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THURSDAY, AUGUST 27. 1908.
This newspaper is oicned and published by
The Tribune Association, a yew York corpora
tion: office end principal pines of business.
Tribune Building. yo. 154 yassau .street, yew
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secretary and treasurer. The address of the
officers is the office of this newspaper.
THE VBWS THIS JfOff.V/VO.
FOREIGN. — Tho American battleship fleet left
Sydney for Melbourne: thousands of persons
lined the shores i,, bid farewell to th« warships.
'— — crowds which the police were unable to
<]jsr>er<=e besieged the Friedrichsberger Bank in
Bcilin- the directors say that the institution Is
solvent. = M. de Beus, the Dutch Minister
to Venezuela, said that the letter which caused
his • expulsion was published without his con-
MOt: a blockade of the Venezuelan coast, he
added, would be sin easy matter. ===== King
Edward eniertained if Olemenceau, the French
Premier, and M. d'lswolsky. the Russian ?or
ei^n Minister, at luncheon at Marlenbad.
The Etruria was in collision with a lighter at
Liverpool and was so badly damaged that her
passengers will be taken by the Umbria. which
will sail on Friday. ===== Insurrection in three
provinces of Persia caused fear at Teheran that
the country is entering a period of anarchy.
.. The conference of leading North Atlantic
lines has included the Russian Libau-Nevr York
service in the poo!.
DOMESTIC. — President Roosevelt made a
speech at the presentation of a public library at
Jordanville. N. T., his sister, Mrs. Douglas Rob
inson, being one of the donors. == Governor
Hughes made a speech at the Saratoga County
fair, at Ballston Spa, winning the applause of
the farmers, but the horse owners refused to
start their horses while he was on the grounds.
= William H. Taft, at Hot Springs, Va..
said that the federal guarantee of national bank
deposits, advocated by i Mr. Bryan would -■:::
a premium "■• on reckless banking. = Wade
Ellis, • Attorney General' of Ohio, decided to ac
cept the position of assistant to the Attorney
General of the United States, recently cffereM
him by the President. . W. J. Bryan visited
Salem, lIL, the place of his birth, and in a
speech -at the -'courthouse Insisted that the peo
.pie- do not rule. . Thirty miners were cut
off by fire and are. believed to have perished in
"Hailey-Ola coal' mine, near McAlester, Okla.
~ Application was made, for bail for Ferdi
nand -Pinney Earle, and it is expected that he.
•will .be released to-day and that he will seek
reconciliation with his wife.
- ClTY.— Stocks were dull and strong. =====
Commissioner Mitchel's report on the Hurley
loan to Coler- severely criticised the transaction;
the report was sent to Assistant District Attor
ney Elder, in Kings County. = It was said
the cause of the failure of the Stock Exchange
Urm of A. O. Brown .i Co. was the refusal to
banks to make a loan of £3.000.000 on $7,000,000
worth of ■ Tobacco Trust bonds. ===== The cold
rainstorm which began on Tuesday night caused
the loss of : several lives and considerable dam
age; to property throughout the city. = It
■aaa said that the letters Annis had received
warning -.him of Hairs might not- be produced at
the trial. , ===== District . Attorney Darrin of
Queens announced that he would not seek a re-
Inatfon, but would take one as a Republi
can if his services were demanded. - Three
negroes attempted to hold up a hat dealer in his
Sixth avenue store, -and one of them was capt
ured. == Pinkertoris were put on the case of
Betjiune, " the missing lawyer, whose wife is
net him in the West. . It was an
nounced that the Maloney annulment case was
on the court calendar for to-day. = A com-
-•••; was appointed to hear the claims of the
rival ' Republican factions in West Virginia.
; i' .J.Q. A. Ward, the sculptor, filed a bill of
particulars in his suit for $32,500. ===== • The
Public Service Commission took ; formal notice
of the suit brought in the name of Adolph C
Gubner to hold up the appropriation of city
moneys for the- payment of the expenses ana
salaries of Jts employes. . .
THE WEATHER.— lndications for to-day:
Rain: to-morrow, fair. The temperature yes
terday: Highest, 60 degrees; lowest, 56.
ECOyOMY AT I' A Kit A.
Attention was recently c, .ed in th<=se col
uains to the rapid progress which i* being made
In the construction of the Panama Canal. We
shamed . that our American engineers had in
four years excavated more than SO per cent as
much as the French bad in all their years of
labor: that the Americans bad in one year ex
cavated nearly GO per cent as much as the
French bad in nearly • twenty years; that the
rate of American achievement was constantly
increasing: that at the end of May last the
work of dijr"in^ the canal was mM than half
dono. and that there was a |>rosi«-<-T that the
excavation would be '-ompieted within four
years. .
: It ini£ut not unreasonably be assumed that
this **nonncus a<-'-oleration of work was li»-i:i^
efferted by m^ans of a comparable increase of
expenditure, v.iii<-!i mlgkt be proper and com
roeodablc. If. for <LX«mple, the rate of cx
cafatlon could he duubkxl liy doubling tin- ox
penditure, th:it would be good policy, for the
final cost of the work would not be increased,
while wo should have the use of the canal no
much the sooner.
. i'.ui our engineers me doin^ much better than
that. .Thus in August, 1907, they, excavated
LSSSJBSS cubic yards, and in June, li>oS, 3,000,
307 cubic yards. That was an increase of .more
than 140 per cent. But the cost did not in
crease? in like BStJa On the contrary, it In
reas< from $1,190,803 to only $1,755,771, or
less than 47 per cent. The cost of construction
and engineer in? in August, T. "7. was M cents
for each cubic yard excavated, and in August,
19t*i. with the rate of excavation considerably
more than doubled, it was. only. 57 cents .'for
ea«-h cubic yard.
With the work of excavation now more than
baH faoe>. it nil! be of interest i-< recapitulate
']. the- ■..■■■■ ■ ■ cost cf the -zi eat isiiw |ii im thus
far. or. rather, town to June .''•• last, when the
dijsriiig v.-;:s more- than half done. Since our
entry upjit She; uudertafcja^ in Use spring of
. "■•'"- the* largest item of expense has naturally
h■■ the plant account, for buildings, machin
ery. <>!c.. and that i ■-'■ M down to June ho
?Si£OJ!)W. Saeand. :uiil a close second; wii's
the Item of <-nnstruction and eu^inecrinj:.- which
mm .?.?<.».101,C'J5 27. The work of sanitation in
the c-mal zone sad the two adjacent or perhaps
!ndude*J cities was $0,V25,010 77. Municipal im
provements in the same area cost $5,770,75087.
- Fliially, ; hx lax ■ the ; least '■■ of all, 1 was the : LIU
for civil administration, amounting to only $2,
146,99*5 77. Thus the grand total of expense—
excepting the purchase price paid to the French
company and the royalty to Panama— down to
June 30 last was only $76,047,062 72, or less
than $19,030,000 a year. In view of such a
showing, the predictions of extravagance, prof
ligacy and plunder which were once so freely
made, are happily disappointed, and our ad
ministration of the enterprise is seen to be
marked with as much financial economy as
technical energy. -
TEE RESULTS OF THE PRIMARIES.
The results of the primary elections in the
state are what was to be expected, and upon
the whole are fairly to be interpreted as indi
cating the growing strength of Governor
Hughes. The election of anti-Hughes delegates
from counties like Albany, Onondaga and some
others could not occasion surprise, because of
their compact, thoroughly organized machines
whose • leaders were committed against the
Governor. The really significant results are
seen in counties whose attitude before th» pri
maries might have been regarded as doubtful,
such, for instance, as Clinton County, which
showed great enthusiasm for the Governor, and
Erie, which yesterday unanimously passed reso
lutions Indorsing him. Those counties may be
regarded as typical of many whose leaders have
not openly taken a position one way or the other
regarding the renomination, but have been wait-
Ing to learn what the sentiment of the voters
is regarding it. When counties whose leaders
have remained thus open to conviction come
out for the Governor it Is a clear Indication
that his strength, shown in the demand of the
voters, is making itself felt. No such county
is to be found as a result of the primaries in
the anti-Hughes column, with the exception of
Niagara, where, however, the Hughes issue whs
dwarfed by ;t local fight over the renomination
of Congressman Porter, and the Governor's can
didacy was. weakened by being, coupled with the
unpopular side of that controversy.
The failure of the Governor's cause to make
headway among the enrolled voters of such
Bounties as' Albany and Onondaga is not sur
prising. The primaries in perfectly* organized
counties reflect the will of the leaders of the
machine. The Hughes sentiment In such coun
ties was unorganized and ■ large part of it
would probably be found among the voters who
do not enroll, and because of the!r independent
habits of thinking are not urged to enroll by
the election district captains, who do thus urge
all whose votes they feel they can control. Un
der such conditions' the friends of the Governor
had no opportunity to indicate their desire to
see him renominated. only one ticket, repre
senting the machine, being put in the field.
Where the opposition of the leaders to the
Governor was open no fight was made, because
It was felt that with the primaries so incom
pletely representative of party sentiment a con
test would be hopeless.
In the districts, however, which might fairly
be regarded as doubtful and where the leaders
had reasonably adhered to their professed atti
tude of keeping their hands off. the voters have
indicated their demand for the- Governor.
Erie's significance cannot be exaggerated, for it
has been claimed by both sides, and might have
been expected to exhibit that anti-Hughes sen
timent which has been said to exist in other
than political circles. Erie might reflect the
racing sentiment, because of the tracks near
Buffalo. Again, Buffalo has a large German
population, and it had been intimated by the
Governor's opponents that this element dis
liked him. The primaries as a whole show that
the leaders who have openly taken ground
against the Governor are gome to adhere' to if
in face of any public demand that has hitherto
manifested itself, but that those who. doubt
ing his availability, have been waiting to let
the public sentiment make itself felt, are becom
ing convinced of the Governor's strength or are,
not using their influence to stifle its expression
at the primaries: Despite the fact that th«
Governor has clearly the best of it up to th»»
present time, that his strength has be.-fine evi
dent and that the whole country has shown a
sympathetic Interest in his progress, while the
opposition to him has not b*»en able to produce
a candidate, it; will not: do for his friends to
rest and take his nomination for granted, Much
work remains to be done. The public demand
for him, which at best, can .express itself only
imperfectly . In the primaries, should be made
so clear that no doubt of it can exist and that
his opponents will see, what impresses every
unprejudiced observer, the danger to the state
and national tickets of offending the best pub
lic sentiment by rejecting Dim.
A3TTABCTW EXPLORATION
Commander Peary announces that when lie
next returns from the North he will devote such
time as he can spare from his duties to <he
oresnization of an Antarctic expedition H<
has had. thf matter in mind since 1904. but not
having carried, through the project to which
his best efforts have been devoted for seventeen
years, he naturally gives that the preference
now. The government bos been exceptionally
indulgent to him in granting leaves of ab
sence, though greatly needing his services, and
will undoubtedly welcome his return to the
United States. The Navy Department will also
find satisfaction in the statement that Com
mander Peary purposes to act. nut as the leader,
but as au sciviser to the enterprise. No Imme
diate work is to be done at present, of course,
but by giving notice of his intentions in a let
ter to the president of the recent International
Polar Congress in Brussels the American ex
plorer riles a mortgage on the idea. He may
thus have thwarted the ambition of M. Antow
ski. who has long been trying t<» raise money
enough in Belgium to equip an Antarctic expe
dition of his own.
The region surrounding the North Pole differs
radically from that near the South Pole. In one
case the pnvironinent is supplied by water and
in the other by laud. Commander Peary has
conducted the most critical stage of his work
with dogs and sledges, and used them also in
traversing Greenland. On the Antarctic con
tinent Mr. Shaddeton, who sailed from Eng
land hist year, has planned to employ* ice auto
mobiles and Siberian ponies. M. Charcot, now
on his way to the Southern ■ Hemisphere, has
also provided himself with ice automobiles.
The superiority of the new means of transpor
tation lias not yet been demonstrated, but when
Mr. Sbackleton and If. Charcot return, their
experience may prove more helpful than Com
mander Peary's. . Both M. Aretowski and Dr.
Cook are also believers in the tee automobile.
Commander Peaty** purpose has been pri
marily to find the pole, and incidentally to map
coast lines never before visited. Like Brer
drup and Erichsen, he has made valuable addi
tions to the previously existing store, of geo
graphical knowledge, but other sciences re
ceived little attention from him. Several sum
mer voyages to Greenland within , the last few
years, "however, have enabled geologists and
botanists to obtain much desired information,
and Amundsen's attempt to ■ determine anew
the position of the. north magnetic -. p-.jlc met
another need of long standing. It is probable,
too, that when the wort done, by the Danish
■ •.;•:<. it. whose death was reported a few
weeks ago, is fully known it will prove to have
beet] highly fruitful. Brichsen aimed to study
Greenland as it had not been studied before,
and no less -than fourteen members of his
party wen' spec].*! lists in science. -; '
The expeditious to the Antarctic regions
which save been most carefully planned, like
those ; sent out by England and Germany in
11)01,* were much more comprehensive in scope
than * anything- which Commander Peary has
ever undertaken. Their backers felt 'that they
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wanted to ■ get the largest possible return for
their Investment.- They might have been con
tent Tvitb some special feat of daring, such as
a' dash to the pole,- bnt it was believed that
the opportunity should" not be lost for advanc
ing knowledge in; a dozen different ways. Hith
erto, Commander Peary's researches have had
the advantage, of concentration in aim, but
have betrayed little appreciation of the de
mands of. other sciences than geography. Per
haps he Is not the best man to lay out the pro
gramme for an exploration of Antarctica which
would yield the largest results.
Moreover, in the past, much has been accom
plished in' the Southern Hemisphere through
co-operation. r When Captain Scott and Dr.
Drygalski led their respective parties to the
Antarctic continent a careful division of labor
had been prearranged. One section of the ter
ritory was reserved for the English expedition
and another for the German, and each kept
distinctly in view the fact that Scottish and
Swedish expeditions had also been projected,
and would probably start on their respective
missions (as was the cane) a few months later.
If ah 'American expedition should ever be or
ganized, regard- should be had not only to the
subjects remaining for Investigation, but also
to other undertakings. which may have had an
earlier or a simultaneous Initiative.
1 MR. BRYA y -AS .4.V "AyTI-SOCIALIST."
In his Indianapolis speech on the regulation
; of trusts Mr. Bryan showed the same exag
gerated facility,, for theorizing which led him
i two years ago tp declare offhand In Madison
Square Garden that the only solution of the
transportation problem - lay In the ownership
and operation by the government of all the In-
I strumentalities of Interstate commerce.' Mr.
; Bryan's " talent for generalisation constantly
' tempts him into proposing experiments in poli-
I tics and economics which look to him as easy
•as casting up a sum in simple addition. In his
1 fertile Imagination he can see the federal gov
; eminent owning and operating the railroads,
: the canals, the telegraph and the telephone sys
i terns and developing into a vast paternalistic
machine' without in the least discrediting Jef
fersonlan theories of non-centralization or up
setting the present balance between the powers
i of the nation and the powers of the states.
! Similarly he can picture the federal administra
i tion controlling production and distribution, fix
ing limits to the activities of any industrial
or •commercial combination and equalising the
prices at which products are to be sold In the
different parts of the Union, without in the
! least infringing on the Jeffersonian doctrines
I of free competition and the least possible inter
j ference by the state with individual initiative
', and independence. He does not hesitate to
] suggest measures which would precipitate state
socialism, but at the same time he pretends to
be an orthodox Jeffersonian and claims that the
' Democratic party under his leadership "iB the
"defender of competition and the only great
"party which is seeking to restore competition."
' The* Indianapolis speech emphasizes the fla
grant contradictions of Mr. Bryan's attitude.
He assails the Republican view of trust mtu
• lation as at once too socialistic and not social
| istic enough, and tries to show that the policy
! of the Democratic platform is more effective
i both soclalistically and anti-socialistically. Mr.
j Bryan has' persuaded himself that he can re
! store "free competition" by calling on the gov
! eminent to superintend all production and cx
i change, to limit output arbitrarily and to en
] force sales at one price in every community
from Maine to Texas. Th« Republican party
L does, not think that "competition" can be Pe
stered by such an heroic experiment in com-
I inunhm It is. therefore, condemned as cow
i ardly in Mr. Bryan's view, its cowardice being
'< Inspired by subserviency to the trusts. But In
: the next breath he denounce? It as socialist!?
[in tendency and as being responsible, for the
f spread 'of socialism. Said the Democratic nom
inee at ., Indianapolis with true Jeffersoulan
I severity: ■
The word "socialistic*' is hurled at th- Demo
cratic party and Jhe Democratic platform NOW,
as a matter 01 fact. It in Mr. Taffs party and
not th« Democratic party which has given en
couragement to socialism.
This virtuous rebuke come? -from n man who,
speaking two years ago as the leader of the
Democratic party and Its logical candidate for
President in 19<\S. calmly proposed that the
federal government should own and operate
the railroads and all other instrumentalities of
Interstate commerce!
The fact is that the Republican party, on the
railroad and trust questions, occupies a rational
midway position, while Mr. Bryan is continu
ally flopping from one flank of that position to
tiff., other. The Republican policy is regulative,
not absorptive. It wants to minimize the evils
of the present systems of production and trans
portation." but not to change their character <>r
to replay them with "bald state communism.
Mr. Bryan holds that the attempt to regulate
the railroads will fail utterly, and that they
must ultimately be nationalized. The Repub
lican plan for licensing trusts contemplates 11
similar restraint on overcapitalization and
monopolistic practices, It does not contemplate
making the government the dominant partner
in all production. But Mr. Bryan, although
protesting that he believes in "competition,"
far outdoes the proposal to regulate by super
vision, and demands that the government lix
metes and bounds for industry, and' guarantee
that products be sold at the same price at
every crossroad from one edge of the con
tinent to the other. The Republican plan is
moderate, cautious and capable of gradual
application in the light of experience. Mr.
-Bryan's plan is crude, radical and absolutely in
capable of application under economic con
ditions as they are!' and with our as yet im
j..Tiv<i mastery of them. The trust plank
of tli<: Democratic platform is characteristic
of the party's irresponsibility and/general hazi
ness of ideas. Mr. Bryan's •defence of it only
accentuates the contrast * between Democracy,
the party of rash experiment, and Republican^
ism, the party of steady and orderly progress
ROEXTGEX AXD OTHERS.
Between what has been regarded as the most
notable achievement of the; physicist. Henri
Becquerel, and that of Rontgen . there is a re
markable parallel. The German discovered that
from a Crook os tube emanated a mysterious
something which would penetrate opaque sub
stances aud affect a photographic plate as light
does. The Frenchman found that uranium pave
off a radiation practically* Identical in its prop
erties, though feebler. It has not been feasible
to utilise Becqnerel rays for the same purposes
as X-rays; merely- because they are not strong
enough,' but that they are emitted from a metal
is a phenomenon not less wonderful ' than that
the same sort of radiation proceeds .from an
electrically excited vacuum tube. In the judg
ment of the experts ' who award the Nobel
prizes • Rontgen and- Beequorel were equally de
serving of honor.
The indirect effects of the two men's work,
however, were far from similar. Great as was
the sensation created by the WuEßburger** au
nouncerucnt. it led to no fresh revelation. In
deeel, Rontgen's discovery — a purely accidental
one — was merely an extension of the lino. of
research previously' pursued by Sir William
Crookes. On the' other hand, the investigations
which Becquerel's activities inspired bore
amazing fruit.' Following op the clew id fur
nished, ML' ami Mine. Curie were able to sera
rate from uranium two or three new elements,
one of 'which possessed the power of giving off
Becquerel rays, curiously concentrated, and
other rajs fur .which no precedent was known.
Radium-'also seemed' to defy the old law of
the conservation of ; fore* hjr gcoaratUig 5 heat
in an unaccountable manner. Theories con
cerning the nature of matter which had been
almost universally accepted were strangely un
settled by its behavior. It may be too soon to
determine how much truth and how much error
there arc in the new philosophy resulting from
the Curies' discoveries, or to say how revolu
tionary will be their influence. Chemists and
physlctfjts will probably concede, however, that
nothing else has for years given them such
cause for re-examining their old beliefs as has
radium, the finding of which was an unforeseen
but real consequence of Becquorel.'s observa
tions.
We do not recall that Mr. Bryan got excited
enough to ask that momentous question, "Shall
the people rule?" four years ago, when Alton
B. Parker was defeated for the Presidency.
Yes, yesterday was a * irte rainy, and it was
a wet rain, too. But what of that? Down at
Eohio the other day they had a real rain
storm. It lasted only from 2:30 till 5:30 o'clock,
but in those three hours there *?11 upon the not
particularly thirsty earth no less than 7.02
inches of water, of which 4.00 inches fell in one
hnu" and 1.15 inches in ten minutes. There
was precipitation for you, which made umbrellas
vain and galoshes a delusion. But our men
kept ri.,ht on pegging away at the biff canal all
the Fame, just as though they were thankful to
have the dust laid!
Mynheer de Revs generously concedes that
there were precedents for Sefior Castro's abrupt
dismissal of him from his place near the gov
ernment of Venezuela. There are also prece
dents for Holland's resenting the act.
The r ad agent who held up seventy or more
persons In the Yellowstone Park and collected
sr-veral thousand dollars from them might find
a perma :ent job on the staff of "The Charles
ton Xews and Courier," which is now vainly
trying to pry open the pocketbooks of the Smith
Carolina Democrats who helped to send an In
structed Bryan delegation to Denver.
"Tfie Troy Press" suggests Alton B. Parker
for tho Democratic nomination for Governor
because It thinks that after his last defeat it Is
now his turn to win. That Is the reasoning
which has always made Mr. Bryan's defeats an
argument for his renominatton.
Struck his "Inlty" and tried to throttle her,
did he? Well, what else was to be expected?
When a man abandons his wife for another
woman there's mighty little reason to suppose
that he will very long treat the other woman
any better than he .did his wife.
TUX TALK OF THE DAY.
Hoses Zannrwill. whoso death in Jerusalem was
reported a few days ago, was the father of Israel,
Mark anil Louis Zangwllt. He was born In Rus
sia, but when he was sixteen years old Trent to
England. About ten years ago he grave up his
home In England and went to Jerusalem, where
hfc Joined the colony of pious Jews who devote
their lives to prayer and the study of the ancient
law. Hl* biographer says that during his whole
career In England he at no time possessed mean 3
which would have been sufficient to satisfy the re
quirements of the present aliens act. As tha father
of Israel Z«nfr*"iU he was a conspicuous figure In
the Jerusalem colony, where Jacob H. SchllT, the
New York banker, visited him recently. He died
at the Blkur Chollm Hospital, where a Moses Zan»
will bed will be founded by his sons.
■■This gas bill Is only for 10 cents."
"Well, sir?"
"Can't you add $4? I've heen writing mv wife
that I'm spending my evenings at home." I>ou!s
vt:!e Courier-Journal.
The report that the record of Goethe's birth had
been cut from the municipal record at Frankfort
the-Main by a vandal recalls a. similar theft in
the same city a few years ago. A party of young
women were helns: escorted through the old Goethe
house by the.- official guide. On the top floor of the
quaint hou««« the chief object of Interest Is the
miniature stag* which Goethe had painted and
erected when a boy. The guide droned off th«» story,
the s !r'< "nh'd:" and thfa return trip was begun,
when the guide, looking about, saw a fragment of
the sa<-red scenery on the floor, where It had un
doubtedly fallen from the nervous hand of the
vandal. The whole party was detained for exami
nation, but the souvenir fiend was not discovered.
DA BEEOA BTKEK.
Alia time, polateek. wan de re^cha man run.
O<»eva "Talisman rnonna for use.
PessA yer, watta say. da go'n geeva no mun?
Alia right, ah jro'n vota for Hughes.
Wan da say to me, Joe. vota Taft. vota Bry'n.
Ah haf tal 'em ver' queek ah refuse.
Watta. teenk-ah no reada? Ah be notta blln'.
Ah po'n vota nobodda but Hughes.
Wan da reecha man say. "Wacha ban. dagoraan—
You ban Democrat, "Publican or fuze?"
"Ah n"no, M'tsta," ?ny. "Ah no much unnastan.
Pessa fall ah go'n vota for Hughes."— Syracuse
Herald.
Capturing giant turtles seems to be a profitable
business along the Maine coast. A 1. 600-pound one
wa «, recently t->k*n In those waters, and so great
a curiosity v.-as It that the two captors promptly
exchanged it for a perfectly Rood check for $250.
The purchasers, present day P. T. Bsrnums. hope
to reap a small fortune by exhibiting the turtle at
vnrlous county fairs.
"How do you manage to keep your health this
hot weather?"
"I neither do nor eat anything that seems pleas
ant or agreeable." — Louisville Courier-Journal.
Sir James Crlchton-Browne, lecturing recently
at Cambridge, said that In the present movement
in England and Germany in favor of ambidex
terity he fancied h« detected the old taint of fad
dlsm. Ambidexterity on the large " scale was
Impossible and undesirable. It was by the supe
rior need of his right hand that man had gained
the victory, and to try to undo Ms dextral pre
eminence was simply to fly In the face of evolu
tion. There hud bet no Instance, said Sir Jamc£>,
of any tribe, community or people that had
grown our of It or broken away from it ami
found salvation In ambidexterity. a recently
published book had alleged that the Japanese
were by law ami practice ambidextrous, but ho
had the authority of the Japanese Ambassador
emphatically to deny this. .As a result of per
sonal investigation he was Inclined to believe that
th-r left-handed and ambidextrous together did not
exceed i per cent of the population of England,
Elsie — Mother. Mrs. Roo*evell is the "Hr.^t lady
In tho land." isn't she?
Mother -Tea, dear, but, for gracious sake! don't
let HiidK«-t lienr you say it. — Philadelphia Presw.
THAT GANDER,
From The Charleston News and Courier.
Tho New-York Tribune is entirely wrong. The
Gander and Hen raffle was not a failure, but, on
the contrary, one of the most conspicuous .suc
cesses In the business of raising money for tho
Bryan campaign fund, It is mistaken again in
paying that the Gander has been "returned by its
winner." and it was never more mistaken than
when It .say.-- that ""a man might love Bryan as his
own soul and still be unwilling to have that Gander
about his place" Philip Qadaden, the present
owner of the Gander, prizes the bird above all his
other earthly possessions, although we are satisfied
that he could be Induced to lot It go if he could
get his price for it. How would It do for The
Tribune to take the Gander, say for $5,000 or $10,000,
ami use him a little while as a money raiser for
Taft? The subscriptions for the Taft campaign
fund appear to be coming: in slowly, and The Trib
une ought to be able to make at least $15,000 clear
profit on this bird, if It would handle him right.
DEARTH OF CLERGY IN ENGLAND.
From Tho Ijomlon Globe.
Tr. consequence of the decline in the supply of
candidates for holy orders, the Archbishop of Can
terbury appointed a committee to consider the mat
ter. The report in of a somewhat remarkable i bar
actor. It snows that in th>- provinces of Canter
bury and York In 1888 the number of deacons
ordained m 814, whereas in 1907 the number had
fallen to 687. Had the earlier figures been main
tained the total number of candidates admitted
would have been 17.905. whereas the total candi
dates ordained during that period numbered H.7SI.
showing a railing off in twenty-two years of 3,121.
This decrease is more serious when it Is remem
bered that as a national Church they are bound to
consider not only the needs of their own members,
but. the whole nation and its spiritual requirements.
The growth of the population calls for one hundred
more clergyman every year, or a total of twenty
two thousand in twenty-two years. Thus the total
shortage is really the largo figure of 5,324. This detl
oleaojr la pzwlatl a serious dAtriaaant *« wabMaab.
About People and Social Incident*
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
Mr and Mrs. Jose Victor Onativia, jr . who r*
cemUy returned from their honeymoon trip abroad,
are now the guest, of Mr,. Onativia-. sister Mrs.
j Stevens nman. at Southampton. Long Tsla .a.
Mrs Onativia was Miss Clara Wright Barclay.
dauber of Mrs. Henry A. Barclay, and her mar
riage to Mr. Onutlvia took place In St. Thomas s
Church the latter part of April.
Mr and Mrs. W. • Starr Miller, who are now oc
cupvlng their villa at Newport, will return 'to
their country place, natr Hyde Park on the Hud
son, early next month, to remain throughout the
fall. -::.TAi- > '.'.
Mr. and Mrs. N»wl>ol(J Mor-ls have returned to
L,enox from »wpprt. ,
Dr and Mrs. William Appleton, who have been
the guests of Mrs. George B. de Fore«t at New
port for a few days, have returned to N?w ~on
don, Conn.
Mrs. William B. Dinnmore. who haa just return-jd
from Europe, is at the Belmont for a few days.
Mr and Mrs. J. Searle Barclay, jr., have come to
Southampton. Ix.ng Island, to spend a few days.
Mr and -Mrs. Edward S. Harkness have re
turn-d to New London. Ccnn.. from Lenox, where
th«y have been with Mrs. Harkness's sister. Miss
Charlotte Stillman. who Is recovering from a lons
and serious sickness. --.;--
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick O. Beach have departed
from Saratoga for Newport, where they are the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. Livingston Beeckman.
Mrs. Pierre Lorillard Ronalds, who has been
staying with her son and daughter-la-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Reginald Ronalds, at Erie. Perm., will leave
there In a few days with Mrs. Joseph Stlckney for
the White Mountains.' Later, , Mm. Ronalds may
go to Newport for- a short stay before returning to
England. .
© r
Mrs William O. Birney. who has b*-en the guest
of her daughter, Mrs. DeLancey Mcol!. In town,
has returned to Osslnlng.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C Blagden ar.d Ik* latter^
mother, Mrs. Arthur Mason Jones, are tmvajtaf m
Switzerland In their automobile. Mr. and Mrs
Blagden went abroad a few days after tnelr mar
riage, the latter part of June.
Mr. nnrt Mri. Temple BowdMn. who have b««n
abroad all summer, ar« due to arrive from Europe
to-morrow on the Baltlo.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Norman de R. Whltehouse, who
have Just returned from abroad, will spend the fall
at their, country place, at Roslyn. Long Island.
Mr. and Mrs. Oakleigh Thome will he at their
country place, at MMbrook, N. T.. for the fall.
ON THE MAINE COAST.
fßy TVirfrrap^i to The Tribune "
Bar Harbor. Aug. :*>.-Pau! Morton departed on
Tuesday for Old Orchard, and later for N>w
York. To-day he was the guest of honor at a re
ception given by Franklin H Hazleton Mrs.
Morton will remain here for some time, a' K-ag
myr. The last Malvern midweek hop was given
THE HUGHES CANDIDACY.
NOT A PAINFUI/ NECESSITY.
From The Chicago Record-Herald.
To earnest friends of good government and con
structive Btatemanshlp the denomination of Hughe,
appears, indeed, as a" necessity, but not as a pain
ful one. . .'
!N BAD COMPANT
From The Rochester rvmocrat and Chronicle.
Tt is the misfortune of honest Republicans who
onnose Mr Huehes from disinterested mott/es that
of the party.
OFFSETS TO THE BOLTERS.
From The Buffalo Express.
■I
headed by Charles V. Hughes.
A MONTGOMERY COUNTY VIEW.
From The Fort-Plain (X. TO Free Press
EliliMl
m- an ftUUIMsi si voter- IM Mr Taft.
mean thousands of votes for Mr. Taft.
HIS POSITION-" SUSTAINED-
From The Boston Glob- •
governor Hashes has 'stood unshaken in the
wmmms.
once in New \ork.
OTHER STATES 'BELIEVE IN HIM.
From The Blnshamton Republican
411 the little bosses bowl, but let- them howl.
T*l Governor is strong enough to push his re
forms forward If they dO howl. The people say
& forever, ami what the people say goes.
Th? Governor is under obligation, to nobody for
his popularity with the people. He is not the Pri
vite property of anybody, and is not obliged to set
uDa^arealn counter In the Capitol. He is hailed
"i •", .', M political attraction In all the states, and
all the peo' I* want more of him. There are more
rails for our great reformer to speak than there is
to hear everybody els.-. The people of other states
«v they believe in him. His refutation and las
fame travel on their merits.
MR. HAZARD'S DECLARATION.
From The Syracuse Herald. •
The strong declaration of Frederick R Hazard.
president of the Solvay Process Company, of
the leading .business men and employers -r labor
InithteTstate for the renomination of Governor
Iliifjhls is a -local political development of no little
Importance" '-iKnlncanc^ of Mr. Hazards at
tltii Is deepened by the fact that he is associated
wi «V Kr\in. Is Hemirtcks ami Senator Horace W hite.
h, ,;.ml!.!ate of the local Republic::,, organization
for Governor, In th« ownership _ of .The Post
vi „,,i,r, " one of the few Republican newspapers
;,,.;. mnnose the Governor's renomination.
Th.- 'm,. taken by Mr. Hazard, in a county
dominated I v a Republican machine which appar
e tlv "ferts, a ?lna»?tive dislike, for the Governor
reflects credit upon his Judgment, r his public spirit
and his courage. . -:«>•"»;
QUIKT VOTERS WITH HIM.
From The Watertown Times.'
It is certain that Governor Hughes will aid tho
national ticket. He U a great campaigner am the
people like him. He will arouse the enthusiasm
throughout the state which. is necessary this year
If New York's thirty-nine electoral votes swing
Into the Republican • column in rooting up the na
tional returns. The quiet voter In New \ork City
Is with him became of the good he has accom
plished through hla : Public Service Commissions,
and the people in the country districts are enthusi
astic over the racetrack gambling reforms. He has
made some enemies on account of his racetrack
Kambllnif legislation, but, granted that such la the
case where there Is one. man whom these reforms
have sneered there are twenty whom the acts have
pleaspd. He has stood for .morality and the con
stitution, anil the people are not solns; to cast him
nsMeon this account. ■ '. -i
AMERICANS SAIL FOB HOME.
|.r.:i.'.on. Aug* H. Am. | M i .is..-- • ... the
steamer ICronprlnz Wllhelm,' which left Southamp
ton and Cherbourg to-day for New York, are
Senator Daniel, of Virginia;-. Representative Vree
land. of New York.- and Representative Overstreet.
of Indiana, members' of the sub-committee of the
National Monetary Commission; Huntlngton Wil
son. Third Assistant Secretary of State, and Mrs.
Wilson," who have been ' spending a vacation In
Spain;. E. M. Baasett, jof the New York Public
Service Commission; G." I* Garden, of , th* Depart
ment «{ CoguatPMund Hlmr ? aisl.TtsifUftiwsißiiK
to-night. It was preceded by a larg» 4l=nw -^_
by Reginald De Koven. Mrs. P.. H. Tow^J*
was among- to-night's entertainers at ter^o^f
Elsinore. ■^*?* >
Mrs. J. Hopklnson Smith is the guest 0 * *_.
daughter. Mrs. Paul Morton, at Kragmyr '
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Potter, who ha v^
enjoying a fishing trip, returned to-day to bU
Harbor. ' '*' '
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
fßy Telegraph to Tha Tribune.]
Newport, Aug. 26.— The cold rainstorm th« 3t».
vented the continuation or tha national .-_**
tournament to-day also put a quieting 41. ,_*
the whole summer part of Newport. It wu 4 T*.
cidedly dull day, though the prearranged «,t».
talnments served to liven up the ,-! a and evem^
somewhat. Everybody abo:: - .* Casino to-dmy^Z
dressed in rain clothes, and it was so cold ti»t IqJ
fires were started in many of the cottage,
villas.
Mrs. Henry S. Redmond entertained a larj» p,^
with a luncheon at the Clam Bake. Clcb la^
afternoon, while acother large luncheon was g.,
at Arletgh by Mrs. James B. Haggla. "*
Mrs. William Grosvenor gava her csual Weda
day afternoon reception at Ros!;..-.. and this »»_
ing the following entertained with dlnnen: X~
Philip M. Lydlg, Mrs. Charles F. Hoffman,* Hrt
Charles H. Baldwin, Mr?. Jo:--. Nicholas Browa
and Mrs. Richard Gamorlll.
Peter Fenelon Collier ha? arranged a -o:- p^.
pie's dinner at his surrrr.er home for T>.-;r*i4
evening, and it will be followed by danctn* j^.
other dinner will be given by lira. Gibson ByB v u a> .
stock.
Colonel Charles L. F. Robinson has »rrmat*i tor
a luncheon at the Clam Bake Club for Frl4»
afternoon, In horor of the officers of the Geraaa
cruiser Freya.
Mr. and Mrs. James Laurens Van Alan hay, a>
ranged to remain in Newport until Novembar.
11. S. Vickar of New York. Is a guest la X«w
port- Miss Eleanors Sears, of Boston, la coir v<m.
Ing the Misses Orlce.
F. L. V. Hoppin. of New York, Is the rutat «
Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones.
E. D. Morgan. Hugh D. Auchlncloss. Wai!»m
Murray and Mrs. Walter Hows returned from \»»
York this evening-.
The arrangements for the marriage of ii!s» j^^
Grosvenor. of this city, and Dudley Davis, of
New York, have been completed. The -weddJm
will take place at noon on Monday at Emmanuel
Church here, and will be followed by a weddin^
breakfast and reception at the home of the bride's
mother, at Roslyn, on Beacon Hill.
IN THE BERKSHIRES.
my Telegraph ••> Th» Trtbuna.:
Lenox, Aug. Miss Stephla Pumlss and Hrj
John E. Zimmerman entertained at luncheon ti;i
afternoon at Edseoomb Villa. in honor of Mrs, E.
H. Eames.
Mrs. William B. O. Field entertained at luncheea
and Mrs. B. Frederic Schenck gave a small -•-..
eon at Valley Head. Mrs. George "SVlathrop'*
luncheon to-day was for Mrs. Alleyna Haynea
Mrs. Churchill Satterlee. of Washington, and Mia*
Constance Satterlee departed to-day for Newport.
Mrs. Sidney Haight and children are gaesu 4
Mrs. George Winthrop Folsom.
Mrs. John E. Alexandra entertained at dinner to.
night for her sister, Miss Anne R. "Wei*.
Mrs. Robert Maclay has arrived at tha Curt!*
Hotel for the fall season.
Francis Dana Wlnslow and his son. Carl Win*
low. who have been making a trip through Inn
arrived to-day at their country home, la 'Waslihi
ton.
Miss Anna E. Wright, who has been at th« Csrtli
Hotel for the midsummer season, departed to-<lar
for New York.
MR. ROCKEFELLER AS A HTMOBIST.
Tells ••Jokesnuths" in Convention He FmSj
Almost Entitled to Card in Their Order.
Der.ver. Aug. 28.— The following: '.»tt«r from JoSa
D. Rockefeller, under date of Forest Hill. Clsvsland,
August 13. was read at the convention of Ameri
can Press Humorists to-day:
Gentlemen: With the pleasant memories of »
offlcial call by the American Pres3 Humorists. I
send you my best wishes for a successful coavea
tlon. The echoes at Forest Hill still lauffh, no*
and then, ov«»r the quips sprinkled through oar
owlet atmosphere, by your members. My aura suc
cess In appreciating those Jokes of yours aad -.
passing them r(T as my own has made ma ft*.
that I am almost entitled to a union card in yoar
order. May you always be able to collect for JSB?
-witticism on the union scale.
Speaktns seriously, as one should to professional
humorists, the rest o* the world owes yon ' B
rratltuda and the best of good wish"? i-.v. •-.*.".
You are the true specialists in dyspepsia. Charity
Is bore of a rood, hearty, honest laugh. It spr*»i»
a kindlier feelta* among mankind. I wiifc you, :ol
lectlv»'y and Individually, all success. : »--. tarry
that I cacnot attend your sessions. I hops to re
celve you again some day at my home.
JOHN' P. RO»"KST»! f^-^S.
The convontion alected J. Edncsd Vaac« Cooks,
of Clrraland. necretary-treajtrrer, *- ' re-elactea
Frank J. Feaiisrht. of Lo» *.->»:»•. -»r«iideat. to
day. Among- th© places under consideration for ti»
next meetlnr Is th* dty of Faaaiaa.
MR. ROCKEFELLER'S PASTOR ILL
Cleveland. Aug. 35.— Tha Rev. Dr. Charlta .i.
Eaton, pastor of th« Euclid Aventxe- Baptist CJiarch.
of which John D. Rockefeller is a. member. '.»
eerlously 111 with typhoid few Dr. Satca »»»
taken 111 In Boston several we«ks as«. >'-' (j - i
typhoid diagnosis -was not made until last uljat
AIT ACCIDENT TO TH3 IT3LVTBU.
Liner and lighter in CoY, : on— Pa»senf«»
To Be Taken by TTmbii*. "
Liverpool. An*. 28.— The. «: = it— EtrorU. •**»
mcr\-lng to the landing !>ta*e her» to-day to em
bark passengers, waa In collision with » l!«a.«v
the wreckage of which became catac«!ed la •«
propellers. The Ktrurla will not be able to siu*
to-day, snd her passengers win be taken by ta»
Vmbria. which will leave her- on Friday.
Three ol the lighter's crew were thrown ■*■
the water and one of them is missing.
The wreckage of the lighter was so firmly ■«■
on the rudder and propellers of ,he liner *"*!"£
worked for three hours to separate the ««•
The lighter sank as soon as she was rw«— •
0 *
AID FOR FAMILIES OF DEAD JGSEBS.
Mr. Carnegie Gives $7,000 to Relieve Sof'
ferine; at Wigan.
Wlgan. England. A, . X.-Andrew Ctrße^J
$7.<K<> this afternoon for the relief of tne "^
of the seventy miners who lost their Uves as —^
suit of the explosion In the Maypole coal nw
on August 18.
AMBASSADOR'S BODY AT «-EI?SIC.
Ketdelbers. Aug. 26.-A train b«arlas the ***
H ;i .«n Speck yon Sternburg. Ambassador Zjm
many to the United State*. left her e i «»_.,,
for Lelpsic. Kmperor William will J^
at the funeral by Baron yon « tz %r2- offlc
chief master of the hunt, and the V*?*^*.
will be represented by Baron yon d«n —
Iladdenhauseh.
Lelpsic. A« . 25.-The body of Ba:o
burs arrived km to-day and was / a^ rse- . a *•
chena In a hearse drawn by four ''1.. » c .-«*"
tachrnent of soldiers, bearing MgM tore.
panlPd the hearse.
MORE PAY FOR CHICAGO P* o^ s^
Chicago. Augr. >■ T - -■ " ■-■ ; .*'"'";,rtW
members of 'the University of d*^
were completed to-day, to go Into SB be - plaa«
months hence. The readjustment ,* ■**£^ ._,
was made possible by John D K*^ l^ .^t ?r
addition of mjmm to the eT3l d faculty^
fund. The advances will aSect a hundr^ '*•'■'*
members at the start, and *" ! £*£*£**$
the remainder. Heads of d^ tr^ t3^ p3 run^a
from 54.000 to JS.00O: professors not «P^ ft o
heads. $3.C00 to S..KK): ate prc*^
to »3,0C0; assistant professor*. CAC A U^ \aet**s\
itructors. $1,300 to JI.SOO. In f^^jS^rf^l
MBOUOU to •»»« 35 p_«r cent or Q» tooasK— «