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New-York tribune., 1905-11-30
MR.. JEROME AND THE JUDGES.

District Attorney Jeromes speech at the City
Club dinner was either epoch making or 1t was
disgraceful. 1t was either the first shot in
warfare which he is prepared to wage for the
purifying Of our courts or 1t was an attack upon
them which cannot be palliated or excused 1t
is astonishing spectacle to see the District
Attorney of New-York County, emi-judcial
officer. stand up under the responsibility of his
great trust and declare to the world that he holds
in contempt as temples Of injustice and corrup-
tion the courts before which he appears We
cannot suppose that his words idly spoken.
They certainly will not be idly received. Mr..
! Jerome's popularity and the unbounded faith
which a large body of the people, including the
/ tenement house dwellers, Tepose in him will
1 cause his criticisms of the judges to be widely
1 believed and by nobody more implicitly than by
1 those whose ignorance will make that belief the
i measure of their faith in our institutions and
their loyalty to the country. Just as our courts
should be of al instruments Of government the
1 most incorruptbe and furthest removed from
/ SUSPICION so any undermining of confidence in
! them tends most to general decentralization.
Mr. Jerome says: with few exceptions,
| mot only have no reverence for the Supreme
| Court Judges of this department, but have not
| "even the common, ordinary respect for Them
| He goes on TO declare that lawyers do not dare
! take certain cases before certain Judges not be-
cause of some peculiarities of legal thinking
| which honest Judges may have. but because they
"are close to this or that political leader or to
| 'this or that commercial interest"-whch i'm.
ports distinctly corrupt prejudice He asserts
! that there is more than one man on the bench
to-day who is close, too close to commercial
"interests," and talks about ''the shadow of
| scandal which hovers over the Supreme Court
bench of this city today"
Now, If Mr.. Jerome knows facts sufficient to
warrant this indictment Of the integrity Of our
| Judges, and is prepared TO produce them he has
performed great public service If the Judges
are such as be describes, they should he removed
from the bench and our courts purified If under
the smooth surface Of dignity and responsibility
our judiciary Is rotten and given TO the render
/ ing of unjust decisions and the use OF power to
safeguard wrong by all means let the truth be
known. II Is the time for a general judicial
| housecleaning But. unless he knows that OF
| which he speaks and is prepared to follow uu his
/ charge, Mr.. Jerome has done great wrong He
has not only weakened the peoples faith In their
tribunals, but he has subjected honorable men to
| suspicion. He says there are a few exceptions
TO his condemnation of the Judges as unworthy
: of respect. Who are the exceptions? They are
/ entitled TO immunity from damaging reflections
| Who also are the judges who cannot be trusted
to give an unbiased decision where particular
financial or political interests are inYolYed7 Mr.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-30
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau. ]


Washington. Nov 29-President Roosevelt Will
receive no official visitors on Thanksgiving Day.
but will devote much time as possible TO quiet
home celebration In the morning he will prob
ably go for a horseback ride with Mrs. Roosevelt
after running over some correspondence with Sec
retary Loeb and in the evening will receive p rev
friends at the White House. The huge Rhode ISL
and turkey which has been received as usual from
the farm of Horace Vose will be carved BY the
President himself and will be served at the usuaI
hour 7:3O D. m. No guests have been invited 70
dinner tomorrow night, but 1t is likely tnat cap
tain ". S. Cowles and his family will partake OF
the good things. they did year ago All the
members of the Presidents household Will be at
home tomorrow. and the boys Theodore, jr.. and
Kermit, who at Harvard and Groton, VIII not
return to their studies until Monday
Invitations were issued to-day by the President
and Mrs Roosevelt for small dinner on Decem-
Der 6, and another on December 8.
Senator Beveridge. of Indiana. was the first Wis
itor of the day at the Presidents office.
II never have any real business with the Presi-
dent" laughed the Senator. when asked as to his
mission
Then why do you Gomez" asked one Of the
newspaper men.
Because I think it is the charitable thing to
do" replied Mr.. Beverdge quickly He has SC
much business to attend that think It is doing
him kindness to drop in and disturb him once In
a while
Representative Lacey. of Iowa, called to discuss
bill for the repeal OF the Timber and stone act.
under which the receipts for the sale Of certain
lands go to support irrigation projects
If the money for the sale of public land all went
into the Treasury said Mr.. Lacey, the deficit
would not be large
Senator Foraker. of Ohio was asked II It were =
fact. as reported. that he and Senator E1kins had
decided to abandon their opposition to the Presi-
dents railroad rate plans.
II had not heard Of that agreement" said Mr..
Foraker with smile. What remarkable things
we sometimes in the papers. anyway
Mr.. Foraker to Introduce friends to
the President and did not remain to discuss legis-
lation.
Other callers at the White House were Senators
Fulton Piles and McCreary: Representatives Cush-
man. Hale, DENLY, Granger, Holiday, Madden and
Fuller and Secretaries Root and Bonaparte.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-30
LET Us FORGET.

KipIing's memorable phrase, Lest we forget
has done and will yet do good service. There
are times; ana occasions when it fultls the pur-
pose of reminder admirably It carries with it
something Of The compressed force and energy OF
the noble poem to which II forms a solemn re-
frain.
BUT there are occasions and certain red let
ter days' OH which that solemn refrain is map.
propriate ana when we desire, if not 70 forget
at least to remember only kindly and gracious
things. and certainly of all tie days Of the yeaI
Thanksgiving should be a day of cheer, and II
memories are to be invoked let them be only OF
the sunny variety
Therefore, today let US forget:
The insurance investigation and all its IN
happy revelations, and give thanks for the honor,
honesty and kindly acts of human brotherhood
with which we are all familiar 49,.
The election frauds and the absorbing election
contest; they are i'll the courts, and the courts
are abundantIy able to vindicate popular SOW
ereignty and protect the rights of the people.
The bosses and bossIets and all their devious
ways: the people have discovered they are only
Iaths painted to look like iron.'
The rivalries and jeaIousies In the race for
wealth: even runners know they. cannot safely
try TO run all the time. '= "=&
The Thousand ills that flesh is heir to-if they
Will let US. E@..~
These are only few OF the things we should
do well TO forget for one day at least. Every one
can readily extend the list as TO make 1t cover
his particular case For day in the year let rs
drink from the cup OF Nepenthe, or, if we must re-
member remember only the sunlight on life's land
scape: the clouds that break in blessings rather
than those that burst in storms; the pleasant
and auspicious things that have happened for
us and for our land the last year for by so do
ing we can make Of Thanksgiving Day an oasis,
place for rest and refreshment, from which 1t
will be easier to take up on the morrow the
burdens il may bring.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-30

hut such dredging is easy work, and the material
taken out would serve to fill up and convert the
tidal meadows along the shores and on the ISL
ands into solid ground for building purposes II
is reasonable to assume that the land thus re
deemed or created would far more than pay TOT
the cost of the job.
The proposition may be regarded by some as
chimericaL yet of its practicability there seems
~ no no Doubt We have only to recall what has
been done elsewhere. How long would the people
of Holland let such land and water lie unlln-
proved within the borders of their capital: We
are not as crowded here as they are there. anu
do not so keenly feel the need of utilizing every
foot of land. Yet the most lavish natural endoW-
ments should not he Incompatible with THRIFT
and should surely not be an incentive to waste
fuIness and neglect. II will be sound policy Tor
the city to plan promptly and comprehenslTely
for systematic development and improvement
Of its now waste lands and waterfronts, and IN
such scheme the Transformation of jamaica
Bay may largely figure.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-30
CANDIDATES FOR SPEAKER.

The Tribune had great satisfaction yesterday in
wright announcing his candidacy for Speaker
and outlining his platform both a candidate
and an Official This morning we have equal
pleasure in putting before our readers the views
OF Assemblyman Rogers and the grounds on which
his appeal for the support of his fellow legista-
tors is based We should be glad to give pub
licity 10 the arguments and policies Of all the
other candidates, and hops to see not embit-
tered but nevertheless genuine contest for the
Speakership which will be decided by the uncon-
strained opinion of the members Of the Assembly
themselves.
1t is long since there has been anything Ike
open rivalry for the Speakership. Mr.. Ntxon's
force and popularity were such that he was re-
elected as a matter of course. year after year.
Before his day for some time the Speakership
was disposed of at the word of few party lead
ers. A contest which calls on Assemblymen to
make an Independent choice among several men,
instead Of accepting some one who appears to
have predominant backing is a good thing for
the Republican party and the State. So we hope
that, in addition to Mr.. Rogers and Mr.. Vain
wright, Mr.. Merritt, Mr.. Hooker, Mr.. Moreland,
Mr.. Cox and as many others as may have aspira-
tions will present to the people and TO the Assem-
blymen at the same time their claims to prefer
ment, explaining their attitude the subject of
party management and their policy with respect
to legislation. Such a procedure tends to bring
the Republican party into close touch with the
people and to secure the choice of the man who
appears to command the largest popular conf
dpnce
New-York tribune., 1905-11-30
WJETRY WEATHER.
persuasive

So strong is the temptation to exaggerape any
from tie average that it was permissible TO dis
count the earlier reports Of damage done thls
week on the upper lakes. Details are now avail
able however, which should convince the most
skeptfcaI that gales which have had few equals
in violence for many years have Just prevailed
there An itemized list of the vessels which have
been sunk or driven on shore justifes the accept
ance of the estimate which puts the loss at
81, 100000. Such destruction does not often re-
suit from q single storm, even on the open sea
Navigation was made particularly difhcult by
the binding snow which accompanied the wind
Where the precipitation took the form OF rain IL
was fer from being unwelcOme. In number
of the Northern and Eastern states there has
been so severe drouth recently that mills which
are dependent on water power have been sadly
Inconvenience and some of them obliged to sus-
mend operations altogether. The relief afforded
bv this single storm may not be considerable, but
it is permissible to hope that change from one set
of meteorological conditions % another which Is
more favorable may have been initiated. Preclpl-
tatiou in given region is controlled by the route
and other characteristics Of the cyclonic depres-
sfons that are constantly crossing the continent
These often deviate perceptibly from the normal
path for weeks at a time and then somewhat ab-
r1Iptly alter their course In the observed per-
sisteDce Of any type of weather, when 1t has been
once established there is a faint promise of fill
ing the mill streams of New England and North
ern New-York during the next few weeks.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-30

Jerome has burned his bridges behind him rms
is not a matter which can be dismissed as Che
exuberant scandal-mongering of an irresponsible
person Neither can the applauding remarks OF
Mr. Austen G. Fox prominent member OF the
Bar Association He, too, has burned his bridges
behind him when he says that there are Judges
before whom he would not dare take the Hearst
election cases. Who they? Give us the
names and the facts.
We are not unmiudfu of the reluctance or
members of the bar to attack openly judges be-
fore whom they must plead their clients causes I;
but 1t is not too much to ask that when they 90
attack the judges they shall be specific and go
on to secure in detail the publication which they
demand in general terms. The courts should be
held to the highest standard of probity and
any Judge who fails in his duty should be I'M
sparingly arratgned for his conduct. If Mr..
Jerome and Mr.. Fox are prepared to arraign the
offenders whom they describe the time is ripe.
Mr.. Jerome speaks as if he were prepared to
continue this work which he has begun We
await therefore his specific charges
New-York tribune., 1905-11-30
4m1LSen1enfS.

ACADEEY OF MUsIC-2-s-Babes in Toyland-
ALHAMBRA-2-s-Naudev
BELASCO-2-S-The Ciirl OF the Golden West.
3I5OC--2-S:l0-The Music Master.
ADWAY-2-S-Yeronique
CARNEGIE HkLL-S:i6-Concert-
CASINO-2-S:1S-The Earl and the Girl
COLONIAL-2-S-NRudevilIe.
CRITERION-2-S.3o-On the Quie:-
DALYS-2:IR-S:I5-The Toast OF the Town
EDEN MGSEE-World Wax
-S:l5-Peter Pan -.
FTELDSS THEATRE-2-S:15-The Press agent
GARDEN-2-S-King Lear.
GARRICE-2-S:fo-The Marriage cf NiIlanls s-a5Is
HAAINERSTEIN'S EICTORIA-2-S:lA- &uc.H ts-oth-
HARLEM OPERA T5oU7SE-2-s:l5-The Rogers 6rOuF
HERALD soTARE-2:15-s:1C-T LabyTintRh, 1n R.,6
HTPPODROAE-S-A Yankee Circus anG me i'@i0
HJpEON-215-S2o-Msn and SCpeTnlan.
IRVING PLACE-2-s:2c-JunS tteicetotlLs,
JOE WESER'S-2:l5-S:lF-The Prince nAL;tu,t,a
JLNICbE EEROCRER-2-S:Io-L Belle MaIse4e
l.. Aoon-hine
LTCEuN-2-S:I5-The Lion ana the Ndo"s~'
TEYRIC-2-S:l5 HaPPyiand. -, -, The BOX
MADISON SQCARE-2:i S:Sl---Ihe man On ~
MAIESTIC-2-S
MANTI TIA y o:I5-S :20-Nonna wanna
Mf-Np-ISSOF 9AlIs-S:i5Iwelfth s
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE,, 10 =,
SsT-gr-- 4 Nfs.f ar RI9AM-2- -s:i5-rhe Ntlte -
NFyU-vOnF FS-2-S:I5 I5-Little Johnny Jones'
pRINC-rSS-2 -SfS-Irs-
sANOT-o.IS- S:I5-The Walls OF Jei1cl4o-
81 NICHOLAS RTNK-Ice Skating
" ATT.ACFc'S-2-S -cG-The Squsw MaIl.
WEST T-NTl-s-S--Tor Dick and harry
New-York tribune., 1905-11-30
cRAnn nPERA- HOUSE FIRE.

The owners of the Grand Opera House ana
those who were Immediately interested IN
the production of The Prodlgal son are
not the only persons who will rejoice that 50
little damage was inflicted by fire IN that
playhouse yesterday. According to the nre-
men. their success in saving the building was
largely due to the action of automatic sprlnk-
lers Here is evidence of commendable fore
sight The objection is sometimes onered
10 this sort of apparatus that It may 90 more
harm than good, and no doubt discrimination
should be exercised. Perhaps certain classes
of merchandise would be so Injured by water
as to make the Introduction of sprinklers IN
advisable. .-. .~ .ss a%.sse@-s
No question of that sort can arise. however,
with respect to the stage of modern theatre.
The highly combustible nature of the material OF
which the scenery and other accessories are COM
posed offers an overwhelming argument IN favor
of the policy pursued at the Grand Opera House
Where the same course has not already been tol-
lowed the example here given should prove
persuasive. as 80 .-..s.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-30
.JEER PRINCESS ROY4L.
London's Unemployed Hoot Duchess
of Fife at CeremOny.

London Nov. 29-Incited by the Social Demo-
cratic Federation, the unemployed mustered in
strong force around the Church Army tents on the
Strand this afternoon, and jeered and hooted the
Princess Royal (the- Princess Louise, Duchess or
Fife. eldest daughter of King Edward. who per
formed the ceremony of opening the tents, which
were presented by the King and endowed with
5000 from Queen Alexandra.s fund 10 house and
feed great numbers of the unemployed, who are
to chop frewood for this relief. Shouts Of Re
Iigious sweatersr'" and Curse their chartty!'
greeted the princess, and the crowds became 50
bofsterous that large numbers Of police mad 10 De
summoned to diSpeTSe them.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-30
LEGAL AID NEEDS FUNDS.
Money to Garry on Societg's Work
~-. for December asked.

The Legal Aid Society, with Offices at No .
Broadway. has issued an appeal for $3.50 more 70
complete its work for the coming month Tns
liberal contributions by Andrew Carnegie and oths-
philanthropists. Louis WindmUer. tie treasurer
says are exhausted. and there is urgent need o
funds. Checks should be mailed to the treasure
at No. 20 Reade-st.
The society was organized about thirty wears ago
to give gratuitous legal assistance and advice 70
the deserving poor. Mr.. WfndmulIer says it hes
already. recovered and paid 70 its clients more
than S1,cO0,oO0. It took care OF some twenty-five
thousand cases in the last eleven months
Mr.. Wtndmiller cites the following as an e1-
ample Of cases brought to the society He says
To our Harlem branch recently came a little grl
who helped TO support her mother 4y rnha's n
suit she had been ordered to receive from an actrs
81. The roll Of bills which was placed IN heI ~
Il onIV. AS tha missing S could MOI Be found he
dressmaker sought to recover @it BY retaining ~.
chtld's wages. She had not reckored with or
obtain for the youthful breadwinner payment oi
the full amount she was entitled 10 receive.
our office on the East Side Is devoted almost ex-
clusvely to the poor Jews. Eictimzed by mes'
swindIers who take advantage or their ignorsH'.
OF our language they crowd the limited space
our ofice. With tears streaming from dim eyes %
their unshaven and unkempt boards. they tel taies
of woe 10 our willing but too often helpless a.
torneys. The number OF helpers should DC ~
creased, their offices enlarged and more il0-''
The practical results OF the lavish contributions
which now made for the relief o. lsTaeEtTisS a..
nor their property will be safe as long as tneE
main in Russia If they come here. tneir cl--S ~
forget the poor Hebrews who are among , ~ n
ready. Some 70.0O0 OF them live on llV acIsSy -
ground in the Tenth Ward Of New-York cry a. aiy-s
"a population more dense than may bs touLG IH '-5
slums OF Paris or in London.s WhltecAAptL
New-York tribune., 1905-11-30

RuffaIo It carefully found out what It cost users
of steam power there to generate It themselves
An important element in the situation was the
price of coal This was high enough to enable
the Niagara company to offer better terms 10
small consumers. 1t would be folly, however, 10
build q transmission line from Niagara to New
York City and to compete with coal here H.
therefore developments in South Africa WITHIN
the next five or ten years should give the Rand
sunnIv of reasonably cheap fuel, 1t would seem
TO be equally improbable to transmit current
thither from Victoria Falls. Should Mr.. Ham
mond be satisfied that steam would be less ex-
pensive than power sent over line 700 miles
long we should be strongly disposed to accept
his Judgment
New-York tribune., 1905-11-30
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN wAsHINaTo

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington, Nov 29-Vice- President and Mrs
Fairbanks are settled in their new home in Farra-
gut Square. and will have with them tomorrow
their sons, Richard Fairbanks and Robert Fair
banks. Their son-n-law and daughter. Lieutenant
and Mrs Timmons, will join them at the Thanks
giving dinner. .s...... .~~. HI" nv.
Speaker and Miss Cannon are sufficiently settled
in their home IN Vermont-ave. to invite few
friends to take Thanksgiving dinner with them
informally. Mrs. Leseure, the married daughter OF
Mr.. Cannon, will probably come TO Washington
just after the Christmas holidays and spend the
remainder of the social season with her father.
The Russian Ambassador and Baroness Rosrn
were hosts at an informal dinner tonight IN COM
p1fment to Lady Howard. wife of the British Am
bassador to The Hague. The other guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. George Howard. Miss Howard
Baroness Elizabeth Rosen and the attaches of the
. embassy. Theodore Hansen. first secretary: B. de
Siebert, second secretary, and Colonel Raspopof,
military attach6. ...
Gregory Wilenkin, financial agent of the Russian
Embassy, and Nine Wilenkn. who. with their
children, went to Europe In the summer are ex-
pected to arrive in New-York on December A.
Rear Admiral and Mrs Charles T. Hutchins en-
tertained at dinner tonight friends of their
son. Ensign Charles T. Hutchins who is their
guest. In the party were Lieutenant and Mrs.
Tmmons. Miss Maxwell Miss Converse Miss
Switzerland. Lieutenant Commander Constantine
and Ensign Jackson. .~- - -.
Mrs. George A. Deering announces the engage
ment of her only daughter, Miss Katherine Deer
ing, to William Barrett Ridgely. the Controller OF
the Currency. No date has vet been set for the
wedding but it is expected to take place in the
winter Miss Deering made her debut IN Wash
ington in the lifetime of her ia ther, who
officer in the army. Her brother is Paymaster
George A. Dsering. u. s. N. stationed on the
New-York tribune., 1905-11-30
.IAMAICA BAY

Mr. Grout's plan for the improvement and utili-
cation of Jamaica Bay IS perhaps merely the re
viyal Of various similar propositions made from
time to time in the past It is interesting how
ever, If IN no other way than for its reminder of
the prodiCality with which Americans, even in
the uoDulous and crowded metropolis, still regard
land For years there has been complaint of the
overcrow5ing Of NETWORKS waterfront, and Of
the scarcity of land near it for industrial pur
poses Yet the fact is there are many miles of
potentiaI waterfront lying unimproyed and many
square miles OF land lying unOccupied. We have,
or ne have had much good land and good
wa fcrfrout at our disposal in America that we
have nor Yet fully learned the art and the neces-
sitv Of utilizing through artificial improvements,
1l.osa rarts which nature has not made ready for
Cur Use.
Now. tie vast expanse OF Jamaica Bay. with
It's miles Of landlOcled and sheltered waterfront,
IS al within the city Of New-York. and much of
It is within the Borough of Brooklyn. 1t il, at
Canarsie. only eight miles from the City Hall, or
a trife further than the Narrows, and actually
nearer tIan the Harlem River Ship Canal The
entrance to It. at Rockaway Inlet is sixteen
miles from the Battery, so that a vessel going in
thither could reach her dock much sooner than
she could reach q dock on the North or East
River. Moreover, the BAY is bordered with vast
stretches Of almost unimproved land, which could
readily be made the site OF extensive warehouses
and manufactures, while the tunnels which are
now being built beneath the Two rivers suggest
the possibility Of making in that region a great
railrosd terminal. on hdewster directly con
nected with the continental trunk lines or
the bay, or such portions Of it as were re-
tanned for navigation, would have 10 be deepened,
New-York tribune., 1905-11-30
The lRlsHMAN AND His MARE.
From Nc Troy Zinc.

From The Troy Times
A recent traveller in Ireland gives sdiIl%S r
the happy go lucky wit Of the Irish ,afve' s-
driver. In a Dreakneck race down q 2lA tls ,.-4s
denly realized that the spirited Uto Isi=h ~ 3lr II,
running away. Pull her up! he shoutea 1'lr.s5
Hold tight, your honor. returned 5h. ~
easily Pull her up again commando lHs .rs
eller. making grab for the reius foI "a v..n-
don't touch the reins" the jarvey answered: ~ ~ IS
out tightening his grip. Sure they re as ost III
pears The traveller made ready 20 Jump, - 81.
jarvey laid a soothing hand on his si2ua5Ft-., rhs
easy he said reassurinEly. IN turn lsi -. SOP
river at the bridge below here sure th''
her" And he did