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Civil Marriage Advocated.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-ST: The
Episcopal Convention In Boston seems to be
wasting time over the divorce question. No
objection can be raised to canon which
shall guide and restrict the clergy of its own
communion; but when they discuss a resoln-
ton, such as was presented to the oonven-
ton yesterday. In which it is proposed TO
memorabilia the Federal Government to re-
strict divorce simply to one cause. they are
getting out Of their province.
The United States is a great cosmopolitan
country. Christianity is not the religion OF
the State. any more than Judaism or Bud
dhism. and any legislation on domestic cues
tions must be broad and liberal. That the
prevalence OF divorce Is q national scandal
may be admitted but when carefully oon-
in the United states differs very little from
that Of the British Empire. where adultery.
cruelty and two years deseruon are reoog,
opinion that places some check on the evil
In Great Britain.
the time has come when ministers Of religion
should not be empowered to legalize a mar
The first settlers In New England found It a
burning question, and 1t was the cause Of
much trouble IN the days OF Winthrop and
rage. In Virginia in ie42 the Governors
ScS the sTsn Of tss al the
Prevalence or divorce is an evil, but din
cultles placed in the way Of marriage result
in greater evils. This was the view taken BY
Martin Luther, John Milton and oliver Crom;
well and II led to the promul cation OF liberal
views" regarding the question. II was not
because their moral sense was blunted. but
simply because they were In sympathy with
the Views Of the Apostle who thought certain
However scandalous the prevalence Of
divorce may be, the only possible remedy
is the creation Of healthy public opinion on
ince Of ministers OF religion. but II is mani
testify impossible for any religious community
to dictnte'to the Government Of eighty mil,
religions any restricted law which shall affect
their social condition. ~
New YORK, Oct. "a.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-23
Elihu Root Sums Up.

The notable speech which the Hon.
ELIHU RooT delivered last night at Buff
falo is practically the Republican reply
to Mr.. CLEvELANDs Carnegie Hall adj
dress of Friday. 1t might we'll be the
last word of the campaign which Mr..
Roof himself shaped four months ago
in the Chicago convention, when he made
the issue the continuous record Of the
Republican party rather than the per-
sonality or special achievement Of any
individual.
I'VE have not been perfect says Mr..
Root, but he proceeds to show by the
most effective of illustrations how much
better is the claim to public confidence
which tie history Of Republican govern
ment at Washington affords than Demo-
cratic performance there at its very best
in the last half century.
The best was the second administra-
ton of GROVER CLEVELAND. The can
did tribute paid by Mr.. Roof to the
qualities displayed by Mr.. CLEVELAND
as President renders more striking his
picture Of the folly the chaos, the fulfil
ity, at that time and afterward, Of Demo-
cratic policy as a whole. "The very
virtues for which we admire Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND separated him from his party in
the Capitol; and even CLEVELAND was
powerless to repel the Huns or to avert
the disasters wrought by the menace of
their oncoming
We quote from the ex-Secretary's
speech last night one passage which con-
tains a good part of the philosophy of
the present situation: as Judge PARKER
ADLER and stronger, of higher courage
and more commanding personality than
: Mr.. CLEVELAND? Is he better informed
upon public affairs? Has he thought
more deeply upon public questions? Is
his craftsmanship broader and more
genuine? If not, what hope is there Of
better things with power in Democratic
hands?"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-23
Hours OF work in German Factories.

Work commences In Germany at q. $50 or
O'Clock In the morning. and usually stops at the
corresponding hour In tho evening. Tho workman
has q quarter OF an hour for breakfast from an
hour TO an hour and half At noon for dinner, and
quarter OF an hour In the afternoon for tea. Some
times and In factories the breakfast period Is
not authorized sometimes afternoon tea Is omitted.
The average length of the days work u ten hours.
In the textile industry. II may be q quarter OF an
hour longer. The care Of women and children has
concerned the State far more than the hous Of the
male workers. Night work for women Ia pro-
hibited, nor can they remain In the shops after
$50 on Saturday afternoon, or on the owe OF hoii
day. The law nxcs the maximum OF the woman's
working day at eleven hours except on Saturday
and the day preceding holidays when II II ten hours.
midday rest OF one hour Is compulsory, and women
with house hold cares may claim extra half hour.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-23
BRrTONAND TEUToN M AFRICA
A Novel View Of the Relations OF Two
'"' Great ColOnizi Powers,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: Public
attention 10 80 much absorbed by the Russo.
Japanese war that events of great interest
that are passing in South Africa escape no.
tloe. Perhaps the refusal. Just reported, Of
the British Government to permit the land
Ing and passage through It's narrow strip
OF territory at Walfsch Bay OF German troops
and material intended to suppress the Har.
zero insurreotion In German Southwest
Africa, may be the means Of creating soms
interest In Affairs out there. This attitude
Of the British Government is only another
OF many symptoms Of strained relations b.
tween II and the German that have been ap-
parent OF late wherever their interests come
In contact, and\will probably develop with
the progress OF the war In the Far East
1t In q little difficult to understand why
the British Government should Just at this
moment act In this manner toward another
European Power involved In hostilites with
the native races, seeing that all over Its own
wide territory 1t Is having trouble both with
It's white and colored subjects. At this mo.
ment q strong nucleus OF another Boer re.
public exists In the extrem northwest corner
Of the British territory formed by the Ger.
man boundary line on the west and north.
ase pagan nbsr
who trekked there after it. rather than take
the oath Of allegiance to their conauerors,
5000 to Il. ooo men Into the field in the event vent
OF their being attacked from the south OF
east. which Is unlikely. as they are well pro-
sSS b. the hosss break out
between them and the British. 1t would be Of
the first importance to have strictly neutral
German authority In the neighboring terri.
tory TO prevent the smuggling OF arms and
ammunition across the border. The present
action OF the British Government at Walfsoh
Bay will tend rather TO convert Germans into
n that q p aa q xfr.es. " sa' D,'1D
As regards the natives OF the British terri
them
Of the heavy hut tax; the disability under
which they. are being placed In the matter
Of The restr nG On in trade to
raised against them at the same time In the
labor market by the importation Of Chinese
on o Se in faa o the Bos
Republics, disappointed with the political and
Commercial results of the war. Is ready TO
Slsr hand oabas h Rs TO ss9'
leaders by members Of some Ct the s., South n
ba the eor rpphsss
Of tie fidelity Of the boer character and their
hard common sense that they rs snMtS A,rc.
before the British Minister at The. Hague is
With ss lis Of of
IN plotting their people through the difleu.
ties surrounding their new conditions; Their
i for IN STds b TO 5ebu Who
propose to raise fresh troubles. and only
great unwisdom on the part Of the oI BTt Isl
o. the a meW tn arms
Those British settlers who can are leaving the
country. some to return to England while
others are drifting away to Australia and other
New YORK, Oct. %.
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Chefooiery.


We're In village called chefoo, upon North chinss
shore.
A village quite unknown to fame. until these days
OF war
When suddenly It woke from sleep, and sent both
far and Wide
Rumorssf nights on land and sea, near the Port
Arthur side.
On. day victory Japanese: the n.A day II. Russo,
And anything and everything bdt that there's
We hear The boom Of guns By day. we soc the fash
We almost feel and well We may. that We are in
the fight.
The ,unks come In, the junks 90 out all carrying
consrsband
To that poor fortress in distress oesesed BY young
Japan;
The Fawsn. too Of much renown, comes often In
And strange scooun,s Of floating mines her master
doth retail.
And japan ships come in a. night TO wire their
Powers that be-"
We don't believe quite al we hear nor everything
We see.
For Russians. Greeks and Cinnamon arrive By many
junks,
And some have left 80 hurrfedly they haven't
brought their trunks.
We've every nationality and costumes rich and
rare,
wssa ws gather in the dining room to try the hotel
fare.
The men they come the men they TO; we question
what they arc.
while the Japanese sit side by side with subjects
OF the Car,
There's On air Of expectation-s mysterious sort Of
pail.
And ~ one and an are wondering when ru Port
Arthur fall. HH4M 6rHtna
cMHroo, ChinA, July n.
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Mr.. Goodwin Smith and Immortality

Mr.. Goodwin Smith and Immortality.
The revival by Mr. GOODWIN SMITH Of
the discussion Of the question Of personal
immortality. or Of mans life after death in
another state OF being, is an indication Of
the contemporary tendency Of minds OF
the highest intellectual and philosophic
range to do their thinking wholly apart
from purely religious and theological
dogmas. ....
1t is an old question, as old as the in
telligence and imagination of man. The
mystery of the universe appeals to both
savage and civilized, and essentially the
solution of the riddle which has been
reached by both is the same. The high
est development Of the human intelli-
gence can get no further toward ra-
tional settlement Of that mystery than
can the lowest. The natural cannot COM
prehend the supernatural, but must take
it solely on faith hence arises dogma.
By Mr.. GOODWIN SMITH immortality
is Uncomfortable. 1t is to think Of the
machine as continuing to run indefinitely
after it's motive power is exhausted and
destroyed-a physical impossibility; yet,
asks he, must not our moral instincts
likewise be taken into consideration?
Does not the human conscience revolt
against the assumption that human ex-
istence is concluded without any posi-
bility of an attainment to the symmetry
of justice which we feel and demand in
stinctively as philosophic necessity?
Such a method of reasoning, of course.
even the very discussion, is distinctively
unchristian, unless Christianity ia viewed
as merely system of moral philosophy
and not a religion. Supernaturalism is
the basis of religion-an assumption
essential to it. Religion implies i'm
mortal existence, in gods or in men or
in both, and of the Christian religion in
dividual immortality is the prime and
fundamental dogma. Everything else
in the system OF Christian theology rests
on it. The Resurrection Ia the keystone.
Even to discuss, immortality as de-
batable question: is to deny the Chris
tan faith, for the Christian religion
starts out by assuming to have removed
from it all possible doubt
Mr.. GOODWIN SMITHS letter express
sive of doubt on the subject, however,
represents state Of mind which has
become widespread in Christendom and
among its most serious minds and most
exemplary characters. Such immor-
tality as the Christian religion proclaims
he and the many of whom he is repre-
sentative look on as 'inconceivable. y
They would discard the term yet that
life and responsibility should end with
the earthly existence seems to them to
SAVIOR of a logical absurdity.
That is, he looks on the question Of i'm
mortality philosophically. His argument
recalls the speculations Of philosophers
antecedent to the Christian era; yet if i'm
mortality is debatable in any degree is not
the Christian religion delusion7 Is not
the immortality Of man, conceivable or
inconceivable, the sole reason for that
religion and it's sole justification?
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Prompter and Judge.

Who pumps into Judge PARKER those
eccentric figures which the worthy can
didate discharges upon Esopus and a
grinning world3 What wag, mystifier
or able inventor has persuaded the emil
nent Esopian that the cost Of the Philip
pines to the United States was $85o, OOO,-
900, besides the $40, 900, 900 paid to Spain,
as the Judge informed the Hon. Bob
DAVIS of Jersey City, a former Mayor of
Bayonne and other Constitutionalists
last Friday 4for the opportunity Of
taking it's place in wasting lives and
money! Who told the Judge that
Earliest of fairy tales that more than
200, 900 lives had been lost in the Philip
pine Islands?
The prompter's name is still unknown,
but his methods are disclosed in the
Judges Friday talk at Esopus. There
we see how the prompter obtains those
estimates wherewith the Judge confutes
men like the Hon. ELIHU Roof and the
Hon. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT:
An examination Of the speeches OF Senators and
Representatives In Congress. recently mnde. In
GLIDING that OF Senator HoAR In the Senate Of the
United States on May 20. 1902. will show that my
statement Of cost was an underestimate. as II was
intended 10 be. EDWARD ATKINSON. whose fame
as statisucian Is secure In the confidence Of his
count vmen. In letter to the Mem Yo,k Times of
Oct 90 1901 estimates the cost to at 500 900 900
year and the probable cost to date at 81 200 600 ooO
HIS letter should be read by every voter"
By an examination Of the speeches
of Senators and Representatives in Con-
gress Judge PARKER's prompter evil
IDENTIFY means the speeches of violent
anti-imperialists like Senator CARMACK
of Tennessee, for instance. But his only
definite reference is to the speech made
by Mr. HoAR in the Senate on May 20,
1902. In this speech Mr.. HoAR said:
The conflict in the Philippines has cost you
5000. 10000. thousands OF American soldlers-the
flower OF your youth: the health and sanity Of
thousands more. and hundreds Of thousands OF
Filip,nos slain"
Obviously this is mere rhetoric; and
the numbers are round, filing and made
at will. The passage is, in fac, favor
tie one with anti-imperialists. We fancy
that Judge PARKRB's prompter got it
from Gen. SAMBo BowLEs's Springfield
Republican. The prompter Is not en-
tirely up to date. Yielding to an artistic
desire for sympathy, Gen. BowLEs now
estimates the loss of life at 100000, one
life for every 81 900.
The prose to this poetry about $780,
900 was furnished by the Hon. ELIHu
Roof Secretary of War, in 1902. In a
communication to the Senate he esti-
mated the expense incurred under the
War Department on account Of the
Philippines from May, 1898, to April 30,
1909, at slos, 853,5i2, with liabilities at
that time OF 47a,0I3. So .,. B.
Judge PARKER's prompter despises
these prosaic estimates. He submits
to his principal and his principal sp-
proves the estimate made by that eau
tious and judicious anti-imperialist the
Hon. EDWARD ATKINSON. Mr.. ATKIN-
SON raises Mr.. HoAR's $500, 900 600 to
81, 200, 900 600. Judge PARKER finds his
own estimate Of se7o.CQo, 900 an under
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-23
Unionism In Politics

1t is possible that the vote Of organized
labor, If solidly cast, would turn the scale
at the coming election. Such an event,
however, is out of the question for two
reasons. One is that there is difference,
which falls little short of antagonism, in
the ranks of unionism upon the point
of the Use of politics as a labor weapon.
The other is that perhaps no more than
q small minority of unionists are ready
to subordinate their personal opinions
with regard to national interests to.their
loyalty to an organization which, how
ever important, is still no more than
incidental in the larger national life.
But there is no doubt that the issues of
unionism will be the determining factor
in perhaps many thousands of individual
votes. AS a body, the Federation of
Labor stands opposed to any partisan
participation in national politics. In
replies to questions recently submitted
to him by a New York paper, Mr.. COM
PERs, the president of the organization,
said: +The whole history of the labor
movement demonstrates. this fact, that
the more closely we adhere to the policy
Of keeping the trade union movement
free from partisan bias or influence, the
more permanent and successful do we
become"
On the other hand, that which is some-
what vaguely known as Socialism draws
It's support both from the ranks of organ
lied labor and from the unorganized.
The Socialist party, Of which we believe
one EUGENE V. DEBs is the Presidential
candidate, expects to cast vote this
J,-ur of about 10000 Its vote in 1900
was less than one-sixth Of that number.
The Western Federation of Miners will
furnish, some Of these votes on the
national ticket, and it is certain that
every ounce of weight at their command
will be thrown against the reelection Of
Governor PEABODY in Colorado.
II may be noted that while the Western
Federation of Miners la not affiliated with
the Federation Of Labor, and virtually
stands for policies which are profess
eddy abhorrent to the A. F. of L., the last
issue Of the official organ of that body
contains notice Of the Colorado situa-
ton which comes very near the sort Of
partisan politics which Mr.. GoMPERs
reDudiates. The Federationist does not
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The Amazing Popularity Of Bridge.

The Amazing popularity u bIlpGos
Ten years ago there were not twenty
people in New York who knew how to
play BRIDGE to-day a person who plays
cards at all and cannot play bridge Is
almost curiosity. Evidences of the
! popularity Of the game meet one on every
hand. Experts have written text books
on the subject, and the combined sales
of the text books have run into six fig
ures. Professional teachers find every
moment of their time engaged. Inven-
tors have made fortunes from specially
constructed card tables and markers.
Stationers are printing thousands Of
scoring blanks and notebooks for record
ing hands. Manufacturers are selling
more cards than they ever did before,
some of them self-playing cards, which
will make up a rubber and play them
selves, just as II experts were present
and held them. Charitable organizations
are giving duplicate bridge parties which
bring in thousands of dollars in single
afternoon. Dealers in fancy articles are
reaping harvest from the orders for
prizes. .-.,
What makes it 80 popular? One req
son is this: The game ia peculiarly
suited to the American type Of mind.
The qualities essential for success at
bridge are precisely those which are In
demand in everyday life, either business
or social. 1t is q game Of Judgment COM
bined with speculation; Of combination
balanced by competition. The play Of
every hand requires the same foresight
as the planning Of q business enterprise
or social entertainment, and the
same readiness in adapting ones self to
changed conditions. A popularity Of the
game is that it continually presents in
teresting and intricate problems, morn
or less difficult Of solution, and the in
dividual feels that the play Of every card
is an expression Of his personality in
controlling the result It sharpens the
memory and cultivates the habit Of
/ attention to details, gradually widening
the intellectual powers.
Bridge is peculiarly game for intelli-
gent people, and perhaps that b the
main reason why it is more popular here
and more widely played than in any
other country. Abroad, and especially.
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Albany Republicans for Herrfok.

To,rHR EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir: have
known Judge Herriok many years. as man.
a neighbor and o Judge. As man he is
honorable: IS neighbor. kind and courteous:
AZ a Judge, upright and pure. have never
known him to do a dishonorable aot As
politician he has performed his duty as a citi-
zen sanarsiy and openly.
Because he Is an upright Judge. an honest
man, q good neighbor and citizen. ! shall
vote for him for uovernor-and there are a,
lot Of Republicans In this city who intend to
do the same thing. X.
ALBANY, Oct. 10.
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japan has established her up TO date system OF
education IN Formosa. with much success.
The Japanese Government Is In the market TOT
q number of locomotives.
The rice crop prospect in Japan IL GOOD. ~
nearly q 900 900 bushels in Of the average
crop OF zoe. 900 900 million bushels.
The Japanese Marine Association will form
volunteer feet OF auxiliary cruisers.
Canada Is pushing for sales In Japan. Consuls
are being appointed with authority TO pay for early
statistical information. Sample rooms will he
attached TO the consulates Japanese products Will
be exhibited In commercial museums in Canada,
Japan's foreign trade. for the eight months ended
Aug. 81 last. amounted TO $2i2ooo 1000. an Increase
OF % 500 600 the Same months Of 1905 The e.
port Of gold has moderated considerably. but the
Import OF silver increased from S,iSo0oo 10 1854
600, by the requirements OF the army In the held
During August the Japanese banks allowed
from SIS to SO per cent. interest on deposits and
charged from 10 TO OIL per cent interest on loans
1t Is evident that banking in Japan Is profitable
Japanese cotton mill owners are charging their
plants 70 meet tho increased Chinese demand for
Japanese cotton manufactures.
During 1905 i64s vessels OF 7oss 4es aggregate ton
mage entered the port of Negasak, Japan. but only
s85 OF i40esl tonnage. few the Stars and Stripes.
Japanese vessels made up half the total number
and one third the total tonnage. British ships
were 500, Of s7oeso tonnage. We arc barely In ~
The new harbor at Osaka opened In July
The nrst two vessels to arrive were British, al
usual. Large warehouses for the storage OF car
goes have been erected.
A syndicate In Osaka IL organizing seed OIL
manufacturing trust
OF the <s7 savings banks In Japan only one 10
foreign. OF the l.7se ordinary banks only four
are foreign.
In Japan every dlshonored check or note Is
publicly gaEetted. consequently very few are DIS
honored; In Toxic. for instance. with It's i,6op.
900 population, onlv 40 per month during the year
ended May last.
The whole conduct OF the Japanese shows them
TO be q people generous and easy. but bold and
desperate In their resolutions" Votaire wrote tbs
$50 years ago but Il true to day az was then
BY Sept. = the widows and Orphans Fund raised
by the Japanese colony In London had rescb'd
aim
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Good measure u dealt out In HarpsS's Monthiv
Magazine for November; seven short stories. -
many poems and q great number and variety OF
illustrations, plain and colorcd. Nj W. d. Howcils
writes one Of his delightful sketches of travel and
Mr. W Hale explores an unknown corner Of Europe.
Popular science Is represented BY articles By Ca
mile FlAmmar1on and Andrew Lang. while Prof.
John Bassett Moore explains the principles Of
non-intcrvention and the Monroe Doctrine. Ma
Humphry wArds serial continues. 10 n. . vcry
attrnCtiYe number.