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New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
ROTTEN HOSE.
TO wit, 1S9

Last Friday night the brave firemen of New
York City offered up burnt offering TO their
rulers. II was offering of unusual size and
value; before the pious service was ended three
heroes had vanished in the roaring pyre. Il score
more were on their way to hospitals and sky
scraper full of property reduced in market value
from several million dollars to a penny or two
Whether on the roof of some nearby 14th street
palace local Nero fdded as he watched the
confagration history saith not. 1t is unlikely
that this happened, though; for the powers to
whom the holocaust was offered mp were doubt
less busy pointing out to wrathful visitors the
eminent responsibility and honesty Of all the
high officials who have been connected in any
way during the last five years with the pur
chase of the rotten hose whose treachery at the
Parker Building fire almost certainly doubled
or trebled the property loss and the number Of
dead and MANNED. If they were not doing this
they probably planning to buy from some
dearly loved friend the vast quantity of new
hose which Fire Commissioner Lantry declares
absolutely necessary. And we may all he sure
that the new supply will be honest ana resppc-
table hose warranted TO make future holOcausts
right merry.
Why did so many lengths Of hose burst?
Why has one-half Of the lengths used by En-
CINE company 30. in Broome street, burst in
the last eleven months? Why has the same
misfortune befallpn several other companies?
The honest and respectable gentlemen OF the
administration are invited TO choose their
swer from the following possibilities: %
Worthless hose had been purchased; (2) good
hose had beer bought. but improperly cared for;
or 90 the hose. originally sound. was worn out
and not replaced, it should have been. Fire
men and a committee of experts representing
the National Board of Fire Underwriters give
the first and third answers. We venture to
prOphesy that few Tammany apOlOgsts will
care TO pick the second the personnel and dis
cipline of engine companies. well the
firemen's knowledge that their lives often C.
pend upon the strength Of their hose, make that
excuse fiimsy indeed. Corruption or maladmn-
istratiOn then. which shall it be: And after
Tammany's answer has been published will all
the firemen LET bygones be bygones and vote
as of gore. for the same old clique? Will the
business men whose property may be chosen for
the next burnt offering to the local deities still
say they are TOO busy TO dabble in reform pol
ftics?
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
THE FEIV PUBLIC LIBRARY.

\ building ENTERPRISE which is carried over
d period of years gets to be taken matter
of course. For this reason there are doubtless
thousands of New Workers who have only Il
casual idea of what has been done toward pro
yiding the Public Library Of this city with an
adequate home. In order to throw new AMI
abundant light upon a remarkable achievement
in civic progress. The Tribune devotes num-
Der of the pages in this issue to the building
in Fifth avenue which places New York as
regards its Public Library, among the first
cities of the world Numerous photographs ex-
hibit the beauty of the edifice inside and out.
and in several articles its artistic and practical
merits are set forth. We commend this unique
memorial the first to treat the subject with
1hCroughness and on a scale commensurate with
its interest. to all those who take pride Iii the
higher activities of New York.
Five wears have passed since the cornerstone
of tie new Public Library was laid, and some
time must clapse before the building is finished
But the greatest Instructions have been over
come and the architects. MeSsrs. Carrere "
Hastings, are confident of Il reasonably RAPID
completion of their undertaking. They testify
with enthusiasm to the aid which they have
received from the municipal administration
Mayor Mcclellan has taken the keenest interest
in this great public work. lending the full
weight of his support to every measure re-
quired for the swift letting of contracts ana
the steady furtherance of construction. He
and the trustees of the library are at one in
desiring that the building may be made per-
feet in every detail and that il should be got
in readiness for at the earliest possible
moment The architects, conscious of the i'm
portance and distinction of their task, are pur-
suing. it with equal ardor and care. The cit
zens of the metropolis may congratulate them
selves on the fine public spirit with which the
work is urged forward.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
THE SUFFRAGE IN MARYLAND.

The newly inaugurated Governor of Maryland
Austin L. Crothers, stepped from the state
bench into the Governors chair His legal and
judicial experience was expected TO stand him
IN good stead in recommending new la-~s and
administering old ones. Yet the advantages Of
his legal training are not apparent in the sug-
gestions he made in his inaugural address last
Thursday regarding the restriction Of the suf-
frsge In Maryland. There is. perhaps, very
serious opposition in the state 10 the safeguard
ing of the franchise and the imposition of
stricter tests of qualification for voters. But
Governor Crothers shows a curious confusion
OF ideas when he declares that Maryland should
keep to the letter the guarantees Of the federal
Constitution. which fOrbidS discrimination in
granting the ballot on grounds Of race or color
and yet asserts that "a high and mOmentOus
obligation imposed on the new administration
IS 4the elimination Of the illiterate and ire
sponsibe negro voters from the electorate"
He bunrly asks the Legislature to draw and
submit constitutional amendment which shall
rid the state of the negro voter as a political
factor and as an element of power within our
borders
The constitutional amendment defeated in
1903 attempted TO eliminate the naturalized
white voter as well as the negro voter and TO
establish an electoral arist0cracy based on de
scent from ancestors qualified 10 vote before
1861. The new plan, If Governor Crothers has
bis way. Will be aimed at the negro voter alone.
Yet il is plain that If II is so aimed il will
violate both the letter and the spirit Of the
Fifteenth Amendment 10 the federal Consttu-
ton. There is no pretence in fhe Governors
language that the restrictions to be imposed will
strike AZ the illiterate and the irresponsible as
gilch. but only al the negro illiterate and ire
sIaonsible Such intention Is unwise and in
Maryland has voting population more than
four-fifths white and IS not threatened even
remotely aith negro domination"
IL may frankly be admitted that the exclusion
from the franchise of all ilIiterate and ire
sgcnsible negroes would be Of benefit TO the
state But the exclusion OF all ilterate and
irresponsible persons, white az well as black,
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
NOTES FROM TUXEDO PARK.
lBy Telegraph 70 The Tribure- J

BY Telegraph % IRE IrfbuEs
Tuxedo Park. y. T., Jan Il Ideal winter
weather to-day favored the Tuxedo co,Orists for
their weekend entertainment Many came OUT
from town 70 stay at the clubhouse and the cot
te-es that still remain open entertained slests-
The winter sports attracted a large number anl
the, skating Tuxedo Lake today. the first %
the season. was enjoyed by many
\ large tcboggan slide has been erected al Tux
edo Lake and as soon as The ice permits VII b.
put in
\ series OF winter sports VIII be arranged by the
committee. for which silver cups win be offered
There Will also hockey matches durI2S rH7
winter and the usual matches al court tennis a1l
racquet at the Tuxedo Tennis and Racquet club.
which will open next week
Among those who are spenclns the winter at
Tuxedo are Mr. ard Mrs Frederick Foster Carey.
who are in their villa West Tuxedo baze Road:
NIr and Mrs. John 7. Harris. Mrs. John Murray
Mitchell Mr.. and Mrs Henry n Rogers. jr-. NJ
Ciurree. Mr.. and Mrs. NevboId Leroy Edgar. 9Ir-
and Mrs. Ebsu Richards. Mr. AID Mrs Frederick
\ snow ami 1Ir and Mrs j. Fred Pierson, jr.
Mr. and Mrs Pierre LoriIlard closed keewayci1
this week 20 spend the winter at Washington. and
Mr. and Mrs. W 3. Dius-u9-t VIII so abroad next
week for the winter
Mr.. and Mrs Richard Mortimer VIII keep their
villa open during the winter months. spending the
week-ends here.
Among the arrivals this week We're Mr. and Ms
Stuyvesant P-,iot. Mss Alice Preston Mr. and
Mrs I e. McKeeyer. NJ and EIrs- J. F Tanls.
Mr. and Mrs. W. u Y. Hoffman and Miss Tucker
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
LFrom The Tribune Bureau. ]


Washington Jan 1.-THE Ambassador fro m ltaly
and Baroness Mayor des Planches have issued n
vitations for a dinner party at the embassy on
February 3.
= Baroness HengelmuIer. who made the eVehiAe
reception in Washington a success, received a'
the Austro- Hungarian Embassy tc-night. between
10 and ~ o'clock number of prominent pe'S"u9
who we're earlier in the evening guests at dinner
parties. Mrs. Hubbard and Miss Oelrichs, OF Ne"
York, house guests the embassy, assisted the
baroness in receiving.
The Mexican Ambassador and Sonora CreeI'
who will leave Washington next Saturday tor
visit of three months in Mexico. are engaged ioI
almost every hour with social entertainment
Nine Chermont wife of the second secretary OF
the Brazilian Embassy, was hostess at luncheoh
to-day to Miss Nabuco. daughter OF the AmDas-
sador and Nine Nabuco. Miss Rdgely. Miss Car
iington Miss Sadie Murray Miss Noble. the Misses
Buetler, the Misses Pond and others were in tie
party.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
WEDDINGS.

West Point. y. Y Jan 1.-THE marriage OF
Second Lieutenant Herry Z. SJi.cheu. 81 United
States Cavalry and Miss Florence Braden. GaUgh-
ter Of Lieutenant Charles E-aden e. ;. !. lre-
tired. took Veoe here to-day in CuIiuu -Iesnorial
Church, ;he ceremony being performed by NIonsis
nor Charles c. O'Keefe.
The matcon Of honor was Mrs John T Davis. Ot
Washington. and the maid OF honor was Miss Jose
phine - Kelly. OF New Yo-k. Miss Ellen Dun
woody daughter Of Brigadier General Fl II. e..
Duuwoody, I. :. y rctiredl. cousin OF che
bridegroom, and Miss Ethel Allen. daughter %
Lieutenant Colonel ; 2. Allen Artillery Corps.
commanding officer at Fort WadSworth. New York.
acted bridesmaids. The best man Lieu
tenant Barnes.
Lieutenant Mitchell is an instructor at west
Point Eis father was General w g. Mitchell
who served many years on the stan Of General
Hancock.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
SOUTH CAROLINA BLOODGUTLTTNEss.

SelCOm if ever has more impressive indict-
ment of an American state for lawleSSnsss been
made than that which is brought against South
Carolina by correspondent of The Charleston
News and Courier" Its force is enhanced
by the fact that il is made not by some North
ern critic but by South CarOlinian in the
foremost paper of that state. and by the further
fact that il is made iii a particularly detailed
deliberate and matter-of-fact way The letter
10 the editor which contains it is not rhctor-
cal stump speech. If is dry. succinct state
ment of facts of record complied by Il careful
student of the subject in hand. after the manner
of n statistical table in a year book The
figures cover the last half of the year lust
ended from July / TO December 81. Here are
the salient features of the recital: Persons COM
mitting homicide. IJS. of whom 30 were white
80 colored and 3 unknown. Victims of homl-
eide 15S, OF whom 20 were white and 20 were
coored. Homcides committed with firearms
III. HOmicdes in prohibition counties. So in
dispensary counties. 76.
We must regret that one detail which would
have been interesting was not secured or stated
by the correspondent. That is, the number of
persons of one who were killed by persons
Of the same and the number killed by
those of the other race. That would Indicate
10 what extent this wholesale manslaughter
is due 10 racial animosities. But even in the
absence of positive information on that point
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

certain facts ara nretty obvious One is, as the
correspondent remarks, that these homicides
are not chiefly mere ''nigger Killings, since
Just half of the victims are white-proportioh
ately more than half, because only * per cent
of the inhabitants of the state are white. Also
we may he very sure that the white men killed
are not chiefly or even largely the victims OF ne
groes. for if such were the case there would
be a tremendous outbreak of reprisals. 1t seems
safe to assume therefore. that most of the
whites slain were victims of whites. ana vice
versa. Moreover. interesting as the missing ue
tails would he. and valuable as they wouid pe
from some points of view. they would nave no
bearing on the intrinsic morals OF the case
Under the Decalogue. the common law ana
statute law it is just as bad for man 10 XIII
. man of another race as one OF his own race.
The appalling fact is that murder is rampant
in South Carolina There is no longer any
cause for holding up some Of our hot blooded
naturalzed citizens. not even those belonging
to criminal societies. as being the worst offend
erS South Carolina is conspicuously a native
born commonwealth Her foreign born IN
habtants are nconsderabe fraction OF L
per cent. Yet of her 100000 native born white
inhabitants one is murdered and one commits
murder every three days or little less; and
of her whole population of. say, 1.30O.OOO, more
than 90 per cent native born. nearly one day
is done 10 death. 1t is TO he noted too' tl'fl
the great majority of trese homcides are
committed with firearms. chiefly pistols. car
ried with the express purpose. or at least the
expectation. of such use. There is no exaggera-
ton in saying as the correspondent does. of
such state of affairs that If tolerated much
longer it Wilt obviously muSt-reSuit in un-
told evil TO the state. 1t is not beyond bounds
TO add aS does The News and Courier that the
sin of South Carolina is bloodguiltiness and that
the state is stained with blood from the noun
tains to the sea. It is well that some clear.
brave voices are raised in that state against
It's awful sin. and we earnestly hope that they
will not prove to be voices crying. in an ire
sponSve Wilderness.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rrrom The Tribune Bureau.l

TTTnT0
- n The President held con-
sersnca this afternoon with Senator Knox over 'Ae
Senator's employers liability bill. sv,
Senator Taliaferro. of Florida escor'eu ~.
colleague. Senator William James brSan' -, -
White House this morning. The FIesi. :, the
was very glad indeed. to shake the Manu- - -
."Infant ., the senate. and invited Senator Bryan
to call upon him frequently ,rbo
Senator's Burkett and Brown OF Nepi se.rraI
are backing different candidates Tor 'ne tta
revenue coIIectorship of their state ihe' = 80
Pesident's office to-day and attenlp's" ~
to reach concurrence. 80, Con,
other callers at the White House included ser
ators Long Warner wetmore. Heyourn' oilI''i'
Burrows and Piles Representatives Foster an
dler BrownIow Smith. Kahn. Hayes. Keeoer ai,'
Bradley Leslie NJ Shaw, Charles H. scout
Iican National Committeeman from AidO"'i0'
bert Knox Smith Commissioner of Corporauoi''
and CAPTAIN Seth Bullock United States Marsfdl
for Dakota
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

The appointment by the President OF 1ane'
Francis Blawn. Of John ). Biawn' private
10Th Rattery United States Field Artillery as
a cadet 10 the West Point Military Academy 10
a lust recognition of and will give generai SAT
isfaction to the enlisted men. 1t Is also d
practical rebuke to those persons who nave e"
deavored to msrepresent the methods enpioyeu
in selecting principals and alternates Tor the
Military Academy 1t is to be hoped that
creditable academic record may be earned by
the son of the man behind the gun
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

Welcome indeed the letter from MI
Charles L. Thompson, secretary OF the Presoy-
terian Board of Home Missions stating tha'
the recent news dispatch from Asheville, n c.
was a Derversion of facts and that the board
did not reject Mr.. Roebngs offer fms estate
because of his political views. We rejoice that
our faith in human nature and the progress OF
the race is in no immediate danger CT being
shattered by the revival of the primitive ethics
which practical joker or an impecunious CORE
spondent announced by wire. This is an occa-
sion on which it is good to have been proved in
the wrong.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
~ TeIceraa1 - III TrIburg- !

- Baltimore. jan u--Nlrs- BasH Gordon. formerly
Miss Leila Sinclair Montague OF Virginia. was
married to-day TO Lieutenant Colonel CsorSe Bar
nett. United states marine corps Christ Church,
in which the ceremony took place. was dued With
guests from Washington. New York and Baltimore
Congressman John W. Wec's, OF Boston. attended
the bridegroom as best man. and the ushers. n
the fun uniform Of their rank wee colonel
laUcheimer and Major Charles NcCauley. Of ths
marine corps. and Commander y F, culver. COM
mander Donhaush and PIyolaster j. Quitman
Lowell. retired Of the navy Following tire cere-
moay there Was luncheon for four hundred
guests the brides home in Charles street
Colonel BasnctS viii sail from Saa Francisco sor
China on January 80. having been ordered TO
Peking 70 command the United States troops a
the American legation, His bride win join him n
China in the spring
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
than for all of them to be bound TO engage ~
universal war whenever disturbance occurs iii
any one of them.

Mulai Hafig has played his last card In MS
desperate game by proclaiming holy war a'
Fez. The result may be serious. or IL may nut
1t doubtless would be If all the Iaiiiiiu
sponded to the call. But 1t Is not at an GO
thar they viii do so. owen Glehoo"ei O
.cou snirits from the vastly deep" So he was
ant,v reminded could anybody. The question
was Would they come?
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

icy Telegraph t' TIE Tribune
Newport. r. l.. Jan. u.-GIr and Mrs PeulbrOks
Jones arrived from New York this morning %
make an Inspection OF their villa. which is near
ing completion.
short visit.
The Misses Alice and Caroline GrOsvenOr are
visiting in sNSew York They left Newport to-day
Dr. WiTiam e Bull arrived tonight spend
Sunday here.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

Baron Takahira who has been appointed Jap
onese Ambassador to America is well known
here in both New York and Washington through
his former diplomatic and consular services ana
all that is known of him is good He VIII De
welcome privately agreeable and estlfnaoie
man and publicly the representative OF
great and friendly nation.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
:se.p21rrIs Daily gaibn'tz:
SUNDAY. JANUARY l.. 1903,

This newspaper IS 03cncd aud pH0iS"eu oY
The Tribune Association. Aec 1oTH c''po u
f5o,, Office and principal place OF business IFio-
go RuiId;,o Ko. IJt NASSAU street. NctC York;
OGDEN Mills. president: Nathaniel Taffte. sec
,etoyy and treasurer. The address Of the on
Gers is the Office Of this newspaper
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
THE TALK or THE DAY.

Rheumatism being such a universal complaint
if Is hardly to be wondered at that there exists a
paper entirely for the benefit of rheumatic SUI
ferers This is published in Germany. and IN II
rheumatic patients discuss their symptoms ana ten
of anything that has proved relief to their pains
while medical men contribute articles 10 II on tle
different phases symptoms and species of rheuma-
tism and the progress which the cure OF rheu-
matism is steadily making. Needless to say most
rheumatic patients in Germany make a point oi
seeing this strange publication
What happened when you passed law against
The bookmakers got right to work making bets
or whether it would be enforced or not.'-Wash-
ington Star
consular report the control of outdoor ad-
vertising in Lima, Peru says: The munlclpahty
of Lima regulates all outdoor advertising within
the citv limits the respective tariffs covering all
classes of advertisements, by making 1t unlaWfui
to fix any advertisement or advertising matter on
the walls of houses, carts. moving VehlcIes OF any
kind or any structure except that placed on the
n,Infcpal billboards While the city owns and
controls the billboards it has found it more ad-
vantageous to sell the exclusive right to some
advertising firm. A certain fixed amount Is pald
bv ffs firm each month for the exclusive privilege
the contract running three years, and all adver-
Using must be done through this firm. The tariff
fixed nv the city makes price of about 80 cents
month for advertisements 36 by 20 inches ana
this size is the most generally used The con-
the city September l, 1884, IOr
the succeeding three years is with American
firm which has established office at Lima for
distributing samples and general advertising for
the city and the republic
Margaret (to young brother-coaXlngIyt-
Willie. you angel?
Willie-NOt if it's anything upsta1rs-Punch
In an article on Outdoor Sleeping and Living
in Country Life America for January, Dr.
Thomas MCAdam says: 1t costs about $50
screen a veranda large enough for family of
four The three grades of wire netting cost about
81 66 $40 30 and S24 IS, respectively, for roll 100
feet long and a yard wide. The first may last two
seasons and the second four. but the copper wire
is the only rustless and permanent thing. l would
never be satisfied with anything else. 1t is mad
single season. l would rather have mosquito net
ting if l couldn't afford copper. The of a
outfit winter sleeping in cold countries is about
$50 TO $50 including cot and mattress but if it
saves you $500 in doctor bills and adds immeas-
urably to your happiness you cannot afford to do
without it The main item is the three down
forters,swhich give maximum of warmth with
minimum of weight. that the limbs feel
oppressed Then you need woollen blanket the
width of your bed and twice its length. because
this is inclOse the comfOrters and protect the
feet from exposure
Manager-Now. TO the moral quality of the
piece, wish that TO be very conspicuous.
PlayWright-By its absence?
Manager-Oh, when it comes to mere details Of
eJhOd. we leave everything you, Of course. We
don't care how you manage it.-Puck.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

There were 10. 900 mourners at the funerai Vi
an East Side Yiddish poet Yet there are those
who think that the poet of to-day is man Will
ont an audience and without mission
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
A FAIR PROPOSITION.
From The BrookIvn raoIe

From The Brooklyn Eagle.
what he had to say about labor and injunctions
reaChed back to some of his decisions when
Judge IN Cincinnati and reached forward TO n
further judicial step which he Thought shouId he
facilitated to make law more timber than il is
now He believes in ipjunctions but he would
have another judge than the who grants them
pass on them when they are appealed from,
That sounds tair and that is fair within limits
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
'INsTRUCTED by COMMON SENSE
From The New York Globe.

The Secretary, instructed. usual by common
sense, brings home without unnecessary word
the truth that If all power is centred in a few
hands this power in all likelihood will be abused
TO the possible destruction of the Republic The
perturbed persons who have pretended to fear that
Secretary Taft is an excessive centralizer NAV
pluck up confidence. As o this fundamenftI
matter he IL eaner other mans vew-he
has definite ideas of his of which he is un-
ashamed, and which on all proper occasions he is
ready to
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
AN EFFECTIVE DEBATE
From rhe Rrooklyn Standard 1-rion

I1IUVhIyII NtdIIUiiIU INIOn.
1t is probably true Secretary Taft is not q great
orator, but he is undoubtedly what happens TO be
even more popular just nova taking and effective
debater. We have not had that class of public
speaker in the most prominent place before the
public since perhaps the time of Garfield but its
characteristics likely come into fashion
again