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FATURDAT. SEPTEMBER 26. 1908
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THE XEWS THIS MORSIXG.
FOREIGN.-Cholera cases in St Petersburg j
showed a slight decrease owing to cold weather, j
but rears are entertained of an outbreak in the
SrfnT^== Advices from Manila regarding
the typhoon which swept over the central part ,
of the islands say that though great damage was ,
done to property few lives were lost = — A ,
mob of unemployed persons in Manchester at - j
tempted to raid the Town Hall: the police, after ]
a sharp struggle, dispersed the crowd. — — ;
Turkey has appealed to the powers aga>nst the .
continued occupation of the Eastern Rumelian j
section of the Oriental railway by Bulgarian j
troops. The Liberals at Newcastle-on-Tyne
Buffered a heavy defeat in a by-election for ■the ;
House of Commons, the Irish vote, alienated by
the prohibition of the Eucharist procession,
betas the leading factor in returning a Unionist .
candidate. == The German Minister at Car
acas presented Holland's second note to \ enez- .
ueia - Wilbur Wright made a recoro. flight ;
near I Mans with a passenger, remaining 9 min
otes 13 1-5 seconds in the air. ===== Inhabitants ]
of Horta. the Azores, which ie isolated on ac- |
count of the plague, defeated troops who at- j
tempted to prevent the landing of a vessel laden ,
f-'th supplies - The Auditor and Treasurer I
df Porto Rico sailed for this city to borrow j
J3.0nn,000 to finance the irrigation plan. j
A ' manifesto ordering new elections has been
published at Teheran.
DOMESTIC— Senator Foraker issued a long |
statement denying the charges made against ;
Mm in connection with the Standard CMI Com- j
1 my an<l bitterly criticising President Roose- \
velt' and Mr. Taft. ===== Mr Taft made a trip
through lowa, accompanied by Governor Cum
rotas and Major Lacey. rival candidates for I
Senator being welcomed by great crowds at
every stopping place. =3= Governor Haskell
of Oklahoma called the President a "rascal." and
f-aid be had no intention of resigning as treas
urer of the Democratic National Committee. 1
Mr. Bryan complained that President I
Roosevelt wasn't giving him a square d^al. be- ■
cause he was using federal offices as a campaign ;
R««;»t. ===== a score of persons were killed and
a «=ror» more injured in a collision due to a
snowstorm between a passenger and freight
1 train in Montana. ■ Th*" New Hampshire
' Democratic State Convention nominated Judge
George H. Bingham. of Manchester, for Go*'
ernor in spite of his refusal to permit his name
to. be" considered. = Ten persons were badly ,
burned and ■ boy died from excitement as the
result of an explosion in a comb factory at ('am- j
bridge. M?ss. ===== Reports from Pittsburg
showed that the freight business on th" Penn
sylvania Railroad was increasing greatly.
CITY. — Stocks were irreguJar. == The Re- |
publican campaign in this city was opened with
great enthusiasm at Carnegie Hall. == Gen
eral T. Coleman Dv Pont, chairman of the
speakers" bureau of the Republican National
Committee, sent in his resignation. == Nine
arrests were made at the Gravesend racetrack |
on bench warrants ===== Controller Ifetz had ;
a narrow escape from serious injury when a j
horse he -vas riding fell on him. ===== Lawyers ]
In this city Banned a political club to work for j
the election Of Judge Taft. : Five members j
of the firm of A. O. Brown & Co. were arrested. j
charged with the larceny of stock valued at j
$l.6ftfi. — =r=r Chairman Mack of the Democratic j
National Committee denied that Governor Has- !
hel] had resigned from the committee ===== j
During a quarrel in th«- basement of the Na- ;
lional City Bank one of the institution's mes- j
f«np»'« «hot another. ===== The Graf Waldersee ;
■".as halted in the bay, when a heat crazed stoker j
plunged overboard. === Representative Sher
man spok* at th* meeting of the Commercial
Travellers' Sound Money League. — : — Dr.
Charles H. Parkhurst. back from a trip abroad
said that the defeat of Hughes would be a black
eye to the Republican party of the state. == ■
A ntmSalOßd of bankers left this city for Denver
to attend the convention of the American As
sociation of Bankers.
THE WEATHER.— Fair to-day and probably
to-morrow; south winds. The temperature yes
terday: Highest. M degrees: lowest. 66.
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UK HEARSTS STATE TICKET.
Mr Hearst's jiroscnt prominence in the c:thi
paten. |.alf <l through his revolutions retcardluaj
<rovornor Iff iatK'll and others, raises the ques
tion irhat strength bis state ticket, just nom
inated, la likely to develop. It is doubtful
whether his recent sue<-e«<? as .-in exp:>s»»r of the
relntions nrtweou corporations and politicians
will attract m:im nates to th»> Independence
party ticket. That organization and its pro
moter were left discredited by the GoveruorKhip
campaign two years ago and by the recount suit
End. its results. Since the campaign began Mr.
Hearst's party has crown weaker rather than
stronger, and there Is nothing to indicate that
iT«« proprietor's re<ent sensational achievements
bare stopped th.it tendency.
Rut though it is a minor party, it is by no
uk ant negligible in a close state like New York.
I^ist year, rnnnine Independent candidates for
Judg?s of T hf Court of Appeals, it polled some
what more than 100,000 votes. It was doubt
l*»ss' helped By the fact that the fusion in Man
tirutaj) and The Kronx isivo SOMW chant of BBC*
it ss to th<» Heart local atminces and <'ncour
«c<-ii the pollini: of the party** full strength.
With Hie ilis;i:t«^rati<»2i of the irty <r"j!cu has
p;il>il»ly gone on ever since it i«; onHkelr that
th«« liidefieuileijoe ti«ket will poll any sicii vote
up.- th.it this ye-ir. It is apparent, however, from
t!i<- camp"';;" he Is conducting that Mr. Hearst
in Roin^ to make vigorous efforts to hold to
fi'iber the rcnmjiuts of hih strcaastk. and to can*
fine*' the Democratic leaders that be Is a lore**
to b^ reckoned with. In Mr. Slifarn he has put
up a soml i-nujpaigiifr. who is iMipular With
Independence I.'-.-.^.k- auditors and will probably
fcelo : him . a« well ** any one whom lie could
trave named to teach Bryan and Murphy .1 les
son and save his organization from going the
lownvrard way of most similar minor parties
wlii«'» spring from factionalism.
Whatever strength Mr. Shearn has will come
largely from tlio Democratic party, but by no
means all of it. When Mr. Hearst ran for Gov
ernor by developed a following in Republican
cities in the upper part of the state, and some
••f this will probably support his ticket this year.
Then. too, some of his supporters are radicals,
who. if the Independence party had no ticket In
the fleld. would drift to one of the minor radical
parties rather than to either of the great parties.
Still, v.hen all allowances have been made it
s^nis clear that Mr. Bbearn will cut chiefly Into
the Democratic party and that his naming will
make the election or Mr. Hughes easier.
OUT OF Tin: CAR WINDOW.
The great Haskell trajd-coinedy is entering its
last stages. The most übiquitous promoter now
in politics has gone to Chicago to be cross-exam
ined by the Democratic Presidential candidate.
-I shall never resign." he shouts defiantly. But
ho will probably find a nsignation form filled
out in advance anil awaiting his signature. It is
almost inconceivable that Mr. Bryan will suffer
him to retain his post as treasurer of the Dem
ocratic National Committee in the face of the
unshlrkable evidence accumulating from so
many quarters of his glaring (Usabilities.
It may be that Governor Kartell's airy con
fidence in his own invulnerability is due to his
knowledge that Mr. Bryan has hitherto declined
to take cognizance of charges brought against
the great exemplar in Oklahoma of Jeffersonjan
ideas and morals. According to a statement
made by Mr. L. T. RusselL editor of "The Anl
more Democrat." there were persons In Okla
homa who as early as last fail warned Mr.
Bryan again*: Mr. Haskell This Democratic
editor prepnred a resume of Mr. Haskell's oper
ations, and among the statements which lie says
he presented to Mr. Bryan were these:
You meet on every hand men who confess in
private that C N- Haskell secured his nomina
tion by fraud and that he Is the most danger
ous demagogue In the state— a wolf In sheep s
clothing-; and yet these men are poms: out over
the state asking tbe masses of Democrats to
rapport this man. Even a larg majority of the
Democratic nominees on the state ticket with
Haskell. if asked In strict confidence, will tell
you that they have absolutely no confidence in
his business or political Integrity, and that he is
a corporation tool and political trickster.
For a period of twenty war* he ha* ha/l .'•"'
oth^r business than organising ami promoting
corporation*. From the records übtainawt '"'
per cent of these corporation* hare been on ihr
'•iril<}eat" gy*tcm.
The average life- of the Haskell corporations
was less than one year, a lnrK^ majority .if them
making no flr«=t annual report required. The
few that lived have practically all been forced
into the hands of a receiver, trustees, etc., and
then reorganized. oblißatlons left unpaid and
Haskell showing up with the stock of the re
organized*' corporation in his name as 'trust' ••
and beyond the reach of the courts or creditors.
Was Mr. Bryan moved by these complaints to
investigate Haskell's character and record? Did
he throw Mr. Haskell overboard as a degener
ate Democrat? Not at nil. According to Mr.
Russell's testimony. Mr. Bryan "did him the
courtesy" of tearing up the charges and throw
ing The pieces out of a railroad car window.
Mr Basket] probably considers himself im
mune because Mr. Bryan refused a year ago to
believe him open to criticism. Since then the
Democratic Presidential nominee has done
many things which make it even more awkward
now- to believe anything detrimental to Mr.
Haskell. Mr. Bryan has heaped political hon
ors on the Oklahoma statesman. By his orders
Mr. Haskell was made the chief spokesman of
the Bryan forces at Denver. He was chairman
of the committee on resolutions, made one of
the chief speeches nominating Mr. Bryan, and.
though not a member of the committee on cre
dentials, was delegated to lead the fight rail
roading Colonel "Jim"' Galley's followers from
Pennsylvania out of their seats in the conven
tion. It was the irony of fate that the man
who is now charged with laboring in the Stand
ard Oil Company's interest should have been
put forward to rebuke the Pennsylvania oil
operator and virtuously thunder in his teeth :
"Go back to your oil tanks !*!
Mr. Bryan has leaned bo heavily on Governor
Haskell that perhaps the latter thinks he is
now an Indispensable prop. But he will find
that tli<* past does not count when it conies to
getting rid of a political ally who has become
impossible! He will be sacrificed now even if he
was judged immune and serviceable in 1007.
Mr. Bryan cannot afford at this Juncture to be
the indulgent friend and generous critic. He
cannot dispose of the Ifaskell charges a second
time by throwing them out of the car window.
.1 COXTIfAsr Wl> A QVBSTtOS.
The defeat for renonilnatlon of the racetrack
Senators ßurr. Cassidy. Kriapp and Gllchrist —
and the doubt over the renomination of Wileox
show tbe responsiveness of the Republican party
to public opinion, it has purged itself pretty
effectively of the scandal caused by the votes
in favor of the gamblers.
What a contrast the Democratic party pre
sents: Seventeen of Its nineteen Senators voted
with the gamblers, and, except In one upstate
district, whose voters are in the habit of being
represented by ;i Republican, there is no sign of
« response to the moral sentiment of the state.
We bear of no revolt of the party against these
men who voted for the gambling interests at
Albany. There is no suggestion that any of
them will he retired for defying the conscience
of the electorate. Most of them come from com
munities which are Impassive on questions of
political morn Is and where movements of the
letter public opinion do not create a ripple on
the placid surface of political stolidity.
Does the public of New York, which has grown
accustomed in the last two years to having its
voice listened to with attention and respect,
wish to put In the place' of a party which has
evinced responsiveness to its opinions and to its
moral sentiments one which has shown only
defiance and the power to defy, with every pros
pect of immunity, so far as the great mass of its
own members are concerned?
THE \EWCASTLE ELECTIOS.
The expected has happened at Newcastle.
The government candidate for Parliament has
been badly beaten. The Liberal majority of
more than i'».<»i*t in 1906 has been transformed
into a . Unionist majority of 1i.143. after an
exceptionally spirited campaign. . It . was
thought at the outset that the Unionist* might
win. despite the great Liberal majority at the
last general election. It was made practically
certain that they would when the Irishmen of
Newcastle declared their intention of opposing
the government candidate in order to show their
disapproval of Mr. Asqnith's action in the mat
ter of the recent' Eucharlstlc procession in Lon
don.
Newcastle has long been notorious as an
j unstable constituency. In November, 1885,
it was carried by those distinguished Liberals,
Joseph Cowen and John' Morley. by' less than
l.«*iO: at a by-elect lon in February. 18S0.
Mr. Moilcy asain carried it by about 2,700; In
.In!;. 189*5 Messrs. Morley snd Crate (Jladstori
' inns.' isuried it by about; U000; in July,
■j s." (_;. .v Conservative, or Unionist, led the
poll by nearly 8j800; In August of the same
year Mr. Morley carried :i by-election there
for the Liberals by 1.700: in July. 189.". it weut
Unionist by 1,000; in October. lUOO. the Union
iKts swept it by more than !.«►!»<>; in January.
1!*(«;. the poll was led by a Labor candidate
with nearly 7,000 over the highest Unionist,
and the second place was. won : by a Liberal,
more- than .(3,000 ahead. of .the Unionists;- and
j bow it'-bas gone Unionist in a bv-electiou | hi
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 26. 1908.
2,143. Obviously, in such a constituency any
thing might happen.
- The present result is to be regretted on two
grounds. One is that Mr. Apquith has re
ceived a rebuke which we do not think, lie de
served. We have hitherto referred' to the em
barrassment under which lie was placed by the
episode of the Eucharistlc Congress, and ex
pressed the feeling, which we are sine is widely
shared, thai it would he far hotter t<» let the
matter drop than to exacerbate it as a continu-
Ing issue in politics. The other is that thus
the by-election is made to signify chiefly the
power of Incidental spite and scarcely at nil
the general tendencies of political thought in
the United Kingdom. Before the sectarian
issue whs injected Into it the campaign at New
castle was being fought on the tariff question,
and we wish thai it Lad been left to be fought
to a finish on thai question. We should then
have seeu to what extent the rising tide ot
tariff reform had affe te.l tlie Newcastle e>
t orate.
COLOXEL WATTE GETS (JXCITEI*.
' The For.iker- Ilaskei; disclosures seem to have
gone to the head <>f - '■<• <»f the eonsplciious man
agers of the Bryan campaign. We t-xtraet this
piece of rhetoric from a recent editorial in
-The Louisville r«»'jrler-Journal." whose editor,
Colonel Waiters.!:, is the cliiiiruiaii of the Dem
ocratic national advisory press coinniittee :
[i is the old old st.» . Fraud and Force. Force
and Fraud, nothing but Fraud and Force They
, r , going on as if they thought the people deaf
and dumb and blind Their fury makes mad
men of them. In their baffled '■'«• they strike
nut Impotently at friend and t <• alike. Alreads
beaten they would pull tiie house down rather
than vvalk out peacefully, giving place to thetr
bett«rs It is pitiful. It is humiliating. It
would be amazing except thai it is the nature
of Hysteria rampant and of Hypocrisy caught
in the v.< t.
tVbetlK-r this means f.i-it Uaskell miihl to re
s:gn or 6 i k ue cannot s y.
THE SEW JERSEY I'RfiIAKY I. AW.
Mi. re mature consideration <>f the work Ings
ami results of the new law in New Jersey
providing fur direct nominations m primary
elections confirms In general the estimate
\\l. ich was .it flrst formed of thai measure.
It is riot it perfect measure, any more an any
other new jaw effecting" n radical and exten
sive change of goveinmental system. Kve:i
the Constitution of the Unitel States r «i"i'"' >l
material amendment not long after its •adop
tion". But the merits of t!ii< new law evidently
far outweigh it-* Imperfections, and its net re
sults are on the whole decidedly beneficial t<»
the rtate, at least in this Initial application
of it.
A single example, l>y no means the only one
which uilgn* be cited, will illustrate what the
law accomplished. In Esses County there
was a spirited contest for the Senatorial nom
ination. During tlie primary i-ar/.paign there
was a highly illuminative dlihisslon of Hie
prospective policies d tbe two RepubHcan
cand Mates, and much popular Interest was
aroused. At the primaries a Republican vote
was polled considerably larger than that which
was cast sit lust year's regular election for
Governor. »nd Mr. Colby, the present Senator.
■won by a handsome majority. Now. there Is
probably not a rational man In the county
who would dispute that this demonstrates that
Mr. Colby was and Is the choice of a majority
of the party. Neither is there one who would
pretend that under the old system Mr. Colby
would have cot the nomination or would have
had any chance of getting it.
That is to say. the primary election gave
effect to the preferences and the will of the
majority of the party, which otherwise would
have been defeated. The. majority of Repub
lican citizens can now vote for the candidate
■whom they prefer Instead of being compelled
to vote for one, however estimable In char
acter, whom they did not want. That is the
consideration which moves thoughtful men of
both parties to commend the law and to Insist
upon its retention upon the Ptatute book. Of
course, even so desirable an effet-t as thn* does
not in Itself prove that the law Is the last
word in electoral reform or that it Is the final
settlement of one of the most complex and
difficult questions in all our political organism.
It must be admitted thai in some eases else
where results of primary nominations bare
been less satisfactory than in New Jersey —
positively unsatisfactory, In brief. But In such
cases it may fairly be held that tl.e poor re
suits are people's own fault, and whatever
Buffering or humiliation may proceed from
them should have an educational Influence upon
the electorate tending toward better things.
There can be no doubt that the general result
in New Jersey will confirm friends of good
government in their support of the primary
system, though it may suggest to them methods
of modifying it so as to make it more efficient
ELECTRICITY OX A WESTERS ROAD.
Experts have been employed by the Illinois
Central to consider the expediency of electric
traction. This company has exhibited so much
enterprise — the use of suburban ears opening
on the Bide being '-no example — that there Is
reason to wonder why it has not taken the
step before.
The first application of new methods will
doubtless be recommended for suburban traffic,
because the economy which results from tin
use Is more obvious where trains make short
runs and the travel Is heavy. The saving of
time from an easier acceleration of speed is
also more evident where stops are frequent,
and, while the Illinois Central has some steam
locomotives for local trains which start quickly,
it cannot be doubted that electricity will prove
a distinct improvement in this respect
The company's advisers will undoubtedly
make a study of the different systems now In
service in and near New York. The methods
employed by the New York Central and, to a
limited extent, by the Long Island road are
identical. On both of tin si- lines a direct
current and a third rail conductor tire in use.
On the supposition that previously existing
drawbacks io the alternating uirrVht had been
overcome, the New Haven road has adopted it.
and has Incidentally taken with it the over
bead conductor. Still another dissimilarity In
the practice of the New York Crntral and the
New Haven roads Is found in the means em
ployed for moving suburban trains. The for
mer follows the plan In vogue on the elevated
roads and In the subway, while the latter
uses an independent locomotive. Perhaps a
more satisfactory comparison of the two sys
tems could be made if the second had been
on trial a little longer, but already it should
be feasible to draw reasonably sound conclu
sions. It would be particularly interesting to
learn, for Instance, whether the use of an
extra locomotive by the New Haven company
is not a departure from the original programme
and does not add an unforeseen Item to the
expense of operation.
Chicago will not realize the full benefit of
the substitution of electricity for steam until
the change is made on tbe express j trains en
tering and leaving the city as well as on local
trains. From the abolition of smoke, i cinder
and the sound of pulling lo.oaiotives N< w Yorlt
has gained immensely in the lust year or tw>.
Yet there [was less need of th« improvement
in this city than In Chicago, because the other
sources of soot in the atmosphere were far less
numerous litre than they arc there If tliu
Illinois Central makes an exchange of engines
for its express trains only a few miles from
Its terminal station, besides using electricity
for the operation of its local " trains, It * will
confer a jrreat boon on that part of Chicago |
through which it runs^ j
• Mr. Hearst's chairman"* grouping of Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler's name with the names of
Judas Israrlot and Benedict Arnold looks like an
attempt to rehabilitate two historic characters.
The President of the United States thunders
from the White House aplnst little H^IK the
money changer of the half-starved national Demo
crate organization, a person never heard of until
about one year ago. when he became coiisp.cuous
in a newly swad.lled commonwealth.-Charleston
News and Courier.
The editor of "The News and Courier" would
hardly speak so disparagingly of the Oklahoma
Titan if he had seen him In action at the recent
Democratic National Convention.
Bryan's effort to become the chief beneficiary
of La Follette succeeded no better than his at
tempt to pose as the heir of Roosevelt.
•if yon want to gel something out of life.*; says
D-. William States Jacobs, "put ■metMnjs into
it." An.l we say to the saintly patriots of^ the
Texas Democracy, If you want to got (pome-h( pome-hi ng
Mil rf the Democratic party put something into it
-at least, more than many of those who ha\j» al
ready-gotten something out of it are doing.—Hous
ton r< st.
The treasurer of thf> Democratic National
Committee has certainly put something In and
is due to get pomething cut.
TIIE TALK OF THE DAY,
Vnole Sam has struck a blow at a class of pro
fessional men peculiar to Washington. An order
libs been Issued prohibiting United States govern
ment clerks swelling their Incomes by practising
n:eli<-ire or filling teeth on the side. It has for
a long time been a common practice for depart
ment clerks to attend night colleges, and. after
securing diplomas, practise professions after of
fice pour-. These so-called "sundown" doctor?.
dentists lawyers; architect-., etc.. were able ma
terlaliy •<> Increase their incomes Protests were
rriafle by regular members of various profession?,
rornplaining of the unfair competition of the "sun
,lnwner!«.V who cut price*. This has resulted In
the order prohibiting clerks from engaging In any
outride business that requires their personal at
tention while In government employ.
.Mulligan— bye', mv ye licke.l poor Casey.
Shine, tie nHer hurl my man >« fee in P.
Hnr-lgnn — He's a f»hnake in the grass. The
blJckWd referred to me as his conttmperary.
nnd I'll he th*> cont lmperary to no man nvin .—
Puck.
A firm engaged in the manufacture of aluminum
v. .-.r-s at Ultlensrhet.l. Germany, hns placed on th«
mnrkei souvenir spoon* made from th« aluminum
which formed a part of the Yon Zeppelin alrahtp,
which was wr-ck#d on August 5. On» side of th»
handle t>*ars the daf? of the catastrophe an.l a fac
simile !«lgnature of the aeronaut. On the other
-.',;.■ th"r? Is In relief n view of the airship saillnK
over a city and the Inscription. "Cast from the
remains of the Yon Zepp?lln airship." An Amer
ican raw one of the pretty souvenir*, nt Cologne.
H n.l writes, "The demand Is fairly good for these
trinkets, and. tlie dies having been marie, aluminum
i,-in procurable nnd the Yankee spirit having
developed among the Germans. It Is safe to predict
that the supply will not toon be exhausted."
■Why d<yTt you try to Ket him to straighten up?"
"He's his own worst < •■> ax:
"It's pretty hard to patch up that kind °* * Jar
rel."—Louisville Courier-Journal.
In connection with the work of exterminating
rats from Honolulu. Dr. L. E. Cofer. of the United
States Marine Hospital .in.l president of the Board
of Health, Is preparing to develop a breed of cats
which will display the rat-catchtnu Instinct to the
highest degree This will be done, says "Popular
Mechanlce," by natural selection ana cross-breed-
Ing. All residents of Honolulu who have cuts that
are especially good ratters have been requested to
contribute them.
Many a man ha» be«n wrecked en the, rock of
adversity, but there li generally a little rye on
the side— Philadelphia Record.
Consul General Ouenther writes from Frankfort
that In many parts of Europe it Is customary
among the people to burn sugar In sick rooms, a
practice which Is considered by physicians as an
innocent superstition, neither benencUl por harm
ful. He adds: "Professor Trllbert. of the Pasteur
Institute at Paris, has, however, demonstrated re
cently that burning sugar develop?* formic acety
lene-hydrogen, one of the most powerful antiseptic
gases known Five grams of sugar (77.16 gTains)
were burned under a glass bell holding 10 quarts.
After the vapor had cooled bacilli of typhus, tu
berculosis, cholera, smallpox, etc.. were, placed In
the bell In open glass tube* and within half an
hour all the microbes were dead. If sugar la
burned In a closed vessel . containing putrlfled
merit or the contents of rotten egg* the offensive
odor disappears «t one* The popular faith In the
disinfecting qualities of burnt sugar appears,
therefore, well founded.
"There's no excuse for anybody's having any
kind of Illneaa." Bni-l the resolute person.
"Perhaps not," answered the man who always
tries to HKree*. "And a person who Is really 111
,:,.,. , i; ■ feel like being formal nn'l t>eKKiriK nome
body's pardon, anyhow." -Washington star
CAMPAIGN COMMENT.
SO AID TO THE INJURED
From The Charleston News nml Courier iDem >
The Democrats, at thl« stage of the fighting,
cannot afford to ren-ier even first aid to their
wounded, nn.l this mun Haskeil is probably not
worth halting for nnyway.
TAKTS CHARACTER AND RECORD.
From The Philadelphia I.e.lK^r <Dem. ».
To the rre"»lrlertt"s hands the destinies of tlie
ri-itlon srs confided Is there any one whose char
acter and record raise brighter hope« that he
would stand nil tests m-Te ably th.in Mr Tnft?
INCREDIBLE FOLLY.
From Tlie Rochester Democrai an.l chronicle
Vote for Taft If you approve of th.» man. his
party his platform, hi- record and his ple.ige-<
Vote for Hrvan if your attitude toward him Is one
of sitnllnr approval. Hut do not commit the ln
crecliblH folly of voting for Uryan. if you ili = triist
hip wisdom, merely because you think a Repub
lican Senate would block his schemes.
A LITTLE INCONSISTENCY.
From The Rochester Post-Kxpress
We desire to call the attention of Mr Bryan to
the fact that while he Is clamoring for the regu
lation of interstate railroad* the Democrats of
New York State are clamoring for ttie abolish
ment of the, Public Service commissions created
to regulate railroads within the state What does
lie know about thnt?
COMMISSIONS HAVE COME TO STAY.
From The New York Evening World.
Public Service commissions have come to stay.
We shall hear more of them rnther than less of
them hereafter. They have been devised to meet
a great public need It U almost Incredible that
a party calling itself Democratic and asking popu
lar support should place itself in an attitude of
hostility to a movement that commends Itself to
everybody not personally Interested In a franchise
holding corporation
UNDER TAMMANY AUSPICES.
From The I'.uffalo News.
Tammany Hall is the worst political organiza
tion of modern times. Its distinction In that re
spect Is never challenged. It is constructed for
the getting of dirty money and for nothing else. It
has been bossed by some of the greatest scoundrels
of their day, and has been seldom at a lower stage
In public opinion than under Boss Murphy.
That Is the organization under whose auspices
th© Democratic candidate for the Presidency has
appeared In New York on a public occasion. It
Is hard to Imagine any other candidate of that
party who would stoop to such a humiliation for
the sake of votes. But the candidate of the day
sticks at nothing that wears his party label It Is
all the same to him whether it be "Tom Tag
gart Roger Sullivan. "Jim" Guftey or the whole
unsavory Tammany crew. He bolts them all nnd
declares that they taste good to him.
BRYAN'S STRENGTH IN HIS OWN STATE.
From The Baltimore Sun (Dem.).
"The Suns' -stuff correspondent at Lincoln. Neb.,
describes the political situation in Mr. Bryan
own state and estimate* the probabilities or lit'
(let >at. Mr. Sheldon. the pr s-»n1 Governor of
\ebru ka. i « a hepubllcan, anil the elaborate rani
Imlex system In i;..e Indicates th.it the Republican
... -.i = .»-t,, fri th* .^.v-rnor-ti'i" will b- r -«l»«t <1
In November with • practically the sam; majority
M_ ..au i..«- ia* ugo. Mi. Shall* nbTger. his
viatic competitor, is popular and Strong, anil
Democtdts claim that h« will bring out the full
party vote. Mr. Bryan may. it '.- thought, run
ahead of th; rest- of the Democratic ticket.
How considerable a change of sentiment must
occur to give the Democratic candidate the victory
Is made cK>ar by a few figures.- In 1904 Roosevelt
received in Nebraska 138.558 votes; Parker. 51. m.
Debs. 7,412; Watson. 20,518; Roosevelt's plurality
being 86.682. In 1&00 McKinley received 121.835 votes;
Bryaji. 113,613; Woodley (Fr0.),. 3.686; Debs, 820,
and Barker (Pop.}, 1,104.
About Teople and Social Incident*
AT THE WHITE HOUSE. '
[From The Tribune Bureau. 1
Washington. Sept. 25.-The President saw few
visitors to-day on account of the Cabinet meet
ing which la ted from Ua.m.to2 p. m. A "
the Cabinet offices were In >£-M»
Secretary Root, who will not return until next
SS, It was the first regular meeting
Ice June and was devoted to routine depart-
Tolt^rrGenera, Meyer introduced to the
President two officials of the posta of
Great Britain-Robert Bruce and William > *"£
The President designated Frank Pierce Assistant
Secretary of the Interior, as representative of the
administration at the Trans-Mississippi Congress
at San Francisco, beginning October 6.
Senator Hopkins and Representative Graff of III!
nois; General Felix Agnus, of Baltimore; John A-
Stewart, of New York, and John Barrett saw the
President. ■,
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
[From The Tribune Hunan.]
Washington. Sept. 25.-Mr. de Thai, second Rus
,an secretary, who returned to Washington on
Wednesday, has received three months' leave of
absence, which he will spend in Europe. leaving
h Colo r neVrron de Bode, the Russian Military At
tache, is shooting in Canada, and will not return
to Washington for a few weeks.
The Siamese Charge Affaire,. Phra Ratanayapti.
is expected within a day or two from Gloucester^
Mass .. where he spent the summer He will be
accompanied by the first secretary and Mrs. Loftu.
and several student attaches
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
[From Tlie Tribun* Bureau.]
Washington. Sept. -Glfford Plnchot arrived In
Washington to-day, an.l will have as bis house
guest for two weeks the Secretary of the merior
those family will not come until the middle of
October. Mrs. James Plnchot will join her .on the
last of next month. Pultz. of New Tork. who Is
Mrs John I^ggett Puitz. of New Tort, who Is
the guest of her parents. Associate Justice and
Mr*. McKenna. will return to New York next week.
John Barrett, director of the Bureau of American
Republics, entertained the Latin-American dele-
Kate, to the International Tuberculosis Congress
at dinner at the New Willard to-night. Invited to
meet th-m were the diplomats representing the
countries of the delegates. State Department offi
cials and others.
Miss Eleanor Granger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John T. Granger, will be married to Paymaster
Felix R. Holt. I. S. N.. in this city on Novem
ber 11.
Ml--. Helen Hatfleld. daughter of Colonel and
Mrs. Charles A. P. Hatfleld. will be married to
Lieutenant Berkeley Thorn Merchant. V. S. A., at
the home of her parents at Fort Myer next month.
Mrs. John R. Williams, who is placing her
younger daughter in the Georgetown Convent, will
join her husband at Fort Dv Pont next week, and
will return to Washtngtoi on November 1. accom
panied by her debutant- daughter. Miss Dorothea
Williams.
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt will make his headquarters
this winter at the Plnza. here he has rented an
apartment for the season.
Mr. and Mrs J. Woodward Haven have returned
from r>»no* and are fo» a few weeks at their a
home In Park avenue. They will move Ml their
new houi^. in East 73th street, at the beginning o'.
November.
Mr. and Mrs Alfred Chapln have decided not to
occupy their house. in East 56th street, this winter,
but will epend the season at the Plaza.
Miss Edith Cuyler has given up her house !n
Madison avenue and will henceforth make her
home with her aunt. Mrs. Morris K. Jesup.
Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould have decided to
postpone the debut of their eldest daughter. Miss
Marjorie Gould, for another year. Their house will
not be completed until next April, and they will
spend the winter at the Plara.
Mrs. Henry A. Alexander and those associated
with her In the Amateur Symphony Society have
arranged to give Its annual concert on January 22
In the big ballroom of the Plaza.
Ferdinand. Due de Montpensier. only brother of
th© Duke of Orleans and next heir to Ma preten
sions to the throne of France, is staying at th«
Hot*-! Knickerbocker, under the Incognito name of
M. .!•• Vllllwrs He is accompanied by the Comte de
Bsnns ami M. Pierre Foret. of Paris, and is on his
way home from a tour around the world. He
leaves town on Monday for Canada, and wtll after
ward visit Mexico before returning to Spain. In th*
navy of which he holds the rank of lieutenant. He
is th» son of the Countess of Paris an.l a brother o'.
Queen Marie Amelte of Portugal nnd of the Duke
of Aosta.
William Goadby I.oew. who has been 111 with
typhoid fever at his country place at Monmouth
Beach". Is now on the road to recovery, but it will
be some time before he Is strong enough to be able
to be moved back to town.
Colonel and Mrs. Wlllinm Jay have sailed on
the Adriatic from Liverpool, bouml for New York,
and will arrive here next week.
Mrs. Tornellus N*. Bliss, who has been IU at her
THREE BLUES FOR C. H. MACKAY.
Mrs. John Gerken and A. G. Vanderbilt
Again Judge at Mineola Show.
Mineohi. Dons: Island. Sept. 25 iSpe.;ai>. The at
tendance to-day at th* horse show was much
larger than yesterday. A clear day favored th<»
show, and the colonies of Ixmg Island ahovsd
their appreciation by turning out in large n imbers
the promenade In front of the boxes having all
the enthusiasm of a show in the Garden.
Thirteen events were judged and interest
throughout was at fever heat, as the contestants
nh of a high class. Mrs. John Oerken again
Judged the saddle classes Alfred O. Van.ierbllf
also officiated. In the heavy harness clas*»s. of
which there were two.
In the class for a pair of horses not exceeding
15.2 hands. Clarence H. Mackay won first prize
with Irish Lass and Lady ITmberto from Herbert
I. Pratfs I*ady Eocene and Queen Mab. Mr.
Mackay drove the pair himself. Mr. Mackay was
again the victor in the single 'class event when he
drove Pelleas and beat Mrs Pierces Margaret.
In the class for horses never having won a prize
at any recognized show Mr. Mackay got his thtrd
blue with bis roan gelding. Jay Bird. Herbert L.
Pratt was second with Queen Delta.
In the open class for runabouts for horses not
exceeding 15.2 nands Harvey I^dew carried off the
honors with his Buster Brown, while Mr. Mackay
whs second with Emperoh Nine horses were shown
in the ladled' saddle class, and Mr. ljulew was
again the victor with Reliance. Foxhunter was
the victor in the class for horses over 15.2 hands.
For ponies under saddle Mr. I^adew won with De
fender.
In the green or qualified hunters nineteen were
shown. Mlaa Cornelia Bryce finally won this event
with The Idiot Delight.
AN ENGAGEMENT.
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Y. L/Hommedieu, of South
Orange. N. J.. have announced the engagement of
tlielr daughter. Nathalie Constant I/Honirnerftau,
to Pearsail Bradhurst JadU :i. Si NY» York.
SENATOR KNOX RETURNING HERE.
Quesnstown, Bep .S. tvnator f'hilan.ier » . Kara,
of Pennsylvania, and Mrs, Knox. s:iileii trass h.-i .■
to-day o:i bo:ir.l !he U hi:.- Star Ijue stliam I Ccdr
ric for New York.
ANDREW D. WHITE IN BERLIN.
Berlin, Sept. 25.— Andrew D. White is visiting
Berlin for the first .time since his retirement as
Ambassador to Germany. He will sail on October
1 on the Kalserin Auguste Victoria for New York.
Henry P. Fletcher, secretary of the American Le
gation at Peking, and Brigadier General John J.
Pershlng are also h«r*
country place at Oceanic. N. J.. Is now on th»roa«
to recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney S. Breese. who have been
abroad since their marriage, over a year ago,
expected to arrive here next week. They win jo
Southampton for a short stay.
Edward R. Bacon, of No. ttl Fifth avetrce, »m
arrive from Europe to-day on board the Ca^
pania.
Mrs. Adrian Iselln and Miss Iseiin haim left teW
for Hot Springs. Va.. where they are staying at ti»'
Homestead. Other guests there are Mr. and My.
F. C. Havemeyer. while Mr. and Mrs. Pssibrai,
Jones and Miss Sadie Jones, who close thetr s]^
at Newport on Monday, are expected there for »«.
month of October. ***
Mrs. Charles H. Baldwin arrived hi town fro»sfc
Newport for the winter on Monday.
Howard Townsend Martin and his son. Towing
Martin, have arrived In Boston from York Harbor
Me., and are staying at the Hotel Lenox. Fredl
erlck Townsend Martin Is still abroad, but win ar .
rive toward the end of iwsxt month and make *%
headquarters at the Plaza throughout the winter.
Mrs. E. C. Hoyt will have charge of the Junior '
Dancing Class this winter, which will have \t+
meetings on November 25. December 28. January a
and February 27 at the Plaza.
Rae H. Rogers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arehfh.^
Rogers, of No. 33 "West 53<i street, who wfll marry'
Miss Marguerite Walker, daughter of Mr. and Jfr*,i
Joseph Walker. jr.. of No. 112 East 37th street, i*,
the Marble Collegiate Church on October 11, «„;
the host last night at a bachelor dinner at thaj
Hotel Astor. Those at the dinner were Edmund P.:
Rogers, who will be best man; his brother. CotaJ
man Rogers; F. Watson. William Watson. Btur7»«
Bant Fish. Jr.. Walter Stnithers. George Blchar*.
son. Chalmers Wood, Jr.. Fuller Pot Goran*
Auchincloss and Lydlar Hoyt.
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
(By Telegraph to Tb« Tribune. 3
Newport. Sept. 25.— There was another exo*ia of
summer residents from Newport yesterday. Xt m
and Mrs. C. Oliver Iseltri closed their season and
returned to New Rochelle. They will go to Tinted*
for the. fail season. *• ,
Mr. and Mm. George U. Rives have gone to Tax
edo for a month's stay, and Mr. and Mrs. Wniiani
Payne Thompson have departed for Roslyn, tie*
lying Island home.
Mr. and Mrs Pembroke Jones and Miss Bail*
Jones will leave here to-morrow for New York.
James V. Parker, who has been in, was reported:
to-day as being slightly Improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Knight. Jr.. e=tertalss4'
at dinner to-day.
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Roelker will remain fcfc
Newport this year until after the November elec
tion.
The final bake of th» season at the Clambake-
Club will take place to-morrow afternoon.
IN THE BERKSHIRES.
[By Telegraph to "*"*" ""''" ■"•" '
Lenox. Sept. 25.— Mr. and Mr?. John E. Ales
an » ir ,' entertained at Spring Lawn to-night The
dinner was served at tables seating ten guests^
\rr.nnc those Invited were Mr. and Mrs. Heary]
Fendleton Roger?. Mrs. Lindsay Fairfax. Edwin
V Morgan Minister to Cuba: Mrs. Henry Monroe.
Mr, Benjamin Welles. Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Folsom. Mr. and Mrs. Glraud Foster. Mr. and Mrs.;
William F. Wharton. Mr. and Mrs. Richard C
Dlxey. Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher M. Adams and'
William Watts Sherman.
Miss Catherine Green and Miss Anna Robtasca
are guests of Miss Helea Alexandra.
Mr. and Mr?. Harold Godwin entertained at to-.
ner to-night. .
Those arriving at the Hotel Aspmwail to-day i=
cluded W. Watts Sherman, the Misses Irene am!
Mildred Sherman. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Wood. Miss
Gertrude Wood. Mrr.e. Caroline Gad.kl. WO2a= 3.
Aspinwall. of New York, and Mr. aad Mrs. Hngil
S. Legrave. of Washington.
Mrs. Robert Livingston. Miss L. 8. lirttsjassV,
and SUM M- A. Clarkson, of TlvoH-on-the-Hudson,
arrived to-day.
j Pierrot Morgan arrived this afternoon. an*
was met by Charles Center and Joseph H. ChoaXK:
They entered a motor and were driver, to Mr.;
Lanier-s country place. Alien Wynden. To-n;gM,
Mr. Lanier gave a small dinner at h.i bouse for,
Mr. Morgan.
Mr and Mrs. George Wlnthrep win esterta:a tw3 ;
hundred at a hunt breakfast at Mourtaln View
Farm to-morrow.
Mr. an 1 Mrs. Thomas Shields CMI were hosts,
at luncheon at Fernbrook to-day.
Mr. and Mrs. Silas B. BrowneU have closed tieir;
villa in Stockbridge.
Miss Matilda BrowneTl 13 a guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph H. Ch»ate.
Mr«. H. O. Bates, of Morristown. N. - - is a » vest
of Mrs. Z. Marshall Crass in Daltcn.
William Hall Walker has closed his country plaes
In Great Barrinpton.
Major and Mrs. Charles L. McCawley are guest*
of Mrs. Henry Winthrop Gray.
Mrs William S. Kernochan has arrived at «•
Curtis from Bar Harbor.
Mr«. Thomas Rodman. Mrs. EJ^ti T. Rice azi
Miss Virginia Field, of the Casino entertal=wst
committee, have sent out cards for a harvest sou
per and dance at the Casino on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Chariaa Aster Bristed wi'.l depart
on Monday for Newport.
NEW YORKERS AT PITTSBTOG.
Pay Their Own Expenses and DrcliarTfaay
Invitations.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune 7
Pittsburg. Sept. aw-BegtnaM V&ndertEt. «-»
came here with Mrs. VawJer&nt. Mrs. H. S. »
D. M. Hare and Preston Gibson, to attend t^;* 0"*0 "*
show a: the Country Cast en SewJckley He^^
has made a great impression on tha reW^ pa * '
men. That's about the only class of people i- j
party have noticed since thetr arrival >.are.
Great plans were ma,!» M entertain the rarty^'
Plttsbunc society, but when the Vanderbilts «
rived they made it plain that they did not^cm.
to take any part whatever in ar.y social a-i-
Instead of being the guests of the president 01 [*-
Country Club, as arranged, they insisted on _»e-*
regular quarters In the club, and paylr.se t^ lT °.
expenses. They also refused M attend tie s»—
ball given last evening at the Country C lsl0 '
refused so attend a dinner party and seve ll _ -i>
affair- to-day to which they were Invitea. ■ *'
burgers of social prominence believe ta *
been snubbed.
ARCHBISHOP FARLEY SAILS.
Rome. Sept. :5.-Archblshop Farley of New —| j fc
and his suite left this city yesterda> ',<*!***■
whence he sailed to-day for the '■' - : "' d TTZ^
board the North German Lloyd steamer "in-
Irene.
KERMIT ROOSEVELT STARTS EAS^
Pierre. S. D.. Sept. » laO Banxk «^,
Roosevelt and their party arrived here *
from their hunt west of the river and ww
eastward this afternoon. They have -nips*
since. Sunday and visited several lnd.aa eom
the Cheyenne River reservation. ■v : of t5«
pelled under the regulations to go •°"~ nto j a
Cheyenne River to da their hunting. P"«"
most of their time alone Plum &***•
LIEUTENANT SELFRIDGE BURI^
Washington. Sept. -The funeral of^ rf
Thomas E. ilsTlliga who .is HUMI in
the WrUht aeroplane at Fort Myer a «w
was held at Arlington National "" t "*" '^ ,tsvs
The Episcopal burtat service •?■ read «l ***
and troopers from the fort fired a rraba s as*.
honorary naJWissiiri wsw - xl<>xan<J f r f !: r^- <****'
Mr.jor O. O. Squier. of the Signal V BsKJ* 1"*1 "*
Chanute. Glenn Curtis*. C.ir-taln r.
Percy Bradford and J. A. D. McCaray-
Rear Admiral Th.-mas O. SelfridK* 'J^o w
yesterday, accompanied by his wife. wM gr* fW
had been travelling in Europe. He .as*""*?
grieved to receive a wireless message g^ fi.
the death of his nephew. Lieutenant x
I «*lf ridge. j