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At kiel.

The happy visit Of the American feet
to kiel has again revealed the German
Emperor as sustained by the great
force Of taking things seriously. The
presence of our ships at that port of
aquatic festivities has been hailed as
a powerful influence toward confirming
the longtime friendliness between Ger
many and the United States, and as an
authoritative sign that this fortunate re-
lation is to endure. Such is world
politics.
From this side of the water every
Teutonio good wish and every sugges-
tion Of friendship is responded to in the
spirit Of the offer. The pleasant inter-
change of assurances Of esteem and
admiration between the German EN-
peror and the American President is
seconded here without reservation; and
we beg leave to offer our arm to his
Majesty while helping him to recover
from the historic stumble of speaking
of the President of the United States
as his Excellency." The Fathers Of
the Republic again rise in protest. The
Chief Magistrate of this nation is THEo-
DoRE ROOSEVELT, President OF the
United States; that's all.
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an imperfect acquaintance with the
diplomatic intercourse OF his Govern
ment with our own when he informed
our State Department that 1t would be
impossible for Russia to receive any
representation regarding the Kishinen
incident from any foreign Power. No
reason is apparent why the present Gar,
NICHOLAS H., should repel with indigna-
ton the earnest appeal OF q friendly
people which, although twice urged,
provoked no resentment on the part OF
his father, ALEXANDER III. On the
contrary, there is good ground for be-
lieving that NICHOLAS H., on whose
initiative the Brussels Peace Conference
was held, is Of temper less stern and
unyielding, and more open to the sug-
gestions of philanthropy and pity. I'm
der the circumstances, to have withheld
a remonstrance which President ARTHUR
or President HARRISON would not have
hesitated to offer would have indicated
a lack Of moral courage. which Is by no
means one Of Mr.. RoosEvELT's charac-
teristics.
We shall not be surprised II the omclal
sanction given to the petition drawn up
by the United Hebrew Congregations
gives offence to Mr.. DE PLEHvE, the
Russian Minister Of the Interior, neither
shall we be very much astonished If he
misrepresents the tenor Of Mr.. HAYS
note, describing 1t to his imperial master
as gross insult to the dignity and au-
tonomy Of a great Power. We believe.
however. that NICHOLAS II. will insist
on reading for himself the document.
together with the accompanying petit
ton, and we have faith that. II he does,
material improvement will take place
in the condition Of the Russian Jews, and
that their sovereign will thank US for
appealing from his underlings to CESAR.
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ron CANAL TREATY.
The President OF Colombia Urges Congress
TO Ratlfy II.

10 HatUy IL.
WASHINGTON, June 27.-The State Do
partment has received from Minister Beau
pre-, at Bogota, cable despatch, conveying
the information that an extra session OF
Congress was convened on June 20 for the
consideration of the canal treaty. Joaquin
velez is president Of the Senate, and jose
Medina Calderon president Of the Chamber
Of Representatives The following appears
In the message OF the President respecting
the Canal convention:
To my Government has bean presented
this dilemma; either 1t lets our sovereignty
suffer detriment or renounces certain pecun-
larry advantages to which. according to TIE
opinion OF many. we have right. IN inc
ss 70 Sat 10 he to e
Identification. the just wishes OF the IN.
habitants OF panama-a Large portion 70. 81
were opened. but the Government would be
"a not defend our sSxsIsi:nty ard ard ss s;'sd
In the second case. II the canal IL not opened
the Government will be accused for not hay
ing allowed Colombia that benefit which -
regarded as the commencement OF our ~.
grandizement.
have already allowed ~ wish to p: MndeiS,
our territory believe that even At such y p
to such grand undsrtak n.s, 6seau ser tbs
cn,ntrW and also beoai,,e. once the canal
ia opened by the United States. our relations
will, become, more intimate and entens.ys;
will gain Inca lculably / leave the full re-
sponslhiity OF the decision Of this matter.
as at flrst-for Congress. After yeaEs; In
vague way without precise conditions, y
is now presented In way to obtain practlSaI
and positive results. 1t has been our mos
Government OF the United states should
declare. notwlthsta ndlng every ehort TO the
contrary. the superiority Of the Colombian
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Lawlessness. by . Gather OF Three Girls."

l9WitUbucSB, W y TuuiST VI lHTtc ulTiu.
To TIRE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: Will you
kindly tell me the difference In principle be-
tween the spirit OF mob violence as shown by
the rioters Of Richmond. Va. and that shown
by the citizens OF Wilmington. Del. and ad-
jacent to WINS thereto. in iynching the culprit,
White?
Lawlessness may take many varied forms,
in my judgment. but the principle of lawless-
meas Is one and the same wherever found. No
man with an evenly balanced mind condones
place for approval, outside of a biased mind
for a Christian minister who would and did
prostitute his pulpit, and misconstrue the
m ana se0d will Of the pIes
and sanction lawlessness and mob rule TO
further a reign Of terror and bloodshed. But
step removed In degree from. the negro White
moved toward its certain end-lawlessness.
Tho voice Of passion drowned out the still
small voice" OF conscience within him and the
blood OF Calvary was overshadowed by an
The sharp contrast was the appeal of that
br9ken.hear,ted Tfief-smisten father q the
Of tHe law. and the interpreters Of the laws,
that ;he -everend gentleman repudlated.
was the lifs Of Miss A. Bishop nearer and dsare.
M to Ney more Mr.
than ths father Is Il natural that he should
more Under L tn aid Mr. e Bishop po "F0n'1'
.ra As and 'n Sa w.. s's sboss
effect upon the lynohers and the community.
Reaction IN the moral realm is as real as re-
actiSn In ~. the physi s world
FATHER OF THREE GIRLS.
ATLANTIC CITY, N j., June rs.
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THE vERxovr .suFFRAGE Law.
A Southern Newspaper Wants y Tested
no. in the supreme Court.
From the Atlanta Constitution.

From the Atlanta Consmhhoh.
The Chicago Tribune and the Wdshin oton
Post are both agreed that the Constitution
has put upon the Supreme Court OF the united
States a poser Of substantial Importance.
We have asked that the court decide whether
the suffrage laws OF Vermont. which require
every elector, In order to be qualified to vote.
to have "the appreciation OF the board OF
civil authority OF the town In which ne re-
Sides" are constitutional.
Our contemporaries admit that II that
statute Ia valid the South can readily dis
pose Of all its suffrage problems by adopting
said Vermont system. Boards OF civil au-
thorty could be easily established by our
Legislators for each county. the members OF
the boards appointed by the Governor, and
then only those who receive "the appreciation
Of the board Of civil authority could vote
In any election held In said county. whether
local. State or national
It Ia q beautiful scheme and II has worked
with distln gutshed success In favor OF the
Republican party In Vermont. We nave
warrant for saying that nearly year ago
the system in the hands OF the regular Ne
publioans secured the defeat Of Percival W.
Clement for Governor. both In the primaries
and In the regular election In September.
when he was the independent high license
candidate against Gen. John G.. Mccullough.
We repeat again that the Southern States
will be perfectly content, In our judgment.
to repeal all constitutional amendments
and suffrage restrictions now extant. ana
under condemnation by the Northern Repuo-
licans, II the Supreme Court will only decide
that the Vermont system Is constitutional!
It would give US the great desideratum
Of State regulation OF the suffrage without
congressional interference and at the same
time prevent any movement to cut down our
representation In Congress on account OF
the alleged disfr anohisement OF the negro
voters
The system goes on unch allenged by the
Moodys and Crumpackers Of the Congress.
Why would 1t not work with equal ease and
satisfaction In Georgia. Alabama and Vir-
ginia?
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The staff Of LiRht.

The staff Of His Excellency, the Gov
ernor Of Massachusetts,, accompanied
him to the commencement exercises
of Harvard University Wednesday. The
Staff did not 60 "a a pleasure but as a
duty. The Governor could not have
gone without the Colonies. He would
have been dazed, lonely, lost. They are
his rainbow and his halo, his pilot stars,
his locomotive headlight, the peacock's
tail bearers in his procession. He shines
by their reflection. Around his GUS
tomary suit Of solemn black they are the
fringe of purple. They are the many
colored glass that fills his triumphal
chariot with splendor. As he goes, by
them attended, from Beacon Hill to
Harvard Square, men, women and chill
dren. especially the latter, are treated to
a daytime illumination moro brilliant
than the Chelsea Carnival or the annual
lobster boat festival at Puddle Dock.
There are few men who work harder
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Diocesan Magazine, acknowledges that
the Divorce act requires an incum-
bent to allow his church to be used in such
a case, provided it is the parish church
of one OF the parties and provided
clergyman authorized to offioiate in the
diocese is willing to act" He declares
however, that he feels bound to con-
demn remarriages in church OF persons
divorced for their own fault, AZ being
against the clear and unanimous voice
of the Church in all ages, and exhorts
his clergy to have nothing to do with
them" He further declares that he de-
sires to discourage all remarriages in
church of divorced persons, even where
the divorced person is the innocent
party, but recognizes that in saying this
he is not expressing the unhesitating and
unanimous opinion Of the Church In all
ages.
There is not and cannot be, says Dr.
TRIsTRAM, in the Established Church
such thing as the law OF the Church
at variance with the statute law of the
country" This was the view which we
recently expressed in regard to the law
of the State Of New York when we con-
demned the statement OF clergyman to
the effect that no minister in this State
ought to marry divorced person. OF
course, no minister ought to marry
divorced person whose marriage is for
hidden by a decree of the court which
granted the divorce. Such was not the
case, however in regard to Mr.. WANDER
BILr. While the original decree did for
bid his remarriage, that decree was
modified so as to permit him to marry
again, after proof Of good conduct on
his part for period Of five years. Our
law provides for just such permission as
this; and after it is granted the guilty
party has the same right under our
law to remarry as any single person
would have to be married. The only
authority which clergymen have to per-
form the marriage ceremony in the
State of New York is derived from our
statute on the subject, and II they as
sumo to exercise this authority they have
no right to refuse to exercise it in any
case where the law permits the marriage.
If they persist in such refusal the privi-
lege Of performing the marriage cere-
mony should be withdrawn from them.
So far as clergymen officiate in celebrat-
ing marriages they are officers Of the
law, and it cannot be tolerated that any
officer of the law shall place himself
above it in the administration of his
duty.
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Thus does Envy, the hell-born bag,
gnash her shining teeth and humble
curses at excellence and comeliness
II the Staff Of the Governor of Massa-
chusetts is not safe from ribaldry, what
is safe? How long will the scarlet Of the
Boston IAncers escape the mud? How
soon will the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery, that parapet Of war and glory.
totter beneath the load Of scorn, piled on
it by Boston hands How Is the Sacred
Goldfish this morning? Have its faithless
keepers minced it into fishballs?
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phrase upon which our Atlanta friend
builds its far-reaching scheme Of qualih-
cation by appreciation. But a closer
study Of Section ee may convince the
Constitution that the provision as to ap-
probation refers primarily not to adj
mission to the polls but to admission to
the status and title Of freeman, a
popularity of the somewhat archaic
system of ceremonial and nomenclature
resting on Vermont's Constitution OF
1893. Here is Section 81, Chapter H., Of
that venerable instrument:
Every man. of the full age OF twenty -one years.
having resided in this State for the space OF one
whole year next before the election of representa-
lives. ana Is OF quiet and peoeeaols b.astor. and will
take the following oath or animation. shall be en- =
titled 10 all the privileges Of freeman OF this State
49, You solemnly swear Tor arirml that whenever
you give your vote or suffrage touching any matter
that concerns the State OF Vermont. you Will do so
as In your conscience you shall Judge will most
conduce TO the best good OF the same. established
by the Constitution, without fear or favor Of any
man."
1t will be observed that, according to
the Vermont Constitution, qualification
as a quiet and peaceable person must
precede the conscience oath that admits
the citizen to the status Of freeman; and
as somebody other than the candidate
himself must pass on his quietude and
peaoeableness, we suppose that this was
what was originally meant by requiring
the appreciation Of the local authori-
ties before admitting citizen to take
the freeman's OATH
But there is nothing in the Vermont
Constitution OF 1893 which specifically
limits the suffrage in that State to citizens
who have duly qualified as freemen."
And there is nothing in the statutes
quoted above which prescribes freeman
ship as an indispensable qualification for
voting, except in the case of former
citizen who has left the State and resided
elsewhere. Section 90 curiously describes
citizens Of the United States and per-
SONS who have become citizens of this
State by virtue of the Constitution and
laws"-that is, probably, by the peace
and-quiet ordeal and the subsequent
conscience oath-as equally entitled to
be regarded as citizens of Vermont while
residing in the State; and SectiCn 81
proceeds to make them alike electors,
under the conditions as to time OF resi-
dence and 80 forth.
1t seems doubtful question, therefore,
whether the Supreme Court of the United
States would hold in Vermont test case
that the word freeman was or was not
a negligible term with reference to the
right to vote in that State.
Nevertheless, we fully agree with our
Atlanta contemporary that it is e1-
tremely desirable for the sake Of the
South that the case Of the negro GILES Of
Alabama, when again heard in new form
by the court of last resort at Washington,
may produce definite decision upon the
right Of the States to confer or withhold
suffrage, provided the terms of their
statutes do not in so many words traverse
the Fifteenth Amendment.
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The New Tax System.

To TIE EDITOR OF TIE SuN-sf,: An even,n,
paper has congratulatory editorial on the "nev
system OF tax assessments now obtaining in
Greater New York. "A dollar tax rate slnost IA
sight," Il says.
shrnks and hence becomes . subject of reioac,n.
70 the paper, however adversely Il may Affect
'hs feeling. Sf The tanpaysr and properly holder
Of Quaker Hi. Duichess county. n y. SUnel.
John" was deeply interested In me subject Of an
What would you DO ior !his road Uncle john S
ifLhey would make you .psthmaste he was ssied
!sli thee wha. ia do: I'd male ne rad ,eesis
snS So al b !sfs s, "a az sees,d: and tors
49, John stAsa Of naiass thlaIs go psrs,.
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NEGRO DISFRANCHISEMENT.
Papers In the Two Cases From Alabama
Docketed In the Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON. June 77.-The papers In
the two cases to test the validity Of tbs
negro Acknowledgement clause Of the Ala
bama Constitution. on which vrits Of error
were granted a few weeks ago by Justice
White, were docketed in the Supreme
Court to-day An effort will no doubt b
made when the court meets in October
to have them advanced for an early hearing.
They were brought originally in the State
Circuit courts in Montgomery by jackson
w. Giles. a colored man. one against tho
Board Of Registrars for that county, to
recover damages sustained by the plain
till because Of the refusal Of the board TO
place his name on the voting list, and the
other an application for writ Of naanda-
mus to compel the board to place his name
on the list. The decisions OF the lower
courts against Giles were sustained BY the
Supreme Court Of Alabama, and from that
Judgment a writ Of error to the Supreme
Court was allowed by Justice White, In
whose circuit the case originated.
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A Ritusliatic Church.

To TIE EDITOR OF TIE suS--iSir: have
before me the journal Of Convention OF the
Protestant Episcopal Church Of the Diocese
OF New York. In turning to the report Of St.
lRnatiuee Church this Is what find:
In 1907 the officials of st. Ignatiuss Church
reported that the parish contained $40 COM
municants and 1870 Sunday school scholars:
Five years later 1902 the official report = OF
scholars enormous gain Of two members.
or one-half Of per cent. in Aye years. and .
loss OF 80 Sunday School scholars. or % per
cent, In a like period doubt II there Is a
parish In New York. that pretends to have any
excuse for existing. with poorer showing.
be the headquarters OF the High" Church
party In the United States.
JAMKS GREENFIELD.
NEW YORK, June H.
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at their laborious profession than these
Colonies. Innumerable Is the number
Of commandments, cornerstone Jay.
ings, f1remen's dances, musters at HUI
and South birmingham and misceila-
neous picnics and parties, these color
bearers Of the Governor have to go 70.
There Is no eight-hour law for them. FOR
at least eighteen hours eight days in the
week they have to decorate the Common,
wealth OF Massachusetts,, dazzle those oio
Puritan eyes with JosEPH's coat, sunuse
a blank and bleak landscape with lovei-
ness, gild the stern and rock-bound coast
and paint the interior red. They are
modest men. They are self-sacrificing
men. Not for themselves do they wear
that panoply, that wealth OF cape ana
braid and frill and frog. Not for them
selves do they grunt and sweat under
a weary life of pomp. They love quiet
and ease as we'll as other men do. But
some must shine and some must rust;
80 runs the world away. 1t Is the hign
calling of these Colonies to shine, to
sparkle. glitter, radiate, illumine' They
keep the Governor warm, the people
and the military tailors happy.
We had not dreamed that in all Massa-
chusetts there was heart depraved
enough to mediate, hand ruthless
enough to commit, an act OF sacrilege
and dissertation against these temples
Of beauty, an act of hostility to these
aureate paladins. We did not know
the extent of human wlckedness. In
Thursdays Boston Globe, a journal ex-
perienced in Colonies and not shining
ignorantly against the light, was printed
this hideous caricature:
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In the North American RrusV for July We ind IN
article on The Servian Tragedy" which happened
on June II. The Ha,tan Minister TO Washington
writes about Hayu. Mr.. Abraham Cshan on the
Jews In Russia and the Kishinen mAssacre, Mr..
Raul Perez on ColombiA's view Of the Panama
Canal and Prof. George l.. Kittredge on phiil,ps
Exeter Academy. There arc other timely srsicles
on political subj cts and notice OF the New Ruskn
lstters. The literary feature Is -Odyassve ssd
Calypso: . Dramatic Poem" By ReAse1 49,. \
New zealAn6 DosN. -7-,~
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virginia Republican, for Roosevelt Untn 1874
E,sosn sha Rfchnnnnd limit

meeting held here last night WAS . perfect ~
feast. the feature having bsen the absence Of he
man In black"
There was . very large attendance Of member
and only nve negroes were present. These I've
had but little show. and all occupied bark sests.
Tho o:rceholdes had full sway and the pro-
grsmme arranged q little while before in the Il
eeutive Committee went tn rough with . vhoop.
Congressman Slemp made long speech second.
ing set Of resolutions In rsing President Rooss.
welt for denomination in 1904. These resolutions
were unanimously adopted AFTER being amended
20 a 70 give tho President another nomination Ia
lo0A
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AS RELIGION
the Rema rkable Confession OF q woman.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: ! am
asking for help from any one who can give 1t.
In mature years. fraught with many sorrows.
have lost my childhood belief. Through all
the ages false prophets have arisen" How
can discriminate? Is II possible that the
many" who believe In the 30 called Christian
Science are deceivers, or are they deceived?
An agnostic IL by many regarded as little
less ian an infdel: but God knows one would
be only too thankful to believe again IA little
child. A SUBSCRIBER FOR MANY YEARS.
NEW YORK, June "a.
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The Legality OF the Vanderbilt
Marriage.

The discussion which has taken place in
England IN regard to the recent marriage
Of Mr.. WILLIAM X. VANDERBILT in that
country has resulted in demonstrating,
first, that the marriage was absolutely
lawful, and, secondly. that such mar
risse 10 .disapproved by the clergy Of
the Church Of England.
There has been much correspondence
and discussion in the columns of the
London Times on the subject. DR..
THOMAS H. "TRlsrKAM, the Chancellor
Of the Diocese Of London, by whom the
license for the marriage was issued, as
sorts that it is obligatory on him by the
provisions Of the English Divorce act to
grant a license by which a guilty party is
entitled to the Use Of the church for the
celebration Of the marriage by the minis
ter.of the parish, or, if he should object,
by any Clergyman entitled to officiate in
the diooese who is willing to celebrate it.
Accordingly, in the case of Mr.. WANDER
Bit, he issued the license and minister
WAS falnd who was willing to celebrate
the marriage in accordance with the au-
,thority thus conferred upon him. Mr..
DrSDrS, the new Dean OF the Arches, has
written an opinion on the same subject in
response to a request Of the Archbishop
Of Canterbury in which he disagrees
with Dr.. TRIsrRAM, holding that license
is apatvilege and not right, and that the
Chancellor might have withheld the
icenss IN this case il he had seen fit to
Tho Bf56op o. Loadon. in an official
Aetoe Just publshed In the London
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Al the Bridge.

Al the Bridge.
whata
Rattle battle cattle
Every
Night night bito
They
Tangle wransle mansle
Then
Bawl haul maui
Jump bump thump
Now
Slam cram Jam
Then
Clothes bows hose
Battered tattered scattered
With
Rush crush lush
They are
Hellowins believing yelling
Some are
Signing crying dying
All are
Sad mad bad
Because Of
AuGstns sussins siuggins
= get
u Home. svsst hons.
~ !. 4. II.
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sr,..ow and the Vice Presidency.

From tN Topeka Daily Capita.
II the proposed candidacy Of Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Bnstow meets with the favor
Of President Roosevelt there Is nothing that can
defeat him for the nomination. and his nomination
would strengthen the ticket.
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Mr.. Abner Mckinley and Mr.. Miller.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-,sir: The news
papers Of June 20 state that Mr.. Miller Is business
associate OF mine. He Ia not and never has been.
SoARhsRT. Pa. June ~. Amir MCKINLEY.