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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-11
THE SUFFRAGE IN Maryland.

THE BALTIMORE Sun" takes exception to The
Tribune's assertion that under her present con-
"stitution Maryland Is pledged TO the theory Of
impartial manhood suffrager-of absolute equal
'ity OF political status for black and white"
To sustain its contention It employs an arSu-
ment which, If carried to fits logical conclusion.
establishes an interesting and startling paradox
The Sun" says that under the Maryland con-
stitution Of 1867 no right OF suffrage whatever
has been conferred on the negro voter. But
such an assertion. If critically examined is self
contradictory.
The Maryland constitution, ratified on Sep
TENDER IS 1867, provides in Its FIRST section
that every white male citizen of the United
States. of the age Of twenty-one years, up
wards" shall be entitled to vote Certain
residence qualifications are prescribed and
persons convicted of Infamous crimes or of
bribery, and lunatics, are deprived of the
ballot. Except for the single restriction Of
color. the constitution accepted and applied the
theory of manhood suffrage pure and simple
On March 80, 1870, the Constitution of the
United States was amended by the addition OF
this article:
The right Of citizens OF the United States TO
vote shall not be denied or abridged by the
United States or by any State on account Of
race. color or previous condition OF servitude.
THE Sun" seems 10 think that this prohibit
ton did not operate to amend or alter the con-
stitution of Maryland. The governing authori
ties OF the State appear to hold q different
opinion. In the text of the constitution OF 1867
published IN 1.-The Maryland Manual" of 1902
a compendium issued by the Secretary of State
under authority from the General Assembly
the word white" in Section /, is stricken out,
and this explanation OF the excelsior is given
IN a footnote: The word white omitted under
''the Fifteenth Amendment TO the Constitution
"of the United States" And with that word
omitted Maryland's suffrage system must offer
and does offer an absolute equality OF political
status for black and white"
Our Baltimore contemporary says that the
word white was omitted "by the printers"
and that that omission did not change the con-
stitution itself" We prefer to think, however,
that the omission WAS the deliberate act of the
State authorities, who clearly recognized that
from and after March 80 1870 the color qualifi-
cation of the suffrage article was necessarily
null and void If that qualification was not an
nulled, under what legal grant has the negro
voted in Maryland since 1870? Why has he
been allowed 10 vote at all? If 1.-THE Sun" is
right, Maryland has no legal negro voters the
negro has never been enfranchised, and all this
talk about DISTINGUISHING him is simply breath
wasted-an empty outcry against nonexistent
fact
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-11
NstpI1ork DAHL, 0ribrlits
MONDAY. JANUARY IL 1904
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-It was autheritatively stated that
IN case OF war IN the Far East, Germany would
maintain a strict neutrality, and that tie other
members Of the Triple Alliance would follow
her example. - IL was reported that Russia
had threatened TO take Picking If China sided
with Japan; great alarm prevails In emma -
Advioes from Shanghai said that force was
being raised TO repel the British expedition 10
Tibet. - The insurgents shelhed san Do
mfngo shot striking the City Han and doing
considerable damage; hard lighting occurred al
San CTistobal. the rebels capturing cannon.
g. Jean Leon Ger6nne. the French painter and
sculptor, died from congestion of the brain at
Paris. 80 The Philadelphia reached Plymouth
after rough passage and handed mails; saw
ing OF from three to five hours is expected under
the new service. - count Mary Renaud.
twice found guilty Of swinaling. again dsap-
peared from Paris in connection with recent
bank failure.
DoMESTIC-An authority on affairs In the
Far East gave out a statement in Washington
on Russia's position. denying that her attitude
was hostile TO this country. - II said in
Washington that Western and Southern Demo
Gratis were opposed 10 this city the place OF
1ol6ing that Darty's national convention 80
Thirty eases Of smallpox were reported at Sala-
rnanea- - cripple In Springfield Mass. es-
capped from jail after unlocking nine doors. saw
ing three chains ana scaling eighteen-foot
wall. - The State Railroad Commissioners
report indicated a continuation Of prosperity.
- The steamer Ciallam, which lost with
hfty-two persons In the Strait of Juan del Fuca
early Saturday morning, driven thirty miles
before the gale and was broken to pieces BY the
seas before she sank - The body of Cen
eral John 3. Gordcn. who died near Miami Fla,
on Saturday night, viii lie in state in the
Georgia Capitol. and Confederate veterans from
all over the South viii attend the funeral.
CITY.-A tidal stove a huge hole in q
deck house Of the steamship La Savoie -
An elevated railroad guard was stricken by apo
plexy for the second time on his car platform.
- A sailor Of the steamship New-York was
lost after heroic attempts TO rescue him -
Borough President Liiteton. ct a meeting In
New-Rochele. criticised President Rooseveits
attitude toward the ccal strike. - The mort
gage on ST. James's Methodist EPISCOPAL
Church was burned in a receptacle in the pulpit
- Sydney Rosenfeld announced that the
Savoy Theatre had been leased for the Century
Theatre Company.
THE WEATHER.-Indications for to-day:
Cloudy, with snow. The temporal ure yesterday:
Highest. 30 degrees; lowest, 90
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-11
PERSONAL.

J. Charles AFTER. formerly of Cleveland. and at
present noted artist living abroad. has Just re-
ceIved commission from the Vatican TO paint the
portrait OF Pope Plus Y.
s. c. Kipp, of Ossinng. n. Y. IN renewing his
subscription to The Daily Tribuns says: II have
taken this good paper for the last fortyhvs years.
Or. Anita Newcomb MCGEE. who Is IN ST.
Louis attending the meeting OF the American Asso-
citation for the Advancement OF Science has offered
her services TO the Japanese government to organ
lie corps Of nurses for service In the expected
with Russia During the Spanish American War
DR.. Newcomb was at the head OF a corps OF 1900
who followed the armie, OF the United States
into Cuba. Porto Rico and the Philippines She Is
expecting cable message from Toxic soon
war Is declared and WILL In that case. proceed at
once to the Orient. She IS the wife Of Professor
w. j. Mctsee OF the anthropedgical department of
the Wolld's Fair. and the daughter OF Professor
Simon Newcomb. the famous mathematician
Ambrose Swasey. a. distinguished scientist of
Cleveland. has been elected president OF the Amer
lean Society OF Mechanical Engineers. who have
been meeting at Exeter, y. II. Mr.. Swasey ia
known In the United States and In Europe the
most eminent authority on the telescope ana
sIuereal astronomy
Colonel c. NJ. Whelden, a member OF the staf
OF General Benjamin F. Butler during the Civil
War, Saturday. December 25 observed his eighty
third birthday at his home. In Newton Mass.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-11
NO CHANCE"

Considering all the fault that Tammany found
with the Police Department under General
Greene, the newly announced policy OF Commits
sioner McAdoo is somewhat astonishing. He is
apparently paying the last administration the
sincere hattery Of imitation. When confronted
with rumors that characteristic Tammany meth
ods were to prevail In the Police Department
IN place OF the well known fusion methods
which II was generally supposed by Tammany
and auti-Tammany men alike would be aban-
1oned. Mr.. McAdoo declared:
Information has been brought TO me which
leads me to believe that proprietors of pool
tain places in this borough with gambling para
phernaiia, believing that there is TO be change
IN the way the Office of Police Commissioner is
10 be administered. want 10 say to you that
there is not to be any change.
No change In the way the Office of Police Com
missioner is to be administered What. then,
was all the campaign of last fall about? Why
did Mr.. Mcclellan and his friends go up and
down the town denouncing the conduct of the
Police Department under Mayor Lowf Why
did Tin" Sullivan, who. according to Con-
troller Grout was one Of the gambling syndi-
cate, collect campaign fund? Why did the
gamblers simultaneously subscribe TO help Mr.
Mcclellan and get ready to open up their re-
sortsi II looks little like gold brick enter.
prise for somebody. Either the gamblers who
were rallied 10 defeat Mr.. Low in the perfectly
well understood expectation Of immunity in the
conduct OF their business or the decent citizens
who are being told that there is TO be mo
change" are being buncoed. We should rejoice
TO see the poairoems and disorderiy houses kept
closed as Mr.. MeAdoo promises, but we are
bound TO recognize the fact that Thousands OF
votes were cast last November for the Tam
many ticket by men who believed themselves
well assured that their desire for the opening
of these resorts would be respected Mr. MeClel-
ian's former tribute TO the Van wyck admins
rration as one that needed no apology and his
protests Of sympathy with cosmopolitanism.
generally considered a comfortable euphemism
for moderate wide openness, made that feel
ing not unreasonable Now, is Tanmany going
20 turn around and copy the hated reform
ersf And II it is not. what is the meaning OF
Mr.. McAdoo's remark that there is to be- mo
change.
We shall see later on. II is one thing 70 tan,
OF law enforcement and another thing TO en-
force the law. Tammany always pretended
that II was trying 10 enforce the law when In
power. Only when ont Of power did II frankly
esponse the cause OF the Iawless and declare
The strict enforcement Of the law an outrage
We shall discover whether the mo change"
policy really means. as II says, no change from
the ways Of General Greene. or no change from
the historic ways Of Tammany. which are to
have virtuous orders 60 cut from Headquarters.
sometimes very sincere ORDERS 20 subordinates
who find il impossible TO execute them owing TO
the difficulty Of getting evidence. Meanwhile IT
worthy OF record that TammaDy. having
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-11
A TRAGEDY AT SEA.

Travel by water has Its perils as well as
travel on land though much smaller number
OF people engage In the former than in the lat
ter. During the last few weeks series Of rail-
way accidents has been reported. In each OF
which anywhere from three four TO seventy
six lives were lost. Now comes story OF ship
wreck In which something like fifty persons,
mostly women and children, persisted. Such
heavy weather has prevailed upon the Atlantic
for two or three months that no one would have
been surprised to hear of marine disaster in
that quarter of the globe. The steamships ply
ing between the United States and Europe,
though have stood the ordeal magnificenty,
and the first news OF q serious calamity comes
from the other side OF the continent The
Clallam was disabled on Friday afternoon. and
sank early the following morning, In the par
TALLY sheltered Straits of San Juan de Fuca.
Additional pathos is lent TO the event by two
facts-she was within twenty minutes of her
destination when she finally went down, and
she was a new and probably stanch vessel.
The weakness which permitted her TO take
aboard enough water to drown the engines and
check Roadway was not in the ships bottom.
but in a storm shutter, whose function was to
protect a cabin window.
In happy contrast with the sadder features
OF this accident is the herosm displayed by the
men who came to the rescue. At first 1t seemed
feasible to tow the wreck into port. For that
reason, and also because the Clallams own
boats had been swamped after launching, no
immediate attempt was made to remove the
surviving passengers and members of the crew.
As soon as it was perceived that she was about
TO founder however, the boats Of the assisting
tugs were promptly lowered and pulled along
side. To the courage that characterized that
performance upward OF thirty persons owe their
lives. All honor to the crews OF the Holyoks
and the Sea T1on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-11
RAoETRAcKs AND pooLRooug.

Judge Cowing's caustic remarks about betting
on horse races will no doubt rouse approving
echoes in many minds. Multitudes will agree
with him in thinking It illogical to permit bet
ting on one side OF a fence and to prohibit IT
on the other. They cannot understand, any
more than can Judge Cowing, why II is right
TO bet on races in the Borough Of Brooklyn and
wrong TO do so In the Borough OF Manhattan
They are unable to perceive any moral dlstinc-
ton between a betting ring at Gravesend and
a betting ring in Sixth-ave. or Park Row, and
they do not see why there should be any legal
distinction between them Right and wrong are
not matters OF distance. The bettors at the
racetrack are much nearer to the races. of
course; but many of them see no more of the
races and are no more in the actual presence OF
them than those in city poolroom. There are
even these who suspect that the artificial dis
elimination between the two classes of bet
tors is due TO the racetracl1 managers. who de-
sire TO compel all who bet upon races TO pay
tribute TO them by purchasing admission tickets
TO the track.
1t Is easy to see how such views of the case
are taken, and what ground there Is for them
Nevertheless. large number probably large
majority. of people WI dissent from them for
practical IL not for theoretical reasons In
theory betting may be as bad in one place as
In another. In practice there is little doubt
that poclrooms in the city are much more pro-
ductive of evil than betting rings at respectful BILE
raeetracks. II is truism that ease OF oppor-
tunfty conduces TO vice. There are multitudes
who could and would gamble In pooiroom lust
around the corner who could not and would not
go to distant racetrack to do so. If betting
is an evil which cannot be altogether sup
pressed, at least 1t may be restricted by making
opportunities for Its indulgence as few as pos
sible. The liberation Of the Casino at Monte
Carlo may be a reproach to Europe. But II
would be a far greater reproach to tolerate such
concern In every capital and pleasure resort
There Is also to be observed distinction be-
tween fair play and loaded dice In that re-
spect the psolroons are open to the same OBJ
lection that was made to policy shops An
honestly conducted lottery would be bad, but
Infinitely verse were the policy shops IN which
the drawings" were made rot by fair chance
but by cunning selection after scrutiny Of the
slips purchased by the -dnpes. At the racetrack
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-11
"A muScments.

ACADEMY OF NUsIc-s:l5-'way Down Fart
SEl-AScO THEATRE-S-Sweet KITTY Bellsirs.
6tOADNAl TuEATkE-S-The Medal and the Maid
CASINOS :l5-N insome Winnie.
ClitCLE-2-S-NaudsylIle.
SIlTERiON-S :20-1he Other Girl
DALES-2-S-My Lady Molly.
EDEN MCSEE-The World IA Wax
GARDEN THEATRE-S:l6 -Merely Mary Ann.
GARBlCK THE AIRES .3O-Harriet's Honeymoon
HARLEM OPERA HOUSE-S-The Proud Prince.
dEtALD SQUARE THEATRE-Sl6-rhs Gil ron
kay's.
HUDSON THEATRE-s.ao-The Marriage Of Kitty.
KEITH S-ContinuOus Performance.
LYRIC THEATRE-S:i5-Dorothy Vernon OF HAooon
MAJESTIC THEATRE-s-Babes in Toyland-
hANHATTAN THEATRE-s:i5-The kiTginian
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE-S-Die 2auoernote
MURRAY HILL THEATRE-s-No Wedding Bells for
Her.
NEW AMSTERDAss-2-Mother Goose.
NEW EMPIRE TIL EATRE-s:3 0-LAttie Mary.
NEW LTcECM-3 .30-Damrosch ''SiegfFlsd~i s:ls-
The Admirable CFichton-
NEW YOTtK-s difference
PRINCESS DECENTRALIZATION and Tho Sacrament of
Judas.
FROCTOR's-Tw street-vaucevfIle. F1ry-
eighth Street-Sisn OF the Four Fifth Avenue-Ihe
1dler Vaudeville. One-hunored- andtw y-nfth
Street.-The Fatal Card ana Vaudeville.
SAVOY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of II.
THIRD AVENUE THEATRE-2-s-H. Sisters Shame
NlCTORIA-s:15-Dockstad er's Minstrel Company
WALL-ACK'S-s- 2O-The County Chairman
WEBER & FTEIDS-S-WhoOp boo ana Wzf1eA
WEST END-S-Tannhauser.
VAUDEVILLE: 30-Candida-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-11
CATSSON DISEASE.

Five cases of trouble in consequence OF work
Ing in compressed air in bridge caisson have
been reported In this city within the last few
months In one of these 1t is possible that
previously existing weakness Of the heart may
have been chiefly instrumental in producing
the observed effects, but the others were doubt
less caissOn disease, or divers palsy pure and
simple. The disorder has long been recognized
by the medical profession. 1t Is not OF fire.
quent occurrence, fortunately because only a
limited number of engineers and workmen are
engaged In the actual operations of driving O
tunnel. Still, a singularly large proportion Of
these suffer to a greater or less degree Out
of sixty-four mep employed In n caisson on the
banks Of the Loire in 1884. sixteen had severe
attacks, and it was necessary to discharge
twenty five on account OF sickness. Two cases
resulted fatally. Very often. when life Is not
lost. the ensuing paralysis is permanent Such
was the penalty paid by Washington Roebling
for his devotion to duty in the construction Of
the first bridge over the East River
Several theories have been advanced TO ac-
count for this curious malady. 1t hns been
suggested that the seat of the mischief may
be the brain and spinal cord. to which the blood
is driven by increased external atmospheric
pressure. Inasmuch as these parts OF the body
are inclosed in rigid walls they cannot yield
to distending influences. as the heart or other
organs can. Other investigators imagine that
the trouble results from effervescence OF air
OF other gases in the blood and soft tissues
Paul Bert advanced this idea some thirty years
ago, and confidence in it's correctness was ex-
pressed only few weeks ago In 1.-The Journal
Of Hygiene" by DR.. Leonard HILL of London,
and Professor J. j. r. Macleod of Western
Reserve University, who have recently CO.
operated in experiments Of their own. To the
lay mind the second explanation will doubtless
seem the more satisfactory Of the two, because
the more serious symptoms usually develop
not while the subject Is under pressure, but
after he is liberated. The unpleasant sensa-
tons felt In the and the temporary deaf
ness when first confined are, of course practi-
cally harmless. 1t is when the compressed air
with which the whole system has become sat.
urated Qike bottle of soda water, charged
with carbonic acid gas) has a chance to expand
that the gravest consequences are noticed.
number of precautions are suggested In
THE Journal OF Hygiene" article The selec-
ttcn OF men not over twenty or TWENTY-FIVE
years Of age. tough and wiry In their build
and abstemious IN their habits. is recommended
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-11

Before they are permitted to 60 on duty they
should be tested with light pressures and re-
tected If they feel any Ill effects. Unduly sensi-
tive subjects having thus been weeded out, the
utmost attention should be given to one other
safeguard. After men who are about to begin
work have entered the "air lock-" that is al
ways fnterposed between the outside atmos-
phere and the chamber In which excavation
is carried on. the necessary increase OF press
ure may go on rapidly. Ten or fifteen minutes
will usually suffice. When the men are coming
out they should be detained In the antecham-
Der much longer. "Decompression' should be
more gradual than compression. Even when
the pressure under which they have been
working is not over thirty pounds to the inch,
it might be wise to take from half an hour to
an hour for the reduction. For higher pressures
decomposition" should be still more pro-
tracted
The amount Of pressure IN a calsson or tunnel
depends upon the depth of the latter below
the surface of the water. The fluid Is excluded
by the air. DR.. Hill and Professor Macleod
think that 1t will prove practicable TO go fully
two hundred feet below water level and to use
air pressures OF more than one hundred pounds
to the square inch, If picked men are employed
and If two hours are devoted to the lberating
stage Such assurance Is gratifying, be-
cause no one knows exactly how far down It
is safe to go In engineering operations of this
class. Depths never before reached may pos
sibly be attempted In the near future The
most immediate bearing OF the paper here
quoted. though Is upon enterprises now IN
progress 1t reveals the Importance Of taking
ample time for the release OF men who are
to-day working in compressed dir chambers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-11

featuring only as requirements demand. A sale
Of print cloths made at an advance. and
quotations on most classes Of cottons are higher.
but the change is practically nominal. owing to
the limited transactions. Aside from the better
retail movement of woollens there Is nothing
new in that textile branch. Jobbing trade has
been interrupted by the storms. and the mills
have not yet opened new lines In sufficient guam
tity TO establish the market on any definite
basis. Footwear factories view the future with
more compiacency than any OF the other great
manufacturing Industries. AS a rule there Is
enough business in sight to occupy machinery
for the first three months of the year, and the
largest years shipments on record have just
been concluded. The only disturbance Is a strike
at patent leather tanneries. which has not yet
affected supplies. Export orders for iron and
steel products have increased to some extent.
but as yet domestic inquiries have not improved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-11
RUSTIC OPIUM EATERS.

Expert pharmacists who have investigated
the subject are Inclined to the belief that In
proportion to population the use OF cocaine and
morphine has a larger number Of victims In
the rural than In the urban districts
II their conclusions are accurate, can II be
reasonably supposed that In the country the
calm and quiet OF existence may become ir-
ritatlng monotony to restless and impatient
souls as unstable as were those of De Quincy
and Coleridge, while the very stir and hustle
OF city experiences and surroundings check, at
least to some extent temptations and cravings
for injurious drugs?