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New-York tribune., 1906-10-30
MONROE AND THE TARIFF.
Professor Burgess's Speech Widely
Circulated IN Germany.

Berlin, Oct. 2s.-The text of the speech delivered
on Saturday by Professor Burgess, dean of CO.
lumbia University the first incumbent of the Theo-
dore Roosevelt Professorship of American History
and Instruction at the University of Berlin, has
been printed by the university press and widely
distributed in official and scholastic circles. There
was desire to see precisely what Professor Bur-
CESS said regarding the Monroe Doctrine being out
of date. upon the obsoleteness of the high pro-
tective tariff and the United States interests
being promoted by the extensive German emigration
to South America. AS the address was made in
the presence of the Emperor. and frequent refer.
ences We're made in it to President Roosevelt tie
impression appears to have been made that the
President desired to send message to Germany
on those subjects. Some of the papers display
Professor Burgess remarks concerning the Mon
roe Doctrine. A translation OF the passages fol-
lows:
In my first meeting with the President after my
appointment to this professorshp it pleased him
TO address me as ambassador of peace, friend
that he recognized and appreeiated the great idea
which his majesty :he highly gifted and magnani-
nous German Emperor gave to the world Janu-
ary 1895. 1t is the opinion of the President, it
this idea is the most pregnant that has come forth
in our time: and that it gives evidence of the great
of its mighty author The execution of this idea
makes 1t possible to subject questions of the high
upon in diplomatic way. to the most fundamental
There are, for example, two doctrines in the
policy of the United States which are regarded
NAV not even be proposed by foreign power
without risk of awaking hostility in the United
States. These the high protective tariff theory
and the Monroe Doctrine Our politicians do not
appear have the least notion that both OF these
doctrines are ALMOST obsolete. and that the recon
struction Of European states and their constitu-
tons and the acceptance by the United States
itself of its position as world power have made
them both appear nearly senseless.
Professor Burgess said he regarded the discus
sion of the protective tariff automatically between
the United States and any foreign government
futile he ambassadors o.
culture would be wholly free from limitations such
as bound the diplomatsts They would be able to
speak from their own convictions without fear OF
being punished or recalled. or. what was still more
important, without fear Of disturbing under
mining friendships. He added:
The best interests OF the United States and the
world would be advanced by a strong Teutonic
tide OF emigration to South America, BY which the
settlement of that gigantic part OF the continent
by men capable OF cultivatIng 1t would be brought
about
New-York tribune., 1906-10-30
GERM1NY IN SOUTH AMERICA.

A fresh flip is given TO the waning interest
In Germanys alleged designs IN South Amer
lea by the lecture given the other day at the
University Of Berlin by Professor Burgess. of
Columbia University, the present incumbent of
The Theodore Roosevelt professorship of Amer
ican history in the great German institution
The lecturer gave a strong and urgent invita-
ton 10 Germans TO flock to South America and
possess the land. intmating that they would be
capable of developing the resources Of the con-
unent, as its present occupants, in his estima-
ton are not. Having previously spoken OF the
Monroe Doctrine as almost obsolete he made
it clear that he thought there was no serious
obstacle 10 the "Germanization" of South Amer
ica, and he declared that the best interests Of
the United States would be served by such a
co1snmmation
We need not here discuss the imagined obso-
lescence of the Monroe Doctrine, nor the sup
posed advantages which would accrue to the
United States by the occupation and control Of
South America by a European people who
would look TO Europe, and not to this country.
for their markets. The more immediate uues-
ton concerns the willingness of Germans TO
accept the invitation given by Professor Bur-
CESS. SO far as We can discover, that question
is pretty positively answered in the negative
For many years exceptional efforts have been
Argentina, and there have been wild tales about
the vast multitudes Of them who Were doing
SO and who were preparing 10 declare that re-
public province OF the German Empire The
facts are, however, that the total number of
Germans in those countries is so small that
census statisucians generally lump il among
other natonalties" IN Argentina with It's
100000 population, there are possibly 10000
Germans, though a much smaller figure would
probably be nearer tie mark, and practically
ali or these have renounced German allegiance
ard Become Argentine citizens Among the
100000 or more inhabitants of Brazil there
may be as many as $1,000 Germans. who also
nave become naturalzed citizens of their new
nome; ana at the present time not more than
300 Germans q year enter that country. In view
Of such figures, there does not seem TO he noucb
encouragement for Professor Burgess's hospita.
bic Invitation 10 Germans 20 invade some other
nations domain.
Sor can We see much ground for Professor
Burgess suggestion that the present inbahi
taSts OF south america are incapable of cult.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-30

waiting that continent It IL true that some OF
the minor states are not getting along much II
any better than some European states. We do
not know that even Venezuela, however. pre-
sents more disheartening spectacle than Rus
STA, or more strongly suggests the desirabilit
Of foreign Intervention. AS for Argentina, Bra
z Chill and Peru, their large populations,
their rapidly increasing industries and COM
merce their wealth and culture and their sta
bility of government compare not unfavorabiy
with those Of the average countries of the
civilized world. To talk Of the necessity Of
alien colonization for the cultivation of those
countries, which comprise the vast bulk of the
South American continent, may be to crafty
the aggressive spirit OF the forward colonial
party in Germany but it surely is to betray
misapprehension of the real state and trend
of affairs in the countries under discussion.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-30
THE NATIONAL OUTLOOK.

One of the strangest of recent national cam
paigns has entered its last stage The Repub-
ican and Democratic parties are opposing each
other as of old. But the old lines of opposition
have disappeared, except in the makeup of the
official ballot. Democrats are running for Con-
gress, and many of them will be elected. But
what they stand for as an opposition they them
selves hardly know. There are Bryan Demo-
Gratis, Hearst Democrats and Roosevelt Demo-
Gratis in the field. There are other Democrats
who are anti-Hearst, anti-Bryan and anti-Roose-
velt There is no recognized opposition issue,
and outside the South where voting is no longer
in any sense an exercise Of judgment, the Dem
ocratic party is either somnolent or violently
engrossed in local interests.
Everything points, therefore to the election
Of a Republican House of Representatives
On any normal division of the country's vote
the House, under the apportionment of 1901
should be Republican by % to SO majority
In 1902 each party polled practically it's nat
ural strength and the Republican margin was
80. In 1904, in the full of the Roosevelt
tidal wave, the Republican majority touched
III There must be some recession from the
high water mark of two years ago. But there
are no evidences of a revulsion from the popular
temper and purpose Of 1904, and the Democratic
party is too dsorganiZed and demOralized to
take advantage of revulsion if there were
one. There can be no great reaction, however,
without a volume of discomfort and egitatlon be-
hind it. Yet outside few states, in which the
party is in revolution Democratic zeal is lacking
and Democratic leadership is silenced Apathy
and schism are not the fOrerunners of victory,
and all signs will fail if the country has not
already prepared to ind0rse the Roosevelt ad-
mnistration and to elect another House Of Rep
resentatfveS ready to cooperate in carrying out
the Presidents policies
New-York tribune., 1906-10-30
THE ATLANTIC CITY DISASTER.

1t is a pitiful story which comes from Atlantic
CITY. train filled with excursiOnists bound TO
that resort and within mile Of their deStina-
ton was suddenly thrown into the water from
a drawbridge, and the great majority of the pas
sengers-between sixty and seventy-were
drowned like rats in cage. OF the score or
more who. with or without assistance escaped,
some were so severely injured that they may not
survive. AS TO the precise cause of the derail-
ment which had such lamentabe results there
is still a difference of opinion. There is some
reason to think that the drawbridge, which had
been open a few minutes before, had not been
so exactly closed as to bring the rails into
proper alignment. 1t is possible, too, that the
motorman. who for the greater part of the run
had maintained an average speed of forty miles
an hour was sending his train along too fast at
the moment of the accident. The fact that the
signals had been set TO indicate safety would
not excuse failure to slacken speed when ap-
preaching the bridge.
1t is clearly imperative that the railroad and
public authorities should get at the whole truth.
An exhaustive investigation is the more urgently
demanded for the reason that other shocking
tragedies have occurred between Camden and
Atlantic City within the last few years. The
Pennsylvania management has enjoyed q high
reputation, which recent occurrences have not
sustained. and the public is sure to ask whether
or not there has been relaxation of vigilance
in the operation of the railroad. If an underly-
ing influence of that sort has developed, the
sooner an effective remedy is applied the better.
The first step toward toning up the management
would be an unvarnished statement of the truth.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-30
DENOUNCE KING LEOPOLD
National W. &. 4. T.. Members
Blame Him for Congo Conditions. /

Hartford, Conn. Oct. 29.-Resolutions were adopt-
ed by the National Womans Christian Temper-i
ance Union convention to-day denoUncing KinsA
Leopold of Belgium the author OF conditional
in the Congo Free State, which are characterized
as atrocities" calling for the exclusion of Reed
Srnoot from the United States Senate because OF
his relations with the Mormon Church, oppOsinS5
the sale of beer other ntoxicants at army posts
advocating the making permanent of the tenn
porary prohibition OF the sale o. beer at natOnak
soldiers homes. protesting against the issuing OF
liquor tax receipts IN prohibition territory, ceclar-
ing for the highest standards of purity for men
and women alike and in favor OF the right OF sut-i
frage for women.
When the resolution dealing with the Congo Free
State first introduced the Belgian government
the object of derunciatiou. but after dis
cussiOn the name Of Leopold II substituted for
that of the Belgian government. resolution was
also adopted urging that state Legislatures demand
an "anti-polygamy'' amendment 70 the COnsttu-'
ton OF the United States.
Contrary TO the usual custom, meeting OF tbs
national convention was held behind closed doors
this morning, the delegates cOnvening in Centrs
Church instead OF the regular meeting place. Par
sOnS's Theatre. The various department confer"
ences were not held to-day on account Of the eS-
ecutive meeting. Among the speakers at this meet
topic Work Among Colored People: Arsa
DOrcaS j. Spencer. California. Work Among tAS
Indians" and Dr. Louise g PUrington, AaSSa-
chUSetts, who spoke Health and Eeredity.
At the close OF the executive session IL was an-
nounced that nothing would be given ont for puo,
New-York tribune., 1906-10-30
4 NODEL TOWN.

I When town is going to be started deliber-
ately on the bare, unpeopled prairie-when some
one greater than a philosopher is going to make
houses grow where only blades of grass grew
before-that town should be started right The
trouble with most towns is that they grow up
haphaZard and are sorry for it afterward They
regret their misspent youth, their foresightless
adolescence, their failure to realize their possi-
bilities. Man made the town. is the adage.
but, in fact, man never half made the town;
he let it make itself. If the man who bought
Manhattan Island could only have foreseen!
What city he might have made of New York,
Chicago is contemplating standardization
wistfully conscious that, engrossed with great
ness, it has forgotten grace. If youth onlv
knew!
But we are to have man made town. and
Gary, Ind, is to be started right Meredith's
Pilgrim tried no harder to be Providence for
his son than the man who is going to make
Gary promises to try to be Providence for
Gary. The town is to be the home of big
steel business under the control of the steel
corporation and one of its officers saws: II
have often dreamed of model town-a place
where the interests of one would be the inter
tests of all, and where all would work together
Il have wanted to see a city where there would
''be no strife, no intrigue and no dissensions
Il believe when we get Gary in running order
I'VE shall have q model city"
Other men have dreamed of model cities
Plato dreamed of a model republic which
meant much the same thing in those DAYS. Sir
Thomas More dreamed of a model community
Harrington and others, English, French and
German have dreamed a dream as old as the
days when the gates shut on the Garden of
Eden. The dreaming of model cities is an en-
trancing occupation; the making of one is an
even more engrossing pursuit than the rear
ing of a son into 4 model man. The son al
ways eludes the best efforts and, in some mvs
terious way defying parental providence ac-
quires the faults common to humanity The
city-but there is no use of predicting when
the experiment is to be transacted before our
eyes
Gary is TO have Il strictly open plumbing
style of government. Every government owner
ship idea ever conceived will, according TO the
dispatches, be embodied in its organization So
cialists and socioogists have not a notion for
municipal betterment that will not be put to
trial in Gary. 1t will have mo strife no in
trigue and no dssensions." 1t will be- if
dreams come true, the abode OF the blessed
the home of happiness. The Fountain of Eter-
nal Youth will play in its public square Its
streets Will be paved With the Philosophers
New-York tribune., 1906-10-30
ANOTHER POSE FAILS.

Judge Cullen has promptly exploded another
Hearst issue by calling special session OF the
Court of Appeals TO consider certain of the
election cases decided last week by the Appel
late Division OF the Supreme Court in the First
Department AS the next regular session of
the Court of Appeals was set for November o.
lust after the election-the Hearst news
papers We're preparing to raise the cry that the
cards had been stacked against them and that
the courts even were deaf to their demands Tor
justice. MartyrdOm is often profitable pose,
and Mr.. Hearst no doubt hoped to be able TO
tell the voters that the bunglng of his cleo
ton lawyers, which cost al the Independence
League candidates for Congress, the State Sen
ate and the Assembly their places on the Off
cial ballot, was not bungling at all, and that
only his inability to reach a higher tribunal
prevented his rectifyng the wrong done his per-
secuted followers.
Judge Cullen's action blocks this gallery play,
for it permits a final decision on the vital point
in the whole matter-the point, namely, whether
the Independence League petitions pre-
pared with without due examination of the
election law. However the question is decided,
Mr.. Hearst will have no opportunity to clamor
about a miscarriage or denial of justice. If
the highest court decides against him he must
admit that his agents blundered, and blundered
either through ignorance or with deliberate in
tent
New-York tribune., 1906-10-30
4 misunderstood GENUS.

Governor Pennypacker's letter to the Re-
publican State Advisory Campaign Committee
in Pennsylvania defending the expenditure of
100000 for furnishing the new $4O00O00
Capitol at Harrisburg is interesting more for
the light it throws on the Governors idiosyn.
crasies than for the help it gives in solving
certain mysterious problems in architecture and
politics. The people Of Pennsylvania under
stood until recently that the Capitol was to
be completed at a cost of $780, 00O-S4OO 900
less than the appropriation. They were proud
TO have a public building completed without
graft or scandal, and congratulated themselves
on the efficiency of q state administration which
had held the cost of the undertaking within rig
idly prescribed limits They woke up to find,
instead, that the real cost of the Capitol wOuId
be over S13,000,O00-S 100000 having already
been spent, under a vague and indefinite au-
thorzation, TO furnish" the building This ex-
cessive and unsupported outlay caused public
CONSERVATION and has led TO charges of all
sorts Of irregularities and frauds
Governor Pennypacker has been for more than
three years the head of the board which di
rected the furnishing" and he replies IN all
criticisms by entering plea of innocence and
| gross misrepresentation. He saws that +ba
board had ample legal authority to spend any
! sum 1t saw ft in preparing the Capitol for
occupancy. The board he explains was craatad
! IN 1888. In 1895 it was vested with the .'en
| tire control and supervision Of the nubIic
| grounds and buildings, and all the repairs.
/ alterations and improvements made and all
work done and expenses incurred about such
! grounds and buildings, including furnishing
and refurnishing" In 1908 q clause was in
| serted in the General Appropriation act an
thorizing the State Treasurer to pay "out of
| any moneys not otherwise appropriated such
! sums as may be required for the payment of
repairs to and furnishing OF the chambers and
committee rooms Of the two houses of the
| Legislature and the several departments OF the
government" Under this authorization. the
| Governor holds, the boards power to contract
| for furnishing was unlimited save by the re-
| sources Of the treasury" There are still sew
eral millions in the treasury, and the board 10
| therefore, entitled to generous credit in Mr.
| Pennypacker's view. for restraining its impulse
| to indulge a taste for the artistic and the bean
tiful. Like Give, the Governor is not n little
astonished at his own moderation.
As for eXtravagance-well, extravaganza is n
relative term. argues Pennsylvania's learned
| Chief Executive. AS long as the money was
| there, why not spend it? Easy come easy 90.
j As the Governor iucidy explains, every thing
New-York tribune., 1906-10-30
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
lFrom The Tribune Bureau.I


Washington, Oct. 29-President Roosevelt mac d
long talk to-day with Postmaster General Coi'ei-
you, who has just returned from a trip to New
York. Secretary Root present during part OF
the discussion. which dealt with Empire state poll
tics. and when he left the White House said ne
would leave Washington on Wednesday night for
Utica. where he will make speech on the follow
Ing day.
Rudolph Aronson called a. the White House this
afternoon TO deliver copy OF the march. Viva
la America" written by Leoncavallo and dedicated
to the President. The march is printed upon vel
hum and ncased In beautiful satin cover. Leon
cavallo will be in Washington November 30 and
will direct the orchestra in person when the COM
position Is rendered.
Asahi Kitagak. the Japanese mdshpman who
recently resigned from the Naval Academy, was
among the visitors at the White House to-day.
He said he was not seeking reinstatement, and
came purely social errand. Frank II. Was
key, the new Delegate from Alaska called TO in
troduce himself to the President and to speak a
good word for the Seattle Exposition of 1900 Other
callers included Clark e. Carr OF Galesburg, Ill.
who has Just come East from a stumpirg tour of
his state, and Lebbeus r. Whitley, judge of the
new United States Court for China
New-York tribune., 1906-10-30
Abouf People and Social Incidents.

Mrs. James wadsworth. f.. viii visit her during
the season.
Mrs. Francis NJ GunuelI announces the eneare-
ment Of her daughter. Miss Marie Barnes 70 Lew
tenant Mark Brooks. u s. A. The wedding v:ll
take place IN December. Miss Barnes made her
debut several years ago at the home OF her STEM
father former Surgeon General Francis Gurne,l
U. s. ", and at once became a leader in her SET
She is one Of the principal figures IN the popular
slxtycoupie cotillOn which entertains several times.
each season. Her mother Miss Chew and "a
allied with the most prominent families OF Wash
ington. Her paternal grandfather the late
Surgeon General Barnes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcdowell Garfield expected to-
come to Washington for a visit after they leave
the Berkshires, where they spending the fist
part of their honeymoon. Among others expected
here soon are the Earl OF Carlisle and his daugh-
ter. Lady Dorothy Howard. who are now at Lenox.
Major and Mrs Samuel Reber are again in WASH
ington. and will spend the winter as the guests OF
Mrs. Reber's father, General Miles.
Mrs. Richard Townsend. Miss Mathilde Townsend.
Mrs Hope Slater and Miss Mary Guynn sailed from
Europe for this country Thursday.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-30
depends on whether you are spending ths
money OF the plutocratc corporation or tne
horny handed taxpayer. He says:

1t lthe Capitol has not cost citizen OF Fenii- m
sylvania one cent in the way OF taxes upon ,iis
real estate goods The moneys e3penueo
upon it have been almost entirely oraWii tIoin t
the profits of the great corporations anu naFe
been distributed among the artisans of the state
The wealthy stockholders living in London anu
New York upon the outcome OF the mines, lut-
naces and fields of the commonwealth nave IN
this way done somewhat for the htneht OF Its
people.
So long as the treasury Of Pennsylvania con-
tinues to be filled by dues wrung from wealthy
alien stockholders living in London and New
York." it is a shame not to put the money III
circulation for the benefit of the stay-at-homes.
Governor Pennypacker Is right. What the state
needs is not one Capitol, but dozen, with
Board of Public Buildings and Grounds at work
all the year round. encouraging architecture and
decoration Instead OF ignorantly censuring
their Chief Executive the people of Pennsyl-
vania ought to give him vote OF thanks for dis
covering q new channel through which the con-
tributions of the alien rich can be disbursed for
the good of the commonwealth
New-York tribune., 1906-10-30
AmUSements.

ACADEMY or MUsIc-s:i3-cepe Cod Folks
alba -EAMBRA-2-s-vaa6evilie.
ASToR-S-Cyrnbeline.
BELAsCo-s I5-The Girl Of Golden West
BILIOUS .30--he Genius.
RROADWAY-s-The Prince OF India
COI,ONTAf-2-S-Naudevile.
CRITERION-s:15-The Little CherCb-
DAIY'S-s:55-The Spring Chicken
EDEN MCSEE-The Ncrd IN Wax.
fMPIRE-s:15-His House .n Order
SARDEN-S:l5-Sarn Houston.
GA2RICK-S:I5-Ciarice
HACKE-T-s30-The Chorus LADY. .
HAMMERSTEIN'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EERA1D SQrAKE-2-S-About Town.
EIPPODROME-2-S-A Society CIRCUS
ECDSON-s:I5-The Hvpocrites
IRVING PIsACE-s.20-Der Eer- senator
KNICKERBOCKER-s:1 s:15-The RED MIL
LIBERTY: :I5-NErse Marjorie
LINCOLN SQr-ARE-s15-The Love Route
LYcErks-s:I :IS-The lion and the Mouse.
LYRICS 15-The shulannite ~,
MADISON SQUARES Sj5-The s,hree OF Os- ., -
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-1o e. m 10 IL p M
National Business Show.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Tourists
MaNrs ATT kN-e e:iS-clothes.
NEW AMSTERDAM-ceesar end Cleopatra
NEW TORK-e;15-Eleen Ashore
PRINCES so-ITae Great Divide.
eAyCr-s 1s--I'he House Of Mirth
-e.IS-The Rich Mr. HoCgennelIfei-
wFrpFR's-s:J5--The Measure Of Man.
WEST YSD-s15-The Cow Puncher-