The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-25
New York EeHer.
Ousted Board Fights

| OuSted Board Fights
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Although they
| recognize that they have been legisiated
| out Of Office by Gov. Oden signing the
so-called lunaey BILL and that, regardless
of what they may think or say, their case
| will not be reopened, the board of man
ayers of the Manhattan State Hospital
| for the Insane, in this city, have no idea
| Of submitting calmly to the governors
charges of incompetency.
| They are preparing a detailed reply to
his allegations, which, they say, will en-
| tiraly disprove his charges. This reply
will be made public at meeting of the
board, which has been called for Wednes-
| day afternoon. They assert that the bill
is nothing but political scheme to get
| control of the $4,000 00O fund and of the
mana cement of the hospitals so that
they can be used for political purposes.
Automobile Pace Regulated
Lobbyists swarmed in the corridors of
! hhe senate chamber when the bill in
! troduced by Senator Cocks to limit the
speed Of automobiles, was taken up for
! final passage. That the work done by
the opponents of the measure had been
thorough and effective way was shown
when the senate, by narrow majority,
amended it in such a manner that it's
annulled.
The amendment provides that viola
ton of the act, instead Of being punish
able as a Eeisdemeanors shall be punished
| by a fine OF $50 for the first offense, and
| by fine of $50 or impris onment for six
months, or both, for the second offense
This is the amendment vainly advocated
before the committee which reported
the bill by A. R. ShattucI, president of
| the AutOm Obile Club of America.
Not to Mix with the Crowd
democratic persons, who have en-
| tertained a vague notion that Prince
! Henry of Prussia has come to America
| to hobnob on terms of intimacy with the
populace, and, perchance to establish a
! Teutonic record as a handshalSer, are
| likely to be disappointed
That divinity that doth hedge q king
! will. in this particular instance, be so
| extended as to hedge a kings brother,
| and as the times goes it becomes more
| clear that the hedge is a rather formida
BILE abattis, constructed largely of police
men, in and out Of uniform, special detec-
| tives, military guards with ball cart
ridges in their rifles and revolvers, and
| extraordinary convolutions Of Official red
| tape
Reed and Wa on Newspapers
Newspapers and newspaper methods
! were discussed, humorously and serious
| Iy, at the banquet of the American
! Newspaper Publishers association at the
| Waldorf-Astoria.
| Thomas B. Reed, ex-spealSer Of the
/ house of representatives, and the Chinese
| minister, WI Fang, were the principal
| speakers The gathering was ore Of
| newspaper managers, the alert and
active men who direct the business Of
| fees Of the leading newspaper publica-
| tions of the country, with a few editors
to make the assemblage thoroughly rep
resentative.
There were 300 of them present, and
| they came from every city in the United
/ States.
Minister WI viewed the subject with
much seriousness and offered some ad
vice, which he Thought would improve
| newspapers generally if accepted. The
newspaper, he said, is the greatest edu-
| Gator known "And yet he added 81
| think that in this country you are suf-
| fering from overzealousness. You at
| tach too much Importance to Wnat you
| term a scoop.
The diplomat explained that he had
| upon several occasions been disturbed at
| very early and very late hours by news
/ paper men who wanted interviews. He
said if he were not a. foreign minister
/ he would like to be a journalist.
Mr. Reed said he knew little aboHt
| newspapers, but he knew editors were
/ good men for the papers said so.
Debutantes Ride Astride-
Although the young woman who rides
astride and discards the side saddle for
! the divided skirt has been seen now and
/ then in city parkways or country lanes
| it has remained for a class of New York
| debutantes to establish the first cfgan-
lied revolt against the traditional fashion
for femininity on horseback. IN Bospon'
/ Chicago and San Francisco the innova-
| tion has made much more Roadway than
in this city, but even in the West there
has been no such charming novelty III