantage
of the public Is . competition with new Ideas.,
Auy mouopolj that prevents tlie people from
benefiting by 'he latest inventions is injurious.
A decision thitt keep;* ele.-tru- duetß open to
th» nitiii with the best eontrivanee for manu
faettirlnp ami dlstrlbsiUßg electricity cheaply
is in the right ■Jlrecttea,
THE APPORTIONMENT PROBLEM-
In liiH message urging the passage of a new
apportionment lnw the Governor expressed no
opinion on the contention that the present Sen
ate must under any circumstances hold over un
til January l!«tt». [n this he showed practical
wisdom, for his main purpose wa* to secure a
redistribution of representation, In accordance
with which elections of members of either bouse
might be held as they became necessary. No
one will dispute the fact that an Assembly must
be elected next November, und It would be a
serious reflection on the capacity and good faith
of the present Legislature if. owing to il* Beg
ligence, s new lower house should have to be
chosen on the basis of the outgrown constitu
tional apportionment of is;»4. That apportion
ment was based on the federal census of 1890,
so that we should be using for election purposes
an enumeration seventeen years old an enumer
ation also grossly misrepresenting the distribu
tion of voting power us It exists today. T<> ad
mit of a constitutional rearrangement ol Assem
bly districts In the more populous counties new
Senate districts must first be created, for no
Assembly district can lap over from one Senate
district Into another. The lntiin thing, therefore.
is to secure a complete redistrictlng of the state,
so that an Assembly representing voting power
as at present constituted can be chosen in No
vember, wlicther a now Senate is to he chosen
then or not.
This secondary question can be better settled
after an apportionment bill has been enacted.
The decision of the Court of Appeals will prob
ably have to be further Interpreted before the
situation becomes entirely dear. The court held
that the present Legislature e\>nld exercise de
facto powers until n RiuveH6or. chosen in accord
ance with a constitutional apportionment, had
come into being. The actions of the present
houses are valid r.r wrrxsUatc. but it does not
follow that for their </<• facto power n </<• fure
power should not be substituted as soon as a
fitting oppoi siity presents Itself. The state
administration t ..kiutr counsel with the courts,
will have to deride eventually, if a new appor
tionment Is made before next November,
whether such an opportunity exists and should
be embraced for electing a new Senate as well as
a new Assembly, if the Senate Is exercising Its
functions merely on sufferance, it would seem
safer, juater and more desirable from v practical
point of view t > replace it with a body aetlnt; In
Its own right und not stamped judicially as a
political make^ilft.
The Governor was also wise In emphasizing la
his message the limitations OH legislative discre
tion Imposed by the *ipi»ortionnient sections of
the constitution. The constitutional provisions
are minute and Cumbersome, aud. while hedging
discretion In many directions, compel its exer
cise in many others. But. as Governor Hughes
quotes pertinently from Judge Chase's opinion:
"As the discretion of the Legislature relating to
"the relative number of inhabitants In Senate
"districts arises from necessity, it should cease
"where the necessity for discretion ends." The
strictest possible adherence to the population
test is the normal and equitable procedure. Pub
lic opinion has learned to frown on the abuses
of apportionment, and the courts are to be com
mended for Insisting on " more rigid accounta
bility in this respect <>n the part of legislatures.
The Supreme Court of Kentucky recently nulli
fied an apportionment law because of Its gross
abuse of legislative discretion. Enlightened sen
timent demands fair play in such matters, nud
the Legislature will do well to heed the Gov
ernor's suggestion that In reapportionlng repre
sentation It should in no way be guided by "per
sonal preference <>r individual interests."
MORE LIGHT OV THE -PEACE."
The burden will rest upon His Honor the
Mayor to, so fur an ho can, strengthen the
organization, and this, so far as 1 am able to do,
will be a very pleasant duty to me. — From t lie
peace protocol according to Mr. Ellison.
I have done nothing: and said nothing to re
tract or modify what I said months ago relative
to the existing control of the Democratic organi
sation In this county, its leadership an<i Ita
methods. — From the peace protocol according to
Mayor McClellan.
Now. it Is only necessary to recall that h few
months ag<: the Mayor said: "1 cannot recog
"nixe the existing control in Tammany Ball
''or tolerate any relations with its present
leader,"' to understand In how complete agree
meat the Mayor and his Corporation Counsel
are regarding the "peace."
The i**tce becomes on its face more and more
ol" a mystery. The Mayor says, apparently rebuk
ing some indiscreet peace conferree : "Any one
"announcing my agreement to terms of which
"I had n )t been, informed has, even though his
"purpose be honest, committed an error which
"1 regret and which he should regret even
"more." Mr. F.llison, who said it was the
Mayor's duty to strengthen the organization.
cheerfully assents to the Mayor's version of the
protocol, denying that he has made any "deaf
au.i asserting that he maintains his original
position of refusal to recognize the existing
control of Tammany Hall. "There is no room,"
says Mr. Ellison, "•*> far as 1 can see, to fairly
"misunderstand or misconstrue the Mayors
•views or mine. They are. in exact accord." And
as if to clarify the whole situation the contests of
"the existing control" of Tammany against the
Mayor's district leaders are promptly abandoned.
It seems clear in all this that the Mayor has made
peace with Tammany, but that he cannot rec
ognize its existing control; that he considers
himself in duty bound to strengthen the organi
zation, but that it is his ambition to give the
city the best possible government irrespective
of factional i>olities, a position that meets the
hearty approlwtiou of "Big Tim" Sullivan; and
that the Mayor and Mr. Ellison are ugreed that
"any one" who in a moment of expansive ad
miration of himself tor the good he has done
announced the terms of th« protocol before
the chief signatory had seen them has good rea
son to feel sorry.
Peace has its victories, and this looks like a
peace with two victories. The chief thing In a
treaty of peace is the preservation of the dignity
of the high contracting parties. The present
peace is full of dignity. The Mayor has made
no "deals." He takes back not a word he has
said. Mr. Murphy stands firm and unrepentant
as the "existing control" of Tammany. He 1h
"on the job" of lender 'until they put me out."
It seems to us that the dignity of both Is ad
mirably sustained by the treaty, though the
Mayor seeuis to be the more anxious to assure
us that his dignity is unimpaired, he having
issued two formal statements to that effect to
out? epigrammatic utterance from Mr. Murphy.
Nobody l.as knuckled under; nobody has bowed
the knee; uobody has yielded an inch; every
body retains the rigid hauteur of combat, the
superb dignity of enmity; and yet we have
peace, and as an earnest of It, surer than words
or protocols, the abandonment of the antl-Mc
cieiian contests in Tammany's executive com
mittee. We can recall no peace so splendid as
this, so dignilied, mj majestic, so warlike and
so itiii ilic. The trouble with most peace is
that It coiner with its compromises as a rather
shabby contretemps after the hwoic doings of
war. There is likely to be a general feeing that
both sides have had a bellyful o£ fighting. Peace
is so unherolc! Both side* generally have to
abandon the principles for which they fought.
1.1e.l and died. Bvt here Is a glorious peace,
heroic as war itself There is no surrender, no
compromise, no "deal." nothing i.i-t dignity for
(.verylod.N. What rould be moiv admirable?
We ate to see Mr. McCleJ'au come out
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. FRIDAY. MAY 3. 1007.
a victor in his fight against Murphy and Mr.
Murphy come out a victor in his fight against
McClellau. 'Tis a most worthy and dipnitied
ending. Not every war results so happily. No
principle is sacrificed by either side. Everybody
wins. 'Tis a glorious victory.
Now that we know that there Is peace and
that nobody has been beaten we shall watch
with Interest to see what the Mayor does with
peace. The Mayor has. as he affirms, a worthy
ambition to give the city the best possible gov
ernmeut. He luis, indeed, an ambition even
more difficult of attainment, to give it that
best possible government through the agency
of Tammany Hatl. During the war he was
barred from tills highest ambition. Peace will
enable him to give his undivided attention to its
achievement.
1/ I V DAY.
May Day was les< .strenuously observed this
year than for a long time, to the great gain of
the world. In Paris alone does there seem to
have been anything like an attempt at the old
time "demonstrations," and there the admirable
efficiency of the administration maintained order
in a high degree. There wore a thousand ar
rests, it is true, and a score of persons were
hurt. But what were those things to the orgies
Of former years? In oilier countries there was
scarcely any disorder, and the parading and
gpeechinakiiig were much less profuse than, hith
erto. In Russia it is possible that tin changed
political conditions had something to do with
the decline of May Day. Elsewhere no special
causes were operative, and we must attribute
the change to general causes, or perhaps to a
single cause.
It seems reasonable to suppose that there has
been a general decline of interest in and regard
for the May Day demonstrations because of their
obvious and proved futility. No real good ban
come of them. We are not sure that they aimed
at any particular good, They were simple man
ifestations of protest and of discontent. Now
the voice of "an infant crying in the night" may
be worthy of most sympathetic attention, pro
vided the Infant is "crying for the lik'ht" and
has "no language but a cry." Bui If it is not
crying for the light, but for the moon or some
thing equally unattainable, or for something
which it cannot tell and dors not know, and if.
besides the cry, it his another far more intelli
gible and effective language which it might use
if it would— why, then; the cry falls on much
less sympathetic ears.
The conviction has arisen In many hinds thai
men may do something very much more profit
able and effective than march in processions
and make and listen to speeches on .May Kay.
Accordingly the old "Internationale" practice is
falling Into disuse, excepting niuong the perma
nent dwellers Id Adiillam's Cave, who stay there
from choice, and who would nol be happy unless
they were unhappy! The change doubtless af
fords much relief to various governments and
their police functionaries, though. <>f course, they
will do well to take It a» a symptom only and
not as a finality, if they are largely rid of the
May Day nuisance, there is none the less :ir.Hi
Of their also getting rid of whatever conditions
originally gave May May a pretext for existence
and Invested it with an appearance of moral
cause.
OLD AOE PEX&SIOSB.
With the Increasing Dumber of automobiles,
streetcars and quick lunch counters the problem
of surviving the days of childhood becomes over
more serious. Men who can keep In the whirl
of events long enough to grow a few gray hairs
are naturally cowing r ■ > be looked Upon wiih
something akin to the ancient reverence for
patriarchs. But the preseni feeling toward the
agln« Involves more than this, in olden daya
the graybeard was respected chiefly for bis sup
poned. wisdom but now he wins admiration for
Hheer tenacity of life and cleverness Is dodgiug
vehicles and doctors. So greatly ba i bla skill
in this reaped heightened his popularity thai
we find legislators hastening to otter him more
tangible homage In the form of an <>id age
pension. Even New York is being brought into
the line of progress by Assemblyman Vow,
whose newly Introduced bill provides for th"
payment of $12 ■ month to persona of sixty
year* or more who are citizens of the United
states, have been residents of New York for at
least twenty five years, have no private Income
and are of good moral character.
It is too bad that the Assemblyman has intro
11 need these qualifications, for they make the
pension seem too much like a charity, If it were
nothing more than this, of course the bill would
be superfluous, Inasmuch as any New Yorker
having nothing u> his credit save the memories
of at leas; a quarter century righteously spent
in the Eniplra State can surely get $12 worth
of food, clothing and shelter every month from
already organised charitable Institutions. It is
absurd to suppose that such a well informed
citizen as an Assemblyman has to be could
have been ignorant of this. Mr. Voss must have
been misled by hostile conspirators to give his
bill the guise of a charity measure. At the
earliest opportunity he ought to rewrite it so as
to make it unequivocally a proposal to render
honor to whom honor is due. .
The old age pension should be frankly classed
where it belongs, along with the Legion of
Honor button, the '■. A. It. badge and other
honorary marks. It should be the token of the
public's admiration for the noble efforts of
the citizen who sleeps, eats and works so as to
baffle the undertaker and the coroner for the
longest possible time. Mr. Voss purely means
to make the $12 a month a reward of virtue and
vigor, but we fear his bill is not worded to pro
duce this Impression. Might it hot be advisable
to turn over all indigent, and sickly citizens to
the charities, as is now done, and to offer an
attractive pension of a hundred or two a week
to every man who can prove that be has fewer
than live false teeth, a sound pair of legs, eyes
good enough to watch a ball game and a com
fortable private income from the savings of
twenty-five years' hard work? The advantages
of such an arrangement are too obvious to re
count.
HI RBANK VERSUS SCHOOL.
If every little hoy had his say. the meadows.
the orchards and the "raasJing place" behind the
barn would be his school and all his c< mrades
teachers therein. By a fatal perversity, how
ever, which commonly begins to develop in the
late 'teens, the grown-up boy refuses to [prac
tise on his juniors what be preached for him
self. The stuffy schoolroom, the stiff bench and
the relentless pedagogue are Imposed upon every
rising generation in utter oblivion of past
yearnings. And the crime of education lia-^ been
perpetrated without Interruption up to the pres
ent day, when Luther liurbank appears to de
nounce and oppose it. Mr. Burbank, .\ h" has
achieved fame through applying well known
botanical principles in novel ways and with
great patience, is convinced thai the human
race can be transformed bj bringing up children
in the proper manner. Believing thai environ
ment is everything, the horticulturist would se
cure the best results by keeping small boys and
girls in ideal rural surroundings up to the age
of ten years, lie says:
The curse of modern child life in America is
overeducation. The injury wrought -to the race
by keeping too young children In school la be
yond the power of any one to estimate. We take
them In this precious early age. when they
ought to be living a life of preparation near to
the heart of nature, and we stuff them and over
work them until their poor little brains are
crowded up to and beyond the danger line.
Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers
and tadpoles, wild strawberries, acorns and
pine cones, trees to climb and brooks to wade in.
sand, snakes, huckleberries and hornets, and
any child who has been deprived of these hag
been deprived of the best part of his education.
Is it not curious that a. man who has used
evolutionary laws so successfully iv producing
crosses between potatoes and primroses, water
melons and mushrooms, and heaven knows what
j else, should have so little faith in the power of
the human plant to adjust itself to the painful
environment of the schoolroom and the city
street? When lip snip* off all the huds save a
dozen or two from a cherry tree Mr. Ilurbank
probably does not worry over the pain he is
causing the victim. Even if it did hurt the poor
tree, as some poets would like to have us think,
do yon rappose the gardener would refrain,
knowing that his erne] treatment would cause
■ th • tree to produce wonderful cherries? All the
i protests of The tree would not save It. The tree
of knowledge is watered by the tears of school
| children, and men believe that its fruits are
I more than worth the weeping. Mud pies, grass-
I hopper*, acorns and all the rest of the treasure
I trove of on*, <>" doors are very good, and let us
' all hope every child may claim some of them as
i his own. But few youngsters, taking the world
; over, can enjoy ten years of unbroken sand,
; snakes and huckleberries — at least, not until
| Mr. P.urbank has so perfected snakes and
I huckleberries that they grow wild on the tire
escapes of tenements. If every flat dweller.
thanks to this revolutionary evolutionist, might
| sit under bis own vine and fig tree in a six by
| eight parlor little boys would all become as
| free and happy as water babies. P>ut as Mr.
j liurbunk doesn't promise us this we are forced
i to go on the hunt for an optimistic view of the
fate of the sandless and huckleberry less chil
j dren.
And why shouldn't \v«# believe that ten years
| out of doors are not indispensable to hnpplnesn
j and success? Why are we not free to accept the
I many good evidences of history and biology
j which tell us that the human race can not only
i stand pretty hard knocks, but even profit by
j them? The band thai blisters painfully after an
; hours work with the shovel grows callous in a
! day or two. Our nerves accustom themselves to
the city's din. and even to its dirt and swindles.
Why. then, should not the brains of little city
: boys stand up under the strain of school work?
; Why should our youngsters revel In the sweet
savagery of bird nesting so long? If cities have
come to stay, huckleberries have passed forever
beyond the reach of many little eaters. But Is
' nature so un resourceful that she cannot remodel
the children to suit the new world of pavementa
I and policemen? Surely :ir. Burbank ought to
be the first to answer yes.
The Hon. Henry M. Whitney, of Massa
chusetts, prospective Democratic candidate for
Governor In that state, appears to be only a
conditional convert to the Bryan referendum
programme "1 shall try. as far aa possible,"
he say.-, "to make my candidacy a referendum
"to ascert tin the public .'pinion upon thesequea
"tions" (reciprocity with Canada and others).
But thai la th^ son of referendum ue have been
practising In this country ever since parties
have had platforms and candidate* have been
running for ofßi •-.
mentatora upon the nea plan t.> make
Chicago beautiful will probaMy not speak
about painting the lily or adding another hue
unto the rainbow.
When the Secretary of War pave a hearing
last summer on the applications of the power
companies to take water from the Niagara The
Tribune remarked that a good cause had been
advocated In a somewhat unfortunate manner
In behalf of the American Civic Association.
Th« matter la momentarily brought Into notice
again by the annual report of the Canadian
Niagara Falls Park Commission, which ha.s . 4 ust
appeared In print. Th" opinion is expressed in
thl.s« document that la their efforts to nrousa
public sentiment the officers of the organization
"greatly overstepped the bounds of reasonable
argument." Two or three gross Inaccuracies In
regard to Canada and Canadian officials are
pointed out. and surpriM is evinced that "such
"incorrect statements should be i Jrculated by a
•'society of intelligent men such as the American
"Civic Association." On the whole, we think the
offenders have been treated with creditable for
bearam •• by the commission.
Wireless telegraph stations are about to be
opened at several points In Bwltaerland, Be
manifest la the advantage of a system of com
munication which cannot be interrupted by
heavj snowfalls thai it is surprising it was
oner adopted In that country.
/ ///: TALE OF 1 111: l> \ V,
Now York Btut« philanthropists are studying the
question of how to tin.i employment for the blind.
Japan baa solved tho problem In a simple way.
Sightless persona have .i monopoly of a particu
lar occupation— ma— ga. No person with sight is
allowed to practice maaaafe for a livelihood, and
although some of they Japanese are in other em
ployment! the bulk of then pursue the avoca
tion which the benevolence of their country's laws
baa made their special preserve. Always elab
orately polite, the Japanese ur.i especially courte
ous to their blind neighbors, and the occupation of
masseur is considered a most honorable one.
The man wore a badge with the legend "X urn
an undesirable citizen."
"Why go to the trouble of announcing it?" que
ried an observer.
At this point the trouble began -Philadelphia
Ledger.
\\ ben Mayo: K.-yi.uni „f Philadelphia Issued
his order to clear the < ity Hall of pigeons a lew
weeks ;ik" the special delivery mnaanngsra in the
tear of the poatofßce wore in a jnuitr led i\, s t
rnaster Ashhurat should be sdii-d by the same
npiiit »!' cleaning up mid orUer that th.- i>i«.-oiis
around the Federal Building I*- driven away. Tola
would have been a calamity t'> the >H>ys m in<>™
ways than one. For not only are the birds pets
and the means of amuaement in Idle bourn, but
ii la hinted that a number of Juicy aquaba .an bo
seen on the dining tables In many a messenger
boy's home. The boyi lwt\r much time to them
selves, and they ¥i>.-n.i it in the Mtr.'et in the. rear
of the poatofßce. it is here thai the birds tloek.
'ii.. boya and the birds are nv.it menda and the
messengers know the location of every nest It is
singular thai the pigeons do not appear to nuiitl
ply rapidly, and this la explained by the Ix.ys with
a sly wink and the expression, "Squabs ata'l imd
eating, you know.
Kzra Wtnrow 1 nev r >.-.• the like ny thai store
keeper In Cannlff'a Mills. He ain't ever K ,.t what
yew call t.r, hut ulwuj s offers "something )usl as
Silas Stubble Runs in bla nature, Bsry. Why
ev.ti when Ids country .'idled f.r him durin' the
Rebellion be sent a substitute, b'goah! Puck.
According to "Dally Consular and Trade Re
ports." quoting from a Russian newspaper, the
Russian government hsa pasaed a bttl providing for
the purchase of a million rubles' worth of agri
cultural machinery and Imptenanta. Imports «f
agricultural machinery Into Russia have of late
Increased, partli ularly in mowers, reapers, ploughs,
cultivators, seeders, harvestera und binders. This
la another American opportunity. Dwty rates on
American farm machinery Into Russia were large
ly decreased aboul .. year ago, soon after tae
treut) "f Portsmouth u.ts signed.
■Thai politician declared be never saiu anything
In was sorry fi>r."
"Yea. Hut that doean't mean he never said any
thing he ought to i* sorry for."— Washington «tur.
There la a movement under way among Tala
undergraduates to conaolldate "The Banner" and
"Pot-Pourri" into .» single University Annual. At
praw Dt "The Banner" is published by a board of
editors who buy the rnnraaafcm (roan "The Lit."
The pubUcattoß <>f "Th- Pot-Pourrl" is controlled
by the S.idor So<iet> of Scroll and Key The
hook:-, though published at different times in th»»
yea:, cover practfoally the Bane ground sad have
beea maintained, to a eattata extent, aa rival and
competitive 'ear books. There Is at present no
University Annual published.
Uttle Frank-Mamma, please tell me how father
got to know you. /
Mother— day I fell into the deep rfvur ami
your father jumped in and saved me.
Little Frank— Well, that's funny; h» won't let me
learn how to swlin.— Harper's Weekly.
About Veople and Social Incident*
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
[From The Tribune Bureau]
Washington, May The President was the prin
cipal speaker this afternoon at the exercises at
tending the unveiling of the statue to General
George B. MoClellan. Among the other distinguished
guests on the President's stand were Mrs. McClel
lan, the widow of the General; his son. Mayor
George B. McClellan. and his nephew. Dr. George
McClellan.
President Roosevelt this afternoon received a
delegation from the Central Federated Union Of
New York, had a conference with them lasting half
un hour, and promised to write a letter to be read
at their meeting next Sunday. John 8. Henry, "Will
iam A. Coakley and Morris Brown, the committee,
said they had a satisfactory interview with the
President.
Governor Stokes, Colonel Mather and the field
and staff officers of New Jersey who took part in
the unveiling of the statue of General Georse B.
McCtellan called upon UM President this morning.
John A. Stewart, president of the League of Re
publican Clubs of New York, visited the White
House to-day to explain the complication that arose
over the circular recently sent out by the league
for the purpose of ascertaining the sentiment of th_>
voters toward the policies advocated by the Presi
dent.
Callers at the White Houbc to-day included Sena
tors Hansbrough and Bourne. T. St. John Oaffney,
of New York. and John <\>\vley. editor of "The
London Mail." who was presented by District Cora
mtaatonst 11. L. West.
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
[From The Tribune llureau.J
Washington. May 2.— The British Ambassador
and Mrs. Bryce huve as their guests at the em
bassy Rear Admiral and Mrs. Neville, for whom
they entertained at dinner last night, and their
son, Mr. Neville; Captain George P. W. Hope and
Lieutenant Poe. of the Royal British Navy. Mrs.
Bryee poured tea at the embassy at 5 o'clock this
afternoon, giving a great number of people another
opportunity of meeting her guests.
All of th.. visiting British officers in the city
were at the theatre 10-nisjM as the guests of offi
cer* of the United States battleship Missouri. The
four boxes which they occupied were draped with
American and British flags, and after th» per
formance .i supper was served at the New Wlllard.
The Austrian Ambassador entertained at luncheon
at Urn embassy to-day Rear Admiral Hermann
Pleskott, In command of the Austrian squadron
at Hampton Roads; Captain Ludwig Hitter yon
MnhmH. of the flagship; the Prince of Saxe-Co
burg. Mrs. Townsend and Mr. and Mrs. Foster, of
Lenox. Baron Ambrozy and Baron Haymerle, of
the embassy staff. gave a ball to-night la honor
Of their visiting countrymen, when IS.) guests in
vited from the diplomatic corps, visiting foreign
officers now in Washington and society attended.
A Hungarian band, brought from New York for
the evening, and Austro-Hungarlan flags and pen
nants us«.l in the decorations gave the affair a
highly national air. Mrs. Richard H. Townsend
received the guests.
The Minister from Norway, who went to Phila
delphia yesterday to receive the gold medal pre
sented to his countryman. Nansen. tii« Arctic ex
plorer, by the American Geographic Society, was
joined there by Mm». Haugo to-day, and together
they will go to the coast of Main* to select a
summer home.
Sir Chentung Liang-Chang is still awaiting ©(Ti
dal notice of his transfer from Washington to a
position with his home government, but Is being
entertained quietly by his friends preparatory to
an »*arly departure.
Baroness Elizabeth Rosen, daughter of the Rus
sian Amlia«sador and Baroness Rosen, is confined
to the embassy with a severe attack of grip.
Mr. Kroupensky. of the Russian Embassy, has
gone to Biltmore to join the house party being en
tertained by Mr. and Mrs. George W. Vanderblit.
ME TOWER ON DIPLOMACY.
Ambassador to Germany Urges Universities
to Install Diplomatic Departments.
Philadelphia. May Charlemagne Tower. Ameri
can Ambassador to Germany, to-day addressed th*
students of the Wharton School of Finance of the
University Of Pennsylvania. Mr. Tower's subject
was "Diplomacy." He outlined the functions of
the diplomat, and warmly urged the institution of
a special diplomatic department at th*i university,
where ■ course In diplomacy might be taught.
"I am hoping," said Mr. Tower, "that the day
will soon com* when a stable diplomatic service
may be established, and when young men who wish
to enter this branch of the public service may be
Instructed in languages, International law. history
and all tliaso branches essential to Its pursuit."
Mr. Tower pointed out that the position of am
bassador, and. Indeed, of all minor diplomats, was
becoming more and more intricate, and called for
th« trained mind. This call, Mr. Tower added, had
been well recognized by J'Testdent Roosevelt in the
lust few years by his steady promotions for meri
torious achievements.
Into the analysis of the functions of diplomacy
the speaker Introduced some reminiscences of th*
German Emperor, which were received with great
Interest.
"After the first formal words of greeting to th*
foreign ambassador." said Mr. Tower, "the Em
peror, who la In uniform, relaxes, and his attitude
is that of one courteous Hunt!. -man to another. A
kindly smile light-* his fuce and he converses well
on any subject. His range of Information is re
marked by every one, us U also ills perfect
English."
OXFORD DEGREE FOR PROF. A. G. BELL.
London, May t.— Oxford University this morning
conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Science
on Professor Alexander Oraham Hell. Regent of the
Smithsonian Institution. Washington.
DR. PEABODY CHOSEN AS DEPUTY.
Boston. May -The delegates to the annual dio
cesan convention In the chapel of Trinity Church
held another session to-day. Bishop Lawrence
called the convention to order. The balloting for
tho eighth deputy to be sent to the general con
vention at Richmond in October resulted in th»
election of the Rev. Dr. Kndicott Pea body, or
Oroton After the third ballot both Dr. Nash and
Father Van Allen withdrew their names. There
upon l>r. Alexander Mann, of Boston, who headed
the conservative faction, presented the name of
l>r. Peabody. Dr. Peabody is known as a liberal.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SEE THE POPE.
Konie. Mar - ItM Pop" to-day received in pri
vata im.li.-iue a party of sixty Knights ol Oatum
bii3 trom Buffalo, imdat Urn leadership of Frank
(irons, who pr*S*nt*d an offering. The Pontiff was
most plaaacd, tbankad lbs Americans warmly and
bestowed tii.< JwnwHetton <>n them. The visitors
were received bj Pa>pal Secretary of State Merry
del Val later in the day.
BLANEY GETS LINCOLN SQUARE,
nianey's Lincoln Square Theatre is the new name
of the Lincoln Square Theatre, the lease of which
for ten years Charles E. Blaney signed yesterday
with the Empire Square K*u!ty Company. Mr.
Hlaney announced last night that he would move
his staff into the Lincoln Square to-morrow night.
li. also said that ho would make it a bjajfavcaiaa
house.
The houso will h« booked through Stair & Ilav
lin. Miss Cecil Spooner, Miss Lottie Williams.
Flak* O'Hara and the Russell Brothers are some
of the attractions under Mr. Blaney*s management.
The William Morris Stock Company, now playing
at this theatre, will continue for several weeks
and the house la to be kept open all summer.
CLEAN RACING— NO GAMBLING.
From The Boats* Herald.
The six* and <r allty of Urn entrlM for the hmsj
racing meetlnga In this vlctnlty Urn coining season
w. ulcl seem to denote that the tpori i-nn flourish
sithoul lha betting ring attachment, notwith
standing aona • • n.i hatie assertions t<> the contrary
Out laws on the subject of betting on horseraces
are about a.~ strtngenl as they ar* anywhere. an«l
Uie courts have shown a disposition to interpret
them according to their letter and spirit. Never
thel«K>. hor^erarlng will k<> rUrt on. and the
foremost horse will win. without tho co-operation of
the poolselter or the bockmaker. It's highly com
plimentary to our love of borseraclttg for Its own
Hike
IF YOU HAVE TIPPED DON'T CALL AGAIN.
From The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Tie finest as will as the latest and most luxuri
ous barber shop on Broadway has flashing In
front of it this electric sign: "No tips." Within the
shop Is posted this notice: • If you have tipped th •
barber, please do not call again." That may sound
Inhospitable, but it Is sound business policy as well
as good ethics. Men who have money of their own
or money belonging to their employers to throw
away are nut concerned over the tipping evil; but
the majority of Americans prefer to pay one price
for an article or service, and to pay that openly
and above board. The question of compensation
for barbers, waiters and others who serve the
public Is between them and their employers. Cus
tomers are not concerned in It. Most persons
would rather pay the cannier a doubli rate than
pay half at the desk and half clandestinely In the
&erm oi a tip.
Rear Admiral and Mr.«. William JUieeßeU -
the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Met^T* I**1 **-
the Minister from the Netherlands and S3 * 8 * "i
Swinderen are still guests there. vv * a . 1
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
I From The Tribune Bureau |
Washington, ilay 2.-Senator and Mrs. —_ ;
gave a dinner party to-night, when their » •
met General and Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant >£""
McClellan and other visitors to Wash*
General and Mrs. Grant will return to New v°""
in the morning-. W Yor *
The Countess yon -Voltke-Hultfeldt and her hen
guest, airs. Barclay Henry, of Philadelphia ;L»? I
entertained at dinner by Mr. and Mrs. Al«x.ir.i I
Legare, who Invited to meet them the Swiss m,* i|
ister. Mr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson Mr and M«^ 1 1
HuntJngton Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Chandler iS I
Alias Robeson. Jerome Bonaparte. Mr. Schub«rt I '
of the German Embassy, and others. ' ?»S?
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Plnchot bay- i©f t ji^, -AjJ
Washington house and gone to New Yorit i,> sail* ' ? '
Saturday for Europe and spend the summer abroad- 1
Captain and Mrs. George T. sjumir.erljn had! ,
their guests at dinner to-night General and Mr*' • i
John A. Johnston. LJeutenant and Mrs. Bulsjstjl
Miss Mary Southerland. Miss Eleanor Terry, Ml'llvi
Largtttt, Ma I— l— Chase. Miss Jull«tt William? •'
Dr. Ohnesorjr. Captain Fitzhugh Le«\ Captain qn*-» j
more. Captain U'lgmore and Lieutenant Shackfor* ci
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
Lakewood's annual horse show opens to-day, t1 i -
extending over to-morrow, will b« made th* oees* I
• ton of much hospitality by thos« who hay* cot.
tages and country places in th« district ilaa»
house parti, have t»»en organized In Tntja* .
with the affair, but Georgian Court, which la at- :
ways filled with guests on such ccastonn as theaa - :
will remain closed, as Mr. and Mrs. G«org9 G*uid '
and their children have sailed for fcjirop*. Xh« V
programme will include, besides th«» horse ahoejC"'
pony races, golf and shooting contests and a wrm.
khana. the committee In charge of the arransa-*
ments being presided over by Howard "Wlll-U.
BUM Elizabeth Wlnthrop Stevens and Miss Al»j. 5
ender Stevens will b« amnna; th« bridal attendant f ■ '■''
of Miss Caroline Morgan on th« occasion of h«r '
wedding to Oscar Egerton Stevens on June 1. t#J
Plymouth, Ma.« 3. ♦
t Mr and Mrs. W. Starr Miller h*v« left town f«T
their country place on the Hudson.
Mrs. J. Dorden Harriman. Mr« Jf«»nry C. Cost«r.
Mrs. Dave Hennen Morris. Mrs. William Jay, Mrs.
Arthur Iselin and Mrs. John H. Hammond am
among those wiio ar3 engaged In th* organization
of an entertainment on Saturday afternoon. May
18. on the grounds of th* W*>st<"h«>ster Country
Club, in behalf of th» Manhattan Trad* School f»r
Girls. Th« affair will consist of a garden party. ]
combined with a polo match, the contestants b»!rr§
teams of the Westchester flub and at Squadrm a, !
Mr. and Mrs. F. Robert Schell h»v» r?tur2?l ! |
from Philadelphia and are at their house, In East !
tv!d street.
Mr. »nd Mrs Alfred Warstaff. Jr., will wnmrA t&s
summer at I*lip, Long Island
Mr. and Mm Theodore V A Tr"tr»r will sjkvJ
the summer at Quogue, tiong Island, where th«y
have taken a cottage.
Mrs. J. Hood Wright stave a dinner last night aft
her house. In Fifth avenue, for her rrand<it.n?hi»r.
Miss Nclda Robinson.
Frank Hamilton Davis. whose rnarr(a«fi to Jilts
Elizabeth Clark takes pKsa in St. Bartholomews
Church on May 23. gives his farewell bachelor din*
ncr at Delmonlco'a on May IS.
Mrs. J. West Roosevelt has left town fttr Waste
lnirton. where she !s staying at the TVTsire H~j»e.
GOVERNOR AT ELMIRA TO-NIGHT
With Hill, Fassett and Stanch- Will -i
Guest of Chamber of Commerce.
i
Elmlra. May 2.— Th© people of th« city of Elolra. .'
to th« number of nearly threw thousand will hay* 7
the opportunity to-morrow r.'arht at th» annual
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of Itsianins'
to Governor Charles E. Husrh»s. e-x-Governor Ha,v«4
B. Hill. Congressman J. Sloat Fassett. Jolia B. j
Btanchfleld and Mayor Z. R. Br'-clnray. j
coming Just at th* crisis of the t«gl»lartv» asa- {
ston. the speech of Governor flushes Is «K7««taA '
to bo Important. A series of five receptions at* to
be given for the guests during their stay in Elmlra.
WOMAN SUFFRAGIST CANDIDATE.
Bertrand Russell, Supported by Women, in
Oppose Chaplin.
London. May — The woman suffragists hay* d*.
elded to oppose the election to th* House «f Oca
mons of Henry Chaplin, ex-president of thai Local
Government Hoard, who is th* Unionist candidate
for the vacancy at Wimbledon caused by th* resig
nation of Charles F. Hambro, Conservative. To*
Liberals are not contesting the seat, and Mr
Chaplin thought he had a walkover, but th* vet
eran anti-suffrage warhorse wad to-day confront**
by an active woman suffragist campaign in behalf
of Bertrand Russell, brother and hair presumptive
of Earl Russell. Mr. Russell's wife, a daughter of
Robert P«*an?all Smith, cf Philadelphia, has beea
closely identified with women political work.
SUGGESTS ALABAMA AWARDS RETTKA
English Paper Says United States Might
Treat It Like "Boxer" Indemnity.
London. May 3— "The Tribune" this morning*, in J
an editorial having reference to a statement that
the. United States will renounce her Indemnity from
China arising from the Boxer outrages after
to.'**. ooo Is paid, suggests th* possibility of th»
United States following- this precedent in the ea*»
of the surplus and accumulated Interest of th*
Alabama award.
The. Alabama award was for claims for damages
by the United States against Great Britain for
losses during the Civil War by depredations on
American commerce by vessels — chief among* then *
the Alabama— fitted out or supplied in British ports
by direction of the Confederate government.
LEWIS S. CHANLER AT SYRACUSE.
Syracuse. May 2.— Lieutenant Governor Lewis &. i
Chanler was the guest of the Chamber of Com- j
merce yesterday ami addressed a meeting last
1 night. He- expressed himself in favor of permanent
Improvement of the Mate fair. A. dinner was t*n
tiered Mr. Chanler at th* Century Club last even
ing-
HUGHES AND THE LEGISLATURE.
DECENT SENTIMENT UPHOLDS GOVERNOR.
Prom The New York Times.
At any rate, the decent sentiment of th* •»»'• '
upholds the Governor.
GRADY AND M'CARREN-FATRIOTSt
From The Evening Suit.
Of course it would be absurd to expect politicly*
of the stamp of Grady and McCarren to approves
any public question with an eye single to geei I
government. c
A DOUBLE HURDLE TO JUMP. '.
From The Eevntns Mail. ■ '
Such an apportionment as the Governor outlinel *
Is the only sort that should be undertaken by ta» r
Legislature— we might add, the only sort tug*
is likely to clear the double hurdle of his veto ■••*
er and tht. authority of the Court of Appeals-
A DEMOCRATIC OPPORTUNITY.
From The New York World.
Kelsey cannot be kept in ofR?« without the vet* .
of Democratic Senators.
The public utilities bill cannot t*- defeated wjta»
out the votes of Democratic Senators.
None of Governor Hughes' * reform measures c*3
be strangled without the help of Democratic S*<»* *:
ators.
"PUT KELSEY OUT."
From The New York Sun.
Put Kelsey out in order that the Governor »*. j
replace him with a man competent and couragso"*
enougli/to administer 'he Insurance Department «'> ■
accordance with lbs spirit of the recent memorable - a
uprising of the people and of li» resultant law. 5
DUTY TO PASS APPORTIONMENT BILL.
From The New York Globe.
The preposterioua' Raines theory, that this Les^t I
lature. while It may legally poas other. bills *£££■
not pass an apportionment act, is eCectively &£^a|
posed of by Governor Hushes. Th« Court ot ££■
pealn distinctly proolairat the duty >f the F***,:®
Legi*lt»tuvt» to pass an apportion-.!'. but. ■*»£
it did not, its authority to do ,o would oe uncos** ,
lenteabU