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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-31

the 41iOO0,O0e people in England,
haif Of them live on an in
an SO a week, and the
600 Of this number
k foE tho family
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-31

The vogue for spending has brought
forth new ways Of getting the money Of
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-31
EVERY THURSDAY

For Los Angeles and San Francisco
without change. The car is PERSONAL
" conducted by a competent agent
whose sole business Ia to look after
the welfare Of patrons. The Limited
also connects at New Orleans daily
with Express Train for the Pacific
coast, and on Mondays and Thursdays
CATER December 1stJ with the
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-31

The density of the relatfv6 popula-
ton Of Cuba is nearly the sgne as that
of the United States
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-31
THROUGH e K
TOURIST SLEEPING CAR

Leaving Cincinnati on the B. & o. s.
w. r. r. and Louisville on the
I. c. r. r. fast New Orleans
Limited" Train.
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The fundamental Southern Dogma.

From an address by T.. G. Murphy az ahdWa.
The doctrine OF race integrity. the rejection
of the policy OF racial fusion Is, perhaps, tho fun.
dsmcntal dogma Of Southern life II s true that
the sninasm Of both races has Al times attacked
II, The formative dogmas Of a cIv'N,n srr r..
N~ced. however not in the Vices Of the few. but
In the instincts. the laws, the Institutions. the
habits OF the many. This dogma Of the social seq
rcgation Of thes- races challenged sometimes by
fault OF tho black man, challenged sometimes by
fault Of the white man. Is accepted and approved
and sustained by the great masses OF our people,
white and black. as the elementary working hvpoth.
es,s Of civilization In our Southern States
The social and educational separation Of these
races has created the opportunity and the vocation
OF the negro teacher the negro physician, the
negro lawyer. the negro leader Of whatever sort.
N has only preserved the colcrrd lender IN the
negro masses by preventing the absorption Of the
best negro life into the life Of the stronger race
II has actually created. within thirty years, a rep.
resen,ation of negro leadership in commerce, in
the professions In church. and school and state,
which rs worthy Of signal honor and Of sincere and
generous applause.
The segregation OF the race has thrown It's mem.
hrrs upon their own powers and has developed
the qualities OF resource fulneSS. The dlScnmlna-
lions which they have borne in a measure hv reason
OF their slavery. and which have established the
apartness Of their group life. are the dlscrmlna.
tons which are curing the curse Of slavery an
oped Initiative and creating the nobest
Of the riffs OF freedom the power of personal and
social self dependence. The very process which
may have seemed TO some like policy ofopprcsSIon
has In fact resulted in process OF development.
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Az, e93 women and 323,39T children. The
attendance of men was proportionally
less in the Anglican churches than in
the others. Out OF a total Anglican
attendance at the two services Of 43O, 1853,
the number Of men WAS only ss,407.
In the Nonconformist churches the at
tendance of men was 100, 1872 out Of 4i8,-
225; in the Roman Catholic e3.s55 out OF
93,5T2.
OF the whole attendance, about two
tifths only was Anglican, though in the
rich and fashionable districts the Estab-
lished Church has almost monopoly
in Kensington, Hampstead. Padding
ton, Westminster and st. Marylebone.
In the middle class" working class
and poor districts the Nonconformist
churches are strongest. 1t ia note
worthy that the Roman Catholic Church
has its strongest foothold in certain
wealthy boroughs, on the one hand. and
in certain poor boroughs. on the other.
The Jewish population OF London is
small as compared with New York, In
London there are only sixty-two syna-
gogues. while the number here liz est-
mated at about 800. Christian Science is
much feebler in London than in New York.
There the attendance on its churches is
only 553 men, women and children. The
census of church attendance taken
here last autumn gave il 1874, though
children were not counted. The two
most considerable of the eccentric re-
ligious bodies i'm London seem to be the
Spiritualists and the Theosophists. To-
gether their church attendance was
four times that Of the Christian Scien-
lists.
The Nonconformist churches at which
the attendance is the largest are the Bap-
list, los, 800. Then come the Congrega-
tionalist, with 1916, 1885, the Methodist,
with 1870, and the Presbyterian, with
24,774. In New York the order is, numer-
ically, Episcopal Baptist, Methodist,
Presbyterian, with the Congregational
lists far behind
1t would be interesting to make care
ful comparison between the church at
tendance in London and in New York,
but we have not the necessary data, for
the church attendance census here last
fall was taken on very different plan.
No count was made Of the children in
the churches or of the attendance in
the synagogues In other respects, also,
the New York census was of very ques-
tionable authority.
1t may be said. however, that while
London is distinctively Protestant
community, New York is distinctively
Roman Catholic. The church attendance
here, as enumerated last autumn, was
81 asa Catholic to 1917 Protestant,
while in London it is only 93,S72 Catholic
to 900, 1888 at other services.
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NJ SELL SAGE rs 81.
But What Of II Business Goes on and
lie Never Slips a Cog.

The fact that yesterday was his eighty
seventh birthday made no perceptbls
difference in the routine Of Russell Sage
day, Looking hale and hearty. he ap-
peared at his Office at 10 O'Clock in the
morning. where there were no callers
except numerous newspaper men and
photographers, and no flowers. Mr., Sage
looked through his mail and attended to
other routine business and then went 10
the Western Union building and as usual
ate the luncheon provided for Western
Union officers and directors.
From the Western Union building Mr.
Sage went TO the Impc rters and Traders
National Rank. where he attended meet
ing of the directors. On his return TO his
office, he found that the number of news
paper men and photographers had been
greatly Augmented. He refused, how,
ever, to see them or to satisfy their curiosity
as to how il seemed to be 81 wears old.
In fact, Mr.. Sage spent the whole OF his
eighty seventh birthday as he has spent
most of the other days since he came from
the city Of Troy to Wall Street with $3.50 COO
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velli and Richelieu streaks and the Crom-
we'll dash must be inconsiderable and
the Jefferson streak wide and deep.
Possibly the Georgia analyst includes
In the jefferson streak a streak of the
Nebraska Jefferson, Mr.. BRYAN, some
OF whose dearest issues have been Dor
rowed, as his finest melodramatic effects
have been surpassed, by the instructive
Democrat" OF Oyster Bay.
Whatever be the exact mental and
moral composition Of Mr.. ROOSEVELT,
and whatever other great historical
characters are reincarnated in him, his
dashing and original political genius,
which has ridden down opposition in
his own party, now seems to fasclnate
and paralyze the other party. viii the
Atlanta Constitution move to make his
denomination unanimous? That might
be the best way Of getting even with the
Republican leaders, for il I'VE are to
have four more years of ROOSEVELT,
the event will have more terrors for the
Republican leaders than for any other
Of the people" These unmentioned,
and perhaps uncomfortable, Republican
leaders must have an instructive" aver
sion TO an instructive Democrat.
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= Two NIiilAOnaires.

Mr.. RUSSELL SAGE, who kept his eighty
seventh birthday yesterday by working
at his Office as usual, has genius for long
life, business and mnding his own bust
ness. A money-lender is not apt to be
popular character. Mr.. SAGE does not
seek to be popular. He seeks to loan his
money at the best advantage. Business
is his pleasure; and his devotion to that
pleasure seems to give him ample salts
faction. The preachers OF the gospel
Of relaxation must look at him with
averted eyes, His is a vigorous and
sound old age, attained in the teeth OF
their rules. He has not diversified his
pursuits. He cares for no expensive
toys and diversions He makes money
for the sake Of making it. He does not
make it to spend it or give it away. His
tastes are simple a. his aim lis simple.
A man who does what he wants to and
keeps on doing 1t with undiminished de-
light ia an artist in living. however mar
row or unattraotive his scheme Of life
may seem to the majority.
Mr.. CARNEGIE is resolved not 20 die
rich. Mr. SAGE il resolved not 10 die
poor. Such is the differing effect Of
wealth upon differing temperaments. Mr..
SAGE plods along, content with his own
way. The sentimental sociologists who
have notion that it is the duty of a rich
man to make restitution to society
are disappointed in him. Indeed, he
has missed many glorious opportunities
which the great Pittsburg philanthropist
has seized with prehensile hand.
Mr.. SAGE has no literary laurels. He
has not made triumphant Democracy
more triumphant by writing about it.
He has done little or nothing for brick
and mortar and the building trades. He
has lent no helping hand to art and archi-
lecture. He has not stood like break
water Of steel against the tide of i'm
perialism" Deep in his own affairs, he
has not sought to warn, discomfort and
command his fellow citizens. Save by
example he has failed to stimulate per-
sons less forehanded than himself to
cultivate habits OF frugality. He might
if he would, make them saving by build
ing bookless palaces Of books, the fur
nishing and maintenance Of which would
require an increase Of taxation and so
impress upon future generations the
fact that knowledge is power and worth
paying for.
In short, however pleasing Mr.. SAGE 8
conduct of life may be to himself, he has
missed not only much worldwide fame,
but that constant self-apfiause which
must cheer Mr.. CARNEGIE in his struggles
to divest himself of his possessions. Mr..
SAGE lends money. Mr.. CARNEGIE gives
himself away to humanity.
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women as Wage Farmers.

According TO statistics OF the London County
Council there are In London 2,a3a, Asa females Of
whom 40. 39l are wage earners. More than half
million are unmarried The occupations followed
by these female workers arc said 10 cover the
whole range OF employment.
These statistics are remarkable as showing how
large proportion OF the work done In the world s
greatest city is carried on BY women.
Tho suggestion that the entrance OF women into
so many lines Of work Is 10 the detr'ment OF the
other sex and OF the industrial situation Is plainly
fallacious The enlistment OF the gentler sex In the
ranks OF wage Gamers increases tho aggregate
production and adds greatly 10 the total wealth
OF tho world, The drawbacks are not economic.
but social. That there should be more than half
a million grown women in the city OF London un
married and engaged in daily toll does not argue
a normal condition Of society. The situation may
not be so extreme In our American cities but Is
rapidly becoming 80.
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The Naval MaMGuvres.

Nothing is easier than to ridicule a
thing which is not perfectly under
stood. Therefore the casual listener
hears a good deal of fun poked qt the
naval man9uvres which are now in
progress off our northern coast. Ad-
miral SANDS has gone to sea with three
battleships and two destroyers, and no
one is TO try to find him till noon to-day.
When the sun is on the meridian to-day
Admiral BARKER and his feet may steam
out in search OF the enemy and try to
prevent him from establishing base
somewhere between PASSPORT and Cape
Ann.
Last year when similar manR,lvres
took place many people regarded them
as amusing. and when the enemy was
caught without any difficulty laughed
heartily over the entire matter. The
problem OF last year was not favorable
to the enemy" while that of the present
year gives him some opportunity to dis
tinguish himself. The stretch of coast
between the limits is long and varied.
There are several places where good
naval base might be established, and con-
sequently it is not possible for The com
handing officer Of the defending feet
to steam leisurely to the harbor where
the enemy il certain to arrive and calmly
wait for him.
The contest becomes chiefly one Of wit
between the two commanders. Each
must try to fathom the others thoughts.
Admiral SANDS must endeavor 10 con-
struct for himself Admiral BARKER 3
line Of reasoning and to arrive at that
Commanders conclusion as TO the point
at which an attempt will be made to as
tablish base, and then he must proceed
to select another place. lie must do
this, too, while taking into consideration
the fact that Admiral BARKER is trying
to foresee in what way Admiral SANDS
will construct his opponents line of rea-
soning and what measures he can take
10 upset il.
While the two commanders are TRYING
10 read one anothers minds, the officers
and men of the two squadrOns will he
thoroughly exercised in their duties in
conditions exactly such as prevail in the
time of actual warfare. The man9uvres
az a whole are merely preliminary TO the
larger ones which are to take place later
in the month, when the army and navy
are to unite in the attack and defence Of
Portland. 1t is by exercise in the larger
tactics of this kind that the offensive and
defensive skill of foreign officers il devel-
oped, and no one who is acquainted with
the benefits to he derived from ii will deny
that our soldiers and sailors have not had
nearly enough Of it. The revelations of
defects in vessels, in transportation
systems. commissariat and equipments,
to say nothing Of the experience gained
by officers, are worth the expense of such
manHuvres ten times over.
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The GIories Of Martha. Vineyard.

To THE EDITOR or The SUNSir! May Inform
the "Nantuckcter" who recently wrote 10 The SUN
expo, sing his ignorance OF Marthas Vineyard. that
Cottage City bears about the same relation 10 this
magnificent island that cocktail does TO good
dinner What does he know OF Dukes county.
he who has only viewed the little settlement OF
gingerbread cottages from the deck of the boat
steamng from Wood Hole TO his barren sand
heap out OF sea-
Dukes county comprises the aueenly Islands OF
Elizabeth where Bartholomew Gosnod founded the
rrst colony OF Northern Virginia. Five Islands are
Cuttyhunk. Pcnlkesc. Nashawena. Pasaue and Nau-
shon known the length and breadth Of the United
Statcs to those who go down to the TO struggle
y,ththe xamy sea bass. There is also Nomansland
where Archer. tho chronlcler OF Gosnold'S voyage
wrote that the GOLDFISH s"tter than those caught
of the Cape Cod shore and 30 they have been these
three hundred years.
Msrtbss Vineyard. the statellest. queeniiest
island Of the group Is termed by Prof. Shaler tho
American Isle OF Wight and he bonored the British
island hy thc comparison To measure Msrtha's
Vineyard by a Methodist camp meeting ground
Strcaked with tar absorbing the suns rays all day
and radiating them all night, Is ignorance, Send
The SUNS correspondent, TO Vineyard Haven. with
It's Lake fash moo rvall'ng Killarney In Its beauty
Tell him 10 visit quaint Edgartown. the home Of
whaling captains who were high hook. Let him
drive up TO West Tisbury nesting among the hills
Sankaty light Will pale into lnslgnihcance As he
stands on the gorgeous cf's OF Gay Head, Call his
attention to Wchhataaua. Chappaauonsctt, Max
onixry ScnqsEontacket Cape Page Ray, Chap
paaulddIc Poncha Pond. Katama. Pohogonut
Mattakccset, Watchka, Wlntuekct WasqIc Bluff
T,ssissas Deep Bottom Cave, Quansuc, ouinnames.
Tyasouah River Wesquahesaue Guns. sdulbnocke,
Keephickon and Mrncmsha.
When he has visited these spots he will begin to
learn OF tho sories OF Marthas Vineyard.
Then let him 20 10 Iobstervillc.
NORTH IIsHuRy Aug, 2. NNFYARpER.
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According to Report From Finance
Department Experts.

Deputy Comptroller Stevenson made
public yesterday report complied by
James f. Mckinney, chief of the bureau
Of law and adjustment. and Jeremiah I.
Mahoney of the audit department OF the
Finance Department, concerning the leases
Of the piers at the foot Of West Seventy
ninth and Ninety-sixth streets. granted
by the Tammany Dock Board TO the New
York Contracting and Trucking Company,
in which Alderman James f. Gafrney and
John j. Murphy, brother OF Tammany
Leader Charles j. Murphy. are Interested.
These are the two piers which are alleged
to have been let to Gafrney and Murphys
company at mere nominal" rental. Dis
trict Attorney Jerome is probing the CIR
cumstances surrounding the deal together
with the relationship OF Gdhney 10 the
company, he having been an Alderman
when the company got the lease Tor the
piers.
Messrs. Mckinney and Mahoney say
nothing az to the interest that Gatfney
and Murphy may have had in the leases.
but they state that the rentals charged
by the old board for the two piers were
reasonable when comparison il made with
the rentals received for other similar piel
on the North River.
A'S >N'iib"by pays vi,-uV va W.
Seventy-ninth street pier and 5000 for the
Ninety-sixth street pier. The report says
that there are only three other piers on the
North River leased at yearly rentals OF
less than $4,000. 1t is pointed out, how
ever, that most Of these more expensive
piers have been covered in by the city,
and that when the expense of these i'm
provements ia taken into consideration,
the city derives a greater proportion OF
revenue from the Seventy ninth and Ninety,
sixth street piers than from the shielded
piers. The report also says that the other
piers are, under the terms Of their leases,
for the exclusive use of said lessees. where's
the Seventy ninth street and Ninety-sixth
street piers may he used by the public TO-
certain purposes upon payment OF the legal
fees for said Use. The report concludes:
II would, therefore seem. in view Of ~
amin.r Deegan = report and upon II con.id
Grafton Of the dates of the execution Of thI
lease in question that the rentals obtained
by the city for the West Seventy-nnth street
and West Ninety-siNth street >piers resp-c-
lively are reasonable, when sand rentals are
com Jared 10 the rentals obtained by the city
for other piers Owned by the city along the
North Eivrr front.
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.ATTJ'E BAKER Oywap
An Essay 10 Explain l1ls Failure TO Mama
Cadet Tor Naval Academy

WASHINGTON, Aug. THE action %
Representative Baker Of Brooklyn in
refusing 10 accept railroad pass has re-
called to the attention Of the officers ~
the Navy Department the conduct Of Mr.
Baker in regard to the selection of n cado,
to represent his Congress district in the
Naval Academy at Annapolis
Mr.. Baker is on record in the Navy De.
r'N tment as having failed to make any re-.
ply to the courteous communications Of
Secretary Moody informing him Of his priv.
ileGe TO name candidate for the Academy
and 1t finally became necessary for Score.
tary Moody 10 make the select ion, as Mr.
Baker failed TO do 40 by June 1903 Among
those who We're interested in the candidates
was Postmaster Roberts of Brooklyn, who
wrote Mr.. Baker in behalf OF Arthur Stewart
OF Brooklyn. Mr.. Baker responded to Post.
master Roberts's letter as follows
As have been suffering with an almost
continuous headache for over a month and
II IL yet with me, | am in no condition to
make logical reply, TO yours IN re the neces-
TO say that most emphnticnlly differ from
those who mainta IN that war IL unavoidable
TO my mind. II is as morally cowardly for
n nation to make such plea as its eXcls.
for training men TO the art OF murder as II ~
was for individuals to contend that Their
honor ~ required that almost any aNron,.
however trivial, should be wiped ont IN blood
by duel
TO me moral cowardce is much loss es
cusuble than physical cowardce, and We
the American people. could do no greater
service to humanity everywhere than BY
openly condenning war and warlike prep
arations and stating that We would not b.
parties TO any war unless an actual attack
were made on the United States by force OF
arms. | regret my inability to reply nj
greater length. Yours truly.
ROBERT BAKER
This letter was sent 10 the Navy Depart
ment by Postmaster Roberts, and soon
after JUNE 1 Secretary Moody selected a.
naval cadet from Mr.. Bakers distrc,
George W, Simpson son Of Lieut. Col.
W, 4. Simpson Of the army.
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A Criticism OF the Police.

To rHR EDITOR OF THE SUN--,St,; In the case OF
the accident in the Bronx yesterday TO the boy who
fell from the elevated structure was not the wrong
arrest made when the brother OF the victim was
taken prisoner
the use of reason land think the large majority
OF our New York police belong to that class) 10
shout n small boy SO dangerously situated as this
hoy was Something should be done TO moderate
In the heart OF man the base passion TO show au 81
thor,ty" j. r. SHEEHY.
RECroHY OF st. VINCENT DE PAUL. NEW YORK,
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POpo Plus K.

The election OF Cardinal GIUSEPPE
SARTo, Patriarch OF Venice, az the sue
cessor Of LEO XIII. in the chair of st
PETER must be as wholly satisfactory to
Roman Catholics as it is to people out.
side that communion.
The new Pope's personal character il
Of the very highest. His reputation has
grown entirely within the domain oil
Church life. He had marked himself
out as a true Bishop by the excellent
administration and the reforms intro
duced in his patriarchate. He is in no
sense a political Pope, though he has
shown at times independence in dealing
with the State. History, however. shows
that it ia quite possible that PIus Y. may
prove more conservative than Cardinal
SARTo.
Though chosen as compromise can
didate, undoubtedly, the compromise
has consisted in the yielding of extreme
views in Church matters, not in the sacri-
flee Of candidates of higher merit. Car
dinal SARTo's name had been often men
toned in late years as an ideal candidate,
but his chances were held to be slight,
for he could only be elected through the
failure OF parties In the college to
get the upper hand, and his independent
character made it unlikely that they
should unite on him.
There is little likelihood that the rela-
tions between the Holy See and Italy will
be changed materially, for the present,
at any rate, though Cardinal SARTo,
belonging to generation in which the
temporal power has been only tradi-
ton, has shown at times that he was
more ready to accept actual facts than
the court OF Rome has been.
Plus X. is not an old man as Popes go,
IS years, the age of his predecessor at his
accession. This offers the probability
Of long career for him in the Papacy,
even if it be too much to expect that his
reign will be as prolonged as that of
LEO XIII
The prophecy of MALAcAY" describes
the new Pope as ignis ardens: Plus X.
may we'll be a burning flame in the best
sense for the Church.
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TO sTOP UNION INTIMIDATION.
Jersey City Company VIII Ask for an In.
lunctI0n AGAINST strikers.

The Theodore Smith & Sons Com
pany, machinss in Hudson street,
Jersey City, have decided to apply to the
New Jersey Court Of Chancery for an III
junction restraining walking delegates and
union men from annoying employees who
have taken strikers places in the machine
shops. Charles Smith says that workmen
are harassed night and day by strikers who
urge them TO give up their jobs. A system
Of espionage has been established and
the men are held up on the streets and
trolley cars by union men, who abuse when
argument fails.
Mr smith says that in two years 1907
men who have been brought TO Jersey
City to work in Smith & Sons Company
shops have been compelled by outside
interference to give up their jobs.