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nize in passing enabling acts that they
can prescribe conditions precedent 10 au-
mission but not conditions which are u
become existent subsequently. unless
those conditions be such as apply equai'
'ly to all the states. Oklahomas otner
violation of the terms Of admisslon-the
adoption of a grandfather suffrage
qualification. discriminating against the
naero-is different in character from the
abandonment of Guthrie, because 'he
Constitution forbids any state TO apply
suffrage tests based on race, coior OF
pr,~ious condition of servitude. MOL
DAVIS decision will not AFFECT the pro
ceedings brought to declare the okla-
homa grandfather" clause unconstltu-
tionaL But 1t seems to make worthless
some of the provisions Of the Arizona
and New Mexico enabling acts. IL may
even raise doubts as t. the value or the
pledge given to Congress by the people
Of Utah 10 stamp out plural marriages
Has that also become ultra Tires under
the Oklahoma decision:
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FINDING Az OPERATOR FIRST.

FINDING Az OPERATOR FIRST.
In his report ON the Public Service
Commission Mr.. John y. Carlisle crltl-
cises the city authorities for the timid-
fly with which they have approached
the problem of supplying rapid transit
facilities. He says, truly enough, that
the public would have subways sooner IL
the city would build them without wait
ing TO find an operator. and that plan'
he thinks. would be financially safe be-
cause there would he no difficulty in Cd
tanning an operator for any line that
was really needed. The logic Of recent
events certainly does show that tne
trepidation over a committal OF the city
10 building the triborugh system
without first finding some one 10 operate
II was unwarTanted. There is little doubt
that the two corporations now striving
for the opportunity TO supply transit
facilities would have been bidders for
the triborough system II constructed,
and il is not to he forgotten that Mr..
NcAdoo also stood ready TO operate II.
As for the Fourth avenue subway IN
BROOKLYN. moreover. not the best selected
route that was ever adopted. three DID
ders have appeared ready to operate IT,
although il is still far from completlon'
There seems. therefore, to be little rea-
son for the city to fear that 1t may not
find an operator for any system actually
REQUIRED to relieve the congestion on eX-
isting routes. and if the city had pro
ceeded to build the triborouGh all the
months that have been spent In nego-
tiations might have been saved. SO FAR
at least. the Justice of Mr. Carisle's re-
marks may he conceded.
Bur though the delay has been exas-
rerating 10 the public IT promises not 10
he without certain advantages. Eacn
of the systems now proposed by the
rival bidders Is vastly better than the
triborouch as originally laid out More
over. each Of them is articulated with
existing facilities. which immensely IN
creases its capacity to serve the public.
and this the trihorcugh system could
NOT he if # were to he constructed With
no particular operator In view. II. for
ayample the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Companv's bid is accepted. which is now
said 10 he probable, the greater part or
the triborough system will he con-
structed and a great dea more along
with II. and the whole will he welded TO-
cether with the existing lines in Brooklyn
so ms to create a system which will be
enormously greater than the triborough
and which will afford q means which
the trihorough did not provide of dis
tributing the traffic Of the Brooklyn
lines in Manhattan. The city Should
build in the way Mr.. Carlisle suggests
rather than be held UP by obstruction
lists or subjected TO excessive delay. but
10 do SO habitually and as a matter of
preference would he t. foregO all the
advantage Of a comprehensive system
and to have instead q lot Of disconnected
lines with no logical relation TO each
other
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cUyVFsE CTRPFNCY Reform.

The great task Of reforming the ma
tional currency system has been under
taken by China in manner suggestive
OF the other processes Of awakening
which are now marking an epoch in the
history Of that empire. Perhaps we
should speak Of the task as that Of
creating a national system. or of reduc-
ing a multiplicity Of local and ADVENT
tious systems to coherent and uniform
national system. For hitherto there has
been chaos There have been cash and
tao and tael, each province having its
own tael Of different value from all
others. There have also been Chinese
dollars. Mexican dollars. Hong Kong dol
lars. piastres. caroluses, and for al we
know crowns marks. francs, lire and
rubles.
The first great step was 10 establish \
single standard. and the question arose
what that standard should he. The chief
officials. led by the eminent Grand Coun-
cillor. now deceased. Chang Chih TunC,
favored the tael The reform party urged
the adoption Of the dollar. There We're
strong arguments on both sides. but the
dollar finally won. Thus the Chinese sys-
tenn is M least nominally confOrmed with
the American. the japanese and those Of
other nations using the dollar or deci.
nal system The Chinese copper cash
will correspond with our mill. and the
table of currency will run: Ten cash. one
cent: ten cents. one dime: ten dimes.
one dollar. The advantage of this ar
rangement is obvious. and il accords
with China's policy in adopting Sunday
as n day Of rest and other measures de
signed 10 harmonic her practices with
those Of the Western world
The second step. practically pari poSsu
with the other. was the determination Of
the metal standard There were those
who urged the adoption Of gold. in uni
formity With other nations. which il was
pretty generally conceded would he ultI-
mately desirable If not necessary. But
then the Chinese sense of orderly pro
gression came into play and also the
thought that the fiscal policy ought 10 lie
shaped for the domestic benefit of China.
at least. as much as for the facilitation
Of foreign exchange. Hitherto. while the
nominal standard has been silver the
actual standard among the people has
been copper. IT was, therefore. final
~ concluded that II would he best not
10 go from copper 10 gold. but to adopt
silver as n stepping stone between the
other two metals. and this was accord
ingly done.
1t is one thing 10 decree and another
thing 10 execute reforms. and there are
always vested interests in China as
elsewhere which are ready 10 oppose re.
forms which they imagine may injure
them MIR. Ching -Chun Wang. writing in
The North American Review notes,
however. an suspicious inclination on the
part Of supposedly hostile banking inter
ests To subordinate selfish advantage to
the general good: perhaps through n
shrewd prescience that that policy will
IN time prove the most profitable. IT was
recently observed by The North China
Herald that the carrying out Of fiscal
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ARCTURUS AND VEGA.
ditor ~ The Tribune

To the Editor ~ The Tribune
Sir: The month of MAY. the harhinger OF
summer. has departed and the month OF
June, the month OF summers solstice. has
come And now giant Arc,urus reigns over
the suns Of night and blue beautiful Vega
Is queen Of the darkencd armament. Into
the west. like some shining sldereal mirror.
descends bright Venus, while golden Jupi-
ter attains his meridian an hour before
Queen Venus sinks 30 her rest After mid
night ruddy Mars rises upon drowsy
world. and toward sunrise yellowish Sat
urn is to be- seen amid the domain OF the
constellation Aries. Al present King Sol
awakens earlier and earlier. during the
first part OF June. and on the I'd day he en-
tiers the constellation OF Gemin and the sign
of Cancer At present he rises al about 4 %
a m. and shines upon the awakened glories
Of nature. upon chorus OF bird and brook.
upon vegetation and foliage OF country and
suburb. May and spring have indeed de-
parted. June and summer are once more
visiting us.
CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES.
Boston, May 81. 1911.
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NOT BINDING.

The Supreme Court has decided that
the people of Oklahoma were within
their rights in setting up a new capital
at Oklahoma City in spite Of the pro-
vision IN the act Of admission which
said that the seat Of government should
remain az Guthrie until 1913. The Leg
islature became tired Of sitting in the
latter town and passed law allowing
The voters 10 designate capital AT a
sneciaI election held in 1910. Oklahoma
CITY won the prize because II was more
centrally situated than Guthrie, had
shown a surprising ability to attract
porulation and was backed by powerful
specnlative real estate interests. As
soon as the result Of the election be-
came known Governor Haskell quit
Guthrie on his furious dead-Ofnisht
dash in motor car for Oklahoma city.
ahductinc as he flow the great seal Of
the commonwealth. The bravado and
overhaste of the attempt 20 swap capl-
tails gave offence. as they seemed t. sug-
cest undue contempt for provision Of
1he enabling act inserted for the pur-
pose not Of depressing but Of protecting
the new state and apparently accepted
in good faith by its voters The whole
proceeding looked like q theatrical re-
pudiation Of n harmless contract which
would have expired within three years
bv virtue Of its own limitations.
The Supreme Court now holds that
the contract was never binding and
could he repudiated NJ Oklahoma's con
venience. The prohibition regarding the
removal Of the capital was ultra rirCS,
because the express purpose Of the law
rs n whole was 10 admit Oklahoma into
the Union on an equal footing with the
other states. But the people of any
state NAV transfer the seat Of the state
government from one place 10 another
without let or hindrance. and Oklahoma
acquired that power automatically on its
conversion from n territory into n state,
regardless Of the well-ntentioned effort
of Congress 10 keep the first half dozen
years Of its life free from demoraiZing
intrieues for the possession Of the state
capital. There was no legal obligation
on the people of Oklahoma 10 recognize
the good sense Of the restriction. and the
weight Of whatever moral obligation
was implied in the ratification Of the
constitution on the general understand
ing that no change in capitals should be
made before 1913 was thrown off with
as much lightheartedness as if it was an
!. o. L. without date or signature.
The courts decision will unset a nrac-
tice the legitimacy Of which Congress
has tried for years 10 establish Here
after the two houses will have TO recog-
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IN THE BERkSHIRGS.
by TELEGRAPH 70 The Tribunal


Lenox. Nav H-George Glider has been
at Four Brook Farm in birmingham
Mr. and Mrs. George F. Crane will arrive
at Bucksteep Manor on Saturday.
Mrs John II. c. Church. the Misses Ruth
and Mary Church and George Church Will
sail. on June 10 for England - witness the
coronation festivities
Mr. and Mrs. Banyer Clarkson have ar
rived at their villa in birmingham
Mrs S W. Woodward. Miss Katherine
Woodward and Donald Woodward have
returned from Europe and will open Eden
Hill, their Stockbridge villa. soon
Mrs. Y. T. Hungerford, Miss Hungertord.
Mr.. and Mrs. William n. y. Perine and
Mr. and Mrs. George O. Murray. WHO have
been at the Hotel Aspinwal, returned 10
town to-day.
Mrs Frederic Kernochan Mrs Az
gustus Kountze, Miss Harriet X Wees
and Miss Helen Chase are expected n
Lenox this week
Colonel and Mrs lie Grande Cramer. Le
Grande Cramer. tr.. George II. Cramer and
" L. ". Cramer are at the Hotel Aspin-
wall
Mr. and Mrs. George Baron French Mr.
Henry Kirk Porter Miss Annie He.eman.
Mr. and Mrs John F. Melcher. Of New
York: Mr.. and Mrs. b Frank Vaughn.
Mrs. c. a. Bridge, Miss Irene Butler and
Mrs. H. A. Waldron registered AZ TIE
Hotel Aspinwall to-day.
Mr. and Mrs William Richard Lynch, Il
New York. are at the Maplswooi. in Pits
field.
Mrs Maurice n Collier has gone 70 New
York for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. George F. Hurd. ~ Cedar
hurst. and +. II. Romaine. r., 81 New
York. are az the Wendell I'm Pittsneld
Miss Gertrude Parsons is visiting Mss
Heloise Meyer, at Overlea.
Lieutenant General ~Nolkens. 81 Eel,
Germany. and II. NJ Volkens 81 Brook
Ign. are at the Inn. in Stockbrldge
Mr. and Mrs. Charles s Mellen have re-
turned 20 New York.
Mrs NJ. A. G. Mason. who has been
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs s. Peyton Van
Rensselaer,. has gone 10 Boston.
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in coIloauial phrase, the backbone Oh ~ -.
drouth is broken. and that reasoI 40
amount Of rainfall during the rest ol In
season will save gardens and farms ~. or
utter failure. and will also avert m" ,,,o
famines. whether in the failure OIL ~
supply Of the metropolis or IN tue W T.;
ing up of individual wells and SPRINGS 49, 49,
the country. 1t would require weeA -
more of such showers as those OF VS.
CAV to give the soil thorough victims
and we have no idea that there WI,
week of them at this time. But II jun ne
affords a normal precipitation, all VIII
not he lost
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man. at whose tomb they were assembled
and that the national anthem was being
sung. hymn OF Thanksgiving.
The last Memorial Day / attended was
In Washington, and things were very dii-
ferent Wake up, New York! We were
not idle curiosity seekers. but were there
TO show an appreciation for the deeds OF
valor performed forty-eight years ago ana
to inspire With patriotism the future gen
Grafton.
It is greatly to be regretted that accom-
mediation could not have been maze OF
that the platform could not have been IN
more advantageous position, so that more
people could have heard the words OF WIS
dom In Mr. Foosevelt's tribute TO General
Grants memory.
A CITIZEN OF AMERICA.
New York. May 30. 1911.
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NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Miss Lillian Carpenter will b. married
today to Ellicott d. Curtis, son OF IN.
let. Charles p. Curtis and orother OIL
CHARLES r. Curtis. secretary OF the Amen
can legation at Christiania. The wedoins
will take place at the home OF the prine
parent. Mr. and Mrs. Charles whitney
C.arpen,er. in West End avenue. and only
relatives and few intimate friends VIII
be present.
Another wedding to-day will be mat OF
Miss Louise Chalmers, daughter OF Dr'
Thomas c. Chalmers. 10 Reginald Duoat'
son of the late Major General Arthur Z.
Ducat. u. s. 4, OF Chicago. The ceremony
will be performed in Grace Church ana
will be FOLLOWED by reception at the
bon, Of DR.. Chalmers, IN West 9Th street.
Mrs. French Vanderbilt will arrive n
town on Monday nom Newport, 10 remain
for a few days
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton r. Fairfax Will
close their house in Madison avenue this
week and go 10 Merick. Long Island,
where they have taken a cottage for the
season.
Mrs. William Everard Strong and Miss
Alice Strong are booked tn sail to-day for
Europe.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles p. hoffman Will
take possession OF their villa at Newport
this week for the season.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hartman, who are
the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs Edmund Ran
dolph at Oyster Bay. will return to New
port early next week
Mr. and Mrs william Church Osborn
have gone 20 Garrison. y. Y, TO remain
until July, when they will sail for Eurepe
Among those who sailed for Europe yee-
terday on board the Lusitania were Dr..
W Seward Webb Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin II.
Weatherbee, Miss May A. Weatherbee, Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald Livingston Hoyt and Miss
Julia Hoyt.
Mr.. and Mrs Archibald 6. Alexander
have taken possession Of their country
place ct Bernsrdsvile. n. j
Mrs. william Brock Shoemaker ,s the
guest Of Mrs Henry F. Shoemaker a.
Riverside, Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph L. Delaaeld will
take possession OF their place at West
hampton Beach. Long Island. today for
the season.
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CONFIDENCE AND A PANIC?

The alleged disclosures about the letter
# Mr.. Samuel Untermyer TO Mayor Gay
nor which is said to have thrown the
scna;orship insurgents into panic are
interesting and amusing rather than I'M
portant According to the story. at a
late hour Of the deadlock Mr.. Untermyer
took his senatorial ambitions to Mt
Francis Lynde Stetson. who was direct
ing the destinies of the insurgent move
nient. and who thereupon told Mr.. inter
myer that he would not do. unbosom'ne
himself with entire frankness regarding
the aversion with which "the interests
regarded him.
Mr.. Untermyer. as the story goes,
there,pon embodied these condolences oil
Mr.. Stetson in a letter to Mayor Gaynor
copies Of which were sent to Albany, one
of them to Senator Roosevelt with the
intimation that ii might be published
The result. according TO this highly IN
teresting narrative, was that Mr.. Stet
son was frightened by the prospect OF
publicity into agreeing 10 the election OF
Senator O'Gorman, that the insurgents
likewise shook in their shoes and TOOK
him also. and that Murphy. who had had
lis anxieties, was only too ready 10 &c
cent Tammany man for Senator "tI
save his face
If the story is true, If Mr.. Stetson
opened his heart to Mr.. Untermyer In
the delightfully."- naive way In which ne
is represented as having done so, we &c
not wonder that all the insurgency was
drained out Of the insurgents. They
doubtless feel that the only safe boss IS
professional boss, and therefore are
relying upon the discreet guidance OF
Murphy
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New York, May 81. 1911.


De Belvile was regarded as the Crichton
OF his age;
His tragedies were reckoned much too
thoughtful for the stage;
His poems held a noble rank, although It's
very true
That being very proper, they were reao
by very few:
He was a famous painter. too, and snone
upon the line,
And even Mr. Ruskin came and worshlppeo
at his shrine:
But. alas the school he followed was he
roically high.
seldom buy;
And everybody said.
How can he be repaid
This very great. this very good, this very
gifted man2"
But nobody could hit upon a. practicable
plan.
He was a great inventor and discovered
A plan for making everybody's fortune
For IN business an inventors little better
than a fool.
And my highly gifted friend was no ex-
His r papemsIpeopIe read G 'em in the six
penny reviews; ,.,,.
His pictures-they engraved 'em in The
illustrated News';
His inventions-they perhaps might nave
enriched him by degrees.
But all his little income went In PATENT
Office fees.
So everybody said,
How can he be repaid
This very great this very good, this very
learned MANI
But nobody could hit upon a practicable
plan.
At last the point was given up in abso-
Lutte despair,
When distant cousin died. and he be-
came a millionaire,
With a county seat IN Parliament ana
moor or two OF grouse,
And 2 taste for making inconvenlen'
speeches in the House
Then Government conferred on him the
highest Of rewards:
They took him from the Commons and
they put him in the Lords.
And who SO 1T 10 sit in it-deny II II you
can
AS this very great. this very good. and
very gifted man.
Though I'm more than half AFRAID
That Il sometimes may be SAID
That we never should have revelled IN
this source Of proper pride,
However great his merits, II his cousin
hadn't died.
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JUSTICE HARLAN NOW rs
Still in Excellent Health After Long
Service in Court.

Washmetop. MAY 31.-Associate Justice
John Marsbsl Harlan. OF the supreme
Court OF TIE United States. will celebrate
MS seventy eighth birthday anniversary TO-
morrow Justice Haran's health is eNcel'
III only nice IN his life. on December ~
next he sill have been on the bench thhV'
four yesrs. II he remains until June -
1912. h, will have served longer than any
Justice since the organization OF the csvsA
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THE CABIN EFT.
from The Tribune Bureau

Ifron Tho Trloune Bureau'I
Washington, May 3l.-The Secretary OF
Commerce and Labor went 10 New York
to-day 70 deliver an address before the
National Electric Light Association. Mrs.
Nagel. Miss Hildegarde Nagel and the
younger members Of the family will go 10
Marion, Mass, on June Q, TO spend the
summer The Secretary Will join them
there from time to time until he can take
months vacation. later in the summer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-01

reform would need a motive power SINH
lar to that which was applied to inc
onium reform in the face Of official oppo-
sitior and indifference. The extraordl-
nary success Of the opium reform is an
earnest Of success with the much less
formidable undertaking Of currency re-
organization.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-01

The Attorney General intimates that
prosecutions against individuals under
the criminal sections Of the sherman
act may be begun. AS a criminal statute
II will be easier TO enforce. now that the
recent decisions have disabused the pub
lie mind of the notion. sedulousy spread.
that the statute is a foolish and lndis-
criminately destructive law. which no
one could obey and continue TO transact
business.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-01

The Senate Finance Committee hea
,ngs on the Canadian reciprocity bill are
about to end. The prospects OF the Dill
have been materially frightened as re-
suit OF the exploitation Of the oppos''ion'
for that opposition has been shown 10 DE
extremely limited in scope and artificial
I'm character.
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NelpIprls Gribn,,f:
THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1911.
This newspaper Is Oioned and put

This newspaper Is Oloned and puo-
Eshed by The Tribune Association a
Ne,o York corporation; office and prn-
cipal place Of business. Tribune Bu'ta-
ono. No. 154 Nassau street, Ncic YORK.;
OGDEN Mills. president; Ogden M Re'o'
secretary; James II. Barrett. treasurer
The address Of the officers is the once
OF this newspaper.
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THE TALK OF THE DAY.

An American writing from Vienna says:
Here Is an article from one Of to-dey's
newspapers. which shows that there are
others: We are in tho grip of a dust
plague. The everlasting street repairs, the
building operations. which include the
demolition Of old and the erection OF new
buildings. the entedluvian methods for the
removal Of ashes and street sweepings and
the defective street sprinklng arrange
ments are enough 10 produce discomfort
ct any time But with little water the
condition becomes wofully worse. u is not
in keeping with the spirit Of the twentieth
century and is a discredit 10 city With
2.0o0GpO Inhabitants Change the figures.
and one would think he was reading New
York newspaper.'
Mr.. Honeymoon-Oh. Madge, YOU look
sweet enough 10 eat this morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-01

According to Mr.. Bryan the Dei"o
cratic majority in revising Schedule n
will have 70 show whether its De'noo-
racy is Of the all wool order OF OILY
shoddy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-01

The number Of Pittshurg's Council
men has been reduced from sixty-seven
to nine. and the new Councilmen viii re-
ceive the handsome salary Of 5000
wear. This seems to be a case Of the
fewer the higher.