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New-York tribune., 1908-05-07
uR. CASSIDY. sOCIOLOGTST.

Deep and palpitating will be the JOY of tie
sociologists when they hear that a distinguished
and easily distinguishable statesman has placed
the stamp of official approval upon scientific
Summing. This method of sociological research,
having long been the toy of college students,
realistic cergymen and ''rubberneck wagon
tourists. has finally been recognized and adopted
by no less personage than rhe famous exponent
of Government by Suggestion, Senator Owen
Cassidy who sees in il valuable means for
the acquisition of useful knowledge about wick
edness Mr.. Cassidy made bis now famous
Summing trip last Tuesday. He visited the
Jamaica rncetrack and drank in the horrors
there offered 10 his eyes. In reply To some who
were in doubt as to the reasons for his presence
at that fearful sink OF inquify. the Senator ex-
planned his geographical position thus:
Information should precede legislation: light
dispels darkness and ignorance | am trying TO
understand what is calling forth all this hysteria
against the rscetracks, and l am seeking by
personal observation 10 understand what We
are trying to destroy.
These are not the words Of man suffering
from political cretinsm. They are the utter
ances of the calm scientific investigator, who.
CHANGING 10 be caught in police raid, proves an
olibi for his thoughts They give promise of a
new era in craftsmanship. and suggest that the
great stupid public may have been grossly mis-
Judging lot of prominent men.
This last hint gives pause. The world has
long been relentlessly upbradng statesmen who
have run saloons and tramp lodging houses,
taken ding at -'klondike,' the wheel, or the
ponies now and then, and used both predatory
rich and predatory poor in getting elected 10
office. But since Senator Cassidy has shown
that even member "f the State Legislature
can grasp the subtleties of the scientific pursuit
of vice, who dares assert that none Of these
seeming offenders are righteous they CON
stantly proclaim themselves to be: May not
goodIy number be Summers: If a statesman
enters the iDclosure at racetrack in order 10
discover the causes Of the "hySteria' against
gambling. may not other statesmen have financed
bookmakers. tipped jockeys and become intimate
with the capitalists backing the system" for the
same sweet sake of learning. in all its horrld
details, what the public is seeking to destroy:
The sociological confessions Of Nobody's Puppet
should teach us all 10 be charitable.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-07
THE OUTLOOK IN MOROCCO.

On the sound principle of choosing the less Of
two evils it may be hoped that the news of dis
aster 10 Nulai Hafig will be confirmed There
is indeed ground for regarding it probably
true Weeks ago It was known that be had
suffered serious reverses at the hands of the
Trench and through the extensive detection of
varIous tribes of which some Yielded 10 the
French and some renewed their allegiance TO
Abd-el-Azz All the Dukhala tribes around
Mazagan thus deserted him, while those at
Azemmur actually took the aggressive against
him. Thus only the one port of Suft was left
to him on the coast. and he retired to a place
of supposed security back Of Meshra els
Now he Is reported to have fed TO Tadla. Us
miles from Fez, his capital, while the long de
layed expedition which Abd-el-4.ziz has for
three months been threatening to send for the
recapture Of Fez has at last actually set out in
force and, according TO the latest dispatches.
the people of Fez have proclaimed the downfall
of the pretender and the restoration of their
allegiance TO the rightful Sultan. If Fez is
occupied by the Sultan's army the cause of the
pretender will be in desperate straits
Such a consummation is TO be desired chiefly
for the reason that Abd-el-Aziz is sonew hat
less evil ruler than Aulai Hafig, and is
amenable TO the humane influences of Europe
and America. In fact. he seems TO mean in
good faith TO keep his compact with the powers
aud 10 be willing and desirOus that civilized
conditions shall gradually be developed in
Morocco. 1t was because of that very thing
that Mula Hafgs savage and fanatical rebel
lion was organized against him. As for Mulai
Hafig he would if he became Sultan. repudiaJe
every agreement and treaty between Morocco
and the rest of the world and would expel from
his empire every civilizing and progressive in-
fl,ience A regime similar TO that established
at omlurman by the Mahdi and Khalifa would
probably be his ideal for Morocco.
1t may from point of view be a melan-
cboly reflection that an ancient and once pow
erfuI empire should he dependent upon foreign
influence for good, and that the ruler should lie
New-York tribune., 1908-05-07
T4G4RfER or THE SE4SOv.

The weather. the climate. is not only one
of the most familiar topics Of conversation il
is also one of those upon which people are
most inclined 10 he dOgmatic and ntolerant and
upon which probably the maximum of mistakes
and misapprehensOns is made. There is moth
ing of which man is more confident than that
this is an unprecedentedly early or late spring,
as the case may be. that certain day is
the hottest or the coolest record, or that the
whole climate is very different from what
ii used to be. or something of the sort. And in
the vast ma j0rity of cases he is wrong
Since the scientific records of the weather
bureau anathematiZed by the average anna
teur meteOroiogist really telling nothing
about practical conditions, let us turn to the
observ tions of those who regard the clouds
and the Towering OF plants and such phenomena
rather than the operations of intricate
chinery. A careful and conscientious observer
4" way down in Maine noted scrupulously the
time of Towering of various trees for period
of thrty-siX years, with the result that the
full Towering Of apple trees found 10 vary
in dat te from as early as May II TO as late
as June ., and the leafing of maple, beech and
birch found TO have similar range-from
May IL to June &. The same observer noted
the dates of the first snow in autumn and the
last snow in spring during the same years and
found that the former ranged from September
% to November -. and the latter from March
30 to May 26, excepting that in one year there
was three days snowStorm June t.
and 8. Another observer at Hartford, Conn,
measured the yearly snowfall for quarter of
a century and found 1t to vary from ten inches
to seven and one-half feet. A third. at WOrces-
ter. Mass. in period OF only eight years
noted variations in the date of blooming of
crocuses from April | to April 10, of ancmones
from April Is to May 1, Of dandelions from
April 10 TO May Q, and Of cherry trees from
April y to May 10
With these records before us 1t seems indis-
Greet for anybody TO pronounce any of the
vagaries of the weather or the climate unprece-
dented even extraordinary. The chances
are that any phenomenon which to
seems amazing may be duplicated or perhaps
surpassed by reference TO sufficiently credible
records of the past. OF course the boil the
back of ones own neck always seems twice
as big and ten times painful any other
i'm the world. SO the day on which we swelter
seems the hottest that ever was, and the frost
which nips our garden or fruit trees always
seems to be the latest on record. But 1t isn't
so at all The vagaries of the weather
merely its ordinary way. 1t is the vagaries of
mems minds which make them seem otherwise.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-07
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
IFrnm Th. Tribune Rureau.


Vashinston, May 6-Mr. and Mrs. Charles NJ
Ffoulke gave the of their tapestry gallery this
afternoon for a musical TO benefit the Working
Boys Home Several hundred persons were there,
including the patronesses Mrs. Fairbanks. Mrs
Garfield. Mrs. Robert Bacon. Mrs. Charles j. Bell.
Mrs Briggs. Mrs. Bulkeley. Mrs Crane. Mrs
Depew. Mrs Eustis. Mrs. Foraker. Mrs. Fremont
Smith. Mrs. Jennings, Mrs. Knox. Mrs. Lowndes.
Mrs Duncan Mckim. Mrs. NeWberry, Mrs. Per
kins Mrs Hunt Slater Mrs. Wells and others.
Mr.. and Mrs George II. Brown announce the en-
gagement of their daughter. Miss Enrol Cuthbert
Brown. and Lieutenant Charles Russell Train.
L. s. n.
Mr.. and Mrs. John ID. Lsnghorne have with them
their daughters Mrs. Powell Clayton and Mrs.
Stanley washburn. who being constantly enter
tained. The Belgian Minister and Baroness Mon
cheur will give dinner in their honor Saturday
night.
Miss Gladys ingalls, of Cincinnati. who was the
guest for few days OF Representative and Mrs
Nicholas Longvorth. has returned 10 her home.
accompanied by Miss Constance Hoyt, daughter OF
the Solicitor General and Mrs. Henry NJ Hoyt who
will remain with her for some days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley will leave Washing
ton to open their house at Tuxedo Saturday.
They will occupy their house in Dupont Circle
next
New-York tribune., 1908-05-07
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
,From The Tribune Bureau. J

he Tribune
Washington May 6-The President e"'' -. =,
Cardinal Iogue at luncheon this afternoon
to meet him were Cardinal Gibbons iio,I9s
Faiconio tho Papal Delegate; Archolshop -,
of New York: Bishop Browne. OF ireidhu'
O'ConnelI of the Catholic University, ana r"t
Russell rector of ST Patrick's Church NaSh'ns ST.
Mrs Roosevelt has issued invitations for la"ii
party on the White House grounds on FRIDAY 'A'
noon May 15 in honor of the Governors VI .H
states and territories. On Tuesday evening I"aS
IL there will a dinner at the Nhlte iiouse "
their honor -, ~
BY special appointment 15e members OF 'l'e 10
tional Society of Colonial Danes were recei'eu ~
the President this afternoon.
delegation from Chicago, headed nS H. y,
Wheeler invited the President TO attend the ssco"u
conference OF the Chicago and 81 LOUIS D'F
Waterways Convention in october, but ne hdo u
decline.
Other callers at the White House were ATTORNEY
General Bonaparte Senator'S Owen. sInoot anu
Hemenway Representatives Allen, Gilett Ronerts
Hubbard. Calder Hale Murdock. oCohhe" anu
Humphrey Interstate Commerce Commissloher
Lane General Elliott commandant OF the marine
corps: Admiral PiIsbury. General Powell clayton
Republican National Committeeman from Arkah-
sas; C. NJ Cade, Republican National committee
man from Oklahoma: Professor Walter Schot'' OF
Berlin and NJ. Boristow- the Russian painter
New-York tribune., 1908-05-07
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
III Telegram % The Irtplu1e-

IBy IeIstraph % IHs +I'V@-.I = :,
Newport r. l., May 6.-SiT- ana MIS- = NJ
OeIrichs and DT. and Mrs. r. v AaIlisoi a'e "a
pected here for the season next week
r and Mrs. whitney Warren and Ny and Mrs
eyis Quentin Jones have announced thar they VII
arrive for the season on Tuesday
PauIding Fosdick. who has been IN newport loE
a few davs left here to-day for New YORK.
NJ and Mrs Perry Belmont, after making a. in
spection of By The Sea and attending the " ss-
stan-French wedding. left here to-day FOR Sev
York and Washington
Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Mason viii reach newport iof
the summer at the end Of the month
Barton willing and Willing Spencer departed To-
dav for their homes IN Philadelphia
Mr. and Mrs. z. c. knight, OF Philadeiphia, VIII
open their summer home here within the next tWo
weeks.
II was reported this evening that Mrs z o.
French was now her way 20 America and thst
her coming would change the plans Of her dsush-
ter Mrs Alfred c. Vanderbilt.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-07
CARNEGIE WOOS PEACE.
Erpects to See Ucstern Hemisphere
in Com pact Soon.

Andrew Carnegie told the Peace Society OF this
city. of which he Is president. that the cause Of
peace had never made such strides in the history
OF the world it has been making recently and is
still making. 1t the society's annual meeting
at the Hotel Astor and there had been strenuous
appeal from other speakers for more hard and
concentrated work.
You must remember Mr.. Carnegie continued
that zealots apt forget the fish have
in the basket and strive for those have not got
These workers are in that frame OF mind
Mr.. Carnegie said that there would be other
treaties Ike that with Japan. and they would meet
with the unanimous approval of the Senate. since
its prerogatives had been conceded. And shall
see. before die compact of peace embracing
the whole Western Hemisphere he added
Edwin D. Mead, of the Peace Society Of Boston
said that the treaty with Japan OF greater i'm
portance than the battleships In the Pacific. He
reviewed movements making for peace and a better
understanding among the nations of the earth. 1t
was our business. he declared. to lead the world in
rational armament and ultimately in gradual re-
duction.
The Rev. Mr. Jefferson alluded 10 his fight
against Hobson. He wanted the propaganda for a
greater navy offset by a propaganda against more
battleships Hobson had said that the battle had
Just begun. Mr.. Jefferson said that the society
should send word that 1t had and that the society
in it.
The reports of the officers were approved. and
there recommendation from the officers and
speakers. with the exception of Mr. Carnegie. that
a secretary of proved ability be employed to give
all his time the work.
The following officers were elected for the en-
suing year: President Andrew Carnegie; Vice
presidents, Lyman Abbott. r. Fulton Cutting. Gov
ernor Hughes William r. Huntington. Henry NJ
MacCracken. Marcus NJ Marks. Joseph F. Mooney
Oscar s. Straus. Robert e. Ogden. George Foster
Peabody William Jay Schieffelin. Oswald u. Viii
lard and Horace White; secretary. Samuel T. Dut-
ton; treasurer. Talmadge Is. johnson, and auditor
A s. Fressell.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-07
CARDINAL LOGUES VIEWS
Talks on Questions of the DAY.
Praises President.

Washington May ardirlaI Logue. the PrIr,a.s
Of All Ireland. tonight received number OF The
Washington newspaper men at the rectory OF 81.
Patrick's Church where he is the guest of tie
Rev Or William T. Russell. the pastor. The
Cardinal gave his views the divorce evil n
this country the tariff, home rule. prohibition.
horse racing and also his impressions Of President
Roosevelt
Divorce one OF the chief biots this country
believe will eventually ruin the United States
II a check is not put upon It. According 70 ny
belief. II should be absolutely abolished. Even
from a political point Of view il will ruin the
United States and destroy families and the family
is the foundation of the state
on prohibition the Cardinal said This IS a df-
hcult question. The absolute prohibition of the
sale of liquor is practically impossible. OF course.
all want to reduce the use Of alcohol as mucn
a can, but the best means Of doing IS
mooted question"
When asked for his views on the tariff ques-
tion the Cardinal replied: ireland is suffer
ing her fishery industries by the protective tarn
IN the United States \ great drawback to tnss
industry in country is the tariff
As to home rule for ireland. tie Cardinal said
Il think II will later bur it is very
hard to say just when. You never be sure
what will UP in English politics
The Cardinal declared that horseracns with Set-
ting eliminated legitimate sport One sf-
feet betting has had racing, he said, was tns
destruction of an innocent pastime-
The Cardinal remarked that the Irish people had
made splendid progress in the United states, ee-
cause, he said. they had fair play here He sad
there was nothing to prevent them from making
position for themselves if they had the talent ana
diligence to do so
Asked as to hts impression os President Roose-
veIt the Cardinal said: Il have always adnlret
him. and that impression strengthened ana
confirmed when had the pleasure of meeting nm
at luncheon to-day 1 always admired Mr. kcose
Welt for his straightforwardness. his honesty -
his fearlessness.''
New-York tribune., 1908-05-07
LITHoGRAPHs FOR LENox LIBRARY,
Collection Presented by Joseph Pennen IN
cludes Work Of Early Englishmen.

Frank Weitenkempf. curator OF ths print us
partment of the Lenox Library. said yesferoA'
that an important gift just received by inc =
brary collection OF nearly one tnoussn'
Autographs given by Joseph Pennel IL inciuhS
work of Rafet. Bennington and the early Ensn''
men. well a large number by Pennell HE
self.
In the lower hall of the Lenox Building ar
shown a number of plates from Bodes BOOK On
the much discussed collection OF Rodolphe hsnn
The entire work may be examined I'm ths pri"'
AT the Astor Library Building there Nsr'
placed on view yesterday plates ILLUSTRATING
chitectural ornaments by sculptors OF frss
and embroidery by peasant women OK Snoish'
executed under the direction OF Princess i en-
sheva- =
New-York tribune., 1908-05-07
Amusemenfs.

ACADEMT OF MUsIC-s:l5-Mie. Modists
ALHANBRA-2
CAN-s-RiEOletto.
4SToR-s s-e9-Psfd FuE
BIJOU-s-2U- iebonnsrd
RI-sNET' -f5-The Governor and the BOSS
t'AS1NG-2-I5-s -1s-Nearly Hero
CsRCI-5-s:l5-The nierry-tGo- Round
t1OLONJ AL -2-s-Vau6eyile
DAIl'S-s:15-Ciiris
DENTsT-2-S-k au6eYills
EDEN MUSEE-The World IL Wax
EMPIRES :2o-Fasher an6 1be Roys
HACKETT-2 -2-I5-s:l5-Tac Wifcfing Hour
-S-i3-Naudeville
HERALD sol aRE-sl5-The Gin BEHIND the ]orn
HfPPODRONE-2-s-Batt Of Port Arthur baiie''
Circus and 0naip
InSON-s 2o-The Honor Of the Family.
ENICKERRoCK ER-s- 1.-THE Yankee Prince
LIBERTY ssas,-PoIiv Of the CIRCUS
1-YEEI-M- -s:eD-The Thief
LII .27i-The Wolf
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-2-s-Wild West
NEW AMSTERDAM :I5-The Merry WIDOW
SFH Works 2a-The Soul Kiss.
SkvoY-a:Is-s.2 .20-Ths Servant in the HOUSE
T-2 .15-s s-i5-Warrens OF virginia
waII.ACK- SPA knight for a Day -. ,.-r
WEBER MUSIC HAIL-s:l5-Burfescue of 1le 'e4iS
Widow.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-07
iRBfTR.sTTDN WITH JAPAN.

The first peace congress at The Hague con-
finues tc bear good fruit. Some time has been
required for any general considerable COM
I,liance With fhe recommendation of arbitration
treaties. hut the time has not been wasted. and
to-day many OF the nations of the world are
bound together as never before by agreements
10 settle their disputes through peaceful con-
ferenres and adjudication and by practical
means for achieving that end. In this America
has appropriately taken a leading part. note
worthy group of general arbitration treaties
substantially alike in terms, have been nego-
sisfed and ratified 10y this country and now
another is being added 10 the list. which is in
some respects the most significant of all.
This arbitration treaty with Japan. announce
,nent of which has come as surprise 10 most
people. is welcome confirmation Of the pacific
and optimistic estimates of American relations
with Japan which have consistently ex
pressed There have been elsewhere decidedly
alarmist rumors. The incredulous battered
nlous public has been assured OF the strained
nature Of relations between the two countries
and Of the imminenee of war And now it is
revealed that at the very time when these
chickering's and threatenings were alleged TO
have been raging the diplomats OF Japan and
America were amicablv arranging for an arbi-
frafion treaty which should make any trouble
BET veeu the two countries unlikely 10 be
ruled out of the domain of practical expecta-
tion
The treaty is also a confirmation of Japan's
place among the nations 1t is practically iden-
fical i'm terms with the treaties which have been
made with Great Britain and other European
countries. providing for the arbitration of all
matters which do not involve the honor. integ-
rify' OF vital interests of either nation We
have no doubt that, while enjoying the same
privileges as other nations. Japan will feel and
will loyalty discharge the same legal and moral
responsibility For the next five years. there
assuming. as 30, the prompt ratifica-
ton Of the frcaiy-there should be no more
New-York tribune., 1908-05-07
a ho,,f PEOPLE and Social Incfdenfs
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mr. and Mrs III. Mex Twomby will entsrt,t.
to-day at luncheon at Fiorham, their country
place near Madison n. J., the members OF m.
Ladies' Four Hand Driving Club, who win starr
this morning en- their annual long distance drive
They will return to town this afternoon. Mr..
Robert l. Gerry. who Miss COrneia Harr-
man was OF the most enthusiastic nenber.
of the club will arrive here Tomorrow from En-
rope with her husband. just day too late to TAX.
part in the drive
Frederick Townsend Martin will entertain Mr.,
John W. Mackay and her daughter, Princess Co.
Ionna di stigIiano. at luncheon Saturday al ths
Plaza He will give dinner tonight at the Union
Club in honor Of General Brayton Ives
Nr AMI Mrs Reginald G. Vanderbilt. who hav.
been abroad since the end Of January. booked
to sail tomorrow from Cherbours for New York
Mr.. and Mrs Charles A. Childs will return TO-
day from Hot Springs. Va
borse I'm East s4th street next week and 80 to
their place at Bayshore. Long Island.
Mr.. and Mrs John Blake Baker. who had been
spending the winter at the Grand Hotel at Nice,
have gone 20 Italy
Mr. and Mrs. George S. Robbins arrived her.
yesterday from Europe.
Mrs Elliott f shepard who - now abroad. s
booked to sail at the end Of this month for New
York and will spend the summer as USUAL az Bar
Harbor.
Mr.. and Mrs. W Bayard Cutting and Miss Olivia
Cutting were among those who sailed yesterday
for Europe on the Oceanic
Elisha Dyer has returned 20 New York from
F,urope and among other arrivals from abroad
are Mr. and Mrs J. Henry Whitehouse and Ed
vard J. Whitehouse and Mrs Fl O. Haver1eysr
and Miss Havemeyer.
Carroll Bryce. brother Of the British Amoassa-
dor has arrived In town and is staying at tbs
Hotel Gotham
The engagement ia announced OF MIS- samuel
coIgata widow of Samuel Colgate and daughter
~ FdUard Julius Hall. to the Rev Henry Brad
ford Washburn. of Worcester, Mass
Mrs Never wife Of the Postmaster General and
her daughters Miss Alice and Miss Julia Meyer
arc hooked to sail to-day for Europe.
Mrs William 7. Meredith will give small
rsception this afternoon for Miss Maria : Doug
las who Is to be married TO Joseph d Martin on
Nav p Miss Douglas is a daughter Of Mrs n
Sheafe Douglas
New-York tribune., 1908-05-07
MIR. CLEVELAND GAINING STEADILY.
No Cause for Worry, His Wife Tells Ameri-
can Bankers Association Committee.
lBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Lakewood n. j., May s-On account of the
many conflicting reports which have been sent
out the condition of former President CIeve-
land who has been i'll here for the last seven
weeks. Mrs Cleveland has decided to issue for
NAL statement to his condition each night The
statement issued tonight said:
Mrs. Cleveland says that Mr.. Cleveland is get
ting along very nicely and is gaining steadily.
Colonel J. f. Powers and f. F. Swinney the
committee appointed by the American Bankers
Association to wait on the former President
called this morning and Mrs Cleveland They
extended to her the sympathy of the association
and said they hoped Mr.. Cleveland would recover
speedily Colonel Powers said later that Mrs
Cleveland had told them that her husband was
dong as well as could be expected. and that there
was no cause for worry about his condition
DR.. Bryant returned to Lakewood from New
York this morning and was with Mr. Cleveland to-
night.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-07

nreferred for It who will most compromise us
independent sovereignty and most make nm
self punpet in alien hands. Yet such is the
fate of Morocco. Spencer could discern IN IL
ert matter the promise and potency OF every
form of life but In that mOribund country lhere
is no promise or potency of revival save such aS
may be injected from without. It's sovereignty
may continue to exist in name. but II VIII oe-
come more and more attenuated and shado"!
i'm substance until it vanishes altogether heIore
the Irresistible advance Of powers WHICH dfe
not only physically stronger, but also IN an even
greater degree morally better.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-07

Governor Forts formal remuneration of his
puted candidacy for the Vice-Presdenta nom-
ination was striking incident of the New Jer
sey Republican convention season. but it
not at all surprising to those who have been ia
miliar with his sentiments and aims The cir
cumstances of his election, added to his strong
intellectual and moral personality, caused Mr..
Fort to be much talked of candidate for the
Vice Presidency. and his vigorous course in the
Governorship strengthened such sperulations
and made his candidacy-if he would assent to it
appear forrnida bic. But after his election and
before his Inauguration he uneouiyocay ex-