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The consequences OF Repeal.

In very clearly written article in the
Yale Law Journal, Mr.. JOHN r. Dos
PAssos reaches the conclusion already
indicated by THE SUN in its discussions
of negro suffrage at the South
This is that sooner or later the country
will have to face squarely the question
Of the repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment
and the repeal or modification OF the
second section of the Fourteenth Amend
ment. leaving the Thirteenth as 1t now
stands in the Constitution.
In contrast with the protests Of violent
and ignorant partisanship against the
correction of what many intelligent and
candid Republicans at the North now
regard as a stupendous blunder, hear
what this able lawyer and student OF
constitutional history says Of the prac-
teal effect of such repeal:
THE consequences resulting from this method
OF solution may not be as profound or reaching
as many. at first blush may think ills true that
requires the repeal OF the second section OF the
Fourteenth and ali OF the Fifteenth Amendment to
the Constitution OF the United States. The effect Of
this repeal would be to relegate the whole question
Of suffrage 10 tho respective States. They could
deprive tho whites or blacks. any part thereof.
of the right to vote. The negro can never
be deprived Of citizenship of his nights to equal
y before the law so long the nrst section of the
Fourteenth Amendment remains law-and It may
be assumed to be permanent.
is 1t fair to trust the Southern States With the
regulation OF this great question, claim that It Is
prr n 4 is helv ipten tn treA
Justly and literally, to open up TO them the paths
OF education and progress. To do otherwise means
positive loss to State Development
The repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment
and the repeal or modification OF the
second section of the Fourteenth mean
neither the abolition Of negro suffrage
nor the exclusion of the negro from citi-
zenship and its inalienable rights.
The right to vote is not one OF the
necessary rights of citizenship. 1t is
restricted everywhere by law in the case
of white citizens, according to State ideas
of expediency or competency to exercise
the suffrage.
The State should determine. The I'M
qualified power to determine this ques-
ton of suffrage should be restored to the
States, where it properly belongs; and
this can be done by process of oonsti-
tutional change which shall neither take
the ballot away from single black man
fit to be voter nor deprive any black
man, whether fit or not to be voter, Of
the essential rights Of citizenship, in
Guiding the right to the full and equal
protection Of the laws.
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The Harper and the Wolverines.

The Hon. FLOYD RUSSELL MEcHEM,
formerly Tappan professor OF law in
the University of Michigan, has been
induced by DR.. WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER
to emgrate to Cook county and become
a member Of the faculty Of the law
school of the University Of Chicago. DIR.
HARPER, perhaps the best, most BUSH
nesslike and most successful Of adver-
Using college Presidents, has cleverly
featured" Prof. MECHEM. knowing
that competition is the life OF trade and
that advertising pays. DR.. HARPER has
sent to the seniors in the law school Of
the University of Michigan circular
sweet with that seductive and suasive
eloquence and entreaty Of which he is
the greatest living master. Chicago
University Law School, the circular sa va
with a quiet pride, too high for arro-
gance, will have the famous Prof.
MEcHEM on it's faculty, beginning next
September. Prof. MEcHEM's fame at
Michigan needs no comment. Under
him facilities for postgraduate work will
be offered at Chicago"
Could hint be gentler, an invitation
more discreet? Chicago is to have the
famous Prof. MECHEM. The mention of
the fact is enough. In the great days of
the medieval universities, students would
crowd in droves after favorite teacher,
from Oxford to Padua, from Salamanca
to Paris. DR.. HARPER is a scholar as
we'll as an advertiser. He has a genial
desire to do good to his university and
the rest of the world. II he imports the
famous Prof MEcHEM from Ann Arbor,
he has right to expect that Ann Arbor
will throw some business his way"
1t is painful to see the spite and jealous
rage with which the Detroit Free Press
receives this circular Of the best " COL
lege drummer in the country. We
could forgive manly sorrow for the de-
parture Of the famous Prof. MECHEM,
but such coarse language as follows
makes us shudder:
This patent medicine style OF university ad.
verislng Is characteristic of Chicago Harperesque,
in Short to the last least detail. Only In the Rookie
Teller institution of learning and applied taking
would " DC possible. professor from the Uni
versity OF Michigan goes to the University OF Chi
cago and Immediately q prize heller advertising
campaign is inaugurated to en,ice his students
to follow him. One wonders only that the Harper
university contcntcd itself with merely offering
Prof. MEcHKM's postgraduate courses to the Ann
Arbor seniors. What was tho matter with Chi
cagos premium department! Could no business
alliance be formed with one OF Chicago's famed
Industries by which the Michigan student who pre-
scented SO many wrappers OF So-and Sos laundry
soap should receive postgraduate course free Of
COST Arc there no additional Inducements to be
offered to the Michigan student who forms the
greatest number OF words out OF the letters Of DR..
HARPERs name"
The still air Of delightful studies ought
not to be stirred by these tempests Of
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For an Old.Tfme Fourth.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUH-Sir: In your
issue OF this date Mr.. Clarence A. Pitman en-
treats you to appeal to the local authorities
to have them enforce better sort OF celebra-
ton Of the Fourth OF July.
May ask Mr.. Pitman what he would con-
slider q better sort Of celebration? Surely
not a quiet one Did our forefathers think
of peace and quiet when they fought to make
good that which we celebrate on the date I'M
der discussion? Did they try TO effect a set
Element by the use Of polytechnic display
No. They used cannon. muskets and pistols;
and the louder the noise Of tho cannon and
the battle the more spirit they received ana
the better they fought.
So let the spirit OF 70" hold full sway TO-
day and increase as the years roll around
NEWARK, n. j.. June 10. GLoElots w.
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THE BUILDING STRIKE.
A Card From . Builder. to which Reply
10 Made in Another Column.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sn: In THE
Sun Of June 10, there was an editorial article
which read as follows:
We had rather see building stopped definitely In
the city of New York for the year 1908. than that
either party to the present paralyzing conflict be-
tween labor and capital here should bs forced into
arbitration against It's will Down with such In
dustrtal slAveryi
The unwilling party in this instance happens TO
no the workingmcn. They have hight to rejec.
arbitration and on the other hand has hight
TO nro word OF cntlCism al them for so doing.
assume naturally that the arbitration re-
ferred to In this article Is the plan OF arbl-
tration which the Building Trades Employ
ers' Association has submitted to the labor
unions Of New York city for their approval.
and was surprised. and others who read the
same article were also surprised. that THE
Sun took an attitude unfavorabe to this plan.
and believe that II the article was intended
to apply TO the arbitration plan proposed by
the Building Trades Employers Association.
the judgment OF THE Bun was based upon q
misunderstanding OF the facts.
therefore inclose herewith q circular
containing an address to the employees In the
building industry. and also the proposed plan
for the formation Of q General Arbitration
Board.
There Is no disposition on the part OF the
employers to break UP the labor unions.
nelU0eE u Lncf0 any uesHc Oh thcu pdIt !"
abolish the legitimate duties OF the so called
unions. but the conditions which have OBJ
year MAKE ssf Il Sbsonteiy NECESSARY tkat
20 wers Of the walking delegate" TO call strikes
s sInn DONE Tor Corrupt purpeses. shah be
power which will secure peace In the building
Il is. therefore proposed to form General
Board Of Arbitration. composed OF equal
whoS al ausspns Of b
pioye a shall Be finally submitted before
action action the idea being that neither strike
nor lock -out shall be declared without first
submitting the grievance to court Of orbi-
tration, whose decision shall be binding
upon the parties to the arbitration. and thus
avoid the frequent cessation OF work on &C.
count Of labor difficulties in the building
1t is hoped that such an arbitration board
sh. gain the sd q dee.ons ab Be
would be great benefit not only to the EN-
ployer, but also to the employee and to the
is also Impossible to put this Or any other
Arbitration IN i believe that the majority p
asan the IL the S pss BUT 0aa
organizations, are controlled ordinarily by a
few persons who. attend the meetings. while
the general run OF good mechanics never goes
there.
1t is hoped now that on account OF the gem
eral cessation OF work. the honest, thinking
jority. will take SUFFICIENT interest In their
organization to help toward the adoption Of
the plan.
ton, which believe. II you will carefully con-
slider It, will meet with your approval
JTNE H. BUILDER.
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Rpsiness Automobiles.

To 1HR EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. InaSmuch
a you have taken some notice editorally of the
tests Of automobile business wagons without re-
ferrpe to the fact that large number OF electric
wagons are In use in New York city. beg to eX-
plain thnt the princi pal manufacturers OF automo-
bile trucks did not enter the contest under the
auspices Of the Automobile Club OF America some
weeks ago for the following reasons: They did
not consider such tests to be within the province
of the club. They did not believe that such tests
would in any way satisfy prospective purchasers
OF business wagons They did not wish TO stmu-
late a seres OF similar contests. which would no
so oher O s Z. shan New Thre
nothing to indicate that the eontes; COMMITTEE Of
and these manufacturers believed that the club
was organi.a,'on q gentlemen for the purpose
such Contest. are no. favored in other lines Of
way motors. for example, would Immediately re-
Ser moso
would for similar reasons, object 70 contest Of
locomotives earned on by one OF the engineering
The prospective customers for business wagons
demonssraie the advantages OF any particular
Automobile for their respective purposes. and
place their horses With mechanical vehicles:
Sss ~. VII dssss, sSs practical
that automobiles can be substituted with ad :
vantage. Further than this, The longer such
IN opeTation the more they will be improved and
The more satisfactory they will become
interest and influence for the bettering OF our
street pavements. as AUTOMOBILES can be operated
FOOD smooth streets than on rough, muddy stone
psvements. The depreciation OF tho machinery
rood psvemen,s. compared 10 wha! It : when they
arc obliged to run on bad ones. arg every foot Of
the revolution from horses to automobiles.
Feeling that this cause has already secured
ohampIof in THK SIN. beg TO hope that you will
not withhold Your encouragement rom tnose mer.
large number OF business automobiles into our
streets. ". ECA. l..
INV YORK, June IS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-18
THE CASE or THE REV. DIR. VAN
DE WATER.
Expressions Of Sympathy From . Presby-
terrain Minister.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-6sr: A most
Of the real workers OF the church are fsmslea.
and as a rector must come In contact With the
workers, the character OF both the workers
and of the ministry might be protected " lay
men would take little more interest In church
affairs The churches. to-day. seem to lack
the common sense to protect the minister
They throw on their entire shoulders tho whole
parish work
Naturally, the eminent rector Of st. An
drew's Church would consult with the guild
workers. And just there Is where the Episoo-
pal Church In New York city has been gaining
ground, as The SUN has shown again and
again. II 1t we're not for the various city
guilds Of tho Episcopal Church she would be
as badly OF as are few other denominations
of which editorials OF The SUN have spoken.
Some men. II things don't 60 right ct the
club or In their business; II they are unlucky
In Wall Street; II they lose a couple OF games
of cards or billiards at the club; II the weather
IL bad; II their wives are not as arectionats
they n ssOsd az hs hvs
enough sleep and feel q little cranky the next
day; II they imagine that they would like to
happens to bring them q Manhattan cocktail
instead OF plain soda-why. such men always
o1 It is principle Of French law that II pr.y;
fus is accused he Is guilty until he has proved
his Innocence; but 1t Is principle Of American
law tnat q man VINO ID accuse0 10 lnnoceht uhtn
| he has been proved guilty. Why. then, ought
a clergyman more than any one else be called
| The onus probandi rests on the party who
| brings the accusation. Hence. to my mind;
| The Sun is In error when 1t urges the Code Of
| Napoleon as applicable to clergymen. with
| careful regard TO removing all suspicion from
themselves. II the vestrymen OF pr. Van De
Waters church deemed such procedure neoes.
| would have been taken long ago. but the yes
| trymen, DR.. Van De Water and Mrs. Loft
| repudiate the allegations OF the accuser. Rec
| tor X eller and the little Arin gton mission are
going on In the even tenor Of their ways, while
State Pentientiary at Trenton. The Rector
| Van De Water will come out OF this like tho
| gold that has passed through. the fire. the
| brighter for his having suffered for others
TRoY, y. Y. June 10. JAS. NJ. BOLDLY.
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The Suburban.

This race, to be run to-day, promises
to be beyond the ordinary. The animals
expected to engage in it are Of excep-
tional fame and quality.
The definite announcement that Mr..
WHITNEY's grand.looking Meddler colt,
Goldsmith, will be sent to the post, de-
spite the reports Of his ailment, will be
received with general satisfaction. Gold
smith has been reserved specially for this
race; he is known to be thoroughly ready,
and will probably be the favorite. Gun
fire, winner Of the Metropolitan Handi-
cap isn't likely to 60 To expect her to
carry 1923 pounds, which would be her
impost to-day, seems to be somewhat
unfair Irish Lad who has been with
drawn from the American Derby, will
start in the Suburban with 1l5 pounds.
Hermis perhaps the centre Of more in
terest among horsemen than any other
thoroughbred on the American turf, is
required to take up the top weight Of
1913 pounds, and the question is, Can he
do it? Certainly, his two races of this
season say no. But, considering the
time and conditions in which both of those
races were run, many still believe that
the winner of the Suburban may, after all,
be found in this son of Hermence.
Major Daingerfield, who carried lls
pounds in the Parkway Handicap, on
June O. and won from an excellent field
will run tomorrow with five pounds
more. This big son of Handspring is in
rare form. Heno, third in the Brooklyn
Handicap and victor in the Standard
Stakes, stands out as an exceedingly
strong contender. The III pounds which
he will carry tomorrow should be, as
they say" only feather for him, since,
at even weights d2s pounds) he was able
to defeat Major Daingerfield handily in
the Standard Stakes, at one mile and one
half Igniter's friends believe that, with
little racing luck he would have won
the Brooklyn Handicap, and he has re-
ceived a special preparation for the
Suburban.
Besides those named, there are at least
half dozen other horses among the
lightweights, who may be regarded as
dangerous, including Sambo, City Bank,
Africander, Waterboy and Hunter Raine
The horse who wins from such field
as the one now in prospect will deserve
high honors.
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A Revival Of Prot estantism

An ironical Roman Catholic corre-
spondent complained in The SUN Of yes
terday that, there being no patent right
to protect his Church against limitations
OF its ritual, the so-called Episcopalian
Ritualists and even Methodists are copy
ing it at will. The question involved,
or a special right Of Roman Catholicism
as the originator of that ritual. is the sub
ject Of a religious controversy into which
we shall not enter but that there has been
an increasing tendency toward ritualistic
formality in the Protestant Churches very
generally during recent years is unques-
tionable.
At the same time it must have been OBJ
served that there is revival of aggres-
sive Protestant sentiment in the Enisco-
pal Church, more especially. That that
sentiment is now stronger there than it
was ten years ago has been demonstrated
in the discussion Of the proposal to
change the name OF the Protestant Epis-
copal Church, for the avowed purpose
of dsassociating it sharply and wholly
from Professionalism and closely connect
ing it with Catholicism, or rather, to e1-
press the view Of the Ritualists, to declare
and emphasize its own inherent right to
the Catholic title. The diocesan conven-
tions having been requested to express
their sentiments on the subject, the great
majority Of them have declared against
the proposed change and it seems to be
settled that at the General Convention to
be held next year the name will be left
unaltered.
The reports of the discussions OF the
subject in these conventions indicate
that among the laity espe cially, but also
predominantly among the clergy, at
tachment to Professionalism continues
and is undiminished, nay, has become
stronger because OF the detestation Of it
expressed so openly by the Ritualisto
or Catholic party Of the Episcopal
Church. 1t is true that for forty years
past in this country and in England dur
ing the whole seventy years since the
starting of the Oxford Movement, bitter
aversion to everything savoring of Prot
estantism or of the Protestant principle
and idea has been manifested by that
increasing party In the Anglican Church.
Toward Rome it has looked respectfully,
but toward tho Protestant Reformation
with something like loathing, and the
more because in England, acts of Par
Lament associate the Established Church
with Professionalism, and, in this country,
the very name Of the Protestant Episco-
pal Church fixes bond of union at least
nominal. But the expression of this
aversion was never 80 open, so extensive
and so irritating as it is now. At least,
it attracts far more attention now than
ever before.
OF recent years the Catholic party
has pushed forward the Oxford Move
ment to an extreme which has alarmed
the more conservative sentiment Of
the Church The Ritualistic clergy have
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The Little Girls Thanks.

To TIL. EDITOR OF THE SrS-Str; This letter Is
simply to thank you for printing my letter com
planning OF tho loafers on roadway In the vicinity
OF Twelfth street. and also for the very pat h'le
article on the subject which saw in this mornings
SUN. Whoever wrote the article In question mus
have been there pretty frequently: In fact sounded
a. though he might Just have come through II ana
had his Temper torn TO tatterS by the ordeal
As this letter isn't for publication. might say
that II Is 70 be hoped the Kishiner SURVIVORS wiz
select spot further uptown for their stamping
ground as we can Z stand much more.
Thanking YOU again for so promptly taxing up
the matter, and trusting that Commissioner Piper
(who doubtless reads THE SUM will take heed unto
himself, am.
LITTLE ENoLIsH GIRL WHO "a WILLING 70 DO
Hl SIAal TOWARD kEErixo NEW YoEK
CLAN.
NEW YoaK, June -.
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Tho House OF Lords Against Mr..
Cham bcrlain.

Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN proposes, it will be
remembered, to impose in the United
Kingdom considerable duty on i'm
ported food staples, for the ostensible
purpose Of giving a substantial prefer
enoe to corresponding products from the
Colonies, which would be admitted into
the United Kingdom duty free. Inasmuch
as long time would necessarily elapse
before the Colonies could supply all of the
food staples now imported by the United
Kingdom it is obvious that Mr.. CHAM
BERLAIN's plan would cause during the
whole Of that period such an increase in
the price of breadstuffs as would mate
rally benefit the grain growers of Great
Britain. 1t is not surprising, therefore,
that some representatives Of the British
landed interest in the House of Commons
should have advocated Mr.. CHAMBER
LAIN's project. The day has long passed,
however, when that chamber was domi-
mated by landowners. 1t is otherwise
with the House Of Lords. In that body
landowners are overwhelmingly pre-
ponderant. There, if anywhere, we
might expect Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN OPP
ponents to be vastly outnumbered by
his friends. That is why the debate in
the House Of Lords on Mr.. RITcHIE's
budget-a debate in which Mr.. CHAM
BERLAINs proposal was certain to be-
come subject of discussion-was likely
to be heard with good deal of interest.
The debate occurred on Monday, June
u.s. and We do not see how Mr.. CHAMBER
LAIN can find an atom of comfort in it.
Lord LANsDowNE and one or two other
peers expressed the opinion that in view
of the resolution passed at the confer
cnce of Colonial Premiers, it was imprac-
t'cable to avoid an inquiry into the FEAST
biilty of giving tariff preference to the
Colonies The Government, however,
Lord LANsDowNE said, would so into the
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" He harped the hsh out o. water.
The water out o. stanc.
The milk out o. n maidcn's breast,
That babe had never name"
Reply to a Builder.

In another column of this page there
is printed communication from mem
Der of the new union of builders, which
perusal must show to have been founded
on q failure to understand the express
sions of THE SUNS which it criticises.
Briefly, our correspondent interprets our
remarks as conveying to the working
men, between whom and his associates
there is conflict, the advice not to
accept the plan of arbitration which the
builders offer, practically, as a condi-
ton for the resumption of work.
Nothing was further from our inten-
ton, and nothing, We maintain, was
further from the fact as recorded in
cold type. We gave no advice against
the arbitration plan because We had
none to offer, and that, further, because
it is rigid habit of THE SUN never to
interfere in any way whatsoever with
the doings of either party to an indus
trial dispute until it is carried beyond the
clear, sharp line drawn around it by the
law. Whether the arbitration plan is
good or bad for builder or workmen, or
both, or neither, isn't within our knowl-
edge, nor do we see occasion for spending
effort in finding out.
If our friend this builder will read
again what The sun said he will see that
its single purpose was to protest, in be-
half of the party which seemed unwill-
ing to accept the arbitration plan, against
the bulldozing clamor OF outside busy
bodies who, by trying to cast odium on
those primarily responsible for the in
convenient stoppage Of building, would
drive them into an arrangement which
did not commend itself to their best judg-
ment. THE Sun is against such imper-
Thence when imposed on workingmen in
this city as vigorously as it was against
it when applied to the coal operators OF
Pennsylvania.
The workingmen know their business,
like the employers. If they don't know
it. the sooner they learn it the better for
them, and for all And they never will
learn through the instruction Of volun-
teer teachers from without.