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THE SUN AND NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1920.
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Mr. Root's Splendid Message to AH
Americans.
It was the unofllelal Itopu&ncnn
State convention which Mr. Kuiiu
. 1 1 rri...n.ln .. Ai.nnln
jtour auurtfteu uu ,iiiuiaujj cu-ump,
lint his splendid messape was for
found Americanism of whatever party
In nil the States of the Union. Con-
veylns no reactionary suggestion, re
flecting a far vision, rugged and cour
ngeoiis hut fulr and temperate, Mr,
JtooT's words will carry home to the
licnrt of every voter that wants for
Jilmself nothing more than would be
right for any other, man and places
the welfare and interest of his coun
try above everything else.
There Is more downright frankness
than challenging partisanship In Mr.
IJoot's admission that the war and
nil the crucial situations that It cre
iifed hnve disturbed the poise of all
mankind :
"Multitudes of people are neglect
'i Ing their own affairs and distressing
themselves over the shortcomings of
i others. It is the prevailing state of
mind. It is an epidemic. It will run
1 its course like other epidemics and
' eomo day the world will realize that
' the cure is for each man to go to
work himself. Then the high cost
of. living -will come down.
"Our business as a party is to ad
' dress ourselves with cheerful courage
and confidence to tho public problems
demanding solution and to bring our
country back to normal. It la nnt'.to
put the country back where It was
without profiting by the lesson of
these wonderful years, but it Is to
reestablish the effective control ot
the fundamental principles on which
1 America's liberty, prosperity and
power for good in the world rest;
and wo must do this not by gener
alities but by specific acts."
Mr. Hoot, too, while iiiicotnpromU
Ing In his Insistence upon what must
be done to get us back to normal.. Is
impartial and Judicial in describing
the economic evils that nre to bo
fought down. Whether it were Demo
crats or Republicans who had been
responsible for "the unbridled ex
penditures of tho Government during
the war," It would not bo for those
who had acquired the hnblt of Indulg
ing In financial profligacy with both
hands to try to stop it. They would
not know how. The work of ending
the colossal and ruinous spending
could bo done only by those who had
lioTnequIred the hnblt.
In the same way he takes the en
lightened point of view about the
tariff legislation which Is to be
enacted. American industries and
notjjmako this man who In his mes
sage speaks not political partisanship
but political science tho less jealous
a guardian of tho rightful things
which belong to minorities, majorities
and all :
"Inseparably connected with the
right of control by the governing peo-
plo is tho duty of Justice resting upon
them. It the people by law prohibit
orranlzed labor from holding them
up to enforce demands, the people aro
bound to provide means to ascertain
whether tho demands are Just, and
for enforcing them If they be found
Just. That duty calls for the catab
llshmcnt of a competent and Impar
tial tribunal and for tho enforcement
of its decisions.
"Tho new relations of .labor to the
industries In which ft Is employed
oltit In the samo direction. Every
where labor is acquiring rights in its
employment, rights in the business,
rights to share In the profits, in the
regulation and In the control. .Thcso
new rights carry with them new du
ties? There Is no such thing as a
right without a corelatlve dut rest
ing upon the possessor of tha right,
All righto nre " relative. All rights
are limited by tho nature of the sub
ject to which they apply.
"Tho right of capital to combine
and organize carries the duty to sub
mit the new power thus acquired to
limitations for the safety ct the
community. The right' of labor to
combine and organize carries with
It tho duty to submit tho new power
thus acquired to limitations for the
safety of the community."
Man or woman, Republican or
Democrat, native born or nnturalized,
there Is nn American who Is not goln
to De n wiser person for earnest study
of the essential principles of democ-
racy, of Justice and of right to care
fully, clearly and strongly Iterated
nnrt reiterated by Mr. Hoot. There Is
nobody who is not going to be n bet
ter citizen, n more useful member of
society, n safer guide to Ids fellows,
for trvlng to live up to these prin
ciples of true democracy in the spirit
and with the conviction with wnicu
they nro enunciated by Mr. Hoot in
his great address.
Still Fighting on the Right Side.
The brand of Americanism which
animates the old soldiers of the United
States is disclosed in the general or
der Issued by Joseph E. Eweix, Com
mander of the Grand Army of the
Jtepublic in the Department of New
York, for the observance of tne two
great anniversaries which fall In Feb
ruary, In the course of which these
sentences occur:
"Both Wasiiinoton and Lincoln
wero wlso above all others of their
day and generation, and to each, as
far aa human wisdom can determine,
wo are Indebted for our national cx
letenco to-day.
"Tho principles for which they con
tended are never free from assault
They are being assailed In thcso
days with unusual violence.
"It Is the old time contest, as old '
as government, between the rule of
the people on the one hand and of
class on the other."
The vision of the Grand Army of
the Republic has not been obscureil
by the smoke screen of international
ism let loose upon the land. The or
ganization has not lost Its sense of
values. As Its members fought for
liberty and a united nation in the '00s,
to-day they preach the sane and whole
some doctrine of an Independent, free
and uncompromised America.
this subject is ample enough to demon
strate tho extent of the friendly but
very real rivalry ns to which country
would get there first. The narratives
and Sir G. S, Narks,
r. P, J. de
, E. IC. ICa?
cation or vocational training. As
might havo been expected, the larger
proportion of the men wero engaged
in duties which provided training in
of W. E. 1'auiiy, J. F, J. de I'ayeb some trade or vocation, the flgures
Kane, Non-: being 58,508, or 31 per cent, whllo
DENSKtiJtn, GriEixY, and so on down 3j,01o, or 20 per cent., were taking
'A DANGEROUS ASSUMPTION.'
Daniel Webster on an Attempt to
Mnsnlfy (ho President's: Office.
To Tub Sun and Nsw Tok Hwau):
In these days when tho American peo
ple have to be continually on their
guard against Executive efforts to make
to tho accounts of Nanse.v, the Duko educational or vocational courses. Tho jot the Presidency a greater thing than
of tho Annum, Svebdhuf, Fiala, preponderance of men "engaged In the Constitution Intended It to be, tho
Petees, Amundsen and Peaiiy him- duties which provided training In following remarks of Daniel Webster
oimn rn.ln p rnffnHnn" U ,lnn tn elin ocuaiwr irom aiassacnuseilS in mo
self nro concluslvo as to what price
tho world was willing to pay in this
unique case.
Tho niiall'tles'by which Buccess was
finally achieved were endurance, cour
age, dash, knowledge, craft nnd in
gonulty. It was because ho had those
In n surpassing degree, combined with
n coolness of Judgment that mado him
postpone tho crucial attempt to tho
moment nt which the chance o'f a fall
nro had been reduced to the lowest de
gree, that Admiral Peaiiy was enabled
to bring It off. Ho deserved success
becauso to thp limit of human wit he
had provided against failure.
With Infinite skill he established be
hind him ns ho advanced toward his
goal o line of communications that
was such in the true military sense
of tho phrase. In this Instance, as In
other cases of distinguished accom
plishment, fortune favored tho mnn
who relied least on luck or happy
cnance,
So it was for work done In the
positive sense of the phrase that Con
gress, foreign governments nnd scion
tlllc societies everywhere heaped hon
ors upon Peaiiy. He had added to the
renown of his country for notable
deeds nnd had touched the fancv of a
workaday world In spite of his mat
ter of fact directness,
V Railroad President's Victory for
tho Fresh Air Fiends.
Wo nre glad to see that the distin
guished plaintiff in the celebrated case
of Underwood versus the City of Now
lork has won on appeal. It Is a vic
tory not only for the president of the
Erie Railroad in his role of private
citizen but for nil who love the fresh
air that .swirls above the harbor be
tween South Ferry and St. George.
unless the decision of County Judge
Tiehnan be reversed In n higher court
the round trip between Manhattan
nnd Stateu Island may bo made with
some comfort by those who ake it in
the dog days. The seeker of sea
nreezes need not get ore at St. George
nd Join the general rush for seats.
If lie has bis return ticket the ferry
man must come and get it and let him
sit nnd eat his peanuts.
It is another victory for personal
liberty. The ferry people bad thel
ay through autocracy by consent un
til Fiiedep.ick D. Undekwood, a baron
bringing the minions of King John
to their knees, restored democ
racy. "To none will we deny Justice !
We won't get off the boat!"
The victory Is double. Who now
will doubt his right to ride from one
end of tho Erie to the other from
Jersey City to Montclalr or Now City
or Nyack or Iluffalo or Chicago and
to stny right in the coach fo,- the re
turn trip? President Underwood wll
see to it that Justice rides on trains
s well as on boats.
American wage earners must not be
exposed to wholesale slaughter from
abroad; yet there Is no escaping the
truth that for thc next several years
our national policy has got to regard
the Imperative export needs of Eu
rope in n different light from any
which has shone upon our tariff prob
lems for the past two generations.
Even when Mr. Root comes to deal
with tho very foundations of all
American questions tho defence of
free self-government against special
domination, whether by a power
greedy President, nn organized .mi
nority of capital, an organized class of
labor, or whatever the combination of
ambition nnd daring his moderation
of tono Is equal to his plainness of
speech and his courage of mind:
"The peoplo over whom one class
or section holds lawful power of llfo
or death to compel compliance with
tta demands is not sovereign. It does
not govern. It Is subject to the con
trol of tho dominating class.
"j . nt2!nta!a the pr.ac'-
ples of our government of all the peo
ple by all the people we must apply
thoso principles now to this situation.
If wo are a self-governing peoplo we
must govern and not bo governed.
We should not attempt to nulso any
man work against his will. We
ourd not attempt to take away tho
right to strike. It Is labor's great
protection. But we should by law
limit the jlght to strike at thi point
where It comes in conflict with the
community's higher right of self
preservation." But the wrongful things which Mr.
Root denies, to selfish minorities do
Peary of the North Pole.
From the close of the fifteenth cen
tury, when a long scrips of attempts
to reach Cathay and India by way of
the North West Passage began, until
Rodf.rt E. PearY, nt the end of his
eighth expedition to the far north,
nailed the American flag to tho pole
on Aprtl 0, 1909, the Arctic appealed
to the imagination of adventurous
souls everywhere. For as long ns that
grim fortress remained unreduced, the
other pole having a lesser interest,
there was something for explorers of
the high heroic sort to dream about.
If there were no other proof, tho
age long quest of Uie polo would show
conclusively the element of romance
that Is In the nature of man. That he
should drop his work of opening up
continents, of building railroads un
der mountains, of harnessing rivers to
his machinery and seeking his profit
or political advantage In every corner
of tho Seven Seas to devote himself
to an achievement which at best would
bo largely Its own reward demon
strated that the antique virtues still
unlmated tho race.
Unlike the first men who rounded
the Capo of Good Hope or burst into
the Pacific's' silent sea, trado and gain
had no part in the vision of those who
ventured into tho grasp of the spirits
of that olcmental desolation. Tbo cau
tious nrgued that even as far as scien
tific gain was concerned It was hardly
sufilclcnt In Itself to Justify tho risk
or to demonstrate that the game was
worth the candle. Hut that view did
not cause the lure of tho unntfained,
the possibly unattainable, to diminish
In the slightest.
So the voyages went on. Sea and
mainland, .located nnd named, some of
It n llttlo prematurely, brought tho
Arctic region by ever widening de
grees within tho experience of the
geographers. The names of tho old
heroes spread over tracts further and
further north, nnd with accumulated
experience camo the conviction that
sooner or later a long list of tragedies
would be offset by the great success
itself.
If tho value of a thing is to bo
measured by wltat any persons are
willing to give for it the literature of
Reprehensible I.agrana.
From the heights of moral superl
ority achieved by this most enlight
ened and progressive of peoples we
can look only with pity on the rest
dents of I.agranu in Spain, where:
"Owing to the stormy weather a
number of cases of spirits from in
coming vessels were washed overboard.
"The casks were picked up by fish
ermen, small tradesmen ar.d mechan
ics, who, after selling part of the
wreckage, assembled In a building
and consumed dozens of bottles of
brandy, rum andi other pplrlts."
Potent potables ! In six hours the
victims of nn appetite we have left be
hind us were In that highly demoral
Ized condition which old men nmong
us say was once called "stewed," an
archaic technical term having no slg
nlficance in modern American cars.
A brutal constabulary being un
equal to the task of caring for these
merrymakers:
"A detachment of 'marines was de
spatched to the building,' and In the ,
presence of the captain of the port
the people were shovelled, like coal,
Into six large carts and conveyed,
still Insensible, to the naval hospital
under escort of murines with fixed
bayonets." ,
Wo wish some of thoso mighty
wlelders of shovels wercherc to tackle
tho snowdrifts. Shovelling n splffll-
catcd gentleman weighing, without li
quor, 150 pounds, Into a wagon must
have been a feat worth watching.
The fishing fleet was laid up for
three days. Tho strong waters con
sumed wero priced at 1,000 In Spain;
how much more they wopld have
brought elsewhere! They exercised
their spell on 510 who hud subse
quently to be treated In the hospitals.
l or tho simplification of the work of
tourist agencies wo add the geograph
ical information that bibulous La
grana is near Fcrrol, and transportn-
Hnn wn-t- ...111 4...!,.., .1,
fnrcr within practicable distance of
this happy village.
custom of allowing men to select, tho
arm of the service In which they may
study desired trades or occupations,
as In tho Signal Corps, Motor Trans
lort Corps or Ordnance.
Analysis of the numbers of men in
each department of tho army who aro
taking adrantago of tho educational
opportunities thus offered by tho Gov
ernment provides several surprises.
Washington is almost the Jast place
In tho couutry where anybody would
expect nn enlisted man on duty to
take a serious Interest in education.
Yet 00 per cent, of tho soldiers- on
duty nt tho War Department there
arc either taking educational courses
or engaged In vocational work. Tho
netuab number receiving training Is
253 out of an enlisted strength of 281
men. In point of percentage the Phil
ippine Department comes next with
75 per cent., thus disproving the no
tion most of us would hold that tho
tropics are not so conducive to study
as the temperate zone, the Northeast
ern Department, comprising New Eng.
land, standing In third place with 1
per cent.
The Hawaiian Department stands
In fifth place with 64. per cent., while
In New York's department, the East
ern, only 52 per cent, are engaged in
studies.
Our troops in Germany aro only
1 1 lutr run , m ,,..,.:-in .l ...... .1
1,952 of tho 10,230 stationed" at
blenz taking advantage of either the
educational courses or vocational
work. That familiarity with educa
tlon breeds indifference to it may be
the explanation of the fact that out
of tho 890 enlisted men of tho Ad
jutant-General's ofllco who nre on dutv
with Reserve Ofllcers Training Corps
units nt various colleges only 91, or
10 per cent., are receiving training.
These figures are impressive; yet
we know of only one instance in which
an officer has complained that the new
system of education In tho army in
terferes with military duties, that
critic being a cavalry officer on duty
with troops on the Mexican border.
The Sleepy Senators and the Tire
less Propagandists.
United States Senators like, the
most of them, undisturbed sleep of
reasonable duration as their one best
restorative, In the absence of any
other once popular means of unrav
elling the mental worries and cares of
stale. Rut they arc not allowed even
uninterrupted slumber. Senator Smoot
having discussed the circulation a
taxpayers' expense of 30,11 1,302 pieces
of printed propaganda by executive
departments, Senator Sherman com
plained that that was neither all nor
the worst of it. "They call me un at
uignt, ne asserted, "out of my slum
hers, to tell me the error of my ways
in opposing appropriations."
senator kino commented: "I think
that if the Senator is merely called
up from hjs slumbers lie escapes very
wen.
It does seem, in view of the often
expressed prejudice against cruel and
unusual punishment, that a sleeping
ceuuiui, uiiiiougll ne lias voted
alnst the maximum appropriation
demand of an executive department,
should be permitted to enjoy unmo
lested tho privilege of undisturbed
sleep.
If tho gallantry of Captain Jamps
iiALLOcic and hia pohco tars nt thn
1'airoi in rescuing tho passengers from
tue steamship I'rlnccsa Anna at Rock-
away Point led the Navy Department
to icnu to thl3 city tho U. S. S. Penob
scot at a dollar a year everybody
is to oo congratulated. But surely
scmo Bpeclal reward or recognition is
duo to thoso who added so materially
to tno good repute of the force and its
resources!
Hducatlon In tho Army.
Figures mado public by tho War
Department relating to educational
work and vocational training In the
army show some unusual features in
tho reactions of tho enlisted men to a
duty of soldiering which was n neg
ligible quality In army life before the
beginning of the world war. Out of
172,200 enlisted men reporting for
duty on' December 31, 1019, 93.-123, or
5-1 per cent., were .taking ndvnntngo
of the opportunities offered for edn-
That ingenious Mr. Cabreoa finds in
tho dismissal of Mi. Lansino a guar
anteo that Mexico will not bo inter
fered with by the present Administra
tion at Washington. This may bo a
left handed compliment to 6omobody,
but certainly not to tho formor Sec
retary of State at Washington.
It costs the Government J50.000.000
to keep dry. It costs somo persons
a most that much to keep wet.
A Delaware man is dead after taklntr
three quarts of bay rum. a bottlo of
milk and a dl3h ot pickles. Milk does
not always agrco witli the adult human.
Prohibition sleuths, searchine: for
contraband beverages on tbo Italian
uncr uiusoppo vcrdi, found, aeized
and confiscated eighty-flvo bottles of
brandy and flfty-clght packages of
cigarettes. This scizuro of cigarettes
will naturally strengthen the cordial
relations between Italian seagoing folk
and administrators of tho laws and
Constitution of the United States, the
more so If the Italians learn what tho
prohibition sleuths seem not to havo
Icarnpd that a constitutional amend
ment prohibiting tho manufacture.
sale, transportation or use of ciga
rettes has not yet been adopted.
.
A blue fox skin -old for !37n
of tho day.
Tho buyer sly dogl must have dis
covered that somo salt meat good for
a stew remained attached to tho pelt
Senate on May, 7, 1834, In hli speech
on the President's protest will be found . tho resolution whon It was referred to
the committee appointed to prepare and
report tho Constitution. This committee
reported August 6, 1787, and In th resor
lutlon ns reported by It was tho follow
InsNrefcrrlng to tho President:
In case of his removal a aforesaid,
death, reilrnatlon or disability to dts
charfo tbo powers and duties of bla
omce, tha rreildent ot the Senate ehalt
dUcharge thoao powers' and duties untlt
another President ot the 'United Statoa
be chosen, or until tho disability of tho
Trealdent be removed.
On August 31 such portions ot the
draft of tho Constitution consideration
ot which had from time to tlma been
postponed, Including this clauee, were
referred to a commltteo of eleven, ono
from each Stato then, represented In the
convention, and on September 4 this
committee reported back tho "resolution
containing the following: ,
In caao of his removal n aforeaald,
death, absence, resignation or Inability
to dlacharfu the powers and duties of
Ills office, tbs Vice-President shall ex
ercise those powers and duties until
another President be chosen or until
tho Inability be removed.
On September 7 this portion of the
committee's report was amended by
adopting the following: ,
The Legislature may declare by law
what oOcer ot the United States shall
act aa President In case of the death,
resignation or disability of the President
and Vice-President, and such offlccr
shall act accordingly until such dis
ability be removed or a President shall
be elected.
On September 8 the commltteo of flvo
"to revise the style of nnd arrango the
articles agreed to by the Houso'' was
appointed, and to this committee went
the provisions touching Inability In the
shape In which they aro last above
given.
The committee on style and arrange-
mtjMSjmmurr. JJTJjyY TRAINING
Light Shed br tho Records on tho I
i
Words Jn tho Constitution.
To Tun sun and New Yonie Herald:
In your editorial article of February 17
entitled "'Inability' Not Disability"'
you nro partly right and partly wrong.
During the deliberations of the Con
stltutlonal Convention In the tentative
drafts ot the provision respecting the
Executive tho word "disability" was uni
formly used, and such was tho word In
timely. Mr. Webster eald:
There Is another sentiment which of
late we hear frequently expressed, and
that li that tho President U tha direct
representative of the American people.
This Is declared In tba protest In so
many words: "Tho President," says the
protest, "Is tho direct representative of
tbo American people."
Now, sir, this Is not the language
of the Constitution. The Constitution
Dowher cjIU him the representative
of the American people, still leas their
direct representative. It could not do
so with the least propriety.
He Is not chosen directly by the peo
ple, but by a body ot electors, some ot
whom aro chosen by the people and
eome appointed by the Stats Legisla
tures. Where, then, is the authority
for saying that the President Is the
direct representative of the people? ,
The Constitution denominates the
President simply the President of the
United States; It points out tho com
plex mods of electing him, defines his
powers and duties and Imposes limits
and rcstralnta on his authority.
How Is It, then, that on this official
character, thus cautiously created, lim
ited and defined, he Is to engraft an
other and n very Imposing character,
viz., the character of the direct repre
sentative of tho American people? I
hold this, sir, to bo mere assumption
and dangerous assumption.
William K. Hicks.
Brooklt.v, February 20,
MILK BOTTLE WASTE.
A Count of Two Blocks Showed
Eighty-four Thrown Awny.
To The Sun and New York Hl-bald
nvery once In a while some milk com
pany publishes an advertisement prov
ing that tho price of milk to the con
sumer Is really very reasonable, but I.
notice little Is eald .about bottles.
WINS IN PRINCIPLE
Houso Committee Approves
Universal Tlan, Imt Defers
Its Application.
DETAILED SCHEME LATER
Eight flcpuWicans.and Three
Democrats Unexpectedly Put
Programme Through.
Ono mnrnlntr lust before the last
storm r counted thirty-six empties, pome me,lt reported September 12. the clause
broken, in ashcans or in tho street, on ln Question being reported as ioiiows:
one block ono side only between
Eighth and Manhattan avenues. At the
same time I counted forty-eight also
thrown away on the north side of the
longsr block of 118th street, between
Seventh nnd Eighth avenues. Many
were broken, but all were cast aside as
useless, presumably to be carted away
by the city's ash collectors.
Xow It Is quite evident that these
bottles are expensive nnd that the re
tail cost of milk Is made higher by this
unnecessary waste. 'What explanation
do the mirk companies make?
In case of the removal of the Presi
dent from office or of his death, resig
nation or Inability to discharge the iow-
era and duties of the said office, the
same ahall devolve on the Vice-President,
and the Congress may by law pro
vide for the case of removal, death,
resignation or Inability both of the
President and Vice-President, declaring
what officer shall then act as President:
and such officer shall act accordingly
until the disability be removed or tho
period for choosing another President
arrive.
On September 15 this clause was
Th .rmrlenrA of nn mnrnlno-- ob- amended by the House by striking out
servatlon Is not exceptional, for all over the words "tho Pcrlod for choosing an
th rltv It can be seen and noted. I am other Resident arrive" and Inserting In
not writing In a hostile feeling, rather Placo t,lerc0 "a President shall be
one of curious and unsatisfied interest, elected." and as thus amended the clause
and the answer will bo Interesting to waa written Into the final draft of the
many thousands who, like myself, are Constitution, In which, notwithstanding
wondering. A MILK CONSUMER.
New TonK. February 20.
MAHOMET THE DRY.
His Followers Pointed To by an Oppo
nent of Prohibition.
the efforts of the committee as to style,
each of the words "Inability" and "dis
ability" appears. But you are undoubt
edly right ln saying that it was be
cause of the comprehensive word "Ina
bility" that It became the unwritten
rule that the head of the nation should
not leave the country In his term of
office,
As above stated, when the provision
Sptelal to Tim Scn xkb New Toss: ncuu.
Washwoton, Feb. 20. Tho principle
of universal military training as a fea
ture of tho permanent military policy of
tho country to-day won tbo approval of
the Houso Committee on Military Af
fairs. It Is proposed, however, to delay
tho Institution ot a military training
system until July 1, 1922, becauso the
Treasury Is not at present In a condition
to provldo tho large expenditures neces
sary.
Uy a vote of 11 to 9 tho commltteo
directed a tub-commlttco ln charge of
framing an army reorganization bill to
Includo iuch a programme ln the meas
ure. I,lkov.-Iso suggestions ot the lie
publican steering committee that the
question or military training should not
now be pressed, but left to a joint con
gressional Investigating committee wero
swept aside by a vote of 12 to S. Tiie
training advocates declared that this
was nothing more than a move to dodge
tho Isiue until after the next election.
The committee did not undertake to
state how much training should be
given or nt what ages; this will bo left
to tho sub-eommlttee. Eight Republi
cans and three Democrats put through
tho training programme. It was opposed
by flvo Democrats and four Republicans.
Tho Senate Military Committee already
has Included tho training programme
In the army reorganization bill, and It Is
the llrst tlmo that the plan has been
Jointly approved by tho military com
mittees of both houses.
For three hours the committee engaged
In a heated debate before reaching the
agreement. The action came as a sur
prise, as It was supposed generally that
those opposed to universal military train
ing had a majority of one in the com
mittee. The debate was In reality an anti
preparedness battle, with Representative
Dent (Ala.), Democrat, who opposed the
selective draft during the war, and ltep.
resontatlvo Kahn (Cal.), who pushed
that bill, as the respective leaders.
Th
were
ford
Miller (Wash.),
Fuller (Mass.)
ThQ Democrats were Representatives
Caldwell (X. Y.), Olny (Mass.) and
Fisher (Tfin.). Those voting against
training wero Representatives Anthony
(Kan.). McKenzio (111.), Hall (la.) and
Kearnn (Ohio), -all Republicans, and
Dent (Ala.), Wise (Ga.), Quln (Miss.),
Fields (Ky.) and Harrison (Va,), Demo
crats. Approval ot the training pro
gramme was clinched by Representatives
James and Fuller, who for several weeks
have been undecided on the question.
AND
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THE WEATHER.
For Eastern New Yorkinn.-..
cloudiness and slightly warmer iu,
to-morrow rain or snow; moderate e-v
winds.
Jersey-Increasing ctotMlno., ,
J'rttly .wanner to-day; tc -morrow rain or v .
mvieratc east vimle. '
HL??, En,f,a-Fslr to-diy; to-morw
VZ.tb!S ruva't d rllsbtly ntrmer o
erate weit winds. lomlnu- varlau
lor Wpstern New Yors-ln-rrjiE.ivr -i
aert. wltb snow to-night and txuo-rJV.
TVASm.VOTOX. Feb. M.-A low n-,.
M VoJ('ral! 'Otiosity It over Ol'al ,
uiKM. I.nke Superior and on tbe VI
ffitl?U?nff ,te la,t twenty.foJr loi,.
extended la a narrow belt eastnanl thp, el ,
Missouri, npper Mlsi8ilpp nJ ObT , '
nhP'i?,1rc,h"e ""en "eolde lly Ver .
north Bocky Mountain region, while tier in
risen orer the AppalachlaS Teslon. J
IlJlDs or snow are Indicated for t!ie M
v alley and lake nrln V'
. ' ra n Satunlar In ,, ...Y n7.i 1
e Republicans supporting Mr. Kahn ?r anow Sunday in the Atlantic "tit it
Representatives Greene (Vt), San- 1 'erie Komcnhat colder snndir in '..i-.i....
(N. Y.). Morin (Pa.), Crago (Pa.). "rper lake reslwi, Tennessee
I.U1UJI. WiiU
i
To The Su.v and New York Herald
I should like to ask what It Is that makes
Mr. Page so confident that a single hn question was 'submitted to the com
generation brought up in enrorccd aD- mlttee on style and arrangement, which
stentlon from beverages containing over had no power whatever of amendment
one-half of 1 per cent of alcohol will or alteration of any of "the articles
result ln a greaUil, Improved race. agreed to by the House," tha word "ab
Vv as It not in the seventn century sence" was In tho provision, but it was
A. D. that one Mahomet established a omitted by the committee In its Anal
religion one of whose principal tenets report. This could only be because
was nnd is absolute prohibition of all "absence." belns comm-ised within "In
alcoholic drinks? This has been enforced ability," the use of the word was deemed
for more than twelve centuries oy er- redundant. And that tho House Itself
fectlve religious sanctions. May I ask dp not rcgard the omission of the word
Mr. Page which of the many races which L nn amendment of the provision as It
profess or havo professed Mahometan- na(j heen referred Is made conclusively
Ism he would select as an illustration evident bv the fact that when, on Sen
of a people made perfect by prohlbl- tember i3. the Houso amended tho nro
tlon? May I ask him If he really be- vIs,on rf,DOrted bv the commltteo In
Ucves that the swarm of Informers to jj,e ono partcuiar 0f substituting the
be paid for out of our money will be wnrrt, , nmMfflt shall m oiortert it
ablo to enrorco prommuon as eueciu- Ieft the provision otherwise untouched,
ally ns the religious conscience of the To thi9 accordingly Is clearly referable
most fanatical sett ever known? If the the wholesome tradition, If it be nothing
character oi me unspwiKaoio ium " higher, that the President may not leave
been cvoiveo unuer tno rcsimo oi pro- the countri- during his term of office,
hlbltlon enforced by conscience from
within, does Mr. Pago Imagine that the
result will be bettered here by enforce
ment from without under tho sanction
of hated laws? H. S. MacKate.
New York. February 20.
Henrt E. .Davis.
Washington, D. C., February 20.
CLUE OF THE DATES.
A Possible Explanation of the Pros!
dent's letters to 3Ir. Lansing.
To The Sun and New York Herald:
look at tho dates. Lord Qrey's lcttei
was published Sunday, February 1. The
Mr. Lansing's Politics.
To The Sun and New York Herald;
Is Robert Lansing, our former Secre
tary of State, a Democrat or a Repub
lican, unu .i.o k """" - Cabinet meetings wero held on Tues
nis aamissicn 10 ito uch, and Frlaayi. Tnat of Tuesda.
.-MEW lOKli. reuiuarjr -v. . , 1ht .,. . ,i.j n y,
Timing-
crat that ho once ran for Mayor of Hltchcocl.3 reservation to Article
his homo town, Watertown, N. Y.. on x chn Ames wag
His partisan affiliation has nover been .... ,,.,,., , . ...
called In question.
but not published until two or three
days after that date. About tho samo
time a cryptic question and answer came
from the Whlto Houso to this effect:
Did the White Hpuse. know In advance
Wasted Its of Telephone Operators.
To The Sun and New York Herald
If tho telephone company will eliminate or Lotd Grey's letter? Answer, No,
the trilling of the Rs by Central they NcM suppose that the cautious and
111 effect a saving that In the aggre- courteous diplomats ln England had no-
gate will be very material and will also titled our Stato Department in advance
bo much appreciated by all telephone 0f the letter, and that Lansing, rightly
users. or wrongly, not being able to see the
When a man asks for 3743 John Cen- President, had concluded that Mrs. Wll
tral comes back and says, 'Tm ringing Bon, or the Admiral of tho Bedchamber,
thr-r-r-r-r-r-r-ce. seven four thr-r-r-r- or Mr. Tumulty would withhold tho ln-
r-r-ee John." Why not cut out the formation as likely to agitate tho pa-
n T1T,rT I.. . 1 . I 1 - . . .
extra list u. . iienr, ana naa ueciacu not to forward
New York, February 20. u. And then reread the published cor
respondence with him, tho nrst letter
The Time Fuse Resignation, dated Saturday, February 7, and see if
I . i , ....if . .
Tn Tit fin and New York Herald: lno """.. ". u rougn-
w - - - .( -t ln
tt, InfnrmlAn nn ih nevii. ne hv imuwn our. are
1MU M "J v.. . " I .
correctness of tho statement made to not espncauie,
me at this tlmo of Cablnot changes,
And then note that Instantly those
"Ileautlful Snow."
The tnllllonalrs It a lucky man.
And the general who wins, also;
Dut tho luckiest of tho human clan
Is the author of "Ileautlful Snow,"
Benedict Arnold'a a hated name,
And the Kaiser Is rather low,
Hut yawns now tho lowest niche ot fame
ror tho author of "Ileautlful Snow."
The niche Is empty, sad to aay,
For hia name we do not know,
So wo cannot swear In an adequate way
At the author ot "Beautiful Sow.p
Micurf Until.
.... . . . . . r n.i u
.i... . t,.io (......unLn T,,,i icuera -n"iu urn. ..... xiauuur in errect
has sent his letter by mall ln order dV--tr"T , P' V" W'
tn Inn Itu not reflchlm- the Presl- ca--a
to Insuro Its not reaching the Presf
dent beforo the end of his term?
New York, February 20. Querist.
Sticking; to It In Connecticut.
Farmlnot-lIM correipondtnce Rligefltli Fmt.
Byron Beardiley does' not put any mora
slna In the edge of Ma vest Tho other
day while carrying tho hind end of a
piano upstairs tha latter pressed against
even pins In his veat. The pins atuck
Into his stomach. Byron couldn't let to
City Fathers.
To TUB SCM axo New Toait Hmimk
Tony Papa ond u. it. Parent aro two ot
Chattanooia'a business men. a. O. n
CiMTTJtsoooA, Tenp.. February 16.
Georgia Finance.
From the Dublin Court tr-lltralA
Wo hear a lot ot innated currency th...
the piano and he couldn't get at the plna days, but all the currency we have been
unless ha did. Bo he had to stick It out b' l? set hold of 10 fr looked mighty
until ho got to the top of the stairs.
Urn to us.
Measured by Their Accomplishments.
' From the Dtttai flexes.
Of course the poodle may bo smarter
than the hound, but he doesn't item to
accomplish any more.
The Iamb.
Wilson wants a little mind
With fleeca aa white aa anow.
And everywhere that Woodrow goes
ne wania mat mind to go.
ASSERTS GOETHALS
TUNNEL IDEA BEST
O'Rourke Wants It Used for
New Hudson Tubes.
When the open discussion of the plan
of tho proposed Manhattan-Jersey City
tunnels begins Monday night In the
united Engineering Society Building
Jonn F. u llourke, engineer and con
tractor, hopes to show the public that
the Goethals type of tunnel under th
Hudson not only wilt bo more efficient
than tho ono to which tho New York
State Bridge and Tunnel Commission
has committed Itself, but also that It
win cost about J13.000.000 less.
Tho chances are that unless the New
York and the New Jersey commissions
aro moved very strongly by a comblna
lion of Goethals' facts and nnlillr- nnln
Ion, Mr. O'Rourke's protest against the
criticism of tho Goethals plan by C. M.
Holland, chief engineer for tho Joint
commission, will amount to nothing, be,
causo tho New York Commission nl.
read.y has adopted Mr. Holland's sug--
scsuom una tne iew Jersev Cnmm s
sion nas signified Its certain sanction.
nut aligned with Mr. O'Rourke nnd
uen. uoetnals ln the defenco of th int.
ters plans will bo Edward A. .Bvrnn.
chief engineer of tho Department of
Plant and Structures, and T. A. Adams
of the New Jersey Commission who
says he Is opposed to tho adoption of
any pian until tne public has had lt
say. Grover Whalen. Commissioner of
t-iani ana structures and ex-nffMn
memoer or tne .ow "iork Commission
approves tho Holland plan, despite the
umiuao oi ins cnier engineer, Mr.
Byrne.
Mr. Adams, respondlne restprdnv tn
a can ior a mectimr or thn Xm- .Tr.
Commission to listen to Mr. Byrne's ob
jections to the Holland plan, found him
self qulto alone nt tho meeting. There
being no quorum, Mr. Byrne's objec-
There will bo a cuhllr- mooting
night ln tho United EnHnrtno, K,,t...
nit,u .,,.....1
"u"u"'s i U1SCU53 mo tranio phase ot
mo pruposea tunneis.
HOLLAND WANTS ALL
TO ENTER LEAGUE
Senate Asks for High Court
or Justice.
Tun IIaoce, Feb. 19 (del.-ivr.n n:
creased armaments, speedy Institution of
- pciiuaucni nisn court or Justice and
Immediate admission of all civilized na
tions desiring to enter wero demands at
tached to tho resolution passed to-day bv
the, second chamber of the Dutch Par
liament, approving Holland'3 entrance
Into tho Leaguo of Nations.
"While, the league without Amira
will bo different from what was cx
pected,'1 said Forclcn Minister v,..
wen. sun mo uinerence Is not ro great
" l ttuuiuriie iiouanu to stay out
Neither is It to Holland's Int
unuii uie admission or the Ccn'ral Pow.
ers."
crland to tho League of Nations wan
recommended by tho Swiss Government
In a message) to Parliament to-lay. What
has been known as the "American
clause," by which Switzerland's entry
to tho league would depend imon almthi-
actlon by the United States, has been
abandoned.
John Wnnn maker Approver.
Indorsement of tho bill to provide a
cent Roosevelt colnace was rerolvpd hv
the Woman's Roosevelt Memorial As.
soclation yesterday from John Wana-
makor of Philadelphia. He said with
regard, to tho various proposals for the
new Issue that there would bo little use
for a $2.50 coin and that a 24 nt
coin would prove an Inconvenience. The
s cent coin, no thought, would-be popular.
r.V,, r?, ' rnltwl Ststca Weather r
Tcmperatnro nalnfill
Station. Higi,. Low. ometf-r. hr, ,, .
wiene , to
Albany
Atlantic City.... 36
lilsmarek it
Baltimore o
Boston S3
Buffalo" a
Charleston cs
Cincinnati t
Chicaio 30
Cleveland JO
nenrer j
Detroit jo
Ralreston ra
Helena js
Jacksonville .... 70
Kansas City it
Los Angeles H
JtUwaokee 30
iew Orleans.-... 71
Oklahoma 75
I'hUadelphla .... 3
Pittsburg u
Portland, Mo.... SJ
PorUand. Ore... ts
nan iare city.. i 36 3;,
Fan Antonio 74 s? 2) $
San Bleeo.. o 5 -97$
an Tranclsco. .51 43 51 s
f'- Pl IS .. a).,0
Washington .... is ;j
Barometer ....
Hum'dlty
Wind direction
Wind velocity
Wcither
Precipitation ...
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS
IA.M, 8 I' V
J0.17 30 07
51 I.
N.W. 1
II
Clear C! r
None Nl-
.Tn,-1VKtur? la thU cUr vesterda
f. .Cnd ,buy ,lle otUcM thermomete
Is shown in tho annexed table:
SA.M...21 1P.M. ..17 (pm ,
9 A. M...S3 !P Si,
10 a M...-7 ip.ir":: if. i
-5 5 P.M... 31 10 P M
. 1910.1-
8 P. M .... 30
.33 31 1 1 r
32 41 1 sjm J
11 A M
12 M....
9 A. M.
II M. . . .
3 I. M.
n!11"' emPerature, 33, at 2:10 P V
Lowest temperature, is. at M
Average temperature, 24,
EVENTS TO-DAY.
Observanen of , n. .. .
pi9 zrir
Birthday
erne
rarlsh Mnn... "-'. ";,.,"'"a.
p. jr. in v;;: "",.":'s"o"
V.i,.!i 4' Mce-l'rca ltir
at CarncBle Hall, 11 A M
?y 'TDhr! tf' -"W
Library. 7D9 Out HOlh .tree" I -i; I' ll
"L'liuafrlnatlon Francaise " 1-,-tV. B'
Prof. A. reulllerat of Yale, auiitonun, o
thojrench Inatltute, 593 Fifth a.-nue, il
ClOSlllsr i!jlnn nf .I-.. .u ,
mectlnc of Consumcra League of New Tor
Plate. Uusacll Sage Building. 150 Edit
Twenty-second street, oil day.
. wivui vraiia tiuo, itounrt Table, EtM-i!
?P M Schoo!' :j Centr-il Park Wt.
The memorial, coninlttf. s. v.t.
et-ana AKsoclation. Twelfth Infmtry. ben"t
eireus, at tho armory, Columbus aenue at
omy-secona street, s p. M.
Jsmei 5. Prav will li--ttu. 'r..mnt
of Italian Renalseanoe, i3rOu" Metropol
ian .Museum or Art, 4 P. M.
"The Cnctue F-imtlv" win.. i. n- v
A. Murrill, nt central dluplsy cretnSciK,
Ilronx Park. 3:15 P. M.
Annual reunion and confe-enrt 0'
Alumni Association of Teachers Co.'.ees, at
the college, all day.
annual dinner or nudson County ntr
Association. Ilqtel Aator. 7 P. M
Thirteenth annual dinner of tho r-t'"'
Cluh of New York. Waliorf-Astnria. C 33
M.
Indies' nlKht. New Tori: LoJre if F'li. -
Eika Home. 10! West Forty-third ftre t
Waililnston's Blrthdsy adJ.-ess, i.-lpi
Luther U. Wilson. West fldo Y. M A.,
CIS West FIfty-ieventh str, - t. 4 P V
Dinner and dance. New lorl; s-jfiera
Society. Hotel Astor, 7 P. M
American Tomeranlan CluD. mec""
Waldorf-Astoria. 2:J0 P. M
PUBLIC LECT.URES TO-NIGHT.
o.
Oeorse Washington." by rr-'.
Carter Troop. American Muun --.t:
aeventn street and central i"rK "
"Oeorse Washington," bv Cn. Ge -s
Loud. Cooner Inatltute. EicU'h t ri ,-t a -I
Fourth avenue. ,
"Our Heritage of Strength." tr Prjt
Ssmuel O. Schmucker, Xeir Yo i L..r-r.'
t05 West 14Sth street
Orators of tho Revolution." wr 11
Gllroy. Y. M. a A., 5 West U-tU s r- 1
Fnnd-Atdn 200,000 Children.
George Gordon Haul" reported v. -ter-
day the American Jugo-Slav 1. - 1
Onmnlzatlon. 511 Fifth avenue, lus re
ceived contributions amounting to f-i-'-;
f-00, which nas been spent fe--l:i - f ' -
no nna rhlltlrpn .md clothinr; 1 1
dltional fund3 aro needed to tar-v on
the work. Chocks may be mni- p'
ble to the ordff of American Ju.-'-S-'
Relief nnd sat to the Guaran', TrM
it
Coiripany. bgl Fifth f nua.
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