New-York tribune., 1908-03-05

Star vessel 900 feet long MeSsrs. i'i i$'i W
Wolff are clearly planning TO fulhl the proplieol
of men who only a few years ago were couh.eu
among the Missionaries; and in so ooing the irish
'.birhn,,dars will re!egate to-days leviathans to
to morrow's squadron of ferryboats' WHAT
tin1, +ue the proud 500-footer Will seem Wheh
docLed alongside a floating microcosm nearly
quarter of a mile long! So swift mas oeeh 'iie
growth of transatlantic liners during the iaS'
few years that no layman has the courage -
believe the pessimistic naval architects "heh
thew declare the limit of length ana ofai' u
have been nearly reached. There are possibly
ten thousand sober minded New forkers "iio
find no difficulty to-day in believing that tiie"
grandchildren will cross the ocean on snip TWO
miles long and be carried from the gangpidilh u
their respective staterooms in trolley car
"Compar!sons" quoth Dogberry. ARE odor-
ous" so perhaps it will be well TO aVold com-
parisons and instead make contrasts between
the Hudson River tubes, with their easy. com
Portable and expeditions means of getting into
and out Of the cars, and the brutal and tedlous
crowding and jamming which characterize rush
hours on the Manhattan subway. And very
large part of the difference lies in the slde uoors-
The man who smote the subway platform
puard last Tuesday was no anarchist, but a
firm believer in law and order; and it was
wise magistrate who took this view and re-
fused to punish the traveller because he floored
the hired ruffian who had dragged him bodily
out of a car the. pretext OF accelerauns
traffic. We cannot exonerate the traVeller en-
tire1v however because he tried to jam himself
into q vehicle already overcrowded. But the
burden of sin lies the traction company
which being fully cognizant of the publlcs IN
sane impulse to stampede into subway cars as
long as the doors open, has taken no red-
sonable means to control the crowds. 1t is not
enough to have platform guards and policemen;
they should be instructed to check the inrush
of passengers before the last lnch OIL Stdhulns
room has been occupied.
IF the Black Hand letters sent to Miss Strachan
should divert her followers from the equal pay
campaign to an equally vigorous war against
blackmailers the aggressive school teachers
might accomplish a great public good which
would eventually promote their own advantage.
In forbfdding its five thousand statesmen to
discuss politics during business hours over the
counters a tobacco corporation is wisely legis-
lating against pipe dreams
Senator Joseph w. Bailey says he Is willing
to allow the Democrats of Texas to pass at a
state primary on his qualifications for delegate
at-Iarge to the Democratic National Convention
But surely the Democrats whom he forever dis
qualified for holding office in Texas because they
opposed his reelection to the United States
Senate ought not to be permitted to claim the
right To vote in such q critical contest
"The Charleston News and Courier now
favors a logical" Democratic national ticket.
1t says:
To complete the ticket with Bryan at Its head the
Hon 7 VI c. Reckham, of Kentucky. is the logical
candidate No other Democrat except Beckham has
record a party wreCker comparable to Mr.
Rryan's Besides, the ticket would be alltterative
The suggestion is happy one But when
did a Democratic national convention ever show
a delicate appreciation of the claims or virtues
of political logic?