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persuade him. when the Tina comsa, 20
dsvise Q useasare that will be acceptable
% the whole nation.
Theuse % the djective democratic.
and the sketch Of . powerless upper
house. apparently Indicate that Mr..
AsoCITH has not recovered from the
rhetoric Of his Liberal and labor allies.
A little study Of foreign politics 81
States where the second chamber h
purely elective. like France or the
United States. might have taught Mr.
AsoUITH that even under a democratic
system Il il possible for the majority
in the two houses TO belong to different
parties and for legislation To he sala-
pended till cha houses come into agree
ment. He might learn from them too
that usually in snch cases the welfare Of
the nation overrides party jealOusies.
More noticeable. however. II the man.
ner in which Mr.. AsoUTTH. the Premier
in a British Ministry. sweeps away in
fancy all Instructions in the way Of the
Commons. The royal Veto he de-
Clares. IL a. dead ~ Queen Anne. :
therefore the absolute veto OF the Lords
must go. There are many conssitu-
tiOnSl lawyers who still believe that a
latent veto power in the Crown il one OF
the safeguards Of the British COnstitu-
ton. and that the fact that there has been
no need for ito exercise has been due to
the wisdom and diplomacy Of British
Ministers in the past. Even to-day. we
imagine. many Liberals who may be
ready to castiGate the Lords would hest
tate to tear down the only theoretical
barrier to the supremacy Of a Prime
Minister backed by a Heterogeneous
ma jority.
Great Britain must be closer 10 a
revolution and to a republican form Of
government than foreign Observers have
noticed or the recent elections have
revealed. IL the main portion Of the
IabeTal party u ready to follow MIR.
AsoUITH in an assault on the Crown
a. well an on the Lords or 10 support
him in clearing the road for full grown.
democracy" That is an IDEAL
which we imagine 10 not shared n vet by
the property holding. commercial and
industrial middle class Of the British
Isles.
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CONsERVING TEE RACE.
DeteFssratisn InssttAhaS n women Con.
tlnue 60 Work IN Factories.

To TuR EDIroR or TRK srN- S. M,
an ssta bliGhsd fact that ovsrproductio.
reduces market prices. therefore a. ~.
market price Of Woman's labor - l,s ~.
may safsly oOanluds that there are ,,,
many women seeking employment In.
conclusion will also be justified by ,'i.,lr,
Of bread lines and other evidences ~ r8r..,
unemployed male labor.
II women were performing onIr 49,,
M tural functions Of child bearing AMI h,r.
making there would he room in the iar',r..
and mills and Offices for men noW uner..
plOyed. We do not find that hard vpr, IN,
labOrious occupations ma terbilly int-rf...
with or prevent y mans -fatheu themes.
but they do seriously imTair Np.,r..
-mOtheEa bIenes- 10 l. grievous orou.
20 hunla nifty. " We look a. u from M other
point OF view. 20 bring into life blind s,caIy
or defective children.
n i wOmHns inalienable right and prtyi.
lese not less than her duty. 60 bring in,os,
istencs healthy children. Detectives ant
invalids are q burden on the State. = menas.
TO SOC cty. and the future OF tho ra'e j. of tno
great Importance for us 20 waste time Or
energy 90 ring for such. Prophyla Ms - N.
science % preventing disease. and Ne can
prevent disease In no better way than by
PROCURING only ealthy people, The mother
qua liIies ~ our women should bs Conservea
and qua rded that the race may improve
not deteriOate. Our mothers ought not 70
work In factories. mills or sweat shops
where the confinement. had air. Ions hours
and stTH In Of the employment are pre JUDICIAL
to their child bearing powers. What Utl
profit all the invent ions and Improvement
Of this a Ge II by rea son Of mental or hysioal
inhrmities the coming generation cannot
enjoy them
Woman's Industrial market price IL lov.
lower than ma N = for the same work Why
one rea son IL Overproducti0n: there ara
too many women working IL they Wsrs
acarceT, very scarce indeed. their market
price would rise and they would be too vel.
IIa HE In the worlds scheme OF economics
tn waste on factories and the like.
Female infants are. ] believe. 80 ruls
stronger than male. and women do not 90
to war. two rec sons Why there ~ q super.
a bundance Of them. Y S,H
INV loRG, Ma Tch 20
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Al the present session 81 Congress Mis-
sissippi has had moro than her share Of
notice aud distinction by reason Of the
brief hut heatific service of Colonel JANIS
GoRDoN. Truthful James Of Po0totoc. in
the Senate, and now comes the Hon.
THOMAS SPIoMr. the most eloquent son Of
Mississippi in the House Of Representa-
iives. with this new claim to celebrity for
the Bayou State:
To day Ne nave what can he claimed by no
other state In the UnIon. seven native sons Of
Mississippi In the senate OF the United states
NOISY and PERcI nom MIssissippi. CLAIRE from
NrganSaS NEwLNSDs from Nevada. CoHS from
Oklahoma. CHANbsEiuS from Oregon. and
never bsen equaiIed-
Probably not; az least no one would
have the hardihood to protest II Every
mothers son ~ the GALAXY - naturally a
Democrat. there be NC none hut Democrats
in the state from birth to dissolution.
Once a Misais-ippian always a Democrat
There are only thirtv-ronr democrats in
the senate. and Mississippi furnishes more
than a 9th II them hatcher under the
hill claims NEwLANDs and CHAMHERLAIS.
who have ~an1eie TO the Pacific Slope
CORE. one ~ the youngest Senators and
one 81 the able-i men on the Democratic
SIDE. was horn m Webster county. BAILEY
first saw the light in Copiah. CLARKE.
ahsciionstely called odd Cottontop- by
his friends. IL a native Of Yazoo. where
JoHN SHARP WILLIAMS lives hut was not
born WILLIAMS halls from Tennessee
PERCY. the new senator from Miss ssippi.
whose friends predict a brilliant career
for him at Washington. comes from Green
Vile. and HERNASDo DE SoHo AoSEY.
now the minority leader in the senate,
was born m Holmes county
We have no disposition 10 hatter Mis-i--
-ippi-h her head may To turned by so much
attention hut the seven Senators zhe j.
responsible for az Washington strike a
very good average of ability and in the
case of all hut the Hon JANIS p. CLARKE
Il Arkansas. who - a silent partner. they
ar. richly endowed with the gift q speech.
Inc report Of the death 81 King NESHIK Of
Nbl --lnia Vurh was said to rave occurred sun
d. l>oTicisiiy denied DssDa'cA FROM Row
King MENELIK seems 20 have more lives
than a cat.
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Mr. A.auith.s scheme.

50 far as can he Judged from the
abridged cable reports Of Mr.. AsouTTHs
speech on his resolutions limiting the
powers Of the House Of Lords. he il still
possessed Of the idea that England must
be ruled bv q single chamber and that
the authority ~ the majority, for the
time being IN the House Of Commons
must ~ uncontrolled His eyes are still
IN 'he immediate past, and his object
lsRo' 80 much the welfare Of his country
az satisfaction for tho humiliations 20
which the Liberal party under his leader
shin has been subjected
In regard 80 the constitution Of the
House II Lords or whatever second
chamber may take its place Mr.. As
oJTTTH seems IN have no definite notions
save that in no case must Il he allowed
90 thwart the will II the Commons. The
necessity for itS being smaller in num-
bers has already been declared by the
PeeFs themselves. in the adoption Of Lord
ROsEBERY's resolution. The desirability
Of IL being constituted through some
form ~ selection or election IL implied
in the vote DING away with hereditary
qualifications. Whatever plan the Gov
eminent may propose will be duly con-
sidersd and debated. and u n TO be
-fsoTed that Mr.. AsoUITH 8 colleagues will
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Mr. Justice Brewer.

In one of his public addresses the late
Mr.. Justice BREWER quoted Lord MANS
FIELDS saying that he wished popular
ity. not the popularity that is run after,
hut that which sooner or later never
fails to do Justice TO the pursuit of noble
ends by noble minds II was the popu-
lariiv that Mr. Justice BREWER coveted.
and he won il by the frankness. courage
and liberalty OF his opinions uttered a.
a citizen on every occasion suitable for
their expression. He would not allow
himself to be restricted by the conven-
uonai dignity Of judicial place. main
tanning that the ermine should not cover
him ~ with a cloak Of silence He re-
manned a citizen. with the citizens night
To think for himself and the impulse TO
speak his thoughts. although he sat on
the bench Of the supreme Court
Mr. Justice BREWER was aware that
he did not escape criticism when he
discussed public questions. impending
laws. and even the national Admins
tTstiOn. hut he thought that his life
tenure on the bench should furnish the
answer 20 those who thought that he
was not actuated bv an ideal Of duty 20
his countrymen and his generation. He
opposed the annexation Of the Philip
pines and later urged their indepen-
denCe and naturalization. He desired
- SEQ immigration restricted because
he feared HibmerHion Of the Anglo
saxon stock He secuted the idea II
an invasion Of the United States bv
formidable force. and believed that
nucleus Of an army. susceptible Of rapid
expansion. would be sufficient for the
national defence He advocated woman
suffrage Paternal government he con-
demned. deprecating the growing ten
dency 10 call on Congress 20 do what "
was the province. and should he ac-
counted the privilege. Of the States to
do for themselves. OF the income tax
he said 8 II once you give the power 20
the nation 20 tax all tho incomes YOU
give the power to tar tho States. not
out Of their existence but out 81 their
vi,elity
The Federal judiciary. he held. must
continue 20 be the bulwark Of our liner
tea II they are not to perish There
was no other power ito save the country
from the consequences II Legislative
wandering beyond constitutional linn
it's He regretted that the convention
did not make the Presidential term
seven years and the President ineligible
for a second term. A. was proposed.
III that were the provision" he said
on one occasion, we should not now
have the spectacle Of our strenuous
President playing a game ~ hide and
seek with the American people
To appreciate the civic usefulness II
DAVID J. BREWER. and the quality 81
his patriotism, IL was not necessary TO
subscribe TO all his views upon public
questions. H1s service was twOfold. as
a Judge 81 the supreme Court during
twenty momentous years and a. a citi-
zen who spoke his innermost thought
for the general good. In both capaci-
ties he will be highly and de&ervedIy
honoTed
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Whatever may have BEEN FERDINAND's
plans, Russia did not take long to con-
vince him that she had no intention
Of lending him any assistance against
Turkey Or Of entering into u policy &c
adventure in the Balkans.
MANY Turks who held To he old
hereditary national distr'ist Of the Rus
SLAMS discovered that one II the pii'Ici-
pies of Russia's present policy was to
maintain friendly relation between
Turkey aud her Slav neiGhbors Russia
acknowledged that she would not be IN n
position TO mix in Balkan politics for az
least two years. She desires even more
than ever to increase her standing with
the Balkan Slav States. AMI she knows
that should the present status quo he
violently disturbed the success Of her
own policy would he impsrille1. The
clear statement of R'~siR's position at
the time oT FFRDINAND's visit had the
Aust ria and Turkey. for II led Ia the
AustTo-RuSsian agreement To preserve
peace in the Near East and prepared
the way for "A very generous reception
81 the Bulgarian sovereigns ~ Con-
stantinOple
formation n Ia the result Of FEEDI-
NAND'S visit beyond the statement that
an agreement was concluded for a com
mercial treaty between the two cOun-
tries. for the marking Of the disputed
points OF the frontier and for the settle
ment Of the allegiance 81 the people
along the border Regarding the much
discussed question Of Balkan confed-
Grafton or alliance no definite informa-
ton il at hand
DIR. DANFFF. the Bulgarian Premier
short time ago made an unofficial
visit to Constantinople to sound opinion
IN Turkey upon such n federation. II
was readily seen there that the chief
obstacle was the question of Mace
donna. IfTIlTkey was To be AZ the head
of the alliance its mission would evil
IDENTIFY he To bar the eastern progress
81 the Austro-Hungarian Empire. II
she was not in the alliance and il
was SIMPLY a confederation OF Balkan
States it would meet with opposition
from both Turkey and Austr Hungary.
u was quite apparent that while the
States that were parties to the agreement
might march together in time If peace
the conflicting interests in Macedonia
would in ease of war cause a disrIp-
ton 81 the unity.
The Macedonian question remains ~
much a. ever the uncertain element.
and u would be absurd To believe thai
danger in the balkans - passed until
this question j. finally settled. The visit
Of King FERDINAND 10 ConstantInople
and the understanding between him and
the Sultan are, like the Austro- Russian
agreement. new and strong safeguards
against attempts To play with fire.
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THE STATE or MANHATTAN.
Proposal % Independent Ges eFnmeat ss
tire Netrspslltan Dlstrset.

To THE Enron up rHH sUS-Su IN
reading the preliminary report of the Mo-
rOpOlitan Sewerage Commission. With he
recommendation that the commission ~
made permanent. II occurred 20 me that "
would ne q good thing to have . permA rent
commission from New York and New Jersey
20 adjust all questions that come up We
hqve had the Interstate Boundary Commits
sion and the Interstate Bridge Commission
~ there are ~ many things In c0mmoa
IN this met rOpolitan dist rict. Why cannot \
~ erected into governments OF hs own
II tAkes Care ~ the Ccmmerce % the psFt
Of New York. which u the commercial car
itRl Of the country and has nothing undsF
the sun In common with the hayaeederp on
the borders ~ canada. who only regard u
a. q gold mine 10 he worked Let ~
have the state Of Manhattan and Ist US De-
clare ourselves citi0ens 81 that state and
wear a badge 20 let all men know that ws
are prospective citizens Of The coming
S,ate MASHArrASTTR.
STATEN ISLAND. March 20.
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RRITALITIES OF BAsERALL.
ChanEes Advocated On tle lnaercst % eno.
ness and Gsentieneas.

To TIRE EDIIoR or TIE suN-ssy: Isnt
IL about dime that the rules % baseball
should he revised 30 that the dangers aud
brItalitie- Of the present game should 10
eliminated? Tho breaking Of the ankle II
the captain Of the Yale baseball team
and the fracture Of the hand received BY
a catcher of the sane team demonstrate
concluzively that there II something Mnda.
mentally wrong with the game. should our
young men be exposed to these dAngsrs'
IL almost seems worse than q glAdiatoria
contest when a lot OF men are exposed 70
the continual night OF cannon ball. sur.
rounded 10 a cheering mob
Unless the colleges themselves ina91fnts
q reform the STATE Legislatures VIII surely
take up the matter. Some changes I sug.
Ee-t are. Make the diamond about tvics
the present sire. 30 that there would b 1ess
danger from collisions snbstitufe tennis
bs u for the present iron arrangempnt. thus
eliminating half the danger al the game
q nd making the 1elders' work more spec.
taCui r. remove the present kim ~ base
a nd substitute wicker chairs 20 thaf The haas
runners might rest while the ball vac being
served by the pitcher. GEoROE Lob.
NV YORK, March -.
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ICEBERGS IN NORTH PACIFIC.
SHIPS Hard struggle win Them % WsS
From Seattle % AlnsAa-

Cordoua covr,spoHS.p, seattle Post-IaisIh-
ysHcer
The steamship Victoria Of the Alaeka
steamship COMPANY. which arrived here
last niGh' from seattle. passed the wreck
% the steamship iucaHAn In ley Straits end
reports 'ha, Cap. Porter. -ko St,k -tshs
Of his crew j. standing by the s'rickea
ship. h engaged in . continuous hattie vith
iceherga to save the Yucatan from com
ple'e annihilatton
Tie btg observation &c bin built af' -
the hurricane deck % the Yucstan has been
torn on the deck ny he Ice and u 10 sunk
IN the straits The Victoria reports that The
Nucatan y completely submerged az hiEh
tide except the forward house. IN which
Capt Porter and the men standing by the
Nucstan are living.
Th.. vessel h stated to NJ occupyins -
eve bottom and remaining steady. but IRE
IRENE netous number 81 icebergs are COZ
Iinuous menace To the craft. and Capt
Porter and his men are standing watch %
guard on the bergs that threaten 20 srind
They have life boat manned and readv
all the time and whenever an ice roe ~
berg threatens "a collide wtth the Nreca
they bend to the oars and tQw the ice aNay.
taking advantage OF he tides snd cuYrenfs
10 std them IN this. Sounet iEne. y hon they
have guided = berg past the wreck the iids
Will change aud ~end " retTACing ~ pa' D
80 that the work has to be done a. over
again
Th. Steamship victoria reports 'hs' lev
straits are nlled with immense iCebefgs
and hat they extend as far a. twen'F mu~
out 10 ga The und@ualiy high zoe.
siornns. are suppo-ed TO be the ,aus- 81 %
uany Of the giant tee bodies heing 70.
tached nom the glaciers on shore
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form, backs Il under all circumstances
and for everything. sees war with Japan
just around tho corner and demands
FIVE monster battleahips each year n =
precaution. and hOwls for an extra inch
on the tail Of every AHia,ic shirt, with
bloated feet to shoot our cotton trade
into the opportunity.
HOBsoN does not scatter. On the
contrary he concentrates. and 90 far ~
We know he has never sat zap nights
with the rules or bent the pregnant knee
"a the late lamented tyrant. All the
same he talks continuously and with
miserable frequency. You read il in
the newspapers and SEQ il in the COR-
gress'OnOi Rerord An inpresaiOnis,ic
view might be that he il talking con-
stanily IL not ALWAYS Moreover. he il
not talking and has never talked To the
end Of any sane and useful legislation
only for his fads and fantasies. We
cannot believe that he il old JoE CAM
NON'S pet and baby. As We see the
matter. II old jog had his way in every
thing HoBsoN would not be heard from
even through the feeblest chirp; and
vet, here il old JOE denounced ~ a ruth
less despot. a brutal sitter Of righteous
legislation, an obstacle TO the peoples
will. and the rules are about TO be
changed 40 that peace and beauty may
az last he reeuthrOned.
But what will the new rules and the
new dispensation do for HoBsoS? A
mighty clear and accurate estimate
may he formed later: but 10 HoBsoS
IL tn go on with his vociferation IL will
occur to thinking men that the House
revolution has been managed to very
little purpose
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IN. sham. % u...ass...,,..

To THs FpTroR ~ THE SrS-sir. In this far
aNAy corner where recent editorial article on
Onions and Lilies has brought tears 10 the eyes
and rage 70 the hearts Of the Inhabitants, Z have
read your Interesting secOunt OF the operau de
celebrations Of the glories Of Plymouth BY tho
surressors u not the descendAnts Of the Peauots.
Far he II from me 90 dim the renown of this even {.
but n Il not toe nTst time that the Captain OF
Plymouth has been used. ~ least In part 20 bring
honor 20 the Pilgrim.
Last summer 81 EaGlesmerr. Pa. the -SeH-
tst Of Plymouth Daisies Was sung aAd danced
b. some charming descendants Of the associates
OF william Penn In . gay that would have made
even grim Old Captain Ayies take notice.
This Il. however but additional proof 81 your
eonten ton a. 10 the shame OF Massachusetta
WILLIAM MAHRIoTr.
HaNuToN Bermuda. MaEch.s.
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Excellent Ad,Ic. FROM the M.,er

There is one sentence IN Mayor GAY
NOR brief remarks Ia a new CRY Magis-
trate that deserves 80 he studied with
close attention not only by the office
holder 10 whom u was addressed but
by Judicial officers generally. Reading
Judge no harm, and there are many
occupants Of seats on the bench who
would do well TO amend thesr practices
10 accord with It This - the sentence:
browbrAuag 81 unfortunate people or deIverisg
lecture. from NE bench ds, after DAY
Next IN observation-disclosures after the
Judge who thinks that he - n wit and
that he must provoke laugh with every
decision ranks the Judge who feels II
his duty Ia deliver moral dissertations
from his seat and who take- advantage
Of his job to insult and broNbeat prs
oncrs and wItnesSe- When one indi-
vidual combines ~ himself these char
acteristics the community At large -
heavily burriened II j. the unhappy
fact tina, New York city - not without
magistrates II various degrees who IN
dulge whenever opportunity offers IN the
practices which Mayor GAYNoR protests
against as we'll ~ in the pursuit 1T mer-
rimsnt AT the expense ~ the citizens
arraigned before them
To all these judicial officers the words
81 the Mayor are respectfully recon-
mended for study. and II is not unrelson-
able 90 point out the interesting fact that
they might be examined and weighed
with profit by certain eminent men to-
day high placed in executive Office.
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THE NEW COZ RT noe ~.
= site In NstOr PIaee and It's NuneSous
Advantages.

To rHU EpiToR OF Tar STN ST. IL
seems - me that good site for the new
ounty Iourt House ~ the northern portion
Of the block bounded by Broadway. Aston
Place. Lafayette street and Fourth street
There ~ a. present considerable vaca ne
land m tins section. and many or the build
inEs thereon are old
nection could he made With the Astor place
station 81 the subway. thus furnishing
e4-v communication with the dow ntoW n
county buildings. the Ora nj Central station
q nj other points
fne county court house on this site
would lone up the neighbOrhood and boom
such broad but sleepy avenues as fouTth
avenue and Lafayette street Is
Nav YORK March 20
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The Football RuIea.

To THE EDIToR OP THE SUN-SU: The
report OF the football rules COMMITTEES
sounds encouraging to those Who would
like TO see football made . clean sport. L.,
US hope that the rules the COMMITTEES finally
adopts will accomplish ell that they noe
give promise OF and that the unnecessary
brutality that has made the game 20 unde-
sira BILE Sill he entirely eliminated
To the college presidents who. appa rentv
di~reEa rdful Of the future prosperity n
their Institutions. dema nded that the game
be radically changed or forbidden IN Their
colleges much thanks and pra iss are due
JAMES d. DEwELL, j.
Nav HAVEN. March %.
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To rHG EpIToG 90 TnE SUN--siv. Does the
eiiy Of New York pay the poileeman whO stands
IN froat Of PER A. North River. sn day loag cor
dong nothing white gang ~ yosths ere play-
ing ball IN the Battery Para nght n frant of he
nose all day and are constantly sndangertnx
women and chidreu who are % the wy 70 ne
Aquarium
Yesterday natasd ball struck a. ssauxly woman
who vas slt'lng o. . bsnea and hurt hsT quite
severely gonn A. nAIa
NV YolR anu-a n
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Monammed w., TIr.t Royau visitor.

King FERDINAND and his Queen ter
minated on Monday q weeks visit az
Constsntinople. and IL IL a curious inci-
dent growing out of the present negO-
tiations n maintain European peace
that the Bulgarian sovereiRns should
be- the first royal guests to be entertained
by MOHAMSGED V. after his accession
to the throne. This royal visit followed
upon that 10 the Gar Of Russia. and We
are informed that IL resulted in restor-
ing a more friendly relation between
Bulgaria and Turkey.
There il no doubt that relations
between these two countries have been
strained recently. Bulgaria felt herself
aggreved by what she considered un-
fair treatment in Macedonia, and Tur-
key resented the massinR 81 Bulgarian
troops along her northern border Fol
lowing almost Immediately upon this
last act came the journey ~ FERDINAND
20 Russia. The Turks were not wanting
IN advisers 20 put q sinister significance
70 his rscsptioa as the Russian court.