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New-York tribune., 1908-08-06
THE sTRENGTH OF MR. HrGHES.

Not a few Of the attempts TO appraise the
strength OF Governor Hughes as a candidate are
too mathematical in character. They begin
with the statement that he had q certain ma
Jority when he was elected Governor. and that
lie has lost many votes. estimated, by this
act and so many more by that as 10 wipe out his
majority. and they end with the query where
the votes are to be gained TO make up this de
fciency. fnasmuch the people with strict
moral standards and those TO whom an efficient
administration would appeal all voted for him
before But TO figure on the basis of the results
of q preceding election is notorously mislead-
ing Many candidate has been assured that
he could not lose because Of the majority which
his party had at the last polling. and yet when
the votes were counted it has often been found
that the mathematical calculation was far
astray. New elements enter into each election,
and in SO vast an electorate that Of this state
a consideration which would control the action
Of only one voter in a hundred would result in
a large majority one way or the other.
Mr. Hughes. if he is renominated. will possess
one element of strength 10 which sufficient at
teDtion has not been paid. He stands for an
idea which has been steadily spreading through
out the United States and which has proved
winning issue everywhere-namely, the putting
of the people into more complete control of the
political parties In state after state especially
throughout the west, tnlS uenocrailLaion Oh
politics has been proceeding apace, until 1t has
Become inevitable that the policy should make
its vav from the more plastic West TO the more
slowly changing East. Sooner or later the
process of getting the people on top. as the
Governor calls il. Will be carried out in New
York rs ii has been in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa
and Kansas. TO mention no other states The
voters Of New York viii not be content with less
control over political affairs and less direct re-
sl3onsiigilify to them the part of elected Off
cials than the people Of the progressive Western
suites enjoy. spirit Of resilessness is bound
10 manifest itself. This popular control OF par
ties has got beyond the purely experimental
stage. Its results though they have fallen far
short OF the ideal. have, the whole, justified
the change wherever tried. but even if they did
moi satisfy thoughtful critics of democracy the
f,eepIe who possess the power like its pcs
session. and those who haven't II as yet Will be
sure 10 demand ii and take IT,
Conditions are ripe in this state for an asser-
non on the part Of the voters of their right 10
control the parties. The management OF the
Democratic party was never 50 sc1lndalous as IT
e now. with the complete Tsmmanyization Of
the stare from Buffalo 20 Montauk Point The
sid Of TIE courts has lad 10 De invoked II
New-York tribune., 1908-08-06
WHEN AGE VAS YOING.

It's the same old story. The pies we eat to-
day are not like those our mothers used to make,
and they didn't do this. that and the other thing
thusy when our fathers were young. Our faith
ers. if we are to believe them when gently child
ing us for our digressiOns. never cried when they
were infants, never ran away from school TO go
fishing when they were boys, never mixed up in
college fracases when they were young men and
never measured off thirty inches for a yard
when they got into business. This is a degen
crate age, we are told, and until we turn about
and begin to do things as they were done in the
good old days we can expect nothing but sun
spots. wheat blight and tidal waves.
A London man who has gazed sorrowfuv
upon the young men of his city finds they are
not good to look upon. The young men of to-
day. he declares. are fiabby mentally and bodily
Most of them look as if they did not have
enough nourishing food TO eat. They are
anrmic. pale faced and painfully sad Life
seems to have interest for them. These
young men are in q word. according to the
critic mollycoddles While the older genera ton
polish off good steak In the eating houses with
q half pint of beer, those who are growing up
TO take their places uninterestedly punish a
sandwich and n glass Of lemonade.
Notwithstanding this complaint. there seems
to be reason to believe that the physique of the
young men of to-day is superior TO that of pre-
light mcheons is unquestionably growing It
can hardly he held that this is detrimental to
the race physically. and the young man who has
consumed the sandwich and glass Of lemonade
will go back to work with a clearer head and
a better feeling inside than the one who has
taxed his digestive organs with a dinner fit
for Il coalheaver bricklayer.
Certainly there can be no complaint Of lack
of physical energy among the young men in
our colleges and it is from them that the hus-
ness and professional men of the city are coming
more and more to be drawn. The complaint of
educators seems rather TO be that young men
come to the schools in the hope of becoming
stroke oar the rowing crew or captain Of the
football eleven Athletics were never popular
as they are to-day. it Is doubtful If the young
men In the palmiest days Of Greece could have
exceled the fents of the modern youths at the
Olympic games in England and certainly
glance at the crowds before the bulletin boards
of the metropolitan newspaper Offices, rain Or
shine. when there is a baseball game in progress
doesn't reveal any lack of interest in that sort
New-York tribune., 1908-08-06
Abouf People and Socfaf Incfdenfs

The heavy rain put the courts at the Casino 4,
poor condition. and the tournament among ths
women for the Casino cups was again postponed
other outdoor affairs also had TO be put aside On
account Of the storm.
Mrs Philip NJ Lydig and Mrs. Hamilton Fish
Webster and Mrs. 7. Shaw Safe gave dinners to-
night Mrs. James A. Swan entertained with |.
luncheon at the Clambake Club during the after
noon.
Mrs. Robert CSoeIet is arranging give anoth.r
large dance her cottage the evening Of Au
gust is in honor of the visiting yachtsmsn-
Posters for the national tennis tournament a.
the Casino. beginning August Is and for the poIo
tournament at the Westchester Polo Club, begin
ming on August 13 appeared to-day.
Psul Rainey took party 70 the Pier to-day
Among his guests were Miss Eleanor Sears o.
Boston. and Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Scott Burden
Mr.. and Mrs William @. Roekler have arraau.s
to have their infant christened at their bona
in Rhode Island avenue. tomorrow morning.
Mr.. and Mrs VI. G. Van Ingram. OF New Tork
to be the weekend guests Of Colonel and Mr,
c. I. F. Robinson
Mr.. and Mrs Percy Rockefeller are ths x-ssf,
of James StiIlman.
Mrs. Sidney c. Love is confined 70 her hons by
Illness
Mrs. Julia H EIdridge and Miss Edrfaz. hsv.
arrived for the season.
The Marquis and Marquise dAndigne OF Fraros
are the guests OF Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton gYzs
Webster
Miss Margaret Busk and Rodertck Terry r. an.
Mrs Royal Phelps Carroll and Clarence w Dos7
the pairs left to play the finals in mixed fora
some golf match tomorrow for cups offered By
T. A Havemeyer and William Payne Thompson
John ]. wysong, Mrs Joseph F. Stone aad hsr
daughter. Countess Beroldingen. returned rom
New York this evening
Mrs Ernest IseIln also arrived this eTening and
is at the Muenchinger King cottage.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-06
vow zEpPE11y's MISFORTUNE.

The German designer of military atrshlps
who resumed his demonstrations this week
has experienced sudden reverse of fortune.
With the craft which on trial this year he
had already accomplished much more than he
or any one else had ever done before. He was
apparently the eve of remarkable achieve
ment a fortnight ago. when his airship was
damaged in a gale and tantalizng delay be-
came necessary Yesterday, after a voyage
several hundred miles in length, while he
paused for triiing repairs less than eighty
miles from home, there was an explosion of
gas and the great airship went up in flames.
1t was a tragic fate almost at the moment of
an astonishing success, and there will be uni
versal sympathy with Count Won Zeppelin.
The early story that the destruction Of the
arship might have been due TO stroke OF
lightning seems not to have been borne out by
the facts learned later In the tossing about
which followed the onset of the storm the air
ship came into violent contact with the ground,
a spark from the forward motor, it is believed,
caused an explosion, and in a few moments the
work of years was undone In any case,
there has been a singular verifcation of
criticism of non-cOllapsible balloons, made
not long ago by a French aeronautic expert,
NJ. Renard. He pointed out that an ordinary
balloon can be packed away into small COM
pass when the gas Is let out, whereas a rigid
object like Won Zeppelin's reservoir must suffer
greatly in a storm when at anchor. Had there
been no explosion the arship might have been
wrecked by the wind alone.
One of the four requirements Of the contract
between the German government and Won Yep
pen on which the purchase of his latest ma
chine depended was that it should show that
1t could descend safely land. With this
condition the inventor seems to have complied
when he came down near Stuttgart. The rigid
framework which tied his two cars 90 the res
erYor evidently did not buckle, as had been
predicted perhaps because the airship still had
enough buOyancy TO prevent any severe strain
on the framework when resting an uneven
surface. A second requirement of the imperial
authorities was that voyage should be made
from Friedrichshafen to Mayence, about one
hundred and seventy-fve miles away, and
back again. The possibility of that feat has
now been put beyond question, and there is
strong probability that the severest demand
that che airship should continue in flight for
tWenty-four hours-wil eventually be met 1t
is positively affirmed also that the airship
reached an altitude Of 5000 feet, the height
required by the government to be attained as
one of the conditions of acceptance being 1000
feet
It is supposed that Count Won Zeppelin has
exhausted his financial resources in carrying
on his extensive and costly experiments. but
after this weeks remarkable demonstration of
the capabilities of his invention it is evident
that money for the construction of another air
ship of the same type will be supplied without
much DELAY.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-06
IN THE BERkSHIREs.
IBy Telegraph to The T=brne.l !


Lenox, Mass. Aug. 5-This was Leno- night at TIA
kfrmess in aid OF day nursery IN Pfttsheld and
several theatre parties arranged because Of
interest OF the villa IN the Marsovan danes
in which appeared Miss Carmen Martinez Mia.
Edith Barker Cvho has been playing Shirley
Rossmore IN The Lion and the NouseD. Miss Jes-
sica Bishop and Miss Harriet Peck. Marshall P
Kernochan. Joseph Bowen, Allen s Hubert and
Henry s. Brigham.
Mrs. Henry ". Bishop was the chaperon OF ths
number, which was danced 70 the music OF "Ths
Merry Widow Present were Sr. and Mrs. Charles
Astor Brfsted Mr.. and Mrs Richard c. Dfxey Nr
and Mrs. H. Livingston Lee. Miss Rosaruond Dixey
Miss Emily Bacon, Miss Constance Folsom and Mr.
and Mrs David T. Dana.
Silas 3. Browneli, Arthur D. Sedgwtck. Joseph z.
Choate. Professor Chandler. DR. W. Gilman ThomD-
son. Frederic CrowninshieId Raphael PuneIIy and
Henry Perkins were the honorary bearers at ths
funeral OF James D. HsgCe In St PauPs Church n
Stockbridge this afternoon
Miss Grace De Forest. a guest at Greenock Inn
fell while descending the steps this week and sus-
tafned fracture OF
Mr. and Mrs. Robert w. Paterson, who have bean
az their country place since early IN June, started
to-day for Sag Harbor-
T. Wayland Vaughn. Of Washington. Is at tns
Red Lion Inn at Stockbridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis H Cutler and family. OF SUI
fern, N Y, are guests at Heaton Hall. N stock
bridge.
Miss Augusta Wight has offered a cup for 8 COM
petition on the links Of the Wyantenuck Golr Ciuns
New-York tribune., 1908-08-06

,to s.a4o I,ut all nfher crepds are made equally
free ard all theocratic authority in civil matters
is distinctly renouneed. The personal liberty OF
all subjects. of whatever race. language er
creed. is guaranteed and the rights of associa-
tion, of petition Of suffrage and of Office hold
ing are made common TO all without discrihlha-
ton Liberty of speech. of the press ana "f
education is granted. Property is guaranteed: :
the flnmicile is made inviolabe: taxes are to De
equally distributed: cpntiscHtion. torture ana en-
forced labor are abolished: the writ OF haheas
corpus is granted. and all trials are made pup
lie and free from legislative or administrative
interference Primary education is made uni
versal and compulsory.
The government is vested in the Sultan and
n parliament of two chambers. the persons "t
whose members are inviolate. and ministry re
snonsibIp TO the popular house. Messages from
the SuItan are To be received. but the Imperative
imperiaI mandate is abolished. and the initiative
in proposing or at least in framing and intro
ducing laws is given to the ministers and to the
Chamber of Deputies The Senate cannot orig
mate laws but may amend or reject those pro-
posed by the Chamber of Deputies. Judges are
TO be irremovahle. Provincial and municipai
home rule on the most liberal lines is estab-
Iished. No public official can be dismissed with
out legitimate cause and no change can be made
in the constitution without the approval of both
chambers OF parliament and of the Sultan In
brief it is thoroughly practical, sincere and
efficient system of popular representative gov
ernment comparing favorably with the systems
of the states of Western Europe. The Sultan
has absolutely committed himself TO it. with
solemn oath upon the Koran before the Sheikh-
ul-Islam Civil and military officers are swear
Ing allegiance to it. The press and the public
are acting upon it as an established and irrev-
ocable fact. In such circumstances it is not
altogether rash to regard it as an achievement
from which there can be no withdrawal.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-06

of thing even among those VINO DO not lneih-
selves indulge IN vigorous exercise.
We trust that youth will bear with IFS CRITICS,
If II will pause TO look up the records. 1t Will
probably find that the fathers were ahout as
much like the sons as the times would pefmi'.
paterfamiIas doesn't see through the same eyes
that he used n third of century ago and owing
to a pecuiarity of human nature. he thinks the
change Is in the universe and not in his VISION.
If will he the same old song sung to the same
old tune when the mollycoddies or to-day get
into the retrospective class ana nesih 10 pooh
+bro,gb tba wrong end Of the telescope.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-06
ALLISON FUNERAL PLANS.
Simple Ceremony to Take Place at
Dubuqtte Saturday.

Dubuque Iowa. Aug. 5.-The funeral OF senator
Allison will be held Saturday afternoon az .
o'clock The ceremonies will be simple. Brief ser
vices will be held at the home OF the dead Sena-
tor The Rev. DIR. J. I. Bergen. pastor OF West1in-
ster Presbyterian Church. of which Senator AIlsOn
was member, Will olnciate at the house and also
ar I5nwood Cemetery. The body will lie in state
Friday afternoon and evening Arrangements are
under way for the suspension or business N tns
CITY during the time Of the funeral Flags are az
baIs mast on all public buildings Teegranas OF
sympathy are pouring in from public men IN a.
parts of the country.
washington, Aug 6--Vfce-Prestdent FalTOan'
6sstenated the following Senators to-day as mem
her. Of the Congressional COMMITTEES % atteno lA7
,uneraI Of the late Senator Allison az Duouqns
nm Saturday: DoIlfver. Frye. CunoTn TeHer' Oal-
Ineer. F1kins Nelson. Bacon Foraker Fenros''
Beveridge, Culberson. Kean- McCuznoeF' GaiIN
e,-,n,ons FevbtTrn Long. Burkett- Carter La5of-
Iette Rayner Warner. Smith CMtchiganI 6-oN-'
Johnson and Paynter. The Vice-Pres1denr VII a.. a.
tend the funeral Ssrgeant-at-Arns Fanlzo1A w."
New-York tribune., 1908-08-06
mss. macKAY REELECTED.

RosIyn, Long Island. Aug 6~NLrs> Claren
Mackay was reelected 70 the Rosyn sonooi 80
+biz aftsrnoon There were 151 votes cast an un-
s,,s111- Iarps number IN the absencs OF contest
Mrs Mackay was one OF several women 70 VOC
but there was nothing like the interest Fhlcn o.
tanned three years ago when she was nrs' eioc.oN
over active opposition John 2. Rernsen vas $50 $50
reelected Mrs 01ackay arrived at the scnoo4 ea
IN an automobile but remained only long enough
to vote.
During the election the school had nHs0"
escape from being struck by lightning great oa1
of fire seemed TO burst within q few 1eec OF 20
roof and a portion of It struck the roor or Hlals1
Zintle's house opposite and scattered sorns G 10
shingles but did no other damage.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-06
THE MOST POPULAR DRINK.

From The Phtladeiphia fec"lu- a..
What ia the most popular drink SAID .sst e.t
penser OF cooling beverages at a Chestunt st1S
fountain why. good old ieu1onaue !.
sir there may be fads. foibes and stunts, N boc &
soft drink line. but when II comes 10 plplus
weather with everybody mOpping his brow, -. -
are more calls for lemonade than any other % ~,
of course this refers mostly to men, IoL sr1 .-~
women run sundaes anything with ice ~ssr, c.-
in IT, But then. again. there are enough NSSa5a'
who take lemonade give the made IN the -,
drink an easy win when stacked up against -
other Orange phosphate runs close sec0Hos ~, :
think and is about cooling as anything - -
think of. Yes. sir. they talk about handins 80 1
lemons II IL Somethin' AWFUL. out -.
see Il. Give a lemon squeezed into a glass
add enough sugar. water and ice 20 make IT,.
Lemonade and then iuSt stick dash or llnne lnies
in 20 help out, and you've pretty nearly g.
drink thatu make the town local option e5pseiA~s'
ahi. hot weather. I'm making yours now
New-York tribune., 1908-08-06
THE TURKISH RFVOLUTYON.

II may be regarded as Of good omen that the
constitution which Abdul Hamid has proclaimed
in Turkey is no new thing. but is the constitu-
ton of 1876 rescued from the abeyance in which
it had been held ever since February, 1877,
when it was not abr0gated, but merely sus-
pended That is reassuring fact. because ii is
an excellent guarantee Of the quality of the in
strument. constitution newly framed at the
present time by Abdul Hamid and his advisers
TO meet present emergency might he delusive
or impractical. But this one framed with
great deberation by AIidhat Pacha and the
other founders of the Young Turk party, with
the earnest intent of making Turkey free and
liberal nation. 1T was meant TO establish in the
e1pire -'the reign of liberty. justice and equality
and the triumph of civilization" and it was,
moreover mot promise, but "A real and formal
oct, That is the instrument which is now
made the fundamental law of the land and 10
which allegiance is being sworn.
Under that instrument the Sultan is declared
TO be the Caliph of Islam, so that the renuncia-
tion of the title OF Sultan in favor of that of
Emperor which was reported TO be impending,
would be a modification of the constitution. His
prerogatiyes are made similar to those Of the
constitutional soverelgns Of the west Of Europe
Islamism is recognized as the official religion OF
New-York tribune., 1908-08-06
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

New London will divide with Bay Shore to-oaS
the attention Of New York society. Al Ne" Lon
don the fleet of New York Yscht Cluo VIII a.
semble this afternoon for its annual cruise uiuO
the command OF Cornelius Vanderbilt VINO mas
hoisted his flag as commodore on his Dig steai"
Yacht North star Associated with him IN the
management OF the cruise and in the organ !.
of the races which to be held on Sa'urohS ~
Monday off Newport and tomorrow week AT 1iai
blehesd are III de B. Parsons. E. f. Loriilaro anu
~ = Kerr The feet will sail tomorrow morning
for Newport. where II will remain unti IueSuaS'
and many entertainments have been orsahl@so a"
connection with it's visit. In former years us ie'
dezvous Of the fleet has been on the other SIDE OF
the Sound at Glen Cove. but the change 10 Ne"
London has met with general approval owing 10
its being So much more accessible and IN every
way more convenient.
With regard to Bay Shore. the horse show open
ine +here TODAY at Oakwood Park. is the eignth
of the series and is always exceedingly poPu-
lar affair with those New York people VINO nave
summer homes on Long Island. All the country
seats in the district have house parties IN con-
nection with the exhibition which. as usnal. Is
being made the occasion of much hospltantS'
Among those who will be present are Mr. ana MI :
Frederick G.; Bourne. Samuel T. Peters. schuyler
Parsons, Mr.. and Mrs James McNamee' Noioi .
and Mrs Alfred wagstaff and Mr.. and Mrs ROBERT
L. Pierrepont.
Countess Giusepps della Gherardesca. who has
at Newport sailed for Europe yesterday MI anu
Mrs Norrie Sellar were also among those WHO
sailed for Europe yesterday.
Colonel and Mrs. Delaney A Kane nave ar
rived at Saratoga from Newport for the racing
season.
Mr. and Mrs Edwin H Weatheroee. MISS May
Weatherbee and Hicks Arnold Weatheroee VINO
have been spending the last two weeks at spring
Lake and Long Branch. n. j.. have returned u
their country home at Mamaroneck
Mrs John Duncan Emmett who had been spend
ing several weeks with her mother, Mrs John X
Drexel at the Iatters country home near Phiiaoei
phia has arrived at Narragansett Pier wnere sne
will remain for the rest of the summer
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Steele have left LONDON
for Paris and are staying at the Ritz They VIII
remain abroad until about the middle OF next
month.
General Brayton Ives has arrived at Saratoga
where he will remain until the end Of the racing
season.
Mr. and Mrs William Church Osborn, who de-
parted on Western trip about three weeks ago,
will return about the middle OF next month and
spend the fall at their country place at Garrison
on-the- Hudson.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-06
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
IBy Telegraph to The T

IBy Telegraph to The Tribunal
Newport r. l., Aug 5-To-day was the dullest
dav Of the Newport season. The main topic OF
conversation among the few that gathered at the
Casino was the early morning storm Not fe" OF
the women acknowledged that they were fright
ened and the fact that the Pendeton cottage nad
been struck was interesting to many. This makes
two of the villas that have been struck by light
ming within two days.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-06
AUTHORS NAMES FOR TOWNS

From The Chicago News
Kipling is a town which has Just olosson1eea J Ias
in Canada where there is only town ol ce, c1a-s
speare There Is a Shakespeare IN hOscLssa
County. Ind However, the great E1siisn g. -,
tist was never popular among the new !. -
manners in North America. although tnere ArS -
the United States thirty Millions. three 49, 80,
smiths four Dickenses thirty-odd SCOTS, 49, -
Byrons two Tennysons and one Thackeray. @I'0O
isn't a Browning on the American map.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-06
BIRD SLAUGHTER.
From The London Globe.

1t is estimated that to supply the plunass re re
ladies' hats and other decorations 5,yIIf-
sacrifice yearly OF 400. .000 900 birds Pals -
receive annually about 40, eco seaguLs r5s-{s
wear a London house. so we learn from a - SaS
paper supplied 700 humming birds and sV.ogs5 .,s5
sea birds of various species Nothing neea os
the loss to agriculture by the 1noiscI- -
destruction Of birds and in some countries .s11
tain species have ceased TO exist Arnoins oins.,SIsnd
are included the Labrador duck, the AZ . -.
rail- the Reunion starting and the oulin =.
Azores For Some reason. possibly 20 - 7toid
the beauty of the feathers. they are, We 0A0 -
franuently plucked from live birds
New-York tribune., 1908-08-06
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THURSDAY. AUGUST 6, 1905.

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