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Mr. Gamboa Beats About the Bush.
*rii*> sii|.|.lemeiitnry note of ihe Mexican Stsjietary
f.n* ftHretf-Q Affairs. which lias inspired Mr. Lmd j
with leneieed optimism. laan ndn.it bbbb* at beatlng
iiiK.ui Um buah. II makes ii i.niv... ahoarlnf af
juiiii.vticai rehearaal ?f tba Ainarlcto cootantkiBB.
ns if t" aay, "Nonr Ma bm kn.-ck than Inta a eaakad |
imt '; and thaa rerboeelf btoMb tha performnnce <?f
that tri.k as completely us th??u-,'U it had never been
ragtaatad
it waa aaaj t*. aaa bmhj n?o*rda In argulnf that tin*
Mexican coiistitutioii forhids BB BCting l'resident t??
be elected ric-iih'iit. and thal tberefbre Mr. Wtlaon'd
iiUfantlnn thnt General Htnrta Bhodi not se.-k ?'iox
tiuti was BUperthMM. Hut why n<?l slmply say in
1 .lfl./.i-ii u.iriis thnt Genatal Huerta is uot aud arlll
11,.t be ? i-aiiili(lat.>v why baat aboul the bneta arlth*
nut roaiiy RBjrfaif anjtblafl
lt sflitimls will. li" ili'iihl. BBd may tin* the MeXI*
.an mind. to say that Mexico cntinot |M>ruilt Um
Unlted Btataa to advlee har la donaatk affairs. be
eanaa that aroald ba t<? feregt her aoaafaigaly. Bol I
WA- ahould like tfl. ktionr, then, arhal has betmne al
tho sovt-reiiaity of many otber countrioH which bave
Bcceptad ami aeted apoa aatajhlrnrly advW-c. Th.-..
r.niiy sei-ni 10 ba enjoyinj* u pretty eoeaplete dagree
Ut iiiih*iM>iid.'iil sovorHi-nty, in spitc af what Mr.
(Jamhoa is pleaaed to enoalder au 'vnonnJty."
11,,. Mexican s*>rr?'tary repeatadly athrms thal
Oeneral Huerta i** beyonil chaWaagB tin* eenatlta*
tioul ttd intt rim Tresid. nt of Mexico. hut ln* makes
no .iti?>ni|it. cv.mi. to explaln tha Btneaa >>f bombatd
inent Bnd assasstnatluu aa ctmstltutional MMthodfl
,.f p-rv-4-ednre. In brlef, hc ?ja mu.-h that is n-t
to thfl' point. ami then .*n"ids the nal potata Bl BBnjtE
with BXpeii dexterity.
Nererthdeas, then is p-onnd for Mr. Ltnd'a ??p
tiuiisin in Mi*. Gaabhoa'a iBajnalliad aapreaMoa of
Mhope, inata tiian erer, fat aa haanailnta lolatloa "f
th<- contiict." and his h?-licf thal "WA aro tonlly in
tha way of .irrlvine at nn 8iranj:<inj**nt 4*<|iiiilly
(li._'iiiii*>.I tor both siiL's.'- In that hope the Atneii
can people trtll join. tha more haartttj baeanaa the
teiy cliaraiterlstk-s of Mr. I'ainl'oa's imte t?> which
are have referred Beem to iudioate an inolination 10
n-liiuiuihh iinleiialile i;roun?ls aud to accept, oven
with profoae prataatntlana to the eontrary, the teontt
-.?ls of disint'iested friendship.
I
Mr. W'hitman's Justification.
Wc <lo ii"t see tnii'li force in the nasoiis Idsthct
Attorney Whitmau riva-s for ac'cptiiij* the Tam
iiiany iifliiniuatloii. The Distri.t Attorm-yshiii han
md heen reir:micil as a noii-partlsan o)h?e. like a
j.lace ou tba beach, an.l this a.-tio** of Mr. Whit
nian's will n?.t lead to nou-partisau notniuatlons for
it in the future. Mr. Whitinan made a campaii-n
for it loiir years BgO, as If it were I j.ollti.al ofti'-e.
ami h;is prepared to make ? simiiar ampalfa lor
it this year arhao Tanitnany mmle him Its i*an<li*
date. And it was |.oliti<*s. uot the di?nlty Of the
oftice. that Taminany had iu nilnd wheu it offered
hlm the nomination.
The worst of lt 1-* that Mr. Whltntan's kafle laadl
to the coii.-hiMuii th.it he should n"t take part in
the COmlng catnpalgn, but hold himself aloof lik?*
a jufllhlal candldata. Ia that case Tammany wlll
hare BflttCeeflBd not only iu takiuR the exlR? off the
initi-Tanimany issu*-, hut also Iu silcncinc the baat
anti Tammany campalgner.
The only justilicatlon for Mr. Whitniau'a uction -
and many pajopta wlll ix>t mlmlt it*** sulticlency?hl
that it il sures the W fh-ellmi of B Dtotrlrt Attorney
arho has heen nf <*reat aenrlce to the city and arho
wlll .ontimie for f??ur years* nxire to he or g|ajn(
Bftrtea to it W hatever justification exlsts h prac
tii-al. imt ldeal. as Mr. Whitman tries to make it.
The Way to Taxicab Profits.
nue hy on.- the le*;iil ohstad'.s to the euforceineut
of th?- redneed hura oeilnance ralaad bf the taxkah
?einpanJea Iirm- beea aa/arthiewB by tha courts.
The oiilinain*. has U-en dednrod constitutional, aud
laaaiii ib now in full f*nce. lt is to be hoptd its
afhednla af fares win Baan i?e in pwctfcnl aparn*
tion. to*'.
rhe taxicab caaapaalaa have not galned any pnblle
sympathy bf their efforta t<> heat the n-duction iu
latfl's. Ami they need the puhllc pK-fll will if they
Inland tO rentlnnB t<> <1<? huslness. The evid.-nee is
that tbey <an affonl to give goad aervii e Bnd make
a 4-fliiufortal'le pnitlt at tbe new rataa, BBptcMLf as
they w*mt have to pay hli: huius to h??tels and clubs
p.r 'stnnii" privlleajaa in tha pabtlc atraata. it aranM
pay their manac?-rs t'? il.-vot*- their attentlon t?> >tir
inc this clty as j.'.*?m1 aud us <heap sfl-rvice as taxi
. ui. .-ompniiies ajfra Bdropann cttiee, rather thun t>.
fljrhtlu>: mu'h deserved resnlation by the puhlh- an*
thfliriti.s. That way lie *;o?k1 wlll ati'l p<*oi\ dlvi
dciids.
In the Mirc of Spoils.
The noininatioii *if Henry Mor-'eiithau to he Alti
li.tB4-.ador to Turk.-y delnclH's W. W. Kovkhill fr-MU
Ihe diplomati<- BBIflce. There are few people wb?i
couhl have thouj'ht when I'resldent Wilson waa
inati-'iirateil that any 'onceashms whl*-h he mlirht
iiinke t<. the .-lainoi* for sjm.IIs ln foreign ajipoliit
ments would involve the retlreun'ut of a diplomat
..f Mr. itoefcblira enpnettf.
Mr. Itockhlll's i-ari'ef has he.11 au inspiralion lo
the foung men wim iu rceiu years have aecaplad
the Kovernmeiit's pnrtlal promise to develop n dlplo
matic latahHahaaant of fiit*d tenwe, in which pea*
motiona should ba made ou merit. Ile be?an aa
siffliiid s..cn>tnry of legatlon at reklng twenty nlne
faaajt If0, |ttd with the excei?thm of four yeara of
tvptoitag ?..rk ll CWM under thi- dire?tion of Uie
SiulthKoiiian IiibMIuI.Iou he ha? l?e< 11 contluuoualy
employed alv-o theu In dlplomatlc work. He haH
beea chii-f clerk of tbe State 1 >t*p:irliin*ut.' Third As
sisH.nl Sccrctary ..f Slate. AssMant S^retary ..f
siiiti". i?initor ..r the Bnrean of Anierlcan Repub
llcs, apertal envoy, odalster BBd uinbass.xior. H?
has been rctained in oflcfl under lieinocratic -?*?*?
Kcpuhlicun adminlstru tions.
lf tiny ?trlklng opportunity xxas ater oflcicd t"
empbaabu Um fact tbat this ronnUf has aaa for
tritiiiiHl .llploinats it xxas Offerad to lhe Wilson ad*
ininiMrafion ln Mr. RocfchllTs taae. Hut tbe Pltbw*
di'tit ehose instead |n einphiisizo liis iiidiffereuee to
all plana Tor naa-tdcrnttliig tba foretgn aarrlca and iii**
j.n.f.M-.-iKi" fnr oalng it la tba brntai. oid-iashioncd.
JaefaptaaJaa inatbad ta pa* att paHtlcal dabta.
in i.thor BeU "f si.oiisin.'insiiii. baa tln* admln
istriitioi) falli'ii 80 lon- hl in its wbolusale lootiin: of
the diplontatle iH.rps.
The Gaynorites and Whitman.
If tho '"ajnorltcs are honest tiny Bill i tit into
the ti-eld ?n this oouuty a candidate tor DWrW
Attorney in opposltkm lo Mr. Whitman. Only bj
dolng t'bis ean thej prove the altuvrity bf their
cjHim trntt Mayor aaynof/a cuii.ii.incy ia*fprta?nta ?
real Issue Lfncajad both hy tha taelontsta an.l bj
Taiumany.
Mnyor Gaynor koiiuIH a renoininatioti 00 the
ground that bis adiuinistiatiou has heen an iiuquali
ned sueei?ss. The head of the Guynor LeagM DkBda
ovcrtures tO the fusion iioinlimtlng roiiiinitlee. and
Wbaa tbal committee voted to eliniiuute tl.e MajTOT
fn.in its list of caglbaaa hope croahed to aartb
turned krcurJngly towaid Tanin.an.x. Hut Murphy
also refused to accept the view that ona COP '??
('ayimr coffee OUgbt to he folloxxed hy BUOtber.
The chlef coniplnint BgaffcMM the Maybf has l.e.n
his refusnl to tolerate .rlticism of tho police ad
niinistratloii. He ha- U'eate.l atlacks 00 poll'.- COT
niptionists as uttacks on his ovxu reputation. and
ieven xve?t s-. fur aa to deecrlbe tl"' Dterrtd Attor
ue.Vs actlxities ln exposliij. corniption as those of
an "'eiieuiy."
lf tl.e Mayor an.l liis suppoi'tei'.- llBTe lhe l*OOf
age of their anlnfom they xxin i*onttanM to regard
Mr. Whitman a> an "ctieiux" aod >> III do their baal
to defaal him for re i'U*4tion. Then* can he BO peBOB
between tbe rity Hall and the i?Mri.t Attorneya
Offlce tf hoth Gaynor an.l WhltUMII Bl* I ?? clct.-.l.
l'l-oni the Gaynor laeagne'a point of rlaw it te Jual
as much a duty to pul a ??frieii.r I.i tbe Dlatrlcl
Attori.ey^hlp as it 1*- to vindicite tle- Uayiior Waldo
theory that the miiiinu'eiiiml of tOC IWlCB I'epait
ment baa heen tba iihwI aerfexl faatura of an abao
lutely flaxxless adininistiatioii.
Lawmakcrs' Business Activities.
The meat of the Arnold cbargM BgalluM A-etiihlx
tn:iu Aaron J. LaWJ is Ibal l<<-'>. ohtain..! f3*W0 uiit
of inouey pald 10 ex State Klii.'iueer Skene bj tbe
BtatB puisuant to legUbJtlVB liiandate. J his AraoU
teni.s u brihe. raajaj<tlleea oi the fact tbal LrBtry ap
peared for Skene lu legal procatedlnga. e*arriatnf
openly his functlana aa a lawyer In another pbaae
of Bkenaa kfal ditti uiti.-s. and aaya tbU *8jm
xx as his f4*e for ihe wort done tben.
This situation. xxith olln-r nann-s an.l ni.-rely
eUgbtlf dlff'ereut draimatancaB, will Cfop up atfuin (
and Bgalfl uutil Nea Vork state adapta :. laxx regu-1
lettng the l.usiness actixitii- of ber lawmakara ln
reiBtloa to lhe atate, as th?" ianieral ^uxeruiucnt
found it uecessurv to da .\t rartona UttMB hills |
hava l?evn i.ro|aose<l forhiddint; nux i>g|8lator t" -o't
as spe<7ial lOnnafl Tor ii s'ate th'i'artiiiciit. OT to]
handle clalius ayaiust ll..- etaie. or lo Ihi interestcd j
in unx .-ontnut xxith tln- state. 'I he.x never beCBUie
hixx. The idea umlerlj iiiK tbew xxas tbal it xxa^j
nmnif4*stlx inipro|MT for anx laxx mak-r t.. he in B
jKisilion to further his OWB ini.TCMs hv lem-lalixe
actlou at the aupanee of tbe atate One of ibe tblnga
xxhich proxed tuost dBBaBglng tO the d.t'eiite of
Jothum IV AHds xxhen he xxa> 00 trinl b] tbe Senate
for bribe taklng xxas the rex.-iitloa tbal ba aecepted
retaineis fnun i conn-rn xxhi<h xxa^ Intereated In
Ctaln bllls on xxhich AlMa, as a tOgbdator, xxas ex
pactad to xote.
Na i4--,'i<hitor wboae etbkal aaaMa la aorklng freeij
ls likely to pla?e hims. lf ln h poattbia arbere be baa
to defend hituself ajiainbt tht* cbarffa of llnlng bla
oxxn p?s"ket xvllh state funds bx nvc ..f his offlcial
IKixver. Neverlhel.-ss. lt xxoiild I"' a Blmple matter
|0 make the laxx frilve xxith etblCB, and it nii^ht af
fonl the state treasury some protectloO.
A Finc Achicvement in Aviation.
I'erhaps tbe besl )OdgC <?f ri'.i'iit Bttampta l" Hv
arouml (.real Hrilaln is Mr. WtnatOB < 'hurchlll.
Uaxxker COTarad only txxo-thinls of tba dlManoo
oxiT 1.<Krii miles ?>ut of IfiiOt, Yet tbe man at tbe
heud of the Baglletl navy declares tho revult "xxoii
ilerful" and of "real value."
This verdict applies tirst of all to the airiuan for
his sklll und i-ouniKe, and sec<?ndly to tiie InrentOTi
riliice the crnft xxas Hrltish ln daaaigB and conetrne*
tion. A thlr.l ibarc of praise is dae to tho i.fxxa
iui|rer whleh offered a prize of 1-SjOOt), laiplx froin
patrfottaaa, und xxhich gare ^.imx) in eatuwlatloB for
the imrtlal failuie.
I.ike tho xxihl dU'k, the hxdro iit-ro|>laiif. n n.-xx
ty|?e of nirship. .au iM.thJly and svviin. Abillty tO
do the latter ls of greai importanca in case a.ci
dent or an eneuiy'a guus conipcl desccnl to -ea lex ? -I.
xxhen the aeroplane i- use.1 .-^ an adjnu. I tO Ibe
navy. Hoth Hawker BBd his country ilest-rvc con
gratulatlon oxer the trial which endeal this xxoek.
Not a Good Philippine Counsellor.
rreshlent Wilson niuPt by this tlme regard lhe
umnner of his cbOi e of n nexv I'hllippinc ihn.Tiior
ijeneral us one of those thin**s xxhhh he xxoiild
xx Ish to have otherxxlsi". lt has been x\ i.h'ly ami re
peatedly atated, axlthout denlul, tbat his BBBBSlag
sele<-tlon of Mr. Ilarrlson, of Taiiiinanv Hall, xxas
niaih- nt the ?nfpBBtlon nnd arglag of Mr. Maiimd
Quezon. lf tbat be tru<\ It wlll oeeiir to all retlec
tlxe ininds that he eoind scanely have llataned tb I
niore Inappropriato udvlser.
Mr. 4}w7.tm ls nonilnally one of the two Raaldanl
t'oniinlssioncrs <>f the Pbillppiaea at W;ishln?ton.
In faet. he ia a propaflantfafjl of I'liipino dlsacontent
and disafl'iitlon. liis chirf activities in lhis eotitilrx
BppBBf to he to pnblish a pupcr and lo niake
s|?4*e<hes Bgatnet tl.e estahllshed policy nf the gov?
ernmeni of the L'Bltad States, xxith OCt-aaaOBBl al
taekn and hUBpOOtM upon eonsplcnuus uiciulveis of
that Koverninenl. Theri> can be llttle doubt that the
chipf result of his labofB bBia ls to Inelte and en
COniBfd hostllity and diH.nler ln the l'hiliiiplnes,
even of the lype xxhleh bnuiKht ih'ath lo General
Ijixxton nnd niaiiy other hrave and loyal serxanls of
the Aiuerlean ja-ople.
lt may be prudeiit at Ilines to lls(en to au eneiny.
It Is BOt wlse to aceept his advice. lt xxas i-er
Uiinly unflttini,'. to usi- no slrointer tenn. for the h.I
ininlHtration which ls ehuffrcal xvlth lhe Kovenuueni
of the I'lilllppines to hf nuided iu lhis Ugblf Im
iM.rtHiit inatter by a tructilent eneiny of all Amerl
eaa a^vetrnnienl of thoaa Jslands: thougb such guinV
an.-e niij-ht have h.-en eXpBCtad to indu<-c just sucb
,-i acamialoUM *-4Bj*-otatiueui as that which has heen
mad*
ln Um hripht lexicon of l-xal politics there is no
..ther Wfl.nl half .so inspirini- and popuiar as ?'plc.?'
A nfl.iaeleHH soiip sfroon ln being proudly exhiblt d
hy Ita Chicago designers. Thdr next contrlbutlon to
eaay eatlng should bd the aquare pua.
The Caynor emhlfl-m oiight not to he a bhovcl. lt
ought lo be a vunity box.
'Dollar wheat, dollar <orn, dollar potatoes" ls the
cheering slogan which the farmers are ehantlng. It
df-sn't sound very joyous to a public which has al?
ready heard "flfty-c-nt t-ecf" und is expt-cting "ten
<<nt bread."
Attorney Qanara] Carmodf could make many bur?
den. .1 baarta at All.any heat llghter by decldlng that
Bin*a the LagMntUN BOta as a "higher lav/" body in
imi.ea.hm.-nt prtweedlnga all its memben am an*
titled to BXtra court of impeachment" salarU-a.
AS I WAS SAYING
A tight-tlat. d. penurioua, Jcfirisoiiian old party
is Mr. Bryan, bul not with the pui.ii. moneya.
When it tOtBltO to lishing DUl the littl*- eotcric of
Ani. ri. ans lefl ktcklng Ifl Mexico h*- demands a hun
dr.-.: thouaand dollara- all that! Whal would Btmpla
Thomaa anyT
''Darnad luxurloua and plutocrntle,M ea surmisc,
thoiigh atandarda ha\>- rtaam, it la true Beehoarouf
eompatrlot Brer Johnaon is traveiiing fourteaa
iiutomoliiles. twenty-nlne lov.-ly ladlen (count tlienii
and a boggBge train eitrht miles long. N.?t slri.-e
I Hannlbal has a colorad tourist got about la auch
i gl-.iy.
This ali"TS tbe caae, and possiHy it was wis> ->f
Mr. Bryan t?> abandon lus orlglnal plan. Oh, y,
there Is a ci\i<- v.lii.le standing idle. theaa iracatloa
da.vs. bul ea guaaa the refugecs would hav.- felt put
OUt if he bad ---ent the long. lumh. nn*-. Juv.-nlle
omnlbua mada famous by th*- author <>f ""The i.ittl**
Rod S. hoolhousc thal Iluiig iu tha Well."
Bul b buadrad thouaand dollara naonetrauel
Canl we araltl In an^'htr Baontb ot aa a asodaat
] ten-apot n iii |X It
More trouMel Now it la Bruthar Boh arho A"**1
lerturing la "The Outlook" one nreah, In "CoUler'a'*
lha nexl t.. .-k< oul tha tnlaerabW pitUnce allottad
1 inn. i.x thal nlggardl) l?ahlona Departmenl
Wc ronelder thla nothlng Bhori ?>f a publli acaa*
? Ini. nnd trust th.it the j*r< at-licai t. .1 Texans aill
rotne I'lrwanl with hush lin>ne>. as in Mr. Hryans
raae, thougb ara ha\?- dortved much Bwaatnaaa and
liKiit. so far, from Brother Be*. aYa enjoyed bla |
heart-to-henrt talk on The Prtea <>f h lofl' "r. la
the .?<"-. ii Beatly ?Verth lt "' And ard applaud his
revoll iiKalnst the Paris dn s-nakers. <'ur BBOtUl
Amerlcan duda for Amerlcaii damaa,
Win should this wouderful country oUain Its
faahlona ftom Ftancel Wi are a nation of hum.T
iMx If we put our nimds to lt we c.m tlckle the
\i-r- boulevartta. s..x th*- word. madare. and ?*/*? arlll
deertgn '.mi Baaaethlng qjulti axqutaltel) .iisKusttng.
ourself.
Bul w? must a\..id ovatrpralBlng Brother Boh.
Mueh bi a ? rallab iaapal< w< thtnk him tor Ioo
siher-tongiied itn.i llly*handad ** kcturer. Ht baal*
- iti :,. bawl oUt ihe truth an ln mh? it. V\ e kimw
perfoctl*/ weii what th*- ran.*. diuaBBBakar s*nd tu
hlm, nnd ea hatfl to h..\e Bruthar Boh aoften ?t an.l
tone it d'.wn and dllutd !t ItttO ?? mere retnark BbOUl
"maklng damn fools of the AniTlcm wwn-n "
* * *
There la an. Iher grand camp maotlng "t doctora - j
in xiiM-rh h. this ume and just arhen na* fever
reverberatea moal loudlj Bul do we h.-ar burraha
f.,r th* near traetmentl Day aft.r dav we read tin
i*eporta Nol a hurrek, thougb tba aaathod is ao
aimple! Whtn pollen baglua t*. fly, ramova the naaal
Keep th.in alive outside ihe organisin. At
the cloae of the season put them ba.k.
? ? ?
Tampering elth 'The BaUtor*a Drnwar,** ?*.-? <>r>
talned .i ? barmlng -"lae >>t tha beach, with a chlld ?t
play in tlu mind. li. rieath the pi< turc this dlah-gu. :
Old-faablanad Indlvldual "WeB, Uttk man. bulld?
lng B > astle'.'"
Fln de Btdcto Infant: ''Nopa, This U ? hot.i,
thi n 'a n?? inonej in eaatlea."
Fln dc fll*-*!.'" Awfui' \\i-,;it wiii tha Oerry Bo
.ictv do to "llarpfl-r'a" for kovplng that infant under
lock and key down .ellar till lus fourtoentb >-ai?*?
? ? ?
Thej nre < oiiiihk bome arhak ahlpkmda of them
and w? shaii be compelli-d to llaten. th"ugh con
Bcioua 'hat ttu-ir motivaa ai*? emlnently hoatne.
W li. n t/ou eera ovei." they aay, "did you vlait th?
riilns of the Add Human btraarory up <>n th*- .liff ali*j\.
s.in Porca? i'id jraa crawl down Into tho. <iark ceii
wher*- poor, deer Canoa Davar a*rota bM Commea
l.nies on the Ninth Hook of Krysipdas? I>id vou
rlltnb the town of st. Ladfe/a. at Btranachlnvur**
siinidl'.'-her. and look out aCTOM the fjord and the
snow < lad iJorgoiuolas?"
We know In a fla.ih what Ihest ras. ala ar ? up t"
Thej > "n hardlv hold back the words, "Hope lo
goodneaa raa dldn't!"' Bul we are ptrepared,
U'e forget the BXnat B|sit, btlt soin* wh> re on th<
?lowdiesi edg*- of London Haa an abotnlnabta auburb,
n*>t?-d for 11ii caiM and pniier collara and a inllitHry
pi-ls.,'1. Visit that BUhnrbl V.vtr after you wlll he
a match for the home-coming rhapsodlet Lat hlm
apout Then, in tones nf lyrl. piisaloti, retorl: "But
did TOU go to WORMWOOD SCHfBS?"
? ? ?
No dOUDl it was funny of a flonety edltor to wrlt' .
"i rn*- of tha many engntteinents that are nlwaya an
noun.'.'d at the cloae <>f the eeason ln that of Mlss
Conetanee ? ." and n.? doubt it i? huaaan af
"Pun.h" to comrnent, "We wlnh bar better lu? k thls
vmr," but the alep is uua we ouraelf ahould BOt haso
tsk*-n except ln the ca*?; of a known lUPBUtUf
Th<' play of "I.if'" with Hrother Martln left out
niaken a jolly enough comedy neverth* leaa. thougb
how w** do niias hia adltOt?Jal A litlarious vacatiou
to hlm! Then a Joyoua return' Meanwhlle. w uuy
take advantagc ef hla ahsenee and daactiba hlm as
an enceedtngly loxely gneh?alwaya mirthful, always
amlablc, alwayr* wlae -to our mind, the flrst cltlzen
of the happy fl'ommonwealth of l.au*rhtei.
Hut while thera ls sorr*?w In hls golng, there in also
Cheer. As iionaidcrate an OOMI Icntlons, he must
hav felt that ln- was ha'-itnc ua ln good han.ls, and
thHt we were not llkely to eatch our nt-vei-get-ovc-ra
before he canie Im. k to ua. Hcsldes, ha must hase
felt thal we were aure of amuaement. aa certainly w?*
are. (Jo\*rnor Please has rexognlzed (Jovernor Hul
zer. B. !-? ?
ABOLISH THEM.
Fr?m The Sprlnaflel.l TiVpuhllrmi
In Sew *iork Stat* a ahneklna sur. enslon nf grfld**
rraaalag a**cldents hni l^d to a varlety ?.f pr*.po?nJ?,
Itirlu'llnu a plflii f"r a J*>a In the road whl.h would
eOOBpel motor <-?irH t<> nh.w doarfl In appi*)H<*hlnif the
tra*k. The plnu mlaht. however. merely auliatltute one
kind "f a<*< Ident for another.
BU8Y!
I'rom The I'hrlfltlan Hrleine Monitor.
More than two -nllllnn fflrniPis In the I'nited Htatefl
iiK*r* the telephone. It prohahly neemH, now and then, on
the mral cln-uita aa If they were all ualng It at the
THE GRAVE DIGGER!
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THE PEOP
THE MEXICAN MUDDLE |
Reader Thinks President's Mistakes j
Due to Bad Advice.
T. ti k.iii-t .,f Tha Ti Ihuae
sn ? Jadgtaa from tha na wbi
porta it wouM appear thal Preaidenl wu- I
..ou )?.,-. had BotfM verj poor advlaera, and
th<* r.**u't i- " . ? i - ?. ' ' iddle n Mi i .
i. aa Tha Hi al mletake our Pn aldei I a ?? '*
a;,*. tn n A rt ognlstns Huerta ..t the tlme
t'-.,t ; wa re ognlat .1 b) th- rartoua
fOrelgn ?r-o\ ?ri.iTi.-rit^ rhat recognlHoB
would bave glven Mm force ln hla owb
eountry et abled hlm le Anance 1 la opei - j
atlona and by Ihla llme tha boh alled re-1
hellkm in M< aleo arouM hava ,"-*"
qii? llrd.
I Bo vt aee bj whal righl we eaerelae
1 .. rehlp <o.-r the morala of other
countrlea To my knowlealga II haa mn
iwon done hj any other nation Ib Inter
natlonal dlnVultlaa nnd our Bttempl le
brtng 11 into play now haa proved dla
aatroua
Another mlataha 1 am afrald our Preel?
danl haa mada te, If tha praaa quotes hbn
correetly, eaaetlng from Huerta tha pram
ts?- th.it he wouM not ba a candidate for
praeldenl la the eoming alectlona 1 faii
to nea arhal rlght aai government.
Indlvtdual haa to mahe " demand ef thal
rharacter, and lluaarta very Juatly decllBed
t, arquieeec Thla requeet plaeea Prset
riint Wltoon in rather an ambarraaalng
pealtten Tha very mahlag o( tha requeel
Itaeif "jxiii popularlse Haerta among hu
o\a 11 j,...pi., .111.1 vaiii mahe hlm all tha
more determtned to beeeme b eaadldate.
11. wlll prohaMy be elected. and tham whal
wlll Mr. Wltoon do? He will i.< aompelled
ti. recognlaa H lerta, whether ha wlahea to
do ao or not. if thera is anv reaeon lhal
juatldoa oui Pm Ident ln makln
appeara to be a most unjust demand on
Huerta lha American people ara aoi awei
of lt.
Tha situation al tii<* preaenl tlme la 1
?.-rv atralned one, and, from th<- Mealcan
point of vlew, full ef dramatlc poselblll
ti.s. 1 x a nt 1,1 ? io ui.iiu* tha predl tion
that Huerta arlll wlthln a verj ahort Uma
realgn In favor af tha youngi 1 1 Haa aad wtu
iippoint Oeneral Trevlno or Oeneral Blan
guetta hla Minister of -War and bide his
tlme untll October. become a enn lldate
for electlon, and by ttms martyrtstng
hiniai-if he arlll make hlmaelf tha Idol of
the M.?l.an people. All this xvoiild bava
hren evotated if Mr. WUeon ha?i In thr
beglnnlng reeognlaed Huerta. U C T.
New Tork. Aug. ::. lDin.
"THE VANISHING R"
Why Dr. Holmei Changed a Poem
for Posterity.
To tha Ivlltor of Tho Tiilnuie
Hlr: I waa much IttteVBBtod laM Nuiidav
in your eommeata on "Th<- Ventohlng i<"
for a apedal reaaon. Before the late.it
editlon of tllA poenis Of OttVeV W'eli.lell
Holmi-ia \<.ns publiahed Iii UM, the afi-nl.il
rlo.-tor went over Ih-n maaa of materlal .
that liH'l BOeamUlated m a long llfetlmu
to put It In a form in xxhich ho waa xvlll
imr to lenvo it to poeterlty. ln this work
ho nvalled hltnn.-lf of the a.lxlce of hia
manv lltoniry and entleal frieiida happlly
Uttle was auppreraned an.l few nltcrattloiia
wora mnde.
Ono ahaagS waa made, howovor, xxhich
?fjaya rlea a nttio ut. r to dteenaatOa. Tt.ia
waa the subetltutlon "f a llne In "The
I.attt l.cif." ..ne Htm.su had ren.l;
"Hut noxv he walks tho atre.-ta,
And looka at aall he mea-ts,
All forlorn. ?
And ho Hhakoa hla faeblo head
That It aeoma aa If ha aald
They ara jtone "
Tn tho n*w vortalon th<- third llno reada:
"Sad and wan." .
80011 there xx'aa a lllaiiuaaloil in tho nowa
I'ayei.i as te the \x*ladoi>i of tho change.
LE'S COLUMN
it araa elalmed that the pathettc ptcturi I
thfl llffl -areary old man bad been
dtmmed; othera, of i ? '-!!t atrher- '
wt*.-. but bo far ...s niy readlng exteoded, ,
eraa no - iggeatlon I I I
aa mada onli I.rtreet a fa
, :- to D Holmea the rti
waa nol raulty.
nd at thal period In Nea
.-;.! R had alri '??"? fr,,m |
all erorda ? ar. it Bgpearad at thi |
-mii -,- or ..t ti.-* . nd
Twenl r-flTi | ?'? : ' '
country aehool ln Malne, nnd aaked lha
teaeher to trtrlta **flt*ornN on tha black*
tword i*in>i n*k tt.e poplla, ona h .\ ta
pronpane? it. There arara forty chltdraa
t.r xari-.n*. agea and thara wns perfeet
unantmlty ln th. omlaaaon et tba ******
aound; l n Ita preeenee araa mada evldent
by tha broad aound arhleh all B?ve ">
.,,,, ",. ?? TIm y an ra trled with tha ara d
? hoi *>??." aith preetardy lha aamfl
Tha taacher ha was a Malne man?dM
Bd undarfttud my purpose untll l ex
plalned Then ba gare ma a leaaon on
thi UM ot shent U-tters. to arhlch 1 eouM
i , Kception. He wrota arorda ba*
glnnlng or endlng ln "r." lha atranimclm*
Uon of arhlcb aroaM ha\e aatlaflad a Ph l
adelphlan ***?
nreateheater County. Aug, tt, i?i**
MORE KIND WORDS.
Finds The Tribune as Wclcome aa
Old Fricnd's Letter.
To the Bdltor of The Tribune.
su; Tha Trlbana coaaaa lo my d--or
every Baernlna*, aad l enj.ix- H alniust ua
much as i do a tett.r from aome oid
fiiend. I cannot u.uite loeate th. OM
f. etare that hlta bm this way. Tha paKx*
xx.,;ih and format bnve aomethlng *,>> do
arlth it. Than, tha paper La baautlfulli
leglMe !>>is af IffUng. and tha apaclng
la aipart Another feature is tha <oior
.?I tne paper, wuy uo navapaper pubUab*
era laaun on ualng the Mua-arhlta. corpaa
rolor tli.it so in.tnx ..f th-iu aft'? .-t'." The
xxaiin. craenty tim of Tha Trtbuaa la a
rellef. Ami t> t me *e;i you ihat a -*.">>xl
many yeara1 experlenoa in both tha Beea*
paper and tha adver Ualng ararld bnpel
me to tha beiief thnt tins httio matter
of the cotyr of paper haa a k>""i deal lo
do aith prapulatrlty. it auraty baa with
mn.
Vour Btand BB the su,uare deal Ul :i>lv<*r
tialng is .1 warm braath from tha aunny
South. an.l. I believe, a wlnn-r. Another
feature ts yeur blnckboard denwaetratkm
..i nn ni. >i Bdvartlaomenta, Both of thes..
apoclaltlea ara uiive with tii?- aajml <f
the thaea,
Bdltorlally the paper la as Mitha .** a
boy and hh sane a*. u BBgB. Kendahlf
niifli. think th.* K??ds *>r hnaaoTi full of
w-it. with a llttle nonaenoa to pepper thi
w hole.
You are to he eongratulated.
NAT OLDB.
New Y.irk. Aug. 2*. 191S.
BULGARIAN MI8DEEDS
Recent War Showcd Them To Be
"Unspeakable." Says Greek.
To the Bdltor Of Th.> Tiihune.
Sir: Tha world has b.-en humhiiKRed
lons enoiiRh aboul llulgarln and th* Bu|.
garlana, Tha late war namaahed th.-m.
Inataad of htdlag their faees, tuunurund
aii, aome pereona, Bulgarlana or pnld
apents. have the efTrontery t<i publlsh
in Bevaral papatra toroughaut the county
mMlandlng and luUe stuff tbr the purpose
Of palllstlna the nio-it palpnble farta. All
tlie word knuvva that the wnr waa hroimht
about by th*- BOgglahaeaa of the Rulgarl
*-,*?*- in rtalpHng ararythhig ??d i.y thelr
tiaachary in attacktag the t'reeki-i and the
.servlaiis wlthout previous BOtloa Th
Bulgarlana bara heen areiyehoaa Lgno*
niinloualy defeated. The defeat of an
An Open Forum for
Public Debate.
_-___-_, ?
army, Wbeg nrmed men fitjht aci-nst
arrned man, is DOt 8 dtagrace, DtagraSI
ts when araaed neen aaaasacn unarawd
man, women and chlldren a i ? '
apon ti*, -m the moet r t stttng i rlm. - FOf
tti*ir horrtble mtedeeda agalnel bub
the Bulgarlena arttl atand n.J
? it. -i for gem rattoas .
atioma. Tba BnbjBr has out-Turfced tha
Ttirk In cruelty and vfleneoa ,,f every
kind Hcnceforth he ahould b. known ?*??
Um nnepsahahlr J P. LBOTSAKO&
CbMags, Aug. tf, ItlJ
MORE THAW SYMPATHY
Also Argument for Bribcry in His
Escape from Asylum.
Te tha Bdltor of The Tiltiana
Sir: Dr. ItaRnarson's lettar in to-day'a
Tribune concorniiu; Harry K. Than 9
x.ry IntcreMtn*? to an unprajadlesd mind.
Many of US know of cases ot complete
mental recovery, and tt does secm terrlhle
to keep any one ln an Bsytam who hai
t- gBlaed aanlfy, even thouRh ho may have
taken a human Hfe ln an hour of mental
unerratlon.
Ami I want to call atterition to a polnt
lhat haa ?.een BMdO much of by thoia
anxlona to set Mr. Thaw back t-i Mattea?
wan bribery. Had not Mr. Than tried
ravary losal means to K**t out before re
aorting to brlhery, graattng thla was brlb
n-y. and as there ara Bxeeptfona to aii
rulee, was not this a raaa ef eaeepttaa?
BMILT ftt fOLTON.
New Ttochel'.e. K. V. Auk. T? WX
PRIVILEGED OFFICEHOLDEBS
May Escape Income Tax and Becosta
Dangerous "Oligarchy."
To tba BdMov ef Tha Tribune.
Sir: On page 171. 88888 % t. 4. b, 6 of the
bicome tax aartlan <>f the tariff hlll u
Bmaadad by tbo Henate and no?* patw*
ing in ??onKi4'?s. we read. among th?
VamptltWia from taxation. the followin**
?Tho eanapenaaUon of the pwaaff
President of tbo Ualted btatea. durtni
tiie terin (Of which he has beOB 81888881
and of the tudgea of the Bupff 888 and
interior COWla of tlm Unlted ritates no*
ln oanee, and the compenaetlon sf sa
offlcera and employea ef a atate or ?ny
polltleal aubdlvtsion thereof."
Tbera ia no good raaaaa for aaeaaasaai
from taxation tbe aalanei of tbe 9****}
included Iu the above .juotatlot. ttm
tl.e hMOBM tax sc tion of the tariff 9?
Tbaaa propoeed eaeta-ptlpna from ta**J
tion affect the comi'ensatlons of a
pnblle offlciaia freaa the rreaidont dee j
They affect the compeneatlona sf sa
unmeaea army ef oflteehoigerB te
eouatry and nbrona. The aatorlea ps?
are generally fati and good. or etee ti*
would not he the mtseemly *i*n^*mWl
Offlcd tbat is such an undlgnlrted r?
of our preeaol pobtlenl nf?* Thl' J
payera of thla sountryarealreadyljjg
tmrdeaed to carry en lha *-*r
branchea af tha fedaral and -atate ?
ernmeata, and those who admlaunar
public buataeea abanld do their part
jirovlding revenuo.
Thla propoeed exemptlon tt**t ?
tion of the compensatioti Ol F
offlciau wouM ba elasa tegtotoltaaj',;
?,ost Aaacerous sort Thera jeeabl-J
built up m our Republl.* an ****?-2
offlceholdetK, the inonace of xxhuh 0?Y
Intelllgeat per.y... can readily (88808 -
To alloxv OUT publlc offlcials to g
more prtvtteafae for then.s.lva- l*.
thoae of the general publlc to *
them to enact what would beJ?
baneBI aad to the general vnttnMMtmw
ment, would be to eatabliah a moat dan
Kon.ua pissadant _,
HffLBM M bkm
Kornur p.e.Mdent of tbe l-a-gUlatltB
League of New York.
A^iguat tA\ 19VI.