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AYTT-VICCINITION.



To THE EDTroR or THE sUN-Sir. IN
THE SuN Of Friday q correspondent oriti-
ois-s the anti-vaccination movement that
Is constantly growing all over the world,
as II the persons holding that view were a
deluded. ignorant class Of people. whereas
the real facts on an invesii cation extending
over ten years by a royal commission in
Great Britain show that the medical fra
ternity ne a body knew but little on the sub
Jet as compared 70 their opponents.
The repeated false statements made By
medical men az 70 tho efficacy Of vaccine
ton. and the statistics they quoted to up
hold their position, we're 80 positively dis
proved In Great Britain that the royal com
mission brought In : report that led 10 the
abolition Of compulsory vaccination. This
occurred In the home OF Jenner, and after
nearly 100 years Of complete vaccination.
n vaccination had the power claimed for
II. ANY should the greatest epidemic Of
smallpox that Great Britain has ever had
have occurred In the '7Os at a time when
nearly ali the population was vaocinated9
Why should the disappearance Of smallpox
be- attributed to vaccination and not TO aani-
tatiOn. az u done In the case Of the plague,
the black death and the sweating sickness,
which have disappeared under sanitary
conditions? smallpox h a disease Of hlth
and the greatest upholders 81 vaccination
would never think Of relying on Il except
In cOniBnctiOn with sanitation. Vaocina-
ton 10 inoculatiOn with a modified virus %
the smallpox matter applied 10 cuts on the
body Of 4 cali. and when these sores tester
the putrid matter l. taken out of the sores
and then used on healthy bodies and sun
posed 20 act NJ protective force in some
mysterious way.
The original claim Of Ienner thai person
vas Immune for life was disproved In hia
day then the medical profession claimed
that vaccination should take place every
seven years. later they reCeded from this
position and said every two years and now
they claim it should be done a. often az "
wilt take Under the cTitiral examination
81 lay mind. acting a. a iuryman on svi-
denCe. the case for vaccination would 10
thrown out u court, a. board ~ health
employees thoroughly vaCcinated. when IN
contaCi with smallpox. die IN the same
manner az uuyaccinated persons They
have repeatedly contracted fhe disease
more than once ami In a. violent forms as
the unvacctnated = RTSN
Nv NDnW Anrf1 N
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the Ethics o. Non-Resls,sncs.

To rHE Enron oF TIVE Sun ssr Mr.
NtnsloW's letter Of to-day l. eclipsed hy is
appendix. which cOmpels the reader 10 turn
hack To the few Introductory ntences
In Justice to Mr. Roosevelt h. IL said that
Il is decidedly unfair 10 point the finger Of
disapproval AZ him for being an exponent
u non-Christian views
II - fact. though apparently little
known, that our so-called Christian civIli-
lation Of TO-DAY represents a Heterogeneous
standard Of morality and Is an outgrowth
Of Christian ethics and Roman ethscs The
resultant confi,t Of conduct and doctrine
can host be eNemplifed IN the instance Of A
gentleman Who hnd- himself suddenly r. 10
viled or struck down An attempt 70 sat
isfy his honor t. the only course lett open for
him and his procedure is cons id-rrd honor
ahls ana M Keeping with the traditions Of
gentiiiv This despite Matthew y 70
Who~oryer hall sm,tr thee on thy right
cheek. turn 10 him tho other also Nor Is
ihsf- a Nat of bringing together ne A.
oepted view that men must ~ diguiaad and
sell Respecting with the all 70 huntlit. a.
rendered IN p.alm Vxvyu. %. The meek
shall inherit the rarih. and the almost
idcutical wording in Matthew -Blassed
wv" Nltf#AH INl |NNHN "lNNAA NNNHNN NIW
earth Tho former. distinctly non-Chri,-
tiAn and yer no mean factor IN life. - the
child of humanism. for with the Romans
prid" Wa n virtue
Thai the former President uttered non
Christian doctrines in his address a. the
Sorbonne cannot b" rainsaid. but then all
men of refinement and culture are 10 a
greater or les extent perm"ated With pagan
Ideals. and our former Executive ought
not To b" charged with conditions Of which
he - IN" product To Christian. that Is
10 q reigOnisi. e may be regrrttlhle that
Ole o. our most prominent citizens shows
predominant Roman traits m his chaFact.r
hut the alarmist letter oi M Ninsl0E and
vUur headings. Two Authorties and A
Great Thinkers Dicta. are decidedly unfair
and IN I'll candidness ought 10 bc revised
RABBI 4 DonHIN
NFV NUEE Aprii -
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The War on Opium.

Speaking Of the anti-opium crusade IN
China and the relation ~ Great Britain
70 IT, Professor ALFRED CALDFCoTT Of
Kings College London says with what
seems AZ first like excess Of emotion.
4 think this IL the creates, moral strIg
gle ! have read Of in history Perhaps
u NAV he the greatest IN It's cpnse-
qusnoes China Is dealing with IN
appetite among its tGnuv0OpD People
compared with which tho craving for a.
cohOl in other lands seems insignificant
Statesmen. Princes. Generals. NcprOv,
and scholar. az well a. shopkecpers
labOrerS and peasants. are slaves To the
terrible passion The anti-opum edict
Of lpS was IN express terms directSl
aga INST the nigh and The low the wealth
lns' and the poorest against the official
rIaSs and citizens Of all degrees time
was se' Tor the curing If the habit. and
failure ~ one, the Cdici WAS 90 h. visited
with forfeiture o' rank Office and place
In 1876 China herself produced a3D UNO
p'cIis Of opium = plcr ~ equal 70
la3i-3pounds avoirdupois and imported
u 90 piculS from India. including the
independent States IN thar year the
Chinese Government decreed that cll-
tiyhtiOn Of the poppy, a. we'll ~ the Use
n opium. must cease by 1916 But the
difficulties n enforcing the dccrcc in a
territory ~ 1.2c5. ON square miles ron
tanning myriads ~ willing and ircnZic,l
victims ~ the drug aeem n be- lnsuper-
able The Use ~ il - widely approved
indeed maintained ~ = right md a
vast sum Oi money Nv invested in the
manufacture and distribution of opium.
From tho industry q great revenue and
almost fabulous profits are derived and
II employs hosts Of people But tho new
China. he China breaking the bonds NJ
medi@valism and subiertion. demands
that = be- stamped out. An opium sod
den people cannot take their place IN
the ranks ~ modern nations. n Great
Britain or any other Western nation
stands m the vav ~ tho moral RECON
sratlOn TINT has beoome the purT,0ze Of
Chnese Craftsmanship. me next opium
war will not he like the nuny stnlaels-
NJ lstO and iS5s IN submitting the
american programme ~ no INTERIM
tiona' onHu commission ln ~r7neha.
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The OId Negro NANNY.

We see that the Galveston people Vho
proposed in the first place to erect q
monument 10 the Old uOlored NANNY
have been prevailed up0n 10 transfer tho
location 20 Washington. making lJ a
national affair and inviting all parts Of
the country 90 contribute l. Is a good
and pleasant opportunity IN oar opinion
and w. should like "a see tho whole
nation take part In 10
Stored urns and sacred edihce> have
been placed in all parts n our land dedi-
cited 10 memories good. bad and lndif.
feren'. and ~ achievements noble. be-
nefccnt ~ otherwise We $50 heroes
some Of them TOO cheap TO quote, oarcrr.
INK on stationary but folmlng horses
and mark the attitudes II -c'llptured
patriots and statesmen most Of whom
are planted m our private plnthcOns
and immoualized in grateful memory,
hut We encounter alsn the efiigics Of
mud stained publicists and futile war
riors and questionable benciactors
Nothing morn or less could be expected
Ne Jet n 90 a, that
Al of ~. however. c7u unite upOn he
old black NANNY. the millions who have
enIoyed her kindly minisi rt,ions and
the other ard NOR" numerous millions
who havc unlv heard ~ them.
To Southrrners. whether We refer 10
those still living SOuih or 10 tho rpIntlsss
thousand, who are now distributed all
over M" North. the / AT and the Wes,
hers - name to conIure with White
aproned lurbanCd. always devoted and
alert she nursed q Strenuous ana proud
are through the ailments aud yicissi.
tudcs Of childhood. They went - sleep
70 her cradle talcs and chants. Thcy
lolled upon her humble, patient breast.
She cOmfOricd them in their hours og in.
fan'ile affection The ,1vir VIII. with is
dread spIlogic NJ terror, tou"kcd I'D
NANNY not Hi all She was uuc0n-
-Ci0usly sworn ~ the family. She YER
formed her simple but incalCulahle duty
Few members ~ her class survive. the
rae Is surely living bur II ever there
we're heroes and martyrs who deserved
immortal celebration. the old negro
NANNY - among them. and not FAR from
the heal If All the list
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Admiral Boz Edward seymOur.

With the retirement Of Admiral Sir
EDWARD HOBART SEYMOUR from 'he
British navy Yesterday after ffty-elghi
years Of eventful service a most dis
tinRuished and beloved officer passes
from the active list. hut We are sure
tina, he will remain to the end of his
days the well wisher Of the United
States. My dear old friend Sir FD-
WARD SEYMOUR. said Admiral DEWEY
In a speech in Chicago on the anniver-
sary Of the battle Of Manila in 1900.
IS more than a brother to the. In
Manila Ray when was in a most trying
position this English commander stood
Loyalty at my back. II it had not been
for his moral support cannot say what
would have happened
Admiral SEYMOUR was in New York 80
recently a. commander Of the squadron
ordered here to represent Great Britain
at the Hudson Fulton celebration that
the impression he made as a British
naval officer and gentleman Of the old
school is still fresh No sailor living has
seen more varied and dangerous ser
vice. He had his baptism Of fire in the
crimean war a. a midshipman on the
Terrible. and from 1854 down to the
Boxer rebellion in 1870, when he com
handed the allied expedition for the
relief Of the legations at Pekin, he dis
tinguished himself in most Of the wars
in which England was involved, and he
commanded British fleets on every sta
lion. often under trying conditions
Sailor, diplomat. scholar, Sir EDWARD
SEYMOUR numbers among his friends
every living bluejacket who has ever
served under him.
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4 Third House.

Great Britain and ireland are IN agony
over the pending question whether Par
lament shall continue ~ consist NJ two
chambers. In the I n'ted States Gov
eminent there have ALWAYS been two
houses. each with veto on the other and
both subject to a veto By the President
which only a twO-thirds vote of the SEN
ate and House Of Representatives can
remove. The preserved existence Of
individual States gave a valid reason for
a senate 10 represent those states n
States. which the other house does
not do. since each Of its members
represents only the district of a State
that voted for him. The second cham
Der Of Parliament has had an intelh-
gible basis in hereditary sucCess,on
The two house system u legislation
which has existed in the United States
is in the way to modification by the
addition Of third house in the shape
Of the national convention u each
political party
Il is obvious that Il national con-
ventiOn like the last Chicago convention
il TO control Republican votes in Con-
grgSs and a national convention like
the last Denver convention u 10 bind
Democratic votes in Congress then
there will he third house IN our sys-
tenn Of legislation.
The party convention control in Law
making is modern. Indeed, the eI
istence Of national party conventions
did not begin till lSa2 Platforms as
regular things were Of vet later date
The Bell-Everett convention of 1850
denounced the ordinary marty platform
as misleading. deceptive and intensity
ing Of partisan strife The platform
il often, a. We all know. not framed by
any committee Of the convention but
originating elsewhere. and after more
or less examination by a committee on
resolutions, IL accepted ~ " course by
the delegates present
President TAFT and Colonel BRYAN
have taken their respective platforms
with unprecedented SERIOUSNESS The
former began Office a. II bound by per-
sonal effort TO enforce the Chicago plat
form in legislation. instead II leaving
Republican Congressman to do with II
as their ideas Of party fideiity required
He has even fel, thai he ought 10 send
bills 10 Congress formulating his con-
ception Of platform behesl-
How many Of the nearly fifteen mill
ions Of voters in the last Presidential
election were controlled, when they went
20 the ballot boxes, by a platform, any
more Than we're the voters Ia 1898 81 "a
lSa2 or in 1879 when there had not been
either a national convention Or a plat
form bv anv party; In iS?S the only
issue was JACKSON or ADAMS inIsg2 1t
wa JACKSON or CLAY. In 1890 ir Wa
HARRISON or VAS BUKFN and -o ~
ts0s II was TAFT or BRYAN.
That winch the deciding voters sought
in the last Presidential election wa a
revival " business depressed by the
Roosevelt panic 81 1877 The Chicago
platform played with them an inslgnih-
cant part
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LIFE ~ NEW TORK.
Obaer,attons Of a CrIyen Of Phllosaphis
disposition.

To The EDIroR oF THE SrN-Sir. Two
incidents in my life Yesterday consider
worthy Of record. I submit them.
irving 70 AID 4 cookies wife. trailed
a female from an advertisements 10 her lair
two niEhts up She answered me In the
language used, the English. hut With the
common New York accent She vas a
nice looking woman n about n, and 7
believed from appearances she was what I
Wantsd She asked me- II was an American.
gladly replied In the Affirmative Then.
was my wife an American2 les. 7 an
sWered. feeling sure ! Eas now giving this
woman the best of references. Then she
.cornfully dismissed me with
That settles II. ! wont go out 70 work
With Americans They are the msanss,
kind OF people We have here IN the city
About a year ago took a place With sons
Americans AMI four days after the man was
arrested dow ntOwn FOR somethinR and
locked up 10 iail and do YOU know he
had lust told me that ] didn't have quite
enough references 10 suit him
A. wHs Crayenly cropping my wav down
the tenement steps she called after me
You don't seem bad SORT yourself. siT
but I'm certain YOUR vile is n shes an
American.
noticed two handsome automobiles
manRuyring for position OT Way, with ihs
shaufeurs swapping ut each other finally
one got . clear line and disappeared The
driver ~ The other brought hts pinpfy ma
chine 10 the curb where ] was passing and
Utth great show Of excitement said 10 q
friendly looking chauffeur who had been p
spectator u this wasn't my own car 7
would have busted that fellow up Thoss
were hi exact words a. ! wrote them dOvn
on the edge Of my new spAper Immediately
Alter lNiI
NV RoCHELLU. y = April N
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ne AIaysr MAKO q saaaameaa.

me Moyor M4AG1 . 9l1l1nodts
To run EDIroR o. Tvs sUN-sS: ! saS
Il Inadvertently stated In this mornlnGH
suS ~ foiloSs:
rhe cuAaiAn bm va uas n . to fooe 10
bunch % decumgna uhich MCClellnn lufl tas nsw
Mayor 10 deal win. and lhess On January I usFe
turned over By Mr. Gaynor 10 ths ezeoltive oleFh.
TIE coAalan vUachsr vas among thoss eountaf.
agnea By nh Osadlal and u uas nsvR 800 ~
AF. Garner.
Not correct. The Mayors dssk w. en-
tirsly clear when I Weat 10, and M no
Clellan left nothing over for ne that ON
recall. A. 20 The Cohalan draft, Ire exact
facts are these. Il vas drawn and signed
By the Comptroller on December o. on
the sane day lt was pFeaentsd to and sirnsd
BY tho chief CLERK Of the Mayors once, and
On the same day u waa delivered 70 and re-
ceiptsd for by the City ChambsFiain. The
chief clerk Of the Mayors once has the re-
ceipt. This h all matter % record. No
signature was ever struck % OF the warrant
~ some state. II h to-day Just as Il vas
81 first The ComptrOllers warrants are
not signed by the Mayor, but by the chief
clerk Of the Mayors once, a. prescribed
by Section lei Of the city Charter. There
are about 800 600 COmptroller's warrants
a year. sometimes 100 q day. The Mayor
could not possibly sign them. nor doeB any
statute make u his duty to dOsO
The nrnt Of January was saturday On
Monday. tho I'd. the nov Chamberlain Wa
appointed by ne lie qualihed that DAY.
and was ready 10 act on the next. the ath,
and on that day he paid the warrant. Il
having been left unpaid By hh predecessor.
who went out on January The ttatement
By Hearst that the warrant vas signed By
the chief clerk Of the Mayors once on Jant-
airy ! or January 4 instead Of Decembsr 81
h wilful invention by him. like his state
ment that he has Just returned from
Mexico
] never had anything 10 do With the
Cohalan claim or warrant The claim wa
audited and the warrant signed and eorn-
plete before ] came into Office Some one
told me on January that q warrant 10 Mr.
Cohalan had not been paid by the outgoing
Chamberlain. Martin Comptroller Prem
dergast says he told me. and M doubt he
Is the one That was a busy DAY for me
had nothing to do with II whatever The
employment Of Cohalan was by Hearst's
State Attorney General. jackson, In the
franchise tax casea. and he audited and GER
tined the bill to the Comptroller. who Gus
Il down 5000 The only thing that seems
to cast any doubt on the claim IL the con.
nection Of Hearst's Attorney General with
H. The statement NJ Hearst that CITY
Chamberlain Hyde l. my Law partner q
also Wilfully Manufactured by Hearst He
n not and never was my partner I vent
on the bench sixteen years ago. and OF
course could have no Law partner there
after. W } GATNoR
Nav YORK, April 40
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CUH HEROES.
Praise fos the PoIIce and FIremen Of New
Norh

Ia THI Ep'.1r uI Tar So N, Aurr.-
'an. hav" right 10 %" ImmeaSurubIy proud
both OF h"Ir pol,'s and fif'm"u The police
IN every country Boz 'hr world except Ing
land whore. like hair The populati ION. fhev
are half starved ana ,oVsd by me general
spirit of suohbrry. are aud have "a hp more
~ less bUllis- There are however. rsr-
faIaly no drawer polio" or dremsn In rho
world than those Of New lOTs. and none
~ ready - risk their live, for other They
she's no petty niggnrdliues- % that respect
aud the 'Ity would h1v" hard 1oh 10 I"
ovsrgrnsrous 100 recompsnsiug them
The comparison recently mat" bot Nreu
the police and the n ~ clerk is sUpr"uHl~
silly Tho police aud f-rmer are IRON. 'le
mar lre 81 the case high g~ad' men. mary
~ them men of perfect physique. PLY
-IUur goa- long way comments OF their
moral and intellectual qualities are mere
CONJECTURE
iFrRrrT O.HsrA Mo- f,rrN
MFW 1Brh hFrI .
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ratiofss Ia about > .jl0 acres, This law
was passed before the friars lands were
purchased. ThS purchase Of the andS
was measure NJ eXpedienCy. In a
special report dated January 3, lSos,
Mr., TAFT, then Secretary Of War. sad
that the purchase was ba~ed ON poliii-
caI grounds and for the purpose of bring.
ing IN tranquility.
The question u.s. Did or did not that
pur hlse bring those lands into the srmc
class ~ the lands covered by the organic
law and subieCi to tho regulations in.
posed by that law Attorney General
WlCEf RSnAM holds that II did not so
bring them, that they are exempt from
the limitations Of that law and may be-
dispOsrd u IN such parcels as may be
desired hv purchasers An effort IS
being made "a override his decision
on the ground that II is "A violation vi
the organic law and contrary to the
avoNed Philippine policy of the United
States Tn" allegation that the San
Jose lands in the island Of MindOro
the 5000 acre tract in question, have
passed or are Ia pass 10 the ownership
" the Havemeyers, as gwen in the
news despatch which prccip.t1ted the
contgoversr NAV be disregarded. There
Is no evidence Whatever that the So
called sugar trust IL in any way direct
~ or indirectly Interested IN the trans
action The point AZ issue IS the legal
right II the Philippine Government to
sell ~ large a tract of land to anybody,
o. any individual or any corporation
or ASSOCIATION, for any purpose whether
il may BE- The cultivation " sugar or the
pasturagc u cattle. The question has
been raised and is for determination by
the proper authorize
The lriars' lands constitute only a
small percentage Of the lands owned
BY the Philippine Government They
formed sperial purchase for special
reasons of public policy. Their disposal
Is also a matter Of public policy The
san Jose estate is we'll adapted TO the
cultivation Of sugar The price offered
S3G' .OOO. j. an advance on the price paid.
To fl i for use as \ sugar plantation re-
quircs an expenditure Of SlOOOOOO to
1850 90 for a mill and employment for
a small army Of laborers. Its retention
for sale in small parcels means that II
must be- held for an indefinite period
certainly for very many wears, while
interest is paid on the per cent bonds
issued for its purchase The argu-
ment that the sale Of the 2OO,OOO or 80
available acres acquired by this special
purchase. II sales ara made IN large
parcels, would permit a wicked and
riinous exploitation Of the Philippines
- silly. Whether such sales would
BIZ legal Is another matter, and II re-
mains for determination. The fact
that the President has expressed a
desire for an amendment OF the organic
act would seem to Indicate his belief that
the San jose transaction was legal and
his hope TO prevent a repetition Of the
eN perence
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IN tvs FDTroE ~ TVS ,uS ,fT IN Tvs Srx
1i Nprl - IN ne srhrls entitled rCwm's Asrend
ing Wedding there APPEARED this statement
The nupuAis Of JNm l,ut pronounced SEEM
800 nf this D. absolutely Incorrect ncndarious
a7d misleading surely no WeishmAn ever
pfonounred no word Cwm that gay and Its
- Easy % pronounce. a. an othcr Welsh aords
arr such - Land ldn1 iDt example just
rronouncs 10 ~ " d urrr speiied COON aad you
have it s. foF nr1n0unCing DO soem.r that 3,
uneudurabIs ILaNnTRfBH
NV N0uE Anvil n
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~. Iu.p.s,isa Of Place, .r ,mu..m.u,

To rnE EprroU % THH sun ,r Ueisrring
70 lour editorial in this morning lssue uader
the rapuoi More Wofk FOR Mayor Gay nor
relative 10 the arcidsnt In ne moving plrtur.
shos b. ahsh fourteen persons gsrs hurt b.
,ola1ss z heg 10 cell our attcntioa 70 he fact
nat tnr Tire Department has no Jurisdiction
over risr-s n amusement other than 10 en- forre
the regulations ~ 20 tHits. aisles nrr appliance
a. The ,aprr, isOn OF fuch buiidlngs 10 mat
To-, ~ construction comss under the borough
Precedent ard hence your rdito.tal should Ia,
heen referred 70 him
The t-oubIe Il uiih me ssruons ~ me building
code referring 70 thsatres and particularly 20
glasr- Of anu-ement win q scaunr -auarii, OF
l-,, han an Here the wordlnr Of me ordinance
1. enr~ediney Ambiguous. ind Mr rudolph y
Miller. SUPERINTENDENT NJ buildings Of ne nor
ourb Of Manhattan. has frequently urged that
thess seruOns h. amended Tlrthermore. ne
:, atsrn 81 Insprrt0n provided IN our building code
/, OF surh 4 charartsr that II not ont, 0prus the
Way Tor irregularities surh a. have orrurred 10
the Past but si.d mlkcs % PM siraIy imt0.alhls
for 4 building insne'tor ain q busy diTtrict 10
az Ms duty Win the thlroughnesr thatis required
IN rlarcs Of public assembly
Wv YanH Aprl -