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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-31
An Address by the Majority OF As
sembly Republicans.

To the voters Of New York; We wish
TO congratulate you and ourselves upon
ourvote TO make the Stock Transfer Tax
bill and the Mortgage Tax bill party
measures.
We deemed it our duty 20 do as the
Hon. BENJAMIN B. ODELL, Jr., our hon
ored though absent leader, ordered; and
We feel that much credit belongs to his
distinguished proxies, the Hon. JOHN
RAnyEs, the Hon. GEORGE r. MALBY
and the Hon. s. FRED NIXON, for the
vigor and success with which they have
opposed the Vaccinations Of so-called
Republicans who resist the programme
Of our honored Boss.
We point with pride to this new tri-
umph Of indirect taxation. Nobody will
feel these taxes. Indirect taxation can
not be felt. It's incidence never incides.
Those persons in Wall Street or elsewhere
who complain in advance Of the Stock
Transfer Tax bill are simply ignorant
and prejudiced. So are all intending
mortgagors who complain OF the Mort
gage Tax bill, and the silly agitators In
the cities who assert that ultimately the
tenant has to pay the tax. An indirect
tax pays itself without friction.
We also point with pride 70 the record
Of the Republican party Of New York in
finding new causes OF expenditure and
new subjects Of taxation. II it be true
that national debt is national blessing,
how much truer is it that the greaterthe
indirect taxation the happier are the
unconscious contributors to the revenues
Of the State.
We eIult in the glorious economic
history Of this State in the last few years.
We believe that indirect taxation is an
unequalled boon and no attractive form
Of property or business shall escape 1t
and us.
As for the few short sighted and mar
row minded Republicans who deny that
an indirect tax is a direct benefit we |
leave them TO their own devices. We |
expect TO win a Populist for every Re-
publican we lose.
What the Boss says goes
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-31

ETVHV w VuTItTNTHIN UtnV0fTdT.
The coal We are using IL peculiar. II has toa
much iron In Il TO be NJ for slate, and too much
tlate 70 ameit Il a. iron. II has served the only
purpose 20 which Il can be put. Il has been sold.
DR.. Jordan was sick last week. but rather than
take medicine, came out pretty soon.
The people OF Huntsville will have a week Of
prayer this week The situation is pretty tough
here but We have not resorted 70 any drastic meas.
ufes yet
Pour nne days IN succession. with roads drying
out and river failing, makes feel that We shail
soon be IN shape 20 hive whether subscriber nav
OF not Fish viii bite soon.
Marshall county did not roll up q very biz Demo.
cratic majority, but her com crop win be v.orth
consideration.
Some fool fellows ouss us for thinEs W puhnuA.
Great Scott They ought 70 know soms Of ths
things We do not publish.
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Thanks Declined,

Out Of kindness 70 a sincere but mis-
guided man, we withhold the name and
give only the business Of the signer Of
the following despatch to The SUN:
Thanks for kick At the fairbanks sffusvo previ-
ousness. sTovEs AND FURNLcEs.-
nSDIASAroIu, IND, So
We throw out no vulgar suggestion Of
hot air as the natural accompaniment
Of stoves and furnaces, but this invoice
Of THANKS is hereby refused and returned;
and for sufficient reasons.
i. We don't kick at venerable institu-
tons, saored things, monuments, tall
buildings, skyscrapers.
?. The Hon. CHARLES WARREN FAIR
BANKS is not ELUSIVE. His accumulated
reserve is sufficient for his purposes.
He squanders no surplus Of emotion.
A chaste retention and restraint, an
Attic sobriety, may be detected even
in his most passionate utterances. He
ourbs his naturally dithyrambio tempera-
ment. He views with grave disap-
proval, and even with alarm, the early
enthusiasm Of his friends. But can he
be blamed for Il? Was It HKLEN's fault
that she was supreme Y lovely Is IL
Mr., FAIRBANKs's fault II hisgenial, inn
pulsive and magnetic personality fills
Indiana with tender yearnings'
We have no feet with which TO kick at
this sweet, ingenious, unsolicited, un-
organized, irrepressible movement, the
stirring and running Of the political sap.
Is spring for BEvERIDoE alone?
'Previousness?" Mr.. FAIRBANKS IL
strictly contemporary. Not past and
not "a Sooner Ii it for the worshippers
oy that tender juvenal the Hon. ALBERT
JEREMIAH BEvERmoK 20 accuse any
body Of 'previousness'7
We love Height in the Skyscraper
Statesman. We love Depth in the Grand
Young Man. Each IL inevitable; each
beautiful in his own strange way. Our
admiration and sympathy flow to each
In like degree.
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A Chinese Musical Critic.

From ne CdntOn Linz Nam Yaf Poo.
On the nth instant at BIS p. NJ, the celebrated
German piano vlrtuoso, Prudential san, gave .
concert at the house OF the Deputy Commissioner
General. Mr. RocheT. In which all the rooms were
nlled with the luxury Of the oocident. II was .
marvellous clear night; the moon sparkied on the
sky like looking glass. Absolute quietude reigned
IN nature. and the spectator also listened win
silence when the charming music began. Now ~
sounded like the murmurinE Of water flowing over
stones, now like the whispering OF the ehryptome.
ras softly moved by the zephyr: and his loud play
ing rosembed the thunder OF the waves In the
ocean. Now the player was sitting AZ his instrl-
ment as quiet a. the tops OF the mountains. now
he developed llveliness and viGor Of playing Hks
the player In Yung Len. His soft and sweet playing
formed q heavy contrast 10 the III famed musio
at the borders Of the River Fu. FnedenthAi san
possesses the talent of Chungi, who, a. IL known.
was able TO play everything. He plays like shin
KuAng, who. on his queer instrument, knew hou
70 call forth the songs Of the nightingale.
Al the concert all the diplomats, oonsuls. deputies,
ofoiAls and the merchants Of Shamseen, with their
families. were present, 20 that the vest halls were
completely hled. All held In their hands q paper
In which they read what Prudential San was going
the play. Just in the European hotels the Cueas
read q paper 10 see what they are going 70 est
After every piece they beat loudly with their hands
producing loud noise, and 90 they rave the esie.
brated artist 70 undeBtand what pleasure they
enjoyed with his music but thought this noiss
rather a bitter contrast 10 the beautiful music
which preceded IL.
the Ling Nam Yaf Poo. was also invited by the Con.
until the end OF the concert just a. chenlein IN.
deptood how to lead the people In moral ways
through his music, was ! also prevented from
doing anything wrong that night
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To TIE EDITION or THE sUH-Sfr: The man told
about In this mornings Sun who was caught by his
wife In the Bridge subway station whine he was In
the company OF a young woman and who len the
girl 20 her fate amer she had been arrested for at
tempting 20 kill herself by throwing herself under
. subway train. appears 20 me 20 be . Disgrace 70
his sex His wife. also, seems 10 be lacking In true
womAnhood. am . single man and possibly am
not IN position 10 Judge correctly what should be
the proper course 70 pursue under such circum
stances, but clearly Il bis fault that the gin was
placed In that position and he should have done all
In his power 10 help her In her predloAment, and
settle matters With his wife later, And what should
We think OF the woman who would not come 70 the
aid OF another woman In distress, even though she
may have had the bittsreSt feeling OF resentment
A. least she should have allowed her husband 20 do
what he could.
should like 10 zee the names Of that man and
woman made public 80 that their friends n they have
any may know their real character. What DO the
married readers OF TIE sun think OF the ethical and
moral questions involved FAIR PLAY.
NEW YORK, March 90.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-31
Tho Medical Department Of the Army

To rHE Enron or THR SUN Sir: Your
recent editorial on the reorganization OF the
Medical Department OF the army was both
timely and convincing.
For years Congress has looked upon the
Medical Department a. . sort OF kinder
garten and therefore not entitled 70 serious
heads Of departments at Washn gton are
much TO blame for this feeling OF indifference
because they themselves have never shown
proper appreciation Of the important work
OF army surgeons. Three years Of active
service in Cuba and the Philippines has con-
vinced me that the army is no place for a self
respecting physician. This view Is also
shared by others. as witnessed by the number
OF destinations that have occurred since 1898.
and the dlficulty encountered by the Surge con-
General In obtaining desirable young men 70
enter the service.
The late army medical bill a. finally pre-
sented 70 Congress was only a makeshift,
and very little regret should be felt at its
failure to pass The original bill a. drawn
up by the Surgeon-G General. which had the
approval Of the American Medical Association
and other representative medical societies.
was slashed and cut by the General Staff be
yond recognition.
1t Is no wonder that Speaker Cannon re-
fused 10 permit a vote on the bill. and II is 10
be hoped that the reports Of experts who
were detailed for service with the japanese
Army will be such that the Medical Depart
ment Of the United States Army will be placed
on a footing equal. II not superior. 10 any in
the world. Ex-ARNT SURGEON.
NEW YORK, March So
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-31
IN. Art Of Being Grandpa.

To TIE EpIroE OF THU SUN-sF' Hvsn a com
monplAoe man may be the best sort Of hero n he
ever Eets happy knAck Of being a grandpa,
But no one should too rdshy conclude that II IA
altogether an easy matter 10 suit all the require
ments OF a model grandpa. Par from IT, The little
ones will soon ind ones measure, and n one hasn't
the an OF doing almost anything In clever way
then one may expect 10 be sidetrhcked In favor OF
some obscure uncle or aunt with better way OF
doing thlnFs. For the ideal grandpa must not only
have INFINITE patience and sympathy but must be
always ready 10 glue the broken toys. shve the
wounded hand, tell story OF Groom q song.
Ali then you shall he hero indeed, hling these
requirements Of devoted little ones whose love and
admiration viii not fan with mature year,, not
up 10 the time when they In tum shall know. when
h1ply, IN our own case. the schemes Of life have
gone Awry, how 10 make the remnant Of life toeT-
able and even happy by being the hero Of dear
ehldren-the only and Incompatible
BRooKLIN, March 80. GRANDFL
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JERRY BUfnDTN6.
Scamp bosses aud Men. Not InOompetent
inspectors, the Cause.

To TEE EDlToR or TIE SIN -Siri In the
late collapse Of buildings In this section, the
public instead Of inauirinR into the cause
charges q minor individual with neGilgence
and then starts on At q tangent by inoulpatlng
the whole Building Department. As oula-
inE mechanic Of many years standing can
faithfully say that when have come In con-
tact with oficers Of the department l have
found the conscientious performance OF their
duty to be- their sole object. Ny experiences
tells mo that unless an inspector accidentally
drops In during the actual progress Of an
infringement Of the building laws or IL tipped
on by some workman as TO such infringement
II 10 very hard. without BEING lynx eyed. 70
discover the wrong IN the nedlav OF soahold.
Ing. lumber. bricks, iron and the thousand ana
one other things that constitute the makeup
OF a building and which the dishonest builder
il 30 careful 20 throw over his Inferior work.
mRnship.
Inferior and soamped work is the key to the
dlsRrace that has Of late come IN the me-
chAnic NJ the old school, whose training was
70 81 70 good and close attention toward com
pletinR good Job. but who has now for gotten
that early training and learned the skin game
forced on him. Hard knocks teach. The
greater the skin In evadlng all that Is q Rht
and proper without being found out, the bet
warmer re glad hand You Eet from he
bosses. Seli-interest compels tho adoption
OF the rll0.
There are at the present time in this city many
Thousands OF men, working az the several
branches Of the building business, who are
employed at, and a constant source Of annoy
anco and danger TO the skilled man who is
forced TO recognize them, This recognitlon
Is made compulsory by the man who hires
and who holds the incompetent who are In
the malority-as a club over the capable,
who take pride IN their trades. 70 keep down
their aspirations and ambitions and deprive
them OF the respect that is their due.
During my many years | have seen In.
frinEements done under cover by bosses and
men who knew no better, which 1000 In
spectors could not find out. have eeen
plumbers boys cut away beams for the pas
trimming cut out for stairways, trimmers cut
away from dumbwRiters, Rirders almost cut
in two for the clearance OF betting, beams
cut out for scales, stairways closed up. walls
Rltted. floors overloaded. walls left uncov-
cred, bonding neglected, poor mortar. rub
blsh used for filling, and, IN fact. every clause
OF the building code violated by scamp bosses
and scamp men. To such an extreme have
these violations been carried that II Ia "A
common saying with men that more risk
is taken in building than was taken az San
Juan HILL"
Ny remedy would be TO 20 one better than
certificates Of competence or ability TO all
foremen OF auperinten dentR In charge OF
works. such certificates to he given after a
strict examination, to be good as long A. the
holder complies with the building regulations.
a deviation theretrom TO be suticient cause
for cancellation. An OLD TIMER.
NEw YORK. March 80.
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The Greater Japan.

To THE EDITOR or The SUN-StT' In an
article which appeared In TEE Sun this
winter the AnRlo-SaKons were told some
very salutary things. That article has sllenced
the pretensons Of the Anglo-Saxons.
In TIE Sun Of March ~ there appeared
an article under the heading, The Philip
pines and Japan. in which appeared the eI.
preston, as a greater England has Arisen II
the Western Hemlsphere-- meaning. doubt
less the United States and Canada. ] won
der how many Of the Germans. French.
Italians, Irish and others OF the United
States would permit themselves 70 be olassed
as greater England. and Il would be inter-
estinR 10 know how many Of them win so 70
the rescue Of Col. Youn ghusb and when the
Japanese have taught the Chinese how 70
fight.
az this moment on the mainland Of Asia than
on the Islands, and would bet my last dollar
soldiers in China, for the expulsion Of the
Christian devils than England can raise
In all her colonies, including the greater
The day when Japan will not need a navy
IL perhaps not far distant Let the Boxer
uprising not be forgotten. The greater
Japan Is already beginning TO frtghten those
who have helped 70 light the fire which may
cause a CONFEDERATION the consequences OF
which may be most destructive 70 those Who
have ignited It, 1t may yet come 70 pass that
self-preservation. join hands 70 extin gulsh
the yellow fre ignited by sAort-slghted
Jealousy and greed. AscANIUa.
BROOKLYN, March 20.
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nEMarREp BY 4 PUFIL.
"Ths suns" Criticisms q AnthTaSite Coai
Miners Rebuked.

To TEE EprroA or TIE sUN-Sti Perhape
am not the only one who imaglnes ne mas
found q speok on TIE Sun. think, hoWeioi,
that have made that discovery, and while "
doea rot lessen the wonder and admiration
with which gaze on the brightest lumlnaIy
that has over shone or ovSg VIII shine on the
Newspaper world, still feel that the spec.
1 So destroys 10 some extent the benencont
llRht which The Sun sends 10 the remotest
corners Of the earth,
The speck 10 which / refer 10 your uneduiv-
ooai, fearless, almost fanAtlcal opposition 70
the United Mine Workers. particularly OF the
anthracite region. While diner with Tbs
suN In its radical. its unjust views OF the
mine workers. its fearless tone cannot but
invite the respect OF every fair minded pan an
But why 30 out OF your way 70 asperse our
men, whom you do not knowi That you do
not know them ls evident A. child OF the
mines, and a lover and pupil Of TIE Bun.
greatly desire 10 sec II present the cause OF the
miners 10 lie many readers In q manner that
would be devoid Of the Injustice and calumny
stock in trade Of those who are opposed 70 the
man who mines coal. =, ,tl---,.
The speech which, appeared IN Friday z
like 70 hear spoken in Wilkegbarre by PIssl-
dent Roosevelt reveals degree Of maIlSSe
that did not expect TO find In THH Sun. Ing
article was as unjust as Il was foroeful,
venture 20 say, however. that from ocean 70
ocean. and from the Dominion OF CenaoA 70
the Gulf this nation holds no man WHO, win
full knowledge Of the life Of the anthrsctte
miner and the conditions under when ne
lives would dare father that splendid fabric
Of falsehood. Great In all things, TIE sun
has shown us that II can surpqss all other
calumniatOrs
would not trouble you with this note were
II not that my father, who was miner, mace
The Sun my professor when conditions would
not permit m e 20 attend school. Every day aiter
returning from work. and while the dust o. the
mine was still on his face, he would pick up
TIE SUN II was the klndSst, most Inspiring
professor devoted pupil ever had. Ip
through the dust OF the coal breaker, out Of the
depths Of the mine, 10 a fairly honorable place
among men that peerless professor leo me
And now, after years Of devotion, ! md tha .
that professor II not only not just, but cruelty,
venornously unjust. With many another
miners son who has found inspiration In your
columns. can only hone that the day. VII
come when The Sun will direct Its light full
upon the anthracite region and the anthracite
miner. When that day comes, the anthracite
miner will. for the frst time. have q champion
who VIII place him In the proper light before
the people Of this nation.
SCRANTON. March 80 DE PRoFUNpIs.
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repeat the experience Of Cuba IN Panama.
Why 60 back TO the old methods Of Grip
pling the usefulness Of the Army Medical
Corps by permitting 1t TO be blocked
by oiroumlooution or entangled In the
meShes Of red tape until II might almost
as well not exist1
The people Of the United States viii
oppose the Presidents removal OF the
present commission, and II he will 60
further and put an end TO this dangerous
condition OF affairs by placing Col.
GoBdAs in full authority In all matters
pertaining to sanitation he will deserve
still greater credit. In the construction
Of the Panama Canal the question Of
sanitation u paramount,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-31
A Jsrtsy Commuter Finds the Commutsrs
Heaven.

To The EDITOR or THE SUN-sbi The CALI
foniAns exclamation OF surprise At the small size
of the English trains Ia natural the low noou and
low roofs and the general sAcrihee Of many other
American features TO save space and weight strike
us As strange and not always conducive OF com
fo1 on long journeys. But a. a weary oommuter
branded INST with the D. l.. ". gait and now with
the Enc face, luGubnouS, but hopeful, and the
hop. skp and jump bred OF West street nth and
the persistent skids OF Dey and Chamber, certain
experiences In London last summer are like oaseS
10 the weary desert OF committing experience.
We were visiting an American engineer thirty
miles out and business called me 10 London nearly
every day. The divisions In the seats kept my
neighboT from driving me into a corner. the cush-
ions AZ the back were soft; doom night along both
sides Of the side TO enter the other side 70
leave saved all erowding or tlresome waits In the
aisle: but last and not least, the speed Think,
weary Jerseylte. OF permanent way smooth as
glass, jar and rattle rather poor light, but
one 20 each two seats, and speed Of thirty miles
IN thirty eIkh minutes Other experiences in other
directions were almost a. pleassnt-from Buston
depot 10 any suburban point like WIlesden In
twelve minutes IL grSat after the force6l expresses
from New York achieve their twenty miles an hour.
And az all stations the poTters keep clean crossings
West street please copy. London can teach Ne
lots In this dlfneut problem OF keeping commuters
heGithfu and happy. H.J,w.
TAFFAN M. March ~
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The Proposed Provisional Agreement
with SantO Domingo.

President ROOSEVELT has sanctioned
the arrangement proposed by President
MORALES, advocated by Minister Dkw-
SON, and accepted apparently by most
il not all Of the European creditor Pow
ers. Has he not thereby assumed re-
probabilities similar TO those which the
Senate indicated a wish 10 avoid when 1t
adjourned without ratifying the treaty
with the Dominican Republic?
Before it was reported TO the Senate,
that treaty was subjected to drastic
emendation at the hands Of the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations. Even in
the amended form it proved objection
able 20 most Of the Democratic and
some Of the Republican Senators. 1t
was pointed out that the American
agent, empowered by the treaty TO col
lect and distribute the customs revenues
Of all the Dominican ports not covered
by the award rendered last summer
by arbitrator In the case Of the San
Domingo Improvement Company, would
have 20 rely in the first instance, for the
maintenance Of his authority, upon Pres
ident MORALES, who, in his turn, might
prove unable TO defend himself against
revolutionists without the military and
naval aid Of the United States.
theoretically, therefore, the treaty
would have committed our Government
70 the upholding Of particular pomini-
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Former Pupus Sf Becker =. WaShiugtsn
Hpreading EdueatiOn AmOng the Blacks.

HNINluALH ENHlAaNM AA-NAN - 49,
From fAe BotioH TFdASortpi.
There are II the present tine, I Am toios
tWenty-aix schools for negroes IN the SOUTH
which. though not formally connected IN
any way With the TuskeRoe Institute, Stiu,
either because they were founded by ETadu-
atos Of TuHkoEee or because their toaohing
foros hes been largely recruited from there,
maintain their allegiance to the Tuakegee
tradition. work in lie spirit and extend the
sphere Of It's usefulness.
Though beyond its rates, TuakeEoo gradu.
ates are never therefore beyond aiEht and
influence: II still exercises over them q sort
Of paroohial control The Rev. Robert G.
Bedford, secretary OF the board Of trustees
OF the Tiskegee Institute. has recently re'
turned from "a parochial visit 70 grad-
yates and former students OF Tuskegee,
Since October last he has traversed twelve
States, visited seven Institutions conducted
by or with the assistance Of 1uskegee Gradu-
ates and has brought back detailed reports
OF moro than two hundred former students
OF these reports those are most lnterestln1
which come from graduates Who WITH rare
devotion and under difnculties which u "
prehend have established by their own e.
forts independent schools. Nothing IN re-
gard TO these younger Institutions IL more
hopeful than the fact that, In spite OF the
hardshps under which these schools have
been established. not one has been com;
PEELED TO close its doors and all have had
TO turn students from their doors.