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New-York tribune., 1908-06-05
IN THE PANTHEON.

The murderously meant shot Of Gregori gave
the last touch of completeness TO the impressive
ceremonies of yesterday in the Pantheon
Without 1t there would always have been some
thing lacking The world owes to that would-be
assassin certain peculiar debt Of gratitude
for his ultimate exposure of the manners ana
morals of the anti-Dreyfus consprators. First
they tried to kill Dreyfus with humiliation and
insult, but failed. Then they endeavored to
persuade him to commit suicide in order to es-
cape intolerable torments, but failed Next
they tried to kill him by physical and mental
torture on DEVILS Island, but failed. Baf1ed In
these various attempts, they all despaired and
gave up the murderous quest, save one. And
that one of the miserable crew at last plucked
up criminal courage enough to try to murder
him directly, face to face. 1t was the logical
elimination Of a campaign which began with
treason, forgery and perjury and pursued the
hate inspired tenor of its way through almost
every iniQuity of the Court of Miracles.
To that campaign's roll of dfshonor new
name is now added. The unspeakable Ester
haZy the Merciers, Boisdeffres, Zurlindens
and others, whom men would gladly for
get for the sake of some decent services in their
lives; the wretched Henry, murdered to seal MS
lips against the confession which he could no
longer repress the Incompatible, the egregious
the unique du Patty de Clam-what a roster 1t
was and IS. To the list is now added the name
of this Gregori, monarchst, militarist, anti
Semitic and would-be murderer. In at least one
important respect he was the least desplcable
of them ALL For he alone was not afraid to
risk his precious neck by committing the overt
act which they all desired.
Meantime Dreyfus is restored to rank and
honor, the gallant Picquart is Minister OF War
in place of those who plotted to make him share
rt1a fate of no ashes
cause of his epoch making cry, "yGccuse! are
enshrined with international honors and world
wide reverence beneath the dome Of the Pan
theon. do you believe in GodT' asks man
III Victor Hugos @Ninety-three." sometimes"
is the reply "Sometimes-at times like this ]"
New-York tribune., 1908-06-05
PEERLESS IGNORANCE.

OF Mr.. William ]. Bryan after his talk IN
Chicago on banking, leading Chicago oHhh
president said he could discover no eSiuene.
that the speaker even had a conception OF "nat
the nature Of bank deposit IS. Yet MI
Rryan goes about the country advising tne
government guarantee Of bank deposlts anu
telling how to avoid a panic! The instance Is
characteristic. Lack OF tnformatloh eAeaoSe'
no restraint over the Nebraskan's volubillty.
In his talk about railroads at North Platte.
Neb.. on Wednesday, the editor OF The Com
monex" made statements which any attentive
newspaper reader could readily dispute from his
knowledge of what has appeared IN the press
within recent months. After insinuatlns tha'
the discussion by railway managers OF the pos
sible necessity Of reductions In wages "a'
intended to "coerce" railway employees lnto
circulating petitions against the enactment VI
legislation affecting the railways ME-. ory"n
continued: Il have been unable 10 iearh y,
IAN instance where these officials have suggested
"a reduction of their own salaries, rs "eii DO
those of the ordinary employee
Shortly after last falls panic 1t was wloeiy
nuhlisbed that the Erie Railroad had reduced
the salaries Of all Its officials and OF its cer1cai
force The news has also appeared III 'nc
papers from time to time that the Sontneih
Railway the Louisville & Nashville haH"as
and the Baltimore & Ohio Railway nave ioi-
lowed the example Of the Erie We are sure
that instead of there being no instance Where
the officers have suggested reduction OF their
own salaries, that very thing has been done Oh
several lines besides those we have mentoned'
If Mr.. Bryan Will make the necessary INQUIRIES
or search the files Of the daily press IN MS
office he will probably learn, too, that n"'
only has the pay of the higher salar1eo rail-
way men been cut, but that, usually, II ho'
universally, the percentage Of reduction mas
hoon Greater IN the case of such salaries than
that apnlied to the lower paid employe. Not
only have the higher salaries fallen, but on
number of roads dividends also have been cut
and vet there has been no reduction IN the
wages paid to the mechanical forces or tne
railroads. Mr. Bryan has been unable 70
learn" of these things. AS an editor, now does
he dodge SO much of the common news OF the
New-York tribune., 1908-06-05
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
TFrom Tho Tribune Bureau j

TFrom Tribune BureauI
Washington, Juno 4-Tho Secretary or war ahu
Mrs Taft were the guests of honor at dinner
party tonight given by Brigadier genera anu
Mrs Aleshire. Major General and MIS- j. FRANK
lin Bell also came over from Fort Myer 1or the
dinner and the other guests were the Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs Coolidge,
Major and Mrs Wilcox Mrs. Cannon and Brisa-
der General Sharpe.
Associate Justice and Mrs. Harlan have closed
their Washington house for the summer. The JUS
tics has gone to Detroit and Mrs Harlan and tho
Misses Harlan will visit Mr.. and Mrs. Corning, IN
Albany for two weeks before going TO Their sum-
mer estate at Murray Bay, Canada, where they
will meet the justice.
ton tonight from a short stay in Boston Mr. ana
Mrs Francis will close their house here on Wednes-
day and Will go their summer place, The Moor-
ing North Haven Me, for the summer
Associate Justice and Mrs. William r. Day len
the capital yesterday for their home in Canton
Ohio where with other members Of their family
they will spend the season, returning here Just be-
fore the October of the Supreme Court
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Richardson Glover are
entertaining the brother and sister-in-law Of the
former, the Rev. DIR. and Mrs Clover, of New
York, who will remain with them for week
Mrs Clover and her daughters will go to their
California estate, Lavergne, in the Napa Valley.
on June 90 and will be joined there by the rear
admiral early In July.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-05
THE ROARD OF ALDERMEN.

The Charter Revision Commission proposes
to reduce the Board of Aldermen in size and
take away most of its remaining functions.
will be purely legislative" That is highly sat
isfactory. Like the judge who demanded Of
the prisoner nothing but silence, and ----
little Of that the public wants from the Board
of Aldermen nothing but pure legislation, and
not much Of it.
Yet everybody would be sorry 10 see the
honorable board pass away-a sentiment which
does honor TO the community and one which
the revision commission recognizes in its de-
termination to keep the board purely legisla-
tive. Let it remain as q monument TO the
vanity of human wishes! Let us keep 1t as an
example of the hopeless incorrigibilfty Of some
human institutions, and as an evidence that we
are grown too wise to expect that by sim
ply transferring all its functions to the Board
of Estimate and Apportionment-tha Is, by
giving the old Common Council new name
we can reach the municipal millennium. The
Board of Estimate for so young body, is al
ready demonstrating q sufficient capacity for
disappointing US without its taking on the
corrllpting burden of purely legislative" func-
tions.
The Charter Revision Commission is right
When humanity outgrew the Vermiform ap-
pendix, nature did not suppress that historic
institution but retained it, as the commission
retains the city's vermiform appendix, reduced
in size. stripped of most of its functions and
under the constant threat of the knife II II
causes future trouble.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-05
UARyLAND'S BACKDOWN.

Both in what it did and in what it failed to do
tbe Democratic State Convention in Maryland
exanonlifed the weaknesses of the movement
within the Democratic party TO defeat Mr.
Brvans denomination at Denver. Maryland is
the strongest anti-Bryan state In the Union
1t is the only state in which the Democratic
organization refused both in 1896 and in 1900 to
accommodate its views on the money question
to Mr.. Bryans. Both the machine element
and the anti-machine element have stoutly
held aloof from the Nebraska leader, whose in
terests in the state have had to be entrusted
largely to personal friends not active or III
fiuential in local politics. The two United
States Senators, the Governor all the Demo
cratic REPRESENTATIVES and nearly all the state
leaders are anti-Bryan men. Senator Rayner
has talked constantly for the last two years
about the necessity of divorcing the Demo-
cratic marty from the vagaries and hereSies of
Bryanism. He has urged his Southern col
leagues in the Senate to unite with him and
take control Of the next national convention.
Vet NOW that the time for action has come
botb he and Senator Smith take to the woods.
They declined absolutely TO go TO Denver and
lend hand in suppressing either Bryan or
Rryanism and their refusal to be drafted in
tbe cause which they have been so loudly ad-
vocatina has been initiated by most of the
other important party leaders in Maryland.
..T'be Baltimore sun published the other day
q LIST of ten or a dozen prominent Maryland
Democrats who had begged off from serving
az d4Iegates-at-large to Denver. There were
Ga many more places TO be disposed or than
there were aspirants that the selection Of al
terpate delegates at large had 10 be dispensed
with The anti-Bryan leaders seemed TO think
Thai if would he a waste of time and money
TO make the long journey TO Denver Ihey
tbrey Nh their hands in advance, and Instead
of Joining In the mOribund anti-Bryan move
ment they gave for the sake of peace ana
harmony one-ouarter of the delegation to a
noisy BRYAN minority and agreed not TO i'm
pose the unit rule, so that four votes out OF
the states sixteen could be securely delivered
10 BRYAN This backdown shows the collapse
of all serious opposition TO the Bryan pro-
cramme; for If there had been any excuse Tor
fighting further, Maryland, the most lmpiac-
able of the anti Bryan states, would certainly
have gone to Denver bent on a die-in-the-last-
ditch contest
The Tribune has never taken the and-Bryan
movement in the East and South seriously, be-
,.arse that movement did not seem TO have
any genuine vitality. The leaders in it were
takers not fighters. and when they had demon
strated to their own satisfaction that Mr..
T,rvan ought to, withdraw voluntarily from the
,.ontest for the Presidential nomination they
SAT down. contented and triumphant They
meyer admitted the possibility that their logic
might not appeal to the Nebraska leader ana
were not prepared to back uI their reasoning
New-York tribune., 1908-06-05
THE PRESIDENTS SUMMER
Plans for His Stay at Oyster Bag
Arrangements for Business.
rFrorn The Tribune Bureau


Washington. June Appropriations for the an
going on at the White House. and in a few days
shipped to Oyster Bay. The Presidents cottage
his arrival there the afternoon of June 20. and
the secretaries clerks, telegraph operators and
messengers are closing arrangements for accom-
business offices will be over Moores provision
store at Main and South streets
Secretary Loeb. who will spend the early part Of
the summer at oyster Bay. will live with his family
at the Seawanhaka Yacht Club. on Centre Island.
Last year he rented the Townsend cottage. the
Cove Road. The secretary will his annual
vacation the first of August and expects to have
a hunting and fishing trip through the JacksOns
Hole country. stopping the way at ST. Paul for
a brief visit
Although this IS campaign year and large num-
ber of political visitors would doubtless be pleased
to call upon the President, the secretary wishes
to make it plain that Will be expected to call
without an invitation The President needs rest,
and II his official assistants keep the social and
unnecessary callers away he will be able get II
Secretary Taft and several of the other Cabinet
members will be received from time to time the
business of the government or the campaign de-
mands, but all the routine work that possibly
be performed the office will be transacted there
without the Presidents attention. The same force
of Secret Service men that has guarded the Presi-
dents home in former years will be hand. and
all visitors who call without 2 written note from
the secretary Will be turned back when they arrive
within sight OF Sycamore Hill
New-York tribune., 1908-06-05
THE PRUSSIAN ELECTION.

Tho oloction or a number Of Socialist, or more
nronerIv Social Democratic deputies to the
Prussian Diet Is to be regarded with gratlnca-
ton even by those who are not IN sympathy
with all the policies of that party. Ii is pro
+est against the narrow and despotic ogarch-
icsI system which has persstently denied rep
resentatfve government to the people and mas
practically dIsfranchised the majority OF tho
nonuIetion Hitherto q marked result OF that
system has been general apathy, large part
of those entitled to vote not taking the troubie
tn do so because the outcome of the polling was
q foregone conclusion That was q pad state
Of affairs. and almost anything which would
correct 1t and increase popular interest," Id the
franchise was to be welcomed.
The appearance of a small number OF
Social Democrats in the Diet marks new era
in Prussian politics Being few In number
they NAV be impotent for legislation, not even
holding a balance of power, but at least they
will be voice crying In the wilderness OF Oil
ssrchism and that voice will not be wholly un-
needed. 1t must be remembered tnat tney are
NOT all hy anv means Socialists In our ordinary
interpretation of that word. Their democracy
far outweighs their socialism. They are chiefly
seeking merely such popular participation IN
government and such q recognition Of popular
rights as were long ago granted as matter OF
course in America and Great Britain
Those Social Democrats have done a public
service In agitating the general question OF
franchise reform, for 1t has been to the end OF
| franchise reform in general that their enorts
have been directed and not toward the reallza
ton of any of those distinct and peculiar party
aims which some of their more extreme mem
| bers NAV cherish They have simply urged that
there should prevail In elections to the Prussian
Diet the same equitable rules Of equal manhood
suffrage which have from the first prevailed In
elections to the German Reichstag. In that 1t
| must be confessed that they have strong logical
support Prussia surely ought to be able to af-
! ford in local affairs liberal system of pop
! ular representation does Germany In impe-
| rial affairs.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-05
THE FEINBERG NOVENENT.

Some persons fear that this country is going
TO have q paternalistic form Of government In
a year or two, but we suspect that they
haven't taken due account Of the Feinberg
Movement. This new idea. whose headquarters
are momentarily in Stanton street, seeks to
check the excesses of paternalism by the simple
expedient of extending the maternal functions
of the state In this manner justice and leisure
will it is hoped, be secured for all women, who
would be bound down to the drudgery of family
duties In state which was merely a father to
its citizens Mrs. Feinberg, of Stanton street,
though not the founder Of the new political
party, seems to be leading off this summer.
Following the well established tactics of her
school, Mrs. Fenberg made q strong plea for
maternalistic government last Wednesday after
noon She guided her four darling offspring
into the pleasant reception room Of the United
Hebrew Charities and then swiftly departed
without them-to enjoy the still comforts OF a
chdess fiat.
When the policeman arrived to arrest Mrs.
Feinberg on the charge Of abandonment she
reading Il newspaper advertisement or
Coney Island diversions COney Island, it
seems is one of the chief incentives to the Ma
ternalists, who believe that the government
should guarantee to each citizen the easy pur
suit of happiness. Thus 1t comes about that
in the days when the ''barkers" get busy the
Maternalists send their children to police sta
tions with instructions to say that they are
lost, while they themselves speed away to see
the Four-Eyed Mermaid and try the Hand-Car
Ride Through TimbuctoO. The Feinberg Move
ment has recently become more rapid, and chill
dren are being left in ever increasing numbers
at public and private institutions and never
called for. If the present pace is kept up tho
United States will have motherIy government
long before 1t has fatherIy one, and great
IJn. 1Cff ,In n,.-in hn xr-ifh
crnment ownership Of babies nursemaids and
parcgoric In force, not the most sociallstic
oiliceholder will find time thought TO control
the length OF mems shoestrings or the color of
their hair. SO let US ali be thankful for the
Feinberg Movement
New-York tribune., 1908-06-05
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Miss Eva Van Cortandt Morris. daughter OF the
late Mr. and Mrs. A. Newbold Morris. was married
at noon yesterday to McDousall Hawkes.. who was
Dock Commissioner under Mayor Low. As the
bride is IN mourning. It small and quiet
wedding. and took place at her home in East e4th
street The bride, who given away by her
brother, Newbold Morris was in gown Of white
satin trimmed with old family point lace. which
was worn by her mother, and her veil was also Of
old lace. She family Jewels Of diamonds.
pearls and sapphires. and carried bouquet OF
orchids and lies-of-th -the-valley- There were no
bridal attendants and ushers DR.. Forbes
Hawkes. his brothers best man. The ceremony
performed by the Rev. DIR. John Henry Chap
man. Of Rdgefeld Conn. where the bride has a
country home. After the ceremony Mr. Hawkes.
and his bride left town for Chicago, where they
will be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs r. Hall Nc
Cormick until after tho Republican National Con-
venton, which MFR. Hawkes. VIII attend. On their
return they will sail for Europe. to remain
part OF the summer. They will probably spend
August and September at Ridgefeld.
Among those at the Mineola Fair Grounds
yesterday. where the Ladies' Kennel Association
New-York tribune., 1908-06-05
CARDINAL LOGUE AT WEST POINT.
Accompanied by Archbishop Farley and
Bishop Browne-Review of Cadets.

West Point. n. Y, June 4-CardinaI Iosue
Primate of Ireland. accompanied by Bishop Browne
of Cloyne. Ireland: Archbishop Farley of New
York. and Monsignors McCready and Hayes also
of New York. visited West Point this afternoon
In honor OF the Cardinals presence there was n
review of the corps of cadets The visitors also
witnessed drill of the field battery on the cavalry
plain with members OF the second class as officers
and the third class cannoueers While here tn.
visitors We're entertained by Colonel H. l.. Scott
Superintendent OF the military academy. and hts
military stan Cardinal I+ogue arrived at Highland
rails. one mile south OF here at / O'Clock and was
entertained at luncheon by the Right Rev Charles
c. O'keefe. Other guests at the luncheon were
Lieutenant General S. B. NJ Young Congressman
Capron. Colonel Scott and Colonel Larned
New-York tribune., 1908-06-05

elected the year before previous to the popular
outbreak against his methods he instructs MS
agents to bring contests" against the regularly
elected opposition delegates. The party COM
rnittee which he controls decides these con
tests" and elects enough opposition delegates to
give the boss majority in the convention
How great scandal these fake contests may
become was illustrated in the last two Demo-
cratic state conventions. The bosses Will make
hard fight to keep their power to stack the
cards against the enrolled party voter, but a
measure carrying out Governor Hughes's rec
ommendation should be passed. The McCarren
bill has been favorably reported in the state
Senate. We hope 1t will be reported in the
Assembly without unnecessary delay and
enacted at this session.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-05
THE WCARREN BILL.

The decision inst rendered By the Court of
Arpeals in the Hahn case, TO the effect that
county committee may not unseat delegates reg
ularly elected at the primaries and possessing
certificates Of election, is sound sense and good
morals. but il will necessarily have small effect
in stopping the Black Hand outrages of Murphy
and Corners. BY the time an unseated delegate
has got his rights declared by the Court of Ap-
peaIs the convention or committee to which he
was elected will generally have ceased to exist
That was the situation in the case OF Hahn,
who was elected 10 the New York Republican
County Committee of last year and unseated on
allegations Of fraud, and who has his right to
sit judicially confirmed now that new COM
rnittee has been elected. Unless the courts en-
Join such proceedings-which they refused 10
90 in the case OF NcCarren-the judicial ruling
that a primary election is binding on political
organizations will have little effect.
The McCarren bill, which is pending in the
Legislature and which embodies the recon-
nendations made by the Governor in his mes
sage on this subject, provides the necessary
safeguard for the voters right Of representation
in party conventions and on party committees
by making il a misdemeanor 10 unseat legally
elected delegates. This measure would put an
end TO such work as that which Senator Grady
81 Ruffalo characterized as the dirtiest in his
life when Murphy and Corners, obtaining con-
trol of the Democratic State Committee used il
IN determining trunPcd W contests TO unseat
enough delegates TO the state convention 10
give them control of that body. 1t would pre-
vent such a performance as that here III New
York when the state committee was employed
in like manner TO throw out delegates TO the
state convention, and the convention itself gave
the bosses carte blanche TO reject as they liked
deIegates 10 the new state committee, and IN
general TO .'reorganize' the party without regard
ne the wishes OF its members. If the McCarren
hill becomes law there will be no more con-
tests" for determination at party conventions
In case of dispute regarding results at the prl-
I,aries the courts will determine what delegates
were elected, and any delegates who have cerul- .
icates of election or who are judicially declared
elected will be seated. IL may be said that this
would throw an undue burden on the courts,
but there is no sufficient reason 10 think that lt
would have such effect Few Of the contests
before conventions are bona fde, most of them
being trumped UP in the hope that faction
favorable ia the contestants viii control the
convention ana decide the contests solely with
= view TO faotional advantage.
These trumped up contests are one of the
boss's WAYS of keeping control of the machine.
sunpose the enrolled members of party have
grown weary of boss rule and send majority
OF anti boss delegates TO convention The boss
cuutroIs tho party COMMITTEES, county or STATE
New-York tribune., 1908-06-05
About People and Social Inciden,'

held its annual bench show. v.r. u
Miss Marion C. Bourne. Mr. and NJ s' una sa,A.
Mrs William G. RockefeIler, Ms. :, Tyler Nor
Johnston Livingston. jr.. Mrs. Ar,-,,-I - Bird n,
Mrs. Oliver W. Bird. Mr. and Ma scott sart~
can and Miss Wetmore daughtar !. q a Suflsr Ds,s
Peabody Wetmore. OF Rhode rsI..s senator Gecr~
Mr. and Mrs Temple Bowdoin
Hamburg. where they viii remain u,.,, sone % W,
day. when they sail for Europe next Tss.
Frederick Townsend Martin sa,I.s
yesterday. to remain abroad tsrours,,.s .'s Essvs
mer. 1' tas M,
Miss Annie Leary VIII give a .,,.
this afternoon 20 Cardinal Lor,,s =, ~ scsprs,
Fifth avenue. aous
Mr. and Mrs Melbert 3. Cary b,vs
sion of their country house az R,svs..s. naa
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Chance. who we-.
few weeks ago sailed for Europe ye.-.-,AxS AA'ax
will make their home IN London. NJ, Tay
Mrs Van Rensselaer, Cruger os Eaa
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Mex Trornbtr
been staying with friends IN soufs,--,. 'Ao assy
Island. have returned 70 their couutr ~ L'at
Madison. ". J.. '@ nsss
Mis-, Anne Morgan and Mrs. Char,.,
were among those who sailed for Eu-o,. 1a's-A{
on board La Provence.