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VINO VIII Reform II:

To THE Ep1ToR OF THE SCN-Str; No
where have / yet seen reference 10 one
detail Of the situation as to football which has
a specific bearing ON the question, Who are
TO reform the game, IL it is to be reformed?
Certainly. should say, not the coaches as
a class: and not the rules committee II any
Of them are interested in the game as coaches
or even as umpires
For all the gentlemen. thus concerned
profit. directly or indirectly. by football as
at present played Many of them must
rely upon II as a principal means of liveli-
hood. They could not do this unless il were
lust such an appealing thing as it Is to the
crowds which seek the football arena for q
spectacle involving condition Of high ner-
vous excitement stimulated by rough rivalry
on and OF the field and a great deal of ad-
vance advertising,
II would be as reasonable to expect theat
rcal managers to reform any profitable
evils which may al times exist upon the
stage as to call upon the gentlemen who are
professionally interested in football to change
It's character while the gate receipts continue
TO he satisfactory. j. F. u.
BOsTON, Dec. ..
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Prohibitionist, and had clear majority
Of more than 1900 votes. Both NC
GAVIN and WHARTON were brave young
fellows who took nominations no one
else could see any hope for. They
hitched their wagon to the Roosevelt
star, and 80 they take their seats this
morning,
But the real junior lord is the Hon,
XENo J. RTvEs, Republican, OF the Twen-
ty-hrst district of Illinois. He paid
no attention to his campaign, took de-
feat for granted, and pegged away at
Blackstone and "Coke Upon LittIeton,
The mischievolls swore he wasn't twenty
one. Now they pretend that he is only
twenty-four. We guess he's old enough
to qualify.
A celebrity of Missouri is the Hon
WILLIAM r. TINDALL, Republican, of
the Fourteenth district We suspect
myth in his case, but should it be true
that he never saw railroad train until
he was 80 he will be apt to take a proml-
nant part in railway regulating. Since
he comes from Sparta, leg md says that
he means to lay up $4,000 year out OF
his salary. If he can do it he deserves
to be on the Committee on Appropria-
tions. Like many another member OF
this House, he was surprised man when
he found that he was elected. Doubt
less he will surprise the Democratic
jeerers and show himself to be a shrewd
and useful person There Is much OF
originality in most Of these Western
characters.
Time to close the gallery, no matter
how many more pictures ought TO be
shown Think of the feelings of the
Hon. CHARLES HENRY GRosvENoR as
he gazes at the freshmen and reflects
that wicked men in his district have
conspired TO make this his last term in
the body where his apostolic beard has
wagged so long!
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The stirring and sensational episodes
I'm Maryland at Crisfield last week recall
wild Western" days. Justice kENNERLY
fined an offending oyster dredger, The
mob in the court protested, and under
threats of violence and assault the Judge
reversed his own decision, to the accom-
paniment Of great rejoicing. The Bddi-
more Sun of Friday quotes the Judge as
declaring;
"Iwul stick to 1t that NELSON was guilty and that
my verdict was lust one because three reliable
men testified that they saw the accused man taking
the oysterS and told him to leave the beds, which
Lc refused to do. Twas conscientious In the matter
and believe decision tho only !nsl one. hG "Eru
/ saw that the law was not recognized and thar my
NE was In danger II did not revoke my decision
realized that It was the only thing do and acted
accordingly These Oy stetmrn were IN a desperate
mood aud would have done me bodily harm had
not changed the sentence and acquitted the ac
rused man"
The orderly administration Of even
handed and impartial justice was frequently
suspended in the far West during the days
Of the cowboys and rustlrr-. Ii was a
frequent saying "On the plains that the
homicide, the houscbrraker. the road
agent and the bad man" might escape -
the horse thief never.
The oyster dredgers of Maryland deem
themselves. IN many cases, amenabe to
all laws but one the oyster law, They
regard the right to dreCtgo for oysters as
imperishabe impersonal and inalieuabe
The criminal conviction of one IL the CON
Germ of all and hence the outbreak when u
tmoruua Justice attempte ed to impose fine
un one offender in Crisiie!d, tn" little Che~a-
r,aaka Raw town known a. "tlr town WhpTa
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Abusing the Umpire.

To the EDITOR OF TnE SuN-Sir' II the
game of football is prevented, or the sport
80 amended that II is to be largely robbed
of it's interest Mr.. DashlcI, to my mind,
will he responsible.
Mr.. Dashiel proved in the Harvard-ial"
game that he was untitled for his position by
reason OF not penalizinG Quill for perform
ING one of the most outrageous plays ever
seen in football. Thousands Of people were
astomdcd when the umpire did not act, and
under all of the circumstances with this
game PLAYING such an important part as to
the future ot the gamel II is a severe reflection
upon MIR. Dashirl.
If Harvard again agrees to Mr. DashIell
as an Official in a game | hope sh" Will be
defeated because she certainly deserves to
be- if further recnoRnitton Is to be given this
marked If later Developments should bring
about stringent action, AGAINST the great
is asked: who killed Cook RObint' 5000
people can testify against Paul Dashiell, the
man who had a golden opportunity TO show
that he was real friend OF the game as we'll
as an official" EDWIN W. INGALLS,
IYNN Mass, Dec, ..
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SO far as the anthropometrlcianS have
vet reported the Hon. FRANK b. kEPP-
IER Of the Third Missouri district ex-
tends further into the atmosphere than
any OF her freshman member of the House
OF Representatives in the Flfty-ninth
Congress. He stands seventy-siX inches
p,lls. in his feet. and weighs one-seYenth
of Il ton. The Roosevelt wave swept
this giant in from Il district which was
Democratic in 1902 to the extent of Il
plurality of 2,GOO votes, Nh kEPpLER
will not be within speaking distance Of
the Hon. CY SULLoWAY Of New Hamp-
shire, the Tallest Man in the World, but
can communicate with him comfortably
bv long distance telephone.
The featherweight championship is
still in doubt The Hon. THOMAS WILL
IAN HARpwICK of the Tenth Georgia
district held the belt in the Fifty eighth
Congress. After dinner, and with his
winter clothes on, Mr.. HARDwICK tips
the scales at iifty-one pounds three and
one-half ounces. But look a new planet
hends its silver bow. The Hon FRANK
L. DICKSON, Republican, of the Twenty
first Illinois district, is said to be the
choicest diamond edition in Washington.
Bets are already made that he and the
Georeia Midget together are less than a
hundredweight When they rise to a
point of order they can both stand on it
without being crowded.
Who are the babies of the House?
Clearly Illinois is the paradise of youth,
even if Mr.. DICKSON has not found it a
stimulating State to grow up with. The
Hon. CHARLES F, WHARTON, Repub-
lican, of the Fourth district, is 20. The
Hon. ANTHONY MICHALEK, Republican,
of Chicago and the Fifth district, is 81.
At the time of his election he was book
keeping for "sl5 per-" He is a Hebrew,
nominated primarily because he speaks
Bohemian and there are plenty Of Bo-
hemiam in his district. Let us record
to his credit az good American that he
dropped Bohemian and talked English,
good English, too, to his constituents.
Another Chicago youngster is the Hon.
CHARLES MoGAvIN, Republican, Of the
Eighth district. In that district there
was no Republican opposition in 1902;
and a Democrat was elected by ma
jority of more than 1900 In 1902 there
was no Republican candidate in the
Fourth district. The Democratic can
didate was opposed by Socialist and q
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A A y,s.ouri Congressman's Homemade suit

From the -, I.OLlN 'I1VOt i''''".
Congressman Pat Murphy OF the NN.'N"
Missouri district put In an appearance 100 81 ''
Yesterday ON his way 10 Washington clad ~
OF homespun that attracted much attention
nottlcd brown OF the rough and rugged con- "''
trousers made decided contrast with Mr MNti"
fashionable paddock coat, stylish hat and h''''''
scarfpln. ......r %
The n, was what would he called '"'''
o,, in the state That Is to say. the owner d'a ''
seem to mind the trousers being triU' Nv" ''.
and bagry at the knees and the coat wrlnN'I
Mr.. Murphy dcclarcd that he INTENDED ''"a
his debut In Congress mex, Monday IN Ho."'''''
even II 1t did got into the newspapers ...,
Yes. there's a story goes with these ,,'.''
he said. They are a present iiom an o'o ''',,
the south part OF Phelps counts. my non"
McClcary is her nnnc, She's a Republican .''
and through, and has raised big taW'N ".
who are all Republicans, and every "nr '' ''.
voted for mo- We'll, the old lady gave me ~ ,
on condition that wear It to Washington N'w"
ised and here II is. She wovc tho cloth nm ny WV
loom, and made thc sui, from start TO nnlsh
The sun., 1905-12-04

The approach to paralelism between
the Russian and the French RevoIu-
ton has been rendered closer by the
interruption Of communication between
Russia and the rest Of the world,
Since Friday no news from Russia has
reached us up to the time of writing,
except by way of kieh, to which some
scraps of information have been trans
mitted by the railway telegraph opera
tors, who, it seems, have not taken part
lin thestrike vigorously enforced by other
Telegraph employees. The brief teie-
irrams from Keff to Berlin newspaper
announce that the present strike Is
weakening, although the Government
has thus far declined to remove the spe-
.Cally obnoxious Minister OF the Interior,
.N[r. DuRNovo, whose dismissal was de-
manded by the strikers According
TO the latest dispatches sent to Wash
ington on Friday by our diplomatic
Representative at st. Petersburg, COM
promise has just been reached between
tstrikers and employers with regard to
wages, and the Government had prom
Used to issue on Saturday new electoral
haw providing for universal suffrage.
THE mode Of election, however, accord
ting to this report, would be not direct
but indirect, through an intermediate
set Of electors, an expedlent with winch
tour method of choosing President mas
made us familiar.
The most ominous news that reached
tus before telegraphic communication
was suspended was the unconfirmed
rumor that a number Of officers and
.soldiers belonging to one o! the regl-
ments of guards stationed at lsarskoe-
Selo had been arrested for completely
in a conspiracy to make one Of the Grand
Dukes dictator. 1t is not Improbable
that the Rea,tioniats, finding the Car
inaexible in his support ot Count WlITE,
NAV resort to violent measures, but lt
looks as if the revolution had gained too
much headwuy to be stopped. There
are a good many Russians, just as there
were Frenchmen in l7aO, who are plus
royalistes que ie roi and who vet may
make Il desperate effort to save the
autoCratiC system, III which event the
we'll meaning Car may be sacrificed.
The curtain which has fallen over
Russia and shut us of from knowledge
of what is occurring in her capital at
this critical coniunCture enables us to
understand the feverish anxiety with
which Engishmen, and especially French
refugees in England, waited in 1872 93
for news from Paris, which required
DAYS for transmission, even when the
Channel was not rendered impassaDle
bv bad weather We have become so
accustomed to the telegraph that We
needed the present silence OF the wires
in order to realize the horror of suspense
with which such man as BURKE, FOR
instance, would wait to hear what sem
tence had been imposed on MARIE AN
ToINETTE by revolutionary tribunal.
What shall we behold when the cur
tain is raised? \ nation drifting to
anarchy and chaos? Or resulute and
successful rally of the wise friends of
order!
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4 certain humor is perceptib lie in the
attitude of the Democratic Represen-
tatives in Congress toward Mr.. RoosE-
WELT. Evidently they are afraid of him,
of his conquest Of the South and general
popularity, his alleged appropriation Of
Democratic principles, 1t is all right to
help him in SO far as Democratic support
may tend to stir Republican jealousy,
but the job is ticklish, The Democratic
mice would like to bell the Administra-
ton cat, but how can they do it:
Mr.. BRYAN discovered that Mr.. RoOsE-
WELT was a Democrat and took him to
his bosom. Flattering propositions to
make Mr.. ROOSEVELT the Democratic
candidate for President have even been
made, usually after dinner. we presume.
This Dem 0cratic disposition to flirt is
resented by some of the Democratic
old stagers. Thus the Hon. JAMES HAY,
NJ. C., of Virginia, almost weeps as he
asks these questions
Why then, should the Democrats be so eager
to follow his lead, sacrificing themselves strong.
lighting minority And why should certain people
In the South say they wan, him as the candidate te
for the Presidency for tho Democratic party"
Why, indeed, when so many orthodox
Democratic heads are barred to the light
ming? Il don't believe in this wild
scramble to follow blindly the lead Of
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PRISONERS FAMILIES.
Mrs BallIngtOn Booths Appeal for
Christmas Gifts for Them

To THk EDITOR oP THE SuE-,SR' We have en-
tered the Christmas month, and In every home
thoughts and plans focus on the glad holiday season
that is coming. To those OF us who are In touch
with sad homes and cheerless lives OF the poor.
the longing comes to do something practical to
brighten child faces and ft the burden of women's
shoulders that them also the Christ day may mean
methlng Joyous and hopeful,
For several years ! have had the privilege Of
speaking through these columns TO the public re
Yarding the special work that | have undertaken
at this season. My laborS In the prisons OF the
country have brought me In contact with hundreds
OF families where women aud children the limo
cent sufferers are plunged into poverty through
the fathers Imprisonment. In some cases, by d!nt
OF hard work, the mother may make Just enough
to buy food and pay the rent but ttle or nothing is
left for clothing. and as for Christmas fare and
Santa Claus stockings, they out OF the question
To Just such homes We have been taking the JOY
OF Christmas
Our lntlr friends IN happier homes can help us
with the gift Of toys aud dolls and In the past these
gifts have come TO us most generously,
Last year your readers responded 10 our appeal
for funds In a way that certainly gaddened our
hearts. aud we were able TO give warm clothing and
food and other help TO hundreds OF most needy
and worthy families. our visitation often brings
to our notice other worthy cases, where even II the
father is not in prison, through sickness or lack Of
work he has been unable 10 provide any thing extra
for the Christmas season.
May ! once more ask for help Donations of
clothing money toys will be most gladly received.
They should be addressed 10 Mrs RallIngton Booth,
Volunteers Prison Department, 9s Cooper Square,
New York City. We wish IT distinctly understood
that the Volunteers of America is a duly lncor-
porated society tha our books properly audited
and that our treasurer will send receipt for every
dollar received. and viii hold vouchers for every
dollar expended.
In the name OF the one whose birth We celebrate,
plead for these HIS little ones. and In so much as
I
In HIS name. they will IN no wise lose their reward.
NEW YORK, Dec. .. MAUD b. BOOTH.
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Mldshipman Meriwether.

Miushipman MERIwETHtR, |. ). ".
who has been trial before Il court
martial on charges resulting from the
death of Midshipman BRANCH, appears
to be young man OF good nature, honor
and spirit. He is the victim of an un-
fortunate incident of II kind such as
might brful any school or college boy
or the member of any athletic club in
which boxing IS encouraged. BRANCH
WAS not the first srhoolboy to die after
a bout at fstcufTs with a mate, nor
is it likely that h-t fighting among
Youngsters and Oldsters will end because
of his death
Mr. MERGwErHER acted be ore and
during his fight with Mr.. BRANCH as the
great majority of healthy young men
in this country would act. He attempted
honorablv TO avoid the contest When
this proved impossible he fought fairly
and gumelv He obeyed the instincts
of Young manhood and the customs and
practices Of his environment. SO much
has been said about the student code Of
honor at Annapolis that there is danger
of forgetting that this is not the only seat
of instruction in which pupils settle their
private disputes by personal conflict
The custom is general. II was not in
vented at the Naval Academy nor by
naval officers
In the testimony that has been pub
lished from the court martial there has
been nothing TO suggest or indicate that
Midshipman MERIwETHER is not Of the
stuff of which capable, energetic and
honorable officers are made for the
United States Navy.
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the President" continues the plaintive
Mr. HAY; III it keeps on, the Democracy
might AZ well go ont of business as n
party" thought that has occurred
to others.
"RoosEvELT's whole career" cries the
sad Virgnian, Shows that he is evil
IDENTIFY in opposition to true Democracy,
Well, Mr.. ROOSEVELT has been a pretty
good Republican, but before it can be
known whether he il or has been in oppo-
sition to true Democracy" the country
will have to find out what true Democ-
racy" is.
Is Mr.. BRYAN true Democrat or IL
Judge PARKER?
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Thanksgiving In tho County Jail.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir' Referring to
THE SUNS editorial Thanksgiving In the County
Jail" allow me TO say that believe that the ma.
jority of your readers agree fully that 1t is dis
grace not only 10 this state, but to country as
we'll that conditions as quoted should exist under
our laws.
The matter for which these men should be Inn
prlsoncd seems to me to be embeZzlcment pure
and simple, and should be treated as such by our
Judiciary.
To keep people In iall, however under Pick.
wickian Interpretation OF our laws is an indignity
10 Just government principles
NEW YORK, Dec, 3, ADRIAN BoRREBACH.
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The craftsmanship OF the Republican
county COMMITTEES in New York il a post
of mingled responsibility and opportunity.
Some men have risen from 1t to national
prominence; others have found in the
duties devolvng on the chairman the open
door to obscurity.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR, chairman OF the
Republican county committee in 1879 and
1880 became successfully Vice-President
and President Of the United States. His
immediate predecessor was JOSEPH O..
PINcKNEY; his immediate successor was
ABRAHAM LENT. These names are not
craven in the memory of many par.
tisan associates or opponents.
During the four years lSS5-lSS9 -four
years of Democratic administration at
Washington-these were the Republican
county chairmen in New York:
1885 EDWARD MITCHELL.
lSS8-ELIHU ROOT.
1875. ". r. CRudER.
lSssS. V. X. CRuoBH.
Four distinguished New York citizens.
These have been the more recent chair
men of the Republican county committee
1893, EDWARD LAUTERBACH; 1897, LEMUEL
f.. QU1do; 1900, FRANCIS V. GREENE; 1901,
ROBERT c. MORRIS; 1903, LINN BRUCE,
and 1904, WILLIAM HALPIN.
The new chairman, Mr.. PARSONS, cannot
err from ignorance of the conditions which
have confronted 80 many of his predeces-
Sors; over which some Of them have
triumphed splendidly, and under which
others have been efaced from public con-
+ideration and even remembrance.
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Tooth in Bullet Found on Ba,tleneid.

GETTYSBURG oorrespondenes PhAddeip phfa Record.
A nattened bullet with a human tooth firmly
embedded In It was a recent hnd on the famous
battlefield here on the frst days line near Barlows
Knoll. and not far from the county almshouse
building.
The molar may have belonged to a soldier OF
Gordon's Confederate brigade. After forty three
years in the elements the relic is in a remarkably
good state Of preservation.
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should lie Intra collegiate.

To THE EplToR OF THE SuN-Sir. Foot
ball should he intercollegiate rather than
intercollegiate. The root of the present
football evil is its intercollegiate features:
violence. eXtravagance, undue publicity.
professionalism. deception. turbulence gen
cral betting. overtraining and waste Of time
are effects.
The view indicated In the above beading
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Penalizatlon I'm Points.

To Tnt EDITOR OF THE SrN Sir: In order
to render sugging. holding and other for
bidden tactics decidedly disadvanta geous
to the team using them. why not leave it to the
discretion OF the umpire to penalizc the Of
Tending eleven in terms Of points instead of
YARDS
In basketball the referee may give point
to the offended team upon Il foul. and If il
were possible to so award two to five points
for football offences, no doubt the gridiron
specialists would be coached to keep their
tcmpers and blows to themselves.
GEORGE A. MuNTNGrE.
NEW NDEK Dec ..
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The Usual Touch ing Episode

Now Johnny writes TO Santa Claus
For what he wants within his hose,
And then with infant wisdom deep
He sticks II under fathers nose,
The sun., 1905-12-04
Origin OF Tell That to the Marines" judicial,
Decided.
From LdW NOieS.

From LdW Notes
The common expression. Tell that 10 the ma
rlnes is supposed to have had Its origin In their
ignorance OF seAmanshlp," Per Brawlcy, j. In The
Rita. 50 Fed Rep. 787
The sun., 1905-12-04

Although the cNpreSsman and mali clerk
May use other articles III,
The safest Of breakable presents
think Is q ten dollar bin.
The sun., 1905-12-04
Interesting Change OF Residence.

From hC Rcdding TorchH0hi
j. Haggblum, who has been making his home
at Papoose. Trinity county. has changed his place
OF residence to Whiskytown,
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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-06-08
Rouvier ~reemplaza a Delcas6
Russia inquiere terminus paz
Cipriano Castro reelecto
Noruega y Suecia sepdranse
PRoAABLE GUERRA JNTEsTINA
Noruega y Suecia separanse

New York, JUNO 8.-Dicen de Paris que Ia Omission
presentada por monsieur Decase el da Is de Mavo v acep-
tada para cuando el rey Alfonso saliese hacia Londres, tuvo
efecto aver, a pesar de los ultimos esfuerzos del p~residente
Loubet. La cartera fu6 ofrecida a monsieur de Precinct.
No aceptandola este, Sc pens6 en- monsieur Constans, en-
baJador de Francia en- Constantinopla. Y al fin resolv6
encargarse del ~despacho monsieur Rouvier, jee del gabinete.
Nuevos cablegramas a~tribuyen la causa de la renuncia
lrrevocable de Delcase a sus divergencias de criterio con la
mayoria del gabinete en- la question de la Inca ferrea que ha
de unir alas dos cudades de Abbaba y Djbouti, en- Africa.
Delcase ~proponfa que ell control del ferrocarrll quedase en-
manos francesas, en- tanto que otros ministries p~referian que
Sc puslese acargo de una c~ompanfa international. Esta d.
vergencia apresur0 la renuncia del ministro de Estado.
De Washington lnforman que, no %pudendo resstr la
preston de las potencas en- favor de la paz, el emperador de
Russia ha communicate instrucciones a sus representatives en-
Francia y Estados Unldos a fin de que inquieran cuales son
las condolences en- que podrla cesar la guerra. Sc da como
SECURE que muy pronto Sc suspenderan las hostlhdades. Ell
Jap6n acumula mayOres recursos cada dfa en- sus campa-
mentos de la Manchuria. FL general Linevitch declara que
seria rldiculo que Russia esperase de Europa nlngdn apoyo.