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New-York tribune., 1908-07-15

STATS necessary to carry out the provisions OF
the pure food meat inspection, railroad rate
regulation, arid land reclamation, forest pres
eryation and other measures which Congress
passed with almost unanimous popular ap-
provaI Does the Denver platform suggest re-
trenchment along any of those lines? OF course
It does not 1t favors a liberal pension policy
and the creation of ''two-coast" navy, is silent
about increases of pay and numbers in the
army. and approves the building Of the Panama
Canal 1t names not a single new Office which
it would abolish or single expenditure which
it would curtail.
1t does exactly the reverse, in fact for 1t sug-
gests numerous additional expansions or the
federal service. It favors the creation OF q
new Cabinet department to be called the De
partment of Labor: the creation Of a national
bureau of public health the extension of agri-
cultural, mechanical and industrial education
and the establishment Of new agricultural col
leges and stations 1t recommends government
aid In the improvement of internal waterways
and the building of canals and similar AID III
the construction of post roads. 1t advocates
further regulation Of the railroads ana the es-
tablishment of force to take physical valua-
ton of railway property. 1t proposes scneihe
of licensing for corporations of all kinds, whlch
would necessitate the appointment Of small
army of inspectors and other officials. 1t favors
an extension of the Postal Department rune
tions by the creation of a postal savings pahh-
No Democratic platform has ever before con
tained so many 'paternalistic' recommends
tions And on top of all, the convention NOM
mated a candidate who is committed TO the the-
ory of government ownership and operation OF
all the nstrumentalities of interstate commerce
Mr. williams stayed away from the Denver
gathering He saw what was coming ana dld
not want to be in evidence while the Democratic
party was manhandling the primitive JeHerso-
nianism. which he still tries to preach- IL ne
had been at Denver his sense of logic might
have nromnted him to strike out the two incon-
erruous demands for Economy which slipped
into the platform. They have no place there e&-
cept as a memory, as a hypocritical concession
to those who do not understand that the party
as led by Bryan has completely parted with the
tradition of Jeffersonian simplicity and en-
feehled federal power
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15
THE KNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN.

Some exception may be taken to the comments
of the Hon Martin W. Littleton upon the exist
ing political situation. in so far as they 1all 10
discriminate between the two candidates.
Neither Mr.. Taft nor Mr.. Bryan" he says
las written his letter Of acceptance, so we
don't know just what ground they WIZ take
land how their views will take with the people.
The minor premise stated is quite correct,
h1t the unexpressed major premise which Mr..
Iittleton had in mind pretty obviously Ill
advised and the result is that the conclusion Is
nnacceptable and unconvincing at least so far
as Mr.. Taft is concerned.
Mr. Iittleton seems to have had in mind as
the major premise Of mis- argument that the
formal letters of acceptance are necessary to
make known the attitude Of the candidates on
essential matters. That may be true III MI
Bryan's case. He has held no Office since his
few years in Congress long ago, but has been
an Irresponsible opposition leader, noted, even
among his own followers not for his constancy,
hut rather for his fickleness and for the agility
with which he has shifted from one issue to
another and from one attitude TO another. 1t
is quite true that the public does not know just
what ground Mr.. Bryan will take, and after
his letter of acceptance is out the public VIII
not know Just what ground he will stay ON. He
is indeed. an unknown quantity, the only GER
tainly known quality of him being his uncer-
tainty.
With Mr. Taft. however. the case is radically
different He is known. His policies are
known The ground which he will take and
which he will steadfastly keep is known. He
has been so long in important public administra-
tive service and has lucidly and emphati-
caIly made his political principles and policies
familiar to the country. and these have been so
consistently maintained that there is no occa-
sion for any intelligent person to be In doubt
concerning him. His speech and letter of ac-
ceptance will doubtless be mastery presenta-
tions of Republican doctrine. but this nation is
suffering no narrowing uncertainty concerning
their tone on any essential topic. What the
nation has to expect under Mr.: Tafts admins
tration is known as surely as what it might
have to endure under Mr. Bryan is unknown.
A striking confirmation of this is seen in the
daily news It is no mere hope or fancy, but
concrete fact that business confidence is being
restored and industrial and trade activity is be-
ing revived. Men are not waiting, as they have
done in former Presidential years to see who IS
to be elected. They take it for granted that MI
Taft will be elected. Neither are they waiting
TO see what the policy of the new administration
will be- They know sufficiently we'll what it
will be- They are not even waiting to see what
Mr. Taft will say in his speech and letter of
acceptance. They know the man, and, therefore,
they know what he will say and what he will
do. They can and do discriminate if Mr.. Little
Ton does not. between a known and an unknown
quantity
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15

the countries at whose suggestion ana uhue'
whose patronage the five states came together
and made their treaties. There is some uhoi-
fetal talk of Intervention by these two powers
or by one Of them, in case of CONFLICT among
the Central American states but neither power
has any thought of using force Ihere is
no provision to that effect in the treates' as
there is, for example, in the Cuban ana Faha
man treaties with the United States, and 1t
would be a very serious matter for natloh
thus to fntr,,de itself into the affairs Of others
1nasked and unauthorized. Yet, on the other
bnnd If would be a serious and deplorable
thing. to both Mexico and the United STATES
to have the treaties of last fall practically nui
lifted and the FIVE states plunged into their
former condition Of chronic pickering, ana both
countries will use their good offices to secure
the fulflment Of last years compact and the
neaceful development of Central America.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15
PAPYRUS IN PLACE OF WOOD.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Why is ii that, among the expedients for
substituting other products than wood for the max
ing of paper the present age ignores papyrus?
Probably the earliest paper well the cheap
est and most endurable made from papyrus
Paper made from wood fibre is wasteful and per-
ishable. Hercuianeum furnishes specimens Of writ
ing OF papyrus in perfect preservation. while is
difficult to keep a file OF modern newspapers for
a decade. But paper was by the only
product OF papyrus. Mats. sails boats and bas-
kets as well food. were made from
these Egyptian rushes Considering the matter OF
baskets alone, think of the almost incredible
amount OF wood consumed In fruit baskets large
and small of this fruit bearing country baskets
which. with characteristic unthrift are. as a rule.
used but once. The fibre of papyrus would serve
this purpose again as 1t did centuries ago. Why
cannot of southern marshes be turned
into papyrus plantations utilizing land. making
a new industry and sparing our forests7'
New York, July 9. 1905. NJ. b. =.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15
IN THE BERKsHfREs.
IBy Telegraph to The tribune ]

Ienox Mass. July 14-The Stockor.dge Csz,,,
Association has elected officers and opened its 6,,
tennis contest to-day, when the programme Wa
mixed doubles Mrs. Newman K. Perry and svs
ney P. Henshaw defeated Miss Grace BrowreU ana
J. A. McCreery, 60. 6-3; Mrs. Eugene K Rice ana
A. Du Bois beat Mrs. Carl De Gersdorf and John
Morse. So. 6-4: Miss Mabel Choate and W.lan
Hague beat Miss Clara Morse and Francis pa
body. 60, g. Miss Kobbe and J. Walker drew
a bye.
At the Maplewood in PfttsfeId Mrs Harold 4
Sidway this afternoon entertained at whist seven
tables being played The entertainment was given
In honor of Miss Eleanor Davis and Miss Hannah
Davis OF Cincinnati. The prizes were won BY Mrs
Beardsey. Miss Peck and Miss Gamewsu
Miss Constance Folsom entertained at dinner To-
night at Sunnysfde for Mr.. and Mrs Franco,
Dillon F1tzgibbon. who are guests Of Mr.. and Nrs
George Winthrop Folsom. Among the guests vera
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Astor Brtsted Mr. and Mr..
Frederick S. Delafeld, Mr. and Mrs. Richard G
Dixey. Mr.. and Mrs Clark C. VOORHEES, and Van
Ness Philip.
Mrs. James B. Ludlow. who is entertaining
Bernard H Wood. tr., Of Philadelphia. gave
dinner last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. William B. Hornblower who hav,
been at Hotel AspinwaH were called to New York
to-day by the sudden death OF Mrs Hornblowers
brother, Colonel George Bliss Sanford yesterday
Mrs William Postiethwaite. who has her daugh-
ter. Mrs Henry Ives Cobb. OF Washington as her
guest, entertained at dinner tonight The dinner
followed by bridge whist
Mrs. George W. Folsom and Mrs. Robb De Psy-
ster Tytus hava gone to New York
Miss Nora Iasigi departed to-day for Bar Harbor
Frederic FreIinghuysen Is a guest OF his aunt
Mrs. Henry Winthrop Gray.
Miss Matilda BrowneH has Joined her parents
Mr.. and Mrs Silas B. Brownen. in Stockbridge
Mrs F. T. Ames. Mrs. VI. NJ. BeIding ir and A.
DOlliver, of New York. and Mr. and Mrs Harry
Whitney are at the MaplewoOd. in Pittsde1d
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Hathaway Wheeler and
Henry H Wheeler, OF Brooklyn, are at Heatoa
Hall. in Stockbrfdge
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15
FRANCES NATIONAL HOLIDAY.
President Reviews Troops at Longchamps-
Parade of League of Patriots.

Paris July 14-The French national holiday was
celebrated to-day. A review Of troops was held at
Longcnamps. President Fallieres and Premier
Clemenceau with retinue OF foreign military
and naval attaches including Captain w. s. Gui-
gnard and Lieutenant Commander F. L Chaplin. OF
the United States, rode the field escorted by a
regiment of cuirassiers. The President cheered
by a crowd estimated at seventy-fve thousand
persons The troops review, in all one hundred
thousand men, made a smart appearance. The for
eign diplomatic representatives. including Ambas-
sador White, occupied places in the Presidential
box.
All the theatres of Paris gave free performances
this afternoon, and there were concerts in all the
parks. The city Illuminated, and there were
fireworks on the bridges over the Seine, followed
by the customary street balls and other merry
making.
The League OF Patriots headed by Paul Derou-
lede, made its annual pilgrimage to the statue to
Strasburg on the Place de Ia Concorde. Wreaths
and flowers laid the base of the monument
and speeches were made in favor of the reconquest
OF the lost provinces" There similar DEM
onstratons before the statues of Jeanne dare and
Gambetta.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Miss Margaret Hazard daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs Rowland G. Hazard. Of Providence, VIII %
married to-day to Robert H l. Goddard Jr., son
of Colonel Robert H. l. Goddard. also OF FrovF
dence and cousin of Mrs. C. Ohver isehn- Ano
wedding Will take place in the Protestant Epis-
oonaI church at Peace Dale near Narragansett
Pier Miss Mary V. Goddard will be the maio OF
honor Rowland Hazard. brother OF the oride VIII
be the best man and the ushers selected are
Henry Pendleton Rogers. Ralph Sturges. William
c,roesbeck Theodore Francis Greene, Gordon
Hutchins and Samuel Powell. The ceremony VIII
be followed by a wedding breakfast and reception
at Holly House. the country place Of Mt and Mrs-
Hazard at Peace Dale.
George w. Vanderbilt has returned to town from
Tenox where he and Mrs Vanderbilt were the
guests OF Mr. and Mrs William Douglas Sloane
at Elm Court over the week end He is at the
St Regis and Mrs. Vanderbilt is expected there
on Thursday. They will sail for Europe within
the next few days. to remain abroad severai
months.
Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Iseln will go to Newport
to-day to spend the remainder of the season
there.
John 7 Waterbury and Miss Waterbury are
booked to sail for Liverpool to-day. Miss Water
bury will remain with her sister Mrs duncan
Campbell In London, while her father Will join
Mrs. Waterbury at Carlsbad.
DR.. and Mrs Isaac L. Kip will depart for Spring
Lake N. J.. to-day. where they will spend the re-
mainder OF the summer.
DR.. Eugene r. Hoyt. Of West 6sth street Will
sail for Europe to-day on board the Lusitanfa
Mr. and Mrs. William H Falconer and their son
and daughter. Bruce Falconer and Miss Louise
FaIconer, who have been abroad for several
weeks have arranged to sail for New York the
last of August
Mr. and Mrs Austen Gray will go to Newport
to-day to remain until the end of August.
Miss Gladys Onderdonk. a daughter of the late
G. Weekes, OF Arthur Delano Weekes. in
September probably at the summer home of Miss
Onderdonk's sister, Mrs Percy LIE Roy Fsarn, at
Oyster Bay, Long Island. The engagement
announced a year ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Baker sail for Europe
to-day. They will go t7 France and from there
to Dublin where they will be the guests OF their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
st. George.
Mrs. Charles l.. Heckstafr and her daughters.
who expected to arrive from Europe this week.
will go to Easthampton. Long Island. for the
mander of the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Lspenard Suydam are
spending the summer at their country home at
Blue Point, Long Island.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
By Telegraph to The Tribune

CBy Telegraph The Tribune)
Newport, r. l., July 1.-THE season of fox hunt
ing in Newport under the leadership Of Peter F.
Collier will begin next Saturday afternoon at
the farm of William r. Hunter. Mr.. Golfers Mon
mouth County hounds arrived this evening, and he
will begin practice hunts at once preparatory TO
the first regular hunt OF the season.
Mrs. J. ]. Wysons had a large luncheon party at
her cottage this afternoon. while Vice-Commo-
dore Isaac z. Emerson, OF the Baltimore Yacht
Club entertained with luncheon his house
boat in honor OF his guests, Mrs Howard Harvey,
of Baltimore Mrs. Fred Mccormack and Mrs.
Smith Hons McKin, of Irvington-on-the-Hud-
son.
Mrs Craig Biddle. Mrs Arnold Hague. Mrs
Nathaniel Thayer Mrs. s. E. Huntington and Lis
penard Stewart give dinner parties this evening
Lispenard Stewart president Of the Newport
Golf Club, has offered a cup for match on Satur-
day afternoon. The club is again proving popular
with the summer residents, and large crowds
gather each afternoon for golf and bridge
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Carnegie Phipps. of New
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15
Abo11f People and >Socfaf lrcfdenf,

York are IN Newport FOR the first time zf,o.,.
marriage. They have taken possession OF ~ .ef
mer home OF Mrs. Phipps's parents Mr ana ia =,
Ogden Mills. and viii remain for the season - !
and Mrs. Mills expected from abroad .s-
August l.
Mrs. Henry G. 'HlI. Of New York. is the ru.,.
her aunt Mrs. Henry Lawrence.
George Pollock who has been the guest o,,
and Mrs Seth Barton French. has ended hi, .s.. &
and returned to New York
Herman Leroy Emmett has also rstlrnss
New York after a visit here.
Mr. and Mrs. IOriI1ard Spencer and NJ
Mrs. H. Casimir De Rham have returned -.
New York.
Mr.. and Mrs Lewis Gouverneur Morris -
ended their VISIT to Mrs. Frances Norris at NJ,
bone and have returned to Yonkers
Mr.. and Mrs. z. T. Gerry are expected in w.
port tomorrow.
Edward J. Berwind has returned tc New Y,..
until the end Of the week.
Mr. and Mrs Harry Payne Whitney retIr,ss :
westbury. Long Island. to-day Their chlld-s.
will remain IN Newport for the summer whila ~
and Mrs. whitney are abroad
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Gould Brokaw arrived ,o-s,,
on the yacht sybarlta-
Mrs Edward j. Berwind has announced a dtn,,.
for the evening Of July %. and Peter E. ColV..
will give dinner at his summer home wedness,,
evening
Francis Roche is visiting Mr.. and Mrs Rez,a,,.
c. Vanderbilt at Sandy Point Farm
Mr.. and airs. Preston P. Satterwhite arrived -
New York to-day the steam yacht Athen,
W. c. Watts. u. 5. y, T. ". Leutze. L sv
J. NJ Reeves. U. s. N. r r Fogham Jr.. 7 a
N, and F. E. Brewster registered at the Cas.5o
to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. z. Brewster OF Phladelus,,
have arrived for the summer at their cotta-e
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Livermore. Of New Yors
have arrived on the steam yacht Venetian. Tssv
have as their guests Mr. and Mrs. Charles sha~s-
OF New York.
1t IS probable that Isaac E. Emerson VIII tab.
a cottage here for the remainder OF the sumner
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15
APPALLING DESPOTISM.

1t becomes more and more evident daily that
the liberties of the American people are in
peril In spite of the determined efforts of the
Washington administration to conceal the facts,
they are gradually becoming known. AS yet
it is safe TO say. the whole truth has not come
out. but sooner or later it is bound to. In land
where an unmuZZled press is alive to Its oppor-
)tunties and duties the awful fate to which the
enlisted men of the navy are destined must ere
long be revealed in full.
Two sailors who had deserted from tie train
ipe. shin Constellation, but were caught in
Chicago this week, had the courage to specify
the real reason for their abrupt abandonment
of the service-a lack Of lemon pie. Obviously.
n bill OF fare showing such lamentable
deficiency must also be characterized by a
scarcity. il not the total absence, OF grapes
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15
j. H. LATHRoP WEDs NEW HAVEN Girl

IBy Telegraph The Tribune
New Haven, July 1.-THE wedding OF John
Hiram Lathrop, of Kansas City, Mo- and Miss
Florence Alice Smith, of this CITY, took place this
evening at the home Of the brides parents Mr..
and Mrs. Irving F. Smith The bride is a recent
graduate OF Queens College, London The couples
acquaintance began while Mr. Lathrop was a stu
dent at Yale. John Lathrop one of the most
prominent members of the class of O5 being a
member of Skull and Bones and of Alpha Delta
Phi He was also member of the Junior prom
committee and officer of the Yale Football AS
sociation. After completing his at Yale he
took a law at Harvard. being graduated
last month He is of Gardner Lathrop of
Kansas City, who is general solicitor of the Atchi-
son. Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company. Mr..
Lathrop will be associated with his father in a
general law practice in Kansas City
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15

,o,has Iohster salad and ice cream and
other necessaries of life. III Uncle Sam wa
ships came back to port once IN twenty io,'
hours decent allowance of shore leave wouio
save the crews from starvation. but "ha'
rightly constituted man or woman can Gun
template without shudder the prlvaucnS re-
sultinp from voyage lasting weeks at time'
In discussing matters of large puDhc Interest
personalities are to be avoided as far as pos
sihle Nevertheless there Is no getting arounu
ti,e fact that the arch tyrant has lived ror
mony wears in California 1t might be urgeu
that President Roosevelt put him in charge, anu
therefore ought TO be held responsible Ior MS
nisconduct But inasmuch as Mr.. Metcaf was
born in Utica, n. Y, 1t might fairly nave oeei
assumed when he was elevated to his present
Office that he was familiar with Eastern iueas
and traditions, among them the passion WITCH
sons of New England cherish for pie Ihls
circumstance let's Mr.. Roosevelt out but 1t does
not exculpate his appointee. The despot VINO
rules the Navy Department of the United States
seems TO have lived so long on the Pacific COAST
AS TO have forgotten his early training and
youthful sympathies.
In passing judgment on the Official crueity
which bas Just come to light through the arres's
in Chicago, no one should be misled py the
probability that the two captured sailors never
lived In New England and had as little ac-
quaintance with the practices of the Purltans
descendants as Mr.. Metcalf himself From the
names Of the victims, "McGrath" and 'Pova-
Iin" 1t may be inferred that their ancestors did
not secure staterOoms on the Mayfower a
scant three hundred years ago. But Of course,
plea based on these circumstances would be
mere pettifogging. What is involved is the
broad fundamental principle that every one
who enters the employ of the American gov
ernment as a soldier or a sailor should be
permitted to say what he Will have TO eat and
to have it served on solid silver plates
The most disheartening feature of the situa-
ton is that few other American sailors possess
such q keen sense of what is due them as
Messrs. McGrath and Poyalin. When Admiral
Evans arrived at San Francisco his command
included thirteen thousand men, When Ad-
miral Sperry sailed for Honolulu last week
ninety mine out of every hundred men had re-
ported for duty. Some of the absentees were
detained by sickness, no doubt and the pro-
portion influenced by dissatisfaction was sur
prisingy small When Jack shows so little
disposition to assert his own rights, what fun
can any one else find in acting as his champion?
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15
AMERICAN INVESTIGATORS IN BERLIN

Berlin. July 14-F. Theodore Rogers. OF 'H a.
ucation bureau OF the Philippine Islands. "np
In Berlin on his way to Hamburg. AHlsteruD SER
Antwerp and Paris. has aroused interest N FH -
pine trade. He has arranged at Copenhasen -s.,,,
Herr .-ndersen. manager OF the East -
Steamship Line. for the cOmpanys steai"
call at Manila twice a month -
Edward M Bassett of the Public Service ~
mission 1st District New York is also here inVo-
tigating the municipal system OF raplG -" -.
Roland r. Dennis OF the Department OF Col+ C-,.,-aI
and Labor Is examining the field OF az Sac-
machinery and Colonel Harris WeinstoeA' " .or,-
ramento Cal. also is In Berlin as spec Ioos
missioner from the Governor OF Caiiior i.- :, ths
into labor conditions. especially the matter - s,,-
compulsory arbitration OF disputes oee~esH
ploysrs and employees
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15

The promised advent Of the Hon. Alton B.
Parker upon the stump for Bryan will doubtless
elicit the exultant exclamation of "A Man at
Iastr' from those ideaists who wish to see the
Sage of Lincoln supported by others than weak
Iings and hacks. A Man at last! Nothing Quite
So Fine has eyer before been seen upon the po-
litical stagei
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15
Netp91ork Daily Gaibn,rs
WEDNESDAY, JULY IS, 1905.

This newspaper is oioaed and puoHshea oV
THE Tribune Association, Neio YORK corpora
fion Office aud principal place OF business, 1Tto
une Building, No. I54 Nassau street, Neio ""'
Ogden Mills, president; Adfhdnie' 1altse' seo
-, ond treasurer. The address of the Off
GERS Is the Office of this newspaper
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15
BISHOP POTTER STILL IMPROVING.

Cooperstown. n. Y, July H-Bshop Henry Cod
man Potter passed comfortable day. and his
physicians state tonight that hs progress Is sat
isfAetory.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15

The Hon. ''Fingey" Corners says that "the
labor organizations Of the country are well
satisfied" with the Denver platform. Doubt
less, since it is commended to them by the re-
doubtable strike breaker of Buffalo.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15

Guam is so we'll pleased with government by
the American navy that it unanimously begs
that no change be made in the system. OF a
truth Leary Effendi laid deep and well the
foundations of his benevolent rule.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15

The salt mines will be a good place to cure
the Mexican rebels of their freshness.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15

If "The New York World" wants to get an
authoritative answer to its query 'What is
Democrat it has only to lasso couple or
Oklahoma statesmen. Oklahoma is the father
land of Democracy as 1t is understood to-day.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15

There is no reason why Bryan and Kern could
not dwell IN harmony with their small families. in
so commodious a mansion the White House.
Philadelphia Record.
There's the best of reasons-a scarcity of
votes.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15

Senator Foelker seems to have got the habit"
of heroism.