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New-York tribune., 1901-10-31

will yield large profits. and says: 1T is
trivial contract. indeed, In the business or
great municipal corporation which. If based
ION skilfu specifications, will not yield In extra
profit the price of a bulldog or racehorse.
Now, there is nothing in this that MI croker
can answer. He is not mentioned. IL, OF
course, suggests TO everybody his suddeh
wealth, his refusal to tell where he got It, MS
family's partnership in the freproofng busi-
ness which is favored by the Buildings Depart
ments specifications. his interest in the pond-
ing business, his fortunate real estate invest
ments and his easy ability TO spend money on
horses and dogs while working in politics Tor
his own pocket all the time. II is enough 10
fill him with rage but to show his rage is 10
admit that the coat fits. He knows IL nts other
people know it fits. and he knows they know IT.
But the pretence of not being hit must be kept
up Admission is suicide. Justice Jerome can
be sworn at for he makes direct charges, but
Mr. Coler Just draws academic pictures with
strikingly lifelike portraits which the originals
do not dare confess they recognize.
Seeking the application of Mr.. Coler's lesson
of commercialism In politics TO the present sit
uation we find this remark on the political
money makers habit of keeping out OF oflce
himself and putting respectable fgureheads In
office:
The higher the personal reputation or the man
elevated to office the better for the interests or
the representatives of commercialism in poll
tics. provided always that he does not prove W
be aggressively honest
How does that fit Mr. Shepard? All agree
that he is honest in the sense of having good
Intentions But is he so Progressively honest
that he would use his power to destroy the po-
ltical influence of the men who are in politics
for their own pockets all the time? He is not
so Progressively honest but that he is already
speaking in mild terms of the Tammany that
he once thought 1.-The most burning and dis
graceful blot on the municipal history of this
Country" and speaking OF its crimes as II they
were merely the imperfections inseparahle from
all human institutions. He is already promls-
ing not TO use the Mayors office TO break down
Tammany Hail. He explains that if being hon
est in Office results in the injury of the organ
fzation. so much the worse for the organization.
He does not mean that he will protect it in
wrongdoing. but he will not officially make war
on it, That suggests that he will he honest,
but not so aggressively honest as 10 go out or
his way to break up organized commercialism
in politics which is Tammany Hail. If ii does
not mean that let Mr.. Shepard be aggresSively
honest enough TO come out in one of his
speeches and tell what he thinks Of commercial
ism in politics as described by Mr.. Coler
New-York tribune., 1901-10-31
WHOLESOME ADMONITIONS.

Not less plain and pungent than Mr.. Jeromes
speeches in the tenement districts are those
which he is making to audiences of the Murray
Hill" type 1t cannot be doubted that a great
number of persons leading easy and comfortable
lives deserve the reproaches to which a large
nssemblage listened on Tuesday evening. 1t Is
quite true that If the fortunate members of the
community had done their duty, or even con-
siderably less than their duty. the conditions
which Tammany government has chiefly pro-
duced and constantly fostered could not have
existed The impression which Mr.. Jerome has
made upon such we'll 10 do citizens as have
taken an opportunity 10 hear him or TO read
his sturdy rebukes ought 10 be pretty widely
diffused even I'm the few days remaining before
the election, and TO last at least long enough TO
secure for the anti-Tammany ticket a good
many votes which otherwise would not have
been cast
The numerical difference between the regis
tration figures and the election returns is always
discreditably great. Unavoidable accidents ac
count for part of il. but a far larger part is
due TO a shamefuly feeble sense of the RESPONSE
bilities of citizenship. selfish absorption in
comparatively trivial interests will probably
keep thousands OF voters from the polls next
Tuesday who. if they could be induced to vote,
would vote 10 put Tammany out Of power. But
certainly the numDer OF Sucn hopeless cases
ought to be smaller than il ever was before in a
municipal contest. The man who is not now
ready and anxious 10 cast a ballot against the
outrageous system under which he lives isn't fit
10 live under better one, deserves to suffer at
least as much as he will have 10 because
of misrule and is merely contemplate when he
complains of this or that abuse TO which he has
wilfully helped 70 condemn his fellow citizens.
Mr. Jerome has administered his verbal castl
cations in general terms and nobody has reason
TO resent them. To vince is to confess. They
have clearly produced effect which may be
expected to find practical expression next Tues
day. We hope it is not too much TO say that
they are creating an atmosphere which will
render the desertion of a citizens first duty on
that day unusually uncomfortable TO men who
like 10 be considered respectable.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-31
4 NOuENTOUS DECISION.

Mr. Charles Francis Adams read remark
ably interesting paper, of which we print the
chief part this morning, before the American
Antiquarian Society at Worcester yesterday
The purpose of Mr. Adams is to show thauGen-
eraI Lee earned the everlasting gratitude OF the
whole country when he resolved to exercise his
immense authority TO prevent prolonged que
rilla warfare following the dispersal OF the reg
ular armies of the Confederacy. 1t might be
said that a contrary decision would have been
so obvious and monstrous misuse of power
that little credit is due TO General Lee for tax
ing the right course. But that view of the
matter could hardly proceed from a fair con-
sideraton of the circumstances. The COM
mander of the Army of Northern Virginia had
10 withstand a tremendous pressure. Con-
tinued resistance of the sort which the Beers
are now making was demanded by JEFFERSON
Davis and other Southern leaders, and was
pretty generally expected by the Southern peo-
pie 1t would inevitably have produced condi-
tions vastly worse even than those which now
prevail in South Africa. and the problem OF an
ultimate adjustment would have been far more
complicated
The choice between inviting and averting
intolerable calamities rested with General Lee.
The vivid narrative of Mr.. Adams, throwing
fresh light upon the personal influences which
in a measure guided the momentous decision.
presents some unfamiliar evidence and some
that is actually new to support his estimate OF
the service then and there rendered to North
and South alike perhaps in equal degree.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-31
E. N. SHEPARD, CHAMPION OF BosSIsM

One of Mr. Shepard's serious arguments for
the defeat Of Mr.. Low. made at Carnegie Hall
on Tuesday evening, was that a fusion victory
would place John c. Sheehan in an advanta-
geous position TO dictate terms of settlement
with Tammany Hall. This raises the question:
Why is John {. Sheehan outside Tammany
Hall. and whose cause does Mr.. Shepard plead
when he argues for keeping him out?
The reason why Mr.. Sheehan is outside Tam
many Hall is that there was not room enough
for him and for Mr.. Croker inside it, The stu-
alton which drove him ont was never better
described than by Mr.. Charles w. Dayton,
one of Mr.. Croker's candidates for Justice of
the Supreme Court. who, speaking of Mr.. Gro
ker's coming back from England and supplant-
ing Mr.. Sheehan, said:
BY Crokerism / mean an imperious govern
ment in the hands Of one man. who administers
a princpality solely through the agency OF per-
sonaI faVorites subserviency to his will wishes
and purposes being the essential test of fitness
for office. If one man can control the
action of a great party from the primaries 10
conventions and thus secure practical owner
HAVE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEO-
PIE. FOR THE PEOPLE AND BY THE
EMINENT OF THE PEOPLE BY A DEsPoT
FOR HIS OWN PURPOSES. WHATEVER
THEY MAY BE. If this despotism can be per-
mitted. laudable political ambition will be
stilled. political interests must suffer. popular
government must cease and vassalage will take
the place OF personal liberty. The coming Of
Mr.. Croker and his assumption OF complete con-
troll OF the Democratic party OF greater New
York: the autocratic methods pursued by him:
the utter absence OF any voice but his in the
| action OF the convention OF the party: the
sitting Of even the right to be heard on the
| floor of conventions-ALL THIS SEEMS TO ME-
| TO RAISE A DOUBT AS TO WHETHER OR
NOT WE ARE LIVING IN A LAND OF FREE
MEN. / believe in political organization but
| when the organization becomes the property of
| one man IL ceases TO be democratic.
There was time when Mr.. Edward NJ. Shep-
| ard would have applauded Nh. Sheehan's fight
| against personal despotism In the Democratic
| party. Whether he approved OF Mr. Sheehan's
political standards or personal motives he
would have declared for his right to place in
the organization and denounced a system which
made Mr.. Croker's personal jealousies or enmi-
ties the test Of standing in the party organiza-
| tion He might have found Mr. Sheehan not
! cian TO his taste, but he would have pictured
New-York tribune., 1901-10-31
MRS. HEARsT's BUILDING GIFT DELAYED

San Francisco, Oct. 80 (speciaD-The plans for
the mining building which Mrs. Hearst is to con-
struct for the University of California as a me
mortal TO Senator Hearst have been Unexpectedly
delayed by the discovery of error in the Bernard
plans. The designs nearly completed and
work was ready to begin the foundations when
1t was found that the famous French architect.
who won the Phoebe Hearst architectural prize
had fixed the location OF the mining building in an
almost impossible spot. When the surveyors came
10 set the stakes IL found that one
corner of the proposed site is seventy feet higher
than the lowest part Such difference in eleva-
tions would mean enormous amount of levelling
IL the loca ton is accepted. and. consequence
OF the discovery. Mr.. Bernard. the architect. has
been called upon 10 rectify the mistake. The al
terations may mean big shift in the whole plans.
and II is known how the matter may be
settled and work begun the building. The site
selected Is midway between the present mining
building and Founders Rock. behind the Me-
chanics Building.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-31
PERSONAL.

A monument the memory of the late Richard
p. Bland will be erected In Lebanon Mo. by the
citizens of that place II will consist of base OF
white bronze" surrounded by frieze made as II
from silver dollars. The base will be surmounted
by lifesze figure of Mr.. Bland in the same white
composition.
Mrs Stanford has returned TO San Francisco
after Journey TO Egypt. where she purchased
for the Stanford Museum a remarkable private
collection OF Egyptian antiquities. treasured and
supplemented during thrty-fve years by a weekly
foreign resident OF Cairo.
John B. French has been rs-elected. at the OF
eighty years to the office City Clerk of Galena.
Ill. which he has held for forty years His father
the City Clerk for four years before him. and
died In office
William Lloyd Garrison has accepted an invita-
ton extended to him by the committee in charge OF
the reception 10 the Irish delegates. Messrs. John
Redmond. NJ. P; 2. A. Ntzhugh, NJ. p, and
Thomas ODonneli. NJ. p to preside at the demon
sration in support OF the Irish national cause to
be held at Mechanics Building. Boston. on Sunday
evening, November TO-
King AIphonso XIII. OF Spain is being rigidly
trained in the science OF warfare Colonel Largo
is constantly with him and practically all OF his
waking hours devoted 10 military tactics and
manuuvres. He Is systematically trained in gym
nastics and is fearless rider. One peculiarity
noted OF the King is that ne never takes the same
horse out on two consecutive days.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-31

run locomotive engines. Yet we would not take
a rustic from the hedgerow, who did not know
a throttle valve from sandbox, and put him
in charge of the engine of a limited express
Scarcely less obvious is the folly, and incompar-
ably more serious might be the results, OF put
ting the administration of sanitary science into
the hands of the ignorant and unqualified. The
public health department of a great city should
be the most highly scientific of all branches of
the government; and matter how skilled
some of the subordinates may be, 1t is at once
an incongruity and menace TO put at the head
of it a mere politician TO whom the very ele-
ments of sanitary science are unknown. There
are able and faithful scientists in the employ
of the Health Department. But how unspeak-
ably grotesque it is TO have them subject to the
orders of preposterous Murphy or of a Sexton!
Even under such a head the department may
do admirable work. But what reproach 1t is
that good work should have to be done. not
because of, but in spite of its head.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-31
MR. coLER Mr.. CROKER AND MR. sHEp4pD.

Mr.. COLER Mr.. CROKER AND Mr. SHEP4RD
Controller Coler is ostensibly supporting Mr..
Shepard, who is in turn supporting Mr. Croker
and striving hard 10 bury out OF sight all the
disgraceful features connected with Mr.. Gro
kers rule or this city, as he himself confesses
FOR his own pocket all the time" Yet Mr.
Coler has dealt Mr.. Shepard and his sponsor an
extremely heavy blow in his new "Independent"
article. He keeps Mr.. Croker at the front as
an issue fully troublesome TO the Tammany
candidate as is Devery, who represents Croker
ism or 'commercalsm in politics. as special-
lied for application TO the Police Department.
1t might perhaps be inquired when Mr.. Coler
grew 10 take his Jokes about Mr. Croker seri-
ously. Months ago he said things about the
TammRny boss which the Lord of Vantage
and the general public regarded as serious re-
Elections on his lordships honesty but when the
time for nominating a Mayor approached Mr..
Coler discovered that he never made any such
reflections, and that all he said with reference
10 Mr.. Croker was joking. Mr. Croker. how
ever. did not take the joke, or take Mr.. Coler
for a candidate, and now Mr.. Coler begins 10
take his own 2 ~essiOns seriously too. and re-
peats Their ST inopportune moment for
the boss him down and for the can
didate wh ir Crokers personal pur-
poses better 4. Controller. The question
Of Mr.. Coler's consistency. however is merely
an incident of the situation. He NAV be sore
Mr.. Croker would doubtless so explain his at
tack, if he dared explain il at ALL but, whatever
his motive, the fact remains that he saws some
decidedly damaging things about the political
trust which Mr.. Shepard apologies for and
seeks 10 perpetuate.
The sting of his attack lies in its statement
Of facts which is not disposed of by any retort
upon him or his motives. He quotes Mr. Gro
ker's own phrase, II am working for my own
pocket all the time" and applies il to the con-
ditions existing here in the sight of all men. He
innocently speaks of the people who
See g man In politics rise in ten years or less
frcm pleading poverty TO wealth so great that
il Is fOute6 with reckless and apparently pre-
Yneditatet ostentation, they naturally curl
GUS TO know how and where IL was obtained
When the individuals so fortunate 20 set
aside, defy, all natural laws OF economics are
able 10 say under oath that they never received
dishonest dollar. and yet are working all the
time for their own pockets. the mystery to the
uninitiated is intensified. There is in reality no
mystery in such situation.
Then he tells how men OF political influence
can be taken into profitable partnerships and
can get advance information Of public improve
ments useful in real estate speculation, and
points out how such man can make business
arrangements seemingly fair and honest which
New-York tribune., 1901-10-31
INSURANCE IN GERMANY.

WASHINGTON corresnondence in The Tribune
of Yesterday recalled the fact that al the last
session of Congress a memorial was addressed
to II urging the need of securing in some way
from the Prussan Government more favorable
or equitable terms for American insurance COM
panies doing business in that country. II was
too late in the session, however, for anything
10 be done beyond the reporting OF resolution
asking the Secretary Of State 10 take appropri-
ate action. The same correspondence also
quoted Mr.. Mason the United States Consul
General ar Berlin. as reporting that new Ger
man law had satisfactorily settled the matter
by opening the empire to all reputable com
panies The question raised. however.
whether such was really the case, and whether
the new German law did not simply extend the
old Prussian law over the whole empire, and
leave foreign companies at a grievous disad-
vantage.
II must be confessed that the report of the
Consul General as quoted. does not seem TO
relieve the situation of all it's difficulties. His
understanding Of the case and his accuracy OF
statement are of course, not 10 be challenged.
But what appears 10 be needed is either clearer
and more detailed statement from him or a
more thorough understanding OF the case here.
1t is to be assumed that such statement or such
understanding will dispel all doubt and avert
any possibility Of friction, even in thought, be-
tween the two countries. Or. If there still be
any ground for complaint concerning the treat
ment of American insurance companies in Ger
many the resources of friendly diplomacy will
surely prove sufficient 10 deal with the stua-
ton promptly and satisfactorily. These two
nations. the most populous in the highly civ
ilized world, have too many interests in com
mon and are bound together by too many ties
TO permit any insurance war" or tariff war
10 arise between them.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-31
nsemenis.


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EDEN MUSEE-Day and Evenng-Wcrld in Wax
EMPIRE THEATRE-S 2D-The Second in Command
Folk.
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EAMAERSTEIN'S NlCTORIA-s: :l5-Russell Brothers IN
Sweet Marie
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IRklNG PLACE THEATRF-s 20-He!msth
KEITH S-COntinuous Performance
hNIck ERBOCKER THEATRES l5-The Merchant OF
Venice
LYCET-M :l5-Forest Lovers. -
MADISON SQUARE THEATRES-s:30-Ihe lloeT'y
NANHATTAN TH1ATRE-s: :l5-Miranda Of the belconS'
MURRAY HILL THEATRE-2-s-OthellC.
NEW SAVOY THEATRES 20-Eben Holden
NEw-YORK THEATRE-2:15-Sl5- l5-Florodora.
PASTOR'S-Day and NiEht-ContinuOus SHOW
PROcrOR,S FTp~TFT AVFNITF-l 40 10 10 30-The Great
Unknown and Varieties
PROCTOTs'S TNENT@Y-TTIIRD STREET. 80 10 1O;oO-
SandoW The stock Exchange and Varieties
from India and Varieties.
IROcTORS s FIFTY-EIGHTH STREET-l:SO 10 lo-oV-
Pantomime and Varieties.
THEATRE EPURIJC-s:I5-The Bonnie Brlsr loush-
WALLAcK's THEATRE-s:3o-Don Caesars hetuIn.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-31
THE BL4uELESS KyIGHT.

w Glider. in Harpsr's Weekly
Where led the bright and blameless plume
We charged the shameless foe;
Whether TO win or lose our doom
We never cared 10 know.
His voice was as sctmitar,
Superb and sure his stroke;
And where he came their men or war
In panic fury broke
Once more we gathered for the fight
Against the ranks of shame;
Again we called the blameless knight
And cheered him as he came
But, God of grace! not with US now
Our valiant knight doth go;
A plume OF black above his brow
He leads the shameless foe.
They are the same. that shameful hoss~
The same their shameless song:
Beneath his shield they draw the sword
For rapine and for wrong
Fight on! ight on, brave comrades an
Nor weep the blameless knight
They cannot fall what though they faA'
Who battle for the right
One Captain less in good war.
But see a thousand spring
Intent as never men before
To strike the Accused Thing
New-York tribune., 1901-10-31
THE KNE1sEL QUARTET IN BROOKLYN.

THE KNEISEL QUARTET IN BROOKLYN.
That the members Of the Brooklyn Institute ap-
precIate the opportunities in musical way that
that many sided organization offers them
shown last evening. when Association Hall
filled with an audience hear the Kneisel Quartet
IL was the first OF series of three concerts 10 be
given this autumn under the auspices OF the in
stitute and showed that che party of Boston play
ers had a stronger hold in Brooklyn than ever: they
were listened with the closest attention and
rewarded by frequent and enthusiastic recalls after
each of their numbers. They played of the
familiar OF Haydu's quartets. that In major.
op. 81. No. 5; BeethOvehs string trio. op s. and
Dvorak's quartet written during his sojourn IN
this country. and full of the influences OF Ameri-
here. and embodied in this well in his New
World symphony and his string quintet. composed
at the same time. Mr. KneiseI and his associates
have peculiar title to the possession OF this de-
lightful piece in their reperory for it them
that Or. Dvorak confdeI it in manuscript. and it
from their reading of 1t that he guided in
putting the finishing touches 1t before it's pubi-
cation. Their performance is. therefore instinct
with the composers own conception. and is full
of an undimmed enthusiasm and deep appreciation
OF its beauties Mr.. Kneisel ought TO be thanked
for reviving the charming trio OF Beethoven's
earliest years. that the composer styled "sere-
made; II is not often heard in the concert room
nowadays not often as it's freedom and gayety
OF spirit. evident in the three movements played
last evening deserve.
Mrs. HIssem de Moss sang two groups Of rather
i'll assorted songs-the sentimental Lander-hke pro-
duction Of Gumbert's does not belong with
Beethoven's two settings from .Egmont" Die
Trommel Gerjihret' and "Frendvol und Ledvolr'
with nicely of phrase and charm of voice. but she
was far from sounding the depth and significance
of these two. of expressing the passionate energy
OF Tschaikowskys Through the Stin Night
New-York tribune., 1901-10-31

him like Wilkes as an instrument and symbol
of popular rights, whose victory would be
victory of democratic principles over despouc
usurpation. Now all is changed. MI Shepard
is the candidate of Mr.. Croker. Mr. croker S
enemies are his enemies. The fusion ticket
must be beaten, lest the man who dared TO dis
pute Mr.. Croker's supremacy in Tammany Hall
should gain some advantage over Mr. croker
Edward NJ. Shepard as the champion and de-
fender of Mr.. Crokers boss-ship of Tammany
Hall is a sight for gods, men and George Foster
Peabody