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New-York tribune., 1906-08-15
KEEP THE PEACE!

Many suits have already been begun TO secure
final judicial determination of the COhey
Island fare question. If the Brooklyn haplu
Transit Company is entitled to charge only nVe
cents for the trip the fact is certain 10 Oe
established soon. There is. therefore, no heeu
for any of our Hampdens to continue TO MAKE
test cases by refusing to pay the fare which
the company has received no judicial order 10
cease collecting. and rOwdies have no excuse
for creating disorder either for the assertion or
popular rights OF the protection OF corporate
privileges. Nobody but a public enemy VIII
ncite the people TO disorder. Ihe quesIlOh can
be settled In perfect peace. and cOuld nave Deeh
so settled from the first. At any rate, after the
present troubles, a ruling by the Court or Ap-
peals is certain. Every good citizen therelore'
should conduct himself with restraint and II ne
wants to go TO COney Island pay the fare de-
manded.
We give this advice without regard TO whether
Justice GaynOr is right or wrong; also without
regard to the conduct of the Brooklyn RAPID
Transit Company, which, whatever us Iegai
rights may be- appears to have exhibited great
lack of wisdom. Assistant Corporation COunsel
ConnOly, high authority. advises Acting Mayor
MCGOWAN that it is not the duty of the ponce
10 interfere with the expulsion of passengers
who refuse to pay second fare provided the
force used is only reasonable. Thus, without at
tempting 10 decide the question at issue as TO
fares he practically holds that, pending the de-
termination of that question. the collection of
the 10 cents on the assumption that it is legal
cannot be interfered with by the authorities
Certainly, then, no mob, even under the advice
OF Borough President COler, is authorized to un-
dertake the work. Mr.. COler's peculiar methods
are too well known for his disgraCeful course
TO create any surprise He who ought to be the
exemplar Of law in Brooklyn, carried away by
his enormous vanity and desire for the applause
of the empty headed. has counselled violence as
an instrument for the establishment of legal
rights Acting Mayor MCGOWAN has properly
characterized his conduct Mr.. MCGOWAN is as
anxious to see the 5-cent fare established as
Mr.. Coler OF any Of the passengers who have
submitted to hardship in defence of their view
of the law The people should heed his words
and patiently wait for a settlement of the ques-
ton by the peaceful processes of the law, and
trust to the enforcement of the law when it is
once determined by the proper administrative
authorities. without resort to disorder.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-15

covering considerable territory. are below lhe
ratio because other districts outside OF New
York and Kings are above ii, but excepting for
the necessary misrepresentation OF Richmond
and Queens, the city of New Yorks representa-
ton in proportion 10 its population is e1achy
that of the state as whole. 1t is interesting
to observe that the Cayuga Seneca district the
smallest in the state, in criticism OF whlch 50
much has been said, is chronlcally over-repre-
sented II was far below the ratio even under
the Democratic apportionment of 1892, when
surrounding districts were far above the ratio.
The reason is the configuratioL of county lines
and the fact that in that part of the state Is
group of small counties surrounded by larger
ones so that even distribution of power is prac-
tically impossible 1t is not a question OF poll
tics but Of geography.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-15
THE APPORTTOyMEYT SUSTAINED.

The decision Of Justice Howard uphOlding
the cOnstitutOnality of the recent apportion-
ment OF Senate districts is a complete answer
10 the partisan misrepresentation of the action
OF the Republican Legislature. That msrepre-
sentation came with specially little grace from
the Democratic party. which Outrag geOuSly
gerTymandered the state in 1892, creating I'M
equal districts, not from necessity but for
purely political purposes Those inequalities
were not incident 10 the combination of cOun-
ties of refractory size and conhguration. but
right here in the county of New York, where
Il was easy 20 run lines creating districts of
substantial equality, Republicans were massed
into a district containing 244. 600 people. beside
a Democratic district with only 10000. Jus
tlce Howard points out that three cases OF
hagrant inequality were then presented. while
only one case Of inequality is complained OF
now, yet the Court of Appeals upheld that APP
portiOnment. And II did so when the constitu-
ton placed no such restriction as TO method
upon the Legislature as it does now. and when
equality was more nearly possDle-as. for in
stance, by grouping Richmond with n part Of
Kings or New York, which is now forbidden.
This case Of Queens and Richmond making
district much IN excess Of the ratio. is by every
body recognized as hard one. But under the
constitution there is no other way to dispose
OF Richmond. 1t cannot be put with New York
or Kings with which it is contiguous for no
county can be divided except 10 make districts
entirely within its own borders. Queens is the
county most nearly contiguous. When Rich
momd was put with Suffolk by the constitution
OF 1894 in disregard Of the constitutions own
rule for the guidance Of the Legislature. Greater
New York had not been created. Now Rich
Inond is a part of the city Of New York and
coupling II with distant rural county would
obviously be OUt Of place. Nassau having been
set of from Queens. that goes naturally with
s:ffoIk making a district of full size. Rich
mond's welfare would certainly not be served
.ly putting il with rural ROckland, with thirty
miles % New Jersey separating them. 1t is
linforts.Iate that special provision for Richmond
was not mnde in the constitution. II might be
Just 10 give Richmond and Queens together two
Senator's. bIt that is impossible. The Legis-
Iafl.e has done the best il could
The counties 0f New York City have absO-
lutely all that the constitution allows them 10
lave and the larger counties all that they could
claim IN abstract justice. The districts are sub
stanriaily equal and all within a trifling frac
fiOn os IRE -ati". The Legislature could not
CIV ibsSr cuGn:ieS any laIsPr representation
- IL sTEL:cd h. Isc constitution properly f0r-
LIDS ihc concentration of many small districts
" one county. Some districts outside the city.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-15
any way save through concert or action Oh aii
the powers, such as we fear cannot be secured IN
the immediate future.
LAROR ON THE TSTHMUs.

II must be borne in mind that the cana! zone
Is not a part of the United States. That is
fundamental consideration in the labor prom
lem there. II was long ago made clear, by 1uol-
ciaI decision interpreting the Constitution ana
the laws that Porto Rico and the Philippines
were not parts of the United States, and that
the Constitution and laws of the United States
did not apply to them until and unless specifi-
cally extended to them by act of Congress
Such being the case with those territories abso-
lutte ownership OF and sovereignty over whica
are vested in the United States, much more is IL
the case with the canal zone, of which the
United States has not ownership nor SOW
ereignty, but merely a perpetual lease under
alien sovereignty.
1t follows, then, that the Chinese Exclusion
act of the United States does not apply to the
isthmus, and will not unless Congress sees mt
to apply it thereto by special act. The same
is to be said of the eight hour law and OF
other laws Of the United States. There will be
no violation Of them in either letter or spirit,
in employing Chinese contract labor for the
excavation of the canal. II it is fact that
concerning the Chinese Exclusion act there is
"such a deep seated sentiment and conviction
among the people of our country, as MIR. Com
pers thinks, what has that to do with 1t? It IS
not proposed to employ the coolies in "Our cOun-
try,' but in a foreign land. The question is not
pie Of our country are, but what those of the
people Of Panama are.
So much for the legal aspects of the case.
From the point of view of practical business
efficiency and practical business ethics, it would
be interesting to know what alternative could
be adopted Mr.. GOmpers does not want to go
down there and work, eight hours or eight min
utes day nor do the members of the numer-
GUS organizations of which he is the head Are
we to play the dog in the manger, and say that
we ourselves will not or can not do the work,
and will not let it be done by those who are
both willing and able to do it? That would be
a strange policy. On what ground is Chinese
contract labor there Objectionable? Tt cannot
be for the sake of the Chinese themselves, for
they are eagerly desirous of going thither under
contract 1t cannot be for the sake of Amerl-
can wOrkmen, to save them from Chinese COM
petition, for there is no such competition, and
will be none. We cannot see that it is the bust,
ness of any one else, excepting, of course, the
Panamans and we are assured that they offer
OhipCfiOOS
New-York tribune., 1906-08-15
EARLY HOMEWARD RUSH.
Incoming Liners Booked to CQpaGty
5Cith Returning Tourists.

The Kaiser Wilhelm II arrived here ysstszs-g
with the first big list OF returning tourists. AZ
co-dins 70 the agents OF several large Inss tie
homeward rush OF Americans this year IS uAay
to break all records. The Kaiser was practically
booked solid the westward trip which endsi
yesterday, having more than nine hundred eshn
passengers.
The hOmeward rush begins usually when the hoi
days Of summer have passed This year the r1sa
began when New York was IN the thr0es Of e vl-
lent heat wave. and will continue. It Is though
until the first week in October According 70 an
agent. the rush Is matnly due to the desire Of es
one who goes abroad to return within the rasl
months Most OF the big liners OF the White s,lf
Cunard North German LLOYD Hamburg Amen
can and Holland-America Iires as well IS me e9-
tire feet OF the American. Red star and Alal-
transport lines nave been booked almost 70 -
Iaclty nearly three months IN advance for u
westward rush period.
The Oceanic and the CarOnia. which arrived -
week. brought the first SeTnblance OF the seas.-s
homeward rush The TeutOnic. which Is e17ee,s.
70 arrive tonight. has an unusually large can
list The New York. the Erruria. Ia TOUTalne e.
the Cedric all Of which should arrive here oy 8.
urdaI or Sunday, are booked full. many O ~
cabin passengers returning on passage purclAs-
In New York three or four months ago.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-15

cause the principal traction company IN lna'
borough wanted to give them the chance. III
London the provision Of bridge uamway VIII
be accomplished under the auspices or the Lon
don County Council. In New York the supwayS
including the one under the East River are city
property. and their construction was initiated
by a municipal board. In London the tunheis
are owned and operated by corporations identl-
cal I'm character with the InterbOrough, New
York CITY and Brooklyn Rapid Transit COM
panies Rnt ON the other hand, the substitu-
ton OF electricity for steam, horse power and
cables for motive purposes In this city was eff
fected long time ago by private corporations.
It's adoption I'm the London tubes" now an old
story is attributable TO the same class of agen-
cies Slow work is being made with electric
traction on the surface lines in London, and
these are under the control of the County COun-
Gil OF 125 miles of road in existence last April,
only twenty eight had been adapted to the use of
electricity, although the transformation is going
ON steadily and all new lines will be equipped
In conformity with modern practice.
In at least one respect the people of London
are more fortunate than those of New York.
They have long had cheap cab service. Every
effort TO establish one here has failed. From
the imposition Of illegal charges the public is
fairly we'll protected by the police, but the law
full charges are from three 20 five times as large
as they are in most of the foreign capitals
There can be little doubt that if there were
material reduction In the rates in this city there
would be an enormous increase in the use Of
cabs and carriages. No New Yorker ever comes
back from Europe without wishing that he
might in this particular receive the privileges
which are enjoyed by ''the most favored ma
tiOns"
New-York tribune., 1906-08-15
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Duff Merrick lawyer Of Ashsville. N. c., was
recently arraigned before a magistrate charge
OF assault with deadly weapon. to wit. a street.
car. The complaint. in effect was that the said
Merrick, Of the State of North Carolina. did vio-
lently with force and arms. feloniousy. with malice
aforethought etc, lay hands upon the said Melton
and feoniously attempt 70 place the said Melton
in front Of rapidly moving streetcar. with the
memory. aforesaid The magistrate decided that
the offence was simple assault. The streetcar
seems deadly weapon. The man who would use
a streetcar for battery is not q believer in such
simple violence may be accomplished with the
fists.
The girl who is going to be married in October
about love but nobody has yet done fui justice to
the subject.-Somerville Journal.
One of the London weeklies laments the decay
of Oratory in the House OF Commons An observer
has classified the styles of Parliamentary speaking
thus: "Haw-haw'' style. the Hum and Haw'
style and the ''He-haw'' style. The first, he says
is used by the naughty gentlemen who loll in tri-
umph the Treasury bench. the second distin-
guishes the utterances of the keen and watchfII
gentlemen on the front Opposition bench, while
the third sort fairly describes the effort OF the prI
vate member.
School Examiner-What is the meaning OF false
schoolboy-Please SIR. it's when the doctor gives
the wrong stuff 20 the people who are sick~CRris-
tan Register.
There is one verse. and it is said to be the only
one in the Bible that contains every letter In the
alphabet. II is Ezra vii. q, and reads: And l. even
L. Artaxerxes. the king. do make a decree to all
the treasurers which beyond the river that
whatsoever Ezra. the priest. the scribe of the law
of the God of heaven shall require of you It be
done speedily
Wholesale -DoctOr-Well, Matthew. did you take
those pills sent you yesterday?
Patient-Yes: doctor but couldn't e do 'em up in
hOXeS he
hard to swallOwi-Punch.
Montenegro next month will hold the first cleo
tiOn in its history. Under Prince Nicholass decree
It will choose a parliament 10 serve four years
Each Captaincy, as the districts suggestively
named in this domain OF mountain fighters. will
elect member will each the six towns Of
the principality.
Politics. "Nornin', Congressman: T.
Have cigar, Jim
Thought I'd come around 70 tell YOU that I'd
moved out OF your district, but
Indeed, Mr. Smith,"
You see wanted to find out IF
Yes. Smith,
"If you could use your influence to-
ing."-Puck.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-15
About People and Social Inciden1,

one-mile corner % watch the first Inn,
Monmouth County hounds. OF which p I. a.
is master. Great preparations have bean r,.,s .s
tho hunts this year, and the walls and &C. p
win be taken by the hunters have besn Ia ae'
that horses will not be injured in striking a.
The hunts will be held three times wsez "a
The cOttagers are taking great inte--s% a.
Newport Tuberculosis Association ana n "a "a
the fact that there viii be no entertaiur-a-s
years for its benefit, they are subscribing "a
20 the treasury Of the association Auo0, r~-i
subscribers are Mrs. G. b. Perry. s.: N-s 90
Powell. S25: T. W. Phinney. so: Mrs. VYIIls -
ney. so; Mrs G. l. Rives. SO; Mrs Charleg -.
$40: Mrs. Whitney Warren. SO; R. C. Dsrbv. : -
J. W. Horton. s..
Tomorrow afternoon Newport will Sc e.
ding of Miss Mary Alicia BOokstaver. Oaur-.'.N
Judge and Mrs. Henry W. BoOkstaver ~
among the pioneer summer residents os -
and are well known in New York and Cha-l.,r~.1
ward ISnoblauch. son OF Charles Knoblsu,s
bridegroom served in the Rough Rida-, - -
father IS one OF the aoted exiles of the I7,--S' -
revolution The ceremony will be psrfo-r.s :
the summer home Of the brides parents. n -
gatory Road
Mrs Charles ChiIds. Mrs Oliver Gould I.-..
Miss G. g. King. Mrs Edwin D. Morgan 49, ,,'
Henry Barton Jacobs entertained at Iuneh.-- -
afternoon
Cottage dinners were given this evening h- W
EIbridge T. Gerry, Mrs Payne Whitney pa
Fred Plerson. jr.. and Mrs. Richard Gambru
Miss E1eauOra Sears. OF Boston. Is the s-.-ps
MI and Mrs. Payne Whitney
Mrs. Natalie Schenck Collins has sent cara, a..
for a large dinner party Thursday evsnl,g a.
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt for Friday evening
The annual meeting of the members of ths Y.,
mort Reading Room. Nswport's Fashionable er-s
will take place tomorrow at noon.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt eutertains. a Ir,.
party at tea on board the steam yacht No1,h So,
this afternoon
Carl schurz OF New York. is the guest Or Jus..
and Mrs Henry ". BOOkstaveT-
Mrs. A. Cass Garfield. who has been the g.ss
Of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt left here to-day a,-
Bar HarbOr-
There was an interesting yacht race this sr~.
noon for a wager OF $50 between Pembroke n.
and Alfred G. Vanderbilt. On the Carolina a-8 =.
CAPRICE the Caprice Winning
New-York tribune., 1906-08-15
IN THE BERKSHIREs.
rBy Telegraph 70 The Tribune. ]

TBy Telegraph 20 The TrfbuneI
Lenox Mass. Aug A-With the thsrr-o-=,-
REGISTERING only 20 degrees at noon and clss-s.-
riding and driving. which were curtaIlss hy t,s
warm wave last week. were resumed to-dzv al
the thoroughfares were enlivened by many SIN,
traps. Among those who drove into the vIllsssts.,
morning were Mrs. William 3. o. Field Ma
Evelyn Sloane. Mrs David Lydlg and Mrs Cain
De Heredia. Horsemen were out exercisIn. a.
hunters for the opening OF the hunt ssasua, az
many automobiles passed through Lenox O- "a.
way to the Cowee gIadioli farm. IN Berlin. n
where acres of these flowers are IN bloom
Invitations for the eleventh annual rournazsa.,s
the LenOx Golf Club were issued to-day By Gran
Foster. William D. sloane. Robert W Pst.sr
Samuel rockingham and r. C. GreenlsaS ths a
ecutive committee OF the club. The tournansnsv Mn
open on September and continue 20 Septenhz-s
Mrs Clarence R Edwards. OF Washington e1.sr
tanned at bridge whist this morning.
Mrs. ". S. Gilmore and her guest. Mrs. WyBs =
New York. who have been at the Hotel Asuiux.T
left here to-day for Schenectady by autoroSHs
Walter v Berry. Of Washington. is being eu-sr-
tained by Mr.. and Mrs. Edward r Wharton.
Mrs Charles A Lamont has returned from rrr
brook, N. T., where she has been a guest os Ma
Harry K FIagIer
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Dana Winslow. a. Nan
York. have just arrived at their country pIses n
Beckett
Samuel GOulding. OF New York. who has bean IA
Lenox for six weeks. has gone 70 Poland Springs
Me.
Dr. and Mrs Austin B. Cheney. OF New Haven.
Mrs Helen c. Mills and Miss Lyon. of Bridgeport
have arrived az the Hotel AspinwaH
Cottage dinners were given tonight BY Nrs
Robert Winthrop and Mrs William B. o. Fed
Mr.. and Mrs E. H. Murdock and 8Ir and Nm
H Sutton. OF Cincinnati. arrived at the Hu,d
Asptnwau tonight
New-York tribune., 1906-08-15
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
INV telegraph to The Tribune.I

INV Telegraph The TribJne1
Newport. r. l., Aug. 14-AnOther beautiful day
at Newport brought out large attendance az the
Casino when the first round in the women's tennis
tournament started. and. although the majority
Of the matches went by default, tomorrow, II is
expected. the play will be more interesting. espe-
cially the match between Miss Eleanor Ears and
Miss Edna Barger.
The fine weather also brought a large number OF
turnouts and there has been no day this summer
when the avenue was crowded well into the
evening and it seemed If the entire cottage COL
ony out Of doors. During the afternoon and
evening they attended the flower show at the Ca
sino Theatre. The flower show this year attract
ing more attention.
The men are talking about a swimming match
which was pulled of on Sunday afternoon between
James De Wolfe Cutting and Harry Scott. two OF
the best swimmers in Newport, from Bailey's Beach
to Eastons Beach, about five miles along ragged
shore. Mr.. Cutting by a short distance COW
ering the course in hours 10 minutes.
Tomorrow afternoon society will gather at the
New-York tribune., 1906-08-15
DATE OF MRS. CRAIGIE'S FUNERAl
Inquest To Be Held TO-mOrrOw-l''
Novel Ready for Issue.

London. Aug 1A-The inquest on the body oI -, -.
Pearl Mary Teresa Craigis (JOhn oliver ho- --
who died yesterday moruing, viii be he'u "r.a
row The funeral services Will be at tne -,
Church. Farm street. on August Il. and the -
will be at the Catholic Cemetery at Kensal go -.
John Morgan Richards. the father Of Mrs C'a'-
in an interview to-day. said
have no reason TO suppose thar my daus.-,,s ~,
death was other than natural She did nos -
drugs
AZ the time OF her death Mrs. Craigie vas y,
gaged in adapting her play. a Time 70 Love. y
publication novel Her last novel, the t,-rSr-
and the business. is ready for issue tlf - So
ers awaiting cable dispatch from AuiericS siSa4 ~
that the United States copyright had been V'''-
New-York tribune., 1906-08-15
4muscmcnts.

ACADEMY OF NUsTC-2-s:s5-The virgin,an-
AERIAL GARDENs-s:co-The Governors Son.
FvI.Asco-s:lS-Th. Ggrl of tho Golden West,
BRIGHTON BEACH PARE--5 md 9 .. m.-speedy High
Diver
CAs1No-sfS-The Social whiri.
COsSfsY ESI4AND-ThonnEso- & Dundy's Greater Luna
rask-Drramiani
INSTRUMENTATION Cherub
EDEN MUsEE-Tbe World IN Wax.
HAsfAfERsTETN'S vICTOREA-2-s:15-Yaud-v
NYCEUM-s:1S-Tre IAon and the Mouse.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ROOF - - MamEeile
Champagne
MANHATTAN BSArH-s-Pains Vssuvfus and Fire
v7orks-e-Tw8adle Twsddle.
s:1S-Kreutzer Sonata
NEW YoRK32-s:15-The Tree
NEW YORK ROOF GARDEN-s:sO-vsudevi and sse-
ing New York.
WeIIsAcKS-2@ .2O-FIis Honor the Mayor.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-15
4 TALE OF TWO CITIES.

Under a recent act of Parliament London is
counting on a marked improvement in it's local
transportation facilities before the close Of the
current year. AT present no one of the numer-
Gus bridges which cross the Thames is provided
with a street railway. One is to be constructed
on the Westminster Bridge within the next few
months, and it is expected TO prove an impOr-
tant link between the existing surface lines
north and south of the river. Authority has
also been granted for similar changes at Black
frars Bridge. but year more must elapse
before these can be made because the structure
itself must he widened. Moreover the full
benefit Of the work to be undertaken at that
point will not be realized until after the compile
tion of short subway In the city, which is de-
signed, like that in Boston, to carry surface cars
below the level of the street.
In the use Of bridges for street railway service
New York anticipated London at least a dozen
years. Through traffic from Brooklyn 10 Man
haitian was possible by the trolley ears before IL
was by the elevated roads, but it has existed
long enough now by both routes to make one
wonder why it did not come sooner On the
other hand the metropolis Of the Old World has
Outdone the metropolis Of the New in the mat
ter of tunnels. London has had at least one in
use under the Thames for a long time to
say nothing of several other underground roads
II Is less than twenty-One months since the sub
way in this city was opened, and trains will GER
tainly not be running under the East River from
the Battery before January next If they do then
II Is curious If not a significant fact that
In both cities greater enterprise has been mani
Tested by private corporations than by the
municipal authorities. Brooklyn people were
enabled 70 cross tho bridges as they do now be-