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The sun., 1905-10-19
The Passing Of the whiskcr.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-!Sr; Your beard
less lawyer hits the nall on the head. The whsker
problem is surely an important one. Where arc
the whiskers Of yesterday have taken census
of 2SO employees In our ONCE and lind but one
beard Why not form an association for the pres
erya,ion OF hirsu,e adornmcnts' Why should
the heard, that natural decoration OF vrlle man
hood the badge OF proud adolescence, go the way
of the lobster and the dodo'
DO you not remember the time when you looked
into your mirror and your youthful face rcscmblcd
n h,r1cllous coddymoddy' Twas then that YOU
shamcfaccdly sncakcd up into the attic as though
about to commit an ignomlnoIs deed, and amid
physical and mental torture began the vicious
shaving habit How many OF us now regret that
moment as we stroke our horrd faces In the morn
ing for alas! the time for us 10 grow beard, II we
could has long passed, the stlI bristlcs testify.
In the interests OF future generations the above
mentioned association should be organized
II. c. OWEN.
p S.-Thc man with the whiskcrs In our once
has lust shaved. sic semBer barblS!
NEW YORK. Oct. II.
The sun., 1905-10-19
The Horse Show Influence,

The horse shows of the present time
have an incidental effect in assimilating
the social interests of our various COM
munities. These annual competitions
besides increasing interest in horseAesh
and tending to improve the stock and
breeds exhibited, have also come to
serve this other purpose. Owners of
horses journey from one city of the
country to another to compete for prizes
and are thrown into one another's society
Us never before.
Very naturally, horse show honors
usually go to very rich people, for these
alone are able to afford the expense Of
such exhibitions. New York Million
aires travel with their families to the
Western towns and make the acquaint-
ance of their wealth and fashion. Thus
do the millonaires of New York come to
know the millionaires Of Kansas City.
New Workers are accused of provin-
cialsm by dwellers in other cities, more
especially those of the West. They are
said to be Indifferent to other towns and
their interests. 1t used to be that the
wealth of our different towns united
socially only at Newport. The horse
shows, however, have changed all that,
and no other institution has done 80 much
to bring together the society Of the East
and West.
The sun., 1905-10-19
English Comment Calm.

Special Gable Despatch 10 THE SUN.
LONDON, Oct. 19.-The difficulty between
the Gloucester fishermen and the New
foundland authorities has thus far at
tracted comparatively little attention here.
The Morning Post prints a temperate edi-
torial to-day, in which II takes no decided
view except that it is inadmIsible for New
foundland to act independently without
the express authorization of Great Britain.
1t urges the Foreign Secretary and Secre-
tary for the Colonies to completely master
the facts Of the situation and then promptly
decide upon the course to be followed. 1t
adds:
I'VE do not believe that President
Roosevelt and Secretary Of State Root
will seek to gain advantages beyond what
are plainly conferred by treaty. II there
fore the Government meets them in the
spirit of frankness and manliness which
has characterized the career Of President
Roosevelt we imagine that little more
will be heard Of the subject, anyhow from
the United States"
The sun., 1905-10-19
rDg JgROME MOVEMENT.
The John Hay NJ Scw torhs Fast side.

~ fHF Eniton OF Tur StS SIR IN
October la4t, ON tho cvo NJ the Day of Nfone.
incnt 27e3 representative Jews ~ America
and urcat britain scni 10 Mrs. Clara Hay q
memorial address In honor of hrr dcceusci
husband as n token NJ their homage 10 the
memory ~ tho great statesman who Nrctohed
ont n helping hand to millions of thoir down
tfOddcn bret hrcn. for, ~ the aiRncts OF thnt
document significantly add, while In the
pressure and the atrpsa NJ our busy aae even
the greatest bcnefnctors of mankind are soon
forgotten Isrnol, who has suffered through
long centuries. never falls TO remember deeds
of righteousness aud owing Kindness wrought
In her behalf"
Similar, IN many regards, TO the service
rendered by John Hay 10 tho 0,ooDooo Jews
living, or rather huddle1 together, IN the
three immense Ghctu of Eastern Europe
Rumania, Poland and the Pale of Settle
incnt. are those william Travers Jerome has
rendered since 1901 TO the 100000 jewish
citizens and inhabitants Of our Fast size,
the greatest Jewish conGlomeratlOn of wh'ch
there Ia record In the annals OF JUDAISM
lie became not only their friend and adviser
and Judge, but also. In the ethical sense OF
the word their street cleaning commits.
sioner And to-day Jerome Ii the IDOL OF
the New York East Sl1c,as John Hay has been
the idol Of the Jewish people at large since
orable Rumanian note.
To help these newcomers In thoir hard
struggle for life, TO encourage their endeavor
to Americanize their children, to protect
them against exploitation by mean polit'cni
Rrafters. to maintain the purity OF the Jewish
home. and thus to contribute to the eradlca-
tion of the anti-Jewish prejudIces which are
fostered even by the most educated Gentle
classes that was, II I may be allowed to uso
b, mn pf JprOTn4
platform since 1901. and will certainly con-
tinue to be after 1905 II there is enough man
hood left with the voters. and principally the
Jewish voters. OF the American metropolis.
wish not to be misunderstood: as i ever
was, ] still am mercilessly opposed to what
Is generally called the Jewish vote" and
fully agree with its recent condemnation py
the famous Chicago rabbi, Dr. Emil q. Hlrsch.
who rightly protests against the stupid and
evminded endeavor to make the jews as
such and en- masse a distinct element In the
politics of our municipalities and the States.
for the day when the distinct Jewish vote
clamors for recognition because 1t is dis
tinctly Jewish will be day of incalculablo
evils for every jew In this land.
But this time things stand otherwise. 1
ask the moral and financial support OF my
oregionists not for the Republican or
Tammany Hall or Municipal Ownership
platforms but for the courageous. able and
honest non-Jewish functionary who did more
for the vindication of the Jewish name than
several dozens of our own unctuous Jewish
saviors in and out OF season. Jerome's
Rutgers street Office has become the state
Department for the Jewish refugees landlng g
daily on Ellis Island.
1t was Judg william Y. Cohen 3 beautiful
letter to District Attorney Jerome and your
own appeal for funds in this mornings issue
ri. hAa lpa W
The sun., 1905-10-19
A Tribute to Judge Joseph a. Burr.

To TIE EDITOR or THE SrN Sir: Al
though your paper is published in the Borough
of Manhattan, 1t is 90 widely read throughout
the counties comprising the Second Judicial
Department, and particularly in Brooklyn.
Kings county, that feel constrained to ask
of YOU the privilege of a little space in ad-
yocacy of keeping Judge Joseph A. Burr on
the Supreme Court bench in the Second i,e,
partment, Such course would De ihrrlttru
tribute to his approved efficiency and TO nus
well known and on all sides admitted legal
ability and judicial aptitude, ity electin
him to remain upon the bench the pest IN
terests Of lawyers. OF htiga.,ts aitn &t ',o he
community at large WILL Withoul oouo'' "e
Judge Burr has been upon the Supreme
bench for the year past by appplnthlehl 10
golden opinions from the bar, from his asso-
ciates on the bench and from the community
at large. by his uniform courtesy, ms assldn-
GUS devotion to dnty, Py ms Teary inpap,on inpp,"
Vi Some san Years ago Judge Burr was, CORPORA
tion Counsel of Br9oklyn ana ne ,here nrew ,S
ably management of municipal business. his
careful preparation and trial Of the city s cases
and by noticeably large, success.
These tT9 are hs e oRy
from choice. to the study and practice Of tho
law. Still he has been by, no means recluse,
but he has taken active interest IN enucatio ohai
and charitable affairs and in many matters OF
public utility, and that to such an extent that
In Brooklyn, the home of his ffty years OF
life, he Ia cogpized as public spirited cru y
zen Of unblemished character ana rehutatl1Ipn
There Is and can he no dispute as 10 MS apii'ty
and personal worth. . :. T., ,..
Surely under these circumstances, 1t Is but
the part of good common sense 70 continue
admirably flls. r. "'o.
BRooKLYN, Oct. IS.
The sun., 1905-10-19
Ripiey-Rell

WARRINGTON, Oct. is.-Miss Helen A
Bell daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles J.
Bell Of this city, was married at noon to-day
to Julian Ashton Ripley. son of 7. Dwight
Ripley OF New York. in st, Thomas's Epsco-
pal Church, the Rev. c. Ernest Smith. rector
of st. Thomas's. assisted by the Rev. Walton
w. Battershall. rector Of st. Peters Church
In Albany, performing the ceremony
The bride was attended by her sister Miss
Grace Bell. maid Of honor and Miss Florence
Wyckoff OF New York, Miss Iaidcc Cobb.
Miss Dime Morgan-Hlll and Miss Elizabeth
Marsh all of this city. bridesmaids The
best man was Louis A. Ripley of New York
and Litchfield, Conn. brother Of tho bride
groom, and the ushcrs were Gardiner Hub
bard Bell. brother of the bride: A. II. Barnes
Frank Simmons and Henry S. Coffin. all OF
New York, ,.-....
. the bodice trimmed with venetian la'";
Her only ornament was a superb necklnc" 81
diamonds and emerslds the Gift of tn" bride
groom. MIR. and Mrs. Ripley left on an ait"ri
noon train for New York, whcre they VIII
sail for Europe to make an automobile tr'P
for three months.
Among the out OF town guests, who game
for the wedding were: Or. and Mrs, H. b'
Wyckoff. and Miss Wyckof,, Mr., and Mr.,
Louis RpsJy Mr. cod %Ua Mr. Mrs and a0NT' r-
Miss ~ overton, Miss sloane, Miss MccooEi
Mrs. Charles i, Hubbard and Miss iIu,hhard
OF Cambridge, Mass: DR.. ard Mrs. NJ nrsh
and Mrs. Charles NJ, Marsh of New iotk'
The sun., 1905-10-19
BUsfNEss MEN ron MCLgLLAy.
win q Few side Remarks About Other
Candidates fOr Mayor.

The West Side B,isineaa Mems Municipal
Campaign club, q ron.partlsan orRnri,n.
ton, hn, oorne out for Mayor Mcclellan
whom II opposed two years ago, nnd has
ias,ied the following address to voters
now snortb nrsiSrss ags votr ~ tur
PnEsENr MrSiCip,b tAMPAiuNi
The wcst side business men have t,H.,
an active interest In all the political cam.
paisns during the laat ten years. sninctiuo4
| dividing on national aud state issuca hpt
generally standing together for good govern.
mcnt aud business prosperity, and In muniu0.
bal elections have been absolutely non.
partisan.
In the present municipal election We have
| our choice Of four tickets;
Flrst--'rhe Democratic or rammahy 'irkot,
headed by Mcclellan. who has given ls good
administration for two years. has surprised In,
opponents by the ability, integrity aud indie
| pendence with which he has administered
his high office. doing honor to the hohofnhls
name he inherited and comparing favorahly
with the best Of his predecessors.
Second-Mr. wins, Democrat Republican
candidate. who accepted the Republican noni
nation. after many prominent Rcpuhlicaus
had declined II, on socialistic platform,
Third-Mr. Lee. a professional Socialist.
who believes In the public ownership and
operation of everything.
Fourth-Mr. Hearst, n publisher and ANA
teur Socialist or anarchist. who "secs Mr.
lee and goes better" on public ownership
and In making every employee think his cm
ployer Ia his enemy, In order that Mr. Hearst
can get "a beat" on the other yellow Journals
and sell his papers. Many American citizens
think Mr. Hearst Is indirectly responsible Tor
tho death Of President Mckinley by his at.
tacks on Mr.. Mckinley In his journals. thus
melting Czolgosz, the assassin. to a frenzy
which made him think he was doing pa.
triotic dnty In removing tyrant." and
Mr.. Hearst is now making similar attacks on
Mayor Mcclellan.
To elect Mr.. Hearst Mayor. in our opinion
would be a calamity to our city, and yet
through his journals. constantly playing on
the prejudices Of worklngmen. with four
tickets In the field. this Is by no means i'm
possible Good judges think he will poll
more votes than the Republican candidate
and In such an emergency what should good
citizens do2 The West Side Business Mems
| Association thinks they should vote the city
ticket headed by Mayor Mcclellan. 1t may
not be all good. but 1t Ia better than the others
Nobody can suit everybody. but Mayor McCle-
Ian comes about as near 1t as anybody could
The clubs members are leading business
men Of the lower West Side. F. B. Thurber
IL president and the vice-presidents repre-
sent thirty different industries and trades.
The headquarters are at 90 West Broadway
where noon meetings will be held until
election
The sun., 1905-10-19
Our Trade IN the East.

To an npprecablc extent American
sympathy with Japan during her war
with Russia was based on lelief that
iher success would bc more to our com
mercial advantage in the Far East than
4, would the success of Russia, Many be-
tlieyed that Japanese control of Corea
1and Japanese asccndoncy in Manchuria
would throw open To the United states
{the gates Of commerce In that region
tThe next few years will probably test
the soundness of that notion.
Official Japan undoubtedly has every
desire to stand well with the United
States According to the news de-
spatches now coming, commercial Japan
is going cunning for business, and IL not
Mt all likely to give place and precedence
to American enterprise on any ground
of sentiment, or to show any special con-
sideration to American competition IN
acknowledgment of American sympathy
extended during the contest in Man
, churia. As Mr.. VANDERBILT said the
other day in his address before the
.. American Bankers Association: 1T is
by no means certain that Japan ,s to
: stand courteously at the open door OF
f; Oriental trade and permit us to enter.
: Her business men are far more likely to
say after us is manners for you, and
TO make use of the factor of proximity
and of various other influences to shut
us out. That is business, and there ara
signs in abundance that Japan now in
tends to get busy.
Japan's note of warning to her COM
petitors has been sounded by number
of her leading statesmen. 1t is heard
in the recent address of Baron klYoURA,
the Minister of Agriculture and Com
merce, before the Associated Chambers
of Commerce, and in the address of NJ.
SAKATANI on the same occasion. 1t was
sounded by Count OKUMA in tn Sun
Trade journal (Tokio) when he said:
Agriculture failing to feed the people we must
therefore look to commerce for the subsistence
of our nation. As fields for commercial activity
for Japan no countries can be more suitable than
Manchuria and Corca where our influence Is being
rapidly established"
Our competition with commercial Japan
in the Far East may be- as Mr.. FREDERIC
EMORY says, an amicable rivalry" But
he is quite right when he says that there
is real peril ahead Of us in Japan's
growth as an industrial and commercial
Power" and that if Japan, as she is quite
certain to do, plans commercial cam
paign in China with the intelligence
and thoroughness that characterized her
military campaign against Russia, "the
open door may remain open, but we might
have to squeeze through past Japan. .
Our present fitness for that little under
taking was indicated by Secretary TAFT
when he said, on his return from the
East:
Situated as the American merchants are. and
possessing as We believe the best output in the
world, they are nevertheless being hopclessly out
= classed In the quest OF the immense commerce OF
: ChinA, Japan and other Oriental countries"
Our trade in the East will be measured
by the persistent energy and the intelli-
gence displayed in seeking it.
The sun., 1905-10-19
MCLELLAN'S BROOKLYN TOUR.
To Address Five Meetings In the Sister
Borough Tomorrow NiEht.

Senate" Mo arm yesterday. comp et,d
the arrangements for Mayor McClelan's
speaking tour in Brooklyn tomorrow night
The Mayor Is to reach Prospect Hall, his first
opping piece, at o'clock. Here he win
bo greeted by an audience Of 5000 or c,ooO.
Former Assistant Corporation Counsel Isaac
NJ. kapper Is to preside. From Prospect
Hall the Mayor il to proceed TO Saengerbund
Hall, at Smith and Schcim,r"ho,n str, cts,
srd thcrc" N I wn TO Congress Hail At.
lan.a and Vermont avenues: Schwaben
Hall, My.:le and Kncke' ,ocka- avenues,
'a'M.MoGadaen hall. IN Berry .sirest !, near
aooomnaniad ty Herma, \. Matz. the can
dida,e for Comptroller Patrick F. MCGOWAN,
candidate for President Of the Board Of
Aldermen, and Senator MeCHrren. =.
The sun., 1905-10-19
The Seven Amend ments.
THE Sun is glad to comply with the
request OF the voter who writes thus:

THE Sun is glad to comply with the
request OF the voter who writes thus:
TO THE EDITOR OF THK SuN-Sir: WIN you
no, confer great favor the great body OF voters
OF this State by publishing a bncf mention OF the
seven proposed amendments to the State constitu
tion On which the voters are to pass Judgment on
election day. accompanied with your opinion as
TO their merits or dement's!
As 90 often happens. electors vote bilndiy on
such questions trtde the Hoi ooO.ooO canal bunco
referendum. when, q matter Of fact. an intelu.
gent discrimination In such cases Is frequently
more requisite than In the selection Of candidates
for public once. always save and excepting
JEROME. F. G. L.
NEW YonK. Oct. IL
We shall take up the amendments for
description and comment not in the
order Of their importance, but in the
order in which they will be printed on
the official ballot. The first is drawn
for the purpose of excluding from the
computation Of the debt of the city Of
New York, in determining its borrowing
capacity, all bonds issued after January
/, 1904, on account of the water supply.
This amendment was urged on the Leg
islature by the Finance Department, and
has the Endorsement of the most notable
experts in municipal finance. 1t should
be adopted,
Amendment number two would au-
thorize the Legislature to provide for
the payment of interest and sinking
fund instalments on all State debts out
of any funds in the State Treasury, and
remit the direct tax that must now be
levied to meet these charges. 1t is part
of the Odell indirect taxation scheme,
dangerous in itself and involving other
dangerous measures of State finance.
1t should be defeated.
The third amendment would empower
the Legislature to increase the number
OF Justices in each judicial district until
in every district except the First and
Second there should be Justice for
each 10000 inhabitants. In the First
and Second districts the ratio would be
one Justice for each $4,000 inhabitants.
This distinction is made because the
First and Second districts are normally
Democratic and would elect Democrats
to the bench. BY providing too few
Justices for the needs of the people in
New York and Kings counties, the Re-
publican State machine is able to make
places for its favorites IN these much
The sun., 1905-10-19
WILL STAND ny OUR FISHERMEN
Their Trouble With Newfoundland Authori.
ties in the Way OF Settlement.

ties in the Way OF Settlement.
WASHINGTON, Oct 1s--At the conclusion
Of conference between Sir Mortimer
Durand, the British Ambassador and
Secretary Root to-day 1t was announced
that the difficulties between the fishing
interests of Gloucester and the authorities
of Newfoundland will probably be settled
speedily and satisfactorily. The State
Department will deal with the British For
eign Office through Sir Mortimer in the
matter, there being no direct diplomatic
connection between this country and the
Government Of Newfoundland.
Representative Gardner Of Gloucester
and Benjamin Smith, a representative Of
the Gloucester Board of Trade, we're with
Secretary Root to day for an hour or more.
They carried kilograms from fishing cap
tains to whom the right to fish at Bonne
Bay has been denied by custom house
officials. These advices said that the
fishermen had been prohibited from
catching herring on the ground that
they carried American registers alone and
did not have fishing licenses. Inasmuch
as the issuance Of registers and Licenses
is distinctively the function Of this Govern
ment the State Department does not think
it at all within the provinces Of the customs
officers of Newfoundland to raise any ques-
ton as to the extent Of the rights givenby
the American certificates.
Under the treaties governing fishing
rights in Newfoundland, all the American
has to do to catch fish is to prove his ma
tonality. The distinction between regis
ter and fishing license is that under the
former a vessel may carry on trade as we'll
as fish, while under the license the vessel
can only catch the fish and can carry on no
trade of any sort. The register has been
held to include the rights to fish. and it is
considered as evident here that the New
foundlanders have gone far out Of their
way in making trouble for the fishing In
terests which have been affected.
Following their talk with Secretary Root,
Mr.. Gardner and Mr.. Smith sent dispatches
to owners in Gloucester advising them to
instruct their captains and masters on the
fishing grounds to 60 ahead with their sea-
sons work. This is taken to mean that the
State Department has upheld the contention
of the delegates from Gloucester and is
prepared to stand behind the fishermen in
case there are any disagreeable results
coming from the orders for the captains to
carry on their work.
The sun., 1905-10-19

The official list Of guests includes the Hon.
Pierce Poole, the Hon. James j. Smith, the
Hon. Edward Rosenstein, Col. Mike Mrden,
Max Echman, Jacob A .Neustead, Gus Anger,
Ernest Ruskow, the Hon. Christie Sullivan,
Max Levine, the Hon. Phil Wissig. the Hon.
Jimmy Reynolds and Col. Mike jackson.
None of these gentlemen refused tn,
verbal invitation given him by Newfcld, SD
he says. When some of the cards got
circulated around the East Side yesterday.
the Hon. Pierce Poole, who is the Tammany
Alderman from the Twelfth Assembly
district. and is being opposed this year by
the Hon. jim Smith, discovered that there
were to be thirteen guests, that Newfcli
was born on Friday and that the affair
was to come Off on Friday.
Il accepted the invitation. but ! must
shake that hoodoo," he announced last
night.
on hoodoo card like that?" said the Hon.
Jim when it was shown to him. There
won't be thirteen there, if am h, one to
stay away
Rosenstein is the Tammany candidate
Twelfth district and Eohman IS his Repub.
lican opponent, They were busy last
night sending out letters of declination to
the dinner.
Some kind OF hoodoo is going to get
in its work this year. said Rosensten.
@and I don't know where it is going to
strike, but not mine for that dinner"
The Hon. Christie Sullivan when he
heard about it said: -They are running
hard enough for me and don take chances
on going to thirteen plate dinner to guy
who was born on Friday and celebrates his
birthday on Friday, They can cut me
out"
4The dinner will be held just the same
said Newfield last night. There will be
the thirteen plates set for them with their
names on them. Other guests will he
there. but no one will occupy those vacant
them. The thirteen original guests will
be toasted, even II they are not there in
person. That grub won't be wasted"