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The Low Amendments.

The W amendments to the Charter
advocated by Mayor Low seek to take
from the Board of Aldermen all the
power which the Charter gives them
over the fixing of salaries, the creation
of new positions, the consolidation OF
existing positions and the readjustment
of titles. The power TO make these
changes is now lodged in the Aldermen
and the Board Of Estimate and APP
adopted, they will cut out the Aldermen
from all authority in the matter and
place the whole power on the Board OF
Estimate and Apportionment.
Mayor Low in the letter which he
sent to Albany explains that the only
object of the proposed amendments is
to facilitate the reorganization Of the
departments Of the city government,
and he particularly disclaims any inten-
ton of weakening the administration of
the Civil Service laws. For Republic
cans there is another side of the question
to be considered. and that is the possible
political effect of such power as the
amendments would confer on the Board
of Estimate and Apportionment.
There are sixteen votes in this board
Mayor Low casts three of them. Presi-
dent CROMWELL Of the borough of Rich
mond, n Republican. casts one of them.
The others are all cast by Democrats.
Comptroller CIRCUIT and President FoRNEs
of the Board of Aldermen have three
apiece. President CANTOR of Manhattan
and President SwANsTRoM of Brooklyn
have two each. President CASSIDY of
Queens and President HAFFEN of The
Bronx have one each. All Of these men
are Democrats, and all of them are anti
Croker Democrats. HAFFEN is the only
one who maintains wen a nominal ale
glance to the present Democratic organi-
cation in New York county.
There is no improbability that all Of
these men will be working unitedly
together for the success of the Demo-
cratic party soon If that condition Of
affairs should come about, they would
control the Board of Estimate and Appor-
tionment, and any stray Republicans who
may be in the employ of the city would
be likely to catch it.
The Republican organization has not
received rewards so rich from the victory
Of the Fusion ticket last year that it can
put into the hands of the Demo-
Gratis a weapon that may be turned
the few men loyal to il that are
on the city payroll. 1t would seem
preferable TO accomplish the Mayors
desires in some other way.
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barred out. the British negotiators will
have avoided the mistake made during
our Revolutionary War, when such men
as HANCOCK and SAMUEL ADAMS were
.blaoklisted. In one particular the offer
said to have been made 10 Gen. BoTHA
goes further than any other overture OF
the Like in history, by promising a grant
OF money for the rebuilding Of Boer
farms. Under all the circumstances, ante
oedent and existent, the best terms which
the British Government is likely to offer
are those which we have just outlined,
and, perhaps, these would not have been
suggested but for King EDWARDS exem-
plary wish that the war may be ended
before he Is crowned.
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The Moral Tone of Our Society

Our correspondents who essay to
trace back to a particular u and
time the origin of the " wave of moral
sweeping ovc u metropolitan society,
go very far aield in their philosophic
search. II there is any such " wave F"
il had its rise in no single and especially
determinable circumstance of a genera
ton ago or any other precise time in
the past.
Neither has anything taken place to
demonstrate that there has been any
signal moral deterioration in this COM
munity during the last generation. The
disclosures Of depravity which have been
made recently may have revealed GER
tain features OF novelty, but in general
character they are not essentially diff
ferent from those exhibited generations
ago; and the very circumstance that
their exposure shocks the moral sense
Of the community SO greatly is a sufi-
cient indication that the moral tone Of
the public is sound. In some respects
it is sounder than in the past, or, at least,
moro delicate. The public attitude
toward social vice. for example, was
moro tolerant twenty-five or fifty years
ago than it is now. Vicious conditions
and exhibitions which then were taken
as a matter of course now shock the
public taste and s~ensibility and provoke
loud protest. Licentious or d~issipated
courses and habits then viewed and
treated indulgently a pardonable human
f~railties are now ~reprobated with sever
ity and loathing, and they are far moro
injurious to the reputation of those
known to be addicted to them.
The cause most Influential in bringing
about the overthrow Of Tammany at
the last election was undoubtedly the
revulsion against it Of popular feeling
due to the exposure Of the " cadet =
system. Surely that was a very con-
vinoins exhibition Of moral sensibility
in the public. The development Of
the system was n proof Of depravity
in those who pursued it, but it did not
demonstrate the sweeping Of any great
wave Of moral depravity = over the
community, for it was confined TO a
q dIld "dH " ot itieV
nous product, but an importation from
parts Of Europe, brought over with COM
paratively recent immigration,
We hear much in these days Of the
. divorce scandal = in the circle OF fash
ion, but no recent records of the divorce
cases In that social sphere have revealed
a moral d~epravity lower than that dis
closed in famous suits OF the sort in that
society in the New York of an earlier
period. Open and universally known
offences against the moral code OF de-
cency once tolerated in public men OF
the highest distinction and greatest
popularity. and treated as scarcely a
blemish oil their characters, would now
quickly bring into fatal reproach the
most brilliant regulations in public life
One Of the most efficient causes OF the
popular respect for President RoosE-
WELT is the spotless moral purity OF his
life; yet there was a time when license
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n and Why.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sh: Had
the cars In use by the New York Central Rail-
road been Of modern construction there would
have been no telescopine. consequently no
loss Of life. In the recent tunnel disaster.
Had proper care been exercised in the
handling and storing Of dynamite there
woIId have been no explosion in the subway.
Had the Park Avenue Hotel been properly
equipped with FIRE eStingulshing and life
promntly ordered out OF the. building, there
would have been no loss Of life.
Neslac, 10 ndopt ordinary measures 10
ssferIard the public was partly, II not wholly,
responsible in all three cases FOR loss OF lie.
AZ have nublic officials paid TO see that
such nnsIigcnce snail not exist, Ii did exist;
Therefore, these officials have been derellct.
The question which now seems g call for
hpowgbt 10 hook Who IL responsible for
the prosecution OF these derelict offcials7
And WV docs not the person or persons re-
eponsIble for their prosecution nctl
iTfUpI'.ry 9S G. y. NJ.
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PERSONAL AIDE TO CAPT. CLARK
Commander Cowies to Attend the Coro-
nation OF King Onward.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Commander VII
liam S. Cowles, U. S. N, who married a
sister Of President Roosevelt, has been
selected by Capt. Charles E. Clark, the
naval delegate Of the United States TO the
coronation of King Edward VII. as his
personal aide az that ceremonial. Com
mander Cowles is the Assistant Chief Of the
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department.
but has been temporarily assigned o.
naval aide TO President Roosevelt, and a.
such IL accompanying Prince Henry Of
Prussia on his visits 20 American cities
Commander Cowles was for several years
the Naval Attache of the United States
Embassy in London.
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JoHN DOE AT THE DUMPS
Gets . Rebate. McGirr says-"And Dun,
Got My Pier Away"

Dock Commissioner Hawkes. gave a
public hearing yesterday upon the pro
posal 20 establish dumping boards alonl
the fronts OF the rivers below Canal street
on the North River and below Jackson
street on the Fast River.
James J. Duffy, chairman Of the Cellar
Dirt bumpers Association. said new dumps
would cheaper dumping. But even IL
prices were raised 1t would be no draw
back TO the contractors. because they
would add the extra cost TO their bills.
Contractor f.. +. McGirr jumped up
and sale that a rise in price for dumping
would make n difference to him. and he
added. -the reason why it won't make a
difference TO Duffy is because he is evil
IDENTIFY in the 'Tammany ring He may
get a rebate. but | have TO pay the full
rate. / am not in the ring
Duffy appealed to the COMMISSIONS
to protect him against the insinuations of
McGirr. but before the Commissioned could
put in a word McGlrr exclaimed;
Il am not going back on what i have
said, but in order that no one may be Of
Tended, / will call the man who stood in
with the ring John Doe. John Doe gets
a rebate. but others like myself have TO
pay the full rates"
Mr.. Duffy nee more protested that he
was not identified with any ring" and
as an earnest Of good faith said he was
a member OF the Republican Club.
Anyway" McGirr responded. my deck
at the foot OF Nineteenth street was taken
away from me and Duffy got the privilege.
He Ia a friend of n Tammany leader, and
while l an not a Republican, this man,
who says he is one, could get more thar
l could"
The managers OF the Produce Exchange
adopted yesterday a protest against the
permit to uss Pier ~, East River, for dump
ing On a large scale, which the protest
says prevents the use of the pier for com
purposes and interferes with the
of the other piers.
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The Boor and the President.

We believe there is no parallel for the
Governor TILLMAN of South Carolina
in Withdrawing from President RoosE-
VEIL an invitation which the President
had accepted. The invitation wa to
present to Major JENKINS, at Charles
ton, a sword on whose scabbard had
been engraved some words of the Presi-
dent eulogizing Major JENKINs's gal
liant service. Every gentleman of South
Carolina must blush for the shame that
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS has brought
TO the Palmetto State.
This Tillman boorishness is, of course,
" revenge for the Presidents with
drawal of Senator TILLMAN's invita-
ton to attend the dinner at the White
House in honor of Prince HENRY of
Prussia. Senator TILLMhN had just in
suited the Senate of the United States
by brawling on the Senate floor,
and brought upon himself the Senate's
condemnation. And because President
ROOSEVELT took notice of the affair,
as the Senate had done, and, as, in
courtesy to his guest, he was bound
to do, South Carolina warns the Presi-
dent away from her borders!
Ii South Carolina cannot succeed in
overriding her Lieutenant Governors
rudeness with an apology completely
humble and decent, so much the worse
South Carolina.
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Our HOMEGROWN Royalty.
From the Dertsr Po,t.

RON me Dentd Pot
cannons shoot. Al
keys
And LEI the old nas Gap It's tail In our imperial
Get on, nc bands and lie, them play the music OF
Pass round the fragrant v1,nerrurs, ana All -.
rooiny stein
We brewers, IT'S for YOU 70 see there Is no droush,
For iankeelsnd is on a too,-the grea, Prince
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VI. M4BILLEAU LECTURES.
Finds an Appreciative Audience at the
Alliance Franchise,

NJ, Leopold Mabilleau, director OF the
Musee Social Of Paris, lectured last evening
at Berkeley Hall under the auspices Of the
Alliance FRANCHISE of this city. The dis
tinguished visitor was introduced by James
II. Hyde, the President of the alliance,
and the presence Of Prof. Cohn on this
occasion was looked upon as an indication
hat all differences between the past and
present administrators of the society arc
happily at an end.
The subject of VI. Mabilleau's lecture was
Mutually in France" and il was handled
with consummate skill. The hall W a
crowded to the doors, and the lecturer was
loudly applauded.
Among the other speakers were NJ. Ed
mond Bruwaert, the French Consul-Gen-
eral, and Nile. Violette Scharff, President
Of the BROOKLYN group OF the alliance.
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Tho Rural Pres. In the borough Of queens.

EHrdds from The S'ork Eduor = On ~ me Nsn'
torn Reeiss'
The stork In his rounds stopped Al TIE home o.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Bentley Sweeney on PARK Stree
Corona, last Wednesday, Nov O. traEH
The stork visited the home Of MI and M' !oan
kloizhach Of Myrtle avenue. Glendale last SUNDAY
bringing a litue girl stranger. who r~ccr'fei am's
joyful welcome.
Mr. and Mrs Johnson Of Corona were viSi''i
by the s'ork las sunday morning Nisab7y'
The siork visited Middle village last Tues.''
morning ma now Ma. Louis Nlcd~rst~ir lS receiving
the congratulations Of hts many friends over ~"
advent Of a Vt'lT boy strange
\ big bouncing boy Is the result ~ a visit of m
stork az the residence ~ Ar anu a.s. III. Lauren
celle of l:lnhufSt on Tuesday. ana = Joyous wei
come It received.
The stork visited the home 81 " and Mrs George
Hickman Of Hoffman Boulevard. th'S week sndler
a little gin. which was given 4 warm welcome.
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Mrs. COILS p. HUHTINGToS's decla-
ration. on her arrival from Europe last
Wednesday, Of SIS goo worth Of dutiable
goods. chiefly dresses. and her payment
thereon Of So 500 duty. makes US wish
tina the late NELSON DINGLEy could have
lived 10 see. When preparing the Dingley
bill, the existing statute. that statesman
predicted that the customs duties on
passenger baggage would yield annually
$40. 900, 900.
They never have yielded annually a
million. II all homecoming citizens had
been like Mrs. HUNTINGTON. not Of course
as to wealth. for that would be impossible,
but as 70 frankness in describing the
amount and cost of dutiable goods. would
the annual approach 70 the million mark
have been nearer than It is now? Nobody
knows. But We feel that public acknowl-
edgments are due 10 Mrs. HUNTINGTON
for her large contribution as a returning
tourist to the national exchequer. and
to her rigid and good-spirited respect
and submission 10 the law
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SLOW WATCH COST FIVE LIVES.
Conductor OF Wrecking Train Takes Res.
possibility for Auburn Road Crash.

SYRACUSE, y. Y, Feb. 27.-George ".
Butler Of East Syracuse, says the wreck az
Aurelius on the Auburn branch Of the New
York Central Last Monday night. in which
five men were killed, was due 10 his defective
watch. Butler was conductor on the wreCn
ing train which ran into the passenger train.
He gave his evidence AZ the inquest held b"
Coroner Laird at Auburn Yesterday. He
said that In some way his watch lost twenty
minutes. An investigation of the wreck
will be held in this city by Supt. j P Brad
field after the Coroner's inquest is finished.
The State Railroad Commission will alsp
make an examination into the affair.
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Water Works Plant Presented 10 the
Village OF Homer. y. Y.

SYRACUSE, Feb 27.-Mr. and Mrs. {. @
Newton Of Homer announced to-day
that they had purchased the Homer water
works plant and presented il TO the viIag
The price was $50 500. The plant v..
owned by II. II. Derrill Of Portland. NJ
Mr.. Newton has already given Home a.
old ladies home and n hospital
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BOOTS AND BOOTJACKS.
statistics az TO the Trade In These Old
EashtOns.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS-Sir: ] read
your editorial in THE SrS OF Feb. 10,
treating on the subject OF the bootiack
with much interest and thought tina some
statistics in regards 20 boots would be OF
interest TO your readers
A dealer informs me that during the year
he sells about twenty-four pairs o! mems
leather boots. that youths and boys sizes
are not called for AT all $50 pairs OF rubber
IL is well to say the felt boot Ia worn with
a rubber shoe somewhat similar to the Arctic
overshoe.
There are three shoe stores here: 40, taking
his figures as a basis. this gives us seventy
two pairs OF leather. l4to pairs Of rubber
the year by the farmers in this section.
II IL safe to say that there is a bootjack
In nine farm houses out Of every ten In Wy
omins county T. ALTON PIERCE.
PERRY, y. Y, Feb. -.
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Admiral Cromwell Back.

Rear Admiral Bartlett J. Cromwell, n.
Gently retired while in command Of The
European station, arrived yesterday hv
tho North German Lloyd steamship Lain
from Mediterranean ports. CAPT Joseph
L. Craig Of the cruiser Albany viii have
command Of the squadron Uu.Il 10" ariiNa.
Of Rear Admiral CrowninshielI, now thi-i
Of the Bureau Of Navigation.
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Gentiie's influence on Jew.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Members OF the Executive Committee Of the
National Council OF Jewish Women and represent .
atives OF the different sections, representing eleven
cities and seven States. met yesterday morning
Mrs. Hannah @. Solomon OF Chicago. President
OF the National Council, presided. II was decided
that the mex, triennial meeting OF the council
should be held In Baltimore on December 2.
Mrs. Nathaniel s. Harris OF Bradford talked on
Jewish Life In Small Towns" and said that she
feared that there was a leaning toward materiallsm
In the smaller communities. growing out OF a closer
Intercourse between Jews and their Gentle neigh.
hnVg
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Of the day with promptness and accuracy. The
editorial section, the March OF Events deals
with such timely matters as German American
compliments The Large Facts About the Phil.
lpplnes' pn, =, . h. IN neIole ION,
"College Athletics and Attendance Robert T.
HIN describes the wonders OF the American Desert;
Walden Fawcett tells OF the War room at the
white House. Arthur Goodrich studies The From.
tier In Sculpture" describing and p~icturins the
work Of solon II. Borslum. the book vorld" 4,
discussed: and recent improvements In living
machinery, social economics. arc noted and com.
mentcd upop. In a way 20 Interest al.
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BRIDGE CRUSH RELIEF PLAN,
Iindenthal VIII Explain His by Means OF
~StcreOpticOn Views.

At a meeting last night Of the Brooklyn
Committee Of 50 Chairman William McCar-
roll said that Bridge COMMISSIONS Linden
that had prepared a plan which would
prove adequate for the relief of the con-
gestion at the Manhattan terminal of the
Bridge. This plan is to be thoroughly
explained by means of s~tereopticon views
by Commissioners Lindenthal on Monday
night at a joint meeting OF the Manufac-
turers' Association and the Committee Of so.
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se1sn0's Aaeaii'e for March contains the third
NJ Mr. yAndcrlip's careful studies OF the Amer
80 Commercial Invasion Of Europe II deals with
our trade in England. France and Russia. John
C,,h,n d.srnbes certain aspects OF London. under
the title The Heart Of England" Richard Harding
DAVIS tells the story OF dog IN inc nei sihls.ei'
pr..,a.nt GunAn describes The LAunchiLs OF a
I-nIyers,ty. : Johns Hopkins, to wit; Brooks Adams
onnsd,r, war and Economic Competition Edith
wharton tells Of The sanciuA1es OF the FEMININE
Alps" and other contributors OF 81" A m
producing an excellent number
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Tnimnn and Emmett

To THE Editor OF THE SrN-Sir. In to-
days SUS there appears a singular letter.
signed "Celt protesting against the action
of the persons in charge of the Robert Emmett
celebration, 20 be held next Sunday evening,
in selecting Senator Benjamin Ryan Tillman
as the principal orator OF the occasion. u"
Now, / know OF no American in public life
more competent TO handle the subject.
As an American citizen OF Irish birth. and
n great edmirer OF the immortal Emmett, per-
NIT me 70 commend the action OF the Persons
i'm charge" for selecting the distinguished
senator from South Carolina a. tho orator
OF the evening The true admirers OF Emmett
are all anxious TO see and hear senator TIL
man. JEFFERSON lER.
NEW YoRR. Feb Is.
To THE EpI1oR OF THs sUS-sir: The OBJ
i~ections urged by "Celt" against Senator
Tilman being the orator az the Emmett en-
tertainment are lame and lmpotent
To LAY that Senator Tillman IL the repre-
sentative o. license and lawlessness Is TO
grossly reflect on the fair name OF South
Carolina. II this accusation DO true tho
members who compose the Legislature which
elected him are Of the same type as he, and
the people who elect such men 70 state
offices are unfit to exercise the risht OF
suffrage.
his Identity. for hiA position IN thls matter
is absurd and Crqtesque. EDWARD D"NiR'
NEW IORk, Feb 20.
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m TIL, rn11on or I'm, suy-sir, The OBJ

Country Life IN America for March ought 10 make
every city reader emirrAte 20 the country At once.
From the pussy willow headpieee 70 the Dig new
town apple tree on the las, page, II is sprinslike
and attractive. There is a capital accoun, OF an
Italian villa near Boston. With fascinating pictures
an equally attractive essay on the Animals OF 'he
Farm" with the picture OF a most desirable carr
as its frontispiece: and articles by John buTioughs'
a. Radclyr Ne Dugmore. the editor orr. l. II. Bailey.
and other authorities on garden and out OF door
lfc make a notable and charming uumosr'
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the Line.

Mr.. cobwisgcr-Durng Lent ! think I will
rive up lying In bed In the morning and also my
afternoon nap.
cobwtsser-vhy the deuce don't you give Up
something that costs money!
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s,uphon, Orchestra in Washington.

From ne Washington TineJ.
Although there has been no great demonstra
ton. Mi. Reginald de Koven and those who have
enlisted in his musical enterprise for the establish
ment OF a washington symphony orchestra may
rest assured that the cultured public OF the capita
4, d.eply interested. IL Is the wish OF every pro
sresslye WAshin stonian that Mr.. de Roven and hi.
associate, NEE, with no stumbling blocks In devel.
op,ng an organization that has long been needed
In this community.
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Madge standing In street car-Why do you
pick out that fat man TO hiu With
Marjorie tasidel If h, gives me his sea, we can
both sit down.
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We have long known our esteemed
contemporary the Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune as a journalistic pirate, but its
last raid upon THE Suns columns is marked
with an artistic finish in advance Of any
thing we have observed hitherto. The
Commercial Tribune not only reprinted with
out credit the poem concerning Prince
HENRY published by TIL Sun on Fob. 10,
entitled - Westward the Star Of Empire. :"
but TO make deception still more sure. II
struck out the initials OF the genuine poet
Wv. j.. L. and substituted a fictitious set
C. L. b" The Commercial. TribUne's next
wrinkle should be worth watching for.
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The ONLY EHplanation

Ted-what do you think OF a fellow who has siven
up poker. drinking and theatres during Lentf
Ned-Think he's broke.
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Cut on Some.

Madge-when they became engaged did sh,
tell him her pasti
Marjorie-Not all OF II. She said she WAS "a.
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He-I suppose your father forgets all sbou,
bu.iness As soon as he leaves his ornoef
she-why. no. II you want TO talk business
you can 20 night into the library now.
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Promoter-we need . man who is acquainted
with milllonsires. Have you had any experience
that whyt
lmpecune-Hsve ~ Why. ! must have asked
stleast half a dozen unlionsires for thtir daughters.
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VIVA, would you DO, madam. n you were a ger
uemAn'-
-Wh., would you do. sir. II you were onei-