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New-York tribune., 1906-06-16
4 MISTAKEN POLICY.

The New York City delegation in the House
or Representatives is reported 10 be doing what
II can 70 emascuate the Dillingham; Immigration
bill recently passed by the Senate Representa-
i've Bennett, in a speech at Cooper Union the
other night before the Immigrants Protective
League, promised the support of the city dele
cation 70 any effort 10 eradicate the "educa-
uonal and money qualifications imposed by the
Senate measure. This attitude is easily under
stood. There are many influences here which
seek 20 lower all barriers against immigration
The steamship companies do not wish TO lose
profitable and growing business and the hun
dreds or thousands Of aliens who have taken up
residence here In the last decade are eager to
keep the door open for friends. relatives. co
reigionists and compatriots. And as rule the
aliens who have hardly been here long enough
10 wear their welcome off are loudest in their
demands that shall frame our immigration
laws not in the interest of the ninety-nine Amer
leans, native and naturalized, who constitute our
citizenship. but in the interest Of the hundredth
raw recruit who offers himself for admission and
adoption.
Our Representatives may. therefore reflect
some local sentiment when they try TO weaken
the restrictions which the federal government
has put, or is preparing 10 put. on immigration
But they are, think. sacrificing broad
considerations of national policy TO the promo
A4oI Vi lO'di hesiTes ana I0e grdtlncdtOn of
local prejudice. Some restriction on the inflow
Of aliens IS becoming imperative. In the fiscal
year l9o4-o5 1026 499 immigrants were admit
ted 10 this coUntry-the largest annual total on
record. But by June of the current fiscal wear
$4,000 aliens had been passed by the inspection
officers at this port alone and the total admitted
AZ all ports IN 19O5'O6 viii probably reach 300
OOe or 100000. When II is realized that abou,
tw0thirds Of these newcomers are Italians
IEnEarians. Poles and Russians all intensely
SIesarious ana difficult 10 educate and assim
lGte and tnat over Jhree-fourths of all the aliens
now coming 10 this country settle in the ST,
states OF New York Pennsylvania Illinois Mas
sacbusetts, New Jersey and Ohio, the magnitud,
of the strain on the digestive powers of thes,
few states becomes apparent. They cannot fl
an inert mass of this kind for the duties of cit
zenship any more than they absorb il with
out economic injury. Ignorant and degrade,
labor, understanding neither its rights nor it
obligations, is a burden real economic a
We'll as real political progress. OF such labo
as mans the Chicago packing houses or the an
thracite and bituminous coal mines IN Pennsyl
Fania nothing can be expected bCt uawholesom
surroundings, unrest and turbulence. The con
cedtration Of this material in few sections an
states is an evil which must be faced; and if
can De reached Ia no other way it must b
New-York tribune., 1906-06-16
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHiN0i ioN

rFrorn The Tribune Buresu1
IVashtnrton June I5-Colonel c. P. Horter gave
the use of his house and grounds this AFTERNOON
and evening for a fete. the proceeds Of which VIII
be applied to the erection OF monument IN Ar
lngton over the bodies of Rough RIDERS MIS-
Allyn Capron, Miss Carrie Porter. Miss Mattingly
and several other well known women were IN
terested in the fete and all afternoon and evening
1t afforded a rendezvous for society.
Justice and Mrs Charles H. DEUEL., accompanied
by their daughter. will leave washington To-
morrow for New Rochelle. n. Y. where they have
a house for the summer.
Mrs. George Whitfield Brown mas arranged 10
spend the summer at Magnolia. Mass where there
is a large contingent of Washington people
Miss Enrol Cuthbert Brown will make visit TO
Mrs Thomas Nelson Page at York Harbor, and 10
other friends before joining her mother.
Captain and Mrs. II. d. King. who have been
visiting here several days past returned 10 New
York to-day.
The newly appointed naval attache OF the French
Embassy, Lieutenant de Vaisseau Aubin de
Beaupre and his wife. have sailed from France ana
are expected to arrive here Friday of next week
Viscount de Faramond Will sail from New YORK
June IS. IN company with the French Ambassador
New-York tribune., 1906-06-16

reached by a radical reduction in the annual
volume of immigration
The Dillingham; bill took step In the r1ght
direction when it raised the entry head tax
from 50 to So 1t might we'll have gone further
and Iaid.a head tax of S15 or $40. 1t also sen
sibly gave the encouragement of the federal gov
ernment to the campaign now being made 10 at
tract immigrants into the Southern states, WHICH
they have hitherto sedulousiy avoided bul
other checks than these are needed ana we Cd II
see no injustice in requiring that an iiiiiisi"n'
coming here TO seek living and become CIT
;gan shall submit himself on entrance TO an edu
cattonal fest. If he has the ambition and ca
nocity 10 fit himself to meet that test ne VIII
nr,ove so much tie more promising material Tor
citizenship. If he is hopelessly illlterate anu
uninteligent we can better afford, both poii'
icaIly and economically to get along WITHOUT
him
New-York tribune., 1906-06-16
BAMBAATA.

The young Zulu chieftain Bambaata, who has
Just been killed in battle, will not be ranked
in history with such mighty warriors Chaka.
Dingaan, Cetywayo and Lobengula. He has
been cut off too early in his career for that.
But his death will probably be the ending of an
insurrection which might have developed into
most formidable proportions. The Zulus are to
an exceptional degree dependent upon the IN
spiration and leadership of their chiefs, and.
had Bambaata been spared, he might have led
them into universal revolt. With him out of
the way, they will probably return to the more
peaceful influence of old Dinizuu and Macwa-
baba.
Bambaata was born during the last Zulu war;
and thus was a young man OF only twenty
seven or twenty eight when he organized the re-
volt which has proved fatal to him He was
nephew of Macwababa, but, instead of emu
laung the sObriety, loyalty and peacefulness Of
the latter. he became hard drinker, and on
his frequent sprees took TO plotting rebellion.
He was himself chief over only small subdi-
vision of the Zulu nation, but his fiery spirit
attracted to him many restless warriors who
thought 1t high time their assegais were again
pathed Ia blood So when he took to the MI
Inosa forest in the Umooti country he mus
tered formidable following which was in
creased from day to day purely on the strength
OF his personality. 1t was believed that he bore
charmed hfe and could not be slain. and that
he was destined to drive out the white men and
restore 10 Zululand the glorious days of Chaka
The danger was that before he could be cant
ured or killed the wave of fanaticism would in
voive the whole kafiir race 1t was indeed
spreading rapidly. But with Bambaata's death
1t VIII doubtless subside. and. with the crazy
New-York tribune., 1906-06-16
THE BRIDGE LOOP.

Though no final decision has yet been reached
by the Board of Estimate concerning the pro-
posed loop connecting the Brooklyn and Will
iamsburg bridges the Importance of the mat
ter has certainly been fully recognized. An am
pie opportunity given at yesterdays hear
ing for the presentation of arguments for and
against the project 1t now remains to be seen
what effect was thus produced on the minds OF
those to whom they were addressed. There
was a nominal reference of the whole matter
to committee composed of the president of
the Board of Aldermen, the Controller and the
five borough presidents. With the addition Of
the Mayor this committee would be identical
with the Board of Estimate. Hence final YER
diet on the scheme ought to be reached within
the next few days.
The chief protest offered against the plan is
based on the effect of its execution on the ap-
pearance of Delaney street. AS The Tribune
has insisted repeatedly. this plea deserves re-
spectful consideration, but when there is q
conflict of interests the least important should
yield to the greatest. The welfare of a few
thousands living in Delaney street is hardly
comparable in our opinion, with that of the
hundreds of thousands who daily travel between
Brooklyn and Manhattan
Besides, ways may be found to modify the
scheme so that it will be less Objectionable than
1t at first appeared. Mr.. Swanstrom, for in
stance, showed the feasibility of constructing
an attractive playground for children under an
elevated structure. Again, careful eXamina-
ton of the city map may reveal an available
route down from the Williamsburg Bridge which
would be superior to the Bowery and much
nearer to the East River. If such could be dis
covered it would not be necessary to encroach
on Delaney street far as was originally sug-
gested.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-16
ENTERTAINING THE LoNGwoRTHs.
A Dinner Given by Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley
Martin-The Guests.

London June 15.-Mr and Mrs. Bradley Martin
gave dinner this evening at their residence IN
Chesterfield Gardens in honor of Mr.. and Mrs
Nicholas Longworth. which was followed by a
concert. in which Mines MeIba and Kirkby I.unn
and NM AltchevsHy and Plancon took part.
Among the guests at the dinner were Ambassador
and Mrs Reid. the Duke and Duchess of Newcas-
tie. the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield the Earl
of Cadogan. the Earl and Countess OF Craven. the
Earl and Countess of Ancaster the Earl and
countess or Coventry. Lord Alastair Innes-Ker
Lord Claude Hamilton. Lord and Lady Oxman-
town. the Hon. Henry Brougham Miss Dorothy
Whitney. Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Mills and Miss Mills
and Mr.. and Mrs. John Ridgely Carter After the
concert Mr. and Mrs. Longworth went to a dance
given by Sir Savtle Crossley
New-York tribune., 1906-06-16
MEAT INSPECTION AND MERIT SYSTEM

Whatever may be said about other features
of the Meat Inspection bill reported by the
House Committee on Agriculture, there can be
no doubt that the provision excepting the in
Spection force from the provisions of the Civil
Service law for one year is utterly vicious
Those who are responsible for this project may
have acted from good motives under some de
lusion that the emergency was one calling for
the setting aside of the ordinary safeguards
established to secure expert public service The
effect of their plan. however would certainly
be to throw the inspection service into politics
and invite the exertiOn of all sorts of improper
devices to place in office incompetent men. and
perhaps men who in return for influence would
favor those whom they were set TO supervise.
There is no emergency to justify any such
blow at the integrity of the merit system. The
Civil Service Commission already has list con-
tanning forty-five names of persons who have
been examined and found qualified to perform
this inspection work. A new examination has
been advertised for additional inspectors, which
will be held on June %, and the grading will
follow Immediately. This will probably furnish
from fifty to seventy-ive more eligibles, and
from the two lists a force admirably equipped
for the work of inspection can be secured as
soon as it is required. The examinations for in
spector are extremely practical and at the same
time so thorough that the man who passes them
can be relied upon as fully competent
The provision of the Agricultural Commit
tees bill is not only blow at Civil Service re-
form. but at effective inspection. The men who
are appointed for merit will be Independent.
Those who are chosen by favor will not be.
The Secretary of Agriculture would doubtless
seek TO select men wisely if he had no eligible
lists to choose from, but he would be at the
mercy of interested persons making recommen-
datons. The best appointing officers are thus
betrayed unless protected by the merit system.
No place in the public service is more clearly
subject to competition; the requirements for
none can be more surely determined by exam
ination. No man but tested expert should be
inrusted with this important and delicate work.
and the passage of a law allowing the appoint
ment of inspectors who had not passed compet-
tive examination would be public misfortune
and an injury to the packing business, for such
inspectors would not command the confidence
so necessary to the revival of that business.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-16
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rErorn The Tribune Bureau


washington June 15.-President hooseVei1 i
several conferences to-day with members VI ~
House and Senate and others interested III '
pending Meat Inspection BILL In the riolh.ne -.
Speaker Cannon and Senator Hopkins TOOK up 'I'
matter with him. and In the afternoon JAMES -
REYNOLDS one of the authors OF the Pachins'o""
inspection report took half an hour OF tne freSi-
dents time
Bv authority of the President. Secretary boeo
made public to-day the substance OF the letter lhe
President wrote to Chairman Wadsworth OF the
House Agricultural Committee. expressing ms dis-
approval of the substitute prepared by tne coh-
mittee to correct the packing house evils
Senator Fulton of Oregon. called at the "nlte
House to-day to give the President the latest eec-
ton returns from his state The Democrats. sen
ator Fulton said would have only six out OF
ninety members of the next State Legislature anu
the majorities Of tho Republican congressman
elected were far up in the thousands
Alfred w Benson. the new Senator from Kansas
was introduced to the President by Senator Long
Representative Buckman, of Minnesota, present
ed Sheriff John p. Bernick, of Stearns county
Other callers at the White House included senator
Alice Representatives Burton and Denny ana Or-
BENJAMIN Ide Wheeler, president OF the University
of California
The Cabinet met at IL a. m. and renamed IN
session until lis D.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-16
SOCIAL NOTES FROM Ngwoo,-

By Telegraph 70 The Trfbyns7
newport K l.. June 15.-The Count and e..
I'uoerSac the latter formerly Miss co1...+s Co.'S
Lvermore. arrived at Newporf this -Tis'anos
viii be the guests Of Mrs. CharlAs - In, ,s,-s and
snug Harbor. during their stay here a;
MIS- Burke Roche has arrived bscs -.
YORK FOR short stay prior TO sailing for E..' NV'
word was received here to-day that Isd
and her children to visit NeVrDo-+ ~-e'os't
ana are to be the guests Of Mr and 1rrS 'sAa0n
T. Wilson Heaasa
Mr. and Mrs. F. w. Andrews ar-,y.s
the season at their cottage in Aranls .-aay Tor
Mr. and Mrs w. w Rutherfurd - -
nave arrived at DeImain for the s1,r,-,o, iorx
MI and Mrs Edward J. Berwin MFR -.
Elms tomorrow for the season. az Ths
Mrs John Clinton Gray. who has bss.
afternoo Lays !" newport returned TO New York rs
Mrs William T. Bull Is to sail FOR r,,-
Iuesday to be gone until August next
George B. Deforest and Louis p ~
registered at the Casino for the seaso, ars
MI ana Mrs. Daniel 3. FEARING vvbo -.
several days ago. presumably for the &C. 1ess
summer. - 0e gone al
MIS- cornelius Vanderbilt jr. arrived a. "
tonight for the season. and was drfvs0 =. -.o'DOf'
some time. cunning Tor
That Marble House is 10 be ooa,ad
evident to-day. when several gangs os ,-.-. Aus
appeared and this evening great strides ~
made The shutters had been taken down a.. IN .s
windows opened 70 air the house. wbna 40
gardeners were busy about the lawns 1,.,s. .1 .1'
house electricians were at work gettins 80
Hghuns by electricity, and it is now statsd ~.
MI and Mrs William X Vanderbilt ir az :.
come 10 Newport on July and make their sslrrs,
home here
Some time ago It was stated thar Mrs p.,..
was 10 give the house to her son but as ba 80
occupied 1t. and, IN fact, rented a cottage VIA,
In Newport for the summer he gave the fropr.s-
sion that this was not correct. Thers ia a,,.-.
reason TO believe that the Duchess Of MarIbororz.
Is to &c his guest during part OF the season
New-York tribune., 1906-06-16
Artpalnrk DAILY GleibnalG.
SATURDAY, JUNE 16. 1906.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS.-Senate: The Panama Canal and
the Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal were
was amended to provide that no part of the ap-
preparation for work the Isthmus of Pan
anna should be used for other than a lock canal.
and an amendment allowing purchases of canal
supplies abroad was voted down.
DOMESTIC.-ChairInan Wadsworth made pub
lie the correspondence between President Roose-
welt and himself regarding the substitute for
the BeVeridge beef inspection provision prepared
by the House Committe on Agriculture. -
Thirteen well known Nebraska cattlemen were
indicted for alleged land frauds - Mrs o.
II. P. Belmont was preparing to open Marble
House, her Newport home. - Colonel ]. NJ.
Gufey, Democratic boss Of Pennsylvania, was
forced TO ask quarter in the fight against him
In Pittsburg. - The Midland Steel Com
pany is planning 10 make arInor plate for war
ships at It's plant in Ohio and has been secur-
ing expert workmen from the Carnegie plant at
Homestead - The eaStbOund Black Dia-
nnond express ran into freight train on the
Iehigh Valley Railroad near Towanda. Penn.
but was hurt except the engineer, who
jumped - Three men were burned TO death
in fire in butter tub factory at Fulton n. Y.
CITY-Stocks were lower. - It became
known that the aged mother Of Mrs. Kinnan.
who murdered on Friday, had been adver-
tisng for husband and corresponding with
presumed adntrer. Il was said that Au-
gust Belmont and c. F. Murphy had taken
steps 10 obtain control Of the Democratic State
Committee and had beaten the McClellan-Ryan-
SheehGn party. - The decision Of the Ap-
pellate Division OF the Supreme Court leaves no
alternative 10 the Civil Service Commission but
the eligible list go prison. - ]. Carroll
Beckwith made a statement about the plans for
q new fine arts school in this city the plan Of
the one in Paris. == F. A. Phillips. alias A. r.
Albridge, arrested for defraudng the Hotel
Seville. attempted 10 kill himself on the steps
of the Tenderloin police station. but will soon
recover. == Witnesses at the inquiry into tun-
mel deaths testified that many cases of bends
were concealed by the tunnel builders. -
Realty men favored relief from the congested
conditions IN Fifth avenue by widening the
driveway and narrowing the sidewalks. .
FOREIGN.-Advices from Grodno and Minsk
say that the rioting in Bialystok has been re-
neWed and that many more persons have been
killed or wounded. - general strike has
begun at Moscow. and revolutionary meetings
are being held; from many parts of the empire
come tales OF agrarian disorders and of murders
oi ofncials == Further questions relating to
american canned meats viii be brought UP in
the House Of Commons == The Salvation
Army is negotiating with South American gov
ernments to found a colony Of ten thousand per
sons from the congested districts of London
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Partly cloudy The ternperature YESTERDAY.
Highest So degrees; lowest. S.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-16
IN The RERKSHIREs-
rR- TaIaa-a- n y

by Telegraph 70 The Tribunal
Lenox. Mass, June 15--The Misses Souhta ara
Clementtne FUrniss, OF New York are az tbasr
country seat, Edgecomb. for the early summsr
Grenv1ne l. Winthrop has arrived from Nsu
YORK and will soon open his new cottaga Tbs
Elms This IS one OF the most beautiful hous.
built in Lenox, and IS an object Of much Interest
Mrs Frederick B. Esler. of New York. has leased
the Hagyard cottage Her son. Lemist Esler ar
rived there to-day
Mr. and Mrs. George H MORGAN OF Ns-v yo-z
opened Ventfort Hall to-day for the season arrsran
absence of three seasons
Judge Ernest Hall. OF New York, has leased ous
OF the Hotel Aspinwau cottages for the ridsuu.
mer months.
Samuel rockingham started to-day for New York
where he Will join party for a cruise along the
North Atlantic seaboard Miss Heloiss Meyer has
joined her Sster. Mrs. rockingham, at Overles.
Mr.. and Mrs Giraud Foster came I'd 20 Leno,
yesterday from New York and ars at BeIlefontaius
for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs Robert ". Paterson have started
for Canada, where they will Join a camp for the
salmon fishing season
Miss NJ. E Bangs. daughter OF DR. and sr-s r.
B. Bangs. started for New York to-day. shs VII
sail tomorrow for the Continent
Mrs. John B. Swami has gone to the CatskiIa
where she will be a guest OF Mr.. and Mrs F. R
Warrtn. who have taken q cottage there.
The Misses Louise I. and Georgiana Schuyler Of
New York. have occupied the Tanner cottage FOR
the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. William c. Dalzell. Miss Alice Dali
zelI and William c. DalzeIl IT.. have gone TO
Poughkeepse. where Mr.. Dalzeu Is 70 marry to-
morrow evening Miss Edith Platt. daughter OF .Ir
and Mrs. John Platt
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Howe and James Dearins
Of Chicago. are IN Lenox for the early summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Aspinwau and Miss AspinwaiL
OF Tarrytown, came up to Hotel AspinwaI to-day.
The property was named for Mr.. Aspinwalrs father
Other patrons at the hotel are: Paul White. Mss
White OF New ORLEANS; E S. Cabot. Frederic
Cabot Boston: Mr.. and Mrs. ". H Taylor, Mss
Stetson. New York; Mr.. Ritter. Vienna; Mss Hslsn
Redway Miss Bowen and Miss Sargent Boston
New-York tribune., 1906-06-16
MORE JEW-BAITING.

There are familiar earmarks on the greWsome
tale from Bialystok. The trouble was started
with the throwing of a bomb by man who
was at once declared by the authorities TO be
a Jewish anarchist" Then there was a lot of
revolver firing by persons said by the officials
to have been Jews" Finally the troops and
"Christian" populace began an indiscriminate
massacre of Jews and lootng Of their property.
1t was <ishineff over again, or the old fable
of the wolf and the lamb. The Jews were taken
quite by surprise and were instantly worsted.
which of course from the official point Of view,
proves that they were the aggreSsors, and that
they had delberat tey cOnspired and prepared
for the outbreak. AS for the troops the police
and the Christians" they were quite ready and
were uncommonly "quick on the trigger''-proof
positive that they the innocent and unsus-
pecting victims of the iniqutous Jews The In
cident will doubtless be worked for all it is
worth by the reactonaries in the Douma and
elsewhere as an argument against popular gov
ernment in Russia.
The pitiable thing about 1t ALL apart from the
sufferings of the Jews. is that the Russian pop
ulace should be led into such deviltres for no
other purpose than TO refasten. if possible the
chains of despotism upon themselves. For 1t is
not supposable that the average Russian really
delights In ravishing robbing and numbering his
Jewish neighbors. He does these things against
his will, because he is told TO do Doubtless
there are some Russians of depraved and crimi-
nal propensities who commit these outrages
with Zest. But the average Russian is kindly
and amiable creature, who is reluctant to do
others harm. Some time ago. for example when
peasants were plundering and destroying the
houses and estates of MOBILES the estate of Prince
DolGoroukoff was among those ravaged. Now
DOlgoroukoff of the best of landlords
universally beloved by the peasants and was
| then. now, one Of the leaders in the move
ment for popular enfranchisement. The peas-
! ants We're asked why they did such harm TO him
/ who had never done anything but good to them
! I'VE wept when we were doing it," they an
swered, I'VE wept bitterly, for it went terribly
against the grain; but we could not helm II
''We were told TO do it, and we did It,"
That is the spirit in which the Russian peonI,,
move and act. There Is no individuality among
| them They like a flock of sheen with or
without leader. If they have leader they
! follow him blndly. If they have none they focl,
together and move in a mass blindly as If seized
by 1.-The nympholepsy of some fond despair -
That is one OF the most trying and discourap o..
ing features of the whole Russian situatinn II
is because of 1t that such horrors as that ne
| Bialystok are possible. Doubtless MANY of those
who took part in the devltry would now say.
we wept when we We're doing it, for II wont
terribly against the grain. but we were told
ito do it. and did it" In such circ,,m
stances the hope OF the nation lies in the leader
who viii one day be developed Bor such n