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Vice-Presidenttal.

Our contemporary the Chicago Post
discusses somewhat vaguely the limited
functions of the Vice-President under
the present system of administration,
and then declares that change is "emi-
nently desirable, if not absolutely NEG
essary." 1t remarks
The time has come to make radical chanee In
the posi,ion occupied by the cePres'dens OF tne
United States. Tho Constitution simply provioes
that the Vice President shall preside over the SEN
ate and succeed to the Presidency In certain con-
,lngencles There 1t stops"
As far as We can make out our con-
temporary's notion Of the change that Is
eninently desirable if not absolutely
necessary in the case OF the Vioe-fresi-
dent it is that he ought to have, first,
seat at Cabinet meetings and a share IN
Cabinet deliberations, and, secondly a
recognized place rs the expounder and
defender of Government policies before
the people
That is, the vice-President should
attend Cabinet meetings as regularly
as any of the Cabinet ofncers' ano ne'
rather than the President, should be the
one to go forth and swing the circle anu
do the speechmaking.
If that is all, no amendment OF the
Constitution is required. No change
whatever ia needed in the statutes. All
that is necessary is that the Chief Execu-
tive shall invite the Vioe-President to
Cabinet meetings and shall send him
forth to the country, from time to tlme'
az the recognized spokesman OF the
Administration.
There is nothing in the Constitution or
the laws to prevent the immediate ac-
complishment of this radical change in
the position occupied by the Vice-Presl-
dent himself. 1t depends wholly upon
the President 1t could be done to-mor-
row. but for the circumstance that there
is at this time no President to
aggrandize.
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nical. We might call It. as compared with
Dr.. PAyeeM's. that Christianity ia q via-
ible Church. with q saoerdotsl prisst-
hood Of q historical inheritance from
the Apostles, and that tho Anglican is
such a Church He does not touch the
main question as presented by DIR. PAT
TON. The Harvard theological profess
sor, however, takes issue with the Prince
ton theologian squsrely, in rejecting the
supernatural and miraculous element in
Christianity. He contends and teaches
that the facts of history are to be inter-
preted sin conformity with modern con-
oeptions of the universe and COPS rela-
ton to it,; with 4the universe as science
reveals it OF course, there can be no
such harmony with science unless the
miraculous element in Christianity is
removed and only u moral philosophy
is loft.
Such is the now theology Us it calls
itself; but how can it be theology with
out miracle and supernaturalism? II it
requires that Christianity shall be in
conformity with natural science, or with
the limitations of finite knowledge, it 10
not religion at all.
Practically, Prot. MOORE il an agnostic
He does not take Christianity on faith,
but requires that it shall be submitted to
scientific demonstration; yet, as DIR.
PATTON said, Christianity has no basis
~ . religion except that it is "a piece
Of information given supernaturaly and
mirsoulously,' far beyond the possible
sphere Of science. The new theology
IL not of the Christian religion. 1t belongs
in|the sphere Of religious infdelity.
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ucational Announcem ent.

From He Hpden Th0usandSttcks.
County Superintendent Brook has received the
following letter from applicant for position as
q school teacher In this county:
"Mr. H. NJ. Brock.
MY DEAR. FRIEND take Great Pleasure In writ
ing you. My Greatest Reason In Writing you. Is
to tind out Whether you have any Vacant Schools
or. not-l Would have Wrote you Sooner-but
had the Promise OF o School but as. time drew near
] got defested-also \ heard that you Written an
article and Sent out. for number. of rs teachers
III you have any Schools. that aren't. taken up
give me o Reply. at onco for II Is Growing Late in
season know that Examination Time Is Past bus
suppose you. have the Right 70 Grant License
En.tlelng Person TO Tcach.--I am not Real 40 :
quainted with you myself. but Father Seems to
Know you. and guess you Know him he goes by
the name. OF Preacher Taylor. In most Parts of tho
Country and the ono addressing you ls his Son. Wo
now Live In Whitley County but did Live In Harlan
an What II called Jesses Crock. II hsse things are
True. With Please. ans by Return Mail can Get
there and begin ~ once Ny address Is Goldbug Ky
Excuse
also have Brother that Wants 10 Teach II YOU,
have got the Schools Open for U.s. II all theseI have
Written you. Is Facts Please. answer. by. Return
Mall for Wo Want 10 get there Nghtway and began.
for. the End Of the yr 10 Expiring Fast
Your. ancctionate Friend
Name. FLOYD TAYLOR.
address Gold bug Kentucky"
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Germany In the Eastern Question

The attitude of Germany in the near
Eastern question has always been more
or less mysterious, and frequently con-
Trajectory. La the earlier period, when
Prussia stood as the exponent Of German
policy, that Government rendered inn
portant services to Russia.
During the war OF 1925 between Russia
and Turkey the Russian army was 80
pressed by the Turks and wasted by dis
ease that it became question whether
il would not have to retreat and abandon
the campaign entirely. The Emperor
NICHOLAS |. went on visit TO Berlin in
connection with his approaching mar
riage to the sister Of the King Of Prussia.
As a result OF conference between the
two sovereigns on the situation in Tur-
kew. couriers were hurried to the head
quarters of the Russian army on the
Danube and to the Prussian Ambassador
nj Constantinople. To the former there
went orders TO concentrate the whole of
the Russian forces and advance by rapid
marches toward the Turkish capital;
to the latter, Instructions to impress
upon the Porte, as soon as the Russian
army was nearing Constantinople, the
necessity of coming to erms with Russia
without delay.
The programme laid down at Berlin
was carried out to the letter. DIEBITsCH
who commanded the Russian army, made
the celebrated march across thF Balkans
that earned for him the Of BAL
KANskY,' and on his arrival at Adrian
ople he was met by Turkish commits
sioners. who signed the treaty Of that
name yielding to Russia all her demands.
The British Government, when it be-
came aware later OF the circumstances,
was furious and recalled its Ambassador
at Constantnople. 1t is interesting to
note that it was during this war that
Capt. Won MoLTKE, as Prussian military
attache with the Turkish army on the
Danube, first exhibited the talent for
military organization that welded the
German army into the instrument Of
conquest it afterward became.
During the Crirnean war OF 1s58-5e
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Comparing these averages with the
individual years is4O, 1850, 1850 and 1870
it would appear that we, RS people,
are less given to the use Of Intoxicating
liquor than were those of the generations
preceding US.
A different condition is shown in the
tables OF consumption Of malt liquors,
beer, ale, &c. With only one or two
breaks, beverages Of this class show a
constantly increasing use from year to
year for the last forty years. The total
consumption has increased from 62,%2,-
4eS gallons in 1853, to !, l,3Sl ,s75, ,4S7 gal
Ions in 1902. In point Of quantity. malt
liquors constitute 93 per cent, OF our
annual consumption of wines and IL
quors. The per capita consumption OF
these has increased from 1877 gallons in
1868 to 17.49 gallons in 1902. While there
Ia no doubt that the use Of beer and ale
has greatly increased among those who
may be classed as distinctly American,
there can be no question that the very
marked increase is to be attributed to
the immigration of the many thousands
of Germans and others who brought
with them the habit and the custom OF
beer drinking. The last thirty years
have brought us 2,5oOOoO immigrants
from Germany alone, and that number
Of Germans can account for a very con-
siderable beer consumption.
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Is HUNGARY ~ PERIL?
The Relstion M the Magyar Question 10
the Troubles Further South.

the Troubles Further South.
To rHE EDIVoR or The SUN-Sir' The
active interes. shown of late by the Em-
peror William in Hungary and Hungarian
affairs gave rise TO the suspicion in that
country that it was not wholly disinter-
ested His attitude has caused consider
able disquietude at Vienna and st, Peters,
burg
The German movement in Austria sensi-
bly, weakened the Triple Alliance by its
action on the Slavonic population OF Aus
trla and the Italians Of the Trentino' IL
also gave the Magyars of Hungary what
they thought was their opportunity to fx
their domination more firmly on the di-
vided nationalities that form the majority
Of the population Of that country. Hence
the confusion now prevailing in the rela-
tions between the two parts OF the dual
monarchy having the Emperor Francis
Joseph for their common sovereign. Hence
also, in all probability, the underlying
cause OF the persistence OF the moving
spirits In the revolutionary movement in
the Balkans in carrying on their work in
spite OF the threats and warnings OF Russia
and Austria and other European Govern
ments.
II does not appear that any OF the parties
to the disturbances in either Hungary or
the Balkans contemplated at any time the
possibility of an active German interven-
tion in their affairs. They will therefore
be all the more and disagreeably surprised
at the discovery that the Emperor William
has already planned to take very active
part In settling the more vexed questions
at this moment agitating the Danube and
the Balkan regions. 1t will be no advantage
for the Magyars Of Hungary to have fought
against the German language in the army
to find the German soldier perhaps ocou-
pying sarrisons in their country; but they
will render the possibility Of it a certainty
il thsy continue to insist on demands that
render them az obnoxious to the rest OF
the population of Hungary az they are
subversive of Hungarian independence in
the end
How absurd the Magyar pretensions to
force their language on the Hungarian
Army are Ia shown by the fact that out of
the forty-seven regiments Of the Hunga-
rian Army only four are wholly composed
Of Magyars; only three contain 70 per cent;
and six have 90 per cent Three other
regiments contain less than 10, and five
less than 20 per cent. Of Magyars. Six
others and the Croatian regiments contain
no MagyaFs at all, while the remaining
ones are composed almost entirely OF Slo-
vaks, Roumanians. Ruthenians and Saxons,
mixed in various proportions according
to locality, the Magyars being in more
or less insignificant minority.
II anything can bring the Magyars to
reason it should be the announcement
that German troops may be sent to keep
them in order while the Austrians descend
into tbs Balkans to put down the disturb
ances there. Such movement could only
end In the ultimate loss Of the independence
OF all the States from east Of the Leitha to
the Black Sea and the Egean, and give
turn to the near Eastern question con-
trary to the interests OF more than one OF
the Western Powers. to say nothing OF
Russia. r.
NEW YORK. Sept. 70.
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What the "Jswish Problem" u.

To THE EDITOR or The Suk-,SR: ! make
preiessions to be ~ leaned In tho history OF my
people as Is Dr. Isidor Singer but agree with Cos
mopoHtan" that he did not sn,wer Why Jewish
PT0blemi"
As an American Jew with love for my country
as well as for my race feel that there is Jewish
Problsm."
For centuries, Throughout the countries Of tho
earth where the Jewish population exists, the Jew
has been denationalzed. To day human beings
are being slaughtered because they profess the
religion OF Noses. What to do to remedy this state
Of affairs is "the probcm.- There are three solu-
tions:
First--The uberaIlzlng of the nations in which
the Jew Ia prosecuted. Experience has shown
that this Is hopeless.
Seeond-The emigration Of the Jew from the
countries In which he is prosecuted TO newer and
freer lands. This Is now being put into practice.
Third-The founding OF q Jewish Stat~. AZ yet
a dream.
1t fair presumption that Dr. Singer and Max
Nordau have ssp0used the cause OF Zonism'
because they believe the third proposition to be
the correct solution The carrying out OF the second
proposition makes our Jewish problem here. and
nowhere is the problem more difficult than In New
York. Hundreds OF thousands Of these prosecuted
people are becoming American citizens. The solu-
tlon of the problem Is to make them At for their
new duties, and the responsibility for that solution
rests with their American corellgionists.
To THE EDITOR OF The SuN--,Siv: The assump-
tlon that a Jewish problem" Is without basis of
fact probably springs from the notion that we
Jews arc an exclusive people and will remain
as we are, the chosen people" Why do
we not asslmllate fully with gentlles! Because
We do not choose 10 do so: but we do not blow any
trumpets sounding beliefs In this respect. Please
leave vs. TO own beliefs. We care for our people
and intrude upon no one. NEW YEAR.
SYRACUSE, Sept. "a.
To THR EDITOR OF THE SUN--,Str: Tho correct
reply to "Cosmopolitans" question, why should
there be a Jewish problem." Is that the reason Is
similar to, not exactly the same As. that for the
existence OF negro problem In these United States
and Irish problem In Great Britain. l. e., that,
however unfortunate It may be. tho fAot remains
that there Is an antAgOnsm between the Jew and
tho GENTLE, Just as there Is between the negro and
the white and the Irtshman and tho Engishman.
l do not for moment wish to argue that such
of affairs is right but merely to state indisputa
BILE facts SUBURBAN.
SUMMIT, Sent q.
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Mr.. Murphy's Mathematics.

By the aid of district leaders, special
inspectors and judicious coadJutor CAL
culators like the Hon. THOMAS F. GRADY,
the Hon. CHARLES F. MURPHY had
thorough canvass made OF Manhattan
and The Bronx. He has sought exact
and conservative estimates; bedrock
figures and no rainbows. II the re-
ports of the reports Of his census bureau
can be trusted, he is sure OF carrying
Manhattan and The Bronx for MCCLEL-
Ian by &c, 900 votes.
Now, ordinarily, Tammany knows
some time before an election about how
MANY votes it can depend on. Each
district leader has to know his district.
Usually Tammany's private information
is pretty exact. There are exceptions,
however The extent Of the disaster OF
1902 was not foreseen.
At this stage Of the game any estimates
are premature and futile. Presumably
the publication of Mr. MURPHY's census
is intended as a warning to the Hon.
HUGH MCLAUGHLIN.
In 1901 the Low vote in Manhattan
and The Bronx was 1872 1872; the Shepard
vote 158, ,s29. Tammany's plurality, even
in the reaction of 1897, was only some
10000. In that year the combined vote
for Low and TRACY was 133,O44, and the
vote for VAN WICK only 143,6e6. What
has happened that is likely to bring Tam
many from a minority party in Manhat-
tan and The Bronx in 1901 to party with
a plurality of 5000 in 1903?
In 1901 there. was considerable feeling
| against Mr. CROKER as an absentee
That cause Of irritation in Tammany has
been removed. Various liquor dealers
revolted from Tammany and are now
revolving against Low. In the view OF
some fusionists, the Low administration
has not lived up to the perhaps too high
hopes with which it was put into power;
and any administration is sure to make
enemies.
Do the return of backsliding Tam
manyites and the protest of disgruntled
fusionists amount to $4,000 votes? 1t
would take that number OF changes from
the respective votes of Low and SHEP-
ARD in Manhattan and The Bronx in 1901
to make Mr.. MURPHY's 10000. And
while, even now, he can estimate the
regular Tammany vote pretty accu-
rately, he has small means Of finding out
what the indie pendent Democratic vote,
by which Fusion must stand OF fall will
amount to.
Certain departments, such as Health
and Street Cleaning, may have made the
administration friends enough to make
good its losses elsewhere. In any event
until the registration is completed
neither Mr. MURPHYs political mathe-
matics nor those OF anybody else will be
ANYTHING more than diversion.
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Roman Catholic and Angliean and Greek
Churches,

To THE EDITOR or The suN-Sr: Your
interesting account last Monday Of the ritual
ism at the Danish Chapel in Brooklyn says
truly that the Roman Catholic Church denies
the validity Of An gcan orders, but the state
ment that she also refuses TO recognize those
Of the Greek Church is far from the truth.
An Anglican clergyman La received into
the Catholic Church as iaymsn simply,
but a Greek priest who becomes Catholi9
s meyer Of be ass and to pe
form the other functions Of tho ministry.
Rome would be eager to avoid rsordaining
the numbers Of ths, an sresdy
shs .1s has rel yrejested Their claims wholly, while
kassans s ana fs fsst the cop: SPas'
authority Of ths Holy See. -, o,,
Your account infars that the Greek Chproni
OF the Anglican and Episcopal Churches IN
England and this country, because OF the
tended tend 4 the esS services in Rituais,ie churches,
and do not bind their Churches, which. up
to the ordsrs hAys sshop sools 20
his his successor. n"s br Donald have attended
Unitarian services. ! know an RPiseo|Palissn ian
clergyman who has often often taken % Pare ,nsis IN tns
could be multiplied, but one who drew the
inference that the Episcopal Church rec0g-
nlzed the orders Of these other Churches
would he mistaken.
gone to st Petersburg to endeayor to obtain
a recognition OF the Anglican claims on the
part OF the Russian Church. He will doubt
common opposition to Rome. but the. over
whelming probability is that he will be un.
able to secure any ,oficial acknowlsdgment
ago the Anglican Bishop Of Salisbury ap-
preached the Jansenists Of Holland with
offers Of inteIcommunion.. but they were
Utrecht. This was before Rome had made
her pronouncement in the matter.
JESSE ALBEIT LOCKE.
HACKENsACK, Sept. "a,
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The Workman's Paper Cap.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SUN--.Str! Your Corre-
sp0ndent Engineer In to days SUN nnds fault
because the illustrated papers. In cartoons Of the
workln1man Invariably picture him with square
paper cap on his head" and asks why this u done,
as the 0rlgina IL "unheard Of"
He is not well Informed. because he limits bis
knowledge to his own observations.
For many years this was the universal headge ear
of an inside workman while engaged In his shop. ]
have seen thousands of them. MY own father. while
an employer OF many men, used to work with them
and wear one They were cool and economical,
and II was considered badge OF respect TO be pict
ured with one. l have before me ono Of his old
business cards on which Is . picture Of the inside
OF part Of his shop, where the workmen appear with
such caps on their heads. W. F.
ORANGE. N, j., Sent 49,
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What q Thing to Crook!
Is.a.,, al. lfna.an D,.,,,,a

II seems that there are a few things about TIE
elbow joint that quite d number OF us have 0vr'
looked, According to man named Potter "0'
wrote book anatomy: III Is gmglyw"'
articulation formed by the lower end of the ~
merls with the greater sIgmod cavity Of the u'nl
and the head OF the radius Its synovia men
brane is reflected over the llyamcntS, and hI'
down between the surfaces OF the superior rnhI'
ulnar articulation. It's arteries are derived fron
the anastomotIca magma radlal, ulnHr and H.
terosseous rccurrent superior and Inferior pro
flnda arteries It's nerves are branches OF th'
ulnar and the musculo cutaneouS, IL has four
lgaments, anterior. from the inner c0ndyle And
anterior surface of the humcrus TO the orbru~r
llgamcnt OF the radius and the coronod process o
tue wilma. External lateral, from the eAter1h'
condyie OF the humerus to the orblcular OF ne
radius, Internal lateral. from the Internal con
dyie Of the humerus to tho coronod and oascsanon
prooassaS Of the ulna.'
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predictions for a preferential or for .
retaliatOry tariff


retaliatory tariff.
We presume that Mr. BALFoUR'S pres
tige in the eyes OF his sovereign and his
influence over the wayerers in the Union
list ranks have been slightly increased by
the circumstance that the seat vacated
by Lord CRANBoRNE, on his accession
to the Marquisate of SALISBURY, has been
gained by the Unionist candidate with
ma jority somewhat larger than that
with which it was secured Oh the last
occasion when it was contested. Closely
scrutinized, however, this latest by
election scarcely warrants the construc-
ton put upon it by the friends OF Mr.
CHAMBERLAIN and Mr. BALFoUR. The
successful candidate, large employer
of labor, is locally popular, and, more
over, he has publicly declared that ne
would never favor any policy the eilect
of which would be to increase the price
of food. His election, therefore, can
not be counted as triumph for a prefer
ential tariff, which, az every fair minded
person admits would add to the cost OF
loaf of bread.
Practically, therefore, the outcome OF
this local contest leaves Mr.. BALFouR
where he was before, namely, in the po-
sition of Premier who has not yet
proved that he possesses the confidence
of the House of Commons. He cannot.
therefore, reasonably object when the
sovereign indicates wish to share with
him the responsibility for a right con-
duct of public affairs during the recess
of Parliament
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This misstatement Of plain fact OF law
is becoming frequent in newspapers which
demand an immediate return to the Mica
ragua route for an interooeanio canal;
The Spooner law directs the President TO ne.
gotiate q treaty with Nicaragua and Costa Riea
under a specified condition-the failure Of Colon
bia 10 ratify the Hay Herran treaty That treaty
has been rejected, and 1t is therefore Mr.. RoosE-
vKLrs plain duty TO proceed according 70 the pro-
visions Of the law"
There is no such specified condition in
the Spooner law. The Hay-Hsrran treaty
or its ratification or failure IL not men,
toned in the act. The President Is di-
rected to turn to Nicaragua only when un-
able to obtain from Colombia the necessary
rights within reasonable time and upon
reasonable terms and Of the reasonable
ness OF the time and the reasona ablsness OF
the terms the President is left by the law
the sole judge.
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pr. patto.s Dsanition Of Chrlstss.,,y.

To THE EDITOR op THR SUS-.sk! Tho comments
In The SUN to day on DR.. PattOn's Princeton ser
mon were timely and most admirable. His state
msnt that "Ch 1stlAnity u piece Of information
given supcmaturally and miraeulously." sounds
a note OF awakening long waited for by many Anx-
ious hearts with whom religion Il = subject Of the
deepest Interest
Who has ever heretofore stated the case so con-
ciseiy, covering the physical and metaphysica
conditions involved In the ScriptuTal accounts and
In spiritual phenomena Dr. Patt0n's words should
go directly the heart Of every Intelligent believer
full OF comforting ASSURANCES for they contain the
gist of II all, beyond doubt
NEW YORK. Sept. 25 RurUs n, MoORK.
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The Censored Hand Organs Of Boston.

To THE EpIroR or TINE SUs--,Sir' "P. B. H., In
writing TO you Of the "discordant hand orsan,r
should not blame the italian grinder, but should
remember that evcry nation has the government 10
deserves
Cheer up, Friend IF. b. HI Boston made rood
beginning some time ago. There every orsan
must be passed upon by u city commission before
IL may hc played In the streea.
AMHERST. Mass. Sept. &c. HDwAaD DRnCK
The sun., 1903-09-27

In MrCJuvs's Magazine for October Mr.. Stenens
continues his exposition of anairs In Chicaso, Nj,
John La Fargo gives his judgment on Coros, Rous
seau and Miilet and there are special articles on
young Wild animals and on the scheme 10 reclaim
the zuyder Zee. Halt 2 dozen Illustrated shors
stories enliven The number. Including M. Henry
Wallace Philiips's "Bv PROXY" and little play BY
Margaret Cameron.