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New-York tribune., 1901-01-25
EARNING AN OPPORTUNITF.

An anecdote concerning the late Senator
Davis which is going the rounds of the press,
and which bears the marks of truth contains a
lesson which is well worth attention. 1t is
given in the form Of a narrative by Senator
Davis of the way in which he became chair
man of the Foreign Relations Committee of the
Senate a position which he filed with rare
ability and in which his usefulness to the coun-
try would certainly have continued in tncreas-
ing measure but for the misfortune Of his un-
timely death.
II seems that years before he went to the Sen
ate, when he was practising law in St Paul, he
formed the habit of pursuing some special study
during the evenings at home. He never spent
these evening hours over his ordinary business,
making it a rule never TO carry law book home
with him. But he cared little nothing for
society and during the long evenings he busted
himself with reading and research along such
lines as happened to attract him. BY chance he
became interested in the study of international
law. Having once made a start in 1t, he became
profoundly interested and deved as deeply as
he could. When he had exhausted the works in
the English language on the subject he took up
those in French and Italian. He did not sup
pose that this study was ever going TO be of
practical value to him, but he pursued it be
cause he came to love it and because the knowl-
edge and insight which ii gave him were them
selves sufficient rewards. When he went TO the
Senate he assigned to a place on the For
eign Relations Committee and q few years
later. the Republicans obtaining control, the
question of filling the craftsmanship arose. Mr..
Davis was not the senior Republican on the
committee, but by this time his wide knowledge
of international law had so impressed itself
upon his associates that, with the graceful and
generous insistence OF the Senator who by Gus
tom would have become chairman. and the
ready acquiescence of his other colleagues, the
place was given TO him. How well his training
had fitted him for it, and how well he able
TO use all that he knew, are matters of common
knowledge
1t is not uncommon TO describe the successes
of men who achieve greatness as being due TO
good fortune, to chance opportunity, to crcum-
stances under which any other man of average
intelligence and average energy would have
been able to gain as much. BY such occasional
glimpses as this the faulty of such philosophy
is revealed. Perhaps il is true that sometimes
Fortune in one of her curious freaks, lays hold
of a man who has done little or nothing 10 de
serve it and bears him upward and onward to
heights which he lacked the strength or the
courage TO win alone; perhaps there men
who by earnest toll have fitted themselves for
never are to come. But man has a right TO
expect the former experience, and no man ought
TO permit himself 10 fear the latter. 1t is safe
10 expect that opportunity will come to those
who fit for It.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-25
THE QUESTION OF CIVILIZATION.

The absurdity Of the notion that there is some
magic in the Constitution Of the United States
making II a fit rule OF government for all people
brought under control regardless OF their
condition, is plain enough when an Indian or an
Esquimau is under consideration. We have
never governed the Indians according TO the
specific provisions OF the Constitution. We have
given them no jury trials, we have not extended
to them the writ of haheas corpus. have
not taxed them uniformly. The reason was
that their condition so different from that
of the citizens that the Constitution of the citi-
Zens would have been quite out of place among
them. The courts this, and always upheld
the right Of the political authorities to face the
practical situation with perfect freedom. That
is the reasonable, sensible rule to be applied to
every exercise of sovereignty which may be
forced upon the Government with reference to
people not qualified by previous training to
prosper under our system of laws. Even ex-
President Harrison practically admits this, for
he pleads only for the extension of the Consti-
tuition so far as applicable to the civilized in
habtants of the former Spanish islands
But who is TO draw the line between the in
habitants, civilized and uncvilized. in the sense
of being fitted for jury trials and the rest of
our constitutional machinery of government?
Is man civilized in that sense the minute he
ceases to utter war whOops and to wear breech-
clouts? Obviously not. We have never treated
our civilized church going. school attending
farming Indians citizens except when one by
one they have been absorbed into the citizen
community Separate tribal organization was
made the canon of distinction as a matter OF
convenience; but in the absence of any such
organization these ab0rigines unassimilated to
our civil life would have been treated as a class
apart. If the political authorities were cOmpe-
tent TO mark off areas for eXtTa-cOnStitutonal
government for one reason of expediency they
are competent TO exercise the same discretion
in dealing with new peoples found to be un-
fitted for our domestic forms of administration
This is conceded by all in the case of the
naked savages of the Philippines, but it is
assumed that all so called civilized peoples
there, including doubtless those noble patriots
who in their heroic struggle for freedom"
buried Lieutenant Brewer alive. must be CON
sidered constitutional citizens of the United
citizens Of the United States numbering United
States officers, we consider the absurdity of
trying TO make a general theoretical rule I'm
such a case. An illustration of this is fur
nished by a special dispatch in "The New-Yorl,
Evening Post" of Tuesday giving the views of
Mr.. William I. Abbott, formerly of Peoria. I'll
a lawyer who has for some years been practis
ing in Porto Rico. He has been urging tba
Insular Affairs Committee OF the House m on
large the jurisdiction of the United States Dis
rict Court in the island. on the ground that the
New-York tribune., 1901-01-25
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Some of the passengers on the steamer Hohen-
zollern, which arrived here from Genoa Naples
and Gibraltar yesterday were Mr.. and Mrs. T,
Marion Crawford, Nelson Burroughs. Mr.. and Mrs.
William T. Decker. Major and Mrs. Edward Fl.
Eldredge. Mrs. E. S. Farwell Miss Hester Burr
Lewis, DR.. Hamilton osgood Thomas Reed and
Miss Nellie Goodwin
Among those who landed from the steamer
Oceanic upon her arrival here yesterday morning,
from Liverpool. were Colonel Robert B. Baker.
DR.. ". T. Barrett. David Barrie. H. s. Bayls,
Mr.. and Mrs. A N. Benjamin. A. Van Bergen.
Mr.. and Mrs. z. L. Bond. Francis H. Clergue.
Miss Gertrude Clergue, Frank Dugdale, Lady Eva
Dugdale. Sir William Orr Ewing. Bart, Lady Ew-
ing, Marquise Don Carlos Eizaguerre Captain J.,
Erskine, Lieutenant r. \. A Faber, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. H Fowler. Mr.. and Mrs ]. Mcclure Hamilton.
Mrs. L; R.. Hare, Mr.. and Mrs, a. r. Harvey.
Alexander S. Hay. Mr.. and Mrs. George Hinkel,
Goold Hoyt, Mr.: and Mrs. J. Bruce Ismay and
family, James Knox. 3. Peyton Legere, the Rev.
DR.. T. 5. Lemon. r. Lorraine. George A. Lowry,
Gerard Lowther. Colonel and Mrs. g. w. Macfar-
lane, Mr. and Mrs James P. Mccarthy, c. W
Mofett. Sydney Paget, Mrs. Arthur Paget. Sir
Weitman D. Pearson, Lady Pearson. Miss II.
Pearson and H. Pearson.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-25

native courts are utterly incapable Of admins
tering justice. He says the Porto Ricans have
no idea Of judicial procedure, but quite frankly
and sincerely bribe judges and Fix Witnesses
He declares that they are incapable OF self-gov-
ernment according to the standard necessary for
our forms of administration, and that the Porto
Ricans themselves admit that they cannot con-
duct 4 government on American lines. What
folly, then, is it to insist that they shall not
have a government suited 10 them and giving
them such home rule they can wisely exer-
cise but that they must blunder along with the
machinery of the American constitutional sys-
tenn. people with such ideas of courts would
be cursed not blessed. by our laws Are we
such slaves TO phrases and humbug that we
must impose on them the empty appearance
of benefcent government without the reality
thereof?
If this is the condition of Porto Rico the prob
lem in the Philippines must be much more COM
plicated. Plainly the point in the scale of civil
ization at which even, according to General
Harrison's theory. the Constitution becomes a
right of these strange peoples is not TO be fixed
arbitrarily 1t is a matter for the exercise of
discretion by the political authorities who have
always hitherto determined when any body of
persons were to be admitted into the fellowship
of the American people, sharing their Consti-
tuition. Congress has prescribed the rule by
which an Indian, matter how far advanced
might become a citizen, and it is for Congress TO
say when these new peoples can safely be in
trusted with citizenship. The Constitution was
never intended to be made absurd yet nothing
could be more absurd in it's results than con-
struction of the Constitution which would make
it an instrument of misgovernment in the hands
of people such as Mr. Abbott describes.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-25
Amusemenis.


ACADEMY OF MUSIC-s-Quo Nads
AMERICAN TFIEATRE-2-s:l5-A Celebrated Case
BIJOU-slB Climbers.
BROADWAY THEATRE S.l5-Vienna Life.
CASINO-Sl5- l5-Florodora.
CRITERION THEATRES -s15-When Knighthood was IN
Flower.
DALYS THEATRE-s:I5-Lady Huntworths Expert
EDEN NUsEE-The World in Wax
BApIRE THEATRE: :2O-Nrs Danes Defence..
FOURTEENTH STREET THEATIE-s--t5arreti % Nsgh'
GARDEN TT5EATRD-S-The Professors Love story
GARRIcK THEATRES :lb-Dayid Earum.
GRAND OPERA HOCSE-S-Hearts Are THUMBS
HARLEM OPERA HOUSE-S:1O-SWeet Anne Page. -
HERALD SQUARE THEATRE-s-Ihe Girl from Op
There.
IRVING PLACE THEATRE-s-A Musical Farce
KEITH s-COntinnous Performance.
RNIcKERBocKER THEATRES: :2O-When We Were
Twenty-one
ROSTER q BIAL's-l 49, :45-Vaudevtne
LYCTUM THEATREs-s.30-A Royal Family
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE-s:3D- Lazy DANNY
METROPOLITAS OPERA HOUSE-7;4S-Tristan una
Isolde.
MURRAY Hill. DECENTRALIZATION Gwyn.
NBw-YORR THEATRE-s :l5-1he Giddy Throng
PASTOR S-Day and Night-Continuous Show
PROCTOR'S-Continuous Performance.
REPUBLICS: :l5-In the Palace of the King
ST. NICHOLAS SKATING RINK-Afternoon ano Even
ing-Skating
vICTORIA-s 3O-The Night Of the Fourth
WAIL.AcKS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Meredith.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-25
PERSONAL.

Thomas Shaw. who died the other day in
Philadelphia. had nearly one hundred med
ais for inventions. 1T is a singular situation -
says The Philadelphia North American '.vhep
an inventor is afraid of his own creation.
but Mr.. shaw encountered this experience in
his invention known as the steam tr,,n,nat
His object was to produce the maximum sorrd
and ne succeeded TO destructive point. He said
the vtbrat were terrific that he was com,
PEELED to abandon the invention but he ALWAYS he
heved that he could construct a trumpet that
would demolish building by blowing al it a1d
he often made the statement that he could make
and blowing. he could bring down the CITY Hail
tower" ii
Mark Twain sent a characteristic greeting To his
friends in Vienna. where he spent fifteen months
of his foreign tour. A fac-simile of the message
was published in the "Neues Wiener Ta~b1a++,
Christmas Day and ran follows: Prosperity
and hanniness 10 my friends in tina Ennnira Tha
New-York tribune., 1901-01-25
LOON OUT FOR LEAKY MAINS.

1t is not astonishing that the underground
rapid transit work at night has already caused
at least one serious explosion of gas. To the
observer of average keennesS who looks down
into the excavations that are preparing the way
for the quick local trains of the future the ap-
pearance of the tangle of rusty, corroded tubes
which has been uncovered gives reason for IN
easiness. Before the rapid transit tunnel is
finished many a gas pipe and water main will
give way. Our municipal departments have
been so careless in their inspection of under
ground construction that this city is crammed
beneath the surface with pitted and reeking
shards. as Rudyard Kipling might phrase 1t.
After US the deluge,' was the favorite senti-
ment in the Court of Louis XIV Of France The
men who had charge of the sunken network OF
pipes in Manhattan seemed TO think that If their
salaries were pocketed on time any sort of flood
or explosion might take place without hurting
their feelings. Can it be possible that in any
great city there is a rustier and leakier set Of
pipes than the underground lot in Manhattan?
They need fortifying. and they will need much
of it before the rapid transit trains begin TO
move.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-25

vision for such public works If the people
want them, and this bill was intended to
avoid the popular vote on the subject, which
is required TO borrow over $1,000 under the
general law. This was the defect in principle
which the Governor rightly regarded as fatal
If the policy is adhered TO of permitting moth
ing TO be done under special laws when a gen.
eral statute provides method of accomplishing
the same thing, one of the reforms most needed
in the conduct of our State government will
have been made.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-25
SENATOR PLArrs WYE III.

Mrs. Thomas c. Platt wife of the Senator. -
confined TO her bed at the Fifth Avenue Hotel win
an Illness that has caused the family good deal
of apprehension this week Mrs. Platt has not been
in good health for year two. but, nevertne
less, has been abe to travel about and go ou'
driving Soon after Senator PIatt left the city rof
Washington Sunday afternoon last Mrs. Plai
began TO suffer from heart trouble which pros
trated her two years ago Since sunday she "a
been quite ill., Senator Platt returned from Wasi.
inston last night at $50 O'Clock Henry B. Plas
last night said that his mother would prohaoH
be - and about again in few days.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-25
ATrAcKED rHE L4K or ASSOCIATIONS.

Paris Jan 24.-M- Lasies. Anti-Semite. repre-
sentins Condom. in the Chamber of Deputies TO-
day vigorously opposed the law Of associations
defended the congregations and attacked the Prot
estants and Jews in violent language as being the
instgators of the bill and the allies of the enemies
OF France.
The general discussion of the bill then closed
and the House voted the bill an urgency measure
by S6l 10 179 and proceeded TO discuss its articles
New-York tribune., 1901-01-25

The fire which destroyed the Opera House In
Cincinnati without loss of life. although 1t took
place when the play was only half over was in
astonishing contrast with the horrible calamity
when the Brooklyn Theatre was burned. Every
actor and actress and every person in the audi
ence when the flames were discovered in the
Cincinnati building seems to have shown ad-
mirable self-control. Much progress has been
made In respect to precautions in theatres and
to providing spacious exits since the Brooklyn
disaster. with its frightful sacrifice OF life
startled playgoers all over the world Even on
the continent of Europe. where the rules for the
construction of buildings have been exactinG
for generations. both Paris and Vienna within
a comparatively recent period were shocked by
fatal conflagrations in places of amusement 1t
is much TO the credit of Cincinnati that nc one
burned, or even badly injured-~~Nhen the
fire of Tuesday night ragged so fiercely
New-York tribune., 1901-01-25

Mr.. John De Witt Warner seems to he engaged
in furnishing plate matter" against the Ship
ping bill TO such country papers as he can tempt
TO reduce their composition bills in that way
1t is a pretty poor mode OF trying 10 influence
public opinion: but when somebody tried the
other day to furblsh up one OF his old plate
matter" articles and turn it into apparently
and timely contribution 10 The Tribune
under the heading OF "St. Clements Prayer"
he made a mistake. 1t is the by 10 weekly
Of the country cross roads that welcomes this
antiquated plate matter rehash Besides, he
is engaged in the grotesque work Of staying the
slain. The subsidies for the fastest American
mail line ships to be reduced, and the Stand
ard Oil steamers to be excluded in terms as they
always have been in Implication. The vocation.
therefore Of the plate matter apostle is gone
New-York tribune., 1901-01-25
THE pANNREUTHER QUARTET.

The second of the Dannreuther QUartet's con-
certs, given last evening in small OF the
Fine Arts Building. offered nothing that could put
the intellectual capacities Of the audience to any
great strain, but afforded evening Of musical
enjoyment Of charming sort There quar-
tet by the Russian Borodin. which, il not quite
unknown, was at least unfamiliar and which is
full Of graceful and insinuating traits. showing
none Of the gloom and passion that have learned
10 attribute the musical genius OF the Russians
If the composer had nothing Of deep and moving
import, he AT least evinced latent melody of an
unconventional character. and wrote quartet
that truly in quartet style and withal grateful
task for the four instruments. for it is effective
and well balanced. A long single movement by
Paul de WaiIly called an "Epithalame." scarcely
disclosed enough Of strong fibre and musical in
yention 10 seem worth while. There also Two
movements from a new quartet by Napraynik that
showed strivngs after kind Of effect that it is not
given TO the apparatus of the string quartet to
realize.
Almost as unfamiliar to most Of the listeners
probably. the pieces marked new, was a
transcription for strings and pianoforte Of Beetho
ven's quintet for wood, wind and pianoforte op. IS
by Ernst Naumann. Beethoven himself. believe
made such a transcription; IT may be that Herr
Naurnaun found reason to suppose that it could be
done better in a different way. At any rate. the
piece he presents il is effective and full Of the
charm and spirit of the early Beethoven style-it
fitted into the general scheme Of the concert in
offering nothing exacting for the consideration Of
the audience. Mrs. Dannreurher played the piano
forte part with neatness and nice adjustment to
the general balance and ensemble.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-25
MUSIC.

CONCERT OF THE MARQUIS DE sor,z.
II there any denizsns ef Nsw-York ana ~,
ington to whom the figure, fame and fortun =. ~
Marquis de soGza unknown tho fault g. eAs
lie In any stiHting of printers Ink on ths par,
the tHnsfui nooiemans manager. There rsus,ss
therefore, only the public duty Of rscoraIn~ s--
Impressions touching his singing Gerivsd fror, -
first concert IN Carnegie Hall last nlxht IT, ~, -
9uiss voice lis little short Of phenomenal I'm -.
power and quality. Were he SO disposed bs -ss ee
snow Two tones In bis voics." like Orator pur 80
when he chooses so TO color It in ths hiyhar % .0f
ter IL takes on a tenor timbre In the r1szz, ~ '
and when this effect is undesirable he can = 80 s'
gradations. darken and broaden IL into a ra.os s
and sweeping barytone- He has open tonaa -"
he hurls out with recklessness that woalid - -
rum OF any voice but one like his which seems -
and euphonious by nature, and recall the to -
Galassi. except that the Marquiss speak ms ~
innate and cultivated refinement There is so,ue "
thing also OF Galassi's explosiveness In his -
ner whlch becomes exciting in its effect IN 10 -
point OF extravaganza Of defamation which -
reaches only 100 orten- He has notions about in
depreciation which are foreign to the nrona- -
air Of a concert room. but even when he ..,,~,'
all split he seldom offends the ear for bis -
is marvellously musical. He made a carfcat,,ra 80
OF the vulgar Toreador song from Carmen" Ia,
night but the delight which he felt in hurlins on,
the dis1ointed phrases OF its narrative portion -
municated itself 70 the audience and set Ioosa .
tempest Of joyous excitement and when arnong -,
added pieces, which outnumbered those on rba
gramme. he sang 'Partrl'' with absolute Ioval,1aS-
OF tone and style the disposition to Quarrel 7yttS
him oozed away like raindrops on a beach Tna
Marquis is a sensation.
The concert, in which an orchestra conductad ~
Mr.. Victor Harris and Mr.. sieveking took nart 49,,
seemed to have for its purpose the exploitation -
the Dutch pianist He has improved since he was
with US last. Something, probably his atblat,o
training, has not only developed his muscles (tbs4
was not necessary from dynamic point Of view,
but brought them under marvellous control III.
fingers work like pistons. transmitting blows tba,
are as sharp. as incislve as if the action vsrs
automatic in the highest sense: but unfortuna+a1,
the result is quite barren OF emotional efsc,
as II IT was produced automatically. But his tona
is superb in volume and no longer so bOisterous
IL was. though still deficient in sensuous charm
The concerto by Rachmaninoff, which was new "a
his audience, even the professional element in II
produced but feeble effect the critical OF thu
individuality which We have learned TO expect from
Russian composers II showed not a trace and IN
was nonotonous in sentiment well as color It's
permanency in concert rooms is open 70 verv
grave doubts. Mr. Sieveking shared in the generous
applause of an audience whose discrimination was
N inverse ratio to its size and denonstraCiveness
New-York tribune., 1901-01-25
TO Study THE BUBoNIC PLAGUE.

Berlin, Jan. A-The University of Munich ha
sent Dr. Martin Hahn and DR.. Duerck to Egyp
and India to study the bubonic plague.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-25
TFPDJ SLIGHTLY BETTER.

Milan Jan A.-verdi's health showed a slight
Improvement this morning, after a critical night,
but II is feared he will not recover
New-York tribune., 1901-01-25
NOTES OF TIE STAGE.

The first performance in this country Of the opera
La Tosca.' which to be given at the Metro
poHten Opera House on Friday Of next week. has
been postponed to the following week, as it was
found impossible to finish the necessary prepara-
tions. Aida" will be given instead. Miss Mar
garet Mactntire appearing as Aida for the first
time here.
Miss Jessie Mnlward was unable to play her part
in Mrs. Danes Defence" at the Empire The
atre, last night. and her place taken By Miss
Ethel HOrnick Miss Hornick's place in the cast
taken by Miss Annie Adams
After the performance OF ''Florodora." at the
Casino, last night. Willie Edouin who resigned
from the company last Saturday. as he is to return
TO England tO-mOrr went behind the scenes to
bid the members of the cast goodby, and there a
silver loving cup was presented him by the
company. Cyril Scott made the presentation and
Mr.. Edouin made brief speech in reply. On one
side of the cup engraved, Presented to Willie
Edouin by the members OF the New-York 'Floro-
dora. company, and on the other side. For he's
a jolly SoOd fellow. God bless htmH
Robert Lorraine. the English actor. who is to
play the part of Ralph Percy. in ITO Have and
To Hold" when the dramatization Of Mary John
sons novel is produced at the KnickerbOcker The
atre, arrived from London on the Oceanic yestsF-
day. Mr. Lorraine has recently come from South
Africa. where he took part IN the closing opera
Henry Miller who is now playing in Baltimore
in Richard Savage spent Thursday in New
York ii Daly's Theatre. asserting his scenery Tor
Hamlet which he has transferred Mr.. Soth-
been sent to Detroit Tor Mr.. Sothern's engage
ment in that city next week.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-25

If the refusal of persons employing messenger
boy to cash checks and carry large sums of
money 10 prosecute the boy when he steals
means not merely good nature, but a realiza-
tion Of the unreasonable temptation thrown in
the boys way their discretion is TO be com
mended. The practice OF putting into the hands
Of unknown boys sums of money which bank
would not intrust TO a grown man without a
bond is wrong, and should be abandoned
New-York tribune., 1901-01-25

Mr.. Lauterbach always a kind-hearted
man He doesn't think we deserve to control our
own water supply. but II really want to he
will indulge our desire and refrain from i'm
posing Ranapo upon us.