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The sun., 1903-11-12
An AsIatIc's Warning,

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN--.Str: This evening
was passing through Broadway. and feeling hun
cry entered one OF the restaurants near Thirteth
street. Coming from the continent Of Asia. was
not aware of the Intensity OF racial feeling that has
penetrated completely through society In this
country. waited n my scat for twenty minutes.
nnd the maid servants who were attending upon
everybody at my table, took no notice OF me al all
When the young woman came to receive orders from
A gentleman who came after me, ! asked her TO at
tend to my order She looked at me with q con.
,cmp,uous air and OF, she went. without paying the
slightest attention to me After sitting a little
longer had TO come out from the place as hungry
as entered
When the women OF a community are so much de-
prlycd OF kindly sentiments and good graccs of
humanity It Is time that the leaders OF thought In
this country should wake up and arrest the progress
Of the dangerous passions that may lead the nation
into anarchy II Is the duty of religion to see to
the moral elevation OF the nation, but the religion OF
this country presents false notion OF God which hos
driven the people from, God and consequently from
all ethical obligations.
have no III fccllnc toward the poor girl who is
IN. product o; the abnormal cond tonS that prevail
In this lana the ircc. NO country on the face nf
the earth Is so blessed as this country is, but no
country is passing through such grave crisis as
the United States OF America Is. Let US rise to the
situation before II win be too late.
NEW YORK. Nov. 10. AN AslATIo.
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NO WASHDAY THANKSGIVING.
A New England Housewife Wants the
Feast on saturday.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-S1: !
ina glne that all those who have written on
the subject OF Monday thanksgiving" are
men folks" Now, the women folks. cooks
and housekeepers, certainly are Of vast i'm
portance on Thanksgiving Day. Will the
majority ofthem be willing to give UP their
"washday' to celebrate Thanks giving? More
important still, will they be willing to give
up their church day to prepare for the feast'
Much Of the preparation must be made on
the day before. This, with company arriv-
ing on Saturday afternoon and meals to pre-
pare for them on Sunday, would make 1t any
thing but day OF rest. or church going.
for the housekeeper. l was born and raised
in New England. and l assure you that in
res pect to church going on Sunday and WASH
ing on Monday. the thrifty women OF those
good old States are as "sot IN their ways as
ever their ancestors We're.
/ venture to predict that II Thanksgiv-
ing Day is changed to Monday the result
will be that each State or group OF States,
as New England, the Middle states. DC. viii
away with our national Thanksgiving Day
a result that would be deplorabl ble-
But why not celebrate Thanksgiving on
Saturday? Sunday, then. would be day
Of for 'hSss who haye tsa
cooks and housekeepers especially would
it be day Of rest as the remains of the feast
OF the day before could be utilized for sun
day dnT % tbe fdsy sd so sn or
that this plan OF, Saturday Thankssiying
would meet with the approval OF most OF
the women Of our land-ths was1ains ana
WeeK. the remainder Of the time to tidy UP"
anu pfepA' ''' ~ Mrs. 4. r. JOHNSON.
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Democracy. Great Ohio Triumph.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SCN-Sir: Tho
great Democratic victory Of Tuesday last was
not In Maryland nor was 1t In Rhode Island
nor was it even in New York city, with it's
overw whelmine majority for the Democrat
Mcclellan. The real Democratic triumph
was In Ohio. In Ohio all these diseases which
since 1900 have laid the Democratic party low
were in the last campaign the vital issues on
which appeal was made to the electorate.
The Democrats OF Ohio we're asked to say
at the polls that these diseases were Democ-
racy and that the old standards OF party
health were diseases. The Democrats OF
Ohio swamped that proposition with deluee
which, for the Buckeye State at least has
washed it away for all time. Never was there
a more wholesome blood letting than that
which followed the surgical cutlery that was
Inserted by Democrats into the Democratic
ticket here on the Sd Of November last. The
Democracy in Ohio may just now appear
little weak and shaky from the ordeal. but It's
system is cleansed OF blood tants which were
lethal If not exterminated. The party Of the
Old Roman, Allen G. Thurman. is purged and
purified now. We look for a swift GONZALES
cence and a speedy restoration to old time
vigor and energy.
is whnh adsfa ped on M al the TdeuIous majority
against the Hon, Tom johnson were three IN
number :, ,...,. ~,
Bryan's personality into the campaign.
Second, there was the issue OF municipal
ownership Of public utilities. r.,,
Third. there was the Henry Georse-iom
As to this last. it should be said that II was
not leeitimately an issue, 1t was Mr., john
son who dragged it in by the heels and made
it such. When he was, charged with being
single he not nosyDn sny admted the 1sot
IN IN other tiv" words, he talked single tax from
one end of the State to the other
with the proposition for a, municipal electric
lighting plant in Cleveland, which was voted
on and defeated MIR, johnson in his speeches
up and down the State took pains to explain
municipal ownership Of all public utilities.
If there was anything wanting after this
Populstic propaganda to bring out the bowie
knives of the old line Democracy, 1t was
the active efforts Of Mr.. Bryan. He came
to u.s. Kansas City platform and all, and he
made speeches, and every speech sent scores
OF Democrats souttling to the Republican
Does any sane person believe that there
in the State of Ohio than. there are Demo-
Gratis? Rubbish! Tom johnson and Bryan
on the Sd OF November by Democratic votes
II was the greatest Democratic victory since
1892. IL points the way in letters mile high
to the path and the only path which leads
That's why ! say that the great Demo-
cratic triumph of the Sd of November was
not in Maryland nor Rhode Island nor in
the city of New York, but that it was right
tore of. scattered right and left and tramplcd
in the mud for once and forever the last
vestiges of those fantastic rags which Bryan
and his crew of incura bes succeeded In hang
OHIO DEMOCRAT.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. Nov 8.
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To Gown the I.AMNPra.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: cowl
does not make a monk but apparel oft pro-
claims the man. and the good sense OF our
judiciary in recognizing themselves, and
causing others to recognize. the sacredness
and dignity Of the judicial office by vesting
themselves appropriately has met the indorse-
ment of all sensible citizens. This world is
swayed for good or for evil more by senti-
ment than logic. and until we become mere
calculating machines, We shall always be
strongly Influenced by appearances. The
sam. arguments there are many good
and unanswerabe ones-which were urged
for the Tobng of the judiciary apply with
equal force to this plea Of mine that lawyers.
while trying cases in our courts of record.
should wear the simple, impressive academic
gown which adds so much to the dignity OF
the English barrister and the French orocdt,
OF course. our % Court OF OF Appeals -, might d s oe
might sit, If they saw flt in u minstrel SEMI
circle. Both Judges and lawyers might
smoke cigars, cigarettes and pipes during the
tend that with such democratic unconven-
tionnlty the Judges would be just rs wise,
now: but thinking men know that familiarity.
or lack of dignity. breeds contempt among
all sorts and conditions OF men. An Arch
While wearing tourist suit and n red necktie;
but the same sermon would have added i'm
prcssiveness even to the most matter Of fact
layman, If the prelate was robed in ecclcsasti-
cal yestments.
The lawyer is not only a member Of a
learned profession: he Is an officer OF the
court He should minister in the temple Of
Justice with every con vcnient reminder of he
dignity OF his calling II counsel were be-
cominely robei they would be marked men.
and with the simple dignity of their academic
gown would come more personal pride, which
= another name for srlf-respect, more pride
Of profession and more effort TO be worthy of
our noble calling,
shall content myself by closing this plea
for the gown" by asking those members Of the
local bar who read II to give nv humble sug-
eestlons their careful consideration.
HyACINTHE RINGRosE.
The sun., 1903-11-12
The Wealth OF Canada.

The distinguished English statstician,
wealth of Canada at $3.50 ooO 600 This
is wealth per capita Of nearly $3.50. The
same authority estimates the wealth per
capita of the United States as SIS.
The Toronto Globe of Nov makes an
appeal for home investment, and submits
the fact that Canadian banks now hold
100000, 900 on deposit as an evidence of
Canada's financial ability to take advan-
tage of all Canadian opportunities for
development and investment. 1t dep
recates the use Of Canadian money for
speculation in Wall Street. and protfers
the very sound advice that such money
be invested in dividend paying securities
at home.
Canadian bank stocks are, in general,
a sound and excellent investment. The
branch bank system obtains, and some
forty chartered institutions conduct
more than 900 banks throughout the
Dominion, nearly one-haf of them being
In the Province of Ontario. Wherever
there is a promise of profit bank is
opened. A town is evolved from vii
lage, and assumes commercial proper
tons. A bank speedily appears to help
it alcng, and to earn mCney by doing so.
The central offices of the large banks are
in constant touch with their branches,
and surplus or requirement in any section
is known at once and at all times. The
distribution of money according to need
is thus facilitated, and financial equilib-
rum is maintained throughout the land.
The authorized bank capital of Canada,
on Jan. of this year, was $s3,332 588, of
which s72, ,795, ,440 was paid up. Banks are
allowed to issue notes for circulation to
an amount equal to their paid up capital
Notes in circulation on Jan. amounted
to s6O,574144. Additional circulation is
provided under an act which allows the
Government to issue $40, 600 600 in Domin-
ion notes upon gold reserve, or it's equiv
alent, of 25 per cent. For all notes issued
in excess Of that amount the Govern
ment must hold dollar for dollar in gold
Fifteen millions Of the Dominion notes
thus stand upon the general credit of the
country, "h!ic thc ba!arSt ,f circulating
medium, bank and national, is practically
an asset currency.
Whether the Canadian system of branch
banks and note security would work sue
oessfully in the United States is, perhaps
doubtful, but it has certainly stood the
test OF Canadian needs. Canada's wealth
has increased very rapidly during recent
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some spanking, always remembering,
however, that spanking Malays is a
process which calls for very sound judg-
ment in it's application. II Gen. WooD
has been at fault in his methods or in
his manners, he should be called to order
and sent to some less delicate COM
mand. What the country now requires
Is men who will get on with the natives
of Sulu as did BATES, KoBBE, SWEET,
and others. II Gen. WOOD cannot do
that, he should be recalled. The country
will await with interest an explanation
of the new situation in Jolo.
The sun., 1903-11-12
TIE LIQUOR TAX Law.
A Plea for an Honest and lnteiiiseht
Enforcement or the statute.

To THE EpIToR OF The SUS--Sir: Practi-
caly all OF the candidates for public once
at the recent election recorded themselves
as favoring a change in the law re&uiat'hg
the sale Of liquor in this city mayor Low
seemed to incline to the enactment OF ioeai
option law for the city. Mr. Mcclellan po-
sition was less clear, for he expressed nimseil
as being generally In favor OF liberal law
or q liberal enforcement" OF the existins
law Other candidates marked their posi-
tions on the matter, definitely or vaguely Inc
one thing in which nearly all agreed was that
some change in the present statute Is necessary
for the welfare Of New York city.
As a matter Of hard fact, the present law
permits the sale OF liquor under restrictions
liberal enough to satisfy the legitimate needs
OF the community. No III person. no in)ureo
person, and no cOnvivial person 10 deprived
of the liquor necessary TO comfort OF happi-
ness, at any hour or In any place. kestaur-
ants, saloons and drug shops provide LOT the
necessities OF the community among those
who use liquor as beverage ana those VINO
use 1t as a medicinal agent. The statute
governing the sale Of liquor is not perfect
nor can we expect 1t to be amended TO per
fection but it is in itself good enough 70 serve
needs Of the s0%munlty od Is
The weakness of the New ork State method
of handling the liquor question is not n the
The law provides for the sale OF liquor TO
proper persons at all times except on sun
days should there be need OF excuse for them
to buy It, II provides for the granting OF
licenses only to proper persons Ior proper
establishments. IS provisions are gooo.
Its execution is bad. ,
There have never been twenty-four hours
when the various departments on whicn rests
the responsibility OF enforcing the Liadif2,r Lanif,
Tax law have cooperated In a sincere. ntelll-
gent and honest effort to enforce every one
OF its provisions. Immunity from some OF
its sections has been granted through cor
rupton or careless practices to one or an
other favored perso on among those whose busi-
ness II ls designed to regulate, This is no
torious, a patent fact. one which every Cd,
servant citizen Of New York Is fully Informed
upon.
as good as any law could be thus executed
The most gifted lawmaker could furnish h9
code better for community which tn would would
would have no better results II i were en-.
forced as the present law Is: The truth is
that the law is not enforced In New YORK
parts and sections Of 1t are ignored by the
authorities. The result is that the re gulation
OF the liquor traflc In New YORK city Is un-
satisfactory. Could IT be otherwise?
Before we rush to the lie stature for new
Liquor Tax law the present one should 90
enforced properly. When that has been
done the faults Of the law will be known and
an intelligent effort can be made TO remedy
them Until it is done no one .T's viii oh5 R9ow "
amending It we shall be trying to patch a
entirety, j. w. l..
NEW YopK. Noy.7
The sun., 1903-11-12
TOO Late for Appeals From Colombia

1t is obvious that our State Depart
ment cannot entertain further overtures
from Colombia.
Colombia had her opportunity, and
deliberately threw it away. She no
longer Possesses anything to negotiate
about. The natives of the lsthmus
have resumed the independence of which
they have been robbed repeatedly by
brute force. Their disruption of the tie
by which, against their will, they we're
fastened to the Republic of Colombia is
entirely justifable. They have far bet
ter grounds for seeding from Colombia
than Venezuela had in 1920 or than
Ecuador could allege in 1890. The coun-
try which used to be known as New
Granada has no such preScriptive right
to its constituent provinces as eighty
years of unbroken unity had given in
1851 to the American Republic, founded
in 1778 and first Constitutionally organ
lied in 1881. 1t is preposterous, there
FORE to compare the present position Of
the Bogota Government with that occu-
pied by the upholders of the American
Union at the outbreak of our Civil War
Not only is the secession of Panama war
ranted BY the precedcnts of Venezuela
and Ecuador, to which we have just re-
ferred, but the existing political entity
of which the usurper President MARRo-
oUIN is the ostensible head, has nothing
in common with the polity with which
Panama was originally Incorporated and
which was recognized b. the United
States in 1926 Since chat date the or
ganic law of Colombia has been changed
a dozen times, and the latest Constitu
ton, that of 1888, has not been operative
since July 81, 1900, when NicePresident
MARRooUIN deposed and imprisoned the
legitimate President, DR.. SANCLEMENTE.
What possible claim has the unlawful
Government which for some three years
has been installed at BoGota on the ale
glance of the State of Panama?
AS we have formerly pointed out, the
inhabitants of the Republic Of Panama,
to whom the completion of the canal
begun by the French company is
matter of life or death, had one very
much more direct reason for proclaiming
their independence than had the thirteen
American Colonies in 1873, or than Texas
had in 1895 We should be guilty of a
crime should we again connive at their
forcibie subjection to the Colombian
yoke. They are free, and never ought
they to be robbed Of their freedom
through completely on the part of the
United States. They cannot be deprived
of their independence, unless we permit
Colombia to make a cockpit of the 18TH
mus, and such permission could not be
reconcilable with our duty to civilization
and humanity.
Colombia's willingness to accept the
Hay-Herran treaty should have been
shown while the subject of the treaty
lay under her jurisdiction. The canal
franchise, for which we were ready to
pay munifcently, she is no longer able
to concede The true owners of the 18TH
mus, the people of the State of Panama,
have seen fit to reclaim their heritage.
We should not be accessories in an at
tempt to disposscss them by violence.
The sun., 1903-11-12
ROEBLING BILL CUT $4,000
For BeinE Half a Year Late With Bridge
Cables-COmpany VIII Sue City.

When the Roebling's Sons Company hn-
ished stringing the cables Of the Williams
burg Bridge there was balance due to them
on their contract Of $2s2,ooo. The contract
provided that for every days delay in fn-
ishing the work on time the company should
be subjected TO a fine OF $1,000. The COM
pany had two extensions OF time, but the
cables were not completed until It's days
after the limit named in the second extern
sion Bridge Commissioner Lindenthal de-
Quoted STE, ,OO0 and 357, 900 was sent to the
Roeblings few days ago from the Comp
troller's Office.
The check was returned yesterday with
the intimation that the company will sue
for the whole amount and that its failure
to live up to the time clauses Of the con-
tract was due to long delay Of Others in
furnishing the bridge towers and cable
anchorages.
The sun., 1903-11-12

The police buneed another Job this week,
failed to keep order at wedding and testi-
fed again to the utter Incompetence that
rules and directs them The department Is
made up to-day OF the same material that
was used so effectively to preserve order
and protect all the citizens from danger at
great public festivals such IA the Dewey
celebration and the sound m oney parade of
1900 New Workers can be thankful that the
opening of the Williamsburg Bridge will
not be the ma, ional affair the opening of tie
Brooklyn Bridge was for the present Police
Commissioner would then have an oppor-
tunity to exhibit his inefflciency to the whole
nation.
The sun., 1903-11-12
A New Story From Jo!o.

Until quite recently, JOlO mas Deen
one OF our most successful experiments
in the government Of alien races. The
island is one of natures beauty spots,
and our relations with the people OF
Sultan KIRAIN, and of Datto JoKAIN1N
and Datto CALvI, have been amicable,
and in fair measure cordial, for four
wears. Now we hear that a fight is
probable, if not certain
We do not wish to be uncharitable
or premature in our judgment Of the
matter. but it seems quite certain that
something is wrong, and that some one
is responsible for it. Under military
control, matters progressed smoothly
and without serious trouble. The re-
cent establishment of a form of civil
government, with Gen. LEONARD WooD
as Governor, appears to have inaugu-
rated less satisfactory system, and the
new Governor reports troubles which
do not seem to have been encountered
by his predecessors.
We can see only two possible reasons
for the new situation. Either change
of control has been too frequent, or
the wrong man has been sent to the
place. English officials Of long ex-
perience in dealing with quite the same
element in neighboring lands unite in
emphasizing the importance of not only
general but, as far as possible, a per-
sonal acquaintance with the native
people on the part Of their Governor.
tafn n -
association with either the masses or
their leaders. The successful attitude
is perhaps best described as that of
Just and firm though benevolent pater-
nalism. To achieve this involves a
little time and experience, and frequent
changes of their immediate ruler gives
no opportunity for the establishment
of confidence and mutual understand
ing. The confidence of the Moros is
easily won by tactful conduct, but sus-
picion is easily reused and is allayed
with difficulty.
The early Governors Of Jolo, first
Major PRATT. then Col. GOoDALE, with
Major SWEET following him, as local
commanders and Gen BATES, Gen.
KoBBE, and Gen. DAVIS as depart
ment commanders, all met with entire
success in their relations with the Jolo
people. Some trouble arose with the
more barbaric tribes of Mindanao, but
Jolo remained an example in insular
administration to which we could and
did point with pride" Loaded with
the la,lrels of his Cuban experience,
and fresh from an exhaustive study
of the methods employed by colonial
powers in the Far East, Gen. LEONARD
WooD assumed charge Of our interests
among the Moros.
The dispatches which report the i'm
pending trouble arc brief. They do
not state whether the difficulty is due
to the innate cts scdneIs Of the natives,
or whether il is ohargcable to Il display
of that same lack OF tact and adapt
ability which wGs the occasion Of Con.
, Noops failure, in Cuba, 20 secure the
cooperation Of the Cuban people in his
misdirectcd efforts for the promotion
of their welfare.
! If the native people are culpable, it
NAV be both desirable and necessary
to treat them \. proper and whole
The sun., 1903-11-12

The Hon. EDMUND WINSTON PETTUs Of
Alabama and the United States Senate,
ia q native of Limestone county. and will
complete his cighty-third year two days
after the next Fourth Of July, Looking
back over the incidents Of a life record
that includes service in two wars, a horse
back trip to California in 40 membership
in the Democratic party for two genera
tions and some odd moments devoted to
the practice Of law, Mr. PETTus declares:
MY habits. young man, have always been like
the vcrb--regular, Irregular and defective. begad
sir"
Regular in politics irregular in devotion
to his profession. but defective in what?
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r..u.t. Elections and Woman Suffrage.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sfr: Mary o'connor
replying to my question what, II any greater PIC.
for woman suffrage could be had than the recent
Nev Work election says that "Tammany voters
have wives swecthearts and sisters"
She Is quite right. and calls to notice the TACT tna
thousands OF women dIsgraced by such relatives
Blu, lust so surely as know that the vast majority
OF drunkards mcn.that the vast maJor''E "'
those who desert their helpless children are me
fathers inst s, surely may we expect that even As
IL is the mother who stands between the drnlEen
father and the children. the mother who strives TO
support those whom the father has deserted even
So when she gets the ballot, we may expect hel
to cas-, II in favor Of such government as S'HNes
nro,ec, her sons and daughters, whose ruin 'o-ds7
,hc,r father does his utmost to accomplish
MARGUERiTg Du PoST LBB.
The sun., 1903-11-12
COLUMBUS. oh
To Punish the Non-yoters,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-.Sir: Last winter
a, Albany there was law enacted which provides
that citizens who fail to register shall he the rst
amcnabe to jury duty. This law apparently has
increased the registration. but not the vote. In
looking the election hgurcs find that In this
city the total registration was 829.ls8. OF whom
as sci about Is per cent, did not cast their ballots.
The effect OF the present law be likencd to the
enlistment OF soldiers who. when the battle day
comes. viii not hght. 1t seems to me that the law
should deal with the nonvotcrs, and In my opinion
they ough, to he heavily fined
NEW YORK, Nov. II. GEORGE FESTRICK