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Diplomatic Privilege works Both ways.


To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Str: Mr.. John Mer q.
ril, who writes so strongly 10 The Sum on the I'm
munity OF the diplomatic corps, must not forget
that We have far more to gain than 70 lose In tho
stroest Interpretation OF this International agree
ment II Is rather surprising 70 hear intelligent
people denounce the under secretsrys action a. II
they had never heard of extraordinarily and
the sacred tenets TO which. general principles.
our Charge 'Aiaires In London appealed in sini
lar instance.
Suppose in our clash with Spain Minister Wood.
ford could have been arrested on some trivial
charge as q prete1t TO gain time a. some critical
moment, how easily some local law could have
been twisted In that country. and how often history
shows crises In which any delay or hamperng Of
foreign diplomats might have altered and oompl-
Gated everything.
No one biamcs the Lee Justice for imposing the
nne for screening. but as . Washington on1cial
put IT, he lost every excuse by refusing 10 listen 70
. plea which subsequently, proved lawful and en-.
forcing An absurd and unwarranted penalty for
contempt OF court. Unfortunately thousands OF
our country Justices are absolutely unnt for once,
They do not know the word impartial could
name ono good Democrat who soalu every Repub.
lcan that he can get, and he releases al membss
of his own party. even on fairly serious ohArges II
they can only get New Yorker In tAeir clutches
their 10y Is unbounded. and 70 Overcome legal 70.
strictons Ia inning they multiply charges and con.
Wet or each count. In an adjacent STATE horse
boltcd over bridge with It's rider a train passed
There we're Just eigh, charges for this covert act
and Il cost $40 and one night In JAN.
NEW 'SoRx. Dot, l. W. II. JDOpsos-
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The cherry has been 80 long a recognized
element In the popularity Of the cocktail
that any proposition 10 displaoe 1t may be
considered as an assault on the integrity
Of the cocktail itself. The cherry adds
nothing 10 the cocktail. Cocktails were, for
many years, made without cherries. They
were added not as essentials, but as adj
junots to q drink made successfully only
In the United States. Cherries generally
used In cocktails are grown In the south
of France; the maraschino In which they
are bottled comes from Dalmatia. The
addition Of a cherry to cocktail, which,
unless overoharged with gum, Is fluid.
gives il moro substance; and, eaten after
the cocktail Is absorbed, It is an agreeable
substitute for water in removing the sharp
taste. The cherry adds to the popularity
OF the cocktail.
An effort has been made Especially in
beverages having gin as their chief in
gredient) to substitute the olive for the
cherry, but the olive has obtained very
little recognition as substitute. American
cherries (produoed in abundance in Cali
formal are too large, as a rule, for use in
cocktails. The idea of replacing the inn
ported cherry with the American grown
olive has not yet obtained the assent and
approval Of the great army Of cocktail
drinkers patriotic as they are.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-02
TIE Davis ChFoAelsU.
From ~ Chfcaee Tvfb9ns,
q. Davis was BON.

In is1S-Henry a. Davis was born.
In is7s-John Quincy Adams was ele-ted President
In isso-Henry q. Davis Wa yesn old; james
q. Biains VA BON; Webster and Hayne had their
famous debate: WIlhsm ". ssecndcd the Enxi,ss
throne: Ne amt seoonosivs wss built ~ Peter
Cccper.
In tssf-vtctorta became Queen OF England
Chicago was incorporated. With . population Of
<,ito Michigan was admitted 70 the Union. Henry
q. Dsvis vas yeAn Of ags.
In isAl-Ruthsrford D. Hsyns and Henry g.
Dsvts csst thsr hrst votes the nna telegraph line
wsa ostAblishcd.
In is4s-zachau Taylor was eiectcd President
the Pre- SOL party was formed: gold was discov.
srsd IN California: Henry q. Dsvis was y y~sn Of
age.
In IsS,-A,ton Brooks Parfer and Charles "
FAIRBANKS were bonn Henry @. DAVIS was - years
old
In iss-Pcuy express was established from 81
Lcuis "a San Franciaco: Theodore Roosevelt VA
born; Henry @. Davis wa u yesu Of eye.
IN Nn-OhioAsc vss burnt: the Germsn Empir
was established; PaYis espituiatsd: Heny G.
Davis became United states Senator
In ie7e-Ahon d. Parser and Charles ". Fair
banks cast their nrst votes; r. q. Hsyes vas elected
President; Henry q. Davis vas % years Of sge-
In iSso-yames 4. Garfeid was elected President
Theodore Roosevelt cast his nrst vote
IN iss3-Two-cent postage went into enoan
henp e. Davis retired from the Scnste
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The Failure Of the subway.

Aldermen are the ohiefest ornaments
and glories Of urban life. Their mission
on earth and in Office Is to feed at the
expense Of the public treasury In oele-
bration Of the completion Of important
public works.
Public works are undertaken among
men to provide opportunities for Alder
manic banquets and the decoration with
banners and bunting under Aldermanic
auspices, of public buildings at public
expense.
No public work should be begun with
out the feeding of the Aldermen al q
principal feature OF the inauguration.
No public work should be called COM
plete until after the Aldermen have
eaten and drunk their approval.
Recognizing these elementary and fun
damental truths of municipal govern
ment, the Aldermen are justly amazed
and alarmed at the failure to appropriate
$1,000 for the expenses Of an Aldermanic
blowout to mark the completion Of the
subway For what purpose are subways
built. they ask, II not to create dinners
and lunoheons for Aldermen? or what
avail is a city treasury unless II can be
tapped for meat and drink? How can the
expenditure OF 5000 900 of the taxpay-
ers funds be defended If it results in no
opportunities for the regaling OF the
Aldermanic insides?
Better take 5000 said Mayor Nc
CLELLAN. Its all you'll get What
Is misery SIS, 600 among the Aldermen's
appetites? 1t would not buy even the
cocktails.
The Board of Estimate is no authority
on this great question. The eatings Of
the Aldermen should be under the direo-
ton and control Of the Municipal Art
Commission.
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That the statute OF 1904 Is unwarranted
by the fundamental law OF the State 10
the opinion OF the Attorney General.
The soundness OF his view Ia likely to be
tested in the courts, for it is already
manifest that the local officials are not
anxious to increase the tax rates In their
communities for the benefit Of the Gov
ernor-Chairmans State committeeman.
Whatever the Constitutional merits Of
the statute may be, it is certain, at least,
that the condition OF the publishing
trade does not warrant an increase Of
100 per cent. In the price of the manual
of 1904 over that OF the manual Of 1893.
Mr.. CUNNEEN, in his memorandum
warning the Governor Chairman Of the
unconstitutional nature Of this measure,
suggested that the principle embodied
in it would allow the Legislature to COM
pei towns to purchase road machines.
He might have added that the Grocery
Trade was capable Of extension on tho
same principle.
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The Blockhead People.

Ponder for a moment this somewhat
fat and breathless sentence from Judge
PARKRR's letter of acceptance:
The magnitude Of the country and It's diversity
OF interests and population would enable a de-
termined. ambitious and able Executive unmindful
Of constitutional limitations and fired with the
lust Of power. 70 60 far In the usurpation Of au
thority and the Acknowledgement of personal power
before the situation could be fully appreciated or
the people be aroused"
That is, the people are 80 stupid thev
can't detect "usurpation" until it has
gone far.
The American people will be pretty
far gone dim blockhead popula-
TONS" when an able Executive can
knock the Constitution into cooked hat
without their knowing it.
II there was any real apprehension
OF the consequences of usurpation'
there would be no lament over apathy
Tho country would be boiling In effect
the Democrats are saying to the voters:
You poor ignorant devils, why don't
YOU get excited?'
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to tho fact that there were some German
soldiers serving In the French army
under RocHAMBRAU. Undoubtedly there
would DO many German-speaking per-
sons in the rank and file OF French regi-
ments recruited In Alsace, and there was
famous regiment known as the Royal
Allemand. Too much stress has been
laid upon that name. At the epoch OF
the Revolutionary War. the Royal
Allemand' was no more made up ex-
clusively, or even mainly, OF Germans
than was the Royal Irlandais' Of Irish
men. 1t would be absurd to compare
the regiment known as the Royal Allie
mand,' name which had been borne
for generations by body Of men In the
French army, with Hessian regiment
composed exclusively Of Germans, and
commanded by German officers, whose
services were, II Is true, hired Temporal
lily by Great Britain, but whose allegiance
to their own sovereign was maintained.
For the services Of individual Germans
who happened to be In French pay, our
gratitude IL primarily due to France,
that despatched the regiment to which
they belonged to aid our forefathers in
their extremity. The assertion made or
implied by the late Secretary BLAINE
at the Yorktown centenary, that the
American people were under about
equal obligations to Frenchmen and
Germans for their deliverance from the
British yoke was, Of course. preposter-
GUS, and inspired by political motive.
1t should have no place in any book pur-
porting to be q contribution to Ameri-
can history.
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and unbaptized as concerning eligibility
to marriage. According to the Roman
Catholic canon, people who have married
again after a divorce from valid mar
riage are practically living in adultery.
So also in the Episcopal Church a mar
riage after divorce not allowed by its
canons 10 practically an adulterous
union, though it Is legal under the law
OF the State.
Does this interfere with religious
freedom2 Not at all. Nobody need put
himself under the law of Church, un-
less voluntarily. The only law he is
compelled to observe Ia the law of the
State. II, however, he wants the bless
ing Of Church on his marriage he must
expect to be made subject to the ecclesi-
astioal rather than the civil law concern
ing rnatrimony. II he Is a Protestant
and the woman Roman Catholic, he
will be required to stipulate that children
born Of the union shall be brought UP as
Roman Catholics. and some priests may
refuse absolutely to officiate at such a
mixed marriage
This 10 an anomalous condition as
respects contract which is the gravest
and most far reaching in its social conse-
quences of any into which men and
women can enter. Priests and ministers
are made by statute civil magistrates for
the purpose Of solemnizing marriages,
yet alone among magistrates they are
pormitted to exercise their own option
as TO the performance Of function i'm
posed on them by the law of the State.
The only remedy is to separate the
civil from the religious marriage. so that
tho only legal marriage, the marriage Of
record, shall be contracted before a
purely civil magistrate. who is under
oompulsion Of obedience to the law Of
the State. Afterward the Church could
give or refuse its blessing to the union,
according as its own law requires,
As 1t is, SERIOUS minded citizens" have
no reason for resentment against any
Church because it enforoes views of
marriage which it regards as of Divine
obligation. IL they resent those views
they can 60 to some Church which
docs not have them; or they can be mar
ried by a purely civil magistrate. Their
religious freedom is not interfered with,
for they are in no way bound to subject
themselves to any laws except those Of
the State, which are the same for every
body, Of every religious faith or of no
religious faith.
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Lenoir Landscape and Genre.

By the kindness of Mr.. r. L. GRAY OF
the Raleigh Neps and Observer we can
see and hear the Hon. BOB GLENN,
Democratic candidate for Governor Of
North Carolina. Bob is picture in
warm oolors, beautifully framed. He
is at Lenoir, the black, which the pro-
nouncing angels call "Lenore. The
charms Of nature and of the Davenport
Female College surround BOB. The
giant trunks OF seven immense white
pines enclose the speakers platform.
Fifty or seventy-fve of the young
women, seated on the grass, made, with
the light colors of their dresses, a pretty
picture.
They were pretty. too The sun had blushed
their face and the warmth OF the day had Just
moistened their hair so that 1t went into curl They
shook the next Governors hands and twittered
with pleasure Al his smiling compliments. II l
Yves as pretty as you girls, he said there wouldn't
be Republican left in Caldwell. Go to work, girls.
for the tiokes' To which the girls responded with
q well rendered Rsh, Rah, Rah, GLESs-
A breeze and breezy Bob blew con-
stantly through the long needles Of the
trees and famed the people sitting in
the shade Everything was at its best.
Breezy BOB was at his best when "he
declared that he would, as it were, shake
his fist in the Presidents face and de-
nounoe the Presidents words as false. >
There was a chorus Of applause that
-sounded like 'Amensp from the corner
OF a campmeeting. The young women
sang America and THE Old North
State Arcadian politics, GLENN under
the greenwood tree.
But cen within Paradise there was a
snAke:
-Dirsctly in front OF the stand two young bloods.
xt,h high collars and wearing red tics sat In high
Ysd1whseled buggy with green wagon body,
Twenty minutes afer the commencement of tho
spesch they attempted to drive away. Az they
turned thelr horse TO and fro among the people.
cutting tbs wheels this way and that. the disturb.
Anoe was considerable. The horso stsppsd over
bsbies and boys sprSwiins In the grass. and the
buegy backed into the women. to their great con-
stsrnat,on. For = few minutes no one thought Of
anything except the efforts Of the young fellows
10 control their horse. GLENN. however. did not
stop bis speech until AFTER one Of the young men
had cotton out and the other driving the buggy
down tho rosd directly past the speaker, then he
hit quick and hard: Never nina that he said:
sns nothing but . horse and buggy The crowd
howisd iis pleasure. and the young schoolgirls who
had been suffering from tho oslns Of the youths
cispped delshtedly. while the eliminated young
men. biusdins 70 tho ears, drove away At THREE
minute clip followed BY the dsrsivs laughter Of the
peopie.-
The leering rasoals in the buggy and
red ties were Republicans, Of course.
Away with them, and look at some in
nocent bits Of genre
AN old man with billy goa, WHISPERS stood up
for the two hours OF the speech and muro,ed after
The speaker. evidently roc',ins the words one ~
one.
An ample old mother from the country. DRESSED
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FOR NEW FORK REPUBLICANS
TO THINK ABOUT.

Republicans In the State Of Now York who
have never been sullied with Odellism said
yesterday that IL was about time that tho
facts concerning the reelection OF Thomas
G. Plat o. United States Senator in Jan
uary. 1908, should DO made known. II was
on that occasion that the three Odell Semi
tors Mr.. Bracket Of Saratoga, Zion r.
Brown Of Watertown and Nathaniel A.
Elsberg OF New York city. voted against
Senator Platt's reelection.
For several months before the Iegisls-
ture was to convene In joint session TO elect
SUCCESSOR to Plat, there were daily reports
that Governor Odell would eco to II that the
Senator was not reelected. The statement
was also frequently heard at that time that
Governor Oden did not want Senator Piatt
reelected, and that he had conferred With
President Roosevelt on the subject. After
the talk Governor Odell bad with President
Roosevelt, II was announced that Governor
Odell did not believe that Senator Plat
would be reelected, and Governor Odells
friends said that President Roosevelt CO.
incided with Governor Oden In this matter.
After Senator Plat had been reelected
despite the opposition Of Bracket. Brown
and Esberg, Governor Odells intimstes
said on . number Of occasions: 'Odell
could have beaten Plat for Senator, II he
had only had little nerve and carried out
his first Intention Senator Bracket has
been one Of the severest critics Of Governor
Odell because OF the Governors alleged
lack Of nerve.
While II has been believed by Repub-
licans In the Plat camp and accepted by
Governor Chairman OdeIl's satellites that
the Governor Chairman was opposed to
the reelection Of Senator Plat, THE Sun has
been furnished with information which
proves conoluavely that President Roose-
Welt never for an instant conceded with
any views Governor Chairman Odeil may
have expressed against Senator Platts
reelection THE Sun is also In possession
Of information which proves beyond per
adventure that President Roosevelt, in
stead OF being opposed TO Senator Platts
reelection, wrote to Senator Elon r. Brown
and Senator Nathaniel A. Elsberg announc-
ing that he saw no reason whatever for
their opposition to Senator Platt's reelec-
ton. President Roosevelt, as THE SUNS
information also substantiates. did not
write to Senator Braokett. because 'Presi-
dent Roosevelt could not hope to have any
influence on a man Ike Bracket
Senator Brown and Senator Esberg, at
the recent Republican State convention at
Saratoga, Joined hands again with Gov
ernor-C Chairman Odell in opposing Senator
Plat, and in forcing the nomination for
Governor of Mr.. Odells candidate. Frank
Wayland Higgins Senator Bracket, It
Ia needless to add, was also for Odell ard
Higgins.
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Ode1I's Game.

Mr.. Secretary of State O'BRIEN tells
a Herald reporter the obvious Odellite
plan Of campaign:
We must make campaign on national issues
and We VIII very soon hear on the Republican stump
more about ROOSEVELT and less about Governor
opHlLs Administration
1t won't work. The Odell Admins
tration can't hide behind the Roosevelt
Administration. An attempt to confuse
and blend the two may hurt ROOSEVELT;
it cannot save ODELL.
There is small heat and no fever about
national issues. II is taken for granted
that ROOSEVELT will be elected, with or
without New York. There is a clear
field for independent voting 1t will
he well occupied; and no gong beating
Of the Groceryites can brighten the
independent Republicans.
The other night ten thousand citizens
OF New Orleans held mass meeting
They said some warm words about Gov
ernor BLANCHARD, whom they accuse
of compelling the Democratic municipal
convention Of New Orleans to take his
candidate for District Attorney, instead
Of the candidate demanded by the press
and the Democratic leaders. Resigna-
ton or impeachment is the agreeable al
tentative which these independent DEM
ocrats hold before Governor BLANCH-
ARD. They will have nothing to do with
the regular Democratic municipal ticket.
They are going to name an independent
ticket.
That independent ticket will not hurt
Judge PARKER. He is out Of the row.
II he tried to interfere with the local
fight, he would be hurt seriously.
II Mr.. ROOSEVELT keeps his hands of
this State, he will not be injured. The
voters will see that it is not his fault that
OpRIL tries to make a shield Of him.
But the independent Republicans will
not be deferred by any consideration
from smashing corruption at Albany.
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A Mootsd Question


From The Nsp orIsans TtmssDsmoera.
The tortoise q face had . sneer unconcealed
When they spoke Of the hon a. king Of the neid:
And his bosom esr swslled with purpose remote
Some day 10 tread hard on the tail OF his coat!
So meeting bis kingship one day in the ro.d-
And monstrousy mighty his hcnship showed
:5:S < e, eSs, y and . sS :.'u'
The King Of the nsld. With look Of surprise,
For he'd nesr read. tn fact. Of the becst euazinr
Mcsptins along with tho somno,eu, hare,
He started 70 drink W tSe tortoisss gore;
Blu, ss latter ars. :,nply y. sssd n AZ she'll
You oowsrdi you curl snd'IT eat you for sporti-
Eat .vsyi- said the tortoise; tia. sAells part o.
Jus, the same - the psr. you don't happen TO seel
And n you can whip IT, g. on with the prank
In the mean time say you're biankety blank'-
ii ne noise. but sSsy al were discree; and quite
GUM;
X ne c., Ass d s.:. ssss * s. Lei
And CO. with ro.r.ns tbs. aned then. With flight,
The lion decafnpe6 and vn soon out OF sights
Now this question only Is TAXED 10 the wood:
ND the tortotse oct a. ~rentlsmsn should
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The state, Not the Church. Respon-
eible.

The state, Not the Church, Respon-
sible.
This letter deals severely with the in
reference of Church in the matter Of
marriage:
TO rHB EDITOR or TIE SUS-.sr: Can you
inform your readers by what authority the priests
OF the Roman Catholic Church declare . marriage
null and voidI
They are reported 10 have done 20 In the case
of Mrs. ALLIsE SrocERo CLARKE
Their action assumes superiority 10 the Law Of
the land.
Religious freedom Is one thing; bu, thers Is q
degree OF lnsolence. seema to me- In ths attitude
cannot blu, awaken very decided resentment ssnong
all serious minded citizens. ANrHIoAS.
INV YORK, Sept. Is"
The marriage to which American
refers was solemnized in the parsonage
Of the Roman Catholic Cathedral Of this
city, though the bride had boon divorced
recently, and divorce from the sacrament
OF matrimony is not recognized by that
Church. The woman was eligible for mar
riage, however, In the Roman Catholic
view, because her first marriage had been
with man unbaptized, without dispense
ton. and therefore was null and void.
OF course, this action assumes SUI
periority to the law OF the land, but not
more than does the action Of that Church
in refusing to recognize civil divorce.
nor than that OF Protestant Churches
which refuse to marry people who have
been divorced for causes not allowed
by their canons 90 Scriptural and sufi-
cient, though they may have been
granted by the civil law.
For example, the Episcopal Church
forbids it's ministers TO solemnise the
marriage Of any person divorced, except
1t be the innocent party to divorce suit
for adultery only; yet in all the States OF
this Union except New York and South
Carolina other causes Of divorce are
allowed by the civil law. Recently. too.
a movement has been started to induoe
Protestant ministers to refuse marriage
to any person who has been divorced In
contradiction OF the laws OF his or her
particular Church. a,
II, then. 4the attitude Of the Roman
Catholic Church on this question ssvors
Of 1insolenoe' the other Churches arr
open to the same accusation. Their
action assumes superiority to the Law
Of the land The law OF the State lays
down one rule for marriage and they lay
down another and contradictory rule.
OF course, the law Of the State
makes no distinction, between baptized