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New-York tribune., 1908-11-10

against their will (the open primary NOMINATION.
system is not yet in vogue In 1urkey!' anu
there seems TO have been some ground Tor the
compIajnt But the friction did not cause vio-
Ience nor is there reason TO challenge the SUD
stantial fairness of the elections. In ConstaEu-
nople itself there an appordonment or rep
resentatiyes among the various natonaiiueS
which commanded general acceptance
The parliament will certainly prove 10 De
polyglot affair, and 1t is quite possible tnat IN
the multiplicity of parties or factions formed
on racial religious linguistic lines there VIII
be no dominant majority. either homogeneous
or composite to direct the general course OF
operations Even so, the situation may ne
no worse than that which has been seen III the
Austrian Reichsrath many n time with Ger
mans and Czechs hurting epithets and inkpots
at each other Indeed, if this first parliament
were to accomplish nothing and presently 10 De
dismissed Turkey would not be doing worse
than Russia, where the first and second par
Iiaments were dismissed in disgrace. The not
easonable expectation IS that Turkey VIII
do a little better than that, and that this hrsC
parlament will show itself real and effective
legislative body
New-York tribune., 1908-11-10
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
GFrom The tribune Bureau J

fFrom The Tribune Bureaul
washington Nov 9-The official programme o.
receptions and dinners at the White House TOT li'
season of 190S-O9 is as follows:
r,s.a,,her II cThursday)-cablnet dinner. P m =.
January CFriday)-New Years reception IL d n %
gshnary ny acknowledgements reception to lo"o
P Ja1uarv m u trhursday)-Diplomatic dinner m
January q chursday)-Judical reception. 10 I0'''
January Is rThursday)-supreme Court dinnea p Poao m
February 4 CThursday)-Consress recepton' . 70 A''
February 1s crhursday)-Army and navy reception
1890 p.
Tie President this morning cabled birthday con-
gratulations to King Edward VII
The President had an unusually large nuInoeI
OF callers to-day He closed the business Gay W on
the tennis court back OF the executive oHloeS "'
the French Ambassador, the secretary Vi 'H'
terror and Clifford Pnchot
william l. Ward Republican national commit
teeman from New York and James w "aos
worth jr Speaker of the New YORK AsseI'oly' |
called with Secretary Root, who after"aro au
thorized the statement that he had not aiino
his candidacy for the Senate
Tt was announced that invitations hau De'H
issued to large number OF labor leaders tor
dinner at the White House on November Il
Postmaster General Meyer was with the Ffesl-
dent when the announcement was received OF liIs
attempted assassination of Postmaster MorsaH VI
Neyy York. Both expressed themselves feeHngiy.
Senator Scott OF West Virginia. urged the Presl-
dent to recommend in his forthcoming message
that tariff revision be attempted at the snort Ses
sion beginning on December l.
Senior Quesada, the Cuban Minister, informed
the President that the peoples and governments
Of France Portugal, Italy, Switzerland and Spain
were eager to have the President visit them on MS
return from his African hunting trip In l3lo Inc
minister has just returned from abroad
The italian Ambassador presented Lieutenant
FTIippe Camperfo naval attache-
Among other callers who paid their respects 70
the President were Representatives Calder ana
Dwight Of New York; Scott. OF Kansas; Hil. OF
Connecticut; DaIzell, Of Pennsylvania; Carlin, OF
Virginia and Pratt, of New Jersey; the Rev DIT
John Wesley Hill, Brigadier General Marshall
chief of engineers; ex-SeCretary Ethan Alien
Hitchcock Edward c. O'Brien, American Minister
10 Uruguay and Paraguay; G. G Ward, Auditor
of Porto Rico, and Henry P. Fletcher. first seere-
tary at Peking and a former member OF the Rough
Riders.
Mrs Roosevelt, accompanied by Miss Hagner
and small party, went for a trip on the Sylph
down the Potomac this morning They LETT the
navy yard about II o'clock and returned late this
afternoon
Kermit Roosevelt who Is to be official photog-
rapher of the African hunt and who made hurried
visit to the White House last week. left Wash
ington last night for Cambridge, that he might
lose no time at Harvard
New-York tribune., 1908-11-10
PROPHETS UNDER FIRE.

We learn from THE Charlotte Observer
that an injured South Carolinian, Editor Petty
of The Spartanburg Journal" cOntemplateS
suing both The Observer and "The Charles
ton News and Courier for damages for having
mised ana abused him with false election
prophecies Mr. Petty apparently takes life
as seriously rs he takes Editors Caldwell and
Hemphii. for he AYERS that he suffered intense
and actionabe mental anguish upon discovering
Oh the evening Of November 3 that these two
untrust worthy oracles had filled him with empty
hopes when they perfidiously induced him to
Din his faith TO NIr. Bryans election. The editor
Of The Observer stOutly denies that he ever
encouraged anybody 10 think that Bryan would
be elected Yet he and Major Hemphill both
collected many dollar subscriptions for Treas
urers Haskell and Ridder from Carolinans de-
iuded 10y their facile prognOstcations. and both
conspired to rattle off a gander 10 stimulate en-
thuslasm and a flow of cash into the Democratic
campaign chest.
We should like 10 see this question of moral
responsibility thrashed out in the Carolina
courts. Ought grave publcists 10 lead the I'M
wary with rOSe-colored bulletins and dreams
of victory good only till the polls close, thereby
causing anguish of soul and pecunary incon-
vcnienceE We hope that there will BE no dis
eruntled losers on the jury. In partial extenua-
ton Editors Caldwell and Hemphill might plead
that they never perpetrated a straw vote or a
postal card canvass
New-York tribune., 1908-11-10
rns roB4cco TRUST INJUNCTION.

TIE sweeping and destructive character Of
the Sherman antitrust law was again brought
To public attention in the decision OF the United
States Circuit Court granting the federal gov
ernment an injunction against the Tobacco
Trust. The court orders the dissolution Of the
trcst solely on the ground that it is a combina-
ton in restraint OF interstate trade-that Is TO
ssy. solely on the ground that its component
companies were formerly competitors in inter
state trade 1t is not because they have done
any harm by combining that they have re-
sorted 10 any Of the nefarious practices assO-
ciaied in the popular mind with trusts or
have used their power oppressiyely. They have
combined therefore they have done wrong,
and the maintenance Of their combination is en-
Joined
II is apart from the purpose of this article 10
discuss whether or not the enjoined trust was
one Of the wicked trusts. Under the law it
makes no difference whether it was not.
The Court evidently was of the opinion that it
MAS not. Judge Lacombe writing that there was
no persuasive evidence that by unfair competi-
ton independent companies had been compelled
20 sell out 10 the trust CT that the price Of
products 10 consumers had been increased
There is anFarent reluctance in the mind Of the
Court to enjoin g combination simply because it
is n combination. The statute" declares the
Court "is revolutionary' Before its passage
-the courts had recognized a restraint Of trade
which was held not TO be unfair. but permis
'sibIe although If operated ia some measure TO
restrict competition" Now The act rs con
strued prohibits every contract or combination
.in restraiut Of competition. Size is not made
"the test two individuals who have been driy-
ling rival express wagons between villages in
two contiguous states who enter into a combi-
'ratiop to Join forces and operate a single line
RESTRAIN an existing competition" Two such
eartmen thus combining violate the law. and the
federal government could proceed against them.
The illustration brings out very clearly what is
meant by combination" what is meant by
New-York tribune., 1908-11-10
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
Lrrom The Tribune Bureau.

from The Tribune BuTeau1
Washington, Nov. 9.-The Austrian Ambassador
and Baroness Hengelmuler will arrive in Wash
ington tomorrow afternoon to open the embassy
in Connecticut avenue, for the season.
Baron Ambrozy, Austrian Counsellor, left Wash
fngton yesterday for New York, and will be alb
sent from the capital for several weeks Baron
f HaymerIe, secretary, has returned TO town
from hunting trip in Canada which lasted sew
eraI weeks.
The British Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce enter
tanned at dinner at the embassy tonight IN honor
of the birthday Of King Edward VII Among
those invited besides the embassy staff. were Lady
Alan Johnstone wife of the British Minister TO
Denmark; Miss Norris. whose marriage to Mr..
Kennard, second British secretary. will take place
on Saturday; Courtney Walter Bennett, British
Consul General in New York; Wilford Powell,
British Consul General in Philadelphia; Gilbert
Fraser British Consul General IN Baltimore: James
Applewhite DonneII British Consul General IN Sa-
vannah; Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbert Mr.. Wilbert, OF the
st. George Society. New York; DR.. Neil MacPhat-
ter vice-president of the Canadian Club Of New
York: Mr. Minard president of the Canadian Club
of Boston, and Mr.. Hfgginbothan, president OF
the Canadian Club of Philadelphia
The charge daffaires for Mexico and Sonora de
Godoy were hosts at dinner tonight in honor OF
the former Mexican Ambassador and Sonora de
Casasus who arrived IN Washington yesterday on
their way to New York.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-10
FRENCH SHOKELESs POWDER.

So widely has the suspicion been entertained
that the explosion which wrecked the battle
ship Jena Il year ago last March was due to
the decomposition of Smokeless powder that
report on the subject, made few days ago to
the French Chamber Of Deputies, is worthy of
attention The chairman of the investigating
commission, which has Just made known its
conclusions, is NJ. Delcasse best known for his
service as Minister of Foreign Affairs. but whose
high character and intelligence should inspire
confidence in any verdict in which he may par
ticpate.
The facts elected by the commission are sub
stantially as follows: In some of the holds. or
magazines, "B'' powder, which Is smokeess,
was stored. In others there was black powder.
Owing TO the presence of engines and dynamos
in a room above them n dangerously high tenn
perature prevailed at times. Three successive
captains of the Jena complained of the trouble
and made suggestions for obyiating it, Their
recommendations were not adopted. A French
naval architect, after inspecting the ship,
pressed amaZement that so unwlse o state of
things should be permitted. Refrigerating ap-
paratus was employed 10 cool the forward
magazines, but failed TO produce much effect
in the after magazines, where the explosion
Cured. This defect WAS also made the subject
New-York tribune., 1908-11-10
DON'T WAIT FOR A BURGLAR.

The resident of Borough Park, Brooklyn,
whose house was visited by burglars on Sun
day morning announces that he is going to
ask the city authorities why he does not get
police protection for the $1,000 in taxes he pays
yearly. Such an experience as he went through
would naturally stimulate his curiosity. 1t is
unfortunate though. that there are not more
persons inquiring why they get so little for the
taxes they are paying. They should not wait
to be robbed by burglars; it should be enough
to be robbed by bad government to set them
upon this inquiry.
They might ask what they have got for all
this expenditure which has brought the city,
according TO Mr. Edgar J. Levey, leading au-
thority on municipal finance, face to face with
bankruptcy. They might ask why they have
got no new subways. What have they obtained
for the vast yearly outlay which they needed
more than subways? They might ask why, with
an increase of population of only 81 per cent
in the last decade the budget increase has been
more than 100 per cent The borough preSi-
dents are spending 90 per cent more money now
than they did ten years ago. Thanks to the
Commissioners of Accounts the people know
how they spend it They might ask why this
waste of 40 or 30 per cent should go on. They
might ask why the Fire Department requires II
per cent more than it did ten years ago Why
is the citys stationery bill 129 per cent larger
in a decade? The extra paper and ink do not
go into better accounting. The net funded city
debt has grown from $232, ,248.7S5 so in 1898 10
S!537. .577 SO1 o3, an increase of 131 per cent.
They might ask whether this money was wisely
and economically expended. They might ask
what they got for it and whether they wanted
or needed what they got.
They should not wait for a visit from burg
lar to arouse their curiosity. If they are going
to deal intellgently with the government OF the
tbo oil nil
swers to these and kindred questions. If they
do not have good government 1t is because they
do not take an interest in such questions as
thpSp
New-York tribune., 1908-11-10
"BUNGLING A BRIDGE -
How Do the Taxpayers Feel?
rhe BuffaIo Express

From The Buffalo Express
Thanks TO The NeNv-York Tribune, an example x
buugliug a city department has been eNpose4
which might easily have hsc very serious reSUliS-
II has been found that the QueenSoorC Bricse q =
cantilever structure now being built VIII not nlee-
the specification
Last May The Tribune printed article alleging
the bridge overloaded and might cola -
The story uerlded 5s all clry officials Ad}1c
Mcclellan SAID that II The Tribune would k1Ciy
send MIN invitation he would be on hanu n
witness the collapse. The Tribune persisted. bow
ever. and eventually the Bridge COrnmiss!cner ap-
pointed committee experts. including professor
Burr. OF Columbia University. 70 80 ever the plans
and figure the strains. stresses AM loads n
the mean time The Tribune had experts at wcrN.
They reported few days ago that the bridge Couid
not be finished according to specifications.
on Thursday the City'S experts reported Ihey
find that the only way the bridge can be made safe
for use without rebuilding Is 70 change the plans
for e9Inpietion by removing part Of the dede 40
weight OF the bridgel and Sreatly reducing tlS
live lead ana traffic fsciites This reduction ctl
for the abandonment OF all four elevated ra1ircai
tracks at present (twC possibly may be used IN te
indefinite futUrel the COnfnins Or All Jra1c y
four trolley tracks. with the traffic spaced az leaSt
one full car length apart and cut Of frou p % -
per cent In Hve-lOsd allowances. The reduction N
dead load must be lose pounds per rlnnuS tOCt-
New York IS fortunate In learning thus early tle
faults OF the bridge. but what the taNpayefs
feel regarding the money that has been spenc anu
the incapaCity carelessness OF the city 3 ea-
New-York tribune., 1908-11-10
NEH YORK,s WATER GATE.

There will be widespread and hearty apprcTal
OF the general proposition made by captain d.
w Miller in yesterdays Tribune that there
should be created on Manhattan Island SUIT
able water gate" to serve as a formal ana
official entrance to the American continent. The
unapproachable supremacy of New York rs the
chief American port of entry and the unrivailed
natural advantages of deep tidewater and SUI
nerb anchorage close to the heart OF the
matropoIis indicate New York as the fitting
site for what would really be national lnstltu-
ton while the four great events Whlch VIII
mark the calendar of 1909, as enumerated by
Captain Miller strongly suggest the desirability
Of making the inception of such work prem
inent feature of the celebrations of next year.
Concerning the details and the ways ana
means of the scheme however, there IS occasion
for careful thought and there is room for rea-
sonable differences of opinion. The site sug-
gested by our correspondent has certainly much
to recommend it From the scenic point of view
it is one of the best, if not the very best, that
could be chosen A spacious eSplanade, with
great gateway and other architectural embel-
lishmentS at the foot of the Riverside oluH,
connected by means Of terraces and stairWayS
with the imposing groups Of buildings and mon
uments which already crown the heights or
Mornngside, would present spectacle or sur
passing beauty and dignity. At that point,
moreover,
n visiting fleet while the aspect Of the New
Jersey shore tremendously completes a COM
bInation of landscape and seascape, OF urban
and of rural scenes, such as scarcely any other
captal of the world could match. The difficulty
of access from The waterfront TO the crest OF
the steep hill appears on its face to be consid-
erable though we should be surprised II engl-
neering ingenuity did not in some way overcome
it. and the criticism that ingress would thus be
had at a point considerably north Of the heart
of the city is one which time will progressively
mitigate.
It must be cause for profound regret that the
excessive increase of municipal expenditures In
recent years has put the city's finances into
condition which may forbid the making OF con-
siderable appropriations for even SO desirable
a public work as this Already it has been
found necessary to curtail the expenditures
which were to have been made in connection
with the Hudson-Fulton celebration, or to post
pone them. And even If money were as plenti-
full in the city's treasury as it Is scarce, there
would not now be time to complete so great
design within the year. Nevertheless, it would
be highly gratifying to have some well-consid-
cred plan adopted and such a substantial be-
ginning made upon It next year would asso-
ciate It conspicuously and permanently with the
great celebrations in which this city and state,
and, indeed the whole nation, will then engage.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-10
THE TURKISH ELECTIONS.

Some time must necessarily elapse before we
shall know the precise composition of the Turk
ish parliament, It's division among races and
parties and its prospects of effective legisa
ton. The electoral campaign has been a lively
one with political clubs formed in all parts
of the empire, and with mass meetings and the
other adjuncts of political propaganda which
are familiar 10 Us of the West. There has been
n laudable effort on the part of the Young
Turks 10 arouse the people to realization of
their privileges citizens and TO instruct them
in the right method OF exercising those privi-
Ieges, with the result that Il degree Of public
spirit has been developed far beyond what any
one but the most optimistic would have ex.
pected.
The only serious friction between parties or
races has occurred between the Turks and
Greeks chiefly in Thrace, but outside of Con
stantinope. The Greeks have complained that
the Turks were imposing candidates upon them
New-York tribune., 1908-11-10
GERMAN DIPLOMATIC CHANGES.

Berlin Nov. 9-The 'Norddeutsche Allgemeine
Zeitung' publishes to-day a series OF diplomatic
changes. Count Johann Heinrich Won BernstorH
goes to Washington ambassador, as previously
announced Count Hermann Won Hatzfeldt-Wilden-
burg councillor of the Germany Embassy at Wash
ington, goes Cairo minister and consul gem
eral; Carl Bucnz. the Consul General at New York.
is made Minister TO Mexico and Baron Wangen-
helm the present Minister Mexico is transferred
TO Athens Herr Reichenau. the German Minister. to
Brazil, is transferred 10 Belgrade Servia; Count
Tattenbach, the Minister at Lisbon IS made
Ambassador at Madrid. while Prince Won Ratibor
at present Minister at Belgrade Is transferred TO
Lisbon, and Count Arco-Valley, the Minister
at Athens succeeds Herr Reichenau at Rio
New-York tribune., 1908-11-10

restraint Of trade" and how sweeping and de-
structive In character the Sherman act is.
II is destructive in the same way that Bryan s
proposal for the limitation of sill combinations
to 30 per cent Of the industry in which they
existed would be destructive, and in vastly
greater degree II would If a literal application
were possible destroy all combinations, while
Mr.. Bryans plan would destroy only those
above the 80 per cent limit 1t sought to pre-
serve the old indvidualist organization of bust
,,os which ,ras already nassiug away Mr..
Bryan's plan sought TO arrest this tendency at
the halfway stage and permanently check 1t
there
The reception which Mr.. Bryans proposal GOT
is a hopeful sign that a modification OF the
sherman act will be acceptable to the Pubic
His plan was rejected because 1T was hnprac-
ticable and destructive. There appeared 10 De
no public demand for the destruction or coE-
binations simply because they exceeded the oo
per cent limit-smply because they were COLI
hinations and had reached certain size. Is
there anv more public desire for their destruc-
tion simply because they are combinations! AS
TO inpracticability the present organization OF
Industry. despite the drastic terms of the Sher-
man act. is enough of q witness 10 the imprac-
tIcability Of the ideal Of that act.
Combination is not an evil per Sc, AS It
seemed when the Sherman act was passed, nor
is connection inevitably good. The problem Is
not that of precluding one condition and pre-
serving or restoring the other. It Is that or
nernitting such an organization of industry as
will hest serve the interests Of society at large
and seeing 10 il that society does receive its
New-York tribune., 1908-11-10

of more than one report, but without iedoIhs
to the improvements recommended.
Some witnesses-among them the second OF
fcer of the Jena-beeve that the smokeless
powder ignited first and heated the thlh metai
partition separating it from the biacK po"ueI
sufficiently to set it on fire and explode II.
Others expressed the opinion that the pllcA
powder magazines were the scene OF the orls-
inaI outbreak Between these conflicting views
the commission was evidently unable to make
a satisfactory choice, but it seems to have re-
garded the question as relatively unimportant
rrhoupb it could not with certainty ascertain the
nrIme cause it was unanimous in holding the
black nowder responsible for the disaster IN
his address relating to the report NJ. Deicasse
remarked the other day that If smokeless pow
der were ignted when not under pressure 1t
would burn vigorously, but would not eAploue'
The last inspection of the Jenas smobeless
novder resulted in an announcement that II
was i'm nerfect condition, and nothing IN the re-
cent Inquiry indicated that 1t had undergone
deterioration or could have taken hre spoh-
taneously Even so, the commission recoih-
mends that further study be devoted to III
creasing the stability of smokeless powder ItS
only other advice is to remove all DlacK po"uel
from every French war vessel
So general is the use of smokeless powder by
military nations and so nearly alike in their
compostfon are the varieties now In service
that any question affecting its trustworthlneSs
deserves wide consideration. No smokeiesS
powder can yet be pronounced perfect. Each
kind needs 10 be examined with care at inter
yals to detect possible change from dampneSs Oh
heat The vindCation of the French po"uer'
therefore. will in some measure strengthen lai III
in the value of an article which is yet too mod
ern to have had It's virtues fully demohsIrd'eu'
New-York tribune., 1908-11-10
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