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iVrto flmrk C5riban*v WEDNESDAY, DECEMBEE U ^12. Owned and publiehed daily by th. Trlbuna Aaeoelatlon. a Naw York corporatlon: 0*Jen M. ReU. Prealdent; Conde Hamlln. Secretary. J.mea M. Barrett. Trei.urer. Addreae. Tr.bune Fuilding. No. 154 Nhwu ?""?at. Naw Yo.a -? gimacgarnon RATa*-4g Meg. P??ta?? Pald. outa.de of Gr.ater New \or*. ^^ I'ailv and Sundav, on? month.Vjg J<aiiv and Sunday. aix montha. ? j^0 Delly and Sunday. one year.j^ r>ally only, one month. - {^ Daliy only. alx montha. ?'n0 T?>aily only. one year. . .>5 Funday only, alx montha. .,ju *anday only. ona year. Forelfn aubaerlptiona to all eeuntrles ln the VnWerael Poatal Unlor. hvatadUBB Po?t*S? DAILY AND gCNDATi Ona month.$1 65 i One year.118.40 SfNTAV ONI.Y: gta montha.$3 07 | One >ear.Pan DAILY ONLT. one month..$1.02 One year.?1--C CANAD1AN ftATES DAILT AND t'NDAY: One month.11.001 One year.$10 .,s DAIt.T ONI.Y: Ona month.$ .30 I One year.?'w SUNDAY ONI.Y: Ona month..$ ,08 Ona vear.U 38 BaBterei at the Peeaeajee at New York ?? Becond Claaa Mall Matter. Our readere wlll confer a favor i,v aevtatnr ua when they ara unaMe to p.-oeure a OBfBJI ef Yha Tribune from thelr newadeaier. Addreaa Tribune. Clrculatlon Department BORROWING FROM SOCIALISM. The Progressives oontinue tholr bor rowlng from tlie Sooialists. The plan of holding aloof from the two older parties, and especially maklns DO C0B> blnationa with them in logislatlve bodles. ls a.piece of BocMUatk party dleclpline, not carrled perhaps to the extreme lengths to wMel tho Sooial lats ln Europe have tried to oarry it. DUt atlll palpably lmitated. Sooialists have found lt a dlffloult plan to earry out. They hare entered Into oabinets ilaajinniafl rtilTlfj of non-So.iaiists. and Korialist representatives in foreigu legislatures have oo-operated to some extent with non-Sooialist groups. If the Sootaliats. ao far retnoved as they are from the non-Sociallsts. oan't avoitl entangllnff allianoes. Colonel Roosevelt wlll have dlffleulty in keopinc his party from entering into them. Resides'appropriating this polioy the Progressives look wlth longing eyes at the Soeialist system of flnancinjj Jbeir partT bv what is virtually a tax on all it? merabers. If tliat could l>e appro prlated also. the future of tbe Progres slves would ba) surer. It is odd that au anti-bo-s PBttj slmuld be patterning after tlie most highly organized party in this conntrj. The Soeialist?that is. the one who be> intnes ? member ef the party-enjoye less indopendenoe than a metnbor of Tammany Hall. He practlcally blndi bim^elf not to voto for bhl beM friend . on the ticket of a non-Soeia!ist party. One thlng more whi.h the oolonel weejld do well to epproprlate frotn the Sooialists is their habit of inoreasing thelr Tote in tbe faee of the ateattng ? ef their poUctea hy other partles. Per? haps the Socialists are helped ln tbJa by tho fact that their party is baeed on prinoiples and BOt 0B a persoua.ity. HIS PRINCIPLES. In l/arnegie Hail on Manb 20, 1912, afr, Rooserolt made a speech outlin ing his policics and aBBWertag the orit Icb ef his radlcal ivopoaala, la the .ourse of it h* said: So that no man may misunderstand me. let me recapitulate: (1) I ara not proy sit.jf anythlng in ronnectlon w ith the Bupreaae Court of the Uhlted States. or with the lederal conatltutlon. Mr. Booaareit proceeded to exponnd hia plan for the reeall of Judi? ia! da> elRions as applying exduslvely to state derisions affecting the exereise of the aaoilea power. A few daya ago Senator Brlstow. of Kansas. introduoed a resolution for a oonttitutional amendmeut to pggnalt the reeall by popular vote of decisions of the United States Supreine Court inralldatlng statutes as unronstitu tlotial. In GUCBfO yosterday Mr. Roosevelt tbus commitied hiuiself and irstnicted his party. which in its p arform had deelared for state reeall of decisions only, in favor of what be had aolemnly disavowed last Manh: All ProgresBtve* ahoild aupport the prepe?>d conatitutlonal amendment re cently Introduoed by Senator Brlatow to secure to the people of the United States proper control of thelr own gov agnment Yet. what a peculiarly ricious lie it **? lnst aummer for anybody to kur u#st that the United StateR Supreme Court was in any danger of beinj: in terfered with by Mr. Roosevelt and hl? pnrty. TAITH IN INVEBTIGATION8. Why does the faitb in inveatigations peraist? For the New Havon Railroad'a Tencef* the peneral feeling is that or* is no adequate ptinishment but au reatifBtion In addition to the vari ?i ta investigations by state and federal itborltlea onder aray. Couireea is iike \ to investigate PrOBB the news that ongrcss has ordered an investiKatiou ?e moral sense of the nation will ex ?:iot iininoiise relief. lt is always so he feeling is ejeaeral tliat bere al UtM ?inrthing adeoaate la reaUy belagdOBe. lt is a rurlous feelinir. in view of the tot that there are two grand jury in uiries under way regardlng the New ,nvon road, and ?" a reault of them hoae re?po,,!,ibie for the allegad OfBBd YtlBh asreement may l>e Indicted and >unl*hed and the oiwrating BfaV ial? re spcnsible for the Westport arrajck aajj| to Jail. Perbaps it may be said that < riminal prncesaes llke these are often ?llxappolnting. Are inveetigatlons nevor .lisappolnting? The present Ongresa haa atarted a long Hat of them that have ended ln nothlng. If you stop to thlnk of lt, few lDvealigationa ever ac eoropllah anythlng. Their failurea are ?t leaat aa frequent aa thoae of the pub Uc proeeeutora. Yet a fairly chUdllke falth In Inveatigatlona eurrlveB. When anythlng stlre tbe wrath of the publlc the only tbing to do 1? to investigate. Nothlng el?e aatlaflee the public sense of Juatlce aa an Inveatigation does. Perhape It la becauae eourt proceauea \f alow aad the reault of them la un certaln that the pnbttC ln its righteousi wiath alwaya foels that they are inade-j qunte nnd prafctl an investigation. A publie inquiry gets ln motion at onee. Its resnlts, if lt has any, are almost inimediHte. It relieves the pnpular cinotions ln pronipt action. Probablyi the fecling that an investigation is^ie only adaquata rasaady aprtnga fromutck of coiiflilciiii' iii the nUininistrntinn of tlie erimitial law. with its present de lays and iincertnlnties. But real prog raaa lies in making the laws and their adininistration through tlie ordinary channels really equal to situations llke these. There Is more to be ffaitierJ through the two grand jury lnquirlesr into tba Now Haven road than through] all the propoaad investigatlons. Boj long as an investigation is the only punlabrnent foi cartaja oaTancos there wlll he |?lenty of those offeuoos. Bnt then we are omitting one possi blllty. Perhaps tlie puhlic in its heart feads thal an investigation is as far as it caraa to gu in the punishinent of soniej offences. A HEALTH FUNCTION. Nothlng effactive is iikeiy to he dona against tlie cocalne trafhc. the ovlls of which The Tribune has thoroughly Bgrjoaad, tinloss the Health Hepnrtment t:ike>- up Its suppression. The FolftCO Depnttniont was Indifferent. and re malns indifferent. In the fare of gtll thut has been brought out. The Health Dapartment, wblcb on<e did axeallenl work in stippressltig the sale of co ciiine. might do it again If the eity ahould provide it with the funris to empioy an InapectOf lo ba deiailed to this duly. Suppression of this trade ootiio properly within the fumtlons of tho Health Pepartinent. which. nioreover. through its former experience in deal ing with lt. must have some knowledge nppllrable to the present situation. It could obtain an Inspector whoae physical appaaranea would aagfar fit him tO sevure ovidenee agnlnst the cocnine -ellers than does the physlque of the all too henlthy pollcemnn. And the rtetailing of one man to this duty would'result in ooneentratlng respon sibility for its performanre. The Health Department shoukl take up the tnsk. and it should be provided with the necessary funds. THE BRITISH CANAL NOTE. Sir Kdward Grey's note protestinc against cortnla fenttires of the Panama Canal a<t displays a gratoful rontrast in tono to some !e<s eonsidered and less rcsiionsiii|(> ntteraiices hitherto made. It <loe-. indeed. < harge vi<?la taon of tho Hay-Pauncefote treaty, bui it d'.os s?i jn tlie spirit of i.iip who seeks oonciiialion rather than i ?onton tion. We regret to flnd it marred by a few arrora of fact aucb as the aaaump tion that American coastwise vaauora, whl 6 anjoytng as aucb axomptioii froaa tolls. might without Mnctagncg or patv aity nisu engagja In forolgn n.ittic, when as a matter of fa?'t a ve>sel tbtll offendiug wonlil under Dnttad Staies law be aubjact to selzure and forfeiture. | with all Ita cargO. Nevertholess. tba BOte k to he wolcotned as distlnctly l.elping tO promote 8 slinplihYation of Ibe issites in oontroveisy ;uni a proiupt. aquitable and amlcablo aettlamanl of thetn. The Itsnoi ara practieajly roduced \<> two. of which one la BtOTOly cnndition Bl. The flral Is tlie lujatfca of the tolls whlch are to ba ObnrgOd, Sir Kdward Groy concedaa, of course, the right of ihe Unltad Btfltea to Bubatdlia Ita owa cotnmerce. and it is obvtoua that the I axlatance of t hnt rlgtrl bnpllaa tba : further rlgbl to aubaJdisa il to any 1 .'111)011111. wbatber more or le-s than u nreclaaly tba aatna as tba canal tolla. Tbal is g light which OtJgbl nerer t<> have been quegtlonad bj any one. Bnt he argnaa, the examptioo of ? part of out ciiiiineire from tolls. whether dl ractly or ladlrnctly tbrougb refundlng the tolls in the form of a aubsidy. would "impose upon Brltlsh shipplng "an unfair share of the hurdeu of tlie "upkeep of ihe canHl." ?*rom tTiat we must dksenf. Il would be so. no douht. If the entire COOt of upkeep were to he thrown upon the shipping whl.h travorsed the canal. But that will'not he the ?ase. Tlie tolls will he rlxed not by the co?t of operatlon and maln tenance. but simply on the hasis of "what the trafflc will benr." They will thiis at first by no means covar the eost. and the deficiency, whirh may be laige. will be pgld hy th*? T'nited States government. We may not and do not ragnrd it as good puhlic ppllej to stib sidi/.e and practJcatty to exenipt from tolls a part of our commerce which BOBdn B0 SOCfa favor, and Ihiii^to throw an addefl luirflen upon the country. Bnl if the country is eoajfaad to pay out of the Treasury for operating the canal. instead of making coastwise commarca pay its simre toward lt. we OannOt see tbal any other rountry has cauaa to complain. Tba point is that the tolls as now prescrlhed are Just atifi eqiiitahle. as the treaty roqtiire* , them to l>e. and are aa low aa they i would he if OUT coastwise commerce ! were .ompelled to pay Ihem the 80098 i Bfl all tho re^t. That Is sntficiently in dtcatod by the fact that the tolla at I'.iiiam.i aie Uie snme as tho^e at Suez. I allhough ihe coal of passlng ships I llarough the fnrmer canal wlll l.e inuch i graator than it Is tbrougb the latter; BJad also by tho fad that they will ' ba loss Uun one-third of what eoin merre is aetually now pnying f<>r pas aaga ai'ioss the isthmns. If there i? ' any "diKcrlmlnatlon" ln ihe case. it ls agalnal our own Tionauiy ar<i taxpay*? ? i - and nut against British shipping. The other iwne ls that Of (he ex<lu aton of railroad owned ships from the \ i anal. Sir k'dward QfaJf 81 not aure whether lhat gppBgg to Canadlan a? well as American ships. but if if does he raaatrvaa the rlght to exatnine fur? ther into Uiat phase of Ihe case with a view to possllile protest. We donht if he.would flnd any ground for tnking excepllon to Ihe lrw If lt were thus interj>reted. He nrgues with much foroa that the phrnse "all natlona" ln the Hay-Pauncefote treaty meana what lt says. and Ineliides. iib the aclual innkers ofathat treaty undoubt edly understood. the I'nited Stntea as well a? other nationa. But. if 80, to Object to the applhation of the railroad exi'luslon clatiae of the law to Cana? dlan railroads and their ahjppiug would be to oontradht his own eon tention. For if the rules and reguln tious of the canal are to appiy otiually to "all nations" they must npply to Canada as wpll as tbe United States. If -all nations" inoludes the United states in respeot of tolls it must aiso Inclnde Canada in reapect of raUroad owned ahlpe. Canada cbb bo more claini exemption from one rule then we from another. We have BOt benai ...n\inoed of the wisdotn. as I matter of doineatk polioy. of eictodlBg rail road owned ?blpg from tbe eanal, but certatnly if we decide to do this ln the oase of our own railroads and their ships the Hiiy-IMunoofotP treaty sandioiis our doing it in tbe oase of tboee of all other nations. The I Blted States is not liieauing to diseriininate against it^olf. NOT SO BAD. Tho siiiiivaii dangerona areapona law is by no i.ioans perfect n was looaely drawtt, and before it was passod UM declaration araa Btade thal aoaae of its provlalona would be beJd to bo bbcob BtltuUogal. Tho ro,ir,s 1,!1V0 '"l,ill,'d that prophecy. Al (be aanaa time it is Bomewbal better tban Jnatleaj Ooff has pioi.oun.eil it to he a "h-rrlblo plece -of leglalaUon, a law whtcb works m ?Mmv to tho honesl oili/.cn and affoids -DO proteetion to the honesl man ?Htraiiist the orook." Tbeae reinarks were made ln con?ld oring tWO CBBBI of men BtTBlgBed in tho Crlmlnal Branch of tlie supreme Conrt for carrying revolvers. One WBi a elg? itor from Maaearhnartta, a yonth arbo had beard so mnch abonl tbe dangera of this oiiy that be brOBgbl with blin his fatberl platol for protectioii. Tbe other was a bartendor who. BCeofdlBf to the lawyer who was rooneated by tho lusti.o to COBBBll With tho prisotiers. llved in h sootion of tbe ooiiiuitiiiiiy "where emergenoies fnvpiently arise "and where pajbUC sentiiuent favorspto "pnrodness for such etaetgenctea." ln other words. on tbe fltce of tho ovidonee thns far prodocod, betta llteae men were carrying deadly weapoiis. presumably without a li'onso or thoy would not have been arrosled. <?n tho BMBimptloB that thoy would require tho proteetion of the revdhor in thelr bBBda ratber tban that of the law. Tho Siillivan law was desianod t<> meet BgBCtly gBCb oonditions. it baa prored t.. bg s.. aa> travagaal in its proviatoaa that it has defoated Its own pnrpoae in aoflM b> stanoos. It has boon found iBtpOBBlble to |.re\en' a honaebolder from keapfng a revolvor in btl honio. and tho COOTta DpbOad him in that 60010* There the boneal ettJsoB i* nol lajsred. laafanceg bave arisen arbere rbdtora to tho dty ..r peinianont rBtJaentS, learning of tbe law and tnking weapotis t.. a pollea tif.11 io Rnrreader tbetn, bave been ar reste-i. Tbere beaeal dtlaena arere in jurcd. nl.viously the CTOOh trlll DB] ' i tentioii tO BBJ IBW BgalBBl CBrT] lng conoealod weapons. aave tbtOOgb feef of drastic penalttea if oangbt Perbapi the Sulllvan law ls dolBg BbOBl all any law against eotjcealed areapona cbb do. It is bard to see how 1t ImpOBBl BttdtM bardahlp on tbe boneal cttlsen, aave throogb certaln anenforeaable azeree oenoes and fivaks of ciiforcem.'tit. as lt makea dne provbrion for tbe llcenalngof proper perBOBI tO oarry reBBOBI BBaSer ?tipnlated reatrictlona The laar eeeda lewtlttng to m.-ii Canlti ln n abowB b| aspgrlenei and the rnUBgiofUieeooTta [ta prindpM is right-the prohll-itioii of pr'.uii.-ciioiiK "gnn toting." Thal prtov eJ ?? ibonld be rlgtdly anforead, A PUZZLE. (Vc aonder if he or aaybodj elae cbb teii "hat Mr BooaeveJI in bh eddreea io hib aupportera In tbe lUlnota Lagda latuie roaant by tin< aayoadtiofl of the sin of tbe Now York Coutl Ot Appeals and Its ooiise-pieic <? The New York <o,iit of Ap; o\??rruied the Bupreme Court of the n.' tlon and made lt impo.sstble for uh ln New York tO K<-t the same w urkni^na oompeneatlon aet that you in the tVeet have in lowa, Nebiaska and other states. The New Tork COUTt took the poaition that its ooaatltutlon araa su 1 reme and j.nt tlie people of that stata ln the poaition of belng forced to have, the Conatitution of the United Statea, amended by thiee-fourths of ihe states If they wanted a law In ponformlty wlth the New York constltution, as inter preted by thla couit. Such a posltion la preposterous. If the court put the people of thla state in any BBCB poattlOfl il wouid in deed he preposterous. As || happens the only tblng prepoetefooa abont tbe matter ls Mr. Roosevelt s Interpreiatioa of it. Puttiiig aafde the* quoMlon whothor or not llie staio constltution was rlghtly interproled. and als.. ihe gnaation wbetber tbe lowa and other acts arere the IBBM as the New Vork aot or were so different that thoy would have been upheld even under our eonstltution, a matter on whbh tho opinlou of a BMfB exaot student of law tban Mr. Roosevelt would he dosirable. we simply ask what the ainendmont of tho lederal Cousll tutlon by thifo-foiirtbs of th<> atatea has to do with the subject. 'I'he New Vork conrt, Mr. Reoeevell aaya, took tha po sition that its cotislIttitlon was suproiui-. of eonrae lt had to lo ? matter of do me--tio legWatlon DBdet th.al chartor. it was not eoBeented wlth ?wbBl tlie eonstitutlon of lowa migiit allow, but with New York's oonstitution. whioh it was hound to gpboUL If tho raBople of New Vork stlll wnnl tlie law all they have lo do ls, not lo ?;ot Ihroo-loinlhs of Ihe slalos to help thoin. hut just lo aiiiend their own oonstitution on their ojarfl hook. It Is nol a ilitlionlt opora iion. it is betng BBaanded rigbl along Tben thoy can pass tho laar with full aaaniBaea thal tho Cboil of Appeali wlll nol lind It | violation of the Now York oonstitution. ii is not Bacaeaary lo amond tho I'mislitution of tbe United Btatef to inako | law oonform to lh?? Now Vork oonstitution or to make ihe New York oonstitution oonform to ihe law. Whether or BOl aajeh u law also (?otifliots with Ihe Fourteonth Amond ment to the fedoral Constltution is a question whlch would flnally be deter mlned by the United Statos Suproujo Unurt. If that was there found to he in the way, then thfag fourths of the slafes might bave to bg Invokod to let tho nation allow New York to have what lt wnnted. But ao fnr as the ac oomplishment of that deaire dependa on the New York constltution or Ita ln-. terpr?Matlon by the Court of Appeals the people of New York are ahsolute. A nineteen-year-old boy testiflea ln flencral Sesslons Court that he got $2 and a lot of drinks for kllllng a man. According to that. the Boaenthal gun? men must have been prlncea in the in dustrlal world of crime. Whether Captain Rostron, who res cued seven hundred survlvors of the I Tltanlc and who haa received the j thanks of k'ongresa for his heroism. is 1 eniltled to go upon the floor of the Scnate may be academkally a mo..t question. The averagc American wlll aiuswer it afflrmatively uffhand 1 was not interested In it until I found WB could DOl g't social justlee in New York. I want to .all your attentlon to ihe worklngmen'a oompenaatlon ad and tlie bakeahop caae, which our courta held to he onconatltutlonal, U'oanse they said it waa taklng awaj proparty without duc pnieeas of law.-Mr Hooscvelt at CMcagJO. The New York Court of Appeals sua lalncd the bakeshop law. Without ungenerously exultlng over the defeat of a woman ln the cause on whlch she has set B8f heart. lt must l.e -idd that the disindlnatlon of Con Kicss to take Montkello awa.y from ita I present owner ls regarded with sin ! oara satlsfacti.m by a great many people who are not at all lacklng in regard for the niemory of TbOflBU j Jefferson. -aa The Dock Commissioner wants three J men appointed to the haad of his de ? partmant Inataad of one; because "one "commissioner. If he Is positive. and as j "sertive. collccts antag-misms as a dog | "eollects flcas, and it becomes pro ''gressively more dlfficult for him to ; "make huadway." Mr. TomkinB Is j hlmsclf pretty positive and assertlve, and may therefore be speaking from expcrlcnce But wouldn't three dogs i colkct Jtiflt three tlmes as many flcas I as one? The Riverhead Jal! people ought to be profoundiy grateful that the young woman prlsoner who escaped with a typewrlting machine and a suiti ase dld not carry away the cornerstone of the buildlng and a red hot sto\e or two. Justice Page has llstened to the plea. for an extension of time in which to praaant papara made by a lawyar v.hose stenograph'-r brok. a key of her typawtitar on Saturday when repair shopa were closed. Aa a Judicial rac? : ognitlon of the part played In the i world'a llfe by the typewrlter this ia j Interestlng. It ls also a BBUCb more adaqunta tltCUtt for lcgal delay than many praaantad to tba courta daiiy. THE TALK OF THE DAY. t'ommuteia i malng Into New Y.uk ova* i i New fork Caatral rocatved yaatarday ' neat ltttie fotfara entitied "Don't." and al^r.'-.i i ??'?'-> < BUUUtttaa, Ne-.v . York Centra aa." The odvtaa gti good, as * aaamutar wt.o t.as .ost pah ne? of -kh ... a sudden jolt can tes tlfy. It laa.is : lt baa becoine the BraO t a of a gra patraaa on laeomlaa trall ;" walk from one mr t.. BBOthaf wl.lle paaatng tbrougb the Park avenue ...me: ,,: i . 81 a^lti haa leading to the Oraad Central Tarmlaal althout ragard to their at l aafet> <>r tba f..rt of .?ti.er pBaaangara Th.- a tddaa Bppllcatioa of the a!r biakei BT the br?ak :i g or a . aupuaaj is liaoie u, cauaa U> jury. Durtog Inclflmaal waathar, or ln the wbatai aaaaoa tba eentlBual opanfaig |of <ar doora igases discomfoit and ofteu - datrlnseota lo tha health >>f othai aga ? ' ? ? erefore aak you to 1 plej.s. rd OOttl tialns Btop i r.al. i M I'oater loutetda pleture ia lOW) -U'ho was thla a-re Nem. W'asn't iie a cbap that was always cold ' Becond i'oater -No; thet ?i? Eera ika aJtoajatbar.?Tll nits. DOUBLI F.NTKNDRE i.S'ote In'.ea'lsator* ?>r crlinlnal rcntttlor.e I . t ' i ? Ii.'" mar.y -lai k ?i>ot?. 1 The double aataadra frbteh aairlaa a poim Hy nioral defender Is set Into Joint, For BCrUpulOUa cuaiem In New Vork haa been To aiart crlmes. and truat 'era To bloasom with sln. To "peak metapborlc: They made light of dark: Bul < uatom hdatOffSfl Ilaa now- mlaaed Its mark. The opposite readmg ls worklng ?.ut ilgtit; l-'or virtue. aucceedlng, Brlnga "darknes.s" to light. A ff U "Do you tblnk tlie time will ever romi When th" swoids wlll be coBvertad Into plouKhaharea?" "No." "Th. n you do not expect unlarersal 1 peacc?" "<>h, tliat rnay come; hut swords sre so easllv utlllicd for dccratlve purpos-s." ? I ChlcagO Record-Herald. The day "f the stony faced, BtOnB ? tressed doll of the paat aeerna to be o> er One of the largest toy manufacturers ln the clty comnilssloned a WaO BBOWB j sculptor to make for blm a doll'a head ' whlch shall he BBOdoflod from a haby. and I not alrng the traditlonal lin.-a. Tlie new ; doll ia equtppod with rew teeth and *< ant halr. It ls about the slze of a elx montha-old i.aby Althougli auch a nin lel would aeem to be unfltted for miirb of chlldren's play of t^ie ladlea, tea partles and <a)la, the manufjctunr reports that the liMlke toy has been vrry popular "Vou regard a man who says he be Uevea in the hidgmenl of the piain poople ii worth cultlvattng '" "As a rule," repUed Benator Borghum. | "When a man snys tbal it usually Indl : catee that the votlng ran he depended on i to go his whv.'?Washlngton Star. The next Hpeaker of the lower house of j the New Jersey Lcgisluture fumislies ai) 1 examj'le of American opportunltles for i men of pluck. ambltlon and ahllity. Me ls I.eon R. Taylor, of Monmouth County, | and he Is now Just twenty-nlne yeara old. '. Only B few yaara ago he was a brakeman on the pennsylvanla Railroad. Asscin i blyman Taylor s"ems to have ahsorbed a good deal of the progreaslve splrlt of ! the great system with which he was con | nected. Me used his spare time for the : study of law. and was admltted to the I bar In 1908. He wlll asaume the Speaker | shlp In his aecond term ln the Leglslature. "The Prealdent-elect Is belng over ; whelmed with measages and lettera, and I ta said to be getilng somewhat Irrltatcd ! about It." "So I understand. I wonder how I could get word to him that I have re fralned from botherlng him?"?Loulavllle Courler-JountaL The women of Vienna have organlied a eoclety for atudy and Inveatlgatlon I with a view to reduclng tha coat of fllvlng. It has been launch'd under thla fonnidable name: -Hausfrauenorgitiation gein die Teuerung und I^ebensmlttelprels erhoehung." An address dealing wlth the eauses and suggesting remedles by Helene (Jianlsch is publlshed ln "Wiener Mode" and is belng clrculated by the aociety. . A blrd dog bclonging to a man in Nash viiie dlaappeared and tlie owaer sus ! peeted that lt had been stolen. so he nut | thla notice in the paper and lnslst.-d that ; lt be prlnted Just aa he had wiitteii it: ! "Lost or Run Away?One livcr cullerea 1 bnrd dog named Jim. Wlll show BtgBB , of hlderfobby in tbree days." Tlie dog cama home the following day.?Natlonai ! Monthly. _. ; TO PRESERVE POE COTTAGE !ln Danger of Being Injured, if Not Demolished, by Excavations. J To the Edltor of The Tribune. Sir: For years attempta have been j rnada to preeerva the Poe eottage. at Kordhatn. where Edgar Allan Poe, lils 1 wife, Vltginla. and his mother-l?-law. ! Mrs. cicnimons. llvcd from 184ti to 1M9. I Thla llttle liouse la now In danger of ! belng injured. If not demolished, by ex j cavatloaa, for a roajr ol apartment houat-s Ih to be built next door, end BOBM st.-ps | ahould be taken at OBCg for its prcserva tlon. ?'yrua <". Mlller. 1'rosldent of the BBt> otigh of The Rronx, has made auch nego ' tlaUona with the own.r tliat the property | can be purehased for the sum of W.OOO. \\ Kh the approval of Park Commissioner i HigKina, the eottage can be BBOVed from ; Its pregent locatlon to Poe Purk. Juat j aorosa the Btreet, and origlnally part of ! tha I'oe garden, whlch wlll Have it from j danger of llre. and wln-re lt can be iitili/.ed ? as a museum for I'oe relics. 1'oor Vir j glnla Poe was very 111 and dled ln this ] liouse on January 30. 1M7, and waa laid to I rest In tlie churohj ard near by, in the I rordham Maaoi Refonaed Church, I The llttle COttaga was Oeacrtbed as ?.-.tiinding la an acre of greensward. feaeed in. There were BOOM grand old eherrjr treea ln the yard, which caat a masslve shade. It was a charn.ing dwell Ing, ln splle of the poverty. The aittlng roont was lald out with a check matting. four chaira, a light stand and a hanging shelf. ? Hara Poe Btruggled with poverty and. wrltlng under ad\eise clrcumstances, pro daead aome of hia greatest worka. Can BjOt New Vork save thia landmark and l,*-rpctuate the name of one BhOBB genlus and llterary reputatlon are worth whlle'.' MRS. JOHN CALDWlaLL COLEMAN. n. w votk, Dee. ?. i?i2. FAVORS JAN. 1 FOR INAUQURAL Parade "Smacks of a Lord Mayor'i Show," Says Brooklyn Man. To the Kditor of Th" Tribune. Blg; Ab each Presldentlal ltiauguratlon i day approacbea we alarajra hear much j aald abo.it dianglng the time for that oareaaaay. It seema to me that tf a , change 1* to I e made It wouid be far 1 more ecnslble to advance the date to | January ! than to delay It to a later time. The COUatT] !n Xov.-ir.her has de clered - a of an Bxecotlve, and* be . ... - iea at ai aarly a 'date as poealbU after BleCtloa Tl.en. too. Ihe t ? ? ahoaM meat durlng the ilrat wfek >,( January. dispenalng wlth the acaalen ln DtOBBlbai Thla foUowa the eaetoa ? -N'.w York and other atatea wlth regard to the lnauguratlon of the Ooven ?i aad aeeeinhHng <.>t the Leg* lalatnre The ptesent method of eleotlr.a; freea la Woventber ar.d aot having .: .,..?! : t i t. Irteea rhm tha aft.-r turdeaa called ln extra ses*%>n by the ???- lenl '?> arehalo and detrlcnantal to Ihe arelfara ' atry. lt ? .t If one party la oef Ited gBBB" tion . euM a i u aad bv l I Con : ??<? three noothl before March 4 thal aro Id be agalnei the wiii <>f tha paopla a? aapreaaad at the ?ie, tlon. in other arerda there arould ba la session for three montha a Congreea reaodlated by I the people. but st:n peaatng !???? 1 of coorea January I is nol s.iitabie to parade.s Btid OUtdoOT eeremonles, tho'J^h !t probaM) '.s ai gOOd aa March 4, bot tbe Ina'ig'.ratlon ...|,t l... I cld Imloora Ihe parade dtatianaed with Th ? u rada anaeka very much of a "Lord lfayor*i Bhoar," enyhow, and woiid not be much l.iss lf OOtltted. a J B. Brooklyn, Da :. -? FAVORS SPECIAL SUBJECT8. To the Bdltor of The Tribune. Slr: Klndly allow me to correct a mla statement that apt.eaied ln to-day a Usue of your paper. whlch doea an lnjuatlce to the memt.er.a of aa a?soolatlon of whlch I have the honor to b<? the presldent. In rcportlng the procee.ilngs of .Saturday a meHlng of the Asuociatlon of Men Prln dpala of Manl.attan and The Hronx, you atate that there waa dleeuesed a plan to check the tendency to exalt apecial sublecta. llke music. aewing, BOOklBg and drawing. over the ordlnary atudlea." and flltain. \>.ii aay, "aome of them (the prln clpala) said they would not have 0000 earry lf the orlglual BOt ln approprlationa for apecial aubjecta ln the budget for IM3 had remalned." I Leg to atate tliat this queatlon was not diacussed at all iaat nlght. and that It waa not even upon the programme for discusalon. Peisonal!>, whlle bellovlng In thoroughneas in the fnndamentala. I atrongly favor the extension of Inatruc t!,,n In aewlng and cooking, and feel aure that prartically all the members of the associatlon Join wlth tne ln the hope that th^ ent in tbe approprlatlon for the h|i>. lal aubjects wlll not be allowed to remain JAJ B T. DKMAJUBBT. Ke? Vork. I>ec. S, 1912. TROUBLED CHRISTMAS SHOPPER Te the Kditor of The Tribune. sit: To meaibera of the consumTs' Leagoe merehanta have oft.-n aald thal they would Kla.lly d.> everythtng In th. Ir pOwer t<> anooorage p;iri> Chrlatmaa sh>:'. plng. and that the OOBgeeted con.l.tlon <>f thlngs waa due to customers j?ho would not ahop aarly. Hnoa ilnlshlng my ("hrisimas huylng on December 2 I bave received not less than twenty-five etrculera from tirst elaaa booaea dealing in arttelea aoltaMe for Chrlataaaa gifts Many <>f thev,. artletea I would have a.'lect.d had tny attention been called to them carller. Are the nierchants r.ally co-np*,-at!ng In the pffort to brlng about early <*hr|st nii.a shopping? A MBMBBB OF thf: OOVBBNINa BOARD <)K THK CONBUMBIUT i BAOUB. New York, Dec. I. |f|g ALL THERE IS TO IT. From Tha Mllwaukaa Wlaronaln Woodrow Wllaon'a ausuratlon for tha pnit ponamant nf InaiiBuratlon <Jay out^oor calabra tlon untll tha advant of mlld waathar aoun la wall. but hardly would aucraad In attraatlng the crowd t? Waahln?ton. Tha attracttnt of tha cmwd to Waahlnston la tha iaat ohjaot for whlch tha outdoor ralabratlon la planned. a NONE YET. Frem Tha ('lavalaiid t^adeT. Qarinan ariantlata aay that aeroplana fllghta ln hlgh altltudra dratroy lnhrrc.loala (arma Thla appaiantly la l.orno out by the fact that avlatora. whan plrkad up, aaem not to have been ki:.ad by tubaro-iloala. People and Social Incidents AT THE WHITE HOUSE. [From The Trlbune Bureau 1 Washlngton, Dec. lO.-Presldent Taft saw a large number of Senators and Rep resentaUves and other callers before the C'abinet meeting this m rning. The Brlt Ish Panama Canal protest waa not dis cusaed by the C'abinet. This afternoon the Presldent played golf at Chevy Chase. The Presiderit and Mrs Tnft were at the Belasco to-nlght to see E. H. Soth ern and Julla Marlowe ln "The Merchant of Venlce." In the box with them were .V!ss Taft. iseoretary and Mrs. Hilles and Major Rhoades. _?p a THE CABINET. fFrom The Trihune Bureau 1 Wa-hkgton. Daa lO.-Mia. Wlckeraham opanad her music room this morning for the second of a BOrtaa of lesson recitals by Hardd Randolph. diractor of th P. a body Institute of Music. In the aodtaacn were Mrs. L. '/.. Lelter. Mrs. Marshill Pleld, Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page. Mrs. Baakaaaa winthrop, Mra. baanard Waod, Mrs Jaaaaa S. Harlan, Mrs. Henry Di mock. Mlss Marle Stevens. Mrs. Hennen Jennlngs. Mlss Katherine Jennings, atHM. de L'rcullu, Mlss Laura Harlan, Mis. Hugh Wailace. Mrs. Spencer Cosby and M:s. Huckner Randolph. a THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS. fFrom The Tribuna Baraaa Washlngton. Dec. lO.-The Peruvlan Minist.r and Mme. Pezet entertained at dlnnar to-night ln compliment to theb* gueat, Cnuataaa L. J. de Koustein. of New york, Alfonso Washlngton Pezet. son of the Minist.r and Mme. Pezet, has been OMde Ottachd of the legation, and will m.ike hla home here. T. M. Wllson, honorary attach* of the Brlttab Embassy, arrlved here this after? noon. J. Han, who was charge d'affairea be? fore the arrival of Constantlne Brun. the reappolnted Danlah Minkter, haa returned to Denmark. Scflor Don Nkholaa Remon has been appolnted attache of the legation of Panama. and in company with Mrs. Nlcholas Remon has arrlved ln Washlng? ton to aaBume his dutles Hef.or Don Rlcardo J. Alfaro, counsellor of the Panama Legation, and 8eflor Arlas, second aecretary, have been de tached from the legation staff. IN WASHINGTON 80CIETY. TFrom The Trlbune Bureau. 1 Washlngton. Dec. 10? Miss Taft at tended the receptlon and dance glven at the Playhouse this afternoon to present to ao.-lety Iflaa Leiia Harrison. daugh? ter of Mrs George F. E. Harrison. Mra. Kdward k. Qualtrough. aunt of Misa Harrison. was hostess. The Playhouse was decorated with plnk flowera, palma, ferna and other foliage. Mra. Qual? trough and Mlss Harrison recelved to gether, the latter wearing a gown tilinmed with the lace wom hy her BSOthor when she was presented to so some yeara ago in the i-ld Ray homestead. now the Netherlands Lega? tion. AHblstlng Mrs. Qualtrough a:.d Mlss Harrison were MI. s Rebekah Wll mer, Iflaa Dorothy Aleshire. Miss Sophy Johnston. Misa Martha Bowers, Mlss Kthel Koyoa and Miss Eleanor Reyburn The guests Included saveral hundred 1 persons from offklal and lesident ao i ciety. Th* asslstants and a few others i were entertained at aupper and a dance i la ihe Playhouse. Mra Wllliam I*. kennis and her daughter. Mrs. Charles Nelson R l hoataaaaa for debutantes of the ..n at a tea this afternoon at their I home in 16th street. Mrs. John Sharpe Willlama. Mrs. Swanson. Mrs Hannla Taylor, Iflaa Sally Wllllams and Iflaa Lucy Hoke Smith were among those as alatlng Amor.g the numeroua hosts entertaln ing dinner partles to-night were Mr. and Mrs. i' C. Glover. who entertained for the Aabaaaadar to Franee and Mrs. Herrick, and Dr. and Mra. Duncan Btc Klm Mr and Mrs. .lohn W Foster wlll lea. e here on Monday for Southern Call fornla. where they wlll apend the wlnter Their aon-ln-law and daughter, Mr. and Mis Robert Lansing, wlll oc CUPy their home here. -? NEW YORK SOCIETY. Several of the debutantea of the seaaon. as well as a number of those of last I year and older membera of soclety, took . part ln a successful vaudevllla perform ance last night ln the ballroom at Sherry's for the beneflt of the Convales cant Home for Babtea at 8ea Cllff, Long Island. The programme conslsted of two ahort BkatChaa and a series of Freneh. Russian, Scotch and other fancy dances, followed by general danclng, for whlch Conrad'e Orcheatra played. Miss Eugenle M. Ladenburg and Wlll? iam G Wendell took part ln one of the playlets. entitled "The Highwayman." by Justln IfcCarthy, and in the other, writ? ten by Francls W. Crowninshield. Mlss Laura Cass Canfleld and the author ap pe,ared. ln the Russian dance there were Mrs. Jamea B. Euatls, Misa Edlth Mortlmer, Mlss Vlrginia Murray, Mlss Joseyhli.e Oshorn, James B. Eustls, Horace Chase Bb bblr.s, Robert Bacon and George B. \\ agstaff. Mlss Julla Bobbins. Miss Edlth Mortl? mer, Mlss Carolyn Kobbe. Mlss Mal Wat? aon, James B. Eustis. Harry Appleton Curtls and Whltewrlghl Wataon appeai-l ln the Freneh dance In costume and Mlss AngailOB Brown. Miss Emlly Coe, Mlss t'onatance Goodrlch, Mlss Dorothy Hyde. M.-nroo Douglas Robinson. Reglnald H. Rlvea, Chester Burden and Chalmers Uood. Jr., ln the Scotch dance. Mlaa Mai Wataon. Misa Carolyn Kobbe and Whlte w rl^ht Watson gave a -a-oatume dance to the mualc of a song from "The Wlnsoma SULZER INAUGURAL PLANS Ceremony Will Take Place In doors, Just as Usual. Albany, Dec. 10?The sugjjestlon tKat Governor-elect Wllliam Sulzer he In doctad into offlce with an outdoor cere monv la not fcaalule on account of the .!?('? rialntv of the weather condltlons, In the opinion of state oftVlals. By dk reetlon of Becretary of State I^azansky the work of erecting a tempotary plat? form ln the Assemhly chamher, Where the ceremonlea are to be held, wlll begin lr a few dayfl. Tentatlve planr, for the In-uigurarlon are almllar to those of re cent years. The Inauguratlon of Governor Dlx cost the atate about I5.668. Includlng $:.? "" for the tranaportatlon of tha flfteen bun dr-'d national guardsmen who took part tn the parade. Although Mr. Sulxer haa raajuaatad that the Inaugural ceremonlea be almple and economica). the offlcials say the expense wlll be about the aamo as in 1910. EGQ8. From The Beaton Herald. N'lnatean separataly nam?4 gradM ef ?tt* lo the markat?and the best none t?? good. t Wldow." There were also clog dance* and other attractlons. The affafr waa under the management of Mrs. Stanley Mortimcr, Mrs .1. Searle Barclay. Jr., Mrs. Douglas Roblrison and Mrs. Henry Parisli. jr. Among the memb.rs of the board of managers of the home are Mrs. E. Henry Harrlman. Mra. I'harl.s si.?.?].?. Mra. Kd wln D. Morgan, Mrs Henry Parlsh, Jr., Mra. Ralph Pulltzer, Mrs. Prtrloijoa: Roosevelt and Mrs. Harold Goadwln. The Nelghb'irhood Club was entertained last everilng at the house of Amos F. Eno, No. 32 Fifth avenue. Mra. Wllliam G. Bates gave an informaj reception yesterday afternoon at. her house, No. 46 East 46th street, for her daughter, Miss Amy Bradloh Johnson. who was Introduood to oodety a week ago. Mi3s Elizabcth Thompsowi, Mlta Margaret Knapp and Miss G?-itrude Mall poured tea. Mr. and Mrs. Charlea C. Goodrtch gav? a dlriner laat night at the St. Reg|s jn celebratlon of Mr.s. fjoadrlch'a baithday. Mr. and Mis. l?uis J. Pooler have ar? rlved in the clty from Tuxedo and are at tlie Uitz-Carlton for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Hanrj Sanford cami to the clty yesterday from BtdganakS, Conn., and are at the, St. Bag ? Mr. and Mrs. D. H. karstairs ara the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lnarlea S. Car stalra, at the St. Regls. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund L Baylles hara been placed in mouming by the suddsn Aoatb on Monday of Mr. Bayllea'a mothar, who was the wldow of Edmund L. Bay? lles, sr. Mr. and Mrs. Luclua Wllmerding have rantad a house in Washlngton, D. G. for the aeaaon, and wlll take up. their real dence there early ln January. Reglnald C. Vanderbllt la leaving towa, next week for Europe. Mrs. Vanderbllt has left the Vanderbllt Hotel for hir naw apartment at No. 406 Paxk avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Wllliam Goadby Loew will leave New York on Saturday for Europe. Mra. Corr.ellua C. Cuyler wlll entertain a party o? twenty at dlnner to-morrow night at her house bj West 64lh street. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland H- Dodge have left town for Washlngton. Mr. and Mrs. Thomaa Hughe* Kally have arrlved in town from Europe, and are at the Plaza for the wlnter. Henry Vincent Higgtr.s. C. V. 0.. baa arilved from London. and la ataylng at the Rltz-Carlton. Formerly an offlcer of the Rnyal Horse Guards, and married to the wldow of W. L. Breese. of New York. he la now the chairman of ti.e Ivmdon Opera Syndltate and of tlie companles OWnlng the Rltx and Catlton hoiels ln varlous pa<ts oT the w-.rld. tflf BOO, Cecil Higgins, ls married to the former Miss Bthel '"ryder. of New York?o:.e of tha Crj der trioteta l M.-s F. Norton Gortdad gtvefl a recep? tion this afternoon at i.er hOilW ln Lex ington avenue. for the debut of I kfiaa Aniue T Goddard, daughter of thfl lata Warren Goddard Mrs Walter Eyre Lambect wlll recelve thia afternoon at her new house. No. Ul East 35th street. Charlea vT. Short and h!s Anglo-Aufl trlan bride. Counteaa Camilla Eioyaa daughter of the lata Count Otorge 1' Of tlie Iinpenal Austrlan Nav, grar.ddaughter of Wliilani uaveotor of ihe Wbltabaa I dut. here the day at'ter tl ? from Englaiid, 00 board tlie Ifaure their way to Boston, arhara thaj make their home. Mr. and Mrs George D. F. Latth fldll gke a dlnner dance on Prlday at tha Rltz-Carlton. _ Mr. and Mrs A Holland Forbes arrlve.1 at tha Blta-Carltaa yesterday for a ahort stay. _ ?-? AT NEWPORT. [Bv TelagrOPh to The Tr'.hune | Newpott. Dec. 10.?Mr. and Mrs T Shaw feafe are plannlng a large Chrlat ir.as dlnner party. Mrs. Charles M. Oelrkha ls to remaln at her Kjty atieet home untll after the holl davs. him Benjamln Thaw and Mlss Henrlettt Thaw have returned here after a vlslt ln Pennsylvanla. Mr. and Mrs. at M. Van Buren have ra turned from New York. Mra Newton Adama ls the gueet <i rela tlvea fn New Tork. Commander and Mrs George W ?"; lams. U. S. K.. have gona to New Tork for a vlslt. IN THE BERKSHIRE8. [B\ TeUgraph to The Trlbur'T T.enox. Dec. 10.-Mtss Heloke Meyerltft Lenox to-day for New York to vlslt aflae Gertrude Paraons. IfJaa Roealle Goodman la wkh frianda ln Waahlngton. Miss Ahce Plllsbury left Plttsfleld ta day for Pasadena, I al. She bj to bfl married there ln January toSiantvn For? man. Mr. and Mra. George Winthrop rol?om gave a dlnner at Sunny Ridge to-nlght for their daughter. Mis FraiMbJ DhleB Fttzulbbon. Buataco Jacquca. who ha* been vtsiting his mothcr ln MIHon. Is With Mr **d Mrs. Samuel FTOthlngliam at OverlaO Mrs. Girard Fountain. of S.arsdal*. N. Y.. is a guest of Mrs. BroWB i:i Stockbi ldge. Mr. and Mra. Edward L afOrOBj af Sto. kbridge, are in N.-w York. on B8* ooamt af tbe donarture for Buropa Baa waek of Mrs. MetWa B0O, James Louns barry. NOBEL PRIZES PRESENTED King of Swerlen Honors Emi nence in Four Fields. Stockholm, Dec. lO.-The Nobel priies were prescnted to-nU'ht to the wlnnerfl bv the Klntf at a banqoet over wh!3> ,Prlnoa wiiiia mpraaldad. The prlaea arara dktributed as follov. fll Ifadlllna rtr Alcxts farrel. of '.hfl Ro. kefeller Instltute. New York Physlcs-Gustaf Dalcn. of BtOCkke m Literature? Gerhart llaiiptmann. of Ber Un. khemlstry-Dlvided between Trofessor Grlgnard. of Naney knlverslty. and Pr? fessor Paul Sabatler. of Toulouae Unlver atty, Peace?Not awarded. To-morrow the Klng wlll entertain thfl wlnnera at dlnner. SOME KENTUCKY 8TATISTICS. From The UflflUavtttfl Couuer Journal ln the year 1012. now drawtng to a flMBBj the paM of tbe vlntaae ot 1812 regarding tbe unavtlltngneas of a Keiiutcklan to dilnk waiar haa baan prlnted ?.84B.?70 tlmea. and ln roanr caaes aold for hard caao to ?'comlc" waaetliea