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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-16
A Gable to Iceland.

The North Atlantic cable between
Europe and Iceland which has been dis
oussed 50 widely for years 10 at last to
be laid by the Great Northern Telegraph
Company. This II q Danish concern,
with interests extending even into Asiatic
waters, for IL owns the line between
vladivostok and Japan. The company
signed contract in the last week Of
September with the Danish Govern
ment TO lay and operate a cable between
the Shetland and Farce islands and Ice
land In consideration Of yearly subsidy
Of $4,000. The cable is to be opened for
trafic not Later than Oct. 1, 1905.
The Scandinavian, English, French,
and some American fishermen who are
carrying on their trade in Ioelandic
waters on an increasing scale cannot
fail to profit by II. The London Times
said a while ago that when this cable
was laid England would not think twice
before using Iceland as link In her
cable communication with British North
America.
Meteorologists have long insisted that
q cable to Iceland is necessary for the
Improvement Of weather predictions
both in Europe and America. Weather
Bureau stations need daily kilograms
concerning the state of the weather in
the North. IL often happens that storms
from that quarter sweep over Europe
without previous atmospheric indica-
tons Of their approach. Information
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to swear TO the challenge affidavit" and
answer the questions printed upon H.,
which Will be put TO Rim by the inspec-
tors II the citizen takes the oath and
answers the quest ions properly the
registration officers must put his name
upon the register. The Grocery cannot
prevent them from doing this.
The registration figures for Friday do
not indicate that great number OF per-
sons we're frightened by the threats made
by the Grocery. 1t does not pay to treat
American citizens az though they were
idiots and towards, for they are neither
the one nor tho other.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-16

oommAssns With to-morrov loot. y the North.
Easssrn Railway Company viii insuTurste an
sooasrsesd sra3n ssyvtos is section Of tho East
Coast ropts - eoot,aad- ArTangamenh have been
sendudsd ~ which ~ North Eastern Railway
osgpsny's sxprsss issvins Leeds 81 $50 4. NJ
le9 BAiabHSh WIN law Yoyk three uanutes
issss than Aov. but VIII sTrvs u New.
castle three minutes sAlilsr than 81 present the
~ uuiiss beng accomplished In eighty two min
utas. TAs nm miles from L>sds 70 the 5oo,tish
oayaisi yin b covered BY ths North. Eastern Rail
Nv saSlnss h sour hours ninstsoa minutes. ss
agsanss fouS houn thlrty-tvo minutes occupied
b. The AuGsna Railway Company. Between
Ysfk sad DsxiinGtan he Nsgth.Bestsfn Railway
oonpsay's tsstn WI stain . speciality high rate
Of spesd - Ne d1stAnos Of ~ mflss n 70 DO COW
eTsd n foxtv-tArSs mlnutes-oy Q through average
spssd q slA miles Per hour Tns M mios from
Dssiiagsoa - Newcastle wfu b covered IN thirty
eight uaiaSssA which. taking Into consideration
Ne gradtsass snt CURVES encountered on This SOC.
ea oi The ins. ana a,ss tie fset that the train will
havs, according 70 established practice. 70 reduce
,ts speed 70 - mtles per hour white crossing the
Durham viaduos snd the High-Lsvsl Bridge over
~ ryas, WI b grest locomotive performance
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-16
The Right Of Suffrage.

The Grooery's widely advertised plan
to challenge $4,000 citizens when they
present themselves for registration in
the counties OF Kings and New York is
an old and time-worn scheme, intended
to brighten qualified electors who are
timid or IMMERSED in the law 80 that they
will not attempt to exercise their rights
It is in line with the other acts the Grocery
has committed upon the assumption that
the voters are fools. The Grocery con-
oeives the voters to DO incompetent to
understand or assert their rights. This
assumption the history Of American
politics does not sustain, nor will tho
future justify It.
The Grocery does not bestow the right
to vote upon the citizen. That right 10
secured to him by the Constitution and
laws of the State, and their provisions
are simple and exact. The quahioa-
lions Of electors in New York are set
forth in subdivision Of section 81 Of
the Election law:
"a person Is . qualined elector in any election
district for the purpose Of having his name placed
on the register II he Is or win be. on the day Of
election qualified 70 vote ~ the election for whieh
such registration 10 made. A qualined eleotoS y
q male citizen who 10 or viii be on tho day Of dec
ton twenty one YEARS OF age, who has been IN
inhsbit.nt Of the state for rear ns1t preceding
the election and for the last four months resident
Of tho county and for the last thirty days set.
dent Of tho election district In which b may otss
his vote. II nAturaised cttissu. be nust In eddi'
ton 70 tho foregoing provtSions have bean nstut'
allied =. least ninety days PRIOR V The day II aso'
ton"
This simple and easily understood
paragraph is modified by sub-divisioo 10
OF the same section, which cntrmeratss
the classes Of persons who are excluded
from the right Of suffrage. Thsss ars
It's words:
mo person who shsu receive seospt OF easI
10 receive, or pay. offer or promise - psy, con-
tribute or promiss 70 eontnbuss 70 aAesssA 70 Be
paid or used any money any other valuahls thing
a. . compensation or reward for The giving o.
withholding . vote Al an election OF rsgistessns
or refrmning from Registering - "a e,sstos. d
who shall make any promise W inausnos ths gtvlAS
or withholding any such vote or fsgissrsslsa, u
who shall mako or become directly or iAdsrssdy
interested In any bet or wager dspsndins upoa ~
result Of an election. shall vots II ssch sisosen.
No person who has been convicted Of felony shsil
have the hight TO register for or vote u say sctisa
uniess he shall have been pardoaeA nd sssssssa
70 the nights Of citizenship
In common phrase. felons areprohibitsd
from registering. and bride gives, bride
takers and bet makers are prohibited
from voting. Every man qualified to meet
the requirements set forth in sub-di-
vision !, who is not an unpardoned felon,
Is entitled to be registered. II e~v citi-
zen so qualified Is challenged In behalf
OF the Grocery when he presents himself
for registration, no may b required
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-16
Tour of tho Davis Company.

The tour of the Hon. HENRY CONWAY
DAVIS and his combination Of talent,
including Mr.. HILL, former Senator and
Governor, WILLIAM PINKNEI WHITE
of Maryland and the Hon. JOHN WAR
WICK DANIEL Of Virginia, has exhibited
an amusing show. The correspondent
of the Baltimore Sun says that @the poo
pie vote WHITE the finest entertainer
but this criticism Is unjust to MIR. DAVIS,
who has been in great form, jeering HILL
for his celibacy and WHITE for his
beauty. MIR. DANIEL, ono Of the best
tragic actors and deolaimers In tho coun-
try, quotes In honor Of his young friend:
-Tims has removed the hair IRON his head In
order thu, Nigh, place there the laurel wreath
Of fame
Also tho Anaoreontao: o.
age may DER his brow b flung.
But his heart. his heart. u ever young
We regret to notice that some Parkers-
burg Autolycus removed Mr. DANIELS
time from his waistooat pocket,
Another parlor car entertainer now
appears:
Regarding funny oratons. Senator HnA tolls
tho story Of plain. blunt business man who was
selected 10 deliver speeoh ~ the dedication Of
monument Tho old man got ratified end forgss
his speech. Turning 70 the crowd. no said:
-'Yo know we've built this hero statue a. gress
expense 70 marx this historic spot and now vs are
Foing 10 unvcu It. There he paused moment 70
SEQ II he could remember his speech n was lost
completely. 50 he ended thus:
80 ws sre-sre going to uuveii IT, 70 80 Il ne
burned things genuine
At New Martinsville, the Davis COM
pany was met by hundreds Of men and
boys in red caps and red oapes, masqus
OF militarism.
Although Mr.. DAVIS occasionally sx-
hibits ancient Rome, he talks TO his
audiences almost exclusively about State
issues" Perhaps this is the most enter
tanning thing yet published about tho
venerable Joker. Evidently West Viz
giuia is not thrilled by the opportunity
Of sending him to Washington again.
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A Letter TO tho Point.

Governor Chairman ODRLL admits
that no Is receiving responses to the
thousands OF letters he has dropped like
autumn leaves all over the State, saying:
IT 10 reported 70 me ths, you arc opposed TO
tho Republican state candidates II that report 10
true, viii you DO kind enough 20 advise mo why
you have taken such posisonf
why you feel a. you dol'
Governor Chairman OpELL In another
style Of letter says to the Republicans:
Tho record Of the two men tHknRIcx and HIo-
0nsI should have governing influence. IN my
opinion. In matter Of this hnd.'
A Duchess county Republican set
the pace when he sent this reply to the
Governor Chairman's request for In
formation:
we agree. you and I, that tho records Of tho
two men should have governing influence In this
instance tho record OF the Higgins vote on tho claim
Of the Furnaoeytlis iron Company u sufncient
influence One who In his position so readily
voted away the States money against tho expressed
opinion and proof offered By the proper JUDICIAL
onncer. tho Attorney General. that the claim was
Illegal in my humble opinion Il not suitable per
son 70 be vested with tho immcasurabiy greater
power Of influencing tho disposition Of the millions
OF the states funds that you had. and without
further statement this good and suicient reason
In my opinion for myself or for any other inde-
pendent or regular Republican not voting for ths
Hon. FRANK wAYIiAND HIoorrS for Governor OF
tho Ssate Of New York.
Tho independent Republicans and tho inds'
pendsnts In svory party have power. albeit you,
leaders and henohmen hare sneer ~ thsm because
shsy are unpurohasabio and unbnbahle; ou, thss
are fast learning how 70 use their power. MI oDzII
Perhsps they viii speak plainly before thsy ACT
psrhsps tasy may not speak - an
Tho independent Republicans and the
independent voters Of all parties In their
protest against the Rule Of Graft arc
not going to use oalliopes, but they are
going to use:
"A weapon thsa comes down - stm
A. anowhakss ian upon tho Sod.
Hut executes . frss mans win
A. nshtnins does the viii Of Con-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-16
Tho Fitting wedding Day.

AdNcs BY the late Res. Dr.. MILO Mahan OF the Epseo
pal Church 10 those t~sendIpg n,arrtnos.
For purposes Of 10y there are two days, -whloA
tho Lord hath made" Sunday In all light, the day
Of life and resurrection. crowned With . corount
% bright that It seems unneet to appropriate
II 70 any occasion Of moro secular Gladness; other
wise. u would DO capital wedding day. For this
lstter purpose Thursday u the day. II Is known
In tho Church Dies Dsnedtctfonts the time Of the
hrst blessing pronounced by the Creator upon His
creatures, Gsnesis. l.. a. aftsrward reconseoYated
By highar benediction. when tho Lord ssoended
In triumph. having redeemed His chosen bride
from the shsdes Of he'll and having received -gifs
for men" which He iavished In regal pfofuson
upon ~ generations. II u the wedding day Of tbs
kingdom; leu NO child OF the Kingdom ever think
Of marrying on suy other day. Tuesday, however.
may b tolerated. being the third Of creation.
marked By tho development Of life and growth.
Monday savors Of that hckie and barren planst.
tho moon. Wednesday and Friday were profsnod
In hestheu timss By Wodep and Fies In tho scan
dinayiAn mythology. and b. Mercury and Venus
In the osasic names Of illusion. dsospt,on and or
ruptiou: therefore chyistAndom has put . GROSS
upon those days, marking them ~ HtAny DAYS.
times of humiitatson. fasting and prayer. They
have no SAVIOR OF true fsstvfty. nuptih esne-
diotiea conferred % shoss 6ays n . soYt Of back
banded bsAedt0saon whioh I wou1d hate 70 confer
upon any dsughtsT Of mine OF any true daughter
q ~ Church
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-16
Tho Decision at Boston.

The House Of Deputies Of the General
Convention OF the Episcopal Church has
again refused to amend the canon re-
specting marriage and divorce under
which the innocent party to a divorce
for adultery Is made eligible for new
marriage. The proposed amendment
10 forbid the solemnization Of marriage
AZ any divorced person during the life
II the divorced partner was rejected on
Niday by close vote.
II ives Q sensible conclusion, for prao-
&feaiiy tho proposed prohibition would
have been Intellectual for it's purpose,
whiah was the prevention Of divorces
and Subsequent marriages to other
mates. Abundant experience has shown
that even the present canonical restric-
Hon Of new marriage to the innocent
party TO . divorce for single cause
does not prevent Episcopalians from
estting divorced for other and various
causes, allowed by the statute law Of
different States, and afterward marry
ing other persons. II the more liberal
canon II fouted when it interferes with
individual matrimonial inclinations, what
reason can there be for supposing that q
severer would command more respect9
Tho present agitation Of tho subject
In The Episcopal Church is caused, more
particularly, by the many divorces which
have taken place in the conspicuous
society of fashion, for the leaders and
most Of the members Of that restricted
circle are either communicates Of the
Episcopal Church or attendants ON its
services. Those people have shown
that they are without respect for the
authority of the Church in the matter,
but are content II the civil law permits
their proceedings, while the society in
which they move justifies their cynical
dehance-that is, retains them in its en-
brace when they come to It with new
husbands and wives. Under the canon
a II IL the solemnization Of their new
marriages by Episcopal clergymen was
impossible, and their new unions were
practically adulterous; but they were
oasnlAss OF the ecclesiastical prohibition
and imputation. Such people insist
on doing as they want In thu matter of
marriage and divorce, whether the
Church approves or disapproves, or
whatever Its law may be.
Dosertion, real or nominal, was usually
no ground on which they got their d.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-16
state Issues at tho Front.

In this national campaign there is no
excitement about national issues. The
result is discounted and accepted. at
least in the North. Judge PARKER grows
paler, more oolorless and an@mio, every
day. BRYAN 10 the only Democratic
figure that stirs the crowd. "Reorgan-
led on q humbug platform, the ma
tional Democracy toddles on to defeat,
ludiorous, unpitied, driveller and a
show.
Wherever there Is any living interest
in the political game Of 1904 the interest
is in immediate and local affairs. The
contest between HERRIcK and HIGGINS
is the most important, conspicuous and
interesting shindy Of the year, but all
around there is spirit of independence
and a hearty kicking. the heartier
because there is absolutely no doubt
about. and consequently no frantic en-
grossment in, the Presidential election.
The Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor of Michigan never mentions PAR
KER's name, and hopes to be elected by
Republican voters dissatisfied with the
Republican machine and the Republican
candidate for Governor. In Wisconsin
Governor La TOILETTE holds the centre
Of the stage and dances merrily on a
floor wiped by his Stalwart foes. In
Colorado the reelection of Governor
PEABODY, Republican, and representa-
tive Of law and order, Is justly regarded
by many Democrats as the chief politi-
cal business. In Washington the cleo
ton OF the Hon. GEORGE TURNER, Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor, is or has
been admitted by many Republicans.
No Democrat doubts, except for publica-
ton, that both Wisconsin and Washing
ton will vote for Republican electors.
In West Virginia the people are most
interested in State issues, and these are
most discussed. The Republicans really
expect to carry the State for ROOSEVELT,
and the Democrats believe that their
State ticket will get good many more
votes than their national ticket.
This Ia likely to be the banner year
for independent voters and the sharp
separation OF national from State ques-
tions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-16
The Sh erlock Pardon.

We print in another place some COM
uasnts on THE Suns statement OF the
truth concerning the pardon by Cover
nor OpEIL OF WILLIAM F. SHERLOCK In
1901. They are gratifying az an e1-
Nbit Of candid intelligence ON the part
a. our esteemed contemporaries.
Governor OpELL and his associate,
Mr.. Il II. HARTMAN, have been attribut-
ing the hostility Of THE Sum toward
odsllism to purely personal and private
difference between this paper and OpELL.
Thia had to do With the pardoniug, dur
Ing ODRIL's first term, Of a man con-
victed and sentenced for criminal libel.
n was q most discreditable proceeding
On ODELL's part, and We were justly in
dignsnt at 1t. but a It was truly a private
and personal grievance we did not re-
sent II. and. indeed, supported oDE1A
when be ran for Governor. 1t may be
urged with more or less force that We
ought to be very much ashamed Of this
admission, but We plead that the inter
ssts Of the Republican party then seemed
to VI vastly to transcend matter that
was merely personal to ourselves.
When It became necessary to disclose
Op1Ih's true character and to point to
the results which his ssoendenoy must
entail upon the Republican party In this
State, he declared that our statements
were all false and were made solely be-
cause he had pardoned SHERLOCK, at
which time, he said, We had threatened
to attack him II he did pardon the man.
Well, the statements that we made
about ODELL have been proved to be
true, and his explanation Of our motive
for making them we have conclusively
shown to be deliberate lie on OpELL's
part. We do not again need to deal with
that matter.
The various publications which ODELL
is now effecting may afford him some
IuOul0utdiy pJioohot iOhOAb cue cAA0y
chiefly imply, if they imply anything.
that The Sun is to blame for the robbery
Of the State Treasury by the Hartman
Furnaceville gang; that If ODELI, for his
own disgraceful purposes, had not par
doned SHERLOCK, no mud would have
been transmitted into Crock and the
State would not have been plundered;
thatit would not have become known, and
the men who got the stolen money would
not now be compelled to 60 around ex-
planning thai there was nothing in It
merely personal quarrel between OpE1h
and TIE SUN.
All the derelictions OF Odellism, all
the grievous accusations against ODEII,,
together with their attendant evils to a
great party and to public morals and
decency--all these cannot be laid to a
personal quarrel between ODELL and
THE SUN. If they can, we are the last to
4repudiste q responsibility Of the kind.
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THE BALTIC SQUADRON.
IT. strength and Its Prospects Of Getting
20 the Far East.I

70 the Far East,
TO THE EpIros OF THE BuN--Sir, The Rus
sian squadron for service In the Far East ~
present In the Baltic, altar number o. DE-
lays. left Nbau, Ito port Of oonosntraAon, sof
. short cruise, and has como back again TIL
was probably trial trip previous 10 the nnA!
decision a. 70 whether OF not 10 u 10 pT0oSoA
TO its alleged destination. The s0uadFon 70
said TO be composed Of seven batneshtpe,
q complement Of seven torpedo boat dssnoy.
ers, o repairing ship, four auxiliary oruis@e.
six transports. two voluntser hest yassss
and hospital ship; making total Of thirty
I'VE vessels OF all olassee-
OF the battieshlps hvs--.ths Knias 6uvaeof1.
Borodino, Orel, osliabia and lmpmeSor
Alexander uL-ars modern vessels. ths lass
four being described BY French naval an
thority a. compromises between The battas-
ship and the armorsd cruiser. without the
speed Of the latter or prote6tiop Of ths former.
OF the other two. the sissod velid 70 the leasS
seaworthy 10, owing TO some nisoalculataon
in her design, she In overweightsd, with ths
result that when fully equipped for service
her armor balt Ii almost entirely submerged.
The Navartn. now q comparatively old ship,
having been launched In 1891. In q good hghtns
machine of her GLASS. her armament being
we'll protected. The tota, tonnage Of Shs
Tho cruisers IRE rathsr . mica lot. the
Admiral Nakhimon and pInttr Douska
dating back TO 1885 and 1888. Thsss twv wsrs
good ships In their day ana srs good sea
boats, but laGk speed. Tho Aurora ana Tho
oleg are the only two Of tho cruisers 70 be
considered % fighting ships, tho four others
being Of the Novik class, and principally L.
tended to servo ~ scouts
The distance this squadron wou1a hsvs
to traverse TO reach vladi vostok, Il sent
through the Susz Canal. would DO aborit II, 100
miles. Assuming q speed OF ten kn0ts an
hour, 1t would take hfty-ttrse dayu on the
journey and At Twelve knota, forty-Sottr
days. so that doing its best Il would not azT,vs
| At vlsdivostok before December too
late probably to be Of any relia 70 the Port
Arthur ships, unless that plaos can hold out
till then, which. If the latsst accounts are -
be relied on, would be little short Of q miradle.
Time would be lost In ooallng on tho way,
though the radius Of actton Of some Of the
ships 10 such that they would only require
their bunkees to be rechar ged onoe durtpG
tho passage. Most Of them, however. the
smaller boatB especially, would have 70
al up several times, so that II would probably
be quite Christmas time. assuming that they
do not have to fight their way through the
Japanese ,heet. before they could cast anchor
On he whole tSs prospect 10 MOI tu1xhs.
NEW YORK. Dot Is. =.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-16

The oonoluSon Of tho struggle for the
woman's golf championship leaves the
honor In the hands Of Miss GEoRdIANA
BISHOP Of Bridgeport. Tho contest was
marked throughout by high order Of play,
Several OF the women excited much admira-
ton by the excellence Of their long game,
q fact which goes to prove what experienced
golfers often assert. that skill Is quite as i'm
portant IS strength in this game. The
growth OF the popularity Of golf among
women 10 good thing. The game IL one Of
the best Of all medicines for troubled nerves.
II 10 also conducive to tho development OF
grace and elasticity Of movement, oleaIness
and briiliancyof complexion. brightness Of
eys, erectuess OF carriage and equality Of
temper. These arc precious possessions for
women, and a. they arc plentiful among
American women, the fair golfers, who
ought 30 DO especially roh In theqa. must
b blessed indeed and most desirable.