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JeherSona All.

We congratulate theI Hon JOHN, Fox
president, and the HOnA RoBEBT A. VAN
WICK, chairman Of thet committee Of
arrangements Of thek Democratic Club,
on the statesmanlike bilEof' fare that has
been drawn I'D for Jen erson Day. The
Nebraska Jefferson will nor, indeed, bo
on tap; but'a ehoicer selection of'real old
'JeferBonian" vintages haSseldom been
deoanted.
First and hercest glean,As tho. bright
bronze poll Of the Hon. TohffWArsoN, the
Cracker jefferson, the ultra Lof ersonian,
more Bryanite than BRYAN His IA the
straitegt sect and his the sirIeere milk Of
Je6ersoniAnism. He lovesII "a minority,
as most people like a majority. :. II any
body az rees with him. he beainsto think
be must be wrong.
Next, salute the ample formI and big
dramatic head Of the Hon. 1oaG JoHN-
SON, apostle Of three cent fare. plutocrat,
autoorat Of Cleveland, Buckeye JedeBonl
He yeGrns for the single tax Sotmuoh that
he hates TO pay any other sort of>tax.
He viii exhibit full set Of views and a
long list Of political triumphs unwon.
Though here we nameihim second, yet,
Ton for TON, we don't know which we
prefer or which can give the more fruit
full counsels TO the statesmen Of the
Democratic Club.
Now comes the Hon. FRANCIS GRIFFITH
NxEIASDs. the Nevada Jederson. whose
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HosnitaI FINANCE.

The directors and managers Of the
various hospitals that are hampered
IN their work by lack OF funds TO meet
their running expenses should pay par
ticular attention to the remarks that
were made by Dr. JOHN W. BRANSAN on
Thursday at a conference in the United
Charities building. DR.. BRANNAN pointed
out that American hospitals are the only
institutions in which modern methods
OF bookkeeping are not followed. 1t is
frequently impossible TO learn from the
books how the money disbursed has
been expended, and the public Is always
in the dark as to the economy or eXtrava-
Eance Of the institutions that il is asked
TO support.
An examination OF the books Of the
London semi-private hospitals ten years
ago disclosed the fact that in several
cases the accounts were kept in such a
manner as to produce a deficit on the
annual balance sheets, the purpose being
TO encourage public giving by raising
each year a cry Of poverty and debt,
when in reality none existed. 1t is not
charged that such methods are adopted
in this country, but the systems Of
bookkeeping followed admittedly leave
much to be desired for clearness and
intelligibility.
DR.. BBANNAN also declared that the
hospital authorities were wasteful Of
bandages, dressings and the like, to a
degree unknown in private practice,
and he made the pertinent observation,
LESS waste and you'll get moro money
from the people, addressing himself to
the hospital managerswho were present.
It is obvious that with a proper account
ing method in force,the waste Of ma
terial would bei cutbdoVn Immediately,
for leaks wouldisoontbe discovered and
stopped that are, now unknown to even
the most consoientious'and hard work.
ing superintendents.
The men and women!intereSted In New
York hospitalsihaEeCs still another'reason
for adopting an approved system Of
bookkeeping. \TheSrevelations Of i'm
proper conduct on tthe part Of some
hospital boards, made, FIVE or sixiyears
ago, disturbed public confidence in all
Of them. When it became known that
some institutionssw were deliberately rob
bing the city, many persons decided,
but perhaps not unnaturally,
that most of them were, and this belief
has not yet BEEN eradioated, from the
public mind Modern bookkeeping would
show the truth about each. hospital.
onoe this was known, the worthy ones
would find little dificulty int obtaining
funds sufficient for. all theiripurposes.
The unworthy onestwould receive moth
ing, and that is exactlytwhat Ithey de-
serve and,should receive.
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fact, that after three and half years Of
full and absolute control, American Gu-
thority failed to install that system Of
sewers and pavements 90 peremptorily
insisted upon in 1898, when the late Col
WARING was sent TO Havana to inspect
and report upon the matter Much
talk was made about the work. and a
large sum OF money was either spent or
wasted. But our sanitation Of Havana
and other Cuban cities was after all a
superficial process, and Americans are
hardly in position to sit in judgment on
the Cubans for not doing at once that
which our own officials failed to do in
three and half years.
close and competent observer Of
Cuban affairs once said that Cuba will
be annexed to the United States piece
meal II begins TO look as though this
prediction would be fulfilled. Land Is
being bought in large and in small tracts.
The frozen orange and pineapple grow
ers Of Florida are turning to frostless
Cuba as a better field for their enter
prises. Tourists flock TO the island in
thousands, and a goodly number buy
enough Of the island to enable them to
remember that there Is such a place.
Neither the tourist nor the settler sees
anything in insular sanitary conditions
to brighten him away.
The Cuba of 1910 will be the home Of
many an American settler, and it prom
ises to be somewhat Of a winter Mecca
for American travellers. Cuba Is both q
pleasure resort and a health resort, and
American people are rapidly coming to
an appreciation Of the fact. Cuban vigi-
lance has excluded yellow jack for three
years, and as Cubans want it no more
than we do, there is no probability Of
any relaxation Of their vigilance. Should
the disease reappear in Havana, just as
it may in Galveston, New Orleans or
Tampa, it will not spring from an alb
sence Of sewers or from any little dirt
piles which the Cubans may leave
in their alleyways. As Surgeon-Major
U. S. A., said in his report for
1900, there Is no visible correlation be-
tween dirt and yellow fever.
On top Of that statement thousands
Of American tourists now pile their teSti-
nony regarding the cleanliness Of the
sland. VIII the Cubans continue that
The most competent OBJ
servers fully believe that they will.
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SCHOLER DEFENDS CORONERS.
says the once Did Not WhitewNSh Men
Responsible for Darlington Tragedy.

says the once Did Not WhitewNSh Men
Responsible for Darlington Tragedy.
Coroner Soholer wrote yesterday 10 the
seventeen members Of the Cities Committee
Of the Senate ct Albany denying the state
ment made by Lawrence WELLER that the
Coroners here had whitewashed the build
ers, contractors and owners Of the Hotel
Darlington, which collapsed with much
loss Of life over a year ago. Mr.. WELLER
made the statement while advocating the
passage Of the Elsberg bill abolishing the
Board Of Coroners
In his letter Coroner Scholer said that
after a thorough investigation and inquest
the builders were found criminally respon-
sible by the Coroner's jury for the death
OF eighteen persons, and that warrants
were issued for the two men who supplied
the iron work for the hotel The warrants
were turned over 10 the police
The Coroner concluded his letter by say
ing that be had no personal interest In the
pending bill 70 abolish the CoroneEs but he
did not want the committee 10 be misled.
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Vote Transfer Bills.

Can the Republican party Of New York
govern the State Of New York without
injury TO business? Can it provide suf-
ficient revenue for the State without
imposing unjust, unnecessary and eco
nomioally unsound taxes?
II it cannot, it will have to be kicked
out. II has no dispepsaton from fate
to commit follies. Il has no sacred
prescriptive right to rule II it is going
TO fop into Populism, it cannot take the
Republican business men Of New York
with it,
The Stock Transfer Tax bill and the
Mortgage Tax bill are in the hands of
the Assembly The first is also a bill
to transfer Republican votes to the
Democratic party. The second is also
a bill to mortgage the future of the
Republican party of New York.
Mr.. BRYAN drove business men out
Of the Democratic party, Apparently
ODELL is trying to drive them out Of the
Republican party.
Il can be done, II the Republicans in
the Assembly want it done,
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STILL AFTER THAT MILLION.
Board OF Estimate Returns TO Aldermen
Its Playground Appropriation.

Board Of Estimate Returns 10 Aldermen
Its Playground Appropriation.
The Board Of Estimate repassed yester-
day the appropriation Of 81 10000 for the
purchase Of sites for plAygrounds. The
original appropriation was turned down
by the Aldermen at their last meeting.
While the Aldermen withheld their APP
proval on the ostensible ground that the
request for the money contained no infor-
nation as to the location Of the proposed
purchases, their action was really prompted
by a desire to get whack at Comptroller
Grout, who suggested the scheme for lay
ing out Fairgrounds Some Of the Alder
men said unlIind things about Mr.. GTout
and the Comptroller returned tho compG-
men wanted the information about the
sites 80 that they could get in on some
thing"
In reintroducing the resolution yesteTda5
Mr.. GTout remarked: i notice that the
Aldermen approved without any definite
information appropriations Of $500, 900
for the Board Of Education and g coz, COO
for the Dock Department.
well, suppose they did! Borough Presi-
dent Ahearn interrupted. They are public
officers responsible to the people and they
are entitled to ask on what they are re-
ullested to vote. II the Aldermen want In
formation in return for their votes they
ought to be able TO get it,
sThat's all very well, retorted the Comp
troller, but In this case no one has any
information, because il has not yet been
decided where the player ounds shall be
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A Protectorate without a Treaty,


In discussing the possibility OF an at
tempt to establish n virtual American
protectorate over Santo Domingo with
out a treaty, by using for that purpose
the arbitral award OF last july the Nev
York Herald remarks:
'whsn the United States Senate adjourned
without approving the treaty which MT ROOSEVELT
tined to force upon It, no action had been taken as
70 the vH'ai'y o. the protocol OF 'anu%y' ,Ha'
na 'n' ~o 80" ~n-,a - S. ~ yI ~,
nro,ooo, .sresd that sspto Domingo should raw
"a ,bs United state, ooyenmsrt in sstlsfactlon
Of American claims s..SOoOOo, and the award
provided for Its payment By lrs,anments OF 1880
monthly.
e In case Of failure in any month to receive the
sun DUE tho hn' n'lAl agent Of the United States
ana aus sppoin,sSs ~'Io au'no' go, 70 %t. pos
-'on " 70, 80 - - ~, ~
>, o,s os,,. 0SS,,,,, n,,,,,t,g or q n,
po-,.to.u oo,,rnn,ui shau ,o.rsou,,f,, the on,n-
s.al ar,u, is empowered by the award to take
possession of,Any or all Othor,pOrts of entry.
EvdSnuy'n Is under thia'prOvision tina, Presi-
gent NoAALHsivould' put the ports in possession
OF the United s'A'e'' which might be said to thus
have In sn.ot.! pro'es'ora'' over the republic
ae'pl.s 's' .A'''''4' '' '''''"'A "0' '''''''u %
-,
tha ate Tns.T sTbitroSawsTd I,seour.
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MUTUALIzATfOX.
The Views OF some independent Policy
holders OF the Equitable.

To THE EDITOR or THE sUN-Sir! Half
way measures In the Equitable situation viii
not help. The prosperity Of the society, II
not It's existence. Is involved. Tho present
state OF affairs is impossible remedy
must be found. even though IL hurts. Being
interested solely In the capacity OF a policy
holder and being In possession OF the facts
Of the situation as distinguished from suppo-
sitlons based on conjecture or rumor, oher
the following suggestions
A reorganization Of the board OF directors
involving the immediate surrender OF the
control OF the board to the policyholders
on a basis not less favorable than the pro
posed twenty-slRht 70 twenty-four.
The retirement Of Mr.. Hyde as the hrst
vloe-presdent.
The election as FIRST vice-pTesident and a.
treasurer In the place OF the late Mr., Ripley
Of gentlemen from outside the society hav-
ing the following qualifications In addition
TO the ability to al the positions:
They must not be connected with any In
stltution having relations with the EQUITABLE,
nor with any institution controlled by IL.
nor with any other insurance or financial
institution.
They must not be ah1llated. directly or
indirectly, with the present hrst vlce-p esl-
dent or second vioe-president Of the society
nor with any supporter OF either In the e1-
listing crisis In the soclety's AFFAIRS.
Unless the pollcyholders are granted the
minimum recognition and relief above In
dicated, they should appeal 20 the LeRisla-
ture for an Investigation Of the eoclety's
Affairs which shall be deep. comprehensive.
thorough, and relentless. A. r. B.
NEW YORK. March "a
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FTeHTTNo MENINGITIS SPREAD.
Committee Meets and Decides 20 WOrk In
TIVE Parts-TaIk % New Cure.

Tive Parts-Talk % New cure.
The committee 10 investigate the causes
OF the spread of spinal meningitis In this
city, met Yesterday afternoon at the Board
OF Health building. Fifty-sixth street and
Sixth avenue,
DR.. Pope of the Cornell Medical College,
chairman Of the COMMITTEES, was absent
and DR.. James presided. The committee
formed itself into two subcommittee,
one 10 Investigate the meteorological side,
and the other the clinical side Of the dis
ease,
The ARCHAEOLOGICAL committee was au-
thorised TO employ ten baCteriologists. II
was also decided TO confer with DR.. File xner
OF the Rockefeller Institute OF New York
Another part Of the bacteriologists' com
mittee will confer at the Hoagland Labora-
tory, a part Of the Long Island College
Hospital, with DR.. Durham. This part
Of tie investigation will DO under Dr. Van
Cott..
The clinical part Of the committee viii
make a thorough investigation OF all mem
nights Gases reported since Jan J. ana
will prepare a complete table Of statistics
Of all cases reported.
Or. T. Mitchell Prudden has been re-
tanned az consulting baoteriologist. The
clinical committee has also decided upon
the forms to be sent TO tho various hos
pitfalls In this city and throughout the world
It Is expected that the hospitals in TINS
city will be able 70 all out these forms Wlthin
a week and the committee can then begin
its investigation Of the cases.
The committee announced that tneLe
had been fewer deaths from spinal nleningltis
last week than the week previous and That
last year the disease reached itS helght IN
May ,-,.-
II was also reported that DR.. Waitzfelder
Of 0ouvemeur Hospital IL testing a new
cure for the disease, serum, ehnllAI 70
that used In Gases Of diphtheria.
DR.. Darlington had this 70 say OF the
committse's report: -.
ct Is no part Of the committees duty
70 experiunent with remedies, but 70 IN
vestiente the causes for the spread OF the
disease and to find out whether Il Is CON
tagious. II II Is contagious the hospitals
win have TO isolate all cases OF the disease.
Death records this year would have been
lower than ever before had II not been for
the epidemic Of spinal meningitis'
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The Chicago Merchant Tailors' Associa-
ton had an exhibition Thursday night.
sOver $50 creations Of the sartorial art
were shown, and lectures were given -on
how 70 dress and how TO wear clothes.
Expert tailors told why the clothes have
been made the way they are Chicago
means 10 stick TO native art. II IL no longer
content to accept the styles Of New York
and Boston masters. Chicago tailors 'in-
tend to set the styles Of mems clothes
themselves and TO allow the Chicago men
an opportunity to exercise originality and
ingenuity in designing their garb.' The
opportunity will be grasped. The city Of
BATH HOUSE JOHN, the head OF the Venetian
school Of sartorial art, cannot afford to
borrow the pale and etfete designs Of
Eastern artists. .
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Cub. q, aAHeaIth.Rssort.I

Measured by the, tidehofltourist travel
t0'the island durinntheAlaSt few months,
American interest intCubaAh has ueve9been
greater than at thelpresent time The
opinions Of travellers tregapdingi the
people Of the island varyvwidely, butlthey
are practically unanimous regarding the
island itself. Upon another point there
Is also a notable coincidence ofFyiew.
That Is the clean and heahhful'condition
Of most Of the cities and towns lnsomel
localities there has been notedNa measure,
Of laxity in municipal enterprise, lbut,
the testimony Of visitors declares that
on the whole Cuban cities standtasi
models Of cleanliness.
Those who 60 to Cuba 20 hunttfor
weak 6pots in its administrative, ppoc-
esses can find them just,as they' could
in New York, New Orleans. Chicagosor
San Francisco. Those who,regard sewer
systems as indispensable adjunCs tof
we'll regulated municipal life wag their
heads in grave doubt and conjuret up
frightful apparitions Of disease andtepi-
denies, whose shadows stretch dway
uCIOas inc IlOIluh DNEulNht dCIOoSN Nne
Gulf of Mexico, and extend at least their
penumbra up the east coOst az far as
Hatteras. Their home cities and Towns
may be indifierently severed and care
lessly swept without exciting theirtap-
prehensions, but dirty corner or aniun-
pleasant odor in a Cuban city givesthem
q shiver Of horror.
One Of the travellers, who we believe
states fact and expresses a representa-
tive opinion, writes TO us as follows:
Il hSvs Just returned nom an sEisndsd uip n
Cuba sld Epsak from personLl observation WHEN 7
tsy that Hsvana. a. far - general esanlfnsas 10
concerned. sHseis any city have ever seen. That
the city h not generally severed IL very wen known,
but the fuult is ouu, sOt the CubHns. Nevsrthesus
the death rate Ia lower than that OF most OF our
American efuea--
The assertion that the absence Of a
modern sewer system in Havana is
ohargeable 70 American rather than 70
Epban, SeSVHpt d0pbtlesy ress ~ the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-25
HUNT WNTERSs HOME ron SALE.
Toung Lawyer VINO Married RiCh old
widow 70 sen the Mansion.

The four story and basement house on
the southeast corner Of Fifth avenue ami
EiRhtieth street. now owned by Byram
L. Winters, lawyer at 80 Nassau street.
is to be sold at public auction at noon on
April ~.
Il II the house where, nearly eleven years
ago, Winters, then % years old, married
Mrs. Anne NJ. Hunt, the seventy-three-year
old widow Of Isaac Odell Hunt, who At the
time Of her maria &c TO Hunt was the widow
Of Alderman Dooley The sale will be made
by Auctioneer Joseph p. Day at the New
York Real Estato Salesroom, l0i Broadway,
OF the direction Of Mr.. Winters.
The house was built by H. j. Harden
bergh and cost about $4,000 TO build. It
IL now valued at about $50 900. Winters
lived in the house until few months ago.
To this mansion on Sept. Is, 1904, was
summoned the late Rev. DR.. Houghton
Of the Little Church Around the Corner,
He was wanted there 10 marry Mrs. Hunt,
70 years old and worth 5000. COO, TO Byram
l.. Winters, 80 years old. DT. houghton
married the couple. Winters had then
just commenced his law career and had
Mrs. Hunt as enc Of his FIRST clients.
She seldom left the house after tho mar
rage. She died on July Q, 1898. Her will,
dated twenty-four days after her third
wedding, was fled May a. 1898 Il was
less than three hundred words in length.
Il bestowed upon the Metropolitan Museum
Of Art some valuable laoes and four pieces
Of statuary, Iris, Roman Girl, and 'Mr,
and Mrs. Dooley.' She gave a friend
$40 900. The rest OF her estste was be-
oueathed to her young husband. The
will was witnessed by James A. O'GormAn,
now a Justice Of the Supreme Court; Jesse
Stearns and Charles A. Desbon.
A contest Of the will was begun by the
heirs at law. After litigation and two trials
Winters won his case.
The records Of the Registers ofice show
that the Dooley-Winters mansion, now 70
be sold, was transferred by Mrs. Anne h.
Winters TO ByTam L. Winters on Feb. S,
1898, five months before her ueath. Prop
erty at $50 10 SAT Third avenue and other
property was transferred TO him az the Same
time.
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The way Not to Get FOreisn Trade.

To THE EDITOR or THE Sun -.SiT, We can
get foreign business when we go after it the
right way and take care OF IL after We get IL.
but not otherwise. On this point a letter
from Mr.. G. +. Bousheld. head Of the Baptist
mission at Shaoshing, China, TO American
Consul Anderson Of HsnRchau China, Is
pertinent. Mr. Bous1eld says:
Il has stirred me up again and again 10 see 80
much foreign goods OF other nAtlonaltlet sold hero
and 30 little American goods, except houT and Oh
went % far ~ 70 have sent out quAntty OF stun
from a San Francisco house, hoping 70 make the
beginning Of q store here. / told this house OF tbs
opportunities here. ] think ! should have accom-.
plished something n they had not been too FTeedy
and sent me lot Of rubbish they could not sell a.
home. ! almost lost face" and 20 save myself
bought lot Of stun which DID not need. Patriot.
Ism costs something somttimes.
This letter IN well worth the attention Of
American exporters and manufacturers
SCHENECTADY. March %. ". J.B
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To TEE EDIToB OF TIE sUN-Siy: In the
-mutuallI ation- Of the Equitable there
should be a provision that all votes Of policy
holders must be offered In person. Other
wise the company viii only be 'mutuAliEed-
IN name. In q properly organized mutual
life insurance company the directors are
elected by the policyholders, and the dIeo-
tors elect the ohicers A system has grown
up by which the reverse Of this has been
possible. The officers have chosen directors
instead Of being chosen by the directors a.
the responsible representatives OF the mem
bers This has been made possible either
through a control Of the capital stock Of tho
company or by control Of Thousands Of
proxies collected by the machinery at the
command Of the Officers OF every COM
pany. Let there be no proxy system In
cluded in the reor ganization plan Of the
Equitable. 20 that the control Of the company
may rest in the hands OF the policyholders
and not in the presidents little tin box Of
proxies. CHARLES +, OLDT.
EAsToS, Pa, March Is.
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Practice, for MIR. ,Hammsrsteln.

The Hon. 'WILLIANfSTRAvERstJERoAfE
has shown little eagerness to'acoept the
Hon. OSCAR HGAndKRsrEINs very liberal
offer 70 kick him through the twenty
two exit doors in one of Mr.. HAMMER
STEMS numerous pltyhouses. Per-
haps Mr.. JERoNE is intThining, prepara-
tory TO meeting Mr.. HAMAfERsTEIN..
The District Attorney is mot a weakling,
and though Mr.. HASiM ERsTEIN is con-
fldent Of his ability 70 perform his part
of the contract, little practice in the
art Of kicking could,dohin no harm.
For this practice an excellent oppor-
tunity is afforded,by the gpoups, squads,
companies, regiments Of PICKET specu-
lators acknowledgements the sidewalks
at FoTty-second street and Seventh
avenue practically impossible forpedes-
trians. At present the ,pssserbyl is eI-
posed to the danger of having his or
her clothing torn of by these persons, to
control whom the Ipolcesseem utterly
incapable They finsult and assault
men and woment without. official hind
rance, and Mr.. HAMdEEsIEIN,; by prac-
Using kicking on them, would'not only
add 10 his skill asia kicker, but in ad-
dition would conferNa,lasting and highly
desirable benefit onsthe public,
Preparatory toihcking, Mr.. JRRoAR
twenty-five times wherefore, letMr. HAM
MEBsTEIE kick twenty-five rowdyticket
spectators once apiece. He would thus
increase his reputation asa kicker and
furnish undeniable evidence ,of his in
tention to make hist beatreSIcompletely
safe for the amusemen loving public.