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Deserved Defeat.
For every citizen and particularly foi
cvi ry Republican in this ?tity and cout.ty
the figure;? in yes'crdny's flection have an
unmistakable meaning. lEjMWhert ?s?
nation over there aro oimicTtakabU ?tri?
dence? of a return to Rep-J?li<'ari strength.
In the state at largo the Vil. publican plu
... Il g. recall the mor. plomero*-, foot?
pwcadfalf the Progressive ^plit.
In 'he face of this unmistakable drift
New York County has elect?-?! a Tammany
Sheriff and a Tammany District AttOTH
ney by impressive majorities. Two years
ago Judge MeCall lost Manhattan by
27,000' a year ago Mas'- H. C.lynn car?
ried it bj but 0,000. Soi tl.i-e ligure;?
against these of Judge Bwann and ex
Spaakar Smith at:?! i ng is clear.
This is what I ; tat of Kcpub'.i
ean control at Albany ha.- meant for the
people of this city and county. Not all
the scandal of th. Suk-er day.?., stfll re
not all the moral indignation which
was reveal? '. in the campaign.? of 1913 and
I.'ll has weighod in the balance against
the deliberate plundering <?f the city by an
upstate Legislature., Republican in its ma?
jority and truly rural In its spirit.
The Republican defeat in Manhattan.
the Tammany majority, are directly pro
pertione?! a: d based upon the $19,000,000
direct tax imposed to supply the Republi?
can party in the state with patronage and
prepare the way for the state and national
campaign a year hence.
New York City has been once more
made the victim of Republican rule, and
New York City has struck back. The
excessive taxation, the budget swollen by
.>*14,000,000 of direct tax levy, largely
unnecessary, these things were unmis?
takably in the minds of too voters yester?
day. Quite as clearly t^ey remembered
that such voices as were raised in protest
against the direct tax, however hypocriti?
cal, were those of Tammany Assemblymen.
while Republicans from this city and
county remained silent. 't
Ten years ago a Republican machine,
united, triumphant, apparently 6ecure In
its power, began the systematic campaign
against this town, put into operation by a
variety of indirect taxes the plan to make
New York City bear the ct.st of state gov?
ernment, and of wasteful and extravagant
state government. I'esjcie the warnings
?if a few courageous New1 York members
-if the Legislature this poUcy was pursued
until the Republican party acquired de?
served unpopularity, whibh lasted until
the great wreck.
To-day a similar policy has brought
: imilar consequences. All the past evils of
Tammany Hall have been forgotten in con?
sequence of the present abuse of Republi
. .111 rule. New York has gone back to
Tammany to escape the present cv.is o?
ihr. taxation and infair discrimi?
nation.
It is imposable to see in the local elec?
tion anything but a r?pudiation of the
?'?ate administration. It is ditlicult to see
anything but a ntanae. in the future if
' < policy ??f th? last year is follow"?! thi?
J '.-ir at Albany.
The Republican party in this state has
succeeded, the Republican party in this
? '1 and the hitter
? : thing is that th. dafsat ha?; paved the
.?ay **or a Tammany return. Those Repub
In the Lefial.tur. who believed
iheir duty to their patty was greater than
to th.tr own co:.sti''iency will find the re?
turn from their own COWtitueney interest
? Bad perhaps instru? live.
1'ntil there is a Republican party in
this city and county courageous enough to
represent New York at Albany and light
Republicans as well as Democrats, when
. ity interests are at stake, we shall have
the familiar and vicious circle of local
revolutions, first against Tammany and
then against the Republicans, revolutions
which lead nowhere and are barren of
profit for the cit;z??::.
The local defeat was deserved. The
Republican candidates were thoroughly
.-.pable and worthy, not ?M smallest
question of their int.'grity or fitness was
ralaai; but they were a helpless sacrif?ce?
lo the (Kipular resentment exc;te?,l by a
Republican Legislature, which s Might new
methods to clear rural frog ponds at the
: New York City taxpayers.
Death ?and Taxes.
Men have l?een known to vote after
de.th by proxy but a.? for paying taxes
on personal assessments the matter is
not ko easily arranged. Death is too good
an excuse for dodging the tax roll to be
overlooked, and proxies are almost im?
possible to procure, the business of tax
paying b?ing so unpopular. *
One .should not condemn too hastily.
therefore, either Julius Imgard, ?who diad
on December _'i, 1918, or bis tin
lawyer, Albert VV. Ransom, for i wearing
off the asasessnient of $10,000 in peihonal
proi?erty which the T.x Commissioners
had this year place?! opposit?? Mr. 1
gard's name. For not only i? Mr. Inigi
i to the privilege in this reg;
?CCOrded dead nu-::. Lut ho 1
?-?en gut oit of th?? habit of | ..
personal tax iti the interval.
To he sure, it oras explained t'i I
Ransom at the t..x <>fTi?.*o- that
i :. IM a MUM WM tWt on la.?' year's 1
?ii' no reason why it should r."t !??? ?m t
yen's roll." anil this may bold good
? ?f us who :.ti'! ret.'iiii th?' tOOT
cuil. Bul surely, once having ilroppetj
iloail ni:?.:i, it seems too much 'ike rabbi
it in to resurrect him, in Mr. Bansor
phrase, i?or taxation purposes. Let h
No city, nut even New York, o
need money l>nil!y enough to extort
?rum thoM who bave already pai'i all t
rcckorings of mortality.
Losing the First Battle.
The women have lost their first bat
in this state by a majority which is si:
ciently large to preven! any misund
.?standing. It is ? straightforward verd
which clearly demonstrates thnt n lar
majority of tbe eoteri itill believe it n
I to extend the rivrht to vote to won?
So far the friends and the opponents
lotM for women will agree. Hut the
who have believe?! that wumen should v<
will find in the total O? l*OtM cast for t
intension reaaon for present congratul
I tion and future optimism. A can
which, the first time it is voted upon, e
hundreds of thousands of votei
may be defeated, but the defeat il i
tinal disposition.
To have said three years ago that a co
istitutional a7iic7.dment permitting won?
to vote could command the number i
votes cast for woman suffrage yeste
day would have been to excite ridicu
and invite derision. Nor is it less pla
that each day in the present campaif
has seen an accession of strength and s
increasing number 0? converts.
Woman Suffrage has lost its first ba
tie in this state. But the first battle hi
generally b?"?en lost by the champions <
any new principle involving a radie;
change in government.
Look over the history of all our grei
' tetonas, and it Will be seen that, th
..? t cause has done not ill, but well, i
it--- first test
For all who favor the extension of t>
'right to vote to women yesterday'.- bat?
will be regarded as a beginning, not a
S promise, not a causo for depressio
or despair. The very total of the vo!
rast for the amendment will be an incer
the to new endeavor.
There will be no disposition on the pai
of the losers to charge unfair or dishor
est methods on the part of their oppf
nents or to complain at the obvious ho;
tiiity of the professional politicians. N(
by the professional politicians, but by th
voters themselves, was the decision rer
dered. The defeat being square, there i
7.!'thing left but to resume the battle.
A good fight has been well fought an
? but campaigns do not depend on firs
'iia't!";-. either in the Great War or in th
political combat, and those who believ
that anything but the election of 1916 wa
decided yesterday will find cause to chang
tbeir view before many months.
A Blunder in National Policy.
The report of the Merchants* Associa
i tion of New York on railway mail pa
ought to open the eyes of Postmaster Gen
(?ral Burleeon and other administratioi
functionaries who think that the public i
always tickled when some new schc-me i
.'.??vi.-ed for plundering the railroads. Th
Merchants' Association represents th
shipping class, for whose benefit, accord
ing to reformers of the Burleson school
a'.! raids on railroad revenues are con
ducteel. But the association realizes, a
?all intelligent opiiuon must realize, tha
business of every sort must slacken if th?
basic Industry of transportation is domor
I alisad by governmental oppreasion.
The report, adopted on October 21, crit
icises the Moon railway mail pay bill
passed by the last House of Represents
three, as Mexcesshrely discriminatory u
favor of the United States government.'
it also condemns the Bourne bill for th<
reason, although the Bourne lull II
less tyrannical than the Moon bill. Undei
either scheme Um railroads would be ever
1 more underpaid for mail service than the]
, are at present, suite it is the dream of Mr
Burleson and the Congreesmen who arc
behind thOM two measures to make the
'oAm Department show a profit on iti
enlarged parcel post buiinttaa by Um ?im
?pie expedient of forcing the railroads u
bandle the greatly increased volume oi
business without additional compensation.
It is an easy way for the govenuMBl
to make ?money to compel the rail?roadi te
, work for it and then dodge paying them
any'}.rig for their serviles. But apart
i from the glaring injustice to the railroads
of such a policy, it must react injuriously
| on the entire community. The Interstate
Commerce Commission discovered this
v ?.en it had to rev? rM it.-elf on its famous
'.??cisi?n of August 1, 1914. Abolish?
?ing railroad earnings w.-is found tu play
tiavoc with many interrelated industrie.?.
?But though the cuiumission acquired wi.?.
idom last year, Mr. BorlosOfl and his sup?
porters still stick t?? their old theory that
the railroads ought to consider it a favor
to work gratis for the public.
There is another point of view from
! which ?MM \ ?ciuus attempts by the gov
'ernmei.t to cripple the carriers must be
consider??!. We are about to l?egin build?
ing up a NU] system of nationul d?f?mes.
But in any s<-h?--nc of military prepar??)
tl.i ra.!"'.fi- BttSl play a vc.y ?m
portanl toie. Their fadlitiMmus! be kept
unimpaired and ready to be put at t:;??
? ?>'. a military tnlmini.-fration which
how t>. ii-?- tii? .Mi. The railroads
U essential part of the national M
. . yet while th?' War Department is
preparing plans for a scientific military
leuii/ui.i/.alioii the rostof?icc Department
IIg allowed to assume an attitude of hostil-i
tj toward the railronds and to try to eke
OUt a booh Surplus by denying them com?
pensation for extra wmk.
That is only one more example of the
confusion Of purposes from which the ad
ministration is suffering It finds a rep ?
In the IfeAdoo ship purchaas piegraaame.
Justice te the carriers and te the ship
pi'ig interests and a co-ordination of effort
with then for national defence and eco?
nomic progTOSI are the elements of a true
national policy. How kmp, will th. coun?
try hare to wait to see such a policy put
Into practic at Wash met m?
Unwanted Constitutional Reforms.
The defeat of the proposed new con?
stitution is greatly to be regretted. It
'was far from being a perfect InstTU*
ment, calculated to bring into being a
political millennium, but it was better
than the constitution under which th. State
I will continue to live. Unfortunately it was
| a compromise- what was thought t?? b.
Ith. happy mean between the demands
of the extremists and propaga
on the one hand an?! the conservatives
?? the ?other. The sad result appeari
to be that it phased nobody in particular.
The constitutional convention came into
being by the narrowest of margins, even
counting the stulfed ballot boxes in Mur
phy's own district. That indicated s
if strong general interest in consti?
tutional revision. The vote yesterday
?roves, if it proves anything, that the
people ?>f the state are pretty well satisfied
with the constitution they have. That
should be impressed upon the radicals
who opposed the proposed document be?
cause they thought it wasn't advanced
enough. When an executive bttdgl t, S
short ballot, department reorganisation, B
measure to relieve law's delays, some
social justice features and kindred pro?
visions carefully worked out can be calmly
rejected in favor of the present rather
chaotic conditions, the extremists may
figure what chance their advanced props
ganda would have two years hence.
Bernhardt Gives Notice.
The incomparable and unconquerable
Sarah has named Christmas Day ns her
postponed date of departure for America.
She has been receiving letters from (,er
manophilei on this side threatening her
with death if she COBpa. It is th? se, very
likely, which have brought her to the
point of setting a day, since the great tra?
gedienne has never been one to decline a
challenge. She will advance to the charge,
the fates permitting, crippled, her com?
pany depleted and patched witil reserves,
like the embodiment of her beloved Franee;
but who will predict that her enemie?
here will not fall in windrows before the
fire of her dramatic charm?
Mme. Bernhardt has the delightful candor
of her country. "I do not know," she con
j fesses, "exactly what my repertoire will
i be. Many men in my supporting company
! are now fighting for their country. Four
have already been killed. This necessarily
will limit my repertoire, and as it has been
almost impossible to find a leading man, I
shall have to choose those acts from differ?
ent plays where I shall appear largely
alone, and certain parts will have to be
iilled by women." As for her artificial
leg, she has a cupboard full of them, each
with its pet name. No less unashamed she
is than unafraid.
But not unprepared, even for the worst.
The divine one is confident of America's
affection, "but, after all, it requires bul
?one madman to take a life." Hence heavy
insurance against assassination, since "it
would be entirely too stupid to be killed
over there and leave my company Strand?
? d." All strategists must, reckon with
possible defeat; all really brave soldiers
j go into battle with their eyes open.
Her health is excellent, we are assured,
und there is not a wrinkle to mar the
.?moothness of her skin. Verily a classic
fragment !
AI! thin?.? consid?rai, the recent campaign
niipht he accurately described as an "era of
good feeling."
And Tammany didn't nccii Frank Mes?,
after all.
-?
"Der chnil is owdt" again.
A Story of de Pachmann.
? h f. ?.i Th' IT??fu|a???r r.'osaft? .
M. Vladimir de Pachmann, who has b.
appearing i. Loado, mm ?gnin with his cus
?i nary sooeess, Is frequently ipoke. of as r.
Pol., but in point of fact his father was n
Vienne ? profi ei ef Robm. law, ai
himself wai bor. at Odessa. Ir may he news
also to ?ome that he be^-an by Itudying 'In
violin, and only aft.'r some years of ii' I
? to that instrument turne ! hil attention to the
piano, which aras ??estineil to brin?.' him auch
lwerid-w.de fame Hut rvea ?I? PaehmanB did
Inot acquire hi.* incomparable art without the
n.ost streaaoas study, a..?! be hlassolf ha?
I declared that no anchorite of obi l.bmltted
; to ?temer discipline to attain his ends. M.
ile I'achmnnn's keyboard eccentricities are
notorios-s. asid he i? the hero of ?cores of
amusing sayings and funny Itoriee. One .f
the latter telis how in Mrw fork he once
went and ha I a piano lesson from a lady who
advertise?! first-class tuition ,it 25 cents a
; time. It must have been a. amusing expe?
ct nre for de Pachmann.
Machine Gun Complexities.
. i ...... y.-,. Oemehaotm OmmrOOm |
Si.me of our young gunners who are hu.-y
learning how to manage machine guns have
some jingling versea to help them t?? rcmem
1er all tho thing? they have to do in case a
?nun get? out of order. Here is the list
I of the gunner's soiife*, which goes to the tun?
1 (if "Joh?i Pee!":
Put the .rank handle on to the buffer ?prm?.
Take bold of th?' belt and pull the bl
? thm,*;
If th:it won't work, why you lighten toOOt
?Bl
And the gun will fire off in the morning.
And th" third vers?-, in spite of its mys?
tifying t-i'mica!.tu s, must be given for the
-pirit of the last line:
(live a glancinj; blow with the palm of the
band,
I fl ?ip en nk hardie 1.1..I pull b, It band,
Ban? it down again and the gun goes grand.
And you'll flatten out the Hun? in the morn?
ing. 1
FOR FIREPROOF SCHOOLS
Fire Drill.! Do Not Protect Pupils i
Non-Fireproof Buildings.
To the Editor of The Tribuno.
Bin 111? terrible calamity in th?? sehe
lire? ut Peebody, Mass, yeeterday only m
?h?- ?rgaaiaota which I bave Mai
continuously in th? pr?.*s and before techn
ral b l ? poori post tl it tiro ?lr.lt
ilarlj when they take pi.icc on ?tai
ways, ' '? 11 th? face of erne
rei '? brought to th? |
tentl ? I rdi of ?daeatlos th? fact tin
? lire rlrilh in fireproof school buildings bi
ann?e? I in non-fireproof belldini
71M- U??'l< I I,
' ?.iiiy do they take ?p the time if tl
pupil? ar.'l teachers which ihoald ba devott
lo oth?r u?o?, but in many lastaaee? the
seriously iajure the health of the pupil
\'i: rig ;':.? bildrea In public ?chool? ?i
mar.y v.; i luffoi frofli lach of nourishmen
other? havo incipient heart ?ml laag troobli
tuborealooi? of th? boaea oad ethov physici
illneaa, and ar?' forced to andorga ?aortic
m te Bra unis and mlTer without ur
derstanding why until the injury lias becom
permaneat Pbyeiciaai sad pareati has
?? ? ? thee? drills, but the inerti
? :' cuetom in se great that se bead is paid t
proteatS,
In eoajaaetioa with Mr. Frank Irrln
i ????por, ?chool arch,!' '. ?f BoltOB, I pn
nted at I - ?.f th? Netioael Edi
cation ?? ociatioi at th? Panama-Pacific Ej
\ ? . f, a paper is which thl
u ?!. 7In? paper is print! d i
"Better School? " New ?chool building
.?hould I.?- mode fireproof in order t.? ??car
inimuni'y fron danger aad injurious prac
tices.
Ifeaawhll? thooaaads of non-flreproo
building* throughout th" eoaatiy can b
readily made tafe for their inmates by bi
ng them with a tiro ?rail, baring dooi
?ays ?in each fl'iot eloood by fireproof doon
Than, ?hould S fin occur on any floor, all th
inmaus have to ?lo to obtain safety is t
tall? through the deevrways in th
tire wall, ell ? ?proof doors after thei
oad they will thin iind themaehre? in what i
practical]) i buildiag, ia which ther
? fin mid from ?v'-mii they can mak
their escape leiaurel) ?ad without eonfusior
1-ire i ommiaaioner Adamiea has roeom
mended thai Bio wall* i,?- iatredaced into th
old BOS fireproof schools of this city, and th
Board Of Education hns asked for an appro
print i<?ri for th? purpose, hut as yet this ha
ioI I n granted. If. F. J. PORTER
New York, Oct. 2f. 1915.
America and the New Europe.
To the Editor of The Tribut.a
Sir: Th? prospeel of ? German victor;
in the great war in Earopc has caused n no
:ral -ipprehetis' :?m in A m .? r : .:?.. and va
rious speculations as to th? fatuto welfare o
our country have been expressed. If (?er
many is to supplant Englan?! as the leadinj
nation of Europe the times may rightly b<
dared epochal.
Throughout the long history of Europ?
exterior or outlying country has heb
the mastery over the continent, e. g., th(
Human Empire, Spain, France and England
Austria also held a very prominent posi
tion when Marie Theresa wai Empress, bui
hardly lir?= ? place. Hut now it appears thai
? ? to paos to the centre, or tin
? ??? it They have all ha-1
their ?lay; even Sweden, Holland and Den
mar): had much feared amies or navMS, am
the whirligig of time has no doubt brought
the Teuton? to the front at last The con?
tinent of Europe is, therefore, hereafter to
tie ?Berg 'il from it m heart outward, as all
human bodio? are, and nay be said to have
reached the climax of its civilization.
If this theory is correct what influence will
this new situation have on the future welfare
of America anil what .?.hould we do to meet
Iti It I? not unlikely that the vi.-tors will
try thoir wings, lad the l'nited States, with
the largo chip on its shoulder labelled
the Monroe Iloctrine, should be prepared for
? very contingency. The excellent editorial?
in The Tribune like "The Sham." the article
by William Ledyard Catheart in last Sub?
?lay's ?ditiOB ?ad the advice of such men as
Bopreaeatathr? Gardaer, of Massachusetts
point tie way for th? Units I States.
The pence at any prict- men and the pa?
cifists ?hould be thrown overboar?! anrl we
-hould have a navy ?eeond to none. Thus
only ?ball we injure our own destiny to
carry on those democrat<c principles of gov?
ern n><:it for which we were foundej and
which have been the human ideals since
time. Far removed ai Wl are from
the rivalries and jealousies of Europe, let u-<
not, therefore, Imagin? that we will ?lot have
?rouhle on thi? ?id? of the ?M. We had four
-?ur* in the nim toenth century. We shal
hav? ?rot in the twentieth. "In time* of
prepare for arar." W, T. 08B0RN.
Newark, N. .1., Oct tl, 1911.
German Women Executed.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
B r: Haay German women have been con?
victed of espionage in Fiance ar.d have he? n
put to death by the military authorities of
that ?country. This fact has been duly it?
? ? p ' re ? ttivi American newspaper
men and has b?en pub! she.l in th'.
n pre 10. However, as these women
wore only Germant ne great popular eatery
was raloed in this country ai th? timo, nor
.; . I recall that the United Bute? Munster
.i? Franco eoaaidarod it worth whil? 'o lavea
And yet their offeree ?a? a mild one com?
pare I with that of Mi?s Cavell, th? Engli-,h
womaa. They were Just private iadividaala
who found out what facts they could ail
transmitted them to their government, where?
as Miss Cavell occupied ? semi-official posi?
tion as nurse in a hoepltal which was under
German jurisdiction. She was trusted by th-i
German official* an<! ?he betrayed this trust
by leeretly aiding the enemies of Gerr-any.
But we need not be surprised at the atti?
tude of our press. A thing which any French?
man, Englishman or Pgii.-, ian can do with im?
punity is a crin-.?' when done by a German,
and is foatared !?; our pr?ss a th much har
rowing dotalL The bisti.il mob attacks o-i
? Germas n?-;., ?reman sad children
which t? 'k place in London, Antwerp and
WOT? baldly mentioned in our pie--.
nor did our ropreeei >' ?ea in the?? eoaa?
make any protests or investigations.
Hut when anything happens to an English-.
I ia, on Uenaaa, Austrian ??n
Turkish soil our mpieaoatauves in the?
countries immediately display tev?rish activi?
ty. That is why our so-called neutrality
team? such u joke to mo.
gENZDICT FROTH.
New York. dot. gf,
To "Britannicus."
To the Editai of The Tribune.
S.r: In answer to the fi-st letter in >our
??sue of tO-day under the boadlog "Blunders
?f tl ' British Lib?rala'*:
i ? i?,-'? r a hut..- hearted mar.
? hi Has ' f strife to fan
By venting party animus,
He ?lrags his country in the dust,
A- I hui?-? her noble dee.i* with ru?t,
Then ?igtii himself "Britannicui." ,
New York. Oct 29, 1916. E. GOVETT. ?
"QUAND MEME!"
LAWS AND REAL ESTATE
Protection of Public Has Not Dam?
aged Property Values.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: When a letter achieves admission to
the editorial page of The Tribune it assume.
a certain public importance. Judson Q, Wall'?
communication on taxable values in New York
is a tissue of inconsistencies and misstate
ments which might he left to answer them?
selves but for the prominence given them in
your column?.
Mr. Wall was appointed a Tax Comm'.?
?ioner by Mayor Gaynor, but was not retained
in office by this? administration in spite of his
willingne*s to remain in the city service. It
is but fair to him to state that the position
which he now takes in relation to the injuri?
ous effect of regulative legislation on real
estate in New York he took while in office.
He regnrded himself as the natural lettler of
the croup of real estate men in Brooklyn who
every year in one form or another strive to
abolish the tenement house law in order that
they may he permitted to reproduce in the
newer sections of the city the unsanitary
t.milling conditions which we have been strug?
gling to eliminate from the older parts of the
city for the past fourteen years.
Neither be nor his associate? avow this pur
pose or perhaps believe that such would be
the result of the success of their effort., bol
the fact remains. They cloak their priva'e
designs under the guise of a protest airain?'
"singlo tax socialism." It would seem as if
at this day any nun capable of holding an
important public office In the city of New
Yorh would know thnt to talk of a single tax
socialist is like talking of a white bl s?
or a round square. The single tax an?l snei-il
"st policies are as far apart as the pole*.
Single taxers claim that their programme : ?
the logical answer to state socialism and
that there is no other.
Mr. Wall's logic may he judged by bis state?
ment that "single tax socialism" .dvoc.t.1
the policy of "robbing Peter to pay l'.tul,"
to which the reply might be mad" t'iat he
seems to ?ee no reason why Paul should no*
be robbed to enrich Peter.
Bat the borde, of the attack of Mr. Wall
falls, as it ha* fallen for years, on the Tene?
ment House Dep.rtme.ti That the t'Mii'trn Bl
house law is the principal agency of single i
? xiT? to depress real estate value? v.. I bl
a Mirprise to Robert W. do Korest, I'ml <ra-?
rath, A;fr?'d T. White and others, who ?wer.
the sponsors of the original law and have,
<ince uphi'ld it Mr. Wall may sny that he
does not object to the law, hut to it<= ? :
l'ut the tenement hoose !.?. v i? B
ri'-i.l. mandatory statut?, and its enforeemen*
l? observed by scons of real estate awn er?
en?! erg.nis.tion. who are nble and willing '. >
insist upon th? :r legnl rights.
Let Mr. Wall produce his experts who claim
that the tenement house law had reduc ?1 val
ne? .?sOu.000,000. An irresponsible rer.l est?t"
dealer once ma?te the ?tatement. H?? has
never supported it by any figures. Mr. Wall
seized upon it and has been brandishing It
?-ver since as an irrefutable proof of his posi?
tion. Let him give the names of any repua
ble, disinterested experts who will sustain
any figure even approaching that which he
rimes. The sum mentioned is 10 per Bent of
?he total real e?tati? valuation. The produc
ts??n of tenement house, baa more th an mm
the ?leman.l for accommodation* for the [
twelve year?. There are r.?i tenants in Ken
Toril who earn a living ?vage who cannot find
apartment; within their means. How, then.l
has the law diminished values'5
The Tenement B.UM lie* 'irtment ha? dOB.
everything possible to encourage the cor.?tiuc
tion of small tenements short of permitting
them to be erected with dark rooms and with?
out proper fire retarding provisions. It has
refitted to permit the flimsy work shown in
many two-family buildings, and hence there
is a hue an?l cry raise?! by ?ome builders that
the tenement house law interfere? with the
development of new district?.
Mr. Wall's ultimate suggest on is that the
Mayor ?should place the administration of
regulatory laws in the hands of business men
and tell them to demand nothing from owner?
not necessary for the protection of the public
health, moral* and ?afety. This would be
personal government with a vengeance. Were
Mr. Wall so appointed he would, judging by
his letter, regard the enhancement of real
estate values as of paramount importance
and any policy which worked in another di?
rection as detrimental to public intereit.
The truth of this whole subject was clearly
itatcd by a frank architect who declared.
j "The law is all right, only we architects and
I owners are constantly trying to beat it."
i Obviously ?th? tenement house law and It?
i enforcement wer? ?1 sign,?! to curb greed and
to prevent unfair competition with conscien?
tious owners. The Tenement House Depart?
ment Is the people's agency for the safe
, guarding of it? interests. We are not so liSS?
, pie minded as to destroy the shepherd at the
behest of the wolvi s.
BENJAMIN DOBLIN'.
New York, Oct. 22, 1915.
-
A Successful Advertisement.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: From the editorial in this morning's
TribUBO, properly name?! "Eugenic Foolery."
?I judge that the series of signs calling at?
tention to one of the most serious evils of
the day and forcibly presenting this evil to
.thousands of earnest and intelligent citi
101 l has shocked one of your editors out of
his self-complacency. Your editor has suc?
ceeded, undoubtedly, by some superior men
procees in reading into these sigr.s a
j purpose which, wat not Intended by the orig
i inators e.f this movement. Doubtless he
i has solved all th? vexed problems of heredi?
ty, and feeling that he him?? If is a perfect
'specimen of tl ?? r <?? , Ins chagrin that othtrs
should seek to direct public attention to
this problem is quite natural.
In any event, he ladly miajudgei popular
?intelligence if he feel? that tl'.- geaorol pub?
lic has interprete?! the questions on the
signs from his viewpoint. A large number
of commendatory letters warmly praising
ithia method of arousing discussion and
Ithought has already beer, received, and suf?
ficient funds have been contribute?) to ex?
tend the movemeat to other cities. Our main
porp??? was to call public attention to a
vital problem. Apparently wc have suc?
ceeded.
If, us your editor says, "the populace is
not compi'tcnt t?> answer" the pertinent
qneotloa? w? bav? ?ahod, bi? highly I
nafing explaaatioBI have boeu a public .??er
vice. Fortunately, W? held HI dogmatic the?
ories on the probl'-ms which ere are eon
lidering, .-if?: if .? ?? Mill?s??>on?idored und
stupid appeal to ignorance" will bring forth
more such redoubtable champions of Uriel*
actual! roui editor w? will havi the
sat,?faction of having accomplished borne
tht-ag along the line* 0f the movement in?
augurated by Praaeia Galten
U/a bav? beea eoariaced fro.ti tids morn?
ing more tha.-. cm r b-foiv that the eugenic
movement : ?ad I
F lERIC II ROBINSON,
Managing Editor "ll dual ?.?view of Re
I U".V :?."
New York, Oct. i:?", l:Uf>.
Will ana Shall.
To the Edito- of The Tribune.
Sir: In an article beaded "Oar Won!?
Are Done to Death" at the bottom ?of
*he second column in The TribBBI of Oc?
tober 2?, it is said: sigh when
iiiey real like' instead of 'as,' and 'shall1 ifl
place of 'will.' an?l WOadOf if perfect literal]
aval Will obtain." In reading this I am led
te reader whether it waa written by one
that knew tin propel Ml ?f the auxiliar?.
?vho by mere laadvertOBCe ?'? ' " tw?i
or ?ii?l be really think the way in
? hid th? ?rord? are miau ? ??! in ?th? I?
in- Scot b i ay in Bag
'.
- ? ,uit i? in uaiag wHJ in the ;.rst pe>
bob, abate shall ?hoald b?- Irish ?eholara do
r.ot mak? thi? miaf her do th? Scotch,
Edmund Bark? never m,??le this error, -ii, J
:-'.r Halter Scott introduced it only where
m his novels he used the Scotch dialect;
but resident? of New York City educa'.? 1
lure, brought up with Ir:?h servant girls and
having often In.?h t? achers, commonly fail
properly to discriminate between the two
'?.as also between should and would.
Dr. Johnson fully ? xpiuins the proper us I
ef-thOM words II his dictionary in co . ee
t.on with the d"iinit:otis of the teveral word?,
and his statement? have been copied sub?
stantially by the authors of all Eagiilk die
nonaries since. "Brown's Gram.-nar" formerly
used in the schools of New York, fully ?hows
how the auxiliary should be used: and my
l-rst grammar illustrated the misuse of wil
n the I ret person by the word* o'f the Irish
girl asking "Will I fill the takittle?" Thi?
?vas scarcely ever heard until the Irish b?-ga
.vork on the railroads in Vermont.
VOLNEY S. FULHAM.
Ludlow, Vt, Oct 29, 1916. |
FOR CHRISTIAN UNION
To Deliver the World from the
Ourse of War.
To the Editor of The Tribun?.
Sir: The violation of the lawa of war. of
humanity and of Christianity by Germany in
the atrocities on defenceless men, women and
children in Belgium and Northern Franc?, 01
pj.ssenger ?hip? by submarines and on peat?
: ful homes by Zeppelin?, and finally the viola
i tion of the law? of civilization by Turkey o?
| unoffending, helpleaa Armenians fix a re
1 iponsibility on the Christian Church?
throughout the world to raise a united in?
dignant protest and to combine to bring th?
authors to judgment at the bar of an offended
| world.
It is not enough that the material fore?
? of the armies of the Allied powers are de
' fending civilization against the avidlou? folly
Iof Germany and her allies; it is ?lso of in?
stant necessity that the spiritual force? of a
united Christianity should be called into
being and put in motion to defend Christian
principle? against the powers of evil in high
places who have arrogated to themselves the
?cense to commit any unlawfulness they can
invent, r?cure an imaginary immunity from
control, r-sittorial or spiritual.
Commencing with the cruel a'rocltlii in
Belgium, a crescendo of horror?, culmln?tlng
ir the butchery of ne?rly a million d?f?ne?
: less Armenian?, haa been hurled In deflane?
? at the Christian world, and It la for th?
Chri<Stta. world to find and let It? unlUd
au'horitntlvo voice be heard In proteit of
the \iolated law? of Chriitlanlty.
From the reports now available an Indict?
ment should be formulated and a combined
protest be made by the leaders of all Chris
fan denominations in Grea* Britain, America,
France, Italy, Russia, Belgium, Holland and
the ls>.dinaviaa countries a proteit which
Brill have the support of every Christian man
and woman.
The government? of the United State? of
Amerii'i and other neutral countrie? h?v?
BOt yet g.ven voice to their horror ?nd indig?
nation at the violation of international law,
but It ?bes not follow that there will b? no
protest ::.r.de the timo i? not yet for gov
ernm.ntS a? go\crnment? to protest, but
-.?.ten th.il protest i? made it will be mad?
with legal and binding effect; meanwhile, it
is for the Christian (hurches Homan ? ?th
?.lie, Proteotaat and (?reek (hurches to mak?
..; pro'?- t with such unity as will
the lew.!, .f e.il to then foundation!.
A force of unknown potentiality has lain
dormant for centuries, needing only to b?
awakened into activity by tho tr.mpet call
of necessity, a forco the power of ?h.ch is
so incalculable that if now called into being
by a quickening urgency, would be utilised
on behalf of mankind in the future to further
berie?cei:' purpose? impoasible to foretell;
that f?iree is a united Christendom a union
not for an unattainable uniformity In doc?
trine, ?worship or Church government, but a
f?>r an urgi.-t spiritual work of wh ch
'.;. of the ? hurche? in their devoted
work on the battlefield is a significant exam
. . 1 a'i?;ury
It is impossible to envisage the beneficent
p.rpooog such a union might accomplish, but
tl | is one purpose in the future to which
rwecs could be utilized, an,! that ta a
purpose wh.ch wil! need all the wisdom,
power and moral force at its disposal to
prevent in the future the preparation for
war, to demand in the name of Christianity
that engines of destruction for the slaughter
of hufhaii beings shall no longer be menu
fuc'ured, and that expend.tuie on material
and armamenta of war ?hall cease; thl? I?
the task for the accomplishment of which
B the future only a united ChnstenJom will
avail.
To deliver the world from the curs? of w?r
ii surely th? work predestined for united
' hri.stianity. and the first ?tep it to denounee
and protest, with united voice, against th?
-ippalling atrocities, :he horrors, the evil,
the lorr-iw with which Germany and Turkey
have deluged th? world. DAVID DOIU
London, England, Oct. 8, 191ft.