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TEC iOWi THIS UORXiyG.
FORElGN.— Mohammed Be F<=rid
president of the Egyptian National Con
gress in session in Brussels, denounced
Theodore Roosevelt for "aishonorinsr
ljvpt on its own soiL'^ The French
iSosstr' of PubUc Work;-, a dispatca
from Paris «a}-E. has decided to grant
certificate* to American autom-.biliet*.
slthouph the Tniied States was net &
parts* to th' international autonicjne
convention of a. year ago. = Tfle
Rwieiniitorlal fathers wen summoned to
jtnpear in tlie correctional court in Pans,
charged with havintr secretly rccoa
•structpd tbf order, which was dissolveo
tn- latr in IfjOl =ss Germany faces a
larc-c deficit this year, but, accurduiß to
v dispatch from Berlin, the government
•♦ill Tiot infoOVuce new revenue measures
cntfl after the BriHwrfag elections.
which wffl be held, probably, in VOX
About threo hundred thousand
rrfrmsa inatai workers will be locked
out if the chinbuildingr strike Is not
«~nded before OctoV«cr 1.
DO3XESXIC< —^After a conference with
President Talt at Cincinnati, Senator
Hurton announced tliat lie irould stump
the state for Harding, the F.epubl<can
mnntoee for Governor. = Interstate
Commerce Commissioner Lane saifl at
the Chicago rate hearing that the »2:'
ruads must adjust their economic dlffl
-ultics by Eomv other means, than by
a skins -'.uppers to contribute the funds
therefor." == Arguments lor ana
■r?*n** "a postponement until after thfe
*MTTiil>rr elections of the Lonner in
watisatSoo were heard by the Senatorial
». m .,.n«P> m Chicago. ===== Governor
Hughes at Atben?- designated Attorney
O*3lfil«y to have charge of the
Qseena sran. eases. ===== The Pabiic
terlce Commissieia 2d District, con
tSnned the hearing- on the api'licaUon of
the Bufialo. Bechester & Eastern Rail
road Company ior authority to construct
■ road from Buffalo to Troy. ===== The
TK^ocrsts d SCew HEmp&hire held their
State convention at Concord, simply
cdopting a platform.
<~ITY stocks were duil and prices
Leavy. ■ After a conference with
■progTCEEive leaders at Oyster Bay Theo
<ior» Roosevelt said he would he chosen
** temporary chairman of the Saratoga
convention by more than one hundred
rotes. - ■ • Commissioner Baker told
The ?rand fmy. It «Raa said, that the
Gasnor order abolishing plalncjothea
■»neii was responEiblt for th*.- wide open
• •ondltjcns decried by Actfas Mayor
Mitchcl. = The attitude of Mayor
«Jaynor towtrd the Democratic nomina
iion for Governor still puzzled politicians
of that party. ===== Ex-Sheriff Chenler
rvvoked tha pow«»r «f attorney given to
22 me. ■ «.her. in" the ante-nuptiaj
a*rreem«?nt. ■ Tho srraft hunte^*
Joamed frons Mr. Rocers that mote than
SJC.IK«» had lttrn jrH-cn candidates by
the corporation? to accure "tnuarv.
lioneiit men" in public life. — Prert
<JfT!t Shonta denied thai there had b^«n
si nplit bf-tw^^Ti liis? company and tfc*
Pnleiburangh-*Httropol|tan r«organiza
ii».»n conin;ittof» but said cariy develop
ments Bright br expectedJ ===== John E.
*"»illman, of Boßtorv. Baa elected coni
njarjder in chief of thr «3rand Army of
the IlcpT3l»iic et the Atlantic City en
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AGAISST TUE "PORK BARREL:'
"President Xsft > condeomation of the
"pork barrel" method of making uppro
jiriationi; for the improvement of rivers
and harbors is tiiae'y and convincing.
That method bse often been tl^DOunccd
before, as our columns bear abundant
•witness, but ••_ • magnitude of the evil
is so groat that the condemnation tbould
"be repeated wit: the pertinacity of Cato
G^inFt Csrtbsrs until it i* cgqiptetffy
abated. The subject vras never more
■^racly than hct. 'ben tbe question <*i
drrsjlorr-j' Is being coasid
rred by the ceonrry as it never v. a-- be
fore, and it **ms ccver njore convinc
ingly treated than in Mr. Taffs Cincin
nati address.
Nobody, we assunje. wonM venture to
(tispote the correctness c£ the I"-'-.
jflent"* MLitcaiPTQt of the case. Hitherto
the improvement of inttcrtrajs La* been
largely, perhap* diiefly, important *'be
"'•auso <:f tb** local advantage of the
"Tmosify erpenfiod, end nut Ix-causf of
""Ihe betterment of our transj«orta<ion.**
'i v jilau lias \n*'i\ t«p give so far as
jjossibl" every district or every jrroup
"f districts a share of the ••pork."
llonej- \jzm boon freely ; ppM|«rhited fur
ihe InipretVdnentP «»f rivers and harbors
• :■.! because th«* gwocxal system i»f traiis
littTtallazj vr«ndd thus be tniprorcd or Im*
ransc urgent n<—d» «>f wnniTPgivei vrcnld
thus 1«« 1i;h:. htil fci:ti]»!y uud cwnfessodly
because the stales «»r Cun^rcsf* districts
«-<>uc«-rn<<l Mt that tin-y omrht to bare
;>t:bli<- iut'iu-y *ptSJt iij iL.'jii «* vi til at*
btibers. S<. tlw rats tor it*- ri|#j»ro»rbi
f'oix bill wm conSroHed l».v the principle
"You tickle niy ami I'll tieldo you."
>•!!.•';, ■■:••.] for ;.;i appropriation lor
Waybaek Creek, in jQne£*fl district, and
in return Jones voted for .11l appropria
tion for Dnsool Harbor, hi (Smith's dls
tri'-l
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near corruption; He was equally rl?bt
in dcclarim: It to be Indefensible from
the business i»<»iiH of view. It is ob
vious that the best results for the money
expended arc Ml and can not possibly be
obtained in aarh a way. Money if- ex
pended where it is not needed for trans
portation, and in consequence it is with
held from places where it is needed.
Moreover, the policy results, as In-
President forcibly pointed out in the
making of piecemeal appropriations for
really meritorious and argent works, •<»
that tLese latter are greatly delayed and
are made ultimately to cost far more
than they should. It is poor economy
to drair out work over a dozen years
when it could be completed in three, if
only the funds were available; particu
larly when the funds are withheld sim
ply in order that they may be diverted
to some other and comparatively if not
wholly needless fob. The end of the
•'pork barrel*' should, and we believe
will, mean the beginning of ■ rational,
practical and effective development of
our inland waterways.
.4 COMPLETE VICTORY.
The sudden and unexpected slipping
of Schenectady County away from the
grasp of "William Barnes, jr.. makes the
control of the state convention by the
Progressive forces certain. Even Mr.
Woodruff admits that it will leave a
majority of only "fifteen or twenty" in
favor of his Bale, while "The New "York
Herald." which cannot be regarded as
prejudiced in Colonel Roosevelt's favor,
gives him Z>'2± delegates to 472 for Vice-
President Sherman, with 19 doubtful,
and "The New York Evening Post."
which likes Colonel Roosevelt no bettor,
also gives him a clear majority of the
delegates. 54S to 406 for Mr. Sherman,
with ♦:] doubtful.
The majority lot the I*rogressives will
probably be very much larger than even
the most ardent Progressive now ex
pects. The results in Queens, where
Colonel Roosevelt won a majority of
the delegates : in Oneida. where the ma
chine lost one of the three Assembly
districts, and in Schenectady, where
Barnes's assistants were overwhelmingly
routed, show the tendency. The Pro
pMsJoa are displaying increasing and
unexpected strength. Tbe tide has set
in their way. Before the votes are
counted in the convention there will be
a scramble to get on the winning side.
Mr. Barnes will have his hands full
trying to hold together his supporters.
The "old guard" is stronger to-day than
it vill be to-morrow, and it will be
stronger to-morrow than it will be when
the convention meets. Tbe prediction
about a "corporal's guard* will be veri
fied.
We sco no reason to doubt that the
victory of the Progressives will be com
plete- Some fear has been felt lest the
"old guard," while losing control of the
convention, might keep the platform
committee and the" state committee in
h= hands. The ertenr of the victory is
reassuring on these points. While some
af the supporters of Colonel Roosevelt
are cool toward direct primaries, on the
other hand some of the member of the
"old £card -l faction have felt it neces
sary to declare for this reform. And in
the haste to get ""upon the bar! wagon"
considerable enthusiasm for direct pri
maries will develop. The tad of an
eleventh hour convert is proverbial. In
the same way the victory of the Pro
gressives probably insures permanent
control of the state committee If the
Progressive*, do not elect an actual ma
jority of the committee, the lukewarm
members will ally themselves with the
winner* a* the recent primaries. The
effect of the victory tt 111 not be wiped
out in the way the Baraes-Troodrriff
group hope^. When the convention meets
the control of the party will pass per
manently out of tbe hands of the enemies
of Governor Hughes and of Progresiive
policies.
LEGISLATIVE RELVCTAXCE.
When we read of evidence that is )
t coming out before the graft investigators \
Iwe are puzled at the reluctance with j
! which the Legislature parsed the resolu- j
! tion providing for that investigation. and !
j the care with which Fj>eaLer Wad- rl j
j and his friends tied the committee's- au
thority np in double bowknots. Bat j
jit becomes plainer. It must have been j
! modesty which made the Legislature j
j shrink froui having legislative virtue on !
covered in the unsparing way hi which j
1 counsel and witnesses nro bringing it to
! light. Certainly the Senators and As- <
' ssssfjtru))'! must have known that the]
! probe would reveal only goodness, super- ,
i latfre and almost incredible goodness-^ !
\ lending moo*7 to the needy
I public service eon^'niUons, and the !at- '
tor, whenever they had the casb to]
! spare, spending it to secure tbe election j
juf uncorruptible legislators. Why the i
zeal to keep the M lid>on all this bidden :
merit':
But even If legislators though? it ie
; sL-able uot to let the right Land know j
I v hat the left hand was doing, even if]
; they felt that they must continue to do j
good by stealth, was if fair, raj itj
j proper, to leave the public service cor-j
j poratiens of the state laboring under i
] tbe tddeons and unjust Imputations on- j
jder wfcicb they starrered? Was it rJ«ntH
i to keep tL'j true facts hidden, and let i
j th» public use tfcfc ugly word •riupriou j
] about acts which were performed \*ith!
:an eye to its welfare? Legislators may
'■conceal tbe troth about legislative bene- j
; factions to th« nee^j* creatures of the .
\ ok* ; they may koop tb* curtain drawn !
j ov<jr the fact that the corporation !
j found meri-b*rs. of former legislative!
i bodies Incorruptible ami puid them to •■
i stay so. or paid to insure the continu
line* of these incorruptible members in
public life- That is ail in the family.!
A desire to spare Mushes is always j
! laudable. But was it right to hesitate i
to give tho public the opportunity to j
know that the street railways ..f the
•state SiKMit SSi.C-tO in three years to '
kerj> incorruptible men iv the Legislat-I
ure? Who would 004 have br.nc upo*'
a strap cheerfully bad he known th:«f •
he was under such a heavy obligation j
as this to the street railways for guard- j
ing public morality? Few of us have
loved the street railways as we should. !
Th.- coals of fire burn as we thiuk of i
the unjust words "bribery." "grate," !
' shisu funds", that wore applied to those
wh«» Rtare paying t<» keep public li!".- at |
Albany pure and uudefiled. No: do con
Rideration of legislative blushes would j
excuse the failure i.» is sals simple act
<*f Jtaftfce and I<h the truth t«<- IpjasrSj
about the people's obligation to Mi. street
railway companies.
And while we are on tbe subject of
the reluctance ••• •(.■ Legislature to 'in
cover virtue let us express the nope thai
none of t.b«* r<»<«l deeds of living legfchi
tors and cr-legislators will remain bi<l
den. The Invincible modesty ef living
tegfctetgrj no doubt Inclines tbein to dig
..nl- for that good r-iiic-h are 2 .; Sur Aj
NEW-YOBS ' DAILY MUmxF, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 23, 1910.
is oft interred with bones. But they
must overcome it. If the state owes
any of its present incorruptible members
to the generous expenditure of any pri
vate interest secretly seeking the end of
public morality, let us know about it.
Let us know who the incorruptible men
are and which are the high-minded cor
porations.
THE MAX FOE THE JOB.
The Hon. Henry S. BoutelL of Illin
ois, has so poor an opinion of the direct
primary that, having been defeated for
ronomination by the Republican voters
of his district, he is talking about nomi
nating himself and running as an inde
pendent candidate. Mr. Bontell's ideas
as to the real sources of political author
ity seem to have become sadly mixed
while he tat in the House of Uepresenta
tives. He became so accustomed there
to depending on the will of the Speaker
for guidance and recognition that the
notion of appealing to what he calls "the
mob*' in his district for a renewal of
his credentials grated sadly on his hab'ts
and sensibilities. The ••mob," in his
opinion, ought to go to the polls on Elec
tion" Day and ratify a choice made
••higher up." Be naturally foresees the
end of Republican institutions now that
the" plain, ordinary constituent is be
ginning to make and unmake party
nominees.
If Mr. Boutell is wise he will shake
the dust of the &th Illinois District from
his feet and hie himself to Albany, K. 1
— at present the inmost citadel of the
cnuse of boss-made as opposed to pri
mary-made nominations. The Hon. Will
iam Barnes, jr.. is doing the best he can
as his own publicity agent. But his de
fences of "the representative system of
government"— meaning government by
the middleman and for the middleman
are getting frayed about the edges. Mr
Boutell has made a reputation as "the
poet laureate of Cannonism" at "Wash
ington. He is a stout believer in the
"divine right" of bosses and breathes a
proper mediaeval literary spirit into his
rhapsodies on the merits of the string
haltered form of democratic govern
ment- Mr. Barnes might run him for
Mayor of Albany or even arrange to
send him back to Congress from the Al
bany-Schenectady district as soon as the
necessary requirements of residence are
fulfilled. He would no longer be bothered
by the vagaries of "mob rule" in politics,
and he could turn off panegyrics of
Barnesism and poems of the occasion for
the dinners of the Lincoln League and
the Unconditional Club. It would be
;. mutually beneficial merger of sympa
thetic forces. Besides, the friends of
"the representative system" should get
together as much as possible In these
dnys of stress and need.
A WISE DECIEIOX
The pension committee of the Grand
Army of the Republic showed excellent
judgment in reporting adversely on I
proposal to grant each Union veteran of
the Civil War a pension of at least a
dollar a day for life. To fix the mini
mum allowance for any veteran at $363
a year, or a little over $30 a month,
would involve an enorzaous increase in
pension appropriations. Under the
terms of the act of February 0, 1007.
which allots pensions to all veterans
who have reached the age of sixty -two
years without requiring any actual prool
of either dependency or disability, the
monthly rates were fixed as follows: At.
sixty-two years, $12 a month: at sev
enty years,* $15 a month; at seventy-five
years, 520 a month. Ir hi evident that
a flat rate of $30 a month for those three
classes of rensioners will more than
double the present disbursement for age
service pensions.
In the fiscal year 190S-'OG the number
of -loners under the act of February
6. 1907, was 358315 and the amount
paid to them was - 83,177. The aver
age payment was ?14S a year, or a little
over $12 a month. To give every pen
sioner $30 a month would require an
expenditure of about H45.000.000 —
increase in the government's annual
pension outlay of $87,000,000.
The flat rate, moreover, is subject to
the criticism that it does net make al
lowance r©r increasing infirmities and
disability. A pensioner of sixty-two
years has less claim OB the government
than a pensioner of seventy-five years,
the disability of each being taken for
granted. The older veteran has less
chance to make i living and needs more
aid '■in the government It is fairer to
grade use pensions, and if the minimum
for sixty-two years were to be raised to
*&• a month a plausible argument could
he made for raising the rate for seventy
yeara to $40 a month and the rate for
Beventy-five yean a ?50 a month.
Tue pension system is now in equi
librium. The expenditure uiider it
reached the record breaking limit of
$101,973,703 in 19OS-'O9. Everybody who
can prove sixty days" service and an
honorable discharge can obtain ■ pen
sion now at Elxty-two years* without
regard to disability. Tbe government
ha* fulfilled with great liberality its
Obligations v the " "•:--: ii« whose only
claim is service, after discharging its
prior obligations to those who euHered
injuries and to their dependents. The
country is disinclined to go any further.
It is an evidence of the generosity of the
system that the highest expenditure un
der it has occurred forty -four years after
the close of the war. Congress has
been open handed with the men who
fotisht for the Union, and the Grand
Army oi the Republic shows its appre
ciation of the government's traditional
attitude by disavowing a scheme in
tended to onset the existing balance and
to saddle the Treasury with an addi
tional expenditure which It cannot now
afford.
AVOIRDUPOIS IS'D AMIABILITY.
Some time ago a German benedict ap
plied for a divorce on the ground that
his wife had deliberately and without
consent divested herself of the pleasing
plumpness thai had won his love in or
der to i,( .-!• ndar and In the fashion.
Contemporary history is silen£ as to the
decision of the scion before whom the
|il«x was raatle. but the weighty ques
tion continues to agitate the breasts c»
German husbands, who continue to be of
th<» flattering opinion that shara cannot
be too much of their Hromenklnd.
The protracted agitation of the ques
tion demonstrates also that the German
ladies continue to be of the opposite
opinion. They not only admin- Blender*
aatsL they acliievt. 1 it, and now there bubs
uji In the "Berllnei IJbkalanzcleer? an
other male protestant, who bases bis
case not on a rncre difference of ideal
of physical beaut] but on the far
stronger round of Incompatibility of
temper. A wu!hu?i. thus h<* argues, v.ho
in not Blender by nature ruins her
temper by banting, which generally
p.ie^r.s underfeeding No reman vho 12
hungr; , he exclaims with, conviction, and
perhaps from sad experience, can be
amiable to her husband.
There is something in this . In fact,
the lonfrcr one looks at it the more there
seems to bo in it. Is the fashion of slen
dernesa amoDK women responsible for
the current marital discontent among
men. and is beefsteak, not divorce, the
real cure for incompatibility of temper?
Shall we have to supplement the pure
food lavs Wall obligators* food ordi
nances for wives who believe them
selves misunderstood when they are
merely miserable because hungry? Nay,
mare! Does this German philosopher
lead to the ultimate conclusion • that
matter is stronger than mind, stronger
than even that crowning triumph of our
civilization, the American femlnirle
mind? The remedy Is at least harm
less, If disappointingly materialistic lor
soulful beings, and might be tried. It
is possible that it would achieve all that
the correspondent of tho Berlin paper
appears to expect from it. Hunger has
ere now been mistaken for remorse; per
haps it may be mistaken as well for a
longing for a higher sphere, for that
shibboleth of a certain class of current
novels, a longing for affinity.
All reronjs of virtue and \ irtuc re
warded pale beforr the tributes to legis
lative uprightness confessed to on the
part of the Kobe! foundation? con'
by our sjtreel railway corporations.
There has scarcely been ■ more
notable and significant word spoken in
South Africa, than General Botha's sug
gestion that either Lord Methuen or
Lord Kitchener, or both of them, should
be engaged to organize the military
forces cf the new Union. It is as though
in the late 60's Virginia had asked for
Grant or Sheridan, or Georgia had asked
for Sherman, to reorganize her militia.
Mr. Barnes's newspaper v/ants to
k^c-v. "whose bossism" President Taft
meant when he expressed his sympathy
■with the "fight against bostism." It
might inquire in the nearby town of
Schenectady
A Socialist conspiracy lor the assassi
nation of the« Emperor indicates that
Japan is absorbing some Occidental cus
toms with which she might well afford
to dispense.
Arise* David B. Hill to dissent frum
one of Governor Hughes poll Claw 'He.
being dead, yd hi—lt til "
Ex-Representative Lemuel E. Quigg, of
Metropolitan fame, seems also to have
been something of a "common carrier."
In an editorial written before the report
of Colonel Roosevelt's voyage to Ts>w
Haven came in The New-York Tribune
said :
"Put boldly, the issue is whether the Re
publican part: fa with President Taft. Gov
ernor Hushes and ex-President Roosevelt
or with Messrs. Barnes, V,"adsr, orth. Wood
ruff and Ward."
Wonder how it looks to The Tribune now.
— The Buffalo News.
Even more so.
The American Ambassador to Turkey
adopted the course of dignity and self
respect in declining to visit Russia
rather than, because of his race and
creed, to be a suppliant for special favor
and to go thither on sufferance.
"One of Many" v.-rites to "The Newark
Evening News" to remark that it would
mean thousands of votes for the Demo
cratic legislative ticket in New Jersey if
the Hon. James Smith, jr., would as
sure the party that he would not bo a
candidate for the United State? aatsr
ship in case the Democrat won the
Legislature. If the success of the Dem
ocrats depends upon such an assurance
it is a forlorn hope indeed. What does
"One of Many" suppose Mr. Smith had
in view when he made Dr. Woodrow
Wilson bis — and incidentally the Demo
cratic — candidate for the Gov
ernorship? Merely the promotion of his
own good health? Maybe. He is much
given to that sort of disinterestedness.
I THE TALK OF THE DAY.
The drastic measures which have been
adopted by Collector Loeb have resulted in
' man:- happenings of a serious nature, but
at least one horntcoming tourist discov
ered the funny pidc of the situation. He
j wrote that be was coming on one of the
' h\s liners, and that he purposed to declare
( everything in his trunk. "But I'm bringing'
' , a lot of gold and two additional store teeth
iin my mouth and don't know what to do
• j about the duty. The job is such a poor one
i that I would bo willing to have it seized
' i and put in bond, but it would be painful.
We all know what it ii to have foreign
. clothes made over, but teeth are different.
! For the grood of our people the duty on
i dentistry should be prohibitive."
I
Not long ago a ladr of a hypochondriac
temperament, who lived in the country, be
i came dissatisfied because her medical at
•ltendant would not discuss her ailments as
j fully as she sired (As a matter of fact
i there was nothing tor the poor man to talk
about.) So she sent to Glasgow for a spe-
c ialist, and, fearing lest lie should be equal
ly uncommunicative to her, arranged that
her sister should be hidden so at to over
hear his private talk. Th- were very sym
! pathetic in the course of the examination.
The subsequent ""consultation" consisted of
j two sentences only referring to ths case-
I "Good Lord'" said the consultant, "I - ■
! never met an Uglier woman."
"My dear sir." the family doctor an
swered, "you should see her Eister.'"--G!as
gow Herald.
The St. Petersburg Dtra gives this ac
count under the head of "A Cholera In-
Istant": "Sister Llnsa Isrealowitsch as
a volunteer nurse, whose home surround
• 'jigs had been or' the poorest. Se*!ng the
'"distress among the peasants in the UtU&
j village where her parents lived, she asked
j for and received the uniform of a Sister
of Charity and -worked faithfully until the
i disease brought her down. When the newt
'of her death was communicated to the
poor mot!. the distracted woman asked
that the body be given to her for burial,
j but this was refused because the sister had
never joined the Church, and ail pleading
was in vain. The body would have gone to
one of the public trenches but for a Cos
sack, who said: 'She died serving her peo-
Die— sh» was a heroins — and I will Rivo her
a burial place on my farm.' And so it j
was done, and the humane one was th' 1
Cossack. fas It possibly from him also I
that the fresh flowers camp which were on
the mound the next morning?"
ONE VIEW OF THE CASH
Diamonds prow exceeding dear — ■
More expensive every year}
Rubber tires po up .-<> fur
Thut you Bar to set a cur!
And when you have cone and dune it,
Where's the gasolene u» rua it?
Customs person •!■>■• ■■ frowns
On your strife's Imported rowns, :
■ .v.i.i ... tha price utiuiu '
of tiie best grad«s of champagne; j
lienc<«. o Bcneral missivins
O'er th<* ulgiier coat erf livtmci
— Washington Star.
Golf, U UO< a national, is at least a mv
: nicipal. Institution in come parts of Eng
j land, and the city of Bradford i.» consid
ering the convenilon of tho UailMton Moor
links into a municipal course, in thia it
will bo following the ...ami'!- of others, v
links have Been provided or taken over by
J others; including the London County Coun
i ti!, Troon and Bourrv.uiouth.. two courier
{eicii, Brighton and Nottingham, en* each; |
Edinburgh, ten. and Glasgow, three. The
tost of laying out has been as follows:
Bournemouth, £2,000; Brighton. JTi.OCO; Glas
gow, $122 a green, and Troon. $10,500. The
cost of maintenance is stated as being:
Bournemouth RIM and 53.725; London
County Council, S43S and 51.055; Glasgow,
$2,6C»J. SI.CSO and $733; Nottingham. C.4~.
while Troon averages $1.450 a course. Of
these Bournemouth. Glasgow and Troon re
port a profit in the management of the
links.
A railroad in the Northwest has Just
voluntarily paid taxes on some iana on
which it wai not obliged to pay and the
Secretary of Agriculture has just declmed
to. send. his. political speeches through tne
mails on a frank. If this wave ■ of I , c V
righteousness strikes hish enough on the
shore It may engulf the man who _ r^ el |
that ' ■■• is under no obligation to pay^ a
poll tax and hit the parents of ter ;- v^ 8 r r.
bid children who are only five cm the cars.
—Boston Globe.
FOR • PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY
Correspondent Thinks He Sacs Chance
for Party's Rehabilitation.
To the Editor of The Tribune-
Sir: I was much interested the other
night while attending a Democratic meet
ing to observe that nearly all the speeches
manifested a reactionary rather than a
progressive tendency. There appeared to
be a general opinion that Theodore Roose
velt's policies should be made an issue In
the fall campaign and the Democratic
party committed to an attitude of entire
opposition to them.
The demand was made by one of the
speakers that the Democratic party be
reorganized as I conservative party. Agi
tation for reforms was deprecated as in
terfering with business prosperity. Mr.
Roosevelt was spoken of as a dangerous
demagogue.
That this attitude will be popular in cer
tain parts of New York cannot be gain
said. But I am on: of the many Demo
crats who feel that no successful rehabili
tation of i'.jc Democratic party can be ac
complished along so-called conservative
lines. I deplore any tendency inside the
Democratic party to try to make an issue
with the Republican party over Mr. Roose
velt's political programme as a whole.
The Republican party has established the
right to be called the conservative party
of the country. Now, if party government
is to amount to anything in this country
we must have a great Liberal or Progres
sive party as well as a great conservative
party, and to my way of thinking if the
Democratic party is to fulfil any useful
purpose at all in our general political
scheme it must so organize as to stand
for the liberal sentiments of the country.
Now, whatever may be said of Mr. Roose
velt, It will act be denied that he has been
the greatest mouthpiece of Progressive po
litical thought the world has seen for come
time
If the Democrauc : go«s before
che voters of the reactionary
party, etandinr to i-.l! that
ilr. Rooscveit ataiv Democratic
party will throv. . ot Its greatest
opportunities for
TS STOCK.
THREE QUERIES.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: How many hundreds of thousands
of dollars have been paid to the political
parties in the last twenty-five years by the
Sugar Trust , If ■ sugars were free from
duty (as they should be) hoy many hun
dreds of millions of dollars might have
been saved to the people? Why protect
the unscrupulous few at the expense of
many? FAIR PLAY.
Hunt::iC N- V.. Sept. 20. 1610.
RESTRICTING IMMIGRATION.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: While fully indorsing the sentiments
expressed by Julian I. Gregory in his let
ter, printed in your issue to-day. I would
like to call attention to the fact that quite
a large number of native born Americans
hold, to my mind the mistaken idea, that
il is contrary to the Constitution e.r.i
therefore American even to entertain
the thought for one moment of restricting
immigration.
I believe with Mr. Gregory that votes
and honor await the Congressmen whe
take up this fight for the restriction of
immisration. This to my mind, is the
burning question of the hour. What is the
advantage of direct primaries if the con
diticn of the self-respecting, self-support
ing American workingman is to grow
worse every day? The labor market
crowded with the sure result of lowering
the rice of remuneration for labor, and
the expenses of the worker increased by
the high tax rate made necessary by the
tremendous percentage of crime, pauperism
and ignorance of our alien population.
Trusting to see The Tribune take the lead
in this great cause, the stoppage of "immi- j
gration for ten years."
THOMAS LO3IAX.
New York, Sept. 22. 1910.
THAT UNEARTHLY SCREECH.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1 should like to register a protest
against the use of the loud unearthly
screech, now bo frequently being used by
automobilists to give warning of their ap
proach.
su- 1 nt aaise may be OS
irea and upon oomtrj
but T can't see the necessity of its
Matfamaslj l> the qpilat
residence streeta oJ New Tort, especially
- r
The number of times that my sleep has
been disturbed, frequently far into the
morning, by motorists evidently in an
effort to 'awake the dead," makes me feel
that sotne concerted action should be taken
in regard to prohibiting such occurrences.
Here on West End avenue we are a quiet
community, or rather, would hi. were it
EOt for these discordant blasts, and I think
that we, along with all other quist com
munities, should be spared this torture.
WBST END AVENUE.
Haw York, Sept. 21, 1?1C.
DONT LEAD HIM ON,
From The "Washington Sutr.
People who insist that Dr. Ccok has
snort- proofs may mean well; but th«
chances are that they are merely putting
temptation in tie way of a man ho has
had 'rouble- enough.
BUT NOT IN JERSEY.
From The Toledo Blade.
Woo'! Wilson la Bofaasj after a gov
ernorship as a stepping stone to tho Presi
dency, it has bet-n us^d before, lie must
have been reading history.
TIMELY WARNING.
From The Philadelphia Star.
A proposition is raging among malo per
sons in New York to make lbs women
wear corks on the puncturing ends of their
hatpins. Hide your pocket flasks, boy». or
carry hot water bottles!
ROOSEVELT AND THE MACHINE.
From The Philadelphia Record (Dem.).
In iifrhtinc this crowd [the "old guard"
Mr. Roosevelt la rendering a public ser
vice, and ho has the heartiest sympathy
of every man in the country who is on th»»
side of honest an i efficient government for
th>' |>fupH> md against the management of
politics for the replenishment of cam
palgn funds un,i the enrichment of Indi
viduals. Tlm Indications ■>; th«» primaries
arc that Mr. RoosevHt will succeed, and If
tv« convention .-.hull elect him temrMirwry
chairman hi will sound a keynote that
will drive tlu> beasts «>t prey back into the
Jungle. Mr. Ruosevelt'a first political t-s.
p'!i»-n« was in tlgiiting the bosses and th«
machine. To his credit be it wuid he in us
i"..,iv to fight iti. Republican .rum; jus Tan»
niany Hull. Hits success will be H triumph
of yood cltizemihtp.
POPULARIZING THE PLACE.
From Tlio Houston Post.
A Texas preacher eloquently informed h!3
coiigresatlon that there would bs bo auto
mobllfci, m hell. Probaalv net; but do-s
hell r«al!y r.*ed this ClMs'of tOOSU' o
People and Social Incident*
NEW YORK SOCIETY
Mrs. French Vandcrbllt. who spent the
early part of the week in town, lias re
turned to Newport.
The Hon. Lionel Guest has arrived tn
town from Montreal and is at the St. Kegjte
for a few *:
Mrs. Henry E. Co* baa come to the elty
for a f«w days from her place at South
ampton, Long Island.
Rc=s AmblT Curran. who arrived
in town from the "West a short time ago.
v. ill sail for Europe next week, and will, as
usual, pass the winter in Paris.
Miss. Eleanor Strele, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Steele. will be married to
Count Jean dr la Greze, of Paris, on Oc
tober Ht at Sunridge Hal!, the country
home of her parents, at Wesibury. Long
Island. Her two sisters. Miss Nancy and
Miss Kathryne Steele, will b« her only at
tendants, and Vicomte de la Grts« will
his brother's best man.
Mlsf Sophie W. Townsend, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Townsend. has select
ed Ocober 10 as the date for her marriage
to John Adams Dix, son of the late Rev.
Dr. Morgan Dix. The weddtng will take
place in Grare Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Roya! Phelps Carroll have
arriT-ed in town from Nt^wport.
Mr and Mrs. Cssimir de Rham Moore
will arrrv* in town from Bar Harbor next
wetik and take possession of th»lr house m
East 3Sth street.
Mr. and Mr*. "Walter S. Gurnet will re
turn to town early next month and occupy
the house No. 3S East S9th street, which
they have taken lor the winter.
Sir. and Mrs. Augustus Jay. who spent
the greater part of the summer at Newport,
are bocked to sail for Europe on October S.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Earl T>odge hare ar
rived in tovra and are at the St. Regis for
a few dars.
M- ossi Mrs. George G. Frei.inchuys«E
are due '.o arrive in New York to-da*? from
Europe, xrhere they =per.t most of the sum
mer. They will pass the fall at their coun
tr" place, at Morristowii. N. J.
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
fßy Telegram* to The MMM |
Newport, Sept. Iff — of the patients In
the Newport summer colony seem to be
doing well, and to-day were reported on the
road to recovery.
There was a report here to-day that Mr.
and Mrs. F. Lothrop Ames, of Boston, had
purchased the dishing estate, on Ocean
avenue, which they occupied last summer.
No verification could be obtained of the
report.
i Mr. and Mrs. Royal Phelps Carroll and
' Miss Dorothea Carroll have closed their
season and returned to New York-
Mrs. Edward T. Potter ha. gone to New-
York for a visit with relatives.
Mrs. Thomas McKean. of Philadelphia, is
a guest of Mrs. William E» Carter.
■William Khineiander Stewart, jr.. has re
turned to Harvard for his senior year.
Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds Hltt have planned
tr close their season in a short time and
return to Washington for the winter.
APPOINTMUKTS BY P.EGETTS
Nine Members of Board of Pharmacy
Named at Albany Meeting.
Albany, Sapt. 22.— At a meeting of the
State Board of Regents to-day these ap
pointments *rere mads to dM new State
Board of Pharmacy:
For terms of three years— Clarence O.
Bise!ex*\ Georga C. Diekman. New York.
and Brron M. Hyde, Rocneetsr.
For term of two years— Judson ■ Todd,
Ithaca: Alfred B. Huested, Albany, and
George Reimann, BuSalo
For term of one — Otto Raubes
hauner, New York; John Hurley. Little
Fails, anQ J- Leon Lascoff, New York.
The Kegents revoked the license of Dr.
Hugo Schmidt, «i Buffalo, on the rec
ommendation of a. committee of the State
Board of Medical Examiners. Schmidt
was charged by the Erie County Medical
Society with Issuing prescriptions for the
traffic in cocaine with the intent of evad
injr the law.
"W. Reed Blair, of New York, was ap
pointed a member of the State Board of
Veterinary Examiners in place of Dr. F.
C. Grenside, who declined.
The Regents called or Governor Hushes
and bade him official farewell.
BIG GAINS IN POPULATION
Fort Worth, Ter^ Increases 174.7 Per
Cent— San Antonio. 81.2 Per Cent.
Washington, Sept. Zl.— Population statis
tics 01" the Thirteenth Census were made
public to-day by the Census Bureau tor the
following cltiea:
Fort Worth. Tex.. 73.312, an tncrease of
46.fi!, or 174.7 per cent over 2G.6SS in 1800.
Galveston. S6.S>*l. a decrease of 60S, or 2.1
per cent, over 57.753 in '-"•
San Antorlo, Tex.. 56,614, an increase- «f
43,2£. or 31.2 per cent, over 52,221 In 1200.
Manchester, N. H. TUfiBX an increase of
13,076. or 22.9 per cent, over c£.SS7 in 1300.
Aurora.. 11!.. ».»T. an increase of *,«». or
25.1 per crnt. over -4.147 in ISOOL
Elcin. 111 . BICTL an increase or 2,543, or
15. S per cent, over W.I in ISOO.
GYNECOLOGICAL CONGSSS OPENS.
at PetsrsbTsrg. Sept. SL— The Interna
tional Gyrseo'.o^lsal Congress was opened
here to-day. There are forty-nine Ameri
can delegates.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY OPENS,
[Sy Teleyrayh to Th» Trifcaca.]
Middletown. Conn.. Sept. With am en
terms class which wnl number at least 150,
the largest in the history of the college,
Wcsleyaa University opened for its eigh
tieth year this morning-. Presidsct £h*nk
lin. who underwent an operation for ap
pendicitis about a month ago. welcomed the
students at the morning chapel exercises.
The registration will not be completed until
to-morrow.
OVERLOOKING AN ISSUE.
From The Syracuse Herald.
William Barnes. Jr.. continues to hold
forth m* an authority on the •"rial Issue."
not realizing. apparently, that to discover
on*> of the most important Issues In the
fight for control or the Republican party
in this state all he has to do is to look In
the looking glass
DONT FORGET THE JANITOR.
From The Rochester Herald.
A Chicago doctor says that flat life Is
responsibly for the increase tn insanity.
That may well be believed. Th- family on
th«> floor bbovo is the most aggravating
thing in flat life.
GOOD NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Prom The Philadelphia Record.
The chestnut crop In Pennsylvania prom
ises to (•«• abundant. K:trm«TM «ay that al
most every trtt- "hangs full." They »-x
pect to inakv a .sui.suintial protit from
their chectnut trees. Examination of burrs
has proven thut they urn well nil- and
generally free from worms.
THE SPRING OF 2010 POSSIBLY.
From Th, Pittsburs Gazette-Times.
Thousands of Americana arc marooned
In .ion because tht»v can't get accom
modations on steamships. it they'll wait
until sprins. Walter We-hnan will ha\a
Mrs. William H. Sands, who has baa*
visiting Mrs. James P. Kernochac, has re
turned to New Tort.
Mr. and Mrs. Crais Diddle trill dose their
season on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence W. DoUn wftl
start (or Hot t)pnn«» on Thursday.
Miss Annie Leary has^~ v to X-rw Tff^
for a short visit. »
J Dudley S. Morgan rtgist«red st tha
Casino ts>-<3ay.
Miss Anna Sasds. who ha» bm a tass«
of Mrs. Os-den Mills at tttaatsburs/. has ro.
turned to her home here.
Mr., and Mrs. George Gordon Klas; wC
close their estate on Mart Wednesday aj*i
return to New York for tha winter.
Mr. and Mrs. CTilUaa % Carter ciosafl
their season to-night and departed f^
Phnadelptia
'At. and Mrs. A. G. Thatcher retorsstl a»
New York to-day Mr. and Mrs. Alvjaj
Ball departed fur Tuxsde.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Da ft Wfartthogas,
returned from New Tork to- nigh?. Thar
are ertertairang Mrs. SJsklfKy, a ahSai c*
Mr*. Vlhitehoosa.
William Watts Eh»ns*a has latacsßf
from New York.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. EaldTrtn. of Cclonia
Sprtnga. are guests of Mr. and Sri. Charles
H. Baldwin.
IN THE BERKSHIRES.
fßy Telegraph to TZ» Tr'baae. ;
Lenox, Sept. 72. — The Austrian Ambassa
i dor and Bareness yon Ken^alm-iir.er win 37.
rive at the Bourne ccttas* en Saturday.
: Count Felix yon BruaaaUa-schs)nb«es, af
the embassy, arrived at tie Curtis Hstal
ay.
Miss Ruth Kins, -who has b««n at taa
Eddr cottage, has gone to astaaJawa Haas*
to visit Mr. and Mrs. William B. O. Field.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Den Is on Charrpiin. Mtss
! Marion. Mrs W. L. McLean, BJsa Hesrr
Erben. Mr. and Mrs. XT. J. We!!er. y;<g
j Marion Welier and Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
i Comfort, of New York, hare arrived at tha
MapleTood. ta Plttsfleli
Miss Isabel Shotter is aßtartaiEiV.g a iarsa
house party at SiiadoWSrocJs. mdndiss Mlsx
Catherine Tillmac, c? West Point : Hiss
i Mary Martin, of New York: Mis Julia Owsa
and Mrs. James Munroatm. of Savannah.
• Surgeon General and Mrs. W. K. Vsa
Reypen. of Washington, who have base st
Stockbridge, departed to-day for New York.
At the opening of tha Interstate Mjhway
on Saturday afternoon Mrs. Gecrga West*
tnsrhouse will raise ths flag, She wt!i b«
assisted by Mrs. Georfja W. Guthrle, of
Pittsburgh Mrs. Robb de Peystsr Tyta
will un\-ei! the bowlder which has been set
up to mark the comptstloa or this hl^i
way. connecting the Hooaatonlc and tl»
Connecticut valleys. Governor Draper of
Massachusetts and many prominent cot
tagers will attend the exercises.
Mrs. S. Parkman Shaw entertained at
luncheon this afternoon for Mrs. Ju.iaa
Jam*-. Present were Mrs. Harris Fatr».
stock. Mrs. George "inthrop Foisom. Mr*
David Lydi?, Mrs. M. Dwight Collier. Sliss
Clementina Furaiss and Miss Harriet K.
Wells.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Underwood Johssea'
are entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Dan!- Ches
ter French, who have lately returned frsat
abroad.
Mrs. Edward J. Berwind. Mrs. Jc?h'2a ST.
Da-vt, Miss Eloise Davi*. Mr. and Sirs. Ed
ward C. BtefTena, Mrs. H. G. Trevor. Mas)
Trevor and Ed^ar Freeman. Of '■'■ ■ York,
are at the Curtis Hotel.
GERMAKT FACES PETICIT
New Taxes Will Be Below Estimate
Which Were Less than Ezpscdittrea.
Berlin. Sept. 32. — Ths goverr^nest Is g**l
strugsling with Oh problems o? reverse,
which failed of solution through the fiscal
legislation of 1309. It has been ruraorea !ac
some months that the government Inrasisc!.
to produce at the next session ef t"a
Reichstag a bill providing for adiiticsal
taxation.
Chancellor voc Be:"r.raacja-H fcsTF
ever, has recently had a. ecr.fereace with
the Cabins:, at which a. iMMH was
reached to postpens action in tie 2 --,
until after the elections to the Reichstag,
which !t !s expected win be held la r!i»
autumn of 1311. Dm csnclosicr. jrfjisnßT
accepted is that the s-ov*mmer.t 3 aa
willinsr to risk the political effect 0? ssnr
fiscal legislation prior to the elect:
According: to the ?ure« far the first firs
menths, it appears probable that t!^ raw
nue for the present fiscal year from vm
taxes will fall Hu.Ts>.ooo short c? the fctslsrt
estimates, which placed the expenditure
at about J*" 1 per cent lest than they pravsd
to be.
RUSSIAN JEWS APPEAL
Success of a Test Soil SBcovrageft Per*
sons Marked for Expulsion.
Kiev. Russia. S^r-t. H. — A great ntsassar*
mi appeals made Toy Jews whose espulstca
has been ordered by the Imperial govern
ment are pending following the favorabi*
outcome si a test case instituted by senna
of the Jctts \rho have Ion? resided la
Telatcrinoslav Province. In this instanca
the Senate decided that tha orders c* ex
pulsion ■■■ illegal and mat the petitJca
txa should be reinstated In their homes.
Appeals have now >:«n made in otiBST
provinces.
In the we«k ended September a tbefa
were ■ summary expulsions from tS3
city, -while 10S other Jews were gtven aOttSO
that they must return «italc the restrict
ed district set apart by law for toaas
during a stated period. On ths same days
thsrv were 106 expulsions Irorn ma i-burttfl
of Solomenka and Derrtefflca-
REDEMPTORISTS BUMMOSCT
Priests Charged with Eeconstmc±ti
Order in Francs That Wit Dissolved.
Paris. Sept. 22.— The Radsraptorist ***•
thers were summoned to the CorrectJassl
Court to-day charged with having sseretET
reconstructed the order, whic: ir»s fi*"
salved under the- law of 1301.
The police have seized documents *t3A
It is alleged, established tf>»' the order 13
again in full activity throughout Fracs*
PRIZE FOR DR. JOHN M. CLARK&
Albany. Sept. 22.— Dr. John M. Car**>
New York Suite geoloetst. has been ■•*
lied that the International Geological Con
gress, which has Just ended Its meetisj **
Stockholm, has awarded him the Spa^*
roff prize of several hundred ruUiA "
recognition of his researches to gi** o^'
and paleontology. y
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS.
There arc mor* than seven hundred *^?*
sand school children tn N'sw York. ' ♦*»
wonder the slot machine tn:st is *** ™
matntain a paid lobby at Albacr.-Spri-*
Held (Ohio) News.
A German dealer in tons buncoed N£*
York banks out of a. quarter of a ■■■
dollars In order to play the market. E< ~~*
of the New York banks appear to oa«aw
—Rochester Herald.
When we think of New York JJ'fJS
Headquarters, we ar»- tilted with P**£3
the comparatively honf-st persons in
Stas and Auburn prisons.— k>uit-l* -*—
auirer. »■» ■
A fashionabl© New York «J»?*S**Sl
wanted its pastor t» resign took t-«.*^ 8 ..
means or locking him out of th- • J^e
us Its noUee to him. it realty waa aois^
thins of a hint.— Omaha Be«-
New York man. forty years *>}* »■*•
to wed. says he has never *35.*z!5
He still be "about to wed Cera s**
from now.— Cleveland Leader.
New York will cow T«B*" r tts ,P«^
nalltoff down o* the lid. N«* 1«* Sf^
to ho good is really. axnosis* -*••* rr