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P.ATERsON'S SCHOOL FUND.
The Appropriation for the Current Year
AmountR to RA49, DOC

To THE EDIJoR OF THE SUN-Sir: I note
In this mornings issue OF THE Sun an edi-
torial relating to the effort OF the city of Pater-
son to defend it's reputation. As a citizen it
is very gratifying for me to read such a fair
statement Of the facts In the case.
There IL. however. an error In the editorial.
which seems to me so serious az to warrant
| ratification. The annual expenditures of
the public schools are stated as $500. 900
| for a city Of 1875, 600 people. Paterson spent
$500, 900 a year long ago for its public schools.
The amount this current year for ordinary
expenditures will be s449. 600. As I know that
your paper Is read by many educate rs and
as they would consider $500. 900 a very small
| expenditure for a city with $4,000 or 10000
school children, I feel warranted In calling
attention to the matter.
The foregoing amount does not include
bonds or interest, We are building now a
haH million dollar high school and a large
elementary school. and we are very likely to
undertake at least one more elementary
school during the current year. -,
one to WHICH IhI I feel psrsi &c pshay sble to reply =
tendeht Of schools here for two years, and
Years superintendent in a neishborine town.
have never heard Of an anarchlstio meeting
In this city during this period OF nine years.
Of them has ever heard of an anarchisticm meet;
ine. No doubt there ore. a~gitators here and
meetings OF socialists.' No doubt anarchists
visit this city. / have no. doubt also that
there are individuals here who are anarchists,
but I do not believe that there is an anarchistic
club here OF az many as half a dozen members;
and | am certain that for several years at
least they have not held either a public or q
semi public meeting,
II | thought the contrary. that there were
meetings Of anarchists here, | should con-
slider It my duty as an educator to inquire
into the matter very carefully and to do what
/ could to emil these people.
AZ a matter OF fact Paterson Ia a very or
derby, peaceful community; | know a house
In this city where the side door, fronting on a
residence street, was left open for two weeks.
| day and night, In the summer, when there
was no one In the house. This was. OF course.
BY accident. and yet nothing was taken. We
seem particularly free from offenders against
the law, both small and great. .
The reputation Of Paterson as, a "hotbed
of anarchy" Is probably due to the presence
here of a large Italian population; but / de:
sire to say for the Italians that they send
their children to school and conduct them
selves as good American citizens. They GER
tainiy do not deserve the charge OF being
anarchists or radical Socialists.
WILLIAM E. " CELLoR,
Superintendent OF Public Instruction.
PATERSON, June ~.
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women,s Talk in Libraries.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-rSfr: The com
municatlon Of "A Gentleman OF the Old Sch DOL"
in THE SUN Of June II struck me as being a gentle
hint in the right direction. !. too, have frequently
bccn not a little annoyed by the loud talking OF
employees In public libraries and reading rooms.
Sometimes this annoyance takes tho form OF matters
~ncrsonal TO them selves and at others OF something
that relates TO their work. The offenders no doubt
get 80 used to this habit from long practice that
they do not realize how It sounds and looks to
outsiders.
7 have in my minds eye at this moment one
pa1,lcular young woman who possesses a voice that
any antiqunted. violin might justly regard with
unldultciated envy. | have On more than one
occasion been compelled TO discontinue reading
until she had given unrestrained ventilation TO her
vigorous sentiments upon the most inonensive
subject.
AS your correspondent truly observes. II there
is one, place more than another where quiet and
decor,lm should be observed It is a public library
and reading room. And 1t Is certainly but right
and proper that the employees themselves should
observe those rules the least violation OF which on
the part Of q visitor they are quick enough 10
rebuke.
Concerning the "spinStcr" Eject Of such q vas,
number OF women occupying positions of a public
naturt. the fair occupants should, In my opinion,
be the aIbitcis in Tint mater, since they a.c the
oncs who must sufei the penalty II III. belief OF
"a good many" be really tue. Doubtless a large
percentage OF them would be glad 70 accept a rra.
sonhbly rcmuncrativc employment Of q moe suit
able chaIact.r
Like your COL respondent. / have only the most
sympathetic feeling and tho widest charity for the
brtadwtnner. and pal ticularly for the toilcr Of the
gentle sex. ANOTHER OLD SCHOOL MAN.
NEW YORK, June 80.
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room OLD NEW o
Pitiless Analysis by an Upstate stranger
Within Its Gates.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Str: Pardon this
unsolicited correspondence, but I am a lover OF
wisdom and a stranger In New York. Having,
previous to my arrival, heard SO much of the great
wonders here. l cannot help remarking how dis
appointed ] am to nnd New York so Ignorant. cruel
and selfish, and about hve decades behind tho true,
correct and natural methods of living. The
average New Yorker Is an egotlst and as shallow
as the shell OF an egg: fun Of ostentation and q
hypocrite to himself.
| am willing to wager that II a census OF New
York was taken one third of the population
could not name the capitals OF nve States In the
Union, nor tell what the population OF the world
is approximately or what the late accessions TO
the United States are.
certainly admire a good four nusher In a game
OF chance, but ] cannot digest a person who makes
a steady die, OF II. New York In Its own sphere may
be acceptable TO It's constituents. but sc godsi 10
the rest OF the world 1t Is far behind the wagon OF
philosophy, with no prospects of ever catching up.
The newspapers, with the exception OF THE Sun
and a few others. consist OF nothing but yellon1sm
and rot. The upstate paper can discount tho
average New York paper. as It has more meaty
reading In 1t In one minute than an average New
York paper has in one hour.
New York in my eye Is the dumping ground Of
90 per cent. Of the foreign clement. which Sums
New York with initeracy.
personal animosity. Far from It. They are tho
voices OF 90 per cent. OF the upstate inhabitants.
NEW YORK, June 23, FARMER
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Smart Sets and Princes.

The society women OF Colorado
Springs deserve the sympathy Of their
sisters in other parts Of the country. They
have been snubbed by a real live princess.
The search after %prinoesses is one of the
life pursuits of the true society woman"
and if it be her misfortune to dwell in n
place like Colorado Springs, seldom visit
ed by daughters Of the blood royal, deep
must be her grief when the scion Of a
ruling house stamps her little foot and
turns her back merely because the so
ciety woman's" search focuses itself in
a prolonged stare.
But there is consolation for the smart
set" OF Colorado Springs. 1t has taught
a lesson to the social elect of this and
other Eastern cities. Princes Of India
have been neglected by Eastern society.
This Is wholly culpable. A prince is a
prince, no matter what the tint of his
complexion or the style Of his native
costume. Yet in this city there is a
marked preference for princes of British
or German extraction.
This cannot be attributed to a be-
lief that an English or German prince
is any more princely than one from
Baroda or even from Cabul. The en-
lightened %potentate now travelling in
this country has dispelled some foolish
illusions in this matter. He has shown
that a prince of India is al broad minded,
as literally educated, as elegant in speech
and manner as one from Windsor or
Potsdam. His right and title to adj
mission into what is called the best 80
ciety are indisputable.
Why, then, the unmerited favor shown
TO European royalties? The answer
seems to be that the court gossip of India
does not find its way into the newspapers
on this side of the Atlantic. You do not
get your name into the papers by shining
in the society of India, and hence there
is no advertising in showing a favor to
an Indian prince. But when it comes
to a German, and still more a Briton,
then the columns of the home papers do
YOU full Justice and the fact that you
are on the crest Of the social wave is
made known to all men.
Colorado Springs is nc provincial
village. She opens her arms to all
princes, be they European or Asiatic.
Her smart set" conceived a function of
dazzling splendor with the charming
little Maharanee in the centre thereof.
The fame of this party would have
gone forth ever unto st. Louis and Chi
cago; and futile Envy would have CRASHED
her yellow teeth. But the Maharanee
stamped her foot and turned her back
Well, we have done the best we could tc
celebrate the smart set" of Colorado
Springs. To our shame and sorrow we
do not possess a list of the names Of those
present.
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Railway Passes.

In their proposed plan Of adjustment
Of the free pass matter the conferees
on the Rate bill display greater wisdom
than has. been shown by either Of the
bodies which they represent. They APP
proach the question from the proper
direction.
The issuance or non-issuance Of passes
10 the railroads own employees, to
!. clergymen, to the deserving poor and
to such others as existing law may ex-
empt from the general prohibition is
properly a matter for determination by
the authorities of the roads. The pass
system has always been a heavy burden,
financially, and many efforts have been
made to limit it and ever to do away
, with it entirely. 1t will be easier now
than wei before to give success to these
efforts. Now that it has been found that
the Elkins law really has vitality and that
its effectiveness is increased by an amend
ment to the Hepburn bill, the free pass
to shippers takes on the nature of a pro-
hibited rebate, or a form of unlawful
discrimination unless passes are given
10 all shippers.
As the law will probably soon stand
the roads may be trusted to take care of
themselves, to grant passes where they
deem it proper and lawful to do so, and
to exercise without abuse 4 privilege
which is clearly within their rightful adj
ministrative functions. With the issu.
ance of,passes to public officials, to legis.
lators and Judges whose votes and de.
~:ieions are subject to possible influence
by tres transportation, the public is
directly concerned. 1t pays the mileage
of its Legislators. To accept this mileage
and then accept n pass which makes the
mileage what is known in the street as
~"velve." is a form of graft which shoulc
tt suppressed.
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The Connecticut city Of Merlden calls
itself "the Silver City, 1t Is known
throughout the world as "the Brass
City" and it has just enlarged it's brazen
laurels.
Meriden was set off from the good old
town Of Wallingford in 1905; and has just
treated herself to a commemoration Of
the hundredth anniversary of her indie
pendence. The most notable, artistic,
aesthetic, imposing and impeccable part
of the whole festivities was the perform
ance of a minuet by the picked legs Of
the Putnam Phalanx of Hartford. To
say picked legs" in connection with that
band of martialists is to say the picked
legs of the picked legs of the world, the
legs OF legs, the consummate fowero of CRU
raj perfection, the last cry and supreme
poetry of legs, legs neither for necessity
nor for flexure, but for grace, for beauty,
for the delight of the eye, for the fulfil
ment of the canons of sculptural, craven,
painted, incised, chased and carven legs,
for the happiness and the despair of all
the artists of all lands.
For years that outrun memory the
Putnam Phalanx has witched the world
with noble legship. Every parade, every
public walk of it draws the artists, the
sketchers, the photographers. How
often is the American traveller thrilled
by the sight of casts of these invaluable
members of Hartford society, these
pillars of Hercules, these props of the
State, these shafts and columns of war.
In marble or plaster they are among
the treasures of every museum. They
CLEAN from the Villa Medici. At Athens
and Palermo they laugh to scorn the
rude primitive legs of early gods and
heroes. They fill Prussian officers with
a hopeless hope Of emulation. They
have walked to Munich, to st. Peters
burg, to Calcutta and to Allahabad. In
wood, they are adored as fetishes by
Dahomey and the Cameroons. AS Pres.
ident HADLEY quoted happily from
VIRGIL at the celebration, What region
in the earth is not full Of your legs?"
Well, the legs went to Meriden by invi-
tation and minuetted peerlessly, and
made the colonial ball a great artistic
success. The persons in charge of the
ceremonies were, we grieve to have to
say, a set of grovelling gripes and nigs,
What did they care for art? They are
"out for the money!" Here we append an
extract from a Meriden paper sent us by
an indignant Meridenite, whose protest,
published on this page, does honor to his
cultivation and sense of propriety, hos.
pitality and gratitude, qualities not toe
common in "the Brass City:
The ball receipts were 81, 800, and the day attet
the grand affair it was the opinion OF the ofncial
that the entire expenses would not exceed 5000
which would leave a balance for profts Of 500
There was much rejoicing among the member
over the financial success of the affair. but q cloud
has now como over the once enthusiastic worksr
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With some ~expurgating, the love letters
that figure as evidence in the present day
divorce trials and breach Of promise suits
might be added to the rapidly growing bulk
OF nature literature The other day a
man was ordered by the court to pay $i4 900
for Earring the affections Of his Wild Rose. p"
The destroyer Of one home came In the
shape of a Little Huckleberry.' The doou-
mentary evidence IN the most recent case is
an epistle from a woman signed Your
Pumpkin" It would overtax the time of
the entire bench and all the referees to
know all the birds and butterflies
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frlenda In tho auusb beigsvs that II .
representative H~mnherner were ~ ~
taken ~ head tho iirhet tho oho,c" wpubd
fail npph him but he has u conviction
that ilr nomination. ~ y auutlisfn inhh
wuUid e]h,prntef pfeiWIlsrs Nv Tho North
that would H. fatal w tis ,anltdacv ~
The ptrsrnt lime SenHtof Htttft and
his friends spys Nf iWRUfst ~"
heartily fuf tho n1miOaiiub ~ the We
hfnska man
Representative ~ RuEsa probably
Atrnks Nv Nv" card " any rate. W.T.
HltLEY'a Views about The inettetli"hov
~ naming 4 Snnthsfn man tut President
utr veil known II hc advocates Tho
nomination ~ AIf HnNAS an intctrstlhr
question arises HoldinR tho opinions he
dutw about the trusts hUw could be tar"
tho stump iur hia candidate w the
Srnaic "a June O Mr. B,itEN protested
against The PROPOSAL ~ The rate hill con
fcrces 10 eliminate aleeping car conn
uHnies from he operation ~ the bill, AMI
made these remark
. Wv WV" wv ~ 'H y wv f''f
t..n nav st brrn Ahir ~ maze ihsma"l'cs e.
anticipated mast T In 'ntl' dcld ~ rnt, rpfisc Y g
great Standard un rvs, IL In many SECTIONS sun.
lrrird Ia the competition ~ independent trnncr'
and prudnrtts. Tie great heel trust IN almost
every town aud Nlll6g" In the land must encounter
the competition Of the local bu,chct. The snrHt
trust has no, yet perfected is monopoly nor has
thc rhbacco trust The grcs' steel trust the great
e' Ia iS capital aud In it, extent ever organized
since tue foundation Of this Republic. must NEE, i'
weaker competitors IN the open ms rte,sotthe world
and sell It's wares In competition with them. Look
over the entire held. There Is no absolute and rom
pletc monopoly under this Tag except only The Pun.
man Palace Car COMPANY"
Mr.. BRYAN, on the other hand, sees a
despOtic and dangerous trust in every
great business. and In proclaiming the
paramount issue for 1903 he uses such
language as this: Private monopoly
must be e%xterminated o and branch.
" There is some talk Of control
ling the trusts. You might as well talk
Of controlling burglary. " 1t is
not sufficient to control or regulate pri-
vate monopolies, they must be abso-
lutely and totally destroyed
But Mr.. BAILEY's view is that there
is only one monopoly In the United
States. 1t is conceivable that he may
be wrong about the instance he cites.
Insomnia might account for his ncom
promising hostility. However that may
be, Mr.. BRYAN could not make a cam
paign standing on the platform: THE
Pullman Palace Car Company must CO.
Nor could he invite Mr.. BAILEY to stump
! the country for him in a ruthless cam
paign against the trusts when the deadly
parallel could be invoked against his
champion. People would naturally ask
who was sane, BRYAN, the exterminator,
or BAILEY, who can see only a sleeping
car company to tear up root and branch.
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Lumpkin.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: In your re.
marks on "LumplSln" to-day you are too nterentiali
you suffer from non ssqutur: post hoe does not
ergo (propteD hoe as you think.
No, sir, Col. Lumpkin Is a gentleman. sir: and his
heart Is as big as a pumpkin. With one an.
cestral foot firmly planted in the sand hills OF Geor-
gia, he bravely oyerStrides the travel stained saNan-
nah and gracefully rests his remaining pedal upon
the sacred soil OF South Carolina.
Citizen LumpkIn Journeys hither and yon 10 get
business for a railroad; he hustles and Is a success.
He needs no discovercr. His reputation is auto.
matte. Everybody save THE sun knows LumpRln
Of South Carolina and Georgia. May he not get
los, In the shoes of Benjamin with the Pitchtork,
Nnw YORK. June 22. A, B. c.
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Supplies for the Phalanx.

the enclosed cutting from the Mcridcn Morning
Record. 1t appears that the m having
charge OF the recent centennial celebration was
surprised al the cost Of entertaining that noted
battalion the Putnam Phalanx OF Hartford.
To those who know the quality and high exploits
Of the Putlanx It Is strange that the
should be surprised at the size OF their refrcshment
bill.
Are they not mighty men OF valor proven on
many nclds3
Did not their continental uniforms lend lustre to
the colonial BALI
Did they not dance the minuet beautifully,
None but a mig gard would md fault with the
cost OF their r~efreshment. L. NJ. r..
MERIpES. Conn, June IS.
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In HE shetch IN tho Corgrsssiondl NJ.
tfciory Representative Eastst v WooDu ~
Missouri. vim wis ,inaeated hy the iIo,ise
Yesterday, says ~ tho Twclth district, ~
which h. wac crc,ll, 81. thu, II "comprlaea
the heart ~ The business and residential
SECTIONS n tho city ~ ~ ln,ta' Vet IN
ono wari more votes we're cast for Mr.,
woop than the total population of tho
ward. men, women and children" That
IA rather n bad showing for the heart Of
~ L6uis, Considering that the boas OF
the Twelfth dist riot lie he notorious BrrtER,
Il Ia the manifest duty ~ Reformcr FotK 10
zee that the law IL enforced
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The utooa weyro Ia - nigh, rh,nr.

During the discussion n the Consti-
htlonnlitv OF the go W0 appropriation
for the Presidents travelling c%Sprnsr',
AIr. ItENENwN exclaimed:
VIVA, Sc, HE u.r 20 stand he,c aud 'alE about
the Cm.u,Iu,n' W. nv" aot into such = habit
Of GlSrns.lut 'Nr Constitution here In the senate
.h,i no Single QUO ,tluu can com" ~ uw' Wha' We
have h,rr, a. cnn,rl'nl,u,l artumr
Tho habit deplorel hv the impatient
Senator from Indiana has seemed TO us
a mighty good habit. We should even
regard il rs an alispiciols occurrence
If the constitutionality of this particular
appropriation were considered sooner or
later by the Supreme Court.
There are some provisions Of that ven
cradle instrument which are not so elias
tic as the interstate IN clause.
They present questions capable OF n
positive and unqualified affirmative from
the court. or an absolute and down
right negative. One of these provisions
Is that the compensation which the Pres
ident receives for his services shall
neither be increased nor diminished dur
ing the period for which he shall be
elected and that he shall not receive
within that period any other emolument.
Whether this appropriation makes an
increase of compensation, whether it
gives another emolument, are questions
which the Supreme Court could not help
answering if the questions reached that
court.
If il is not an increase Of compensa-
ton. if it il not another emolument, the
fact ought to be established by a deci-
sion of the tribunal charged with the in
depreciation of fundamental law. The
precedent will be important.
The s25, 900 appropriation is for the
expense of any excursions, official or
private, that the President may under
take while in office, and for the travel
ling expenses, UP to that limit. OF any
number of friends or companions whom
he may invite do go with him by land
or water to any destination he may
select upon the face Of the globe, or in
the upper air if he be economically
inclined, or in the depths of the sea if
uuJN VI ICSltO iui OCShOii III
So entirely is the $25 900 at the Presi-
dents discretion, without check or audit
that he could lawfully expend the whole
amount, If he saw fit, in taking 24,999
inhabitants Of Washington along with
him in steamboats, down the Potomac
at a dollar apiece for the round trip. No
body expects that he will use the money
in that way, or in any other way that Is
foolish or improper. The illustration is
used only to indicate the character Of
the appropriation.
The best way would have been to IN
crease the Presidential salary to $780, OC
by enactment before March 4, 1905
That plain opportunity was neglected
by Congress, through no fault of THE
Suns. The next best method would
have been the lawful establishment of
q Presidential train, with annual pro-
vision In the regular way for its main
tenance. The plan finally adopted is not
fortunate, for it raises a grave question
which has nothing to do with the meri.
torious purpose Of Congress.
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santo Dominso's Foreign Trade.

Santo Domingo's foreign trade Is carried on prtn.
clpally with the United States, Germany, France and
Great Britain, In order ofimportancc as named. The
American share amounted last year TO s8.445,s4b'
and represented sl,98l,075 imports OF American
goods and A,4s2, 27l American purchases OF pomin'
lean goods. The United States buys C5 per cent.
OF the republics exports, and sells 80 per cent. 81
Its imports. Seventeen per cent. OF the year
total trade went to Germany. IL per cent. TO France
and a little more than 4 per cent. TO Great Britain
the latter being the only country mentioned whose
sales to the republic were greater than It's put-
chases from 10.