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The Pride OF the south.

The Hon. ARIosTo AJCIBIADEs WILEY,
who represents the Second Congress dis
trict of Alabama, has been long and by
common consent accepted as the silver
throated t%roubadouT Of the South. The
Hon. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES isn't Tin it,
with him, and when it ONE to the
futers and the luters and the song birds
generally on Capitol Hill, he comes first,
without so much as a dissenting scowl.
Those two burning statesmen and mex
haustible founts of OratOry, the Hon.
THETUs WILLRETTE SIMS and the Hon.
JOHN WESLEY GAINES, twin prides of
Tennessee-those two, we say, invari-
ably make way for WILEY when he is
evidently gorged with %eloquence and like
to burst if not speedily uncOrked. Can
we say more?
but now the Hon. ARIosTo AGA
LENNON WILEY has been stabbed, by a
bastard and a cruel hand, in n of his
most secret and important vitals. Away
down in Alabama, in the very heart and
centre OF his "stomping ground, where
once he drew the fervent crowds and
made industrious hens fly from their
nests in a superior rapture, right there,
in fact, our WILEY finds the furtive
enemy at work. The melancholy truth
is limited, il not thoroughly disclosed, in
an impassioned communication to the
sympathetic Montgomery Advertiser,
which indicates quite wildly that WILEY
has incurred the wrath Of GoMPERs. We
refer, of course, to the Hon. SAMUEL
GoMPERs, whose CLASSY eye and awful
fulminations are warranted to make
the toughest sinner SILVER in his shoes.
Nobody seems to know how GoMPERs
came to doubt the loyalty OF WILEY.
Indeed, it is not yet thoroughly estab-
lished that GoMPERs has put the Ala
bama minstrel on his blacklist. But
WILEY squeals aloud in the course of
his communication to the Montgomery
Advertiser, and we must assume that
darts and javelins of special magnitude
are now quivering in his honorable dia-
phragm. He quotes from his address a
year q at Decatur, when he says:
Il told the audience on that occasion that under
lie exclusion act Chinese cuolies were not per,
mltted 70 land upon our shores even on a vis.l. but
| that the law did not apply TO tho Japanese coolies
that, in my opinion, the Japanese were not deslr
able laborers because. as a general proposition.
| they had no moral sense Of either a legal or pecunl
AIRY obligation: but that the Chinese were honest.
obedient. doclle. Industrious; never vote. never
hold once, never participate in Government at
fairs. never Asslmilate and never contamlnate the
civilization OF any country; that the Gner law
preventing their immigration to the United States
and the Territories thereof. would never be re
pcaled. and that II was worse than useless to dis
cuss the question Of relief to farmers by the. heir
OF Monaghan labor. l stated further that . aad
voted for tie reenaetment Of the Grier law"
And yet it appears that this melodious
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The Football Accident at Syracuse

The unfortunate accident at Syracuse
on Saturday, when one spectator was
killed and a score or more were in
jured by the falling OF a stand at the
football game between Syracuse Uni
versity and Colgate University, is an
occurrence to which football managers
all over the country would do well to
give heed. We may assume the exist
ence of a desire on their part to avoid
negligently exposing spectators to dan
ger and death, and there may also be a
legal liability for damages which it would
be wise to avoid.
The falling of the stand at Syracuse
appears to have been due to the rotting
away Of the timbers which constituted
it's support. This decay rendered the
| structure too weak to sustain the weight
Of the number of persons who were ad-
mitted 20 the seats upon il. The only
person killed was the Rev. CHRISTOPHER
! J. DoNIGAN, whose back was broken by
his fall. There is something peculiarly
sad in the fact that death should have
come to this young priest while seeking
one of the comparatively few forms of
recreation open to men of his cloth.
That the accident did not include among
its victims other persons of prominence
il only a bit of good fortune; for Judge
FRANK II. HIsCOCK of the Court of APP
peals was seated within five feet of that
portion of the stand which gave way.
We understand that there has already
been much discussion in legal circles in
Syracuse as to the pecuniary RESPONSE
bility for the casualty. The owners of
| the property appear to have leased it to
a baseball association with the stand
already constructed thereon. There was
a subletting by the baseball association
to the manager of the college football
game. Then, again, the season tickets
by which many persons were admitted
to the ground described the holders as
sustaining members Of the baseball as
ISOLATION. The Syracuse bar is puzzled
as to the question Of liability, assuming
that there was negligence somewhere.
We mention these facts only to empha-
size the point, for the benefit Of the
managers of football games elsewhere
| this autumn, that it is worth their while
to exercise abundant caution in regard
to the security OF the structures to which
they invite the community, not only from
motives of humanity, but out of a pru-
dental regard for the possible rigors of
the law.
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r K STATEV ISLAND.
she II MIsgOVerned Because Fer Citizens
Lack Public spirit.


To rHR EDITOR OF THE Sir: win
cit Verltas" In right about the woes OF Staten
Island. lie does not exaggerate them. The
trouble Is not with the lack OF authority. but
with public spirit which fails to back up the
authorities.
Conditions on Staten Island seem incredi-
Bile In a civilized community. and yet may
they not exist because a majority OF the
inhabitants are without due sense OF oivlo
responsibility? Possibly this may be owing
to a lack of homogeneity.
There are those land 1 am one OF theml
who think it worth while to try the expert
ment OF municipal ownership OF public uttt-
ties. not so much as an economic proposition
as that II might enable citizens to hx response
bility for culpable negligence.
Among my ~neighbors are professional men
OF Intelligence and refinement. but seemingly
with a dubious sense OF communal obllga-
ton. At the base OF our residential territory
are immigrants Of perhaps twenty nationAli-
ties. coming largely from southern Europe,
None OF these people appear to have any con-
ception of the duties OF American citizen
ship. They seem to be here simply 70 exploit
the country for all they can get out OF IL.
Staten Island suffers. Protests to the men
in charge OF either the water. gas. traction
or telephone services are received with de-
rision, There Is an admirable Antt-Nuisanoe
League here. composed OF public spirited cit
liens who are irving to remedy these condi-
tons. but what we need Ia an EDUCATION Of
public sentiment. EDWIN ALwrth,
NEW BRIGHTON. October "a.
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declaration was reported to the Hon,
SAMUEL GoMPERs, sitting cross legged
in the inner temple at Washington, as
an overture to Chinese cheap labor and
an affront to GoMPERs, MITCHELL 4 Co.
This is where WILEY abandons his atti-
tude Of digniied reserve and descends
to anxious and ignoble ~protestation. He
renews his distinguished assuranceS of
undying loyalty to GOMPRRs, and asks
in accents wild why, why he has been
DETAINED by evil minded persons. The
posts, tlees and fences in this city
Montgomery, Ala and elsewhere have
been placarded recently with untrue
declarations that l am in. favor of
Chinese labor, in hostility to the inter-
ests Of laboring men"-meaning, Of
course, organized laboring men land
then he strikes an attitude of sorrow
and reproach, adding: And this not
withstanding the well known fact that
Mr.. GoMPERs's newspaper organ has
voluntarily published my name in the
list Of Congressman whose votes have
uniformly been on the side Of the labor
ing classes" The Gompers organ has
certified to his devotion. GoMPERs him.
self must be sure that he. WILEY, is true.
And yet somebody is defaming the Ala
bama statesman as a Mkewarm subject
of GoMPERs, and he the Alabama states
man in question: appeals TO GoMPERs for
a certificate of characterl
Only a year or so ago DR.. EDWIN A..
ALDERMAN, now president of the Uni
versity of Virginia, was roundly de-
nounced for intimating that the South
was not then represented in Congress
as potently as it was in the days OF BEN
JAMIN and YANcEY, DAVIS and HUNTER,
or even later in the days Of BEN HILL,
WADE HAMPTON, MATTHEW BUTLER,
L. Q. c. LAMAR, WALTHALL, VEST, RAM
som and others Of like quality. How
mean and cheap these defamers Of South
ern statesmen must feel To- in ecstatic
contemplation of the Hon. ARIosTo
ACAPULCO WILEY of Alabamal
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1. Rus.la's New Election at Handq

According to n telegram from st.
Petersburg. the Stolypin Administration
has decided tentatively on December 30
as the date for holding the election of
members to the new Duma. We have
never doubted that the promise to on
woke a second national assembly would
be kept so soon as a semblance of order
should have been restored in Russia.
For two reasons: first, because Mr..
SToLYPIN is known to be a man of his
word and a sincere convert TO parlia-
mentary methods Of government; sec-
ondly, because, unless representative in
stitutions are maintained there will not
be the slightest chance Of procuring
further assistance from western Europe
IN the financial crisis which is impending.
When the last foreign loan was effected
provision was made for the payment OF
interest for a year on all of Russia's out
standing obligations held in foreign
parts, but the t~welvemonth il drawing
20 a sslole, and new precautions to avert
bankruptcy win soon be Indispensable.
Mr.. SToLYPN hopes to enlist most Of
the peasants in the support Of his Ad-
ministration by two instrumentalities,
namely, by fastening the distribution Of
the largest possible quantity Of land on
the most favorable terms as regards pay
ment by instalments; and by depriving
them Of the educated leaders who in the
last DumA helped to form the so-caIled
Group Of Toll, and showed themselves
more viosently radical than were the Con-
Institutional Democrats. For the parcella-
stion Of the Crown and appanagc lands
among the most needy mujiks no ready
money Ia required, and the Premier has
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Are the English More Independent Than
Americans?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: We are
apt to put on a great show OF personal indie
pendence in this country. but ] venture to
assert that the average Englishmsn il more
independent than the average American. For
one thing. he is reader to resent any in
frinRement on his legitimate rights. and. for
another. he is more prone 20 have the courage
of his convictions. He does not usually
hedge through policy. and he will on occasion
defy public opinion and follow the dictates of
his conscience. regardless OF consequences.
Here. ] fear, We are too much in awe Of
public opinion very slaves to it, In fact ard
too much given to asking ourselves the ques-
ton. in anticipation of any action. Will it
pay INDEX.
NEW YORK. October "a
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Tribute to Buck Ewing. Memory.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-StT: Buck Ewing
is deadi And Is that all, II no other voice is To
be lifted up in appreciation l am determined to
attempt something In the way Of tribute 10 his
memory. As / look back to the happy days when.
a young fellow. | heped from the bleacheries to
rend the air with wild acclaim, I can hardly realize
that my hero--for he was a hero to me-ls no more.
Although | never had the pleasure Of knowing
Ewing personally, I have watched him on the ball
neld many a time and oft with keen delight. He
was a ball player. II not the best. certainly the best
New York ever had. More than this, he was a born
leader. possessed OF The ability to inspire his CO.
workers with that spirit which is lndomitable In
defeat as In victory. He brought a championship
to New York and brought II without recourse to
the more than questionable tactics which some
profess TO admire in certain OF our present base
ball captains. He was. on the field at least a manly
man and a gentleman. Poor. dear old Buckl
ReQuLescdt IN pace. CRANK.
BROOKLYN. October =.
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The Proposed Motor Speedway on
Long Island.

The proposal to establish a speedway
on Long Island for the exclusive use OF
automobiles is an interesting under
taking which, if wisely carried out, ought
greatly to promote the welfare of all
those concerned in the manufacture and
employment of those vehicles.
The general plan, so far az announced,
seems to contemplate the construction
of a road beginning opposite the Black
wells Island Bridge and extending along
the northern portion Of Long Island
with a total length Of sixty miles. 1t
is stated that this speedway is to belong
to a private corporation, though it will
be opened to all pleasure motors. The
necessary land is to be acquired by
purchase, although doubtless many land
owners along the projected route will
be willing to grant the necessary right
of way over their property without ex-
acting any compensation. In covering
a distance of sixty miles, the proposed
speedway will necessarily have to cross
many highways. We assume that these
crossings will be effected either by tun-
nels or bridges. The availability of the
motor road for high speeding would be
seriously impaired if the drivers Of auto
mobiles were compelled to slow down
at every highway crossing, as would be
imperative il the highways were crossed
al grade. In any event, the sanction
OF the Legislature would be requisite
TO permit the speedway to cross the
highways at all.
We are inclined to think the popularity
Of this project would be enhanced by
taking care not to make the corporation
too private. A public character could
be given to the undertaking by making
the speedway open to the use Of all motor
lists in the State on the same terms. or
course, this would preclude the corpora
ton from excluding any one on personal
or fanciful grounds; any member Of the
public who complied with the prescribed
| conditions would be entitled TO run his
automobile upon the speedway. There
would be two advantages, however, in
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The Largest American Flag.

To rHE EDITOR or TIE SuN-Str: 4 despatch
dated Washington, October 81. In to days SUN
says; The largest american nag In the world Will
be hung in the court of the Post once Department
as soon as the huge piece OF bunting can be com
plcted. II will he sixty feet long and will have a
proporiIonate width. According 10 the measure
ments prescribed for the whole nag each OF the
thirteen stripes will he almost three feet wide"
Several stars and stripes larger than this nag
have been made. The largest ever displayed In the
United States Is the one made by Miss Josephine
Milford OF Madison. Y, j., during the Spanish
American war. which Is now, or was. In the custody
OF a lady Of your city. II measures 100 feet ny by
as feet hoist. The blue canton Is 40 by IS feet
each star measures > feet 5 inches across, and the
stripes are 5 feet wide.
An American flag with a 20 foot ny and 50 foot
hoist drapcd the monument to the soldiers and
sailors OF the civil war which was dedicated In your
city oil May 30. 1902. IL belonged TO a well known
dry goods hrm.
During the G. 4. r. encampment at Denver, Col.
in September, 1905. the front OF one Of the stores on
Sixteenth street was dTaped with a nag l5 feet
long and S. feet wide, the canton measuring ~ by
IS feet. the stripes I feet 2 inches Wide, and the
stars > feet high.
A correspondent Of your paper In speaking OF
the Denver nag. which at the time or Its display
was called the largest Stars and Stripesin the world.
said: That nag is not the largest American flag In
the world, because to my certain knowledge there
is one In the American Grub in Mexico city that Is
100 feet long and. | think. 80 or 70 feet wide"
After the fall Of Fort Sumter Archbishop Purcell
caused to be unfurled from the point OF the splre
Of the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Cincinnati. 2a5 feet
In the air. a flag measuring 20 feet on the ny and
Of prOportlonate hoist.
A patriotic gentleman Of your city had made for
special display in Havana on January I 1890. the
day Of the transfer OF the sovereignty OF Cuba BY
spain TO the United States, an American nag that
was 100 feet In length and - feet I inches In width.
=. ID. HARRISON.
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Hearst y judges.
John W. Con.
The Deal Complete.

In the confidence game between MUIR
PLY and HEARST the advantage is now
with MURPHY, and he has nothing to
fear but the election Of the man who
made him eat the leek at Buffalo, The
Independence League is no longer a
menace to the organization that votes
under the Star; it is now reasonably sure
Of the support of the Hearst people for
it's candidates for the State Legislature
and Congress.
On the evidence presented to it the
Board of Elections has eliminated all
the Independence League candidates
who were dangerous. Among those
who have been sacrificed are THOMAS
Rock, who is highly regarded by the
Central Labor Union, and who, with a
Republican nomination for State Sena-
tor and the Endorsement of the indie
pendence League, could hardly have
failed to defeat Orator GRADY; FRANK
LYN QUINBY. another representative Of
labor, who stood an excellent chance in
the Eighth Congress district 10 defeat
DANIEL J. RIORDAN, One of the gas
Senator'S; and JAMES A. ALLEN, who
was opposing that loyal Tammany re-
cruit CHARLES V. FoRNEs for Congress
in the Eleventh district. In several
legislative districts sanguine candidates
not as we'll known as Mr.. Rock, and not,
like him, associated with important
labor legislation, but vouched for cor
daily by the Central Labor Union, have
also failed TO convince the Board of
Elections that their petitions were regu-
lar and complete.
Nothing in this odorous business is
more touching than the C OF MIR.
HEARsr's man IHMsEN for the victims
of Technically. Somany idealssmashed,
so many hopes dashed, and nothing TO
do but carry the matter TO the highest
court and fight for the rights of the
League candidates. Something hap
pened to the petitions. Sheets of
names fell out of them, and addresses
of signers were impudently forged by
enemies of Mr.. HEARST. Mr.. lHMsEN
thinks the Board of Elections should
have protected the petitioners, and he
is inconsolable. And, of course. it adds
insult TO injury that Mr.. DANIEL F..
CoHALAN of the Tammany Hall law COM
mittee should assure the organization
in an official statement that the execu-
tive committee OF the Independence
League had from the first been opposed
10 the nomination of candidates against
the Tammany Hall ticket. Has not Mr..
HEARST said hat MURPHY is nothing to
him; indeed, that they are odious to
each other? And then this thing that
looks SO much like a deal within a deal
happens!
But however nimble and resourceful
the Hearst %jurists may be in behalf of
the rejected labor candidates, MURPHY
regards the incident as closed. Pledg-
ing the loyalty of Tammany Hall to the
whole Democratic ticket from top to
bottom" he solemnly declares:
The Issue Is clean cut. whether the corporate
monopoles shall control the Government or the
Movement control the corporations
The question that is worrying Mr..
HEARST just now is whether that cor
porate monopoly the Independence
League has not lost control Of MURPHY.
He must have a long spoon who eats with
che devil, says the proverb.
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Immediate Future OF Cuba.

How long is the United States to stay
in CubaG What will be the conditions of
withdrawal and of the transfer Of the
island to its own people? What will be our
relations with the new Government
1t is impossible to give any definite
reply to any Of these questions. For
various reasons an election should not
be held, and we understand will not be
held, before next June. At least that
time should be allowed for the subsidence
Of the animOsities engendered in the last
year or 80. An earlier election would
seriously disturb industrial conditions by
plunging the country into a heated politi-
cal campaign during its busiest season.
There is a large amount of important
safe or wise to call an election and re-
turn the administration TO it's proper
hands.
Even though peace and order be clearly
established, a restoration Of the status
quo ante is quite impossible. Cuba
essayed self-goverment, in 1902, with
a very good constitution as its founda-
ton, but that instrument was hope
lessly ineffective unless supplemented by
a group Of laws which would give life to
its principles. More than four years
elapsed and those laws were not passed.
Cuba was a constitutional republic in
name only. The experiment cannot be
repeated. When Cuba starts again she
must start on a sure foundation. She
must make her new trial as an actual, and
not as a mere potential, republic.
More than ever before the United
| States is responsible for the future of
the island. This follows from the very
fact Of the present intervention. The
present obligation is doubtless moral
rather than legal, but having assumed
the role of the good Samaritan we cannot
very we'll do less than that worthy gen.
tleman did. Cuba is in our hands until
she il clearly able to are for herself in
a proper manner. II will even be neces-
sary to extend our watchfulness, in some
form or other, beyond the immediate time
Of our departure. Our attitude in the
| DAYS to come must be taken in the light
of two considerations. There is in the
island a large group, probably numer-
ically preponderant, which desires u
departure at the earliest possible mo-
ment. There is another group which,
though perhaps the smaller in numbers,
has larger interests at stake and will be
sorry to see III go at any time. The
rights and the interests of both groups
must be considered with great care.
1t will certainly be weeks, and it may
be months, before the Cuban situation
is sufficiently clarified to make possible
any definite announcement Of u flu
ture policy. Much will depend upon the
conduct of the Cubans themselves. All
that can be said at present is that We
shall get away as sOon as We can do so
with entire safety, and that when We
do go we shall leave Cuba's house in
better order than it ever was before.
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To THE EDITOR or THE SUN--Sir: Captain
MacmorriS was anything but an unattractIve
swashbuckler. A wild IrishmAn. ready at the risk
OF his life 10 step In where wise soldiers feared TO
tread, he was admittedly a very valiant gentleman.
In his eRRerness to get there he had not carried
on his mining operatlSaS at s~ufhcienS depth. Cap
tain FIuelen points out that the enemy has coun-
tcrmlned. and Is Justified In his opinion when the
trumpe. sounds a retreat from the mines. Later
the King says OF FiucIsn: There 10 much care aud
valor in this Welshman."
Captain MGemOrrts by no means confines him
self to the simple cuSs word Ia" but expresses his
resentment In language the force OF which the
learned DR.. johnson much deplored. by Chrish,
Ia. It's III done: the work ish give over. the trumpet
sound q retreat" EDWARD G. DKLAvAN, JE.
NEW YORK, October q.