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New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
BECK TO SOUTHERNERS.
Tells Them .4bout the Unity of the
ReDubLc.

To the stirr:ag strains OF Dixie good por-
ton of the South which has been transplanted 10
New York stood up and cheered itself hoarse aI
the tvventy-second annual dinner of the New YORK
Southern Society at the Waldorf last night The
guest list read like a directory OF the best known
Southerners in the city Patrick + Mc'IoWah
was there, being a Southerner from ireland %
was John J. Delany. who spoke instead OF Presi-
dent woodrow Wilson. Another guest was LORD
Fairfax who was the guest of ex-President Marion
J. Verdery.
Among the other guests were Major Edward
owen Bruce Rice. William a Barber. Henry {
Hunter Dr. George Tucker Harrison. Colonel John
J. NcCook the Rev Rockwell Harmon Potter.
James NJ Beck former United States Assistant
Attorney General: John Sherwin Crosby, William
H Reid. George Foster Peabody John Is. Starch-
field Augustus Van Wyck and DR. Fred Whiting
In introducing Mr.. Beck Dr. John \. Wyeth.
the president of the society said that he WAS one
of those who had fought for the lost cause. and
that he now knew that it best for the coun-
try that the cause had been lost NJ. Beck began
his address with A compliment To President VII
son who was kept away by attack of neuritis-
He spoke. too. of the high and pure influence OF
women in American politics. Then he turned To
his real subject. THE Unity OF the Republic
He mentioned one sign of that unity the sail
ing of the Atlantic fleet with the Connecticut and
the louisiana the Georgia and the Oregon, side
nv side with a Virginian In command, sent On it's
way by commander in chief with Northern
father and a Southern mother. II was not in the
power of any paper 10 make this country one and
inseparsbls he continued. but the real unity lay
In the bonds of commercial interests.
Tho Rev. Mr.. Potter had "a message from New
England" in which he said the greatest problem
was Ito achieve a civic government, a social.
economic and Industrial life which shall be indeed
IN the century beyond all suspicion, of all
the people, for all the people and by all the peo-
pie"
Marion J. Verdery presented q gsvsl to the soci-
ETY.. The menu cover was designed by Alexander
Malcolm. member of the society. It photo
gravure of THE Spirit OF the South seated and
covered with orange blossoms The souvenirs were
figures of pickaninnies bursting from watermeIons
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
A DluSementS.

ACADEMY OF M1rsIc-s .I3-The Lion and the Mouse
AIHASBRA-e-s-kauoe
sSToE-s.I5-Tom Jones
fsf5I1AsCo-2:is-s:iS-Th Nalrfis u '"e
IsRKEI,EY-2-sss-s;3o-C Candida
HIJOI--s :2rt-A Dolls House
PI.ANEYS-s.15-Fra DaNolo a.. ,,.,,,5 In
TgVAY-1 :i5-Beneft-e.iJ--4 ne iN""i" ~
CARNEGIE Halls: :15-C CoToeTt- ,,-
o.fS-S:l5-The Gay White way
s-FTTFRTon-s. .co-The Morals a. Ma''ls
DaIY'S-s:I5-The Lanoers
fgT-XF-Y-a-S-NaudeVii iils.
y-TlFN MTTSEE-Norld In Wa
F-sPIRE-s -2o-My wife. ,-,,,,,r-
S@aRRTCK-s.3o-The Toynlaker - ->ui''
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s-psSIe CENTRAL PAI-ACt--te q ~. - -
S-s.forai Motor Boat and Engine SNOW
HaCKFTT-s:l5-The Nitching ttoc.
e-S.i5N NaudeNl-. ,-,,Dter
xsI-p an n ssoT-a RES :I5The fiirl b@hlho T-oIr
FIIf5f50TsTNNF- F-2-s-The Auto Race @to '
rs1,psoN@s .eo-T1,. -holus Lady; =, >,ez york
t-scf(>S FzFsrgCII IT-F-s:f5-The Talk ~ y" i
TTRFF.TY- -11-O'>Seil q iei1H
ySI-f M Is: :s0-The Thief
IyprC-s:i5-Kesn. -, -,-,a
MAN1rI m sSoH.2 HALI-2:3o-song Recital
,,r-TEeSPoi.1TA>: EeGaS5 OPERA HoUsE-s-I Rar0eFe u
,-t-,T ,.s,:STFRrA Ans :i5-The Merry Nioo"
- Advanced Nandt''e
-.,-o-- .aI5-s-Is-The Man Of ne Hour. Ar
--t-x-,-t,Sa NT-o:l5-S: :lS-A Grand ATlHF ma
NJ ~ A(-rI-S-e -Is-The Hoyde1l
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New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
RANE DIRECTORS.

Yesterday Judge Dixie, III the Count! court
Rrooklvn received special presentment froh
the Kings County Grand jury concerning III
active directors of banking institutions Ater
describing the we'll known American custom OF
appointing distinguished citizens directors oil
great corporations intrusted with the dlncult
management of huge trust funds for the sake
of appearances the presentment declares;
We therefore take opportunity to critlclse the
inattentive manner in which such directors nave
cHstomariIy discharged their duties. ana we
recommend that the banking laws of the stare
be revised and amended that they WILL III
greater detail and specifically as may De-
define the duties and obligations OF directors
both as regards the stockhoder and the de
postor in all banks and trust companies: ana
il also appears TO us that. these obligations ana
duties having been clearly fixed by statute II
should be made q penal offence for any director
or directors wifully to disregard the same
II is encouraging to find that the oidtlme
faith in mere names is breaking down al
though unpleasant to think at what cost the
change of heart was brought about. The re-
vision of the banking laws proposed by the
jury is so obviously just and so Imperative
that its mere statement makes one wonder no"
banking laws could ever have been written
without fixing clearly the obligations and dnties
of the men whose names are used to conjnre
dcpoStors with.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
TIE SINPLE RACk WOODS.

Really the hackwoods IS awfully funny: ItS
SO simple naive. unsophisticated and all that
The baclNvoodS * always about twenty-five
almanacS behind the alarm clock. Nobody
reads the New York papers out in the hackWoodS'
as any astuto Nanhattauite could discover in
Stantlv in the news item hot off the wire from
Detroit relating that the Common Council Of
the city OF Detroit last night adopted resoIu-
.'tions to be sent to Rear Admiral Evans. wish
ing him golspeed on the expedition to the
Pacific and directing that the flags be raised
''on the Detroit City Hall tho date of the
fleets departure.
Isn't this rustic simplicity deliciously funny
For weeks and months various New York
newspapers have Dcen demonstrating IN lucid.
popular and forceful English the heinousnesS
Of the Pacific cruise. Not al adjective or noun
in A dozen editorial vocabularies which could
make the Japanese suspicious has been allowed
shore leave during the entire period OF hosull-
ties The cruise has been called 1.-The crime OF
the century. IA gross breach of international
courtesy" playing with fire" and everything
else that either private hate or Old Rye could
suggest The American people has been called
rnon IN protest against the fulfiIment of the
anpaIling blunder and tben-those preposterous
rnStics out IN the Middle West whoop up some
old fashioned patriotism. send Il glad word 10
the sailors. order the boys TO run up the nag
and let out some shouts for the second best
navy on earth-just though some OF the
biggest printing presses III the world hadn't
been wearing themselves to shadow printing
1874 $685.. different and distinct proofs that
the whole fleet ought 10 have been hauled up
on shore.
The Middle West is still dreadfully back
woods so backwOodsy that 1t isn't even IN
terested in the literary greeng0ods mans
trick of making a mountain out of a moehill
and political wisdom out of spiteful magina-
ton Like many other hayseeds. the mem
bers of the Detroit Common Council seem TO
think that the folks down Washington way
amt no fools" Alas, How slowly civilization
! snreadS'
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
GFrom The Tribune Bureau. ]

Tribune BUIeauI
Washington Dec 1.-THE British AmoaSSduoI
and Mrs James Bryce hosts at Iuhci'eoiA
to-day in honor of the retiring Ambassador IIoi'
Iapan and Viscountess Aoki. They wished 10 give
a dinner for the vscount and viscountess, VINO WIZ
leave Washington just after the middle OF inc
month, bat so many other hosts have ehgaSeo
them that the luncheon mperatively suoSu-
tuted IL of necessity hurriedly arranged, ana
while the Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks Sehd-
tor and Mrs. Cullom Senator and Mrs Louse anu
others were invited those who able to accept
the invitation and Join the party at luncheon were
the Italian Ambassador and Baroness Mayor des
Planches the Assistant Secretary of State and MIS-
Robert Bacon Sir Courtenay Peregrine lloert' koo-
ert Cousins, the counsellor of the japanese Eih-
bassv TsuDeiiro Myaoka Esme Howard. counsel
lor: Captain Horace Hood. naval attache. ana
Lieutenant Colonel Is. r. James. military attache,
all Of the British Embassy
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12

radical prohibition law. The war agalhSl
nniticaI corruption has started up the CAM
naign against dives in many cities. iot ile,
know that these institutions are the "aiu
boss,s strongbolds Little sympathy is wasted
unon the brewer who is found to nave ln'eS'eu
money in such dens: he cannot hope to plead
successfully for the protection OF bis respectape
saloons SO long as he comes TO court VIII pe
smirched hands
The ease with which brewers could bs
mutual agreement. reduce undesirable ta'ern'
to a minimum makes such action an ilnpera-
five. duty Were ali the leading brewers 10 lii
vest money in saloons only on condl'ioh 'h.i'
they he conducted according TO reasonapiH
stringent rules: were they TO withhold snpphe'
from all independent resorts known 10 DE ''ii-
nro1pr and were they to cooperate actVeH
with the police and civic organizations I'D sup
pressing diSreputable resorts, American brewers
would do much to rehabitate themselves ana
their business to say nothing of the bloW thes
would strike at corrupt politics and crime.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12

victed criminals before he has been coh'icteu
or n subject an unconvicted and therefore per
haps innocent man to the indgnlty OIL peips
photographed and measured against his VIII
The practice i one which has grown VI az
most imperceptihly. foStPred on the one hi"'
hv the natural inclination of the police 10 eA
ercise dcspotic power when that can ne oo.'
with little or trouble. and on the othei ny
the negligent state of the public minu' -
seems willing to tolerate almost any do
r,ther than ia take the trouble TO compei ItS
abatement II is 10 be hoped that Justice BUTT
einnhatt. words will bring the police 10 a rear
zarinn of fitness and decency. ana also VI 'ii'
danger of prosecution which theE 'ii'U' ~
Tins violating some of the elementary rien''
OF the person. and will suggest 10 ti'ei' 'nI
greater desirabilty of preventing cfl'ne anu
ar-restins criminals than of treating mere s"'
pects as though they were already cohNlc'>-
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
ERANCE,S NEW NATAL STATION.

The vigorous steps which are now being taken
for the fulfilment of another of the laInented
Wahleck -Rousseau's great deslgns-nameiy the
devaIopmpDt of BZerta INTO second TOulOn
with harbor docks Shipyards, arsenal and forts
have a thrcefold Significance. They indicate. for
one thing the completeness and permanency Of
Frances possession of Tuns. 1t has been said
that Bismarck invegled France into the Tuns-
ian enterprise with the intention of thus I'M
pIicating her in serious difficulties and embar-
rassments If that malign purpose existed II
was doubtless successful TO some extent But
France has extricated herself from all her
troubles in that quarter. and her possession of
T,Inis has become of great value to her, both
for the rounding out of her North African en-
pire and for the strengthening Of her position
as a great Mediterranean power.
Another indication is that the approachment
between France and Great Britain is intimate
and sincere France is creating powerful mil
itarv and naval base on the African shore of
the Mediterranean. opposite Toulon and midway
between Gibraltar and Alexandria. In case of
hostlities between France and Great Britain
it would be of the greatest value to the one
and an intoIerable menace to the other. Yet
Great Britain regards it with entire compla-
cency, as the strengthening Of a friendly and
not an even potentially hostile power.
A third indication is that France has adopted
the policy which Great Britain has followed in
establishing great naval base on the North Sea
coast OF Scotand-namely, that of creating such
bases according to a general strategic plan
IT is of the penalties Of progress in naval
affairs that the floating steel fortresses of to-
day are more dependent upon bases Of supply
than were their less formidable predecessors.
Such foot free cruises those of the Golden
Hind of old and of the Alabama in later times,
of ha offs nf md Npic
would he impossible in our day.
The considerations which move France to
fulfil Waldeck- -Rousseau's scheme Of improving
1.-The second key to the Mediterranean" near the
site of ancient Carthage suggest with equal
force the wisdom Of developing adequate naval
stations under the American flag in Porto Rico,
Hawaii and the Philippines.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
THE NEU Coinage.
Praise for the st. Gaudens Gold
Pieces from Carroll Beckzcith.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: As many severe and ignorant criticisms
have recently appeared in our press regarding
the new designs for certain pieces of our coin
age, I am prompted to ask the privilege OF =
small space in your columns to express approval
and admiration Of these much execrated de-
signs. If the Treasury Department found il
necessary to change the die Of our SO and $50
gold pieces-and here is the only doubt that
exists in my mind. viz. 10 whether such
change was necessary or not-the department
could not have acted mpre wisely than 10 have
confided such new designs to one OF the very
few distinguished sculptors that our country has
produced
The late Augustus St. Gaudens not only a
sculptor OF great skill and knowledge. but also
a man possessed OF extensive experience and
recognized ability in all forms OF low relief
which is the fundamental requisite of medailic
art. To separate the medal from the coin IS
but a step. the latter requiring only that the
medal shall be subservient TO the requirements
of monetary circulation. In this regard. IL ap-
pears to me that the new coins conform TO the
requirement. unless the removal Of the mllhns
from the edge and the substitution OF the stars
representative of the states OF the Union may
be just ground for criticism. not. however
from point Of view OF beauty. but from one OF
utility. Artistic judgment and cultivated tas1e
S1OuiQ certainty QlCLdIe the eApEcSS1OE u o~NN
designs. and those upon the new coins are GER
tainly a dignifed and beautiful expression OF
the medalIic art of the close Of the nineteenth
and beginning OF the twentieth century the
world over. when good work IS done In coinage
United with Mr.. St Gaudens's ability wers
deep seriousness and conscience All OF his lne-
work was marked by these characteristics IL
may be well, therefore. to refrain from hasry
and hystericaI anatheIna when one first lays
eyes upon these new gold pieces From ny
own study Of the "trousered eagle" as por~
trayed upon the $40 pieces. I have seen his
counterpart in nature. though nature as por-
trayed by the artist may not be the realism OK
the masses. else il would be vulgar indeed Inc
conventionalizing of natural forms and thsr
Interpretation according TO his artistic sense -
the right OF the artist and his conclusion often
becomes an historic standard Such. in my opin-
ion, will be the result OF these splendid designs
CARROLL BECKWITH-
New York. Dec. 10. 1907.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rr,, to- T,rib,,na RIueau.

From The Tribune b1teau-
Washington Dec 1.-THE President to-day sen.
sneciaI commission of investigation 10 GoldfIeio
for the purpose of discovering the cause ana "a
tent of the labor troubles Assistant oeci et"'F
laurence O. Murray of the Department oil com
marco and Labor. Herbert Knox smith, ComFll1s-
sioner of Corporations. and Charles P NeiiL COM
missioner of Labor, the Investigators ap
pointed by the President and they left the city ioi
Nevada this afternoon.
Sneaker Cannon was early visitor at the w hl'e
House and was followed afterward by Jollh
Sharp williams, minority leader of the HOUSE
Other callers at the Presidents Office included sen
ators Beveridge, Sutherland and Gurus, tNepie
sentatives Bede Brownlow. Caulheld, Madden
Aiken Sperrv Prince Watson and Humphrey.
Attorney General Bonaparte, Postmaster Gehef ai
Meyer First Assistant Postmaster General HITCH
cock and the Rev. NJ Martin. Presbyterian mis-
sionary, who has just returned from soJouih VI
several years the Congo Free State
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
PROTECTING THE PERSON.

There is q strong and agreeable favor of ele-
mentary common sense In some opinions
pressed yesterday by Justice Burr, of Brook
lyn concerning the action of the police in pho
tographtng-as If for the Rogues' Gallery-and
measuring for Identification according TO the
Rer1llon system persons who have been merely
accused but not convicted of crime. He de
cIared that such action transcends the rights
of the individual and is '1awless and Grim
inal' and he added the suggestion that per-
=on thus treated by the police might bring a
civil suit for damages against every member
Of the police force who participated in the out
rage or institute action foS criminal libel
or for criminal assault
There is no better established principle of our
jurisprudence than that a person accused OF
crime is, so far as possible, 10 be assumed in
noceut until he is proved guilty We say so
FAR as possible. because it is necessary that a
person under accusation or indictment shall
be placed under the restraint of Imprisonment
or bonds in order to assure his appearance for
trial With that single exception he is on
tilted tn the privileges and immunities of the
ordinary citizen. ft cannot he successfully
rlainralnel fbai photographing and measure
Inent are necessary 10 that end. II may be
granted that If the man is proved guilty those
,as,orfs of him should he made for future iden-
tiiieation. But there is time for that after his
conviction. and the very fact that he Is kept
IA prison under bonds pending trial is ade-
auafe assurance that there viii be opportunity
for photographing and measuring him. In just
one case il might be proper TO make measure
n,ents or take thumb prints Of a prisoner he
fore conviction-nameiy. when IL was neces-
sary to prove or disprove his supposed identity
with some one who had been formerly con-
victed and whose record" had thus been
taken. But even such process. if il should be
authorized by law, should be permitted only on
The special order of the bench. and should he
scrupulcusly safeguarded AZ to make sure
that the data thus secured would he used for
no other purpose than that specified. II *
nothing short Of scandalous. IA gross outrage.
as Justice Burr riShteously declared. TO enroll
q nan pictorisly and netricaliy among con-
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
THE NEWS THIS MORNING

.--pESs-Senate: Mir. Davis, of AIhdJlsaS'
-,ol,- On his bill for the abolition oi ""S'7
- The House was not ID Sess'oi
roRFJGN.-Havana tCuba) new spdtel. . 80
Of plot TO force an AnlerIcah leatoiio hiebons de-
stred a resolution requesting the rope 20 a
SorTn himself about the situation IN 1et th1iis -:
fore issuing sudden edicts -- Inc Not i 80, -e,
-, 81 u-ae abandoned at sea anG the ere"
,ras rescued by the Friesland =, GItat It1a
Britain has sent ten vessels 10 p patIol "a. ;a+as
River TO protect shipping from ~; ~
- Emperor William left Lonoon on M llIs -
hack 10 Berlin much benefited by the resi- ;: ToIe
- The Right Rev. George HoWard h " HIlhit "a
son. Bishop of St Andrews, oroppeo uerr e1,,ahla
J-dinhurgh - Another theft OF NaluaoiS
-,aintires and art objects convinced tne poli0e
that an international gang is acilVe IN rsAil0e
noMESTIC.-President Roosevelt repeated
his Election Night announcement that he "ond
70, lain he a candidate for President 60
The President appointed commission TO go 70
Goldfeld and report to him tne eAact status Us. u
ships to so to the Pacific was gathered III
Fyamnton Roads The Supreme Court jury
in the case of the State Department OF Agrlcult .
:lra against the Lieberonan Dairy Company OF
New York. returned verdict IN favor OF the
plaintiff - \ mitten found in Darn near
sbe reservoir at avon. Mass may be Gle"
10 the two children of John Bah. who have been
missing since December = -- Benjamin
Champney d well known landscape artist died
in Boston in his ninety-first year. =-- Seven
negroes were reported killed and from twenty
TO thirty wounded in Alabama race conflict
- Harry Orchard was the witness stand
in the trial at Boise OF George A. Pettibone for
completely in the murder of former Governor
Steunenberg. - Indictments were brought in
Kansas City against fifty-four more actors for
violation OF the Sunday closing law.
CITY-Stocks closed strong after early
weakness. - The four Jenknses were in
dicted on charges OF perjury and conspiracy.
Paul d. Cravath refused to tell the grand
jury about Ryan's connection with streetcar
deals. - Z R Rogers the motorman Of the
train which was wrecked at WoodlaWn last
February, testified at the trial of a. H Smith,
general manager of the New York Central, for
naanslaughter. - II understood that the
Water Commissioners had retained William B.
Ellison to appear for them in the Mayor
sought TO remove them -= Police Commits
sioner Bingham was asked 10 close the saloons
well theatres on Sunday - The Pub
lie Service Commission issued order to the
receivers for the New York City Railway Com
pany and the Metropolitan Street Railway
Company TO repair all the cars = Superin-
tendent Kelsey of the Insurance Department
gave q hearing to counsel for the Mutual Re
serve Life Insurance Company. - Governor
Hoke Smith Of Georgia said Democratic condi-
tions throughout the country were chaotic
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Fair. The temperaturr Yesterday: Highest. 43
degrees: lowest, 81
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
THE POWER BEHIND THE BAR

After reading all the signs of the times no
body can marvel greatly over the enthusiastic
allv earnest approval many brewers are giving
to the reform programme now being revived.
after a long interval. by prominent Western
ers. The programme is TO unite all brewers IN
a campaign against disreputable liquor dis
pensaries The support this project is win
ming can easily be accounted for by four facts
first. the growing intelligence and civic
righteousness among brewers; second. the
public's discovery of and general familiarity
with the brewers power to make or break re-
tailers: third. the desire of many brewers
and their relatives to escape the social stigma
that attaches 10 fheir business and them
selves as a result of the we'll known part they
play in supporting corrupt resorts. and last,
the tremendous mo license wave now sweep
ing the country
The number Of American born, college bred
brewers is rapidly growing. All these men
are in far more sympathetic touch with Amer
lean society than their fathers other prede
cessors could possibly have been; furthermore
like most of their contemporaries they have
read and thought much about civic problems. II
process which could not fail to color their
opinions about business ethics But without
question. the most potent influence stirring the
brewers to action is the new insight Americans
have gained into the mechanism of the saloon
business. Every well informed man knows to-
day that Il vast number. If not the majority
of saloons. reputable and disreputa bile are
launched by the brewers themselves. The
ter say that competition has forced them
this: but their candid frients are now fcli.
them that. aside from the undesirable immor
slty of the policy il is short sighted artifice
to finance vice and thereby invoke hostility and
New-York tribune., 1907-12-12
e. II. HARTMAN HAS A COLD.

Edward H. Hartman has not been at his office
this week. This led to report that he was seri-
ously III with pneumonia AT the Union Pacific
Offices. however. 1t was said that Mr.. Hartman
only suffering from cold, and that his ply
sicians had advised him to stay at home for day
or two. 1t added that he was expected at his
offices to-day The same statement was made ar
his house. No. 5o7 Fifth avenue