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Cruising Through Fish Nets.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuH~-Str; Any move.
ment TO obtain Federal Legislation In the matter
OF pound nets would receive the support OF yachts
men OF the Great Lakes. These nets infcst the
waters OF Lake Erie on the coast. both OF Penn
syvania and Ohio. and arc, imagine. as much of a
nuisance to us as to the yachtsmcn sailing In the
waters about New York.
Making the unfamiliar harbor OF Lorraine Ohio,
last month during heavy thunderstorm took
yawl, drawing ive feet. through two sets OF these
nets The night was SO black and the rain so heavy
that nothing could be OF the posts till We were
in the midst OF them. The painter OF the dingy
and the main sheet both foulcd posts and only cs.
capped being torn away by the Intervention OF a
friendly pun that laid us over far enough to clear
Damage 10 paint and varnsh. however was sun,
ciently eSasperating.
1t should b. as easy TO obtain Federal rs state
legislation on this subject. A movement looking
TO the removal OF these nets from all navlgable
waters would unite the salt and fresh water yachts.
men, and. II successful, would remove a cause OF
uneastncss to all who cruise at night In strange
waters. FREDERICK C. Slice
BUFFALO. ". Y. Aug. 81.
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Tho Bad Spoilers.

TO THH EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: am inclined
TO think from my experience that the matter Of
spelling touches tender spot In many more peop!s
than one would suppose. For instance. have 3
friend who never in his life wrote letter that was
not mpeccable In that respect set he Is about tho
worst speller possible. The fact Is that he consusii
a dictionary when he Is not quite sure OF a word.
and no doubt there are thousands Like him In that
respect.
am fairly good speller. but not frst claes one.
There are about twelve words In common use that
have been trying for many years TO spell correctly.
but without success, AMI In fact. nearly always
have TO consult a lexicon when have occasion &,
write them One Of them Is weather. and another
Is whether" and so on.
Another strange thing Is that am almost alwa2'
right when asked by some one how TO spell WORT.
but when writing myself am often In doubt and
although may be correct at first. the more dwell
upon word the more doubtful become about u
UNTIL al length. II seems all wrong.
man who Is not sure OF a word Is very cuPao'r
II he does not consult lexicon. To be quite IN
able TO spell correctly Is much more common than
one would suppose: IL Is the skeleton In the closet
with many peopls but no ono knows II save them
selves. Let me add that have acquaintance who
are nrst.class spoilers but are not by any mean
OF an intelligence above the average. IT,
NEW YORK Aug. II,
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COLD HUNTERS DESTITUTE.


TACOMA, Wash, Aug. 22.-Despatcb.r
from Dawson say that Harry Bratnober
who left the Tanana country three weeks
ago, has arrived there bringing news thai
many Americans are destitute on the upper
Tanana River and are in danger Of starva.
ton. Word was Immediately sent to Can't.
Perkins, commanding Fort Egbert. with
the request that Government relief ex-
petition be sent to the district at once.
Bratnober estimates that fully 200 persons
are in urgent need Of assistance.
p. A. Rettig of Seattle William Kruhm
OF New York and Henry Behrens Of Balti-
more were rescued from starvation nv
Bratnober after they had subsisted en- wild
berries for seventeen days. The men had
given up hope and had lain dc wn to die
just before they Were discovered.
The famine is the result Of miners SIAM
peding to new diggir g and carrying insuffi-
Gent provisic Ms Many miners returned
from the district before the famine overtc ok
the camp, but others remained TO prcspect
further, in hopes Of securing paying gravel.
Capt. Perkins has telegraphed the Wash
ington authc rites and an expedition will
be organized at once to carry relief to the
miners
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Mayor ROSE Of Milwaukee and other resi-
dents Of that city have joined in an effort to
get the Democratic National Committee to
designate it as the place for the Democratic
convention Of 1904. ...
Important as are the various advantages
urged in behalf Of Milwaukee's claim, they
are almost completely obsoured by the
single fact that it is not conventions or
political exploits which have made Mil
waukee famous. but lager beer. II is the
Beer City, and so fine is the brew and so ex-
tensive the reputation Of the same that no
seR-respecting delegation, even from a
temperance State. would be any more justi-
fed in visiting Milwaukee without devoting
it's attention to the beer than it would be in
visiting San Francisco without taking a
view Of the Golden G tie. or Boston without
seeing the Bunker Hill monument.
But is not this really an argument against
Milwaukee a convention town?
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Sam Parks.

The conviction of SAM PARKS, walking
delegate, for extortion, should be profit
able for reproof. both TO labor unions and
employers PARKS has been the typical,
staggering, bulldozing walking dele
gate, making all the trouble he could and
making it for the benefit Of his own
pocket. He has had long tether; but
he has come to the end Of it.
The unions cannot hold together II
they tolerate fellows OF the Parks stripe.
And what is to be said Of the employers
who, in weakness or desperation, have
allowed themselves to be, blackmailed?
For them, too, the conviction OF sAM
PARKS has a lesson.
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In only five of these cities was there q
preponderance of native whites OF native
parentage, and their aggregate popula-
ton, native and foreign, was only about
one-half he foreign born in New York
alone and oa,v about one-tifth more than
the number of the foreign born in Chi
cago. On Manhattan Island, in 1000, the
percentage of the native born of native
born parentage was only 1879, and it
must be considerably less now, for the
immigration since 1900 has been greater
than ever, and larger part of it than
ever has remained in New York, chiefly
on Manhattan Island.
Hereabouts the descendants of the
figure Even most of the names in a
list of burghers in New Amsterdam made
in the seventeenth century have passed
away. Even in Boston the Colonial"
names are relatively few, and statistics
OF births in New England generally indi-
cate that those OF this old stock who are
still remaining will grow fewer as COM
pared with the foreign stock, indepen-
IDENTIFY OF further accessions through
immigration
Mr.. HICKMAN, in assuming that
nearly 4O,0OO,00o of our population are
descended from the 100000 Colonials"
BANCROFT estimated to have been in this
country in 1858, leaves out Of considora-
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Merchandising = ines on Fsrrybost.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-,Str. was much
Interested in the letter Of "C;rowler" In to.days
SUN because In a recent visit to New York had
an experience similar to his.
ON the Twenty third street ferry OF the Penn
sylvanla Railroad there arc several bootblacl S.
who are a perfect nuisance | emp oy'd one OF
them, who, after using little water and n cloth
and not particle OF backing, demanded his fee
As VIC were close TO the dock did not. as S rouId
have done refuse 70 pay him I'LL his work was done
bu. allowed myself to be buncoed. Some OF tho
boat hands said ought to enter a complaint but
" was night and IL was not convenient 70 do So
It seemed TO me that so efficient a railroad "a
that might well guard its passcng gers against i'm,
position w. p, 4.
CAMBRIDOE. MISS. Aug. u.
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Not impossible.

Ono of the ablest constitutional law
yers now alive was interviewed on Sat
urday Just as he was sailing for England
on a mission Of the highest national and
international importance.
Mr.. ROOT was asked If he would take
the Republican nomination for Vice
President were it offered to him. He is
reported by the Tribune as replying:
Under the Constitution tho head OF tho ticket
and tho Vice President could not come from the
same State
-'Then 70 viii be RoosyvgLr'
Certainly"
This, from the Hon. EIJHU Root, Is
surprising.
There is nothing whatever in the Con-
stitution that prevents the Republican
party from nominating Mr.. Roof for
Vice President along with Mr.. ROOSEVELT
for President.
There is nothing in the Constitution
which makes it impossible for the Presi-
dent and the Vice-President to hail from
the same State.
The only Constitutional restriction
upon free choice with respect TO geo
graphical location is this provision in
the Twelfth Amendment, superseding
part of the second clause of the first sec
ton OF Article II. in the original instru-
ment:
The Electors shall meet in their respective States
and vote by ballot for presden. and Vice President
one Of whom at least shall not be inhabitant Of
the same State with themselves"
That would prevent the Republican
Electors in New York from voting for
Mr.. ROOSEVELT and Mr.. Roof on the
same ticket: but it would not prevent
the Electors in every other State OF the
Union from doing that very thing. And
if the Roosevelt and Root ticket were
strong enough in the country to be able
TO dispense with the electoral vote Of
New York for Mr. Roof, he could con-
stitutionally be elected and could con-
stitutionally serve as yioe-President,
even il the President were also New
Yorker.
We are aware that the popular impress
sion is strong and well nigh universal
that there cannot be President and a
Vice President from the Same State.
But, as we have remarked, it is surpris-
ing to find this delusion entertained by
so learned and precise constitutionalist
as the Hon. ELIHu Roof.
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The Idea, of a Southern Manufacturer.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUNsStr; No one who
reads your journal regularly. as many OF US do.
questions the English written day by day. because
know that 1t Is above reproach and that OF her
publication In the language equals II.
We admire you for publishing so much pro and
con about lynchlng.
Instead OF being abused. the negro is liked In the
South the or ilnary man is employing him every
day, To both their benefits. In away he solves the
labor question here to our benefit.
We have no strikes. because the employer and
employee unlerstanl one another ami know that
our climate Is made for both and that Northern
con itions do not suit either.
II either whites or blacks assault women they Will
be lvnrhei. Tle con iitons here are somewhat
different from the States North AM West, but due
process OF law" means that our women shall not
60 into court 10 testify where We can shorten the
process STUDY the eth's all you please: the re-
suit will remain the same.
CHARLES f. HrNcKLEY.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 20.
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The Prayer OF the Kentucky Mariner

Col. HENRY WATTERsoN, an illustrious
marine from the old Kentucky shore,
shipped on Sir THOMAS LIPToN's yacht,
the Erin, Thursday, and he contributed
wind TO the slack sails and hope to the
quester of the Cup. In these pious
words did the true Knight Of the Star
Eyed Goddess breathe his good wishes
to the Irish knight:
Sir THOMAS. may GOD grant that you have the
best boat"
The winds bore the prayer away and
made it vain. The illustrious Kentucky
marine is no luckier in his prayers on the
water than in his prayers on land; in
boats than in politics. Why do the
gods delight to flout the petitions Of
godlike men?
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The Cause Of Things.

with vast unrest In his hcaving breast
And his knees upllft, high,
He lies on his bed with throbblng head
And attributes his pain 10 pie.
But the apple pie was less at fault
Than the mans inordinatc greed OF malt.
Salow and III, with a giant pill
In hts hand. and u look Of fright.
In his easy chair hear the victim swear
Attn, lobster he ate last night.
But an innocent lobster you need not fear
II you don combine champagne and beer.
Peaches and cream brought q dreadful DREAM
Said the man to hts wIfc. next day;
Call me a brute II eat more fruit,
I'm In really dreadful way"
Put don't you remember" the wife replied.
Those high balls and green chartrcuse bcside,-
Contractors say they u tear Broadway
They'll ditch II and lnure trade;
It's rum or rule. and the mans fool
Who fancies theyr" afraid.
But how long borne Ill the nuisance be
With men OF nerve on the r. T.C.7
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A Corner In Il.n

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-sir. Keep on
with your good work. and prevent the robbery
of the people Of this State OF sl0o. 00O. 900 to
patch UP the Erie Canal
Now that Governor Odell has made such a
success the grocery business with the State
for one Of his customers. what would be the
matter with his cornering the water supply.
and II the canal steal goes through. selling
the Hs o to the public to tlll the old ditch'
BRooRLYN Aug. 81. ANTI-CANAL.
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Lord Salisbury.

By the death OF the fourth Marquis Of
SALISBURY. the British Empire has lost
a statesman who had been conspicuous
In public life for nearly half century.
Almost from the hour when he entered
the House of Commons, in 1854, he
compelled the attention. though seldom
the applause, of his oountrymen, in the
Parliamentary arena and in the great
offices of State. Popular he never was,
but he knew how to gain and to keep the
loyalty of his party, the respect OF his
opponents and the confidence of his
sovereign. No measure of cons tructive
legislation far-reaching or benefcent in
it's effect is associated with his name; his
role in politics was that OF a regulator
rather than a motor his mission was
to apply the brakes rather than to put
on the steam. Yet, as. in his last days at
Hatfield, he looked back over his long
career, he may we'll have deemed it
sufficient achievement that he had done
more than any other man except DIS
RAELI to rescue and reorganize the Tories,
well nigh shipwrecked by Sir ROBERT
PEEL; to help them to withstand the
shock of the Gladstonian ascendancy
and TO. bring them triumphantly through
the nineteenth century. 1t may be that
history will deny to him the attribute OF
greatness, but it cannot afford to over
look statesman who was Prime Minis
ter longer than any other that has held
that office since the British Parliament
was reformed and for whom it was re-
served to play in the reign Of VICTORIA
the same memorable part that had been
taken by his ancestors Lord BURGHLEY
and Sir ROBERT CECIL in the reigns Of
ELIZABETH and JAMES.
King JAMEs's Minister and the pros
pective Prime Minister Of VICTORIA
entered public life under similar circum-
stances for each was a younger son
and for the eminence which he was to
attain, had to rely largely on his per-
sonal abilities and exertions. IL can
hardly be said. however. that Lord
ROBERT CECIL's intellectual vigor re-
vealed itself in youth. At Oxford he
took merely pass degree In the classics.
but the quality of his mind and his lean
ing toward scientific inquiry were re-
vealed by the fact that he received an
honorary fourth class In mathematics.
In the debates Of the Union Society,
however, he was frequently heard. and
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ADMISSION TO CITIZENSHIP.
Tho Educaticn In English That Ought to
Procede Na.urAliz alton.

To THE EDITOR OF TEE SuN--Sir. In your
issue of Aug. II. r. j. Regan takes exception
to the action OF Judge Gregory OF Albany
In reply would say that the Judge should ba
commended for refusing naturalization pa
pers to immigrants who are ignorant Of the
English language. This refusal should have
been made quarter OF century ago. Had
it been done. there would not now be the
unrest which il so apparent.
Take any immigrant who is fairly educated
in the language and ways Of his own country
What does he know, or can he mteligently
learn, OF our laws and customs in a dozen
years?
The average American-born echoolboy
educated in our public schools. at 10 years OF
age knows more and is better qualified to
become a voting citizen than the immigrant
Of dozen years residence. And yet we have
deemed it best-and very wisely so-that our
boys should wait until 81 years OF age before
voting. Before that time they cannot bs
supposed to have formed good. healthy, in
teigent ideas OF citizenship. Yet we admit
these immigrants the majority ~ them tie
and long before they know or can distinguish
q from they are full Pledged citizens.
1t is an insult to the educated youth Of our
ars Is nst tbs ar sna s. ssu
wait even twenty-one years before seeking
TO become voting citizen. Beyond claiming
the protection which the glorious Stars and
Stripes afford to all. let them bide their time
and study our language and customs and. II
need be- walk along with the American-oorn
youth until 81 years Of age; Not until then
comes by the ballot.
What Is to be done with the STRUGGLING mass
which 10 being poured into our cities by the
thousands and which to-day ia menace "
Take the statistics OF our hospitals. charltI
organizations. asylunns and prisons. and, b. J
lieve me. the majority OF inmates OF thesS
places are the irnrni grants and their nunerou
progeny who have failed TO assimilate 4
through ill-advised agencies they havS
declare Here we are. here We stay. ant
IL the gold is not forthcoming in the street
we must be cared for in one way or anothel
and all the same we are going to have voice
in running the Government. IL is true these
same dreamers fill our public parks. and
had a mortgage on them. and only best'r
themselves as election day draws near, or
the cold drives them elsewhere.
Let us welcome with outstretched arms
all those who seek refuge from oppression.
who are willing to abide by our laws. seek
cities, learn to till the soil. and, above al.
wait for that citizenship which comes from an
intellieent understanding OF the underlying
principles of government.
II is not the fault OF the Immigrant, but
Of the politicion thnt narur alzation is so easy,
We have made unwise laws, II is time they
were changed or amended i we would save
Gregory, having seen the cloud which darSens
the horizon has started on the rirNt track
A DESCENDANT OF OLD HOLLAND.
NEW YORK. Aug. IS.
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Yesterdays Yacht Race.

How are the mighty fallenl That
terrifying DOGGY which has frightened
so many yachting children has turned
out to be just mortal thing Of wood
and metal, after all. What alarming
stories of the speed and weatherly
qualities of Shamrock III. we have been
reading all summer! How unmerci-
fully she did thrash that poor old Sham
rock |! And how expert" after expert
figured the appalling amount by which
she would beat that big, oversparred,
flat-bowed Reliance!
All this is gone, like an unsubstantial
pageant faded and has left not a
wrack behind" Alas, your Majesty,
there is a second; and such a second!
Over thirty-mile course yesterday
Reliance defeated the challenger by Q
minutes actual time and by minutes
and seconds corrected time. The
correction is subject to remeasurement.
Well, never mind. Perhaps Shamrock
III. is triHe too long on the water line,
but the chief trouble with her seems
to be that she is too long on the course.
Her battle in the first half of the race
was a noble one, and If she had not
fallen upon i'll luck near the outer mark
she would have made far better show
ing. As the yachts drew In toward the
New Jersey shore the wind came free
off the beach and Reliance was in posi-
ton to gain materially thereby. She
was only short distance ahead Of Sham
rock III. at the end of an hour and a
quarter, yet she rounded the outer mark
less than three-quarters of an hour later
8 minutes and 81 seconds ahead. This
shows that the shift of wind helped her
greatly. She then had the race well
in hand, and on the run home her larger
sail spread drove her along magnifi-
Gently over the combing seas. She ran
the fifteen miles down the wind in few
seconds over an hour and % minutes.
That is a small fraction under an eleven
knot gait, and shows that the breeze was
fine and the yacht going beautifully.
She made the beat of fifteen miles to
windward in 2 hours and minutes, or at
almost a ten-knot speed, which is very
fast sailing on the wind Shamrock III.
must be credited with showing almost
equal speed in turning to windward,
which is regarded as her best point.
That Reliance beat her at this was the
only exciting feature Of yesterdays
race. Little room is left for doubt that
the defender will administer substantial
defeat to her opponent when it comes
to reaching, for in that power and sail
spread must tell.
Yesterdays race was thoroughly fair
test of the two yachts in a good breeze
of from II to 20 knots and sea with a
moderate undermining swell and a
lively, but not large, chop on the sur
face With the sea ahead Shamrock's
action was easier than Reliance, but the
larger boat had the power and thrashed
through it successfully. Reliance's crew
did the better work in handling sails,
and her handling was in general such
as to make Americans proud.
Sir THOMAS Upton is not the man
to betray grief in defeat, but his feelings
Yesterday must have been such as to
command sympathy To hope is de-
MED no one, as Carmen wisely remarks
in the opera. Sir THOMAS has liberty
to hope for better luck with Shamrock
~. The Cup is still here. 1t is going
to stay.
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stand aloos when IL threatened inter
ference in our war with Spain. Thus
was it given to him to forge an, inter
esting link in history. A worthy de-
scendant Of the CEcILs who witnessed
and promoted England's FIRST attempts
to colonize America, he signally con-
tributed by a wise forbearance and a
timely demonstration to heal the es-
arrangement which. for upward Of a
century, had parted the two great sec
tions of the English-speaking race.
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The Colonial Stock.

The theory Of Mr.. HICKMAN of Brook
Ign that 100000 of our 100000 Of
white population in 1900 were descended
from the 100000 Colonials in this country
in 1883, according to the estimate of BAN
CROFT, is not sustained by the character
of the population of our large cities.
Here are the percentages of native
whites born Of native parents in our
thirty-eight cities of 100000 population
and over in 1900:
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Senator George r. Hoar Is entertainngly rsmi-
niscen In Scribner's Magazine for September and
tells capital stories OF Some Famous Judges
Capt. 7. B. M n. provides an article out of the
common run. with many Illustrations. about the
life OF military attaches Fiction Is furnished by
Mrs. Wharton. Beatrice Hanscom Marguerite
Merington. Lucen Chamberlain and +. Hop.
kinson Smith. and there Ii an unusual amount Of
worse signed BY wall known names.
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NEW DOMINICAN CONSUL,
Senior Galyan Takes the ONCE Vacant
Since the Revolution.

The consulate Of Santo Domingo, in this
city which has been closed for three months.
will be reopened tomorrow. Senior Manuel
Galvan, who arrived here on THURSDAY
from Santo Domingo, has been appointed
as the Consul-General and Charge d. AfYairea
q the Dominican Republic by Presiden.
Wos Y Gil.
When Gen. Wos Y Gil overthrow the
Government OF President vasquez, the
this city. Immediately resigned, leaving Tie
affairs OF the consulate in charge of the
Spanish Consul General
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Th@HOn. NOs Gil

To THE EDITOR OF THE rN--Sir: The UNIQUE
name OF President Wos Gil OF the Dominican
Republic seems to In icate that he is a native of
Kentucky. What is there more probable than that
II Is an aobreviatlon without regard for ortho
graphyl OF the lucriei invitation Wash your gllls
which Il presumably often heard In the Blue Grass
Slater +. H. PARGEIET
BALTIMORE Md, Aug. 81.