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New-York tribune., 1906-05-12
QUIGG URGES CHANGE.
Explains HIS Proposal to amend
County Committee Rules.
TO the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The motive Of my proposal 20 amend the
rules Of the Republican County Committee that
the new committee elected under the provisions Of
the Primary Act in September shall organize at
once is not factional personal in any respect.
The boundaries OF every Assembly district in the
county viii be changed within two weeks and the
committee chosen in September will represent the
new districts II the rules not changed. there
FORE two committees VIII exist-One just elected and
holding fresh commission from the enrolled voters
and representing the real constituencies as they
will vote in November. but because Of the present
rule with nothing to do; and the old one, elected
fun year ago and representing districts wholly
abolished but charged by the rule with duty Of
carrying on the campaign In the new districts
Thus leaders who have been defeated dropped
out in September or punched together by the new
apportionment and district committees which In
no case represent actual districts will be In con-
troll of party machinery. This Is confusing, anon
The rule that the county committee shall organ
lie in December is, as you viii remember. a
were also held in that month. It has been in
appropriate and has worked unfairly ever since
elections TO be held in September, was passed. It
has often happened and has been the cause Sf mgCn
the camQaigns and in the evident loss OF VoteS on
ELeGton @ Day tnat GiSLIlcJ SIT teaoeFs F bj 3eS % IN T
the elected leaders, controlling the appointment OF
mary day until ana after the election. while the
leader to whom the voters had given their conf
trouble. Generally he made trouble,
How much worse will the situation be when nc
leader and no committee will be representative OF
So far as my amendment which, II adopted. will
function for which it was chosen. however the
people compose It, may affect individuals. take II
else power that has been divorced from the con-
fdence Of those to whom the power belongs and by
whom II was conferred LEMUEL E. QUIGG-
New York City, May II, 1906.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-12
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
~, Tbe Tribune bureau. ,

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,,,,,.' Nre2 11-Nluch interest was attaeile"
aeortioD given 10 the diplomatic corps .lS
as,ornoop nv vfscount SuzO Aoki' tne nr'' % 80
go Ambassador and viscountess AoAi. AIe
ins- rooms and dining room OF the ehlDdssy S
decorated after the japanese iashio' I-,.- :.
,1,-ro,,nd before which the Ambassador anu liio
7v,fa stood while receiving their guests INC ~
countess who IS rather short and stout wore q ,
~ sage green silk. and deep. ricn i@ce
Standing with them were the cou1sl,ua ~ o
bassv TsuneiirO AiyaOka and NINE Ally y@OAN' ~ -,
wore a gown Of pearl gray chiffon ana lAce. iulo
nFter the American style. and wearing heF ""if ~
pompadOur. ..,,,5
All the members OF the diplomatic corps eoi1eu
LADY Durand was alone. and wore gown OF peat
o-rav, hrocade and lace and a toque or the same
color with a knot Of pink at one sioe- Daro"esS
ITeneelmtilIer who accompanied the Ambassador
from Austria wore a gown OF deep cOfal pilh VI"
7vbita lace trimmings white feather boa ana a
80 d mink hat Nine. NabucO. wife Of the
I,razi,ian Ambassador, was accompanied by Nine
Do Amaral wife OF the first secretary and wore
a gown Of black silk and white lace. long "ni'e
feather boa and a white lace hat Mfne- 20 AIlaIel
wore gown Of tan cloth ana a reu nat Nriie us
serand who accompanied the French Ambassador
wore n gown OF pale blue panne velvet and white
lace and white bat. The wife Os the Mexican
Ambassador wore a black embossed velvet gown
with rich cream lace the bodice and pale blue
and black hat Baroness Won Sternburg wore a
black princess gown and light lavender boa and
hat OF tulle' Baroness Rosen wore gown Of tan
and a black hat Mime. ChermOnt wore gown Of
tan voile and hat Of tan. with deep pink roses
Mime. Van Swinderen wore a gown Of light tan
cloth and a large black hat Baroness Moncheur's 9
costume was Of deep cream lace. with which she
wore large tan cOlored hat. with pink
and plumes. Other pretty gowns were Nine de
Obaldia's light blue panne velvet and lace: Miss
CalderOn's pale green gown and white and pink hat
and Mime. Hebbinghauss tan voile and lace and
tan hat.
Sefor Don Luis Felipe Carlo. the new Minister
from Ecuador. and Sonora Don Matilde NObOa De
CarbO with their family of three daughters and
a son. making their home at ths Arlington.
and will remain there until deciding upon some
sort where they win spend the summer.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-12

OF American interests in Panama must meet
with general and cordial commendatfon. 1t
now rests with the legislative department OF
the government to keep pace with the execu-
tive in promoting the canal enterprise The
various pending questions of canal policy
should, as we have already suggested in con-
nectlon with the controversy over the plan Of
the canal. either be decided by Congress with
reasonable expedition or else be specifically and
finally remitted by it TO the Executive for de-
termination at his discretion. The latter course
would not be the brave or the logical one for
Congress TO pursue. but it would, doubtless, be
a safe one so far as the welfare of the nation
and of it's great enterprise is concerned. IL
such course is adopted. however. it should be
adopted permanently. and with full realiza-
ton of what it means and may mean. There
would be no justice nor profit in leaving mat
ters for a time to the Presidents discretion and
then taking him to task for exercising his dis
cretiOn The proper time for Congress to act
upon the question of purchase of supplies was
a year and a half ago. The time for it to act
upon the question of plan of canal is now. In
both cases Il might be well for it to consider
the prOpriety Of the good old rule OF the mar
riage service, which bids an ObjectOr "Now
speak. or else forever after hold his peace"
New-York tribune., 1906-05-12
RECIPROCITY WHICH WORKS.

The commercial, Industrial and agricultural
associations OF Cuba have already begun an
agitatiOn for the renewal OF the ive-year reci-
procity agreement with this country which
terminates on December q, 1905 These bodies
keld a convention in Havana on Thursday at
vssch report was submitted from a Joint
committee strongly recommending the negotia-
ton Of another treaty and suggesting even more
liberal concessions in duties on American i'm
ports. Cuban agriculture and industry have
been materially benefited through the reduc-
lions granted by the United States I'm sugar
and tobacco duties. and the Cuban people as a
whole seem willing 10 acknowledge this indebt-
edness and 10 repay il when the time comes
for renewing the Bliss-ZaldO agreement They
appreciate the fact that the two countries are
tied together commercially as well as pOlit
ically. and that each can find profit In cult
waiting friendly relations with the other Fear
iesf The Cuban treasury would be unable to
make ends meet If part of the customs dues
on American imports was RENTED made the
haFana government hesitate three years ago
aboot granting liberal terms on many articles
which We furnish for Cuban consumption But
The hourisling condition OF the islands finances
has banished this apprehension, and a better
bargain can now be safely offered.
10 opposition will be encountered in C,ba.
therefore. 10 a renewal Of the reciprocity
agreement The extreme stand patters'' here
will doubtless try 10 defeat the ratification OF
second treaty, matter what its terms are
But they will be beaten again, as they deserve
TO be; for the facts are all against them. We
referred two or three weeks ago TO the misIead
ing criticisms Of the present treaty which have
been appearing in newspapers representing ths
"stand pat" interest These criticisms Las
great stress on the single fact that I'm the cal
endar year 1908 trade with Cuba showed
balance OF S51,000ooO against the Unitet
States, whereas in 1900, when industry IN Cubs
was PROSTATE and we were still in military
control OF the island. the adverse balance wa
only s5,000.OOO. But such a comparison prove
nOthing. The only proper way 10 test the ef
tectdyeness of the reciprocity policy is TO con
New-York tribune., 1906-05-12

trast trade relations in the period before the
insurrection. when conditions were normal,
with trade relations now. In 1895 Cuban eX-
ports TO the United States were valued at S52,-
81, ,259, while our exports to Cuba We're valued
at S12.S07,661. We bought more than four
times as much as we sold. In 1896 Cuba sold
us goods valued at s40.017.OG0. while our sales
to Cuba amounted TO s7.5SS.O00. The ratio Of
purchases TO sales was 5A to l. In 1905 our
purchases were S95s57s56 and our sales were
S44569s s12-a ratio of little over TO l.
This ratio will probably be reduced in 1905
to ~ or Ia to /. In 1905 sugar prices were
high and 20 per cent of our imports from Cuba
were sugar. This year there has been drop
both i'm production and price, and according to
a report by Special Agent Charles Nj. Pepper
Just transmitted TO Congress-, we shall pay
Cuba about s55,OOO.0O0 this year for sugar, In
stead OF S72,OO0.GOO as in 1905. Our imports
will, in Mr.. Peppers opinion, increase from
S44,569S12 TO about s50,000,O0O, while our pur-
chases will fall from S95,s57.s56 to between
s65,OOOOOO. and S75.OOOOO0- Such a showing
will put all critics OF the Bliss-ZaldO treaty to
rOut and should make the renewal of that in
strument, when properly amended, matter of
qOrlrsa
New-York tribune., 1906-05-12
Abouf People and Socfaf incidents.

accompany her son and daughteT-in-Iaw % vysoh
ngtOn. but win Join them here next week
Mrs. Dryden entertained luncheon party fo-z,
In honor Of her house guest. Mrs W n Vrr,gr~
o, Newark. n j. having in the party Mrs Wot.,7s
Mrs. Gallinger Mrs. SpOOner Mrs AIger ~,
kean. Miss Millard Mrs. DalzeH Mrs Brornv-.1,
Mrs Henderson. Mrs Audenreid Mrs Perlie.5-,
Mrs Sampson Mrs Jackson. Mrs Treat ~,
Treat. Mrs. Butler. Mrs GheFardi. Mrs. o..
Mrs Morton Henry. Miss ShirTiH and Mrs. 80
Mrs Charles J. Bell received three or four -
dred guests at tea this afternoon at Twin o..
her country home IN WOOdley Lane The vo,ets.
permitted delightful tea service on the Ia,rD {.
well as on the verandas and in the dravine 49,
The parlOrs and other rooms OF the -pIeasant -.
were decorated with large branches Of aov-o-,-
plants. and many OF the shrubs on the law, -
N Iull blossom. which combined with the gay eos
tunes OF the women lent a charming efPace
MI and Mrs Van Veehten OlcOtt left Vaab1,.
to-day for Stamford. Conn. where thew mn a...-,
,he marriage Of Mrs Olcott's niece Miss Nam
later going to New York for few davz +se-, ,
returning to Washington
New-York tribune., 1906-05-12
RrSSLANS At WORK.

'The condition upon which God hath given
liberty to man." said Curran. lis eternal Wig
ilance." The refOrmers OF Russia apparently
realize that the condition upon which liberty
will be given to them is unceasing energy and
perseverance in demanding it. We must regard
1t as auspiciOus that the representatives of the
people have gone to work so promptly and in
so practical a fashion. They wasting no
time i'm idle jubiation or in wrangling over
methods of procedure, but they have organized
their Douma and begun the preparation of a
reply to the speech from the throne with all
the expedition, the smOOthness and the busi-
nessIike practically of veteran legislators.
They are making it plain, too, that the es-
tablishment Of the DOuma Is only the begin
ming of a thorough transformation of the whole
Russian system. We are told that their Pres
ident on visiting the Emperor yesterday, meant
to speak, and presumably did speak, in a
STRAIGHTFORWARD fashion about the needs Of
the country and the DOumaS views Of the
means by which they to be met. That was
an intimatiOn that the DOuma would not
merely listen to the Emperor and obey his bid
ding but that IT would itself take the initiative
and would expect the Emperor to listen to it.
1t will not yet apply to him Zamoiski's words
on Sigismund of Poland three hundred years
ago. and say. The Emperor reigns but does
not govern: but at least it will insist upon
his recognizing the DOuma as a vital and valid
part of the government, which he must respect,
even as he expects it to respect him.
1t is agreeable and reassuring to learn that,
on the whole, the impression left by Thursday s
great event is optimistic. 1t ought to be. For
much was achieved on that day, and door to
simply inestimable future achievements was
irrevOcabIy opened There need be no further
attempt to discriminate between reform and
revolution in Russia for both are being effected.
"A reform said Bulwer. rs correction of
abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power. y
There is no doubt that abuses are about to be
corrected. and neither Is there any that power
is being transferred. Not all abuses will be
corrected. They never have been in any land.
Neither will the transfer of power be complete
The Constitutional Democrats are in favor of
a constitutional monarchy in which the sOver-
eigH shall have real though limited power.
But there will be-there has already been-an
actual and considerable transfer of power from
the sovereign to the people, and that process
will doubtless he continued the power thus
transferred is rightly exercised The Russian
Parliament is at work. But it's work is only
begun.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-12
MouNTAIy CLIMBING PROJECTS.

According to Il recent cable dispatch the Duke
of the AbruZzi. cousin Of King Victor En-
manuel III. is about to visit Central Africa for
the purpose of scaling Mount RuwenzOTi. This
undertaking shows that the spirit of adventure
and passion for geographical research which
sent him up Mount ST. Elias eight or ten years
ago and which suggested tie attempt to beat
Nansen's "furthest north" in 1900. still ami
mates the young and daring Italian.
The climatic environment of the scene Of the
new venture differs greatly from that of earlier
ones. Mount st. Elias lies above the G0th
parallel of latitude, ana the point to which
the navigator of the Stella POlare claims to
have forced her through the ice pack which
covers the Arctic Ocean is fully - degrees
nearer the pole. RuwenzOri stands almost ex-
actly on the equator. The approach to 1t is
beset with baleful and treacherOus swamps,
poisonous insects and other embarrassments
peculiar to the tropics. The task on which the
Duke of the Ahruzzi has now set his heart is
unlike his achievement I'm Alaska in another
respect also, though in the second case the dis
similarity is not so conspicuous as in the first
The exact height of RuwenzOri is not known,
and estimates made within the last twenty years
range all the way from 10000 to 10000 feet.
The most recent guess is that il is not far
from 164OO feet. The elevation of St Elias is
now nut at 1920 feet The difficulties OF
mountain climbing. however are not exactly
proportiOnate TO height and If the Duke of the
Abruzzi ever reaches the summit of Ruwenzori
he may possibly report that the obstacles over
come were fairly comparable with those which
ne smmOunted in Alaska.
Stanley was one OF the first explorers to at
tempt the conquest of the lOftiest peak in Cen
rraI Africa. but ne did not go quite half way
TO the top. Elliott did much hetter year OF
New-York tribune., 1906-05-12
DISCUSS DIR. CARTER.
Members of Nassau Presbytery Hold
Secret Session No Statement.

Mystery surrounds the action taken yesterday bg
Samuel T. Carter. whose recently published letter.
addressed to the General Assembly. which Is to be
read officially before that body next week. has
created much talk among members Of the PTesby-
terian Church.
The Presbytery OF Nassau. Of which Dr. Carter
IS a member. held a secret session yesterday. ths
first in its history. Of the old members states.
and behind closed doors discussed Dr. Carter and
his liberal views. Nothing was given out
Should there be hsresy trialf Should the Pres
bytery take action OF a disciplinary charactsrf
Should 1t report TO the General Assembly thai e
disavOwed the views expressed By one Of it's mem
bers2 Those were the questions which, Il Is un-
derstood. it's members had to answer
The Rev Augustus E Espech. moderator. callea
the meeting to order. The meeting apparently was
prominent liberal members were consDicuousy an
The Rev Alexander G. Russell. OF Oyster Bay.
stated clerk OF the Nassau Pres0ytefy, reag s-s
sembly. No sooner had he finished reading Il to-
the Rev. Frank ID. Kerr OF Hampstead. NnOVe1 -
the PTesbyteTy so into executive session ana 80
no word Of what tranSpired be dlVulge0 saNS os
the stated clerk. Tho motion was caF1lo0 Nil-o--
II is believed that the Nassau Presbytery las
cast the entire matter upon the shoulders OF -
General Assembly and asked instructions rom e'7
national body. -
The Rev DR.. Samuel T. Carter has been treve--
ling with his family IN Europe since last OcSosss-
He expects to return IN the fall The recent l51s
Of Dr. Carter. written while IN Rome. = Cee..1-5-S
vepudiates the God OF the WeStmlnsteF C044ssa'N
and says that il Is idol Of mans inVenGioa
New-York tribune., 1906-05-12
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

large bridge whist tournament was hal9 -.
day afternoon at Sherry's for the beneaf - -
san Francisco sufferers It was under the ,.. -
age or number Of women belonging 20 IN. 49,,
,onaDe set. including Mrs William Lanman Pnr
MrS William H. OsgOOd. Mrs. Hugh d A,,o,-
Gloss Mrs W. s. P. Prentice. Mrs. ] 7 v-,---
Mrs E Livingston Ludlow. Mrs. William q 49,
feller. Mrs GOrham Bacon. Mrs Co-
Mrs Henry W. Alexander and Mrs. CharIss \
Childs Miss Kate Wheelock and ]. B. ElweI -
tributed their services and conducted tba -
Several hundred tickets at S each were soI5 80
about 5000 realized by the sntertai--,.
Tables we're placed in the small ballroom ~ ~,
banquet room for the use Of the pIayers 49,
those taking part in the game were Mrs Hon. ~
1vevOr. Mrs J. Frederic Kernochan. Nlrv v7-4.1-
Scott. Mrs William Post. Mrs. W De Ia-es-
Kountze. Nro. William Woodward Mrs. T-.,.-s
Edey. Mrs F. X. Sturgis Mrs. William q 49,.
feller. NTs- william H. Osgood. Mrs szu,u.1 ?,
Brewster, Mrs. A A COwles. Miss LIswellyn -
sons and Mrs. Bradish Carroll. The prirss -
sisted Of silver loving cups. clocks. lace uarasoIx
and fancy articles
Peter G. Gerry was che whip yesterday a, N.
run Of the road coach Venture to Belmons ps-I-
and his passengers included Mrs a Csor5o, ~,
Miss Angelica Gerry and MI Brent. AIs--S -
Vanderbilt drove the Pioneer on It's daily run -
tween the Holland House and Ardsley
Barent LeTerts who is to marry Mas I..ssl,
WStHerlA on Wednesday az the Church Of the IN
caTnatiOn. gave his farewell bachelor dinner Al NJ
mOnico's last night. Among his guests were A.
ander WetherI MarceIlus Hartley Dodge R-los
Mel FalcOner. John G. Bates. Charles s. Butler
NORM s. Hare. Theodore Crane and Walter Povsrx
Mr. and Mrs William Jay SchiefIelin VII taxa
possession Of their country place at Bar Harbo-,
Ne. about June l.
Mr.. and Mrs William B. Dinsmore, tr win 20 %
Tuxedo for the summer Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Holland Forbes win leave the
city next week for their country place at Farasld
Conn.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-12
NEw-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY MAY - 1906.

SO later. An English missionary, Maddox ac-
eompanied by an Austrian who had had much
experience In the Alps. was still more success
fuI only a few months ago. He reached an
elevation Of forty-flve hundred metres (l4too
feet). and when he turned back was apparently
within 1000 feet of his goal. Should the ltaiian
succeed where these men failed he would GER
tainIy deserve general congratulation. In de-
ternining the height OF Ruwenzori Win pre-
cision and ascertaining whether or not IL ms
a crater. he would also perform valuable
service to geography.
A proiect In which Americans will feel a
Iivelier interest than In the one just mentioned
is that of DIR. Frederick A. Cook. The Bro0k-
lvn explorer Is a fellow countryman. and MS
campaign is directed against the highest noun
tain on this continent north OF Panama. Df.
Cook made one bold attempt on Mount Mchin-
lev in 1908. and reached an elevation OF 11,2OO
feet He was unable TO accomplish more on
account of the lateness of the season. So much
time had been consumed in what proved to be
false moves. and in the discovery Of insuperable
barriers. that 1t would have been imprudent to
Iinger longer in Alaska. In some places Dr.
Cook was confronted with vertical granite walls
thousands of feet high and in others with
overhanging masses of snow and ice which
could not be climbed The glaciers Of Mckinley
do not he found, offer q continuous route ike
those of ST. ELIAS. It is exceedingly doubtful
therefore whether it's summit can ever be at
tained. Nevertheless, DR.. Cook is going to try
again, and his previous typographical study Will
be of great service to him now. Possibly per-
sistent exploration may eventually reveal an
available path. If he does not find 1t this year,
he may az some future time, in which case he
will eclipse the most brilliant performances Of
the Duke of the Abruzzi. Mount Mckinley is
believed to be 2O464 feet high and to tower
more than 1900 feet above St Elias.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-12
SULTAN CORDIAL TO MIR. TOWER.
Ambassadors Reception at COnstantinople-
Decoration for Mrs. Tower.

magne Tower returned here to-day from a vacation
trip in southern Europe. They were present at the
Olympic games at Athens and visited Constantine
pie. The Sultan sent for Mr.. and Mrs. Tower. met
them at the doO=. offered his arm to Mrs. Tower.
escorted her to seat and spent half az hour talk
ing with them about American affairs in which
MIR. Tower found his majesty TO be surprisingly
we'll Informed. The Sultan spoke especially OF the
United States government statistics. which inter
ested him greatly. He referred sympathetlcally to
the San Francisco earthquake. and said ne had
already sent to President Roosevelt an expression
of his sympathy, but ne commissioned Mr.. Tower
to repeat the message to the President, and con-
ferred Mrs. Tower the Grand Cross OF the
Shefalat. which is order fO= women, meaning
devotion to duty
New-York tribune., 1906-05-12
An1nsenlents.

ACADEMY or MUslC-2-s:s5-TrIby.
AEEIANBRA-2-s-gar6 So,
13Frsa asCD-e-s-T-ae sifl OF the Colleen west
ETJOIs-2-S:G5-Ths Music Master.
VANDERBILT NuD-
fcASgNO-2-s:E5-Ths Social Whiri.
s:f3-The Mountain Ciirnper ond R"e
Little EsttxT Of The wilderness
EDEN nfLJEEL[-The ftcrld u Wax
EfRfFIFEs-2:15- .1e--Peter Pan
FIELDS TTsFATFE-2-Ssl5--N1f. taopkiIsos
SlATsIFssf OPERA EoUsE-2-s;l Sowing ne Wina-
fE,TlSTFES'S VICIORlA-S:Ab-hauceFA
TFPPODROsfFt-2-s-A Society Circus
I7T7fpsf. ~ :Ts-e:1S-T1e American Lord
gOF WEBEf'S-s:1OThe Jays and The S9,l,,W eLaI
Ciri Golden West, preceded by I"idole-i WAC
ERBocKER-2-s1B-MlIe Nodste
IIBERTY-2-s:15-The Strength Of the WEAK
fsVrFITtI-2:1S-s.1B-T Lion and the Mouse
I9FTc--2-s:lO-ArIns and the Man. preceded by How
FI- Lied 20 Yer Husband.
fAJESTIC-9-s-lD-fi land
rFANEiAT-T Aeg--2:20 :9o-charley's 9 Aunt
NfstV' ARFsTERDAEI--2-s:l s:l5-The Free Lance
NEW YORK-2-s.15-The Rolliclung Girl
rPTNCEEe-2-S:IB-BroWn Of Harvard
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