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New-York tribune., 1907-10-31
4 DEPRESSION IN CRLltE-

Those who know the genial Provisional Gov
ernor of Cuba would never suspect him of play
ing the ungrateful part of a kill-jOy. Yet that
he is now doing seems to be a fact. Only,
those whose pleasures he is diminishing are the
bandits blaCkmaerS. horse thieves chicken
thieves and like gentry who have long made
life burden to the planters of the island. As
related by a correspondent elsewhere in our
columns. Mr. Magoon is interfering with the
predatory operations of those fellows to such
an extent as 10 cause n grave depression in
the business of crime Bandits longer
gard il safe or profitable to go Ion the road"
or TO take TO the woods" when there Is
positive certainty that Magoon will send sol
diers or policemen after them with orders never
TO quit the chase until they all captured or
killed. And then when they captured they
are thrust into Jail like common criminals, tried
by the ordinary judges and sent to prison for
long terms of years. OF truth, there is no
encOurag cement for any gentleman 10 steal
horses or pigs in the sacred name of Cuba
Libre' when such things are likely to he done
10 him by this terrible Yankee.
The fact is that precisely this sort Of pro
Cedure prompt. persistent and incxorable iS
what has been needed all along to rid Cuba OF
brigandage whether Of the avowedly Cutpurse
kind or ma>queradng under the EuiSe of pa
trIOtiSIn Ihe nliNSE. dOtCe iGF fllHtt polltE
of former days. with its scrupuOus regard for
the SrsceptibilitieS Of a blackmaiiing pa
triOt' or pig-steaiing "revOluuonst was liz
effective II really afforded unintended en-
couragement to crime Most of the time the
bandits were unmoested. and when they were
caught they were permitted to advertise them
selves and exploit their vanity, and then to
get off without serious punishment. But this
handling of them without gloves, as the com
mon criminals which they really are, is a very
different matter.
It is gratifying TO observe that in this policy
Governor Niagoon has the hearty and enthu-
siastic support Of the mass of the Cuban peo-
pie. The criminals, habitual or occasional, do
not like him. and some Of the politicians who
make capital out of disorder may resent having
their stock in trade thus depleted by the sup
preston Of brigandaEe' But the people of Cuba
from the great planters down TO the humDleSt
peasants. who want. TO adapt the old saying, to
raise more sugar and less hell are appre-
ciative of the important work which he Is
doing and are giving him their confidence ana
encouragemeut The experience is novel one
for that island. but it is highly salutary and
will prove profitable in political as well as IN
social and industrial affairs
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31
PRESIDENT TO VOTE NEXT TUESDAY.
Will Go to Oyster Bay, According to Custom,
and Hurry Back to White House
TFrom The Tribune Bureau-l

From The Tribune Bureau-l
Washington. Oct. 30.-The President will cast
his vote at oyster Bay next Tuesday. according
to his long time annual custom. The fact that
there are no important offices to be filed this
fall will not make any change in his programme
He regards it as much his duty to make a long
journey for the purpose of voting for a small
county official he would were President or
a Governor to be chosen and were his vote to
decide the day.
He will leave Washington Monday night in a
private car attached to of the regular pas
senger trains. and will arrive in Jersey CITY
about o'clock Tuesday morning A tug be-
longing to the Long Island Railroad Company
will convey the President and his party from
Jersey City to Long Island City. There a speciaI
train of two cars will take him TO Oyster Bay.
He will go at once to his polling place. cast
his ballot, shake hands with half a dozen old
friends, and hurry back 10 his car for the return
journey. He will be back in Washington about
O'Clock Tuesday evening.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau. !


Washington, Oct. 30.-Count Hermann Won HAITI
feldt-Wildenburg, first secretary OF the German
Embassy VINO went abroad in the summer has
been detained in Berlin that he might be one OF
the attendants to accompany the German Emperor
on his visit to King Edward in London. He Will
not return 10 the embassy here until the last Of
November.
Captain Hebbnghaus. naval attache OF the Ger
man Embassy. and Frau Hebbinghaus arrived IN
New York yesterday on the Kronprinz Wilhelm,
from Germany. where they spent the summer.
They are expected to reach Washington within
day
Lieutenant Colonel A V. de Pederneiras. military
attache of the Brazilian Embassy. has gone to VIII
mington. Del business for his government.
Lieutenant Colonel Raider de Aqulno. naval at
tache Of the Brazilian Embassy. and Nine. de
Aquino in New York
Major KOrner. military attache OF the German
Embassy and Frau Korner. who being con-
stanty entertained prior to their departure from
this country, the guests OF w. Won Radowtz.
second secretary, and c. Won Schubert, attache OF
tho embassy, at dinner tonight. Among the guests
were Miss Langham. sister OF Baroness Won Stern
burg and Prince Zu Lynar. third secretary OF the
German Embassy.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31

and to withhold it from others. The only ques-
ton is whether It's discrimination is always Ju-
dciousy exercised.
1t would be a superficial judgment TO say
that since the FiIipinOs in the Philippines are
subject TO American jurisdiction they ought 10
be admitted to American citizenship when they
come hither. and that to refuse them admission
is a hardship and an injustice. We cannot see
that our having jurisdiction over them has any
thing to do with the case The Philippine Islands
are not members of this union of states, and
it is not TO be supposed that they ever will
be This country is not trying to AmericanZe
them or to I'll them for incorporation into this
Republic. It's policy is, the Philippines for the
FilipinOS. So far as our domestic relationships
are concerned, the Filipinos are as much aliens
now as they were before we acquired the isl
ands and in their application for citizenship
they are thus 70 be regarded. 1t would of
course be competent for Congress to legislate
for their naturalization, but the prOpriety of
it's doing so would seem doubtful There is
a widespread feeling that naturalization has
been too easy and too general, rather than too
difficult and restricted.
As for an extension of citizenship to all the
FiIipinos in the islands, it is to be hoped that
nobody seriously thinks of it. Citizenship ought
thus TO be granted to the Porto Ricans and
we assume that it will be. But that will not
require that for consstency's sake we do the
same with the Filipinos, because one of the
most firmly established principles of our ter
ritorial rule is that Congress has the power
to govern each territorial possession of this
country according 10 its own needs and
merits. without any regard TO the others
Those few who want the Philippines set adrift
made independent, or whatever they may call
it, must of course be opposed to any such
granting of citizenship, because it would have
to be withdrawn renOunced when the ISL
andS became independent while the great ma
iority. who see nothing in the measurable fut-
ure but for us TO retain ownership and con
troll of the islands while giving them the largest
practicable system of local autonomy must
also oppose il on other but no less obvious
and convincing grounds.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31
ANoTHER WV Jersey cnnrRASr

Livery succeeding day in the New Jersey cam
paisn marks more strongly the contrast between
the two candidates in point OF courage and
frankness. It will be recalled that there was a
general expectation that Mr. Katzenbach would
define his attitude toward the excise question at
latest when he reached Newark where that is
sue has been most put forward He. indeed
promised that be would do so there If AT all
hIt when he got there all he had to say was
that he had nothing 70 say. Similarly il was
expected thar Mr.. Fort would answer thu
charges made against him in connection with
the Perth Amboy bridge when he reached Perth
Amboy in his campaigning. He reached that
city on Tuesday night. and the very first thing
which be discussed in his speech was the bridge
matter, and he did SO with directness. frank
ness and completeness of detail which must be
convincing To any one whose mind is omen to
conviction.
Briefly stated. it had been charged that Mr.
Fort. then a justice Of the Supreme Court. had
requested Governor Stokes 10 sign n certain bill
known as Senate bill 262. in 1906. which. il was
alleged would legalize some improper acts of
fht MiddleseX County Freeholders. and that tho
Governor did sign the bin and il tbus becane :,
law al the supposedly interested urging of JUS
tee Fort. To that Mr.. Fort replied at Perth
Anhoy. first, that he never saw. knew of or was
"'l-SHted about that bill before its introduction
"r curing It's passage through the legislature ::
second that he never spoke or wrote to the Gov
ernor about il or in any way requested him to
approve il. and third. that he never saw the bill
or knew that il had become law until more than
two months after the adjournment of the Legjs-
iature which bad passed il, when il was brought
4" hs attention in the course of some court pro-
et7niiiss. These comprehensive and unaquivocaI
deniais Mr.. Fort confirmed with :, letter from
Governor Stokes disclaiming any ra.olla.,;o,, -
Justice Forts having interested himself in the
Dill IN any way, and declaring that the bill was
signed on the recommendation of the Attorney
General for the state. Having thus conclusiyelv
answered the charges. againss >htn Mr. Fort
generously went further and recognized the nos.
siollity that the maker Of them had been merely
mlsieo through having been informed that the
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31

Attorney General had based his opinion in favor
of the bill upon something which Justice Fort
had said. The fact was that the Attorney Gen
eral had reference to an old memorandum of
Justice Ports I'm a certiorari case written
months before the Dill in question was intro
duced in the Legislature.
Thus vanishes into the thinnest of thin air
the one single and solitary imputatiOn which has
ever been conjured up against Mr.. Forts judicial
character and career. leaving his record not
only unimpaired but actually stronger and bet
fer than before But the self-conjured bogie of
Sunday opening of saloons still looms before Mr..
KatZenbach, concrete. insistent and menaclng'
If only he could dispose of it as effectively as
Mr.. Fort has disposed of the Amboy ponS dSi-
1IOrHB!
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31

vested in the business. the number of employees
and the amount OF wealth produced annually by
the breweries, dstlleries and saloons. and bring
ing out the probable effect on the community Of
destroying so great an industry.
Whether practical prohibition can be main
tained in the cities. counties and states which
recently have declared in favor of it remains to
be seem and no doubt the issue will be matter
of dispute for many years to come, but the fact
cannot be overlooked that there is at the present
time a strong, conservative movement toward
prohibition which bears little resemblance to the
hysteria which has often characterized such
crlISadeS
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31
FTLIPINoS AND CITIZENSHIP.

The federal functionares in California who
refuse naturalization 10 Filipinos are acting In
accord with the we'll established policy and
practice of this government. For many years
there has been a consistent refusal to admit 10
United States citizenship Chinese, japanese
Coreans and other aliens of non-C n-Caucasan
races. The grounds of this discrimination have
been the subject Of controversy some persons
regarding them insufficient. but there can
be little doubt that they are approved by the
majority of Americans, and they seem to be
quite appropriate TO the case of Filpinos of
the Malay race, who constitute most we be-
ieve if not all of those who have sought Amer
lean citizenship. Those of Spanish blood if
any, probably have different status So far as
the Constitution is concerned the case is perfectly
simple. That document goes no further than to
say that "all persons born or naturalized in the
United States and subject TO the jurisdiction
thereof are citizens and that 1.-THE right of
citizens Of the United STATES to vote shall not
he denied or abridged on account of race
color, or previous condition of SerYitude" II
does not say that all aliens shall have the
privilege of naturalization, or prescribe which
of them shall or shall not, but leaves the de-
termination OF such matters to Congress The
general principle is that naturalization Is not
natural right, but i be granted or withheld
at the discretion of state. and the govern
ment is quite competent to grant 1t to some
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31
YALE FRATERNITY ELECTIONS
Four Junior Orders Announce Additions from
the '0s and 10 Glasses.

New Haven. Oct SO.-The four Junior frshernt-
ties at Yale announced the elections to-day from
the classes OF 90 and 10 follows:
Alpha Delta Phi-wiTiam Andrew De WITT W.
ton. Conn; Moore Caldwell TusSey. Salina- rem
Psi Upsion-Douglass Miller, Glen Ridge N -
Edward Stiles Davey. Jersey City.
Delta Kappa EPsilon.Edward spottisNwySSsS9ae NySs9ts
Freeland. Penn; Robert EnOS Scragg. Scranton;
Paul Lansing Veeder, Chicago.
Zeta Pst-Frederick Augustus Cooley, New YORK
City; Otto Carl Pickhardt. New York City; Edwin
Pugsley. Buffalo; Harry Burgess Snyder, Ptqua,
Ohio: Thomas Joseph Walker. St Louis
Beta Theta Pi-Albert Parker Able, New Brit
ain. Conn; Malcolm Sterling Banks, Brooklyn:
David Nye Barrows, New York City, Oscar Henry
Cooper, Jr, Abilene. Tex; John Dicks Cutter. tr.
Stanley, New Britain. Conn; Dudley Wilcox. Law
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Miss Marie Antoinette Davis. daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. Fellowes Davis. married in the
Church of the Incarnation yesterday afternoon to
Ralph Miller Johnson. The wedding took place at
I o'clock. the Rev. DIR. William NJ. Grosvenor off,
ciating. and account of the recent death OF the
bridegrooms mother was comparatively small
Tho reception which followed in the home OF Mr.
and Mrs Davis in West 4Sth street. was for rela-
tives and few intimate friends only The bride
entered the church with her father who gave her
away. Her gown OF white satin. made with n
long square train heavily embroidered. The sides
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31

The report of the United States Steel Corpora
ton for the quarter ending September 80 VIII
naturally attract attention. for the steel in
dustry is usually regarded the barometer OF
business The untitled orders for the quarter
show only a slight falling off compared with
a year ago and are considerably greater than IN
the corresponding period in the three previous
years. They indicate little recession of busl-
ness. and so far are encouraging. The deduc-
ton should not be pushed too far. however for
the last time there considerable falling
off in general business the untitled orders of the
United States Steel report were as favorable as
now but when the quarter ended 1t developed
that many orders had been cancelled. UP TO
the present then, the readings of this barometer
are favorable
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

IBy Telegraph 70 The TribuneLl
Newport. r. l.. oct. 5o.-Society spent quiet day
at Newport to-day Mr.. and Mrs. c. Oliver Iselin
and Miss Iselin. who have been the guests OF Mr.
and Mrs De Lancey Kane for the last week Te-
turned to New York to-day
Colonel Addison Thomas IS confined 10 his cottAse
on account of slight illness
Professor Alexander Agassiz closed his Newpor
season to-day and went his winter home In Cam
bridge.
William Binney went to Providence. where ne VII
spend the winter
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31
STATUE TO DR.. LEIpY UNVEILED.

Philadelphia. Oct. SO-A statue of the late DIR
Joseph Ledy of this city. recognized as one OF the
most distinguished American scientists of the last
century, was unveiled to-day the west plaza of
CITY Hall. AS president of the Academy of Natural
Science. professor of human and comparative anat
ony and zoology in the University of Pennsvlvart,
and president of the Wagner Free Institute Of
Science DR.. Letdy added immeasurabIy to the post
ton these institutions hold the world of science
he was born In this city in 1893 and dad In l2sl
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31
PEACE DELEGATES RETURNING.

Southampton. Oct. SO.-The North German Lloyd
steamer Kronprinzessin Ceclie sailed from here to-
day for New York She took among her passengers
Joseph Fl. ChOate General Horace Porter and Rear
Admiral Charles s. Sperry OF the American delega-
ton TO the peace conference at The Hague. and
Mrs Sperry. John w. Gates and Mrs. Gates. George
J. Gould and Mrs. Gould. Count Won LLmburg-
stirum. and Jan Kubelik. the vioinst who IS going
to the United States on a trip under the manage
ment of Daniel Frohman
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31
~FINeETs" GROWING ACHIEVEMENT.

From The Rochester Herald CDem)
Nothing that ''F1ngey" Conners can do through
MS newspapers or through his personal attempts
70 interfere IN the Rochester municipal campaign
can olscIose his lmbecility a political manager
any more completely than il was exposed by his
Sohuuct IN hrSt refusing to support the Justice
bdItiettS Tor denomination and then weakly &C
ceptns them when il too late TO win any ad-
Vdutast Tor the Democratic party. The crownins
acheNenlent or folly In his career has already been
won, and IL Is therefore, idle for him to attsrapS
TO surpass IL.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31
a.esp71ork DAILY Gribnnts
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1907

This newspaper is oioned and published by
The Tribune Association q NeIo York corpora
t6on Office and principal place Of business, Irt6-
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ogden MiIS, president; Nathaniel IUttIe, sec
retdry and treasurer. The address Of the or
f5oers is the office of this newspaper.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31

With all the banks resorting to Clearing
House certificates and money admittedly tight,
food prices ought to suffer some abatement II
they don't fall the public will conclude that
the law of supply and demand has been hypno-
tized by the Meat Egg, Milk and Fruit trusts.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31

The Brooklyn Eagle" says that bogus tickets
to the Woodruff McCarren debate were issued
in large quantities by Democratic politicians in
Kings County. But what else was to be ex-
pected? Some of the McCarren leaders were
doubtless under the impression that they were
to conduct Democratic convention after the
model OF the recent Bartlett-Kiley gathering IN
Springfield. Mass.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31

Professor w. W. Campbell, of the Lick OBJ
servatory, offers TO his fellow astronomers a
new and fascinating mystery. He reports the
discovery of four spots on Saturn's rings. two to
the westward and two to the eastward of the
planet. Since the rings of Saturn are sup
posed to be visible only in consequence OF
illumination by other bodies-more particu-
larly the sun-the spontaneous production Of
light Is a puzzling thing. Moreover, the sym
metricaI arrangement of the spots presents
much the same argument for design that is ad-
vanced by persons who interpret the canals"
Of Mars as a sign that the earths next door
neighbor is inhabited. However, Saturn's rings
not believed to be continuous like hat
brims. but to be composed Of millions Of bits OF
solid matter. closely akin to meteOric stones
They do not seem to present the same cOndi-
tions Of habltability therefore that Mars does,
and If a satisfactory explanation of the recent
outbreak is ever found It will probably not ere
ate popular sensation.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31

The uncertainty concerning the region affected
by the earthquake of October II IS dispelled by
the news from Russian Turkestan. Sosue of
the early conjecturos about the centre of dis
turbanoe now prove to have been erroneous. bat
the indications OF its severity afforded at Wash
ugton and Albany and at European observa-
tories were not in the least misleading. To be
sure, the destruction Of Karatagh was only an
indirect result Of the earthquake. Yet to Ilb-
crate mass of rock sufficiently large TO ami
hilatc a whole town must have required the ex-
penditure Of vast amount OF energy
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31

The discovery OF the Kuskwagamutes In Cen
trail Alaska by Philadelphia professor may be
pleasant for the Kusllwagamutes. but we fear
it will revive that simplihed spelling contro-
versy.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31

Mrs. l. T Sheffield has Just announced by eaels
the engagement OF her son. L T. Sheffield. TO Miss
Mary Elise CLANCY. daughter OF Mr.. and MrA
Charles CLANCY. OF New London. Conn
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31

Joseph II. Choate. General Horace Porter and
Mr. and Mrs George J. Gould. who have been
abroad all summer, sailed from SOUTHAMPTON for
New York yesterday board the North German
Lloyd steamer Kronprinzessin Ceciie
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31

Mrs. Spotswood d. Schenck and her daughter
Mrs. Glen Collins. have arrived from Newport and
are staying at the Stratford until they sail for
Europe. They win spend the winter abroad.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31

Mr and Mrs Walter s. Gurnee. jr-. have returned
from oyster Bay and are occupying their house In
Lexington avenue.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31

Mr. and Mrs. John Blake Baker have arrived al
the Elysee Palace Hotel. Paris where they viii
remain for several months
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31

Captain and Mrs. Philip NJ Lydig. who have been
abroad for several weeks arrived from Europe yes
terday on board the Kronprinz Wilhelm.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry z. Dimock have returned
from their place IN Connecticut and are occupying
their house in Madison avenue. Their daughter
Mrs. Cary T Hutchinson. had a slight accident tbs
other day. when she was thrown out OF an auto
mobile but she escaped practically unhurt.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31

NIr and Mrs. Alfred wagstafr. r.. have returned
to town for the winter.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31

Mr. and Mrs. William H FaIconer. Miss Louise
FalcOner and Bruce Falconer have returned 10
town and are at their home in Madison avenue for
the winter.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-31

NIr and Mrs. CourtIandt Dixon Barnes will pass
the winter in with Mr.. Barnes's parents. Mr..
and Mrs Henry Burr Barnes. at their home No Il
West 49th street Young Mrs. Barnes was formerly
Miss Katharine Barney. She is a daughter OF Mrs.
Charles 7. Barney.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-04-13
LOUISIANA LAW VALID.

A Washington dispatch says:
The constitutionality of the
Louisiana law of 1898, making
taxable in that State notes taken
by non-residents on account OF
business transacted there, was
brought into question in the case
Of the Metropolitan Insurance
Company of New York vs.. the
City of New Orleans, which was
decided by the Supreme Court OF
the United States yesterday in
favor of the city, the opinion being
by Justice Moody.
The suit grew out of an effort by
the city to tax the company for
S1O,O 900 worth Of credits on busl-
ness transacted in the State, which
was resisted by the company on
the ground that the notes were
taxable only in New York, where
they were held. The attempt OF
the authorities was characterized
as an effort to extend the taxing
power of the Louisiana authorities
beyond the State and to take
property without due process OF
law. In announcing the court s
opinion. Justice Moody said that
the mere absence of the notes from
the place of their origin did not
deprive them Of a taxable status
in Louisiana. The effect was to
unh old the state law