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Paw Of the thorough Presidents,

Senator KEENAN,, who comes from that
section Of New York city which was for
merly known as Long Island City, where
the Hon. BATTLE AXE GLEASON was sue
ceeded by the Hon. JOSEPH CASSIDY,
ruler Of the Demo crazy Of Queens and
President Of the Borough, has intro
duced in the Legislature an amendment
to the Charter Of New York under which
it is proposed to increase the pay Of
each Of the five Borough Presidents 20
$4,000 a year. Under the existing
statute tho Presidents Of Manhattan,
The Bronx and Brooklyn receive $500
a year each in Queens and Richmond
the salaries are 5000 each, 50 that il
costs the city So 800 a year TO pay these
important officials. II Mr.. kEENAN's
bill were passed, this annual expense
would be increased by $l7,S0O, and all
the Presidents would receive the same
wage for their services.
Whether the Borough Presidents should
receive higher salaries than those now
paid to them is "A question worth Consid-
ering, but Mr.. KEENAN's bill, like many
other measures for the amendment OF
the citys Charter, is one that should not
be passed by the Legislature under any
circumstances, regardless OF the justice
or need Of the change il would bring
about. In section So Of the Charter the
power TO increase, reduce and fix the
salaries of every person whose coinpen-
/ sation is paid out Of the city treasury
e kept day laborers, and teachers, ex-
I aminers and members of the supervising
/ staff of the Department Of Education
is delegated to the Board of Aldermen
and the Board of Estimate. These bodies
in each of which the Borough Presidents
| have seats and votes, can rearrange
salaries as they please, raising or de-
creasing them as seems wise, and as long
as this power exists efforts to bring about
legislative action on such matters should
be discountenanced.
Senator KEENAN, is an advocate Of
shome rule" for New York in the cam
paign season. Home rule" il a good
enough club with which TO whack the
! Legislature when il lie not in session, but
many Of those who cherish this principle
in October themselves seek in March
20 have the Albany lawmakers take a
hand in managing New York's municipal
affairs. II any officials pay is to bC
changed, it is the duty Of the local au.
thorities to change it, and as long as they
have the power TO do so no appeal fol
interference by the Legislature should b,
made or granted.
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DI.con,ep, In Rur,Iap Poland.

To Tux EDITOR OF The suN--Sir: A French
paper publishes a curious letter Endorsed by
the Polish Socialist party In Craoow in Aus
trian Galicia, according 20 which a number
Of the voTkmen OF DOmbrova. Sosnowlce
and other communities in the coal region Of
Russian Poland have determined TO appeal
TO the English Government In the hope that
il may intervene and annex the province,
placing IL under a different administration
On the other hand the German mine and
factory owners have addressed themselves
to the Foreign once at Berlin asking the
German Government 70 try to make arrange
ments with the Russian for the desphtCh OF
German troops 70 SOenowlce and other places
for the protection OF their properties, The
request as not entertained Of Berlin, though
II IL affirmed that an oher was made 70 81;
Petersburg to send small detachments OF
German troops into the disturbed districts 10
assist the Ruasians IN maintaining order.
Tie truth Of the matter may never be
known, but an arrangement was arrived OF
by which detAehments Of PTuasian Eendsrmee
are authorlE 20 pass the Russian frontier
In caaes where the interests OF Germans are
Affected by the prevailing disturbances. ~
the same time orders have been given 20 the
custom house officials and frontief guards
TO exercise vigilance in preventing the SNUG
cling OF arms into Russian territory. y.
NEW YORK, March II.
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Mr.. Bryan on Popular Government.

MIR. Bryan on Popular Government
The Hon. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
looks into the seeds Of time and tells his
CommoRer, appropriately named vehicle
Of the Peerless, what he sees:
Sooner or later popular government in the
best sense OF the term will be restored"
Mr.. BRYAN reaches a glad hand to Mr.
ROOSEVELT, but evidently Mr.. RoosE-
WELT is not restoring popular govern
ment' as his Lincoln friend understands
and loves it.
For what Is popular government in
the best sense Of the term?
Not government according to the
Constitution Of the United States. Not
a government the executive Of which
is not chosen directly by popular vote;
and the makers Of the Constitution meant
that the Presidential electors should be
real electors, not mere proxies and
puppets.
A Congress Of two chambers, the mem
bers of one Of which repres ent the States,
and are chosen by the Degislatures-
that is not popular government in the
best and Bryanic sense of the term.
Mr. BRYAN is the Nebraska Jefferson
and the Fairview Jackson; but neither
under JEFFERSON nor JACKSON was there
such popular government. Neither
JEFFERSON nor JACKSON would have
had any use for such a government,
Representative government, mixed and
indirectly popular government, was good
enough for them.
So popular government cannot be
restored, even if Mr. BRYAN should be
settled in the White House. He might
wake up MOSES and cut down ABsALoM
and restore NABoTHs vineyard, but
popular government he could not restore
There cannot be WILLIAM the Restorer
to outshine ELIJAH the Restorer. Popu-
lar government can't be restored, for
il has never existed in the United States.
Popular government Bryan style,
means Senators elected by popular vote,
perpetual initiative and referendum,
government by popular convention.
Who wants this Organized popular
government? Who wants to put the
Constitution out Of business? Well,
not the common people, perhaps, but
the CommOner people.
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SIAN GOES AGAINST GAMBLING.
To- AEk Leave 10 Increase Import Duties
That u May Abolish License Fees.

To An Leave 10 Increase Import Duties
That Il May Abolish License Fees.
The United States is to be asked by the
King Of Siam 10 help him put a stop to
legalized gambling in his country accord
ing to advioes received yesterday by the
Rev. DR.. Irthw j, Brown, secretary OF the
Presbyterian Board Of Foreign Missions.
Similar requests are to 60 to England.
Germany and other Christian nations. The
request il for permission TO raise the import
duties. in order that a part OF the revenue
now aocruing from the gambling conces-
sions throughout Siam may be thus re-
placed. The larger part Of the revenue
will be derived from an increased land tai.
Siam Is an extra territorial ccdntry, and
its import duties are regulated by treaty
with America and the European nations
and cannot be changed without their con-
cent.
The Rev. DR.. Brown explained yesterday
that gambling has been the national wee
Of Siam. Every little town and village has
lie soflcial' gambling house, licensed ny
the Government. Bangkok the capital
and other large towns have each a num-
her Of gambling places operated under
official patronage All these places are
conducted openly, and in many OF them
free entertainments are given nightly to
attract people 10 come and play.
THE King Of Siam Il, for an AsiatlS
monarch, enlightened and progTees55lVSs;;
continued Dr. Brown. He has had mis-
son, the Crown Prince, educated ~ England
and is earnestly trying TO rule Siam In the
Interest Of the people. The missionaries
led by the Rev. DR.. Eugene p. Dunlap, nave
long pointed out TO the King that the gaIno-
ling habit Is inimical TO the best interests
OF Siam, and the King has now oorne AROUND
10 this view.
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To TIE EDTroR o. THE SuE-Sir; read With
much interest In THI Sun Of THE morning the An
nounoement that hr. Richard cTcdsr bad been
Lind enough, nearly four years In advance, 10 pick
out a Presidential candidate for the Democratic
pany In 1908.
! had also seen In TEE SUN some days before that
the Democratic Club Of this city WA making ar
rnnFementS 10 celebrate tbs birthday Of Thomas
Jefferson on April ~. and that this too had been
undertaken by the ADVICE OF Mr.. croker.
Roth these statements being true. why should
not the Croker candidate be the principal Gueitai
the Croker dlnheTf
was reminded that perhaps Mr.. Croker, In
the elegant leisure and retirement which he Il
enjoying IN one % the suburbs Of Dublin. might md
something 70 engage hb mlnd THE would take down
from hN library shsives a volume OF JeHeraon'a
Worirs-Any one OF the many editions on hit shelves
viii do--and reread that Ingenious disoulaition,
IN the form Of q lettsr, In whlch the Great states
man and philosopher describes the operations Of
the dead hand- GOLD DEhochAT.
INV YoBH, March H.
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rh. CONTROL Of the EquItable.

4
At that meeting of the directors OF
the Equitable Life Assurance Company
which was made forever memorable
by the assuasive eloquence OF Senator
DgPBw, instructions we're given TO a
committee to prepare a plan, not only oil
naturalization but also Of elimination
Of the stockholders controlling interest
The datewas Feb. 10, a month ago to-day.
The resolutions then adopted imposed
upon the committee of seven two distinct
but correlative duties, namely:
1. The arrangement Of details Tor
carving into effect at the earliest pos
sible moment the principle that policy
holders should have the right to vote
for directors,
=. The settlement Of the allied ques-
ton of the decentralization OF stock
holders ...
The foregoing statement Of the func-
tions with which the committee was
charged month ago is almost exactly In
the language of the resolutions adopted
on Feb. &c. The settlement Of the allied
question OF the naturalization Of stock
holders" seemed 10 imply, so far as
ordinary intelligence was able to under
stand ordinary language, that control
of the management OF the company
vast business and resources bythe policy
holders, as the real owners of he S4l4,-
600 600 of accumulated assets, was at that
time regarded as naturally involving
the retirement, with compensation, OF
the stockholding interest heretofore abb
solute in its power.
II is therefore with some concern that
Eingleminded if not supplemented policy
holders will note that the committee S
report, rendered day before yesterday
with unexpected unanimity ignores
altogether the allied question OF in
Identification of stockholders, while
announcing that the compromise plan
has "the express consent and approval
of Mr. HYDE as the representative Of the
majority OF the capital stock Of the
society," From time to time during the
past month there have been more or less
credible reports Of the willingness on the
part of aspiring financiers to pay millions
LOT lace lnOubdllNs VI NAiC AAuJoAANJ
stock, even though that stock, with its
dividends limited to seven per cent,
would be worth scarcely two hundred
as a mere investment.
The question which is likely to occur
to the minds of the advocates of real
naturalization is whether the willingness
Of the controlling stockholders to waive
the matter Of indemnifcation indicates
that they think they are surrendering
nothing that is really valuable to them
or, again, whether they consider that
the proposed extension Of the process OF
naturalization over four years by the
gradual election, in lunches Of seven
Of the twenty-eight policyholder direc'
tors, offers indemnifcation enough in
the shape of the continued satisfaction
of absolute power during the four-yeal
period, and the enjoyment for thai
much longer of opportunities like the
opportunities Of the past
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Ru,sis's Financial weakness.

To THE EptToE on THH Sun Sir, The
other day the Russian Minister OF Finance
boasted: we can finally win the war at this
desk" But can theyl IL is safe TO say that
aussia's economic resources and finances
arS In a most critical condition, What has
become 81 the great Russian loan which was
projected for January or February last in
France For months Paris drew gold from
New York and London for the purpose OF this
loan. but no loan came. Well posted imam
cial circles in London fully believe that tho
project has received It's uuietus because the
customers OF the French banking houses
usually docile refused this time TO suOscrloe'
The Franco Russian alliance. a hollow thing
At best. was not strong enough TO draw more
money for Russia out OF the already heavily
drawn upon French stockings. Then came
more Russian financial losses in the Far East,
with the ST. Petersburg massacre and Internal
disturbance lstl eSisIlhg, as as, "a G Candi,.
Give TO q restoration OF French commence
In Russian securities, Ill,
Nov comes the GROWING disaster or Muk-
den, with its loss OF millions Of dollars value,
IN Russian property destroyed ana caP{nIed'
must also be rsmenoeTed ,na w6 6Gd1s Hss
ready exceeds g. OOO, OOO, 900, entailing an an
nuRl interest charge OF 81 least 500 ,ol0 zoo;
At the same time Russla's earninG power ~
Rreativ reduced by the withdrawn Industrial
and Agricultural cappCity OF the nuh9EeoS OF
ESst' Publs,.5S Russian statistics are too
sparse and meagte 10 JUSTIFY an estimate OF
this loss but Il must be enormous,
II must alsO he borne I'm mind that Russian
loyalty to the Government II not or the JAph-
nese Kind. or Russ Ia would not always. when
,he wants money, be compelled TO 10 TO for
eIFu money centres TO get it. Not Al IN has
ret been In evidence OF any willingness ON the
part Of the Russian people 80 respond 70 a eau
FOR a domestic loan should one be made by
the Russian Government. The people OF ina I
country oil You must and YOU must not
may have money dragged out Of them. but
thew will never rush. az do the japanese, 10
nut ali they have at the diSpOsal Of their Gov
brumeut A financial strain Willingly borne
il a thousand times lighter than one imposed
by force. .-
Again, look az the fearful losses IN money
already incurred. and increasing daily from
! the strikes prevalent all over Russia IN fu-
rope Further the absorption OF the Siber-
| ian railway FOR military purposes Is para
! lying Russian commerce. -
All things considered, Russia IL no better
| htted than IL Japan. II AZ well, 70 stand me
financial strain OF this war for meny m0n'hs
! longer. WALTER j, BALLARD
ScHENTCTADI, March Is.
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washington society Nstes.

WASHINGTON, March 5.-The French
Ambassador and Nine. Jusssrand enter
tanned at dinner this evening In honor Of
Mr. and Mrs. Wharton OF Philadelphia.
Mrs. john l.. Gardner Of Boston was
the guest Of honor at luncheon given to-day
by Mrs John r. Mclean.
The Vice-President and Mn. Fairbanks
who will 20 70 New York on Saturday, will
be the guests Of honor ct d nner 10 be given
on that evening by Gen. MCCook.
Mrs. Richard Townsend and her daughter
Miss Mathilde Townsend, will sail for
Europe on April H.
Former Secretary Of State and Mrs. John
w. Foster have gone, 20 Aiken, S. c., for q
short visit
StfI1r Ojeda, the Minister from Spain %
the United States, was the host Of q thsatT'
party tonight in honor Of Mrs. Seth Barton
French Of New York who is the guest ci
her mother Mrs. Walker Fearn.
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SIDNEY DILLON RIPLEpS WILL,
BuIk OF His Property Left in Trust for His
wife for ] ife.


MNEoIA, March 15.-The will Of Sid
ney Dillon Ripley, treasurer Of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society, was filed this morn
ing In the Office Of the Surrogate Of Mas
sau county at Mineola, where Mr.. Ripley
had resided for some years.
No mention is made Of the extent OF the
estate, which is supposed TO be more than
5000 900. In an attached AFFIDAVIT Il is
stated that the property is worth over
$40, 600 and that no real estate Is held ~
New York State.
The will was signed Feb: ;, 1900, and the
executors are the wife Of the deceased
Mary Baldwin Ripley, and the Mercantile
Trust Company Of New York. The entire
property Is to be held in trust by then, to
pay the income TO Mrs. Ripley and upon her
death the property u divided equally be
tween her four children, Anna Dillon Rip
lev, Henry b. II. Ripley, Sidney Dillon
Ridley and James Hyde Ripley. Should
Mrs. Ripley and her four children die with
out issue, Julian Ripley, brother Of the
deceased, receives three-quarters OF the
estate aud the remaining one-quarter goe'
to Florence Dillon Wyokofi, niece.
Excepted from the general trust IA the
property which Sidney Dillon gave to the
tcsfator power TO dispose OF by will. That
property goes to his wife and children IN
equal shares.
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ApPELLArE pIYIaoN REPORTs.
Nlarcus T. Hun, auprsms CouTt RePoFter'
ehowt What Hia Compensation H.

Marcus II. Hun, supreme CVuft ~
ahoWt what HIS Compensation IT,
Marcus T. Hun, who has been supreme
Court reporter for thirty-one years, has
written a letter TO the Justices Of the Appel
late Dlylsion In regard 20 the bill favoraoIy
neDorted 10 the Legislature by the committee
on Codes, which would change the present
eystem of reporting the opinions OF the
Appellate Division so as 70 make the e1-
pense OF editing the opinions state charge
instean Of requiring the Law publisher 70
pay the expense add reimburse hiinseH III
the price charged 10 lawyers.
Mr.. Hun says that he does not with 20 be
regarded az Critioising any action the Legs
lature NAV take, but desires 20 let the
Court know Of existing conditions
In the fall OF 1900, he says, che contract
he had with law publishing hfm TOT ths
publication expired, and the firm insisted
That in making a new contract II should be
allowed to charge the profession for the
combined official series" at the rate OF
$40 q year, instead Of SIS, the former price;
Mr. Hun consulted the Justices, refused
10 consent to the increase, and finally con-
traoted with another Arm at the old rate.
Since then, he says, statements nave
been persistently made that the SUI
preme Court reporter was receiving an
excessive compensation, and a PHI mas
yearly TO change the system. a legislG-
tive committee inquiry showed that such
statements were unjustlfed, and up 70 TINS
time the Legislature mas refused 20 make
any change. Mr.. Hun gives a table Of his
receipts and expenditures for five years,
which shows that the average amount
realized by him has been 1910.
The Supreme Court reporter receives no
money from the State Treasury. Last
year, for editing eleven volumes Of reports
the publisher paid him S22 900. His eT-
penses were SIS 900. for the salaries OF MS
force, rent, postage and copies Of opinions.
Mr.. Hun calculates that each volume OF
leFal profession Of this State 81 900. 45. The
State pays nothing Of this. He tells the
Justices that these facts may better enable
them 10 decide whether II IL better TO let
the system remain a. it Is or transfer the
expense TO the State.
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Senator la FoLLETTB Of Wisconsin, who
Is one Of the strongest believers In Govern
ment rate regulation, says In a recently
published article
The work OF the commission In hzinR niel
must stand or fau a. II merits the tests which VIII
be applied IN a court Of appeals, where SUCH Nofl'
Is ver certain 10 90 for review, To he sustained
rates must be lust aud reasonable 70 the railway
corporations. In hIlnC the rate. Therefore u the
commission Il TO do Justice 70 the public. u musl
reduce the rate - much "a poeslble AID Atnl make
n fairly and justly remuneraiive and profitable 10
the railway eompsules, This requires . technical
and expert knowledge Of tTafnc conditions ard OF
the cost Of railway construction, maintenance AM
operation. whenever test h made In oourt Of the
work Of railway commissioners they will nod them
selvea confronted BY the ablest frame experts IN
the employ OF We great railway companies. These
they should be htted 70 combat
The Senator is noted for his direotneos
Of statement and IL plainly honest when he
declares that the present agitation IL for
rate reduction.
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no HELP JAP ORPHAN aIRLs.
An sorts % stuuts DpBs By native Eater
tainerS &C Mrs TakAmine's Tea.

All .oFtl o. -l-uN wv " NAANN RAtNA~
tainors St Mrs. Takamine's Tea.
Friends Of Mrs. Jolichi TakAmins Of -
Hamilton terrace got an idea yesterday
Of what a japanese entertainment was Ike.
Mrs. Tallamins, who IL a japanese by virtue
Of having married her husband, she herself
being a European. gave an entertainment
and a tea at her house for the benefit Of
the Seiko Girls School Of Toxic, which
cares for children orphaned by the war.
The house was beautifully decorated
with soft Japanese hRnEings and art OBJ
ieots not put there for this particular &C.
casion. II is always 30. In one, Of the
a divan upon which the entertainment
Frst came Mr.. Ito, a very funny man
He sat down tailor-fashion and gave a comic
history Of japanese wars. IL was so FUNNY
that the artist himself was moved to laugh
ter. Unfortunately none OF the women
near enough TO hear understood japanese
Nearly all present were Americana.
Another Japanese delighted the company
with music on a kind OF exaggerated eanlo,
and then Mrs.. Katsuda and Mr.. Nakatsuka
played a duet on kiTd Of flute and a kind
Of either. ,,
KitamlIra company performed such tunb
blings and juRglings and twistings on ths
divan that people stood on tiptoe to see.
This was IN japanese, too but EVERYBODY
understood II.
After that pretty Morningside girls wear.
ing apotheosized kimoncs and MOWERS IN
their hair served tea and ice cream. The
house was crowded all day, and the little
orphan girls in Toxic ought 70 come into
something handsome from Mrs. Takamine's
entertainment.
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MIR. COnrled's Troubles in Boston,


Mr. CoNRIED's lamentations over the
indifference Of Boston to the excellencies
OF his grand opera company are human,
il not philOsophic. His predecessor
used 10 remain silent when Boston re-
fused him not only profit, but expenses,
He counted upon some other city's in
terest in music TO make up for his losses
there, and taking the good along with
the bad, gave his seasons with ultimate
profit. Mr.. CoNRIEDs term as i'm
presario has lasted only two years, and
in the future he may feel less keenly
loss that may soon be made up
But his surprise that a large city
Should manifest so little interest in the
opportunity TO hear grand opera for only
ak nights in the year may well be UNI
dsrstood. Through supporting one Of
the finest orchestras in the world, Boston
has acquired a fictitious reputation as a
musical city, and should presumably
hail with delight a brief season of opera
with the best available singers. But
its citizens stayed away and Mr.. Con-
RIED says he will never return.
Possibly it is the existence Of its fam
Gus orchestra that makes Boston in
different to the visits Of New York's
opera company. The Metropolitan
Opera House is made possible through
the subscriptions of the stockholders,
who occupy the parterre boxes. The
fashionable and wealthy Bostonians
are as important to their orchestra; and
local pride centres in il and them. The
orchestra belongs TO Boston and repre-
senta II unsteady TO the rest Of the coun-
try, Just as New York exclusively pos
eesses the opera company. Boston APP
preciates no necessity Of going out of
its way to show interest in the perform
anoes Of the opera company since only
part Of the enterprise is really brought
from this city. The singers, TO be sure
are there, but where are the box holders
who are such an important part Of the
New York spectacle? Boston wants
also 10 see them. The subscribers Ia
tho Boston OTchestra's concerts refuse
90 hn the boxes when Mr. CoSRIEr
comes TO town; so there is only opera
toappeRl TO the public.
New York Is luckily not so exactinr
and patroniLos the Boston orchestrl
Loyalty, although none Of its noted hon,
supporters ever adorn Carnegie Hal
With their presence. NJ CoNRIED NAV
b more successful in awakening IN,
fashionable interest Of other cities. Blu