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Secretary BoNAPARTE OF the Navy De-
partment, in his address to the Christian
Endeavor convention in Baltimore, spoke
Of the political conditions existing to-
day in America as one who fears TOR
the future of the nation. In spite OF his
cheering admission that majority OF the
men in the public service are honest and
competent, the tone of his address must
have convinced his auditors that Amer
lea, in his estimation, is already "a Sodom
among Christian peoples. II Mr.. BONA
PARTIES estimate were to be accepted
there would be genuine cause for alarm.
Really, however, there is nothing to
cause the lover of the United States to-
day the slightest uneasness. Where
dishonesty and dsloyaity have been
discovered, in or out of the public SER
vice, punishment has been quick to fol-
low. No wealth. nor high name, nor
political nor social influence. has been
sufficient to protect evlldoers. The
courts have not failed in their duty, and
never before was the principle of equal
ity before the law more practically as
serted than it is to-day. Never before
have the people been less blind to the
evil deeds of accumulated money. Per-
haps to-day the men of wealth are held
in less esteem than has ever been the
case heretofore.
Not only in the Federal service, but
also in State and municipal Governments
the citizens are demanding higher
standard of honor than ever before. In
private life the responsibility s Of tr,ls-
tees to shareholders, and to the public,
is insisted upon with a force that shows
how keen is the popular appreciation
of the necessity of honesty and fair
dealing in all the relations of life. If
MIR. BoNAPARTE has not observed this
he is iii fitted to speak on the present
political condition in this nation.
Probably Mr.. BoNAPARTE is not as
Respondent over the situation in the
United States as his words would lead
his hearers to believe. He paints the
colors dark that the necessity Of high
ideals and uncompromising honesty in
every department Of human endeavor
may appeal more strongly to his hearers.
And if he desires to impress this neces-
sity on the public mind, he will find the
publicentirely ready to accept his coun-
sci and advice,
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CATHOLIC COLLEGEs LAG.
Archbishop Farley Deplores tho LACK OF
Confidence In Them.

The Catholic Educational Association OF
America began its second annual meetins
yesterday morning at the Cathedral Coiieee
hall, Madison avenue and Fifty-f1rst street.
The session was opened by a solemn high
mass in the Cathedral celebrated by Mgr
Layele, Archbishop Farley presiding Az
the end OF the mass the Archbishop MADE
an address of welcome in which he said;
"Our Catholic colleges have done magnin-
cent work. II we compare their RESOURCES
with colleges Of other denominations we
find they have received hundreds where the
other institutions have received miliione.
Our colleges have filed the land with the
best American citizens.
But when all this has been 81 ana CON
oeded it must be admitted that Our colleges
have not the full and entire confidence OF
the well to do Catholics. There are Satno-
lies in the country who prefer to send tneir
children to places where all know their faith
Ia in danger-to places where you would Do
shocked If told you the moral oonols!on
These young men are shipwrecked 700 oiCeh
They are turned into indiferentists ana tneir
religion IL lost, ,,d
IF the same influence were exercisea
on our colleges as on our sohools-h smr
episcopate would egislate for them, oul
colleges do not hesitate to predict ~ouiu
seize the confidence of our people as our
schools have.
ave must look at these institutions as
others look at them. Correct their lauits
and Danish any prejudices IN the way ",
progress. Our colleges do not stano any
higher to-day than they did twenty-five
years ago. This is seen from the num aher
of Catholic young men who attend o,he 81
colleges. These are plain facts, haro 70
hear, and must be swallowed our ihs.
as they were for fifteen hundred years OF our
existence and when they were only retired
by force and violence"
The convention Is divided into three De-
partments- school, the college, and tne
seminary, They all went into session SIM SIM
ultaneousiy In different parts Of the Cathe-
dral College. The largest number OF dele,
gates represent the parochial schools, and
in this department the most important
naners are being read and discussed.
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WANTS TO REGULATE AUTos.
Alderman Grircnhagen's Ordinance Butts
Against the Statutes.

Alderman Griffenhagen produced before
the board yesterday his threatened ord.
nance regulating the use of automobiles
in this city. These are some of the pro.
posed provisions:
Owner to file with City Clerk name and
address, description Of machine, name Of
maker and manufacturers number Of
such vehicle.
City Clerk to issue certificate contain.
ing above particulars, which are also to
be entered in a register kept by the City
Clerk.
Operators must obtain license for oper.
ating cars in the city. Fee, 81. Number Of
license and certificate to be conspicuousy
displayed on machines.
Persons operating automobile, must
carry with them both registration certiG.
cate and license. In case of arres, Magi,.
trate's decision shall be Endorsed on both
Penalties for violation of speed and other
laws relating to automobiles, suspension
of license Of operator for thirty days for
first offense, sixty days for second and
ninety days for third and subsequent
offenses; WITHDRAW wal of certificate from
owner for ten, twenty or thirty DAYS.
Failure to return lice nses and Certtf-
Gates when demanded is made a mi-Ie.
meanor, punishable by fine of $50 TO We
imposed by "any Magistrate with an
alternative of imprisonment, a day for
a dollar.
The ordinance was referred to the Com
mittee on Streets and Highways.
Meanwhile the State statutes say that
except as to hired automobiles the local
authorities have no. power TO require any
other license than the Sta requires shall
not NEEDLE with numbering and shall in
fct no penalties other than those the State
inficts, except for such penal, ies for vic.
lation of speed rules rs are inflicted on he
owner OF other vehicles and that all sucA
ordinances are void; also that rnisde.
meanors shall BIO tried by the Court Of
Special Sessions.
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Horse Sense in Connecticut.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sfr: While was
reclining In a hammock on the plaza OF my shore
cottage at Short Beach yesterday our milkman
drove up. when 1 noticed the horse was decorated
with knee pads. | asked the reason why, and he
told me this remarkable story:
II seems the horse formerly owned by an
old minister who daily visited his barn for prayer
The milkman noticed the horses knees were grow
ling sore and wondered why One Sunday morning
he went 10 the barn TO ascertain II the roof had
leaked during heavy rain the night before. fearing
his milk had been thereby watered, and found tho
horse on his knees, with his head thrown back and
his eyes closed. In an attitude of prayer.
The old horse was following the example OF his
former master. bu, having grown old and his knees
tender, their condition was noticed. and the milk
man endeavored 10 help the old horse out with knee
pads.
The milkman said he wouldn't part with that
horse for nothing" HENRY CLAY BEERS.
NEW HAVEN. July 10.
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a few days very proftably in ascertain
ing whether or not the money thus spent

a few days very proftably in ascertain
ing whether or not the money thus spent
is proftably spent. In such an investi-
cation the opinions Of Wall Street and
the Chicago wheat pit should be disre-
garded and attention be given to busi-
ness interests only.
While hundreds of thousands OF dol
lars are thus spent, only pitiful little
appropriation, 10000, is made for an in
vestigation of the foreign field with
view to the extension of our commerce.
The sum placed at the disposal OF Secre-
tary METcALF for this purpose is utterly
Inadequate. The examination to be
made and the information to be obtained
by the agents who are now on their way
to their respective fields can be at their
best only partial and superficial The
actual working time at the disposal OF
these agents is far too short. Two
young men are on the way to Japan and
China, Both are new to that region, and
must find their way about, which is no
small task in itself The time consumed
in travel to and from the scene of their
operations and in getting from place to
plac, in an area where distances are
great and where trains and steamers do
not start every hour will make large
hole in the few months in which they are
expected to gather vast amount OF new
and valuable information.
A college professor is to cover South
America. If he had been there before
he would have had better apprecia-
ton of the time required in getting from
place TO place, the time wasted by the
probable delays in quarantine and the
additional time involved by the customs
and habits of the business men OF those
lands
If these gentlemen and their fellows
who go to other localities are to do any
thing more than interview our Minister'S
and Consuls resident in the various coun-
tries they have neither time enough nor
money enough to do their work as 1T
should be done. We are in no need OF
stories of faulty packing, inadequate
banking and shipping facilities and OF
merchandise unsuitable to the market,
offered by agents who do not speak the
language, or by circulars printed in
language which the buyers cannot read.
We know all this. 1t has been talked
and preached and sung, in whispers and
in roars, for long time.
While the Keep committee is at work
it might use some Of its time to good ad-
vantage in finding out whether it is we'll
to spend so much money for crop re-
ports and whether it would not be well
to spend more in finding new outlets for
our manufactured merchandise.
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Three Cent Tom and Col. Bryan.

Col WILLIAM J. BRYAN is shocked
and grieved that any person should be
so heartless as to suggest the nominal
ton of THREE CENT TOM for President
by the Democrats in 1908. 1t would be
monstrous act he declares, to tear Ohio's
noblest martyr from his sacred work in
Cleveland. THREE CENT Tom, Bryan
shouter and Mayor in Cleveland, is the
right man in the right place. But:
Hts whole lie has been one OF personal sacri
nee In the cause o, municipal reform and three cent
fares" said Mr. BRYAN and 1t is unjust to him to
attribute personal motives his activity In behalf
OF these causes in the Chicago municipal night"
Col BRYAN will not attribute personal
motives to THREE CENT Tom. He
knows that even before municipal re-
form and three cent fares Mayor JOHN
SON ycarns and strives daily to bring
about the nomination for President in
1908 by the delegates to'the Democratic
national convention of that eminent
reformer, journalist, jurist, statesman
and financier who was so eloquenty
described by the late DABsTER WAvIs
as "the Hon. WILLIAM j. BRENNINGs."
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THE SUN. WEDNESDAY July Il, 1905

where. The latest reports from tho north
ern districts toward Mecca were that the
rising was spreading to Asia. and that the
rebels were in control OF the port OF Gum
fuda, about 200 miles below Jeddah. At
Constantinople there Is no definite plan
for the pacifcation OF the country. the
employment of force being prohibited
by the excessive summer heat. and the
leaders of the revolt impervious to other
methods. such as the Turks have found
effective in the past. The general COM
plications in Europe also operate to cause
the Sultan to keep his forces in hand for
eventualites nearer home, and it is under
stood that he has been advised from an
influential quarter to play a waiting game.
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Omcial Reports as an Investment.

The United States spends big lump
of money every year for the purpose of
obtaining frequent reports on the con-
dition and the probable supply of various
staple crops. These reports may have
other uses, but their principal use APP
pears in the domain of speculation, 1t
is doubtless an advantage to the cotton
manufacturer to know in advance the
probable cotton crop of the season, 1t
Is also an advantage to others to have
advance information regarding wheat
and corn. But it remains question
whether those directly interested in the
matters concerning which official re-
indeed whether they do not-have other
sources OF information on which they
rely even more than they do on official
statistics.
What is the actual value of these re-
ports to legitimate industries, to actual
handlers and consumers of the crops on
which reports are made? AS "A general
rule, business establishes its own chan
nels of information. This is the case
with all except a few of our industrial
and commercial activities. Why should
the Government interest itself in some
and not in all? Moreover, unless the
estimates furnished can be accepted
as absolutely trustworthy, as something
more than mere guesses or generaliza-
tions, Of what use are they in any case?
The amount expended in gathering
information, reliable or otherwise, is
considerable. 1t is said that the cotton
reports cost s250,000 a year. Other
large sums are required for the prepara-
ton of reports on other crops. In its in
vestigations into the routine processes
Of departmental methods in Washing
ton the Keep committee might spend
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sUBWAY-ELEVATED TRANSFERS.
InterborouEh Company Increases the Fa.
cilities At l4Dth Street.

SV'upeuy Aho'es'eO S~.S
cillties At l4Dth Street.
Announcement was made last evening
at the office, Of the marlborough company
that beginning at 1901 tomorrow morning,
a general transfer system between the
subway and elevated trains at l4sth street
and Third avenue will be put into effect
The elevated lines from Pelham and
fremont avenues and the subway line from
West Farms meet at this point, and on
Monday morning passengers from the
elevated lines were under the impression
that they could transfer to the subway.
They trooped down to the subway, only
to Le told that the only transfers issued
were from southbound subway trains to
southbound elevated trains. Similarly, at
night residents of The Bronx going home
found that. while they could transfer from
northbound elevated trains to northbound
subway trains at l49th street, there were no
transfer facilities from the subway to the
elevated.
So much confusion resulted that
it was necessary to call upon the re-
serves from the Alexander avenue station.
The result was the general transfer system
outlined in this order:
Transfer privile eyes will be extended at
passenger boarding either Manhattan Ele-
waited division station or subway divieion
station north Of l49th street to continue their
journey south of l4sth street via the subway or
elevated.
points south OF l40th street and Third avenue.
northbound, will be entitled to transfer from
l49th street to Bronx Park and Third avenue.
or any intervening station.
Passengers boarding Second and Third
avenue elevated trains south Of l40th street
and Third avenue, northbound, will be entitled
to transfer from l4eth street via the subway
TO lsoth street and West Farms. or any inter-
mediate station
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CHICAGO, j I'll,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-,Sir' see that a
jew complains bitterly In Hebrew paper because
hotels In tho Catskills advertise that they will not
take Jews as boarders but why should self
respecting Jew care about that
Why don't Jews put UP hotels OF their own and
beat the others In attractions, They are many
now and so rich that they can sustain with their
patronage large hotels Of great luxury. Their
best retort to such exclusion Ms they complain OF
In the Ca,skS T.. to set UP better hotels To compete
with those which practise It.
Jews have exclusive clubs al their own; why
should they not have exclusive hotels, This game
OF exclusion is ono At which two play.
NEW YORK, July 10. CosMoPol.IrAS.
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THE PRESIDENTS GOLD MEDAL.
1t Is Intended to Commemorate Mr.. Roose-
Nelts lnauEuratiOn on.

OYSTER BAY, July 1.-THE gold medal
designed by Sculptor Saint Gaudens to
commemorate the inauguration Of President
Roosevelt was received by the President
this morning at Sycamore Hill. 1t bears
on its face profile bust of President Roose-
welt and the inscription, Theodore Roose-
velt President Of the United States" and
the motto ".Equum cuique." The reverse
side bears an American eagle and the
date. Washington, D. c., March ",
MCMV.' The value of the gold contained
in the medal lie 500.
A duplicate has been struck for Vice
President Fairbanks. and similar medals
done in bronze have been presented to
the members Of the inaugural committee.
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st. Johns Gid Needs Money.

On Monday the floating hospital of 81,
Johns Gid carried 1924 patients from
three West Side landings. The expenses
OF the trip were donated by Frank JAY
Gould.
The severe heat is especially hard on tn"
infants, and the number of sick cases Is
larger than usual. Fifty-seven paticAts were
transferred to the Seaside He l;al at NeS
Dorp for prolonged treatment, This
number was all that could be accommodated.
On the trip yesterday 1909 patients were
carried from East Twentyfourth street
Manhattan, and three Brooklyn lanGlmcs
The st, Johns Gid appeals to the generous
public to support this work Of life @tviiG
The treasurer is Isaac n. Seligman, aoi
Fifth avenue, New York city.
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The Crisis and tho Man.

How elevating and uplifting are the
efforts of that honest, patriotic, upright
gentleman the Hon. JACOB H. SCHIFF
to hold to the strict letter Of their duty
the wicked and abandoned employees
of the graceless Western Union Tele-
graph Company! No man can con-
template his disinterested zeal for the
suppression of vice, his whole hearted
devotion to the task Of clearing that
corporation of the faint Of suspicion,
without realizing to what noble heights,
even in these degenerate days, human
nature can rise.
Truly, when the crisis called for the
man, and the Hon. JACOB II. SCH1FF,
refusing to shirk his full responsibility,
determined to do his whole duty, he
answered in no uncertain voice. The
spectacle is an edifying one. Pessimlsts
who depiore the laxness with which
men in high place perform their func-
tions find their theories upset, their
low estimates Of their fellow citizens
confuted Here is a man whose devo-
ton to the interests of all the people
cannot be questioned, whose paramount
and self-sacrificing services 10 the COM
munity cannot be denied,
And what punishment is severe enough
to be visited upon those mean and petty
minds that see in the Hon. JACOB H.
ScHIFF's zeal for the suppression of
the poolroom only herring drawn
across the trail Of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society disclosures?
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Flrecrackers Mlnimized.

Police Commissioner McAdoo has written
to Roundsman William Maher who had
charge of the frecracker squad, CON-
just before July 4. The Commissioners has
had many letters Of thanks for keeping
down the firecracker nuisance. One letter
came from the Children's society in Brook
lyn. Another was from the secretary Of
the General Memorial Hospital,
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"Ev Before a Vowel,

To rns EDITOR OF THE SUN--.>tr: | have read
with interest the discussion which has been going
on In your columns as TO the mispronunciation Of
certain words. and, before 1t ends would IKE to
Inquire rs to the proper pronunciation OF r" In
words In which that letter prcccdcs a vowel.
The two words "eruditc" and "vlrulcnt" are ex-
amplcs OF such words as mean. Is the r" TO be
rolled In these Two words and In all similar words
have consulted the dictionaries, but can get
from them no clear Outstanding OF the matter.
BRoCKToS, Mass. july 10. SCRuTAToR.
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WOULDN'T APPOINT RECEIVER,

Judsc IacOnbr Gets No Proof That bank.
ers' Corporation Is Insolvent.
Judge Lacombe in the United States
Circuit Court refused yesterday to appoint
receiver for the United States mixers Cor
poration. This is the corporation of which
John G. Carlisle was president before being
a few weeks ago. Hollis j. ParE. Who n anl
piled for the receivership, was one Of the Old
directors under Carlisle. Afidavits show
that 1882 shares supported Parks's applica-
ton and 1890 opposed II.
Judge Lacombe said that there was moth
ing in the affairs Of the company to indi-
cate insolvency, and that, as the company
was organized in Maine, this circuit had no
primary jurisdiction anyway.
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Accent of western Girl and New York Accent.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: Concerning
"un,,dy speech" am western girl, young
man In the family here In New York where am
visiting made fun of me for saying as he described
IT, that had seen "a la rye -ur up nee .yur r
the pah ur.r .rk." The next morning at break
fast he asked me II ever ate "rawr eggs" Ny
accent may not be very pretty, but I'd rather have
II than his. MISS CBIILLcoTHs
NEW YoRK, July TO-
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How broadway Thespians Strike q Visitor.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-.Sr: Who on
earth originated the horrid term "hamfsuers" and
applied II to tho lovely actors that 90 up and down
Broadwayf
think II Is an outrage that such a vulgar name
should have been given 70 the fne, wholesouled.
honest looking actors that have seen on Broad
way every time come to town. Ugh but YOU are
AN unsprrecis,'vc people hers IL New Iorki
NEW YORK, July 10. MAUD,
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Mr.. JEROME comes back from Kansas
with the impression that there ia 'po-
litical reaction" there. 1t is a reaction
from radcalism, and he need not have gone
to Kansas to find evidences OF 1t. 1t Ia
everywhere. The thing has been over
worked and the people are tired OF 1t.
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News received in Paris from Jeddah,
the landing place of pilgrims coming over
sea for Mecca, is to the effect that all the
inland towns and ports of the Arabian
province OF Yemen, with the exception
Of Hodeida, are now in the hands of the
rebels. Mocha, the famous entrep6t for
coffee which comes mainly from Abyss
sinia. has been occupied by the insurgents
and Turkish authority has ceased every.
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lA0T OK,


The confusion OF tongues had Just fallen on the
Tower OF Babe.
81 thought sol" exclaimed an innocent bystandcr
-They are asking Is II hot enough for your"
With cry OF despair he ned into the wilderness