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New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.

Washington, March II (specisD.-That the home
less dogs of Washington have caught the interest
of the fashionable world has been shown by the
audiences present at the series or readings gwen
for their benefit at Henderson Castle Calumet
Place. and to-day at the Russian Embassy. count
Cassin and his adopted daughter are both actively
interested in the society and their love for dogs
was manifested to-day by the three tiny Wnte
noodles and Tristan T. the big English greyhound.
"among those present in the audience this morn
ing When the countess starts on her summer
travels abroad she will board Tristan at the home
! which the society has provided for the care OF
friendIesa dogs Miss. Helen We'll. Of Cambridge,
Mass gave dramatic rendition OF "Paola ana
Francesca" for which she was congratulated by
the Ambassador,and afterward there was music
The next meeting will be at the nome or Generai
and Mrs Nelson A. Miles
The garden attached to Senator Depews Wash
ington home has fallen victim TO business enter
prise. and will soon form foundation for an
apartment house seven stories high Inc grounos
are surrounded by brick wall covered on the in
side with ivy. There are ancient trees and old
fashioned shrubs and rosehushes. and at the far
/ end is a fountain trimmed with gray weatnerneatNn
stone It's time honured history makes romantic
reading hut it's fashona BILE career ended with the
moonlight fetp given hv the late Senator Brice'
! whose wife and daughters got A great deal OF
pleasure out of the grounds while they lived at
the COrcoran house. Senator Depew has never
heen addicted TO out of door entertainments but
he has given the of the garden on several
occasions TO managers of church and other chari-
ties for garden parties and teas
The feast of St Patrick furnished an opportunity
for several fashionable dinners this evening. BE-
Realistically ;he services at the Catholic churcheS
to-day in honor Of Ireland's patron saint were
never before so formally impressive The fapdI
Delegate Archbishop Falconio. was escorted rom
the Apostolic residence St. Patrick thurCh ny
a guard Of honor formed Of the Ancient order OF
Hiberniaus. under whose auspices the CnurCh So
vice was given. A number of prominent prelates
assisted at the altar and later were entsrtained az
dinner by the pastor. the Rev. DR.. j. D. Staford;
IN the evening Bishop Conaty. the rece3 rector "t
| bo1jr nj
SbortIV for his new duties at Los Angeles, was the
guest of hone at Gonzaga College Hall. and az
Tarro INSTITUTE Hail another large entertainment
was given by the Shamrock Club.
Tho eaglie of the Covenant gave a musical Yea
this aFterno m which was under the patronage OF
Mrs Hay wife OF the Secretary OF state ana
other prominent women of official and resident So
Ciety. - ,. ~ - hama
for the last time this afternoon. They will leave
washington later in the spring and go TO the 1 ram
ilv home in Pttsburg, where, II IS uLueLstoG.T,
Miss Thaw's marriage to the Earl OF Yarmouth
will take place
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
at. PATRICK AS A BAPTIST.

To the Editor OF The Tribune. .
air: or course. st. Patrick was Baptist mission
arv to Ireland but why should the Rev. Aduisoi
Moore OF Jersey City in his sermon On Suiilay
nva thousand BaptIsts who paraded in New orr =
to-day show that the faith st. Patrick oroqsnt
ireland never left them. The number OF 64p's'
churches named after st. Patrick is another uICa
ton of how they revere his memory % -. 80 st.-
- .. =. nra at Patrick's Church but q short als-
tancn from the Rev. Addison MooreS home sops
Rantist parsnts are so fond OF naming tnT1a
AnS though additional reasons Hltnoue ~ E,n-
could BE- added why the patron % SAM & 0l ifb this
As St Patrick introduced the p5acncs PL bV irish
ynergion into Ireland, We can uh9efS'A IA Il
nS[ SIasoR.n 49, n / 81 Patrlcks Day DoA
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
: LIMITS TREATY MAKING.

"The Sun" asks: How can reciprocity treaty
''be a binding treaty, either as municipal law or
"as an international compact, when it pretends
"to do what cannot be done by treaty." It GER
tainly cannot be binding as municipal law, but
as the treaty making power is general, or as
Hamilton put it. "exterds to all kinds Of
treaties. and with all the latitude which such
"a power under any form Of government can
possess" it must be competent to make any
agreement consistent with the ordinary usage
of sovereign powers.
The United States is not cripple in It's inter-
national relations, but a nation dealing on equal
terms with other nations. They do not and
can not take account of our municipal law, nor
can We Of theirs. Long ago France refused to
pay some claims on the ground that it could not
secure from its legislature appropriations to
meet treaty stipulations. Our government re-
fused 70 allow that the treaty was not binding
because Of any obstacles OF French municipal
law. The same question arose with Italy when
1t demanded reparation for the New Orleans
lyMchings, and our Presidents have since asked
for change in our federal criminal law on the
ground that foreign nations had right to ex-
pect fuIfilment of treaties, and could not be
put OF by assertions Of inability on our part
under our peculiar organization Of government
to fulfil them.
We entirely agree as TO the wisdom of giving
notice to another contracting party that the
reciprocity agreement is not a sef-executing
one If the phrase approved by the Congress"
implied nothing more than that, as 1.-THE Sun"
believes, it would be entirely unobjectionable
That notice can be as well given, however, in
the language Of the MarcyElgin Treaty to the
effect that the treaty becomes operative only
when the necessary legislation is passed, and
that will avoid ali danger OF seeming to limit the
scope Of the treaty making power in the sphere
of international relations.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
ANOTHER CRISIS IN DELAWARE.

Rv the passage OF the bill repeating the
Voters Assistant law Governor HUM of Deia-
ware has been forced to accept responsibility
which he would probably be glad to aVoo.
That is the law which enables the Delaware
vote buyer TO make sure of getting what he has
contra cted for by sending an assistant lnto
the booth with the voter. 1t was originally
enacted in order 20 accomplish the ends or cor
r1ption and has been diligently employed ny
Addicks for that purpose. That he regards 1t
as Indispensable In his political business is
shown by the fact that his agents in the leglS-
lature have done their best to defeat the repeal
BILL Nobody has ever dreamed that it could be
defended on legitimate groun1s, but few per-
sons, at least outside of Delaware, have eX-
pected a member of the legislature to come for
ward. publicly and explicitly, it's champion
for the reasons thus proclaimed by Senator
Conner in debate: 1T insureS delivery OF the
goods. When l buy horse want my horse
when a Republican buys q vote he wants his
"vote. When Democrat buys vote he wants
"his vote. So you see that there are, as con-
''tend, no politics in 1t, for Mr.. Democrat has
thus an opportunity to get his vote instead OF
"being cheated out Of it, as he has been so
many times in this State" That is an amaz-
ing proclamation. but the sheer audacity Of it Is
less nauseatfng than a display Of sneaking ny
pocrisy would have been.
Now that the repeal bill has been sent to the
Governor, speculation is busy with the question
Of what he will do with it. Under the rule re-
Iating to the ten days before adjournment the
bill will fail unless he signs it. Earlier in the
session it would have become law without his
approval, If he had chosen to refrain from act
ing on 1t for ten days If he had received it in
time he might have felt that he could take that
course Of inaction without excessively straining
his relations with his political associates. But
now he must either defy respectable opinion at
home, with the country looking on, or else ere
ate CONSERVATION and resentment among the
Addicks forces, to which he has hitherto ad-
hered, though with less absolute devotion than
their leader has been accustomed to exact.
There is reason to hope that Governor HUM
will choose the honorable alternative, especially
if it is true that the supremacy Of Addicks has
been disintegrating ever since he was compelled
by his followers to consent to the election Of
two United States Senators of whom he is not
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
MEXICO AND GOLD BASIS.

Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: The following statement from e. Paso, Iex-'
appears In THE New-York Sun:
The failure of six large importing firms n the
City Of Mexico Saturday il said u be the fore-
inevitable result Of the effort to place MEXICO on q
gold basis. ,..- g. 49,. 70
public. The failures Saturday caused q nuF'S
in financial circles
The failure of the importing firms was not con
sequent upon the effort to place Mexico upon So1
basis but upon the last great depreciation OF S'c''
the elimination OF many years OF incessaHt nuctua
ton and consequent uncertainty Of all values IN 4
community using the silver standard The great
importing houses Of Mexico have been the great
est sufferers, Of course. They sought 20 ADJUST '7
ever more and more mpracticah'e relations between
the rising standard OF gold and the dePTe'ld'l"H
standard OF silver. until it has become no longer
possible to do so.
To characterize their failure the present crsi5
in Mexico as consequent upon the effort 10 place
Mexico on a gold basis is therefore dangerous
perverson Of fact. Il is attributing the disease
to the surgeon who Rmputates mortlnea .'-"O III
order to save the life OF his patient
The movement to place Mexico on gold PASS
looks to the partial restoration Of silver a
premium of 100 per cent gold The erect OF '"7
agitation so far has not been 20 cause any great
change in relative values It appears ~ haNE
Eteadied silver somewhat. which must have heiPei
the embarrassed importing houses. CeTtalhS Il
cannot have injured them.
There Is one source OF apparent dahErE III ''
plan Of the Mexican fnanCiers which must not Ie
ignored In order TO sustain the price OF silver N
the silver countries so-calIed. even at 30 cents II -
necessary to limit the circulation. That means 'H7
free coinage OF silver Is to be prohibited tnro"s"
out the world. it is prohibited with Us AT prs
ent. But In order prevent further divergence
between bullion and coin values 1t is Proposeu %
retire the smaller gold coins and also bills OF iesse
value thus providing market for silver nu4'ioll-
The plan Of the Mexican fnanciers Is to intePeS-
also the European nations having Eastern posses
sfons very extensive market for silver VIII 'N1'
be obtained.
But the strength OF the cause lies In the eio' -
access of prosperity that must accrue primarily -
The silver nations" from the erhanceIn5uS .s,5a
final stability OF all values-prosperty IN
gold standard nations cannot fall 70 par CI ba
There can be no doubt Impulse must IALS A.-III
given to the commerce and industries OF the N2II
far surpassing the predictions or tne Hlu>t ''''
unhoIder of the contemplated change -. Ill
what is the alternative? To recede anq nav .5r,,r
silver values dIsa ppear entirely. or TOT me =
nations TO call. imperativey ana innleo1 -. y.ra
the thousands OF millions OF gold necessary 70 Pa -
themselves upon full gold Stan1Sr eeRH0ES
frizhtful to contemp plate! HENRI . DhNo~'
Naw-York, March H. 1873
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
A TRlNRFER "JOKER.r

The Kew-York Evening POST Is entitled
10 the credit Of having called public attention
10 Mr. MuIIaneys little bin to relieve street
Ear corporations from the necessity OF comply
Ing with the law respecting transfers. Now
that the character Of the bin is known it is
hardly possible that the legislature can be in
6ucsd to pass Il, but II was 90 cleverly drawn
and its intention was 50 carefully concealed
that there was great danger OF Its passing on
The suppoEttion that it was an innocent meas
hwe calculated to impose more severe penalties
Gpon the failure TO give transfers.
The bill was really a work Of art, and who
Ever drew tive do not suppose 1t was Mr..
hGuIlaDey-will probably continue to make a
Mandsoms income as e Street railway lawyer.
1t Il drafted as an amendment TO the provision
Of the law requiring contracting railway COM
panies in a city TO give transfers emitting a
passenger tc one continuous trip between any
two points Of the comhieed roads. TIE law
now provides that for every refusal Of a re-
Ipufred transfer the coEporation shall forfeit
ESQ to the aggrieved passenger. Mr. Mullaney's
lamenarnent provides that the corporation
(which has at any time within one year prior
10 the passage thereoT' refused transfers or
mall hereafter refuse, shall forfeit 'for any
and an such refusaIs" 800. That looks like
n noble effort to protect the peoples right to
transfers, but here comes the joker. The re-
.covsrT for future refusals is "to be In the
l~name and for the benedc Of the people Of the
E-Stnse Of New-York in an action troGKht by the
pAttorney General" The RggrieTed passenger
can no longer enforce his own rights on his
own notion He must 50 to Albany and per.
Suade the Attorney General to bring an action.
That oficiaI has plenty Of work on his hands
already. He does not ike to bring actions
which ara not OF general importance. II he
Happens TO think that the hardship inflicted
On the complaining passenger is not serious in
Gpite of the technical vioaAticn Of law. or II by
chance an Attorney Geaerai happens TO be
IeIected who has corporation sympathies, he will
srohab bly refuse to put the nna chinery in motion
% collect the penalties. Then the requirement
.pf transfers VIII be 6 dead letter, like many
another requirement of the statute, the enforce
cnent OF which is hedged about with technical
sdtfhcultie4.
Such ReFaslatioE as this would be particularly
erafefuI % the Interurban people just now.
Tne-e is an ective movement In the upper West
SlAs to secure transfers ct certain points there
where they have been persistentiy refused. The
IseopAe have discovered the possibility Of col
Isetans $50 for every refusal and the company
e under the necessity Of complying with the
law ae IOaAng ezee5 for every passenger pay
Rg q AxG cant fare vac takes The troHsas to
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
WHAT'S IN A NAME?

x1-o,, nubIished descriptions of the Americas 8
Cun challenger. which was launched yesterday,
and less trustworthy accounts of the oeienuei'
which was named the day before, the cohcIu-
sion ia drawn that they differ widely enough 10
nekA this wears races more distinctly a test
oP +vnes than the last two competitions were
For the nresent It is not safe to say much more
than that No surprise will he caused by the
announcement that Sir Thomas Upton is
charmed with his new Shamrock and sure that
II she is defeated the victor will be mlracle'
Confidence is one Of his engaging Talts' AL
other is the constancy Of his affection 1or
hoat which has once flown his signal 80 ldr
"a va know he was never heard to speak dls-
rosnectfulIy of either Of the racers when dls-
annointed his dearest ambition. So now, Wheh
he pronounces a glowing eulogy on MS latesI
marine scouisition it is not that he loves the
first and second Shamrocks less, but the tnlro
Shamrock more.
AS for the name OF this years defender' IL mas
met with a courteous but not an enthusiastic
recention Reliance" is not to be jeered at, ouc
ve cannot saw that 1t is remarkably felicltous
IT does not suggest "the beauty and mystery OF
the sbips and the magic Of the sea-" 1t merely
serves notice that we doing nautical Dnsl-
ness at the old stand 1t might have been I'M
nroyed. but we iisdain to think there Is an
omen in the curious circumstance that DR.. Moan
Webster and DR.. Noah Porter, having denhed
reliance" as anything on which TO rely; oe
nendence: ground of trust" cite as their only
example "the boat was poor reliance.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18

4....,,3 i. transfer where the company reAHstS
- Give one. That would be expensive l"Il :.
inc Hence Nj. MullaEey's clever scnen un t,,+1
III, not WORK. The people OF New'iorA ~, ~
have no disposition to be made oepenuena utU. tun
fhe Attorney Generals discretion 10 s - ,ocaI
ordinary performance OF the au''. - nood
transportation companies 1nere 10 nJ NJ COO
for the 500 penalty. II the persons no,ood no
violation of law and suffer iroll II e"n ssoio,t
Ill so that will be entirely sufncent
~. ~ nr,,,,snev we believe is a Tammany Demo
~. ~. end .friend of the people" How does
,".I.i, +o fine people his scheme to help the
a.rsot railway company at their expense:
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
Amwss eats.

4aekpEET OF MgSIc-Ss 1crcaossi ,..,.. =. "a.
king :. -, -. r,.ar
SrJ1IJ TTzEATaE-S:IS-NGaey Rr5wn.
tS5E NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF FlIsSn
3fsRNECIE LYCEU8-&-Easenaosf Lectures
Gaines Honeymoon
tT@Tf-TR TTE-S AS :FSp-VssdexfHe,
sSsfFTERItN rs HEATRE-2-s:fSTste Jewel OF Asa
xALY-S TEEATRE-S:i5-- siihohahe
FTSEN Nt5sEE-2sLThei world 81 Wax.
4ElIPIEE THEsTRE-2:IJ =. .2D-The Unforeseen
sF-RRUFsE TEEATRE-S-It Were king
bFARRfCK TEEATRT-Ctosed until Thursday evening"
EARI.EH OPERA HoUSE-S:15-1ris.
EERAIlD SQUARE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FIckS1ck:
lYRTINSS PLACE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Suesss Maeoe"
i #KEITE'SCnntInuoUs Performance
THEATRE-S-S-NT- Blue HSero-
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE-s--Cy1tha
AFFSTT~ 1HEATRE-2-S-The Wizard OF u
MANHATTAN THEATRE - 2l5 - The BISHOP
Move.
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE, -Lohensztn
Mrs OSBoRNS PLAY HOCSE-2So-S:Se-9
tkTyERxT PIII- TREATRE-2-S-ShauahrS0
sYEsW WeAvUY-sI5-s:I-The Girl with the Green DSeA
IWw-Y0RK-2-S:iS-lr Dahomey.
PAST0R'S-CoR tEnuous Performance.
PRINCESS TREATRE-s.$o-The Frisky Mrs Johnsoh'
PROCTOR'S NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fle x..,.h
~ NICHOLAS SKATING RINK-S:iS-HocAes A3'N"-
VICTORIA MISUNDERSTANDING =, s-lu
frALsACK'S THEATRE 16-The sultan OA S~-
, WEST END THEATRE-S-W9y Down East
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
.. vorrr ! cry TT1BTNE WEDNESDAY MARCH 1s. 1903

man are still in use. others TO which there nad
until then never been any objection because ol
their foreign character have disappeared from
the vocabulary. Subordinate clauses, several
inhnitives and participles in the same sell
tence many adverbs and the long drawn out
style which now prevails have made IL more
difficult for a foreigner to read and understand
German official reports than the writings Of
Goethe and Schiller.
The Kaiser aims at clearness and simplicity
in the construction of sentences, and, while only
the writer's Of official papers are asked TO
change their style, the reform will undoubtedly
reach beyond official circles and may do much
toward increasing the popularity Of the Ger
man language.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18

h,oher mice must be paid II the concession Is
-ae111.od or instead of renewing it, the city
CO.., +oLo nossess;on of the roads at fair Vaina-
zion For the remainder of the franchise the
citv s to get at least $4,000 year for the nrst
a. vesrs and $4,000 year for the remaining
twenty years, and perhaps much more. Tnese
s++npIs.ions of royalty. revaluatfon, feriniha-
+Ion ~ franchise and privilege of acquisition
by the city are sound and admirable. II onIy
auch had been made in the case or all o'ner
street railroad franchises! They mark niS-
+,nct advance in municipal methods of dealing
with corporations, and it is to be hoped fnere
will never. be any recession from the grounu
thus taken.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18

In certain parishes in Louisiana the noise OF
lamentation Is heard because the destruction OF
aIligators has permitted the multiplication Of
hordes of muskrats and these pernicioug Great
ures burrow in the levees to such an extent that
disastrous floods follow. Alligators deVour
nuskrats, and where the big fellows are plenti-
full the smaller Vermin are not abundant. So
nicely adjusted are the checks and balances OF
Mother Nature! 1t may possibly be advisable
for some Of the Southern States to offer bountfes
for the propagation of alligators. and TO restock
the bayous, lakes and rivers with the uncouth
saurians.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
About People and Social Incidents.
The CABINET.

washingtCn March Il (SpeclaD.-Mrs. Payne "iie
of the Postmaster General. left town to-day Tor d
,,isit IN Atlantic CITY She Was accompanied by
her Mere Miss Louise VaRdyke Jones. who VIII
return i'm few days and remain at the Arlington
to await the arrival Of the Postmaster General VINO
is now with the Secretary Of the Navy on SOUTH
cruise.
Only four members attended the Cabinet meeting
to-day Secretaries Hay, Shaw and Moody POST
master General Payne and Attorney General Knox
being out of the city. The meeting lasted less td
an hour and little business Of Importance was dis
clIssed Secretary Root brought up several matters
concerning the War Department, but no statement
was made about them.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
PLAIN GERMAN.

The versatile Kaiser-pa!nter, scientist, mu-
sician, poet, theologist and war lord-has dis
covered IN the German language as 1t is now
written new neld for his activity. 1t is not
the iarst time that he has devoted his attention
to the subject. Several years ago he took steps
toward the elimination OF the Fremd-wort, for
eign words which had by common usage be-
come part Of the German language. and, al
though many words which are not purely Ger
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

Washington. March Il (SpeciaD.-The new min
lister from Switzerland. Mr.. Du Martheray. will be
the guest of honor next Monday evening at a re-
cepton to be given by the Swiss Society at
Rauscher's
The Japarese Minister gave a dinner last night
in honor OF Lloyd Griscom. American Minister to
Japan.
Mr. Won der Haddenhausen is expected to arrive
at the German Embassy within the week He has
hcen appointed to succeed Count Quadt as first
secretary OF the Embassy
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18

The hesitation evinced by steamship COM
panies to build any larger vessels than those
now in service is excited by the fact that longer
piers and deeper harbor entrances would be
made necessary thereby in some parts OF the
world. AS yet there is reason to think that
the architectural limit has been reached.
Neither has the highest possible speed been
realized. No one seems to be in hurry to
undertake the construction Of those twenty-i
knot Cunard steamships. but they are bound to
come.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18

war Of rates among the tugboats OF the
harbor is threatened. The outlook is alarming.
These restless Daniel Quilps of the North and
East rivers puff TOO much already, and are
ridiculously self-importdnt fussy and conse-
quential. If they get to fighting, what affiic-
tions of screeching whistles. nerve Tacking and
ear pierc1ng NEWCOMERS will be forced to
undergo!
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18

Legislatures in several States are discussing
the regulation of death dealing automobiles.
It is plain enough that one ought to be AL
lowed to run one OF the high speed machines
who does not hold license. granted after
thorough tests of his capacity to control these
shooting stars of the highways.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18

The high hat, which has always played a con-
spicuous part in st. Patricks Day parades, was
not so generally in evidence yesterday In
former parades There were some, of the old
orthodox style, but the number was small in
comparison with the black and gray campaign
hats which gave the marching column mill
tsry air unlike that Of the oldtme St Patrick's
Day parade.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
STRIKES.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Just AZ we are beginning to recover from
tha III effects Of the outrageous conditions imposed
upon the community by the coal strike. the pros
pect of strikes among railroad men and In other
large interests assumes threatening proportions
Neither business activity. good crops nor whole
noraa financial So0AISious can insure prosperity
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
MR. HARLAN LEAVES PORTO RICO.

San Juan Porto Rico March 17..L:torney Gen
eraI Harlan sailed to-day his way to Washing
ton to hand personally TO President Roosevelt his
resignation which will take effect on April ~. A
large number Of ofncials and citizens and oand
Of music were at the wharf to give him rare
we'll.