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The sun., 1902-12-27
ADDICKS MEN MOVE FIRST.
Invite Regular Republicans 70 Share the
Legislative Omces.

Legislative Omces.
DOVER, DEL, Dec 2e-The Addicks
Republican members of the new Legisla-
ture will issue an invitation TO all the Re-
publican members OF the Legislature
without regard to faction to assemble in
the hall OF the House of Representatives at
8 o'clock on the evening Of Monday, Jan.
S, and there caucus for the purpose Of
organization only.
The Addicks men declare that there will
he no talk concerning the United States
Senatorial situation. but all the Republi-
can members. forgetting the differences
that divide the party. shall meet together
and make an "a litable division Of tho oflsces
to he filed by both houses, choosing the
same by caucus, share and share alike, and
agreeing to stand by these selections
If the anti-Addicks Republicans refuse
tocaucus, the Addicks men declv 10 that they
will select candidates for all the of1ices and
then stand by their selections to . man
and without any faltering a. they did In
1899
This announcement Is made tonight in
the face OF persistent rumor that the
Democrats, In order to accomplish the
utter rout Of Addicks at the very outset
would offer all OF their twenty-five votes
ing any return, 10 that every once within
the gift Of the legislative houses may Be
filed by anti-Addicks Republicans. The
Addicks men deny that the Democrats will
have anything to do with the Organization
Of the House. State Chairman Alice has
said that both factions Of the Republicans
would confer upon this matter and regu-
Offices with Republicans and by Republic
can votes .-.. =. s's...
The sun., 1902-12-27
WARNER MILLERs CANAL PLAN.
Complete the 0-Feet Improvement and
Use Electricity for Hauling.

Use Electricity for Hauling.
Ex-senator Warner Miller has sent TO
Gov. Odell a letter on the proposition to
build a l.oOO-ton barge canal in the place Of
the Erie Cinal Mr.. Miller believes the plan
ill-advised because such an improvement
could not be completed In less than eight
years and would. he thinks, take nearer
twelve. The expense. Mr. Miller says. Is
another reason against the barge canal
The State Engineers report figured II at
e94 200, 600 and even this amount. the ex-
Senator thinks. would be greatly exceeded.
The proposition for q ship canal Mr..
Miller dismisses as visionary. This Is his
way out Of the difficulty.
! believe the solution is to be found In the
immediate completion OF whnt ~ known as
the nre-fOOt improvement. and tire substi-
Where electricity can n he produced by water
power the savirR over steam In 10 great os to
at once work reyolution n every INDUSTRY
enough unused water power IN move every
ton of freight that may come 10 u from the
outside or be created within its borders
make the Erie Canal an immediate success,
70 move through the canal the grain Of the
at e, cost than i oan
the export tonnage. OF New York: The state
has at Niagara Falls and in tho AdrondacSs
converted into electrical power. and trans
mitted every where.
The nine-foo Improvement can be easily
appropriated and with push and vigor. 1t
can b. done in two years. Then boats carry
ing <50 tons instead Of 22O can make the trip
from Buffalo 10 New York in one.half the
time now required. and the actual cost Of
carrying, bushel OF wheat from Buffalo to
not more than three-quarters Of a cent.
While the Improvement OF the canal Is
going forward there should be built at Niagara
Falls an electr ical power plant OF suftcient
capacity to move all the tonnage that can
pass through such n canal. which 10 estimated
by experts to be from ten ~ fifteen million
tons. Put railroad tracks on the towpath
for electrical locomotives.
AS may be found feasible. For the eastern
portion of the canal. the Oswego and the
Champlain Canals bring down electricity
from the Adirondacks. or, II an expert eS-
animation should show II to bc desirable.
o power nlant could be built In Utica or
SChe npcta6y
The sun., 1902-12-27
The Emancipa.ed Archduke.

Probably there is a more tedious and
severe code of court etiquette in Austria
than can now be found anywhere else
except, perhaps, among savages or bar
barians. the folks with whom etiquette
originated and by whom it is most ear
nestly maintained. But savage etiquette
is interviewer inextricably with the re-
ligion, morality and traditions Of the
tribe. The Austrian etiquette may be
described as the commandments of a
sacred caste, supposing itself to rule by
divine right, a supposition which has be-
come decidedly comic in this democratic
age. You must not approach tho gods
save with due rites; but the gods them
selves live at ease and are unfettered by
the rules and regulations. These are for
the worshippers. The Austrian court
etiquette makes prisoners Of the ladies'
and gentlemen of the sacred caste and
the protruding under lip.
1t has been and must be a bore
to be a king. 1t couldn't have been
other than WEAKNESS to the flesh
for the Mikado of two or three hun
dred years ago to sit solemnly on his
throne, doing nothing. for four or five
hours day so as TO keep the peace Of
the world; and we dare say LOUIS XIV.
or XIV. grew weary sometimes OF the two
Wallets that brought the royal shirt and
helped get the royal victim into that au-
gust garment in the presence OF an ad-
miring collection Of the nobility and
gentry every morning. Even n Grand
Monarch may like to shirt himself +"
occasionally. Happy the king who could
go out and enjoy himself. The king sans
gene, HENRY ". or vICroR EMMANUEL
H., for example, has the JOY Of playing
truant, getting his neck out Of the
collar for little while; but these mo-
ments of relaxation are not so many in
Austria. Pile old Spanish stiffness on
old German and you have a little too
much. AL persons Of the purple blood
and near to the steps Of the throne are to
be pitied. Least OF all men and women
can they do what they like. They live,
marry, die according to schedule and
prescription. The king Of the stage can
toss away his pasteboard crown, return
his glittering toys to the wardrobe, wash
The sun., 1902-12-27

when it was so,se2. In view Of the ap-
parently strong Protestant tendency in
New York TO preference for the Episco-
pal liturgy, it is somewhat surprising to
find that of the nine dioceses reporting
over 10000 communicates, the smallest
proportionate gain was in the New York
and Long Island dioceses, per cent. and
three-tenths of per cent respectively.
In Chicago the gain was per cent, the
largest of all.
Meantime, in the face of this gain in
communicates there was falling of
in number of both infant and adult
baptsms. The editor of one of the
Almanacs, in remarking on the sad
and perplexing fact that in 1902, when
the number of communicates reported
exceeded thrce-quarters of million,
fewer infants were brought to baptism
than in 1889, when there were only 1885,
92l, asks this significant question: Can
it be that there are fewer children to
bring?" In the number of confrmations,
however, there was slight gain. In
ten dioceses an actual diminution in the
number of communicates is reported, as
much as s per cent. in Pennsylvania and
5per cent. in Minnesota, for example.
Episcopal marriages, however, are
increasing. They were 1902 in 1901
and 2l,125 in 1902, a gain of nearly per
cent The preference of brides for the
beautiful marriage service of the Epis-
copal Church. even when they do not
belong to its communion, may explain
during the year has been slightly less
than in 1901. The number of scholars
in the Sunday schools has fallen of very
considerably.
These statistics are interpreted by
the Churchman to mean that "the
Church in the United States has reached
point of stable equilibrium. Never
was the activity of parishes, in the great
towns, more especially. so great and so
systematic as il is now, yet, according
to these returns, in New York, where it
is most methodical and the whole ma
chinery of religious and philanthropic
enterprise most extensive, the gain in
communicates during the last year has
been only l per cent.
The Churchman does not look on the
showing as discouraging, for il argues
that the discovery that sectarian
growth is impossible y" will spread the
conviction that it is no longer desirable,
but that the Church has an aim more
paramount than numerical growth
imposed by her guardianship Of the
Catholic creeds.' The inference seems
to be that it looks forward hopefully to
Christian unity, to replace sectarian COM
petition. We observe that the Evan
gelical Alliance, which calls on the
Churches generally to unite in a week of
prayer, to extend from Jan. to Jan. II,
makes Christian unity a special subject
of supplication.
The sun., 1902-12-27
The Material and the Spiritual.

This Sunday has been designated as a
day Of special prayer and evangelistic
preaching in the Methodist churches,
with view TO increasing the number of
converts. The Methodist Bishops have
called on the faithful to devote all the
last four days of the year to prayerful
efforts to that end, concluding with an
evangelistic watch night meeting on
Wednesday night, prolonged until the
first day Of the new year is ushered in.
This special earncstness for the con-
version of souls is to be for the purpose of
fulfilling the really more important of
the two ends sought in the twentieth
century movement y in which the Metho-
.dists have been engaged. The first of
these was to raise fund of $40, ,OoO, 900 in
extra benevolences, and the second to
win 1000, 900 converts to CHRIST" The
money has been raised, or. at least. so
nearly the whole amount that there
seems no doubt that the Rev. DR.. Mills,
who has been in charge of the collection
Of II, will be able to announce on " wat ch
night that the twenty millions have
been obtained. The second aim Of the
twentieth century movement has not
been attained. Instead of 1000, 900 con-
verts won to CHRIST, the number. ac-
oording to the Christian Intelligencer, has
been actually less than 100000. As that
paper remarks, raising money and
saving souls are two distinct undertake
ings, and require the exercise of different
talents, and different methods Of appeal
and influence The special prayer and
preaching of the last four days of the
year, called for by the Methodist Bishops.
are relied on to supply this spiritual
deficiency.
We see, by the Churchman that the
d last years progress of the Episcopal
Church, also, has been more remarkable
materially than spiritually. The great
aggregate Of more than si5,O0OOOO has
been this years contribution of Church
men for all Church purposes within the
United States The average was nearly
$40 per COMMUNICATE. In the diocese
where, naturally, it was largest, this
average contribution was nearly s34.
The analysis of the spiritual situa-
ton by the Churchmdn is not so salts
factory, The number of communicates
has increased only slightly, or, according
to the Eastern Church Almanacs, from
ISL ,e44 in 1901 to 758, ,765 in 1902; Western,
from 743, $50 to 75S.023. Even taking the
larger gain AZ correct, it was only i4,l93,
or less than one-half that Of last year,
The sun., 1902-12-27
STRIPES on ARMY UNIFORMS.
Blue or White:-Question Asitates Omcers
and TaiiOrs.

WAsHISoToN. Dec. 2e-After several |
months labor a board Of army officers
detailed by Secretary Root to revise the
army uniform is unable to agree upon
a color for stripes on the trousers Of infantry
officers.
A former board prescribed robins egg
blue stripes, but influential officers OF the
infantry urged upon the War Department
that the stripes be white, the traditional
color Of the infantry.
This question, with a number OF others
was referred to n new board. but the board
failed TO agree, The matter will now be
left TO the Judgment, Of the Secretary Of
War and will probably be laid before the
President before final decision Ia reached
The question has caused considers BILE
agitation among officers Of the infantry,
but they are not nearly as much stirred UP
over il as are the military tailor, who have
imported from abroad thousands of dollars
worth Of the robins egg blue msterial,
which could not be obtained in this
@ Juntry.
The sun., 1902-12-27
Four Hundred. and Ninety Minute
Crime.

The Eight-Hour bill which passed the
House last May has been amended and
favorably reported by the Senate Com
mittee on Education and Labor. The
si'le of the bill from the House is this:
An ac, limiting the hours of daily service OF
laborers and mechanics employed upon work done
for the United states or any Territory. or the Dis
,nct OF Columbia. thereby securing batter products,
and for other purposes"
That clause in the title which we have
put in italics is arrant humbug. The
pretence that additional eight-hour leg
islation is now proposed in the business
interests of the Government as an en-
pioyer is enough to make Hoe printing
press laugh.
Another and Numerically opposite
theory of such legislation is that which
is presented by the Hon. CARROLL d.
WRIGHT in support of the pending meas
ure. The celebrated author of the recent
Double-Salary- for r-Labor-Commission
bill says:
An such laws are enacted for the purpose OF
protecting the aborlng man from the Injurious
sequences OF prolonged physical effort. giving. him
more time for his personal affairs and more time
and energy devote TO the Guilty. alton OF his moral
: and mental powers. 1t has always been expected
that they would aid him In the acquisition of knowl.
edge. thus tending to AXE him better and more
contentcd citizen"
Here the avowed purpose is purely
paternal, to protect the workman against
his own overzealous willingness to
work five hundred minutes, let us say,
instead of the four hundred and eighty
minutes prescribed by the law; to com
pei him to take more time for personal
affairs and the cultivation of his moral
and mental powers.
The new bill not only defines n days
work for the Government as consisting
Of eight hours; it not only prohibits
contractors who are doing Government
jobs from requiring their mechanics
or laborers to work single minute over
the legal four hundred and eighty min
utes, but it actually prohibits the me-
chanic or laborer from working over
time, even for extra pay, except in GER
tain specified emergencies.
Five dollars penalty, by the terms OF
this bill, for the case of each aborer
or mechanic violating such stipulation.
namely, that the days work must and
shall terminate with the expiration of
the last second of the four hundred and
eightieth minute And the Govern
ment inspectors are charged with the
duty of reporting the names of each
laborer or mechanic violating such
stipulation.
Think of it! The names of the rascals,
the sinners against their own interests,
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS or
five hundred minute misdemeanants,
are to be ascertained by the Government
of this great and free republic and listed
and published, perhaps, q, a warning
to all laboring citizens who are inclined
to be overstrenuous. and incidentally
for the information of the labor unions.
The sun., 1902-12-27
MRS. GRANTS WILL.
Metropolitan Museum 81 Art Cses Bsaies
Of Her Trim Around the world.

OF Her Trip AROUND the WoTb0.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2e-Tbe will Of Julia
Dent Grant was filed for probate this After
noon in the oiYice OF the Register OF the
District by Gen. Fred d. Grant, U. 8. A.,
eldest son Of the deceased. 1t 10 daAsd
May Q, 1887, and has three codicils.
In a petition asking the Supreme Court
to admit the will to probate. Gen. Grant
states that the estate consists Of the house.
21l1 Massachusetts avenue, valued at 40 900;
cash amounting to Sl0,0SS; stocks, bonds
and other securities valued at $50 900 and
household furniture valued at $4,000. Gen.
Grant states that under the terms OF tho
will the two other SONS Of the deceased
have designated him executor.
The will directs that the estate be divided
into four equal shares, the first to be applied
to the support Of the family Of Gen. Fred
d. Grant and the education OF his children;
the second portion to the executor In trust
for the family OF Ulysses 8. Grant; the third
TO Jesse X. Grant and the fourth to Nellie
Grant Sartoris.
The document bequeaths TO the trustees Of
the Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New York,
an ancient gold lacquered cabinet presented
10 Mrs. Grant by the Empress OF Japan,
old; two vases presented TO her by the
Mikado, solid gold toilet ret given TO her
by the King Of Siam and a number Of other
articles presented TO her on her trip around
the world
The executor is directed to present to
the Government at Washington suoh articles
Of historic interest as may be found among
her effects. A considerable amount Of
personal property, including necklaces
and jewelry is bequeathed TO the children,
grandchildren and other relatives OF Mrs.
Grant.
The will was Witnessed by Anthony
Drexel, George W. Childs, F. A. Castle
and Matilda Carr. A sworn abatement
from j. Pierpont Morgan, Identifying the
handwriting Of Mersre Drexel and Childs.
was filed with the other papers this after
noon.
The sun., 1902-12-27
CHANCE IN PHILIPPINE TARIFF.
Senate Net Likely - Mako sweeplng
Reduction House Has.

Rcducti0n H0use Has.
WARRINGTON. Dec. 28-The Republican
leaders in the Senate are much perplexed
over the Philippines tariff situation. On
the one hand the Philippines Commission
Is making an urgent appeal for reduction
OF duties upon goods imported from the
islands into the United States and declar-
Ing that lower rates of duty are necessary
to promote trade between this country and
its insular possessions. and for the material
welfare of the archipelago.
On the other hand the sugar and tobacco
interests OF the United States are protesting
against any change in the present rates,
on the ground that il will greatly injure
those interests.
The original Philippines Tariff bill, as
1t passed the House last session, fixed the
duties at 80 per cent. of the Dingley rates.
hut were increased to rs per cent. in the
Senate. In response TO the urgent request
Of the Philippines Commission the House
last week without serious objection passed
bill reducing the rates to rs per cent.
OF the Dingley law.
Now the measure is before the Finance
Committee of the Senate, and the quest Ion
for that body to decide Is whether it will
WELD to the Philippines Commission or to
the American interests concerned in the
reduction.
1t is patent to the Republican leaoers
that Gov. Taft's first concern is for the wei :
fare and prosperity of the Philippines
and that he IL not taking in TO consideration
the effect which a reduction of tariff rates
will have upon the sugar and tobacco in
The sun., 1902-12-27

OF the rouge, tumble into his clothes and
60 out joyously to his grilled hone and
his toby. Tho real royal performance
goes on most Of the time.
Fortunately you can resign from your
part. II you are an Archduke you can
become plain JOHANN ORTIZ, take your
black-eyed SUSAN or blue-eyed GRETcH-
EN- and ship for a sailor. This Arch
duke LEOPOLD. who prefers his little
actress to the court, Ia another sensible
Archduke. We don't know whether it
is true that he thinks he can make liv-
ing as an engraver. The amateur who
sells his work has trouble ahead But it
is pleasant to see him kick away what
ever little screen of divinity doth hedge
an Archduke and walk around arm-in-
arm with his Mile. ADAMovICs. In such
Darby-4nd-Joan fashion The SUNS de-
spatch from Geneva yesterday showed
LEOPOLD and his beloved, with the Crown
Princess Of Saxony, that terrible and scan
dalous Princess who would ride bicycle
in Dresden, marching on ahead, arm-in-
arm with her Belgian. All the faithful
shepherdesses Of Dresden China must
feel like dancing with joy. The Crown
Princess and Mile. ADAMovIcs refuse
to employ maids, preferring to wait on
themselves o, idyll in an idyll! It's
no great thing for a Crown Princess to
do her own work. but what sacrifice
on the part Of an actress! All for love,
or the stage we'll lost.
The emancipation day OF Archdukes
and Crown Princesses is coming.
The sun., 1902-12-27
INVESTIGATE FIRST !
Wise Comments on Trust legislatiOn--PO.
llticai Revolution for Speculative Rea.
sons Deprecat cd knowledge Needed.

From Joseph Nimro Jr.'s Address 10 the House
judiciary COMMITTEE. on Dee 10.
This nation was consecrated by a liberty loving
people to liberty and the ends of liberty before the
Constitution was written. II was formed on the
idea Of limiting the powers OF this Government to
the purpose of enabling all men to live and labor
In an open held and In pure atmosphere. II was
formed on the Idea that the Government should
keep Its hands OF OF the struggles OF men In com
merce and In Industry. That doctrine was and Is
peculiarly Americansrn. II Is the most striking
feature OF the political organizaton OF this country
Mr. Jefferson was. perhaps the most cons splcuous
advocate OF the doctrine because he was the most
able advocate OF that particular principle.
The proposed legislation before you involves
the great political error OF reversing the principle
on which this Government at nrst was founded of
leaving men In commerce and In manufactures
and In industry to fight out their own battles; and
II Introduces the enormous political heresy OF load
ing upon this Government OF responsi blNty for
the success OF the commerce and the transporta.
tion and the Industries of this country. ] nrmiy
believe that any attempt Of the sort would ruin the
Industries OF the county and endanger the per
petuty Of the Government, In this view II In .
wolves great political changc-a complete revo
luton In the policy OF the Government which mi ght
lead to fatal results.
VIII you invade that principle Of commercial
freedom which Is guaranteed by the Constitution
OF the United States. and will you abolish that
policy OF non interference with commercial and
Industrial struggles which has ssfegua rded our
Government from the bcginnins' THIS Is subject
worthy OF your most careful consideration.
The only object have In view In bringing these
Constitutional questions and questions Of govern
mental policy before you Is to emphasize my great
desire for thorough Congressional Investigation
OF this great political question; for II Is q vast
question,
There Is stiil another feature Of the anti 4 r,st
movement. II Is Al the present time q hypo.
thctical Issue. II Is based upon predictions as to
what will come to pass, and not upon any lesson OF
experience The prosperity OF the country repels
tny such speculative assumptiors