davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-24
Politics In Maryland.

The Maryland Democracy is split over
the proposed amendment to the Consti-
tuition by which the negroes Of the State
would be disqualified from voting. Sena-
tor GoRMAN and his followers are heartily
in favor Of restricting the suffrage.
Governor WAKEFIELD and several men,
bers Of his administration oppose it as
enthusiastically as Mr.. GoRMAN fights for
it. At present the fight is wholly within
the party, but the Republicans hope ia
increase their strength by accessions
from the Warfield faction before election
lay comes around.
Mr.. BoNAPARTE, who is to be Secretary
# the Navy after June 30, has called on
Ill men calling themselves Republicans
oppose the amendment, and in the
ompaign against it he is expected to
tke an aggressive part. 1t appears that
sqne Republicans have shown a luke
wrmness in their opposition to the pro-
poed change. and to these Mr.. BONA
PATE has already addressed himself
Tn exclusion Of all except a negligible
minority Of the negroes from the right to
voh would make Republican success in
Mayhnd highly improbable for num-
rofyears to come. Attractive az is the
therythat with the race issue eliminated
the Whites would divide into two parties
on p.liical questions, the process Of re-
adjustment takes time.
In FIN Fifty eighth Congress Maryland
was reiresented in the House by four
Republicans and two Democrats, while in
the Sente each party had representa-
tive. When the Fifty-ninth Congress
meets il ill have three Republicans and
three Delocrats from the State in the
House an two Democrats in the Senate.
Last yealthe State chose one Republi-
can Presidential elector, and the other
Democrat on the ticket. Only few
years agt the Republicans seemed to
be in cornlete possession of the State
A seriousblt in the Democratic organ
ization mint result in another Repubi-
can success
On the Their hand, the Republican
organizatio in the State is dissatisfied
with the trstment it has received from
President RosEvELT in his distribution
Of offices. lr. BoNAPARTE's selection
for Cabint Office was extremely dis
tasteful to III machine. for he has never
attempted tdconceal his dsapproval OF
some OF it's nost influential members
After he YVES AIMED for Secretary Of the
NAVY the nahipa profeSted hotlv that
the appointment was not OF it's seeking.
Later Mr.. loAPARrE was invited to
address the tate committee, and appar-
entity the mahine leaders have decided
to accept suation which they cannot
alter with as God grace as possible.
An of yea" in politics is 1905, but
the local cont.ts are interesting.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-24
"HENCOOP" TERMINALS.
Board u Estimate Description 81 New
Bridge Entrance Plans.

Board II Estimate Description Of New
bridge Entrance Plans.
The Manhattan terminal OF the Brooklyn
Bridge was described as -hencocp" At
yesterdays meeting Of the Board Of Es;!-
mate. The majority of the members Of
the board. including Mayor Mcclellan and
Comptroller Circuit put themselves on record
a. being opposed to such building when
Bridge Commissioner Best asked the board
to approve plans for the construction OF
an enclosed station at the terminal in this
borough Of tho Williamsburg Bridge. Said
Mr.. Grout:
Bridges should be part of continuous
thoroughfere. l am opposed TO the hui
ing Of any more terminal stations like that
at this end of Brooklyn Bridge"
Before taking de mite action on the plans
it was decided to hold public hearing on
July I.
Supt. Hopper through President Ahearn
asked the board for an additional appro-
priation ri $4,000 for new inspect ors
for the De. artment of Buildings. He said
that the amendments to the Raines aw
put great dea, moro work ON his depart
mcnt and that he wanted men to look after
elevators. President Littleton also wanted
an increase in the force Hopper's request
was sent to the Commissioner. Of Accounts
for report
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-24
ster John Barrett and the Eulogy.

HE EDITOR OF THk SUN-Su! In this
! ez's issue OF The SUN you have an
OIL article entitled Unfair journalism
| Ptthmus," ip which you quote from the
grStor aud Herald OF June 10 para
RI would seem to reflect on me,
a m sing The Suns readiness to give
will sara deal. l shall be grateful il you
answ6milar prominence 10 this note in
and HE quoted allegation Of the Star
Nav iaat q certain article in its issue Of
me, able TO myself. was written by
The 3,
mentioncac, is as follows: The article
responsib prepared by a prominent and
to the lek in Panama. He brought IL
that il the and asked OF my secretary
the actual re any errors in dates or in
corrected. ng OF events they should be
secretary darther suggested that my
Herald afterhe article TO the star and
The author of CORE q ions were made
during tbs vea-,icle had been in Panama
was familiar a.y service as Minister and
OF that small most OF the leading men
TRANSFERRED. He unity. with wha, had
pec,ed soon ia liked that as l was eX-
a review of nv he lsthmus he believed
should be pnhlishstratio Of the legation
BILE for anv favor.h that he was RESPONSE
1t wsss soma tir,a nment on my work.
read, owing to othere the article conid be
ton OF tho la .o,ion ,rs reedir the atten-
inspe cted and then Ally ], was hurrieo'y
fary to the Stor and eieu ps III! se.te'
he writer of /, I'd. as requested by
There was nothing
tected on anybody exc article ,ha' re-
rrnreta alton was placed as eIalu''ous III.
ONE oversensitve persh JUS WORDING o!
With who apparently
aused it to make the unfs ana hf'"o anu
eference 10 myself. or no uh"arranIeo
critical pee o'ner manu-
tates. who always take r III 'he hi,eo
man who is trying to ptfuIe ~ i 1.,il
lithfully and thereby occa.I MS on,ns
lie papers. seem 10 be unabi any ger mi.
erson for saving a few Gov, 'ole'Ve an!
'out myself and my labors era'e Moru'
luation and under trying cor. o'''''u''
am perfectly willing 10 Ieat'
nments OF Washington and Po 'he "o''
ate TO be placed upon the nel .a 'he es''
duties and whether ! made nsn nee, {. o.
stay on the Isthmus. JouSu uuIlhs
"ALpoRr-AsToRIA. New York AHHsdr'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-24
Hanging Women, and Men, Also.

One phase of the woman question is
brought up by the reprieve for the third
time of a woman in Vermont convicted
of numbering her husband and sentenced
to death That this woman killed her
husband in a peculiarly brutal way is
unquestionable and denied by no one
not even by herself; vet public SEN
sibility revolts at the thought Of her
being hanged The imagination of men
al this time turns with horror from the
picture it centuries up OF the scene on
the scaffold when men shall tie up a
woman and kill her.
OF course, this acuteness OF sensi-
bility is altogether modern. In the past
the heads of numberless women have
been cut off by men in pursuance Of a
judicial sentence. Queens and ladies
of beauty and refinement, gentle women
whose real or imaginary offenses were
political or religious only have had
their heads chopped off, and even have
been burned at the stake, yet the so
ciety of the period looked on without
a whimper against the proceeding in
itself, though there may have been a
difference Of opinion az to the guilty
desert of the particular women burned
or decapitated. That women should be
held amenable to the same punishments
as we're inflicted on men was never ques-
toned until OF comparatively recent
wears.
Now it has become almost foregone
conclusion that no woman will be exc
cuted, no matter how completely her
guilt Of murder is proved, Men revolt
at the job Of killing in cold blood even
a man judicially sentenced to death
Sheriffs resign their Office rather than
be concerned in it, even indirectly: and
if they accept the responsibility Of pre-
siding at the execution they usually
delegate the actual killing to profess
sional executioner, a man who lives I'M
der social BAN and he no longer yields
the ak but simply pulls a string or
touches an electric button.
In the case of woman the revolt is
far greater 1t extends from the Sheriff
and the hangman to the Governor. No
one of them wants to take any respon-
sibiity for the killing Of woman.
The poor Governor can hardly sleep
o nights, for after all, nominally, the
final responsibility Of the execution
rests on him. His sense Of justice Of
course compels him to resist the weak
ness which prompts him to save from the
penalty of the law a woman justly con-
victed Of murder. 1t is the law. the e1-
preston of the public conscience, which
sends her to death, not he; nay, she her
self brought on herself the terrible judg-
ment by committing the crime. All
this is clear, yet Governors are men, and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-24
TSTEE AND THE POLICY.
a HOLDER.
Tout Under the Collar.

Tout Cndcr tho C0lief'
been aroR OF The SUH--Sir: have
fairs ra,epu blican, but tho state OF AZ
ohicial y Supennt endent Hendricks
me into1 the Equitable almost turns
the collast. 1t makes mo hot under
found In germ Of all the trouble 10
The boar paragraph:
year was co.tors at tho beginning OF this
men who al prominent and disting uished
activity. Thsul In their various nelds OF
them Is that thing which can DO SAID OF
the discharge Indifferent and careless m
biltles. obligations and RESPONSE
These are t.
and by their who, by their names
and all over THIN In the community
less honesty andy for supposed spot
the means Of dry, have lar gely been
sands into their tae savings OF thou
free to use such and then have felt
ment and profit. o their own enjoy
use by others. ancondoned Its mis-
taken II outright In ne instances have
salaries and perquisi OF extraordinary,
Where IL their sen.
OF personal responssral bligatlon-
trust' What are We their sacred
trust our best" men? o II We cannot
awful thought that NAVE indulge the
great flduclary institution most OF our
such rottenness. in kind irmested with
Your editorial this mlegree?
For the sake OF myselfurlkes fair.
holders. l coll on the Sther policy
OF Insurance to make . se,rinten dent
ton Of the other great hfinvestiga-
panies. nee COM
NEW YORK, June ~, NJ. I.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-24

The Presidents speech at WILLIAM COL
lege contained the following explAtion
Of his Santo Domingo policy:
AN asked on behalf OF the people Of tho ,I,ed
States OF santo Domingo was that II should brood
and happy. Affairs grew into such shape own
there that II WAS evident that the bonds Of stcty
were on the point OF dissolution, and the Com.
ment OF Santo Domingo made an appeal tohc
Government, OF the United States and asked a,
this nation out OF the abundance OF its strerh
should strive TO help a weaker brother. In
interest of the pence OF the world and In the nte
OF Justice VIC yielded TO Santo Domingo's rcQu,
to help her
To make people good and happy is one
the noblest uses to which the human into
lect can be put. Nevertheless, when
comes to taking charge Of the affairs of ar
other free and sovereign nation with a vie
to it's moral and temperamental improve
ment the job Is sometimes difficult and del
cate. Probably nobody appreciates TIL
fact better than Mr.. ROOSEVELT. His pu,
pose in Santo Domingo is honorable an
creditable to him, and he will be all right q
long as he remembers that the Constitutio
Of the United States, also, was intended I
make people good and happy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-24
The Insurant Departments Dis
overy.

1t required nching more than an in
ternal upheaval lat exposed the work
ings Of the Equable Life Assurance
Society to the lip Of day to direct the
attention Of the State Insurance De-
partment to that articular institution.
When ALEXANDER cached on HYDE and
HYDE SWITCHED on ALEXANDER the Super
intendent Of Insuraoe began to suspect
that something was rong. Previous to
the confessions with his department
did nothing to bring bout he Superin-
tendent apparently VS. in ihe dark as
to the condition that eisted
This demonstration VI the Insurance
Department ability to cent ut wrong
doing, detect lawbreakhg am perform
its duties without aid FINN th outside
must inevitably increase the dnfidence
with which it is regarded by til public.
For the prompt protection Of thpolicy-
holders its efficiency has been ehibited
with remarkable impressivenees.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-24
Tho Way to Sing Sing the Drastic
Way.

The condition of affairs exposed in the
Equitable is no new development, 1T
has existed in its essential features Tor
about twenty years
Nor has the report Of Superintendent
HENDRICKS first brought it to view,
For twenty years it has been at least
suspected throughout the financial dis
trict; and by very considerable number
of people it was known more or less pre-
ciselv. The methods of that company
now described could not have been pur-
sued except with the knowledge of many
men, both inside and outside the con-
Germ. Tho rapid enrichment Of the
HYDEs, father and son, and Of the ALEX
ANDERs, near and remote, was obvious
to everybody who came in contact with
them. Wall Street was cognizant of the
methods of financiering used by the
company and could point out particu
larly the individuals who profted by
the sort of relations with it now de-
scribed by Mr., HENDRICKS.
II was all common talk in the financial
sphere. Nobody there is surprised by
the revelations of that report. Indeed.
in the fnahcial world there is conscious
ness if not surprise that the revelations
made are only partial exposure Of the
rottenness; that examples of individual
and corporate craft, generally and even
precisely known in the financial world.
are avoided omitted and covered up.
The trail of the serpent could easily be
traced to quarters from which, for one
reason or another the official investi-
CATION turned away
The report of Superintendent HEND-
KICKS is called drastic. Drastic it
is so far as it goes, but it stops short Of
some of the worst of the iniquitous rela-
tons into which it was exploring.
There will be no really complete and
drastic investigation Of the Equitable
company until the whole matter is made
the subject of investigation in public
judicial proceeding, in a court of law, in
which there is neither fear nor favor
Only when the criminals are in Sing
Sing will the full infamy have been cS-
posed and punished. That is the only
really drastic" way of dealing with the
business
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-24
FEAR GENERAL BOYCOTT.
President and Cabinet Regard Threatenea
Actien OF Chinese ~ Serious.

President and Cabinet Regard Ihfeatene1
Actisn Of Chinese - Serious.
WASHINGTON; June 2s.--Ths Chinese o..
clusion question and the danger Of an ef.
feotive boycott against American goods
In China were discussed at some length in
tho meeting OF tho Cabinet this morning.
II was agreed by the President and his
advisers that the proposed boycott Is to
be regarded as one Of the gravest impor-
tance to American commerce. The opinion
was expressed that some prompt and de.
cisive measure must be taken by this Govern.
rnent to Offset the danger.
II think 1t 10 about time the immigration
convicting innocent persons Of violating the
exclusion law" said one member Of the
Cabinet this morning.
The President believes that there is need
for genuine reform In the administration
agents should use more intelligent .discrim.
nation IN carrying out the provisions Of
the statute.
The discussion at the Cabinet meeting
to-day was caused by a cable despatch
received yesterday by the President from
who is prominently connected with big
-four producing concerns Of This country.
Mr.. Rennie cabled that unless something
was done Immediately a general boycott
would surely be declared, resulting in great
damage to American industry.
While the announcement is made by the
Administration that everything possible will
be done to lessen the rigor OF Chinese in
spection. the immigration authorities do
not seem clear in their minds as to what
changes can be made in the regulations
Secretary Metcalf lost no time to-day in
taking up the question with the officers
having the matter in charge, and it ia PROP
able that an order will soon 60 forth direct
ing inspectors o use more care in the hand
ling Of Chinese suspected of being in th.
country in violation of law and to confer
with the Washington authorities more
freely.
1t was proposed some time ago o modify
the regulations in certain respects. bur a
careful OK examination Of them shows that they
have been fashioned after the law With such
exactitude that 1t will not be possible to
accomplish anything by modifying or amend
ing them. 1t is believed here that at the
next session OF Congress the law will be 20
changed as to provide for more lenien.
treatment Of the merchant and professional
classes. The subject will be hrough.
prominently forward early in the session,
as the President is expected to discuss il
In his message.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-24
Orr Neglected Grsv..

10 1HH EDITOR OF THE SpN--S,y.
your correspondent. william ?. p r.r.n WIN
e.ement thet the grave Of Isaac Vim ~. w Nv.
tms'ord Is neglected. Having been for .,' 49,, az
engaged In collecting data OF the Sl..nrw ,,",s
country. visited the grave Of Van VIZ, "o"u nov
, , dutch Reformed Church cemetery a, Enn me
,''a on SalnrdaH' June 10. The grave wa. mus,
o,en 1 Ws "eeas ana dried stems and the nonu
,nsn' was so covered with dirt as ~ max. ths IN
'erfp'!on on one side tcs ,bIc. 'He III
Photographed tho little square, AID N. ,,,,,.
aus secured Is further testimony 10 Mr. E.,u
!. os.,s,~n GIoRoK SANpERsoN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-24
Discussion Of the Deferre

| To The EDITOR OF The SCN-lend shoI
cause OF the Equitable Life tro prime h hsy,
tontine." This s another name semi NOR
| dividends" The deferred dviderred Their
| life insurance has been in vogu.n in Knit
when the Enuitah,e succaeded in hses the
passed at Albany authorizing the bill two
| this form Of policy. exemptinE & OF pills
! fund from the supervision OF the ne tant
/ Department. CO iroo
The New York Life adopted it a y, ni vT
and has been pushing 1t ever since. In
The Mutual Life opposed 1t and LAX
against it for several years. but adop un ing,
| and has been as Jealous an advocate I Tat
! plan as its two great competitors. Rus
| The plan ia very imperfectly undersif 1t
outside OF the life insurance business. rs
! 1t Is briefly this: The applicant for inSaas
ance binds himself to pay his premiums -a
full for the tontne period usually TWEEN /.
years.. leaving his annual dividends to az
cumulate in the hands Of the insurance com
pany until the expiration OF the twenty years
and then to receive whatever the company
decides 10 allow. The argument that Ia used
to induce him to enter into such a onesided
arrangement is that he will profit through
the lapses OF others. as all those who do moi
keep up their policies TO the end OF Inc period
forfeit all dividends or their share OF the
surplus.
In other words. the applicant is inthced to
enter into a scheme in which II is possible fol
hin, 10 pro9, thrm,ph rho death or nisfortuna
Of his fellows and in which tho idaa NJ nrotsc.
ton for his family is subordinated to that
NJ chanca ar snecnlat;on lnasn,uch n. tho
ayero,e dura+;on or no,icies ia M, moro th.r
savan y.ors 1, ia ,nr,rsn, ,hot tho onn,ica,,
is betting against big odds.
II ia tha sams as n Mr. 4 eoas in,o hat s,ors
,o n,rcb,se +, hat Ile sclec,s siiL hs, a,
a. and honds IN, n ,sn-doi,or no,a vai,;n.
Tor his a. chance Th. sal.snon do.s No.,
oryer 70 return ,hs ohanre and tho n,rcho .ar
rominds rim, ,ba, bs ia woi,ipg for il uhe
sa,asn1or nxp,oins ,,a, ,ha on.,nn, o,,h.
hnmsa is ., rnt,i, 80 ohan,. rron, Ill ,u.'
,nmors ,,n,I, ,ho,. h.ro dsol, Win Than, trantv
years ,ha, d,rinc mot n.r,d ,nnny uiil
dror, o,, tror, ,ar;ons no,,sas ,r.r,ataIs Wv,
,an.n ~ don,hs aoI ona ,h,, ,ho .ohuao
uhirh w;,, notur.iiv Grow, ~ Isron AZ -,,sninr.
In ,u,n,,, yoors I'll, ,hon ha di,;dod .,onn
~. ,,or.t,,.n, ,,,s,on,ars NJ tha. At, ~, 10
a biz thing" or course. Mr.. a decl,,s 10
buy his hats on that plan: but. strange sav
buys insurance on the same plan.
diyidond ;s no, b;n ~ moro ror lac. ~. A.,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-24

To THE EDITOR or TIVE SrS-Siy! am disguised
with the Inconsistency OF THE SUNS nroofreadlng
department. why do you pcrn, any one on your
stan OF bright young mon To us" the horrible word
"hecd" as substitute for "hallch"' ! enclose
two clippings from this mornings StrS showing the
word spelled each way. Hauled" Is good enough
English for anybody. Hated" makes me- sick
NEW YORK. June 20. T.. H. GRAVES
The effect on Mr.. Graves Of the GOOD verb
-to hale" is C,eplorahle
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-24
"Ctvtcs" in the Grammar schools

'Cff1cs In IN" Grammar SCHOOLS.
When the boys and girls who will
graduate from the grammar schools
next month go looking for jobs they
will not be asked many questions about
musical intervals. the formation of
chords or the resolution of dscords.
Yet every one of them will have given
a good deal of his or her school time to
learning about these things. The de-
Tense of the musical feature of the school
course is its educational value, and this
may be conceded, though the ordinary
mind will persist in thinking that as a
general proposition, the educational
value is in music itself and not in a smat-
tering of the theory of it.
Now it appears marked abatement
is to be made in the musical course in
the public schools fad, the irreverent
call it and the time saved is to be de-
voted to civics and to course on "com-
merce, industrial development and the
commercial relations of the United
States to other countries. One cannot
help. wondering whether the graduates
OF 1906 and succeeding years will be
cross-examincd on these subjects when
they seek openings in practical life and
whether what they pick up Of them in the
class room will illumine to any dazzling
degree the opening stages of their COM
mercial or industrial career.
III there has been any demand for the
introduction of these topics in the schools
outside Of what are vaguely called -edu-
cational circles, it has not been clamor-
GUS. The Board of Education would
not be subjected to any violent criticism
at this time il it had failed to establish
the new courses. What there has been
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-24

In the Century Magazine for July Mr.. Prank J.
Sprague begins MrIes OF articles on electric rac
tion and that on the collection Of news Is
description OF the secession" In German an and
one on Perry In Japan win attract attention Mr.
Whitengs Touralne chAtcauX are Chsmbud,
Chaumont and Array lie Ridcau. Nine Blanc write
OF the Princess Nathilde and the future OF Poland
Is discussed. There arc SIX short stories besides
the serial. and several poems. including one BY Mr.,
Glider % Joe Je9ersoRa
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-24

WASHINGTON, June %. - Typewritins
records Of the Government departments
have been broken by Miss Laura Hopkins,
a stenographer in the Patent Office, VIII,
wrote 80 900 words in a day of sevon and
one half hours. Her performance is re-
garded as markable, and the record -
likely TO stand for long time. Last week
one Of the Patent Office clerks did 10000
words in q day,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-24
y r, CRAWFORD.
Good measure a. ust r.

Magazine for July. Mr. wen in Hayp,r,,
lish,fui talks about LonS oni,nues his de.
the real Fourth OF July. gA Franci, Drsr.
wanted. sponge divers ana, what men ar,
experiment oIe among 'ne sNem Industrial
Giles. Mr.. J. B. Connolly descf general ar,i.
and Or. McCook Agrtcuiturak York h.rbor
lures. and the Illustrations of\h many mic.
ings are notable. In fction mon, MAIN.
with Mr.. Tarkington's serial. Abort stories.
arc ave poems. Mr.. z. 4. 4 aud Their,
c0s"6eo "Vn'Spiee~ Svides the