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The Issue in Pennsylvania,

Less than four weeks OF the State
campaign remain to the Republican
party in Pennsylvania o explain the
expenditure Of to,OOO,OOO for furnishing
a $4.OOO,O 600 capitol, and the party seems
to be between the devil and the deep sea.
There is a choice between appealing to
the voters to realize that such q sumptu-
Gus building could not in the nature Of
things have o less, and having a
thorough investigation made at once
by a committee OF the Legislature.
When the consulting engineer to the
Capitol Building Commission, Mr.. BERN
ARD r. GREEN, wonders how the nine
millions could have been squandered on
the interior by the auxiliary Board OF
Public Buildings and Grounds, Il is obvi-
GUS that the people will not be content
with the work Of the prodigal sons who
constituted that board. One Of them
was the Hon. SAMUEL W. PENNYPACKER,
by virtue Of his Office OF Governor. He
has been Informed by excellent judges
in such matters, eminent men at that,
that there is no other building in the
country approaching in beauty the CAPT.
toll that was produced as cheaply.- The
worthy Governor is much incensed with
the people for not seeing that they have
got the best Of the bargain with the con-
tractors.
On the other hand, an Investigation, IL
is estimated, would cost another million;
for the lawyers say that il would Do
necessary TO summon the Legislature in
extra session. No doubt Pennsylvania
could stand it, for there are several mill
ions left in the treasury; but the risk Of
uncovering graft and confirming the
charges made 70 noisily by the Fusion
lists would have B be taken. II the
sequel justified them they would, Of
course, elect their State ticket. The
devils advice to stand pat really seems
TO be the better politics; at least, Il does
to the machine.
In the discussion OF this ugly issue the
admirable work OF the last Republican
Legislature in.putting reform laws on the
statute book h lost sight OF. No a
suspects the members Of the Board q
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Rlstori.

A great actress, n OF tho immortals
OF the stage, Is gone in ADELAIDE RIs-
TORI. 1t IL the fate Of her art to leave
behind nothing but memories, and the
Americans who had the privilege OF zee
ing her are no longer young. II is over
twenty years since she visked the United
States for the last time; it is forty years
since she was seen here in the prime
Of her talent. Those who saw her Eiisa-
oeaA, her Esrr Stuart, her heroines Of
Greek tragedy, or who wept over her
Marie Antoinstte when she was nearly
seventy, have never forgotten them.
Dramatic fame in RIsroRI's day de-
pended IN the actor and not on the
costumer or the stage manager. High
tragedy, the sphere in which she reigned,
has disappeared from the boards before
modern soul problems and spectacular
melodrama. Though she lived till yes
terday her art must be judged by stand
ards that have been long put away. She
has her place with SARAH SIDDoNs and
RACHEL.
Italians regret in her not only their
greatest actress Of the nineteenth CEN
tury, but a noble woman, indefatigable
in good works to the very end Of her
life, who took her full part in the strug-
gle for the liberation of her country.
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MR. HOAR on THE SENATORS.
An Average Let Of Americans. I'm HIs
ODlnioD.
From the Ncr England Magoria

From the Ncv EROIdRd Magorias.
Not everything that Senator Hoar thought
OF the senate. its mechanism and its menu
bership found its way into print. He was a
free commentator. and "a near "a any man
could be. possibly. "A just critic. He was a
shrewd Judge Of men. and being an uncom-
promising foe OF raAcals he could recognize
one on sight,
Riding with q friend to Boston one day, q
few years only before his death, he fell to
talking about the Senate and it's personnel.
As the train drew into New Haven. where the
station was as usual bustlin z with busy men
going 10 and from the trains pursuinR their
customary avocations. he smiled and in a
reflective sort Of way said:
Now look at those men out there. They
are the prevailing American type. study
them individually and you will notice how
generally alike they are and all apparently
Of about the same standard of physical
siren 9Th and. a. far a. we can Judge by their
cOuntenances OF intellectually
Now. you know, a Senator IL rel rded as
in a way a man apart and above the ordinary
run Of citizens. but | honestly believe tina
taking US "a a body We would not rank higher
than the average Of those fellow citizens OF
ours out there. These men are looking out
for their own private business inter ests and
We for the interests OF the public. We keep
our ears closer TO the ground and are more
da fait. perhaps. than they, but I think they
would average up even with the m MEMBERS OF
the United States Senate"
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Why ADIosenesls Is No; s.usr.c,ory.

To THE EDITOR oP THB SUN-Sir: Mr.
Dobson's argument for abiosenesis con-
tanned in a letter published in your Issue of
October S IL that the earth once was meal pa BILE
OF susta lining life. The crust cooled and
the protoplasmic cell was formed OF certain
chemical elements; therefore all life. even or
ganic life. was developed from these inorga mic
elements. Then he says that ito reject abio-
genesis Is to admit a miracle But does he
not admit a miracle himself when he makes
the Jump in his theory from the inorganic to
the OrgAnicp He II entitled to his belief, but
IL II any more reasonable than for me to &C,
cept the theory Of direct creation" which
at least is founded and sustained by what
We are pleased TO believe il a revelation from
God, the Master Creator!
To my mind his theory calls for a %cOntinu-
Ons series OF miracles and IL a greater tax
upon my faith than TO accept absolutely
the Bible account OF creation. And even
taking him at his word. where did his first in
organic elements come rom. and this earth
upon which they started their Journey? Did
they develop themselves from chaos or out
Of nothing? RI so. that il another miracle,
for matter cannot create" itself.
BROOKLYN. October Q. LEwIsC GROVER.
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Public Buildings and Grounds Of having
prOAted q dollars worth by the palpable
waste Of the taxpayers money. II
there was graft, II was not higher up.
but pretty generally distributed. 1t was
made possible by the daring constrUO-
ton Of q loosely drawn law, and back
Of the Law was the machine which the
Fusionists, with a Republican a. their
candidate for Governor, are bent upon
destroying.
A surplus in the treasury Ia q fine
thing for the State to have and for a
party 10 boast Of; but II has It's disad-
vantages when the psrty's political care
takers, VIGOROUSLY known as the gang.
and for whom the party is responsible,
are called upon to explain what has
become Of half Of the surplus and can
defend themselves only by applauding
their own moderation.
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DTSTR Russia.
Another French Loan Talked OF Despite q
&inlater Renort from HeriIn.

To The EDITOR or The SUE-!SiE A cOrrespon .
dent Al Berlin, who 10 In Q position to form a relia
BILE opinion on the situation Ia Russia. writes that
things In that country are going from bad to worse.
with the revolution In full tide. He adds: If you
hear that . revolution hss broken out in Poland you
may expect The fall OF the ltO,naaor dynasty"
Prom Paris comes . statement TO the effect that
after the trip taken through central Russia by
n. Bompard, the FrcaOh Ambassador At 81. Peters
burg. whose statements greatly disturbed Russian
Government circles. q French parsonage well
and who described himself as an agent Of the French
Government charged With . special mission. called
on certain members OF the Russian reactionary
party to traRauiliiLe and ASSURE them OF the rood
will Of the French Government and the capitalists
OF the BOurse de Paris. He Is reported to have
said that the mAsSacres and the Institution OF courts
martial had not created unfAvorable Impressions
in France. and that Q Russian loan would not
encounter serious difnculties. He gave his word,
so II Ia said. that the Government would not raise
any obstacle, but would allow things to take their
course. In radical circles In Paris these reports
have made a considerable stir, and there Is much
curiosity TO see what VIII he the attitude OF N.
CIemenceau In the event OF the question Of another
Russian loan being seriously preached on the Paris
market. =.
NEW YORK, October Q.
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COMPLAIN OF WHARFAGE RATES.
Railroad and shipping Wen Appeal 10
Dock Commissioner Bensel.

Representatives OF the trunk lines, the
Lightermen's Association, the coal trade
and a line Of steamships yesterday appeared
before Dock Commissioners Bensel to pro-
test against the rates OF wharfage that
vent into effect October 1.
The committee told the Commissioner
that it believed the local Interests
were taxed higher than any other and that
there should be a reduction Of the rate.
Mr.. Bensel replied hat so far az he was
able to find out the rates had been fixed
with respect to the size of the boats that
used the piers. His Interpretation Of the
matter was that a boat measuring 80 fet
in length should be compelled TO pay twice
as much as one that measured only hall
so much.
The rates had been changed because
investigation disclosed to him the fact that
there had been discrimination. Out OF
$50 concarns using the docks there were
some ak or more that enjoyed special
privileges and it was against his policy
to permit such a state Of sffairs to continue.
He did not think the new rate excessive.
As an instance he said that the increase
for the lighterage charges for the New lork
Central for day would not exceed 80.
Three must be some way for the city 10
make the larger boats pay more thanthe
smaller n He could not see why per-
ons in a certain business operating a boat
OF 400 tons should pay no more Wharfage
than the man who had a boat Of only lm
tons.
After an hours hearing the COMMISSIONS
asked the committee to submit briefs.
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Mr. Hughes and Mr.. Hearst.

Mr.. HUGHEs in his recent speeches has
made specific charges of the most serious
character against Mr.. HEARST. They
are Of that nature that unless adequately
answered and refuted they must defeat
Mr.. HEARsT's ~pretensions to Office.
Failing refutation Mr.. HEARST must
assert his candidacy as a self-confessed
criminal Of the same type as that which
he has himself taught the public to abhor
rs the most repulsive and abhorrent in
our time.
The things which Mr.. HUGHES has
alleged will not down. Mere denial and
abuse will not abate their damning sig
niicance. They will spread from mouth
TO mouth, and as they spread their force
will intensity. Their course will be like
that Of a conflagration that Is u~nquench-
able.
The figure Of HEARST that Mr.. HUGHES
depicts is n that a sane people cannot
tolerate.
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n. y. LIFE PROTESTS.
Complains % POllcyhoIders' COSn1hittee
Sending Out naIIOls.


The New York LIE Insurance Company
IL protesting against tho acton OF the
international policyholders' committee In
sending out ballots to pollcyholdsrs and
urging thom 70 vote before the regular time
for the election, October 10. James II.
Mcintosh, general counsel OF the company.
in a letter sent yesterday to Superintendent
OF Insurance Kelsey at Albany says;s
I'm thus soliciting the polIcyholders 70 vote
before the 18th day OF October the inter-
national p~olicyholders' committee has not
only openly violated a specific ruling Of the
Insurance Department Of the State. which IL
charged by law with super vision Of the cleo
ton. but Il thereby seeks an unfair advantage,
deceptive to pollcyholders. 70 which the COM
pany protests and objects; and IL also pro-
tests and objects to the mailing and solicitinC
Of ballots before the 18th inst. by the inter-
national polIcyholders' COMMITTEES and TO the
reception At the election OF any ballots 80
solicited"
The specific ruling OF the Superintendent
OF Insurance 20 which Mr.. Mcintosh refers
was made in some correspondence with the
New York Life In September. According
20 this decision until the ofictal state
ments required by law 10 be mailed by the
company are sent out to tho p~olicyhoiders
ballots cannot be voted and the company
is not authorised to receive them. II
superintendent said that II these state
ments were not mailed by the company
before October 10, mo ballot could properly
be prepared and delivered at the home
Office OF the oompany by a policyholder
prior to the 18th The Superintendent
said he would communicate with the mana
ger Of the international committee on this
subject.
The statement, ballot and return envelope
will be sent out by the company beginning
to-day and continuing through October
II. The opinion IL expressed that the
policyhoiders who return their ballots
before they have received the statements
required by law to be sent out by the COM
pany will lose their votes.
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COassa.

The goldfish catch OF North America In 1905 was
worth 81. 10000, about half OF which belonK ed 10
Newfoundland and Labrador. CanAda's catch ,hat
year was worth s3,6lO.OO0
Japan took great interest In Pacific coast cod.
fishing ia 1905. To Investigate the American
methods OF cod and deep sea fishing. a Japanese
agent Of the Mikado's Government signed on a
fishing boat as a common seaman and spent a sea
son In Boring Sea. He found cod plentiful in the
okhotsk Sea. IL is the Intention OF Japan to make
the most OF the nshing privileges secured In that
body Of water from Russia.
The home OF the Pacific cod stretches over prac-
tlcally an unlimited area. II Includes not only the
broad eGpanse OF the OkhOtsk Sea amd Berlnx
See, but other banks az large as Ireland, where
rod are most abundant. One OF them has an area
of 100 square miles. Another. and one of the beat.
Is within easy reach OF Puget Sound. II ia casy
70 nsh. and boats secure an abundant supply as
q rule.
Pacific cod now have q place In the ma kets Of
the Atlantic. even In Gloucester. Mass. In Iesa
than a dozen years. says the Deilln Eham, Wash
correspondent Of the Ttn's OF London. the Pacific
coast cod are likely TO outnumber their Eastern
competitors In the markets OF the world.
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IemIeRt MaRIStrates

To THB EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: | cannot help
bus feel that the Magistrates Of this town-that r.
some OF them-arc not properly attending TO their
duties. Let me take the ~pushcart case as an en-
ample. There are various clauses In our laws
governing the street vendors that IRE violated daily.
! have had no less than half a dozen vendors ar
rested for violating the sections regulating their
business, and In each and every Instance they have
besp discharged BY the Magistrates. Why. II they
violate various sections OF the law, sholld these
Dsdlers not be held accountable. and why should
not Magistrates sitting on the bench see that the
laws arc enforced! N n
NEW YORH, October
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DECISION AGAINST HuMMEL
Highest Court Sustains Contention a
District Attorney jerome.

District Attorney Jerome.
ALBANY, Oct. a.-The Cont o. Appsal.
handed down q decision to-day that Ar
Hummel n not entitled TO be out on hail
pending the determination by tire court
Of his application for certificate Of reason.
able doubt. Hummel was convicted a.,
oonspiracy and sentenced TO impriAop.
ment for n year In tho New York county
~penitentiary and 70 pay n hne OF $500. On
the day he was sentenced an order to shov
cauae why q certificate OF reasonable
doubt should not issue was granted.
Meanwhile q stay Of execution WA
directed. and at the same time an order was
made admitting Hummel to $4,000 bail
until q decision was reached by the cour.
IN his application for a certificate Of reason-
able doubt.
District Attorney jerome had Humma
rcarrested upon the theory that the allow.
ance Of bail was illegal. whereupon habeas
o0EP1s PE Eec A wsre 20. ,ns sn re-
The Appellate Division affirmed this action
lof the lower court and the Court Of Appeals
to-day reversed the latter court and sue-
tanned the contention Of the Distinct At
t6fney.
ceedlngs was In the courts Hummel WA
released on q regularly under a say
following the granting OF a certiicats Of
reasonable doubt. SO that to-day's decision
does not Affect him.
Mr.. jerome brought the case for the
purpose OF getting a decision for future
guidance, and the Court Of Appeals decides
that pending the decision on An application
cept in q capital use a person cannot
be admitted TO bail.
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ELECTION LETTRE DE CACHEr.
Justice MacIean's Remarks In Damage
Suit Against supt. Morgan.

Justice MacLean's Remarks In Damage
Suit Against supt. Morgan.
Justice MacLean in the Supreme Court
overruled yesterday the demurrers inter.
posed by George W. Morgan, the Superin-
tendent OF Elections, and Augustus L.
Dominick, m OF his deputies, to the COM
plant in an action instituted against them
by Arnold Tanner, asking for $4,000
damages because OF Tanzer's false arrest
last year on a charge OF illegal registration.
Magistrate Breen, who issued the warrant
for Tanners arrest, IL a codefendant, but
did not demur.
Tanner was arrested for registering from
i04 West Ninety-second street. where, it
appeared later, ne had lived for FIVE years.
Dominick furnished the information on
which the warrant was issued by Magn.
trate Breen, and in this information the
deputy charged Tan1er will attempting
to register from oS4 West End avenue.
Justice MacLean says that the deposition
OF Dominick is q mass Of verblage, without
any statement OF facts based on personal
knowledge and that no warrant should
have been issued on such a deposition.
The fact that one was issued does not re-
lieve Dominick or his superior, Morgan.
under whose instructions the deputy acted,
from responsibility In pecuniary damages
for their illegal acts. tn opinion Of
Justice MaoLeAn concludes:
"A warrant like the one on which the
plaintiff was arrested, although accom-
panied by an AFFIDAVIT padded with phrases,
hut altogether wanting in statements Of
fact made upon knowledge, In no better
than the lettre de cachet Of odious' lustrs
unless the subscription Of a Magistrate
Is to be honored more than the sign manual
OF a king
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on his Protectionist programmed Ths
Tariff Reform l eaRue viii doubtless out
live it's creator for a time, for some pow
erful interests and q few personalities
Of considerable viKor are enlisted in Il.
But the main source OF its vitality and
cohesion will be gone, and Il win gradu-
ally lapse into q state Of inanition, a
did the Protectionist rump In the hands
Of Lord DERBY and DfsRAKLI, until
the policy Of protection was openly and
officially discIaimed. II h Scarcely credi-
bic that Mr.. BALFoUR will uphold sturdily
the standard Of a cause In which he h not
a believer and to which he gave only
a tsrdy and unwilling adhesion. No
one else On the. Conservative side
could be relied upon 10 try 70 Gal Mr..
CHAMBERLAIN's place, for the ablest
men in the Unionist ranks are still avowed
Free Traders. The chances are that
within a twelvemonth after the with
drawal from the public stage Of the mem
Der from West Birmingham, the Tariff
Reform League will lose lts grip on the
Liberal Unionist and the Conservative
associations, and that at the next gen.
eral election its programme viii cease
to be reckoned among the issues Of the
campaign.
1t is certain that in the political history
Of Britain during the last thirty-fve years
the figure of JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN will
occupy a conspicuous place. It will also
be recorded, however, that his dearest
hopes were unfulflled. He never be-
came Prime Minister, and no great, epoch
making measure was linked i~ndissolubly
with his name.
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OELRICHS WILL DELIY.
No Objection Vet to VIII. but a Weeks
More Time Given 10 the widow.

No Objection We 70 Will. but q Neekb
More Time Given 10 the Widow.
A stipulation was hled in the Surrogates
Once yesterday, by consent Of COUNSEL
granting to Mrs. Theresa Oelrichs an e.
tension Of one week within which to fla
any objections she NAV have TO the viii
Of her husband, Hermann Oelrichs. who
died about a month ago. The citations
issued 20 the heirs at law and next Of Kn
were r~etuTnable yeste day. and il wa sald
that the extension indicated n pr1hahte
settlement OF any opposit ion which Mr.
Oelrichs OF her son may have TO the pro-
bate of the will. -,
By his will Mr.. Oelrichs lot all he owned
to his brother, Charles NJ. OelriChs, save
for a few articles Of jewelry and personal
effects which sIe bequeathed 10 the son
Hermann Oelrichs, Jr who l. IS years old
Mr.. Oelrichs gave as his reason that Mrs
Oelrichs was wealthy enough in her own
right. and that the boy would inherit ms
mothers property. II no objection are
hled by next Tuesday on behalf Of me
widow or son the probate proceedings VII
take the regular course.
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PRESE RYE THE "AULD BRIG"
4 Can 10 Lovers OF Burns TO Contribute
Their ''saIr Won Penny Pee"

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: You
should have put that paragraph from Lord
Kosebery's speech, taken from the Wsst-
NniRstsr Gazette. at the top OF your paTe in
large type. so that admirers Of Burns might
read II without glasses.
II will be many a day ere men o. taste
will take the Ducat Stream The G. RlinR
AyT" itself may run dry and it's very course
be forgotten, but in the Ian guAGe Of the poet
the Aud Brig" will be a brig when it's naughty
neighbOr Ii q "~shRpeleas cairn."
No truer poet ever lived than Burns. No
tFuer lover OF liberty ever tuned his lyrp
and surely there cannot be one among the
many thousands OF the admirers OF Scotia
bard who would not willingly contribute even
the brig. but II necessary to gid It from base
to arch with gold. p. ], M.
ROOSEYELT. ". J.. Ootnher 5
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Major Belle RernaIda.

To THE EDTToR OF TINE SUN-ISir: In the very
Interesting stoTV Women as Soldiers" in 70 days
iasus Of The SUN. the description OF Major Belle
Reynolds a. . little woman" IL quite mistaken.
Belle Reynolds vas . large. almost heroic woman;
beautifully propOrti0ned and retaining TIL her death
all the sweetness, dignity. patience and energy
that endeAred her 70 the boys among whom she
mInlstsred during the civil var.
She was q nurse-indeed, almost q phYslcian-
whsn I knew her In Chicago; generally attending
shs more important operations 9. . great surgeon.
she late Reuben LudlAm. J. c. d. ANDRnwa,
JHAsHK CIT. October Z.
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FiaMrra Of aneach-
From ne Pan Man Ca.cg,

From ne Pan Man Gazette.
At an education meeting the other day a sealoua
orator reprOved his fellow Churchmen for having
so long been content TO take the crumbs from the
Dlssenters' liable lying down.
In . lecture on oliver Cromwell occurs the state
ment that MS little niger lay more heaytIy on the
people than the Kings loins had ever lain"
AcOrTesDondcnt OF . religious jOu rnAI. crtIclsinx
a gross nlsstatsment, Insists on the necessity al
promptly mailing all similar lies 10 The ma st."
session or two ago an Irish Liberal was reported
10 have said In the House Of Commons that nv
letting In the thin end OF the wedge Of Land Ma
ioOalism the Government were laying on ali sides
seeds Of disease which would IN the fnturs br,nw
down Las whole edlAce about their heads
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Who shall protect New York from the
Mortimer now that MIR. DSLANT Ia no
longer on guard in the Corporation Coun-
sells Office? For nearly three years he has
kept the enemy at a distance. and New York
has slept in peace and confidence. Mr..
ELLISON may be "a good a lawyer as Mr..
DHLANr, but he does not share the mill
tary genius OF that great warrior.