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New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
THE OUTLOOK IN PORTUGAL.

"Am,lrath to Amurath succeeds" The new
government at Lisbon seems to be as repressve
and censorious the old. Admiral Fer
reira may he technically a more CONSTITUTIONAL
Prime Minister than Mr.. Franco, but the
world cannot perceive that he is less arbitrary
and dicrSs5orial. II hopes that he will prove az
honest and as effective an opponent of corrup-
ton.
Meantime so-caIied republican plots and
attempts at revolution continue 1t cannot be
said that they greatly appeal to democratic
sympathies in America or elsewhere. 1t might
be pleasing to Portugal become q republic
if the change were TO be properly effected. But
the present agitators do not go about 1t in the
right way. There is to be a general election
April 5 for a chamber of deputies. There
viii then be an opportunity for a majority Of
the electors, if they favor a republic to choose
deputies Of the republican faith. If majority
not in favor of republic cannot see
why minority should try to force it upon
them
Ii is true that the qualifications required
make the Portuguese suffrage not quite uni
versaI. The law gives the ballot we believe to
all men twenty-one years old who can read and
write or who pay taxes TO the amount of 80
rents more year As only about quarter
of the whole people can read and write, the
educational requirement probably dlsfranchises
maly though considering how the treasury has
been looted and how tremendously the people
being taxed in consequence We should won
der if there were many adults who escaped pay
ing AZ much as half a milreis in taxes Il Year.
With all due allowance for the disfranchise-
meIt of some and for certain amount Of gov
ernment manipulation at the polls, il seems to
Is that If any considerable proportion of intel
ligent people in Portugal really wanted con
stfutioral republic instead Of the monarchy
ley -5Iid demonstrate that fact az the genera
tcf;ioGS ali Il sisniiicatt manne.. II the 40
not 90 We ElEst ioubt whether anything like
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12

choice OF eyis hundreds OF thousands OF
Palmer -Bucknerifes voted for Mckinney anu
tens of thousands voted for Bryan 1et on
the same principle. that of the average hah >
reluctance to throw his vote away on thlru
party candidates. only about 2fooOo OF lhe
100000 Palmer -Bucknerites now on lne
Posts" rolls would cast their votes TINS year ioi
3 tertium Quid nominee.
As matter of fact. third parties do not ap-
peal IN the practical political instincts OF the
American voter Our history shows that wbeh
a third party arises it must prove quickly It's
ability TO grow and 10 displace some eNis,hs
organization. or il dsintegrates and dlsDands.
The Populist party in 1892 cast l.O4l'4o' vo'es'
but 1t could not hold its own and soon prac-
ticalIy disappeared. The Palmer Buckner party
If If had had any genuine vitality wonio nav
capt,,red the Democratic organization by lso"-
Instead. it fizzIed out and vanished from Tue
scene The Republican and Democratic parties
will continue to attract the great mass Oh 'he
voters until one or the other of them yleies 10
a successor Of genuine staying powers. lneie
is no room in our system for permanent 'hio
Marty holding and using balance OF power
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
GEORGE MEREDITH'S BIRTHDAY
British Press Unites in Expressing Esteem
CONGRATULATIONS from Abroad.

London, Feb. 12.-The British press unites this
morning in glowing tributes OF affection and ad-
rniration for tho novelist George Meredith whose
eghteth birthday will be celebrated quietly to-day
at his Boxhill retreat A small deputation. headed
by Anthony Hope. will present TO him a beautifully
bound address OF congratulation, signed by Ager-
non Charles Swinburne. Thomas Hardy. John Nor
ley and than q hundred leaders In art. letters
and scholarship in the United Kingdom
Showers of congratulations coming IN. incud-
ing Charles Eliot Nortons address. from America
and from the French Academy. The London morn
ing newspapers contain many special articles or
poems by leading writers. all OF whom pay their
tribute to tho novelist
Mr.. Meredith Is enjoying good health. and there
would have been something IN tho nature of
national international celebration had II not
been for the fact that he has horror Of pub
licity and steadfastly has opposed the idea.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau.

From The Tribune Bureau
WASHINGTON Feb 1.-THE Vice-President and
Mrs Fairbanks were the guests for whom Senator
and Mrs. Hopkins entertained at dinner tonight
Invited to meet them were Senator and Mrs
Cullo!n, Senator and Mrs. Scott. Senator Perkins.
Representative and Mrs. Lowden. Representative
william b. Mckinley, Mr.. and Mrs William r.
Draper Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Noyes and Miss
MATHS.
Mrs. L. T. Letter has leased the Head estate at
Manchester by-the-Sea, Mass, for next summer
and will spend the there. sailing for Europe
in the fall
Major and Mrs. Colin Powys Campbell. the latter
formerly Miss Nancy l.. c. Letter. will come TO
this country in March to visit Mrs. Letter at her
Washington house
Brigadier General and Mrs. Clarence r EDWARDS
will accompany Governor Magoon to Havana the
last of this month and will be his guests several
weeks
Mr. and Mrs Thomas T. Gan will return from a
visit of several months in Europe the last OF THIS
xeek and their son-in-law and daughter. DIR. and
Mrs Cary Langhorne. who have occupied their
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
MUSIC.
The ADELE MARGuLIE5 TRIO.

The trio organization cap;aine5 by Miss Ades
Margulies and called by her gave IT'S third
and final OF the season. last evening IN
Mendelssohn Hall. and there loyal and
numerous audience present Chamber music with
any claim serious quality fiourishes nowadays in
this city thanks the fortunate cooperation be-
tween sound musical artists and wise and devoted
listeners. and Miss MarguIes and her colleagues
have obtained their rightful share of this appre-
cation- Their offering last evening was made up of
comparatively unfamiliar music BY Schurnann.
Grieg and Brahms. The G. minor trio OF SchuTnann
Op. 10, No 3. and the major trio OF Brahms.
Op. s.. separated the programmes oy the
Grieg sonata for pianoforte and violin. Op. S IN
c minor. which Miss MargulIes and Mr. Lchten-
berg played, they being companiOned IN the trlos
by MIR. Leo Schulz yioloncello-
1t was the Grieg sonata that procla.ned n1os'
clearly a unity OF spirit and accomplishment oe
tween It's performers. The lovely second movement
with its opening passage for pianoforte alone. ~as
performed with uncommon beauty of tone ana
phrasing. and the whole composition was presenleu
in the COOL clear light in which its Norwegian
originator may well have conceived H. The tnree
Instruments blended IN the Schumann ITO WIN
rather too frequent a reluctance there were tlnes
when the pianororte seemed overbearins tdesp4t'
Schumann's own insistence on its leadership u HIS
concerted music, and when the violin tone 80
weak But there much to enjoy here as N 'H0
rest Of the evenings doings. and the aucien>e va
both sympathetic and denonstrat!vs.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
WHY?
the subject,

Persons conversant with the local school sys-
tenn are doubtless puzzled by the report rrofh
Brooklyn that the high schools IN that Doroueh
cannot accommodate all the students seeking
admission. It is asserted that Of those who
are accommodated about twenty live nun
dred are packed away in so-called anneAes'
which are in many instances little better than
dilapidated outhouses. Again, many young
people are forced to go great distances In order
To find seats in the less crowded buildings.
And the strangest feature Of the whole sltua-
tiop is the allegation that there are no plans
drawn for additional quarters and that at least
three years must elapse before pupils can De
properly. taken care of
These assertions call 10 mind certain facts
concerning Manhattan high schools. 1t has
been officially admitted that about half oil the
seats in many Of these schools are unoccupieu'
and profound debates have been waged over
the causes of this unfortunate circumstance. It
has been said that the short combination
course" offered for students preparing for col
lege at the high school departments connected
with the municipal colleges has drawn many
students away from the other schools also'
that an increasing number of youths drop out
before graduation: finally. that the Board of
Education has been building for the future
Let us admit the truth of all these expiana-
tons They still fail to show why the board
has not built for the present IN Brooklyn
Considering the complaints of Brooklyn prln-
cipals and teachers in the light of Controller
Metz's confession that New York City. up to
a few weeks ago. owned ifty-eight school sites
of whose very existence the proper authorities
were wholly ignorant, we fear that the inter
ests of various persons Of more than high
school age have directed the real estate invest
ments of the Board of Education in Brooklyn.
Otherwise how can anybody explain huge
surplusage of seats in the most densely popu-
lated borough and serious shortage across the
river? Is another investigation in order?
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
1ArAL CONSTRUCTION.

Tho dis;pcI,nation of the House Committee on
Naval Affairs to authorize the constructor VI
more than two Of the four new battieshps
recommended suggests some railing OH III
Americas rank as naval power III SUCH
policy shall permanently prevail. Last year
this country launched by far less naval tonnage
than any other important maritime power IL
and Germany were the only two Of the seven
great naval powers which launched no new
battleships In 1907 This country launched III
all five naval vessels aggregatins ll,o"o IONS
while Germany launched seventeen. aggrega'-
ing 1890 tons Great Britain's output was
three battleships and thirty others, in all l33.4oo
tons; Frances one battleship and sixteen otners'
of 1854 tons: Italy's one battleship and eleven
others. Of 25154 tons; Russia's one battleship
and sixteen Others Of 35317 tons, and Japans
one battleship and nine others. Of 1900 tons
1t is happily not necessary for this country 10
regulate It's naval strength according to that OF
possible adversaries with anything like the
strictness which other countries have 10 op
serve. But every navy is Of course buiit ana
maintained with an eye to possible international
complications, and the very theory on wnich IL
is founded demands that its expansion shah
have some ton to the naval powers or other
nations as we'll as to the extent Of coast and or
commerce of the nation which builds IL we
may concede that because of her enormous pre-
ponderance of commerce and the unapproached
size and wide distribution of her empire Great
Britain is logically entitled to the greatest navy
in the world, which she in fact mas. h'it
whether upon the basis of population or OF
wealth of territorial and distribution or OF
extent of coast. of ea-borne commerce or OF
reliance upon the navy rather than huee
army for national protection. we know OF no
land which is SO certainly entitled to nave the
second largest feet as is the United States.
Obviously navy should be rightly proper
toned to the possible requirements of the coun-
try. It would be folly to build one too large
and IT would be still worse folly TO bulid one
too small There are those who hold ana not
without reason that none at all would De bel'ei
than navy which was just large enough "
create 4 feeling of security but not large enousn
to Justify that feeling: large enough to provoke
but not to resist attack. 1t may be impossipie
to determine with mathematical accuracy just
how large a navy should be- But there are GER
tain obvious principles upon which the calcuia-
ZION should be based, and we should incline TO
accent pretty confidently the conclusion "orheu
ont bv conservative and thoughtful men VINO
have given their lives to responsible STUDY OIL
fhe subject.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
GOVERNOR HERE TO-DAY.
Tsvo Speeches This EUemng
ference zrith Justices.

Albany Feb 11.-Governor Hughes will leave
here for New York tomorrow afternoon TO
sneak in the evening before the Republican
Club. Later he expects to make brief stop at
the Lincoln Club. of Brooklyn, and from there
60 to the Union League Club. Brooklyn, where
he fs to deliver his second speech. The Gov
ernor expects to return 10 Albany Thursday
afternoon.
While in New York. the Governor expects
TO meet certain Supreme Court justices of the
1st District and confer with them on the neces-
sity for the application made to him by Attor-
ney General Jackson for the appointment OF an
extraordinary term OF the court and the designa-
ton of justice to try the action brought TO test
the title Of George B. Mcclellan to the office Of
Mayor OF New York.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
THE HAND OF LINCOLN.
JBy Edmund Clarence stedmsn- b

GBy Edmund Clarence Stedman-L
Look on this cast. and know the mana
That bore a nation in it's hold:
From this mute witness understand
What Lincoln waS,-hOW large OF tohiu-
The, man who sped the woodlands team.
And deepest sunk the ploughmans shaie'
And pushed the laden raft astreain
OF fate before him unaware
This was the hand that knew to swing
The axe-since thus would Freedom tram
Her son--and made the forest ring.
And drove the wedge. and toiled analn'
Firm hand that loftier office took.
A conscious leaders will obeyed
And. when men sought his word ana iooh'
With steadfast might the gathering swayeo-
No courtier's. toying with sword
Nor rninstrers, laid across a lute'
A chiefs, uplifted to the Lord ,.o,
When all the kings OF eartn were 'Hu'e'
The hand Of Anak, sinewed strong
The fingers that on greatness ciu'ch'
Yet. 10, the marks their lines along
OF one who strove and suffered much.
For here in knotted cord and vein
trace the varying chart OF years
know the troubled heart. the stra1n
The weight of Atlas-and the tears
Again see the patient brow
That palm ereWhile was wont 10 plo'''
And nov t is furrowed deep. and no"
Made smooth with hope and tenderness
For something OF formiess grace
This moulded outline plays ABOUT
A nityine fame beyond our trace
Breathes like a spirit, IN ana out
The love that cast aureole
Round one who. longer to endure.
Called nirth to ease his ceaseiess uo'e'
Yet kept his nobler purpose sure
Io. as gaze the statured man,
Built up from yon large hand. appears.
A tvne that Nature wills to plan
Rut once I'm all a peoples years
What hotter than this voiceless cast
To tell of such a one as he.
since through its living semblance passed
The thought that bade a race be free
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
FUNERAL OF BISHOP woRrHINeroN.

The funeral! OF the Right Rev. Dr. George Worth
ington. Bishop of Nebraska, who died Mentone
France. January T. was held yesterday morning
at IL o'clock. at the Church of the Incarnation.
Madison avenue and 35th street. The officiating
bishops Bishop Potter. of New York: Bishop
Leonard, OF Ohio: Bishop Brewster, OF Connecti-
cut and Bishop Williams. formerly Bishop Worth
ington's eoad1utor, who has become Bishop of Ne
braska Ten cergymen and four aymen from
Nebraska acted honorary paubearers. The
burial will take place to-day at Lenox. Mass. the
birthplace OF Bishop worthington.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
DINNER FoR THOMAS A. EDISON.

Tho heads OF the departments II the EcIson
Laboratory at West Orange gave dinner ios
Thomas A Edison In the Kruger Aucitorfuu ID
Newark last night. IN honor Of the inventors siAS
first birthday anniversary Moving pictures sno
musical programme took the place or the uSuA
speeches. There were forty persons a. tne un1.a
which was informal Mr. Edison. who Is SAID 20
receive a salary of 100000 a year. was asked 10"
II felt to have a $4,000 BIRTHDAY. and Row d.
could spend the money. He smiled and ans"el0
that he guessed he could spend IL IN making no''
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
from The Tribune Bureau.l

From Tribune
Washington Feb 1.-THE President receiseo
loo. than the usual number of visitors to-day. The
Cabinet claimed his time from IL to O'Clock ana
q few Senators and Congressman came carry 70
nresent friends or take up matters OF local inter-
est.
Tbo,. who called were Senators Beverfdge. An
k.ny Clark and Burkett Representatives Long
uorth Iowden Fairchild and Calder. and Commis-
s,oner Ballinser of the Land Office. who VIII re-
tire from office March T.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
HARDY NEWSPAPER MEN,
From The Boston Transcript.

Fronn The BostOn Transcript
In forty-eight years editor has been received
as a patient at the Longview Hospital, OF C1pcin-
natl, and only reporter. In that time the hos
pital has treated 2159 housewives. l.964 laborers
be3 domestic servants. SD other servants 800 farm
243 clerks, al carpenters. 1S5 merchants I2o
tailors l31 painters, 1lo shoemakers. 50 cigarmak-
ers, rs statesmen. 70 machinsts 64 cabinetmakers
IS teamsters 50 butchers, % bakers % coopers a.
saloonkeepers, AZ soldiers. Is schooteachers AZ
printers ~ lawyers, 30 physicians 80 hremen and
Is policemen.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
A ROYAL LOVER OF OPERA.
he Baltimore Sun.

The Emperor of Germany maintains the opera
and in 1907 spent nearly 81 100000 his own
income grand opera and comic opera at the
royal theatres in Berlin and Wies sbaden than the
receipts amounted 10. He Is, accordingly In a
position TO supply seats to deadheads and does
large scale. sending tickets for first class
distinguished persons OF his acquaintance
also to tradesmen with whom he has dealings
His acquaintance Is worth having his perma-
nent free list numbers 400 seats. His deadheads
getting the choicest places. the nobility often fare
badly. His outgo for opera seems liberal Perhaps
he feels that he ought to recfprocate the generosity
a. La aaIa
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau

Prom Tf1bune BureauI
WASHINGTON, Feb 1.-THE italian Ambassador
and Baroness Mayor des Planches left Washington
this morning for Havana. where they will remain
three weeks Signor Montagna, who will serve as
charge dana.res in the absence OF the ambassador,
has returned the capital from Baltimore.
Baroness HengelmtilIer entertained informally at
dinner tonight. complimentary to her house guest
Mrs Hubbard Of New York.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
CHURCH CLUB TO HAVE ANNIVERSARY.

The Church Club. Of New York or WHICH 20
Van Arlringe. of Columbia University. Is Presioen'
will celebrate tonight at Delu1onicos the t~sn'i
anniversary of its organization. The clno was g
tablIshed extend the traditions and ooce1in' -
the Episcopal Church. and provide horsES e
n,ss,,a room for churchmen IN the diocese An'ons
the speakers will be Bishop Potter Coadiutor SS''
Greer the Rev. Or. W. L. Robbins. dean OF ''
Theological Seminary the Rev. Dr. LuoecS s'N
Francis A. Lewis.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
NIe.p31ork Daily 04ibm,te
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY IL. 1908.

This newspaper is owncd ard published oy
The g,i1uue Association Netr York corpora
fson: office and principal place of business. 7rro-
une Building, 30. ISL Nassau street, he'o YORK;
ogden Malls, president: Nathaniel THtfie. sec
rctory and treasurer The address Of the on
GERS Is the Office Of this neicspdper.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
DINNER FOR JUDGE EAwcETT.

The Invincible Club. a Republican orsanlIA1.
OF BROOKLYN gave a dinner last night Tor Cou'iI,
Judge Lewis l. F,swcett a former president Oh
the club There were formal speeches. out -
eraI OF the T75 members present told the Juose
his good qualities and he reciprocated III A'A
State Chairman Woodruff was unaose '0
r,,-n
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
FORT LEE PARK ASSURED.

Washington. Feb. 1.-THE Senate to-day ~ Au
lied the acceptance a military Reservation U -,
and a quarter of land located on thc
sades opposite New York CITY known as Fort LeS
and used by the Continental army The tfaet
ne added 10 other land IN the vicinity ei the a.
sades and be used q park.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12

The Democratic Congressional Committee has
followed precedent in going to Missouri for a
chairman Whenever the Hon. Jim" Griggs. Of
Georgia decides to take term off at the task
of electing Democratic Congresses he finds
suitable and sympathetic understudy in the Mis-
souri, delegation Mr.. Cowherd was such a sub
stitute in 1904 and Mr.. Lloyd will prove an
equally satisfactory in 1903. The main
thing is not to disturb the Grisgs system OF
campaigning which has now become an en-
deared and venerable party habit. Mr. Griggs
is a leader who has never yet lost his eGuaniIn-
ity in the face OF disaster and who rises con-
tained and tranquil from each successive oe-
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
DANIEL BEACH REELECTED REGENT

Albany. Feb. u--Daniel Beach. OF Watkins.
elected by both houses OF the Legislature to-day
to succeed himself as regent of the University of
the State of New York for the full term OF eleven
years. In joint session the election will
be formally completed.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
sowDo,N ON CARNEGIE FOUNDATION.

Brunswick, Me. Feb. 11-President Hyde
nounced chapel to-day that he had received a
letter from President Prtchett Of the Carnegie
Foundation. stating that Bowdo College nas been
placed on the Carnagae Foundation.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
THE BIGGEST SCHOONER AFLoAr.
m The Kennebec Journal

From The kennebec Journal.
Bath will soon have the honor of sending over
board the biggest schooner affoat. II will be She
master building at the Percy g. Small
yard for j. 3. Winsow & Co. of Portland The
Thomas w. Lawson was the largest afYoat but her
recent loss will make the building stand
at the head OF veese,s OF tho schooner rig
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12

majority of the Portuguese want repuoii''
and we are quite certain that II they oo "o'
want n II sbould not be forced upon them.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12

NEW YORK SOCIETY.

/, house in their absence. will give dinner for them
on Saturday night.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12

Official show that there sappreci-
able difference between the temperature of the
fire az B,oomnsId, n. j., yesterday morning and
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12

Mayor Mcclellan and the Hon. Charles r
Murphy seem to have imbibed the Massachu-
setts idea that it is an affront 10 the dignity OF
a delegate to national convention to instruct
hin, as to the wishes of the voters whom ne
undertakes to represent.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
r,r vopr DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY r. 1908

that OF several thousand commuters "h''e
trains were delayed an hour or two py .he oo''
fagration.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12

Those extreme peace lovers who condemn
what they call the fighting hymns" of churcn
and Sunday school collections would 90 We'll d.
WAYS TO read the hymns before they denounce
them. We recall one esteemed contemporary
,,,b,c,, ,nveigbed austerely against the swash-
buckling bloodthrst.ness of the we'll known
hymn beginning The Son of God goes forth 10
war" pillorying it hideous incitement TO
mflitarism and bloodguiltness. until one day IT
occurred to the writer of the diatrioes to reao
the hymn through. when he found it to be con-
spicuousy an exhortation to peace. patience,
long suffering self denial and charity-the very
reverse of what his imagination, dwelling only
upon the first half stanza, had pictured it. We
really think that child might sing at least
some portions of Onward. Christian soldiers.
without wanting to butcher a fellow mortal;
and we have heard of a number Of men who
were fond of quoting Pauls Il have fought
good fight and yet who never even joined a
militia regiment.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12

II Oklahoma is really enacting and Will en-
force law requiring hotels to furnish their
beds with sheets long enough to be tucked
securely in the foot, shall not be
prised To a considerable migration OF hotel
dwellers to the state Even the most
patient and long suffering Manhattanese grows
weary, now and then, of finding the lower hem
of the sheet crawling toward his knees while
his uncovered toes twddle tattoo upon the
chilly footboard of the bedstead