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New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
BRYAN AND THE SOUTH.

The Brooklyn Eagle has undertaken poll
OF Southern newspaper editors and publishers
10 determine whether or not the South favors
Mr. Bryan's denomination in 1908. Such
method Of sounding sentiment has its advan-
tages and disadvantages. Many of the editors
consulted have already frankly committed them
selves and their newspapers TO Mr.. Bryan's can
didacy or against IL John Temple Graves of
THE Georgian has even gone TO the extreme
of asking AIr. Bryan TO withdraw the Dem
ocratic party's nominee in favor OF Mr.. Roose-
welt His fellow townsman Clark Howell long
ago nailed Mr. Bryan's colors 10 the mast, and
]. C. Hemphill. of The Charleston News and
Courier" has been arguing for some time past
that Mr.. Bryan is not a Democrat at all and
praying for the delivery Of the party from the
Nebraskan's unholy domination The Hon. Jo-
sephus Daniels, of The Raleigh News and OBJ
server" recently announced that he would be
fer Bryan hereafter. not Internationally but for
good and ALL" supporting him until under some
unforeseen dispensation of Providence he should
finally be elected President.
Opinions from experts SO publicly pledged 20
view Of the situation another neces-
sarily prejudiced- Ii should be remembered.
moreover. that in the South political opinions
are not translatable TO any extent into political
action Southern editors are privileged 10 think
what they like between elections but when the
time 10 vote comes they must all support the
Democratic ticket. At the polls most of the
Southern states will throw their strength 10 any
Democratic nominee, regardless Of his ideas.
policies or past affiliations 4 Southern census
cannot, therefore. be more than academically
significant. for the Southern politicians who 20
TO the next Democratic National Convention
viii. as usual. De governed in their choice of a
nominee by their belief or non-belief in his
availability as a Northern vote getter
Making these allowances, we are disposed TO
agree with "The Eagle" In its Judgment that
the poll shows Mr.. Bryan TO have lost very little
OF bis prestige in the South as the Democratic
party's one available leader. Through the an
swers given runs an unspoken confession that
the policies of President Roosevelt are more
popular than ever and that the South would
b thoroughly satisfied to sse them continued
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
WHAT IS A CONTROLLERP

In his tilt with George W. Wickersham the
other dav at the first fall meeting of the Board
of Estimate and Apportionment Controller Metz
took an extremely narrow view of his ohclai
duties While he may be sincere In his conVlc-
ton that the one and only duty OF Controller
is ito consider the feasibility of peftloned APP
propriations from the expense point OF view,
this theory condemns itself by the attitude IT
has led Mr. Metz TO take toward the request Ior
fifteen additional milk inspectors. The Con
trolIer opposed almost bitterly MI wicker
sham's petition that from $4,000 to S'oooo be
allowed for the salaries of extra inspectors III
the rural districts supplying the metropolis with
milk Mr. Metz's objections were that nfteen
inspectors could not possibly watch all OF the
forty thousand farms and farmers contribut-
ing TO the New York city milk market; that the
inspectors travelling expenses would be nearly
equal to their salaries, and that from the eA-
pense point of view" the scheme was not prac-
ticable As the first two arguments are allus-
ingly sophistical Mr.. Metzs final refuge must
be found in his theory about 1.-The expense point
Of view.
This theory seems to bs that Controller
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
WHY ACADEMY OPPOSES TRACKS.
Brooklyn Directors Say B. R. T. Has Not
Secured Property Owners Consent.

In order that their reason for opposing the opera
ton of a surface railroad through Lafayette ave
nue. Brooklyn. in front Of the new Academy OK
Music may be properly understood. the directors
yesterday issued statement signed by their presi-
don't Charles A Schiereu Tracks have already
been laid as the directors have far been unable
to get injunction
their statement the directors call attention 70 the
law which demands the consent of the majority OF
the of abCtting property before tracks may
laid Such they say, Is demanded by tne
statute OF 1851 by the general railroad Law OF the
and by the written contract between tns
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company and the Board OF
Estimate and ApQortionment
Furthermore the directors assert. the proposed
line is nor sacesssrv 10 the relief of COngested traf-
nc in Fulton street, which Is the supposed ooJeca
of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. and t1at
the line would seriously interfere With the Work OF
the Academy OF Music which, II is said Is as huen
"a public enterprise is the railroad
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
THE HAGUE FAILURE"

We must reckon that it little short OF
worth while TO hold this second congress at
The Hague just for the sake Of the diversion
and instruction which the world Is getting in
the various comments on its alleged failure
and in the reasons for that failure which are
being voIumnously put forth. Nothing, for ex-
ample, could be more quantity delicious than
the solemn assurance that the congress must
certainly be failure since nearly all the pro-
moters of fads who at first thronged Ihe
Hague have now departed OF course, it may
be that if the faddists are gone all is lost but
we should say that their flight was a most
auspicious and gratifying sign Of the times,
giving the best possible hope that the congress
might yet achieve some practical results OF the
first magnitude If only the faddists and their
funny little hobbies could have been kept
away from The Hague altogether there would
not have been 1.-THE of the temptation which
there now is to regard the congress as dis
appointing.
Some are saying that the congress has come
TO naught because the small powers were ad-
mitted TO it equal terms with the big ones
1t is quite true that one or two disputes and
indeed deadlocks have arisen from that cir
cumstance. But there is no principle of inter
national law and justice more fundamental or
more essential than that which declares all
sovereignties TO be equal before the law. One
of the prime objects Of international law ana
of these international congresses. is to affirm,
confirm and safeguard the equal rights of the
smaller powers The great powers can take
care of themselves. Ii is the small ones which
need the protection of international law More
over it will not escape attention that some of
the most valuable contributions to the work
of this congress have been made by powers
which have commonly been placed in the minor
category. Much as we may regret, therefore.
the disagreement between some minor and some
ma ior powers. cannot regret that the con-
sress opened 10 all on equal terms. nor
can regard that the cause OF the fail
ure,'' if failure there has been or shall be.
Again, there is heard the hackneyed CON-
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
DIR. FERRIS APPOINTED.
Ne7U Yorker Becomes President Of
State Lunacy Commission.

Albany Sept Ex-Governor Hughes to-day ap-
notnted DR. Albert Warren Ferris Of New York.
president of the State Commission in LUnacy- Hs
succeeds DR.. Charles ". Pilgrim. resigned
The Governor also appointed Major General Will
lam A. Kobbe. T. s A. retired. OF New York. to
be a member OF the so-caIled Wainwright commits
sion created by the last Legislature investigate
the National Guard He succeeds Colonel W s.
SCHUYLER. L. s. A. who unable TO serve
Another appointment announced by the Governor
today was that OF DR.. John Deyo. of Newburg.
TO be trustee Of the Washington headquarters.
st Nevb,Irg in place OF the Rev DR. w K Hail.
deceased.
Dr. Albert Warren Ferris IS an assistant IN r1edi-
cine at New York University and Bellevue Hospi-
tai Medical College He is ffty-one years old and
a graduate OF New York University and the College
of Physicians and Surgeons OF Columbia Unfver-
sity He began as an interne IN the Kings County
Hospital. Since then he has been physician IN
charge OF DR. Choate's home. at Pleasantv1lle, "
Y; assistant In medicine at the Vanderbilt Clinic
assistant in neurology Columbia University and
a director and financial secretary OF the Pringle
Memorial Home at Poughkeepsie- He has con-
tributed to many works and magazines nedi-
cine especially those dealing with neurology.
William a. Kobbe enlisted as a private in 49,
He served through the Civil War and attained the
rank of captain After the war he was appointed
TO the regular service and served on the frontier
until 1872 when he transferred 20 the sea coast
artillery AS major of the Sd Artillery he was or
dered TO the Philippines. where he served through
the insurrection. He was promoted to the rank OF
brigadler general of volunteers and later 10 the
same rank in the regular army After serving as
military governor. commanding the Department OF
Mindanao and as commander OF the Department or
the Dakotas. he was promoted TO the rank OF major
general in 1904. He retired by age in 1905
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24

through another administration. Most of the
Southern states would not vote for Mr.. Roose-
Welt or for any Republican candidate pledged to
continue his work. But they do not want TO
have that work interrupted, and are willing to
support Bryan for the double reason that they
do not expect to him elected and that his
nomination would compel the Republican party
TO put in the field a progressive rather than
reactionary candidate. The South has never
before been prosperous so contented LII Is
enjoying the fruits of tranquility and progress
and has even abated it's hostility to the pro-
tective policy. against which fifteen or twehl!
years ago il treasured much wrath ana plt-
terness. 1t is mere complacent and more open
minded and is beginning to look with SOME
skepticism on the sacredness Of its duty 10 40
and die forever in the service of a poltIal or
ganZation which il no longer greatly esteeills
or greatly trusts. 1t is already luke"arm III
the Democratic faith, and seems ready to accept
Mr. BRYAN more for the sake of avoiding SOME
thing worse than because il believes that ne can
be elected or that his election would be OF any
notable benefit 10 the communities south OF 'he
Potomac and the Ohio
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24

should be human barricade against those who
make onsaughts on the city treasury. He
should automatically cast himself in the way
of appropriation hunters. regardless of the
merits of the projects for which money is
sought 1t matters not at all whether the hui
man barricade can find reasonable objections to
the demands of the appropriation hunters; in
every case he must offer the strenuous resist
ance of his own official person
It is to be hoped that the many influential
citizens who realize that the wellbeing Of every
New Yorker depends upon thorough milk in
spection will not accept Mr. Metz's unuttered
hut oft applied definition of Controller. Even
if they do. they should have little difficulty in
overcoming Mr.. Metz's opposition when the
question of extra milk inspectors comes up be-
fore the select committee to which the Board
of Estimate and Apportionment has referred it.
Let us hope. too that the select committee will
learn the fine points of the barricade theory. so
that its members will know how to handle Mr..
Metz's arguments
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
TRADE WITH BRAZIL.
Lack of Steamships and Subsidies Keeps 1t
nOWn.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial of yesterday in regard 10 the
small percentage Of exports TO Brazil which faliS
to the United States is of interest to me because
I have a business house in that country In one
of the principal cities. It is quite true that the
United States will have to modify and improve It's
business methods in order to satisfy its customers
We are Obliged do most Of our buying in Europe
and TO abandon the States market for the
reasons you mention. But. besides this. how can
we do business with the United States when We
have no mail passenger facilities TO Brazil!
We have from six to eight mail steamers from
Europe a month and only regular slow mall
from New York. Look at your maritime inteIh-
gence. at the outgoing steamers, and you will see
that the postofce Is obliged to forward the mails
FOR South Brazil by way of Southampton and
Havre. which takes thirty days from New York to
Rio de JaneirO. Now. do you think 1t IS fair that
such a rich country the United States should
live on the bounties Of England and France. which
heavily subsdize their mail steamers to South
America and take your mails. instead of having
and generously substituting rapid mail steamers OF
your to carry your own mails? You VIII
never get your share OF the South American trade
unless you willing 10 follow the example OF
European countries Mr.. Root knows what IS
needed, but no improvements In sight
F. vANORDEN.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
AN AFFABLE CROWN PRINCE.

Berlin correspondence of The Pail Mall Gazette.
The German Crown Prince is great favorte
among the people. He is affable I'm manner. and
knows how to seize the situation without being
brusque breach of etiquette that was not i'll
meant. On his way the parade last Monday
some former non-commissioned officers and men of
his when he serving In the list Foot
Guards, espied him, and shouted out, i'm not exactly
court capable" tone. "Halloo. Wilhelm, The
prince rode them. shook hands with each,
and conversed with them for few minutes
The crown prince now the uniform of the
pasewaIk Curassers. OF which corps is entered
as captain la suite; bur his figures in the
list of officers CIarde du Corps for tenn
porary service captain One day the Kaiser
was asked the of this anomaly. and his re-
pv was I'm not rich enough to keep of
mine in the Garde du Corps His hearers did not
quite know whether his majesty Joking or was
In
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
4musements.

AcADFMY OF MUSIC-s:l5-salcny Jans.
AI-HAMRPa-2-S-Naude
aSTGR-s.I5-A Yankee Tourist
EEI,AsCO-s. .15-The Rose of the Ranchc.
RIJOT-s.I5-The Master Builder
RROADEAT-s- -G5--Rogers Brothers in Panama
CaSTNO-s-I5-INhe Isdr from Lanes
CRITFRToN-SIs-The DairyTnaids
pAI.YS-s.2D-The osTea; Divide.
Ier-W-EY-2@s-Naudeville.
EDEN MrSEE-The World in Wax
S.2o-My Wife
"A knights Were Boic
C,OTFIAN-2-s-Esudevinc
II zAMNFRSTEIN'S-2 -s:f5NRudevllie
HERALD SQUARE,: -S:l5-Anna karenins r,.o,s.-
HTPPoDRONE- Daughter ana fil
DAYS
-s-15-ClassTnates-
FCNICflERRGCKER-s -s15-Mile Modls'e
IIBERTY1:I5-Lola from Berlin -
ITNcOI.N sQUARE-e:I5-Fiis Terrible secret
I,YCFTM :co-The Thief
-VirgirfGs Nrus,c
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-lz 10 ID y "
Show
AJrSTIC-s.I5-The Spell
s.l5-The Round L p
N-T-Vr WORKS. -3a-Advanced NauoeNlte-
SsTQY-s1 OF the Hour
WATT.ACFCS-s I5-The Hurry Guroy Oil
WEST FND-s-Ii Trovatore
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
THE SENATOR FROM INDIAN TERRITORY.

From The Boston transcript
Comment on the assumed choice of Robert l..
Owens of Muscogee. one OF the Senators from
Oklahoma is apparently based the belief that
he will be the only Indian in the Senate, whereas
should he enter that body he will find descend
the red among his colleagues In Sem
ator Curtis of Kansas. Nor will Mr. Owens he
likely TO appear IN the Senate in paint and
feathers because he from the Indian Ter
ritory." He is banker at Muscogee and is re-
puted multi-millionaire- The phrase Indian
Territory brings before the imagination OF the
untraVeed Fastener communities living IN WIG
vans. whereas II is mainly populated by whites
I'm the proportion OF at least six TO one. Even
the Indian chiefs there do not dress IN bucksklnS
and bonnets On the contrary. they clothe
themselves in tweeds in seasons and on occasions
ceremony they silk hats. They live very
comfortably. and not few of them are highly
educated graduates OF Eastern colleges or profes-
sionai schools.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24

What is the truth about the two-cent laws?
Dispatches from Nebraska agree with the news
from Minnesota and Missouri that under the re-
duced fare there has been great growth in
travel Yet the chairman of the legislative
committee of Clevelands Chamber of Commerce
says that the business men OF Ohio are going
to try to have Oho's two-cent law, which has
been IN operation year, repealed He says
many trains have been taken off since the law
went into effect. The Ohio railroad men say
that If the law is repealed the old rates will be
restored, which certainly does not indicate in
creased profits under the new law in that state.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
VERMONT GAME BIRDS SCARCE.
From The Boston Transcript.

The hunters who make the Vermont woods tho
of their search for game during the open
season. have already begun TO experience the re-
suits of the late spring. which caused such hard
ships among the game birds. Those who have
sought for partridge. rufed grouse and woodcock
report a great scarcity of the birds and present
indications point to One of the poorest seasons in
years The few birds secured all old ones.
leading to the belief that large part OF the eggs
were chilled before Matching could be completed. or
that the younger birds perished in their infancy.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS

Among those who sail to-day for Europe are
THE CARoN1A. FOR LIVERPOOL
Arthur Alexander IsIr and A. C. Smith
Mrs F s Blake j w iaylor v,-,xSx.
Ny and MIS- L > WV
Miss NJ E Oakley. ward - -r--.s
Miss ". Holt. Mrs w X Nooi"Alu
e; :. Roscoe
THE HAMBURG. FOR GENOA
" Eauav Mr. and Mrs w G. Farse
Srs n Issrgsr Mrs G. Prfrchett-
NJ snd Ms lanes Huns-iThe Rev. n z. Reilly
vs1sry v1rruEr,f DER CROSSE FOR BREMEN
ca,,.,r W ~ clifford U lC c Hardwick -,
II and Mrs. W. b Leec&.
MIR E P NitcheA
and Mrs. C P Hender-t John n - " r W-eland
iAr- anu 'AA9-
Among the passengers who returned ii'i" 49,
Yesterday were:
IA RRETaGNE FROM HAvRE
T. ir. * S9nzs--
G.. Bishop n
H. Ford - w Nur'aS-
MrNN-Es sPOIIS FROM LONDON
Mrs Grace Dusen Alb! Spencer 'oSI Sirs Robert
hott
Captain and Mrs H"sh NJ and Mrs Alexander
Berkeley. 49,
Miss Kittv Berkeley. simpson x-.,darro-l
Judge Mrs D. ID Mrs A J.
woodmansse.
y,orprANp FROM ANTWERP
-, -. tTbs Rev o B. Morgan
Mrs u w IIr,ay Nv and Mrs Lester StesIIss'
Mrs Joseph n i~-S Herbert w Sn1y'n'
froIsse"I ~ Ms William H Thompson
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24

Pennsylvania Commissioner of Health seems
to be enforcing much needed sanitary
regulations in Pullman car service lie is going
TO compel the furnishing of longer sheets. long
enough to protect the sleeper from contact with
the heavy woollen outer cover. and to forbid
the porters from busting the clothes of passen-
gers in the car aisles. so that the dust set
tie back at once on the heavy upholstery. Some
day we may hope to strike n better balance
between the inconvenience and hardships OF
sleeping car travel and its obvious gains in
speed and economy.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
INCREASED ATTENDANCE AT YALE.

New Haven. Sept 2G-Al the entrance eAailii-1 -
,,s ar Vale for Septerbsr for finals. prelin1lnares
and conditions took place to-day The indlcatlonS
point to an entering class OF about four hundred N
the academic department. as compared Win 90
last year The scientific freshman class last year
was s6 This year there will De an increase IN ta'
department also.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
MR. ROOTS TRIP IN MEXICO.

Mexico City. Sept. 2S-The COMMITTEES appointed
10 receive Secretary Root to-day decided on TIP
tn Xochimillio Lake. the capital A specIal
train will take the guests the shore OF the lake.
where the Aztec Indians will meet the party
There the guests will embark in Indian canoes.
hidden under flowers and propelled by natives. ana
inspect the new waterworks A dinner. at whcn
only Mexican dishes will be served. will be given
on the shore Of the lake
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
A LOBSTER MoNsTRoslTY.

From, The Kennehec Journal .- IN
charles Chase of Bath. captured a. aL,Ie Ash
the lobster line on Monday afternoon, IA5 in a
ing ten miles east of Seguin ne tncbss and
iSSx+ar yhich measured thirty-two lncnoo oo-,are,i
,.,eirbed thirteen pounds The shell was Sbsrnaen
;,6 harnscles and was judged by old nSiie ier-sss
". MI'a - e. Ieast ten wears old IL was the "a
instsr 10 @ canSht In that vicinity for many years
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
About People and Soc1dl lncfden1S.

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick c. Havemeyer sail on
October 1 for a three months trip abroad.
Mr. and Mrs Stephen II. p Pell. who have Just
returned from abroad. having spent part OF the
simmer on the other side have gone to Southamp-
ton Long Island
Mrs Hilborne L. Roosevelt and Miss Dorothy O.
Roosevelt will return from Seabright, N J.. this
week and open their house Lexington avenue
AS already announced in this column. Miss Roose-
Welt will be married on October TO Langdon Geer
at the Church Of the Incarnation Her cousin. Miss
Hester Davis. will be her only attendant
MIR. and Mrs Price Collier will probably sail for
England next week, and while abroad will visit
Mr. and Mrs Cyril Martineau. who were married
at Tuxedo Park last spring. Mrs. Martineau was
Miss Muriel Delano Robbins. a daughter OF Mrs
Collier by a former marriage
General and Mrs. Lloyd S. Bryce have returned
to London from the Continent, and will shortly
sail for home.
Miss Nichols daughter Of Mrs. Washington r
Nichols will be married to Charles Emory Smith.
of Philadelphia in EIberon. N j. on October
the Hotel San Reno, where they will remain. ex-
cent for short country visits. until they sail
on the Adrfatic October 9.
Miss Helen Gilman LudingtOn. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs Charles H. Ludington. Of No 20 Madison
a,,enue is to be married on Monday next Septern-
har On at her parents country house. az Lyme,
Conn to Arthur Grinnen Rotch. OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Morgan Rotch. of New Bedford. Mass
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
THE RICHEST QUEEN IN THE WORLD.
From Ttt-RitS.

From Tft-BitS
No European queen is rich in jewelry as the
supreme Queen of Siam. She has huge safe or
casket the handcraft of London hrm IN when
repose marvellous necklets. pendants, praceiets
anklets of diamonds, rubies. emeralds and pearls
galore. The second Queen owns scarcely inferior
casket and each of the other wives has her own
special hoard. The national teweller has stand-
ing order for 100000 worth of tewery TO De delV-
cred to the King every year much OF which is dis
tributHd among the favorttes of his harero-
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
FOUNDING AND FORTUNE.

From The London Globe.
A remarkable incident has happened between
Sierre and Oranges in the Canton Valais. where
automobile stopped near poor woman on the
roadside, and one of the occupants. placing near
her very large basket, asked her to take care of
IL till their return In another moment the car
of sight and the opening the
basket, found 1t to contain beautifully dressed
infant supply of clothing for II, notes for f12o
and the following note: Take OF the child
We will call for II In ten years