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THURSDAY. MAY 19. 1910.
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THE KEWS THIS MORyiy'G.
CONGRESS.— Senate: By a vote of 40
to 23 the Senate amended and accepted
the House provision of the railroad bill
which places the defence of suits before
the Interstate Commerce Commission in
the hands of the Attorney General, but
permits the commission and shippers to
intervene and even to continue the suit ;
In case the Attorney General withdraws.
— ■ -■ House: The bill to extend to the
territory of Hawaii the laws of the
United States concerning appropriations
that are enjoyed by the territories within
the United States was passed.
FOREIGN. — An explosion of dynamite
demolished the barracks of the rural
jruards in Pinar del Rio. killing a hundred
persons and wounding a similar number.
•■ . ■. ■. Hundreds of thousands of persons
passed by the body of King Edward in
Westminster Hall, and a line six miles
lone was waiting when the doors were
closed: it seems unlikely that another
rater v.lll lie in state in England. .-
Captain de CreSpigny, of the Life
Guard?, a well known polo player who
recently visited the United States, shot
;"!..i killed himself on Lord Brasseys
estate where be was a guest. ■ .. .■ M-
Nau. an aeronaut. fell wits his mono
i^lanr; ml Juvisy and was seriously m
jured = = Commander Peary grave a
i»vture in Vienna and received the cola
"medal of the Imperial Geographical So-
Hety. [me. - Yiardot-Ganria. for
merly ■ noted sinter, rister of Malibran.
dfe&ln'ParisJ ===== Forty-seven «-orfc-
T7i*-n ■•(■■,•■■ drowned by Ihe upsetting of
;i f«rrr~rlx>at on the River Dnieper. -
DOMESTIC. TV"-- state Senate at Al
bany d'-f^aiod th« Himnaii-Green direct
nominations bill by ■ rote of '.'"• to 2" and
tho Grady-Prisbte Democratic League
primary m*>?>sur<i: by a voto of ?,(> to. ll.
== Representative "William S. Bennet
in 3 letter '•' Governor Hushes asked
tb« latter** co-operation in facilitating
naturalization ''i the state courts. ==
A caucus of Republican Representatives
■will be held ii 1 Washington **arly next
w<=*>k on the postal savings bank bill
Vice-President. Sherman, in ••
epp^rh 31 Ka lama zoo. Mich.!, spoke hi
b^hslf of the administration and the
tariff ia-R. — -_ Many observatories re
ported spots on the sun. Father Bren-
H5..H, of Krnrick Seminary. st Louis, re
porting thirty; it was said to be doubt
ful if the phenomena were caused by
Halley's comet.
CITY. — Stocks "V. »r» dull and heavy.
In the trial of Charle*- R. H«ike
and five former employes of the Ameri
can Sugar Refining Company all ob
jections to testimony relating: to condi
tions on Use sugar wharves when the
government raid was made, were over
ruled by On court. = ... John Kerby. jr..
preF3d<:TiJ of (be National Manufacturers*
vitior. made a sharp attack on the.
Nation*! Civic federation [ . .■" Roswell
D. Williams. th«» Tammany district
leader, and his co-defendants charged
■»itta piracy, took the stand in their
own defence and made general denials.
- Belle Moore, the alleged "white
slave" trader, was placed on trial in
general Sessions. : ■ The R*-v. Dr.
George Alexander, of this city, was paid
•.. ii. the favorite for moderator of the
Presbyterian General Assembly, which
CfM>s« in Atlantic City to-day.
THE IYEATHER. — Indications for to
day: Fair. Th* temperature yesterday:
Highest. €S degree*; lowest 52.
TELWSG THEM TO BE GOOD
In forbiddiug the KiejUMCMUi bellfs
>rcnLs i" bombard the oity of Bluelields
or to lie-lit in its streets the Am<Ti';in
comiaander iak<*« hijth ground, for
waich. Low ever. there is apparently am
]•]«• justiflcatioii in Lk-iUi law and equity.
Bluenelds is not. we. believe, a fortifie«l
riiace, and. we arc inforiu«Ml that it Is
„f.t occupied by a military force. In
those circumstances tbe ordinary ralei
ftf war should certainly exwpt it from
bombardment. It is. moreover, obvious
that bombardment would inevitably do
murh harm to American lives and prop
erty, and ii would seem to be as legiti
mate to forbid the infliction of such
lisjnp- as U) let it occur nd then exact
atioi^
On grounds of equity also the United
States has a strong caw for Boca inter
vention. The sihulesH prolongation of
• bis miserable blckexiug in Nicaragua is
gwtj in^; Jo l»e intolerable. There is notori
ously no isi?ue at slake worth a lno-
Hseot'c li^'lii yet the UnitL*d States
i- oaoipißSßi t« keep its forces on guard
there iiictuUi after mouth for she protec
lioa of Us citizens and tbeir property.
There <>\]f:h: to be ■ limit to that sort
< f tiling. We intervened in Cnaa largely
iH-eause Ibe war there bad degenerated
into an Indeterminate conflict in which
nothing was being gained by either
party. Then' is tbe same reason for inter
vention in Nicaragua, Bad while we cer
i:i!iiiy should not wish to Bee auy'tbin^
like.a military occupation of that «-<<iiij
try and have no idea thai our govern
ment contemplates Mich a sten, it does
««»ijj fitting JLat aaea a place as Blue
fieldjg sjiouid have the protection of our
i:r.vy against ■ wanton attack.
Tuit is to '•• «ud the more confidently
iKicausc tliore is re;! f on la aaayecl that
un : itttdK M DlurflHds vas planned
lanreJj for tbe fcaUe cf provokins, if poe
sible. American intervention. We would
not, of course, grant that maladroit de
sire in the way in which It is meant,
by Involving this coiuitry in the ruction
as a partisan of one or the other fac
tion. But the action which is now re
ported would appear to be well suited
to preserve the neutrality of this coun
try, while protecting tbe rights of its
citizens and disappointing: tbe mischiev
ous designs of belligerent plotters. .;!,-•.:
A BAMCBBS VICTORY.
The state Senate has voted to ratify
the income tax amendment to the fed
eral O institution, but the assent of the
upper brancn of the Legislature must
UilUln imrrtn unless the lower bra»eh
tan be induced t<» reverse its two suc
• votes against the ameudmeut.
At this stage of the session a reopening
of the lipht in the Assembly is not prob
r.lile. aor, in O«r opinion, would it be
fostinabfe. fbe present Legislature has
BO mandate from the voters either to
ratify <>r to reject tho income tax
amendment. The Somite, which has
last approved it. was elected in 1908,
when no one cottcetaed that a proposal
to eularpe the federal power to tax in
osaMS would be submitted to the states.
Uembers of the Beaate are therefore
voting merely their own opinions, fcn
!«>>s it he admitted that the Democrats
in lhat boaj are under an obligation to
■take Rood tho income tax declaration
of the last Democratic national plat
lnrm.
Nor can it l»e said that the members
of the Assembly elected last fall re
ceived instructions from the people on
the income tax question. Few candi
dates took the trouble to say whether
they would vote for ratification or not.
[a the counties included in this city.
certainly, the amendment was complete
ly ignored, the fight for the control of
the city government absorbing the at
tention" of the voters of all parties. New
York's Legislature "meets every year.
There is ample opportunity to act on
the amendment, and it would be much
wiser to leave the final decision to a
legislature possessing a better under
standing of the wishes of the voters
and a clearer delegation of authority to
act in their behalf.
The Southern states were all expected
to vote f«r the amendment, because it
carried out a notion and a promise of
tu<» Democratic party. But Southern
commonwealths are waking up to the
fact that the amendment, as drawn, in
vades state rights and would allow the
federal government to tax the Instru
mentalities of the states. Virginia has
already rejected the proposition on that
ground, and Louisiana is expected to
follow Virginia's example. The Gov
ernor of Louisiana, .Tared Y. .Sanders,
has advised the Legislature, which has
just met in extra session, to refuse ratl
iieation: The leading Democratic news
papers in the state are also counselling
rejection, using in opposition the argu
ments made by Governor Hughes. "The
New Orleans Picayune" put the case
thus In n recent issue:
The federal Income tax amendment
Invites the people u> a public entertain
ment En which the chief spectacle is to
witness the catting off of the mane and
tails of an thr> lions of wealth, but
while \-;r are enjoying the spectacle of
the humiliation of the pride of others
wp are bavins; our state's mane shaved
ami tail clipped.
The question with every state legis
lature which seriously considers the
amendment is .whether it is to tbe best
interest of a state to weaken itself doubly
by yielding up a fruitful source of reve
nue and by *;xposing-its securities to
depredation'; through charges on them
from which they, are now protected.
simply in order to give the general gov
ernment "a little freer band in using the
direct taxing power.
4 SUCCESSOR TO UASKELL.
it is hard to think of Oklahoma with
out Governor Haskell or of Kaskell
without Oklahoma. Their separation
violates the eternal illness of things.
Nevertheless, the country must prepare
to become acquainted with Haskell's
successor, for Hasfeell's term of office is
nearly over and already the state re
sounds with the efforts of those who are
trying Jo prtiye themselves worthy to fill
the chair of Oklahoma's first Executive.
For :\ glimpse of one of the candi
dates «re are Indebted to a broadside in
nhicb General Brant Kirk, lawyer,
journalist and ex-travelling man, "of
"Southern fame and a campaign orator
"of national reputation,** "announces for
Governor.** General Kirk "would pen
"gamblers and bootleggerp. They cost
"the courts millions. Would devote same
••(«< raise teachers 1 salaries and to roads,
"bridges, that farm lands may advance."
Thus be has a well conceived pro
gramme. He not only favors a groat
variety of improvements, but lias a sim
ple way to provide the wherewithal
without touching the sensitive pockets
of the taxpayers. The criminals are
costing the stale $2,000,000. Get rid of
the criminals and spend tbe (2,009,000
an good roads and other desirable
things. His platform is broad and com
posed of many planks. He "favors",
about everything that any innn could
conceivably favor. En general, he says:
I advocate the dethronement of trusts.
the enthronement of the people ami the
elimination of the demagogue. Let in
telligence have sway and tin- wheels or
progress be not clogged; then our state
v ii! indeed be grand, imperial Oklahoma,
the pride of her people and the admira
tion of the world.
Oklahoma is already the admiration
and wonder of the world. But a read
ing of {he paper in which General Kirk
"announces for Governor" and a study
Of his statesmanlike countenance which
adorns It convinces us that her reputa
tion would be safe in his Lands.
We say this without any knowledge
of the other Democratic candidates ex
cept such as we 'get from the general's
announcement, which contains an "open
challenge*' addressed "to the public, the
"Democratic candidates for Governor
"and to Colonel L. P. BOSS In partieu
"lar.' f "Colonel L. P. Ross in particu
lar" is presumably the leading rival of
General Kirk. lie is the favorite- of the
liquor interests, but General Kirk "spent
"six weeks of bis time three years ago
"working and stumping for prohibition
"and gave (100 to tbe cause." while the
other candidates, "Cruce, Murray and
Robertson," were on the fence, or. as
the general more elegantly puts it. "were
dormant." They will hardly be per
mitted to remain dormant much longer,
for the general posts $200 and challenges
them one and all to a joint debate "in
the seventy-six counties of the state,"
the challenge not to hold good unless it
Is accepted for seventy-six "goep," so to
apeak.
Of pome of the challenged we confess
to having formed an unfavorable Impres
sion. Of Mr, Murray, we learn, that "he
"owns and controls 1,400 acres of tlio
"heal «>f Intermarried JmHari' land Mr.
Ciu'f got h big gfiee of uitermarried
ir^W-YOFK DAILY TRIBUNE.' RSDAT, MAY 19, 1910.
"liidinn land, too." We suspect they are
arnal is kaoira a* "squaw meu." How
ever. there moat be a good deal of "inter
married land" m Oklahoma, for the
general would not be understood to be
prejudiced. He says: "I would not cast
"any reflect ion on cither of these iuter
"marrted princes or on any intermarried
"citizen, nor ou the Indian race. They
"are a great people. I love the fair
"Indian maiden ; but must say, at times
"she does not exercise the best judgment
"in selecting a white politician for a
"husband." Mr. Murray, however, does
not make good use of his intermarried
laud, as witness : "Mr. Murray's friends
"claim he is a farmer. I will wager that
"I can grind all the corn, cane and al
"falfa (not cockleburs) in a coffee mill
"that he ever raised by the sweat of his
"own brow. Mr. Murray tries to farm the
"farmers more than be does his farm."
The general here is on safe ground, for
he belonged to a farmers' club when he
was eighteen years old. He appeals "to
"Democrats," not demagogues ; thinkers,
"not fools." He will not appeal in vain.
HOME RILL' OX HIGHWAYS.
The latest amendment to the Gaßan
automobile bill at Albany is doubtless
welcome to the majority of users of
motor cars, though we doubt its accept
ability to the advocates of municipal
home rule. It deprives all municipali
ties excepting large cities .of the power
to prescribe traffic regulations for their
highways and puts them under a gen
eral state law. We cannot say that we
were much impressed by some of the
arguments put forward pro aud contra,
especially by the plea that it might take
two weeks to rim from New York to
Buffalo if local rules were In force. The
level of I>ake Erie would not be per
ceptibly raised by the tears of the
myriads who were denied the indis
pensable privilege of running cars from
New York to Buffalo in record breaking
time. But there is undoubtedly a good
deal to be said on both sides of the
question, and perhaps most of it is on
the side of the amendment denying
home rule.
We have pointed out that a system of
separate and different rules for indi
vidual municipalities would make it
necessary for the automobilisf to carry
and frequently consult a guidebook or
a gazetteer if he was to avoid trouble.
and also for every boundary line be
tween towns and villages to be conspic
uously marked. It seems doubtful if
tlie good to be attained, if any. would
repay this trouble. Indeed, it is not
easy t«*i s^e why there should be any
differences in speed aud other rules in
places of similar character. We may
grant that traffic rules on Broadway,
New York, must differ from those on a
turnpike between Bquedunk and Po
dunk. but why should the eighty-two
inhabitants of Sqnedunk be permitted
to enforce eleven nnd a half miles an
hour as the maximum speed permitted
on their end of the turnpike while- the
eighty-seven citizens of Podunk permit
nineteen and three-qunrters on their part
of the same highway?
Inasmuch also as a large and increas
ing mileage of roads, and particularly
roads frequented by automobile?:, has
been built or improved at general state
expense in recent years, it seems appro
priate that such roads should be under
a certain measure of general, rather
than of purely local control^ Of ; course.
the establishment of a general highway
law for the regulation of automobiles
will impose a responsibility upon the
state, both in the framing and in the
enforcement of such « Jaw. .which other
wise would be rrmitled to the local mu
nicipalities: but it may well he held that
such responsibility and its accompany
ing authority should properly be vested
in the state. Nor will it escape notice
that the state system, with a provision
that fees and penalties are all to b*?
turned in to the general state fund, will
tend pretty effectually to do away with
certain local abuse*, such as the. setting
of "automobile traps" and the exaction
of extortionate lines.
On the other hand, local taunicipall
ties will have a right to demand from
the ptate a larger measure of protection
from abuses of the highways than is
now* always afforded under some state
systems. There is a great deal too
much reckless and dangerous speeding
of machines, ana if the prohibition of
home rule should result, as pome fear,
in an- Increase of < hat evil, there would
be much just dissatisfaction. Slate
regulation will be acceptable only on
condition that if is effective.
TAKING OVER Till: POSTOFFICE.
In these days when^the federal power
Is supposed to be encroaching steadily
and remorselessly on the powers re
served to the states it. is encouraging to
know that a vigorous counter movement
is being plauued by some of the ever
vigilant defenders in Congress of im
perilled state rights. Under tbe leader
ship of the Hon. Augustus Octarius
Bacon, of Georgia, a valiant, attempt is
to lie made to recoup some of the lOSSeS
sustained by the states in .recent. clashes;
with the central government -by chal
lenging and dividing a Jurisdiction
which has hitherto been supposed to bo
exclusively national. Mr. Bacon and
those who agree with him want to have
the states admitted to partnership in the
administration of the postal service.
They want to transfer the right to name
postmasters within any state to the vot
ers of the various communities In that
state, or to the Senators and Representa-
I tives whom the state sends to Congress.
The Georgia Senator is not to be ham
pered in his crusade' by the arrange
ments made in the Constitution for the
appointment of federal officers. lie re
marked in the Senate the other day:
S-. Mr. President. I wish to say that I re
gard It as a fundamental proposition,
which applies not only to officers elected
at the polls hut equally to officers se
i lected by executive appointment or In
any other way known to the law, that
every man who holds an office ought to
hold it us the choice of the people whom
ho serves.
But since it is legally Impracticable
just at present for n community to elect
its own postmaster, Mr. Bacon is willing
to have the principle of state arid local
i sovereignty established Indirectly. How
he would do it is indicated In the fol
lowing colloquy "between himself and his
colleague^ Mr. Clay:
Mr. Clay— ls it not true that this evil
would be remedied to a great extent if
we will adopt this rule in the Senate:
Agree that bo man shall be confirmed
to an office in a state unless the Sena-,
tors from that state are in favor of his
confirmation? i lay down the proposi
tion that if the Democratic party were
in power to-day and the two Republi
can Senators from Vermont should
stand on this floor and say that an ap
pointee in that, state is unfit for public
office and that he ought not to he con
firmed 1 should feel it my' duty to vote
against his confirmation. I believe the
Senators from a state ought to control
ih^ confirmation of appointees in that
.' lat<\
Mr! Bacon— Air. President. I so a. lit
tic further than my distinguished col
league. Ido not say, .-imply that a man
ought not to be confirmed who 13 ais
approved by the Senators from a par
ticular state, but I say that 1 do not
think any , man ought to be confirmed
who is not approved by tho Senators
from that state.
The management of the postoffloe has
always been considered a peculiarly fed
eral duty. Even the Articles of .Confed
eration gave Congress "the sole and ex
clusive right" of "establishing and regu
"luting postoflices from one state to
"another, throughout all the United
"States." The Constitution vested abso
lutely in the national government the
power to establish postoffices and post
roads. It did not say anything about an
obligation to exercise that power so as
to conform to the wishes expressed at
the polls of the people In each community
in which a postmaster was to be ap
pointed. Mr. Bacon and his associates
have now undertaken to defederalize the
postal service and make it an agency
not of the nation but of the states. They
may not succeed, but their enterprise
proves that the old antl-federalistic
spirit has not been snuffed out. If the
federalists do not sit up and take notice
the Fostoffice Department may soon be
reduced to "innocuous desuetude and
the towns and. villages of Georgia be
fixing postal rates by referendum and
electing postmasters ad libitum . -under
the provisions of the recall.
PHILADELPHIA'S BOXD RATE.
The failure of Philadelphia'! $8,000,000
4 per cent loaa the other day shows
that New York City is not the excep
tion in having to offer a higher rate
in order to borrow money. Philadelphia
will raise its rate to 4^4, per cent, as New
York did at (he recent sale, and will
then be able to dispose of its bonds.
Much has been made of the great in
crease in New York City's debt as a
factor in compelling it to pay a higher
rate on its bonds. No doubt that has had
an effect; but Philadelphia's experience
has been similar to New York's, and
Philadelphia cannot be regarded as a
heavy borrower. Jn the decade be
ginning with 1900 the total bond issues
of that city amounted to only $67,
•T11,700, a sum considerably less than
Now York sometimes borrows in a sin
gle year. *Yet the interest rate thnt
Philadelphia has had to pay has ad
vanced very much as New York's inter
o.sfc rate has advanced. Tn IPOO Philadel
phia, could borrow money for 3 per cent.
The city borrowed only $3,000,000 that
year. Nevertheless, the interest went up to
3% per cent the next year, and although
the annual borrowings remained small
the rate jumped to 4 per cent in 1007
and now is at 4*4 per cent, the same
rate -uhien New York, with its heavy
demands on the money market, has to
pay.
We violate no confidence in saying that
Weather Forecaster Scarr Is the best
natured man in town. Though he must
have foreseen that ho would receive a
fusillade of idiotic questions yesterday,
he put on no substitute, but stuck
bravely to his post.
John A. Kasson, who died yesterday
at Washington in his eighty-ninth year,
was for many years a figure of impor
tance "in national politics. He repre
sented lowa in the House of Representa
tives for six terms, at intervals between
1st;:; and 1885, was Minister to Austria-
Hungary and to Germany . and dis
charged numerous .minor diplomatic
missions. He was a man of Cultivated
tastes' and solid accomplishments and a
useful public servant. The unusual scop©
of his public career is indicated by the
facts that he was a delegate to the Free
Soil National Convention in Buffalo in
JSIB and was employed as late as 1901
an special agent of the State Department
for the negotiation of reciprocity treaties.
Wp note the disappearance of th» Hqn.
William J. Bryan from the. list of pre
ferred creditors of the Democratic party.
Man's inhumanity to man is not for an
instant comparable with the heartless
hess which prescribes plain dress for the
Badcliffe graduates at commencement
thi'a year.
Th* Democratic primary in Florida for
the nomination of a candidate for United
States Senator resulted In p draw be
tween Senator Taliaferro and bis chief
opponent, rx-Governor Broward. The
former got 21,045 votes and the latter
21,018. A third candidate received 4,6fi0
votes, so a second contest between Mr.
Taliaferro and Mr. Broward will be nec
essary. The opposition to the. present
Senator's re-election seems to be based,
curiously enough, on the fact that h«>
worked to secure protection on Florida
products.
Between seemingly authoritative an
nouncements of th« hour and minute at
which the cornet would begin its transit
across the sun's face slight discrepancies
may lie observed, but they should cause
no surprise. While the method of com
putation adopted for the calculation re
sembles that of forecasting an eclipse of
the sun. it differs in at least one partic
ular. In the first instance the exact sfze
„f the obscuring body is known, and it is
practically unchangeable. The apparent
diameters of both the sun and moon are,
to be sure, affected by their distance
from the earth, and this undergoes slight
but accurately determined variations.
Tet it is feasible to tell with great pre
cision how large is the object to be hid
den and how large is the one which will
hide it. On the other hand, the nebulous
envelope about tbe solid material in a
comet's head often grows and shrinks
amazingly in a few weeks. Such a lack
of uniformity may defy the cleverest
mathematician. Even more puzzling, for
tho same reason, must be the task of
predicting when the earth will be im
morsed In a comet's tail.
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
Dr. W. IS. BSvans, Chicago's Commission
er of Health, hns Issued a series of "liealth
i grams''— epigTamß relating to sanitation
and health. Here are a few samples:
"Filth for flien snd flies for fever.
"When you don't know what to eat— eat
nothing;.
"Dark living rooms speedily r>'ant can
dles at your head.
'TtuMng baby to make it laugh Is a cry-
Ing nliamc.
The birth of a fly may mean the death
of a baby; kill tho flies and save the ba
bies. • ■ ' -■ VJV
"A hrap of rubbish about your house is
a tombstone to your self-respect and civic
pride." *
'"They're very desirable people to know.",
"Why ho?" 'jT--",., '
"•They own a summer rot«nK« and a hij»
launch .and they entertain liberally."—De
troit Free Press. > > -
On Empire Day, May 24 Karl Grey will
formally unveil the memorial in University
avenue, Toronto, ■■which has been erected
to tlie Canadians who fell in the South
African -war. TThen - completed th© me
morial will cost about 510.030, and of this
amount almost the wholfj has ■*•" sub
scribed. It is hoped that General Sir John
French will be present at the ceremony.
"Pa. what are wallflowers?" .. niton
"Pinks of propriety, my son. — Los.on
Transcript.
H ALLEY.
Did anybody her© sec 11 alley,
Halley with a great long tail?
DM anybody hero see Halley,
And suddenly turn pale?
Did anybody here see Halley.
Halley. they said, was It?
Did anybody here see Halley.
And throw a comet fit.
Did anybody her© see Halley.
Halley, that starry josh?
Did anybody here see Halley.
And feel his passing wash?,
Did anybody here see Halley,
Halley, whom all of us know?
Did anybody her© see Halley.
Halley and his bobtail show?
Did anybody her© See Halley.
Halley they'd billed to come
With a show that was worth the money,
But, oh! say, wasn't it bum? ■,-_ •
Did anybody here see Halley?
If anybody did. by heck!
He ought to be bounced if he didn't
Hand him one in the neck.
W. J. L.AMPTON.
• "And. can you conscientiously recommend
this young man as a minister of the uos
"Sir, I've seen him put a 15 collar on a
15% shirt without uttering a profane word.
—Cleveland Leader. ...
A downtown confectionery establishment
had in its show window yesterday a card
surrounded by boxes and pyramids
candy bearing this inscription: 'If you are
going to sit up to see the comet and have
the children with you, so that you may all
be together in case something hapr"^*.
take candies home with you. It will keep
them awake and sweeten the time. If we
are here to-morrow we will take back all
they did not eat."
"She claims to be much younger than
she really is, I think."
"Yes. She admitted the other day that
she could easily remember when Iravts
won his first golfi championship." —Chicago
Record-Herald.
Up in Yonkcrs one 06 the fire compa
nies in the outskirts has a horse which is
a great favorite not only with the fire
men but With the neighbors. He roams
at will in the vacant lots for blocks from
the house, but he is on tbe Job at tbe first
tap of the beil, and never seem* to be be
hind the less privileged animals which
have to stay in the housa. This Bteed gets
his regular meals at home, but he is a. wel
come guest at all the nearby houses where
there are children, and receives a good
many dainties to eko out the bill «t fare
provided by the municipality.
"Why did yon break off your engage
ment with George?" asked the friend or
the family, who had the rubber habit.
"Because he's a quitter." replied the fair
suffragette. "He was Willing to love and
honor me. but he wouldn't promise to
'obey' in his part of the marriage service.
—Chicago News.
DR. JUDSON MISQUOTED
Does Not Consider Present Age ' 'Most
Decadent in History."
To the Editor of The Trioone.
Sir: Recent pres? tii.-> itches attribute
to me in an address the statement that
"the present age Is the vcmst decadent i:i
history, with the exception of the days
just before the fall of the Roman Empire
and before the French Revolution.* 1
I did not make that statement. Such a
generalization would be Idle at best. I do
not believe It to b« true, and did not afl
sert it. HARRY PRATT JUDSON.
Office of president, TJniversity of Chicago,
Chicago. May 16, 191<X
A WORD OF THANKS.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: On my return to my office after a
brief absence, I notice the space generously
accorded by The Tribune to the needs of
the Northfield work in the insertion pi my
resent letter. :z - -
I wish to express my personal thanks for
your kindness and to assure you how deep
ly sensible I am of the confidence and sym
pathy thu3 cordially expressed by you in
the work. We are hearing from a number
of friends who have seen the appeal and
are responding to it. I esteem very highly
the sympathetic attitude of the press, which
has so frequently helped as in the past.
W. B. MOODY.
KofUtnefd, Mass., May 17, 1910.
IRISHMEN ALL OF THEM.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: It is not generally known that Pro
fessor Halley (the name i? a variation of
rtealey) of Halley's comet " fame had a
Tipperary origin. The O'Halleys were
hereditary physicians in Ireland and a
branch of the O'Briens. Their original
home was Feralt, County Tipperary.
Mr. Crommelin. of the Greenwich Ob
servatory, who had the unique honor of
actually predicting, long before the comet
was visible, when the great telescopes
should bo pointed to see it, is an Irishman
and a native of County Antrim. It is in
teresting to observe in this conectlon that
some of the greatest astronomers in recent
years were Irishmen. Tho late- Earl of
Rosae. the late Dr. Romney Robinson, Dr.
Rambaut and Sir Robert Ball, who was op
pointed from Dublin to the professorship
of astronomy at Cambridge, England, are
all Irishmen. J. H.
New York, May 1?, 1310.
FOR RELIEF OF COMMUTERS.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In re matter of proposed increase
In passenger cofnniutation rates on th°
New York. New Haven & Hartford Rail
road, it seems that the only relief op»*n
to the lartfe number of commuters who re
side outside of tho State of New York is
before the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. The: customary procedure ia for a
person aggrieved to file a complaint before
the commission, and the proceedings there
after are quite similar to proceedings in
the United States courts. This necessarily
involves the employment of competent
counsel and a very considerable sum for
disbursements, a burden which is too oner
ous for one commuter or even a number
of commuters to bear.
Tn "the act to regulate commerce" the
Interstate Commerce Commission iias
power to institute an inquiry upon its own
motion, and on behalf of several commut
ers the writer addressed the commission,
requesting that such inquiry be instituted,
and in a reply received yesterday I am noti
fied that It now has the matter under con
sideration.
Favorable action, however, cannot be «x
pocted unless the Interstate Commerce Com
mission Is convinced that the feeling against
the proposed increase is general and not
confined to a few. and for that reason it
in earnestly requested that each commuter
who is opposed to such increase addreas a
letter Immediately to said Interstate Com
meres Commission at Washington, pro
testing against the increase and stating
from wnat station the writer commute*,
the pressnt rate and the amount of the
proposed increase.
"WILLIAM B. DUN'OAN.
New York. May 18, 1910.
HAPPY THOUGHT NUMBER ONE.
From The Savannah News.
An Indiana doctor nay a people should
have only happy thoughts while they are
fining. Happy thought: We'll hang and
draw and quarter the trusts that are mak
ing us pay so much for food!
STANDING ROOM ONLY.
From The Denver Republican.
A New York woman had her father com
mitted to an insane nsylum because he
babbled of i>*a«ball. If this precedent Is to
he. considered »s *stabllshed, every statn
should begin to enlarge Its asylums rijht
away.
People and Social tncidern J
People and Social Inct'denA
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
I By Telegraph to Th« Tribune.?
Washington. May 15-Tho President dis
cussed legislative matters with ••*«*•
Senators and Representatives. The exit cv
Senators Aldrich. Root. Kean and Crane
«M followed by emphatic denial. from the
President that he had read the insurgents
out of the party or had made disparaging
statements about them. The reports being
circulated among the Senate and House In
surgents are entirely without foundation,
said the President's callers. '
Representative Loud talked to the Presi
dent about the action of Canadian authori
ties In prohibiting the exportation or pulp
wood. .
Lloyd C. Gri3com was a guest at lunch
eon at the White House to-day.
Representatives Elayden, Burgess and
Gillespfe called In the interests of Repre
sentative Russell, whom they have recom
mended for appointment as United States
federal judge of the Eastern District of
Texas.
President Taft has commuted to life Im
prisonment the death sentence of Private
Charles W. O'Neill, of the ISth Cavalry,
who, In a fit of jealousy, shot and killed
Minnie Sharbeno, his sweetheart, and who
was to be hanged on May 28. This action
was taken after a conference with Repre
sentatives Scott, of Kansas, and Chapman,
of Illinois. They said that they did not
believe the murder was premeditated.
Charles. H. Thornton, serving a five-year
sentence for embezzling funds of the Ham
ilton National Bank of Chicago, and whose
j term expires January 8. 1911, will be able
to keep his promise to his fiancee to wed
some time during December of this year.
President Taft having set the date of his
liberation for December 9, 1910.
The President, received the delegates to
the twenty-fourth annual convention of
the United Typothetae of America this
morning. They were introduced by Repre
sentative Weeks and President E. Law
rence Fell.
Among the WTilte House callers were the
Attorney General, the Secretary of Com
merce and Labor, Representatives Young,
Crow, Bennet, Ransdell, Watkins, Austin,
Sterling, Moon, of Pennsylvania; Morse,
Howell. Kustermann. Candler, Helm, Tay
lor. Pujo, Flnley, Alexander, Good and
Wiley, who was accompanied by Director
Smith, of the Geological Survey.
President Taft, accompanied by Captain
Butt and General towards, played golf
this afternoon.
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
TFi-ni Tlt? Tribune Bureau.]
Washington. May IS.— Ambassador
from Germany will go to Scnenectady for
the commencement exercises at Union Col- I
lego in Jim*, and will be honorary chan- j
cellor and deliver an address. Mr. Bryce, ;
the Ambassador from Great Britain, was to
have made the address, but was compelled
to cancel the engagement by the death of
Kins Edward.
The Minister from Sweden will go to Xew
York on May 27 to sail for Burope, where
Mine, da Lagercrantz has preceded him by
several weeks. When they return in the
fall they will bring with them their chil
dren, who liave remained with relatives in
Sweden since the Minister and Jlme. de
T **crercrantz returned here some months
The Minister from Bolivia entertained in
formally at luncheon to-day in honor of
Senior Montes, former President of Bolivia
and now Bolivian Minister to London, who
Is on his way to England. John Barrett, of
th« Bureau of American Republics, and a
few of the South and Central American
diplomats were guests.
Captain Arturo Cuevas, recently appotnt
£d naval attache of thA Chilian Legation,
has arrived In Washington.
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
. I Frwn, Tii« Tribune Bureau. 1 -..•
Washington.' May .13.— Senator and . JfsSh
! Depew returned to Washington thi3.even
in? from Atlantic City, where they stopped
for a few days after leaving New York.
The Senator entertained a largf - dinner
party to-night in honor of Senator Root,
who will leave Washington on Friday for
The Hague. The Senator's (seats: were the
New York Republican delegation in the
| House, the Speaker. th« Secretary of the
Senate, K. H. Butler, of Buffalo; William
Barnes. in. of Albany, and Lloyd C. 'ins
com. Timothy I* Woodruff and John A.
Switzer, of New York.
Miss MathiMe Townsend returned to
Washington to-night from a visit cf several
days at Atlantic City «nd New York.
Mrs. Beekman Winthrop entertained IB
formally at luncheon to-day in compliment
to Mr.- Robert Winthrop. who is her guest
for some days.
Justice White entertained a number of
guests at dinner at the Country Club tc
nisrht.
Major General and Mrs. J. Franklin Bell
left" Washington to-day for Great Neck.
Lione Island, where they .will remain for
several weeks.
Miss Henrietta Fitch has gone to Phila
delphia to visit her brother-in-law and sis
ter. Mr. and Mrs. Albert P. Gerhard. Chief
Engineer Henry W. Fitch. U. Tv N.. and
Mrs. Fitch v ill go to Bayhead, N. J., for
the summer. leaving here shortly.
Dr. and Mrs. Fremont Smith will close
their house on Thursday of next week and
will zo to the K.os~uth Cottage, their sum
mer home- at Bar Harbor, for the season.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Hague have closed
their Washington house and are in New
port.
Miss Dorothy Warner, daughter of the
late Colonel A. a* Wagner, U. S. A., and
Mrs. Annie H. Wagner, was married at
( noon to-day to Lyman H. Nelson, of New
j York and f^ondon. Canon Austin officiated
1 and a reception followed the ceremony."
| Miss Gertrude Wagner was her sister's only
attendant and Palen kelson, of New York,
was best man for his brother. Among the
New York people who came on for the wed
ding were Mrs. Richard Nelson and Miss
Nelson. Joseph A. Fnye, Redmond Kersey,
of Brooklyn, and Frederick Nelson and Mr.
TO HONOR MRS. HUNTER-ROB 3
Plan to Endow a Chair of Nursing in
Her Memory.
To endow a chair of nursing In Teach
ers College which shall bear the name of
Mrs. Hunter-Robb. a prominent member of
the Society of Superintendents of Training
Bchools for Nurses, who met death by ac
cident in Cleveland last month, has been
the absorbing topic at the convention of
superintendents and nursea b»in»; held this
we«k. '
At the Horace Mann School- yesterday af
ternoon at the session devoted to the work
of tho Associated Alumna of the United
States the subject was again brought up
and the plan laid down by the superintend
ents" society presented. At present instruc
tion in nursing is provided for at "feathers
Colege. but the appropriation for the new
course in household arts does not provide
for a regular chair for nuvslnjr. Tn endow
si eh a chair will cost $100,000. Already Ha«»
has been subscribed, and each member has
pledged hmH to aim at do'ibttnr the
amount during: the coming year.
THE MONODONTOMERUS.
From The Lewiston Journal.
Tho gypsy moth, which has invaded this
state, has a formidably natural enemy with
a formidable name, v Is well that tt has.
The moth has cost Massachusetts and the
adjacent states eaveral million dollars since
an iibsentminded professor let the rtrst im
ported female specimen flutter out of hi*
study window. Governor Hush** last week:
Htane.l a bill appropriaUn" U «o/.5) to exter
minate the pest, which last year bVasTto
devour the foll* S e ne-r Albinv^ Probably
somft of thl« money .ill be used to liberate
a fow thousand si^elmens of tho now thor!
oii_«;hly M domestlcate,l moiiodonton^rus
and Jlri". Joseph Sch^nck. jj r>
Nelson %ill sail soon for Lca&w ■*H
future home. - ■•■^ > ">
V YORK SCC -- •
Mis* Mary Karrlman, danger,- „ ,
E. Henry Harrlman. win he a^JJj^
Charles l'a»ey Rtnnsey on Thur^^ 5
23, at the little church at Ardea, 44 * 1
where her father, the late E. lisa-' *•
rinian. Is buried. The weddfc^ L 1L 1 " 1
very small and quiet and only th#^j?
ate relatives will be present a: t^ 55 * 4
mony, -which is to be performed •*«*.**
tor. the R«v. Mr. HcCMnois, *j^ tt l c
Chester. The engagement ef ti* 2-£
couple was announced two wevkj tsl^
Ramsey, who is a son of Mr. „,*
Laurence D. Rumscy. of Ba^alo b
daring 'cross-country rider an« pejj , '
and a clever sculptor. • ' ****
I Miss Mathilda Towns#n<t eat^^
Mrs. Richard Townscnd. win b»j^^*
the same date— 24-to Pete; 'cJT,"
Gerry, a brother of Rdb«rt U G*rr;
married Miss Cornelia Harrfraa^
of Miss Mary llarriman. a Mttls #n^
years ago. Their wedding wffl ta»j
In Washington. l ■
Miss Helen Frith, daughter «f L. «^i
i Frith, will be married this aftertax
I Hcndrik Hudson, son of Mr. afid'V 4
' Charles I. Hudson. The wejJ.Jin »a **
place at the home of the brid^a totted
35 West 37th street. Th© brtda'i ;uw^
I will be her sister. Miss Louis» fy^TT
| Ann* Gardiner and Miss Antelastt* w
scher. Hans Klersted* Hudson icta ZT
: his brother's best man ana the a^saJ!
i Include Alfred Wagsrtaff. Jr.. Rowis««%J
' bins, Walter Kobb« and C. Alas EaJs^*
! The "Chantecler" eatertainmsat fc: *,
I benefit of the New York Diet Kltcso ■
I be given in the Palm Garden of tk»CaZ
lin Central Park this afternoon an* „„
I Ins; under the patronage of Mm Jos^v
j Harrtman. Mrs. William Wfilcoi, -
: William *W. McAlpln. Sirs. Ernest 1^
son Seton and others. Yottaj m<men 4
society dressed In C'hant<?cler co3toa«g
act as waitresses. Tea will be sm* tt .
o'clock and later a table d"hat& «^!
during which th« cafe rhaatant t3 v,
held.
Mr?. J. Hood Wright will open her csj
; try place- at Fort Washington next «?&
Mr. and Mrs- H. de B. Parsoia «s tg.
I possession of their country placj at In
N. T., on Saturday-
Mr. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish «m 1-3
their country place at Garrison. 5. T, »
j Saturday, where they wilt remain uatfl a,
go to Newport for the season at the at]
next month.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Dallas Baa
Pratt, who are at the Gotham, wIS wife
Europe on June I.
Mrs. M. Orme> Wilson save a dlnntr
night at her house, In East CMh stest
Miss Katherin© S. Fowler, ifimsJttr^
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Powell Fooler, x
be married to Duniery Milbaak. goatfl
and Mrs. Joseph Mflba^k. on June!,
James's Church. 3ladison avenue ariTl
street. Mrs. Francis M. Palmer tc2;.
her sister's matron of honor and two «&■
sinters. Miss Ruth and Miss Eleanor lit
ler. Miss Ruth Hasklns. Mi 33 Ethel Spar.
Miss Esther McCullough and IC3 Si
garet Schulze, of St. Paul, wiß to a
bridesmaids. Jeremiah Mtlbank ■x.lll-:
brother's best man, and the ushen r
include Vivian Spencer. Emm* An
Francis F. Palmer, Morris GroTcj a
Frederick Iy>ckman. Mr. Milbank«ioi
his bachelor dinner at Delmonlco"sonSr
T7 and Mrs. Mi! bank' will, giv^atali
Monday at her jjlace Irx] Pprt.CLestcfr
her son "" arid '"' hi 3 flancSe. . " Sir, mi ft
Fowler will give '.a dinner for tt» sf
bridal party in the Metropolitan CX) tj
nex on Wednesday.. . '*.. .-•,■3
SOCIAL NOTES FROM HTHMF,
{By Telegraph to Th« Trt3us&l
JCe^srport, May IS— Mis 3 Freda Fat* 3E
Marlanna Fullaa, Mr?. tVillias 3KSf
Kendall and Austin L. Sands '-jraslSi
Haw York this sVsatSSj
Mrs. Clarence Fell an-} !lEjs CklM
Pel! arrived to-day for th» sesMt,
ilr3. Edward Potter arrived frsß*
York this <*v?nrna; an<l Is a ftMStS*
La Forge cotta?e. . . -i£j| "
General and. Mrs. J. Fred H«rso2,eJsH
York, are expected for tfca «aarar«*j
next month.
Mrs. Waller t* EMridss- and anas*
erise Neil!, who have been viartttasfc* l
York, have returned.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Hillliss**
come for the season to-morrow.
Mrs. Barker "vTallach returned tt •
York to-day.
Arnold Ha^u?. who has t*e«i ssJS*
short visit, departed for Wussats '
day j.fji
Th- Misses Ida M and Kiss **• SB
left here to-day for Dubiia. J». H.
IN THE BERKSHIRE*
Lenox. May IS.— Collector •tVUI&Bt*
jr.. of New York, -who 1> a gu< 3 * of &A
Smith, of Naw York, en * motor tr:?.«
present and spoke at <* !;ine(isja « '
Pittstleld Board of Trass *o-dsy. *»*
be in Pittstield for a. Un* days.
Mr. and airs. Charles S. *••■■
James Brady have gone to Naw Tart I
James l.o*nd*s>. of Wa»fcasw**_
lea«eil the Thomas cottass In Stocl^
Miss Helen C. Woodward, of Wisssj
has arrived to open E<i«a HS^ * '
Stoclcbriuge. J
Mrs. Daniel Payne ur:«wol« •<**•■
ing Mrs. William B. Bacon.
Mrs. James R. Jesup and Mr* * *j
raont have arrived In Lenox for** 1
Mrs. J. Frederick Schenck and JT*^
Schenck are hers to open Valley 2*** "
JUDGE ROBEY ON WA?
Ex-Congressman Jenkins Hay i ""
Him in Porto B*» _^,
San Juan. P. R. May •**— "**rT|
Rodey. United .State* District *•*
Porto Rico, was a passenger ••Jjjgl
steamer Coamo. which sailed ' **^Li
New York. The bar associatfea P
dinner in Judge Rodey** fconcr Is*
It is reported that former CsSsj*^
John J. Jenkins, of Wiscoasia. •%
cently was nominated a* Cnitsi*'
tomey for Porto Rico, will •*«•■
Rodey. whose term expires oa Ja f* .j
M. Drew Carrell. who was Eol ?f £ 5
Secretary of Porto Rico by V! 2&£*
on April 20, hAS tendered tls I^S
the appointment being only **U|
one to enable him to act as C o^' I
Ingr the absence of Governor C
Governor pave a reception st **^
last evening in honor of ts« n^*^,
General. Foster V. Brown, of Ten--
TAFT TO SPEAK AT SRYN M^
Philadelphia, May IS.— Pres!'Je» t
make the annual address at t&» «=£.
ment exercises at Bryn 31*** t TJ^<
June 2. The occasion will mat* jsJt
ty-nfth anniversary of th* collet ♦
completion of a 5300.0C0 •*«*"* l
President la expected to speak m^\
college education. Mis* ******-*-!**
I^esidenfa daughter, who is *3j? 1
Bryn Mawr. will be graduated 23
OH. DON'T RUB IT lN>
From The Detroit Free Press.
-:Aecordln? to the census 3 &
three thousand . vacant J '•'^, >jt*
burs. Still. 'thrre «re mlt»»Jr «*^
pied Jail cells In that town.