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New-York tribune., 1908-07-13
LOUISIANA LAWS.

The Louisiana Legislature has just adjourned
after passing more than three hundred bills In
sixty days 1t is not this display of industry,
however. that calls for praise for there IS no
cheaper virtue among bill drafterS. tOngratu-
Iation is earned by the character of things done
and undOne all of which must be weighed with
due thought of LOuisianas. intellectual en-
yironment When we consider that the state is
bounded Oh the east by Nardaman, on the north
by Jeff Davis, on the west by the Land of
Nine Foot Bedsheets and the south by the
waters that wash Cipriano Castro, We must pro-
nounce the reported deeds Of Louisiana law
makers eminentiy sane.
Measured by the amount of public interest
and official discussion aroused, the racetrack
gambling bill was the most important measure
of the session In that instance the legislators
drew their inspiration, if they did not actually
take their cue, from Governor Hughes and
they successfully combated corrupt financial
interests relatively far stronger than those
which gambled on Senator Foelkers illness.
Level headed also was the refusal TO pass any
of the numerous bills aimed at the New Or
leans Cotton Exchange The utter rout OF the
''anti-futures' prCpagandists is welcome sign
that Ignorant denunciation is not shaking any
body's reason. Naturally the radicals will pooh
y,ooh this Interpretation. adding that the Legis-
Iafure is under the thumb Of vested interests.
But this rhymes badly with the drastic child
labor law which these "hirclinGs Of putocracy'
put OH the statute books in spite of many bitter
protests from wealthy citizens who saw III the
act the ruin of the oyster and fish canning in
dustry. Such names i'll fit lawmakers who for
bid all children under fourteen years OF age to
work in any establishment and limit the en-
pIoyment of all girls between fourteen and
eighteen and of all boys between fourteen and
sixteen TO the hours between a. III. and
p m.
But not evan an2als can wholly overcome the
New-York tribune., 1908-07-13
THE MCARREN DECISION.

Fast fall the blows Of fate on the devoted
head Of the Hon. pat" McCarren. Brooklyn S
greatest statesman spent good money to go to
Denver and assert there his rights as the legally
chosen head of the Democracy OF Kings County.
But the Denver convention would not recognize
Kings County as an autonomy and took the
word Of Mr.. Murphy and Mr.. Conners that Bird
G. Coler and his associates were the only simon
pure representatives Of Jefersonianism as 1t Is
practised in the Borough of Brooklyn. While
on his lonely journey home the courts have
made havoc with another Of Mr.. McCarrens ur-
gent claims to political consideration He want
ed to appoint the Democratic election officials
for Kings County. But Justice Kelly's decision
denies him this right on the ground that the
law confers on a state convention full power TO
decide which Of two factions in any county Is
regular" The election appointments, there
fore go to the Williams Coler faction.
There can be no question that some confusion
has been introduced into election methods
by the development of the primary system. A
county organization, successful at the primaries,
cannot be deprived of its legal status within the
county by defeated rivals. Yet state conven-
ton can refuse it recognition and, in so far as
state authority Is distinguishable from local au-
thority can vest power in the opposition faction.
Yet the theory, If not the actual intent, OF the
primary system is to allow the voters OF each
county to decide for themselves which section
of party constitutes the lawful majority or
ganizatton and to extend protection to that law
full majority against unjust treatment at the
hands of state convention. The McCarren
bill, defeated at Albany in June, aimed at
throwing complete safeguards about the de-
cisons of primaries and preventing "embezzie-
ments of power such as Democratic state con-
ventions are prone to- Its failure leaves Mr..
McCarren at bay among his enemies. But his
plight may help to enforce the necessity of curb
ing the confiscatory powers Of state conventions
and forcing them to recognize the bona Fde ac-
ton of the voters at the primaries as definite
and irraYOcnhle.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-13
VIII EIOTTTION

In the South Carolina, which has just been
launched. and the Michigan, which went down
the ways about six weeks ago, Americans have
reason TO feel special interest. These two bat
tleships are the first in the United States navy TO
embody the "one-calibre gun" principle. When
finished, as they probably will be before the end
Of 1909, they viii each be equipped with eight
12-inch breechloaders and nothing else for of
fensive purposes. The days Of the primary bat
terry containing S-inch. finch and Ginch guns
apparently over so far as new construction
is concerned In size and speed the South Car
olira and the Michigan viii closely resemble the
Connecticut but will carry twice as many OF
the weapons best suited 10 long range fighting
as Admiral Sperry's flagship. In offensive arm
ament they will be surpassed only slightly by
the Delaware and the North Dakota, now under
contract. and the Florida and the Utah the con-
s1uction of which viii soon be begun. The four
ships last mentioned are each 10 be provided
With ten 12-inch guns
What is the most effective type Of war vessel
is question the final answer 10 which has evil
IDENTITY not been given, England taught the
world 10 build Dreadnoughts. and she is con
tinuing TO add them 10 her navy. But she is
also furnishing her friends and her rivals an
other object lesson which viii receive close at
tention. The pioneer Of new class the Indom-
itable. viii soon bring the Prince Of Wales
across the Atlantic 10 attend the Quebec cee-
bration Two other vessels OF the same design,
the Invincible and the Inhexbe. now prac-
tically completed and the keel Of a fourth was
10 be laid some time ia the current month. Three
wears ago Mr. Albert Vickers, commenting on
the launch Of the Natal, remarked that she was
probably the last cruiser England would ever
build, and his forecast seems TO have been yeri-
fed. For a while 1t proposed TO call the
Indomitabe and her sisters "armored cruisers,
but they cannot be properly casSed as such.
They retain none Of the characteristics Of the
cruiser except speed. and In this respect outdo
the best performances OF England's other cruis-
ers- In armament they are Dreadnoughts or
South Carolinas.
Until very recently England was content to
equip her cruisers with nothing larger than o.
inch guns. That is the sort of reanon with
which the Drake. the flagship of Prince Henry
of BatteHberE- was provided when he visited
America nearly three years age The heaviest
guns in the splendid cruiser squadron which
Admiral BroWnson took 10 the PHILIPPINES
shortly afterward had S-inch bores. and the
Tennessee has nothing heavier than a 10-inch
rife The Indomtable mounts eight 12-inch
breechloaders two less than the DreadnOught
carries, and nothing else, except for defence
against torpedo boats. Moreover, the lndom-
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liable has displacement fully three thousand
tons greater than the Drake and only slightly
less than the Dreadnought.
1t was proposed TO give to the vessels of the
new class-which have been designated "bat-
tleship- cruisers speed of twenty five knots
Political considerations have kept the public
from learning the exact result Of the accept
ance trials but there is reason to believe that
the Admiraltys requirements were more than
met in the case Of the Indomitable and another
vessel which was tested q few days ago. The
third is yet TO undergo the ordeal. With en-
gines developing Il, 600 horsepower 10000 more
than those of the Drake and 10000 more than
the Dreadnoughts), England has been able to
establish entirely new record for ships of
war.
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subtle influence of their milfeu. Baton rouge
fortified with horse sense, has succumbed in
slothful moments to the insidious example OF
Texas and Oklahoma Soons. Not to be out
done by laws against cigar store Indians,
cracked coffee cups and physicians whiskers'
Ioulsianians have enacted statute prohibiting
theatregoers from taking their seats while the
curtain is up. But even this hath the SAVIOR OF
reason and charity about it. Oklahoma would
have Iegislated against those who leave their
seats during q play.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-13

Commenting upon the selection OF Mr.. Bryans
running mate, "The New York Times says: GAS
Faust (Rep) remarked Das also des
Pudels Kern" At the risk OF seeming pc
dantic we suggest that the reader translate
"PudeL,' not literally, as Bayard Taylor and
other Faust students do. but rather into the
hgurative conoquial "blunder' miss" in
bowling. Thus rendered Goethe's line fits the
democratic convention and its ticket. THE
Times" has quoted better than II knew.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-13
HOPELESS ANTI-BRYAN MEN

Dispatch to The Baltimore Sun (Dem).
This convention has been one of the most
thuSiastic in its demonstrations ever held. and the
conclusion of all its work has been by unanimous
vote Yet there has been underlying spirit OF
discomfort and opposition which has sought refuge
for its helPlessness in silent dignity which i'm
plies 4 purpose 10 take no responsibility for what
may follow IN the election. Ii Is plain that none
al those who opposed Mr.. Bryans nomination have
much hope for the campaign. and that there is a
lack of interest their part which renders them
willing to make the present concession OF harmony.
Cused dSlOyalty
New-York tribune., 1908-07-13

1t is to be regretted. but not particularly to
lie wondered at that some disaffected spirits In
Central America raise ructions in defiance OF the
recently made treaties of peace and friendship
among the five states We shall not expect to
see the troubles become serious. but even If
they do we shall not forsake the hope that
principles of peace and Righteousness will at
last prevail single backsliding is not suffi-
cient reason for despair.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-13
THE vAGABoND SPIRIT IN POLITICS -

From The Troy Times.
The vaeabOnd spirit in politics is we'll exempIi-
fed by BRYAN Everything by turns, and nothing
long He had free silver genesis. but since then
he has crossed 1t with gold and 10 to l. is no
longer in his code In 1900 he anti-im-
perialist Since then he has shaken hands with
every autccrat in Europe Asia, and seemed to
enjoy 1t, surpassing them all at Denver die
tator.
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Netp71ork DAILY Gribnats
MONDAY. JULY 13, 1908.

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New-York tribune., 1908-07-13

The Hon. Josiah Marvel. OF Delaware, dlnh
carry the Denver convention by storm, as ne
contracted to do But he evidently made his
calculations without due allowance for Den
ver's mile high level.
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1t was not a bit surprising that the Denver
convention feared the "hoodoo" of Il Friday
nomination, and so by monleying with the
clock tried to pretend that o'clock Friday
morning was still Thursday evening. For the
sake of consistency and the eternal fitness of
things it ought In addition to have taken meas
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TWO OF A KIND.
From The New York Evening Mail

BRYAN. beaten In 1896 by col. $40 votes and In
by S49 100 votes. Is again put up for the Pres
idency despite his record OF defeat. To be
sistent. the Democratic party has associated with
him, and charged with the specific task OF carry
ing Indiana, a twice defeated candidate for Gov
ernor of that state.
John w. Kern fell 25 i63 votes short of success
in 1900 and S4S64 in 1904. and these are the two
worst defeats ever sustained by Hoosier Guber-
Material candidate. His experience In public af-
fairs has been confined to service In the Legis-
Iature and city attorney OF Indianapolis and
to several unsuccessful quests for higher Office.
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THE ONLY SAFE ASSUMPTION
m The Svracuse Post -Standard.

FIUIu SyIdCUSt IUSI-oVdIItIdIU-
Bryan's election as President IS very remote
possibility. but the situation which the campaign
win develop is likely TO be one in which Repubii-
can party managers and voters i'll afford to be
either careless Indifferent
Every element of strength the Republican party
can muster should be arrayed against Bryan. To
assume that all of the party strength Will be
needed is the only perfectly safe assumption in the
national campaign soon to open.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-13
The motto of Mr.. Bryan: after me the
deluge of government ownership"

Why did the young gentlemen OF the Univer
sitv Of Pennsylvania football eleven who are
hardening themselves in Manitoba wheat fields
for the fall struggles on the gridiron not elect
to patronze home industries and test the corn
belt OF Kansas as a training camp? Surely the
farmers would have welcomed them.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-13

The plicky attempt to traverse siberia IN
automobiles recalls DR.. Johnson's observation
on women's preaching, that 1t SIS like a dogs
walking on his hind legs; 1t is not done WELL
..l,t vo,, are surprised to find It done at ALL
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ures for providing its candidate with the LETT
hind foot Of a graveyard rabbit killed IN the
dark of the moon.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-13

If 1t is possible for Mr.. Bryan to feel dis
couraged. he viii do when he learns that T.
Lawson, Esq, of third term stampede fame, is
now predicting a great Democratic victory.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-13

Side doors the Subway cars will be as
popular every day in the week as the side doors
of certain other institutions on Sundays
The company's only grumble is that they may
not be profitable.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-13
TAFr-s SUPERIORITY.
- - sprlngfeld Repuhlican Ina

IIOIN SpIIUBLtu NtpUUUCan IIuu.
Mr.. B.yan's hanGicaps are very serious lie
must encounter the hostility of the conservative
wing OF the Democratic party, and his prevt-
defeats tend TO destroy his prestige among
all those who Ike to support a winning candidate.
IL Is also palpable that. however strong charac-
ter he may be. within his special limitations, his
long career agitator has tended unfit him
for actual governmental work and has developed
the orator and doctrinaire at the expense of the
practical, well poised administrator In personal
ftness for the Presdeptial office Mr.. Taft offers by
far tho superior qualifications.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-13
POLITICAL POINTS.

HUGHES AND ANOTHER TERM
From The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
One fact is being given greater prominence every
day. The moral sentiment of this state IS practi-
cally a unit I'm asking that Governor Hughes be
continued in office another term
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formed concerning this vital feature of the
national life can afford to neglect The
Story of the White House"
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said: Il know Victor. my poor Clementine.
He will not fill the bill He is not a man
to start up a new dynasty And so he
called the match or
With the Millions
Prince Victor, again stung. returned to
his irregular fireside, swearing never to
stir from it again to chase wealth and
situation; and such are not only his in
innate sentiments, but his age. physical
condition and the rest-that entered into
Leopold's lecision against him-the party
has no longer the vestige of a hope of
Victor's continuing the male line.
You would say: They doubtless look to
dashing Louise" Heeled he is. His aunt
Mathilde, separated from Prince Anatole
Demidoff in 1915. drew til her death. an
annual 100000 francs alimeny from the
D-midoff family-which she religiously set
apart Bonapartist restoration fund.
Count it up for sixty years at compound
interest. Add the capital of her great
Wurtemberg fortune, her palace in the
Rue de Berri, her vast chateau at Enghian,
her wonderful collection of jewels, her
furniture, bric-abrac and tapestries of i'm
mense value, and you will imagine easily
that Louis got from her anything from
Ii, 100000 to 10000, 600 francs!
The dashing general. Helas, he dashed
so hard that he became. shall we say,
Jared?
He has not welded since he got his
money. And precious years have passed
1t may be said for him he is too proud
to marry any but a princess. But it
may be answered that the princesses
fathers-like King Leopold with Victor
puffy, short-winded, rackety. with all
the betting against him as founder of a
line.
Hum, hum! The third remaining male
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living all these years in Brussels, bliss
fully, but shall we say irregularlE? The
chagming lady to whom he has been so
Enthusiastically attached has never been
in a pssition to give him children capable
of being led to the throne.
For this and more, the aged Princess
Mathilde. enormously rich and powerful
as the Bonapartist plotting-center till her
death in 1903. cut Victor off in her will as
a pretender who had failed to pretend.
Instead. she left her many millions to his
brother Louis a dashing general of the
Russian army. whom the Bonapartists
and the Russian court itself regarded as
a far more likely man to carve out a
kingdom with a campaign fund
For once. Prince Victor walked up. The
loss of the campaign fund stung him.
Shall I say stung?' he communed with
himself. He thought of his neglected
duties to the family and dynasty.
Shortly after he disturbed the world by
asking for the hand of PRINCESS Clemen-
tine, favorite daughter OF the golden old
King of the Belgians.
.Clementne would have. upon her
fathers death. enough to tempt the most
faithful heart from an irregular fireside.
Her two sisters being already thrown out
and disinherited in advance, she would
finally bring to Prince Victor some $780,
100000 francs-the bulk of her father
Observation-Disclosures mans intelligent
money-getting. less the royal domain of
the Congo-which must go to Belgium.
true imperial heeling, beyond the lost
millions of Mathilde. The Bonacartists
were delighted and surprised a lot. The
King of Italy, Prince Victors cousin,
sounded President Loubet on the subject.
No one knows. what Loubet said. There
was no need One stalwart old objector
squelehed all. 1t was the King of the
Belgians, hale and hearty sinner, who
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derive an interest through the spirit of
their Interpretation, and for this reason
are of more than archaeological interest
Because the painter himself has found
them interesting he has been able to
transmit his enthusiasm and make patent
to others that beauty of color or form
which he himself felt and saw.
x
At Feerhoffs gallery there is now to be
seen a collection of wood-block prints
made in Japan by Miss Helen Hyde, who
is we'll known in this city. Miss Hyde has
revived this branch of japanese art, which
some years ago was SO popular, but has
fallen lately into disuse, or more properly
ill-use, and she has won through her skill
the plauditS of even the Japanese critics.
Her little pictures of children in Japanese
costume are very attractive in their naive
simplicity. and her larger ones of the
Japanese mothers display excellent feeling
and craftsmanship. 1t would seem that
none other had been able, without loss,
to modernize the art spirit of Japan.
Through an arrangement it'll other
similar organizations. the. Capital Camera
Club will hold during the winter a series
of small exhibitions of art-photography
in its club rooms at 1910 f street. The
first of these comes from Philadelphia
and is now in place. 1t includes several
excellent portrait studies. landscapes and
urban scenes. In connection with this eX-
hibit. in an adjoining room, is shown a
collection of photographs made by Mr..
Wendell G. Corthell of Boston which
merits remark The members of he Capt.
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s. xxiea6noWOpLDorI Observation-Disclosures

tai Camera Club are much occupied at
present preparing work for their annual
exhibition which will be held, as usual
in the Hemicycle hall of the Corcoran
gallery in the early spring.
No great amount of work has been
done in the local studios this week. ow-
ing to the disorganzation of the holiday
season. Several of the artists have taken
this opportunity to visit out-of-town eX-
hibitions and others have laid aside their
tools for recreation. Mr.. Brooke spent
Christmas at his home in Warrenton,
Va. and has since been in Philadelphia
serving on the jury of selection for the
Pennsylvania Academy. Mr. Moser has
been in New York. where the National
Academy of Designs midwinter exhibit
ton is still in progress.
The Corcoran School of Art reopens
Monday, and that afternoon at quarter
past o'clock in the lower hemicycle an
cart Talk" will be given by Mr.. James
Henry Moser the president. of the Wash
inston Water Color Club who is one of
the members of the. faculty. These in
formal talks are given on the first Mon
day of each month by the prlnclpdl ana
the instructors in turn, and have become
prominent factor in the life of the
school They are intended for the bene-
fit of the students, who, by the way. at
the present time number about two hum
dred but others who are especially in
terested are granted admission.
Special mention was made in a recent
issue of the New York Herald of the
color-etchings of Mr.. George Senseney,
formerly of this city, a pupil of the late
Mr. Helmick and a student of the Cor
coran School. The writer, after giving a
description of the process which Mr.
Senseney employed. very truly said that
the word color-etching and varied eff
described the charming and varied eff
fects which Mr.. Senseney obtains through
this medium. Mr.. Senseney was admir-
ably represented in the Philadelphia
Water Color Clubs annual exhibition,
which was held in the Pennsylvania
Academy. With him in New York this
winter is his sister, Miss Virginia Sen
seney. who as a metal worker mas like
wise won distinction.
LEILA MECHLIN.
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PklNCE LOUIS BQNARARJE.

in Europe is Prince Roland, past fifty
and a confirmed widower since his be-
loved young wife died in giving birth
to Princess Marie.
In the photograph he stands beside his
mother, now deceased. while his daugh-
ter Marie, not then yet engaged, is lean
ing against the chimneypiece, wondering
at the l.mpness of the eagle.
Scientific Roland.
Neither Roland nor his father nor his
fathers father cared a jot to keep the
Bonaparte line up.
Lucien, his grandfather. after amassing
an enormous fortune as ambassador to
Spain, mortally offended the great Napo-
leon by TRANQUILITY marrying a money
brokers' widow and retiring, snug for
life, to Rome. Pierre, his son-and Ro-
lands father-eaually refused all honors
form Napoleon III and married Mile.
Justine Elenore Rufin, daughter of a
Paris stockbroker. And then Roland, in
his turn, espoused the daughter of old
Blanc of Monte Carlo-getting 20.O00.0OO
with her and remaining twenty years
her faithful widower!
He has one of the magnificent libraries
of Europe. He is an. active member of all
kinds of learned societies, geographical,
statistical, social economy, advancement
of science Alpine climbing, aeronautical
and popular traditions! He writes books
like Variations in the Lengths of Gla-
ciers." Documents on the Thirteenth
Century Mongol Epoch" THE Eruption
of Krakastra'' and The Huon Gulf. with
Maps"
So ends the European male line of the
Bonapartes.
This is why the Figaro. the Bonapartist
organ, says:
There are five male Bonapartes now
left: Victor. Louis. Roland, Charles,
United States Attorney General, and Je-
rome his nephew"
This is why they said at Princess Ma
rie's wedding:
THE American Bonapartes must save
the Napoleonic male liner
And such is times justification of the
blameless American lady who, so deeply
injured by the great Napoleon prophesied
that she would one day be the saving
of his race! STERLING HELLO. -.