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WHITMAN CANVASS STIRS UP PARTY Upstate Republicans Di? vided on Early Signing of Petitions. BARNES MEN BACK DISTRICT ATTORNEY Job Hedges and Hirnnan Favored by Many. -Others Prefer Watchful Waiting. T??l??r:>ph to The Tribune 1 I'tica. X. Y., .lune _S Circulation of petitions for the nomination by Re? publicans of District Attorney Charles S. Whitman for (?overnor has attracted considerable attention throughout the upstate counties ?luring the last few days. In several counties tha I tions are being liberally signed, while in many others the politicians are hold :ng off, on the ground that "many things can hapnen between now anil September and there will be plenty of time for petitions later.-' New York City men who for many months have been conducting the Whitman propaganda sent a letter t<> the chairman of the Republican com? mittee in each county about two week? ago asking if the chairman or the com? mittee would sec to the circulation of the petitions for Mr. Whitman through? out the county. In tOAt the committic would not do this work, the chairman was asked to name some Whitman sup? porter who would It is believed that the petitions aro being more gener?d!y signed in Oneida . County than in any ether part of the aUte, but their circulation here also | Matted more of a "ruction" than h.is been reported from any other district. Ward H. Kdwards. Commissioner of FU et ions?-is attending to the circula? tion of the petitions In Oneida County. As soon as he and his assistants lle? gan touring the ?county in automobile's to obtain signers a public meeting of Republicans was held in Rome, at which there was a heated discussion. None of the speakers wished it under? stood that he was opposed to the can- , didacy of Mr. Whitman, but all criti? cised ?he circulation ol the petitions at this time and in the manner in which they claimed the work was being done. Edwards's Motives Questioned. Several of the speakers expressed the opinion that Mr. Edwards went to \Yw York to see Mr. Whitman B few days ago. had himself interviewe?! :?: th? New York papers to the effect that "Oneida County is all for Whitman" and is circulating these petitions all to "be the first to climb onto the Whitman band wagon." It was sug- | gested that he hail done this in evpec- ? tation of "things hoped for" if Mr. Whitman was elected Governor, an.l also with unseeml> naste without con? sulting Johq Davies, who has been sup? posed to say "who is who" in Oneida Republicanism. The ?pinion was also expressed that ' it was too early to sign any such peti? tions, and it was ?lecided that tin cir? culation and signing should not now be authorised by the Rome Republican Committee. "Watchful waiting" seems to be the policy adopted by many of the pol it i - ' cians of the state at this time. When il ntnries have been made of prominent Kepuhlicaris in more than a dozen counties during the last few days they replied with tho ?nir?tion: "What is Roosevelt going to do?" This canvasr. has revealed three un-' expected things. In most counties the men who are classed as Marnes organi? zation men are for Whitman for (?ov? ernor. Most of the more independent Republicans are opposed to Whitman and v.duld prefer either Job K. Hedges or ex-Senator Harvey D. Hinman, of New York, while several of the more astute and prominent Republicans. from whom such an opinion might not be expected, have expressed themselves as not so much in favor of any par? ticular candidate as of any candidate for Governor behind whom it will be possible to reunite the Republicans and a majority of the Progressives. The Colonel a Factor. Louis P. Payn. of Chatham. ex Superintendent of Insurance, who is eighty years old and ?still active, and. ?.? he has been for nearly a quarter of t* century, recogni.-.ed as the Republican leader in Columbia County and of the Senate and Congress districts of which that county forms a part, said: "Much will depend on the attitude that Colonel Roosevelt takes on his re? turn. I do not agree with him politi? cally, but I want to tell you that any man who does not think that he is a factor to be reckoned with is a fool. I would not favor making any undue concessions t?. him, but I would fav any getting toother of Rep?blica and l regressives that might be work out in a satisfactory manner in whl ? ?.Ion. I Roosevelt's support and th of many Progressives could be o tamed for any good Republican. ? what candidates would 1 prefer Its too early to talk about possib candidates now. There's plenty of tir to talk about candidates after w?? knc what we are going to do and how t are going to ?I? i?." Daniel Stroebel. of Herkimer, tl recognired leader of organization R publicans in Herkimer County, e pressed the opinion that the sentimei of the organization men in his coun' so far was largely for Whitman for Go amor, and he would prefer ex-Senat? llinnian. of Ringhamton, for Uniti States Senator if Mr. Root could n? be persuaded to succeed himself. If was possible, however, to make a sa isfactory alliance with the Progre - behind any good Republican f? a state ticket, he said, "the Republ cans would be fools not to take a? vantage of it." Senator Seth Heacock, whose cand (iaey for the Republican nomination f< Lieutenant Governor was announce ?\ 'ill weeks ago. is a resident c Herikmer County, and the organizatic there is seeking to guide itself car? fully between all other candidacies s as not to endanger Mr. Heacock's poss bilities. Ri?. er Counties in I.lne. In all of the Hudson river countir strong Republican organizations are i good working order, and in most c. taca, th? county chairman is in a posi tion to speak for his assistants. City Judge George Overocker, o Poughkeepsie, chairman of the Dutch ess County Republican Committee, strong Barnes man, is emphatic in hi support of Whitman for Governor an does not look with favor on any al liance with the Progressives, believin that the Republicans should go ahea? and nominate their own ticket thi fall and that they can elect it, no mat ter what the Progressives, Tammany ites or Sulzer Democrats may do. Philip Eltinge, of Kingston, chairmai of the Ulster county committee, is ai even stronger organization man thai Judge Overocker. He thinks "it look like Whitman" and he would not favo any attempt to "turn the Republicai party over to Roosevelt," and he doe not see how any alliance with the Pro gressives can be made without doin| that. Mr. Kltinge is anxious to havi William D. Cunningham, of Ellenville lister County, who was the Republicai nominee for State Controller tw< years ago, nominated for that positioi this fall. It is said in Kingston tha Messrs. Eltinge and Cunningham re cently went lo Xew York to consul Mr. Whitman to sec if an arrangemen could not be made to have Mr. Cun ningham as the Controller candidat? on the Whitman ticket, in return foi ? which Mr. Whitman was assured o: liberal support in Ulster County. A. H. Cook, an independent Repub lican. of Kingston, who in opposition t< the Republican organization was twic? elected County Treasurer and one? Coroner, is strongly opposed to Mr Whitman, thinking the District At? torney has "greatly overplayed hi? newspaper publicity racket." He claim? that there is much opposition to Whit man throughout the county, and thai either Hedges or Hinman would receive stronger support for Governor than the New York District Attorney. Opposes Petitions. W. E. Thorpe, of Catskill, an attorney, chairman of the Greene County Re? publican Committee, thinks that at present Mr. Whitman is the strongest candidate in his county, but he re? fused to circulate the Whitman peti? tions, as Mr. Whitman's representaties asked him to ?lo, replying that he did not think such action should be taken by the committee in support of any candidate. While they think Whitman is the most popular candidate, Mr. Thorpe and the members of his execu? tive committee wished it understood that they are not working for him and that they would be just as well pleased to see Hedges or Hinman nominated for Governor. Although Leader Payne says it is too early to decide on candidates, other leading Republicans in Columbia County reported that Whitman ?.?'look? ed upon as the most likely candidate for Governor by the Republicans of that county. There is a strong Pro? ve element in Columbia County and part of the prominent Republicans there agree with Mr. Payne that any honorable effort to unite the Republi? cans and Progressives should be made, while the more pronounced organiza? tion men, who think the Republicans can win with Whitman without Pro? gressive help, are in favor of "going it alone." Ex-Senator Edgar T. Brackett, of Saratoga, was quoted in a newspaper ? interview as being against the nomina . tion of any .New York City man for Governor and as favoring "some such man as Mr. Hinman, of Binghamton, or Judge Howard, of Troy." H. C. Todd, of Saratoga, an attorney rf rail of the Olympian to the Pacific North Coastc Follow this path of steel which the "St. Paul Road" has blazed through a wilderness. It is a trip of three joyous days from Chicago, through a constantly changing panorama of scenic, wonders, surrounded by every travel luxury and comfort?on the all steel a "Olympian" ( At the end of the trail there's all the wonders am of the Puget Sound country to see?Mt. Rainier ?TT ?the San Juan Islands?the Bremerton Navy Zj?:f ?> Yards and innumerable other attractions. I . ***v Low fares in effect daily June to Sept. inclusive f i 7 ) CHICAGO I 0 Milwaukee & St. Paul J\i ?aw RAILWAY gffifl _ ^, Scndforacopyof"TheTraiIofthrOIrm;lan" . ?J j?j * yL. *t beautiful 32-page pictorial Uwk-adu:esa \\\AW t associated with Mr. Rrackett, said that I Mr. Rrackett, Senator Whitney and most of the other leading Republicans in Saratoga ?'ounty will be for Mr. Hinman for Governor if the Bingham tnn man will consent to become a can? didate. There is considerable senti? ment for Whitman in that county, but the opinion of most of the men seen there was that "Whitman has over? done his efforts to get newspaper ad? vertising." Willis Wendell, of Amsterdam, chair? man o? the Montgomery County Re? publican Committee, thinks the senti? ment of his county is "all for Whit? man for Governor," and he would like to see Hinman elected to the United States Senate if Mr. Root will not suc? ceed himself. There is considerable independent sentiment against the Wendell organization in that county, and among these independent Republi? cans is expressed a preference for Hinman for Governor, rather than for the Senate. In Cortland County for years there has been a bad split in the Republi? can ranks. Fax-City Judge Rowland L. Davis, the leader of the organization Republicans, has had the Whitman blanks placed there, with a notice pub? lished in the local papers informing voters where the blanks may be signed. While they are not circulating the petitions, Judge Davis and his wing of the party in the county are strong for Whitman. Cortland County adjoins Broome, and .Mr. Hinman has many friends there, and the anti-Davis Re? publicans are mostly in favor of him for Governor, if he will run. In all of the counties visited it was reported that the Progressives have lallen off in numbers greatly since 1SH2. The Progressives themselves are doing little yet, "watchfully wait? ing" for the return of the voiceless Colonel to Oyster Bay to learn what he will do. Factory Towns Depressed. In nearly every Hudson and Mohawk Valley city and town the industrial depression is being strongly felt, hun? dreds of factories, employing hundreds of thousands of hands, working from two to five days a week, with no sign of improvement. This results in a sadness and a glumness in Democratic ranks that are too oppressive to be expressed in talk of Democratic possibilities for the fall campaign. The only expressions along NOW AND THIN vs. REGULARITY ?"yo uve a dollar now and * then la wlM, but now U vtlter." The "now ?and then" method doe? not mean much at the end of the year. Our plan by which we Invest 110 a month for you in first mortgages on New York real estate has the advantage of system and regularity. Wrttr for facts about Guar? anteed First Mortgage Cer? tificates or call at any office. TiTlE GUARANTEE AND TRUST C? Capital . . $ 5,000,000 Surplus(all earned) 11,000,000 ITSB'way.N.Y. 175S**ra?_CTSt., BTdyn. I_ rulton St.. Jamaica,_ that line that can be heard are won? dering? whether Governor Glynn will be a candidate to succeed himself, or whether it might not be better to try to get away from the Glynn record by nominating ex-Senator Roosevelt, now Assistant Secretary of the Navy, for Governor. That William Sulzer will be an in? dependent Democratic candidate for Governor is taken as a foregone con? clusion. Most people express surprise at the apparent strength of the Sulzer boom. While it is not thought he will receive many Republican votes, the large number of dissatisfied Demo? crats who have expressed their inten? tion of voting for him leads to the frequent prediction that Sulzer will receive over 100,000 votes at the No? vember election. Most of the Republicans seen are of the opinion that Senator Root may be persuaded to succeed himself, and, ac? cordingly, they are not willing to ex? press any other preference for United i States Senator. PLEDGES TO PEOPLE KEPT, SAYS MITCHEL ? ??Illume.I from ii age 4. those who have business dealings with the city. The reorganization of the purchasing and accounting methods, brought to practical completion these past six months, has done much to improve these relations, More prompt audit of claims in the Controllers of? fice. Impartial specifications, better business methods generally in depart? ments have greatly improved these re? lations. It is no longer the .practice for political tradesmen to have a monopoly of city business. The best institutions in New York are now fur? nishing supplies and materials to city departments at fair prices. This improvement is not the achieve? ment of the present administration, but is largely the result of years of at tention to this phase of the city's busi- ? i.ess by preceding administrations. We lound a number of instances remain- ! ing, however, where competition was i restricted to the disadvantage of the city. A case in point was the apparent monopoly enjoyed by a small number cf firms in supplying forage, of which supply the city is a large purchaser. This has been broken down through the efforts of the Fire and Park De? partments and as a result of an in- ? vestigation conducted by the Commis rioner of Accounts. By substituting an impartial plan for distributing city deposits, based upon the strength of banks antl rates of in? terest paid, the Chamberlain has in- '? creased the city's interest earnings 1 over amounts earnod in previous years by twice the total cost of his office to j date. The deposit of the city's great ' cash balances, which have ranged from j $20,000.000 to $82,000,000 during the | ' past six months, is made no longer ac- ? cording to the whim or personal judg- ? ment of the Chamberlain, who has com? plet?? jurisdiction over this matter, but in conformance with a published plan which treats all depositories in an im? personal, businesslike way. Special ef? fort has been made, with the co-opera? tion of proper authorites. to protect the city from depositing in excessive amounts in banks concerning whose stability there is the slightest ques? tion. As a further precaution a max? imum of 20 per cent of capital and surplus has been set, beyond which deposits are not made, although the law allows the city to make deposits in" a bank up to DO per cent of its capital ! and surplus. In countless ways there remains op- , portunity for improving the city's busi- [ ness methods. It must be borne in mind that city government has only recently been regarded as a business enterprise. During the last adminis? tration the fusion borough presidents yet an example of good administration, Which is being followed by the present administration, both in borough gov? ernment as well as in city departments. ; Under Mayor Gaynor a number of im pc-rtant improvements were made. \\ <? are building upon these improvements and retaining every better device that we found in satisfactory operation. | This is the only way in which perma- j nen. progress can be made. One ad? ministration must build on the work of nnother, and not seek to prove its , nchievements merely by demonstrating the faulty character of the work of its predecessors. During these six months we have i not sought to point out the detects of ; our predecessors, but to feck rather the advances that they made an?l to go forward upon them. In calling atten? tion to existing conditions that neede?! to be rem?di?e!, we have not done so with a desire to reflect upon our prede eessors, but to indicate how vast is the task of establishing an effective gov? ernment and how much remains to be done. In these six months we realize tiiat only a beginning has been made. We haye before us forty-two months for further effort and accomplishment. The City Government and the Schools. I must say a word regarding the Board of Kducation. As chairman of the Committee on School Inquiry I spent a very large pait of my time as President of the Board of Aldermen in stodging school questions. !t is not my intention to interfere in srhool ad? ministration, but the school system and the city government must work to? gether if the schools are to be satis? factorily conducted. The Board of .Es? timate is called upon to provide funds ' and the Mayor is responsible for ap? pointments to the Board of Kducation. The Board of Estimate's work cannot be wisely done, nor the Mayor's aelec- , tions wisely made unless they are based upon some policy. For this rea? son the school inquiry <WM conducted and for the same reason we now have a standing committee of the Board of Estimate on educational matters. As Mayor I have sought to keep in touch with the work of the board. Be? cause I realized that one of the coming 'radical changes in school administra? tion will be the introduction of more vocational training. I recently gave a week to studying vocational schools throughout the West. Some Pending Questions. There are a number of great social , cuestiona which we must deal with in there next months. One of particular j importance is the market question. L'n-1 dor Mayor Gaynor a commission was appointed to study the market system. The Board of ,Estimate felt, however, that it would be wise to consider fur? ther the proposed plan for the market system before embarking on a large expend i tore to provide additional mar? ket facilities. The whole market ques? tion is closely interwoven with the ??uestion of port and terminal devel? opment. I particularly regretted that i? wet necessary for me to veto a biil passed bv the Legislature during thi? lOSSiOfl empowering the city gov? ernment' to undertake the development of n market system. My veto was nec essary because of fatal defects in the bill, due to the fact that it had been hastily prepared and hastily intro? duced. The market committee is preparing to submit a well considered measure to the Legislature ut its next session, and I hope that we shall lose no time in doing whnt the financial resources of the city will permit us to do in mod < mixing the city's equipment for han? dling its food supply. We are now entering into the period of budget preparation. The adminis? tration is definitely committed to liv? ing within its present appropriation end to keeping the cost of government down. I have piven definite instruc? tions to department heads, which meet with their cordial approval, thut no re? quests for increases shall be asked this ?.??ar, except where they are unavoid? able. The Mayor's departments re? ceived last year an increase of onlv ?S57,ooo The budget for 1014 ?repre? sented the smallest increase in any budget .since consolidation. Numerous cuts were made in appropriations, but we have lived within them. Early in the year I issued an order that no requests for revenue bonds shall be made except for pressing emergencies. So far as the Mayor's departments are concerned, I do not propose to have any increase in the ?budget cost for 1915. Where increases in one department may be necessary, they must be offset by corresponding decrease? in other departments. The estimates for next year are already coming in. A number of them repre? sent marked decreases. In Summary. To sum up. the present administra? tion has ?these aims, based upon its pie tges mate to the electorate: ' *-'ull protection of public interest and the development of widest service? ability of the government. 2. ?Economy and efficiency of admin? istration. 3. Co-operation and team work be? tween elective officials and all appoint? ive officials. . I. I evelcpment of proper relation rhips it h city employes and promotion of the * ? r.Vare and efficiency. .*>. K ?iition of needed public im? provement, particularly in respect of terminal facilities and provision of a , market system. 6. Revision of the charter where re vision is found necessary. 7. Fullest utilization of public eo- ' operation and fullest publicity of acts ? ? f government. 8. Relief of taxpayers of unneces? sary burdens through cutting down the cost of government and elimination of v. ?ste. :*. Bringing the administration of the city ?lepartments up to the le?el of best I r -ate business and making New York City's government not only the largest municipal enterpri?e in the I'nited States, but a model in administration for every city in the country. 10. Emphasis not upon plans but upon performances; fulfilment of the pledges of the administration; non partisanship, and conducting the busi? ness of th- city, not in the interest of any group or faction, but for the bene? fit and service of the entire commu? nity. And no?- I have had my ?ay. These are the fncts as I sec them. Perhaps from other angles they have a differ? ent asnee*. If so I wish to know it. As Mayor I have no ambition to serve except to fulfil my undertakings. I am serving and will serve no partisan or political purpose. I regard it r.s a part of my business to make Tam? many government of the old kind in? tolerable in this city by making fusion or citizen government successful snd popular. I am not aiming to make a paradise ef New York or to bring on the millen? nium, but to make New York, so far as we can, the pacemaker for the cities of the world in comfort, health, beauty and prosperity. It is a nleasant reflection that these six months have developed no hostili? ties. They have been busy, but not turbulent. They make me look forward with eagerness for the work of the months ahead. Roosevelt to Speak at the Hub. Boston, June 28. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will deliver an address in this city on July 24, when the Pro? gressives open their campaign in this state with a field day at the American League baseball grounds. An an? nouncement to this effect was made by j the Progressive committee to-night. DROP POLITICS TO INDORSE CAMPBELL Republicans and Demo? crats for Him in Supreme Court Contest. "We regard him as fearless and up? right, and because of his ability are confident tnai U eiecied he will fill the position of Justice of the Supreme Court with high credit." The above is part of the petition be? ing circulated by Democrats and Re? publicans advocating the candidacy of Magistrate John A. L. Campbell for Justice of the Supreme Court of the 1st Judicial District. Prominent lawyers and men dis? tinguished in other callings have signed the petition, and a fair idea of the type of men who, as the petition de? clares, indorse Magistrate Campbell's candidacy," irrespective of party affilia? tions" may be gathered from a few of the signers, who include Chief Magis? trate McAdoo, James W. Osborne, Samuel Untermyer, Martin W. Little? ton, Archibald R. Watson, William Loeh, jr., F. A. Vanderlip, EL A. Gil dersleeve, Lewis Nixon, George B. Cor telyou, Douglas I. McKay, R. A. C. Smith, DeLancey Nicoll, John C. Spoon er. Magistrate R. C. Cornell, Donald McLean, Herbert L. Satterlee, John F. Mclntyre, Moses H. Grossman, Robert C. Morris. * If red Talley, George T. Wilson and James Gayley. Magistrate Campbell has written to the members of the Republican Coun? ty Committee asking that his name be placed on the primary ballot for nom? ination. He is a Republican, and three year.? after he was graduated from Yale Law School was elected City j Solicitor of Youngstown, Ohio. This was in 1893. He served two terms, and at the close of his incumbency came to New York and joined the law firm of Burnett. Slayton ?t Campbell, later Blnytea ?t Campbell. Magistrate Campbell is a member of the New York Athletic, Yale and Lawyers' clubs. He is married and lives at 520 West 114th st. He is a nephew of the late General John A. Logan. __ STAMBAUGH ENTERS RACE Seeks Congressional Seat from 19th District. William B. Stambaugh, of 240 Lenox av , has announced his candidacy for Congress on the Republican ticket in the 19th district. Mr. Stambaugh has been a m -her of the Republican County Comm.. ee from the 31st district since 1904. He is a lawyer, and has resided in New York for the last twenty years. He is a member tf-*everal clubs and fra trirt?i orders, including the . Harlem Republican Club. Citizens Union. ( ol iegiate Club of New York, and Runtin** Lodge 655, F. and A, M. LEWIS RAPS MOORE Commissioner Is Dissatisfied with Professor's Report. Burdette G. Lewi?, Deputy Commis? sioner of the Department of Correc? tion, took a whack at general culture and Professor K. C. Moore last night at the forum of the Church of the Ascension. Mr Lewis was in cnarge of the .n quiry made by the Board of Kstimate at the beginning of Mayor Gaynor s pgime into educational matters here. Professor Moore, he said, had based his report solely on information given him by the men he was to investigate. In industrial and vocational schools, Mr. Lewis asserted, New York is al? ready in the lead, ar.d he expected to see the time when shops and factories would aid in industrial training The day of a general ei'vation that pre? pared for no trade or profession was passing, he said. TRIANGLE PARASOL IS LATEST FAD Three-Cornered Sunshade and "Party Box" Absorb Atten? tion on Boardwalk. [ ny l>l??srai>li to Th?? Tribun?* 1 Atlantic City, June 28.?The riot of undisciplined fancy in fashions con? tinues here, despite warnings from Paris and New York that simplicity is ,to be the keynote. A week ago the basque dress, fash? ioned after the styles of thirty or more years ago. made itn first appearance on the boardwalk, and, although there were many who declared it would not become popular because too extreme, there were dozens on the boardwalk to-day. The flame veil, first seen here last Sunday, has now taken its place as a regula*- feature of milady's costume, and two more novelties the three-cor? nered parasol and the "narty box"? came out this morning. Several of the new shaped parasols, which have six ribs set in pairs close together, making the three-cornered effect, were in bright kint's blue silk, with a white edge and black and white cording around them further to define the *?iape. A directoire bow was placed at one tnrned-up side. The "party box" is such a handy af? fair thit many women who purchased thein recently have wondered why no? body ever thought of them before. The box is about 6 by 4 inches, bound in colored leather and fitted with a han? dle. Inside are miniature toilet articles of every description nail tile, mirror, powder puffs, rouge pencil, chamois and hairpins. Some of the more expensive "party boxes" even contain a set of "Kiss-me-quick" curls. _ ? FREE "MOVIES" FOR PARKS Playgrounds Association Plans Innovation for Youngsters. The Parks and Playgrounds Associa? tions opens its seventh annual season of summer playground work to-day with fifty-four play centres. Last year the association took care of 250,000 children, giving them instruction and entertainment through outings, besides the regular daily games in the play? grounds. Lunches and carfares were provided. It is hoped to continue the practice this year. Three new playgrounds have been established in The Bronx and several in Brooklyn. A special fund has been set aside to take groups of children to Bear Mountain Park in the Palisades during; the summer ?nd to exhibit mo? tion pictures in the various city parks. ? The association, through Gtorge Gor? don Battle, its president, is making an appeal for funds to carry on this work. Contributions may be sent to the of? fices of the association, 1123 Broad way' _mJ Boy Killed by Foul Ball. Chicago, June 28. Joseph I). Adam, 14 ?ears old, a spectator at a corner lot baseball game, was killed to-day when ? foul ball struck him above th? bent** ADVERTISEMENT. ADVERTISEMENT. I _\pP__TimKmw.^ DEATHS FROM VACCINATION GREATER THAN DEATHS FROM SMALLPOX Medical Falsehoods Denying Deaths From Vaccination and Lockjaw Answered and Cni?he<l There are two great facts that have already been proved in our previous articles ;nlt ""-'].' JaVlmM here:?Tiret: That general vaccination is more dangerous to public health and human life tnan "?"*" admit. pox and now causes more deaths than smallpox, particularly in children; Second: That these neu ???* ted and disebsed in English statistics bM are denied and concealed in our own statistics. These two unerring shots have gone right home to the vital center of this great meiern medical bar^bar ism of compulsory disease and death and have undoubtedly given all compulsory vaccination tn mis aiaw: . death wound from which it will never ultimately recover in this State or throughout this Nation, wnere-cr this medical evil still exists, as soon as these two great and shocking facts sink fully into the public mino. It was natural, therefore, that the medical doctors and the medical editors who have been practicing and defending this barbarism, and profiting from it directly or indirectly for years past, should squirm in moTe?T less agony under this death wound to their favorite and profitable barbarism of compulsory vaccination lorcea on the whole people in one way or another at every excuse or opportunity of alleged smallpox menace or panic; and several of them evidently thought that thev could meet these solid facts with false and foul personal ^epithets and false and absurd denials and evasions, most of which I have already answered and disposed of. And I n??te that of late, therefore, all these formerchampions of the medical barbarism among our m<d,c** doctors and medical editors have b.en very silent except one recent would-be champion in the person of Dr. A. M. Skern. of Yonkers, N. Y? who In an evening paper of New York City of .May 23rd has attempted to attack me and my facts as to deaths from vaccination in this State through Lockjaw in vaccination wounds and in so doing has himself given us a very characteristic exhibition of .He'way in which vaccinating doctors attempt to deny and conceal the real truth on this subject from the public. And I now regard this particular subject as so important for publie enlightenment and the moment so opportune for the crushing of a most dangerous and dastardlv medical falsehood that I now digress ii? my intended choice of subjects for my closing or final articles and confine mvself here to this particular subject of deaths from Lockjaw or Tetanus in Vaccination wounds, which is one of the most frequent causes of deaths from vaccination in this State and will illustrate fully the frequent fatality of vaccination and the crafty, absurd and shameful manner in which our vaccinators in charge of our death certificates and our vital statistics try to excuse, conceal and deny these deaths and the full re? sponsibility of vaccination for the same. Now I want to say here at the outset that this great danger of death from Lockjaw, or 'Tetanus,'' in vaccination wounds is something almost peculiar to our country and particularly to our State of New York and most particularly to our province of Leint,' Island, where this dangerous wound infection seems to exist widely distributed in the soil of the land, in the manure of stables and farm yards, in hay and straw and on the hair and hide of domestic animals. In Europe and particularly in England these deaths from Lockjaw are comparatively rare, and few if any deaths seem to be reported from Lockjaw in vaccination wounds; whereas, in our State of New York over one hundred deaths from Lockjaw are reported every year and there is good evidence to show that fullv ten per cent of these Lockjaw deaths result from infection in vaccination wounds. For example, there were 114 deaths from Lockjaw in New York State in 1912. and I have an oliicial report now before me of thirty of these cases of Lockjaw in the rural half of New York State outside of New York City which shows that three of these thirtv cases were from infections in vaccination wounds. This data gives ground to thus establish the fatal ratio of ten per cent as above stated which would give about 12 deaths from vaccination and lockjaw for I'M 2. or three times the death? from ?mallpox, which were only four for that year in this State! And please note that four deaths are actually admitted from Lockjaw in vaccination wounds in our State reports for 1912,'which Commissioner Porter and his would-be defender. Dr. Skern, try to show us were not really due to vaccination after all, which fallacv 1 will here dispose of in due time. If we now turn to the Report of the Registrar General of England for 1911 (the last in print) we will lind an honest, simple and straightforward record of deaths from vaccination, both directly and indirectly, very different from the shameful, crafty and apologetic way shown in our annual reports, which first practically admit a fact and then try to deny and conceal it by false logic and false conclusions. However, we will find no deaths reported from Lockjaw in vaccination wounds in this English report on account of the difference of local conditions above noted, but we will lind several vaccination deaths reported from other common wound infections, such as Septicemia, Erysipelas, etc., which also exist here in addition to our peculiar and very com? mon and fatal infection of Lockjaw. Thus in the English report for 1911 ?his most significant comparative data is given as to deaths from smallpox and vaccination for that year:? Total deaths from smallpox for all ages. *% Deaths from smallpox utuler .". years. * Total deaths from vaeeination all ages. H Deaths from vaccination under f> years. * ** Specific Diseases or ?'anses of Death in Said 14 Fatal Vaccinations:? Krom "ViH.-inia" or "?'owpox" ?lir??ctly. * From Vaccination resulting In Fatal Septicemia. From Vaccination resulting in Fatal Erysipelas.'.. 3 Total.'. M Here we will see from the latest published annual record of the highest Statistical authority In the world that for the vein- It 11 in ?England ?and Wales In ? i?opiilation of about :'?S millions the total deaths from \a? ?ination were 14. or more than half the total death?? irom ?smallpox, which were 23! <>ii the other hand, the deaths from Binallpox In little children were only six and exactly equal to the ?leaths caused directly bv "vaccinia" or ?-owpox pure and simple u? children of the sann- age, whereas the miilit'.on?l deaths from wound infections In the vaccination ?ores, vis., from tjeptl emla and l-'rysip?-las. added eight more fatalities, thus making the deaths from vaccination In little ?-hildren over twice as many as the deaths from smallpox! To show that deaths from va? ciiiation In this year of 1911 in Kngland as ?'Ompared to deaths from ?mallpox ore nothing unusual and thai auch ?leaths ?occur more or less constantly every year and that the total yearly deaths from ? m -.-iiiation frequently exceed t<?t.ii yearly rJaatha from smallpox, particularly In children. I ?an give this further im? pressive ?lata irom the reports of the Registrar General for several years previous to 1911. as follows:? Total Deaths From Total Deaths From Y.nr Smallpox Vaccination 1906 21 .'? 1907 10 I] 1908 12 1 I Total Deaths from Smallpox for six years 190.* to 1910 .199 Total Deaths from \ a. ? -?tuition for six years IMG to 1910 .t. M i i.-.iiiis ?from s n m 111 ?ox In aald ?period under .". years old . 2?J 1 ?oaths from Vaccination In aald period under '?> years old."... 9S Tins awful record of fatal vacillations thus speaks very ? learly for itself and forms an absolute Indictment of the whole barbarous and murdi rous s>sti-m of compulsory va? ? ination, particularly for little ? hildren, and needs no further comment here. NOW I want to say Just here that Dr. Skern wrote me about May 6th. Just after the aplicaran? e of my firth artille in this series issued May 4th, tor particulars as to the pa^es In tile Keport of our State Health Department for 191*.', where four deaths from l.ex'kjaw In Vaccination wounds were ?acknowledged anil also where he could tnid ? ??tie-, of the annual r? ports of the Registrar ??eneral of Kngland. I anawered him promptl?. and courteously, giving him two pag.-s m our Slate report, viz.. Pages r?2 and 71, containing the facts as stated by me; and, as t?'c.ir?ls tie Knglish re? ports. I stated ?that if he could not find them In the medical or public libraries in New Vork he was welcome to come to my 0__ce, whore h?' could COIUmlt these reports for ten years back from 1911. the last year in print. Aft/T thus placing th> s.- Ki'glish records within his roach and entirely a?'cessible to him. showing yearlv deaths from vaccination greater than yearly deaths from smallpox aa recorded by one of the highest Statistical authorities in the world, he nevertheless had the false effrontery to tell the public In his letter that "The ponderous records from across the ocean are Inaccessible to the writer for verification." and he then (roes on by false logl?' and medical sophistries and evasions to try to show that tJi'* facts I gave from our own State Report for 1912 were not strictly correct where I stateil that there was a .'.ear but reluctant admission in thes?? reports that the deaths resulting from vaccination Ly Lockjaw In vaccination wounds were e.iual to the deaths from smallpox In the sa?ne font, viz., four in each case. There Is a I-itln motto, "Falsus In I'no Falsus in Omnibus,'' that applies right here to Dr. Skern. via;, "False In One False in All " for this initial statement from htm with regar?! to the inaccessibility of the l-?nglish Report? la Just as true and logi? al is his statements with regard to out* own State Reports that they do not show what I Stated they ?admit, that tin? ?leaths from va? ?ination for that year equal the deaths 'roiii tmallpox. And an) nun of common and common honesty, not professionally interest?'?l In va?-cinatioii and In defending and ?'on.-eallng its falsehoods an?! Us fatalities, can see that my statement is perfectly sound and true by consulting this report for himself on Pages SI and 74. Indeed, the whole text and substance of Dr. Skerifs letter is In itself a complete and perfect illustration of the shameful way in which the ?medical profession which practices and profits by general vac? inaiion attempts to deny and conceal the ?langerons and fatal affecta so frequently occurring from vaccination amf truly and surely ? h.irg.able to it, eitln r as i ?lire, t or an Indirect effect. ?Briefly stated, therefore. Commlssio? ? i Porter's whole argument in the State Report for 1*112, like Dr. Skern'a false defense, is thie: That while. In Commissioner Porter's own word, "three or four of these tetanus deaths (111 In iiumb.-r? were reported as sequent to vaccination," yet tin-y were not really consequent to vaccination. Please note Commissioner Porter's meagre or minimum term "sequent" which Is so beggarly balil and naked of the- real truth by which he tries to fool himself and the public that these ?l.-aths were not ?.Iso consequent to vaccination. And how does 1..- and his defender, Dr. Skern, try to show that thes?! four terrible deaths from Lockjaw or Tetanus in the sup? purating vaccination sore were "sequent" to vaccination but were not consequent to It? Simply by the medical and io?Ki. al humbug as expressed In Commissioner Porter's own words here ?pioted that none of these cases of laokjaw "were found to have developed less than three v/eeks after the vaccination, and In all cases the Identical vaccine virus used was at the same time used on other subjects. Not everything which follows vaccination Is due to ft and It is not probable that these were due to It." NOW I say that such sham.'ful evasion and falsification of the obvious truth and deception of the public mind as here shown In our State report and defended and endorsed by Dr. ?Skern shows that such men are Incompetent by pro? fessional interest in ?.a.-cinatioii to have any charge or control of our Vital Statistics involving deaths from vaccina? tion or other medical operations and should be entirely displaced by a wholly different ? lass of men, who should be j.'H at the head of our Health Departments and In charge of our Vital Statistics; and I will hase something very strong and significant to say on that point in a future public artl?*le. It will therefore be noted that Commissioner Porter's und Dr. Skern's false defense and false logic are simply this, that because the germ or InfecUon of the fatal Tetanus or laOi-kjaw was not in th?. vaccine vin.s itself when this virus was Inoculated into the body or blood of the victim In the operation of va ? ination, therefore the subse.|?ient death from IaOckjaw developing in the vaccination sore or entering it from other sourcea surrounding the vaccinated person was not chargeable or due to the vaccination in any sense! What a shocking Insult this is to men of ordinary honesty and intelligence can be realized when we aay that If the Tetanus germ ?generally existed In the virus itself at the time of vaccination we would simply have thousands and tens of thousands of deaths from va? ?ination and IaOckjaw where now we have dOMIU and hundreds! And I ha..- here to ask our medical falsifiers if dozens or hundreds of deaths from this cause everv vear two or three times the annual deaths from smallpox, particularly in little school children (which can easil) I?. prov>sdl are not sufficient to call a halt on ??is ?barbarism of compulsory vaetcliutlon in our public schools and institutions and the persistent and shocknig denial and concealment of its fatal effects In pir vital statiatica and yearly reiwrta! According to this falsa and criminal logi?- of commissioner ?Porter ui?<l ?Dr. Skern, the assassin or oui great Presi? dent McKinley could not be changed with murder because, forsooth, the bullet from his murdero'is pistol did not di? rectly kill I'is victim, but death S as really . inised by the fatal wound infeetion of Septicemia, which developed in the bullet wound after tli>- pistol shot: What essential difference does it make, therefore, In the final result of death whether the Lockjaw InfecUon was In the virus at the moment of inoculation or developed m the festering va? ? im I sor?? aftarwarda from some other common souri-e to which vaccinated persons are constantly exposed'* A suppuratli.c wound is the first essential condition for the development of this disease, and a vac? ination wound is known to be o.ie of the most common and perfect conditions for its development, just as a bed e?f manure in a dark cellar la tue i?l al and perfect habitat anil condition for the development of mushroom spawn. It is obvious therefore that all the teta i us ?germa in ?the world would never kill any one while they remained merely in vscclne or other virus, and It is only v? hen these germs get Into a wound on the human body from virus or from dirt or ?oil or other sour. .? and there develon .??vur frightfully rapid nerve poison which soon kills the patient by terrible paralyzing spasms of th.- whole iKviy tbsl su? Ii germa ?become ?langerons or fatal to the human being. Aii'l surely it must be obvious whether the !?>< kjaw en'.rrs the vaccination wound at first or afterwanls. that the va'-ciiiation wouml is responsible for the lm.il result m eider cae? and of course the result IB just as fatal to the victim In the end whether the infection was dir.. t and iiutl.il or indlr^t and subs???iuent. It is therefore evident that the attempt to ex? use the operation of vaccination from all rispo.islbltlU localise th? infection was not in the virus at the moment of vaccination is simply a dastardly evasion and .alslfliatlon of m-ti, "| truth and responsibility which should huv? the strongest e-or.dcmi ation of every man of any common hencsty and .m.,,. .ana. * common sense. that a vaccinated s?hool more like 1er or more children and adults are now being kill??! regularly every year from l.o kjaw and other It? feet lona ?n VM..Tn?t? wounds than from smallpox no matter what Kx-?'ominissioner Porter or hi? ?lefen.br Dr SWti mav f.i?.-. And our death certifi?tes und ?other vital re. ords. now concealed, will clearly "show this sho? l.lng fA.-t ai norm i. ._* * people force a proper inspection and publication of the same, which result I inten.l publl? U to h< .?omDlisii ?W-L!f . through with this most important <?ve duty whi-h we have taken on tuirsrlven for the tuMic mood it ing these dangerous meditml f;.lsehoo?ls. these groes statistical con? eatments and these num.-roua vu,. inatla. ! i? ' and fatalities to the fullest extent of the actual truth. CHAN M l|??<- vw ?.71 Ninth St.. Brooklyn. N. Y., .?une 29. 1914. Treasurer Anti-Vaccination PSajM 01 Main offlie of The league:- I4_?l Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. John Pit?.?irn, President. Porter F. ?'ope, Secretary. POSTSCRIPT.?lust as this article was being pr?-pared for the presa another champion ha? appeared In the a__i ?on of Dr. J. Dana Hubbard, one of the doctors of our City Department of Health, who. In an elilM>rut. ?...,.. ,*??S_* New Vork Sun of Suinta?.. June -.'1st. attempts to take up the defense of the follies and fat-Htte? of vaccinationV^il'i* the ai?l of som. do. toi?-?l diagrams and the usual stale and disrupted medical arguments, most ol whl? h I hav^air e disposed of in former articles and some of which I fully answer here. W?* aii"*a__y Some time ?luring the summer vacation, as a matter of relaxation and to contribute to pul.It. amum..?.-... ? .... -.>,.,? ,.t ih? ..in.? .l.unr.l .Ht.m.nti r,e I rr H,,I.Kuril *-hn .?mi In h.v. .?.A. hln....i. ... . "*""T *nt. I In my next artb-le, which will probably end my work for the summer vacation, I Intend to ma.e It int? lb? general public and for the selfish medical organizations with their big membershliw their In.meiVM funrf.*"*_'"' heads of these departments able business an<1 working men nci doctors having professional interest In atlous and concealment of medical mistakes, but ex ?pert laymen sanitary engineers anil statisticians ha? interest adverse to publl?- right such as is now the actual fa?t i. ?England. wi?,.ie do? lor- <lo not ilomin??. mal, ..I haaalfh unri vital ??. 11 ? r I, u 1.,it mhl.h ... s?a..n..-*-.< Kv okl. I.....,..,, with .!?......._.._... ."" '*** - neeaee as was me great worn none at ineicpeiuietK-e mil on July tth, D7? (Which, by the Way i. ??Ti. throw from the head office of our League In Philadelphia). ?