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country where diphtheria appears although the
gratuitous cooperation Of the metropolis should
not be expected.
A NORTHERN SECURITIES RUA0R.

We are unable quite to credit the report that
the Northern Securities Company VIII ABANDON
fits appeal against the Judgment OF the united
States Circuit Court of Appeals in so far as the
decision forbade anything like merger OF the
competing railroads, and will merely ask the
Supreme Court TO pronounce 1t lawfui cor
poration in that all the objections against II
on account of the Antitrust law have by its
own action been removed. We are unable TO
credit it because we have often heard that the
great business consultations always avoided
the wastes Of competition and of unproductve
energy. If the Northern Securities decision is.
after all to be accepted as proper. what a
wicked waste was all that indignation about
President Roosevelts "anarchism" and all those
learned legal moral and philosophical argu-
ments which proved so conclusively TO Wall
Streets satisfaction that the very foundations
OF society would crumble IL men were not al
lowed to do what they pleased with their own
corporate properties!
If the Northern Securities people take the
course predicted they viii in effect acknowl-
edge that the President did right In bringing
their attempted consolidation before the courts.
II the decision against them was, as they have
often said, the blow 10 confidence which pre-
cipitated the financial reaction, then it must be
that they themselves are the ones against whom
impoverished spectators should vent their
anger They surely viii not assert that the
government should give them free rein TO In
dulge in unlawful practices lest law enforce
ment should disturb business. That is the atu-
tude in this city of the divekeepers, and Tam
many's friends in the traction companies share
il, but we do not believe that the great cap
tains of industry wish to be put in that class.
OF course IL President Roosevelt did recilessiy
set in motion the powers OF government and
intimidate a weak court to ruin legitimate
business, all the expletives which have been
showered upon him and the decision are de-
served. But If that decision is to be accepted
as good law, then the President was merely
doing his duty in preventing its violation.
Those who want 10 continue to oppose the
President as a disorganizer of society and an
enemy to sound business should continue TO In
sist that the Northern Securities decision is
revolutionary interference with the inaliena-
BILE rights of property.
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TFRoM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU


washington Nov 23.-Representative J. VI Dixoh'
Of Montana called at the White House to-day 20
make final arrangements for the visit OF the repre-
sentatives Of the labor organizations OF Butte "no
came East on invitation Of the President Ihey
viii take luncheon with the President tomorrow
and will visit New-York later In the week -
The President gave a private interview 'i'i'
morning to Lord I.yveden who has recently &C
companied British Parliamentary party thEoes.
Canada, and DIR. Henry s. Lunn. chairman OK 'N0
new Reform Club, London. who, with LOU -,
den, is arranging a Parliamentary WISH hsN' l
TO the St. Louis Exposition. A number o. mem
bers OF the House Of Lords and the Horss o
Commons arc arranging 70 come. Lord Lyveoen
and DR. I.unn were presented by Senator FrSe-
President Roosevelt expressed his pleasure that
the British legislators contemplated visiting the
exposition and said he hoped ne might oe aD.0
to meet them IN Washington next autumn. ne
had a long conversation with Lord Lyveden on
hunting ana shooting in England and America
Senator Foraker this morning presented to tne
President Judge Wright the new Justice OF the
Supreme Court Of the District OF Columbia
Senator Foster Senator McEnery and Represen-
tative Myers of Louisiana, called on the Fresiosn'
and presented to him invitations from the Gov
ernor Of their State and the louisiana Historical
Society 10 attend on December 10 the ceremonies
incident 70 the celebration OF the centennial or the
transfer to the United States OF the LOUISIANA
Purchase The President expressed doubt OF MS
ability to attend. as. on account OF his duties IN
Washington he had been forced TO decline invi-
tations OF every sort that would MAKE u hsceSsS
for him to leave the city.
President Roosevelt touched a key IN the teie-
graph attached to the executive oInees at
o'clock tonight and started the electric hShts on
the Christmas tree in Convention Hall. thus open
ing the celebration Of the 220th anniversary Of the
landing ~ the first German colonists in North
America, arranged by the United German Societies
of the District Of Columbia.
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NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.

lFROM TIE TRIBUNE BUREAU
Washington. Nov. 29.-Miss Eliza Morgan Bates
and Frederick Rotch Swift were married this after
noon at O'Clock at the home Of the brides parents
the paymaster general OF the army and Mrs A
E. Bates. The Right Rev, Henry Yates Satteriee
Bishop Of Washington. officiated. The bride en-
tered the drawing room with her father. Her
gown was Of white chiffon satin and duchess lace
and her tulls veil was crowned with orange bios
SONS. Mrs. Dunn McKee, whose own wedding &C.
CURED less than year ago. her sisters natron
Of honor and only attendant She wore white Irish
lace, trimmed with knots Of blue velvet Rodman
Swift his brothers best man. and the ushers
were Clark Thomson. son Of the late Frank Thorn
son, president Of the Pennsylvania Railroad: Mar
win G. ". Farley. Malcolm Donald J. F Perkins.
J. F. Curtis. Arthur Adams and Peter Higgfnson.
OF Boston: Mr.. Boiling. OF New-York. and Walter
Cutting. OF PittSburg. Music for the ceremony
and reception was furnished by the Marine Band,
and Tom Karl sang.
About three hundred guests were present. among
them Miss Alice Roosevelt and her aunt Mrs ".
s. Cowes with the latter's visitors 3Ir and Mrs
Walter L. Goodwin, Of Hartford. Conn. The out
of-town guests included MI and Mrs Albert Pease
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Holler Mr. and Mrs Dean
Sage. r.. Harry Taimadse. Miss Eleanor Russell.
daughter Of Judge Russell; Miss Edith Srnaley.
LAn!er Mckee and Robert D. Wrenn all OF New
York. Mr.. and Mrs Swift will live IN New-Yorx.
Mrs. Pinchot gave dinner tonight IN honor OF
her daughter. the Hon. Mrs Alan Johrstoue, OF
Vienna, who has been IN Washington for the last
ten days The company included the Russian Am
bsssador and Countess Marguerite Cassint~ Mr..
Bunau-Varilla, the Minister from Panama. and
Miss Mary Morgan, OF Nevv-Yorl< who arrived yes
terday and IS Mrs Pinchot's house guest Mrs.
tombstone win leave Washington Friday for
New-York, and sail for Europe December L
Mrs Pinchot Will accompany her daughter to New
York.
Mrs I.ovndes gave a luncheon 70 Miss McCau1ey
to-day. The other guests were the young women
who VIII act bridesmaids at the Tuckerman-
McCauley wedding later IN the week Miss Postfe-
thwafte, who 20 have been OF the bridal
party is III, and her place has been filed by Miss
Florence Field. daughter OF Mrs. Thomas Nelson
Page.
Mr. and Mrs. Edison Bradley. Of New-Yorik VIII
spend the winter in washington. They have taken
apartments at Stoneleigh Court, the new apart
ment house built by Secretary Hay.
General and Mrs. George B. Williams have r.
opened their home IN Bancroft Place.
Mrs. ChaTee wife OF General A r ChaYee, Is
entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Charles Estes. Of Phila-
delphis-
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aesp-l1nrk DsriIn Gribm1tE
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER "a, 1908.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS Senate: An agreement TO take
she final vote on the Cuban Reciprocity BIZ on
December 16 was reached; the NewIanos Teso-
tuition for the annexation Of CUOa was discussed
Senators Hale, .. II. Plat and Lodge speahliis
against il: Senator Morgan attacked the Presl-
dents Panama policy. = The House was not
IN session.
FOREIGN.-M DeIcasse. in speech in the
Chamber Of Deputies, defined the relations OF
France with other powers and his policy was
sustained BY q great maJoTity------ a oecTee
was issued al CaTtaEena forbidding steamers 10
clear from that port for Colon or 70 enter aria
Eena from Colon. - The German Emperor
ordered the authorities TO recognize the Repub-
lie OF Panama -= Dominican 1nsurgeflt lead
ers in a conference before the capital with the
Foreign ministers refused Woz Gils offers and
demanded the surrender Of the city; Mr. Pow
ellis house was destroyed in the previous bonn
bar6nent. -= An Argentine Warship rescued
she members OF the Nordenskjold expedition
syhose vessel the Antarctic, was crushed il the
See on February j Of this year.
DONESTIC-The Senate Committee Mill
sarv Affairs viii send a subcommittee to Cuba
10 take testimony on the charges against Gen
oral Leonard Wood == Governor Odeu mas
gone 20 Washington 70 dine with the President
and talk over the political situation IN New
York state. Arrests were made in the
t,iendenin murder case al Wll!aDsport, Penn;
rhe man arrested on sunday was released nom
custody. 81 being demonstrated that he had no
part ia the crime. == The striking Chicago
etreetcar men engaged in rioting, ana the police
were obliged 20 IRE at them and club them in
order to disperse the mObs 50 that the cars could
run 49, Colorado troops have arrested four
have the men responsible for the dynamite eK-
yiosion IN the Nindcator mine, by which two
1nen were killed and the mine was badly
wrecked. Nonta
CTTE.-Sto-ks were strong. - Governor
DdeI passed through this city IN response TO a
Request from President Roosevelt TO come 10
see him. = IL was learned that Murphy
had decided 10 fght three Carroll leaders at the
primaries. == The George A. Fuller Com
pany decided to t7in the Iron League and treat
more with The members Of HOuseSmlths'
linton No. ,. == Three OF the sailors kid
mapped from p schooner by the Seamen's Union
returned 70 their ship. 80 Italians and Irish
q new building in Broadway; the police reserves
were called out and two arrests were made.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Clearing and colder. The temperature yester-
day: Highest, IS degrees: lowest, 36.
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MR.. CHAMBERLAIN'S POLICY.
A Correspondents Criticism of The Tribune's
Attitude.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Your editorial treatment OF Mr.. Chamber
lain's tariff and commercial programme is Inform
ing but TO my mind not convincing. Don't you
think you are going unnecessarily far IN helping
him TO convert Great Britain from free trade 20
protection7 II he should succeed in electing
House OF Commons which would follow his lead.
put duties on many things which we produce, espe-
ciaIIy wheat and WOOL and then give British colo
MES preferential rates at our expense. our aSrt-
cultural grazing and manufacturing interests
would suffer severely. tariff war would probably
result ard the present relations between the two
nations amicable and profitable TO both. would be
grievously strained or broken That would be
calamity which patriotic American newspaper
should at least do nothing to invite.
New-York. Nov. q, 1895. OBSERVER
IOur correspondent is in error as to one point
and unduly' worried. we think. about the eonse-
auences to this country of such a change Of
policy as Mr. Chamberlain wants his own coun-
try TO try. We are not dssirous of helping him
10 convert Great Britain from free trade 20
protection" but we do feel that it would be in
consistent and worse than ungracious TO snarl
at British statesmen who are anxious to test at
home the merits Of an economic system under
which the United States has achieved Industrial
and commercial supremacy, and which we have
always supported to the best of our ability.
Moreover, we do not clearly foresee the practi-
cal evils which our correspondent breads. Great
Britain would not specifically discriminate
against this country, but would merely seek TO
help herself by helping her colonies through
preferential rates in their interest. There would
be no tariff duel like that of few years ago
between Germany and Russia. We should le-
main on "the most favored nation footing. and
il is premature. at least. TO assume that our
producers. vexed by sitter competition with
Australian wool. Canadian wheat. etc. would
demand reprisals. Tariff wars not popu-
lar as they used to be- We did not resort TO
hostflities when our pork was excluded from the
greater part OF Europe. Canada Is now giving
the mother country customs preference OF SIS
per cent. but we are not in fighting mood.
being fairly well eontented al finding that new
ertheless our exports 10 Canada are growing at
a greater ratio than G-eat Britain's. That fact.
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AcADENrT OF NUsTC-s:I5-The Best OF Friends
AMERICAN ART GALLERIES. 10 6-S 20 lo-Por-
trait Shows.
FEIAScO THEATRE-s-Du Barry.
BROADWAY THEATRE-S.1b-Babctte.
CASINOS :15-Erraine.
N1RCIE-2-S-NaudeVile
FITERIo9-S-Is-Ass Erizabeth's Prisoner.
lALF'S THEATRE-S. IA japanese NiBhtingnle
EDEN MISEE-The World in Wax
GARDEN TEEATEE-S-Three Little Maids
CARRIcK THEATRE-s :1S-Isdg Roses Daughter
HARLEM OPERA EOUSE-S;l5-The Rogers Brothers
yzrraf-1 scIrARE THEATRE-s.Ts-The Girl from
kays.
HUDSON TIE TRE-S .so--Cousin Kate.
rFTTNtl PLACE TIRE ATRE-S -20-Im BunfeD Rock
r<f,T- s--Conrinuous Performance
CkER-E.Se-Thc Light That Eaieo
lyric TiTEATRE--S :l5-Red Feather.
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE-e :20--A Clean slate
MAJESTIC TEEATRE-S-Bahes in Toyiand
NI-NDEISSoFN HALL: f5-Kneisei Quartet
MURRAY Hill. THEATRE-S-I-nder Cover.
NV ANsT ERDA Ans .eo-Her own Way.
NV EEPIRE-S .lb-The Pretty Sister q jose
-cf~lT r,yCET-M-S .1b-The Admirable Crichton-
NSF-E-ToRk-S- -faur.
Princes THEATRE-S:se-Raires the Amateur
RoCroR's-T--cuty-third street-continuous Per
Torrance FIfty-eirhth Street--Nlno hester fafth
Avcnue-Nme sans Gene One-hunoreo- anu
tw-eutY-nfth Street-One Error -. -.
COMPANY
THIRD AVENrE TBEATRE-S-11e Road 70 RUIZ
VICTORIA THEATRE-S 1.-The once Boy
NNAf-LsA OK So :i5--l'ounty Chairman
MEIER a
WEST END-E-There and Back
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THANKSGIVING DINNERS.

Loud are the lamentations Of multitudes Of
Yankees and other inhabitants OF the United
States. The prices Of turkeys are so unusually
high that they must abandon the hope OF grac-
ing their tables on Thanksgiving Day with the
typical American bird which Benjamin Franklin
declared should be adopted as the national fowl,
rather than that greedy. ravenous robbeT. the
broad winged bald eagle. always stealing prov
ender from fish hawks
Alas various circumstances have baffled the
efforts of the turkey raisers this year, and the
gobblers and their mates are comparatively few
in number and spare in flesh. Those in market
or likely to be in market are held ct lofty quo
tations Nevertheless, We have much 10 be
thankful for even although turkeys are not
abundant Pumpkins. at least, are plentiful, and
there are no predictions of a famine in mince
pies Taking all things into account not many
Americans are now expecting to sit down on
Thursday of this week 10 q scanhly spread
table and TO rise with unsatisfed appetites
when the principal meal of the festival is over,
even though at many family reunion spare
ribs" or some other dish Of succulent pork may
dsplace the Iordly fowl Of the poultry yard at
the Thanksgiving dinner Of 1903.
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THE SIBERIAN RAILROAD.

There has Of late been so much talk about the
Siberian Railroad, its fast freight" and its pas
senger trains de luxe" that there is danger
that some people will suppose 1t TO be steam
highway comparable with our own ransconti-
mental roads. We have repeatedly pointed out
in these columns that, despite the opening and
operation of the railroad II is still found best TO
send merchandise from Russia to China and TO
the Siberian coast by water. The sea route is
rs quick as that by land and is much cheaper.
This view of the case is amply confirmed by
the latest authentic reports upon the Siberian
Railroad.
The distance from Moscow TO Vladivostok is
5,166 miles. The choice express trains, passen-
ger trains "de luxe" run as fast as thirteen and
half miles an hour. Thus. If they are not de-
layed, and are able to keep running steadily,
night and day they make the trip In sixteen
DAYS; but so unbroken and expeditions a run
is infrequent, and judicious travellers allow
three weeks for the journey. AS for freight
trains, they make at best about eight miles an
hour. But they do little running at night and
are necessarily subject to frequent and pro-
Ionged stoppages, SO that their running time is
seldom less than fifty, and often reaches sixty,
days, or even more In view OF such sched-
ule il is not surprising that for through traffic
the ocean route is still preferred.
DOuDueSS things Will De peter some DAY.
The Siberian Railroad was hurriedly built. It's
5IG6 miles of rails were laid in ten and half
years, while IL took the Canadian Pacific ten
years to lay 2,921. That does not mean that
the Russians were the better railroad build
ers 1t means that the Siberian road was built
fimsy, with narrow embellishments, short ties,
little ballast. sharp curves and steep grades,
and with very light rails Such conditions
make ii impossible 10 run trains at high rate
of speed. Already the work OF practically re-
building the road from end to end has been
begun. When ii is finished, at a cost not much
less than the original cost of the road, a few
years hence, it is promised that trains will be
run as rapidly as twenty-five miles an hour
that is, the fastest xpTesses-reduciDg the time
across the continent to less than ten days.
1t would be o mistake. however, 10 deduce
berian Railroad is a failure, or that Il is not
proving OF service and OF profit to its builder.
On the contrary, Il Is OF enormous practical
value But that value-apart from military con-
sideratons-lies not In through traffic, but in
war traffic. especially west of Lake Baikal, Il
is opening UP and settling Western Siberia In
marvellous manner. Hundreds Of thousands
of peasants are now yearly migrating from the
overcrowded villages Of European Russia 10 the
virgin plains beyond the Urals, where each
head Of a family receives forty acres of land,
free OF taxes for three years and for three years
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to which we have repeatedly referred is signia-
cant. though doubtless the analogy between
colonial discrimination in favor OF English prod
ucts and an imperial policy OF protection against
the outside world might be pushed too far. On
the whole. then. we are watching Mr.. Cham
pertains campaign with interest, not apprs-
hensively. nor yet without a sense OF gratifca-
ton that the protective principle. the soundness
OF which We hold to have been completely virdi-
Gated IN its application to American conditions.
now seems not unlikely 70 capture the last
great citadel Of free trade.-Edl
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DIR. LFDERLE AND THE ELEVATED.

DR.. Lederle can add materially to the laurels
he has already won by his able management
of the Health Department If he will force the
Manhattan company to heat its cars. The death
rate from pneumonia will go up at lightning
speed if people are compelled to endure long
the cold storage transit which the elevated road
now furnishes.
Another boon to suffering NEWCOMERS would
be the retirement of few OF the fat wheeled
cars that jolt over the structure. causing dam
age to the tracks and great discomfort to pas
sengers,
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SOUND SENSE ABOUT cUBA-AND OTHERS.
Here Re-direeted to the Address Of the
Junior Senator frcm the Sagebrush.

Congressman Gnstt House Debate Cuban Reel
pretty.
nation does not exist for aItruistic purposes Il
sIoSslv bo ssnerous. but the Interest Of is own
citizens should ordinarily 30 its controlling motive
and rule OF action a nation Is formed Tor self
standard OF honor and TO Go justice to al - ne
most We can expect OF any nation, ana the Least
We should demand Of our own. And SO ne @9s,sss
billy OF q treaty should generally De usse14--.-N
by its probable effect own interests. 49,,
Cuba By its location has so directly at.ec'Sl 'u9
United States that II was hardly alLrussc g0r 49,, -
intervention and the resulting treaty We can hssS
again treat her Ike the rest of the Sa T
tooA OH hvfs II tie taitii--t $3.50. a. v~a~. fsi
araton OF indepencsnee as enstllss u. .. IJ,,s,sI
peace, friends" Her destiny ana pouey are uANS.
With ours; her prosperity and RSosTsss sl 'S.Siiv
duty well advantage. She - praccuc--'[
under our protection She l. not part % Us
trust that she may never become part;
And may well state here nay oelist thas hs-.
ernrnent OF she United states. We are at present
provement must be our care, but think Il shouie
Be we'll settled in the mind % the American pecps
and well understood by them that they are DOT ~
guage. Institutions. and laws they diner IN I,y,
hgion and and temperament. and. above az.
In that hereditary self-restFaint and apprecitoe
have acquired emily from the struggle and CROWN
OF a thousand years. and which - ALREADY 50
whether IL Is strong enough 10 preservs waa' .
II was because did not believe that q nation
s o2h % scS aHsm' " A ths PSppRss ,sa
that although Il doubtless advantsssVgs ~ -
them. II would be burden TO US Aad ~ p
that think the goal 10 be held up before thslr
ambition and hope should be some such lndsps-ii
dssee a. % sss sestnsst should ever
OF the United states
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
rEnoM - rRrpryE nrREAU.l


Washington Nov. 23.-The Secretary OF state
will give dinner tomorrow evening. when MS
guests VIII be the members Of the Senate and
House Committees on Foreign Relations and For
eign Affairs.
The Peruvian Minister and Nine. Calderon will
give dinner next Monday in honor OF Secretary
Moody and Assistant Secretary Darling OF the
Navy Department.
Count De Chambrun. OF the French Embassy.
who has been visiting friends IN Boston. viii return
tomorrow.
Count Frederick Hoyos, Of the Austrian En-
oaSsy, has learned that he viii not be transferred
TO Picking, but viii remain at his present post
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-24

A~.,o rroprarome of the Nordenskjold Antarc-
tic expedition was not especially ambitious moth
ing sensational in the way Of results Is to be ex-
pected from its return. The scene or It's opera
tons was the vicinity of the South Shetland
Islands and its inquiries were mainly ploioglcai'
magnetic and meteorological. The most impor-
tant geographical revelation made by the
Swedish party is that the region called Louis
Philippe Island" is really a part of the Antarctic
continent, discovery which was announced oy
letter fully eighteen months ago. When the Cd
servatioIs OF DR.. Nordenskjold are combined
and compared with those made elsewhere curing
the last three years, they will doubtless prove
sufficiently important to justify the enor' 70 Sc
cure them The Swedish expedition Is the sec
ons of four that went out almost simultaneously
70 the southwark. The British and Scotch ex-
plorers re yet to be heard from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-24

There has been so mucn cheating Of credulous
dupes by the so-called "get-rich-quick' schemes
that a bill introduced in Washington by Sem
ator Dryden, of New-Jersey. denying the privi-
leges Of the mails to so-called Insurance. COM
panies which are not authorized to do business
by the certificate of the insurance commissioner
of some State. seems to be needed. This pro-
posed measure has the support OF the national
convention OF State insurance commissioners.
Can any convincing reason be suggested why It
should not become a law?