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What's the Matter at Albany?

Last fall BENJAMIN B. ODELL. Jr,
chairman of the Republican State COM
mittee and master Of the New York
Republican county committee, gave not
the slightest heed to WILLIAM NJ. WINS
after the Odell machine had nominated
Mr.. WINS for Mayor. ODELL had per-
fected deal with the friends of WILLIAM
r. HEARST by which he hoped to start
with an advantage in order to elect a
Speaker Of the Assembly to succeed the
late S. FREDERICK NIXON and in order
also entirely to control the Board of
Aldermen in New York city.
The Odell-Hearst deal, as it was famil-
iarly known at the time, for Assembly,
men was in force in eighteen districts in
the borough Of Manhattan, eight dis
tricts in the borough of Brooklyn, two
districts in Queens and one district in
The Bronx. The Odell-Hearst alliance
on Aldermen was in operation in twenty
one districts in the borough Of NIanhat-
tan, eight districts in Brooklyn, four dis
trictsin Queens and four in The Bronx.
The Odell-Hearst combination on AS
semblymen was failure 30 far as it was
to be an aid to elect an Odell Republican
Speaker of the Assembly at Albany.
On January 2 JAMES w. WADswoRTH,
the candidate OF Governor H1Go1Ns,
received rs votes in the caucus; ],
MAYHEM WAINWRIGHT, an Odell- Hearst
alliance man, IS; while EDWIN A. MER-
RITT, Jr, the avowed Odell candidate.
came last with IA votes.
The Odell-Hearst alliance, so far as il
was intended to control the Board of
Aldermen. has turned out to be almost
as much Of fizzle as the Odell- Hearst
combination to elect an Odell Speaker of
the Assembly at Albany.
The Brooklyn Eagle on Sunday printed
an interview with Mr.. HEARST, in which
he is reported as saying:
II am not candidate for the Governorship and
probably will not be. but II q situation should arise
such as existed in the late Mayoralty campaign
which should compel my taking an active part in
politics. I will have TO take 1t. I. . II there
were 10 be general demand for my nomna .
tion. and any special advantage in my running
shen would become candidate. be.
neve In what I consider Democratic principles
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The Morals Of Cnllcxe Girls.

To THE EptToR OF THB SUN-Sir: In The
Sun Of February I, under the heading Duties
of College Women Mrs. J. Ryland Kendrck.
president Of the Vassar Alumnse Association.
says that the colleges and universities or
America are greatly troubled to-day by the
students morals. Every college. vassar in
particular" she says. needs dormitories to
prevent the increase Of outside influences,
She calls them undesirable.
The question OF undesirable influe noes -
or of morals In women's colleges is purely
one of averages or Of "matured chances. I"
Among thousand or more girl students.
whether congregated on the campus In dor
M po or or from IN eoSs d.
morals will be very much less than among
an equal number of girls not attending these
- The claim Of Mrs g Kendrick that the remedy
herding of girl students in college dormitorie,s
those SCI girl students who i've outside the boun.
diaries of the campus, being broken up into
small groups; are under much closer surveil-
Under Under the the eye ' of the college authorities.
Scandalous lapses at yomen's colleges are
sooufew so few ss to be practically non exstent.
qsss fs onos n are STs IT, sp yh
selves very closely to their studies. Their
minds, are so much occupied in this direction
to devote to vices. how soever petty. More
over. college life develops in girls an esprit
de CORPS conducive to the maintenance of
" Mrs. Ksndrck in in her her address was prob
college where the average OF undesirable
students is exceptionally high On the theory
of averages this will lower the percerita ge OF
N moral M dssviatio1as tsa among az each one thousand
at other women's colleges. EXPERIENCE
WELLESLEY Mass, Feb. S.
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COST EQUITABLE S'5OO, ,OOO
To weather the Hyde Alexander .tnrm
worth 1t, Says Morton.

II has cost the Equitable Life IS,urro,
Society for special inve 'tigitiol, ,ro.,
January /, 1906 between S})D,nDl ami
100000. Thut includes the expense. ~
the Frck investigating committee the r,-
penses of the New York State ln,urar,..
Department examination, the expense of
compiling statements for the Arm-tro..
investigating committee ani the eNp"u..,
incurred in the examination Of the -oci"'vS
affairs by public accountants acting ,ul"r
the direction Of the new management,
This total does not, however, incIll,i" ia
lawyers bills and other expenses Of b.
general character incurre | in the HYDE.
Alexander fight. When these expenditure,
are added the total outlay by the Equitable
as result of the Hyde Alexander trouble
will amount to probably 100000.
President Paul Morton of the EqutabI"
when he was asked yesterday abou, the
expenditures that had been made on ac-
count Of special Investigations, SAID that
there was no doubt in his mind that tho
Investigations had been worth to the policy
holders all they had cost.
1t was reported yesterday that the
five State insurance commissioners who
have just completed a joint examination
into the affairs of the New York Life have
decided to take up the Mutual next The
commissioners are from Kentucky, Tenne--
see, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Nebraska
When they began work on the New York
Life about October / they announced that
they intended to take up the Mutual later.
Their report against the New York Life
is said to be drastic, recommending the
retirement of several persons who are stliI
connected with the company.
The New York Life trustees will NEE.
at o'clock tomorrow to receive from the
Fowler investigating committee its report
on the payments to Andy Hamilton Mem.
bers of the self-investigating committee
are in favor of making the report public,
and it will be given out in full after tho
meeting unless certain Of the trustees who
are opposed to publicity hold it up.
The sun., 1906-02-07
Police to Do Police Work.

From Commissioner BINdHAM's state
ment before the Aldermen on Monday it
appears that he plans to have policemen
do police work, and so far as is possi-
BILE to employ civilian clerks, telephone
operators and the like for those duties
that do not fall naturally to patrolmen.
BY withdrawing the men now detailed
to clerical places and putting them on
patrol the Commissioner will increase
the force on the streets, and at the same
time effect saving in salaries, as the
pay Of a patrolman is much higher than
that of a clerk.
This is illustrated by the fact that the
salary account Of the departments tele-
graph and telephone bureau, in which
patrolmen now act as operators, is
500 900 a year. BY substituting civilian
employees for these patrolmen this
salary account can be reduced by $1,000
and the men now assigned to the bureaus
can be put on patrol. Again, in the
Magistrates courts the salary accounts
now amount to $l5O,0O0 year. If the
places of the policemen now doing court
duty can be filled by attendants, at least
$50, 900 a year can be saved. 1t is prob
able that the transfer Of the men now
holding soft berths will result in num-
Der of retrements, thus increasing the
outlay for pensions; but the places made
vacant by the retiring patrolmen will be
filled by the appointment Of young men,
and the added expense to the city will
be more than repaid by the increased
efficiency of its police,
Policemen to do police work, and
police work only is rule Of admins
tration likely to jar and crumble some of
the cherished customs OF Mulberry Street,
but its effect on the city will be thor.
oughly satisfactory to the taxpayers.
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Gifts to Columbia.

Great as Columbia University has
grown to be, it is so lost in the vastness
Of Greater New York that it makes no
such impression as Harvard does, for
instance, upon Boston. There, genera
tions Of donors, poor and rich, have been
kind to the college. Somebody is always
passing the hat in Boston for Harvard,
which, like all the rest of the colleges, gets
poorer as it gets richer. Columbia finds
good friends, but as yet the habit OF
making gifts and bequests to Columbia
has hardly become irresistible
1t is the more pleasure to record this
week gift to Columbia OF more than
100000. Two new professorships are
to be founded. The professor of politics
is to give instruction (which shall most
fully prepare students for their duties
as American citizens and to participate
in the work of government. An i'm
portant chair. May no sociologist sit
and drone in i'll
With no reflections on other donors, it
may be said that the unnamed bene-
factor who gave Columbia $4,000 to
be used at the discretion of President
BUTLER, is the kind of benefactor whom
all college presidents yearn for The
unfettered gift is always the best.
The sun., 1906-02-07
Heroes OF San Juan.

To THK EDIToR OF THR SUN-Sir; In your arti.
Gle on marking our Cuban batteteds in THE Sun
OF February you state correctly that bronze
ments are TO be erected at El Caney, San Juan de
Magares Hill and at Fort San Juan. Nos 2 and s
are designed to commemorate the battle OF san
Juan Hill.
Until very recently the name San Juan Hill desig
mated the hill crowned by the blockhousc-the hill
captured by the regulars. Every soldier who
fought in Cuba understands the designation.
The commission charged 9th marking the battle
ncld has changed the namu OF this hill-San Juan
Hnl-to Fort San Juan. The regulars captured
Fort San Juan. then.
The hill captured by the Rough Riders tKetic
HID u to be designated In future officially as San
Juan de Magares Hill or, briefly. San Juan HILL
II the facts arc that the Rough Riders assaulted
aud carried hill not known tuntll now San
Juan Hill, the record be and has been changed
The hill they assaulted and carried can be and has
been renamed. The new name can he and has
been perpetuated In bronze. Everybody should
now be pleased.
The battle OF San Juan Hin has been fought over
again and tho hill placed where 1t belongs. To
outsider II seems that where all the troops engaged
did 80 well It was hardly necessary 10 go through
this Juggling with names and this changing Of
records. OUTSIDER.
INV YORK, Feb. 4.
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Reports Of the tour in this country Of the
Chinese Imperial Commission have men
toned the membership in that body of a
Chinese graduate Of Cornell University.
Another young subject of Ts1 AN who is
participating in the work OF the commits
sion and who is getting an American uni
versity education is HENRY HUMPHREY
CHANG a freshman in the Wharton School Of
the University Of Pennsylvania where he is
studying lew. commerce and banking. He
is the son of CHANG YIN TANG, at one time
Consul General at San Francisco and after
ward Secretary OF Legation at Washing
ton, and accompanied his father to this
country sevenyears ago, and later to Spain,
where CHANG senior was acting Minister
until 1900. CHANG junior was graduated at
the head Of his class in the De Lancey School
and now stands second in his class in the
university.
The projected remodeling Of the political
system in China and especially that clause
OF the Empresss ediot whereby graduates
from Western institutions are given the
preference as candidates for Government
Office. opens splendid opportunities to the
young men of the oldest civilization.
The sun., 1906-02-07
The Cats and the palace.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS--Sir: To show
weakness OF the s. p C. A. as q practical or
gnnlzation will give the following little expert
once: My wife had four cats which. as we lived In
the city. she wanted TO board somewhere for a
short time during the summer while we were away
from home went to the palace, or headquarters,
OF the society and asked for some addresses OF
places where the cats could be to be cared for
Very much TO my surprise the clerk could give me
the address OF but one place, sort OF veterinary
hospital in the heart Of the town. which Instantly
saw on looking II over would be the very worst
place In the world to send we'll animals. The rate
OF board. moreover. was Sc a week per cat: this
for three foot square cage.
The rest Of tho story Is that we finally left the
cats In the fiat In charge OF the janitor and that
on account of the heat. lack OF fresh air &C. one
died. have always felt no branch Of work to be
more natural and appropriate to the s. p, C. A.
than enabling people to provide properly for anil
mails which they are obliged to leave temporarily
but do not wish to destroy. CARL HoyRy
NEW DoRP Staten Island. Feb.5
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Protecting the Enlisted Man.

President RoosEvELT'S Endorsement
of the court-martial sentence reducing
Lieutenant Roy I. TAYLOR twelve files
because Of his treatment of an enlisted
man indicates how thoroughly the Ad-
ministraton is determined to enforce
respect for the national uniform. The
President in his letter to Secretary TAFT
of the War Department went ont OF his
way to make this declaration:
q" To strive 10 discriminate against him the
enlisted mani In any way Is literally an in fanny, for
I, Is In reality Of the most serious offences which
be committed against the stability and great
ness Of our nation. II hotel keeper or the owner
OF theatre or any other public resort attempts
such discrimination. everything possible should be
done BY all good citizens TO make the man at
tempting It feel the full weight of a Just popular
resentment, and. II possible legal proceedings
should be taken against him A."
This is in line with the bill recently
introduced in Congress at Secretary
BoNApARTEs request, which would make
discrimination against an enlisted man
Of the navy a misdemeanor punishable
by fine and Imprisonment. How gen.
eral this discrimination is may be judged
by the recent election of theatrical
manager to honorary membership in
an army and navy organization because
his practice had always been to treat
soldiers and sailors in uniform as he
treated other citizens. He is an excep-
ton to the rule in his calling,
1t is improbable that the great majority
of American citizens are aware Of the
discrimination aimed at enlisted men
in the army and navy by hotel keepers,
theatre managers and the proprietors
of other public places Of amusement.
Among the mass Of people there is no
prejudice against the army and navy
uniforms, and for the man inside them
there is much admiration and respect
This is not due alone to the high honor
in which the fighting men are justly held.
1t is widely recognized that the enlisted
men of both services are in the main
orderly, decent, respectable, Of good
habits, accustomed to behave them
selves and giving no cause for offence to
those with whom they come in contact.
We're the army and navy recruits unwill-
ing conscripts, or of class in any way
inferior to the bulk Of the country's citi-
zenship, there might be some reason for
discriminating against them. Such is not
the case, and it would be interesting to
learn the reasons that impel the manager
of theatre or the proprietor of hotel,
after making careful survey of his pa
irons, to exclude from their society the
clean cut, we'll hammered men who guard
the nations honor on sea and field.
The sun., 1906-02-07

The Fairbanks Boom.

Our Washington dispatches quote
Fairbanks stock as active and rising.
Unjust as it must seem to the Hon.
ALBERT JEREMIAH BEvERIDdE, Mr.. FAIR
BANKS Is Indiana's Favorite Son. That
Favorite Son has long reach. He is
collecting Southern delegates. His mis-
sionaries are on the circuit even in Hi
nois, which should be true to Uncle JOE.
Mr.. FAIRBANKS knows the value Of being
early; and he has no objection to being
often. He may not be storehouse Of
magnetism His eloquence may not burn
or bite. His letters may not startle.
But he knows thing or two about prac-
tical politics; and hunt for delegates
is a sport which he appreciates.
He likes still hunt, too; and he will
not be deeply obliged to the persons
whose desire to give the public informa-
ton makes it necessary to uncover his
quiet campaign.
The Vice-President may justly pride
himself on good deal Of silence and
modesty, of diplomacy and tact. Mr..
FAIRBANKS fills his position" excel
lently; and II his duties give him time to
diagnose public opinion, why shouldn't
he diagnose?
II the Fairbanks boom Is not vet as
tall and far seen as its boomee, still let
it be spoken of hopefully. For one thing,
1t is proper and right for the Vice-Presi-
dent to believe that he e not "shelved, )"
that be is a live and not a retired
politician. Tho post is great In itself,
in it's distinction and its possibilities; it
has been held by some great men. The
jaunty way in which a nomination for
tho oe-Presidency has sometimes been
waved away in advance by men,. some
second rate, has not indicated just
value of the office; but politicians are
perhaps the most supersttious and
sheeplike of men
Possibly there is no profound and
ardent popular demand for Mr.. FAIR
BANKS g boom. He is willing to create it,
and if he really gets busy" there will be
music in the air. Other candidates may
have to stir their stumps, and there will
be lot Of mighty interestin reading.
The Fairbanks boom may be said to
have stuck its head out Of the ground
on Candlemas
The sun., 1906-02-07
OGDEN ESTATE TANGLED
By Thefts OF 4. ii. Green's Clerk Suit
Over the Accounts.

Frances S. Whitehouse, wife Of William
FitzHugh Whitehousc, and niece Of
William B. Ogden, has through Lawyer
G. W. Carr begun proceedings in the Sur
rogates' Court to have set aside decree
signed on November 25, 1901, by which
the accounts of the executors and trustees
of the Ogden estate were approved. Mrs.
Whitehouse bases her application on the
admissions made by clerk in the employ
of the late Andrew H. Green that he had
forged certain deeds and mortgages and so
defrauded the estate out Of about $1lo,0oo
William B. Ogden died in 1877, leaving
large fortune which he tied up for the
lifetime Of his widow, who died in Sep
tember, 1904. She and Mr.. Green were the
surviving executors and the property had
increased under their management until 1t
amounted to $2,727,73e. When the &C.
counts Of the executors were last passed
upon they were made up in Mr.. Green's
Office, and when the clerk confessed after
Mr.. Green's death to his forgeries, it came
out that these falsifications had entered
into the Ogden accounts
The many heirs under the wills Of both
Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden are interested in the
present proceedings and it is expected that
there will be much litigation before the
final accounting can be made and restltl.
ton exacted from the estates of the eX-
eCutOrs
The sun., 1906-02-07

pursued liberal policy, would be apt
in the end to rest upon the shoulders
of Great Britain and the United States
OF course British and AMERICAN forces,
operating from the bases Of Hongkong
and Manila, should prove entirely com
petent to exercise protective function,
but the task would undoubtedly impose
upon both protectors large expenditure.
The success of Japan in the recent war
has manifestly had profound influence
on the Chinese people, whose responsive
spirit of self-assertion may not unnat-
urally, as in the case of the TAPPING
rebellion, take the form Of an uprising
against the reigning Manchu family in
favor OF native dynasty.
The sun., 1906-02-07
The Educational Alliance and Imm,.r.n,.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Str: In American.
izng Immigrants the Educational Alliance performs
two duties: II serves the country and II bencn,s
humanity.
That tho Americanlzinr of immlg grants is nctn.
sary 10 amalganate the various foreign elements
and TO adapt them to American conditions cannot
be questioned. Moreover, on the amalgamaton
Of foreigners the future union OF this country
depends, and through their adaptation 10 American
customs their mental. ethical and physical prog.
ress Is insured.
Successfully TO support this work of nttlng i'm.
migrants for the duties of good citizenship the
Educational Alliance requires IN endowment of
some sort. Thus far a fund large enough To cover
only tho expenses Of the physical care of the build
ing has been accumulated. The Educational AM
ance must have something moro than a small f,nd
and Its annual receipts from contributions 10 carry
ON Its big work. Who WIN help! Mxnn,a
NEW York, Feb, a.
The sun., 1906-02-07
TRAFFIC SQUAD WON'T GO.
as More Cops on PatrOl-And Scotch
AnPcdOte.

Commissioner Binghams eyes twinkled
when the reporters filed into his room yes
terday. Every one looked for more details
to go and they weren't disappointed.
did you ever hear about the Scotch
gillie? Well, he used to be employed by
the same tourist year in and year out and
always wore the same kind OF hat. One
day he changed the hat and his employer
asked Sandy tine cause.
"sin' the accident was all the answer
4'Well, Sandy, what accident? | don't
remember any accident Your old hat had
sarlaps and now this one has none
THAT it ; said Sandy sadly.
"'What' it?' persisted the tourist:
"a man offered me drink and didn't
hear him. said Sandy.
Gentlemen. seventy,fve more men will
be on patrol duty this time tomorrow.
These men are taken from all the public
institutions, such as the Board Of Health,
Charities Department, hospitals asylum'
How about the persistent rumor that
the traffic squad Is to go?' the Commits
sioner was asked.
+The traffic squad fills long felt want and
will remain. 1t may need trimming some
and few alterations but it is good IN
stitution and necessary one, said the Com
missioner emphaticaly.
The sun., 1906-02-07
Hanover county, Virginia, is best known

Hanover county, Virginia, is best known
In patriotic history. Its proximity to Rich
mond. the State capital, has obscured from
public vision some part. perhaps, OF its
fame. for the electors Of the Pumunkey
region have voted their tickets straight for
many years, and Of recent years have not
taken very active part in the direction OF
the public concerns of the Old Dominion.
But there has been a political renaissance,
SO to speak, among the SLASH boys" (as
natives and residents Of Hanover county
are called in Virginia), and the assertion is
made by the envious residents of other
counties that they are getting too many
offices. The president Of the Virginia
Senate, 7. H. WICKHAM, is from Hanover.
and 80 is W. D. CARpwELL, Speaker of the
Richmond Assembly. Judges legislators
and minor State officials, too, are from
Hanover, the birthplace of PATRICK HENRY
and HENRY CLAY, which can't help pro-
duoing great men, and has gained among
the counties of Virginia some of the pot-
ical distinction for long time enjoyed by
Ohio among the States.
The sun., 1906-02-07
NEW OFFICERS OF STATE ID. A. r..
Annual Meeting Results in the Choice OF
Mrs. Abeel as Regent

The Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton of the State of New York held their
annual meeting yesterday afternoon at ?26
West Fifty-eighth street. These officers
were elected for the ensuing year; Regent.
Mrs. John H. Abeel; first vice-regent Mss
Josephine Wandell; second vice re gent Ms
Ashbel P. Fitch; recording secretary, Mrs
Zeb Mayhem; corresponding secretary. Miss
Juanita X. Leland treasurer, Mrs. Wilbur
+. Wakeman.
1t was announced that 1000 had been
raised for the Cambridge Memorial Gate
way Fund. A tablet is to he placed near
Tuxedo to mark the ste Of the forge wher'
the chain was made that was stretched
across the Hudson in the Revolution, and
a memorial window is to be put IN SON"
one of the city churches.
The regent, Mrs. John II. Abeel VII
give a reception at her home, las Wes'
Seventy-third street, to the New York Sta"
Daughters Of the American Revolution on
Feb, 21.