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SATURDAY. OCTOBER 22, 1010.
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THE V£TFA THIS MORXIXG
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FOREIGN— Dr. Hawley H. Crippen.
charfr^fl wjth the murder of his wife,
known as IVlle Eimore. withstood a
searching cross-examination on his trial
at London, thousrh he made damaging
admissions: the verdict will probably be
rendered to-day. . The Liverpool
Cotton Association is said to be opposed
to the formation of a company .to guar
antee bill? cf ladir.sr, and long delay in
a settlement ?eems= possible. — . — Great
Britain, according to a dispatch from
Berlin, has proposed to the powers to
reeojenize simultaneously the Republic of
Portugal: Monsigrnor Tonti. the Papal
Nuncio, has left Lisbon. =zjz=.z Dr. A.l
"brechT Kossol, of H--k!< [f has been
.chosen Nnbel priz f - winner in medicine.
r - "Mrs. Skeff.nsrt^n," an English
army comedy, whs well received by an
audience in London. ... TV,.. Cunard
Line. It is reported, has decided to con
struct a vessel 1.000 feet long:, of 50,000
tons cross and 90.000 horsepower.
DOMESTIC. — Ex-President Roosevelt
ppi'k? In Boston, commending- the tariff
board policy of President Taft. and urg
ing the re-election of Senator Lodge and
Governor Draper. =rj==_ Henry L. Stim-
Eon spent a day of campaigning in On
tario County, with speeches at Canan
<3aiei:a. Ph^lps, Clif^n Springs and
Geneva. == The balloon America 11,
Dusseldorf II and Azurea, which started
from 51 Louif or, Monday, were still un
x^ported. nr.<\ grave fears wer«» f^lt for
the aeronauts; rescue work was started
in Canada. Briefs for the govern
ment and for the Press Publishing Com
pany of X*-w York in the Panama libel
ca?* 1 were riled in the I'nitod States Su
preme Court. „ ; - The naval board of
Inquiry which investigate the drown in?
of sailors from the battleship • < ' "■
Hampshir- in New York harbor found
the officers and crew of th<> ship free
from blame. — . Porto Rimn affairs
absorbed the attention of the last day of
the Lake Mohonk Conference; th^r^
w«=re addresses by Representative H«»r-
Tw^rt Parsons end Elmer E. Brown. T~nit<?d
States Commissioner of Education.
ClTY.— Stocks were heavy. ' Sen
ator Has^nfluE's name went on the rec
ords nf the graft hunters at the hearing
in Sine Sinp. and S^hroeder's testimony
brought denials from the Senator and
from ■•♦■riff Hobley. — - — Chairman
Pre>nti< -e returned from a trip upstate,
confident of Republican rictory at the
polls. Startling flights marked the
last day of ........ aviation
tournament which <"'p«=ns to-<lay at Bel
mont ParK. — .■ Police Commissioner
Cropsey and his deputies took charge
at Headquarters, spending the «lay
meetine their subordinates and study
inp th*> situation. = The Senate «>f
N>w York University selected the names
of eleven persons for niches in the Hall
of Fame, including IMgrar Allan T<>*-.
T«i<-* debarred. — — — Mayor Ciaynor or
ccr* d the removal cf N. W. Bil!ar<l. act
inc deputy superintendent of buildings
for th« Fire D'-j'Hrtmcnt in Brooklyn ;
end Qneens. ===== The M.i'lory liner ,
Brazos arrived three days late, after,
r^-ine blown far out of her course in a !
TV>st Indian hurricane.
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ItlX AXD THE GAMBLIXQ LAWS.
Mr. Stimtnij ■- Insistence that Mr. lux
f»hail explain how h* stnixls upon the
anTl-gaiiiMinc laws is highly pert lent.
IV** fcf 1 inHudo thfin in tho **sumpto
srr" I#»;rssla?icm opposed in th* 1 L»era<>
cratie platform? If a bill repealing them
should reach him M Governor would he
fipn It?
The remit revelations before the graft
Investigating committee should open the
ctes of the people to the danger that lies
In Mr. Dixs eaajflealflseaf of his. inten
dozts in regard to this important phase
of public aMassa. It hi no secret thai
The racetrack and jramblinj: interests
are unTinp upon a Democratic admin
istration jo undo the work of Governor
Hughes la at>atinsr this scandal. Every
racetrack tout and gambler and follower
of the races is boasting of his intention
to vote for Dix. They nre all as en
thusiastic in the support of him as they
tvere In their supp<»rt of Chanler, to
whose <mzcpal;rn fund the racing and
gambling interests contributed heavily.
No doubt they are equally tuimwM con
tributors to Mr. Dixs fund. And how '-p.
handed they are and bow much money
they are ready to spend to restore the
old conditions at the tracks may be
ii*-rn from the testimony Ijpfore the pall
oolnmittee. If they l "F ' nt money lav
ishly merely to buy a few Senators,
how much mere will they spend '<• put
Tammany in control of the State admin
istration, to have Murphy's m.-m. Dix. a*
Governor and to ■»•• a Senate under
the control of "Sen. <i..' who had a liet
down on Azelina'r
Tammany has never broken faith with
the gamblers who raised money to beat
the racetrack bills, mmStmg a good!?
share of it to Albany to be "diPtrihuted."
according to the. testimony, «f oue of
Murphy's closest associates. al l ■*•
liberally financed Murphy's st i"' cam
paign two years ago. When th* 1 antl
gambling bills originally came up it
presented an unbroken front azainst
them. Of the seventeen Democrat* WOO
voted against the Hughes hills death ha«
removed one. Senator McCarren. and de
feat retired two in the election of 1908,
but seven were back In the Senate to
look after the gamiilers* interests for the
last two year?, and will be there again
this year, while still another. Senator
Sohmer, has been promoted by Tam
many as a reward for bis services to a
place on the state ticket as candidate
for the important office of Controller.
What does the Dix candidacy -mean,
supported by the gamblers and carry
ing with it a legislative ticket which, if
successful, will put the Legislature un
der the control of the gamblers? W«
may have an Azelina leader in the Sen
ate, but Mr. Dix must pledge the state
that he will be no Azelina Governor.
THE POLICE CHAXGES.
The reorganization of the Police De
partment which Mayor Gaynor has un
dertaken Is highly welcome. Even out
going officials seem ready to testify that
the administration of the department
was inefficient and that the force is
thoroughly demoralized. Mayor Gaynor
inherited his Police Commissioner.- and
the general impression has been that he
was merely retaining him as ■ stop-gap
until ■ change for the better coold be
made. The insecurity of his tenure and
the evident purpose of the Mayor to
minimize bis freedom of action naturally
destroyed the Commissioner's sense of
responsibility and weakened his author
ity over bis subordinates. Moreover,
his correspondence with Acting Mayor
Mitchel discredited him with the public.
Be appeared to be out of sympathy with
the popular demand for a reformation of
police methods, and it was evident when
bis letters to Mr. Mitchel were pub
lished that ■ change in his office could
cot be much longer delayed.
Mayor Gaynor Is right in selecting a
Commissioner and deputy commission
ers in whom he has both personal and
official faith. The work of the depart
ment should not be directed in all its
details from the Mayor's chamber. a
Commissioner needs ample authority of
his own to deal with the element in the
force which has labored for years to
make it a self-perpetuating, self-govern
ing machine, operated for th*» profit of
insiders without much regard for the
wishes or opinions of the local adminis
tration. General Bingham did some
thing to break down the inner police
ring before be was undermined by the
politicians who forced him out of office.
Since his retirement there has been a
relap>e to the old conditions of insub
ordination and anarchy. If Mayor Gay
nor hopes to reintroduce discipline and
to bring the police force as a whole to
an understanding of Its proper functions
as I guardian of law and order, be must
give bis new Commissioner wide lati
tude and ample power. "What he calls
♦•the corrupt minority" in the police
force will hare little to dread from a
chief In leading strings. The successful
Commissioner will be one strong enough
to work out the salvation of the depart
ment largely on bis own responsibility
and in his own way.
The Mayor's programme of police re
form is one of steady and orderly prog
ress from present conditions to some
thins better. The public, we think, is
uot greatly concerned about the methods
by which progress is to be made. It
will not shrink from "sensational noise
and scandalizins of the city" if police
evils can be m ire effectively attacked in
that way. Explr^-inns now and then
> (ear the air. Systematic, quiet and con
stant work Is, of course, to be preferred:
l.ut the public is more interested in re
sults than in methods. Mayor Gaynor
has succeeded in ending various petty
abuses to which citizens have been sub
jected at the hands of the police. He
is evidently earnest in striving to civil
ize the force and to make it as observant
of the laws as other people have to be.
The task of driving corruption out of
police administration and breaking the
power of the alliance of the inner ring
with the plundering politicians is still
l>ef«.re him. We hope that the changes
at Police Headquarters .'ire an evidence
that the warfare on that alliance has
l>een vigorously begun.
THE v/;ir GREEK CABINET.
a of the new Cabinet in
• may be regarded ns marking the
• ra In the political
of that kingdom. Tne old fra. in
whi<!i Tricoapis and Detyannfa alter
nated in power, :t!!ii whi'ii whs nro-
I with little modification by nnlli.
Ids and Dragoumis, may be con*
I closed A new Prime Minister,
with new aaaociatea and ■ new spirit
and policy, has come upon the scene.
And it eras time. For with « II their good
qualities hi- predecessors had been nna
• the steady irrilnr of an
lo <,:>'t+f> and the rapid movp
• • • of th.it aatlOD toward ■ crisis
which meant either chaos or Interven
or more pronably both. The mill
dictatorship of I;ist ye;ir w;i^ an
m& warning of what would happen
Boon unless there were ■ radical change
ernmental policy. For bis master
ful dealing arttii tbe Military League
.mis deserves tli *- praise and
gratitude of Greece Bat his policy and
bis work amere essentially temporary.
Th"ir su< < ess depeaded anon tlieir
s)M-<-<jy abandonment In favor of a very
different sutistitut^ 'llie Military Lertjrue
\\;is the absolute luaster Of the si'ua
tiou. but rtrafjnaials treated it as though
ba \^fre it,<; njast.-r and it wen- ■ negU
gilile trifle ThrOOgß that sht-.-r and
splendid sudaeitj be suoreedwl. I '.ut
■ach success could not be permanently
maintained.
The obvious need of Greece was that a
new, strong man should take the leader
ship, who would actually, and riot mere
ly through superb "bbitiin^." be master
of the situation and of the turbulent
forces which menaced the constitution
and the throne. There, is reason to hope
thai sack ■ man lias been found in
Venezelos. He has already shown his
Etrerfgth in what is perhaps the ino-t
effective way possible, namely, in his
mastery of himself. He became conspicu
ous recently through his strenuous advo
cacy of Cretan annexation, and was sup
posed to be a political firebrand who, la
the prosecution of 1 ■'.* favorite design,
would M t the land Mflre with war. He
has, however, proved the contrary. Con
vinced thai his policy concerning Crete
was not expedient at this time, he placed
it In abeyance and cave himself sin
cerely to the task of the constitutional
rehabilitation of the kingdom. And tiii<
he has been doing patiently, quietly and
resolutely. In iiis very lack of bluster
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNK SATTRDAV. O( TOBER 22, 1010.
and sensationalism he appears to be the
true "strong man" which Greece has
long needed.
This bis contemporaries recognize.
Ralli. Theotokis. Dragoumis and others
frankly declare him to be the man of
all men for the place. Their personal
ambitious, and even their grounds of
difference from htm. are put into abey
ance in order that he may have the full
est possible support or the least possible
opposition. Moreover, they take practi
cally his view of the situation. Ralli
has said that the chief need of Greece
to-day is to leant the lesson of obedi
ence and discipline, and Venezelcs has
epigrammatlcally declared that order
is the first necessity to the regeneration
of Greece. It is a tremendous task
which Venezelos has undertaken, but lie
is a man of tremendous force. He has
the confidence of the King, and trusts in
the benevolence of the protecting powers.
and he commands the faith of the peo
ple as probably no other minister has
done in our time. In such circumstances
we may hope to see him make Greece
living Greece once more.
PARKER SHRIXKS AGAIX.
.Indce Parker woke up the wrong pas
senger when be began to explain that
Mr. Stimson was a mere fee grabbing
lawyer. Mr. Stimson's rejoinder shows
how he took the United States District
Aftorneyship at a sacrifice of nearly
two-thirds of his professional income of
$24,000 a year. When he retired from
office it was not to get fat fees out of
the government by finishing up the cases
which as prosecutor he had under way.
and that is what Judge Parker charged.
He resigned to go back into private
practice, where his opportunities to earn
money were vastly greater than the op
portunities presented in finishing, on a
special retainer, the prosecution of Judge
Parker's client, the Sugar Trust, and the
other important prosecutions begun by
him as District Attorney. Moreover, it
was against his desire that be was re
tained by the government In the Morse
and customs cases. He never sent in a
bill for bis very successful services to
the government, but accepted the sum
fixed by the President and the Attorney
General, and that sum. so far as bis per
sonal share was concerned, was ouiy
(26,000, for work that took a year and
a quarter.
Now. Judge Parker's attack upon Mr.
Stimson might have been excusable in
some one who was unfamiliar with Mr.
Stimson's services, who knew nothing
of bis standing at the bar before his ap
pointment or of his professional oppor
tunities after making the reputation he
made as federal prosecutor. But Judge
Parker, as an active member of the New-
York bar and particularly as the oppo
nent of Mr. Stimson in the prosecution
of the Sugar Trust, was familiar with
all these things. He deliberately sought
to represent a conspicuous public service
performed at a financial sacrifice as a
vulgar piece of money grabbing. Mr.
Stimson has made Mr. Parker look
smaller and cheaper than he looked
before.
STILL IX THE BOMB-PROOF,
Mr. Pix wa? asked on Thursday in this
city whether or not he favored the aboli
tion of the state Public Service commis
sions. His only reply was that he stood
on tho Rochester platform. The Roches
ter platform evaded tbe issue, declaring
vaguely for a "reasonable regulation" of
public service corporations. But tbe
Democratic state platform of 1008. on
which Mr. Dix also stocd. being a can
didate for Lieutenant Governor, de
nounced government by commissions
and advocated the discontinuance of tbe
two Public Service boards in this state.
If Mr. I»ix stands on th^ Rochester plat
form, nobody knows where be stands.
The Democratic nominee for Governor
seems to have the idea that mystery
adds effectiveness and interest to his
candidacy. He says that be is not an
adept ar oratory, and thus tries to ex
rus.- an avoidance of the questions which
tbe voters are everywhere asking. The
public does not demand Websterian pe
riods in his case, but only plain speak
tag. When is he going to say whether
or not be still opposes the Public Ser
vice commissions, and whether or not, as
a business man. he still believes in in
crcaood tariff rates, while as a politician
be denounces the duties in the Payne
tariff law as "iniquitous." because ex
r p<<ive? The time lias passed when can
didates for office could bide in bomb
proofs between nomination and election.
Mr. Dix will gain no strength by Inflict
ing a West Point "silence" on voters
who have i perfect right to ask him
what he stands for
PRACTICE VS. PREArjJIVG
ir is probably safe to assert that
every democratic platform adopted this
year proclaims the determination of the
Democracy, if intrusted with the control
of governmental affairs, to practise a
ri^'id economy by comparison with
which all Republican efforts in that di
rection must appear Inconsequential.
The preaching of economy by those on
whom then- devolves DO responsibility
is always easy, but there is nothing in
the record of Democratic administra
tion |n any way comparable with the
economies which have been effected by
a Republican administration in the
management of the postal service.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has !n
one year reduced tbe deficit of the post
al servi(*» from $17.47!«.77<> to $5,881,
4*2. a saving of ?1 1.?.!(s.'_!SS. Nor bas
this been accomplished by any curtail
ment of the service rendered to the pub
li>. nor by any increase of postal rates.
Even the proponed increase of rate on
«*-rtain second class matter was not
adopted and. on the other hand, there,
bas been I steady increase of the un
profitable rural free deliveiy. Such an
achievement is a striking demonstra
tion of the Increased efficiency of Re
publican administration, an eSdency
which is obviously tbe result of experi
ence it' the handling of a great business
enterprise.
Those who are tempted to attach Im
portance to Democratic promises of
economy would do well to stop and pon
der this Republican performance in that
line
THE INDUSTRIOUS A XT.
Dr. Percy L.. Jones, an American army
surgeon stationed in the Philippines, has
discovered that a certain species of ants
there, as yet unelassiff-d by entomolo
gists, feeds by preference on th*» iarv»
of fli*>p. Us Industry In th«» storage of
this form of food being BO prreat that
wherever It Is found files are comparat
ively scarce. Nor do the potentially
useful gastronomicul preferences of this
Epeciei top here, tor Dr. Jones further
reports that it is also the enemy, or tho
lover, according to the point of view, of
another world-wide Insect plague, eu-
Phomlstically known in England as
•'Norfolk-Howard-"/' and entomologi
caily as cimem Uxtuianva.
Th* fly killing nt may prove to bo
of sreat service to mankind as a sani
tary agent, and yet. as Dr. Jones re
mind, us. experience has show* that
the destructive propensities .of such pest
hunters are not always strictly confined
to the pests themselves. There is the
sparrow, for instance. Ha therefore ad
vises that the other habits of the creat
ure be studied closely before an attempt
is made to introduce it Into countries
where the fly is a menace to health. .lt
might have a taste for wood, like other
tropical insects.
While awaiting: further reports as to
the advisability of its free introduction
here and elsewhere as a fly chaser, some
prudent way might be found of utilizing
this ant's other taste- It might be do
mesticated, trained to live in small
ho*es, for instance, and made part of
the outfit of every traveller, who could
turn it loose at nljrbt and whistle it
back to its box in the morning, thus se
curing for himself a peaceful nights
rest in primitive lodgings away from
the main-travelled roads and the liquid
and powdered defences of civilization.
Mr Dix,has said little but his friends
are likely to feel that the little was too
much.
A new organization has been formed
hy the Texas Democrats who want to re
tire Senator Joseph W. Bailey to private
life. Mr. Bailey loves a fight, but the
nareconctlable opposition at home to his
aspirations to become a national leader
may get on his nerves and induce him to
carry out his dreadful threat of migrat
ing to some more appreciative state.
A man shall be known by the partners
he has.
With exports of pork products amount
ing to $25,000,00f> a year. Ireland ought
not to be the most distressful country
that ever yet was seen.
Japan considers that the needs of naval
expansion and the losses caused by this
year's floods will make it necessary to
abandon or at least to suspend her sink
ing fund. That will not compromise her
solvency nor greatly Impair her credit,
but It will cause much regret fend some
little apprehension.
People who say that the United States
will become a monarchy on March 4,
1913. unless Mr. Dix is elected Governor
of this state next month may take them
selves seriously for a few fleeting min
utes. After March 4. 1913, they will feel
as silly in their own estimation as they
look to an observant and level-headed
public now.
To judge from the murmurings of the
hp.Febali crowd In Chicago, that city's
winter of discontent broke beforp Indian
summer in the rest of the country was
half over.
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
The late David B. Hill was a total ab
stainer, as his acquaintances well remem
ber. At a public dinner up the state, a f<*w
years ago. Mr. Hill was the guest of honor.
As the ex-Senator sat down he turned his
wine glass upside down and, smiling across
the table at his secretary, Peter J. Man
wilier, remarked: "Remember your doty,
Peter." "What does the Senator mean,
'Pete'?" asked a newspaper man. "You
know he doesn*} drink, smoke or cusp," re
plied Manwiller, "and he expects me to do
all three for him."
"Paw. what's a pretzel?'
"A cracker the cramp?, my son.
Now go to bed."— St. Joseph News-Press.
A well dressed woman standing Just in
side of a pay-a3-you-en?.'r car taking
fares from passengers was recently one
of New York's queer scenes. On enter
ing the car the woman dropped a ST>
cent pieca into the fare box by mis
take. Tlip conductor saw the error, but
said he could do nothing in the matter.
"Very well." said the woman, "t will get
my twenty cents from the next four pas
sengers" She explained the situation to
the first man who boarded the car. took
his nickel, saw that the fare was rung
up and stood her ground till the chance
to which she was entitled was collected.
THE CAI'SE.
What has mused the fall of romance,
What has darkened all our dreams?
What has paled the glowing sunset?
What has d lined the .^w^efe.^t themes?
Has a microbe new attacked us?
Does a fresh bacillus lurk?
Oh. th» causp is very simple —
It's the victous germ of work!
How <-an romance chord with tilling?
How can wearied tissues dream?
When a life la constant moiling
How ran sunceta hold their gleam?
Hands th.it reach for sordid treasure.
Head* where crafty sHieminps lurk;
There's no chance for dreams or romance
Pitted 'gainst the g<>rn of work'
— < 'leveland Plain Dealer.
In the audience at one of the theatres a
few nights ago were two navy sailors. At
the end of the first act they w^nt out "to
Sf-e what time it was" and look at the elec
tric signs, and when their investigation was
over they returned to the wrontj playhouse,
where their return checks were valueless.
The white light must have affected their
bump of locality, for they landed at the
wrong place again. Determined, however,
to see a show, they walked to the next
theatre, bought tickets and at the door told
of their adventure, phowing the supposedly
useless return checks. They were surprised
to hear that they had accidentally found
the place wh^re they had seen one act. and.
thanks to their uniform, had the money
for one pair of tickets refunded. Over
joyed at their luck, they concluded to
have another look at the signs, and when
the performance was over they had not yet
returned to make use of their passes.
Scribbles -Let m*» see. what's the old eay
intc about taking care of the pennies?
Dribbles— Take car*' of your pennies and
your heirs will fight over your dollars—Chi
cago News.
"The man in Dcs Molnes. lowa, who in
tends to sue the Fabre Steamship Com
pany for a part of the passage money paid
by his brother, who died two. days out from
Naples, bound for New York, may he
unique." said a steamship officer, "but wo
have raearda of some queer claims some
what like it. A few years ago a ship was
caught in a winter hurricane, and after
the passengers knew that the danger was
past they adopted resolutions thanking the
captain and crew, saying in part. 'While
we recognize in our delivery the hand of
the merciful God. we return thanks to
Captain X. and his crew.' etc, Only on«
flrbt cabin passenger refused to sign the
document, which was given to tho captain,
because he wanted to sue the company.
His claim was for drying and pressing
clothes at- Liverpool which had become
soaked in the time of danger."
Vicar's "Wife— i m sorry to see you com
ing away from the public house so often.
Priggs.
Ulacksmith— Yes'm. They won't let me
stay there two minutes. As toon as I get
set down comfortable like, somebody's «ure
to want a Job done, and out 1 has to come
again.— Punch.
The eeventy-flfth birthday of a resident
of the upper West Side was celebrated lam
week at the home* of a granddaughter, who
had Invited, among others, four of her
grandfather's boyhood frlendH. The grand
daughters, who act««t as waitresses, wen
drt-seM In before-the-war etyle. There
was a tiny homemade newspaper at each
plat*, containing v brief mention Of th»
great happenings in New York "sine*
grandpa wa s a baby." Conspicuous among
these were ' the big nr e. the world's fair,
the cablo celebration, the draft riots "and •»
on down the line to the Roosevelt recep
tion.
Purchaser-Please give me the two seats
th Box ha onee P °=f l b^sT bu?* the married
couples' pair* are all sold. Cleveland
Leader.
NATION'S HIGHEST TRIBUNAL
Supreme Court Discussed in Its Rela
tion to the Constitution.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: This is an age of criticism. Every
man demands for hinwelf. and rightly so.
the use of this power. One criticises ex
travagance in the expenditure of public
funds; another criticises the. wholesale giv-
Ing and receiving of bribes in political life;
another criticises the actions and utter
ance of the Preaident-in fact, we criticise
every person and everything we desire.
Nothing is thought of this, but when one
arises and criticises the Supreme Cerart
and its decisions, what a howl goes up from
the. very lips which are most free In the
use of this right!
Let us be fair. Why is it any more harm
ful to criticise the Supreme Court than the
President? The Supreme Court renders de
cisions free from all bias. It is absolutely
impartial, and merely interprets what the
Constitution says. If there is an evident
and continued sentiment of the majority
against any decision of the court, when the
decision is rendered absolutely In conform
ity to the written law. the only way to
remedy the matter 13 by changing the Con
stitution.
The authors of that document were wise
men, but we must remember they lived
some years ago. and life in the country at
that time differed greatly from the life of,
the twentieth century. . The country was
mainly agricultural: there were no railroad
systems binding the colonies together, no
great steamship corporations plying their
boats between the different ports; trolley
cars and trolley systems were unheard of:
Insurance companies, as we know of them,
were not existent-in fact, the very indus
tries which have brought about our com
plex industrial conditions did not exist.
What would be laatiee then might, under
our altered conditions, he rank injustice to
day. If our Supreme Court Justices render
their decisions according to the reading of
the. Constitution, let us admire them, and
1 when we believ« it needs amendment direct
cur criticism toward the instrument, which
In many ways has outgrown its usefulness.
THE REV. CLINTON DURANT DRUMM,
Flshkill. N. T . Oct. 20. 1910.
MURPHY'S CHOICE FOR GOVERNOR.
To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir : It is well understood that the choice
of Mr. Dix as candidate for Governor of the
State of New York la the work of the chief
tain of Tammany Hall.
Mr. Dix may be a very worthy man, for
anything I know to th<° contrary, both so
cially and morally, tut his business train
ing is altogether inadequate to fit him for
the important and highly responsible duties
required from a Governor of th<» Stats of
New York.
I am an older man than Mr. Dix. had a
first class education, have had twenty-five
years' experience as a paper maker in the
same line as Mr. Dtx, but I should feel my
self utterly incapable of tackling a job like
that of Governor of this state.
Mr. Murphy did not choose Mr. Dix for
his fitness for the duties, but for the ac
complishment of his own selfish purposes.
In point of "fitness" one of the three tailors
of T'oley street would have answered
equally well.
Apart, from all this, a man encaged in
business la not the man for Governor, but
a man like Mr. Stinison. who can devote
all his time and talent to the work. Mr.
Stimson Is pre-eminently the man for Gov
ernor of New York State.
A BROOKLTNITE.
Brooklyn, Oct. 13. l'U'V
THE COURTS AND THE PEOPLE.
To the Editor of Th» Tribune.
Sir : Colonel Roosevelt is foolishly
charged with kingly aspiration', and those
who so talk and write, seem to have ele
\ate<i the. United States Supreme Court to
the throne. Is the court above th* law,
above criticism? Or has "The People."
t.he supposed sovereign in this land, the
right to criticise its own servants'*
Brooklyn. Oet IS. 151*. W. N. BUSH.
HOW HE WAS SELECTED.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I note that, in reply to The Trib
une. William Barnes, jr.. said that he had
been selected for the state committee by
the Republicans of his district. This is
not so. When Barnes wea elected to the
state committee originally, he was not se
lected by the Republicans of the county.
There were then four Assembly districts,
and his opponents carried throe of them
and ho carried one. At midnight, however,
he succeeded in holding a sidewalk caucus
and inducing the secretary of one of the
districts, which was clearly against him. to
refuse to sign the returns.
On this cooked up deal he elected con
teMins delegate.*, an<l, as Platt was then
in control, he hud th« contest referred to
th-> committee on contested seats, and ar
ranged that it should decHe in Baraes'l
fivor. This pave Barnes only the delegates
from two districts and left half of the dele
gates ag.iinst him. No state committeeman
was therefore chosen, as the delegates were
evenly divided. Then, under Flatfa direc
tion, the state committee named Barnes k s
the member for the Albany district, and he
has bepn there ever since until his recent
resignation.
VOTER WITH A MEMORY.
Albany. Oct. li», 191".
THE MIRACLES OF HOLY WRIT.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Bolton Hall, In his attack on what
he calls "the tomfoolery of dogma.'" ha-s
given us another illustration of shoe
makers' children going barefooted. It Bol
ton Hall, "Bob" Ir.gersoll end many other
ministers' eons had been properly trained
they would not revile the Scriptures that
t! • ir fathers spent their lives in trying to
uphold
Why doubt the miracles? Can a hard
headed Scotchman reason with God? Who
said. "Your thoughts are not my thoughts"?
< 'an a dog comprehend what a man Is
doing when a man is reading? And is there
not a wider gap between Ood and man
than between man and dog? We know that
finite man cannot comprehend innnito
Dfcity. and hence miracles are possible.
If the miracles are false, the New Testa
ment i.^ t till of falsehood. Je: us la either
the worst of Impostor* or He Is Go-1. H>
1.4 not simply a man, for no good man
would atsert he was God. J«-i*as never Ist!
a written word, never asked a follower t>
record a single ssnteilPa. tor He knew whit
He had lived, an 1 done could not
perish walk) man existed.
The follower of Jesus is sometimes
laughed at, and so was Jesus when He said
the maiden was not dead, but asleep. The
followers of Jesus must take up His cross
and labor for the salvation of an ungrateful
world. CREDO.
Flushing. Long Inland. Oct. 16. 1910.
BY PERJURY.
From The New Orleans Times-Demo, t it
A newsp.iper correspondent In the Far
EaM writes home that many Japans— llt .
cnmmHtinK suicide te escape the m\ bur
den If the half that is told be trus, n..t
.i i.v Americana escape by coauntMon of
let-b sel lolls Offal
THE POINT OF VIEW.
From The Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Mr. Bryan can bolt a friend for principle,
hut th» friend who bolts Mr. Bryan is a
scoundrel in league with the power* of
darkness and reeking the destruction of the
country. The point of view Is a great help
People and Social Incident*
AT THE WHITE HOUSE,
(From The Tribune Bureau 1
Washington, Oct. 21.— The President held
his first Cabinet meeting since til» return
to Washington to-day. Th« Secretary of
War, who Is in Europe, and the Secretary
of the Navy, who i 3 on an inspection tour
on the Pacific Coast, were the only ab
sentees from the meeting, Many subjects
v.-ero discussed, including the political]
situation throughout the country, especial
ly in Ohio and New York: department
matters, and Mr. Taffs annual message to
Congress in December. •
President Taft will leave Washington on
Monday, November 7. for Cincinnati, to
vote on Election Day. November 8. return
in? to Washington the morning of the sth.
Th« President will leave Washington the
afternoon of Wednesday, the »th. for
Charleston. S. C. where he will sail on th«
battleship Tennessee for Panama about
noon of November 10. Though not defin
itely derided. it Is possible that Mr? Taft
will accompany the President.
Among the President's callers were Sena
tor Cullom. who discussed Illinois appoint
ments; William E. S. Griswold. secretary
of the Railway Stock and Bond Commis
sion authorized at the last session of Con
gress, and E. C Snvder, John G. Capers.
Henry M. Camp and P. I*. Townsend. repre
senting the National League of Republican
Clubs, who urged the President to Issue in
Executive order permitting government em
ployes to go home to vote In November
without violating the. Civil Service rules.
Mrs. Taft and Miss Helen Taft are ex
pected to arrive at the White House to
morrow.
THE CABINET.
[From Th» Tribune Bureau.]
Washington. Oct. — The Secretary of
State entertained the Mayor of Tokto at
luncheon to-day and had as other guests
the Attorney General, the Postmaster Gen
eral, the Japanese. Ambassador. David J.
Foster, General John A- Johnston. Colonel
Spencer Cosby. Henry M. Hoyt. counsellor
for the State Department: H. Per^val
Dodge, chief of the Far Eastern Division
of th* State Department: Ransford F. Mil
ler, chief of the. Division of I.atm-Ameri
can Affairs, and Charles F. Wilson
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
From The Tribune Bureau.]
Washington, Oct. 21 —The Japanese Am
bassador and Baroness Uchida entertained
the Mayor of Toklo and Mme. Osaki at
dinner to-niatht and invited guests to meet
them.
The German Ambassador and Countess
yon Bernstorff will arrive at the embassy
here on Wednesday. Count yon Wedel.
counsellor and Charge d' Affaires, and
Countess yon Wedel. Commander Retz
mann, naval attach*, and other members of
the staff will arrive to-morrow to open the
embassy. A. C. Horstmann. an attache,
arrived to-day.
The Minister from The Netherlands and
Mme. Loudon will open the legation here
the middle of next month on their return
from Mexico.
The new minister from Norway. H. H.
Bryn, who succeeds O*S CM* who died In
this country in the summer, has reached
Washington.
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
Long island is en fete to-day m connec
tion with the opening of the great interna
tional aviation meet at Belmont Park, and
numerous house parties are being given in
connection therewith. Comte Jacques de
Lesseps. with his brother and sister. is
among the foreign aeronauts who are- re
ceiving the largest amount of attention on
the part of society. The Turf and Field
Club, at Belmont Park. will I e crowded to
day, especially at the luncheon hour, when
the resources of the organization will bo
taxed to the uttermost.
Several weddings of note are scheduled
for to-day. Among them is that of Miss
Emily Rosalind Fish, daughter of Hamil
ton Fish, to John W. Cutler, at St. Philip's
Church. Garrison-on-the-Hudson. It will
be followed by a reception given by the
bride's aunt. Mr?. Stuyvesant Fish, at her
country place at Garrison. The bridal at
tendants will include Miss Janetta Alexan
der. Miss Eleanor Mortimer, Miss Edyth
Deacon. Miss Helen Coster^ Miss Elizabeth
Cutting. Miss Dagmax Wetmore, Miss Hor
tense Rowland and Miss Jessie Thompson,
as well a3 the bride's sister. Miss Helena
Fish. Elliot C. Cutler will be the best
man, and the ushers will be Hamilton Fish,
jr.. Sidney W. Fish. Fulton Cutting, Roger
and George C. Cutler, Clarence L. Hay.
George B. Wagstaff. F. yon Stade, Charles
L. Appleton, Monroe D. Robinson. Francis
CAMPAIGN COMMENT.
1 /
IN A NUTSHELL.
From The Buffalo News.
Tammany is always a candidate. It is
organized for spoils, never for principles.
AND PROBABLY NOT THE LAST.
From The Pittsburg Dispatch.
Tammany and the interests are said to be
allied for the defeat of progressive policies.
Quite possible. It is not the first time for
either of them to be in bad company.
EXPERIENCE HASN'T TAUGHT HIM.
From The Syracuse Herald.
Alton B. Parker shows all the fatal per
tinacity of the -mail boy as regards his re
lations with the buzz saw.
IT DOESN'T LOOK THAT WAT.
From Th» Watertown Times.
The people are not going to turn down a
party that has reformed Itself, reorganized
Itself and in character and purpose stands
for just what they wanted it to stand for.
They are not going to turn backward from
the new political era. which they them
selves!, under the leadership of Governor
Hughes, have brought about. They are not
going to allow the undoing of what they
have done-
SOME FACTS.
From The Middtetown Times-Press.
Mr. Dix in his speech of acceptance prom
ised to drive the "Black Horse Cavalry"
out of Albany. The- Legislature will have
much more to say about the "Black Horse
Cavalry" than Mr. Dix will have, and the
Legislature. if the Democratic party is suc
cessful, will be under the control of the
men who voted for the acquittal of AIM*,
whom the Senate adjudged a "Black Hors«
Cavalryman."
THE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARDS.
From The Syracuse Post-Standard.
The Public Service Commissioners are ap
pointed for five years, the term of one
member of each commission expiring each
year. But to say that the next Governor
will have the appointment of only two out
of a membership of rive of each commis
sion is not stating the case completely.
The Governor ha» the power to remove
any member of the commissions at any
time. Comsent of the Senate is necessary
for appointment of commissioners, but not
for their removal All of which electors
will do well to remember In voting for
Governor.
A CHAU.FNiIE TO PARKER.
From The^ Rochester Demin-rat and Chron-
Ide
Let Judge Parker offer a defence, if he
can. for the surrender of the Democratic
organization to Murphy, or let him explain
how It happens that Mr. Dix advocates a
downward revision of the tariff while* fa
voring an increase in the duty on wall
paper. These two matters are live wires
in the present campaign. It Is a waste of
time for him to right th* battle of 1904 over
again. He cannot possibly reverse the ver
dict of the people in that contest.
GOVERNOR WHITE TO SPEAK.
Albany. Oct. 21.— Governor White has ac
cepted an Invitation to speak at the ban
quet of the New York Chamber of Com
merce at th« Waldorf-Astoria on Novem
ber. 17 He viM respond to the toast, "The
State of New York." i
M. Burr, F. Meredith Blagden and F. Jic-.
gan Gilbert. A special train will leave ti^
Grand Central Station at 10.45 o'clock tiu
morning tt> convey las guests to Garrison,
returning at 4 In the afternoon.
Another wedding la that of Miss ABsa
Louise Demorest to William Rufus Dav^j.
port! son of Mr. and Mrs. William Ch^
Davenport, of Taunton, Mass.. ta St Thcm
as*« Church, where the ceremony w».;i
performed by the r»ctor. the Rev. r>j.
Ernest M. Stire*. Afterward there *fl| !„
a reception at th* home of th» parssta* o #
the bride. Mr. and Mrs. William Curt£ :
Demorest. in East tßtl street.
. Still another wedding «•• fo- .-j ay
that of Miss Louise A. rroTbrid*- to Ljb.
ford M. Dickinson at the country piac* c .
her brother-in-law and st3t»r, Mr. arvt jj^
Frederic Gall.itin. Jr.. at Norotcn. C«sa>
Guests from town will be conveyed to Sq.
roton by a special train.
Miss Marioa I* Firth, daughter of jfr*
John Firth, will be married to Garros
Throop Geer this morning In St. Payrj
Chapel, in lower Broadway.
Mrs. 11. Holbrcoic Curtta and M!*» Jijp.
jorie Curtis, who have been abroad thnna
the summer, are booked to sail from S»
rope for New York to-day.
Count Jacques de Le.«3eps returned to
town from Montreal yesterday for the Bel
mont Park aviation meet, and is at the*.
Regis.
Mrs. Oliver Cromwell and Miss "<mw^
have- arrived in toVn for a f<»w days «ai
are at the Plaza.
IN THE BERKSHIRES.
[By T«l*«rraph to Th» TtQhuml]
Lenox. Oct. 21.— Mr. and M.-3. Frederic
T. West have closed th»>ir villa In Ptas-
IsM and gone to Chicago.
Mrs. Biriseye Blakeman has closed ■-«
villa in Stockbrldse and will go to x»w
York to-morrow.
Mr. and Mr?. Sam I W. Bruishas. wh->
have been g:es's of Mr. sad Mrs. Ida
Inn°.« Kane at the Curtis HoM, wiU so ta
Newport »1 r: •
Frederic <le P. Foster and J. V. N. PhiUij.
who were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Giraud
Foster, have- returned to New York.
Mr? Charles Carroll Jackson, who ha*
been at the Lenox Club cottage for ti»
season. wil' return to New York to-morrow.
Mrs William H. Bradford and M."3 Lind
say Fairfax will close "Wayside on Novem
ber 2. and will spend the late arises at
th" Curtis Hotel.
Mrs. Cortlandt Field Bishop and Miss
Beatrice Bishop have gone to New Ycrlc
for th<» opening of the aviation nieet at
B*-lmor.t Park
Mr and Mr* T. Shaw Safe, who are at
the Hotel Aspiijwall. will return to New
port on Monday.
Mr?. Elisha Dyer. Mrs. Frederic Neilsots
and Louts S. Brugiere started to-: . for*
Newport.
Luncheons were given this afternoon v v*
Mrs. John Sloane. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ho!
lister Pease and M:" and Mrs. Datld Lydsj.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page, who
were with Mr.-. John Sloane. have 5039 t»
New York.
Mrs. William A. M. Eurd-n. who has
been spending the season at Dr. Francis P.
Klr.nicutt's cottage. D»epdene. will stars
on Monday for New York.
The Misses Charlotte and Cornelia ~'.ani«S
motored to New Marlboro to-day for ,
luncheon party given by Mr. a' 1 Its.
Harry Hoyt.
Mr?' John E. Alexandra has gone to Jfe*
York with the Misses Civilise and Anna R,
Alexandre.
.Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Lothrop A=e3
and Mrs. French Vanderbilt arrival a: thst
Curti3 Hotel by automobile this aftacajßßj
SOCIAL NOTES -FROM NEWPORT.
[By Telegraph to The Trtbu!?« J
Newport. Oct. 21.— and M.?. ETishSj
Dyer and Mrs. Frederic Neilson. who -^a^si
been visiting at Lenox, will r°turn to-saaat
row.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. French E. CHas«
wick have returned from a visit at Hast*
ings on th© Hudson.
Professor Henry Marlon Hall. Mrs. Flor
ence Howe Hall, Mrs. Laura Ellzafc«tlx
Richard** and Mr. and Mrs. John Eliots
have returned from Boston.
Mrs. William Grosvenor is to give a daae»
to-morrow evening.
Milton F. Baisjsi has arrived to take
sister. Miss Edna Barker, 111 1 H■: Sprtess,
Va., next week.
Major Edmund J. Curley la r^ac at
George B. De Forest.
PRINCE TO VISIT NEW YORS
Brother-in-Law of German Emperor is
St. Paul, on the Way to This City.
St. Paul. Oct. n.— Princ© Frterfrich Ait**
ander yon fjssssa, whose ■wife, -gsna»
is sister of the Emperor of Grrrr.any. V
rived last nisht from Duluth. aceoir.paslsi
by Baron Scbenk and five oth*:r 'eats,
and Chairman James J. Hill an.l Presides:
Louis W. Hill si the Great Northern Baa
road.
""We are making a private trip t£ros£a
the United States." the prince* said. "*•
have been hunting In Canada for six weeix
It is» a beautiful country, and : am gr«3i!T
Impressed with what I have •<?" of &•»
United States. I expect to stay in .-:. Pw*
two days and then so East, by way of CK
rago. to New York. and. take a steamer £•
Germany."
DR. JOSEF REDLICH HT7«f
Vienna Professor Seriously Injured &
St. Louis Auto Smash.
St. Louis. Oct. 2L— Dr. Josef KedlicX B*»
fessor of political economy at the Unr»« I> *
«lry of Vienna, was seriously inj-jr^d •*
day when an automobile la which -• *■•
rtdinff was In collision with a streetcar. 1*
addition to numerous cuts and brui*** ■•
left wrist was broken and It Is feared $*
la Internally injured.
WEBSTER ESTATE fl.OfsVstf
Lawyer's Son and Widow Kan«i »•
Only Heirs to the Estate
The report of dM appraisal of th» ests**
of Sidney Webster, a well known atsßßa*
: tlonal lawyer, who died on Mar • last.
filed in th» Surrogates* office yesterfaJV
j showing a net real and personal ' t * t *' *»
ItMsajaßia Mr. Webster's gro*» «**^
amounted Is ■JHL'SIti deductions »>«^
mad» for debts, administration expense*
and executors* fees. : . "
The personal estate of Mr. VT***ttt c«
ststed chiefly of railroad securities. JvJJ
principal holdings being 163 shares of > c
York. New Haven .v Hartford. C 34 - 51^^
shares of Southern Pacific common. * lv " *
and 600 shares of Southern F*ciAa pre
j ferred. H7.SOL The- testator bad *_ «^
j balance, with Au«u*p Belmont & c *
i SI3.ZS2. »*« real estate, consisting «
i home at No. :»S East t:th «tre«C •*•
; ued at $55,000. *j,
The entire estate was divided t>#t "'*2B»
widow. Mrs. Sarah M F. Webster. *■■
son. Hamilton Fish Webster. altHou*3 -
Webster gave- to Mi* wifa IB 1*» W * j^.
of sift the- personal property wblca ■•
[ her in Ma will. '
KEEPING THEIR POWDER &**
From The Washington Star. *?&*
None of the Republican leader* *» ; c t
York are disposed to permit j^X.nrfl* 1
overconfldenca to JeopardiJS taw r_.