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2 Daily Picture Coupon Six Coupon.- like tills, together with one from THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE <Th+r «••* not »>• eonseeutlv* *at«s> if presented with 10 CENTS ■ t tha eScea'Bt The New- York Tribune Main Office, SSEE£ CPTOWK OFFICE— 13C4 Bro*flwa». fTHt entitle the be«n-r to on* C**ST*JS? M«4xl9H- 12c. BT MAIL. Subjects ready: BABY STUART. * THE STORM. BREAKERS. MOTHER AND CHILD. THE HOLY FAMILY AN AMERICAN BEAUTY PEACEFUL HOUR • "hie-ago, and a cousin of Princess Ro spigllosi, who was herself a Miss Reid, of New Orleans. The dead girl had a con siderable fortune, and spent her time travelling and studying art. For some time before her death she had been stay ing at the Hotel Casteilo. in Naples. The body was brought to this city early last month. s 'By IMaaMaA iot;.«- Tribune. 1 San Francisco, June 10.— The woman found murdered in Lake Como was Mr?. Porter Charleton, formerly Mrs. Neville H. Castle, Her maiden name wa« Mary Crittenden Scott, and she "was the daughter of Henry H. Scott, a coal mer chant, of San Francisco. She had trou ble with her husband and obtained a «]J\orce. Last year she created a sensa tion in New York by attempting to shoot ■William R. Craig, a lawyer, at the Wal dorf. Through the influence of her brother. Lieutenant 11. H. Scott, of the United States Army. Mrs. Castle wa.« re leased without trial. Her friends here on April 10 received cards showing she had married a few days before Porter Charleton. a New Tack financier. The marriage took place in "Wilmington. Del., and it was an nounced that after their return to New York the couple would go abroad in May. to remain several years. Lieutenant Scott, the murdered wom an 'a brother, married a daughter of the Itte Admiral Sampson. CHARLTON'S MOTHER TALKS Received Letter from Son Tell ing of Visit in Italy. JBy Tfl^jrr«.r' ; to The Tribune. ] Baltimore. June 10.— Porter Charlton. the riding husband of the murdered woman v-bose body was found in a trunk near l-akc Cpmo. Italy, is the son of Judge Paul i i<ai Itor., of Washington, who is connected v, :th the leg.l section of the Department ••f Insular Affair*. The judge's wife is the daughter of I>r. Alfred Wanstall. of Balti more. Mrs. Oharlton. who had just re turned from Atlantic City, was seen at her father's homo to-night, her husband having preceded her to their home la Wash ington. Th« news that the woman found in the irunk was Mrs Porter Charlton came a* * complete surprise to both Mrs. Wanstall and Mrs. Charlton, and the latter was re luctant to believe that it was true. "'Porter married against the Irishes of his father." said Mrs. Charlton. "and we were 'i reply" grieved to hear of it. He had only known Mr*. Castle for about a month and it was a <-a.se of love at first pipit* He married without tilling us anything about I* and left lor Europe to accept a position with the Spier Bank at, Hamburg. He Intended to go there in September and was slowly journeying through Italy and Swit rcrland on his honeymoon. He has only iif*n married two months. "I cannol realize thai anything has hap i-rn«*d to Porter's wife, for ire only got a letter frona them last week at Atlantic < iiy It was full of beautiful description, not of the scenery, but of his wife, with -• beai he la deeply infatuated. From the fart that he is missing from the hotel I .xr. only believe that he has met with some foul play- *• Porter was only a boy of twenty-one years, and his wife was considerably older. TVr have never seen her. but Porter's de scriptions were such as to lead a to be lieve that She was a very charming woman. Nothing could be more inconsistent both vith Porter's disposition and his affection <••■• his wife than to suppose that the fact that he is missing from the villa where ih«»y were staying is evidence to show that sh* might have met with death at his hands. "I do not know of any one who could have had arty animus or ill feeling against either of them, and air at a Joss to ac count for the tragedy. The unpleasantness which Fhe had with Mr Craig, the lawyer, was, I think, due to a temporary derange ment of her mind, and after the fray, which- was a harmless affair.* she was tem porarily placed In 1 an asylum. Our objec tion to the marriage came from thte fact." MISS LOWRIE SURRENDERS She Says McDonald Never Gave Her Any Jewelry. Mis.-- J^anette Lowri«\ an actress, for i i,<-'in detectives have been looking for sev eral days, ij-i'.h a warant charging bar with a* ar.ri larceny, surrendered herself to City Magistrate Xlarsh. at Stapleton. yesterday. « »n the same chars*. Frank R. Grant, a niamond saanav of Manhattan, la locked up i;. the Richmond County jail. It Is alleged • at :.• swindled Mrs. Carrie Lee. of Staple i«<n. out •: *i.kiio Miss Lowrio pleaded U'jt guilty, and 'was held in 1 1,000 bail, which was furnished. Her examination eras sf\ for Jun«' :" < . According to Mis. l.*^. Miss I>i-,vi i, re • ••ived a ipaa <>' ?600 from bar on ■ seek 1* • which she ,«w*id wa« worth $3,500, and which she said had been given to her by John B. McDonald, the subway contractor. Mis. Uaa said that Was UswrJe gavo her a paim ticket for the necklace a*- security, *nd told her that ahe wo\ild turn in flf ieen days . nd pay b#r back the SCOO an! Cive her a bonus of 1?'<« - Mis« Lowrl ; f;«il*-d lij returii. In court yesterday i'is.-? Libwrle denial that she kn « Mrs. \j>-* or that she had « ver done business with her. She said al a fcn^w Grant, who was in the dtesaaai busi ness and to:.: him she Iwd i>awned the necklace. Grant toM her, she said, that U" knew \vher<> sh" could set a big loan on the pawn ticket. Site ca.ve it to him. and what be did with 't she did not know. In referent to John B. Macdonald. Miss J»wri«- raid im knew him. bat denied that Im ever gave her tin necklace or any few ♦•'rv. SPANKED HER BOY IN COURT. • • .f.iri>m«*s wata the alternative of having her nftecn-ycar-old son Abraham taken from her and placed in an institution if vlie d:d not spank him for ssaaaliiaaj a policeman and using indecent language-, Mr*. Esther Überman. of We. 237 West MM *iree». i»ouMdly thrashed young Abraham i:; ill* Childrens* Court Yesterday. Vo'iz chances to puuixii the boy had bt-m tiven to the mother. l.y ' each tin* she weakened, until Justice «>lm«'«->l threatened to tend him away. Then sh« put Abraham ov*-r her kn*-«' and naddled him until he !jowlf*d for mercy. Thru »be thanked tiit justice and l-:-k Abraham Loos*. CAUGHT AS EMBEZZLER. HE SHOOTS HIMSELF Belgian Youth. Just Arrested at the Brevoort. Fires Bullet Into Temple. BAMK CLERK NEAR DEATH Confronted with $100,000 Theft Charge. Foreigner Sud denly Turns Revolver Upon Himself. Within a few moments after h«- had l>een arrested last evening in the Hotel Brevoort. Fifth avenue and Bth street, upon a charge of embezslement. Feli cien Buisset. a young Belgian bank clerk, attempted to kill himself ln the corridor of the hotel by shooting himself in the rijjht temple With a :iB-calibre maga zine revolver. He was rushed to St. Vincent's Hospital, where his condition is said to he critical. A search of the young man's room showed that he had . nly yesterday deposited almost $T»0.00l> In the Savoy Trust Company's vaults, at No. ."20 Broadway. Various other checkbooks and letters indicated that almost an equal amount was involved in tfM foreigner's transactions. Th>- capture, arrost and attempt at F.;r- destruction xvero dramatic in the ex treme. A cable / message from the Chief at Police in Brussels was received yes teffaay afternoon by Pierre Mall, the Belgian Consul in this city, atating that Buisset was wanted in that city for the embezzlement of more than 500,000 francs. The cable supgeat<d that Buisset might be found at the Hotel Brevoort. which is directly opposite the home of the Belgian Consul. Detectives Put on Trail. Mr Mali, upon receipt of the cable message, notified Inspector Russell, in charge of the Detective Bureau at Head quarters, who placed Detective Lieuten ants Millmore and Armstrong on ths case. The detectives went to the Hotel Brevoort. reaching there shortly after 6 o'clock, and asked the chief clerk to let them glance over the register. Under the date of June 3 the detectives came across the name "Felicicn Buisset. Brus sels. Belgium." written in a flowing hand. With this evidence before him. Detec tive Armstrong asking the clerk if he would s«-nd Ear Buisset, telling him that there was a visitor waiting to see him in th<=> hotel office. Within a few min utes tbe youth descended in the elevator from his room on the third floor, and ap proached the detective. Buissefs air was confident, and he apparently had no suspicion that he was about to be ar rested. The young Belgian was without a hat or overcoat, and as he came face to face with Armstrong, he hesitated an in stant, having expected a friend instead of a stranger. Despite tnis, Buisset ex tended his hand and murmured some thing in an undertone. Armstrong con versed with the young man for a mo ment,, while Millmore waited outside on the steps of the hotel, in case Buisset should try to escape by that way. ; Suddenly Armstrong placed his hanO on BuLsset's shoulder and told him he was under arrest." As the detective spoke the words Buisset paled perceptibly, his knees shook and he was seized with a violent trembling. In an instant, how ever, he had recovered his nerve and bowed to Armstrong, while he drew a silk handkerchief and mopped his face. He then told Armstrong that a dreadful mistake had been made, but that he was willing to accompany him to Headquar ters, and asked that he be allowed to go back to his room and get his over coat and hat. Armstrong agreed to this, and started off with Buisset. keeping close to his side. Too Quick for Officer. As Armstrong and his prisoner reached the main stairway, in full view of the dining room, Armstrong turned for an instant and beckoned to Millmore, who was still at the front entrance, to follow him in. Short as was the time in which Armstrong had bis back to the desperate man, Buisset. with a movement quick as ■ cat's, drew from a pocket a re volver and placed the muzzle against his right temple. Just as Buisset pulled the trigger, sending a bullet into his brain, Armstrong turned around and was met by the flash of the burning powder and the smoke from the discharged weapon. So near had been the bullet to Arm strong's own head that his face was singed by the powder. Th" women guests in the dining room became hysterical and rushed to the cor ridor general fainted. Armstrong and Millmore carried Boisaet Into l small room oft" tne lobby. He wa S then hurried to st. Vincent's. Next the detectives made a search of Bulseet'a room and found a bankbook of the Savoy Trust Company, showing that he had deposited 546.400 there yesterday. They also found a check book, a stub from which showed that $50,000 had been drawn to.the order of J. EL Freyman, the general United States agent for several Swiss chocolate dealers in this city. it was said by the police that this check made payable to Mr. Freyman repre sented an investment by Buisset. There was a passport signed by the Chief of Police of Brussels saying that Buisset was an honest young man. The j detectives alto found a draft for $50,000 i made out to the order of "V. Van See-, broock." This draft was drawn against Hallgarten & <'••. of No. r. Nassau street, Urn agents of the International Bank of Brussels. PLANS FOR BENNET BOOM Supporters Hold Meeting to Discuss Ways and Means. Plans Car launching th* boom of Con gressman William S. Bennet for the Re publican nomination for Governor wero laid last night at a meeting of the exec utive committee of the William S. Bennet Republican Club (Inc.) in ParJor a at the Grand (Talon Hotel, it was .said that th« movement had not as yet reached a point where any great amount of publicity was desired. The public opening of the campaign will Basse at a meeting to be held in Cooper Union before long. It is the intention of the promoters of the movement to open headquarters in every Assembly district in greater Man York. The officers of the club are as follow.*: ll«-nry Green. president; Arthur 15. Preyer, first vice-prefident; Jerome Schnell, sec ond vice-preuident; Nathan J. Kane, third vice-president; Nathaniel J. Keldman, sec retary, and Dr. Maxwell H. Lane.- treas «;ior. »-"i the present the headquarters of the organization are at the home of Lm. Lsces, No. IS Second avenue. «, NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SATURDAY. .MNK 11. mm. HUGHES FOR COBB BILL Continued from firM pace. niass meeting and more who had not gathered at the railroad station for a parting cheer. The Governor's Address. Governor Huffhes safd in part: "I have come to speak to you on the subject- of direct nominations?. The most important concern of a free, community with respect to the administration of Rov ernment is the selection of public officers. The fundamental matter Is to make sure that the methods of selection shall be perfected and safeguarded so that the w«r of the people may ha.c fair and ap propriate expression. "With respect to this, the most nerloue question at this time 1n this state relate* to the way in which party candidates are nominated. For the most part in selecting officers, state and local, the people are confined virtually to the choice of one of two party candidates. To find the real test of our political methods, and the measure of our liherty in clioofiing those who are to make our laws and execute them, we must go back of Election Day to the pri mary ami ascertain to what extent our boasted freedom finds expression In the management of parties. The contrivance of machinery to permit party managers, individually or In groups, to dictate nomi nations and thua to lay selfish hands upon legislation and administration Is a per nicious and abhorrent thingr, and every citizen cf the state who has pride in his citizenship and is worthy of a place in a f r^^ republic ought to recognize the grav ity of the evil and do his« bert to secure a needed improvement in our laws*. Outrage On American Inatitution*. •'Administrative work and its instrumen talities necessarily multiply. While the building la being enlarged we must look to the foundations. Shall our increasing activities merely measure opportunities for Intrigue, for favoritism and corruption? What is the aim of the party manager who is selfish or corrupt? If he can place his man in office, he will. If r-e Can make the public officer do his bidding, he will. He needs places; he needs henchmen sup ported by the public. He wants men In office upon whom he can rely to favor friends, to shield wrongs, to grant indul gences. So far as possible he wants per sonally to control government for his own purposes. "What greater outrage than this can be perpetrated upon American Insti tutions, or what greater violence can be done to American sentiment? "I honor the part> manager who is a true political leader and resists the vicious importunities of those who want him to misuse his power. 1 honor the men who are endeavoring to do necessary party work In a patriotic way and to Improve the method? of party organisation. But if you do not put party managers under Check, if you give to improper practices the opportunity and large rewards they now enjoy, then you hobble political lead ership and place a premium upon the efforts of those who are constantly seek ing to dominate party organization either to serve their ambition for power or to fill their pocketbooks. 'If special interests can write your stat utes, they will. If they can writ© in inno cent looking words to protect privilege at the public expense and secure little isles of safety for self-interest, they will. Why is It necessary to examine our statutes with the eye of a hawk? Why must we be constantly on our guard lest the state be delivered through its own legislation to the favorites of power? Why is it that the fairest plans of impartial administration in the just interest of all are so constantly in danger of coming to grief because of the intrusion of those who would manipulate. If they could, every apartment of govern ment for private purposes? "Is it because of the shortcomings of human nature? Undoubtedly so, 1n large part. Is it because, our expanding life [necessarily furnishes opportunity for the play of selMntereet? Undoubtedly so. Is it because so many wJio have the most important interests to protect fail to real ize that their ultimate safety must lie in public confidence and in a sacred regard for the honor o* our institutions? .' s suredly. Evil Is Not Partisan. "But these are not all the reasons. There if also the unnecessary facility that is afforded by our present political methods. Give to the party manager the virtual power to dictate nominations, give to his control through this power the action of elected representatives, place in his hands the weapon by the skilful use of which he may secure continued ascendancy, and you have formed the readiest instrument of political corruption. "I am glad indeed to recognise the prog ress that lias been made, and the gratify ing- frequency with which those having large interests in theip charge recognize the wise policy as well as the patriotic duty of seeking protection, where they think their interests are unjustly threat ened, by fair and candid means. I hope, r.nd I believe, that this disposition will in crease, and that we shall have less of that blighting cynicism which is so great a peril not only to our political life, but also to all legitimate Interests of the business world. "The evil which we attack is not parti pan. Whatever label its instruments may bear at a given time, they are used for a common purpose. And ever and anon their community of work and interest stands re vealed. "I speak as a citizen, knowing well that no change in political methods will change the qualities of the human beings that use them, but I want to see a shifting of the fitters. Strike them from the rank and file and put them on the party boss. Give the party members a fair chance and put the party managers under the re straints which will bring out the qualities of true leadership— that is, the leadership of honorable service and of work for the party and not for themselves. "Now. of course, any effort which prom ises real results is destined to meet the most determined and unrelenting opposi tion. If a measure to this end had not been vigorously opposed by those whom it was designed to cripple. I should very much fear that its effectiveness had been misconceived. While, of course, the hos tility of these cannot be regarded as a substitute, for merit in the proposals them selves, it furnishes a presumption that the mark has not 'been missed. "To overcome this opposition, those who are alive to the evils that have existed and are sincerely desirous to abate them should unite their forces, and public senti ment should be strongly expressed. This Is. your contest, not mine. I am simply a spokesman of what I believe to be the preponderating sentiment of the people, which demands that we shall have polit ical methods more r.-ortr.y of the Intelli gence and morality of the state. Favors Short Ballot. "There are some who favor what is called the 'short ballot'— that Is, a reduc tion in the number of elective officers. The object is to concentrate responsibility and to focus the attention of the electorate upon the choice of a few candidates. With this 1 am In hearty sympathy. But to at tain it there must be amendments of the constitution. To postpone dealing with our present conditions until well radical changes < an be brought about would be. in my Judgment, absolute fully. Nothing could better suit those who profit by our present system than to turn the discussion away from its defects to the question of consti tutional reconstruction in an indefinite fut ure. By all means encourage th* demand for a short ballot, but in the mean time let ii < Rive jie^ed attention (0 the present exi t'cncy. The inure elective officers we have and the more difficult '•' Is to concentrate attention upon their selection - the more ] necessary is It to improve the methods of nomination bo that intoMgent and honest i opinion within parties may have a freer scope and the wishes of the. party voters may be more easily and directly expressed. "It is of great importance that action should bo taken now This is the year when we elect state officers and an entirely ! new Legislature, Senators as well as As semblymen, and also many county officers. It will be two years be/ore we shall have ! another election of like scope: and. Indeed, i we shall not have a similar situation for four years, as two years from now will occur the Presidential election, with its predominant Influence. "This is the time to put our house in order, and if we are to improve our meth ods of nominating candidates we should make the improvement at once, before we proceed to an election of such an Important character. , For a General Enrolment. •We should have a general enrolment throughout the state, so that those entitled to take part In party primaries may be properly ascertained and present abuses limited. But this is a mere means to an end. The end is to enable one who has the rights of a party member to participate effectively In party decisions. To enroll him merely for the purpose of giving him the opportunity to turn these decisions over to b-^ches of delegates, who are the pawns of party managers or of their rivals, is farcical. The seat of power should be with the party voters, not with the party man agers, and it is through the manipulation of delegates and this abuse of the repre sentative system that the latter hold their control. Most Important also is it that there should be an official primary ballot. Here again we have simply an instrument. It may be well contrived, or it may be made, under the guise of a measure of re i form, to serve the. purposes of the party managers. It is a very simple matter to contrive a ballot which is none the less vicious because it is official. This was the sort of ballot that was provided for In the ! primary bill which I have disapproved. | First providing for the election of a host of delegates and a series of conventions, it placed in one column at the left of the ballot all the organization delegates, to be voted for by one marlc In the circle at the head of the column. Then it provided that none of the delegates placed in that col umn should appear in any other column. So that, if some of the delegates proposed by the party managers for one or more conventions were satisfactory, these could not be Included in the opposition ticket, and the advantage of arrangement lay with those in power. This form of ballot would not only have the effect of making primary contests.- as they have been so frequently In the past, merely contests between rival leaders, but It was also designed obviously to make it difficult to oppose successfully the ticket of the party managers. The Hinman-Green Bill. •Now I have not been opposing parties or party organization. No one realizes more keenly than I the necessity of the former and the Importance of the latter. But we want a 'square deal* in parties. Those who represent parties in their or ganization should be directly chosen by the party voters, and they should be made strictly acountable by simple methods to the party voters. The party managers should have a fair opportunity for the presentation to the party of the names of candidates for nomination for public office. Put under reasonable check, this oppor tunity will facilitate leadership and provide 1 the party with all the Important advan tages of organized effort. But the final decision should rest with the party voters, and to secure this they should express their choice with respect to each candi date for nomination. Let the managers* candidate stand out clearly and distinctly to be approved or condemned. If the senti ment of the party has been suitably recog nized In his selection, opposition will be futile and unnecessary. But concurrence with respect to one selection should not embarrass opposition with respect to others. There is no difficulty if there is a real de sire to have an organization .that. is truly representative and to have the wishes of i the party faithfully followed. v "The measure known as the Hinman j Green bill embodied a plan applicable to j state officers as well as to members of the i Legislature and other officers, and met with | widespread approval. It was designed to meet the conditions in this state and to secure at the same time th» advantages of representative and responsible party or ganization and the enforcement of the i rights of the party members. "Thin bill was defeated in. both houses of i the Legislature. I regard, this as a grave mistake from every point of view, and I have not changed in any particular my | opinion an to the merits of the measure. "There has been, however, a difference • of opinion with respect to the advisability, I of applying this plan to the nomination of j officers elected by the state at large. I do ! not share the misgivings of those who have questioned the wisdom of this application, nor have I seen any force in the argument that the plan should be tried first in smaller constituencies. As I have said, the effect of a state-wide application can ibe determined only by a state-wide ap ! plication. And in my judgment this should | be had at once, and could be had with j particular advantage this year, when we are to elect state officers. "But the difference of opinion exists, and j it should not be confused with the oppo ! sition which has been shown to the adop j tion of any real measure of primary re form. Cobb Bill Merited Support. i "When the responsible representatives of my own party In the Senate came to me, af ter the defeat of the Hinman-Green bill, in dicating a desire to adopt a satisfactory plan of less extended application. I felt that It would be taking a very grave responsi bility to say that because I could not see the plan of the Hinman-Green bill applied at once in its full scope I should be unwill ing'to have it put In force at all. On the contrary. I believe that while the adoption j of the plan with regard to smaller constitu i encies would not be a test with respect to j the state as a whole, still that adoption, se curing the election, of an entire legislature under its provisions, would unquestionably lead to its extension. That was, and is, my confidence in the merits of the plan. t "If the adoption of this method of direct nominations could not be had with respect to officers elected by the state at large, then certainly the rest best thing was to secure a plan of the same character as broadly ap plicable as possible, and to confide its fut ure extension to the action of the legislat ure selected by the new method. "The most important consideration was that the plan should be structurally sound; that the" foundations should be well laid: that what wasf done should be rightly done and should be a real and not a pretended reform. "The so-called 'Cobb bill,' reported by the Committee on th.> Judiciary In the Sen ate in the closing days of the session, was in effect the Hlnmnn-Green bill applied to ! party candidates for Congress, for the Sen ate and Assembly, and for county offices (except in greater New York at the time of a mayoralty. election). It provided that these candidates should be chosen at the primary by direct vote of the party mem bers according to the method proposed by the Hinman-Green bill, and the official primary ballot was of the sort provided for in that bill. "Under this bill, therefore, we should have secured the nomination by the new method of a great variety of officers; In fact, of all the Important officers to be, chosen at the next election save the seven officers elected by the state at large. Judges and city offi cers. As to the latter, the convention sys tem was retained with additional naf*guard< ! and with provision for the direct election lor flrloajatna by a proper ballot. The bill | also prov»<j»d for th» direct election by th« party voters of' the members of th* im portant party committees. "The Cobb bill passed th- Ba«a». In. my judgment It merited the support of all th* sincere friends of direct nominations. I* would have carried us not •« far as w« wish, but a long distance In advance of our present methods. "The bill, however, was defeated in the Assembly. "Rut it is fair to add that th* conditions which necessarily existed at -»c close of the srssion did not favor an urider etanding and appreciation of the content and Importance of the measure. Cause Has Not Failed. s. "The result of the session then was this: The Legislature passed a bill which I could not approve. In order that my reason for this attitude should be under stood before the session closed I Informed the Legislature of these reason*. Of their adequacy, submitted to the criticism of public opinion. I believe that the people of the state are satisfied. Personally } have no doubt in the matter. "On the other hand, the Cobb bill, to which I have referred, received the in dorsement of the Senate, but failed In the House, and no suitable measure baa been passed. "Shall we then conclude that the cause of primary reform lias failed? I thin* not. The man in the street, the average citizen who is trying to protect his family and honestly to make his way. knows what the conditions are. He knows that as a party member he counts but little unless he can give his life to politics. He under stands how the cards are stacked against him. Throughout the atate there has been gathering the force of an Irresistible sen timent. It does not seek the impossible; It is not visionary. It will increase and not lose its strength. Those whose busi ness it is to pay attention to such mat ters should read the fllgns of the times. The great body of our people are not In terested in political intrlcue and are not looking for something at tbe expense of the state. They want their government faithfully administered; they desire repre sentatives who are responsive to their con stituency; they want men In office emanci pated from selfish control and placing their reliance upon the intelligent opinion of the community. They know that their force is largely wasted in the choice of delegates and that the present system Is" a contrivance for. control by a few — not absolute, to be sure, and very largely miti gated Jn exceptional cases by public opin ion, but exerted to the utmost so far as those who have the power dare to exert it. Our people are essentially conservative. Bad methods and patent aouses, with their constant irritation of the public mind, are more dangerous than the free course of Its opinion. "The Issue Will Remain." "The movement to secure party methods which "will permit true representation and safeguard the wishes of the party voters Is as certain to progress and to succeed as democracy was certain to supplant despo tism. It Is for those who recogniase the strength of this movement to aid in giv ing it wise direction. There is now an opportunity to deal with this question in this state, and In my judgment it Is wise and necessaary to deal with it fairly and reasonably now and not to iiostpone action upon it. "If action is postponed the issue will remain. You rannot get rid of it. try as you may. It is not my issue: It is the. issue of the people of the State of New- York against those who have abused party government for their own purposes. "I «inoerely trust, and expect, that this matter will soon be decided; thai instead of disagreement between the two hou3es of the Legislature there will b<* accord, and such accord as will give, to the people of this state a genuine measure of relief from conditions which I believe every thought ful and patriotic citizen has deplored. And it has been, and is. my desire to make such contribution as T am able to make to the freedom of the political life of the state and to the »e<nrity of the funda mental bases of faithful administration upon which all the governmental activities of this great commonwealth must rest." BILLS SIGNED BY HUGHES One Provides for Marking New York-Bay State Boundary. Albany, June 10.— Governor Hughes to day signed the Merritt bill, establishing anew and monumentlng the boundary be tween the states of New York and Massa chusetts. The Governor is authorized to transmit a copy of the act to the Gov ernor of Massachusetts, and, In concur rence, with the latter, to communicate the action of the two states on the subject to Congress, with the request that it be ap proved. The Governor also signed these measures: Mr. M*-rriu's, providing for the selection of architects on state work by competition Designs submitted in such competition are to be considered by a board of award com posed of the State Architect, a person ap pointed by the Governor and an architect to be selected by the State Architect. J. S. Phillips' amending the state chari ties law generally. Mr. Qlore'a, amending the banking law relative to proceedings against and liqui dation of delinquent corporations and In dividual bankers by providing that the Su perintendent of Banks. in the name of the delinquent corporation or Individual bank er, may prosecute and defend any suits brought to effectuate any sale of real or personal property in settling the affairs of such corporation or individual. Mr. Gray's, authorizing the Stat^ Con troller in determining the tax on transfers of stock to examine books of account and bills or memoranda of sale or transfer Senator Agmew's. authorizing the Board of Kdueation of New York City to sell such manufactured articles or other prod ucts of Its vocational and trade' schools as may not be utilized by the board. Mr. Toombs's, providing that the commis sion appointed to confer with the New Jersey authorities for the piirpon* of de veloping a system of transit between New York City and New Jersey shall be known hereafter as the New Tork Interstate Bridge Commission. Mr. Green's, providing that no door win dow or other opening on any floor of a factory pliall be obstructed by stationary metal bars, grating or wire mesh DECLARES ODORS NUISANCE Hughes Orders O'Malley to Pros ecute Constable Hook Offenders. Albany. June Acting on reports sub mitted la him by Dr. Eugene 11. Porter. State Commissioner of Health. Governor Hughes has declared the odors which arise from the oil refining chemical plants of the Standard Oil, Tidewater Oil. General Chemical and other big corporations which operate in the vicinity of Constable Hook, N. J.. to be public nuisances. Complaint was made by residents of Richmond County, across the Kill yon Hull, on Staten Island. An order of the Governor filed with the Secretary' of State to-day directs Attorney General O'Malley to proceed against the corporation to compel the abatement of the nuisance. It Is understood that the At torney General will proceed in the Htate courts against New Tork State corpora tions and In the United States Supreme Court against the foreign corporations. ■ PRISON FOR GIRL'S ASSAILANTS Jersey Judge Says Boys' Crime Over shadowed Bosschieter Case. Paterson. X. J.. June 10.— "This is the worst crime that has ever been committed In this city. It overshadows anything that I have ever heard of here, and not even the Boaschleter case could compare witn It. Nothing but your tender ages saves you boys from getting <he full punishment." said Judge bcott this inornln« when he passed sentence upon the boys who were convicted! of attacking Julia Rimer, of Pas *>ulc Falls. .Joseph M unlock. Thomas Matthews, Al exander Turner an.l Albert ltil*>> each re ceived a sentence of Fix years In the "'aid well Penitentiary. John MeCready wan sen tenced to live yearn in the same Institu tion, while |<ot]ls fre<]f>re failed to appear In court and his bond of Jl.OvO was declared forfeited. t -r; - , _^ tIEF IN ELEVAI R0« Intcrborouqh Extensions for 2d. 3d and 9th Aye. Lines. WOULD SPEND $30,000,000 New Roads Over Harlem River and Operation of Steinway Tunnel Proposed. New proposals for the improvement of the rapid transit aituatton In the city were received yesterday by the Public Service Commission from the lnterbor ough Rapid Transit Company. As pre dicted In The Tribune, the companr deals entirely with elevated lines and the Steinway tunnel. 4 Roughly stated, the propoaml is that the company ahall be allowed to third track its Second and Third avenue roads, with extensions to the Queembor© Bridge and a connection with the West Farms branch of the subway. *nd to third track the Ninth avenue road, with an extension across the Harlem River and up River and Jerome avenues, to serve the west side of The Bronx. The cost of the work Is placed at approximately $30,000,000. and the company proposes to carry out the extensions at Its own expense, with the possible exception of tbe Jerome avenue extension, which will be jointly used by the Interborough ele vated and the Broadway-Lexington ave nue subway extension. Steinway Tunnel Connections. With regard to the Ptelnway tunnel, the company proposes "to complete the construction of this tunnel and to op erate it as a part of the existing sub way, with open communication between the tunnel and the subway system at or near the Grand Central Station. An ad ditional line of rapid transit communi cation will thus be established, with free transfers upon the payment of a single 5-oent fare, between Long Island city and all parts of greater New York reached by the existing subway lines." In addition to a third track from the City Hall station to 12»th street, on the Second avenue elevated line, the com pany proposes to build a two track ex tension from the Second avenue elevated line across Queensboro Bridge to the bridge plaza. This will enable the com pany to operate through elevated trains from Long Island City to the Brooklyn Bridge and South Ferry, with the bene fit of transfers to all parts of the ele vated system in Manhattan and The Bronx. For the Third avenue line the com pany seeks to complete its third track from Pearl and Chambers streets to about 147 th street, with the privilege of later extending the third track to- the present terminus, at Bronx Park. This involves building a bridge across the Harlem River, and because of a Junc tion at that point with the Second ave nue line the company asks to be al lowed to build a four track line between the Harlem River and 14." th street. For Diversion of Subway Trains. From this point the company proposes to build, through private property and ov.er public streets- not at present occu pied by elevated structures or covered by any franchise a two track connection from about MM street through "Willis and Bergen avenues to a connection with the "West Farms division of the subway at Brook avenue. This* will permit a diversion of subway trains to the Second or Third avenue line and re lieve the pressure on the Broadway and Lenox avenue division of the subway. An extension of the Third avenue line is also Bought from Pelham avenue through Webster avenue, Gun Hill Road and White Plains avenue to Becker ave nue, as a two track line, with the privilege of later, building a third track from the Intersection of White Plain« avenue and Gun Hill Road to provide for better ter minal facilities. On the Ninth avenue line the company seeks ' authorization to extend It* Third track from Rector street to loT»th street, and to build ■ two and three track *>'•- vated road from about J49th street and Eighth avenue across Maeomh's Dam Bridge to about 162 d street an.l River avenue, thence up River and Jerome ave nues to about 104 th street. "The portion of this line from 162 d street and Jerome avenue, north." says the application, "may either be built us an elevated extension, to be jointly nsM by the new East Side subway?, or may be built by the rlty as a subway exten sion under a traffic arrangement where by It may be used by the elevated road. If built aa a subway extension, work should be first begun upon It. so that the structure would be completed in time to operate in connection with the other elevated improvements* hereinbefore in ferred to." While the members of the Pubtltc Ser vice Commission were not inclined to discuss the proposition yesterday, It is intimated that the proposals, except in some, minor details, are in line with th* suggestions made by the Mayor and the members of the Public Service Com mission in their conferences with the representatives of the company. Mayor Gaynor yesterday forwarded to Albany with his approval the amend ment to the railway law, commonly known as the Steinway tunnel bill, be cause it fixes the status of that property and will permit it to be operated. it gives the right to the trustees of the old company to sell it to another company but provides that, the perpetual fran chise having been invalidated, a new franchise must be obtained fr Om the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. Such a franchise may be for not more than fifty years, with or without the privilege of renewal for twenty-five years. In his memorandum accompanying his signature the Mayor says: - lt is atly to be desired that all legal disputes with regard to this tunnel cease, and that It come Into use immediately. for the bene fit of the Dorough of Queens, and •« whole city and the object of this bill to to bring about that result." "<SS YERKES SUES FOR HER PART. Miss BUHM Unit Yerk..M .k . w guaroian. Jaaaaa •• c 22 Th " Judge Ward .„ the ,2j?t L' 111 '""' Court y^t.rday tor Ijl \ Ht * te * rr ' r< uit "• the Zn of £'LJ ll>> * > - Railways c!*£l Louin s. Owsler *■*, London against the late Char,^ t'v';;'' th -'— f^- Miss Yerkn. who at"t«iV . k * nd ° thCrS - February » last £ ?^*« *» ««O«rl« °* Yerke*. a neph-w O • umhtw ° «'««rence Yerkes. rr n de P a.. the late * rlwi T. .he .a. >C:,?CIZZ th ; *""'*' *'" af $100,000 md In ln '^ m ' ° f • trust fun.! that 5S haTr^U ,P, P " tUlOn U ™* ** Ui that the estate >»«.!«? ,, n ° laments, and HMH ana |».JJ? •*•*•* t0 b er between MAYORS ONLY Ills Public Accountants To!<i jj. Are More Important o a BUT GAYNOR WAS 43$£ V Controllers and Account^? -, cers at Dinner Li3tea tJ -"" Experience Es3aya. Th» broader, more expansive *i») -_. Mgher view of a s t v * n activity -^* good square meal with flaln'i — 11|| * dace* In the mind of man -* #J , <ZJ2 ;5> In the sp*e«*h»» at the dinner fa ta ' ,'" Astor last night of the Nation*! «_? ; tlon of Controllers and Acroanttej , eers. After discussing at a busir»j| 3* j Ing In the forenoon the *dvant3 ?^^T' I uniform system of accounting foe ,«** I nic!p*i!tw. th« members settled fia^f" i th» evening to a consideration of tJtTj.* portanc* and opportunities or the.lT^ 1 accountant In popular sovenrav?st '7n estimates of his importance T»r» «••«!? "The most important officers h» tar nldpallty to-day." declared Frank Tea^ I president of the City Club of N". v R.w* '. "are those In the accounting 4»paf2? 1 Some may think the Mayor Is the tno«H portant officer But no. He gets htaassL edife and Information from th# jj^Ji which you gentlemen provide." ' i | Mayor Gaynor was not present Law and Common Sens*. men elected to public fIW," •«. J tfnue»l Mr. Tucker, "don't know thi'^j^ Mice between current expenses g^ * proceeds of a bond i.«nne Th*7're tjj'^! I Ing to get into* financial difficulty M |* . things that th« law Joes not t>»rnwt 3» : you should not only be the wareSdeK,. the. treasury; you should be public lo cators, cultivate the judicial attttu&Y I mind, be tolerant, not critical. - .» j« ; mind Is not always competent to fc?£s. 1 the law. I say that -with very »st ft** ence. Very often the !a v has sn afj» ; which you as common sen** cit!a«a t» more competent to interpret than a 4 legal officer. I»uis Betz, former Controller of St. Pel began by saying that he hal r»riifn#fi , 'office because some one had "ff-ttffhta; f good Job. Then he said that the t*. ! States was not going to have xor<4 sjisi pal government until her citizens §n Ctj ■ of making money. "We have heard to-day." said tj e> '.'^, j several rich men have contributed a£ j a year for five years to the National Jfc. I nlclpal League. I know thin announctae I staggered some of you. for I saw th»»iy It had. But It will take the f >rtvan i two hundred potential millionaire t» * tain good government for tMs eft? »!a» that Is. it will mean the sacrtn>« by rixt after they have accumulated a «!=!{««■• of further prospects of a great fortnn»st their turning their talents to provide; jj-, j government for the people." Optimism of a Statistician. " Dr. I.c Grand Power*, chief v:«0eia»« : the Census Bureau at Washington. \p ', more optimistic. t "We are jroing to see the cities bean ( the light and support of d*>mo<:racT. n • ' prophesied. '"Instead of It* despair. (ssM I through static- their inhabitants a , learning their business, through sta^n . they are forming proper judaroent. ol i problems of the city. You a? accountar In so far as you are presTitinsr trq* $ir ures of conditions to the ptxbOQ aft hr: i Ing to establish the ••raaas Of Mite* : eminent" i Alonzo Tweeflale. Auditor of tin pisr of Columbia, was toastmast^r. Otftjr taw ers were Deputy Controller ,E&ri&. : Fisher, of New York; W. S. Mc^jroaA' : Duluth; Frank, \V. Fmith._ of Cor»> ', Prerdergast's staff: Duncan. McTnna.ei' : auditor of the rtty.« Pepan i ; Finance, and Deputy *"v>ntrol>r f<ts|i I Mathrwson. There were «Ixry-fo«r 4» ' "After their business matins: in theHrj I Astor in the morning the- .•ontrossrsa j accountant? here for this i« fiflliand , convention of th« association visited Gfl ' troller Prenderga.st In his office and '(iiiifl ! something about his department Tin I they went sightseeing s^;- tin •** I ! automobile*. The fourth bustnjß •>»■ 1 will !><■ held thi.» morning- TWs a£?rr£ , they will visit Coney laasai | SAYS SHE'S A WYMAU New York Woman Wants h' of Princeton's Legacy. ?a;»m. Mass.. June lft.-CharjißS ttit* due Influence <«■ , **»rt«>d on 'be pJ."' the trustees of Princeton T.'nhfrsifT r that th«* testator whs of ---Tond* when the will was drawp. "* KaT : Cutler, who forni-rly '. •• ■■•<} In .*•** Mas*., said to be a -i»- «f th» la» JW C. Wyaaaa. of this city. h!io Wt #&\ million dollars to Prin-^ron rnivsr*? day entered an appearance " th» **•*] K-gtetry ofn>" in this* city. Th» aprf 3 *] was entorerf through * Boston atrcl^J if la expected that Mrs. P*s&Sj obliged to pro- » her ••- cording to one ft the »*<».-i:rer». J*M Raymond, the only living h»ir cf *^. man i* Mrs. Susan B. Dickinson, of s-^, head. Mr* Dirkinson. "* lu> '* ' a "^ < Mr. Wyman. was libera'Sy pnjri«l?i . ike will. Andover. Maw. J<>n>- 10. --Mr* *L Cut!»r. who cT.iimi a portion of «&V^ of l?a.\c C. WymrtP. el SaTfßV*!,g^ff| ter of the late John Noam w!^ asM, was * half br»-«rh»r of Mr -.^;, She has two sons. GrmniiQ* X - ** Andover. and Nathaniel .v r '- ft<T ; V? of the high PCI In Norwood. *?P£ home is in New York •Ity. but *** s #*\ ins at present with h^r .«ca * • ,^. For many year* fti* restdM in "A JAPANESE-ENGLISH f** 1 Latin- American Press Aro"**' posed Visit of Mikado'- *& New Origan* June »r**S JJT^ is attached to the proposed »J^H Japanese battleship «*•? t<y * jj* cording to dispatches rfv'ived «^ } Central America. Tbe press Is inclined to re^trd tW '^S* Is to be made upon « * <> " c *"^3y< tco- 9 centennial o-let>r*t.or» «£&» penden«-«\ *>• <* boJd lo^ i3^ Japan, an.l prints rumors * *W *g t being sent at the sam* W* -JJ^ V negotiating with «V"tiat Art?" _ < lies. It i* also efatmid **l^ t * take e.lvanra*- of tW> a treaty rotative to :x '* n;l ' " for which England «0 Mrnlshj^, $2.50- «j TO -*J. ATLANTIC C|T! AND ** *** Sunday. Jun.ti^ij Pennsylvania!!' SPECIAL TtA»» Leave. mm m staMt^ .„>! H ,«Uon I'"" 1 ' I.raves Atlantic •" ltv - Jjf^