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VOTING STRAIGHT.
One surprising result of the election
was the cloa_a.Bg of tba votes ln this
Ftate for Sul/.er an.l Wilson. Governor
Wilson raeatrad <'47,ir>6 votes m:rl Mr.
iSulzer recelved _00,11& Thall plurali?
ties were. for Governor Wilson, '-'"?'.
863; for Mr. Sulzer, 206,670. Thus they
^ere only 3.000 apart on the popuhir
roie and only 1,000 ap.'irt iu plurali?
ties. More4?ver, this close equallty
exlsts ln Ppite of the fact that one can?
didate wns a Tammany man. the repre
aentatlve of a party wbaa_ adiulnis
tratlon of the state had been scan
dalously dlsappointing, while the other
was free from that weaknoss, and also
ln splte of the fact that they were on
eeparate ballots.
With the separate ballots the prentor
weakness of Mr. Sulzer as a candidate
would have been expected to show It
uelf. Yet apparently tha support of the
two Democratic candidates was sub
etantlaliy the same. There was, no
doubt, some splitting of votes, but it
?was almost exactly balanml between
the candidates, and substantially every
one who had made up bls mind to vote
the Democratic ticket vnted the whole
of it without discrimination. In fact
less di8criminatlon was exercised wlth
the separate ballots and separate mark
ing required than has usually been
Khown tn natlonal elections. It has not
been an uncommon thlng in the past
for a guc-ggg-l-i candidate for Governor
in New York to run from 50,000 to
7.V?oo behind the gu_LBB__-l candidate
i.i- President on the same ticket, though
lt was ewrt to rota for both by a
siiurle mark. It was beeause of this
common dift'erenee that the Democratic
luirty eanaed the present system of
separate ballots to be adopted, their
cnndJdata f..r Gforarnor usually eom
Ing aenrai' to eaiTjrlng the state ln a
Praa-dentJaJ yetir than their candidate
rorPrea-dent Inylawof theweakness
<,f the I?.'iii...'r:itic party under Mur?
phy rule it wits predi.ted that lt would
suffor from the devlee by which it
had BXpectC- to benefit. Bvt no effect
can be u_a_rr_d.
Kvidcntly the dispo?ith>n to vote
stralght cannot be overcome merely by
compellinc B voter to make two mnrks
instead of one. As a sovereign remedy
for undiscrimlnatinj; and uninttdliizent
votlng the separate ballot seems to
have been overrated.
ANTI-TYPHOID MEASURES.
The proposal of the Health Depart?
ment of this city to provlde free inoo
ulatlon, not "vacdnatlon." wlth antl
typhoid sertim, not "vacclne," to all
who desire lt marks an lnterestina; and
promlslng new step in the generally
jndlclous and efficlent campalsm which
that department of the municipal gov?
ernment ls conducting for the puhlie
good. It ls not an entlre novelty. for
the work has already been undertaken
ln a few other communltles; but New
York will be one of the flrst cities, and
the flrst large city, to adopt the sys?
tem. The practlce will not be ln any
respect compulsory, and it will be of
Interest to observe how many people
take advantace of lt voluntarily to se
cure for themselvcs practical immu
rdty agalnst one of the most inlschiev
ous of all human allment.s.
There Is abundant ground for an
tidpatlng favorable raaultg from the
practlce. The first extenslve trial of
lt was made more than ten years ago
ln the Brltlsh army in the Boer War.
There, among B?_7_ men who were inoe
ulated. there were 121 cases of typhold,
wlth 3 deaths; while among 0.010 men
simllarly siruated but not inoculated
there were 1*7 cases and 2(5 deaths.
That rei?ord aaj regarded as convinc
lng, and lnoculation ls now practised
tlirouuhout the British army. In the
I'nlted States army it was long ago
made opti'.nril, nnd lt was made com?
pulsory for all men under forty-flve
years of age at the tlme of the mass
tag of tha troops near the Mexican
IT4.ntier. witli hiL'hly cratif\imr results.
It may ba addad that ln ad.lition to
preyentive inwulatlon there is a siini
lar treatnieiit for the cure of persons
already nfllicted with the dise:ise. How
successful this has been is indicattil
by the statistlcs of the bospitals of
Parla. There Professor fhatitemesse
at the Bast-OO Hoopttai, in six years
admlnistered serum to lyOOO tyjihoid
Iintlents, of whom 43, or 4.3 per cent.
dled. In the same perlod the otlier
bospitals treatad without lnoculation
5,621 patients. of whom M\ or 17 pi-r
cent, dled.
While, howeyer. this agathod of deal
Ing witli typhoid is t<? be hopefully re?
garded. It is still better to take ef
ferilve mcaaarag for nverting danger of
litfwtlon wltb typhold garuiB by pr..
tact-Dg food and drink from contamlna
tion. How well this ?in be done w.-is
lllUHtraf(>d by the .Jap.-mese army dur?
ing the Buselan w:ir. Before thut time
arnib's ln the field had been accus
toined, as a matter of course, to loslng
more men from B-Ck-MBNB, mostly from
epidemlcs of communii-able dlReases,
thnn from wounds; and typhold alone.
which was always ono of tho wor.*t of
camp dlaaaaaa, frequently killed more
mon than foll in butllo. Hot of the
600,000 mon in tho Japanese army only
l.'J-l por cont dlod from cominunienble
fllnniffa. nnd lo an army of lOO.iXK)
the n- wore ln slx months only 35 case3
Of typhoid; while in the Brltlsh army
ln Se.nth Afrie*a, which dld not take the
pnvaiitions which the Japnnese adopt
e-d, 81,000 wore invalldod home with
tbat disease. The flrst line of defence
should thoroforo be to keop sewace out
of water and flles off food. The second
should t,o to filter, boil or otherwls,*
sti-rilizo suspocted water and food.
Tho third may well be inoculatlon.
Within those three lines no case of
typhoid should be able to penotrate.
IN THE FAMILY.
GrOrentOf Dix is in some respeets a
fortonata man. And he is clearly n
rallflooa one. He keeps in mind the
Scrlpturnl injunction: "But lf nny pro
"vlde not for hls own, and specially
"for those of hls own house, ho hath
"donted the faith, and ls worse than
"nn inildol." Most men in tho GfOT**
ornor's chalr when they had high of
fioes to fill would flnd it necessary to
]<?,k far and wide in search of quali
fied experts. Governor Hughes, when
he wanted an expert on traftic for the
Publlc Servlce Commlssion, had to
?end to the Intorstnte Comiueroe Com
nilsslon for one. When he wanted a
State Historian he had to go to l uni
renrtj to flnd a man of the reqiiired
Irainlng. But Governor Dix is in net
tor liiok. Ha cnn flnd ln hls own fam?
lly and business circle qualiticatlons
for any post. Thereby he sorves the
state and exercises thnt most porfect
of all charlty whleh begins at home.
When he needed an Historian all he
had to do was to pick up a nelghbor
and fellow trust company director,
whose emlnent fltness would have been
overlooked by any body else. Another
trust company assoclate was Just tbe
man the state wanted, and but for hlm
would have missed. for a Superinten
dent of Banks. When he had to retlre
from the state committee he bad hls
own business parrner available to keep
hls party in the right path, and when
there waR a vacancy in the Publlc
Servioe Commission he did not have
to look abroead, for he was well assured
that there could be no man more fit
for the job than that same Mr. Hup
puch. Now that the Dix wall paper
business requires Mr. Huppuch's at?
tention the state ls saved from irrep
arablo loss in hls retlrement through
the Govemor's jxessession of a conven?
lent brother in-law. He ls ready for
all emergencles. The Confederates
used to say of General Sherman that
there was no use in desrroying rail?
road tunnels in front of blm because
he carried duplicate tunnels in hls
equiptnent. So with Governor Dix;
vacancles are no trouble. He always
has relatlves or business partners at
command.
Brother-in-law Douglas is a modest
man, and he never let anybody out
sido the famlly know of his fltness for
this oflice. Probably no outaider ever
?suspected lt. Hls faralllarity wlth
lumber barges and the schooner trafflc
of Albany is perhaps known to some
extent, but his expert knowledge of
railroad affairs had not been under
stood, and no other Governor would
have been likoly to light upon hlm.
Tho state is therefore fortunnte In
havlng Governor Dix still ln offlce to
make the dlscovery. It ls also fortu
nate in the Governor's superlorlty to
nppenranoes. Washington would not
nppoint a nephew to a high offlce
whleh others thought he deserved, and
rightly, as was proved when the next
/idminlstratlon appolnted hlm to sorve
for more than a quarter of a century
as one of the most revered Justices of
the Supreme Court Washington was
?wrong and Governor Dix Ir right.
Tle rises euperlor to complalnta of
nepotism.
Mr. Sulzer may perhnps feel the sltu?
ation embarrassing. He must accept
the brother-in-law and nominate hlm
to the Senate. or in turnlng hlm down
seem to be disoourteons to his prede
cessor and blind to snperlor merit. But
even if he does want the place for
somebody else he should reflect thnt
the Dlx famlly has had a "raw deal"
from Murphy and that lt ought to be
allowed to save *?oraetblng from the
?wreck of Its hopes.
BALKAN MAP MAKING.
The probabillty, which ls almost a
certninty, that the Balkan war will
restdt ln some important changes of
national boundnry lines has naturally
set the speculative map makers to
work wlth zest and lngenulty. The
ohief difflculty ln the problem of trans
forn^pg the map of that part of Eu
rope Ir ln the inextrlcable commlngling
of races, creeds, tongues and historlc
olalms. It would be impossible to
divide Macedonia alone, not to men
tion other lands, on lines of race,
eraad, lansruage or historlc tltle through
former soverelgnty. The best that can
be done ls to make the apportlonment
aecordlng to majoritles, but whether
that will prove -entlrely and perma
nontly sntisfactory Is a matter of
doubt.
One particularly well lnformed au
thoriry thinks thnt Servia wlll take
half of Novibaznr, as far as the Llm
River, and Old Sorvla?meanlng ohiefly
the vilayet of Kossovo. Montenegro
wlll tnke the rest of Novibazar nnd the
Mallssori country almost to Janina,
whie-h means the vilayet of Scutarl
and parts of Monnstir and Janina.
Qraaea wlll have southweRtem Mace?
donia and "all of Eplrus," which would
menn the rest of Monastlr and Janina,
and would apparently overlap eonsld
orably upon Montonegro's shnre. Bul?
garia Is to have the eastern part of
Mneedonia. There ls left a central
strip of Macedonia. the Vardar Valley.
which it ls suggested may go to Sor?
vla. glvlng her an outlet to the sea,
provlded that Austrla-Hungary assents
-that being the road to Salonlca
whie-h Au6trla-Hungary has long cov
eted.
How far this plan falls short of re
storlng historlc boundarles may be
soon when wo reinember that the old
Servlan Empire, which endural for
more than two centuries and which
had aclvillzntion compnrable with that
of the most advanced Europtefin states,
comprised practically all of Albania.
Kpirus and Macedonia, nearly all of
Bulgaria and more than half of Aus
trla-Hungary. The Bulgarian Emplre.
which preeeded the Servlan, renched
from the Black Sea to tba Adriati*'
and from Thessaly to Po.and, and bad
at Preslav a capital which rivallod
Constantinople Itself, its clvlllzation.
aecotdi-C to Glbbon. rankins wlth tho
best ln Europe. Of course. any full
restoratlon of such sovereignties is
now impossible, but the questlon h
how far lt ls possible to go ln that
dlrectlon. The chief obstncle to a satls
faetorj adjustment ls doobUaoo in tho
attitude of Austria-Humrary. That
power is apparently resolvod to troat
Servia as Russla treated Poland. By
selzlng the Servlan provinces of Bos
nia and Herzogovlna she has preveute<l
Sorvla from roachlng the sea In that
dlrectlon and from regalnlng an Uopor
tant part of her old ilonialn. aud now
she ls trying to prevent Servia from
taking any part of Novibazar or Al?
bania. which would raenn that she
could not reach the sea in that dlrec?
tlon and. indeed. could oot ndd to her
territory at all. But Um Balkan map
may be remade by tho Balkan powors
without outslde dlctatlon.
RED CROSS IN THE BALKANS.
The appeal of the Amerto-an Red
Cross for aid in mlnlstoring to the
Kiifrerors from the war in tho Balkans,
whleh we published yesterday, un
doubtedly does not exnggorate ihe se
rlooaoeai of conditions there. A wln?
ter war nnywhere is partlcularly try?
ing, and even with the most parfod
equlpment great hardshlps would be
inovitnble. But the Bnlkan winter is
severe. and on both sides the armies
are wofully lacklng in the means of
transportatlon, in food and ln moelleal
supplies. Moreover, the contest has
already becomo feroclous ln eharacter.
Itaclal and rellglous blftcniesa may
lead to outbreaks of savagory, and
there can be no doubt of the obllcntle.n
of the civillzed world to take pronipt
nieasures to care for the wounded and
sirk on both sldes nnd preparo to meet
any eall of humanity which may arise
from this culmlnatlon of the Iga-IO-f
struggle between Chrisfinn and Mos?
lem.
The American Red Cross, owing to
our distance from the scene of con?
flict, wlsely refralns from sendlng ex
pedltlons to the front. Thnt bT-OCh of
the work Is attended to by the r.uro
penn organlzatlons. But the AflMrt*
canR are called on to back up their
fellow workers. Aid la raodOFOd lm
partlnlly to the coinl.atants e.n !><>th
sides, but any porson esivoelally int<T
ested ln asslsting elther can di*slgnato
the dlrectlon In which his contribinion
Fhall be used and his wishes wlll be ob
served. It is to be hoped, for the on*.lit
of America, that the treasurer, Mr.
Jacob H. Sehiff, of No. ,r>2 William
Btreet, in this city. wlll be able to re?
port llberal glfta from our country to
this work for humanity.
THE COST OF NAVIES.
The manner in whleh Great Brltiiln
ls Beeking to malntain tho "two power
standard" in her navy is indieate.1 ln a
Parllamontnry return whleh has just
heon made, and which also (oddootallj
throws some suggestivo llght upon our
own naval polley. The demand has
been that Great Brltain shall koe>p nor
navy equal ln strongth to those e>f any
other two powers BOttad tho Cnlted
States belng generally ennitted from
the reckonlng. That would naturally
mean that Great Brltain must spond as
mueh yearly on her navy as any other
two powors put together; anel that, if
the Cnlted States he left out, sho ap?
pear* to be dolng. Thus ln IM3-1I
the chief naval powors are speuding
for all naval purposos tho following
sums :
Great Brltain.$225,377,00,)
Germany . 113,047,700
France . 90,411710
Russla . SS,406,o,'i5
Japan . 47.I09.0SS
Italy . 42.K37.62r,
Austrla-Hungary . _9.1.,fi?,K40
Unlted States. 132.700.096
Great Brltain ls thus sponding mueh
more than any other two powers with
America omitted, and prnctlcally twlce
as mueh ns her DOOnat e-nmpotltor,
wlth the same omission. The-so flgarea
do not, however, for obvlous roasons
provlde a measure of aetunl lneroase
of naval strength. More to the porpoaa
are those of the approprlations for now
construction, whleh show daddedly
dlfferent comparisons. Onilttlng Italy.
whose figures are not DOW avallahlo,
these approprlations are as follows:
Great Brltain.JS6.3r,7,635
Germany . -7,465,9.15
France . 84,9X7,910
Russla . 34,146,600
Austrla-Hungary . IR,125,000
Jnpan . 16.44K.98r.
Unlted States. 24,990,726
These latter figures show that Ger?
many is spendlng far more for new
shlps, proportionatoly to her whole bud
get, than Great Brltain anel that Great
Britaln ls sponding considorably lOOa
for construction than oithor Germany
and France or Germany nnd Russla,
whlle she fnlls far short of sponding
twlce as mueh as Germany. Of marked
Interest to Amerlcans wiii be the fact
that of all natlons we are sponditi;.
proportionntely to the whole naval
budget by far the loast for new shijis.
We are spendlng ,r*0 per cent more on
our navy than Russla on hers, yet
Russla ls spendlng 37 per ceut more
for new shlps than we. nnd whlle we
are spendlng nearly ono-sixth more on
our navy than Germany. Germany de
votes more than twlce as much as we
do to new construction. In these cases
a part of the explanation ls that Rus
sia'fl chief naval work Just now is the
bulldlng of new shlps, and that Ger?
many also ls stralninjr every nerve and
sacrlflcing everything else to lneroase
the number of her ships, whlle she has
fewer navy yards to malntain and a
much ahorter const line to look after.
It ls well known that all classes of
men ln our navy get mueh better pay
than those of other countrles, which
Amerlcans will not begrudge. Nor will
thoughtful men object to our greater
expenditures foraramunitlon for target
practice, seeing that thus our "men
I ehind the guns" are made the best
marksmen ln the world. Nevortheless,
the figures whleh we have quoted are
full of suggestlon as to what further
approprlations will be necessary lf our
navy is to be maintained at a sult
able relatlre strength.
It haa become evldent alnce the elec?
tion, lf lt waa not evldent before, that
the President commands the respect of
everybody whoae respect la worth hav?
lng.
B
We violate no confldence ln saying
that the Preaident-elect will recelve
more advice during the next few
montha than he wlU know what to do
wlth.
That third cup of coffee la likely to
get cold.
"Is lt a revolutlon?" asks "The Even?
ing Post." Of course lt ls, in thla day
of Huperfluoua language.
B
The name of Mustapha Pacha htis
been changed to Perdlnandova. Balkan
geography Ib hard enough now, but if
they nre golng to change the names
whlle the war Is still golng on tho case
la hopeleBa.
-B
Wilson ls ln a mlnorlty of about one
tenth of the total vote. Dlncoln at his
Brat election was In a mlnorlty of about
one-ilfth.-N'ew York World.
And that'a where the parallel ends.
B ' '
The colonel's flght on the Republican
party oeema to have brought about
the defeat of Oongres-sman Ixmgworth.
Still, Mr. Longworth can console him?
self wlth tho thought:
It's a wonderful thing, alr, to be aon-ln
To a very magnlflcent, three-tailM
Hashnw.
-????
The woman suffraglsts have reaaon
to feel Batisfietl with election resulta,
which added Kans.-.s. Mlchigan, Oregon
and Arlzona to their former holdlnga.
Whlle thla does not neccssarlly mean
that thry will hnve the rlght to vote ln
nll tho rest of tho states In the near
future. aa aome uf them predlct, the
fact that nothlng succeeds llke auccesa
ls not without wcight wlth leglslutora.
In lssulng his Thanksgiving Day
proclamatlon the President ls not with?
out Important peraonal reasons for
thankfulness; more and greater, per?
haps, than aome other consplcuous men
enjoy.
e
Llke the premature report ot Mark
Twain'a death, tho Hull Moose an
nounccmont of the death of the Repub?
lican party ls groatly exaggerat.'l.
_
These wlves are qtieer belngs?Justice
Planchard.
Is that ohitrr di<'tum or a funda
mental prlnclple of Jurisprudence?
In gecunylng the Island of Tenedos
the Greeks are causlng hlstf.ry to re
peat ltsolf. They occupled that Island
once before. with great effect, when
they were tigl.tlng not the tribe of Oth
man but the sons of Prlam.
-?
"Plll" Fllnn was the greatest moral
leader of them all.
The achool chlldren of Westflel.l,
N. J., who a fow days ago w.-ro golng
OM Hirike and threatenlng clvlo revolu?
tlon beeause the gahaol board lnslsted
upon ranklng tho three "R's" ab.no
foothali, have seen a great llght, and
ln .some cases. perhajs, ggpgl1_l>n_d the
Impact of the puternul slIppT. (Jonse
quently, they hnve apO-Og-Md ta the
board for their folly un.l impertlnen.e
and gone ba. k t?> their sliulles. Bojrfl
and glr's alaewhere will plensa take
notice. ^_____________
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
An aatM of the ol.l lefrend of the lot'is
?ataffB of classlc famo ls rontulned in
tiio lateefl tad at tba naitlnafl g'.n. i-ke a
young gOddeaa on Olympua the modern
mal.len m.iy BB__-Bl BPOa B <U'-t OJ
ggWarB. _n?l at the ?am? ttf-fl by no
m.atis ba Beaflaad la tho lotua Not
only are can.lie.l vlol. ts a stuile prodUCl
of up-to-.lute l-'lfth uvenue < onfectioners
this season, but roscbuda bolkd ln sugar,
Uaaa flowera and lillea are 8_a___f lnto
demand as aatatilaa c?ne abof la araa
a.lvertlslng the faniotis viol-'t sherlet of
the Callph. a fr'/.-n BBtSt-ia of gr.-t-nisli
eoler _____ haa loaa baaa known la tho
Baal M the ".iian.l S<:lgiicur'a" sherhet. lt
Ifl .said that Jasmitics, poaBBgraaatflfl atid
yellow water lllles, now BMMB 'n vogue
la l'arls, wlU aoon maka their appaaranCB
to dellght the taattd-O-B pnlat.-s of New
York's < uiif.ftioii.ry epl. urcana. Moat of
the laClpBB for thes.j "rontlturrs" come
dlrtct fiom Arabla, I'crsla and Humanla,
where they have been ln favor for hun?
dred- of years.
"Ht's (julte regular In hia hablts,
lan't he?"
"Oh, yes' Me diiiiks a .juart of whis
k'-v a day, amotuM alghteen etgarfl 1.411
lai y an.l haa a regular hablt of never
gettlng to bed before 2 a. m."-IJIc
Now we learn that the pollre force does
not praaaart the only oppottaaHy f?r an
Intelllgent, patrlotic l'arlslan dog to serve
his city. A 4log la BflOdad also as flt_ f
examlner to pais upon tho qualltleatlons
of ihe. huiniin appllcants for tho posltlon
of barkor. Tho human barker's Joli ls to
yelp before a house from whleh no dog
tax ls pald untll the authorltles are con
vlnced by the responslve sllence that ther.i
ls no dog to be taxeii or can prove by tha
cnsworlng screnade that the man of the
house ls llable. Of course, a dog ls noed
?d to pagg upon the reallsm of the human
baiklng. The man geta the French
equlvalent of 130 a month. The dog proo
ably wotka for his board.
Mlght?What ia your ldea of borrowlng
trouble T
Tlght?I>:ttln?r the nelghbora uae your
telephone. Jucige.
f'ommentlng on the suggestion that the
"Dear Hlr" and "Yotirs truly" be omltted
from buslness correspondence, a New
York merohant aald that letters rec.-lve.l
from busln.-ss housea In Europe were ael
dom enoumbered wlth what he ealla "use
less phrases" of that klnd. "And see the
absurdlty," h* added, "of 'Dear Slr-lng'
a man whom you warn that you will sue
unliss ho pays, or of closlng with 'Yours
truly' a rommunlcatlon _____ would be
recelved wlth anger by a correapondent
wlth whom you happen.d to be at swords'
points." This merchant puts his theory
lnto practlce, allowing no member of his
clerlcal force to uae the conventlonal
phrases, and saya that ho knowa that
the people wlth whom he doea bualness
will not charge him wlth lack of regard
or thtnk he ls lesa polite than his nelgh?
bora "who still wrlte 'Youra respectfully'
with a mental resorvatlon."
"How dld you feel at that faBhlonabla
weddlng t"
"About aa conaplcuoua as my plckle
dlsh looked among the lowelled bronzea
and ropea of pearla.?Plttsburgh Poat.
A fine lllustratlon of the practleal uses
to which the latest aclontlflc dlscoverlea
may he put can he soen on the roof of an
uptown apartment house. A young- aon of
the famlly, whose taates predlct the ca
reer of another Edlnon and whose aver
slon to the dutlea of everyday llfe ls qulta
as marked, had been besought ln valn to
put up a clothesllnea on the roof. Ha
spent several weeks In the sprlng. how?
ever, rlgging up a wlrelees receiver ln the
area which should have been devoted to
the famlly wash, hut he waa never able
to make the apparatus work. He labored
contlnually at the problem untll early
summer, when suddenly hls Interest ln
wlreless telegraphy lapsed and he plunged
Into the problem of aeronautlca a* repre
sentcj by the attempt to fly a model aero
plane. So complete was hls absorptlon
that he left the wlrelebs apparatus on the
roof. The youth's mother thereupon
looked over the sltuntlon anel deeided that
for once sh* had been a galner by her
son's Industry. The wlrelees senda no
more messages than lt ever dld. but lt
waves the famlly wash In the breezo each
week and does a very good Job at lt.
THK SUDDEN PROPHET8.
It's time to show your wlsdom; you ci*n
get lt at a glance.
You always (knew the loser waa a man
w.thout a cliance.'.
It's casy to dlscrlmlnate when all tne
UghtlnK's done: . ,
You don't see how the "alaos" ever nad
the nerve to run.
If you search your rrcollectlon you wlll
doubtless tind a lot
Of oplnlrms whleh you offered and con
ven|<?ntly forgot.
And when they show the bulletlns, amld
the* chaara that rlae,
You're sure you always sald that lt could
? not he otherwlse.
There ls Klee, in song and laughter; there
Is hllss In -.olemn tliought:
There'.* a thrlll ln courtlng fortune where
the? game wlth rlek ls fraught;
There* Is happlne?<s In love and tn revenge,
as nll men know,
Put the (rrcate*fit Jov ln llfe ls to remark.
"I told you no!"
?Washington Star.
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TWO MTLLION WOMEN VOTERS
Recent Election More Than Doubles
the Number in This Country.
To the Edltor of The Trlbune.
Slr: The addltlon of Ksnana, Arl-iona.
Oreiron and Mlchtgan to the eolurnn of
e-nual suffrag*. ?etat'-s mnkee ten the pres?
ent total number of states where women
vole
Prtor to November 5 the total number
of women voters was approxlmately
W4 227. The four new suffrage states more
than double that flgure, making the total
number of women voters ln the country
approxlmately 1.94Z709 nt the preaent time,
Those flgiires are baaed on the actual
aatan tn this electlon, excludlng th" Pro
hlhltloniats.
As there are a eon?lderaMe number of
ndults who dld not vote, i hnve no doubt
the total number of women voters ls more
than 1,942.709, unlesa there are more men
than women tn the ten auffrage atatea.
It ls eertain that the number of electoral
votes of these* stales la 50, whtch Is more
than President Taft recelved".
EL B. HOWARD.
Now Tnnaan, Conn., Nov. 7, 1912.
A GREAT MAN IN DEFEAT.
To the Edltor of The Trlbune.
Slr: A new President has b?>en elected
by the people. He to-day atanda free and
untarnlshed ln tha mlnda of all Amerl?
cans.
Bat let me say this: ln the defeat of
William Howard Taft the people retlrad
from offlce a great and true American
Bla llfe and eharacter wlll ever atand
pre-omlnent wlth the great personalltles
of this ea-rtb and be a guiding star and
lueeplratlon to future Amerlcans. Hla ad?
minlstration haa been one of great auc
ceas to the country at large, and the peo?
ple ln thelr calm and sober moments of
r. flectlon wlll agree wlth mo that Will?
iam Howard Taft deservea the thanks,
admlratlon and love of every American.
JOSEPH LEUR3.
Naw York. Nov. ?, MU
ASeTO SOUTH DAKOTA.
To the Kdltor of The Trlbune.
Mr : ls lt not wrong ta say that R,,o-.e
velt carried South Dakota? Ia It not a
fg/fj that the electoru voted for were
riniii'-d at n Republican prlmary or con
ventlon. nnd whlle underatood to be
rtooarraH parttaaaa, were they not the
only Republican electora on the tlrket. and
were they not supporte*d by the Republi?
can party at the polls under a pledge to
vote for Taft under eertain conditions'
Tf the Taft Republlcana voted for the
electora under such an arrangement lt
cannot be sald thnt Roosevelt carried the
state. The questlon la important to
those who have made wagers on the num?
ber of atatea carried by Taft or Roose?
velt Hnd the Taft and Rewaevelt vote
been dlvMed tt la not llkely that elther
awtlM have carried the state. F. E. S.
New Ye.rk. Nov. 7. 1912.
THE RENEGADE.
To the Edltor of The Trlbune.
Plr: I heartily thank you for the edllor
lal to-day under tltle of "The Reeult."
I hael a great deslre to give expreaslon to
my ferllngs ln regard to tha Rcnegade,
wlth a capital R, from the Republican
party, but you have expressed them In
ilnltely better than I could, and I ;wn
Ke tiellng coplea of the paper to several
rrtaada. BUFDI ciiase:
Piooklyn, Nov. 6, 1912.
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PATHETIC ENDOF OLD "GROVER."
To the Edltor of The Trlbune.
Slr: The lmlosed cllpplng ls from "The
Norwlch Bun" of to-day. The horae re
ferrcd to came to L'nlted States Judge
George W Ray from Dr. Bryant, of Naw
York, who waa ex-Presldent C'leveland's
physlcian and who aecured the horse from
Mr rie-veiland, or, as I have understood,
the- horse was given to Or. Hryant by Prea?
ldent Cleveland. F. O. RKHS'NER.
Norwlch, N. T.. Nov. 6. 1913.
After the electlon returns came ln this
morning ahowlng that a Democratic Prea?
ldent, Democratic Senate and Democratlo
II,,use had been elected, and that th.-re
would be nothlng left now to prevent a
tarlff for revenue only, Orover C'leve?
land'a old horse elrover, for so many yeara
w.-ll kneivvn on our atreets?of later years
the property of George W. Ray-knowlng
what a tarlff for revenue only meant,
from actual experlenee, gave up the flght
nnd dled.
The old "hoss" had been through a
Democratic admlnlatratlon once before,
and knew that he would have to come
down to a dlet of ahoe pegs for oata. It
wasn't worth whlle. He dlod.
A CORRECTION.
To the Edltor of The Trlbune.
Blr: Our attention haa been called to an
announeement ln your laauo of October 12
to the effect that Mesars. Duvecn Broth
ers have acqulred control of our buslneaa.
Pleaae allow ua to atate that the report
la Incorrect. ,
For some time paat we have been closc
ly In touch wlth the houae of Duveen
llrothera, and we are happy to atate that
our relatlona wlth It are very friendly.
We trust that theae relatlona wlll eon?
tlnue for many yeara to come, but lt la
not the case that our frlends have oc
qulred elther the goodwlll or the control
of our bualneaa.
DOWDBBWBUi A DOWDE3WBLL8,
LIMITED.
CHARL.EM DOWDHSWE-L,
Managlng Dlrector.
The Dowdeawell Gallerlea, Lxmdon.
Oct. 30, 191- '
People and SociaJ^ Incidents
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
Tuxedo will be very gay for the next
few days, for the annual Hallowt-en ball
will take place at the clubhouse to-nlght,
and most of the villas and cottagea ln the
Park will bo fllled wlth guesta over the
week end. Many of the debutantes of the
season will be present and several dinners
wlU be given in their honor prevloua to
tho dance.
Tho mombers of the Motor Car Touring
Society will go up from the city to Tuxedo
to-day, and will be entertalned at the
clubhouse at dlnner by their president,
Albert Kugene Oallatln.
Among the membera are Wllliam B. Oa
good Fleld, Robert Coelet, Vlncent Astor.
R Thornton Wilson, M. Orme Wilson, Jr.,
Ogden Mills Reld, Marshall H. Kernochan.
Harold S. Vanderbllt and Hermann Oel
rlchs.
Puell Holllster, whose marriage to Mlaa
Loulso. Knowlton, youngest daughter of
Mrs. D. Henry Knowlton. wli: take place
In Bt. Bartholomew's Church next Thurs?
day, gave his farewell bachelo- dlnner laat
night at the Unlon Club.
His gueats Included hl8 best man, Percy
R. I*yne, 2d, and Edmund P. Rogers, I.
Wlstar Kendall, H. H. Holllster, Aymar
Johnson, John Sloane and Langdon B.
Valentlne, who will be his ushers; also
Page Chapman. K. Coster Wllmerdlng,
Lydlg Hoyt, Klliacn Van Ronsselaer, Har^
old Turner, Ctarence Young, Malcolm D.
Sloane, Courtlandt Nlcoll, Stuyvesant
Flsh, Jr., Alexander D. B. Pratt, Walter
Stillman, M. Taylor Pyne, Jr.. M. Orme
Wilson, Jr.. MoKlm Holllns, albert Kugene
Onllatin, Seton Porter. R. H. Wllllams, Jr..
Mar?hn!l R. Kernochan, Phoenlx In
graham and F. B. I?rd.
Herbert C. Slorck, who la to marry Mlas
Marjorle W. Noyes next Thuraday ln the
Old South Church, Park avenue and 84th
street, gave his farewell bachelor dlnner
last night at the CB.lllB.Bt Club. His
guests wore Edgar A. Merek, Edward Paul
Alker. Amos C. Schermerhorn, Harvey &
Ladow, Jullus W. Noyea, Robert Myer arKl
George Llsle Forman.
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Snowden ara
recolvlng congratulatlona on the blrth of
a aon at the houae of Mra. flnowden'a
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Water?
Taft. of No. 36 West 46th street. The
now arrlval ls a grandnephew of Preal
dent Taft. He has been named Henry
Taft Snowden, for his grandfather.
This la the second son born to Mr. and
Mrs. Snowden, who were married about
three years ago. The flrst child was
named after his graridtincle, the Presi?
dent. Mr. nnd Mrs. Snowden have been
llving ln Senttle, Waah., slnce their mar?
riage. Mrs. Snowden will apend the
greater part of the wlnter ln thla dty
with hor parents.
Mra. Cornellus C. Cuyler, Mrs. Frederlck
W. Vanderbllt, Mrs. Henry S. Redmond.
Mrs. G. Ormond Smlth and Mrs. Robert
Browstor aro among thoae who have taken
boxea for the lecturo on "Wlld Antmala
and the Yellowstone." by Dr. Joseph Koa
suth Dixon, on November 21. ln the audi
torlum of Wanamaker's store.
The proceods from the affair will go to
UHTEBMYEffS R0SE8 WIN
Flower Show Regarded as Best
Tarrytown Ever Held.
The foaturos yesterday of the four
teenth annual flower show of the Tar- I
rytown HorUcultur.il Sorioty waa the !
competltlon for the best table dlsplay. j
Mrs. Stuyvesant Klsh. her daughter and
HtBI Thompson BBOfOI-d from Garrlson
t.> fodge thp aaJdbltB, la which the com
petition araa ?___
Flrst prlze was won by Samuel L'nter- |
myer. of Yonkers. wlth hia decoratlons |
of yello-.v reaaa IBBBB- Prlze went to
R Dolatleld, Tuxedo Park. His table was
>et off bf orlB-BOa rosea and stevla. N. L.
Sand, of Ardsley-on-Hudaon. got third
hor.ois for his decoratlons of crlmson
ehryfantl.emums and autumn leavea.
Other e,,:npetltors were Frederlck W.
Vanderbllt. of Hyde Park; F. P. Shotter.
of I^nox. Mass ; Mlss Hlanche Potter, of
Ossinlng; W. A. Held, of Purchaae. N. Y..
and Joaeph Eastmnn and Emll Beroli
helmer, who recelved a certlflcate of
m.-rlt.
The rose and carnatlon oxhlblt opened
yesterday. and desplte the stormy weatTl
er there was a larire attendance. It ls
the best ahow tho aoclety has evor held
an.l regarded as the equal of the Xcvr
York show ln quality.
_?-a
KEEPS $100,000 MURILLO
Dead Dealer's Sister Wins Against
Wlfe's Suit.
The eult brought by Mrs. Wilhclmtna
Palt.ach. of Manhattan. agalnst her sls
m la law. Mrs. IxhiIso Webber, of Wood
alde, Long Island. to recover posaesslon
of a Murlllo palntlng entltled "Salnt Mag
deleno." valued at nwro than 1100.000. waa
dlsnilssed t>y Juatlco Van Blclen ln Long
Island City yesterday.
Wllliam Hulb.-ich. husband of the plaln?
tlff and brother of Mrs. Webber, waa a
daaJar la paintings and works of art. He
dled ln June. 1910. He was then llving
wlth Mrs Webber, havlng parted from
his wlfe. He left no will, and Mrs. Web?
ber says that he gave her tho palntlng.
As a result of the dismlaeal of the case
the palntlng romalna In poaaeaaion of
Mrs. Webber, but Mra. Balbach'a counael
says that anothor suit will be brought.
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THE GENERAL OPINION AND
INMKRlTliD. 'TUB VBRDICT OF
From Tho New York1 HIl.MNtlSGATE.
W'lrl.l (Dem.). From (ieor**. W. Per
Judred elther by lils klns'x New York
i.,- _... Bvcnlna Mall.
v.rtue. or hl. ?*- J^J^ ? ^
_"* ?"'?._ lT_tU ntmmt of th. coun
?aat who. h.. mBt un
m?rlted humllUtloa. '
never be condoned by
WITHOUT 4 STA1N. the American peopla.
From The New York \ itolcn nomination
American (Dem). for the pnwldency
Wllliam Howard Taft>al(| ^ m r8buite
U an honeat. aroat .1^ hum|?atl0II . _ #
hnarted man and an .^ mjm who wh(fn
uneelrtsh lover of hia ^.^ m0mffi b*traye4
country. He has oc- thft >tnm, 0f the
cuplcd for four >eara party , h g , h fc d ^
the hlahest offlre ln g.eat|y hon0red him,
the world. And ha an(J who preferr(,d t0
leave* It without -domlna,e by fraod
ataln. rather than obey hl*
HJgTOWT** WBHaPlCT.IB-rlr'a mandata, la
From The New York [ now alated to return to
Tlmea (Dem.). nh* practlce of law ln
When the lmpartial|clnclnnatl. May he
hlatorlan eatlmatea the never have to defend
g-ood and bad ln Mr. | ao poor a record aa hia
Taft'a public aervice, lown!
the Judament It bound
to be that the former
far outwelfhed th* lat
ter.
DESBRVBD nKTITCR.
From The Now York
Fvenlnf Foet (Ind).
On hia general rec?
ord, he deaerved better
of hia ff.luw country
men.
help bulld the hospital for animala planneft
by the New York Women'a Leagua for
Animala.
Mr. and Mra. William Astor Draytoiv
who were marrled on Wednesday at Bed*
ford, N. Y., wlll eall for Europe very soon
to vlalt Mrs. Drayton's mother, Mrs. Her
bert G. Squlera, at her nlace near London.
Mr. and Mrs. William Whttehead Ladd
and thelr aon-ln-law and daughter. Mr.
and Mra. Alexander von Gontard, have re
turned to town for the wlnter and are at
the Ladd houae, No. 139 East 34th street
Mra. Henry B. Hyde haa arrlved in tha
city from Saratoga, and Is at No. }J
West 60th street.
Mrs. Clement C. Moore has returned to
town, and is at the Plaza for the winter.
Mr. and Mra. George Bird, who were
guests of Dr. and Mra. W. Seward Wobb,
at Shelburne Farma, Vermont. have re?
tumed to the city, and are at the Hotel
Gotham for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewls S. Morrls, who are
at the Hotel Gotham. will return to
Tuxedo to-day. They wlll open their
house, No. 47 East 67th street. on No?
vember 20.
AT NEWPORT.
[By Telegraph to The Trlbune.]
Newport, Nov. 7?Mr. and Mra. Jamea
I. Barcus, accompanled by thelr daugh?
ter, Mlss Jesele M. Barcus, of Albany,
wlll be the guesta next week of Lteuten
ant J. R. Morrlson at the naval tralr.lng
statlon. Lteutenant Morrlson and Mles
Barcua will be marrled early in January
in Albany.
Mr. and Mrs. Sldney J. Colford, Jr..
have gone to New York after apendlng
the late aeaeon in Newport
Mr. and Mrs. Thomaa A. Lawton will
go to Florida for the wlnter to-morrow.
closlng thelr Newport houae.
Mra. French Vanderbllt, who haa been
ln New York, haa returned to Newport
Among the late stayers here are Gen?
eral and Mra. J. Fred Pleraon, who wlll
not d*part for New York untll Juat be?
fore Thanksglving.
Captaln George T. Perkina and Mra.
Perklna entertalned a number of frlends
wlth a card party at thetr quartera at
Fort Adama this afternoon.
IN THE BERKSHIRE8.
TBy Teleigraph to The Tribun-]
Lenox. Nov. 7.-Mlss Helen C. Butler
has eloaed Lynwood. ln Stockbrldge, and
returned to New York. Mlaa Virginia
Butler ia now a guest ot Mt. and Mra.
Alexander Sedgwlck.
Mrs. George E. Turnure entertalned a
dinner party at Beaupre to-nlght
Samuel Frothlngham and Dr. Henry C.
Haven started to-day for French Lick
Sprlngs. Ind., for a month's vlslt.
Mlss Anna Blake has eloaed her cot
tage and returned to Boaton before aall
lng for Genoa.
Mlaa Clementlna Fnrnias and Mra. John
Zlmmerman have gone to New York.
NATION'S PAY OF THANKS
President Sets Aside November
28 for Observance.
Washington. Nov. 7.?President Taft _?
sued a Thanksglving proclamation to*
settlng aslde November 28 for tho ob
aervance of that day. The proclamat'.Ki
follows:
By the President of the Unlted States tt
America: A Proclamation.
A Ood-feartng natlon. llke ours. oaea
lt to Its tnborn and slncere sense of moral
duty to teatlfv Its devout gratltude to
the All-Glver for the countless beneflts lt
has enjoyed. For many years lt has be^:i
customarv at the close of the year for
the national Kxeeuttve to eall upon Bla
fellow countrymen to offer pralse and
thanks to God for the manlfold blesslng*
vouchsafed tn them ln the past and to
unlte tn earnest suppllanoe for their con
tlnuance.
Th,* year now drawing to a close has
baan notably favorable to our fortunat*
land. At peace wlthln and without, free
from the perturbatlons and calamltl. .-i
that have affllcted other peoples, rlch in
harvests so abundant and ln tndustrles
so productive that the overflow of our
prospertty has advantage.l the whole
world, strong in the steadfast conserva
tion of the herltage of self-government
benueathed to ua by the wladom of our
fathers, and flrm In the resolve to trans
mit that hetitage unlmpaired. but rath.*r
Improved by good use, to our chlldren and
our chlldren's chlldren for all tlm* to
come the people of this country bava
aroundlng cause for contented gratltude.
Wherefore I, William Howard Taft.
President of the l'nlted States of Amer?
ica, ln pursuanco of long establlahed
usage and ln responae to the wlsh of the
American people, invlte my countrymen.
wheresoever they may sojourn. t,*< joln
on Thuraday, the 28th day of this month
of November. ln approprlate ascriptlon ot
pralse and thanks to Ood tor the good
gifts that have been our portton, ar.d In
humble prayer that Hls great merrlea
toward ua may endure.
ln wltness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and oaused tlie eeal of tha
Unlted States to be afflxed.
Done at tha City of \\ aahlngton thla
7th day of November, ln the year ef our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and
twelve. and of the lrdependence of the
l'nlted States of America the one hurdred
and thirty-seventh.
WILLIAM H. TAFT.
By the President:
ALVEY A. ADEE. Acting Secretary of
State.
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A DEOORATION FOR WISCONSIN
Mr. Blashfleld's Painting for the
Dome of the Oapitol at Madison.
The annual exhlbltlon of the New York
Water Color Club Is golng on at the Fl-*a
Arts Bulldlng. but it occuples only the
flrst and aecond gallertes there. In tho
third and largest Mr. Edwin Howlnnd
Blashfleld haa been at work all summer
on aome new mural decorations, and
through the courteay of the Water Color
Club vlaltora are allowed to enter by way
of Ita exhlbltlon and aee thla artlat'a
latest productlona.
The moat Important of them Is a cir
cular canvas, thlrty-flve feet ln dtam.-ttr,
which la to embelllsh the dome of the
State Capttol of Wisconln. at Madlaon,
dealgned by George B. Post A. Sona. The
aubject ls ' Wlseonaln Enthroned on
Clouda, Surrounded by Figures Bearing
Symbols of the Pdnclpal Productlona of
the State, the Whole Group Belng
Wrapped ln the American Flag" -tr,
Blashfleld also shows a panel for the
lobby of the Governor'a Room ln the State
Capltol of Minnesota. at St. Paul. de?
algned by Casa Gilbert. It repreaents the
charge of the 6th Mlnneaota Infantry.
Colonel Luclua F. Hubburd commandlng,
at the battle of Corlnth. A third painting
lncluded In thla exhlbltlon la an unflnlahed
panel for the Trophy Room of the
Academy at Mercersburg, Penn. Its aub?
ject la the crownlng of a vlctor In tha
games. The central flgure is an athlete
recelvlng the crown, wlth Hermea and
Athene ln attendance. The Mercersburg
Academy won a world'a reeord at the
Olymplc gamea In Stockholm. Mr. Blaeh
fleld gave a special view of theae palnt
inga yeaterday and wlll ahow them again
thla afternoon from I to 7 o'clock.