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Quoting elections. That such an order
should have been issued shows that the
| Minister Of the Interior intended either
that the elections should never take
place at all or else should have a
farcioal outcome.
II was in truth a colossal task which
Count W1TTE undertook on his return
TO Russia from the United States, and
which In the teeth of innumerable and
almost insurmountable obstacles he has
thus far carried out; the task, namely,
Of converting an age long and a deep
rooted despotism into a constitutional
polity. We cannot but believe that, by
the observations made during his visit
to Paris and his long s~ojourn at Ports
mouth, he became convinced that the
right solution OF his country's agrarian
and economic problems was to be
found in a government by public opin-
ion. He is said to have declared on
his return to st. Petersburg that In
America he had seen a great people
ruled, and ruled well, by newspapers.
It is certain that 500 thereafter free
dom of the press figured conspiouously
among the concessions granted by the
Car in the rescript Of October 80, which
Count WITTE is credited with writing.
IL Is true that an Incorporate 8 was
made Of the unaccustomed liberties of
association and OF speech. which accord
ingly had to be suspended temporarily
in many places and are still in allegiance
in the Baltic provinces and in some other
districts. That Is not Count WHITES
fault, however. He should rather be
looked upon as having been for a time
the victim Of overconhdenoe in the good
sense and self-restraint Of his compa-
triots. AS we have formerly pointed out,
had any such oommotion as racked Russia
for the sixty days succeeding the Cars
manifesto occurred in France after the
publication Of the order summoning the
States General, that order would doubt
less have been revoked and the French
Revolution would never have got started.
AS 1t was, the French patriots, who we're
resolved to use that assembly as a lever
for the overthrow Of a~bsolutism, had
foresight and prudence enough to pre-
serve peace and order until the coveted
instrument was placed in their hands.
When the history Of the Russian revo-
luton oomes to be written 1t will prob
ably be recorded that at a critical mo-
ment, when it seemed impossible that
Count WrTTE could keep his post and
bring about the establishment Of repre-
sentative institutions, he was rescued
by French financiers, who made his re-
tention in Office the condition of further
pecuniary aid.
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UnsaIaried Vice-ConsuIs.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Not one
OF the very man letters and articles which
I have lately read dealing with the weak
nesses Of our consular service has mentioned
the rather extraordinary fact that although
the State Department appoints a vioe-con-
sular officer to every consulate and consulate
general, and generally two Ia vice and a
deputy. not a single one OF these officers
receives a cent Of salary from Unole Sam,
although, with that fine sense Of logic which
charaoterizes our public service. each ap-
pointee must furnish the Government with q
bond.
Nor did / notice that the present reform
measure had provided for the V~ice-Consuls.
who. II they receive any compensation at all.
are paid now out Of the pockets OF the Consuls
themselves.
/ know OF one case where the American
Vlce-Consul-Genera though he gave a good
share OF his time to the consulate work for
more than q year. never got a cent from the
Government or from his superiors. although he
was obliged to furnish q bond Of 1900 on
appointment. To cap the climax he was
then removed without cause to make room
for a man who was afterward removed for
embez2lement. A, ASHTON.
Boston, Feb. 27,
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To-day Is the day Of the exaltation Of
JONES and Of the whole Jones family
throughout the world-or at least Of the main
or ancient Welsh branch Of the JoNEsEs.
81. David's day 10 the same TO Welshmen
the world over as st. Patrick's day is TO
Irshmen and ST. Andrews day to Scotch
men. It lie TO be celebrated by feasts and
banquets wherever Welshmen are numer-
Gus, and the aflliated Welshmen Of Harlem
and Washington Heights are to have a
musical festival In Spuyten Duyvll.
The Sun published some time ago q COM
municaion from tho secretary Of the Ma
tional Eisteddfod Directing to the statement
that "the first eisteddfod was held In 1885,
He declared that the origin Of the eisteddfod
-euphonious Welsh for session-dated
several centuries earlier. though it could
not have been many centuries earlier
unless it antedated the establishment Of
government In Wales itself, But his pro-
test illustrated the curious reverence for
antiquity and ancient things observable
among Welshmen and Celts generally.
There Is. perhaps, no class Of persons in
the United States moro industrious than are
the Welsh. They have little leisure, and
they take little tlmo for amusement. Their
national celebrations are often rather
mourrful than merry, and rather reminds
cent Of past glories than Of recent achieve
ments or future prospects. TIT music Of
the harp Is sweet, but harpers long ago
Joined falooners In the retired class, except
for the n day In the year when JONES sits
at the head Of the banquet table.
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Rate Regulation Not Rebate Smashing.
From the Kdaads CGv Journal.

From the Kansas Citv Journal.
Regulation of railway rates was never q
Republican policy. 1t was taken bodily
from a national Democratic platform by
overZealous Republicans, who mistook Presl-
dent Roosevelt's demand that rebates and
unfair discriminate ms bet ween shippers must
be stopped. That was a righteous demand.
and II Its purpose had been intelligently car
ried out practically all the evils incident to
railway traffic would have been eIeotually
cured. But these zealots for Presidential
and popular favor. egged on by public preju-
dice against corporations. and unmindful Of
the earnest warnings Of statesmen and po-
litical economists everywhere. have set to
work to give a political commission the power
to fix railway rates. and thereby to upset the
transportation system OF the country. They
utterly ignore the fact that the commission
rates can be cut by rebates and secret dis
ordinations just as easily as the rates made
by the railroads.
At first, last winter. MIR. Roosevelt pro-
tested against giving this power to the In
terstate Commerce Commission. saying that
1t would be undesirable even II II were not
impractioable." When Congress met this
winter he took a conservative stand and
urged great care and caution" The fact
is, however. that he has allowed his discretion
to be run way with and his original wise
purpose subverted by his fool friends" and
his action In this respect will be regarded
as an error in the calm, clear light Of history.
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BACK TO
Rebuke 20 he DiscoyereF Of the Danger
of PerRmbuiatOPs.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: A hard
hearted, hard headed old bachelor. signing
himself "A Pedestrian" through a letter In
Fridays Sun. calls for an ordinance 10 be
passed prohibiting women with baby car
riages and little girls with doll carriages from
promenading the sidewalks and park walks.
What kind Of q world would this be without
baby carriages and doll carriages? Pretty
l~ifeless. don't you Think
Pedestrian" may be o married bachelor.
There are plentyNof them In this old universe
of ours. II 80. his wife Is TO be pltied. for his
letter bears the earmarks OF a fuss box. He
says he saw an old woman in Mount Morris
Park thrown down by q baby carriage pushed
against her, and a few minutes afterward he
observed a feeble old man obliged to step
over a wire fence to the grass to escape a
doll carriage pushed rapidly by q thoughtless
child.
Any kind Of contact with children Is good
for one. and the feeble old man probably
felt quite proud Of himself when he found
that he was able to hop over the wire fence.
No doubt his blood was stirred by the per-
anoes that he was quite a boy again, As for
the old lady who was run into. she had o topic
q S SS%Rpls ana woman snG e ho to l thsn hs %ii IL lsa te
such q SATISFYING, reward as that.
There seems to be a charm about a perambu-
lator rendering il quite harmless. 1t would
do Pedestrian" a whole lot Of good to be
bumped into by twins. He thinks that
mothers and maids should carry their infant
children In their arms or on their backs by
means Of a shawl. as In other countries, but
II they won't do this, they, should at least
conflne their baby carriages to the street.
along with conyeyances Of all sorts and push
carts. Poor Pedestrian" 81 He has missed the
one great fact of life. He has not learned
the delight of letting his mind go hand In
hand with the mind Of a slnless child. II he
had. he would be filed with Joy at the sight
Of q baby carriage parade four deep. instead
As fol-. the doll carriages. let them be. A
little girl without, g doll is almost as pitiable
a sight as a childless woman. The charm
OF childhood on ones spirit keeps one young
and mellow. Children's simple thoughts,
their untalnted viewpoint. their fairylike
gayety over nothing, and their quick grief
over even less, their unwearied little hearts
take us far from the mad rush after the un.
earned increment. which we all maliRn and
still pursue. IL Is good to seek the compan-
ionship Of children. to leave the crowd and
hustle and hustle to mingle with the wee ones
OF life. We all have to return, but We go back
with purified hearts and clearer minds, and
with at least a modIoum of unnecessary seri-
business taken out OF us.
Back to Babyland. Pedestrian" and get
some Of the .ourds taken out Of your milk Of
human kindness! On with the baby oar
rage brigade; and let them charge like the
Six Hundred EVA PETTY SHEARN.
NEW YORK, Feb. rs,
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Pete Rous.eaux and the Deferred Pay Day.

To THE EDITOR OF THE uN-,Sir With refer.
ence to Peter Rousseaux and his bridal and bride
establishment. this tale, told by Peter In a reminis
cent talk, may not come amiss:
"one evening a couple came TO me for splicing.
and / allowed l was ready to do the Job. and hustled
around and got the witnesses necessary TO make
a legal hitch.
We'll. while | was getting out my books, certin
Gates and paraphernalla. preparatory to the cere.
mony, | overheard the man whisper 10 the woman:
You take this dollar and get you a ticket home,
and I'll nay Pete and ketch o freight home
This was too much for me, so after the ceremony
when the bridegroom came TO square accounts and
offered me a dollar for my fee Il calculate to get from
two TO nvel. ! says: Now. listen TO me. Mr., -.
don't you take 40 freight-take this money and
buy you and your wife frst class tickets home.
Suppose you should lose your life, an arm or a leg
on your honeymoon
We'll, says the bridegroom, says he. you are a
FOOD fellow, Pete. ! swear, and II II Is all the same to
YOU. III keep the money and do as you say. and
next pay day send you S.
so they went out and caught the late train home.
The queer part Of II all js," says Peter. pufnn
his dingy clay pipe and watching the smoke sail
away. pay day never came" sun ADMIRER.
WATKINS, Feb. 20.
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To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuS-Sr: German
Journals complain because the Hungarian post
once is returning 10 the Berlin post once letters
TO Hungarian cities with the German names of
those cities In the address. The Berlin post once
now ~instructs the senders of those letters to
readdress them according 20 Hung arian directions;
and the Berlin Tdeoikhe RundSehdu would like the
German Parliament 10 take up the matter.
But when a few years ago the German post once
began 10 return 70 the senders letters 10 Polish
cities with the Polish names OF those cities In the
address. the Germans saw no wrong In their postal
department declaring that such and such an
once Is unknown 10 the German post on1ce"-even
though those cities had been known under their
native names for ten centuries. Even though on
the envelope there was In. Polish only the word
~"uliya." instead OF the German word for street
(strasso), the letter was returned 10 the sender
or was held perhaps a week or a month-often to
the peouniary damage Of the sender or the ad-
dressee. until the Polish word was translated"
for Polish is q language unknown" to the
German post once.
How fortunate are New Workers In having a
post once Intelligent enough 70 deeipher addresses
In any language under the sun. Intelligent enough
TO decipher even addresses obviously intended TO
puzzle the clerks In Uncle Sans mali service.
NEW YORK. Feb. 20. WAcLAw PERKowsKl.
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v, NJ, G. A., Actors and Chorus Gir,,.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-St: Although not
in any way connected with the theatrical world.
| read with a feeling Of keen indignation in your
paper yesterday that an actor had been refused
membership In the Pittsburg Y. NJ. G. A. because
his profession did not admit OF him being OF good
moral character" and he would therefore have a bad
inauence on the good boys" who belonged.
what there Is about his profession which has
such an immoral influence on him ] know not; per-
hAps some one will explain. But this I do know.
he he as black as he is painted-by the ignorant
ones-it is not he who leads the little chorus rirl
in his company astray. but II Is the society and
business man, the so-caIled good boys" who sit
down front" on purpose to ogle her like so many
grtnning apes.
Yet these latter would be welcomed with open
arms al Young Mems Tiddle-d 'wlnks Clubs.
BRooKLYN, Feb. 81. d. n.
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Nc More Comic Opera.

The schedule for the few remaining
performances Of the Nc at the Met
ropolitan Opera House contains no
promise of "The Gypsy Baron" 30 a
single hearing Of STRAUSS operetta will
begin and end it's history on our opera
house stage. Mr.. CoNRIED has evil
IDENTIFY decided hat the repertoire can
not be advantageously extended by the
addition of music of such light character.
New York has only four months of opera,
and there are sufficient works Of the
first importance to fill that period, The
German operatic theatres with their
season OF ten months are more in need of
novelties.
Mr.. CoNRIED doubtless has before his
eyes the plan Of the German theatre Of
the kind that alternates dramatic and
operatio performances. The engage
ment of the same artists to sing at the
Metropolitan and at the Irving Place
Theatre intimated the existence OF that
ideal, and the new theatre planned for
him by some of the stockholders in his
opera company seeks to found here a
sort Of sublimated theatre and opera
house of the kind that exists in a middle
sized German city. The success OF such
a scheme in New York is a matter that
the future will demonstrate. The inn
possibility Of employing the same powers
at the Metropolitan and the Irving Place
was promptly shown.
Mr.. CoNRIED is a German, and the
ideals of his earlier career naturally
appeal to him strongly still. Doubtless
he was inspired to perform the Strauss
operetta from the belief that he was
putting a really deserving classic where
1t belonged. There could be no doubt
Of his sympathy and understanding for
the work. The impresario is a fellow
citizen Of the Vienna waltz king, and
doubtless reveres his work sincerely.
The mysteries of the Nibelungen Ring
or the grandeur Of Don Giovanni" may
not appeal to him, but to the polkas,
waltzes and marches of "The Gypsy
Baron" his artistic nature responds be-
cause he understands and appreciates
them. Those feelings led him to devote
all the energies of his forces at the Met
ropolitan in the middle Of a busy season
to conscientious preparation for the
operetta.
The result proved hat operetta is not
for the stage of the Metropolitan. 1t is
just as foreign to the real spirit of that
institution as nearly every other feature
Of a provincial German opera house and
theatre will always be.
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Has Reaction stopped in Russia?

1t begins to look az if the Reactionists,
who for q time seemed to have regained
ascendency at Tsarskoe-Selo, and Of
whom Mr.. DURNovo, the Minister of the
Interior, is VIGOROUSLY the tool, had
definitely failed in their design to GUST
Count WITTE from the Premiership and
to nullify the reforms promised in the
Emperor's manifesto of October Z.
Not only has a ukase been issued
convoking the national assembly for
May 10, but the Gear has rejected a
proposal that the trial of political Offend
ers by court-martial, a system now
existing in certain disturbed provinces,
should be extended to all parts Of the
empire. Moreover, according to a re-
port from st. Petersburg, a council was
held on Tuesday over which the Emperor
presided and in which it was decided
that the national assembly shall have
legislative powers instead Of being a
purely consultative body as wa origin
ally intended. We seem therefore
justified in assuming that Count WITTE,
though he is said to have been thrice
driven to tender his resignation, has
finally triumphed v e his opponents
and will remain Prime Minister until the
new representative institutions shall
have been put in working order and
until he shall have secured from France
the pecuniary assistance which is rec
ognized as indispensable. Then per-
haps he will meet with the fate usually
encountered by men of the Theirs type,
who are useful in public affairs during
a period Of transition but who have no
strong party behind them, being too
conservative to please the Liberels and
too liberal to suit r~eaotionists.
We were told some weeks ago that
the elections for the national assembly
were to take place on April 7 and that
the first meeting of that body would be
held on April %. As it is feared, how
ever, that some provinces may not be
in a condition on the date originally
named that would permit Of an orderly
election it has been announced that the
voting will not take place everywhere
on the same day, and accordingly the
converting OF the assembly has been
postponed to May 10, by which time it is
expected that a large majority Of the
members will have been chosen. 1t is
to be hoped that Count WHITES reac-
quirement Of preponderant influence will
be followed by a resembling Of Mr..
DURNovo's order prohibiting meetings
of the Constitutional Democratic party
and cancelling the arrangements made
by the Peasants Union for the instruc-
ton OF the shujiks in the method Of JON
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So seldom does the Congressional Record
supply a new sensation to the iaded reader
that we feel bound to call public attention
to the remarkable speech Of Senator DICK
OF Ohio on the Statehood bill. This speech
10 printed In the number for February 20,
and it differs from all the rest of the recorded
~eloquence that has passed under our OBJ
servation. The difference is found In the
ingenious Mr.. DICKS peculiar use of italics.
The emphasis is put in, apparently, with a
pepperbox; for the Senator seems to care
little what words are italicized provided
the italics occur with sufficient frequency
TO impart q look Of liveliness to the page.
The Dioldan method is illustrated in the
subjoined passages:
New AexicAns OF Spanish descent are an
exceedingly conservative people, II they do prefer TO
live according to old time traditions"
"A Territory within the interior limits Of tho
United States Is hike a vacuum, q condition which
Is at var lnce with our whole theory Of govern
ment, and one which should be brought 70 an end
as soon a. possible"
The use OF Interpreters was once necessary, but
TINT condition has lone since passed aicaV."
" In all that broad domain etery citizen will be
working shoulder 70 sho~ der 70 advance its inter.
ests and To Increase It's wealth. It's influence and It's
power. and oH will Asss ne day which saw this baI
made into lap."
There has never been anything like IL
before. The proportion OF italicized words
TO those not 80 distinguished by MIR. Dicks
.pepperbox lie perhaps about the same
throughout the speech as in the foregoing
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I wonder why they want me 70 resign.
And why there 10 q GOODNESS In the air
Which formerly embraced me In benign
And genial ready welcome everywheref
They turned the lights 90 high / had TO mako
Some slight admission shat I really knew
A'mortgaee had been fastened 70 the Gtake
Which Webb had dubbed the City Of Depew.
And that ADVANTAGEOUS friend" what IL his nsmeO
i wondered what the devil he would say
when Hughes had smoked him outi But he wa,
tame,
And only kicked a little on his pay,
/ think ! showed them clearly how ] earned.
For service rendered, twenty thousand per.
Since l alone Of all the board diSoened
The golden worth Of Sieur Ambassador.
I don't see why should not eerve my term
q mean In Washington. and trust that yet,
Standing Odell like In the clamor. Arm,
TIE pubic, like Mccurdy, viii forget.
SnLRAHa
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Record Steel InRot.
From Engineering.

r Yum HHVTNFfTIWV.
Al the Manchester Works. opcnshaw. of Sir w. a.
Armstrong. whitworth q Co.. the IarTes, steel
inRot that has ever been made. weighing 1870 tons,
was cast on February 1. On the ingot mould
being nlled with molten steel II was pushed under
q press having a hydraulic ram Q feet In diameter,
with a hydraulic working pressure OF 8 tons per
square inch. This press Is therefore capable OF
exertine a total pressure OF I2.o0o tons. The inRot
was while In a molten condition subjected TO this
pressure Of $4,000 tons, the action OF the process
uhe Whitworth system OF nuid pressurel being 10
make the ingot homogeneous and sound through
out, and free from those cracks and assures which
are 80 detrim entail 70 steel inTots. The ingot lust
cast is for the manufacture OF the low pressure
turbine rotor for the 10000 horsepower cunard
turbine liners. The ingot mould weighs $50 tons.
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Perhaps a pending lawsuit may discour-
age the stuflng Of auction sales Of paint
ings, as well rs the practice Of attributing
dealers find IL easy 10 sell TO insuficiently
informed Americans. "Stufing a sale" is
a harsh, unpleasant phrase when applied
to auctions which the initiate know will
be attended by bidders Win will protect
certain pictures. and doubtless a milder
term should be employed IN the case Of a
collector who makes additions TO his col
lection whom he is arranging for an auction.
A clearer atmosphere would pervade art
auctions, however, II all such practices
were eliminated. And sweet surprise would
hearten the habitues.
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Governor and state Chairman.

Would Governor FRANK WAYLAND
HIoGINs accept a denomination if B. B.
ODELL, Jr., remained chairman of the
Republican State committee?
Would CHARLES E. HUGHES consider
a proposal to nominate him for Gov
ernor on the Republican State ticket
next fall with Mr.. ODELL at the helm Of
the party organization?
1t seems to us that the foregoing ques-
tons are timely.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-StY, protest
against tho action OF the Board OF PShce MaQia-
trates in regard 10 the appointing Of court attend.
ants in the police courts. There is at present an
eligible list numbering more than 100. Of which 1
am one.
Now. the Magistrates purpose 10 knock out this
list and have another examination In order that
they may get their friends on the List. Do YOU
think this fair and justf A CONSTANT RRApER.
NEW YORK, Feb, a,
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out. Nevertheless, the chief agent Of
this particular society has now prac-
tically at his individual service all the
patrolmen on duty in the city; and
under the present regime at Police
Headquarters tho town has good reason
TO believe that a complaint against a
patrolman Or captain OIL inspector re-
fusing or failing to do his duty will not
pass unnoticed or be without effect.