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THIIISnAV. .ITNE 18. 1908.
This ncicspapcr «> oicned and published bit
like Tribune Association, a W*w York corpora
tion; office and principal place of business, Trib
mk Building. IT«. 15 \ Xassau street, Kern York;
Opdcn Mills, president: yathanM. Tuttle. sec
retary and treasurer. Th- midrtm of the offi
cer* is the .office of this newspaper.
THY KEWB THIS M'>RXI\O.
FOREIGN*.— Honry Lemoine has lied, anil his
formula for making diamonds I- a jumble of
53&SS-B3KSE !»S !
l-Vamiah continues. = The Douma firmly
asserted Its right regarding the governments
Finance, laid before the bouma a bill author- ■
lzlnp the immediate issue of a loan of *100." |
SoSoOT to meet the deficit. = Bombs at Baku
killed one policeman and wounded the chief and
two -.ther officers. = Mulal Hafig has mar
ried a cousin at Fez. has announced his Cab
inet and Has excluded automobiles as European
innovation* President Roosevelt has held
S 'to? appointment of Dr. J. C. Barbosa as
a member of the Porto Rico Executive Council.
DOMESTIC— In the course of Senator Lodge's ]
speech as permanent chairman of the Republican
National Convention at Chicago a *■"»***;
lion in honor of President Roosevelt, which
lasted forty-six -minutes, occurred; the report
of the committee on credentials. Beating all the
delegates on the temporary rollcall. was adopted;
the Burke resolution reducing Southern repre
sentation in the convention, which was presented
as a minority report, was defeated. -\>->
addresses by Attorney General Bonaparte and
J G Johnson both sides rested in the federal
rail against the "hard coal" railroads at Phila
delphia ■ ■ — The regulars and militia at Pine
Camp worked out a problem in attack and de
fence --== Governor Hu?h<>s was the principal
jruest at the commencement dinner at Brown
University. - : Congressman A. A. Wiley, "'
Alabama, died at Hot Springs, Va. ===== Returns
•from th- second Florida Democratic primary
indicated the election of D. U. Fletcher to th-?
Senate and A. W. Gilchrist as Governor: it ap
l^arod that the Bryan faction elected only part
of the delegation to Denver. == Pietro Gia
cona a wealthy New Orleans merchant, snot
and kii'^d three alleged Black Hand men and
dangerously wounded a fourth at his home, after
being subjected to repeated extortions.
ClTY.— Stocks were heavy. ===== The federal
prand jury returned Indictments against Charles
AY. Morse and Alfred H. Curtis. ===== There was
D • bettine at the racetrack; announcement of a !
cut in the purses at the Sheepshead Bay meet
ing was made. = Two of the Yanderi>ilt
railroads paused semi-annual dividends. ~
The "enemy's" fleet was sighted by the forts in
the Sound, hut it retired out of range. - -
The will of Oliver H. P. Beunont left all his
property to his wife. ===== It was announced
that the Hearst recount would begin in Brook
lyn to-day. ■ Arnold Daly, the actor, filed a
voluntary petit] in bankruptcy. ,■ ; One girl
■was run down and killed by a trolley car in
Williamsburg and another was seriously injured,
■ . Corporation Counsel Pendleton advised
th* Sinking Fund Commission that proceeds of
buildings sold for the subway loop improvement
must be used for rapid transit purposes. ==
Representatives of Hebrew charitable organisa
tions met to urge the United Hebrew Charities
to give Immediate aid to Bast Bide sufferers.
■ . It was rumored that the new battleship
New Hampshire would sail for Panama this
morning :^^— The daughter of an <?l<>ctrlcal
engineer was knocked off her bicycle in Conkers
by an autTnobilp and thrown thirty feet.
THE WEATHER.— Indications for to-day:
Fair and warmer The temperature yesterday:
Highest. 72 degrees; lowest. .%7.
THE Bf'RKE RESOLUTIOS.
It was. on th* whole, fortunate that the Re
pijhij. Nation.il Convention voted down the
: flunent to the report of tlie committee on
rules proposing a change in the basis of repre-
Fentation in national conventions. In the first
place the convention was n<>t prepared to t^k^
snap judgment <~>u *o vital an alteration in party
roles. Th** delegates bad not studied the ques
tion in all its -;«-•■!-. and the resolution ofi>red
by Mr. Burke, of Pennsylvania, and defeated,
l«oth iv The <oLumittee on resolutions and in the
convention, bore decided marks of ovorbaste
nnd unrii-eness. Mr. Burke rooms to have for
jrntT^n entirely, iii fr.imintr his prnpflasl to base
representation in national conventions on the
vote oast for Presidential electors, that In four
Fimes of the T'ni"!i -Colorado, Utah; Wyoming
and Idaho — women have the suffrage as \\«-ll as
men. and that under the terms ««f his resolution
£ practically double representation might be
friven to the Kates iv which women rote. That
would Je an unjust discrimination against the
other f<>rty-!wo states .-mil would Pore* the («>!:•
ticlans in less favored commonwealths to look
with •■' friendly eye on an extension «tf the suf
frage to women and '■■• other possible recruits Jo
the array of ixrters. Is Mr. Burke an advocate
in disguise of woman suffrage?
It was pertinently said by Governor Willson
of Kentucky and other speakers against the
Burke innovation that It would tend to make' the
[republican party more than ever a sectional
organisation. There is force iv this view, for
tbe hope of every party is to make converts in
hostile territory and to build Itself up in sec
tions held by the opposition. The idea of rep
resentation based on voting power is within
ilmlts a reasonable one, but It ignores the BeoBS-
of proselyting and makes no concessions to
; ••* complications of our intern of balances be
tween the states, as such, and the nation. The
principle of representation on the basis of vot
ing power <*an l>e applied only to » limited ex
t,.,,, aud it should !>c carefully ronsMersd
t-iru-e it must l>" accommodated to the overext«*n
fion of the suffrage In mow states as well as to
the restriction of the suffrage of others before
It is accepted as settled Republican policy.
The narrow margin by which the Burfceamend
ment km defeated proves, however, that the K<
publicans of the North sod West are thoroughly
dissatisnXl with the manner iii which the Ke
publicans af the <;«iif States are discharging
their obligations to the party. The Tribune has
repeatedly said that the Republican organiza
tion* In those ft&tej kavfi failed In their dut/
and that the accumulation of contests for seats
from the South has become a scandal. The Gulf
States are. In fart, heavily overrepresented in
Republican conventions. They cast a meagre
Republican vote and they should try to be a
modest and helpful Instead of a contentious and
demoralizing factor In Republican councils.
Above all. they should settle their quarrels at
home and submit to the rule of the majority,
after the will of the majority is clearly deter
mined. We take it that yesterday's vote is a
significant notice to the Republicans of the Far
South that unless they mend their ways and put
in operation some machinery to show clearly the
will of the majority the Republicans of the
rest of the country will see to it that perform
ances like the manufacture of nearly two hun
dred contests this year are ended. The Repub
lican leaders of the Gulf States ought # to realize
that the present basis of representation will not
he retained after 1912 if they do not mend their
ways and set their houses in order.
A DEPENDABLE PARTY.
Senator Lodge, in his speech to the Chicago
convention on assuming the post of permanent
chairman, laid proper stress on the policies
which the Republican party must accept to con
tinue its historic career as an organization
which has risen iv all emergencies to the needs
of the nation. Republicanism has always tri
umphed when it has stood boldly for progres
sive and liberal ideas, as when it combated
slavery -in the HO's, restored the Union in the
60"s. preserved our industrial system against
free trad.' attacks in the SO's and defended the
Integrity of the money standard in the !»o's. It
has won because it has shown positive convic
tions and the courage to carry them Into prac
tice. Now it has again the opportunity to prove
its devotion to progress by applying and extend
ing the policies which President Roosevelt's ad
ministration lias made convincing and conspic
uous. •
The Democratic parly, said Mr. Lodge, asks
the youth of the country "to judge it by its
undiscovered future." Bui the Republican
party can point to a past of fruitful activity
and ask to i.<> lodged both by that and by Ita
purpose to meet the political demands of the
present and the future. As the Senator well
put It:
We ask for the confidence and support of the
American people be ause we have met the prob
lents of the day and have tried patiently to solve
them. We appeal for v-tes ami for tht- power
they confer because «re uphold th*» Pr.-Hdent s
policies and shall continue to sustain them. We
iii:ike our aweal with confidence because we
have a well defined policy, and are not. like our
opponents, fumbling In the dark to find some
opinion on something.
The Chicago* convention has a record to stand
on and a record to make. In both these re
sj»ects it has a great advantage over its his
toric rival, which can recall the past only to
a)>ologize for it. and which at Denver will
merely try to prove that it was acting In an
hypnotic trance four years ago at St. Louis
when it nominated Alton B. Parker for Presi
dent.
THE PERMANENT ROLL.
The roll of the Republican National Conven
tion, as prepared by its committee on creden
tials and approved by the convention itself.
complet.iy confirms the canvass made by The
Tribune of the preferences of the delegates
elect. The credentials committee ratified the
lodgment of the national committee, and the
"national committee in deciding 223 contests
justified almost exactly The Tribune's fore
lasts. As we pointed out the other day. ihe
Tribune's table of May -J4 put at .".f, the num
ber of delegates who had been Instructed for
Mr. raft or who were elected by conventions
which had passed Taft resolutions of prefer
ence, or who. thoagb uninstructed. had publicly
announced tlieir purpose to support Mr. Taft in
connection with th >ir elections. Now that the
roll is finally made up it appears that the Taft
delegates nnder these three classifications will
number 850 l Ton instructed Taft delegates have
In-on admitted, replacing four delegates whom
The Tribune credited to <;ovornor Hughes and
six whom It classed as uncommitted. Thirteen
Taft delegates were displaced and their seats
««re given to delegates not instructed for the
Secretary of War. though nine of them favor
bis nomination. Eleven of these thirteen cases
vere decided, not on technical grounds, but from
:< broader point of view, some attempt having
apparently been made by the regular faction to
discriminate between qualified white and negro
voters.
The many fictitious contests manufactured in
thr <Julf States collapsed when they wore sub
jected to critical elimination, and about half
of the irregular claimants discredited by the
national committee failed to appear before the
committee on credentials. So weak were the
cases of those v ho did. appear that no minority
report m tb.-ir behalf was attempted by the
representatives of the "allies." In the conven
tion Itself DO rollcall was necessary to ratify the
committee's audings. The Tribune takes satis
friction in the fact that it was not misled by the
fanciful claims of Southern contestants, and
that Its Impartial summary <»f the progress of
the Presidential canvass bus been fully sus
tained in the decision of contests by the bodies
legally autborteed to pass on them. We merely
tried to Inform our readers by analyzing the
situation fr^ni week to week without prejudice
or favor, and can contemplate with equanimity
the plight of so many of our contemporaries who
grossly misjudged the facts and are now Irving
to cover their errors i»y foolishly imputing bad
faith :md Injustice not only to the Republican
National Committee but to the committee on
credentials .ml to the national convention.
77//: COI ER\ U>:\ T OF IKDIA.
The fiftieth anniversary of the Sepoy Mutiny
has just been commemorated, and now affairs
in India have suddenly become more disquieting
than at any other date since that tragic cata
clysm. In Bengal particularly there has arisen
something much like a reign of terror. We
hear of English women fearing to go upon the
street* lest they be lnsuh>d, if not assaulted, "f
the preaching of open sedition and of bomb
throwing and assassination. To cope with the
situation the Indian government Ims promul
gated two stringent decrees regulating the man
ufacture an<l sale of explosives and restricting
that liberty of the press which has been grossly
abused Into license. Viscount Motley maintains
mii outward serenity at the India Office, but It
is not to be doubted that a considerable measure
of itiiii.-ty prevails in London as well as at
Simla and < Calcutta.
A strong Illumination is thrown upon the sit
uation by Sir Bampfylde fuller In a letter 10
"The London Times" of recent date. There are
few men who can speak with th" authority of
s«. much knowledge and experience an he since
hie career as Lieutenant Governor of Lantern
Bengal and Assam. Perhaps we should discount
his utterances to some degree on account of
inevitable personal feeling, for he considers him
pelf to have been 111 used, sacrificed to popular
clamor fuid misrepresentation : and indeed his
state of mind toward the government which per
mitted him to be forced to resign his place is
suggested in the title which lie borrows from
Zola for his letter. "JTAccuse.* 1 Nevertheless,
his comments on Indian affairs must command
dose attention. The secret of th« whole trouble,
be says, is that the British in India are sup
posed to be afraid. The course of the govern-
Bent, in his view, has been hesitant, If not
vacillating; it has not bad the courage of Its
convictions; it has sot ventured to sustain man
fully its own policies; its reforms and conces
sions to the Indians have the aspect of having;
been granted through fear; aid It has weak!/
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. THURSDAY. JUWK » »»
deplored seditious movements, instead of
etrongly condemning and suppressing them.
These nre the criticisms of n partisan -with
personal feeling, and It mny be that they are
exaggerated. We have not perceived In the
Indian government In I/ondon. Nt any rate, any
of the weakness and uncertainty which he
charges against that at Calcutta. But there
can be little doubt thnt if his description of the
government's course Is even approximately cor
rect, there Is In it an adequate explanation of
the rapid development of dnngerous sedition.
There is nothing more necessary in governing a
country like India than decision and firmness.
That does not necessarily mean, of course, des
potism. It mny mean precisely the contrary.
Sir Hampfylde Fuller observes with approval
that for the last half century (Jreat Britain baa
in schools and colleges been engendering and
fostering aspirations which are gradually re
storing to India its political self-respect, and
scope must be afforded to those aspirations, and
public opinion In India must be reckoned with
and respected M a growing force. But ail thH
must be done with courage and firmness, as the
doing of right because it Is right, and not as the
reluctant yielding of concessions through fear.
The problem of India Is in sheer magnitude
the greatest of its kind in the world to-day, and,
though It technically pertains exclusively to
(Jreat Britain, it commands the strong and prac
tical Interest of the whole world. A large de
gree of confidence Is generally felt In Viscount
Morley's ability and Inclination to apply to it
precisely those qualities which Sir Bampfylde
Fuller prescribes, and which the world, indeed,
recognizes ns essential to success. But entire
success will require the application of those
principles at Calcutta and at Simla us well as in
London.
A SAMPLE STORY.
Our special correspondence from Washington
yesterday contained «n interesting refutation of
an abominable story concerning President Ca
brera of Guatemala which was recently widely
current and which 'f wined the basis for numer
ous severe criticisms and condemnations of that
ruler. The story was that when he received the
congratulations of the foreign ministers at
Guatemala City on his recovery from the in
juries Inflicted upon him by a would-be assassin
President Cabrera declared to his callers that
lie Intended to avenge himself not only upon the
actual conspirators against him but also upon
their families.
The Guatemalan government thereupon asked
the ministers to state for the sake of establish
ing the tnith whether any such Bavnge inten
tion was expressed. Without exception they de
clare that it was not. The German Minister,
dean of the corps, writes that Mr. Cabrera said
no such thing. The American Minister declare*
that he heard no such words. The Minister of
Salvador denounces the story as a vile falsifica
tion. The ministers of iireat Britain. Mexico,
France, Belgium, Chili and Peru all testify to
the same effect. The refutation of the story is
unanimous, from the most authoritative sources.
It is, of course, Impossible not to accept the
testimony of these ministers as conclusive
:i-:iinst the reports hitherto aiiouymously put
forth. We must believe that the original story
was a malicious concoction, devised by the ene
mies of Mr. Cabrera for the purpose of creat
ing prejudice against him, and perhaps by ene
mies of Central America for the purpose of In
juring the International repute of those states.
It is natural to assume, moreover, that this was
a sample of many equally groundless tales whlch"
have been put forward concerning our southern
neighbors. If any one would Invent a tale so
false and so easily proved false as this we may
reasonnbly suspect many others of which the
truth or untruth Is less readily to be determined.
MOCK WAR AND REAL LESSONS.
The horrors of war are again being impressed
upon the public, vicariously and In homneo
pathic doses, up at Pine Camp and around. New-
York Hay. Six thousand militiamen and regu
lars are getting up to see Jefferson County
sunrises, while their mates down here are lying
awake nights to prevent eight hostile vessels
from running the forts and seizing Manhat
tan. It Is hard work while It lasts— rain. heat.
.lust, drill and lectures enough to k<n«p anybody
from calling the maiuiMivres a picnic. Maybe
some of the boys will drop In their tracks be
fore the game Is ended, and a few participants
may choose to drop out of the ranks and take
their chances on jury duty. But nearly every
body will agrp<' that It Is good training for
the state troops and a valuable branch of pub
lic education.
The last few years have seen military drill
rise in popular esteem. This awakening is
due partly to the wise efforts of the federal
and state authorities, partly to the drift of in
ternational politics and In some degree to a
new realization of the physical and moral value
of a soldier's training. This last factor ought
to he more potent than if is. Even the few
strenuous summer days in which the militia
man tastes military life have a wholesome and
lasting Influence for good. They teach many
a youth discipline and its value; and this les
son is one which few Americans take pains to
study. By coupling the raw denizens of city
armories with the regulars and serving both
with the (hitters daily sauce the authorities
enable the suite troops to learn a vast deal
more than they could under the old, easygoing
system of militia • excursions. Scarcely less
Important than discipline Is knowledge about
sanitation and the other household details of
camp life. The instruction now given in these
branches is as thorough as the brief time per
mits, and it cannot fall to improve the per
sonal habits of many learners. While the
rank and tile are being thus hammered into
shape for warfare the public is being taught,
by the same procedure, to see the evil side of
strife. You cannot find a housewife anywhere
along New York Bay who Is anxious to have
the country get into a real war with a real
foreign power. If the cannonading of the forts
in mock battle is likely to smash bric-a-brac
and glassware, and if the searchlights Hashing
along the shore all night make tdte-&,-t£tea and
sleep Impossible, what a nuisance honest hos
tilities must be! The time and money spent- in
teaching all these things every summer are
well Invested. The only question Is how much
more extensive and prolonged the manoeuvres
might profitably be made.
Tho superintendent of motive power of the
subway system tries to excuse the emission of
urn ut smoke by the powerhouses on the ground
that it Is necessary to use seml-bltum'nous coal
for the sake of its superior heating qualities.
The question Is not, however, whether it is
necessary to burn soft coal, but whether It is
necessary to emit black rfmoke. There Is good
authority for the belief that soft coal can be so
burned as to give off no seriously offensive
smoke. "To-day," Bays an official report of the
T'nited States geological survey, "many steam
"power plants In the T'nlted States are burning
"bituminous coai practically without smoke
"This has been brought about by improving the
■■(icsißn of the- furnaces and by careful attention
"on the part of the Bremen." We may not object
to the use of Boft coal, but It is tlttlnff to ob
j, i t to the pollution of the air through faulty
furnaces and Inefficient stoking
The Constitution of the United States does not
require aeronauts to tell the precise truth about
their exploits, or, for that matter, make the ac
ceptance of every detail of their narratives ob
ligatory upon the public; but If th* pilots of
dirigible airships would mark the routes they
follow— with bits stf parsr thsg might «•£*
the skepticism which their reports sometimes
provoke.
What is bo rare as a steak in June. 1906, at
any reasonable price?
Mr McCarren 1. likely to find the frlend*h! P
of Controller Mets. whose name Is associated
with the defeat or delay of th« Fourth avenue
subway, the reverse of a political asset when
It comes to the next primary contests in Brook
lyn, especially with Mr. Coler leading the oppo
sition to htm.
The Massachusetts Bishop who has MUaCfd
collections in a Worcester church to be taken
b, the cafh register ayStSB evidently »» not
afraid that this businesslike Innovation will MSM
to others, such as trading- stamps, bargain days
and "satisfaction guaranteed or money re-
funded."
A Florida deputy fmerlff collected a debt from
the Valdosta Southern Railway by chaining MM
of the corporation's locomotives to the track.
Tho stores told by Southern travellers are thus
officially confirmed; the Southern engine Is a.«
docile as a cow. The only wonder fa that the
deputy did not accomplish his purpose by ter
rifying the locomotive into submission with a
blank cartridge.
With 1 03« election districts out of 1.94S re
counted. Hearst's gain Is 387, Indicating a gain
of about 700 on the whole city. The mystery
deepens as to why Mayor McClellan resisted a
recount.
We begin to think the city debt limit Is purely
a matter of temperament. Mr. Metz says the
city can borrow $1.40U.«)U0. Mr. Coler says M
can borrow more than .f50.000.000. The differ
ence is a measure of the relative optimism of our
two leading authorities on the city's books.
American army surgeons have had such an
honorable and conspicuous share In proving
that mosquitoes djssemlnate disease that there
is special propriety in the campaign against
th«se Insects which the War Department has Just
organized. In nil probability civilians as well
ns soldiers will be benefited by the abatement at
military posts of what Is both a nuisance and a
menace to health.
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
A bulletin of the Connecticut State Board of
Health recently Issued calls attention to the dan
gerous character of the ordinary bouse fly, accusing
that busy Insect of all manner of offences against
the public health. The secretary of the board
writes: "We have had occasion frequently to com
ment In the columns of this bulletin on the cause
and prevention of typhoid fever, and, bo long as
this disease continues to be a living Issue among
us, we shall continue to do so. Water, milk, oysters
and flies have at different times been spoken of as
rnenns of spreading this disease. It Is a significant
fact that typhoid Is most prevalent at the. season
of the. year when files are the most numerous.
ThK>e insects breed by preference In stable manure,
but, when this Is not readily accessible, will breed
also in garbage and other tilth. With cleaner
streets, the better cure of stables, back yards,
markets and cleaner garbage palls, the J>reedtn;?
places of flies will be lirrrfted and their agency In
currying the typhoid and other bacilli to the food
of human beings will be less marked. Meanwhile,
the screening of our houses !s not a luxury, but
a necessity."
HT'RRAH FOR TOE FOURTH <~'F JT'I.Y!
Kurn up powder! Rnlse a row!
Olebrate the rise
Of our Independent Day!
(Johnny's independent new
( >f hi 3 eyes.)
Shoot your bombs! Our army wrung.
Deaf to war's alarms.
Freedom from the foreign klnjr.
(Off the rule has Jimmy flung
of his arms.)
Start the rockets' T^et 'vm see
Not the land that bogs.
But who fights gains liberty
(Tommy Is this minute free
Of his legs.)
t.et your cheers to heav«*n ring!
IJtrht tht skies with red!
(Plenty kids to go around)
Sound the ancisnt slogan. "Bring
Out your dead."
— Ijayton Brewer In Life.
A few years aero, when the reform element threat
ened to close the various gambling places In Sara
toga and to make It less easy to evade the law at
the racetrack, the proprietor of one of the notori
ous places said: "Kill gambling and you murder
Saratoga; give the sports a show and Saratoga will
get rich." Tbe late Mark M. Colin, who was a
member of the Saratoga Board of Kducatlon at
that time, said: "The gambk-rs may be right, but
they are wrong also. Saratoga was a popular place
before the 'sports' came. Its natural beauty ami
;ts waters attracted the best people of the country
and made It the annual conjugating place of
Amerlcu's leaders In business, politics and letters.
If you wanted to meet a prominent citizen In the
Hummer time all you liad to do was to stand In
Brradway and watch — some time In the course of
the season the man would appear. The 'sports'
did not make Saratoga popular; they chose It for
the gambling business because of Its established
popularity." 'The passage of the antl-gambltng
law." said :i Sarntoglan yesterday, "may restore
our place to its pre-Mtn. i lsaey -CanneM condition."
Young Minister (searching for mirror) — Have you
a glasti here?
Beadle— Na, na. sir. Wo dinna need a glass; wt>
Jl.st tak" h sook oot o' th' bottle.— The Tatler.
Max Winter, in an account of the visit of tbe
Brooklyn Arlon Society to the White House last
week, says that the society was more highly hon
ored than the Vienna singers who made a visit
there last year. One additional song was asked
from foreigners after their programme had
been finished, but three more were asked of tht.
Brooklyn singers. The President paid that he had
never experienced so much pleasure In listening to
German songs, and he kn"w thnt If the Arlon did
M well on their forthcoming- visit to the father
land their friends In the Old World would be equally
well pleased.
"BligKtns Is a very Inconsistent man."
"In what way?"
"The later lie stays out at night the morn he
wants to sing Horn", Hweet Home.' " -Washington
Stur.
A letter written by Count (Jrzymala, who was an
erdent admirer of Chopin, has Just been made
public In I»ndon by Kduard Zeldenrust In It the
lust moments of Chopin are thus referred to: "A
few hours before he died he asked Mine. I'otocka
to elng soiiu- melodies by Rossini and Bellini, and
this she dlil with cobs iv her voice, listening to
her voloe he paused away." Speaking of the funeral
tbe writer says: "Mozart's requiem and his own
funeral march were performed with the assistance*
of LatMache, Vlardot and the concert society. It
was characteristic of the times that the artists
should have asked 2,000 francs for this lust tribute
to Chopin. One would have thought that pride
would have kept them from selling their gifts on
such un occasion."
"If I were you," aald ths old bachelor to tho
benedict. "I'd either rule or know why."
"Well," was the reply, "as I already know why,
I suppose that's hulf the battle!" Atlanta Consti
tution.
ROOBEVELT AND TAFT.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
There Is much fault found with President Roose
velt for pr^ferrln* Mr. Taft for President. Mr.
Roosevelt la a citizen and the President. As a
citizen, he Is a Republican voter In Oyster Bay.
As the President, what has he done t» promote the
nomination of Mr. Taft or to prevent the nomina
tion of any other Republican? What appointment
lias he made or refused to make, or what removal
has he made, to help the, nomination of Mr. Tuft,
or to prevent the nomination of any other Republi
can? We. do not ask concerning newspaper cnaxsea
to that effect. We ask for apecltlcutlon of Instance*).
None has been established.
Had Mr. Itooßevelt not been for Homebody, the
charge that he was manoeuvring for his own re
nomination would have, been hard to escape. To
be for Homebody, to escape the accusation of being
for himself, under cover of his own disclaimers,
was a strategic political necessity. Ills preference
as a citizen among Republicans for Mr. Taft was
bis right. He has only exercised his right .i - a
citizen. His preference may or may not be nhared
by others. He ha« prescribe^ It to none. He has
priori bed. none whoa* pref.«reno> was or U for
otb*n> *,
About Teople and Social Incident^
AT THE WHITE HOUSE. |
[From The Tribune Bureau.J
Washington. June H.-The President while gratl
fled by the demonstration following the mention of
his name at the Chicago convention, before the
ovation ha.l subsided started for a horseback ride
In the country. : . . .- „ p..,!
Forester Glfford Plnchot Introduced to the Presl
r^rw-r^tH;;::;-;:-:"^ 1^
drriirtment.s will rx" closen
days, from June 20 to September 19.
The President asked Acting Secretary of the : Navy
Newberry to investigate the reports that marine,
In Panama had received improper drinks
Bishop Aversa, Apostolic Delegate to Cuba and
Porto Rico, talked with the President about the
S. of Catholic church lands In. Orient* Province
now occupied by Bishop soldiers. The <£*£« ™»
accompanied by Bishop O'Connell. of the Catholic
U Am e ty other callers were Secretary Tafl.Post
master General Meyer. Dana Estes of 11 iMSiS,
Mass.. and Chairman Knapp of the Interstate
Commerce Commlpslon.
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
[From The Tribune Bureau!
Washington. June 17-Mme. Portia, wife of the
Argentine Minister, went to New York to-day The
minister will Join her there at the end of the week
and they will go to Boston for a short visit and
will probably spend the season at some resort In
■ h^e V Colomb. a n Minister and Mme. Cortes win
leave here in a day or so for Buena Vtata. la the
Blue Ridge Mountains, for a month s stay. They
will then go to New York, and while there win d
dde upon suitable headquarters for the legation
for the remainder of the season.
The Nicaragua Minister and Mme. -res went
to Deer Park to-day for the season. n^ nv
The charge d'affaires of Mexico and Mme. Godoy
ba?e aTthrtr ferta Mrs. Perrln. Mrs Camamlxo
and Miss Camomlw.. mother, sister and niece of
Mmc (Jcdov. Tho Godoy. and the,r «MS will
remain in Washington for a short time and then
K o to Atlantic City, and from there to one of the
North thore resorts for the rest of the summer.
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
[From The Tribune MM 1
Washington. June 17.-Mrs. Robert Shaw Oliver
and Miss Oliver, wife and daughter of the Aaslst
ant Secretary of War. will leave Washington on
June 29 for Murray Bay. Canada.
Mrs. Richard Townsend and her daughter. Miss
Hathlldo To^nsend. will go on Friday to New York.
whence they will go to Bar Harbor for the summer.
General and Mrs. Johnston left IMS city yester
day for Clayton, N. T.. to spend the greater part of
the summer.
Mrs Merritt will leave here in a few days to join
General Merritt at Lake Sunapee, N. U. where
they will spend several months.
General and Mrs. Eugene A. Carr hare gone to
Portsmouth. N. H . for the season.
Mrs Stanley Matthews has gone to New York to
loin her cousin. Mis* Winifred Parsons. They will
go to the former's bone In Vermont, later going to
Poland Springs. '
Mrs. Henry Y. Satttrtes and Miss Satterlee have
rone to their summer home ntar New York.
Ban John A. i.-ami left 1 ere to-day tor Chicago
to attend the unvelim* of a bust of her husband In
the Grand Army of the Kepublic hall of the Chi
cago Library. Later she will go to Springfield for
several weeks to .upertntend the Installation in the
State House of the rottcs belongs to General
Mr. anJ Mrs. James Harrliaaa and Mis. Harrl
man have e<m« to New York.
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
Tuxedo will be en fete for th« remainder of the
week In connection With the annual open air horse
show which will open to-morrow, and. as usual, be
made the occasion of much hospitality at the
park. Many house parties are bring given In con
nection therewith, the guests leaving town this
afternoon, and not only the cottagers but most of
the "country places in the neighborhood will bo rep
resented at the show.
Mrs. Henry Spies Kip, was retained from Ku
rope on Tuesday after an absence, abroad of six
weeks, has gone to Cedarhurst. Ixjng Island, where
she and Mr. Kip will spend part of the summer
at their country place. Later In the season they
wll! ro to Newport.
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Bchieffelln and Miss
Dorothy Sehlefrelln will go to Southampton. Long
Island, next week Tor the summer.
Miss Antoinette W. Maclay. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Mark W. Maclay, was married In the Church
of the Ascension at noon yesterday to Frederick
Johnson. It was a small wedding, and only rela
tives and a few Intimate friends w«re present. The
bride, who was given away by her father, was at
tirrd in cream colored applique lace trimmed with
Irish point lace. She wore a large ecru lace hat
trimmed with a burnt orange paradise aigrette.
She had no attendants. George Johnson. Jr., was
his brother's best man and the bride's two broth
ers, William 11. Maclay and Mark W. Maclay. Jr..
were the ushers. After the ceremony, which was
performed by the rector, the Rev. Percy S. Grant,
assisted by the bridegroom's brother-in-law, the
Rev. c". A. Hamilton, of St. Margaret's Church, a
small reception was held in the vestry room. The
newly married couple will spend thctf honeymoon
In Europe.
Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Hammond, who are
now at tlieir country place at Milton Point, Rye,
N. V.. will go to I>enox later In the season, where
they will be the guests of Mr?. Hammond's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William Douglas Sloane, at Elm
Court.
Miss Caroline M. WilmerJlng. who !s to be mar
ried to John B. Trevor on Thursday next, will
NATHAN HALE MEMORIAL.
Offer of Partridge Statue of Alumnus and
Patriot Made to Yale Corporation.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Yale men anil other patriotic people Inter
ested In a memorial for the Rrent Colonial alaxnnns,
Nathan Hale, will be gratified in learning that the
formal offer of Partridge's widely known in.l a.l
mired statue of that distinguished patriot lias Just
been made to the corporation, and It Is expected
that action will be taken on the matter at Its
meeting Of June 22.
This statue, which, in the opinion of all Yale
men who have seen It, the JudKment of competent
New York critics an<l connoisseurs of art in all
parts of the country. Is singularly adequate In all
respects for the memorial purpose Intended, Is now
on exhibition at the studio, Xo. 259 Fourth avenue.
and no Yale graduate who can do so should fall to
see It and form his own Impression as to It* merits.
The story of the origin, history, etc.. of this Hale
movement amonK the alumni Is well known to
many, but probably to no graduate more famlltarly
than to Charles T. ("atlln. 'M. who for nearly ten
years has been th« chairman of the executive com
mittee of those alumni who have supported this
patriotic and honorable Yale enterprise, and. by
request of tbe committee, he will b« at liberty to
meet representatives of the press who may be In
terested In learning the facts at the Hotel St.
George. Clark street, Brooklyn, daily. 2:30 to 6:30
p. m., until June 22.
Th« prompt and patriotic co-operation of the
alumni, by their subscriptions, will enable the com
mittee. In the event of favorable action by the cor
poration, to expedite the preparation of the statue
for unveiling at the commencement exercises of 1* 9.
YALE ALUMNI NATHAN HALE STATUE
COMMITTEE.
New York, June \<\. IHOS.
C. W. MORSES SON TO WED.
Cambridge. Mass.. June 17.— Benjamin Wyman
Morse, aon of Charles W. Morse, the New York
financier, and a inner of the graduating class
at Harvard, obtained a marriage license at the
office of the Cambridge, City Clerk yesterday to
marry Miss Elva. May Pevey, daughter of Gilbert
A. P«v»y. city ■oUcltor of Cambridge. The w«d-
Alna; will Uk« alaos oa Jus* V
have Ml** A'!»> Colsrat* . and Mist C»rc9n«
ton for her brMesmalds. Rnbert - ;'"*Dt» >
will b« Mr. Trevor's best man. '---, "2! 0*"0 *"* 1
ushers The wedding Is to take Pa c , at *? "• *
of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs, t" *•*
WltoeTdlng. In East 77th strt«t. "4^" 4^ I
I
Mrs. Mr>«» Taylor Campbell win lea?, . "■
fore the end of the month for Iyi 9 Asr»'°* S **
to spend the remainder of the ■tnaa ( ? "*^
brother. John de Ruytcr. v - '-•
Mr. and Mrs. Mooes Taylor Pyn», Mr ■ »
A. D. JnllHard. Mrs. Fellowes Davis. jj r * *?, *»
crt B. Van Cortlandt w*r» among thota^whf ? * v
for Europe yesterday. ' "° *4j
Mr and Mrs. Alexander Robb. or Ma^va,
me, will spend the summer at their sassssT^
on the St. Lawrence. ' ~* r ""*
Mr. and Mrs. Percy R. Py r^ h«« taW '
session of their Bummer home at E»-~ **
N. J. "*" *- 1^"
-. '' '
Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Boardnian wtH km '
summer at Southampton, Long Island, whsjliJ
have taken a cottage for the season. '^
NOTES FROM TUXEDO PARK. '
[By Majaasji Is Th« IMassi i ' *
Tuxedo Park. N. V.. June '- -The Tunjg C
■how. which will be held at the Tuxedo Pftrka?
Ing track on Friday and Saturday, win no *!!t
be one of the b*st horse shows Tuxedo S^^?
In nearly every class the competition wlllij^w*
The entry list Includes thirty classes. Th*oj»»««
tors represent Orange County, N. V ; XewjLs!^
New York City and th» nearby towns ofßaefctS
County. There will he trotting and pada? race,
Saturday, and a special hor3« show train win J*
out from town on Saturday for thos* wSa^a^ 1
unable Is obtain accomnvidations at this "Vvji*
Club. * i3e!U
The executive committee Includes Theodcr* is
linßhuysen. president; George Grt<r.vold. vlce-jßg,
dent: Pierre Lortllard. Jr.. secretary; y - -
Hoffman, treasurer; A. D. .1 il lard, RJchard J£r
mer. Frank B. Keech. irarry S. .'ahnestoct/*
ward H. If ril—iii, Ambrose Mone!*. Rirhaniw
field, T. Wyman Porter, Oscar J. Brand, Hes.7l
Redmond. Pries ■' ■- and '.'.'. Plerscn Baaasi
The Judges are Frank K. Sturirts a -.1 R. jj^
balm, harness horses, trotters and roadsttrs, at
J. O. Marshall, saddlfs horses.
Amon? the boxholdera are a!I of the colasaajai
the executive* committee and Mr. and It* J i
Harrlman. Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. A!exaad(r'»
and Mrs. George F. Baker. R. Fi:lton Cottlsn
Thayer Robb. George Grlswold. W. B. Dosss*
GrenvlUe Kara and Mrs. Charts Cooper.
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT. »
[ By ~»rraih to T^»> TrOcisß.l
Newport. R. 1., June 17. Afternoon teuaretsU
an innovation at the Newport Casino this kissk
The teas wrfl fee in charge of a ccsailttM Imsbl
by Mrs. Barker lTsTrftl, Rooms on the son& *U
of the horseshoe piazza will be used for the tai
Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont Is expected i«r»>
morrow to attend to business In connection with!*
properties. ■••";"?■
James Brett Stokes, of Sew Tork, arrrrea forta
summer to-day.
Mrs. Walker Breese Smifr-.. of New Tork. iv
taken Elm Lodge, the homo of Miss Anna R. Ecu
for the summer.
Miss Mary Astor Paul, who was one of tat wt>
ter's debutantes In Philadelphia, will be a aetm
gnest here- of Mr. and Mrs. Oral* Bld<Jle. ot Ph!!>
delphla.
Miss Mary Pomeroy ha» Joined her mother. Iti
C. C Pomeroy. for the summer.
Colonel Oliver Payne, of New Tork. who ht» i««
looking: over the "White villa, which helatoocnpy
for th© summer, has returned to hit Row Tori
home. H© will arrive for the season on obatsjL
Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Cross, of Pro»MBBC«, *2
open their Plnard cottar* to-morrow.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Van Horn sstsrtatD*] a*
dinner to-night.
Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Jay, of N«w Torit; tad
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cuablng, ot Bc«on. tart
arrived for the Brimmer. '".3
Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock, 3l«jot Eiwartf *. Cnr*.er
and Mr. and Mrs. J. S. PMpBS. «£ »flw Tortt, ar»
expected next week.
Mrs. James B. Hagrgin baa retailed to New TeA
Fordhara Mahoney was anuaig tlioss joisj t3
New Tork to-day.
Mri. W. L. Wilson arrlvwl far &s seawa ttiJ
evening.
IN THE BERKSHIRE.
[B>- TV.-rrir^ '• tIH SMBSBa]
Lenox. Mass.. June 17.— Mrs. David Ttaowm. at
New York, has entered a clatm for CS» •■*•
an express company for damages to aa* Sam
which was rein* sent Is Lenox for the !■••!■»
Eva Thomson Purriy. The harp, sh« allsam SB)
ruined In transit.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Choate west to B»
fi-ld from Stockbridge to-day. The ex-a=la-«a^
entered the office of the Register of Deeds m
copied a deed, the Brat work of the kind !» »
done In over forty years. wht> Mm Choats «
shopping. Mr. Choate refused to dlscnsj UU
caero convention. r^
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E«sSi Pfcard. of !■»»■»
are BiiliiaiiilimM In las Berkshfres.
Mr. an.l Mrs. Henry E Cabas* of *^2
who are on their wedding trip, arrived at •»■»
Aspinwall to-night.
Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus H. McCormJcS «=-»-
who are aalllsailSflf In the hills, dejartefi sw
for Bretton -.<!«. (. a
Miss Jane Anderson, of Lekewood. ■— *
Harris, of Tarry are among those "»*
Istered at the hotel to-day. . %
Countess Delia GHwardesca. who B»* . « >'
guest of Mrs. Charles Astor Bristed at U»
departed to-day for New York. .
Mrs. Frank F. Bturgls started yesterday wt "
Smith's. In the Adlrondacks. ,j
Mrs. Robert Winthrop Is entertalßlni JT* *
Wood, of B iSSOSk __— —
PRESIDENT HOLDS UP APPOETr^- 1 '
Protests Against Dr. Barbosa as *■•»
Porto Eican Executive Council.
San Juan. P. R. June IT.-Fresident .**£
has held ■:■ the appointment of Pr. J- <-- rf*
to his third term of .'<•'- - as a nem dC ,
Executive Council, l^r. Fartwsa Is a
Republican party an-1 t? atnllate.l with ta. -
allsts. The American members of th« eor-* -
him for a third term. It Ml not knows Be..
this action was taken.
t~.n said »
Washington. June 17.-Secretary LM»
day that while many persons have or — rf
appointment of it. J. C. Bartoss « •£*"$& *
the Porto Riean Executive Council. "*•" .. &
number of protests against the '**^ U> < *T^
the President has not decided ••»- he wiu
BELMONT LEFT ALL TO KIS
Value of Real and Personal Prop** "
Forth as Unknown to Petitioners.
The will of Oliver H. P. Beimont. «J»J
Hempstead. I^ng 15..m.1. on June W "f" f3 rtf*
terday affrnoon by Jay Candler. *"" < X- rf d
Alva E. Belmont. widow sad sols ***** c i »
testator. The will occupies about tm^^ issU «
typewritten sheet of paper and gives i*"
Mr». Belmont. It Is dated January »._ '" '
The will Is witnessed by Fraarf» *JLi *
Mumford Deabury and Charles X. ■ W- r
petition sets forth that the value 0. t..e we «
erty owned by Mr. Belmcnt I- un * n^ nW , **
deponent, his widow, and makes tne " B TW sit*
ment in regard to his personal P ro^ rl^ n tT , tftf
at law and next la kin Of Mr. P*^ Bt ,„ of
in the petition Is bo Alta ■ » ! « >! " 10 , 1 "' , >'» •
No. i:i .Madison avenn.'. August l* 111 "^ •
East 3lth street, brother, and Ferry
the Plaza Hotel, brother. '
JOSEPH C. GREWS »&'?*£&
St. Petersburg. June 17.-Joseph [,C- SfcJ p«s
«ecretary of the American Embassy Bera. —sx***
Informed of his appolntmta'. M le-* l^ .—
■ i Om ambaasy at flortia - -^