Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-27

1t is difficult to gauge the work
of a Congress until the legislation 1t
has passed has been effective long
enough to demonstrate its possibilities
for good OF evil. According to the
Speaker of the House of Representa-
lives the Sixty-frst Congress, which
came to an end Saturday night, had
accomplished more than any other In
thirty-flve years This verdict will not
be received with any great amount of
popular acclaim. Indeed, the most Big
nifcant bit of work which was ac-
Speaker OF his power-is doubtless re-
garded by Uncle Joe as the greatest
blot on the history Of the session.
Tho railroads have incurred so much
extra enmity In this State by their
announcement of the proposed rate
advance that the stand taken by one
OF them defyfng the Interstate Com
MERGE Commission will be welcomed in
a way by commuters and the SYM
pathetic public. 1t means a show
down, with a splendid prospect of the
railroad having the poorer hand. Al
ready the commissions request that
the increase In rates be withheld until
July 30 has been changed to q positive
command In tho case of this o that
no change be made in the present rates
until October IL.
Again Cornell sweeps the Hudson in
the Poughkeepsie regatta. winning the
three events. The repeated successes
Of the Ithacan university SAVIOR OF
magic, but there is a very different
reason behind them all. 1t is spelled
C-o-u-r-t-n-e-y, a coach who under
stands his business n human nature
so well that he regularly makes vet
eran crews OF novices and has reduced
the methods of winning the river events
to q science. In time the races on the
Hudson may resolve themselves into
an effort among the less fortunate
crews to be as good a second as pos
sible to Cornell.
When an outbreak is due in New
York's Chinatown police vigilance
cannot, apparently. be made effective
enough to prevent 1t. A police captain
who knows the downtown districts as
do few other captains in New York
was in the heart of the Celestials' Sec
ton of the island yesterday when a
Tong war broke out, ragged with ter
rife violence all about him, and finally
burned itself out. The problem which
faces the police of large Eastern cities
Of dealing with foreigners en- masse
has no more difficult aspect han that
presented by the Chinese Of New York.
Now that it is definitely known that
Colonel Roosevelt and President Taft
are to meet at Beverly and talk 1t over,
ably more, on the part of the public as
to what directions the conversation
will take. The Ballinger-Pinchot con-
troversy will unquestionably absorb a
large segment Of the time of the inter-
view, but what will the former special
diHbdoSd0oH lave " ody dboub I liz
concession in going to. Beverly rather
than insisting that the President com
to Oyster Bay is a good sign to begin
with.
Judge Charlton has asked the alien
lists who are examining his son Porter,
who has confessed he murdered his
wife, to report exactly what they find.
If It is their verdict that young Charl-
ton is sane, the father will not, he
says. oppose the extradition of his
son. This attitude is an admirable one.
1t nay be easily understood how the
good citizen in Judge Charlton fought
with the parent before such a decision
was reached. 19-l5o
rAcU oE NpCpCcrrV