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The Future American Race.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: Your
recent editorial on the Mixture of Races, +"
| referring definitely to the mixture of races
that is now going on in this country because Of
the tremendous influx Of foreign immigration,
| raises the question whence these races from
southern and eastern Europe? Are they them
selves the result of mixture of races, or do
they present marked physical characteristics
that would give us a hint AS to their parent
stock. As matter Of purely scientific in
teres. 1t Is one OF the most importan scientific
subjects which have engaged the attention of
chronological observers
The late Dr. Brinton of the Philadelphia
Academy of Natural Sciences and DIR.
Giuseppe Sergi. professor of anthropolocv
sentatiyes of the school higher critics. in
longer hold to the old EXPLODED theory AS no TO
the .lndo- European,1 Grisin of the European
5 5ssts proi MaI IA Muller hiinssl before his
Euro-African, orHin Of the races dwelling In
southern and central Europe The. weight.
the sciences Of ethnology and arch eooyy.
is on nth, The side Of the theory that the races in
p and spd nsr9 81 are
historic negro tribes which Inhabited the table
lands OF northern Africa and the "Medtcr-
Euro-Africans, deloting their African oriQin
y may be objected that this theory is .unten-
able because OF the vast physical and intel
the European races; but it must he remem-
bered that the European. races which 70!
thousands of years have had their dwelling
In cliines hostile to the powerful aciuic ray of
the equatorial sun, with coldepcinlate higher
alItuoe. dinercnces in customs habits and
rude forces OF nature. have obliterated every
trace OF their origin except the cranioiogical
singularites.
IT is of interest to scientific observers to
note that America is now the recipien! OF an
infusion Of FOREIGN blood which is purely
tined to be peoped bv mixture OF races
As result OF the blendinc OF tho various
HETEROGENEOUS elements and their ultimate
absorption into the body polite of the nation
there are not produced any d distinct morpholoc-
ical differences. but they add strength to the
through physiological and psychical processes
OF assimilation.
Now, what are some Of the possible effects
upon the new American race and nation? If
an American was born in the very ~ DIST of the
heather Chinee," and there received the
same training as q Mongolian, he would be
lnnuenced by his education and environments
ana TO all intents and purposes would be a
Chinaman. SO will it be with the influx Of
brought into contact with the life OF OF public
SCHOOLS; national traditions and ideas. &c
Their children will bc GOOD citizens. History
ana science show that races inhahitpo Tho
same zones, actlated nv the same nat{cnal
IDEALS and traditions. speaking the sanle
language, supporting the same Government
ilShting under the same national ensign work
ing together shoulder to shoulder and their
children taught by the same teacher. produce
make up one homogeneous people
Troy, NAV - NONn-GENyu.
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MUST PAY DUTY.
All Automobiles That Cross Into Canada
for Sale or for Pleasure.

BUFFALO, May 49, Automobilists along
the entire Niagara frontier are incensed
at an order just issued by Chief Customs
Inspector $. W. McMichael, of Canada,
which forbids American automobilists from
taking automobiles into Canada without
paying full duty on them. This applies
not only to machines taken into the country
for sale. but also to machines that are being
operated solely for pleasure and are making
short trips or long tours in Canada. Many
Buffalo people who have summer homes
across the river are barred by this order
from going to and from them.
The order was issued, ii is said, because
American manufacturers made practice
of sending automobiles into Canada osten-
sibly on pleasure trips. and then selling
the machines there, thus avoiding the
payment of duty. The greatest complaint,
according to the Canadian customs officers,
came from Niagara Falls, Ont, through
which place hundreds OF machines are
alleged to have passed without payment OF
duty for sale in Canada.
The order applies not only to American
made machines, but also to Canadian ma
chimes in use in this country. The local
automobile clubs intend to take action TO
havo the order revised, SO that touring in
Canada will be permitted without payment
of duty.
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WINS THE ROTCH SCHOLARSHIP.
Edward T.. FOulkes OF This City Gets Two
Years OF Foreign Travel.

BosroN. May ls.-Edward T. Foulkes of
New York is the winner Of the 1909 Rotch
architectural scholarship competition, and
his reward is two years OF foreign travel
and study The announcement is made
by Secretary C, H. Blackall Of the Rotoh
Fund Committee. The successful candidate
receives from the trustees Of the scholar
ship 81 900 annually for two years. to be
expended in foreign travel and study.
Edward I. Foulkes. the winner. WIS
born in Monmouth, Ore, in 1875. His
parents removed to Portland. Ore.
where he received his preliminary edu-
cation. In 1893 he was graduated from
the Portland High School with high rank.
The two years 70 lowing he spent at Leland
Stanford University, and in 1895 entered the
Massachusetts, Institute Of Technology.
where he took the course in architecture. He
was graduated in 1898. Since then he has
been with one Boston and two New York
firms>
Mr.. Foulkes had previously been a COM
petitor for this prize. short time ago he
won the gold medal in the Beaux Arts COM
petition in New York. He will sail for
Europe the latter part Of the summer.
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A Novel Campaign Coming.

The anti-Tammany campaign for the
election Of municipal and borough off,
GERS next fall will not begin before
September at the earliest, and when it
comes it will be conducted upon lines
somewhat different from those Of 1901.
The forces of the attack of two years ago
have become the garrison OF to-day, and
tho Tammany men, then in control OF the
city, have now tho burden OF assault.
In 1901 Tammany sought to make the
voters overlook the faults OF its admins
tratiou, and consider it's candidate only.
Seeing that the only chance of success
byi in concealing the machine, then under
. special cloud of popular disapptoval,
tho Tammany managers chose their
leader from the very faction that had
been most bitter in denouncing their
organization. Their course was a des-
perate bid for the independent vote, but
II failed. The fair promises Of SHEPARD
wore not sufficient to divert the New
York voters from their original resolve
to turn Tammany out. It may be that
another candidate could have made q
better showing than the slippery states
nan whose name was at the head of
Tanhmany's ticket; but no man could
have saved the day.
As Tammany fell by it's record, the
snti-Tammany candidates this year must
stand or fall by the record of the present
administration. Their campaign argu-
dnents are the records of two years con-
troll Of the city. In 1901 the Fusion lead
srs were free to make such promises
- they pleased. This year it will be
Fusion which must explain, demon
strate, prove; and Tammany's part will
DO to promise. pledge and persuade,
and the oratory Of each side cannot
plausibly range beyond the contestants
records Of achievements. The net result
Of the changed political situation will
probably be campaign more temperate
h its character and more reasonable in
Ito consideration of the municipal ques-
lions involved than that of 1901.
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For many years the ratio of suicides to the
population has been lower in Ireland than in
any other European country. But by the
last published report Of the Board of Health
it appears that Of 1877 suicides in this city
during the three months ending on Jan. l.
1903, there we're among those foreign born
IS natives OF Germany, % Of Ireland Of
Russia, 8 OF Italy and 10 of all other for
eign countr ies collectively, In the previous
quarter reported, Of 1872 suicides in the five
boroughs, IS were natives of Germany, 10
Of Ireland. II Of Russia, 7 OF Austria Hun
gary and only one native of Italy. Among
suicides OF Irish birth the number Of women
is larger than men; this is true of no other
element Of the conglomerate population OF
New York.
What is the reason of the increase in the
number Of suicides among the Irish popula-
ton Of the city, at time when 1rishmen
in the United States are prospering as they
never did before and the cloud of misgov-
eminent and distress is being lifted in the
old country?
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limited TO q period which might b az
feotsd by mere differences In settle
ment balances.
This may be further illustrated by the
following: In exhibit F, Of the report OF
Treasurer RoLoFF for 1902, the total
receipts for fiscal years appear thus:
1900 ......................... 80 Ho.oi
TWO ..........As...s.~>~sss'.'.
1901 ''....'.................
Reference to Senate Document TT,
First Session, Fifty-sixth Congress,
Part I, page l0s, shows the receipts for
the fiscal period OF 1899 to have been
$1,000, 4s7.es a difference in presumably
official statements Of 3l71 ,08l.e2. In the
report Of the Secretary Of War for 1901,
Appendix 1, page 3ll, the insular reve-
MUGS are thus stated for the fiscal year:
1900. ..".""....."".N 7'ssS0oo'@
1901. ........................... Hle\soeo
In this statement there is an error in
simple addition, and the figure for 1901
should be $17,l54, sse.5s. This, taking the
correct addition, shows difference be-
tween the figures Of the insular Treas
urer and the Secretary OF War, as follows:
1soo'.' .'....................'. ~'7s'"
oi.'.ss.....'.....'.."...... nb.lsos7
Not only, as We have already said, has
no exact or comprehensive statement
of account Of our receipts and expendi-
lures in Cuba been presented, but such
figures as have been issued show in
all their columns just such discrepan-
cies as those herewith and previously
submitted. This is not commercial
bookkeeping and should not be official
bookkeeping.
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Observations
Manhattarizcd
on the
So nth Tner.

SOutheTner.
To rHE EDITOR or TIVE suns Last Saturday
night went TO a smoker OF the Southern Society
" was held al sherrys and there three or four
hundred men present representing all OF the
Southern States.
I've lived In New York all my'nfe. so. Of course
judge all men and events from metropolitan
standard.
II Immediately struck me the city had stripped
these Southerners Of any outward Characters
ties Of their native States. They all had tho indie
Unable New York look and bearing alertness
adaptability and force but were far more genial in
manner than CORES ponding number OF native cts.
In Introduction the Southerner invariably offered
his hand. very glad to see YOU hoped you would
enjoy your visit to the club and endeavored to con
vey feeling OF interest in you that the average
New Yorker studiously avoids. They say. Yes
sir" NO. sir, not only to older men, but TO their
own eotvas. They were frankly interested In each
others Affairs. trusted that business good. and
listened with every appearance of soncitude to the
details OF struggles success and failures.
We refrain from Introducing people unless It's
necessary; but on every occasion when was In con.
vcrsaton with one OF them and another man came
UP. ] was Immediately presented and welcomed
They had delightful lecture on John Smith and
early Virginia. and an Enthusiastically Southern
method OF social judgment was used by the prcsid.
Ing officer. who presented the lecturer as ds,in-
Rushed literary man and a descendant OF So and So
and cousin OF some one else,
They bank more on family than we do Smith
being presented TO Jones OF Atlanta asks the latter
II he any kin" to Jones OF Savannah and they
Immediately seek TO md a common ACQUAINTANCE
In the land to which 80 much OF their sympathy and
loyalty still ci!ngs.
Few OF them retain many OF the broad Southern
infections In speech. The ievcilng influence Of
the metropolis has ieft them only a few curious
vowels but has not given them our awful folst.
thoid and bold.
-Four negroes played Southern airs, and a Qroup
but I n 4
pointed TO sec that Dixie. Kentucky Home" and
Take Me Rack 10 Ole VrGlrny" aroused little en-
thusasm. except among those Immediately around
the players. | was expecting that with the nr.t
notes of the sweet old tunes the whole crowd would
Join In.
Their refreshments were the same as We hay.
wh!skey punch Of extraordinary power
II was charming evening Ii, every WY. f,l, |
hat In the grades Of social intercourse In real cour
esy. consideration and hospitality. we have some
hing to learn from thess'gentle and demons,rauve
men. Ourrrxn
NEW YoRx. Msyu |
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For the Bisiey Team +.

According to an account of subscrip-
tons received for the Bisley rife team
found in another column, $500 more
needs to be raised. Mr. GEORGE j. SEA.
BURY's offer to guarantee one tenth of
the amount would leave $3.50. Nine
gentleman, We believe, have agreed to be
of party Of fifty who will guarantee
the remainder, and, according to the
present outlook, that would be sl35 for
each. This sum, Of course, is certain to
be still further reduced.
The forty-one missing guArantors,
seeing that the worst IL not bad, should
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To THE EDITOR op1rHF SuS-,Sr. WHY should
the people Of this town Try to oppose the whzy,nr
automob'le' just what is happening here WINS
prophesed In the Bible 2,eoa years ago By Nahum
Of Elkosh In oal.l-e. who was sent as Consider n
tho people. and Nahum must have had this c,,v
especially In mind for he even mentions the name OF
our principal thoroughfarc. We call your at,,n,Ion
10 the fourth verse OF the second chapter OF the book
Of Nahum. which reads! Tho char.ots shall race
IN the streets, they shall JoS,lc one another in ,n
broad ways; they shall seem like torches they shah
run Ike nshtn'ngS. Now. viii the Automobile Club
kckcrs please go away ana let tho Bailey BIZ he,
NEW YORK. May Is Hry,,,
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THE CITY's NAUTICAL SCHOOL.
Board Of Education Wants Suggestions
| for Improving Ut From the Navy Yard

At special meeting Of the Board OF
Education yesterday, a resolution was in
PRODUCED calling upon the Committee on
Nautical Schools to confer with some Of
the officials Of the Navy Department TO see
what can be done toward improving the
city's nautical school It was suggested
that the committee try to get the United
States Government to turn over to the
board steam vessel to replace the school
ship st, Mary's, which is now about sixty
years old.
Gen. Wtngate thought 1t visor to stick
TO sailing vessels. He said that the Ameri-
can merchant marine needed only men who
were thorough sailors. and added
81 am informed that the principal duties
on steam vessel for the men are to scrub
the decks, burnish the brass work and such
things. Such men don't get promotion
Commissioner Mann suggested that the
committee consider the advisability Of en-
larging the course of studies In the school
ship to include engineering.
Commissioner Loomis said the schoolship
course ought to be abolished, as the expense
Of the last cruise was 81, 900 and the number
of boys on board was only fifty-one. Supt.
Maxwell declared that there had been
ninety-one lads on the cruise. and he was
much pleased with the progress they had
made.
The resolution was adopted.
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The irregularities in the Cuban

NV Al VIC
Accounts.
The Hopdnd Post Of May 9 takes up
our article of May 1, on official book
keeping in Cuba, and constructs it into
charges preferred No charges what
ever were preferred by that article, ex-
Cepting that so manifestly proved,
pamely, most unbusinesslike system
OF accounting under which defalcations
might easily occur and detection prove
most difficult. The Post states that the
discrepancy to which we called atten-
tion arose from the confusion incident
to the closing OF accounts during the
month OF May, 1902, and declares that An
apparent difference OF about 81 900, 900 was
adjusted by a payment to Senior QUE
sADA, the Cuban Minister, of sss, ooo
That the explanation given to the
Hardnd Post by one who was in close
touch with the Military Governor hi.
insular Treasurer, and the Auditors
department is inadequate ia shown by
ths fact that the figures presented by
r1E BUN covered the entire period Of
tho American occupation, and were not
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-14
n. E. MACK DENIES INTERVIEW.
Never Said He Favored the Nomination
Of Cleveland for President.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sr: The
Herald and other papers have recently pub
lshed statements that favored the nominal
ton OF ex-President Cleveland for the Presi-
dency next year. ] made no such statement
in ST. Louis or elsewhere. My interview
merely compllmented Mr. Cleveland on his
enthusiastic reception at the ded ication cere-
monies, / made no statement fayoring any
animation. But ] am. however, Of the
opinion that New York should and will fur
nlsh the candi date and that such candidate
win be agreed upon by the State organiza-
Until then ! have no intention personally
or as member of the National Committee
from this State to make declaration in
favor Of any one candidate. whatever my
personal views may be. but at the same time
preserve the. RICH! to make proper .commen;
datory mention OF any Democrat Of national
prominence. whether the same be Cleveland,
Bryan. Hill Parker German. Olney or others.
In my opinion this should be the attitude of
all party men who assume in the slightest
degree to speak for the party. as every cle-
ment of the party must be united If the Democ-
racy hopes 10 win In the coming contest in
1904. NORMAN T., MACK.
BUFFALO Nav a.
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Subscriptions BY Mail. restpaid.
PARIs-Klosque No. u. near Grand Hotel. and
Mosque No. 10. Boulevard des Capucines.
Tho Right Sort OF Referendum IS to
Negro Suffrage.

The Topeka Daily Capital offers in
criticism Of the Supreme Courts decision
In tho Alabama case an idea which Is
distinct and original enough to deserve
attention. Respecting Justice HoLAEs's
opinion the Capital says:
Nothing u more apparent than the Wish Of the
court 70 get out Of this toklsh situation without
AxpresAss IN opinion ono way the other upon the
right and power OF the people of Alabama to violate
ne Fifteenth Amendment. Reading be-
svssn the lines OF this decision It is dlcult to avoid
sAs feeling that tho majority OF the Court have
dersd purely political opinion in the that Is to
Ssy that they have refused to 60 further In vndicat
Ing and enforcing the Fifteenth Amendment than
ehsy bslisve public sentiment the Issue would
keep pses With them. So considered. this
6scision 70 another sinking demonstration that II 10
the people who construe a. well a. pass the laws.
declare what she lawis the cham pions Of the inia
ave and referendum have lost their occupation.
me referendum already exists
8 The referendum principle is quite
plainly incorporated in Mr.. Justice
RoLMEs's avowed code OF judicial pro-
cedure. He holds 1t to be the duty OF
tho Judge to weigh law and precedent
against contemporary public sentiment
y the changing desires and needs Of a
community as he expresses it-and'
then to guess at the resultant This
method OF arriving at q decision on a
question Of law undoubtedly introduces
the referendum.
The trouble with Mr.. Justice HOLINESS
use Of the referendum on the bench is
that 1t is an imperfect and unsatisfactory
form Of referendum which he adopts.
Public sentiment Is not scientifically
and exactly asoertained for the guidance
Of the Court, but is guessed at by the
individual Judge, precisely as he after
ward guesses at the resultant. The
therefore. rests on the guessed
1t resultant, which in turn rests on q
state Of public sentiment. A
guess superimposed upon another guess
q not satisfactory structure, especially
when Mr.. Justice HOLINESS fallibility
n guessing is frankly admitted by that
nnovator.
How much better for the Court, and for |
public confidence in the Court, it would |
70 II American sentiment concerning the
'esults Of negro suffrage should be as
,ertained by the form Of referendum
|uggested by the Constitution. the sub
mission Of the question Of repeal in the
manner provided for in Article v.
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IA Jamas In the Prize R,ns-They Win.

From tho IN Iodriphin Worth American.
Jack =, hnson. tn. California negro heavy
weight, knocked out Joe Butler at the Wash
ington sporting club last night. introducing
4 novelty without precedent in ring annals
he wore paJarna-. The black skinned
Samson appeared IN giddy pink bed garments
tnCt would have done credit to q Beau Brum.
mel Naturally they made Butler think Of
sleep, and before ter minutes Of the fray had
passed the Philsdelphian was stretched a.
full length on the canvas floor deep In the
land OF Nod 1t was the psjamas that did
che trick
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TO BE COURT-NARTIALLED.
Six Army Officers Accused OF Neglecting
Their studies At Military School.

WASHINGTON. May l3-Six officers Of
the army under instruction at the Fort
Leavenworth Military School have been
ordered court-martialled for neglecting
their studies. They are First Lieuts. l.. T
Baker, First Infantry; T. " Crockett, TWEEN
ty-fourth Infantry, and c. r. W. Morrison.
Fifth Infantry; Second Lieuts c. Rodman
Jones, First Cavalry W. NJ. True, Six
teenth Infantry. and w. A. Haycrsft. Tween
ty-second Infantry
AT a recent regular examination at the
school these officers were found deficient
and it was reported to Gen Bates COM
handing the Department OF the Missouri
that their failure was due to negligence,
He has accordingly ordered their court
de i i'' to 81 good o order and military dis.
cipiine. Gen. Bates's action has met with
the approval of the Secretary Of War. and
it is thought that it will result in the officers
at the school applying themselves more
closely to their studies,
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Buzzsrds Bay is fairly alive with tautog this year
Ever since the abolition OF traps and pounds In these
waters the Increase in the catch Of the different
species OF hsh all along the bay shore has been re
to the fisheries. why DO hsh return to places where
pounds are proh bit cd Boston Globe.
Some years ago the run Of fish in Buzz
Yards Bay was barred out by pound nets
until at last the Legislature OF Massachu
sets passed law prohibiting their use.
Then the fish returned to their old grounds,
and the markets were supplied with healthy
and fresh sea food That is something
which cannot be done through the use Of
pounds, in which most of the catches, after
lifting, are found to be useless for anything
but fertilizer.
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CLERGYMAN 4 DEPUTY SHERIFF.
The Rev. r.. II. Wellman Gets a Badge to
Break Up Gang OF Boy HOOdlun,s.

The Rev. E. Homer Wellman, rector
Of the Episcopal Church Of the Atonement
in Seventeenth street, near Fifth avenue
Brooklyn. is on the staff Of Sheriff Villa m
Z. Melody of Kings county as a deputy
and carries official badge 1874
The Rev Mr. Wellman was appointed
at his own request after explaining to the
Sheriff that he wanted to be in position
to protect himself against the persistent
annoyances Of gang Of boy hoodums
who, he said, not only insulted him on the
street but had broken the windows in his
thus bringing him into trouble with the
health authorities.
He made frequent appeals, he added,
to the police authorities, but they had not
stopped the annoyance
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The BROOKLYN Boss for MAYOR,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: II I'M
swerving fidelity to Democratic party organ
ization and Democratic candidates is to be the
chief test Of availability what is the matter
with Hugh Mclaughlin as Democratic stand
ard bearer for Mayor of New York? A.