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no man oteI PACK.

savorgnan de Brazza, at an aGe when
few men tempt the disoomiorts OF tropical
Africa, Is returning to bis Old stamping
ground to see why the French and the
blacks are not getting on well together
The work that Alled twenty-five years
Of his life gave,to France the vast domain
Of the French Congo. Three years ago the
French Chamber voted him the thanks OF
the nation and an annual pension, pToVld-
Ing also for his wife II she should survive
him. II was thought that he would never
return to Africa, but be Is going at the re-
quest Of the Government 10 report on con-
ditions which seem scandalous, and to bring
about more amlcable relations with the
natives.
De Brazza won the territory and gov.
erned 1t for years by peaceful methods and
remarkable tact. The officials who Toll
lowed him say. that new conditions nave
necessitated coercive measures. He made
his way, they assert, by giving presents
and buying favors: but when the present
Government imposed q hut tax, 30 that
the natives should pay at least tTihe Tor
the security Of their lives and fields, many
Of the unappreCiative blacks refused TO
pay IL. Bloodshed followed. The natives
say they arc the victims Of gross injustice
and oppression, and colonial Affairs are In
a chaotic condition
De BrazzA always seemed 10 have wise
resource for every emergency He VIII
now try TO bring order out Of confusion
The present state Of the French Congo
seems 10 illustrate again that men specially
gifted for % grave and delicate an enter
prise as bringing a baTbarouS community
under the sway Of modern governmental
ideas are a prime necessity. The wrong
men may mean well, but are likely 10 do
almost irreparable damage
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Beers Deser,lny the TranSvaaL

While the British have been drafting a
constitution for the TransvaS1 Colony I'M
der which all burglars Of the late South
African Republic may vote for members
Of the first Volksraad, a large number OF
Beers are on the eve Of departure for Ger
man East Africa The correspondence OF
the Cologne Zsitschriii says that more than
1000 Beers win leave the TTansvaal In May
TO take up farms In the highlands OF Ger
man East Africa, 100 10 $50 miles inland
rom the Indian Ocean. This party alone
win represent the speedy removal OF 5000
or 4, 900 persons, as many Of the men will
leave their families behind until they have
cleared fields and built houses.
The SUN told last year Of the two oom-
mittees the Beers sent to German East
Africa TO spy out the land and OF their
favorable impression Of the country. They
found good soil for general farming along
the line Of the Tanga railroad, and were
delighted with the rich growth OF grasses
on the great high plain near the northern
edge Of the colony, which they said was bet
ter adapted for cattle raising than the veldt
Of their native land When they went home
they recommended these new farming and
grazing regions, where every condition, they
said, promised prosperity.
Fourteen Boer farmers and their families
numbering seventy-four persons, did not
walt for the exodus this spring but packed
up their belongings and started at onoe for
German East Africa They we're all fairly
well to do and carried on the steamer with
them wagons, draft oxen and asses besides
eight COWS for each family. They have
settled preferably on the grass lands with
brooks or rivers on or near eaohfarm. Until
they can harvest their first crop they are
buying maize and o ther grains Of tbs ma
tives and depending upon their hunters for
meat.
This movement Of the Transvaal Beers
10 a foreign land, 400 miles north Of their
former home, Is significant Of their antip-
athy TO British rule and the determination
Of many Of them TO begin life anew In the
wilderness rather than live under the British
flag. The new political organization, 'Het
Volk," which the Beers have formtd at
home, is likely to endorse the opinion Of its
leader, Gen. Cronje, who declares that the
new constitution means that there is TO be
no Enforcement; and this view will only
wbet the eagernsss Of many TO leave the
Transvaal forever.
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passed from the practical sphere Of men
and Of courts. But 9 much broader
question remains. Has the Supreme
Court, by deciding that case on itA merits,
assumed for the United States Judges
all the extension Of authority 10 affect
the Affairs Of State corporations implied
by the action Of our highest tribunal?
II that question we're answered In the
affirmative II would involve most eK-
tensive assumption OF Federal dominion
over State instrumentallties, But that
construction should not be given TO the
omission Of the Supreme Court TO con-
slider, this point Of Jurisdiction in the
great stress Of business before It. And
we have the authority Of the Supreme
Court itself for this restriction on the
effect OF its own decisions, The Su-
preme Court has recently refused TO be
bound by it's failure 10 notice the absence
Of Federal power over controversy
pending before II In late case its
attention was called to the fact that in
an identical litigation It had a short
time previously assumed Jurisdiction,
But the court declared that in the previ-
Gus case, sought to be invoked as
precedent, the point Of jurisdiction had
been passed over sub saeRtid-thAt II
could not therefore be deemed binding
upon the court In the case at bar. II
therefore refused 10 pass upon the merits
Of the case before 1t and announced its
want OF jurisdiction, though II bad fully
adjudioated a similar controversy only
a few months previously.
Therefore, 1t may easily happen that
the Supreme Court will refuse to usurp
cognizanoe over the Affairs Of State
corporations upon allegations precisely
like those set forth in the Northern
Securities litigation. Parties who seek
the Federal courts for the administra-
ton Of the internal affairs Of State cor
porations may still be met at the thresh-
old by the application Of the fundamental
principle that there is no basis in our
Federal system, and in the absence Of
purely Federal question, for the United
States courts 70 pass upon subjects Of
purely State corporate interest.
Any other outcome could result only
from concession TO the perverted ten
denoy which seeks Federal agencies to
redress matters properly smenable to
State authority, whether legislative or
udicial
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BeihIlf,s Bill.

II was time that authoritative eI-
preston should be recorded against the
course which has marked almost every
step Of the Republican Legislature at
Albany this winter.
Newspapers friendly 10 the Repub-
lican cause and desiring only the welfare
Of the people Of the State have in some
cases pointed out the fragrant and I'M
worthy conduct Of those in control Of
the Republican State machine. Other
newspapers, just as friendly, but not
quite as candid, have bowed their heads
in silence hoping for the best. but pre-
pairing for the worst.
Every Republican who loves his party
and all who desire upright and eoonomi-
cal government Of the people will be
delighted 70 read the condemnation by
WILLIAM BARNES, Jr,, chairman Of the
executive committee Of the Republican
State committee, OF the bill introduced
b. Assemblyman JOSEPH BE1KrLT, Re
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preside at meetings and make speeches.
The party which recently went from here
70 participate In the Conference for
Education at the South contained many
women. On the same day that the Sen
ate rejected limited woman suffrage
woman Of the more select social sphere
Of New York read paper on -WOmAn's
Work for Municipal Progress at the
meeting Of a league for the study OF
municipal problems generally. In many
societies dealing with public questions
and for public purposes 9ssiduous
mothers Of families are now engaged
as chief officers. The colleges for women
are crowded with applicants far beyond
the accommodations they have for
students.
Has the feminine character suffered
deterioration as consequence of all
this? Is the home impaired2 For
one thing, the popularity Of matrimony
at least has not diminished. Never was
there an Easter season when marriages
we're so many as they are now. Men
seem to fall in love with the new
woman not less than they did with the
old. Physically the new woman Ia
Individually better than the old. She
Is taller and stronger and in every way
Is increasing In attraotiven0ss.
SO far, then, there seems 10 be no rea-
son for alarm lest the saving grace Of
simple and unadulterated womanhood'
shall be lost and for fear that the broader
life Of women will have an undermining
effect on the character Of the wives and
mothers Of our land Even II the
movement on which Mr.. CLEVELAND
looks with so much misgiving should
20 to the extreme Of complete woman
suffrage, that dreadful consequence
would not come. SO long as the human
race exists the saving grace Of simple
and unauthorized womanhood' will be
preserved-will be safe against any
movements, Of man or woman either,
which may be made. Romance will
always remain and woman will be its
high priestess.
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Mhere Are They AT

last fall Pennsylvania gave Mr.. RoosE-
WELT q majority almost impossibly big
Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Republi-
can State convention made a platform
at Harrisburg Turn TO that platform
and find out what the Pennsylvania
Republicans think Of Mr.. RoosEvELT's
opinions as 10 railroad rate regulation
and Of the Esch-Townsend bill:
we applaud the Administration Of President
ROOSEVELT, and particularly commend its skilfu'
ana yet frank and candid diplomacy In governing
our relations With foreign Governments whereby
our Importance and standing have been advanced
az our interests furthered and peaec and harmony
preserved.
We express our appreciation OF the faithful
ness. wisdom and activity OF our United states
senatou and Representatives 10 Congress In theiT
untirtng devotion 70 the Interests OF this Common
wealth, and 70 their public duties generally and 10
unfolding the hand OF the President In his endeaVoH
for the safety and Advancement OF the people
skilful resolutions; but far from
frank and candid. Certain Pennsyl-
vania Republican Representatives in
Congress mutinied and ragged against
railroad rate regulation. They did not
uphold the hand OF the President,
In expressing their appreciation OF
the faithfulness, wisdom and activity
OF their Representatives in Congress-
the Pennsylvania Republicans might
seem to imply, by inevitable innuendo'
that Mr.. ROOSEVELT endeavors for
rate rag1,lation we're not endeayors for
the safety and advancement OF the
people.
Still, a general and meaningless dis
tribution OF molasses for everybody and
everything Republican, including Gov
ernor PENNYPACKEa and his intense
Pennsylvanianism,' trickles from this
platform. II other Republican State
conventions follow the Keystone ex-
ample, there will be no means Of know
ing whether the Republicans approve or
disapprove Government rate fixing.
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Ne. "The sun" 10 Unable 70 GIVE the
Help

To THE RprToR or THE sUE-Sir: You say
IN an editorial, -Materislism and Easter Sun
day that q new generation In les dlspoeed
10 wrestle with questions OF religion than was
that generation OF which Mr.. Goodwin Smith
Is 30 Distinguished a representative. DO you
mean this1
Is search for scientific authority neoes-
sarily a search for . material fundamental
pnnciplel
This purely material principle is Gsid 10 be
a one and one phAsed, or simple principle,
fundamentally. just a. the Idea OF ideas
Of which Plato dreamed was, which Created
lie environment out Of nothing
Even Mr.. HGeckel admits thOuEht 81 .
separates thought from experienced IL =
one and simple fundamental principle such
as Pato's and Mr.. HGeokels. for instance.
Zspophanes tnstiFGted the destruction Of
the gods and Plato the destruction OF men,
because they each believed In such . prin-
ciple, and neither saw what that great IeU
Jesus Christ did see, and died for declaring,
namely, that God and man are correlates.
mentally and persistently one nature,
IL II either irreliEious OF unsueu1nc 70
hunt for the ground Of q more thinkAble
principle than that Of most present day
science and 'relinon.f Particularly Ia
the light OF the fact that the entire history
Of sociology, 10 far as known, proves the
Gbsurdiy Of trying 2 build . social order
tally both unscieutihc and iTreli FiOus. And.
further, cannot The suN help il rsadsrs in
such a hunti CHARLOTTE p. DALKI,
WEST NEW BHrdHToN April Is.
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The New Woman.

An incident Of Easter week was the de-
feat in the Senate at Albany on Wednes-
day, Of the latest effort to extend the
suffrage to women. The extension pro-
posed In q bill introduced by Senator
RAINEs, was limited 10 voting on tax
questions In twelve small cities only, but
1t was treated as an entering wedge for
woman suffrage generally,
few days before, Mr. CLEVELAND had
written Of the movement which has
been for long time on foot for securing
to women the right to vote and otherwise
participate in public Affairs as 'an I'M
fortunate manifestation OF feminine
restlessness and discomfort He fears
that It will have dangerous, under
mining effect on the characters Of the
wives and mothers Of our land Mr..
McCARREN Of Brooklyn expressed the
same alarm In the Senate on Wednesday.
Politics, he said, is no field for pure
and modest women: besides. there
are men enough 70 take care Of political
afi airs He Is against giving any vote
at all to any woman, on the ground that
her place Is TO preside over the house
hold Senator RAINBs, however, con-
tended that 'as the intelligence OF the
country is being steadily concentrated
in the women, they are at least entitled
TO vote on questions Of taxation to the
very limited extent proposed in his bill.
The hand that rocks the cradle,
quoted Senator GRADY, rules the
world :; but 1T rules in the house and
not at the polls, he asserted. And that
was the prevailing opinion Of the Senate.
II Is also the prevailing opinion even
among women themselves. Feminine
efforts 10 secure the suffrage always en-
counter feminine resistance. The Ma
tional WomRn's Suffrage Association is
ooupteracted by q womAns association
organized in opposition. Accordingly
the woman suhragists have uphill work.
The privilege they ask 70 as a boon, as
q right, their feminine opponents treat
as an imposition on women,
Already, however, very great part
Of American women are taking and are
compelled 70 take an interest in affairs
beyond their home. OF nearly thirty
millions Of the population Of this country
engaged in gainful occupations in 1900,
more than a sixth was feminine; and OF
these feminine workers only about a
third were in distlnctively household en-
Payments, domestic service and the like.
Between 1890 and 1900 these feminine
workers increased at a much greater
ratio than the population as a whole. In
almost every employment outside OF the
home women are now engaged. They
form a great part Of the crowds which
pour forth at nightfall from every
business district.
Moreover. the escape Of women from
domestic seclusion extends far beyond
the ranks Of the workers for living.
Women Of fashion have become public
peBonages. Women are organized for
many public purposes. 'Neighborhood
clubs Of women have been started in
New York recently for the discussion Of
such matters, and the women In them
are not Of the kind who neglect their
special feminine duties at home. In the
charitable machinery Of a New York
church parish women are engaged more
actively and earnestly than men. They
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CLIENT sUYEBRS ron LAETER.
Case Of wheeler Against Rr0nIn Put nAsH
Two YoAr Or -.

Because Of the perSistsnce Of Layer
Z. A. Alexander In pressing . queSton
which had bean ruled ON, Supreme Court
Justice Mccall sant 10 the foot Of the oAl-
endar the suit on trial before him brought
by Dewitt G. Wheeler 70 recover from
James H. Breslin go, 600. which, WhealeS
says. is the value Of property left With
Bresiin by his father, DoWtt G. Wheaar'
Who was formally = Police Cuu1niialItonsr
TO secure a bill II 1850 for beard ana
lodging. -.
lived at the Gilsey Houae from ISIS 70 lses;
When he was leaving there was an unpaid
ecore for which be left some valuable
furniture as security. Bresltn sAys that
the bill amounted to about Sl2rSoo, but
this q disputed by WheeheTs son WhS
saws that Il did not eIceed - SO. kreAhn
sod the furniture to satisfy the bill.
Justice Mccall said that he Would as
miss the complaint, instead Of setting the
guit back. but that be did not want TO make
wheeler suffer too much because Of BUS
counsel's disregard Of the rulings Of the
Court. The case viii probably net ee
reached for trial again for couple Of yeAn
or more.
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Tho PAralYner.

In announcing TO the Assembly his
intention TO offer a concurrent resolu-
ton for Legislative investigation Of the
affairs Of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society, the leader Of the Democratic
minority, Mr.. GEORGE NJ. PALMER Of
Schoharie, was reported yesterday as
saying:
There Is an SIuAordlnGry appearance OF oniciai
paralysis which many people are attTIbutnG TO the
influence OF close friend OF Chairman oDKLL who
IL a stocEholdsT but not . director In the Eaul.
table
A stopkholder but not a director, and
a close friend Of Mr.. ODELL--to whom
Was Mr.. PALMER referringH
or was Mr.. PALMER misreportedI
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INV YORK. Apr.
he MenderfuI Japans...

To THE EDITOR or The sUH-.Sir' Who is hef We
ell want 70 know hls name, the man who. IN sturdy
English has told We somewhat Of the faTAWAy
Eastern war. Such an onliEhtenlnE prosentment
OF actual conditions il In the nature OF surprise.
Most wonderful ere the words a wise suggestion
from the youngest would receive a. much defer
enoe as though Il emAnated from senior II true,
this greatly enhances our appreciation Of the Japa
nese spirit that spirit which has proved, In deed,
that lofty loyalty 10 ones sovereign compatible
with all the most democratic virtues. To W
moderns the subject Is frauGht with deep signin-
Dance. Amer aus said docs II not imply a deeper
eunging 70 the ideals which, IN the outcome, must
make for the salvation OF ell humankind
Prom . world OF Erafters. frenEied nnAnoiss
and their ilk !, for one. am fain 70 look Japan b
ward for lesson Of life. Natheless We send mis- p
sionAres theretol GRoRoH MARVIN GKtFFTTu.
NEw YoHI. Anrfi "A
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HIis IsIand.


Through the gttsway pour the thronFs-
Those Who char yet from their thonrl,
Fleeing from . tyrant land.
Wreckart IRON sterile strand:
Many Eripod IN wants chm eATsoh.
DarinG an and hoplnT much.
Prince and Serf and drudgs and drone;
AL Who wandsriuIt hAve RnoWn-
Through the rsteVay pours The horde
To the land blessed Of the Lord.
Thsn the SWiriinG. ruHhing strtfs
StrEiEhtway quieksns them 70 life,
And the rub and rive and tGks
Wondrous transformation MAKE.
Quickly fIt the yesrs, and then
10, each ID q c,iiEenl
Teuton. Latin. slavic clans
stand, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Through the rate stm thrones . host
EndisssiY. But VIA, TIE costi
MAvhIcn hokE1a,
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To THE EDrToR or TIE SUN--Sfr; The death OF
Roger Hollowlngsvorth, a young Philadelphia
oGsmAn. from heart disease while rowing on the
Schuylkin River. Philadelphia, calls attention 70
the necessity OF thorough physical examination
for all member OF rowing clubs. while the pbysl.
cal directors Of the various universities throughout
the country which include rowing In their athletics
insist upon a thorough and rgid examination be-
fore a student can train for crew, the majority Of
the rowing clubs In the metropolitan cities never
look into the physical qualifications Of their mem.
bers. II the candidate for the crew locks strong
physically and can hold hts own. he Is allowed 70
stay In the boat. Rowing IL one OF the hardest
kinds OF exercise and only the robust can endure
H. consequently a thorough physical examination
should be made In the case Of all candidates
NEW YoRK. April -. r.
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SHERIFF MOVES

Peacs Center 81 the County 70 Ne a. BrOSd-
way and Duane street.
As the oity's lease Of tho of6co n the
Stewart Building which have been occu-
pied for several yoars by tho ShaTin and bis
deputies win expire at the end of this mouth
Sheriff ErlAnser engaged yesterday new
st Of ohices In the Barclay Building. At
Broadway and Duane street. The entire
stan Of olsrl1s, depUties and esst tslntS we're
busy yesterday TeInoy the booka and
papers under their care 70 the new Gtncee'
Which win BE- open for business on ma 1.
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suNNY sNILE OF HOPPER
When MS Secretary Resigns snd the Nun.
cal Hello Girl Gets Married
49,. -
uRhAv OF BUnprNos.

g BURBAU or BUILDINGS.
MANHATTAN. April ~.
A sunny smile beamed on Building Super
intendent Hopper's kindly face all day
today, and all hands in tho Manhattan
Building Department oflces knew the good
reasons, Here they are;
Frank W. Mc0urk, who had been his
diligent and popular private SECRETARY
had resigned 70 accept the promotion 10
q g 500 Supreme Court olerkship, and had
his hand nearly shaken Oh by tho troop
Of congratulations. Frank "a an able SPELL
binder and Ia always In good humoT. Nj.
Hopper announced that be had selected
John +. Garvey OF the Harlem Democratic
Club as McGurks SUCCESSOR. Mr.. GArvey
arrived IN q genial mood later on. and be
at once established an amiable idiosyncTasy
by initiating department papers In greea
ink, a special supply Of which u always
kept on hand for the use Of the depart
ment officials on St. Patrick's day. Mr..
Garvey used a fountain pen loaded with
emerald ink that was souvenir Of 81,
Patrick banquet.
The superintendent awarded a two
weeks vacation 70 Gertrude Duffy, the
telephone girl Of the department who
had made the recess hours melodious With
her carols. Gertrude had resigned and is
going 20 get married The two weeks
vacation was the supertntendent's wedding
present 20 her.
Three new telephone girls came In later
with certificates Of fitness from the Civil
Service Commission. Mr.. Hopper cast a
fatherly look upon the trio and asked their
names. One OF them was q widow. The
superintendent pondered a while.
aUnder all the circumstances the widow
IA most entitled 20 the place" be said
widows are in the same class as @. A. R.
men. They are always preferred. There
Il an additional good reason IN this case
besides This widow u number one on
the eligible list. ! select her.
Chief Clerk Class, the bureaus spry
veteran, quickly prepared the appoint
ment papers for the superintendent'S
signature.
Mrs. Thomas IL appointed chief tele-
phone operator for the Building Depart
ment Of Manhattan he smilingly said,
vice Miss Duffy, promoted by Cupid