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MONDAY. NOVEMBER 14. 1913.
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trust w?. rthlness of every advertisement It prints and
t_ avoid the publication of all advertisements contain?
ing misleading statements or claims.
The Administration's Mexican Policy,
or Lack of One.
Our neighbor "The World*' says it hopes that it
does The Tribune no wrong in assuming that it
favors war with ?Mexico. On the contrary, it does
The Tribune a gre.it wrong In making that assump?
tion It is precisely because The Tribune dreads
war with Mexico that it is dissatisfied with Presi?
dent Wilson's handling of the Mexican problem.
We know of nothing so calculated to bring about"
hostilities as lo keep two nations for months al?
ways contemplating the possibility of hostilities.
And this is especially true when one of the nations
is as hot-headed as our Latin-American neighbor
and Is under the control of so desperate a man as
(Jeneral Huerta. The idea of war is made tntnillar
in this way and soon loses its horrors.
President Wilson's policy with regard to Mexico,
if he has one worthy of a name, has done nnd will
continue to do Just this. It will keep us always
thinking that intervention may, after all. become
necessary in the end. And it will keep Mexico al?
ways guessing whether we mean to Intervene or
are too cowardly to intervene. It will keep botn
countries constantly entertaining the Idea of war,
reluctantly, perhaps, but nevertheless entertain?
ing it.
That is a dangerous situation. It is one which
the administration should bave entered upon only
with Its eyes open and after counting the% whole
possible cost.
And nothing in the methods of the administra?
tion or its character assures that the situation
which it has created was inevitable. We are not
reassured by the sight of Mr. Wilson's agents and
Htlvisers. We are not reassured by the part which
mere magazine writers play in adjusting the deli?
cate diplomatic relations between this country and
its southern neighbor.
We wish to speak with the utmost respect of the
I'resident. We know that his Intentions are be?
nevolent. We know that his problem is most diffi?
cult. But we do not believe that he is well advised
and there is no Indication that he has a workable
pulley. The discussion of Mexican relations has
brought forth most extraordinary suggestions, ap
parently from administration circles. Th?>y all
CV tend to show the prevailing unpractlcallty.
" Who ever heard of that fantastic contradiction
in terms "a peaceful blockad?*" until the Secretary
<?f State put his mind to work upon the Mexican
problem? Who ever heard of "moral suasion" as a
i-ompelling force in the field of international rela?
tions, a field in which even law is Imperfectly bind?
ing, until the administration addressed itself to
this problem? "Moral suasion" is a noble idealistic
conception, but will it work?
There was idealism but there was also practical
hard sense in the nation's refusing to recognize a
bloody usurper's rule in Mexico. The United States
could not afford to encourage revolutionists in tem?
pestuous South American countries to expect rec?
ognition at its hands. It could not if it *w*lshed
peace in this hemisphere.
It was, moreover, quite within its rights, moral
and legal, in refusing recognition, but what the
administration did further we feel to have been
largely ill oonsidcn-il and generally without war?
rant. Semi-official utterances to the effect that
"Huerta must go," repeated at frequent intervals,
were calculated only to provoke Mexico needlessly
and to put this country into a difficult and humili?
ating position if Huerta declined to go. Difficult
and humiliating positions are full of grave possi?
bilities for self-resjiectiiig peoples.
We hope that we do no injustice to the adminis
tration. And if we do none no goo?l can come
from glozing over the facts and calling beuevolent
unpractical i ty, as "The World" calls it, wisdom.
No harm can come from looking the truth in the
face. If war comes it will come from drifting into
it with ey?'s shut.
The Atlantic Coast Inland Waterway.
There are few conceivable publl?- works in this
country of more real importance than the iulanu
waterway along the ?\tlantic Coast, which the pres?
ent convention at Ja.ksoiivilK* is striving to pro?
mote. The route would touch four ports which col?
lect ?90 per cent of the customs revenues of the
United Staten and would directly serve 40 |>er cent
of the population. 50 jier cent of the industrial popu
. lation and 69 per cent ?if the manufactures ?if the
nation.
?\ll parts of the route are designed with s view to
linking harmoniously with all others. It will of
course serve local pur'Mses, but it will also lie an
unbroken whole from New England to the (Juif, and
all other considerations have iieen subordinated to
that. In its increase of sp?'?'?Iy and inexpensive
transportation through the most densely populated
parts of the country It should have a material efff?-t
upon the cost of living.
It Is to be assumed that there will be no material
opposition to the project by the railroad interests
on the ground of rivalry. How mistaken that
ground would ht? may be scon from actual results
in other lands. In Frame. Belgium and Germany
there lias been a great clevel?.pnient of inland water
transportation, fhiefly parallel with the railroads.
In France In twenty years the water tonnaga baa
lacraaaed T., per cent and the rail tonnage at the
same timo ?S4 per cent la Belgium the figures have
been 114 per cent for water and ??1 for rail, and la
Germany _74 for water .nid HM fOf rail.
The creation of the propoaad Atlantic Coast
waterway might therefore be confidently expected
to do the railroad? no bann ami ta do the people
great good.
Directors' Profits.
For the directora af the St. Louis ? San Fran
?isco Railroad t?> have taken the millions wliich
they made out at it ?lire? fly from its till would have
been robbery. Voting that money out el the till
into their own pocket? iecompllahed the same pur?
pose, but the law has no name for the act The
law probably will never have ? name for it. The
law is not very ?lever at naming arts like that, and
when it attempts to do so the act is always changed
in some minor particular and then the courts say
that the law has miss(?<l again.
Fubllc opinion will have to give a name t<> the
sale bf director? ot I company <>f their own prop?
erty to it at a large profit, and it will have to be a
hard name that will damn the man iip?ui whom it
is fastened And la these days <>f Inreatlgatlona
who that Indulge? in the practices <?f the 'Frisco
directors may expect to have his ?Ils? redit remain
con? caled?
Such acts as theirs wreck railroads, impoverish
Stockholders, shake confidence in American busi?
ness honor and arouse hostility to legitimate prop?
erty interests.
New York's Dirty Streets.
"Big Bill" Fdwards will no doubt disagree with
Mr. Healy. an alderman of Chicago, who says of
??ondulons In New York: "Why, your ?streets aren't
as clean as ours, and many consider ours a Joke In
this particular."
The rest of us. however, arc rather inclined to
take Mr. llealy's word for It. In spite of the dear
skies ?hove him, of the moderately frequent rain**
and of the industry of "Big Bill'?'* "Whit?* Wing*-."
busy old Father Knickerbocker Invariably need-- i
scrubbing.
There is room for improvement in the Street
Cleaning Department; there is in every human
agency. But we caOBOl help thinking that a?
street cleaning departments go it has at least an
average efficiency. A weightier reason exists for
this perennial display of torn newspaper? and be?
nana skins, this Cluttering of thoroughfares with
pushcarts and street stands. It is that New York
lives In its streets more than does any other Amer?
ican city and probably more than do most cities
this side of As?h. Congestion of population is tin?
?tuse of this; it is the explanation of everything
of which the Chicago alderman complained mi t.'i?*
lower Fast Side. Chicago has riot this degree ot\
congestion, for which it may thank In start rather
thai its foresight.
But until New York can solve- this problem <>f
congestion its efforts to keep clean, if th?'.v nre 10
succeed, must be correspondingly greater than
those of any of Its neighbors.
Fair Play for the Railroads.
The railroads which are asking permission t"
make a ii per ceut Ulerease in freight rate*- have a
strong prima facie claim on the government's con?
sideration. At the instance of the government and
in compliance with the federal mediation law most
of the roads Have recently entered loto Wage ai
bitrationa with their employes and nave been
oblige?! to meet substantial Increases in wage?
a wurde?! by boards of mediation.
The government, which represents tin- general
public, has been saying to the railroads. MYoU must
keep on increasing your ??ist of maintenance."
Every year there is a new demand for blgber
wages, and the government has Just greatly en?
larged the machinery for conducting arbitrations,
in which, whatever compromise may be reached,
the railroads are always the loser. But when the
railroads have suggested that an Increaaed main?
tenance cost should be met by increased freight
rates the Interstate Commerce CommiBBlon has as
sumed a walt-awhile-and-see what-wlll-turn -up at?
titude and no thought has been given t.. devising
additional machinen,* for distributing between th?'
roads and the public the coat of hiuher ?rafea, bet?
ter facilities and increased safety In railroading.
There is no fair play in such a policy. Kvery
new liability should not be added to the railroad
side of the ledger. Most railroads are working hard
now to make ends meet. If th?' government uses
moral suasion to Induce them to enlarge their out?
lay it ought to permit them to charg?? more for, a
better and more costly service.
The New Football Vindicated.
Football came back to Its own In Saturday's Har?
vard-Yale game. The new style of play brilliantly
vindicated Itself against the reproach that the
opening up of the attack had fcsulteil in little or
no Increase of scoring power and had left flu? ?i_
fence still with the upper hand whenever two teams
of fairly equal strength fought it out on what ate
recogwhed as the fundamental? of football. Tin?
Harvard-Brim cton and Princeton-Yale game?
seemed to demonstrate that the change? maile in
the rules after the season of li?l 1 had not really
unloosen?"??! the "scoring punch." Harvard mad?'
one drop goal against Princeton and Princeton and
Yale made one each against the other. Bayood
that there wen- few momenta in tbooa two contests
when the attack was not held steadily ander l'y
the defence.
But at Cambridge on Saturday the Harvard !
team was able to do against Yale on | dry tnrt '
what If had not lieen able to do against Princeton I
on a waterlogged field. The Crimson attack was j
almost as sustained ami ?weeping as the onslaught
Bead to be umler the obi tive-yards-t<> a liist-d??wn I
limit. It carried the ball half the length of the
field or more to a point at which the Brickley drop
kfeh could be called upon to register a ? ertain ?.?ote.
Yet had no su?h easy substitute for the touchdown?
been available there is little doubt that the Harvard ?
assault would have gOM further and would have ;
worn down the Yale defeme for at least one touch?
down. Yale, too. had flashes of energy in whirh tin? '
ball was run continuously nearly half the length j
of the field. Harvard made 11 first downs and'
Yale 7, so ?iat there was again in evidence a real
running game of genuine power and consistency.
It is nothing IgahMl Hch a running attack that
It was used on Saturday merely t<? bring the ball
to within easy drop-kicking distance "f the goal
posts. It can Ik? piishe?! BCMNi the line, if BOOd
be, and it Is Juut thut assurance of the possibility
of scoring old-fasliion?'?! foucbuowns whl?-h the
game. IS played by the big tennis, has lacked for
tour <?r live seasons past and whl?*h many had be?
gun to despair of sent ?gain feeling andar the pres?
ent playing system. An entirely new zest Will be
gdded to UM game by the evldeii?-?? given this year
thai first class teams ??laying straight football can
.?.?ore freely without depending on blocked kl<ks.
muffed punts, fumbles ba?-k ?>f UM line and ??tlier
sccldents.
Mr I'li'kl-v could probably kick a field goal even
with I ,!"hn Doe "d<uigh hag."
The Yellow Taxlcnb Company Is still fighting.
.Misii.im??!. obviously.
Lloyd ?'corgc says that th?* militants have killed
suffrage. It must' have bssa ? violent death
Jsmes K. McGulre, of Syracuse? ssaaas isstlnad
to be classed smona iiie country's ai?i?si gad BMStl
palnstaklna "ace? k raton "
THE TALK OF THE DAY. I
A lisln-tman. ?ift-r ?he manner Of bis kind, was
an habitual ?uratraerator us t?. the ?tight of his,
catch. HlS family. growing Urad Of his yarns, ma.le
him purcbass scalss and srslgli sack ?Ist. In their
pr-eaencs. ?Even with the innovation the finny
creatures whi? h were ?aught by Mm oontlnnod to
be ?record bseakera In conns of time he nscams
u proud father, and the a__rsmblsd relativos erara
anxious to learn the weight Of the newly arrivd
Infant Against in? protest the tish s<-ai<s ?fre ;
brought OUl and the child w?*,s placed ?>n them.
The bahr*- wtfglud thlity-tlve pounds.
They ?ere assigning Her? tiles all sorts of dtffl
? till jol'S, which hs performed without a murmur.
"Next you can be ? panels post carrier during
the holiday BOSBOn " This was the only time Hcr
CUles ever balked. -Louisville Courier-Journal.
HURRAH l'on PROHIBITION!
They're getting It in Maine!
a vary real condition)
No theory, 'tla plain.
Th?* gentlemen <>f Portland?
With their Club lockers tilled.
?Long \ ??i? ?i Prohibition!
"Thin rum < urse must be killed:''
And while the sh> riffs raided
The drug si??r?'s through the state,
The ?lull men drank their cocktails
? In f|iiiet joy sedate.
But t.ow the pinch bas shift? ?1:
The high-toned clubs no more
May shelter ?holcest liquors
Behind soeh kMhflr*s door;
And statesmen, lawyers, doctors,
And wealthy gentlemen.
I.Ike oosnmon folk, thirst vainly
For cocktails n??w and then.
Hurrah f??r I'rohiliition!
They're getting it in Maine!
This truly real ?-ondltlon?
Hon ion1* will it obtain*! w. A. u.
The Man in the ?'hair Have \ou seen that poor'
Bobby Blank has been run over i>y a <ar and killed?
Willie lin ti'it surprised, d'you know; he wasn't
looking at all lit erben I MW hltn the other day. -
Sketch.
Off with the old and get with the older is the i
new Sprakers version since Hurt Quackcnhush has
quallfled as postmaster of that ancient village. I
"Away ha.k, l.efore the war," said a man from that
place, "David (.ua? k?ihbuah was postmaster, and
served faithfully until Abraham Lincoln, In the'
early part of his first term, appointed Henry Cohen. ,
ThS postoff?? o remain? d In the Cohen Bt?ire, with
father, widow and sons as l.'n< le Hum's representa?
tives, until last week, when tho son of the original
postmaster ?s*_C0_0dsd to the coveted position. ,
B/hsre is Sprakers? On the Mohawk River, on the j
ljie Canal, .?n the We_t Shore Railroad and three I
minutes by ropo ferry-established over a hundred
\ears ago and still doing businesu?from the main'
line ?if the New York Central road- Sixty years I
ago we had about two hundred inhabitants and'
now, thanks to our fine ge?igraphical situation, we
have nearly four hundred."
"What makes you so anxious to send 'Three
linger Sam' to the Legislature. He isn't so very
popular"
"So. We citizens of Crimson Gulch figured that
It would be a great savin' to the general community
to get a poker player like Sam located somewhere
elie."?Washington Bt?r
IS
1
WILSON?The way of the idealist is hard in Mexico.
THE PEOPLE'S COLUMN AnP^cngS.,or
A NATIONAL GUARD HANDIC/
Some Regiment? Too Expensive
Join, Say? Militiaman.
T?. th? Editor of Tie TrtbuM
glr in relation to </our aittcls ?? I
il? Scleaey m RumttN et ti ?he various nn
Of "".>> ml.ltla. I b?g !'?**?" t? State th
if th?? eommandtaa ?fllean of organl?
tloim such M.I tti? ii?t Cavalry, Man
Corps, i-t<*. arould open tbslr regimen
t?> all in? ti wli?) .-an qualify to Btak? K1"
eltlssa Midlers nmi srs ailltna ar
anxious to SOTV? BS part of ths urm?
fur.-.- ?if tli?*ir stat.? wf '.?.mil.I linv.?
national guard,
t'i ?in sppllcatloa to 't esrtaln corpon
of ths niiti'.fuii K' tard tu?? v*. :
Informed thai t.> join said ornaatsatli
1 ?? ?rould h* i'?ri!rr?l to p.iv hu laltll
tinii f?-" of tlO, to purchase a np?'?l.
full ?ir?*-.*?. uniform ami ?quipmenl at
I ?. t ?.r $.?i>, ami that th.- y.-atly dues f.
ths privllaas of being ? member an
sacrificing Ms tint" snd holding hlmss
in t. .nliiD'Hs to serve hi? ? - ? > * 11 ; t * *? it
iiiuiiciit h notice woiiiri bs J-*1 In etha
outflti th!*? t.i\ m th.- inen Is higher.
????"ni in.-n are OttSSSJ WfUSSd, bscaUl
tin Ir services an Vul'inteer? ?ir?- m
?ranted they nsuai pay ?aorhltaal fas
tu ssrva
It? medy thU roti'lltion of affair-* SB
New York Stat?? ami ?very Othl
In the Triton will have a full nation!
guard NATIONAL OUAROSMAN.
Hem York. Nov. 10, 1013.
THE TRUE THANKSGIVING DAI
Correspondent ProteiU Againat th?
Clowniahneta That Mar? It Her?.
To th?* Editor ol Ths Tribuna
Sir: Thaahaglvlng Day Is near- a feast
?basrvsd i?y patriotic American? la eon>
iiiemorati'iii of ons of th? fOundatloi
act? of our nntlonal life a? It stands to
.lay. What wan that act? Wh. n th.
?Puritana, la what is now Massachusetts
*-?-t aside a day for thaah-gtjing and
pralM to the Ktcrnal Help of ths Work
lor the bounty of the first harvest In
their h. w home in the year l?i:l.
Thaahaglvlnt ?Day is a day <>f reUgtous
ssatlnsant, ? suit bound np with the
principles of liberty in ?mr national
life. The principles of lit-crty In our na?
tional life are the principles of the I'm 1
tan commonwealth. Through the USagS
of generations of builders of Americaa
lltierty, throtiRli the proclamation at
Washington by the Pr?sident ?I ?>nr fed?
erated states, Thaahaglvlng Is a nation?
wide ?lay of Joy and rent, and peculiarly
a ?lay of renewal of race traditions and
?f family reunion. It l.s our own Ameri?
can way of giving thank?? for unparall? I? ?I
MoSStngS- a ?lav of dignity and <l?il|*ht.
Hut here In New York what greets um
on this great feast? Kor many y.-air I
have been making BOtsa In this town,
and In this. I l-elleve, alone, maskers in
?illy, faataatlc and <.ft.-n disgusting cos
tunic parad?-, straggle ?long and dog the
.sidewalk? They aie ofteiiest children.
who waylay the passerby with ji? -titlons
for money, and make tfie crisp Nnvctiilur
air hideous with tooting horns, beatltiK
pans and yell? At times adults are the
mummers. Two years hko tins Thanks?
giving, on walking down Central Park
West to it late dinner, I saw bands of
groara t>oy? and men, <loth?d In the ex?
ternals of women's garb, roaring and
tooting In a general saturnalia.
Perhaps In the saturnalia Is where the
masking and tagging and pandemoniac
noise had Its real origin in feast* of our
aaaselora thousands ?>f ".?ara ago, when
the folk mad?- merry to strengthen the
lord of growth for th?- coming year, as
well a*? express Joy In tin- harvest of
the time. But what a descent, what loss
to the meaning of our Thanksgiving Day!
Huch mummery and foolishness should be
kept till after the sun has turned his
course?till after I'ecember Cl'.
But whatever Its origin, here Is amid
us a perversion of the meaning of a gnat
day; to thousands of little, undeveloped
minds a total loss of Its siKniti?-anee; and
the little un.leveloped minds of to-day
will In the near future be the ailult
minds. I am writing to ask if your paper
will not speak out In ?an endeavor to I
[Cresta B public sentiment that will stop
it? silly, mindless smirching of a na
ti nal BOtenmlty.
To eliminate the saturnalia features
would t...t take from any little kid Ma
rights. The ki'l.ll.-s had their time In dis- ;
I t., avert witches ami goblins and |
rl ..f ? vil si'lrlt In the time- |
honored reee-Joy of ?Halloween Their
..;?! ?rtualty wiii coma sgaln at the gr?ai
man and nature feasts ?>f Christmas and
n. ,?. ..',ir.? Then why abould they <ie
?l~.il . f Ita ru-lit spirit the national fes
Uval faOlai midway betsmsnf what can
The Trillin?* <l<? to edUOStS them to bet?
ter -rrayal KATE BTBPHBNg
New- fork, Nov. IX laia.
WRONG TO ANTAGONIZE HUERTA
But Correspondent Suggests Plan In?
volving Intervention and Fair Elections.
TO the Bdltor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I think the ?dash's ?.f the Fnlted
Sut. s to h?'l|. M.'xl. ?? by insuring her a
fair election bj snpsrvlslag it, at the
-.mu? tiiii?* disclaiming any desire t>r in
tentlon t.? take an?, ?>f her territory, Is
rtghl sad noble
But I think a mistake was made at first
by approaching acting President Haarte
as an enemy, thus making negotiations
ililliciilt And I think the mistake is con?
tinue?! by insisting iinneresssiHi ?on his
Immediate rselgnstlon, thus leaving no
One at tin* head Of affairs to maintain
order iinnetiessarUy, Ittfsiisa Um time
WOUld be Shed till President Wilson ;?p
polnted S tsmporary governor, or ev.'n
till the election and Installation Of the
alectsjl .'HI'?is had taken place.
The raising <jf thS embargo on arms and
ammunition end ssatatlng ?Carranza in his
i. volution. I think, would be another mis?
take. It would probably be Just like our
assistance Of Ma?Iero against Diaz. If he
were BUOCBSBful in reaching Mexico Pity
It would probably be revolution after rev?
olution. Any case of relying on ?'arranza,
or, Indaad, <>n any Mexican at the present
time would only be attend?*?! with disas?
ter, and It would be a w-n_te of time.
The only right and effectual way Is for
the United States t<> oversea and super
\. ?? .? (air .lutlon, and to guarantee the
same to Mexico. SS WS did in th? cases of
Cuba and Panama? In the latter ?.use by
Invitation. We took no terrltOTJ in either
case?
Mut It may be asked. What Is to be done
now, under the present circumstances? ?
I would answi r:
First- Let Huerta continue in his place,
either till some temporary governor or
Mir. ??sor is appointed, or until a fair elc?>
tion Battles thS matter and a President, I
vice-Pi-?aident and Congress are elected.
BSQOnd fat our marines and BthcT
troops, if necessary, enter sneh parts of
Mexico as need them to protect our own
and foreign citizens where numbers of
them are congregated In town:, ur at val?
uable works, mines, et?*.
Thlrd?Lst our President appoint a tem
porary governor of Mexico to take charge
while we prepare for and supervise a fair
ele? tien. Acting President Huerta Would
then resign, the Presidency then to be
temporarily vacant.
Fourth?Let our President also appoint !
a superintendent or supervisor of election,
with power.
Fifth?Let tho temporary governor or
this supervisor Immediately call for state
???inventions by delegates for nomination
of Deputies ?or representatives) and Sen?
ators, and of delegates to a national con?
vention or conventions for nomination of
candidates for President and Vice-Presi?
dent.
Sixth-I/et the supervisor, with assist?
ants, arrange for and supervise the reg?
istration and election and the results.
Seventh?When the elected officers are
Installed and everything Is seen to be
In order, let our officers turn over th?
government to the new officers and de?
part.
Klghth-The united States should Insist,
however, by written agreement, that In
case of future disorder In Mexico and the I
Inability of the Mexican government to
?piell It and to maintain order, the 1'nlted
States should have the riant to step In
and restore It. but merely for the peace
and benefit of Mexico, and In no wise for
?elfish aggrandizement. D. O. JUSTICE.
New York, Nov. 1?, 1913.
THE PROTECTION OF WOMAN
Police and Courts Adopting Juitsf
Attitude, a Reader Thinks.
To the Kdltor of The Tribune
Sir: You had two good editorials In
yesterday's Tribune. One was Just a bit
satirical, to be sure, but then great truths
are often Impressed upon the public by
satire.
The editorial. "Disposing of the Mt?th?
?re,** gives us an idea how fast tlim-s are
Clanging fin-1 that the world Is at lust be?
coming aware of the fact that strict jus?
tice must bo meted out r.llke to both
sexes Formerly only women ?rere a?
reotod for speaking to a member of ths
other SS? In the street, but now men. too,
? | ?rreeted and .-ven ssnteac??* kf
magistrates, for insulting and att.?eking
won., n on th?? stre.t. COiumtsstoasf
Waldo must have received some pretty
itreriuo-is prodding from MM Ml
"higher up" to bring about su?-h I -*1
In the state of thlng.i. So soon ai- ?*S
beginning to see the effects of a T.im
many defeat May this good work co on
under ths bMs ?Hrection of our District
Attorre*. '
The other e?lltorlal. "On .fudges an?! tat*
fragall?l" seems omewhat sympathetic
fvr that "lone arraigning policeman" In
the ?>r. sence of the oppoidng counsel in
the ??hlue serg* suit with white fa? Ings."
et<*. Again, do I noto the change of the
times, for well do I remember th> t'm?.
not long ago, either, when It was "a lone
prirl" many S time who stood before th?
magistrates and received the ?SVSrset
sentences the law would allow. | :?t en
the word of "a lone policeman."
The leautlfully dressed women Msndtng
near a poor girl seem always to have s
mi re powerful effect than anything else
to s< cure Justice for .. girl, and I am
g'ad to see our rich and Influential women
coming downtown to stand by their
"little sisters" among the poor. We are
told by the anti-suffragists that men are
our protected and will protect us. It
isn't true, for there are not enough men
who either try or care to protect women
most men only protect their own fin-l'y
and Immediate friends, while tue working
girl, the orpham. tho unprotected, art
left to the mercy of the HtMrtinW ani
"white slave" dealers. It Is to their "**??
sex that girls must l?>ok for protection?
their own sex aided by the few-all too
few-men who believe that women as well
as themselves are human and have equal
tights.
Along this line, as along all others, th?
man who talks so much Is th.1 man best
to be d?| ended upon. The man who reall"
wants to be a protector of women does
Ml Cry from the housetops about "the
superiority of women," "women ihOOM be
sheltered In the home," shoul?! be "queenl
of the home." the "sanctity of the home."
and all such hypocritical trash, but he
gets down to work and helps them to a
condition where they can in large part
prate?! themselves. He has no amah
(?On that If he allows them S Httl?
chance to be something and do something
they will become h' i succesMul rival*
He Isn't built t'.iat way.
A TRIHL'NK RK._P"****"*
New York. Nov. 20. 1913.
HADLEY AND HOOPER HIS TICKET
Tenneaaeoan Suggests Them aa Repub*
lican Candidates in 1916.
To the Kdltor of The Tribune
Sir*. I suggest aa the candidates of **M
national Republican party in 1916:
For President. Herbert S- Hsdley. of
Missouri;
For Vice-President. Ben W. Hooper, of
Tennessee.
With a ticket like this the Republican
party can win easily. Hsdley Is known
as a true Progressive Republican snd
Ben W. Hooper la the man who hes
twice been elected Governor In ths
Democratic State of Tennessee.
W. A. ANDERSON.
Kellbuckle. Tenn.. Nov. VI. 1913.
TUT! TUT! WE'VE REFORMED.
From The Washington Herald.
Mr. Mitchel. the Mayor-elect of Sett
York, nays he Is going to take the publls
Irto his confidence, but what the N?W
York public wanta is Joba. *