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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-22
CIVIC WELFARE
Taxation Without Representation
Is Tyranny.
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY

Address of Oscar S. Straus at Ban
quet Of Merchants Of Boston on the
Forming a Permanent Organization
for Commercial and Civic Reform.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-13
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY,
Erora The Trfbune Bureau J


Washington. Dec. n-Mrs. William Howard Taft
left Washington this afternoon for New York
where she Will visit Mr.. and Mrs. Henry W Iart-
Her departure closed OF the most brilliant
weeks socially Washington has known In q ions
time.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt was the guest Of honor at
q dinner given on board the Mayhower tonight,
when Lieutenant Gilbert J. Rowclf and Lieutenant
sennnes Read both officers Of the vessel, were
hosts.
The Secretary Of War and Mrs. Wright were en-
tertained ct dinner tonight oy Mrs. John Lindsay
Morehead, eighteen other guests being asked to
meet them
The marriage of Miss Mary Lille Taylor, daugh-
ter Of the former Minister to Spain and MIS- nan
mis- TAYLOR to Dr. Reid Hunt took place at noon
to-dav AZ the home Of tbs bride. in o street The
Rev John s Cooper. OF St Matthews Church ofn-
ciated and M. Taylor gave his daughter away
Miss Hanna TAYLOR vas maid OF honor for her
sister and sehorita Maria CaIvo, sehortta Elena
Csldsron and Sehorita Mercedes Godoy, all daugh-
ters of foreign ministers. and Miss Mary r Brady,
OF Baltimore, were bridesmaids The bridegroom
was attended by George Morrison, OF Baltimore.
The costumes and decorations were IN pink and
white and q pretty feature was the entrance OF
Luis Gabrielle Calvo, the small son Of the Minister
from Costa RIGA who dressed in white broad
cloth and bore ths wedding ring on cushion OF
pink. At the ceremony and reception when 1oI-
lowed we're the British Ambassador and MIS-
Bryce the Brazilian Ambassador and Nine Ma
b,,co Mia Nabuco the Cuban Minister and Sc
nora de Quesada, thu Bolivian Minister and sonora
De Calderon the Colombian Minister and Sonora de
Cortes the Mexican Charge dAfatres and Sonora
de Coioy and a small number from official and
resident society.
Mr. and Mrs John R Mclean are entertaining
Miss Pulitzer of New York. who. after attending
the dinner at the Austrian Embassy on Monday.
will return TO New York Mrs Rush Shipper Hui
dekoper, Of Philadelphia and Miss Lota Robinson
Of Baltimore. also visiting M and Mrs Nc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-13
RFLsTTOKS WITH CANADA.

The interesting announcement Is made that
lrestiss are being negotiated between this coun-
sry and Canada. and viii presently be submitted
20 cur Senate for ratification. dealing with the
roast fisheries the water hounda ries between the
two countries and their respective rights and
privileges on international rivers and various
pecuniarv claims This should be and We doubt
s1et viii be welcome news 20 all thoughtful and
well disposed men in both countries. There can
n 10 question that permanent and equitable
settlement Of eli questions at issue between the
Dominion ana this Republic Is desirable There
s. OF course. 40 fear Of any breach IF peace or
even Of friendship between the two nations over
sbese matters. even should they remain unset
sled But II would be neither q agreeable nor cred
Stable 10 have these controversies running Oh
sndef3nitely year after year 20 be a constant
source Of annoyance and expense. The dispute
nrer the Alaska boundary was one of the most
forrDda he Of all those between Canada and the
United States for many years, until finally Il
was Jakan up IN i masterful spirit by John
5isy and permanently and justly settled. It
wii be vSl thus 70 deal with all these other
Inatters, moi one Of them as important as the
Alaska boundary, and put them out Of the WAY
Forever.
II IS really strange that they have been per
sritted ID drag long. Canada is geograph-
scslly and commercially. as well as In some other
respects, cur most intimate neighbor and will
always remain So Relations between the two
sountSles should, therefore, be the most free
from dissensions and irritation It would he 10
the advantage Of both countries that they should
he So Yet in fact for many years they have
been marked with almost incessant recur-
renee Of disputes. chiefly Of a minor hut none
the less annoying character Many efforts have
heen made 60 settle them. but all La We thus far
been thWarted often, 1t must be confessed
shrough lack Of willingness or Of req soma bIeness
On enc side OF The other The suspicion has in
deed arisen, apparently on pretty substantial
ground thai There we're those in both countries
who not only did not wish 70 have these contro-
Sersies sertled- but who actually and aggressive
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-13
CUBA'S VAIN FEARS

The comments Of part Of the Cuban press
on the Presidents message which we reprinted
the other day are little surprising and if they
90 not cause Encouragement they at lea ST cause
regret that any one in that island should take,
so mistaken = view Of the Presidents words and
should so misapprehend the disposition and in
tenttons OF the American government and peopIe
Surely the Cuban people have abundant cause 10
regard Mr.. Roosevelt with gratitude and conf
dence and TO cherish the same feelings toward
Mr.. Taft It would he impossible to find two
living Americans from whom respectively they
nave received and may expect TO receive more
benehts. We should think that the records of the
Two men and Of the American government in
general for the last ten years would forbid
Cubahs TO indulge the vain fears and unworthy
suspicious which now expressed
Referring 10 the American Intervention Of the
last TWO years, which was undertaken reluc.
tahtE Dy our government at the urgent appeal
or The Cubans themselves, the President reminds
the people Of that island that 1.-The only Wv q
people can permanently avoid being governed
IRON without is 10 show that they both can and
VIII govern themselves from within" On what
conceivable grounds can those words be esteemed
unjust 10 cuba, as one paper says they are;
1ieSe are me statement of an indsputable truth
1hey contain no inumation that Cuba is not a BILE
ana Willing 10 govern herself from within. On
'A0 SOii't aA!r Iney are immediately coupled with
a strong expression OF hope and belief that sh..
is mus able and willing. Do our Cuban friends
propose or wish to show that they cannot or
VIII not govern themselves from Within # Is
uncomfortable. Yet only if they did so could the
Presidents words be rightly considered in snv
sense menace to them and even then +bev
WOULD not De unjust. Nor can Ii be maintained
ulat nere was no occasion for such a reminder
III Ihe rresloen' message, seeing that twice in
recent years the inability OF unwtIIinc-nese ~
Cuba TO govern herself from within has made if
necessary for her 20 be governed from yvitbont
and that at the urgent request of the C.,bane
themselves.
Still more unwarranted is the declare finn IF
another paper that Eat the first political convr1
sion Mr.. Taft is explicitly authorized n bIot
'out even the name of the republic" That is so
exaggerated as TO be fantastic. There is in the
Presidents message not the remotest hint NJ
what Mr. Taft will do or viii not do in anv
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-13

Iv desired and determined that they should not
be settled If they could help it That disposition
seems now very largely to have subsided, and we
may confidently assume that an amicable and
final settlement of the long pending issues Is
now in sight.
The obstreperUus and obstructive disposition
which we have described was manifested chieny
BY those who favored, or professed to favor,
either the commercial union or the actual po-
litical union of the two countries. Probably
some of those visionary propagandists were SIN
cere and benevolent. They were certainly ali
deporaby misguided, we have repeatedly IN
dicated We are indeed inclined 10 think that
nothing else has done half so much harm TO
Canada and to the relations of the two countries
as the loose tongued chatter Of commercial
unionists and annexationists who have scented
incapable OF approaching for moment even
1.-THE of the gigantic problems, If not the lnsu-
perable difficulties, which their fantastic fads
involved It is of hopeful significance that all
such talk has now subsidized, and that instead or
keeping up chickering's to force each others hands
both countries are now practically intent on
placing their mutual relations upon satlsfac-
tory basis as the relations should be between
two great nations which are bound always TO be
next neighbors and are almost equally bound
always TO be separate and independent states
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-13
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau.J


Washington, Dec. f2-The President entertained
the President-elect and Mrs Taft the Secretary o.
State Colonel W. r. Nelson. OF Kansas city James
B. Reynolds and c. Grant La Fargo. OF New forA'
luncheon to-day. -
The President directed Labor Commissioner Rem
TO investigate the building inspection department '
the District of Columbia Immediately
Governor Johnson of Minnesota paid his respects
TO the President and escorted a private parry
through the public apartments
The President took a ride in the late 7tternoon
with Admiral Rixey and tonight attended the an
uuaI dinner of the Boone and Crockett CLUB at the
METROPOLITAN Club and the Gridiron dinner az the
New willard
Among the White House callers were secretary
Wright, Secretary Newberry. Postmaster GENERA
Meyer Senators Smoot, sutherland, Tahaterro'
Curtis Brown. Cummins. Wetnore, Ne"lanoS'
Frye Lodge Hopkins and Bourne Representatives
Rowland Robinson. LongT orth. HazSott' E4sIni-
ton. Gronna, Loudenslager, Sheppard, SleInP' hsI-
fer Ansberry Cole, Lands, Edwards, carter a u
James SABBATH Langley. Madison. Adarnson' dep-
burn Iowden, Sterling and Cooper. Delegate haia-
niauaole Chairman Hitchcock, Governors JohlSoi''
PindaH and Curry, Judge Prttchard, of Nortn caro-
lima; State Chairman Dickey, Of Missouri BisnOP
O'Gornan Consul General Wynne, Solicitor Gen
eral Hoyt Mayor Griffith Of vicksourg MISS anu
Cass Gilbert president OF ths American Institute Oh
Architects.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-13

There are some pecularities OF logic IN Mr..
Asquith's attitude toward the House OF Lords
He comedies the competency OF the Lords to de-
feat important measures which are adopted by
the Commons. Yet he will not permit the Com
mons to be dissolved "at the dictation and
Caprice of the upper chamber" He insists that
the House Of Lords is Irresponsible yet in
very important matters he yields TO its power
and declines to appeal to the nation against II.
His course is doubtless the part Of prudence but
it Is doubtful If it results in much practical legis
lation or in greatly strengthening the Radical
demand for abolition Of the Lords and the estab-
rshment Of Parliament of single chamber
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-13

contingency The intimation would be grossly
offensive Ef It were meant at its face Value'
which we have no idea it real lily is. Neither M
Roosevelt nor Mr. Taft nor any other responsive
American ever entertained any such notions as
those which are conjured up by this Cuban
raper The United States originally interviewer
in Cuba against the government of Spain whlcn
was then the only legal government of that isl
snd in order ito secure In the island The estah-
..lisbment of a stable government capable of
maintaining order and observing It's interna-
'tionaI obligations, insuring peace and tranquil
city and the security of its citizens, as wen IS
corr own" The United States at great COST 10
itself did secure that end, and of course It does
not now mean to ct that end be lost But 80
long as the Cuban Republic maintains govern
ueDt such as President Mckinley described IN
the words which we have quoted 1t will be as
free from intervention the United States II
self That 1t will perpetually maintain sucn
status is the earnest desire and the present ex-
mediation of Mr. Roosevelt Mr.. TAFT and the
whole American nation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-13
FARES TO FLUSHING.

While there probably will be the usual
amount of complaint because OF the decision Oh
Public Service Commissioner Bassett on Satur-
dav sustaining the 10-cent fare TO fIushlns'
this decision rendered on the merits OF the case,
will meet with the approval Of all VINO win
give the matter the careful consideration WHICH
is due such a subject, but which Is sometimes
disnensed with in these days when popular
clamor is assumed by some 10 be sufnclent
warrant for sny action against corporatloh-
One of the economic principles which people
are supposed to master early in Ire IS LhaC one
can't eat his cake and have It. too. People living
in Flushing except such s were porn III Iutt
village and consequently are creatures OF CIT
cun,stsnces. moved there, presumably, because
If offered certain advantages not to be FOUND
in the more densely populated parts OF the CITY
Most of them took into consideration the tact
+I7a+ in return for the lower rentals, larger
lawns and purer air they would have TO pay
more for transportation and spend more time
On tha cars In reaching their homes. That the
people of Flushing generally look at the maCler
in this light may be deduced from Mr.. BasselLS
statement that while the surface cars are ruh
ming only partly filed during the rush hour, on
10cent fare. the trains are crowded with PEG
pie who pay a still higher price for the RIDE
As The Tribune brought out some time ago II
connection with the scent fare to Coney Isl
and agitation, through traffic IS the most jill
rroftabIe business for a transportation com
pany charging but one fare. And this IS stun
more applicable to the Flushing than TO the
Conev Island line. It is a question If any way
could he devised by which full cars of passen-
gers could be hauled from Flushing to the
Brooklyn Bridge, q distance of ten or twelve
miles, on a scent fare, at profit, taking into
account the value Of the plant, cost OF equipment
and running expenses. To be sure, a person
can. on the subway. by getting on the car at the
FIatbush avenue station and riding TO Van
CortIandt Park. get fully as long ride for a
nickel but were it not for the fact that IN the
course of such a trip the cars are hlied ana
emptied two or more times it is easy TO imagine
that so generous an arrangement might easily
bankrupt the operating company. 1t is the
short haul passengers who make the prohts
for the streetcar companies, and the situation or
Flushing is so peculiar that there can be no
valid ground for criticism Of Mr.. Bassetts de-
cision
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-13
he veterans plea when ali other arguments

the veterans plea when ali other arguments
failed.
But the circumstances OF this little drama OF
the City Hall arc not behind the foothghts' now
ever closely they may be allied to those allurins
CLEANS They belong to the everyday New
Yorker who has long suffered from that per-
nicious sidewalk pest the ticket Spectator. and
now sees, or hopes he sees, deliverance at hand
We believe the MayoZ, will let no merely senti-
mental consideration warp his Judgment on the
question before him. II he wants to complete
this little drama in style both moral and
artistic let him abolish the occupation of his
fathers old orderly. and then, If he finds the
veterans claim Just, get him another employ
ment where he may support himself in his de-
Ginning years It has been generally understood
that a Mayor usually find a place for a
friend when he wants to, and IL is even limited
that some Of those jobs not too arduous for
the failing strength Of a old enough to
have been an orderly under General Mcclellan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-13
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
Iron The tribune Bureau


Washington, Dec. R-The Italian -Arnnassaoo'
and Baroness des Planches will entertain at luncn-
con tomorrow for their guests Professor and sig
nora Ferrero who later in the afternoon viii 90 70
New York.
There is rurnor current here that while the
Russian Ambassador, Baron Rosen, will return 10
Washington before the new year, the baroness
Rosen and Baroness Elizabeth Rosen will not re-
turn here this season They are now IN FaFlS' eIio
are being constantly entertained
Lady Harrington wife OF the British Minister 70
Abyssinia who was formerly Miss Amy MCMILLAN
OF this city returned here to-day, accompanied oV
her niece, Miss Grace Jarvis, who visited her
abroad and will remain with her mother fcr the
winters social season
Baroness Moncheur, wife OF the Belgian Minister
entertained at dinner tonight Tor Miss Harris OF
New Orleans. who is the guest OF Miss trederlc@
Morgan Others invited were the French third secre-
tary and Viscountess de MarteI, Nile Nabuco, Mile
Eva I.agercrantz Mile. Mary de Lsgercrantz' MISS
FREDERICK Morgan, Baroness Marguerite Moncheur'
vIscount de Chambrun. French secretary; Signor
Roberto Centaro, italian SECOND secretary olshor
Giuliano Cora Italian attache; Lieutenant Si'eI-
man Miles, Senior Don Angel Algara-Ronnero De
Terreros Mexican third secretary, ana FRANCIS
Janssens, Belgian attachs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-13
A DRAMATIC APPEAL.

A strong appeal TO Mayor McCleans feelings
was made at the hearing the anti-ticket SPEC
ulating ordinance Thursday when war vet
eran laying claim TO having been an orderly to
the Mayors father pleaded that his occupation
a Spectator Le not taken away from him
The situation is dramatic II we were putting
It on the stage should have Mr. Mcclellan
yield with tears in his eyes TO the heartrAndinc
petition OF the old soldier and veto the ordinance
the spot amid the applause Of the yeepine
gallery. To make IL moral as wen as n artistic
production, however. should have TO nj ,tDra
Mayor. tempted 10 approve wicked measure
turned TO better course at the last moment IN,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-13
STATE PENSIONS.
From The Elmira Advertiser.

In a recent issue THE Adverttser' nsII.a s.,a,
tion TO the fact that the effort establish state
pension in this state for soldiers and sailors OF the
Civil War Is to be renewed Albany THIS wtnfsr
along somewhat different lines than those provided
In the Cornell oil of last year. The measure ba =
been prepared and submitted TO the C;oyernor nv
the Department Commander OF the Grand ARMY
but has not been published in detail II is said "a
be modelled after the Pennsylvania bill which was
passed by the last Pennsylvania legislature and
vetoed by the Governor because IL made no nro
vision for the necSysSry revenue. The bin has
Pennsylvania Legislature meets ~ ~
Through TIE Scranton Republican" we learn
that the Pennsylvania bill provides for a pension
board OF three members. each receiving salary
of $500 ana pension commissioner. with sal
airy of 5000. The Governor is 10 appoint thsne
They are to have chief clerk at $500 fve clerks
at SLIGO year, nine clerks at 5000 z veaT a
stenographeT et $1,000 year and a messenger ar
$500 8 year; The appropriation TO be carried by
the bill ) S4.5O0oOo The bill further provides tbs}
sh applications for The pension shall be MED with
determine the rights OF such applicants 70 rsea,tS
pensions. such decision 10 be 1nAl with the rish4
20 rsopen cases -s@As
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-13
cHRTsTMAs sHoPPTNe


When woman Christmas shopping goes
It's very seldom that she knows s.,
Hence this. speech sosvery r1sddening,
'I don't know what / vant-lu look around
Into many q store we wandered,
WIFI n af at a G6ud ba4S IpG3ed be bound
There we're gifts IN great .profusion.
Il don't see what want-IL look around
Here's a very lovely trtnket,
Really pf su9 g dsa for K aar9 them {nk she toned
Nc, I guess viii not take st.
p ,. Fer the dear ohds apt Pto 70 6Tsaa t.
Do you wonder I am Ieary
OF these shopping tours and weary
When ! thought she'd buy present
she h , TeaEk 5s4 p a4RneF pleasant Ease
Detroit Free Press.
Some day" writes a Paris correspondent from
Constanttnople, the Turks Will have regularly
ordered elections, with adequate paraphernaIia
and proper accommodations for voters. But
some day IS far of II may Judge BY what
took place at tue recent parliamentary election.
There can be no doubt that the Turks recognized
the Importance Of the occasion. and that every
voter felt that 4 new dignity had come 20 him
One voting place which I furnished picture
to illustrate this fact. The election place was
the open, in front Of q mosque. Beneath one of
the iron barred windows table had been placed.
and on this rested a trunk. OF English make.
This was the ballot box Four soldiers and
eraI uniformed inspectors stood near the table,
and curious crowd, from toddling boys 10 tur-
baned and bearded patriarchs, stood near, leaving
a passag4way, however, for those who came to
vote
Dinks-The eeronaut's wife seems to be so
anxious 10 carry out his wishes
whistles; she Is the most dtrigible wife
ever met.-Illustrated Bits,
Maryland is going 20 nave three days hoit-
DAY at Christmas As December Is falls Fri
day the next day--a hslf-holiday-win not be OF
much use for business and a petition 10 Gov
ernor Crothers to declare it legal holiday has
been granted.
Bingo-Do you think he afford to Keep a
Wingo-He ought to. He's been an. amateur
photographer for three years. and that didn't
break hirn.-Phiadelphia Inquirer.
Writing 70 The London Daily Mail" on New
York: An Impression" Sir Harry Johnston says:
New York, with some four millions of inhabi-
healthier better fed. and happier than London
but being far better endowed with educational
facilities OF every kind Apart from those Of
fered by Columbia University, there are such
splendid free institutions as the American Nat
ural History Museum, the Museum of Art the
Bronx Geological and Botanical Gardens, and
last but rot least the finest aquarium in the
whole world that OF the Battery. the old building
once the landing place OF immigrants and then
concert hall"
Il likes to man tend to his own business"
said Uncle Eben but some a. desc INCONSISTENCIES,
no business to have any Observation-Disclosures
Star.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-13

The significant feature OF the news concerning
the new Russian loan OF 1925, 700 is not that
such a loan is to be made but that the govern
nlent has regarded the approval Of the Douna
as an essential requisite to its being made
Progress toward complete parliamentary govern
nent in Russia may be slow, but it seems to be
certain. and no backward steps ars likely to be
taken
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-13

II it be true, as stated. that the membership
Of old st. Paul's Chapel has doubled in the last
five years and that there now 452 enrolled
communicates, we must reckon that venerable
shrine among the most active and progressive
churches in the city and wonder with great
amazement that any one has thought of
abandoning and destroying it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-13

II It is true that he gives twice who gives
quickly. 1t IS equally true that he-or more gen
orally she-does Christmas shopping three times
as satisfactorily to all concerned who does 1t
both early in the season and early in the day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-13

7-bfs rercspoper IS otcned and pHe'ashea oV
r.. 7--,b,,,e Associofion O NctC York corpora
t.o- office and principal place Of business
-l7-,b,,-e PyiIdiuo. No. ~ Nassau street, Ne~
h-,-E- loa5en MilEs. president; James II. Bar
- .eo-et,,., and treasurer The address Of
tbe oazo.-s is fhe Office Of this netcspGper.