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Xm Dot* ?tibunt M>T>*?Y. MAT t?. IB1?. O-eaaa and publUh??* ?*?tlr by Th? Tribuna A??or!?tton ? New Trrk corporation. Os-Un M R?'1? Bf??*dBStj O Vetnor tlofar?. ht-rratarv ?nd Tre??urar ?.?-.*"??? Tribun? Building. N?. t;,? Nu????. ?tr??i. Saw Tork. WIBBIIBIB IIUS RATKS- By M?tl. Toit??? r?l<", 0>lt?ld? of Greater Stur Tork: r?.l?- and Sunday. 1 mn| T.*. r>? ?v aaly, ?month? I? B Vt v ?? ? Surd??. ? mo? 4.2*el'.?iU -?nlT. 1 >*?" ? , .,. ? ?nd Sund??, t vr?r a. BO! Sun da? ?nl?. ? month? i -? Dell) o**ljr, 1 month.*xV Sunday only, 1 T??r. *-?*v rPR.Tf.iav T?ATK6 I C AN API AN R A?". T?A!LV AND BUND AT. DAllaT ANT' ?I ND-VT On? month. f 1 ,\f. nr.e month. ? so On? y??r . 18.30'Ore year... ?iTUiW.'" FlND-iT ONl.T r?Atl-Y OM.1 Six month?. . s 07- On? month One >a?r . e.l<t|One ?ear reo so ? ?? ''?nnin. i.ua ? ?n? in?"*... . .. On? ?*ar . l'J29iOn? >??r. ? * ?" DAI?.Y OVIA BTJKDAT ONl.T On? mnnth. 1.02 On? month Kntared ?t th? Fo?tr.!?|r, ,t Ne? Tork ?? Sarond <*1??? ??"?. M?tt?r. The Trihnne use.? it? rest endeavors to insure tha f.-:istw-orthine?s of eeOTj ml-, ertisemen* It prints and to avoid the publication of all advertisements ???ntain ing mis'eading statements or ?lalma. Still Drifting, Though the Hope of Mediation Grows Less. The reluctance of the President to deal with thp fa.-t- of the militar-, Bftmtton in Mexico la ?? ...pi, al ?-on?4??(?iirn.-p of hi?, poli?-y of avoiding fw?p6w BibflKlea and d<xlg!ng rea!ii??*s. Me ??till pur??..? An impossible tfggQgj of non-interference, but while pursuinc it lip has been compelled by circumstance t" ? >mmit a'-ts s1 ?toss purposes with his the-uy. He lias interreno.l with military force wltiKMlt ever BdmlttlLf that he has intervened. He baa galaed Vera Cruz and maintains a larro garrison there without roacedlng tiint warlike operation*. Of any sort hnre boon undertaken. II? ,?4 mcdl.itint; ??Ith Huerta without havinc BUb? scribsd to .-m*- st.iti? of fscts ?>n which nisdistlon can he p**OSS**Ot?*d, He lms consented in B ?azi." -*ny to a **e*"Mtiofl of ho-tilities without acknowl ?-?lein.- that hoatillttCS haro ever taken place. Hs h* pit-rlgtvl ln?iire?i!v to the maintenance of an ar mistii'e without any definite understanding as to the operations which BtTrCb SB armistice permit- .?r forbids It s no wonder iI7.it the administration is at its wit's end to know whether op got it should accede to Genera! 1-unston's requests for reinforcements and whether or not It BhonM stop the Importation of arms and munitions of war for Huertas hench?. If the President were to ? ?onsMsf the ne**esslties of the military situation he would rush troop? and supplie? to Fnnston and have an army at Vera Cl*?l pr?parai ??n a mODTtetlt'fl notice to make fl for? warrl movement to ihe City of Mexico, If Huerta ??nould suddenly be <lep"-o.| or flee the capital niirjbt easily fall b prey to anarchy. In that CMS in the interest of humanity 11s well as for the prote-li^n ?>f the live- :in?l property of foreisneis in Mexico the United BtfttSS W?Jttkl have to under? take a military Intervention. A -talesman ?Ith clear foret houcht and l tin I sense of ?he responsibility which events have thrust upon tin? 1 nited Btstea would have had sn annj g Aera Cms by Ibis lime competent to ?i?, tbg M work whi? h in:iy any day fall to L Mr. Wilson has halted and faltered because le? hn- been nnwilling i" think tho problem ool He alien ;n lore with drifting on the current o; cir?-iinistan<es and he siill wants to drift Slong nu? il- -turboil. similarly with th?? ea**r*?7>es <?f nnn.-? and munition. "f ??-ar ?-onsiL-iK"! to Puerto Mexico, l-'ruru the inui i.iry polul of ? i'-w and froc the point ?>f rien of atstessaansbip it would ha\e boon as anwlsetrO ci tboeg wii supple- go hi as ii \?"u)?i liav.? been to -tanrt idly bj B1 \'<?ra CrUB and allow the VliiranaT? to land her f-nr;??. Every machine cun added to Huerta ?. Btock may mean the losg of a iIo/pii Anicri'-an live-, V?i tlm President and Mi. Bryan bad provided In no way for this omercenov and ?ore appan-miy able to atop the fo***>?n"r-dlng ?-?I the arm- only by favor of the (?erman shlppin. a**ents. The Hdniini>irati"ii ronsentsd Mi?uel' To an I arnistiee without l-educing conditions of any s?irt to writlnc. and it ?aniiof now (ell whether or 1 r its consent bind- It to abstain fr?>m doing al Puerto Mexi'i? what it <11? 1 as ;1 wise niea-uo? Of proi-aution al \ era ("ruz. n-'pinj; f??r the ??.?-t and doing nothing to abane ontroi the Bituation la still the adminlratration'? rro-iauinie. Tel it i?- erldeni thai the possibilities of BUch a negative, labor shirkin?* proj-ranime are nearly exhausted. Mediation is <?n the rocks or near them. Brea if mediation should make some Brtrtee elMagea in the -lti.ation the fundamental pr?,piein of leorfanisation In Mexico would remain. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Bryafl ??inii"t Buch lonser turn their backs upon the -en.?iis military and ?liploniatic fhri-es of ihm problem. Cleaning Up Vera Cruz. The ? ity Of Vggg Cng has a Bach more whole? some name than the pestholes of Panama which (?eneral OorgSS c??nverted into happy, healthlul sp.'t- The Mexican?-, following Ani.-ri? an niethotls, hove ?lone 11111? Ii toward makim; it ?lean and imalt! ful. Neieitheh-ss. it is -til! inadequately equipped from a sanit?r] potnl of view, sad with the advent Of A median troop- lit. tie ten?, of thousand- it holds all the possibility of rmnh dianaBC and a lili;:i death rate. The work which (?eneral Q?*(*-gag is planning there throu<*h his aids ?s urgently uee?U?d. \\ ith the rainy season at hand, malaria Is the tirst plague to guard acalnst. ALd for Its effect in taking f?tren?.th and vitality out of our army it is ? di-ease va-tly to he dreaded, '?ulnine is already I Staple of diet among our pacitio invaders. The ?am pau'n ai-ainst n***-sqoitoes will qui?-kly follow The expens?' of this ???rk 1- not ?.??e." an.I the r.slu. tloii in <l -??as?? resulting frOB the eliininaiioii of stagnant tratar an?l oilier breeding apotl i- extraor dlnary. It Is a safe prediction that, however great violence our ?7)?*-cups?on of Vera Cruz has done to the patriotic fbellngs of that city's tnhsbitants, ws shall leave It a safer an?l better place to Hre In thnn when we first rowed ashore to occupy ? custom house. The Parade in Washington. All aei-nuntr* agree that the suffrage parade In Washington was a striking nn?l itnpresslve light. it was hNd free? fmni the BCOBOa it lOWdyiam ami Insult whie-h ?llsirrace?! tho . apitnl at last years gathering. Hint SplgOdS result?*-! in n?> punishim-nt of officiais; but the counti.v w i?lc wrath which th?? negle.-t ?if tho polie? nreitise-.l plainly ha?l its rfT> ? Y est?relas.s mar? hers had oven protection that tin* mind of awnkono?! rifftcialdoiu c??iil?l COB"?OtVS The steady growth of Interest In the suffrage cause and its orderly proprgggBdl nro WMjMStton* ably making n ptrofound impression upon the nation Whatever the outcome, the ?wintry ??in ??ongrntu late Itself on the dignified and a?lmiral?le spirit In which the lieht has been waged. A Police Efficiency Squad. The policeman in plain clothes "lio ?lodges amiiti'l ;i di?tri?i keeping tabs ?>n th? other policemen on duty there la nol t?? bs known sa a '"ihoo-llj* ???p In this admiiii>trati??n. He Is to bS called 8 inetn',1.1 ol' the "efnVien<\v squad. Of "supervising patro'. according to the plan? now being workoel oui ?I headquarters and already in operation in the M ?i)spe?tion IMslri.'t. However, Hie difference 111 n:tin,' will not Indicate an*, great difference u duties. It is not a ?luty held In hich esteem i'l 'he fope. this policing of the |K.|i<-o. Yet it 108IPS neCeesarj. with | fuive in mi? h ??ondition that the "Commis Bioner fan estofa three of flour peg-post men ?.tt their posts holding 8 COOVOUtlon in the middle Ol the street, as he did recently. The work hi the Poli? e Department neeeis ginger in all it? une*- "l ?M'tivity. and inaylie the "shOO-flles" or "?sfBcten? ' squad" ?an help. Perpetuating an Eyesore. it is Bsd news thai Congress ?n ?i? infinite wls dom la planning to remodd the old Federal Building in this city, l'ha? mean? staking BOTOrsI bundred thoussnd dollara la this swful structure and pro? longing its lit'?? indetinitely. There la only one thine in do to the building snd that is to tear it down It? ugliness Is wotvl famous and irreparable. If there is any mammoth building anywhere as thoroughly ungainly and un siphtly it has yet to come to public attention. And this is the monument with which the nation afflicts it?- grsstesl dty! The pleas from \e?v Yorker?; for demolition have been many and loud, and it Is hard to anderstand why Concrets should disregard th?? needs and wi<hes of the nation?- *_***tropolis so flagrantly With the construction of the uptown p?>steifti?': the opportunity for a reai-ranci'inent of federal offlces ?n?l Hie elimination of the old postOfUce building arrived. \S*i 11 not Congress see ihe light and ylel?! to N'e-w York in this much ?losjred it? provement . kid Glove Treatment for Smugglers. n is uphill work t<? get federal Judges to treat smuggling as n real crime instead of a mere pecca? dillo. No matter how plain h the Intent to defraud, the mild penalty of a tin?? i-- the ""OUlt'B USUSl limit of punishment. Yet a tine means little to the ridi Smuggler, Who wouldn't lie able to engage in smug? gling ventures at all unless he ha?l plenty of re sourcea oui of which to pny the penalty for be'ng caught If the courts want t.? ??top smuggling they will have to abandon the theory that Imprisonment l< 1???? harsfa a punishment to he Inflicted, in lotting off i smuggler of Jewelry vitii a tine Judge Martin Is reported to have said the other ?lav 11n.t he would nerer Impose a Jail sentence in a ease la w-hi?h it appeareil that the evernrnent would i of Buffer greatly throUgll the non payment of duty on artl ? les of personsl adornment. Sueh a view is most unfortunate. sin.-e it encour litres tti?' l.olief that the courts are over-tender to tho well-to-do. When former employes of the f_st Office Departmenl were on trial recently for strik? ing and conspiring K> interfere with tho ?leliveiy e.f the- msll the- fe?l?-rai ?'oint ?'?-ait with them Borere? ly. BltbOUgfa there was far less moral turpitude in volved in what they die| than in what the? smug? glers d?->. Lawbreahers should be treated <>n the SS me basis. If prison is fair f??r one >et It j?. Just SS fair for another set For the mean. done Usted Bmuggler who tries to dodce the patinent of dutv on a lnxurv a prison Bcntence would be bo admira? bis flrsl l?nson la patriotism. Or. Butler's Constitutional Revision Plan. It is not a radical BChOUM of iniproveiiient WbrCh Dr. Nicholas Murray Kutler suggests to Henry L Stimson as a Rep?blican programme for the COB? BtltUtJoiial e'l.nvention. The short ballot fur state and county government, revision ?>f leglslstlTe pro cedure. a budget for iho state ainl regulation ol bond issu?-?', genuine municipal borne rule?these ??onstirute a programme which would appeal to SlmOSl any ?'le-iiioiil in the party except the fe?v members fundamentally opposed to any chango la anything. Many <?f the more radical Repuhllcans an* certain to demand other policies coacornlBg which there would be controversy impossible, over Pr. B'ltler's elements ?f reform, save, perhaps, SS to the details of the change in legislative procedure. The short bettol Idea that is, the appointment "f all >tate olllcen now elected, except <'e?vernor an?l Lieutenant Governor, by the Governor - ;,s well established in the list of desirable ImproTementa io form of C"? eminent as the ?lirect primary. It Ims its Btrong advocate's ?n nil partie?, and a proposed I'oiistitutionai amendment embodying this idea ins passed one house of the Legislature. In its appl eati?>n to county government the idea is somewhat newer, but the argument as t?> its atlvantaeo? i, th? same -the concentration of responsibility for all the county's administrative work on ??no ??fn.-ial, a county manager ?-hosen by in?- electors Of the SUper? rtsors, and the elimination of the numer?os electiva offlcisls ??le? now compllcats the system Dr Butlers atoa ("r Improving th?* legislative branch "f the government la to double the time ol service of members of each boues -'nul hold bien trial sessions and to limit the Introduction of bill-i by requiring three Senators or five Assemblymen to sponsor a measure and prohibiting introduction of financial legislation sate by the rinan?e com? , initi?es. Me would gtxo the (Jovornor and his department heads seats in the Legislature and tho right to debate, ami the ?Governor the power to Ini? tiate legislation. Whatever cheek "ii the number of Luis Introduced srould result fr?.in the ?.'rmiii ?s tetn of Introduction if say would i?e wekomv, l*.\en a severer limitation might be impose?! without harm to anybody but overzealous lepisiatorn and the state printer. Giving the Governor a seat in the legislature and power to Initiate legislation is a j THEIR POINTS OF VIEW. rational way of making him responsible for ?Thai he does now by Indirection If real home rule for cities aneb. B? Dr. Butler describes such as would "fjiva 'he beaefll of tha doubt t<? the nranicipality in order that its Baasnre of local cfuitro! might he as large a? possible'' ??'iilil be brought about, many problems which no? vex state and clfy would be solve?! ant"mati?ally. The legi-Iatlve burilen would dwindle. City SB thoritles could accomplish something or :-et OUl and do their explaining promptly. These matters alone would not make a completo convention prograBBe. They are Important enough. though, to be ?ncorporatoi-i in any Buch programme. THE TALK OF THE DAY. Th? rector of a certain ehur h ifl B BOtHSWhSt portly gentleman and fl little inclined to be pompon?-. II? owns a small terrier called Rags. fin ?-?ne fi?casi'in last Bummer P.aes escaped from his K'ianilan an?l nandered into the church Just as his must' ?? was facing the congr?gation, hoi?img up the ainis basin in both banda That waa Rsgs'a op? portunity. He made ,1 ire imp for the chancel, snd pausing before his master, whosi eyes wen piously elevated to the catling, he sal up snd begged! Delight of the wick?d and horroi of the p .\tr. cyrus Green Hotly, what la thai p ?aiie<i in the catalogue? Mrs Orean (re-stung)??Cows after ite?a n?mhrur. Mr. Green Bj gosh! I see the COWS, bul "here is rio-n Bonhsurf?Tit-Bits. rtadmm Bfl an aid in fanning net \?-t, bul soon. perhaps Is indicated ?? seme experiments recently made by French scientists. The? wanted to lcani the effects of the raya on growing things, so they sprouted aeads of rye graes, wheat snd corn between thick .?he-Ms ,.f blotting paper, moisti ned rsgulsrl) ?? ith pur?? water ?if known radlo-acrtixity obtained ' .? simple exposure in a radio-a?ti\e fountain. plants moistened with the radio.,?.i ;\.? water, lifter a period varying from eight to twelve days. showed great, r activity of growth than ?ii'l th" COntf ,"!?<?. m some CSS? s, from two or four times ;is many rootlet?. \ .\'?>r?- Torii e-eclestastical ewlirt decided thai a min ? 41, r charged with Uaetna ?? roang matron of the con? gicgatioii whs indiscreet bm that the lad?'s BWUBBtlons against him were the merest hallucinations. If theie are Belles in a congregation wn? bare hallu? irmtions of that chara'-tei, th.- only Safe thing for a past'ir to do Ifl t" wear a mtlSSle. ?HO .s'"n Post If you ha?- occasion to write or speak of the en? listed men ?if the navy now on duty in Mexican waters or elsewhere, don'1 refer to them as "Jjackles." They don't like it. They do not. object so Vigor? to "bluejackets." but "Jackiss" is BtMoed bj the fine, manly, upstaneJJng yoong follows of the navy, Perbapa U Bounds too much like lackeys' to suit them. .\n Insect with the tobacco habit?only it sats ??Kars and eiragcttes instead of amoking tbtm B causing muck trouble m the factories In Kej Went : nd Manila. In the latter place the annual loss from the cigarette beetle in each factory \aries from .??.".. GOO to si'i.."it?> Qovernmenl entomologists have been trying to find effective methods of preventing these .o.-ses, and have made experimenta with fumigation, curb? i disulphld and hydrocysnl seid gas. Inasct rnemles r,f the cigarette beetle nave also been in i rod need, and ha? e proved effeetlve In some i sses In checking the depredation- of the toba NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS. Ctauacey Dspsw'a Idea thai .*?:;?.<?-!? a la toeing ita sense of humor mas be corre? t. It is pretty hard to laugh at stories when thsj ate more than a generation or two old. Onr biggest joke now Is the State Depart? ment at Washington. -Philadelphia 1're-s If New Vork reallv wants to fill in the East P.iver ? has to ?lo is prove that the river handles a hi*' hnslnssB and Coasreea ?;i atten?! to it imm?diat.. :? iphia P'ii lie Le-dger. i'i'ii ?'ommissioner QoMwater sf Mow York ?? plan nir-,' the greatest clean-up cf tnat city in its Inst'.r?. 1- || Banking a spotlesi lown of the metropolis will cause It tu lose its attraction for many. - Roch? ?ter L nlon. New Vork has ju?t passed a law forbidding employ. m?nr of children under sixteen in mercantile estab? lishments for more than eight hours a day. Oreg.-n forbids employment of adults more than eight hour.? a day. That !? how far Oregon is ah*a?l Of New Y??rk. ?Oreuonian. BecSOSS of the in re,- . ry ef burglars in N-w fork rates of ms-.ranee a?*alnst such depredations are aiu-rt t?? t ?? sdvaacsi Hat?-? in lertaB other Bee ? ?? the eemntrj ? ????-? elreeBj bees Innaeeeil Th? right of states to nx Isssjrsace ratea h?.s seen spheM BBS "ont of the 1 nited States, and when they exercise thet right insurance companies, in ISM of circum?tan-???? BOd?saly involving a great Increase , cf ri?k, will probably prefer to withdraw from business rather than to await the ?low and difficult procesa of rate adjustment ? Washington Herald. THE PEOPLE'S COLUMN *",???g?2?" MAYOR MITCHEL WITH "ANTIS" They Should Be Proud of Their New Recruit, Say* a Suffragiit. To the Edito* Of Tre Tnliiine. Sir. I, tO". leeret i M Mit. hei '??! M-- snU-auftraga ?pee, h Bl Carnegie Hsll Issl Satuiday ever,in?r. Although I ??as s.rs BSUCh BUr i rl?e,l svhcn I heard him?having somehow got the Ides, along with numerous other suffragists th.it he was not against votes for Women. I recognized his light to his opinion, and If he ?lid sot think women should he allowed to sote, as his speecn piainly showed. 1 belles? he did tha Only Dianly tiong f??r him to do, and tha*. WSS to IS) BO. There- is one thing we -uffragists l?-arn ser? slowly, and that Is not to expect an*.' heir? loseat'l getting the vote from pubitr Publli officials are? put in "til ? l?s- ?otee and by seller?, and it Is UM much to expect 'hat in Bay movetneata whl h primarily affect tho voteleas thej s\iii on the si?|e 01 the voteleSB. That WOUld ;. ;??. Itl ..; .: ? 'a ' she lid not hother picnts ?it votes, hut get rigoroual) aft* tha thouaanda of esters ??i luatlce to Mayor Mltehel I ??am t.-> ?ay that i-.- made the hest anti-auffrag* I ha?e ever heard fr.?m a ii.m Th.- antis' ?lo ??cl! t?. be proud "t hirj and happy over gaining him for their side, f.?r they are bad I) in need of good men -peaker? and i< ?? -uftiagisis, svh > ' a ? - ? ?ag us, sh'?u'"i not feel ao badly ah..m tue loea of one man n.iss and then We can afford to b? genei NORA ?AN rv\ ELL, N' N Voi k, II ? THE COLORADO PROBLEM The Minen "Spoiled" by Ignorance and Poverty. To the Editor of T glr: 1 - the I ? ?t.on to comment on that letter from t?, I? Brinkerhoff in to-.i . POpSI It is, alas! too eeldom mat we Hat auch a perfect gem of profound Btlipldlty and utter Ig? norai. OS as this It is a masteipie, e. Let me quote "II is about tune that soine bods e.in.e to the rescue of the Rockefel? lers." Now, don't worry, Mr. Brinker? hoff, John I' and John D., jr. can take ?aie of tbemaelvee There is alweya a train to he gotten to Pocantioo ind a fe-sv hundred guarda to post CSBS Of treiubl? "Striken are Bpolled children" indeed, they are But r,..i azactij m the ?av in Which : on im? agine. They have t"?-n spoiled, not by surteit of the good thing.? of life, but by the lach of them. They are ehililren, r,"t because of thtu* fiec-uom from care, out because of the darkness and Ignorance that must inesitablv follow upon their condition of continual and degrading pov? erty. "If they ?the mine operat??rs? hsVSSSSBS? times taken advantage ?.f a monopoly las?, who made this law but the voter?" Quite limit. Mr M . ai 1 this la the gbastl) joke of the svhole matter. The workers have it in their ovsn poser tu ?mai' pata themaetvea and dont know 11 When .'? gat to know?and they are be? ing taught it es-, ry ?lay l.y the SexMallst parts \shen they do set to knosv it, look out for BQUallSI l admire the Rockefsllsr refusal to treat with the unions, especially those ?si ?? ? uit to arbitrate th? ??< Ar? bitrating ?sitli a union is an acknow Wr ment tha? tne ..mon la rightfull] entitled to a part osvnerabip in tbe capital dereted coition. ' How b|I|] of the onions! To think that they who gruh m the tow- j els of the eartii ami produce all of the wealth ahould be entitUd to a "part own? ership in the capital devoted to produc? tion." HKl'.M.W MICHBUON. New York. May S, 19H. At One Reader Underitanda It. To the Kditor of The Tllhwaa Sir: I WOOld ':ke to know what kind cf a COUntT) w- are ii? ing in. svhere lass j . - - ? -i"- ? - ta have i ? s- Mr Rockefeller And foe Ahat." i understand it. he holds that every man has th- tight to ??ork *hen and where he wish-?,, independent of union?, whi'-h 1? certainly only Juat. I? this what liberty and fn-edorn stand for?. It would ??"m that liberty was only for! tl ? la Sllesc' AN AMERICAN <~*F oknkuatIONS. New York, May I '&H AN ANARCHISTIC. MAD COMMUNITY Criticiim of the Rockefeller! Stiri a Reader to Strong Language. To the IJditor of The Tribune Sir It is with rising indignation that I read all this maudlin condemnation of John D. Rockefeller, jr. Mr. Hockefeiler N right, and I? the only man who has the courage "f his convictions, and 1, for one, hope h? win stand his ground and refuse to arbitrate u hat is tha natter with this anarch? istic, mad comm inity? All the publie has against Mr. Rockefeller Is his million?., which tiioce who haven't would like to have. Isn't it high time that the greatest e.f alt trusts in restraint of trade sh?)iild ne called to account instea?! of exempt? ing ?t fiom an>- Interference? There is no trust on earth that stands so in re? straint <?f irado, freed.mi and pTOgrOSS B8 the labor unions. Mr, Rockefeller Is the first to has- the ? ourage to take this stand Let Mr, Wilson take a leaf from Mr Rockefeller's notebook and .onsiiier whether this hydra-headed monster la not S gieatT menace to tha freedom of the America:, ?s "ikingman ami to the COUntr) at ?arge than MexlCO, BSd 14r greater WOUM Ids phi'1* in history be as B r, - ?trainer of labor ualona even than the passer of the currency inn or a peace? maker in Mexico v :" ' la perepetition which Mr Rockefeller la undergoing from the Incompetent aocial degeneratea caRod mourners, it's an outrage, Why ahouM a law-abiding, reeponsible c?tisos he an no? ci by the a Bseleea members'? 'Iliat miserable anar h'sttc woman Should be locked up, for e??n If she prove , harmless net one ran ieli what effect her esrslesal] uttsrsd threets bssj have upon sume Irraeponalhle i-rain. As for Sinclair, he's a fiiol arid IHMlOOOl ring of n"ti??'. JOHN BROWN Ness Vork. May ,, 1914. PRAISE FOR MR. WILSON No Need for a Progrenive Party While He Ii President. To the Kditor of The Tribune. Sir: I ha?e f.?r many years been S Re? publican, but voted for Mi Wilson be? cause I believed htm to be an honest man, - an Bble "lie It is true that lie has the coalldance of the common people. He is forming a political party now gath? ering about him There will be no need for a I'rigi easts> party while he is President or if he runs lor another term Th.rre is all the ??re? form'' In him that we could expect from any Progressive, while ne is also as ?ara? ble as any mss they or the Republicans could put up as a candidate. If you desire to express right, ous and true public opinion, be patriotic and a?J VOcste good government, sou shoul.l stand i? I're.-ielent \\ ilson. Lincoln sometimes ?run ?si?e When at the time BOOM people thought he wasn't right. Ho is It with LPrestSeut Wilson. Kdttors of partisan papers criticise the President when they do not knosv half as much about the crisis In hla hands as he does. Rochester May 7, 1914. f. I?. RAY. Mias Paul Explain!. To th- editor of The Trlbme it ??a? kind of yo'i to publish my heated .?enunciation of the commercial members of the medical profession and surgeons, but is it possible that I ?aid ''ali men are criminals." as your rendition of my letter seems to say? Of course, ejulte the reverse la my opinion of men, and many of them physicians and sur? geons, too; wnat I could mean is that a very large percentage of crimin?is are men, as is conceded by all Ins SsttgStOTS o- BVea the superficially informed. But nianv of them are not directly responsible for their imperfection-?, being the natural pro?luct of untoward phrslcal ami welfare coadlUeaa that nasal produce deCectivee I am, a? Ol ?? "ex.ltttd' " (and even amotloaal), but none the aSB well able to reason straight upon e' Idence. and the extension of vivlae-tion la indefensible from any lane or disinterested point of view. JKAN PAUL. New fork, May T, 1811. MR. VOORHIS DEFENDED He Has Enforced the Law, In?i?t? Hit Supporter. To the Kd-"--. ?t The Trrlbane Sir. Your edito? -.,- -o i ' - B ? nticising the state - tendent Kl'-ctlons. John It Voes written without s full knoa ? is? ? fact - 1*1 ? ? ? I ??.is par t:?i? .iteii ? ??. tion ofH??ials. one-half of l I tlM law, w?re K.-prh:. ., | g Ol m I'emociats. i inly tin.. _ Ilusi?n I isolated ' ases <-o dd there hSVS ?? fra d by thse Mpartlflsn eleethm -'?J cials at tie palls. The slection ? "? ?? were nnder tire direct COBtfOl Of * election boards in RufT.iio as I an?l of the fifty si\ COW I in the ?-i ,t? The? uniiei th? law, biparti ? M publican and one half Democrs ,-tate superintendents ?>f ele? tloi flj K.iKeo throughout the rear, s? the registers end pollbooks r ii taes hands, in the a 01 '-? ? ( r?-cords at the books us.d st the DO " B records reached the etate ? "east as to trie N? ??, ?, ??? k ' ? l| 21, Itl I. and ?' ere ? to Dtstri? t Mtoi nev Whit ? th? Bj [olio? 1-5 nd on othi ? n- -n < tor use by the grand J I The Mate Hoard ??! S iperl '? I called upon under th.- law to - pernal th.- act! bj the h pa ? i ?A**** lion offltfsl ? '? ? i iiie primai and ??? neral ?, ntlvs -? i - orre? tlve v state 4 -.? rlntend? ti el the prop? i as to Ihe manner of of ih. >? .t. ? ip< rmtend ' is ? learly d. rined in the e;. In rtSW of the fact t n ? ' that Sup? rii te foi mi? snfo a i a? a irait r r>( opinh? , that '?? ar-air it Superintendent oo o ' th dismlsssd Mr \'o??r I * - William F ir.t'e . . .- i' ward ?'Oi'per. Wllllsm R. G s. Hewn?, Hugh J I Strong, Robert A sad i ;?"oi gs h Mi :?.., ernot a i 'i ?. I uter i ? i Ulj nn. DIRE) T PRIM tin ALlVO ' Ir New- fork m ly I Mother?' Day. ' To the Editor Of The Tribune. Sn Th? -? I Bunda " I commonly S?Cepted .? ? M ??' ? is a beautiful custom ?rhlch th apart one Sui.'la. ?-! the yeas In e '? I ' hold in eopsetel honor snd rever? "' life an?l memoi ? Of one's Through hahit we ha-. ? In this preci'iu- i lebral n It hi <*'?? which i-oinmeiiils Itsell t" US si ?^?l>r t'od bless to us the mot1 living and sar Ctlf| tl) IS ' * dea?l. It is the mothei ?? who BbSPS 'I" ?l.-stiiues sf raen sad nal i ? 1 ''?'1 this in i ?> anaal m gree b| peaM ? life toward goo?l an?l <io?l of many a one of us is that <?: ? who went, as her custom ? sanctuary on the Sabbatn she led our youthful feet. And for N "?? now- thank God and revere her memor> It is fitting, therefore, thai I life and memory by attending .11 ?hip this Laord's Pa>. To pew. mothers church, mothe? ? OflB* **! have new mssnlng \i. I Sfl ?'? a"* '*l u* wear the imhlemst?*] Mower- the ' tlon?pink for mother? now Uvl - for mothers who have pre ' the morning land W. J. trOKfOAL? Glands N. J . May %. 1911. Long Life to the Rockefeller?' To tha Kdltor of The Tribune. Sir: I wish to indorse the ?-ntic ?" of the letter of i; I? Brin-??- I titi, ?i -Pralsa : * the ftockel ?i-ii? ?i -n ru- . rtbm ? - * states the fa?'s a ? uratel? sad ,v< from t'nein thi ?'illy iiaitlusaona l ?"? plain com on ?ense snd even han**"H '" tic? will permit Long hie to BBS beat balanced snd noblest young ' this country, John 1). Ko? ke ici lei New Tork. May I. lili. T. C