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The Faithful Tratnmau.

To THE EDITOR oP TIL SUN-,sir. Sunday I found
II necessary to make a abort trip northward over
the New York Central. starting from the Grand
Central Station. Shortly after my arrival the train
was called and with the surRing crowd ] passed
through the gate and along the platform beyond.
Az length I halted. as did a number OF others, TO
enter the second coach. One Of my fellow travellers,
a woman. .clasped In her arms q dear little fox terrier.
The trainman held her up. saying. you cannot
carry your dog in the car; II is not allowed" She
began to argue, then to demonstrate and finally
waxed wroth. Every Sunday for Ave years"
said she with spirit. II have taken my dog in the
car and no one has objected" But, madam" re.
piled he in courteous tones. II must carry out my
Instructions: there is a State law prohibiting the
carrying OF dogs in passenger coaches" Finding
that he would not be swayed she moved ahead,
smsrtlng under the ruling that denied her arsto.
cratic terrier the lu1uries OF modern travel.
How I pitied that woman who had TO be deprived
OF the edifying presence OF her four footed com
panion, But the poor dog Its face wore q haggard
careworn expression and l fsncied I could see
tears well from It's eyes at the thought of riding in
the baggage coach ahead.
But let me not divergc. What I wish TO do is TO
commend the pluck and faithfulness OF the train
man who enforced the law regardless OF the whlms
OF a woman who had been spoiled by certain other
trainmen, wofully derellot in discharging their
duties. Y. WILLIAM JAMES, in.
BRooKLYS. March 20.
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Unnecessary Fears of Mr. Malby.

The Hon. GEORGE r. MALBY, protesting
on the floor Of the Senate against any
hasty legislation on insurance matters
Wednesday, made this curious state
ment:,
Why. II this proposition 70 true, the only living
or President of tho United States viii be put on
the statute books % an outlaw and q thief, while
Justice MORGAN j. o'BhnN will stand side by side
with GROVER CLEVELAND in that clans. .
Ny objeotion TO this bill is that every director 10
l~eEislsted out OF ONCE and no proxy 10 good II coll
lscted prior to September Is, That would prohibit
GROWN CLEVELAND and MORGAN J. o'BRIEN and
PAUL MORTON and all such mon. whose integrity
is above reproaOh, from being elected directors
Senator MALBY's fears for the good
name and fame Of Mr.. CLEVELAND
and Justice O'BRIEN are unquestionably
sincere. Therefore he will be greatly
relieved to learn that neither OF these
highly respectable and highly honored
gentlemen ia in danger of removal from
office as a result Of the measure which
passed the Senate Wednesday, for sew
eral reasons Mr.. CLEVELAND and JUS
tioe O'BR1EN are not directors or trustees
of any domestic mutual life insurance
corporation" Neither are they directors
or trustees Of any other domestic in
suranoe corporation. They are trustees
Of the majority Of the stock Of the Equi-
table Life Assurance Society, which is
owned by THOMAS F. RYAN, and they are
in no manner affected by the provisions
Of the bill which passed the Assembly
Yesterday.
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the corresponding period Of the proceed
ing year, there is a gain Of e20o,oOo,o0O
in exports and S7o,0 o 900 IN imports.
OF this gain in eaVorts the sum OF
$40, oO0, 900 appears in the European ae-
count. This increase Is due in large
part, though not entirely, to increased
export Of foodstuffs and to higher price
for raw cotton. The increase in ac-
counts with our neighbors on the North
American continent a little exceeds
$50, 0OO, 900, of which 50, 1000, 900 appears
In our sales to Canada. s 100000 In
those to Mexico and IS, 0 1000 in sales
to Cuba. The remainder is distributed.
The purchases Of South America are
increased 314, OOo, 900, or about 40 per
cent. The increase to Asia is about
"a, SOC, 900, to 0ceanica $500 and to
Africa 81 100000. During this period OF
eight months our sales to little Cuba
exceed those to the Chinese Empire.
Our sales to Mexico are greater by
$40, OOO, 900 than our sales to Japan, while
Canada bought $23, 900, 900 more than
did the whole Of Asia. The Central
American States bought as much as did
the whole of Africa. Our export OF
manufactures shows for the period an
increase Of $45, 900 900.
If we keep on at this rate we may
yet become q commercial nation.
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lican and an active political leader prior
to his elevation to the bench. In the
latter capacity he performed a great
public service, at the time when Judge
EDGAR NJ. CULLEN, now Chief Judge Of
the Court Of Appeals, came up for renom-
nation at the expiration OF his first
term as a Justice Of the Supreme Court.
Judge CULLEN's impartial administra-
ton Of his Office had excited some oppo-
sition to him In his own party, and there
were strong intimations Of a disposition
to select another Democratic candidate.
The Republican Judiciary convention
met first. Judge SMITH was a leading
spirit among the delegates. He in
sisted that Judge CULLEN deserved the
Republican as we'll as the Democratic
nomination. There was strenuous OPP
position; but after a long struggle he
carried the convention and Judge CULLEN
was nominated. After this the Demo-
Gratis could not withhold their support.
The good example thus set has ever
since persisted in the case OF Judge
CULLEN, who holds his present high
Office by reason of having been named
therefor by both the Democratic and
the Republican State conventions.
It will be seen, therefore, that WILMoT
NJ. SMITH, although a party man, was
no partisan 80 far as the Judiciary was
concerned. The same liberality of spirit
characterized his action in other matters.
Although in his own life he observed
the principle Of total abstinence from
the use Of ~intoxlcants, he was not an
advocate of oppressive s%umptuary leg
islation, and favored greater freedom
in many respects than the law now
permits to the residents Of great cities.
He was a mar Of generous impulses and
just action; a good example to the COM
munity in which he lived and served,
and an admirable public officer. To
the State the loss occasioned by his
death Is great; to the many friends who
knew him we'll and loved him 1t Is
irreparable.
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MFR. spooner,s Great Speech.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: The
speech OF Senator Spooner OF Wisconsin IN
opposition to the amendment proposed by
Senator Bailey to the so-called Hepburn bill.
as 1t appears in the Congressional Record
this morning, constitutes the principal part
of one Of the most interesting and notable
debates upon a great question Of constitutional
law that have ever occurred In Congress.
It was a favorlte thesis of the late Senator
Hoar that the Senate Of the United States
has undergone no deterioration: and this
view may we'll be accepted as long as that
body is found to contain a lawyer with ade-
auate ability and learning as q jurist to
erapple with and strange. on the instant OF
its presentation, a proposition like that
maintained by the Senator from Texas.
which in the last analysis asserts for the
Congress Of the United States nothing else
or less than the powers OF an omnipotent
parliament over the agencies and property
engaged in interstate commerce.
The speech of Senator Spooner shows that
the Senate to-day possesses among Its mem
beers a lawyer and jurist who will rank in the
annals of Congress with the ablest men OF
the bar who have ever occupied seats in that
body.
The ultimate effect OF that great argument
Ia to show that unless Congress possesses the
unlimited powers Of an omnipotent legisla-
ture, like the British Parliament. it can no
more deprive the established courts OF the
United States of the right and authority TO
grant the agencies engaged in interstate
preventive relief. by preliminary
or interlooutory Injunction, against the
arbitrary or unlawful action Of any Interstate
Commerce Comm isslon, in respect to their
compensation for services rendered. than II
could confscdte their property by direct and
express legislative mandate or decree.
In faot, an act like the one proposed by
Senator Bailey and the new Senator from
Maryland would not fall within the domain
OF law at all, but would amount to an at
tempted exercise by Congress OF purely per-
sonal and arbitrary power. for which. as the
Supreme Court has often said. no place Is or
can be found In our system Of government
under the Constitution Of the United States.
WAsHINaToN. March %. l. II, A.
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LIZ ooNQUEsT ~ MoUNr COON.

Another Of the high mountains has been
conquered. Mount Cook In the New Zea-
land Alps has long held Its head high above
any mountaineer who attempted the ascent,
and II has been attacked more than @
by celebrated Alpinists with good Swiss
guides. It has been conquered at last by
an Englishman named Turner and three
New zealanders. Mount Cook overtops
anything else in New Zealand, though 1t Is
about 5000 feet lower than Mont Blanc. IL
Is not it's height that makes Cook difficult,
but its immense expanse Of snow fields and
glaciers, which are exceedingly rugged and
trying and more extensive perhaps than
those around any other mountain In tenn
perate attitudes Of similar elevation.
In the present ascent the party used both
the Great Tasman and the Hooker glaciers
as highways. The New Zealand Alps are
Of no great extent, and 1t seems strange
that the Tasman glacier should be larger
than any in the Caucasus and q close rival
to the Aletsoh, the largest glacier In the
Alps.
From the base camp ut the foot OF the
mountain the ascent and descent took
t~hirty-six hours, during which time the
climbers had little to eat and only a snatch
or two OF sleep. The excitement OF dodg-
ing the falling Ice and stones and the labor
Of cutting steps in the ice all the way for
FIVE hours Of the descent kept them from
getting drowsy. Turner vas hit on the
headby a stone, but he was simply wounded
not dazed, which would have been much
more serious than a superficial wound, for
he stood on a dangerous Ice slope.
But what do fatigue and hunger and peril
count for when compared with the glory
Of standing on the top OF New Zealandf
The other day one of the Alpine Journals
published q hair raising photograph taken
by a man high up in the air. 1t showed
a climber astride Of a sharp rock ridge on
q ~neighboring mountain. The ridge was
just far enough out of the perpendicular
so that the man, almost prone on his face,
by holding on tightly with arms n thighs
could hitch along upward. The rope
around his waist was taut above him, show
Ing that another devotee was a little nearer
the goal. There was a glimpse OF a valley
about 1000 feet nearer the sea level, and 1t
did not seem to be a very soft place to drop
into IL any casualty occurred. These men
were going somewhere and were riding this
precipitous ridge merely to tell folks they
had been there.
We'll, II 1t were not for this variety Of the
human race our kind would never be seen
In the highest places. They have stood on
the eliminating points Of Europe, Africa,
South America, Australia and New Zealand.
They have not yet reached the top Of North
America and Asia, but they live in hopes.
Perhaps the fever for high mountain climb
Ing will wear away when all the stunts OF
that sort have been exhausted. The halo
Of the pioneer explorer and the pioneer
~mountaineer Is brightest, and enthusiasm
is not stimulated with only second hand
laurels in sight.
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MRainoa Law Hotels.n

II the Rev. DR.. JOHN P. PETERS Is cor
reotly informed, a majority of the So
called "Raines law hotels" In the large
cities Of the State are Infamous resorts'
which do not comply with the provisions
of the statute and for which licenses
were obtained by fraud and perjury.
What should be done about them? DR..
PETERS. holds that the law must be
amended before the evils Of which he
complains can be corrected, but if the
State does not enforce the present stat
ute it is hard to believe that new pro-
visions would be better enforced.
In section "a, subdivision ., Of the
liquor tax law it is provided that any
corporation, association, copartnership
or person who shall make any false
statement in the application" for a liquor
tax certificate shall be guilty Of a INSIDE
meanor and punishable by a fine Of $500,
imprisonment for a year, or both, with
forfeiture Of the tax paid, and that for
a period Of one year no certificate shall
be issued for the sale of liquor in the
premises occupied by such person.
Broad and inclusive as this section is,
it should cover many of the violations of
which the Committee Of Fourteen has
knowledge.
Infamous resorts" are not protected
by any statute of New York State. They
exist in defiance Of numerous sections
Of the Penal Code. Their proprietors
and inmates are liable to arrest, prose-
cution and severe punishment for their
acts. The law is ample to close every
disorderly saloon, hotel and other vicious
establishment. Such places exist not
because of a lack Of legislative enact
ment against them, but through the
failure of executive officers to perform
their duties.
With high respect for DR.. PETERS, who
finds time to conduct the affairs Of a
large parish, engage in literary pursuits.
maintain his place among the leading
A~ssyriologists of the world and all the
while take an intelligent and active part
in social and political affairs, many per-
sons will continue to believe that the
State needs an amendment to the liquor
tax law much less than 1t needs a strict
enforcement of the existing statute.
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The End Of a Useful Life.

We regret to have to record the death
of Judge WILMor NJ. SMITH, which oc-
Cured at Patchogue, Long Island, early
Yesterday morning. II denotes the ter
mination of a career which may well
serve as a model to the judiciary Of this
State. In the character, learning and
capacity requisite for the best work Of
a trial Judge he had no superior among
our Supreme Court Justices, numerous
as they are and able as are many Of them;
and in the rare combination of strength
and sweetness of disposition we doubt
whether he had an equal.
Judge SMITH was a Suffolk county
lad who, like so many other country
BOYS who have risen to distinction, OBJ
tanned his education at Cornell Univer-
sity, where he was a contemporary Of
the late JOSEPH C. HENDRIX. In college
was so poor that he had to
keen himself warm by making folds Of
fulfil the functions Of an
overcoat; vet he achieved a success in
finance equal to that Of his friend in the
law, leaving a fortune Of a million dollars
at the time Of his early death. After
his admission to the bar, WrLMoT NJ.
SMITH began the practice Of his pro-
fession in his native county, where he
successfully held the offices Of District
Attorney and County Judge, being pro-
NOTED from the latter post to that Of
Justice Of the Supreme Court at the
general election in 1894. At that time
it was thirty years since Suffolk county
had had a resident Supreme Court
Justice, his predecessor being the late
SELAH B. STRONG Of Setauket; for
although Judge WILLARD BARTLETT had
long had a summer home In Suffolk
county, his legal residence was in
Brooklyn.
Judge SMITH was an ardent Repub-
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"Lonx.Tan-Jim" wilson's Home.

TIC THK EDITOR OF THR SUN-Sfr Your Brook
Ign correspondent II. s." Is mistaken In giving
Peterboro. N. H.. as the home OF the late Gen,
James Wilson, who was so conspicuous In the
Harrison campaign OF 1910. known throughout
New England as Long tall Jim Wilson" and the
lifelong friend OF Daniel Webster. who rightly
pronounced him the best stump speaker OF the
period. Gen, Wilson lived and died in Keene. n, II.
He was my fathers neighbor (also his pallbeareu,
and / knew Long -thl-Jim" Wilson and his entire
family from my earliest boyhood.
1t was in Gen. Wilson'S parlor that / nrst saw
Mr.. Webster. and was presented TO the great states.
man by the General himself as "one OF our Keene
boys" The occasion was a grand Log Cabin
Rally" in Keene In July. 1870. and a public recep'
ton which followed at Gen. Wilson'S house.
Mr.. Webster was then In his mag nlhcent prime,
and though I often met the great man In after
years ! can never forget the impression OF that
evening In Keene when l nrst saw him, or fall 10
recall the pressure OF that hand upon my shoulder
as he spoke q few kind words OF greeting 10 the
tlmid lad OF ~sixty-siI years ago.
NEW YORK, March 2S. GRAMHRcV PARK.
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Referring to the annual reportof the New
York State Superintendent Of Banking, the
Iondon Tines eays:

Referring to the annual reportof the New
York State Superintendent Of Banking, the
London Times says:
The increase OF sos Sol. 800 in resources is un-
preoedented In the history Of the savings bank
system, and the more remarkable because arising
almost entirely from the increased deposits OF
thrifty wage earners and not from large deposits
by investors. This 10 shown by the fact that dur.
ing the past year the number OF deposits received
was larger by 100000 than in the previous year,
while the number of payments 70 deposltors de-
creased. The number OF open accounts also in
creased to an unprecedented extent, while the
average amount OF each deposit shows no abnormal
rain, Again, the increase in the aggregate OF
amounts withdrawn by depositors lie not at all in
proportlon 10 the gain In new deposits. indicating
that depositors have not found IL necessary to
withdraw their savings for current expenses to the
same extent as Ia usually the case. The causes
for this remarkable expansion Of savings are un.
doub,edly the absence OF Important strikes during
the year and increased wages, together with plenty
Of employment owing TO the generally prosperous
AGRICULTURAL and industrial condition Of the coun.
try"
The Times Of London is right, not only
az to the State Of New York but also as to
every State In the Union. Nothing will
pull down q savings bank deposit 30 rapidly
az a strike. The strike managers and walk
ing delegates do not suffer. The striker
and his family have a monopoly Of that.
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pOS1THYE.
Negative DennitlonS OF an Indefnabi'
Idea aud Ideal.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: feel
dis0usted with all those definitions OF "a gen.
tleman." Is there not q man with nesh and
blood at the bottom Of that mysterious per-
sonality? Are not even Tom Jones and Don
Quixote better gentlemen than those patient.
all compromising. all pleasing moIvlanas VINO
never infiiot pain and offend nobodp. not even
q scoundrel?
Dc these meek, gentle natures ever feel a
hot flush of natural indignation at a mean
and despicable deed, or the warm glow OF
admiration for a noble and heroic action
Do they ever forget their dignihed patience
and forbearance when they see q woman or
q child maltreated2
Once upon a time a certain Lord Chester.
field brought out q complete gentleman"
but bluff old DR.. Samuel johnson hit the nice
creature on thS head with a sledgehammer,
and Il has never recovered sL1oe. would
like to hear what DR.. johnson would have to
say about Newman's description OF a gentle
man. why, sir. no. slrI'
All the definitions that have appeared In
The Sun agree In one quality. All OF them
are negative and tell us what not to do.
They remind US Of the words Of John Stuart
Mill on Christian morality $50 called:
Its ideal Is negative rather than positive; passive
rather than active. innocence rather than noble
ness; abstinence from evil. rather than energetic
ppT nsSorn unduiy over thou shalt
II gentleman" means no more than what
is Implied in the definitions in THE Sun the
English speaking nations. have no reason 10
1KaloRaEatho6 and Romans. but almost all
modern nations have equivalent terms which
mean a great deal more essential qualities
Of character conduct and manners. Although
German ls my mother tongue l love English
literature and / cannot help feeling sorry
when the grand old name of gentleman Is thus
lowered. a.,
ss TO express the je ne sdis quo. that makes
up a true gentleman. Real life, biographies,
novels and poetry mi give us an Idea OF
many kinds, degrees and oondltions-but the
IIdea is always founded upon onrrdmt more oD dat %nya
which the man inspires In us by his whole
personality and life. AZ long as the men Of
the, English speaking nations are capable o{
name of gentleman" among the. sacred
words Of their, language like wife" and
mother" and home" d. s.
NEW YORK. March 20.
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The proponents of the plan for a nice
little Senate junket to Cuba now seek
to explain and defend their proposal by
giving some important reasons for the
expedition. Two cases are cited to show
the necessity for a Senate investigation
on the spot.
A certain Mr.. MoERBR, "a citizen Of
Iowa, who asserts that he went to the
island on the assurances Of the War
Department that it was and would re-
main American territory, has refused to
nav his taxes, and Cuba seems to have
done the proper thing under the circum-
stances. A certain Mr.. STEERE, "once a
Republican State committeeman in Flor
ida refused to deliver some goods Of
which he had been made the official
custodian until he received a payment
for storage to the serious amount Of
$lO.5O. Refusing to surrender a part of
the goods, he was tried and punished for
malversation of publicproperty.
We hope it is not beyond the bounds
of propriety to ask why we maintain a
diplomatic and consular corps in Cuba
il little claims of this kind must neces-
sarily be made the subject OF Senatorial
expeditions Of investigation. Both Of
these gentlemen seem to have violated
the laws of their adopted country on the
basis Of an argument which we decline
to accept as final, namely, that of as
surance by the War Department that
the island is and will remain American
territory. We admit that a certain Mr..
MEIKLEJoHN, now forgotten. did ex-
press a personal opinion to that effect,
but we deny that it is to be accepted as
an authorized official statement which
can be regarded as binding on the United
States in any way.
If the Senate needs the sworn testi-
mony of Mr.. MoERKE and Mr.. STEERE
or any others, why not let the COM
plainants appear before Minister NOR
GAN or Consul STEINHART, and under
oath submit their replies to such ques-
tions as may be put to them? That is
the usual course in cases of the kind,
and they are not at all infrequent.
There is no more need Of a Senate trip
to Cuba to interrogate Mr.. STBERB and