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New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
DODGIEG "MAJoRTTY RULE

Majority rule seems TO be as little popular
with the Democratic fsRders in MARYLAND as II
Is with the Democratic leaders in Massachu
Sets. The idea Of governing with the consent
OF the governed sounds well enough in Demo
cratic platforms, but it hardly SQUARES with
the selfish interests of those who want 10 hold
the relns Of party government The MARYLAND
machine leaders agree with Ex-Governor Penny
packer of Pennsylvania that the CRYING need
OF The hour is confidence on the part of the
people in those elected to guide them. and they
fully believe with him that the decay of con-
hdence Of that sort is rapidly pushing Us as a
nation toward the abyss in which lie buried the
civilizations of Rome and Babylon This years
Maryland Democratic convention made a great
show of faith in Mr. Bryap's referendum theory
by promising the Democratic rank and file that
they should name the two United Stales Sena-
tors 10 be chosen by the next Legislature If
that body IS Democratic. This demonstration
OF regard for popular sovereignty was warmly
appiauded as the ushering in of new era of
JehersoHiaD initiative and autonomy in Mary
land,
Great hopes We're more or less blasted how
ever. when il was discovered that the ponular
sovereignty resolution contained Joker The
party managers had in reality no idea of trans
ferrinG their long vested rights to the voters
Nlth flourish Of truInpets they provided In
the state platform that the Democrats of Mary
iand should have IAN opportunity OF voting di-
"rectly for United States Senators in the man.
Nner III which it has been done recently in
Mississippi. Alabama and other Southern
states" But they tied a string TO that promise
10y resolving further that it should be binding
upon the Democrats elected ina any county or
district 70 the next Legislature to cast their
votes for The candidates for United States
senators lshort term and long termI who
shall have received the greatest number of
votes cast at such primary election in such
county or district" In Mississippi and Ala
bama genuine statewide primaries are held
ano the majority or plurality candidate wins
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10

But if the vote of each county or district is to
go TO the candidate victorious locally it IS
evident that when three or more candidates
compete deadlock is pretty certain to result
and a Senator will have 10 be chosen by the
old fashioned caucus method. That is just what
the machine managers planned for when they
devised their popular election scheme with
multiplying rider.
For the last three weeks there has been an
active controversy between the aspirants for the
SenatOrshp over the terms of the Senatorlal
referendum. Ex-Governor Warfeld wants 10
have agreement signed by which all other
candidates agree TO waive their claims IN faVor
of the one who leads in the state poll. But ne
has been voted down by his rivals, and the
machine managers are pushing a propoSluoh
requiring the winning candidate to receive at
least 40 per cent of the state vote. If no
agreement is reached the successful aspirant
will have to carry practically all the Demo
cratic counties and districts in the state anu
votes cast for him or any one else IN counues
or districts which go Republican will have an
solutely no significance. This is, OF course
reductiO Gd GbSurdunl--a grOtesque traNesty Oh
the theory of popular election. Mr.. Bryan mas
a good deal of work cut out for him II he Is
to persuade the Democratic leaders in Mary
land and Massachusetts that the essence OF
Democracy is trust in the people and in the
infalIibity of majority rule
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
TAXES EXCEPTION TO MINISTER'S WORDS

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Under the heading Of Inventions Of the
Devil in your issue of to-day. you quote from
a sermon by the Rev. A. h. Simpson. OF the Chris
tian and Missionary Alliance. delivered yesterday.
The quotation reads: "Spiritualsm. Eddyism and
Dowieism have been sent in swarm ny the devil
for the purpose Of conceaInE the real truth Of
divine healing"
The term "Eddyism' which the Rev Mr.
Simpson refers is apparently though errOneously,
intended a synOnyme for Christian Science: but
this by itself would excite criticism. When he
declares however, that Christian Science is
invention of the devil aimed to conceal THE
real truth OF divine healing he exceeds his
thority and challenges comment
The great teacher and founder OF the Christian
Church instructed His followers to Judge no man"
He distinctly disfavored self-righteous condemna-
ton. saying to overZealous disciple There rs
no man which shall do a miracle In my name that
can lightly speak evil OF me. For he that Is not
against Is our part" Mark TX 39-4O)
Even General Booth when recently asked for
his views Christian Science refrained from
criticism, saying that any breaking away from ira
dtlonal faiths was better than sumber
I trust that Christian brother will in future
sec the improperly of condemning Christian Sci
ence. RICHARD p. VERRAIIA
New York oct. Z. 1907.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
WIRELESS TELEGRAPH1C CODES.

AS might have been expected, the absurd
story about wireless message from Manila
having been overheard at the Marconi station
in Cape Breton has been pronounced to be
without foundation, but the TumOr draws fresh
attention to certain disadvantages which still
attend communication by means of ether
waves. Dispatches are continually being
picked up" by ships and land stations for
which they are not intended, and this occa-
siOnally gives rise to curious blunders. Here Is
a in point:
While the cruiser squadron which recently
arrived at San Francisco was yet about thou
sand miles from the California coast the wire
less telegraph operator on the Pennsylvania
heard n message which seemed to emanate from
Savannah He was thus led to conclude that a
long distance record had been made. and
he cherished that belief for several days. 1t
afterward discovered that the teegraphc
symbol for the name of a station on the Pa
chic Coast closely resembled that for Savannah
and that the operator had mistaken the former
for the latter. Little or no harm was done in
that particular case but the msinterpretation
of dispatch which had been overheard might
easily lead TO more serious results.
So generally is 1t known that al present
there is no privacy in Hertz wave communca-
ton that few persons, if any, resort to it for
business of a confidential nature When tun-
ing systems come into more general use greater
secrecy will doubtless be feasible. Even then
the practice of tapping n wire will probably
be paralleled if a sufficient inducement for in
trusion and theft is afforded instruments have
been invented by means of which an electrician
can ascertain the frequency of the waves
emitted by a tuned tranSmitter. the infOrma-
ton thus obtained enabling him to adjust his
receiver that it will respond TO those inn
pulses. This apparatus could, OF course. be
put to an illegitimate use. with an excellent
chance Of avoiding detection. There would
apparently be no cew 10y which the pcrpctrator
Of the offence could be found. whatever sus-
picions might be entertained
Stealing wireless messages would do the thief
little good. however. if the senders employed
suitable private code. precautlon of that sort
would involve some extra trouble. no doubt,
but not more than is expended to-day In much
Of the correspondence conducted by cable and
the knowledge that such n safeguard had been
adopted would exercise a wholesome influence
in more ways than one.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10

of their existence He is an anachrOniSm, ata-
vlstic a survivor of the nOmads before the com
ing of civilized and sedentary man.
Contrast him with the Sedentary man. The
latter is perfectly at home in his chair. He
settles into it in the morning with an air of
permanent occupancy. His figure adapts itself
to it. To that certain Wilderness observable
between the chairs arms nature addresses her
self with persistence. She abhors the vacuum
which lean youth leaves in the capaciOus re-
ceptacle. and with the slow process of time
she fills up the environment with the man.
The sedentary man is no mean figure. Look at
our long line of ancestors, including that shOWy
figure, the man on horseback. and we ask you,
where was civilization until the chair was
invented? THE seats of the mighty is pro-
phetic expression! But we are Straying from
the quarrel between the lOwly sedentary masses
and the aristocracy of muscle; our point is that
the one character is a specialist in chair life
as much as the other is a specialist in saddle
life and until it be shown that the fiibberti-
gibbet athlete can sit as long and as success
fully in chair as the armchair colonels' sat
in their saddles we shall incline to think that
the sedentary is the better and more versatile
man of the two.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau.I

From The Tribune Bureau.l
Washington, Oct. 9-AH of the younger people In
society, particularly of the army circle attended
the dance given at Washington Barracks tonight
the benefit of the company libraries. The guests
were received by Mrs. Langftt. wife of Major Lang
htt, commandant Of the barracks. the wives of
other officers assisting her. The post gymnasium
was gay with bunting and flags The engineer
band furnished the music.
The marriage of Miss Deborah Grant Brewster
Haisey daughter of Commander William F. Hal
sey, l. s. n, and Mrs. Halsey, and Passed Mid
shipman Archibald D. Turnbull. T. S. n. took
place at 1870 o'clock to-day at the home of the
brides parents. Chaplain Fl. II Clark, of the
Naval Academy. performed the ceremony and Mid
shipman William F. Hasey, jr., brother OF the
bride. best Only small party of friends
and relatives present for the ceremony and
breakfast
Associate Justice Harlan of the Supreme Court
and Mrs Harlan. with their daughters, have re-
turned to their Washington home from Murray
Bay. Canada. where they spent the summer
Among other recent arrivals are Senator and Mrs.
Knox. of Pennsylvania and Mrs. Titan J. COffey
and her granddaughters the Misses Chew.
Mrs. Burton Harrison. who is at the home
of hsr son and daughter-n-aw. Mr.. and Mrs. Fair
fax Harrison, in Virginia, will spend part Of the
winter in Washington.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
THE sEDEyTARY MAN INDICATED

THE NEDENIARH NAN IINDICATED.
The sedentary man was vindicatcd in Tues
days ride Of the armchair colonies at Wash
ingtOn. Not a man OF them fell from his horse
The ambulance which was to accompany the
parade at the supercilious suggestion of some
army athlete 'Who keeps himself hard by con-
slant exercise" abandoned it in despair. The
two hundred and fifty Founders mounted and
dismounted without the aid of a derrick They
walked, trotted and galloped. They took jumps
After intermissions of these exercises their
limbs were not so stiff from the unaccustomed
coordination Of muscles that they could not
climb back upon their saddles. History does not
record that they were even saddle sOre-that
terrible fate which the habtual hOrSeman al
ways holds over the man who likes to take
his exercise swinging gently about in his
swivel chair-and we like to think that they
were not, for fondly believe that the seat
of the average office chair is much more hard
ening" than the arrogant athlete will admit.
At any rate. he avoids II In a way suggesting
that he finds the office chair uncomfortable
as he says the man trained and Injured to
chair life will find the saddle Good for the
heroes of the swivel chair! vast army of
mortals who have been sneered at and snubbed
by the habitual exerciser will repoice at their
fine showing in the. province of the nOn-seden-
tary.
We have no patience with this Haunting
aristocracy of muscle which. because 1t COLTS,
and punches, and plays tennis. and rides horses.
must be forever swelling its biceps to the hu-
initiation of honest folk who lead humble
life In a swivel chair. They parade their tan
as if 1t were a patent of nobility. They take
pride in the leanness and hardness Of their
figures purchased by so much effort, as If the
plump accretions of a sedentary life were bour-
geois and vulgar. They foster class spirit with
their airs of superiority. If there is ever an
other great revolution 1t will be the revolt of
the downtrodden sedentary against the aristoc-
racy of muscle.
And what are the claims Of these gentles that
entitle them to treat mighty masses Of the
sedentary with such lordly disdain? Why let
us ask is sitting in a saddle so much more
splendId an accomplishment than sitting in
Swivel chair? We grant you that if man had
both these accomplishments he would be
better man than the possessor of either alone
Rut who has them both? The non-sedentary
man approaches Il swivel chair with an air OF
uneasv concern; no armchair colonel bestrode
his saddle with such self-consciOusncss and
manifest discomfort. 1t is our firm conviction
that the non-sedentary are consttutionaly
chair-sore Did YOU ever see one of them enter
his office? 1t is with the air of a man who
can do an eight hour days work in fifteen
minutes This superiority to sedentary Great
ures is part of his life's pose. After a few
furTied minutes he dashes away TO his golf
links or his horse, where, If the truth be told,
he for the first time has felt entirely in his
natural element. He is by training and tenn
perament totally untitled for the chair, where in
these days the mass OF mankind spend most
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
[By Telegraph TO The Tribune I

by Telegraph to The TribuneI
Newport r. l., oct 9.-Accordfng TO unofficial
reports heard about Newport to-day a change has
been made in the wedding plans OF Miss GLADYS
Vanderbilt and Count Szechenyi. 1t is now said
that the wedding will take place In New York
and not In Newport was at first expected
Mrs. Vanderbilt has planned TO give a large din
party at the Breakers on Saturday night. tbs
guests at which will include many members ~
the Vanderbilt family. Mrs. Vanderbilt and her
daughter were callers al the custom house this
morning.
Several more OF the Newport cottagers either
closed their cottages to-day or are about TO do So
Mr.. and Mrs Royal Phelps Carroll closed their
house and started for New York to spend the win
ter. Miss Martha Goldman closed her cottage and
went to New York for a short stay before going
10 Washington 10 spend the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C Knight IT, went 70
New York to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs George L Rives will end their
Newport season very soon and return to New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs George Henry Warren will close
their cottage tomorrow, though they do not in
tend leaving Newport for some time. having taken
apartments at the NIuenchinger King Cottage.
Mrs. Richard GanbriI who viii close her sea
this week will visit Lenox before going 10
New York
Miss Nora Iseln has gone 10 Hampstead where
she is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur s Burden
Mrs Alfred G. Vanderbilt will entertain on Thurs
day evening in honor of Count Szecheny1 and Miss
Gladys Vanderbilt.
Francis J. Otis. who is i'll at his cottage remains
about the same
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
Il mMsenents.


ACADEMY MUSIC-S.l5-The Old Homestead.
ALHAMBEA-2-S-Faud
ASTOR-s:l5-A Yankee Tourist.
BRL-ASCO-2.IB-S: :l5-The Rose Of tho Rancho.
BiJOU-s:l5-The Master Builder
BLANEY 'S-s:15-Don O'Dare.
BROADWAY-S I5-Rogers Brothers in Panama.
CASINO-S;l5-The Gay White Way.
LONIAL(-2-S-Faudevile
CRIT JTERION-s:I5-The Dairymaids.
DALYS-S:20-Jhe Great Divide
EDEN MUSEE-The World
EMPIRES S-20-My Wife
GAFkRICk-h h.2O-When knights Were Bold.
GERMAN-s:20-D Crosse GeInende.
GOTTTAM-2-s-NaudeVille.
HACKFcTT-2:15-S:I5-The Struggle Everlasting
HAMMERSTEIN' S-215-s: :15-Naudevlle
HERALD SCUAHE-S15-The Girl Behind the Counter
EIPPoDROME-2 Daughter and Pioneer
Days.
HUDSON-S :15-Classnnates
kNICKERBOCKER-s:15- Evangelist.
LIBERTY-s:15-Lola from Berlin.
LYCEUM-2:l5-s:30-T Thief
LTRIC-s:I5-Monte CYisto
GAJESTTc-s-15-Auna Karenibs-
NEW AMSTERDAM-s: s:15-The Round Up-
NEW YORK-2-S- S-30-Advanced Vaudeville
SAVOY-2:15-S- -I5-The Of the Hour.
WALLACK' 'S-S:I5-The Hurdy Gurdy Girl.
WEBER S-s:15-Htpt Hip! Hooray!
WEST ESD-S-The Shoe Fly Regiment.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
BowDoINs NEGRO STUDENT.
m The Kennehec Journa

From The kennebec JournaL
Among the no young in the freshman class
at BoWdoin this fall is a Colored boy, Herman ;.
Dreear. of Washington. Only once before in the
history of the college has there been a similar In
stance and that close TO century ago. John
Brown RusSworm, of the class of % a col
ored boy. a native of Jamaica, and after gradua-
ton he went to Africa where he became Governor
of Maryland. in Liberia. where he died in 1851.
There have since been two colOred students
in the medical school. but not in the college itself
until this fall. Asia. well Africa, is repre-
sented among the students at Bowdoin. for
among the dozen more students from other in
stitutons who enter the upper classes is a native
of India, Arrand S. Hwale, who graduated from
the Bangor Theological Seminary last spring.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10

The savage love Of batting which Indians
used TO display when torturing victims at the
stake. and which has been manifested by more
civilized folk IN bear -baitngs. bull -baltings and
what not appears to be a common trait of hu-
manity. Loafers OF all ages in the streets seem
TO love nothing more than 10 bait with annoy
ing words and even with petty missiles any
passerby who is a little eccentric IN dress. gait
or speech. Sometimes. az on lower Broadway on
Monday night the object OF such attentions
turns savagely upon his tornentors. and there
Is a tragic result OF course, 1t IS reprehen-
siblo for the baitee 10 kill the batter But the
howling. hooung mud and stone throwing mob
is by no means free from blame.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
HueHEs's WORDS ECHO FROM PACIFIC

FROM Inc Iacoma Ledger.
Governor Hughes of New York is making many
public addresses this fall at county fairs and else
where, discussing state issues. official duties ami
duties OF citizenship. Politicians not receiving
much attention, for he and other public men of the
modern type understand that when the people
aroused 10 their interests the politicians dare not
run counter. The moral fibre of his addresses Is
seen, for example, in the following, uttered at the
Tompkins County fair: Would that every office
holder might be taken up on high place and see
this State of New York and its people. and look
into their lives that he might appreciate the great
responsibility for which Almighty Cad will hold
him accountable
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
PROFESSOR JENks TO LECTURE.

jeremiah w. jerks. professor OF political econ
omy and politics in Cornell University. will deliver
lecture THE Nature of the State and OF Gov
ernment'' IN Earl Hall. Columbia University. at
o'clock this afternoon. DIR. jerks was one OF the
committee of nine appointed by the President to in
vestigate the subject of immigration. The lecture
this afternoon Is the first OF a series be given on
political problems in the United States Thursday
afternoons during October. November and Decem-
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
HOPEFUL OUTLOOK
From The syracuse journal.

Do not throw to-day's papers out without tucSs
ing away in the memory the long gain OF Friday -
taking the places on the bench OF New York OUT o.
politics Three parties. IN Brooklyn. nominated
Justice William Gaynor for reelection and inseIe1 ~
his going back to the court Across the r1veE !.
Manhattan the state committee OF the Dernocra.Ss
finally yielded 70 general sentiment and indoFSeu
the action OF the Republicans OF few hours -
fore in nominating tho Bartletts one RepoohTtShs ths
and the other a Democrat. for reelection 70 10
Court OF Appeals. The Independence League ~
putting up Lyon and McDonOugh will not GsIes Glss
the Bartletts These choices for judges. OF tnES ~
differing in party, by three separate partSs -
a single day. have only one meaning-tne aonLhII -.
sion that if judge has been good turtst IN ~ n
duties in the court, his personal preferences "a
politicians and political doctrines are not 70 nan
considered beside the advantage or having .@
who will be fair to all When practicaI 0ssoId
of the type OF Murphy and COnners agree 20 HS Sc-
hands of the judiciary there is bright n9ge bha-
the day that the gulf will be almost as VICE
tween the courts and politics as between ehe 80 40
and the Church. and the courts Will De as ca'''
the heart of the people as Is the Church
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
MIssoURPs DIVORCE LAW.
lansas City Journal.

From The Kansas City Journal s..,
People who get divorced in Missouri neIgg neg osii-
will be able secure freedom from -
ance one hour and contract another the IoLo osssct
hour The new state law which Went INTO oSssary Sy
the fourth day of this month makes l IA per-
TO wait twelve months before new KNOT - Ffha
mitted to be tied. In order TO make sure sis sn 10
parties asking for marriage licenses are - ~oul-
receive them, the clerk of the district cour nsr
PEELED by law require witness VINO Sne-,
oath affirm that neither party TO the naircrced
married that neither party has oeeh u re
within the year and that they are coIrpets.nt
best of their knowledge TO enter the n>AA
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
Netp91ork Dailp Gribrr,rs
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1907.

This newspaper is otoned and published by
The Tribune Association, Heic York. corpora
tiOn; office aud principal place of business Trib-
une Building, No. 154 Nassau street New York i;
Ogden Mills president; Nathaniel TuttIe. sec
retdry and treasurer. The address of the Of
Peers Is the office Of this newspaper.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
The CABINET.
[From The Tribune Bureau.l


washington, Oct 9.-The Secretary OF commerce
and Labor and Mrs. Straus entertained at dinner
tonight in compliment to X Ishii director OF
The Rureau of Commerce of Foreign Affairs or
Japan whom they met while travelling in Honolulu
He has been making five days visit to Washlng-
ton Their other guests were the japanese Am
bassador and Viscountess Aoki, the Secretary OF
the Interior and Mrs. James r. Garfield and the
First Secretary Counsellor of the japanese En-
bassy and Nine. Myaoka. Mr.. Ishii will leave
Washington tomorrow for further study of COM
mercial conditions in this country.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
IAN UNHOLY ALLIANCE. "
Correspondent Approves of Position of The
Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Your article In to-day's issue AN Unholy
Alliance" expresses the sentiment OF a great many
silent Republicans who under consideration
Will cast their votes for the Parsons-Hearst com
bine." and hope you will continue your opposition
20 such a ticket should it be named. Better de-
feat with honor than victory under such circum-
stances 1t is sad TO think that years OF efforts for
reform should have such inglorious end
New York, oct 9. 1901. G. +.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
rEror The Tribune Bureau. 7


Washington. Oct. 9-The Minister from Bolivia
and Sonora de CaIderon. with their daughter.
Senorta Elena de Calderon. have returned to
Washington from summer spent in the Catskih
Mountains.
Prince Koudachen. of the Russion Embassy staff
has arrived in Washington from Magnolia. Mass
where he spent the summer.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10

and Hungary, and with the actual separa-
ton of Sweden and Norway so fresh in mlhd'
it is not judicious to expect everything 10 De
accomplished at once, and it is not just 10 carp
and rail because the impossible is not done
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
THANKFUL AND coNrE
m The syraeuse Post-standard.

From The Syracuse Post-Standard-
Leading Democratic papers joined with leading
republicans last May In declaring for 8 union ticket
which should guarantee the election OF the Bart
let's. The squirming tactics OF the Democratic
state Committee a few days ago evidently failed
70 win the approval of the party. The horOrable
and statesmanlike thing has been done by both
examinations Let's be thankful for that and con-
tent with IL.