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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24
eLnELIGnrs ON THE POLICE.

IN giving a practical demonstration Of the
quality of our police administration Magistrate
Whitman advanced another powerful argument
for the passage OF the Bingham Police bill. 1t
will be no surprise 10 anybody familiar with life
I'm New York that magistrate or private cit
izen can obtain evidence any night Of violations
of the laws TO which the police are cheerfully
and chemically blind. They are blind because
they choose to be blind, and the habit Of blind
ness prevails because the force has come TO be
a law unto itself, and the men responsible for
them advisable and convenient The Hon Pat
McCarren put the case with his characteristic
acumen when he said at the police Sergeants'
annual dinner not long ago: NO man can
govern the police force of this great city with
"a club l believe that as the police force Of
this city is now constituted they cannot be
driven and forced to do their duty"
Our police autocrats as Mr. McCarren frank
ly admits, will do their duty only when they
see it and as they see it. They are responsible
to themselves alone for the manner in which
they execute the vital public function of sup
pressing crime and preserving order. General
Bingham confesses his powerlessness under
present conditions to control the men who serve
under him. He has suggested plan by which
he can recover the authority taken from The
Commissioner and distributed among the in
spectors. He is anxious to break down the sys-
TEN of police autocracy and selfsufticiency and
10 pave the way for Il return TO the normal or
der under which the police can be driven and
forced to do their duty" 10y pressure from eff
Gals who represent the public and have been in
trusted by the public with the responsibilities
and duties OF government. Is the police force
to continue TO execute the laws in its own right
and according to its own arbitrary standards of
convenience. or is it 10 be reduced TO its proper
place as a legitimate agency of order account
able to the people and operated primarily in the
public interest? That is the question which the
Legislature has now 10 answer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24
rHE couposIrIov oF rHE porrA

Young men are at the fore in Russia, If we
are TO regard the DOuma as representative Of
the active elements of the nation. In the for
mer Donna last year there were comparatively
few young men and many old ones there being
twice many over fifty years Of age as there
were under thirty. Now the proportion Is al
most exactly reversed. About one-fifth of the
members are under thirty while only one-tenth
are over fifty. Between those ages the major
ity are nearer the younger than the older figure.
40 per cent being between thirty and forty.
while only 30 per cent are between forty and
fifty. Analyzed by classes or parties. it is OBJ
served that the moujik or peasant members are
the youngest of all and the reactionaries are
the oldest, as was TO be expected.
From an educational point of view there has
been little change from the first Douma 10 the
second. As before. only about one-half Of 1
per cent of the members are illiterate-a much
more favorable showing than many hostile crit
les OF Russia would have predicted. OF course
the proportion of illiterates among the people
is enormously greater than that but at least
the illiterates are intelligent enough TO elect
educated men their representatives. In the
first Douma no fewer than ~ per cent were
university bred. That proportion is now re-
duced to SO, but it still compares favorabIy
all conditions and circumstance considered
with the showing of most other countries The
number of those who have not studied in uni
versities but have been graduated from high
schools has on the other hand, increased from
il per cent in the former 10 21 per cent In the
present Donna. There are. then, 40 per cent
with less than high school education.
We may justly regard the Douma, then. as
representing the better elements of the Russian
nation. 1t averages in intelligence cOnsidera-
bly, higher than the nation itself It's youth
fulness, too is TO be commended rather than
regretted, since the standard Of information
and fruitful observation is higher among the
young than the old. The President of the
Donna himself, Mr.. GOlovin, is not yet forty
years old, though even thus he IS a little older
than the Emperor. The common rule that peo-
pie mature much later in northern than in
southern climeS, does not hold good in Russia,
where the large tincture OF Asiatic blood and
temperament induces maturity at an early age.
In the two respects which we have considered,
therefore, the Doumas composition and char
acter may be regarded with much confidence
as suspicious of both energy and discretion.
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AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
IFrom The Tribune Bursau.l

washington March 23-The President was IN
,ited to-day 70 be present at the exercises on NO
veuber a. which will attend the breaking OF
ground for the erection OF beautiful water gate
which the Robert Fulton Monument Association
will build. Isaac Guggenheim, chairman or the
finance committee. and Colonel II. o. s. Heistand
chairman Of the executive committee OF the asso-
CATION presented the invitation Tho President
said he would attend If possible.
Senators McCumber and HansbrOugh OF North
Dakota called to invite the President to attend the
formal completion of the WiIston irrigation prof.
ect on Juno II and assist IN turning on the water
which Is to irrigate twenty-five thousand acres OF
arid land. Another invitation extended TO the Pres
ident to-day. which he was obliged to decline.
was presented by S. c. Appleby and T. d. Madeira.
of the Journalists Club Of Baltimore. fo= mu-
steal entertainment the organization will give on
April g.
The President signed the commission Of ez-Sen-
ator Blackburn. of Kentucky. q member OF the
Isthmian Canal Commission.
Callers at the White House included Secretaries
Taft and Garfield Senator Warren. Representatives
John Wesley Gaines and Alexander Felix H. Levy
of New York; W. H s. BuFswyn. OF weldon, N =;
Bishops Gambler and Ross and the Rev. DR.. Muir
ray. Of the Methodist Episcopal Church. and Fran
els z Leupp. Commissioner OF Indian Affairs.
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
lFrom The Tribune Bureau.I

IfroTn INC 4TIOOne blTVdIlI
Washington. March 23.-The Mexican Annbassa-
dor and Sonora dc Creel have issued invitations for
a reception the evening OF April 6. and will enter
tain dinner party or April ?.
Nine. Hauge. wife OF the Minister from Norway.
who has been the guest Of Judge and Mrs. Dickin-
in Chicago for the last ten days. has returned
20 Washington.
the Austro-Hunsarian Embassy. has leased the
house in Jefferson Place formerly occupied by the
German Ambassador when he served as secretary
Of the embassy several years ago.
Count MOceniEo. attache Of the Italian Embassy.
has gone to Atlantic City. to remain for some time.
Prince Zu Lynar of the German Embassy, is max
ing round Of the Southern resorts. and is at
Palm Beach
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24
ROOTS TOAST TO PEACE.
Shoes United States and Merico
Are Acting IN Concert.

Washington. March 23.-'T propose toast 70
the peace which Mexico and the United States
are endeavoring to establish in Central America
and to everlasting peace between Mexico and
United States
This statement by Secretary Root az dimes
given last night by the Mexican Ambassador
and Mrs. Creel. In honor Of Mr.. and Mrs Root
set at rest all doubt 70 the Joint movements
for paciheation which the two nsishborins re-
publics have initiated and showed how close tne
relations between Mexico and the United Sa-lss
have become.
Mr.. Roots toast followe3 tCastS by 0Lr. Greet
TO the Presidents OF the United States and Mex
leo and to the American Secretary OF state. les
sentiment expressed by Mr.. Root was recetve9
with great enthusiasm by the Mexican Amness
sadorS gucstS, and the small dinner party o.
came affair OF international Significance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24
CHICAGO ALUMNI DINE.
President JudsOn Speaks to Eastern
alumni association.

About seventy-1ve men and women graduates OF
the University OF Chicago foregaths=e,i at the
Hotel st. Andrew yesterday afternoon 10 cat the
seventh Of the yearly dinners Of the Eastern
Alumni Association. Dr. Harry Pratt Judson re-
Gently confirmed president os the university
after serving such from the Death Of President
Harper was present and the alumnse and alumni!
made much of him. The affair was as much a
reception for him dinner By the end Of the
afternoon.
DR.. Judson spoke enthusiastically about the uni
versity. and no less about Chicago. lie said he
thought city contained more earnest men and
women. honestly striving to 10 good. than Chicago
And he said there place that gave them
moro chance to do good. Then he said:
In stating the objects which Chicago University
has in view would put investigation. original re-
search, first Every knows how medical
science has from single discoveries Iessened the
ravaSeS OF particular diseases enormously. And
there arc many, many more lines in which applied
science will accomplish like results.
The Rev. Dr. Henderson. chaplain OF the uni
versity. as enthusiastic aeout Tho "city OF
winds DR.. Judson He said Ia came 20 brag.
and proceeded to do follows
have come from the Windy City, TO do a little
Dragging, and I freee to say that are hop
ing TO accomplish In the imme1iaGS future
than I'm the past. You know that everything
In the West Is the biggest of its kind. AID chat Is
one thing that is going 10 characterize our uni
veISity achievements.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24
IN WASHINGTON socIETN.

From The Tribune Bureau-1
Washington. March 23-8Iiss Frances Isham.
daughter CT the late Edward Swift Isham. OF Chi
cagO and Manchester VT. was married az noon
to-day at the home OF Mrs. L. z. Letter. IN DU-
pont Circle, to Henry Tweedy Shelton OF Bridge
port. Conn. Edward l. Sanford. Of New York. was
the best man. and the Rev. John Douglas Adam.
OF Manchester. oflciated The bride wore rich
gown OF white satin with point de venise on this
bodice. Following the ceremony. a wedding break
fast was served to the relatives and few Per
soual friends OF the bride and bridegroom, and
later in the afternoon Mr.. and Mrs. shelton left
the city for a wedding journey and their home in
Bridgeport. Mrs. Skeletons father was tho law
partner Of Robert T. Lincoln and lifelong friend
OF Mrs Leither.
Chief Justice Fuller. who has been confped TO
his bed BY illness for several days. is RAPIDLY re-
covering and will soon be able TO drive out.
Mrs. John Rodgers entertained u small dinner
party tonight. and Mr.. and Mrs. Francois Ber-
ger Moran also had number OF guests dining
with them Major and Mrs. Charles L. McCawley
entertained dinner party.
Baroness Won Graffenried and Hamilton Won
Granenried, who the guests Of Mrs Theodore
p. Shonts. will leave Washington Tuesday for
New York
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NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Holy Week is always rather dull in town, from =
social point Of view. and save for Mrs. Charles h
Alexander's reception tomorrow afternoon at her
house in West 5sth street. there viii be nothing
much divert the attention Of the fashionable set
from the two operas. which. under the circum-
stances. are likely 20 play to crowded houses. At
the Manhattan Nine Media in la Boh@zle'' to-
morrow night will be succeeded on Wednesday by
Nine Caive in Carmen" and on Saturday Nine
Calve will again appear IN Mascagni's "CavlIleria
Rusticana.' At the Metropolitan the week Will be
given up to Wagner. "ParsifaT' being appropri-
ateIy presented the public on Coed Friday.
While some ST the women of the fashionable set
especially those belonging 10 the Roman Catholic
persuasion. Will so into religious retreat during the
next few days. many Will leave town. and Easter
will be spent 10 a great extent in the country nu-
house parties having been organized for the
week end at Tuxedo. Lakewood. Mcrristown and in
the Meadow Brook district on Long Island
On Long Island. by-the-bye. hunting will be re-
sumed this week under the direction OF Samuel
Willets the newly elected master OF tho Meadow
Brook Hunt. and from on throughout April
there will be nearly every day OF the week.
drag hunts alternating with fox hunts.
Major General and Mrs. Grant gave luncheon
yesterday at Sherry's for the British Ambassador
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24

sansa az 4he word. ona must admit that Amer
jca sorely needs an arlstocracy. But IN order
tn get Il the popular attitude toward office
holders must change profoundly. Men must
learn to regard governors and judges as even
better representatives Of the people than leg
islatlIres and common councils are. CHOSEN as
our legislative bodies are, they are only too
often representative in the melancholy sense IN
which a composite photograph represents a
group of individuals. Furthermore, the fiction
must perish that mere suffrage rights qualify
man for office And more faith. President
Butler believes must be placed in oifcehOlders,
particularly in the executive branch Of gov
ernment and they must be allowed more free
dom to act unhampercd and according to their
own hest Judgment.
To those who fancy President Buffers arts
tocracy q menace TO democracy we would say
that the mighty tendency conspicuous every
where to-day to elect men on the strength of
demonstrated ability rather than on confession
of political faith can end only in just such an
aristocracy Of merit. We hear the cry to-day
that the government must be run on sound
business principles. And yet how few men
realize that this means the creation Of an ariS-
tocracy of merit! Competition, the basis of all
industry, is becoming also the basis Of politi-
cal progress. The candidate who can make the
aest offer of service and live up to his promise
is the logical winner; lie must deliver the
goods" and these must be equal 20 spec6ca-
lions. In order TO do this he must use bust
ness methods, authority and freedom of initia-
tive In short, he must be an aristocrat in the
same sense that a business man is.
We wish public speakers and writer's would
follow President Buffers example in using that
dread word "arstOcracy" fearlessly. Too long
it has been an engine of evil driven by dema-
gOgues. a word with which TO cOnjure the de-
mons of discomfort and riot. QubbIers have
so perverted it that honest men are afraid to
use it save in deprecatiOns. And yet every de-
cent citizen. whether he knows 1t or not, is
an arstocrat and believer in aristocracy. If
he denies 1t, it is because trcksters have hid
den the real meaning of aristocracy from him.
Until he sees clearly, however, true democracy
will be far away.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24
TIE FRANCHISE rAEES.

The report Of the state tax commissioners
showing that there are SlS,9OO.OOO unpald fran
chise taxes due in the cities Of the state. most
of which is due here in New York, leads to
the conclusion that a change in the law respect
ing their collection is desirable The commits
siOns recommendation that the corporations no
made 10 pay the taxes before taking them to the
courts for review would, IL enacted into law.
prevent the accumulation of such vast claims for
back taxes At present suit for review stovs
the collection of the taxes and the eases reDose
indefinitely in the hands of referees. Now. OF
course, the city is not being robbed because the
public service corporations owe It S1s,OOO,OOO or
more in franchise taxes. The companies have To
pay interest on the Indebtedness, and ultimately
the courts VIII reach decisions and the taxes will
have TO be paid if they are Justly due, but it
would be better business IL the cltys annual in
come were promptly available and the city did
not have TO borrow money while the question of
the amount OF the taxes was being SLOWLY settled
IN court.
Moreover, the decision OF the limited States
Supreme Court sustaining the eonstItutionality
OF the franchise tax alters the status of future
claims. SO long as the cOnstitutlonality OF the
tax was questioned, and consequently the whole
amount OK the tax was In dispute. there NAV
have been some justice In staying It's payment
But with that question settled the contention
OF the corporations against future franchise
taxes can only be that they are based on excas.
sive assessments, and, therefore only a fraction
or the amount Of the tax can be in dispute. This
being so, It is no longer fair that the whole sum
should be tied ID b. legal action.
A great fault OF the existing system Is that
1t invites litigation. As suit delays payment.
II % an enective means OF enforcing a com.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24

the lakes is greater than all the ocean borne
shppng Of any nation in the world excepting
two or three, It is not unreasonable TO ask
for a few more naval vessels there-such as
this country would doubtless maintain If the
lakes lay entirely within its boundaries. Of
course the fact that Canada, by her superior
enterprise in canal building, has now opened
the lakes 10 a large part Of the British navy
from the high seas, while on our side the lakes
remain barred against such access, might well
incline the Dominion to take liberal view of
she matter. That Mr. Bryce will succeed in
effecting Il complete adjustment Of these and
all other questions pending between the two
countries is perhaps too much to hope That
he win effect Some substantial progress IN that
direction is 10 be gratefully anticipated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24
POPE RECEIVES MRS. MCCORMICK

Rome. March 23.-The Pope to-day received y
private audience Mrs Robert g. Mccormick. Wis
OF the ex-American Ambassador 20 France.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles q. smith, Of 81 Paul, asa
were received by the Pope in private eudience
They were presented by Bishop OGoEman. G
Sioux Falls. Bishop OGOrman also presented Nl.
ond Mrs Richard @. Kerenss Of Sc. Louis alo
seven mernbers OF their family TO ths Pogo Ths
PontifR was informed that Mr.. Ksrens has confirm
Gted largely the new cathedral ot St LOUIS -
he blessed the enterprise. Mr.. hefens Iell-thss~
that public opinion in the United states N tho nsS
ter OF the FrancO-Vatican conflict had bean nroSss,
around TO SAVIOR the HOly See mainly BY ne eet3
and clear eXpOsitiOnS Of the question ~ SsEs.S $3.50,
Gibbons and Archbishop Ireland. and that the n,ss
meeting OF Catholics IN New York had prOG05;sds
profound impression. The Pope spol1s Warmly =
praise OF American Catholics.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24
Jim CROW" CARS AND PROFITS

From Tho Boston Transcript.
\ Virginia grand jury has Just returned a bi,.
batch OF indictments against local steam ra;ir6nS
company for evasion Of the Jim Crow
state. The of the corporation is Ud mat
confession of guilt. with the assertion that iS "
complied literally with the requirements os -
statute II must haul much empty spaco os ' ne
make the operation Of the branch IN question ,t 20
terly improbable The State Of OklahOyno ~
ninety out OF every hundred Inhabitants v,Sttd
would be most improbable field econOmeaII,i e.
trial of the Jim Crow" car. The COnstt,ItiSSLo,t
lily OF the separation OF the races in passense-
transportation still awaits the decision OF fine S,
ton has recently been Withdrawn from The S.
preme Court, for come reason best known to the
applicant. Negro. ~ t"e
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24

There is a vast difference between ordinary
prohibition and the kind demanded by the Com
mittee on Hygiene Of the French Chamber OF
Deputies Any curious sojourner who has cour-
age and insomnia enough to rise at O'CLOCK IN
Paris and watch the poorer workingman make
a breakfast off glass OF absinthe and stale
roll will realize that Frances industrial posi-
ton Is imminently imperilled by NORWOOD
With a rank poison like absinthe halfway
measures are useless. Both the government and
the wines Of France are strong enough TO make
prohibitory absinthe laws enforceable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24

Naples. March 2a-1Er. and Mrs. Douglas ROBIN,
son, OF New York, and their daughter hnvs tacAces
20 remain here Untl March q, when they WI y
60 Rome. bishop O'Gornans OF Sioux Fa1s na'
made the necessary arrangements Tor AlTs eae u :
Robinson to be received by Oh. Pope ana ~ y y
expected that they win also be received ~ 49,
Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helene % $4,000
and Roman press welcomes Mr.. ana Akrs 49, s..'
to Italy, recalnS the ties unitirS the atteH 49,
and 4tay and the evidences o. coroa tes---,S -
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English criminal justice can run creditabls
race with the New Jersey article.

Yesterday afternoon at Broadway crossing
visible from the windows Of the City Hall a
decrepit bruised old horse struggled over hf-
teen minutes TO drag a lightly loaded wagon
out of a hole in the pavement. Traffic was
choled somewhat all this time. Men and boys
CAPPED and grinned: but everybody accepted the
hole as a part of the divine order Of things.
Even the policeman stationed at the crossing
looked at the horse as il the poor beast were
deliberately picking flaws in the sacrosanct do
main of the street Department.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24
AMBASSADOR WHITE RECEIVED.

Paris March 23-Escorted by a squadron OF cui-
rassleTs Ambassador White and the stair OF tho
American Embassy were driven this afternoon to
the I2lysee Palace. where the new Ambassador was
warmly received by President Fallieres and the
Foreign Minister NJ. PichoE. The presentation OF
Mr. Whites letters accompanied by the
gTatulatOry exchanges usual such occasions.
In presenting his letters Mr.. White said:
France and the United States representing oue
I'm the Old and the other in the New World the
modest aspirations OF man. and each dedicated to
their realization by its own methods. would have
failed In their high missions and betrayed the trusts
they assumed had they not always been Inspired by
the same desire to assure the peace OF the world
ameliOTate the lot OF the many and elevate the ideal
OF justice which animateS all
In reply President FaIlieres said:
II Is particularly gratifying to this republic 60 see
you CHOSEN 20 MI the post Of ambassador, and re-
Seive with great pleasure your letters OF credenoe
4ou nave recalled in terms which touch me the
aSssociations that bind you to France and con-
VHlceH now that your high functions place you in
touch with our public life, that you viii experiences
genuine satisfaction In residing here. The fullest
SO-OpeIIation .oS myself and my government Is
eSsuIe6 you sor the accomplishment OF your mis-
si ssh - VIII be pleasure for us % cOllaborate
VAIN You constantly for the closer union OF EFRRca
ana tne United States and Tor the attainment Of
LAat common end which YOU have SO happllNs a.
CAsds BE welcome among
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24
HEROISM.

From The Boston Transcript.
There Is a good deal OF heroism In the uuo.,s .
the sort that sets into the public eye and reei
medals as reward, as the giving out of sixts
tnIee sucn tokens OF gold. silver bronze bv ~
carnegie Hero Fund Commission attests ~
more OF the splendid stuff indeed than even tb -
t4rmest believers IN human natures good OnaltJoS
would quite think possible without Gin the
ing figures az hand 20 prove It's existenes -
when one reflects that the heroiSm which NAV ~
known OF ell men is only about one-thoussISa,5'
part as great as the sort that never will and TSer
may be known IL makes one zeal th1t ~ ,ys.yas
and the times good NeiAo