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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-16

La Favorits," Lucia, Maria Faust !"
Romeo ct Juliette, LA Juive, 'Pagliacci. "
"Cavalleria R~usticana,' "Dinora. Lee
HIixuenota." "Le ProphAte," al Barbiere
di Siviglia," "Mignon," Aida : -Ernani. +"
Ill Troyatore," La Traviata ""Rigoletto,-
"BalIo in 'Maschera," and "Lohengrin, '
the solitary Wagner opera, which will
however, be sung in French: Perlioz's
ia Damnation de Faust : which u also TO
he given at the Metropolitan and Clicks
-Amida" are the novelties promised.
Il did not mention the name of Nine.
Tetragzini in my prospectus, MIR. Ham
merstein said. Sas there is some doubt
about her coming. I wish to make no
promise I cannot keep. even To the an
nouncement of one prima donna. 4,
Apart from my own mate rial interests
am very anxious to have public support for
INV opera. IL will be q great thing for the
ARTISTIC credit of New York IL il will support
two such grand operate ent erprises. No
other City in the world can do i and am
hoping that may help New York Get this
example TO the world"
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MELTED TOOLS IN HIS HANDS.
Freak Of Lightning That Merely Upset and
DaAed q Paterson Plumber

Freak Of Lightning That Merely Upset and
DaZed q Paterson Plumber.
PATERSON, N. j., Sept. l5.-The queerest
prank ever played by lightning in this city
happened to-day at the building being
erected at 63s River street. George W
Rutan, a plumber. had finished work in
one room ana gathered up his tools pre-
paratory TO going into another part Of the
building. In one hand he held a large and
a small saw and a brace and bit. In the
other be had a heavy lead plumbing bob and
two calking tools. The calking tools
were rods Of iron. eight and twelve inches
long. ~ =, .,
There was a kaeh and Rutan was lifted on
his feet and flung spraying on the floor.
Fire seemed to be spouting from his hands.
When he recovered he had only the handle
OF the big n in his hand. There was q
small hole In the smaller saw. The calking
tools had disappeared entirely. In the
brace and bit and the plumbing bob there
we're hoIee showing where the Lightning had
pierced them. 49,
A. plWnbers helper who was with Rutan
eays he saw. a ball Of FIRE playing about hiu
head. The ball left the room without dam
aging Anything in IL except Rutan's tools.
RutSn hihnAAlf WAA only daAed
The lightning entered the building under
the ekinglee q 4 metal cupoIa On the roof.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-16
HAMMERSTEIN'S OPERA PLANS
FULL LIST or SINGERS AND RE-
PERTOTRE or THE MANHATTAN.
seasOn Begins Nov. 10 and Runs Two weeks
Longer nan That 81 the Metropolitan
scheme 10 BE Red and Gold BEST
seats % and season BOxes - 900.

-9cneme 10 ne Hcu ana NsOtu -beBt
seats o. I'M season Boxes % OOO.
Oscar Hammerstein yes erday announced
his final plans for the coming season at the
New Manhattan Opera House, which will
open tomorrow for the sale OF seats. The
ceiling will be undraped IN Wednesday n
Mr.. Hammerstein will then decide on the
color scheme Of the theatre that agrees
best with the fresco that covers the ceiling.
II is probable that the house will be finished
In red and gold.
You have to get back to red, whatever
color you start with Mr.. Hammerstein
told TIE SUN reporter last night, -as IL is
the only shade that does not look dark at
night. Neither blue nor green will light
well, and that ia the Important feature in
an opera house. I wanted TO make this
interior white and gold but have decided
that such a combination would be too cold.
SO IL Ia practically certain that my interior
will be. red and gold. What shade OF red
shall not decide until I rave seen the
ceiling ~fresco."
The season will begin on Monday, Novem-
Der isN There will be eighty subscription
performances in the twenty weeks season,
which ia three weeks longer than the season
al Jle Nl~SJTODOAJh0 OpCTA uOuSc. OPSTd
will be given four days a week-on Mon
days, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturday after
moons and Saturday evenings. The Satur-
day evening performances viii be at popu-
lar. prices. AT the regular performances
! orchestra seats will be SS; dress CIRCLE; %,
balcony, first; three rows, $3.50; other rows,
81; back balcony, $50; family circle, $3.50
and 81. The grand circle boxes, seating
six persons each, in such a way that MF.
Hammerstein says they can all see the
stage perfectly wherever they sit in the
box, cost $4,000 each and may be SUBJ
leased for certain nights. A discount OF
% per cent. is allowed On season subscEp-
tons. Boxholders have the privileges of
using the stage entrance, which IL on Thirty
fifth street, TO enter and leave h theatre.
The Pull list Of artists is announced. The
sopranos are Regina Arta, q dramatic so
prano and an American who has sung with
success in Europe; Pauline DonalCia, q
younk Canadian soprano, h haS sung
lyric roles with great success At Covent
Garden for two seasons and At the Theatre
de. la Monnaie in Brussels; Nellie Melbs
who comes for the month Of JANUARY. and
will make her fret appearance ID LA
BohAnne:' Lima Pa6ary, a French dramatic
soprano, Who has sung for several years al
the opera COnid6e and waa a. one time
~ LHa- aa" - HHaa =. . -
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by the fact that territorial govern4 ment under which the governors ara appointed by the president, not for life but for few years, is deemed unsatis4 factory. The people of a territory ara always wanting statehood, and the main reason is that they desire to elect their own officials.
 The democratic idea is growing-4 the term is not used in a partisan sense, but in that broader sense iu which 1t describes government by the people. There is not civilized nation in which the idea of popular governs ment Is not growing, and in all tha semi-eivilized nations there are res formers who are urging an extension of the influence of the people in govs ernment. So universal is this growth of democratic ideas that there can b9 no doubt of the final triumph of thes1 ideas Monarchies, at first unlimited, are now limited. and limited rnonarchIea are recognizing more and more tha right of the people to a voice in theiI own government. Monarchies and ara istocracies tend toward democracy. and republic tend to become more and mode democratic in their forms and methods.
 When the seed, planted in the earth, sends forth the tender leaf and then the stalk; when the grain appears upS on the stalk and supplies the bread necessary for the support of our bod les, we know that the,ts < back of thS seed force irresistible end constantly working. As irresistible Snd as cease< less in it's activity is the force behind political and moral truth. The advol cates of the American theory of gov% ernment can, therefore, labor with tht confident assurance that the princis pies planted upon American soil a century and quarter are destined td grow her and everywhere until arbls trary power will nowhere be known and the voice of the people will bs recognized, if not as the voice of God at least, as Bancroft defines it, as th( best expression of the Divine will td be found upon the earth.
 No one can study the government of the old world without a feeling oi gratitude that in the new world the science of government has been car- ried to it's highest point. and that the people enjoy the privilege, and bear the responsibility. of leading the world in recognizing the right of the people to devise and to direct the government under which they are te work out their destiny.
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instance, our government is in part, at least, responsible for the unparallel- ed development of the United States because 1t has given the largest en- couragement to the individual. The Japanese government has in like man. ner stimulated education by the es- tabN Nshment of a public school system. ana has developed a large number of public men by the organization of a parliamentary system Turkey, on tine other hand. has blighted some of the fairest portions of the earth by sup pressing political independence. by ig- noring education. and by leaving the industrious citizen at the mercy of the marauder. There has been little po- litical fife in Turkey because few of the people have had the education ,nec- essary' to take broad survey Of the country and its needs, while great stretches of fertile country lie uncul- tivated because the government is 50 indifferent to the rights of the people that tho tiller of the soil has no assu- rance that he will be allowed to har- vest the crop which he plants. Those who investigated the subject contend that the valley of the Jordan would be a fruitful region if protection were given to those who would cultivate it., but because the Bedouin has been all lowed to come down from the hills and reap where he has not sown, the land Is neglected.
 In a trip around the globe one sees in actual working every form of gov ernment known to man. In Russia, an unlimited monarchy until recently laid It's oppressive haAd upon more than a hundred million of human be- ings. They held their lives. their nb- erty and their property at the wilT of the ruler. Any citizen in the czar's vast domains could be taken from his home and exiled for life without he or his family knowing the cause of his punishment. The royal family and the ofice holders held the people in contempt and denied even the nat ural rights of men. The people were
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1 sumes to speak for the people. The faults of free government have been found to be, not in the people them selves, but in those who, selected 70 represent them, betray their trust. 1T the representatives, of the people whom the people themselves select are some
 time unfaithful to their trust, what must be expected of those who assume
 to act without being selected by the people?
 In aristocracles resting upon birth
 the very fact that the rulers regard themselves superior to the. masses makes it difficult for them to view questions from the standpoint of the
 people at large. Whatever the form of the government. there will, as Jef- ferson declared, always be two parties one tending toward democracy and the
 other tending toward aristocracy.
 Those who have faith in the people are constantly trying to make the gov ernment more and more responsive to the will of the people; those who dis trust the people are constantly en- deavoring to increase the distance
 between the citizen and hisj represeu- tatiVe In a republic there are some who emphasize the virtues of the peo~
 pie and others who emphasize the Vlr-
 tues of the representative. some ln- sist that the people should think for
 
 give expression to the public Will:
 others insit that the representatives should be so superior to the masses as to be able to do the thinking for the people,
 In the early history of this country Thomas Jefferson and Alexander liam ilton represented these two ideas. JeI- ferson not only believed that the pco- pie should think for themselves ana should eleck their representatives, but he believed in short terms and Ire- quent elections in order that the citi- zens might more effectively control their public servants. Hamilton, on
 the other hand, believed In strong centralized government fin which the officials should be removed as far as possible from the voter His plan or
 government, carefully prepared and
 presented at the time of the formation of the constitution, provided Tor
 president elected for life or during good behavior, for senators elected for life or during good behavior. or for governor softs eh hhfhiybgkqcmfwyD governors of the several states ap-
 pofnted by the president for life or during good behavior. No one would
 propose such a plan au this time, so great has been the advance toward democracy. This growth Is indicated
 by, the fact that he national house ae
 representatives has four times declar-
 ed in favor of the election of the Unit ed States senators by digSet vote of the people and by the further fact that more than two-thirds of the states of
 the union have by legislative action declared in favor of this change. The unpopuIarity of the latter part of Ham, ilton's plan, namely--the appointment of governors by the president Is shown
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as it is seen in India. In Canada the people hay as complete self-goVern- ment as they havegin England, the governor general being as little likely to use the veto power as the king himself In India, on the other hand, the natives are not consulted in re- gard to the general management of the country. Taxes are levied and collected, armies are raised, fed and directed without regard to the wishes of the native population. They have experienced all of the evils that can come from a colonial system admins tered by a trading company, and they have had a chance to learn that a colonial system, even when admins tered in such way as to command the admiration of those who believe in colonialism, still falls far short Of self government. have already said that we have treated the Fillipinos better than England has treated the people of India, but that we have done so at an enormous expense to our country. It would be better for the Filipinos and better for us to rec ognize their right to self-government and independence
 After one has had a chance to see moparchies, limited and unlimited, arIstocracies based upon birth and ar- istocracies based upon merit sys- tenn; after one has had a chance to compare these systems with the re- publican from of government, he Is ready to declare that from every standpoint that government is best which rests upon the consent of the governed. Some have insisted that a monarchy is stronger because all the power of the government can bc concentrated quickly and made effec- tive at once. but this advantage Is small when compared with the advan- tages to be deprived from a govern ment which the people support with enthusiasm. The historian. Bancroft, rightly declares that a republic ought to be the strongest of all governments because, discarding the implements of terror, 1t dares to build It's citadel in the hearts of men.
 A republic which Is not merely in theory but in fact a government or the people. by the people and for the people is the most enduring of gov ernmCnts. It is strong because it is loved and loved because 1t Is good.
 Aristocracies are defended by their advocates on the ground that the few are wiser than the many, but this is not true whether 1t Is an artistocracy of birth or of learning, for as the whole Is greater than any of its parts, SO a democracy must be wiser than an aristocracy, because it can draw upon the wisdom of all. The old say ing, that everybody knows more than anybody is founded upon reason and experience, but there is another rea- son why a democracy is better than an aristocracy, namely-that the interests of the whole people are safer in the hands of the people themselves than in the hands of any element which as-
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fact that the appointees to the civil service had to go through certain rou- tine examinations prescribed by those who had already passed through the same routine, and as 1t was not neo- essary that he appointees should be interested in anyone but themselves, they showed no concern about the peo- pie from whom they drew their sai- aries. It was a system calculated to develop the selfishness which seemed an inherent part of Chinese life and philosophy Now that the school ex- aminations have been substituted for the civil service examinations. an im- provement may be expected In the ser- vice, but even the modified sy stem will not keep the servant in touch with those wrom he serves.
 In Europe the constitutional mon- archy has undergone a constant de- velopment until in many countries the king Is but a flgurehead. In England the sovereign would not hink of ve-
 toing a bill passed by the legislative body, and the house of lordsseldom
 vetoes a bill passed by the house of commons. The prime minister is a. much more potent factor in govern ment than the king himself. In Dem
 mark the government Is brought even nearer to the people by the substitu-
 ton of one legislative body for two, that body being elected by the people
 under universal suffrage. The king of Norway is even less likely to at tempt to obstruct the will of parlia-
 ment than the king of England. Nor way has reduced monarchy to a mini mum and placed the government in
 the hands of the voters to do with it as they please.
 Tn Switzerland the republican form of government has tood the test of experiment In the absence of pomp and ceremony and official extrava- gance. the government of Switzerland Is not surpassed. if equaled, by the government of any similar population in the world. Three languages are spoken within her borders and used ip parliamentary proceedings. The people are part Protestant. part Cath ollie and part Jew, and yet, with the initiative and the referendum in both
 the federal government and the can tons. the government rests so secure ly upon the popular will that the peo- pie live together in entire harmony and could resist a much larger popula- tion attacking from without
 The colonial system also-comes un- der ones observation in a trip around the world The Netherlands have large colonial possessions in the Malay archipelago, but they have been com pelled to abandon the culture system a form of slaYery--and there are signs of A political development which will some day make it necessary for HOl. land to consult the wishes of the peo- pie more than she has in the past.
 I have already spoken of both India and Egypt in other articles, and I only refer to the subject here in order to draw a contrast between colonialism as applied to Canada and oolonia1tsm
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taught to be thankful for any favors, however. small that the Little Fath- CT" saw fit to bestow, and they were likewise taught that 1t was dangerous to complain when the most fundamen- tai right was ignored. Now there is douma. and the douma as an insti- tuition still lives. No one can predict through what tril san adthrdluauuau through what trials and tribulations the country may yet pass. hut consti- tutional government will yet be hers. As in the winter time we canot fore see or foretell what days will be pleas ant and what days stormy, but do know that In a few months we shall have summer. so without being able to determine through what umults or riots or revolutions Russia must pass, we know that in few years she will have a stable government in which her people will have a voice.
 In Japan the government is some- what mixed in its form. She has a parliament, but the executive branch of the government is not yet in the hands of the people The tendency in Japan, as everywhere, is toward further limitation of the power of the sovereign and further enlargement of the power of the people. The vital political question there now Is wheth- CT the emperior shall select his advis- Ors from among his personal friends or from the members of the party which dominates the parliament, There is. of course, no doubt of the ultimate trlumnh of the parliamentary party. Denmark witnessed a similar struggle which lasted for nearly a generation and terminated as such struggles all ways do. in the triumph of the parlta- ment.
 In China they have a mixture of monarchy and aristocracy The mon arch is unlimited in his power. but he Is so hedged about by the aristoc- racy that he really has very little iR- dependence. Like some of the native princess who rule under Ouch re gents, the Chinese ruler is the servant rath- CT than the master of his officials Living In the forbidden city and meet ing personally but few of his people
 he is quite dependent upon the man darins. The aristocracy of China is not an aristocTacy of birth or of wealth, but a civil service aristocracy
 While positions are often bought sometimes even sold at auction when the emperior needs money--yet as q rule. the civil servants of China are se
 lected by examination. These sys- tems while so antiquated that they have been recently very materially modified, were intended to be fair as between applicants. The course of study was not comprehensive, and the tests applied gave but little idea of ones fitness for office. These men. once in power, were the rulers in all local affairs, and the higher officials were Influential in all matters of state. and yet in spite of this system -or because of 1t, whichever the read CT win have it-China slumbered while the nations around awakened. The
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v HON. WILLIAM JENNINGS
 uRYAN.

HHHANs
 (Copyrigft, 1906, by Joseph B. BowleS Copyright, in Great Brltain
 All Rights Reserved)
 TJrcoln. Neb.. Oct. IS. 19Os.-one who travels in foreign lands is likely to learn but little of the governments of. the lands through which he passes ,,nless he makes a special effort to in- form himself. for the lines of travel are laid through the communities where law and order are maintained and where the government IS so stable that the casual observer mas n" occasion to investigate It's inner work inRa- The mountains tower above him and he sees them: the chasms yawn before him and he beholds them; ana the various forms of agriculture leave a nanoramic effect upon his memory. He freduently meets the merchant Tn his store. sees the laborer at his worK quite often. and occasionally oeholus a Rrandee in his carriage. but not be- ing able to speak the language Of the country. he learns little about the forms of government and less about 4he poIitical aspirations of the people; and yet the science of government IS ia one of the most important sclences' and the royal art" as 1t has been called. stands first among the arts. ToIstoI has declared that the science which teaches us how to live is the most important of sciences. and surely the science of government comes next while 1t is true that an individual can bv nisbehavior forfeit the blessings or good government, or by good behavior minimize the evils of bad government while 1t is true that no government, however good. can save man from himself if his tendencies be evil. ana that no government, however, bad, can entirely deprive him of the rewards or virtue. vet, governments may do much to encourage or to hinder the devlop- nent of the people.
 Governments may retard or advance me material growth of a country. For
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STUDY OF GOVERNMENTS BY WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN


 
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The Mikado of Japan is fond of ouh door sports and warmly encouraged the introduction into Japan of football as played in England. He iS a huntel and fisherman of no mean ability. aS we'll as good hand at lawn tan4 niR,
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