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New-York tribune., 1908-01-26

the technical drafting of bills to a speciai oe
partment and by relieving the legislators OF as
much routine administrative work rs possible
To dispel our national superstition about tue
miraculous potency of mere bill passing the
ambassador suggests that the workings Oh
every enactment experimental in character he
carefully watched and periodically reported on
.,as resr,ectS both the extent to which it is ac-
..rtlallv enforced Cor found enforceable( and the
practical results of the enforcement
To the ordinary American the most radical
uoint in these interesting suggestions Is the
recommendation to fix responsibility for the
course and general policy Of legislation upon
certain individuals. This seems 10 mean the
ministry system. in fact. if not in name. How
ever hostile conservatives may he toward such
I remodelling of our methods. there should De
uDanimty on Mr.. Bryce's suggestion TO supply
legislators with the necessary information. ald
and leisure and to watch what happens AFTER d
law has been inscribed upon the statute DOCKS
If Americans are as practical as they habltualiy
fancy themselves to be they will give these
ideas early and serious attention
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
JNTEGER FITA.

IncreduIitv. CONSERVATION and despair are
variouSly and copiously manifested Dy certain
adherents of the old ring system IN New Jer-
sey politics at the straightforward uttcfahces
of the new Governor Of that state III MS III
auarraI address. Revolutionary, lmpfacticaple
and ruinous are a few of the eplthets when
they apply to his policy. His ideas will never
ba carried out-never in the world they say
and if they were il would mean the overwheim-
ing defeat of the party in the next election Of
course the fufment of his plans, some CON
cpdp would make New Jersey just ABOUT the
best governed state in the Union; but theh lhat
is altogether idealistic visionary, and toe much
to hope for.
What Mr.. Fort proposes Is that ne hlhlseh
shall lOyally fulfil his ante-eecnon pledSes. Is
there anv reason why that should be regarded
with incredulity? Really it should not be
an astounding or unbelievable thing for a man
70 keep his word particularly when he IS
man who Ali his life has been known among all
who know him for doing that very thing He
proposes also that the party which elected nm
shall so far as he can effect it, keep It's Word
and fulfil its platform promises. We cannot see
that that is n prospect which should be regarded
with CONSERVATION or the realization OF when
should he contemplated with despair. If the
nartv did not mean to keep its promises or was
afraid to fulfil them it ought never to have
made them. Nor can we regard 1t as at ali
dangerous from the point of view of practical
politics and with the next election vividly in
mind for the party 10 keep its pledges and to
pursue precisely such a policy as that which
the Governor has outlined ON the contrary, we
should consider any other course as leading 10
suicide. Whatever few politicians who hold
Rarnum'S rather than IinColnS idea concerning
the gullibility of the people may think. there
can he little doubt that the people Of New -"
sev elected Mr.. Fort to he Governor because
they trusted his campaign promises and be
lieved he would fulfil them. and that they
elected Il Republican Legislature because they
expected and desired that party TO fulhl the
promises of its platform and of its campaign
professions. There will he no danger In keep
ing faith with the people. There would he the
greatest possible danger in breaking that faith.
As for the statement that fulfilment of Mr.
Forts plans would make New Jersey the hest
governed of all the states. it may or may not
he true We are inclined to think that il is
true. because while equally good plans may
have been put forth in other states they have
not yet been completely fulfilled. But we know
of no reason for dSmiSsing the plan as vision
arv Il Is certain that some state In the | Mon
must be the best governed, and New Jersey has
rs good right 70 aspire to that distinction as
any other: ana seeing that the distinction is
by far the most pnviable that any state can
possess. We should think it would he the
natural ambition of every state to attain il.
II therefore that estimate of Mr.. Forts policy
Is correct il is Just about the strongest pos
sibe reason for maintaining and fulfilling his
policy
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
NICHOLAS TNCH4IkOFENkI. Y.

1t is not NJ all difficult 10 understand either
the implacahle aniuus # the Russian bureau
crarv against Nicholas TSchaik0fSky the ear
nest sympathy with him which is manifested IN
the United States and elsewhere, even by multi
tudes To whom the name Of his old friend Step
MAX is not grateful and To whom the ordinary
anarchic or socialistic revolutionary is wholly
anathema. The pioneer Of the revolutionary
movement In Russia. and especially Of the up
rising of the "intecctuals' Tschaikoffsky has
for nearly forty years maintained his moral pri-
macy ahead OF and above all other agitators for
freedom in that country.
BEGINNING his career promising scientist
- he was u favorite pupil of the great Men
dcIecf who died last year, and distinguished
himself in early life In chemical research-he
was soon subjected to unjust persecution by the
secret police of the bureaucracy, who distrusted
every man of intellectual activity. and thus was
driven into political propagandism. Thereupon
he devoted himself to the organization of cir
,les of intcIIeCtualS devoted To the people" of
which he was the inventor and founder and
which have since been greatly multiplied
AS long as thirty five years ago he had already
established such bodies among the students and
educated men and women of fOrty-tWO provinces
The distinctive characteristic Of these "Tschai-
koffslv circles" rs they were called. and the
great glory of rhcir founder. the high moral
standard which was required of their members
There was in them none of the pr0nScuouS inn
morality which has marked and has impaired
the value of SO many Of their later fmitators
Because OF that very circumstance OF high mo-
rality TScEakoffsky's work was the more effec-
tive and WAS regarded by the bureaucracy as
the more dangerous.
In the reign of terror which marked the close
Of Alexander lis reign. eliminating In the
murder of that sovereign. and which extended
through most # the reign of his successor
T$chaikoffsl,y had no part. nor is the world ac-
Guainted with any act of his In sympathy with
such atrocities. His work In America, England
and Switzerland is we'll known and comm"ndS
itself TO lovers of human freedom. 1t is at once
his distinction his recommendation to the world
AT large ard his condemnation in the sight OF
the bureaucracy that he before and more than
any one else aroused and organized the intellect
uals'' Of Russia against the misrule and OPP
preston Of the bureaucratic system and rallied
the mind and morals of Russia for reform. For
that the bureaucracy will scarcely forgive him
But there are mutitudeS all over the world who
would profoundly regret to see him sent TO
martyrdom that account
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
SPOJLS AND THE CENSU s.

Ir is 10 he hoped that enough public pressure
Will be exerted on Congress to force the aban-
dOnment of certain vicious provisions cohtaiheu
in a measure now pending in the House OF i'tP
reSentatives which provides for a perpetuauoh
of the spolS sy stem in the selection OF census
Bureau employees. The Census Bureau was not
long ago established on permanent OASIS anu
work enough was assigned II to malh'dlh d
skeleton force 10 be amplted i'll the years I'M
mediately preceding and following the deceh-
NAL enumeration. Congress is about TO authoI-
ize the enlargement necessary TO prepare IoT
the enumeration of 1910. and although the per
manent force is selected in strict acCoru-
ance with Civil Service rules the Dill lHlio
duced by Mr. CrumpaCker, of Indiana chalrH'h
of the House Census Committee. provides ior
the retention of the old nOn-coinpetltlNe he'hod
in the appointment of the additional l"rte
which method. as President Roosevelt said IN
his message 10 Congress on January To- S'rN'u
under the last two cpnSuSeS merely 'as Il CLOAK
IN hide the nakedness of the spoiiS system.
The non-competitivP method is. in fact. IN
tended 10 open the way 10 political ana per
sonaI fayoritism It is bad enough 10 colhie
the Director of the Census. whose time should
be free for the discharge of other more III
no-tant duties. 10 wreStie with the engroSSing
problem of patronage distribution mat il ii
cross in,nosition on his temper and patience
R1lr cODcpul1lg tDdI WIFI t'lt utill''S '-'N''
could thus secure force One-half or tWo-thHuS
as effective as one recruited by genuine tests
OF merit and efficiency, he is 10 he fur'her
crippled by a provision that the appointeeS Sc
Ierted under a waiver of Civil Service rules may
he brought under the protection Of those rules
and thus fill vacancies in the permanent force
That is q familiar trick of the patronage hunter
to create a temporary group OF employees eA-
ampt from competitive tests and then later
either to make them Individually eligible Tor
transfer TO the permanent Civil Service or 10
direct their inclusion in that service as
body This usage is vicious in theory ana
demoralizing in practice, for it encourages IN
cornpetents 10 lie in wait for just such chances
10 obtain offices by indirection which they couo
never win by fair and legitimate competition
The inefficiency of past cenSuSeS has heeh due
in large part TO the necessity of improVlSinG
force and the custom of making appointments
under political pressure The Census Bureau
was long happy hunting ground for de-
pendents upon Congressional bounty. foor
material and slipshOd methods caused a waste
in the taking Of each of the last three cen
suses which has been estimated at a minimum
of So 600 600 Now that the Census Bureau
has been made permanent and been properly
organized. il should he conducted on business
methods and not he handicapped by being
forced TO serve as an asylum for half-qUallfle1
benpficiaries of political socitude and inter
ceSSiOn.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
TIE DIpI OMATIC CORPS.

IFrom The Tribune Bureau1
Washington Ian 25.--The AuStro-ttu1lSdil' IAN An
haseador and Baroness Hengelmdiler. WHO 4edN
here in the morning for New York. Will speiiu d
week AT the St Regis. The baroness VIII uheh i
,,,r,, 70 the capital but the Ambassador VIII go III
rect from New York 70 the West Indies on d uIP''
matte mission.
The Russian Ambassador received cable us
match Yesterday announcing the death OF MS olo'
er and he will withdraw entirely from soclal M
for the present Baron ROsen will san f'r RUSSIA
in Nav instead of this month. as was his toriHei
intention Mr.. Kroupensky- counsellor, anu Coiii
rnander NeboIsine naval attache OF the embassy
who have been in New York some days, returned
to the capital to-day.
The Argentine Minister and Sonora. de FoTteld
were hosts at a dinner the legation tonight nav
ing as guests Assistant Secretary OF state anu
Mrs Bacon the Minister from Chill and Sonora de
Cruz the Danish Minister. the first secretary OF IN"
spanish Legation and ScTora de Pastor. the Inird
Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs. huntington
Wilson Signor Mouta gna. counsellor of the Italiah
Embassy; Sefor Yoacham, first secretary OF tr'
Chflan Legation Or. Alberto Palacios Costa hrSt
secretary and Senior Don Julian Portela- second
secretary. of the Argentine Legation, and Senor
Manuel PorteIa. the Minister'S son
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

New York has developed into so big metropolis
tba, the arrival of persOnageS of note no Longer
attracts the amount OF popular attention @S
in former A couple OF years ago the future
King and Queen of Bavaria were IN Ne" forh
for more than a month without any one, even
among their countrymen being aware OF their pres
erce here and for the days the Duchess
of Sutherland has been in this city. going aOon'
quietly among her friends and acquaintance, WITH
out any word of her arrival having reached the
ear of the public. That the duchess should have
managed TO escape observation so long is rernarka-
BILE for she has been portrayed almost as fire.
Guently on this side of the Atlantic as her haIt-
sister the Countess of Warwick. who visited New
York last fall. stafford House. the London home
OF the duchess. has been the scene Of so many
bosrttaIities TO Americans that there many per-
sons in New York society who will be anxious 10
welcome her to the Empire City.
New York's season may be said TO reach its cul-
miuatng point this week, and while there still
a number Of entertainments of one kind and an
other scheduled for February the annual spring
exodus to Southern resorts In America and TO Bar-
ritz and the Mediterranean shores in Europe will
begin about ten days hence
The New York colony Aiken promises to be
exceptionally large this spring. Mr. and Mrs
Thomas Hitchcock. jr., are already on the scene.
with their dogs. and hunting has begun During
February Mr. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney will
usual entertain a series of house parties al their
country place which they inherited from Will
lam G. Whitney Life at Aiken is very agreea-
BILE largely owing its freedom from conven-
tonality to the intimacy of the various members
constituting the New York coterie and to the alb
sence OF strangers.
The bookings for Europe very considerable.
and include a large representation of the Wander
bilt family the names of Mr.. and Mrs W. X.
Vanderbilt sr., Mr.. and Mrs. W. X Vanderbilt
ir Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. NIr and
Mrs Reginald Vanderbilt. Mrs. Frederick w Van
Some of them would have gone ere this had ii not
been for the wedding of Miss Gladys Vanderbilt to
Count I.adislas Szechenyi tomorrow
Miss Vanderbilt's marriage, already announced
In these columns, will take place tomorrow morn
ing at II at the house of her mother, Mrs. Van
derbt In West 57th street. The large drawing
room looking out to Fifth will be utiI-
lied for the ceremony which will be that Of the
Right Rev Monsignor Lavelle. rector of ST. Pat
rick's Cathedral This Is the cnIy ceremony that
will he performed The musical features thereof will
no furnished by choir of the Cathedral arrayed
in their white surplices and scarlet cassocks and
by Nahan Franko and his orchestra. Miss Van
derbilt will be attended by her cousin, Miss Ruth
Twombly and by her most intimate girlhood
friend Miss Dorothy Whitney as bridesmaids and
by her niece. MrA Harry Payne whitney's little
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IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
[From The Tribune Bureau


Washington Jan 25.-Mr. and Mrs. John r Nc
Lean entertained at dinner tonight. and followed
it with dance complimentary TO their house
guest Mrs Robert Goeet. of New York. TO which
a number of the young married people and TINS
and last years debutantes were invited
Miss Emily Tuckerman gave musical reception
at her house tonight complimentary to Miss
Houghton. of Boston. the house guest of the Post
master General and Mrs. Meyer.
Major and Mrs. Charles r. Wheeler, who are
visiting Major General and Mrs Gillespie. were
the guests of honor dinner tonight with MT.
and Mrs. B. b. Bradford as hosts Invited %
meet them were Rear Admiral and Mrs Bradford
Rrigader General and Mrs. Murray. Brigader Cen
eraI and Mrs. Hail. Brigadier General and Mrs
Darlington, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Mason. Major
and Mrs Isaac ". LitteII. Baroness Won Palmen-
Derg of New YORK. and DR.. Sterling Ruffn
Mr. and Mrs John W Foster entertained twenty
guests at dinner tonight. who were invited 10 meet
tboir bous,. guests Judge and Mrs. Dickinson, cf
Chicago Several OF the members OF the Supreme
Court and their wives included in the num-
Der.
Mr. and Mrs Woodbury. Blair. Mrs. John Lindsay
Moorehead Mrs. Cameron and Senator Du Pont
were among the hosts entertaining dinner parties
tonight.
Justice Moody. OF the Supr G1e Court went 10
Nau York to-day TO remain over Sunday.
New York women will give a ball on February
a7 az Rauscher's for which they have issued two
hundred invitations In every respect the AFFAIR
will he one Of the most elaborate and exclusive
subscription affairs T given here The women
who have each subscribed $3.50. are Mrs. George w
Vanderbilt Mrs Robert Bacon, Mrs Pierre Lor-
lizard Mrs Beekman Winthrop Mrs. Hope Slater
Mrs Purdv Mrs Herbert Wadsworth, Mrs lIarZ
Anderson and Mrs. Frederic A. Keep. TWO sup
pers will he served and the faVors Tor the cot'loh
are especially pretty The nine women suhSeIio-
rs will receive the guests and act as hostesses for
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
vR. BRYCE on LEGISLATION.

A happy instinct for the timely and the i'm
portant was displayed by the British Ambassa-
dor in his address before the annual meeting Of
the New York State Bar Association In re-
turning to the country which has been his favor
fte object Of study for many years. Mr.. Bryce
found the national game Of lawmakng which
had attracted his attention while writing The
American Commonwealth developing into a
habit and a passion analogous, i'm several as
poets, TO its only rival, baseball He also found
that the harm wrought by the pastme mas become
so great that Americans are now willing and
even eager to listen TO advice on legislating
which not many years ago would have been
branded as undemocratic. In meeting this
changing attitude with scholarly, practical
discourse on Methods and Conditions of Legis
Ianon," Mr.. Bryce brings 10 the fore a matter
OF prime importance. If his utIerances are
thougbtfally considered speculation may soon be
followed by deeds worthy Of the problem.
There are two great defects in the present
system Of legislation. Mr.. Bryce was consider
ate enough 10 specify only one shortconing
while proposing remedies for both The first
defect is legislation on technical matters by un-
trained persons: the second is the fond delusion
that the mere enactment OF a measure is .sufii-
eient to cure the evil attacked or TO supply the
want sought Mr.. Bryce points out that Amer
lean legislators, chosen as they are. cannot be
Justly censured for their ignorance on many i'm
portant matters about which laws must oe
passed; the incapacity Of the average lawmaker
is due primarily to the coInplexity of modern
civilization. Legislation economic intricacies
being unavoidable, the dangers Of laymens laws
are TO be lnnniZed in Mr.. Bryce's opinion. by
fixing the responsibility for the conduct of legis-
lation upon definite person or group. by Great
ing a system for gathering and examining facts
relevant TO the topics Of legislation, by assigning
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26

or,,oror+1v verpinp so closely upon the impossi-
BILE the genius of all who have striven Ill 'ua,
direction with either partial success OF tolai
failure from Forster to Mr. Birrell might wen
be invoked.
Then there are proposals for housing Tie peo-
DIe for the laying out of towns, LOT 'he resu"
tion of hours of work in mines, for the improve
ment of the Port of London. for the estaDliSn
pent of an Irish university for Engllsh Iahu
,o+;o,, and for reforming the Irish land sys-
+o,, all of which the government would Ike 10
nocS If il couId There are the bills for Scottlsh
1ond valuation and concerning Scottish Snlali
Iandholdprs which were passed last sessloh
but rejected by the House or Peers "il'n 'he
government would now like to pass again 1t
the exnense Of if not for the sake OF. PROVOKING
q controversy with the Peers ana thus pl"liio'
inc tbe movement for a ''mending or endih5 vi
that House The old age pension scheme II "o'
greatly relished by the government Dut l. aio
70 no vigorouslv pressed upon ITS attention
from outside the Cabinet and it may he iouho
innossfble altogether to ignore or to shelVe II ;
d tho coma may he said of measures proVld-
&c.,. f,,. socond haIlots in elections as TO conf
mol q ma ioritv vote and for the redemption anu
nrotaction of streams from sewage poiiilloh
And of course. behind and over all loohls 'he
nortentous issue of Home Rule
Obviously that is programme ho' iui
sion but for whole septennate- II VIII i' a. -,
no disposed Of not even if the House SITS uLltii
Iono after the historic twelfth of August 1e'
we NAV expect to see much done. Inc I'm
Minister is a hard worker, despite his years anu
their burdens and some of his colleagues are
energy and ambition incarnated. 1heE nav
foo the immense advantage of strong "olNins
ma aioritv over all possible combinations ol Up
posinc parties and factions. 1t VIII pe D
session at St Stephens. with promise Vi '"'
stantiHl results.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau

Washington Jan. 25.-The President receiNeu q
visit TODAY from Judge E H. Gary, chairman o,
the executive committee of the Cniteo 'lateS 90
I~., rle In the afternoon Judge Gary re-
.aad IN the White House and had luncheon WIN
the President ,,o
The Vice President and the Speaker OF the House
were early morning visitors at the president VI
flee. ..ioa
h. Colonel Irllman Of his staff, called to pay ms
respects. 1910. Co,
Otbar callers at the White House included SEN
ators Aldrich Hansbrough and warner rePo
sertatives Keifer Bennett, Fassett Maipy' RAJ!
- Iorston Hobson Lilly. Kustermann. Sui
Iowav. Gardner and Hepburn, Delegate Gale, OF
Alaska. Labor Commissioner Neill' COiohel Jon"
McCook. of New York, and Milton H. FuIuS'
assistant to the Attorney General
- I,ast,ent snent the evening at the dinner of
the CsrfdirOn Club
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Among the passengers who arrived yesterday
from abroad
ADRIATIC. FROM SOUTHAMPTON.
Mr. and Mrs Chester Alan Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson LIN
and Mrs W. J. curtis W Z Jarratt
X. u. Christie Cecil W 2
r G. V Duff a Violet Vivian
Lady Juliet Dun. George Wariug.
Ronald era. DR.. Russell Wells.
AMERIKA. FROM HAMBURG
Mr. nd NJ. W : HaIstead.
Mr.. and Richard -
Mrs Thomas Shields Clarke MCCurdy.
MIR r. r Hender- Mr. Mrs Robert b. NO
sol CuIdy
sir Alan and Lady John Mr. and Mrs F v sharon
Mrs. \ F Thane.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN. FROM HAMBURG
J. l. Caldwell. ". +. V. Raven
Mr. and Mrs Edmund Hof Miss T. a Smith.
FRIEDRICH DER CROSSE. FROM NAPLES
=.
f. II Martin Miss r Norris
Miss Sophie Mott Miss sadie Niles
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THE CABiNET.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau.I ]

IFrom The Tribune BuTeau-I -.
Washington Jan 25.-yThe Attorney Genera 4It
Mrs Bona aparte, who will entertain the Fresioen ii
ard Mrs Roosevelt at dinner on TUESDAY nav
issued invitations for dinner IN hohor VI %
members of the Supreme Court for feorudiS =,
IT. -acretar,, of the Navy again confined 10
his home with grip. from which ne recently p'rti'
recovered and has turned affairs at the Navy De
partment over to Assistant Secretary Ne"DerI'
until he entirely recoVers C.
~ Tft is making a visit to relatives in Gin
c,nnatf She will return the middle of the week.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
a WEODING.

10y IeIeETapn % he tribune I
Boston. Jan 25-AIiss Mary Sargent daughter Of
Professor e. 5. Sargent, OF BroOkIine and DR..
Nathaniel Potter. OF New York. were married IN
ST. Stephens Church here to-day by Bishop Law
renee The bride was given away by her father.
Miss Sargent unattended Marston C'arneS.
OF New York and Paris best man The Ush-
Charles 5. Sargent. jr. and Andrew r.
Sargent. brothers of the bride. Guy lowell o
brother-in-law: DIT Henry Bowditch. George 8.
Potter, Franklin Remington. Oren Root and George
lagden Harvard. go.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
E. C.. S.
COBuT JANUARY Is. 1905,

(OBIIT: JANUARY Is. 190S)
Scilian Muses.. say that Pan Is dead,
Who wandered where the lofty towers arise
That mark the contest for lesser prize.
The while he wore the IaureIs on his head
Far from Sicilian Arethuse he fed.
Yet oft returned and viewed with loving eyes
The spring perennial that all drouth dehes.
From sacred sources by Apollo fed
Say that nymph and faun. erstwhile 50 say.
Who loved 10 dance the while he played or sung
And gathered reeds his pan-pipes to prepare
Now through the make this their paintive iay'
Sadly they walk with heads and hands down huis'
And breathe their sorrow To the silent air.
L. AND A. Ss .