davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30
additions will have been made by fishing boats
and schoOners
MR.. QUfNOYS EXIT.

! The Hon. Josiah Quincy is another of those
triple-plated cOnseryators of pure Democracy
who think that faith is dead and reason has
withdrawn itself for a season. Mr. Quincy has
been making plans for several months past TO
nominate a safe and sane Democrat for Gov
ernor of Massachusetts. and by eecting him to
force an immediate repeal of the tariff duty
on hides and the negotiation of a reciprocity
treaty with Canada. He had picked out the
needful MANTLE leader clearly designated by
1.-The logic of the situation" The logical can
didate few the track at one stage because some
other would beand yet-wOuldn't candidates
failed to recognize his eminent suitability for
first honors. and. though Mr.. Quincy coaXed him
back finally, the Democratic voters of MasSa-
chusetts proved shamefully short on pure rea-
son and peryersely preferred an outsider whom
Mr.. Quincy had good deal of difficulty in plac-
ing an eligible. or even as Democrat The
Hon j. s. Moran had the audacity to make
IA fight al the primaries without waiting on the
state chairman's say-so, and the state chairman
now feels as if he had seen the righteous de-
serted and his seed begging their bread.
Mr.. Quincy, ii is now announced, will retire
from political management and accept snug
municipal commissiOnership in Boston. He Is
done with organization which doesn't know
enough to know when 1t has a real leader Like
Mayor Mcclellan and Mr.. Jerome, he doesn't
relish sitting in the gallery at what he thought
would be his own convention. His defeat has
been as crushing theirs, and he fought
against q movement not One-tenth well or
ganiZed as Mr.. Hearst'S campaign for nOmna-
nation at Buffalo. Why did he fall as inglo-
riousIy as they did The reason seems clear
Like too many other of the conservative Demo
cratic leaders, Mr.. Quincy shut his eyes TO the
signs of the time He wrapped himself up in
q mantle of false security. and, instead of fight
ing the Moran movement tooth and nail from
the beginning, he treated it as an absurdity
which could not be noticed without loss of dig
nifty Mr.. Quincy'S hauteur was magnificent;
he thought he could crush Moran and the Moran
agitation by coldly ignoring it. just as Mayor
Mcclellan thought he was safe in spending the
summer in Europe and giving one short week
10 the work Of demolishng the Hearst structure.
The faulty of this calculation is obvious; yet
up to the last these two leaders blinked at facts
and counted implicitly on support already long
lost TO them. 1t q great mistake to I'M
derrate the strength of the forces behind Mr..
Moran in Massachusetts and behind Mr.. Hearst
here. But experience teaches, and the Repub
leans in both states will be wise if they take
q lesson from the discontinue of Mr.. Mcclellan
and Mr.. Quincy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30
HOBBIES AFFLICTION.

Though other places along the Gulf Coast suf-
fered terribly from the recent hurricane the
worst effects were apparently felt in Mobile
which had larger population than any other
town or city in the afflicted region. The loss
Of life was marvellously small and In strik-
ing contrast with that which occurred at Gal
weston a few years ago In consequence OF
a food raised by tropical cyclone. In other
respects the visitation was disastrous in the
extreme Nearly every home and place Of bust
ness in the city was wrecked, and though all
but a few of Mobiles 10000 Inhabitants es-
capped death they are confronted with q COM
plicatton Of misfortunes. By the washouts on
the railways a serious interruption In the
food supply is created. Many dwellings will
probably be uninhabitable for n time and the
repairs ON others which can be occupied safely
will Impose heavy tax on their owners purses.
The suspension of business will prove a many
sided calamity. 1t will be a source OF distress
to employer and employee; to the grocer, butcher
and merchant on the one hand, and his GUS
toners on the other. From some Of these IN
happy consequences recovery will be possible
within few days. The influence of others will
De relt for months or even years If the be-
Her mat the damage TO property in the city
and harbor will amount to s45OOOOO proyes
TO be well founded, it will be a long time be-
fore Mobile is herself again Some of yester-
gay ulspalcnes from PENSACOLA might lead to
the belief that the destruction eft that point was
really more extensive than anywhere else. The
suggestion may be well founded, but it is In.
herenuy improbable. Early estimates of loss By
fire and storm frequently prove misleading.
Most or the marine disasters which have re-
suited from This storm occurred In what ara
ordinarily safe refugees. but it Is possible that
those reported from Mobile and Pensacola are
not the only ones For several days In suooes.
sion last week the government gave notice or
the position and progress of the hurricane
Such ship captains as happened to be In mort
and could profit by these warnings NAV nav.
been able 10 keep out OF danger. But many vs.
sells then on the sea may be found to have snf
fered severely Sailing craft big and LITTLE
would be at greater disadvantage than coast.
ing steamers, and II Is not unlikely that n IN.
catalogue OF shipwTsak continues 70 Grow ths
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30
TITLE TO ARCTIC LANDS.

Some weeks ago we called attention TO the
action of the Dominion government in sending
a cruiser to the Far North and taking other
steps toward establishing Canadian title to
some of the lands lying within the Arctic Circle
and commonly hitherto regarded as No Mans
Land. Our contributor "Ex-Attach6' today re-
minds us that one of the first important diplo-
matte acts of the new King of Norway has been
to seek international determination of the title
to various polar lands. both Arctic and Antarc-
tic and especially to the great northern archi-
pelagO of Spitzbergen. -Four countries are con-
cerned in the Sptzbergen dispute. namely
Great Britain, Holland Russia and Norway
and each of them has some title to possession
of the islands,
The immediate cause OF the appeal to inter
national adjudication is the reported discovery
of rich gold deposits. We ourselves know, from
experience in the Klondike and along the
Alaska panhandle how strongly the Guri Sdcrd
flames can arouse controversy over the owner
ship of even the tiniest strip or corner of land
The possibility of a new Klondike's being de-
velOped in Spitzbergen is sufficient to set the
diplomats OF even more than those four coun-
tries eagerly at work searching for presidents
and celebrating arguments for the establish
ment of title to the potential land of gold The
exploits Of WillOughby. of BarentZ and of Hud-
son will all be reviewed, together with the
operations and charters of commercial cOmpa-
MES in the days Of the Stuart kings. before it
is decided whether English Dutch, Russian or
Norwegian law shall control the hOrdes of fort
une seekers and which of those countries shall
profit from royalties On the treasures of the
mines.
1t is TO be noted commercially, also that
King Haakon is moving not only for the dispo-
sition of Spitzbergen but also for the adoption
Of some general rule concerning all Arctic and
Antarctic lands There can be no question that
such a rule is desirable, though we fear It will
prove to be most perplexing one to formulate
In the case of a detached island or group Of
islands like SpiZbergen the thing Is COMPARE
lively simple. But in the complicated tangle
Of peninsulas and islands at the north of North
America, where the discoveries of explorers of
half a dozen different nations are mixed and
tumbled together like patches on q crazy quilt
II would seem to be wellnigh impossible to
trace satisfactory lines of national sovereignty.
and the alternative question must arise whether
1t would be possible to put such regions I'M
der some common international law, correspond
ing with that Of the high seas. Considering the
vast Arctic frontage of our Alaskan territory
it is obvious that the United States will be di-
rectly and deeply interested IN the result of
the deliberations of the international congress
which King Haakon IS seeking to convoke
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30
FOR A STARTER.

Mr.. Hearst, in his Madison Square Garden
speech on Friday night, expressed the opinion
that zone law defying millionaire in jail will
do more than any other single thing to elevate
1.-The moral tone of the community"
A short time before Mr.. Hearst was volubly
declaiming against a certain rich man, whom he
described as living In luxury while he ground the
faces of the poor, as "the chief criminal Of
them ALL" as one who Should be in Sing Sing,
wearing stripes" and as a vile criminal who
should be transported from Delmonico's to Sing
Sing, and who would be thus transported if the
thing could be done
Since the Buffalo convention is Mr.. Hearst still
inclined to send Mr.. Charles Francis Murphy
from Delmonico's to Sing Sing in order to
elevate the moral tone of the community
How would that do for 4 starter?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30
CUBA IN SPITE OF ITSELF.

Cuba IS TO remain Cuba In spite of itself
That is the gist of Secretary Tafts procla-
nation. He accepts the situation which the
Cubans have brought about The Cuban Presi.
dent has resigned, and the Vice President with
him, and the Cuban Congress has failed to
choose successor TO him. Thus so far as the
cuoans are concerned. q vacancy is left in
the chief magistracy. That vacancy Secretary
TAFT fills, with abundant authority IN both law
ana morals. His action is logical and officially
HAWKES. The unique feature Of 1t is that he
keeps the Cuban flag flying and maintains a
Cuban government, conforming with the Cuban
constitution. Intervention, prOtectorates and
what not have hitherto meant the suhstit1I-
don, at least for the time, OF the flag and the
law and the actual authority of the interyen-
Ing or protecting power for those Of the state
under tutelage. Not so in Cuba. There "a no
return TO tie status OF the American occ1lne
ron following the Spanish war Cuba remains
Cuba. only with an American instead of a
Cuban at the head OF affairs
We have said that is the unioua fea+,,ra of
the case. 1t is also the most significant. from
both the Cuban and the American point Of view.
1t means that as we said yesterday. American
policy is 10 prevail IN our relations with the
Island. The United States is not going 10 be
stAmpeded into annexation OF Cuba at the be-
hest Of sordId spectators or involved in any
embarrassing complications It could annex
Cuba on the ground Of that country's failure
10 govern itself. But before accepting that last
unwelcome resort it wisely as well AS gener-
ously decides TO give the island another chance
IN that we have no doubt some conspirators
in both Cuba and this country, will be disap-
pointed, for which reason we are all the more
gratifed. We are certain that the overwhelm-
ing sentiment OF the American people-and we
trust OF the Cuban people also-will cordially
approve Mr. Taft's words and action, especially
IN this matter of insisting that Cuba shall sill
be Cuba, and the government Of the island shall
still be Cuban government
To the Cubans themselves the incident, and,
above all, this feature OF It. should be an OBJ
5ect lesson Of the greatest value. 1t should con
vince them, and all the other American states.
IL they need further conviction on the subject
OF the absolute good faith and disinterested-
ness OF the United States. This country IS saw
ing Cuba from herself and doing far better
for her than her own yrangling sons have done
or seem willing or able 10 do II should how
ever, be an impressive warning TO the Cuban
factionists OF the great peril there is in putting
partsanship above patriotism. 1t should be a
lasting reminder to them of how near they came
70 losing forever their independent civil exist
ence. and warning that If they ever come so
close again IL may prove 10 be too close. 1t
should also afford 10 them a powerful uplift
TOWARD stability, practically and patriotism by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30

Der of either OF those families to the Netner-
lapdish throne would mean an undue accession
of German and especially Prussian influence In
the Low Country.
It will. indeed, not be at all surprising IT, In
case there is no direct heir to the throne. the
Dutch decide TO establish some form Of re-
nrb1io ,,nder an elected Stakeholder To do so
would be in accord with the traditions of the
land and also with the prevailing genius of the
people Nor would there be any reasonable
ground of objection the part OF other couh-
tries which might think they were conceIheu III
Hollands disposal of her own affairs. Neither
France nor England, we may De SURE "ouiu
object to the organization of another european
republic 1t may be that Germany wouid ralher
see a German prince put upon the throne ana
the kingdom incorporated into the empire nut,
seeing that three of the constituent states Oh
the empire are republics, there could De no log
zeal objection to the re-establishment or the
Batavian Republic nor could there be perceived
therein any insuperable bar to the union OF
Holland with Germany, should that at any time
be mutually desired.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT
IBy Telegraph TO Ths rribun.. 7


Newport. r. L., Sept. 29.-Mrs William, A..
who has been i'll since her return from abroas - ,
who is at present at Beechwood her summer -
here. has so far improved that arrangements. -.
her departure from Newport to her winter nom. !.
that she will leave Newport tomorrow FOR W..
be closed for the winter.
No definite plan made until Colonial ros
Jacob Aston. who recently returned from EuroD.
visited his mother this week
Mrs. George MARS. who has been occuuytpg ,,.
Yardley cottage during the season, has returned :,
New York for the winter.
Cornelius Vanderbilt arrived In Newport to-s,v
on his steam yacht North Star. 70 spend suuday
with his family.
Robert Oliver Lehr. OF Baltimore has arrived n,
Newport TO make short VISIT TO his brother ana
sister-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs Harry s. Lehr NJ
and Mrs. Lehr viii close their season to-morrov
and return to New York for the winter
Among those returning from New York today
were Miss Edith Deacon and Mrs. Baryer Walaeh
Mr.. and Mrs Benjamin Thaw VIII close thai,
cottage. in Bellevue avenue. on Monday and r,-
turn to their winter home
Mrs George T. Bispham. of philadelphia han
announced her intention OF closing her Newport
season on Wednesday OF next week
Frank J. Otis and Miss Charlotte Pei Eavs
luncheons this afternoon. and Mrs J. T Spenes.
and Mrs. William H. Sands entertained at dinners
a their cottages this evening
Peter Augustus Jay. secretary OF the American
Embassy at Constantinople IS visiting his parents
Mr.. and Mrs Augustus Jay. at their cottage IN
Old Beach Road.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30
About People and Social Inciden,.

ister' has gone to New rovx. 10 r,p,..
/ days - -
Mr.. and Mira John r Mclean h.
Friendship, their country ESTATE 4, ~ =
ana wiz remain there until rouxh v..,Sv -
/ them to their town house nT ~
Justice and Mrs Harlan win reach w.
the middle or last OF next week from $500
homo at Murray Bay. 90" 'sruzns5
Justice and Mrs. Wits, who ar. ,s....
YORK. WIN open their homo IN anods 10
nue.. this city. Monday. Htand -
Mr.. and Mrs Nathaniel Frsncis N.
daughter o. Chief Justics sullsr. hsv, oo.,.s y
home In " street for the season 40
General and Mrs. Oyenshins -.
OVenshine' who spent ths summer A., - ~ass
OF Maine. are at their homo IN Ga, x,-. s 'sasu
Miss Carolyn HUFF. who is now yttr
Coionei ana Mrs Hun. nt Lenox vfu S1srsA
the first OF the week and will xA--. "s nas
the bridesmaids at the wedding Of NJ. va va q
Postletnwaits and Henry Ives Cobb tr -. s'ya
take place az 81. Johns Church next w,sr..s- W
Inc minister rom Bolivia and seaora CO..
have returned to the capital from N,,v v--a'oa
where they spent the summer az va-t 4sA1d
and have taken possession OF tia na,v s'oFi&
18th and Streets recently bought bv ~ n-a a.
government onVlaa
General Morteza Kha1 Minister rro-,
Will leave Washington on Monday for n. .sa<
and VIII then go to Canada where h. - A'sSs
main for several weeks He spent thu sn,,-. ~
rner IN thu city. and La IN need OF a c1-
mate ~ al
General and Mrs. John c. Black anpou,..
engagement Of their daughter, Miss r.. ns
Black. TO Lieutenant Stephen Abbo,. 60. .
Corps. U. 8. A The wedding win proba5lv '. .sa
place during the holidays. Miss BLACK naS. 1N
debut In Washington last season a~
Commander William NJ Parks "
Mrs Parks announce the engagsmens =, -
daughter. Miss Lillian Baird Parks. to R.cb.,s -
Pritchett Of Danviile. Va Their rnarrfs1. = =
take place in this city tho last OF Ootob,r ~ ~
Parks was one Of the debutantes OF 1904 an. ,-
compnshed IN athletics. 40
captain L. n z. Leutze. oommandans az a.
navy yard. entertained the officers OF thu 49,
ship Fieramosca at breakfast to-day. I1sn.s--~a
Phster, naval attachs OF the italian E-uhs.~.
was also q guest h
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30
THE NETHERLANDS SUCCESSION.

The unfortunately decreasing prospects of the
provision Of a direct heir to the throne of the
Netherlands inevitably increase thought and
speculation on the subject Of the succession
to that throne. The end of the present reign
is probably far in the distance. Certainly 1t Is
TO be hoped IT will be postponed as far as span
of mortal life can reach. But in time it must
come, and then there must be new chief OF
state. II child is not born to the Queen, the
House Of Orange will then become practically
extinct and Dutch sovereignty must pass TO
new dynasty. What that dynasty will be In
such contingency is a question which already
gives serious Dutch statesmen food for anxious
thought
The young Queen is, 80 far as blood relations
are concerned, pathetically alone In the world
There are only her mother and some few re-
mote cousins-Princess Mary Of Wied the
daughter of the brother of the Queens grand
father. and her five children. There are thus
three families to one Of which the succession
might not unnaturally go. One is that OF Neck
lenburg-Schwerin to which the Prince Con-
sort belongs. But 1t Is not popular in Holland,
it Is OF alien (Slav) origin, and It has been
pointed out that It's lack OF fecundity marks
It as poor stock for the founding Of q new
dynasty. OF Prince Henry's five brothers and
sisters, only one. the eldest has offspring, and
he has become Roman Catholic The second
family is that Of the Queens mother, the House
of WaIdeck. 1t is nominally reigning family.
though the actual government OF the princI
patty is and since 1887 has been in the hands
of the King of Prussia The third family "a
that Of WED which is not even nominally reign
ing, but msdiatized. It's members being, In fact
merely members of the Prussian nobility. To
both WaIdecg and Wied the Dutch offer tina
stzsQx AhsG{1an 4s& tn A0caassU sS q nAsH.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON
TFrom The Tribune Bureau.I

IFTom The Tribune Bureaul
Washington. Sept. Ss.-Secretary Root Is az
pected to return TO Washington tomorrow even
ing from his mission 10 South America and other
points He will be accompanied by Mrs. Root and
Miss Root They will go at once to their homs
In 18th street. but VIII during next week prepare
TO remove 70 the house IN Rhode Island avenue
belonging ex-Vfcs President Levi p Morton
Mrs. Taft, wife of the Secretary Of War. will re-
turn to Washington about October 8 from ArIsrr,,
Bay. where she has spent the entire summer with
her children.
Mrs. Hitchcock. wife OF the Secretary Of N. In
terror. will return ito Washington next Friday
She will be accompanied by her dauxh.ers Mo-
Hitchcock aud Mrs Sims
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand and Lady purans
Will remain at Deepdene Lenox until the first OF
bassy.
Inc Austrian Ambassador and Baroness H.n1.l-
muller VIII spend the month OF October ar New
port arriving here the first OF November 10 oman
the Austro-H Hungarian Embassy
me herman Ambassador and Baroness Won
SeeiHou's expect 70 return TO the Embassy ths
middle of October ~
NJ Iusserand and Nine. Jusserand will return 70
inc French Embassy the middle OF next week
several attaches of the embassy are already IN
tache. ~
sonora Quesada, wife of the Cuban Ntnis+ar q,
expected TO Join her husband on Monday sha =
i''ileu LOT Few days rest IN New York after
ns si, afr'Val with the Minister from Europe They
val 20 AT the wyoming. preparatory TO seleetinx
new legation headquarters Tor Cuba
=. Il Z. Ryan. the naval attachs of the rr,,,.n
f1,1oassy' ana Mrs Ryan. have returned 10 the
fnshiands where they will spend a few DAYS mr.
paEatory TO taking possession of the house ar No
-SS Columbia road. which they have leased for the
season. ~ ''o
w A Royaards. charge d'afraires for the Nethar-
'ahos' mas also returned TO Washington
o.noT -nossinena. who has been acting a. charge
gsasssss tsx Passas n tas 49,. - o. ~.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30

The London Spectator would like to see
General Wood receive ten years appointment
in Cuba with commission to rule the island as
he did before the island to have during this pre-
liminary period unrestricted access to the mar
kets of the United States and thus be fitted by
the influx Of American capital and population
for statehood. Americans will probably want
more than ten years demonstration before
thew are willing to consider the statehood prop
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30

showing them how an American statesman can
manage the governmental machinery with
which they have disastrously bungled and
Numbered. 1t a wicked thing for them
TO bring their island into this wretched plight,
and they will have cause TO be lastingly thank
ful that they are being treated better than they
or their leaders have deserved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30
1.-THE lid" is down. and there is an impression
that the Hon big Tim" Sullivan is under IT,

The New York Centrars first experimental
electric train will start to-day. and it is promised
that eghty-fve miles of the road will be under
electric operation before November 10 The age
Of electricity has begun its conquest OF the age
OF steam. and It's victory is likely to be SWIFT
and decisive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30

Tammany is happy; It now has two million
aire lubricators of It's machinery and can afford
to forego contributions. even from the 'Plunder-
bund'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30

The Chamberlain tariff reformers are known
in England as the whole Hoggers." In New
York the term Is properly applied only to that
small minority of eminent Democrats who are
able to swallow the Buffalo ticket head and all.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30

In this OF amendment and revision there
ought to be no hesitation about the welcome
given to revised football.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30

Among the other weddings of the near future
are those of Miss Evelyn Blight. daughter OF
Anterior Blight TO Mahlon A Sands at Newport.
Muriel Robbins. Miss Margaret Winthrop and Miss
Greenough. Of Boston, Will be bridesmaids and the
marriage Of Miss May Caveniish Bentinck. 20
John Ford. formerly Of the British Embassy at
Washington. and now First Secretary of Legation
at Copenhagen Miss May Cavendish Bentinck is
niece Of Mrs Ogden Mills and granada lighter
of Mrs Maturin Livingston, who returned from
Europe a week ago after spending the summer
abroad.