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The Truth From Mr. Hughes.

Mr.. HEARST told his audiences in this
city on Wednesday night that he did not
believe in personalities, and he went on:
"IrMr HUGHES will stop telling lies about
me | will stop telling the truth about
him" Mr.. HUGHES would not make the
same promise. 1t is the truth about
HEARST which makes votes for HUGHES.
and the proof is that HEARST will not
publish the truth when spoken by his
opponent.
A case in point is the Hearst report Of
the speech made by Mr.. HUGHES at the
splendid meeting in Cortland, which in
numbers and enthusiasm utterly eclipsed
the reception of his opponent at the same
place a few days before. Fhe theme Of
Mr.. HUGHES was the insincerity of the
proprietor Of the Independence League
as a candidate for Governor. The Hearst
report contained the opening of Mr..
HUGHES. in which he said that the sonor-
GUS declaration Of independence of party
with which Mr.. HEARST began his cam
paign as Ito Independence League can
didate was at once followed by "the
shameless proceedings Of the Buffalo
convention" The specifications were
suppressed in the report which Mr..
HEARST vouchsafed to his readers. Mr..
HUGHEs said, for instance:
Men who beyond question were entitled 10 their
seats were unseated by manlpulatlons Of the worst
political trickery. Men who were entitled to be
heard were not heard, and instead OF standing
independently upon an independent platform the
leader Of the Independence League sought through
an understanding with n boss the nomination Of
the Democratic party. lie stood for Independence
OF party and he desired TO get control OF party
machinery. He stood as the champion OF anti
bossism and he took tho hand OF a boss 10 achieve
the object Of his ambition
Not a word Of this scathing arraign-
ment we're Mr.. HEARsT's patrons al
lowed to see in his doctored report.
Nor was the testimony presented by
Mr.. HUGHES of his opponents evasion
Of court process and tax lodging in
his corporate capacity spread before the
easy" Common People. If such direct
and explicit charges are personalities,
Mr.. HUGHES will indulge in them to the
end of the chapter, and Mr.. HEARST will
Enthusiastically refuse to print them;
not because they are lies but because
they are the truth that hurts. BY this
time the people know that CHARLES +.
HUGHES is incapable of publishing a lie
about a political opponent, and they
realize that the utmost truth which
WILLIAM r. HEARST can tell is a half
truth that is sometimes worse and intin-
itely baser than a naked lie, because il
imposes upon and misleads the ignorant.
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A sunrise In Chicago.

II was a night of triumph in Orchestra
Hall, Chicago. Colonel JIM HAM LEWIS,
the Pink Aurora Borealis, was to tell
what a Democrat is. The Colonel illu-
minated the hall. No other gas was
used; nor could the electric light live in
the far flashed radiance Of the capillary
pinks; but the Colonel's discourse was not
illuminating so far as its supposed OBJ
ject was concerned. We pluck a typical
bouquet:
"LAMARTINE, that most distinguished of French
writers and travellers. after viewing the heights OF
human attainment and contemplating the hopes
that nlled the dreams Of men. turned his vision on
the remains of ancient Troy and exclaimed:
Here was an empire and q people. They
were thought TO be great and immortal; but Goo
alone is great. and the thought to do justice TO HIS
people Is alone imperishable.'
" So. too. we may say In the temple Of the re-
public: Liberty alone Ia great. and justice alone
immortal For the ss;sSI:SAnss.et .h-se tsrcc-
racy Is imperishable. Though defeated In 1898.
1000 and 1904, yet:
" Like the bell in the market place % Bruges.
Thrice burned down and thrice reouilded.
Stn watches DER the town
" I come TO speak Of things on which the destiny
Of our country depends-tuth and Justice. Al the
outset. In the words OF HENRY w.. ] say:
= Pardon. gentles all. Id
The nat. appraised spirit.
That hath dared to bring forth so great an object
Upon so unworthy a scanold.'"
Like all great quoters the Colonel is a
little inaccurate. He meant to say: an
the words of the Chorus in Henry W.
The Colonel quoted about everything
and from the Bible to JOSH BILLINGS;
there is no truer ticker Of quotations Of
prose % verse. He even repeated that
classic quotation from French opera:
= And we chucEied for . hen to lay eggs in the
trough;
And we got a noppty old chick with Its head
cut on"
We cannot say with truth that it is
impossible to see the Colonel; he is visible
everywhere. But Chicago and New
York, with due respect to his elegant
extracts, expect from him the real orig
inal jimhamian words.
Nobody, unless it be he, a pick out a
Democrat in these days; and he, the
beautiful and the wise, is studying quo
tation books while the country bursts ii
ignorance.
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account OF the Irish bill which will
be introduced by Mr.. BRYCE, Chief
Secretary for Ireland, but we have the
assurance Of Sir ANTONY Mcdonnell,
Under Secretary, that it will aim to fulfil
many of the hopes long cherished by
the Irish Nationalists. According to a
report current in quarters usually we'll
informed, the bill will in the first place
create an Irish Council, consisting partly
of appointive but mainly of elective
members, who will control the adj
ministration of all of Ireland's internal
affairs, with the exception Of the police,
which, though it may be largely reduced,
will remain an imperial force. 1t il
further alleged that of the flO,OOO,OOO
raised in Ireland by taxation the I'M
perial Government will, by the Bryce
bill, reserve only about a fifth for
imperial purposes, and will assign the
remaining four-ffths to the use Of the
Irish Council, though, Of course. certain
fixed charges would have to be met out
Of the sums thus transferred. 1t 10 like
wise taken for granted that the suhstitu-
ton Of an Irish Council, mainly elective,
for the existing system Of Castle gov
eminent, would sweep away most OF the
forty-fve overlapping and overmanned
boards and departments by which ire
land is now m~isgoverned.
Another prediction for which there
seems to be some ground is that Irish
private bills will be placed hereafter
as much under the control Of an Irish
committee of the House OF Commons as
private Scotch bills are now under the
control of a Scotch committee. II with
so considerable concessions as these are
coupled such amendments Of the Wynd-
ham land purchase law Of 1908 as will
quicken the operation OF that statute
and render it possible for'tenants evicted
during the land war to become owners
of their former holdings, they doubtless
will be accepted by MIR. JOHN f. RED
MoND and the Nationalist party as at
least an instalment OF what is due to
Ireland. An elective council empow-
cred to deal with all of Ireland's special
concerns, and provided with the money
HtCNltu " Tx pun poCOi 10 DNNASS ~'
tinguishable in fact from a separate
Irish Legislature and Executive. 1t
would be, at all events, a germ out Of
which a Dublin Parliament might gradu-
ally be evolved.
Five years ago no such concessions as
are here outlined would have been
toned by the House of Lords. But, as
we have formerly pointed out, there are
now many Unionist Peers who concur
with Lord DUNRAvEN in viewing with
favor the proposed devolution of large
power of self-rule on Ireland; and, in
deed, the whole temper Of the upper
house with reference to Irish questions
has undergone a signal change since the
passage Of the Wyndham Land pur-
chase act. If Mr.. BRYCE's Irish bill does
not go beyond the limits we have here
indicated, we should not be surprised
to see it meet with better treatment at
the hands of the Lords than either the
education bill or the trades disputes
bill
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entitle the same to be recorded. Such
a conveyance can be acknowledged either
before a notary public or commissioner
Of deeds; and thus it happens that o n
tracts Of marriage under the law as it
O exists are frequently acknowledged
before these officers. II is % true, how
ever, in any sense that a notary public
or commissioner OF deeds who takes
such an acknowledgment performs the
marriage ceremony or solemnizes the
marriage. The entry of the parties into
the marital relation is effected by the ex-
ecutiOn of the contract. In other words,
the parties marry. themselves to one
another; the acknowl Judgment is merely
the evidence which the law requires Of
their mutual act in this respect.
IL is a curious fact that the statute
is silent as to what the contract Of
marriage must contain. No form is
prescribed; and doubtless many different
forms might be used which would be
valid to effect the purpose of the parties,
provided only there was clear evidence
OF their intent to enter into the marriage
relation. Probably a statement that
JOHN hereby takes MARY to be his wife,
and MARY hereby takes JOHN to be her
husband, would be all sufficient. The
law, however, as we have seen, leaves
the bride and bridegroom at liberty to
vary the terms of their agreement so
long as the purpose and intent are made
clear.
Since January I, 1902, no marriage
claimed to have been contracted within
this State is valid for any purpose what
ever unless it was contracted in the man
ner prescribed by these provisions of the
Domestic Relations law to which we have
called attention. The purpose of the
| amendment Of 1901 containing the pro-
visions as to the written contract OF
marriage was to put an end to the suits
which were formerly so numerous in
which women sought to establish the
existence of common law marriages by
oral evidence alone.
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Demand for More Money for Speculative
PURPOSES a had sign. o.

To THE EDITOR OF Tai SUN-Si' One
hears much about the need of money TO do.
business with. But IL prices we're not 40 nigh
less money would be needed to transact the
same business. With prices % per cent
lower IS per cent. less money would be needed.
The greater the supply OF money the higher
prices, as u rule. will go.
IL prices keep on rising under the influence
OF an increasing production OF gold. ana
larger and larger issues OF paper on top oil the
gold, till they are doubled, as In time they
may he flor certainly as long as money sup.
ply increases faster than population and
wealth prices will risel. then naturally when
prices are doubled twice as much money VIII
be needed to effect the same exchange as Is
required now, In other words, the dollar
Of such a volume OF money viii nave Dut
half the value or purchasing power " mas
Now. to what end does this increase lead?
limiting and reducing charges on ali public
highways, while at the same time the forces
mentioned above are operating TO reduce the
unit value OF the money received. IL WouIu
not be dIficult to demonstrates that nve cent
fares now do not afford as much net income
sso' and ne same with steam roads and In
many other lines OF business. II wages and
prices double In terms Of money the net Vatve
Aggregate wealth IL not increased by higher
prices caused by depreciating the money unit;
any more than land area would be increased
by reducing the length OF the links in a sur;
veyor's chain. Hence not more money ana
volume and more stable price levels are
better conditions for business operattchs
than rising or unstable. prices. More money,
therefore, for speculative purposes will only
do harm in the end.
The question OF need for more money at
certain seasons than at others to move
crops" or TO effect a larger number Of eX.
changes at given times IL a problem OF ltsell
and will exist with any volume OF money
This is the vital problem the bankers COM
mittee II supposed to be wrestling with.
NEW YORK. October "a. A. j. WARNER.
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TO RECALL SHIPS FROM DOMINGO.
Commander Switzerland VIII Also soon he
Ordered Home

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Peace having
been restored in Santo Domingo most Of
the vessels Of the American naval force
which has been around the turbulent re-
public for many months will be Withdrawn.
The step may not be taken until the return
to this country OF Thomas C. Dawson, the
United States Minister TO Santo Domingo
who is now on his way to Washington. bus
a decision has beer reached, and orders
will sooner or later 20 out directing all but
two small gunboats Of the American moss
quito feet TO return home.
Commander william H. H. SoutherlandI
who has been in command in Santo Doc
mingo, will be relieved. His recall ls nos
due, however, TO any dissatisfaction with
the way he has handled the delicate situa-
ton. On the contrary, officials here ans
highly pleased with the work he has done.
and he has been ordered home only because
he has long overstayed his tour Of sea duty
Commander Switzerland reported TO the
Navy Department to-day that IL would oe,
advisable TO recall some of the ships, ana
suggested that two only be left 10 work
around the ports OF Santo Domingo, Hos'
Utilities have ceased entirely, and the prosA
pect for a continued peace Is very bright.
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A Islander Refuted.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: In TIRE
Sun of October % a correspondent who signs
himself Canadian" asks why women are
afraid OF mice. l am glad that it was not
an American who asked this foolish question.
The answer is a simple negation. Women
are not afraid Of mice.
The superstition that they are should be
classed with other absurd fancies, such a.
that a hair Of the dog that bit will cure a bite.
that seeing the moon over the left shoulder
is OF i'll omen. that Friday Is an unlucky day,
and the like ancient and outworn supersti-
tons.
As a matter OF fact women are no more
afraid OF mice than are men. The papers
the other day contained an account of a
young man who went into Mysteries because
a mouse ran up his trouser leg. II must have
been an unpleasant experience. Naturally no
one approves OF the presence OF these small
rodents, but I have been at many a meeting
of women where a mouse made its appearance
but created no oommotion whatever.
It is time that these implications that
women are more timorous than men should
cease. In great disasters they have often
shown themselves heroic. Joan Of Arc led in
battle 10 dangers that men feared to face.
LILLIE DEvEREux BLAKE.
INV YORK, October rs.
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PAYING FOR A HOME.
How Il Can ne Done In the b on
n small salary.

To TIM EDITOR or The SUN-Sir: Flat
DWeller" asks some very pertinent questions
which ought to interest every city tenant OF
the great middle class. His problem Is, prac-
tically. hoo to own his home on a salary OF
SstO a year. Thisais no easy task. but II can
be done With econOmy a man with a ialr
sized family can in a reasonable time pay Ior
his home. Three OF my nearest neighbors,
on salaries cOnsiderably.less than 81, 900. are
paying for their homes through building and
loan associations at the rate of less than 500
a month. Their communication tickets cost
90. IS monthly. but they always have a COM
Portable seat and a pleasant ride. and though
nineteen miles out they are only fOrty-five
minutes from the city by express. a less DIS
tanoe In point of time than the average dweller
in The Bronx or in Brooklyn.
They have all the delights. OF country lIe'
pure air, beautiful scenery. Hover ana veee-
table gardens and healthful surrounding IS,
physically and2nnorally; and they have city
advantages, including mail delivery. without
any Of the Disadvantages OF city IiIe. Their
property Ia increasing In value. and IN a few
years they will have their homes paid for on
rent money and be tolerably independent.
much more than they have paid.
in many. beautiful suburbs within twenty
$500. the amount specified In the letter in, THE
Sun. Real estate men are always ready TO
make concessions to those who will build at
price. or give a deed for the lots on a per-
sonal note, or take a second MORTGAGE. or
they gM advance nncs. o. the Money for build
ing, or assist buyers to become members OF
building and loan associations. There are many
safe and legitimate ways of securing a home
and escaping the almost intolerable condi-
lions of cliff dwelling and rent paying In the
crowded. unhealthful. nerve racking. democrat
izing city. Where there's a will there's a
way" With foresight. courage, determine
ton and perseverance. emancipation IL posi-
BILE for tens of thousands who now suffer sub
missively or chafe hopelessly. WI. MOsIER.
DEMAREsT, n. j.. October "a.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: In to days
SUN IF. Y. s." Justly criticised Doctor OF Philos-
ophy" as TO his statement about the Roman Cath
ole Church attitude upon divorce. "F. X. s." also
undertakes 10 announce Authohtatively the attl
tude Of the Roman Catholic Church upon divorce.
and IL seems 70 me that In so doing he should be
more sure OF his ground than be Is. As he states that
in the Roman Catholic Church no validly contracted
marriage can ever be dissolved.
This, according to prominent Catholic authorities,
is not borne out by the facts, as there Is a form OF
divorce in the Catholic Church called the Pauline
divorce. whereby a validity contracted marriage
can be dissolved. This fact seems to he unknown
to many Catholics. A Pauline divorce with the
right 10 marry again Is permissible In the Catholic
Church under the following ruling: II a woman Is
married to q man validity who later takes up an
attitude on religion that she considers detrimental
TO her souls salvation, she can have this marriage
dissolved by the authorities OF the Roman Catholic
Church. j, F. RIM.
NEW YORK. October "a.
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DIVORCE.
Catholic Position on the Dissolution Of the
Marriage Contract.

To THE EDIToR oF TIE SUN-Sir: r. x,
s. states in this mornings Sun that no
validity contracted marriage can ever be dis
solved" This may be good New York, but
il 10 certainly not Catholic theology.
The true teaching of Catholic theology IL
that "a marriage Of the nnbsp tized. although
contaminated, can be dissolved quodd rim
cuIunt IL one OF the unbaptized is converted
to the faith and the other does not wish TO
live in peace with the one converted to the
faith. or the unconverted party leads the
converted party into mortal sin. Orsome great
spiritual loss; (2l marriage OF the baptized,
although ratified by the Church but not con-
summated. can be dissolved by, a solemn
religious profession and by a dispensation
given by the Pope for a good reason; 90 mar
RAG % OF the baptized under the law Of the
Gospel II II Is ratiie ed and consummated can
not be dissolved by any human authority;
IL is possible that a marriage OF the, bap,,
tized is ratified and contaminated. and stu
can be dissolved. Example: II one OF them
died, and was restored to life like Lazarus.
both were free to marry whom they please
They could marry Themselves. or marry some
one else. G.. A, FORBES.
TRENToN. N. j., October "a,
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THE REGENTS CONVOCATION.
81. Clair MeKeIwAy Delivers h Openin
Address examinations Board.

ALBANY, Oct, 25.-Vice-Chancellor ST.
Clair Mex elway in the absence Of Chancellor
Whitelaw Reid at the Court OF st. James,
tonight delivered the address usually CONT
ing from the Chancellor at the opening SEES
sion in the Senate Chamber OF the annual
~convocation of the Regents Of the University
Of the State. Among other things he said:
aThe reorganization and the consolidation
of our State educational system can now
be said to nave enough history behind it
TO Justify congratulation and confidence.
Where there we're two boards there is now
but one. Where there were two systems
there is now a consolidated system. Where
there was conflict there is now concord and
where there was friction or war is now
peace.
Il think that this system Of education
which unifies forces, which slmplifies
mechanism, which harmonizes interests
and which a~rticulates the educational de-
partment with all the life OF all the people
and with all the aspirations OF all the people,
making that department az democratic and
n representative as the people are them
selves. has been Vindioated by the peaceful
and progressive results which IL has accom-
plished or with which IL has concurred and
will be so indicated for az long as our upN'
eminent shall endure among men"
United States COMMISSIONS OF EDUCATION
Elmer +. Brown read a paper on a National
View of Education"
To-night's session was opened with =
prayer BY the Right Rev. William Coswell
Doane, Episcopal Bishop OF Albany. The
c~onvocation will close with Saturday morn
ing's session, and it's entire time Is to he
devoted 10 discussions regarding. one gen-
eral subject. The Practical Admlnlstra-
ton OF School Affairs in This state.
The Regents to-day appointed the stats
examination board in accordance with the
new plan to frame more sensible examina-
ton papers. The board consists OF twenty
members: the Commissioner Of Education
the three assistant commissioners and ths
chief OF the examination division are or
oficiis members and the COMMISSIONS OF
Education IL chairman.
The functions of the board will be IA
! appoint. with the approval OF the Commits
sfoner OF Education, committees to prepare
question papers for State examinations
and to advise with the Commissioner N
| respect to the form and contents OF syalla-
buses covering the subjects OF study IN the
elementary and secondary schools.
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The New Session of Parliament.

The New session OI HhTllahlcuN'
The session Of the British Parliament
that began this week will be watched
with exceptional interest, not only be-
Cause the Liberal party will have 20 de-
fine it's relations to the Irish N~ationalists
and the Laborites, but because a violent
agitation against hereditary Legislators
may be provoked by the expected defeat
of the education bill and other Govern
ment measures in the House of Lords.
At one time during the recess it looked
as if the breach between the Liberals
and the Laborites caused by the loss of
the seat made vacant by the death Of
Sir WLFRID LAWSON, a loss due TO the
refusal Of Laborites to support h Lib
eral candidate, would become irremedi-
able. In public speeches some of the
most influential Liberals in Scotland
advocated defiance of the Labor leaders
and reputation of the Labor demands.
One of them went SO far as to intimate
that the time might be near when Lib
erals and UniOnists might, as individual
lists, have to combine to resist the labor
movement. The Laborite followers of
Mr.. kerr HARDIE, on their part, have
not shown themselves disposed to abate
their e~xactions, encouraged as they are
by the recent evidences of a strong drift
toward Socialism among operatives and
miners. II now looks as if a year or two
hence Socialism would be dominant in
both the Trades Union Congress and in
the Miners Associations.
That Sir HENRY CAMPBELL BANNER
MAN, more farsighted than some of his
followers, breads the consequences Of a
quarrel with the Laborites and means Ia
keep their cooperation as long as posi-
bile is manifest from the announcement
made on Wednesday that the Govern,
ment had adopted the views of the Labor
members regarding the trades disputes
bill, and had decided so to amend that
measure as TO place union funds beyond
the reach of attack. We need not point
out that the more acceptable TO S3bor'
ties this bill becomes the more certain
is it to be rejected by the Lords. As fol
the education bill, which is already before
the upper house, it is presumed that the
Cnionists will postpone debate until the
highest court shall have pronounced OF
the question whether, under the existing
law, local education boards are bound Il
pay the cost Of religious teaching.
We have had as yet no authorized