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The State Convention Lines Up on
the Side of Progress.
TtM HgfBpHfBB BtBtg Conveuti.-n dcscrves crctlit
for rising yesterday to the opportuuity offered it tO
make this state's inlluenee felt ln a movement of
vital interest to the national party. It put itself in
Hne wlth forward pollcies in instruoting its repro
scntative on the national coiutnittee t<? urge the
callinf of a speclal natlonal convention, at which
ihe present antiquated and unoqual basls of rcpre
M-ntatiou in party oouncils BJUB be swept away.
.Most Uepublieans reallze that control of the na
t onal organization has been too muoh in the hands
of a sniall coterie of politieians operatiug through
the national o'mruittee. and desire to see the power
of self-goverument rcstored to the voters. It has
been hard to root out a bad systejn, bfjCBBgg wl.cn
conventlon time came around there was always
some powerful interest anxlous to prolit by its ln*
equalltics. Tho only feaslble way to attack th"
evil was to attack it when no Presideutial v-aui
paign was impending. and until this year Uiew hM
been no volume of party sentimont powerful euough
to spur a management satislied wlth things as th-y
aro to reniedial action.
J'.y givlng lts unquaJlflod adhereuce at this jun< t
org to tbe programrae of reforms ln natlonal man?
agement New York has gone far toward insuriiig
tho adoption of a new system of leptaggatlUou
based on tho Republiean v?.fe Cggt It has pnt
itself on the sldo of popular party rate, Bo far as
tho details of the new plan are ooncorned, they may
be safcly left to tho speclal national convention.
The resolutions adopted yosterday go fur enough ln
afhrming tbe prinoiple tliat the vote east should be
1ho basis of representatlon and that the will of
the voters of a state. legally expreBBed, Bhgll b?
ent;tlcd to respect.
Blnee the convention pnt Itgelf OB record in favor
Of B liberalizntion of party mauagement in the
national tieltl, it is fair tO ajgntng that the party
here is ready for an application of the same prin
Clplg in the state lield. The same prohlem confrotits
the party, both in stato and natlon. Tt must
win back by more progressive methods and leader
abtp th<> voters whom the old school leaders drove
awgy. The attitude assumed by Mr. Itarnes la BOt
tlie attitude which the party here can indorse and
still hope to regain its former strength and ln
tliiiti.e. Mr. Burnes consented unwiilingly to a
cle, h.ration committiug New York tO I pi'ogn.mme
Of national n-nrsranizat on. The siirns Of the tlmes
are tliat he arlll BOOB have to consent. willingly or
DBWllllnfly, tO a siinilnr programme of uouse.leau
ing in this state.
'Ihe platform for state ptBrBOBag adopted BJ the
.-onveiitkm was sound and reasonable, and the judi
cial norainatiotis made OtBjgnrg tlie widest PJaggBBTB
of popular support. Hut the in. ident whi.di made
the convention stand out Wgg tbd WtUlalsneBB BBOnrn
to push ahead with the pfttfreBBrre eleineiit in (..ther
states in poptilarizing party goveniment. The i'n
une, which has long urjred such l course, takes es
pgdgl pleasure ln seeing its arguments for fairness
and liberalizatioai bnglBBlng tn bggl Mibstantial
fruit.
Spain and the Triplc Entente.
spain's Moroocan policy seems to l>e fofCiBf het
iato the Ttiplo Entente. She needs rrench aid to
pacify Morocco? the policincr of the l-'iaino-Spanish
frontier in that eountry by liemh troopa Ohg aloiu
prevent tho eseapo of marauding MOOfB, after their
il.feat by S|iani-li Ittgittientg, into Ireu'li territory
And gg Irench and I'.riti.-li hVets doininate the
Mediterrauean. Spain will need the Bntontgg fiiend
ship to guarantee her the land she 1ms wtm. I.ike
Italy, her Afrioau veuture determlne^ her foreign
policy. Bhi hM given hogataVgfJl to the lords of the
sea.
Her entry into the Kutente would bting mcasur
ably nearer the aini of Kren'h and BritlBh tliplo
inacy the laaalBtion Of QteTUXUaJ. It would uot, in
? military sense, seriously disturb tbg balaine of
power Ln Ktirope. rinancially, it would be. Of grave
hindrance to Germany. elimiuatiu^ from bCT poj>
sible lenilei> in CggO of war most nalions of Spaiiish
sympathlirs. Morally. the weight of Spain is in<on
siderable in Kurope. lmt to (ii-ninmy. with h?-r
South American interesis and ainbitioiis. Spani-h
friendship is \ital: it^ |gpM would niean the lo^-< ol
South American trade, as its growth iiieans tbe gg*
panslon of that trade. With our oajgbbotl to the
south of us?as Mexican biatorj ttnchgg* oontlment
j.lays no sinall part in comineriial relatioii
Sjiain's COnraO, in brief. will mal'e fOr peaco. mul
tiprrlng tho fJlagftTantgfag Of war to (Jermany with?
out IncTBBalng Ita gdraatajiea to Bnglgnd ?r Prnncn,
Cocaine Fiends Flsewherc.
II is uot only here that tlie cocaine evil prcvaiK
The Trilniiic'- in\?---ti-_'iti.ms and UpOaBBgJfl have
dl*gha8aa1 the ^'hastly ravages of the pegBlCtOB. prac
tice in this city and elsewhere ln the Vnited States
and have led to the insiitution <>f raJbrina wliich it
may he hoped will nmch ahate if they 00 DOt wholly
suppress the evil. Hut other and distant lamK gre
M.ffenTs. tOO, The licnelicent us.-s <,f c^aine have
ggjgg for all the world, and the naitBae of ii Beegnfl
tn have falleii as n <m>e opOB all.
I'erhaps Itidla. tIi.it iand of niaay ijrng hahits. is
-iiost afflletiHl with eoOBfaaB debauchery. ln Cnlculta
itself the evil han arlsen tO ap|>allinj* pro|rortlon>?
aiad is said to be the cuaise of .. conaiderable pro*
jNirtion of the criines which OOBM to the atteiitiOfl
Of the l-uli'-e. The nuiiiber of hoines destroyed and
lives rulned hy it b riHkom*d l.y many thousands.
locaine is. in faet. supersedlng opiui.i, hasheoli.
aleohol and nll other tlrugs as an Intoxlcant. nnd
this in splte of | BtllOfent law which in.|x.ses a
term of iiiipiisoimieii' BjpOfl thjOaa) couvjeted of
Miuigglitig Ihe sluff latO the eountry.
Tfjjfg** < irctinistiiiiccs have nrovoked a strong de
mand tpt further international rogulations to pre
reot smuggiing ??- ?" M,w "^^ ,,:l!'nns in
pi-OtertJJkJ theuiselves .iEnInBt drug habit*. Tho 00O*
certed action which has been tnken against opium. |
caneclallv in bebalf of Chlna. has alrcady rcsulted
in much good. thdUgh it ll tn bo feared that the
prohlbition of oi.itun bfll Ifl **? Mi '-aused an
locreaae in othor drug habit*. Tho obviooa rt*
MBttOO fr?.n. thnt la. of 00O?? not to reu.it offorts
aaajnat opium, hut to extand them to all roeh but*
That is what is being doffll here. and il scon.H likely
to bd done in all pifti Of thi world.
Mr. Schiff and Mr. Mitchel.
IB * i.ming to tlie BUppOTt of Mr. Mitchel for Mayor
Mr Ja.ob H. Bchi- bdd taken the only h-morable
couree open to a follower of the late Mayor Oaynot
who was oppoaod to Tammany. Eltbet Murphy
wiii beeome Mayor ln the peraoa of CottB-Mlopor
McCall or be win ba defeeted through tha election
,,r Mr Mltebal. Tha baai h etou cnfc Thora ls
(llllv*,iH'iUiti rainiuany.anrll.late. Murpliy has BOt
hlddeo thla year behin.i eoma man nol Wantlfled
with the ortaolBBtion, He has thrown down the
gauntlet to UM dty by noinit.ating one of bll 0W?
fnvored advisers.
No one who bellOTOd in the late Mayor ?an vot?>
for Mr. MeCalL He is tha ehotea of Un- man whom
Oaynor dteouncad ln almoet his last arorda as
??.spoliutors" WhO tli* hed the hard eiirnfd money of
the taxpayers.
The course of Mr. Mit.hel. whom Mr. Schiff bfll
ChOOOO to support. has been admlrnblc sin.-e his
noraiuation. He moiv than any other .andi.iato
bai boon troa to the idea of i singio anti-Tammany
ttekat, doellhlng aupporl that waa n*.t offered to
his matee. .\s tha BltnatSon elaan more and nkara
men who. like Mr. BcblaT, do not los*. sight of tha
main cml. tha dflfoat of Tanimnny. will .otne to
tha aupporl of Mr. Mitchel, and more than one elec?
tion baa abown that iucb mm ara iu a raajoritj.
A Common Scnsc View of the Power to
Impeach.
As in provious rulings. Judfi Cullen dominated
the Court of Imjioachment when il bebl al'nost
nnanimoualy that Goromor Snizer bad been properl*
Impeacbed. in naJdlng thhi Um eourl wni guided
by common aenaa. The power of Impeachment
was cooferred up*-n the Leglalature for tha p*u?
tottion of tbe pubUc. It waa abeurd to rappoaw
it could 1"' exon'ised against a Oovernor dUling aa
ixtraordinary itflalon oaty at tbe Oovarnor'B direo
tlon.
Judge Ottllen clearly l'eels Ihat tbe pOWCff Of Im
peacliuieni BU meant to be used wheiicver there
was any need for lts use. Tlie tkd that tb'' I-ogi.s
lature is not a self-coiiveuing bodj praiintl an
obatacle t*> its ium when th*. Leflelature is out of
aaaajon, f?>r tbe Chlef Judge doaa not hoctpt tha
rlew "f Oovatnor Bulaar'i proaacuton that tho
I.egislature could meet ou its OWg niotloii fOT UM
purpose of iinpra. brnant Bul whenover the Lagia*
lature is properly callod togethor II poaaeaaea thi
right to brlng Impeachmenl procoodlnga
This is so plainly aenaa that lt must be tha DMflM
Ing of tb.' *'onstltnti..ii. The prohlbtttofl ln tb*' COa> :
itttntton against action by the Ufj-Maturt ln c\
traurdiuaiy laeilnn upon matters u<.t rofarrod to It
by the Oovernor was u?? doubi Intanded to apply
only to ifgisiiitivf mntters. Tho poople moantj<
to limit the coat of speciai ?aaatoni by reetrtd
big the legislativi' business that coifl.l ba done
during such leailone. Thnt tha poople ev.r in
toadad to give the Oovernor authority to prtronl
his own impearlimoiit when it gave him cuiitr**! of
tbe subjects t<? ha tak*>n ni. ln Bpecial legialatlve
aaaaloni is mconcalvable.
Sixteen Centuries of Official Christianity.
One of the mo-t curioua in<'idents *.f Ihe Balkan
tranaformatloii is Um promlnence wblcb Barvli la
aaaumlnf In thi cdahrutlofl of tha rtiteeu bun
dredtfa annlveraary *.f tho Bdld ><t IfUan, arhlcb
first ajava tha Chrletlan rciik'i..n offlcial r.gnitlon
and*protoction throufhoul tho dvllbajd world Thi
Sf-i'bs bad nothing to do vltli that edlct, foi at thi
time they weri an obacura Irlbo in Oallda, prot>
ably knowing ami Cflling nothing :il**.iii ChriaUflBlty,
nnd it araa nol until thr*'*' centurlea latar that thev
ektkk down ami settici npon thi bordifi <>t Bytan*
tinni.
Tbilr i*rt'-?'iit Intereal in thi innlvamry irieea
from the fa*-t ihat Conatnntlni thf Oregt, who b>
tajad tbe edlct, araa iM.rn at Slah, whlcb is now a
dty <>f Sorvia. (if couraa Klsh, ..r Kalaaua, wai
not then Sorvian, and thi BmperOT, thOUgb of II
lyiian parentage, araa in no s?'n?*' a scrh. Bul bll
Intlmate ronnocfloa aritb whal is now Bor via cauaea
th.- [M-opio ..f thnt countrj to ragard blm a- ln a
ineaaure beiuncing i<i thim and has batplrad the Im*
preaalve calibratlon *.f tho innlvarairy <>n baturday
lii'M.
There have alrjadj been Bomi commomoratloni
of thi annlversary in Wostt-ni Buropo, OUl it has
been laaarvaa f*?r Becrla tf> effed lt !n tha Baat,
ami the nationni feetlvltiea and Bolemnitlea i.f Ihat
(ouiitry. ineluding thf laying of tho COVpantoOi "f
a ratbitlral in incnuiry of the vlctiins *>f tbe late
war aud dodicated (.* C.?nsl.*intlnf nnd lli'lcna. will
be the most Jmpressive of all.
Germany's Conversion to Outdoor Sports.
The report tbal the lieiuiHU g**vcrument will
aiipropriate ^T.'i.^to f<>r tbe ubos of the Ccrman
Otympk OtaiBi CHimmtthha is not at all surprising
in vi.-w of tbe wiib-spread agitatiou in i;*'riuany lor
the cultivation of all BOrtl of outdoor sports. Tbe
g<.vernment ls In hcaity sympatby wlth this niovt
ment, since, iOCordlng to its view. the natlon will
ba made more eflldent if its yonth can ba tnrned
iway from tbe andent student relaxations of corpa
dnelllng an*l bier drinking an*l iadu.'ed t<? engago
in open air athletic competition.s. Outdoor iZirclBi
aud enjoyinenl are a fad ju.-t now with all claaaai
in Oflraaany.
The Bmpavor baa long rmcouragad racbtlng. Now
mi'iiibcrs of thi iinpt-rial fumily uro going in r*?r
lawn tennis. in wbi-h (.ierman piayers bavg n-.i'inly
acqulrad nnnb profldiacy. Tbe (ierman team corn
petlni ior tho Davla Cup !??? tho Atagrtcan chal
langan moro trouhle than any othar team exi-cpt
tb.- Australian and tbe Ibilisli. HotBi ra. ing bfll
taken the tancy of tbe Qarajian publle nnd ib.ur
isbes iu both its good and bad BaffltCta, itimb as il
naad to boranhouti bafati tho pBjbttf was arotaaad to
tbe ahlJail '.f bookmaking. "Start." ?'tinii-li," "d.-ad
l,.,.i nnd many other Kngllsh ra* ing tirins have
beon imorporatoii into tbe (Ierman langunge. nnd
every lllustrate*! wci-kly inagiuliii' H BOW IBM
with racetrnck K**'nos. In one ol' tlusc magnziui-s
lb*- othor day a well known author made a plea
for tbe Introdu.-tion of nnsllng II a si>ort. ?bii'fly
*.n thi gnniinl that it would drnw its votarles int<*
th*- <*pen ?n*l hwiiv trom tbe "bier kiifipc."
llOUaabtmnd Uennany is aiii-ptiug tbe Engliah
iliftuni that b nntlon'a strength ls davitafid on Its
fltv
SEPTEMBER MORN -Goodnessl Now I shall have to take a back leat.
THE PEOPLE'S COLUMN AnP?urc feS/"
playzroiind-. and when I nietliodi.al pooplfl Ukfl
tbe Oermana torn to atbletka they wlll s<?oU do
BOmethlog thnl WBinU lo thg way Of hreaking rtc*
oniv if Ot-gnl Britain detllnoa to atand hehimi its
atbletea Oenngny may s.-.n bo tho most rortnklghld
rompetitor ol tho Dnlted Btatea in the oiympie
gntneg.
Pegoud, lh. Ftench atnnaa, who fllea upeld. down,
.ught to ba Bi*Tned .1 0B08 for tba i'r>iHl ChBBtBO*
i'i.. i tro Bl of 191 l.
"Uncle Jo." Cbbbob threateng te ba a .u.-itdate
iKain f-.r Ooagreao. "rn.!.- JoeM doeaa'l booib to
-jioaj n ? ? <? < k ,,i "a wr-ii aeraed rant "
i.s va;,] to !??? j nti.nt ln the (uliforniii land
natter, .,ii.i to ba ntlnatg ?*? neraH ovea tha tnoel
i. ni.r r..t-- proceaa aa of our st.it.- DopsBrttaeat. That
- egreeaabta news, f"r it r*anaaurea aa that thera win
8a n>, vioi.nt latorfaretvoa arlth tbe Cbautatiqua on*.,
pnnuBe aad lhal Baara the Tuffy Man arlll not haTol
lo look oul for another hldc i-artner
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
"You caa m\<r aapoci an amplojra to roally in
teraot blBiaelf In cogapany affalra um.i the ,<,m
paaj takea aoana lotoreol la tba employe'a affairs."
sa>." N. W. Bofc n. k> noral supiatiBtoatieat of the
Pubiic Bervlce luiiway of Noa Jeraey, In "The
i.i..." "untll it mahea it avident thal it reajsrd. tho
atnploya aa a bBtnaa belag, niavde ..r th** aame clay
a> tha man In ponrer, gflth the aame deadrea, tha
aatna neoda, the aama raotlvea and tbe aame at*
trlbutea nol a nvero eog la a ptooa of machlBory,
Bxpectod t.. do n cortala work, to recaara bo crodll
for Buperlor pat^otnianog and to bf eaat agtoa for
(aUure, Again. tbe attorl nuM ftart at tba top,
The aplrit ?^f bBtnanlty mum he tranamittcd from
tht- blgbeal ollhial to hi.s In.tiH'.Jiat.- BttbordliBitoa
nnd fr.uii thOtfl d"w n IhTOBgh IhO InW rmcdiHte atOJM
uiilil It rtachag tba man on the platforin of in th,
ahop."
Joaa Bhahaopaon toM aa all aJboul the aoven
Bgea of man, bal he dlda't say anything abonl the
tn., agt b "f aroffaaa
Hoaa And arhai are the two ages of woananl
Joaa Tha ag. ahe aaya ahe ik and tho age Hhe
really La, Philadelphla Record.
It l"oks M if it will 800B co?t more tO die m Can*
ada. A ron.-uilar report says that "It ls 8gjj*4BrtOd
that aii Uu raahati of cofftaa tbroughuut canatla
will I' umalgamated la one CllaaOarn capitallzed at
ISaOOOlOOO, 'Jie; agaal pl<a is made that there is tO
08 B0 inrtiiM- in prtooa. The n.al.. ohJootB of the
amalKaii.ati.in, it was reeently announeed. are tO
OffOi t "oiiciny l? the purcha.se of raw mat?-rlala for
thr- facton.-H In larg. <|iiantlties and tO effect ., *av
Ing ln shlpplng OOatB bf supplylng ordera ln dlf
fcrf.it parti of tha eountry through tha factorioi
iirarost tho pluci.s from which tho ordes come."
"Tbaia are \?*\<**i words in the Kngiish lan*
guagjO," aald the fusay littlrt rnan in the BOgnar ln
hla uaual inipiebsive manner.
I thought n araa more than that," said the mlld
man wlth the talkiitive wife.
Ami tbe fusay man rollapoort fTavalBBd Plala
Dealer.
Tha iiiK' tiiuty of the Btnuajgler is glinogt an*
limited. a ilcneva diaputch to "The London Kx?
press" 884*8 that "during a funeral on the fiwiss
Bavarlan frootler the eoflla was neiise,i py the i;*)-.
man CttgtOgB huuse oftUiala, and it was found to he
f.lkd wlth sae. harln All the niourners, who were
arrtsted, had al*o aaccharin ln thelr pockets, and
more of the cont.al.and goods was diuoovered Oatt*
coaled linder the hcarHe. Tho ausplclons Of the
authoriluN had hren aroused by the fnvjuency af
funerals reeently from the little Sw<ss village of St.
Oswald, OB the fronticr, lo Gcrnian terrltory."
Toinmy ? I'op. what are wanted opportunlties?
Tommy'a Pop TTaatad oppoataitftlea, my son. ?rc
gilieiall\ tbOOe that go tO other pggpJO Phlla
dolphia I'.ecord.
The Isciii aoaTaajpondont of the ' Xcue 1'reie
Pi. BOe," ln BB BOOoaat of a talkin. movlng picture
pwfofaaanoa la that piace, at arhlch the Baapagni,
Kranz Josef. was pr*Ment, saya that the Kmperor
BM in. d ti. bt hgthty Ohjagad when he learned that
Mr. Oraf, Mr, BlllOOn'a r*BBr?sB)BtatlVl on that o,.a
B8888, was an Austrian. "And how long have you
been BHSodated with Kdinon?" the Kmperor asked.
"Kightcn yeara." "Then you can tell me, is it true
that Kdlson worka ao many houra daily?" "Yes.
y,,ur IHBjOBl) " was the reply, "about elghteen or
twenty" "Wonderful! But *o are the niaultH."
Paterfamllia* ilooklng up from the mornlng paper)
? I don't know what we are going to do lf tha. ??x
pense of running our tal.lc keepe golng up all the
tim?' ^ .... ,
The Youngcst Boy-I know what Id do.
"What, my boy?"
"Wcll, pop. for one thlng I'd stop eaying grace at
mcala any more."?Life.
BRYAN AND THE CHAUTAUQUAS
A Reader Thinks Hc Has Not Mis
employed His Time.
I ? Bditor ot The Trlbuw
sir: i r. *-r* t le .--?? The Tribune foin
the >.th?r NTew Tork pepera in naggiaf
William /ennlnga Brjran becauae be
tn t.. .loiu.r a few leetaraa on ihr- Chau
.4 eourae, to tbe alU aad aegli I I
ii duUee ..? .-? ? retary *<f Btate. it la
amall polttloa it is unfflir
Hla enetnli i ...rk.-. Ba r< ttry Brjran
with neglei Una promptlj I our
troublea aith Japaa, apparently Ignorant
..f ti... fact thal proeraatlnatlon and de
lay ln thi? matti r ara tbe verj acme ef
aklll il diploma* :? There iv?h a time dur
lag the agitatlofl oi the land aueetloa la
Callfornta when mdttera leeraed bt be
approaohlng .1 crtata with Japan Paa
*dona an ;?* Mrou.se.i. Retheada Ib Tokio
! f..r war Our 0B*n BflVBl atratrgls-ts
t..i<i how eaaUjr Japan could capture t?..
Phillpptnea, >-\/.< Hawail and Alaska,
.. : laa 1 an Kiiny <<t tnvai-lon ln Call
foraa befen "i.r Iwltloehlpa eouid f?>t
witiiin atrlklag dlatance <>( tha am
The erlele i'a aad Delay khv.. tim. far
aaa t>? Bubelde, and the foreign Of
..1 ti..- twogovernmenta pceceeded te
Big .? ti..- dtaputa When mattera reach.
tago ti.. ..aiik..!' i.f war in tii-ually
i . '
11 there araa aad Btill ia a r...*i damter
ut war, Beeretary Brjraa by peatponlng
the Iseue haa i' Bdered ut* laeetlmable eer*.
vii'c t.? hla country. An Engtlah erttle
haa r- ;. ..I tl.at the btnldinn; of the
Paaama Caaal haa doubled ti.e atrength
of th* 1 alted Btatee Kavy. it in no aa>
itlon, th, a, to i-uy ihu.i Beeretary
Bryan' 1 rvicei la ?; ?.?, a . r.?,- out the
Mttli mi nt oi thla -i.. 111..a untll tbe
\iituai eompletloa of tha Paaama Caaal
.1.. worth thoai "t a doaan adaalrala an.l
ira "f battleeblpa, And yet !"? it. ao
. . ? .j of oeglect "t duty I
Ad for btoalcoa the chaotie eondltioaa
in that uafortunata countiy call for a
dlctator n."'. than aajrthtng alee; and
the 1 alted Btatea hV sat* .1. nundH a hand
iu tbe Bottlemaat >.f th.' Brltfab .ia.m> to
azomption from th.. Paaaaia Canal toiia.
william ORANT WEBBTKR
Harvard Club, Kew v.*rk, Bept, jj. ttU.
VICE ON THE STAOE
A Mother Says Its Sober Pregen
tatiou Is a Buneiit.
To thr Bditor i.r Thr- Tribune.
Hir: In thla rnornlnijr'-, laeue fOU prmt
th.- Btetori an.i a "atery" under th>> head
in? "ciiri Ltured Away by TToman" a
Bfteen-yeer-eld aehoel atrl arhe <it-.ap
POared from BOT home on Monday of thls
wi*k is in lae hiinds of "whlte Blavara?M
ar.-0r.1im- tr, Inapeetor Bohmlttberger ii
am rjtaedng year aewi Itata). Tho only
*?!. w in that tho girl BflOWed to a nt'ltfli
bor a iai.1 whleh had been gtvea to her
hy a woman ln tli*> atr* <t who had bfl*
fiiended her.
if that little k'i! ? th.. banda ef "whlte
alavara" ahe la now being detained agalnat
her win, her atr*-et elethee have beea taken
away from her aad sh? is beinj alareed
and beaten and OtlaBI WlBB BBUBBd ln order
to make her BUbmit tO the loss of her
rlrtae L *.., commorciallaed vtee,
Now. if thla little Kirl'a mother bad ever
been teM aboul oommetdallaed vtaa ami
tho ways of prorunrs and procuretiscs
Baa WOald have heen ablti to warn her
Uu'ight.r Bgainat any BtraagB man or
woman who ><poko tu her, The mother
Bhaply did not know. The purpose of
such pla.va as "The Lure." 'The l-'ight,"
"The Hlindne.ss of Virtue" und "D.uniiKed
(ioo.ls ' is to give to motlifrs and to futh
ara kaowtadge arhleh aill enable them to
Kuard and warn thelr daUKhters.
I heartlly approve of all cuch plays be?
cauae of the much fleeded kbHon they
teaeh. The atagc ia a much more power
ful educator Ibafl tha pre^a. becauae the
former not only tella us but shows uh,
an.1 thercforo the liason is doubly Imprea
slve. Our ear? hear and our eyea tsee.
We women are wondeilng Juwt why two
of these playa have been condeimied and
abuaed. Wo readlly tinderatand tho rea
Kon why men and women who proflt by
ennimerelallz*?l vlce want to have these
playa Mii'i'i- ????? ?' But these persona are
not .sufli. i.-iitly numeroua to create a
clamor, if a real clamor was ercated.
There ls eomethlm* more ba*:k of the ob
Jectlona to theae plays. We women
I . taed the rery Brat time." but we do
? m it wia* to tell all WC know.
i have not baard of any clamor raleed
t ucb plajra aa "Madain Preat*
dent." '"The 'iiri irom MaaJa'a,.rbe
Turtle," Amerlcan adaptatlona of FTench
rarcea, an.l "Nearly .M..iri?i ' Ltke tbe
Bav. Father Corry, i have aot aeea "ata
,1,1111 Prealdent." but i have reed crltl
ciama ef the play la t.m Bewepapera, an.l
with but oi..* aseeptton they \ariousiy
tell RM Ihat tbe 1 lay prOBBBta many riaky
flltuatlooa, tha; H H obeeena, \ dgar, atc,
fltc, t"it that it la a bUge s.uc*'oss and will
have a long run.
Bueb piays at-.' peral ..??* to a aagn ?
They preeent vlee and Immorallty it. ?*"
alluiing way, with UMighte*>?ompellioB wlt
aad rtakj Bll latJona. The av< i
atregear wiahefl to be "amuaed." if be
prefera foul Bmelllng plajrs. let him
ti.. m, But alee let Ihoae who nrtab to taaab
a laoeon contla ie their iood aork. Con
Blateney Ib a JeweL A MOTHER.
Hew rork. Bej t. u\ 19U.
A PLEA FOR LOUD HORNS
Which You Doa't/ Hear After You
Get Used to Them.
To the EditOT Of The Tribune.
Slr: Ia jour issuo of this morning 1
note a letter from B. H. Blanchard, pro
teatlng against the uie of ei**ctrlc horns.
etc for autor.iobiUa.
Oae reason Why horna of that type aie
i,..?? ? aary 11 l ? a ibo ao many pc-opie waik
"aioni* the atreel artth your mtnd on your
own affalrs. aflgrOBBBd wlth other thinga."
I BaBthlBB startiitu la BBBded to arouse
them from theli reverlea and prevent ac
rddenta. Many b ttaaa have i pafJantiy
i my belb horn without peodaotad
the fllighUat VtelMe affei t on the man Ifl
front of my whei la The, note ef tbe elee*
tne horn Inatantly penetratea the droaaay
pedeetrian'a bratn- ar whatever ba iijs
Instoe i ie flkull, and BBtnmatteally eee>
v.\.s the oommand to hia aeaaea that he
must rnove ai.d roave "tulck. After hc has
moved. he may then think. With the old
Btyle h'>rn I'.e llitnks Brat, aetB aft.rward.
with the Bear, he aeta Brat, tiimka aiur
ward.
No dOUBl tiie 086 "f ? lectri.' hoina la
dlaturbini to tiu.se who i*.v.- aalet i
fall to sco why the QBlet lovlng New
Vorker eannot BJBt used to them as eaaily
aa he dors to the territlc und, to an
i.utsi.ier. axeeedlngty aaaoytag, rattlety*
bang ef tbe alevated aad Btiaetear llnee
Whlle taklng a atroll on Broadway thls
eveailag i >i" aai remaaibar avaa hearlflg
an electrlc horn. and autoa wcie contlnti
ally tiitting naat No doubt tbay were
frequenlly blown. but belng ateubt?m*d
to them they did not aunoy BM.
In cotu'luMon, I fall to 800 that Mr
Blannhard has proved liis potnt. Haa ar*
*-Uraanta mlght hold goo.l ln a amall vll
lag.\ but ln a elty like New York the
klaxon ls nn inslgnlfliattt nolse cumpared
to thoao of tho horrlble "L." Let ua by
all means prevent a tBW accUlents b] the
use of the gOOd "old lellable," the . lectrU'
mitohorn. THOMAi K. BISHOP.
New v..rk. s..pt. aa UI?
THAT "FLAUNTING OF VICE"
A Fcw Suffragists Must Do a Lot
of It.
To tlM Bditor of The Tribune.
Hir: in your iBBoa <if Beptember ?2 a
OOluma is h.ailed "Suffrugi4-.ts Flaunt
\i ?*. Antis Paolero." whleh Beeaaa to bo
wi Itten by an anti.
Tlu. wrlter h? reoi has icad a ?rreat deal
of auffraga and anti-sufTiaK'' liteiature
and in all of the former put together bfll
BOver aeeti one-half as much vlce flauntcl
aa ln this one outburst of an anti.
Does thls anti BSPeOt to miike us b*>
lieve that all tho Viee which she flaunt.s
ls the work of those wl.o ask for the bal?
lot, when Bbe BflM bays only 8 per eent of
tlie women want to VOtef
If only 8 p, r BBflt wai.t to vote probably
only 1 por c* nt do :.ny active work tor
the ciiube. Then thls one woman ln a
hundred ia rcaponsible for all tho vlce be?
fore she geta the vote. Certainly when all
women voto tho world will not bo large
tnough to hold tho vlco alone.
Certilnly theae few women are powerful
when they control all the dan.Ing cua
toma, the faahlona. the magazlnea and the
theatres against the influence of the
antla' 92 per ccnt. Who would havo be
lleved it? GKORQE MARSHALL.
New York, Sept. 22. 1913
THE LAW OF ENCROACHMENT8
Mr. McAneny Has Done His Duty la
Enforcmg It.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your correspondent Mr. Albert E.
Davia doea Mr. McAneny a grave tn*
Jiietlce ln cr'.ti. Isdng hia action ln clearlni
our prlncipal atreet* and avenues of all
rmoroav baaenta, As a matter of fact, Mr.
M< Aneny is doing nothing more than ful*
tilllng his duty.
I.ower Broadway from ho ise line to
house line was conveyed to the Corpor*
tioa of the City of N-w Y.jrk upon tha
aapiaaa conditiun that lt "ls to te and ra*
i...i!n forever a pubiic street and way
lor the inhabitants of thi* city, ar.d all
othera iiaaslni; and returning througl. or
by the same.".
A deed of Broadwav from 8th to 16th
atreet. aft^r conveylr.i,' th. fee to tha
city. raadteo that lt ia "in trust that tht
B.BN Bhall be kept open as a publl:
stro.-t for the use and ben^flt of the la
babltaatfl Of KOW York forever "
Ih clearJng th. eidewalks. whtoh ara
owned ry the dty (ga wel! as the rori
bed of the atreet) from encroachm-ntt.
malnta'.ned niainly for prlvat-.' gain or
WlvenleBee, Pre*ident McAneny ls or.'.r
rflalnuni,' ar-d idvlng ^ack to the cltj
ita own land, with the trust lmposed upoo
it that lt be kept "for the use and bene
flt of the Inhabltanta of New York for?
ever."
Mr. Davis is al?o ln error ln cla'.n-.lnl
"that these atoops and areas are san*
tlon-d by law. and that there had be48
no change ln these lawa and ordlr.ar.cel
sin? Mr McAneny tpok office."
Tha oontrarjr ia the fact. aii thca
BtOOPa areas. Ftalrways and other ea*
croach.ment- were <rected and rnaintalned
contrary to law upon pubiic propert/
and without proper authority, for the sJffl
P'.e reaaoa that no department, board or
lO.nmissioner m the Cltg of New Ytfj
has any right to frtvo away publle. prop?
ert*- tor wnate v.*r. This paa ben At
,-,l,,l bg our hib'l'-.^t courta in ?? vvral
?aaea bttterly fe-aghl '??>? owner* durttf
the last ten yeurp.
Mr. Rrvae, while (orporatlon Counsa*.
in 8J8J gavc not.ee to all owners of ea
croaehmentj that th- y were vlolatir.g tho
law and larttatad a seriea of action* la
tlie aoarta to co.npel the removal of BB
encroavhments er penallae the owr.erl
for BBlMlB*! them. All theae -.cUono re
Muited in eoeaatete vtctoriea lar the c.tr
Of New York. .
\?v owner who araetad or maintalaei
ta encroaehment on the city 8
did ,0 at hls perll. Wlth faU BMBiadBi
that the city might at any tt8M 8B8BJ|
him to remove lt at hia own 8888888
President MoAn? ny. ln thla. as ir. tt.anf
other thtngs. has only enforced the BP
and reclaimed for tne city valuab'.e opoj-0
ln some of the moat crowded thoro8JBH
fagag 8JBd ha has done thla wlth ue Baaj
inconvenien.* as poaalhle to tho OWgag
affected thereby. I-OUIB L-iN??
New York, 6-pt. ?. 191S
SORRY THEY MET.
To the Editor ot The Tribune.
Sir: Said Ray tO Vardon J
?When wc BBOt Ouimet we m*t ?w
Watoa**." WUNK BBB-M*
Riverslda Drlve. New York. Sopt. ?& ??*"
FRANCE'S FOREIGN LEGlON
pteaa tha aVeaaBBBBtei ouar?)i*n. ^
Tha Fr.n.h "lhaetga t-aftaa.'' *"'h J
Aiwava lae oaaae of ao naaci b*<J hl*ZH
Uermaii). la 0*6 only te-ftment of Ba k'*V<
... lt rlates from 1S31. wBea 1**^
uudertook tha Ba6aBjeaat of Alflerla. li 0J"\T
of two renlmanta. ea.-h four battaltoi.9 ?tf**
gtaara from all the a,tv*nturer? of Buropa.
ls flflgaaer not only booauie no atjeatBOB a
aak.-l, hi:t beoauae rrcniotlon ta o|H-n W *
wlthln ?lmita, and * certatn number of iM*
gOara BB*8 11880 from the ranka AU f'***
*re to be found amon* H* membera *n? ^
nHtlonolltl*-j, but the mai.y Oermaii* do ?
daacrlba themaelve* aa BBflhi ?V>ey ara a?
aalluia. Tho reaaon for Itt ciitinued ??jJJ
laaoa ?? that France cannot ?p*ra iu BMBl ^
tln.1 enouah who vkould leave the comfT"
ilvlllxatlon for tho waates of Afrka or
avvan.p* of Tonktwr_
REMOVING TEMPTATION.
From Th? Philadelphla Inqulror.
A number of Weatern hotala -?llt <Jo a4?
wlth flnflcr bowla ln oMer to aav* au***
embarraaament when thev dlacover thay *?'?
mado a n.iataka by drlnklng out of tha??
We now louk to aen aoup dlaappear frem BB
nienu of thr-** a*m? hoatlerlo*.