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New-York tribune., 1909-04-03
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.


Washington, April 2.-The President added two
more dates to his engagement list, wrote letter
indorsing the work of the National Industrial Peace
Association of San Francisco and received the In
tercollegate Civic League delegation in the East
Room his son Robert being a delegate to-day
The President will go TO Norwich. Conn., for the
2Oth anniversary celebration of the founding Of the
city on July 4. having accepted an invitation from
Winslow t. Williams and Edwin A. Tracy VINO
were introduced by Senators Brandegee and Bulke-
ley and Representative Higgins. Mr.. Taft also ac-
cepted an invitation this afternoon to attend
dinner be given in his honor early in May by the
Washington Board of Trade and Chamber OF COM
merce.
The Kansas bank guarantee law again a sub
ject of discussion to-day, Senator Bristow spend
ing some time with the President, and later IN the
afternoon Governor Stubbs took up the matter
with Mr.. Taft
senator Aldrich. before leaving Washington for
New York. where he will spend two or three days.
told the President that satisfactory progress was
being in framing the tariff BILL which, ne sau'
would be pushed through the Senate with niue
delay. He said he hoped to see the Dill ehdcteu "
June l.
The Secretary of War. after the Cabinet meeting
to-day said that lse would sail from charleston oi,
April 20 to inspect the Panama Canal ana eNpec'eu
to be away about three weeks
Senator Penrose called on the PRESIDENT TINS "
ternoon.
President Taft has issued orders for the erecuon
of a bandstand the Speedway on the odhhS u
the Potomac, where the Marine D0iiu
two hours twice a week beginning AQrll IA. rles
dent and Mrs. Taft expect TO attend all the coH
certs.
President Taft and General Edwards went morse
back riding this afternoon ao
Mrs Taft accompanied her son Charles anu nv
of his schoolboy friends to the lecture given 81 ~
Columbia Theatre this afternoon by Professor ->loo
ON Russia Robert AIphonso Taft, who arrived
here last night will remain at the Whits fi"uS
until after Easter. Miss Helen Taft VINO Is a.
school at Bryn Mawr, will come home next "esA
for her Easter vacation.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-03
THE T4yGLE THICKENS.

IT., si+io, ~ the Governors direct NOM
;,a+io,s bu was left by the Albany hearing in
this dilemma Either ii was trying 10 create
-,hlio sentiment against the bill by telling the
nuotic that it was unfit TO make its own hollllla
tions because il was ''mob 4: or II was uA
ing 10 make the people believe thhI the pi
foTorod the machines and the so-called bosses
through the machines and that the so-calleu
..hosses- were with singular unanimity against
II As matter of fact. the opposition grasped
ho+l, horns of this dilemma with much courage
b,,+ Iit+Ia discretion. Chairman Woodruff Is now
show ing il which horn toilet go of Having roo
much sense TO think there is anything To ne
gained by telling the public that it is mop
and unfit TO control nominations. he explains the
naradox that though the bill favors machines
and bosses" machines and bosses oppose the
bill. We quote from his explanation:
am sorry that did not take occasion on
"Wednesday TO answer the clerical gentleman
who asked this question at the hearing on the
TJinn7an-Green bill. 1t a question that
couId he answered. and that ought to have oeeh
answered ] would have asked the gentleman
and II surely ought to have appealed to him
as a clergvrnan-if he could not imagine men
actuated by any motive other than desire loI
personal advantage. even politicians Is 1t not
nossihle that the men who have come into lead
ership-or ''boss-ship" if you prefer-ln the re
publican party can be impelled by unop3eclioho on
able motives. by a desire Tor the "ehafe Oh 'he
people and Of the party?
That is the bill would tend to centralize
mower in the hands of the bosses or leaders
chairman Woodruff says that under the bill
favored by Governor Hughes the leaders of the
organization would certainly gain a greater
degree of control - but the leaders, or
bosses" if YOU prefer are averse TO having
this additional opportunity fer gaining power
This explanation is very credita bic to all the
political leaders of whom ii is true. and we
should be the last to suggest that any of them
who like Mr. Woodruff. are opposing the Gov
ernor's bill because they think it would put
too much power in their hands are not actuated
by the loftiest public motives and conSidera-
tions. But we fail to see how Mr.. Woodruff
hoDes TO beat the bill by convincing the people
that the leaders. or BOSSES" as ii is now the
fashion to call some of them are animated by
such splendid public spirit. If the leaders and
bosses" are so animated. obviously ii will he
TO the peoples interest TO give them more, not
less. power. And if the Governors bill will give
them this additional power, then the public will
demand the Governors bill louder than ever.
Mr WOodruff's necessary course of argument,
starting from his premise that the political
leaders are actuated by. lofty principles and
credita BILE ambitions would appear to be: This
bill would take power away from them; there
fore this is bad bill.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-03
TEN COMMANDMENTS REVISED.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: In your issue of to-day I read with sur
prise the statement of DR.. Farr in relation 10 the
proposed amendments to the excise law, and ihe
question he puts Gas if unanswerabe) : May ask
how long trial must be made of the law before
its impracticability would be demonstrated: From
his boyhood up Dr. Farr attended the Fourth Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church in this city, where on the
reredOs back of the pulpit appeared the Ten COM
mandments; and these were also repeated oy tl9
pastor and congregation every Sabbath l tnere-
fore think strange that he has forgotten the COM
mandment Remember the Sabbath day 70 keep !"
holy fails realize that It is still the law OF
God Who knew from the beginning all that Is no"
known about it's 'impracticability, and that u's
'long trial. must last until the Almighty repeaS 'h
law or amends IL so 70 read Remember ul.
Sa abbath day to keep It holy, except between anu
II p m
In fact. the desire to amend Gods laws Hlsat -
well (to agitatiOn) go further and aDi
TO each of the commandments. Thou shalt hO1
commit adultery Thou shalt not steal and Ih0-
shalt not kill" the qualification except between
and II u. m" for the reason that. although en-
acted upward of three thousand years ago. II as
pears to be 'impracticable' enforce any OF them
perfectly. NJ :
New York March 81. 1909
New-York tribune., 1909-04-03
About People and Social Incidents

the Congressional Club tea this afternoon. and
talked to the members the work of the Ma
tonaI Red Cross. and especially the relief afforded
in Messina. Mrs James Breck Perkins. the presI-
dent was assisted in receiving by Mrs. Robert J.
Gamble of South Dakota; Mrs. Robert L. Taylor
of Tennessee; Mrs. John Hull, Of Iowa. and Mrs
Benjamin Johnston. of Kentucky. while Mrs. Frank
o. Lowden OF Illinois, and Mrs Louis Coolidge
poured tea.
Colonel Baron de Bode and Baroness Elizabeth
de Bode entertained at dinner tonight in honor OF
the Russian Ambassador. Those invited to meet
him were Major General Bell. Brigadier General
and Mrs WotherspOOn. Brigadier General and Mrs
Darlington. Miss Darlington. Colonel and Mrs
Robert X Evans. Captain and Mrs Sturges, Miss
Treat, Miss Mcclellan, Miss Hagner, Prince Kou-
dacheff and Commander NebOlsIne-
Ex-Governor Ide and Mrs. Ice aad guests az
dinner tonight Brigadier General and Mrs CIar-
ence r. Edwards, Mr. and Mrs SeaweH. OF New
Haven; Judge and Mrs Hatch Mrs BOurke Cock
ran, Mrs Hooker, Senator Warren. Commands
Davis and Commissioner Benito LegGrdo.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-03
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

From The Tribune Bureau.I
y1-asb;rgton April THE Vce-Presdent anu
,,a,,, ,are the guests at dinner tonight OF
senator and Mrs Lodge who invited large com
many from official society to meet them
The Secretary of War was entertained at olIHeL
c., CI,,.er Others in the party were the German
Ambassador and Countess Won Bernstorh' justice
and Mrs Holmes Senator and Mrs Depe"' , oelid-
tor du Pont Representative and Mrs James D,eoA
Perkins the Assistant Secretary Of state ana Nrs'
IIti,a.or wilson Mrs Sheridan, Mrs Bacon
and Rear Admiral Brownson- 49,.
ex-senator and Mrs. Dryden entertained ,ne
Postmaster General at dinner tonight. Ihel ''Is
Guests we're Baron and Baroness Iakahra, '"e
s,,t. ,f,ristAr and Nine de Lagercrantz, Sena-
tor and Mrs Flint Representative and MIS- FHcI,-
ard Wavne Parker. Representative and MIS-. ram
O. Iowden. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lahslls, III
Mrs Thomas Hunt. Mr. and Mrs w r OLI'iS'
Me- p Henderson, Miss Mabel Boardman' Rear
Admiral Kenny and Mr.. and Mrs kusef.
Miss Mabel Boardman was the guest OF ho"oi a.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-03
CONCEALED WEAPONS.

II is admitted that the habit of carrying con
cealcd weapons is factor of great Importance
in multiplying crimes of violence. Many muir
ders and murderous assaults would never have
been committed had the perpetrators of them
not been tempted by the possession of a
weapon 10 yield to the homcidal impulse. The
man who carries revolver does II either from
fear or from criminal propensity, and the
slightest excitement tends to make him con
slider the possibility of using his fifearm as
a means of aggression self-defence He is
psychologically speaking a potential law
breaker, having committed homicide in his
imagination many times before he commits it in
fact.
1t is in the interest of public order and safety
that the carrying of weapons should be re-
stricted, and that the carriers should be regis
tered if possible. for Identification. bill in
troduced in the Assembly at the suggestion of
Police Commissioner Bingham seems to offer
needed protection to the public 1t requires
manufacturers of pistols and dealers who sell
them at retail to keep records of the weapons
sold and the names and addresses of pur-
chasers. and to fle such records with the police
departments in cities or with the sherffs Of
counties. The peace authorities in anv CITY or
county would thus be enabled to know who
owned weapons and TO trace the ownership of ii
pistol with which a crime had been committed.
General Bingham cites the finding of the pistol
with which Lieutenant Petrosino was assassi-
mated in Palermo as an instance of what often
happens in murder cases. The pistol under
present conditions. offers no clew But If a com
plete record of weapons and owners had been
kept it might be possible to trace the owner
ship of the weapon and possibly TO uncover in
formation pointing to the identity of the muir
derer The pistol carrier is menace TO the
community. and steps should be taken TO re-
strict his opportunities to carry pistol without
the knowledge and consent of the police au-
thoritieS.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-03
APPEAL FOR CHELSEA OLD CHURCH
English Structure of Historical Memories in
Need of Repairs.

To The Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: VIII YOU allow appeal in your columns
on behalf Of the fabric of Chelsea Old Church2
AS many are aware. this Is OF the few
naming pre-Reformation churches in London, and
has further interest in the memories Of Henry
VII Queen Elizabeth. Sir Thomas More, the
Dacres GOrges, Laawrences. Cheynes, Sir Hans
Sloane, and many other historic persOnaSes-
a survey of the church has recently been made.
and we are glad 10 state that the walls and tower
are sound and in excellent condition One roof.
however. needs attention, and the pavement $
insecure there being several settlements owing u
the interments beneath, and in parts there Is no
paving at all. The heating apparatus is worn out
and inadequate; and the little vestry Quilt hfty
years ago. is falling down The churchyard and
railngs are In a very bad state
To repair the above and some minor damage
done 10 the church by a less careful age, We re-
quire the sum OF f210. of which $500 viii be
spent on the vestry, to be erected memorial 10
the late Rev r. H Davies, VI. A, who mnistered
here for dfty-three years
The most reverent Will be taken OF the
antiquities and the appearance Of the church
which we value highly, and We ask for the
support of all who interested in Chelsea; N
fact Of all who take any interest in the ancient
and historical
consented TO act as treasurer. TO whom should be
all contributions. checks, etc. being crossed
PARIS Bank account Chelsea Old Church Re
pairs Fund" s P. I. PRlDEAUA
London March a 1853 Curate In charss.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-03
TAKE YOUR CHOICE.

Our former neighbor. The New York Times" ="
seems at this writing to think the Payne tariff
bill very vicious piece of legislation. It's att-
tude toward that exhibition of viciousness re
verses. however. the customary attitude Of frail
humanity toward things vicious as described by
Alexander Pope. Pope wrote;
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien
AS TO be hated needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face.
We first endure, then pity then embrace.
Our contemporary first embraced. then pitied
and with difficulty endure the Payne
tariff bill. When that measure was reported
The Times did not think 1t an abomination of
denominations On the contrary, on March is it
pronounced this cordial eulogy on the work u
the House Ways and Means Committee:
It is more reasonable bill than any that has
ever originated with the party of protection. It
is the very opposite OF the Mckinley bill and
the Dingley bill and. far be
Judged. it is q much better bill than was sent
TO the Senate in 1888 on the basis of the tariff
commissions report of that year But
the significant and profoundly encouraging fact
remains that sound principles have been, in i
practical manner and 20 an effective degree.
recognized by a Republican committee, and
will. hope without impairment. be recog-
nized by Congress.
Since then The Timess" feelings have under
gone violent change. II said yesterday:
1t is not going too far to pronounce the Payne
bill dishonest because prepared in performance
of pledge to reduce duties, II has with care
and cunning been drawn in such way to
raise them. In this respect its bad erninenCe
surpasseS any previous tariff bill. II is more
disappointing TO expectation than the commits
sion bill of 1883. il is than the Mckinley
bill which brought down upon the Republican
party the resentment OF the people II adds
new eXtOrticns to those practised under the
Dingley act II disregards alike the needs of
the Treasury and the demands Of the people.
Il is not bill it stands. that President
Taft could sign without a complete abandon
ment of the principles TO which he has COM
mitted himself.
On March Is our former neighbor wanted the
Payne bill passed as 1t stood. without impair,
ment." Now it seems to regard impairment"
and plenty of it, as the pest thing which could
possibly happen to the bill
1t is hard TO follow critic who unsays one
week what he has said the week before. and who
finds measure at once the best and the worst
piece of tariff legislation ever prepared by the
party of protection" We have called attention
TO the divisions in the Democratic minority in
Congress over the tariff question. Nearly every
Democratic Representative seems to be of n diff
ferent mind in regard TO the value of the Payne
bill Yet no one Of them far has been Of two
different minds. The Times as a tariff critic
has Champ Clark and his amusing followers
beaten several miles
New-York tribune., 1909-04-03
WOULD ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

To the Editor of The Tribune -,
Sir: l see that Governor Curry has TeeonfheiiHe
the Legislature that capital punishment = =
abolished in New Mexico. the ground thaI
is only the poor and friendless who need ~ na
any fear of the death penalty. as those VINO IA
money and influential friends have little or HO :.
ing to fear from the scaffOld or the electric eha
This scathing reflection upon existing conoi'io
looks at first sight like tTavesty on hun-
nature but on giving it a second thought doe'
not seem only too true? But. whether t'u0
not there can be question in any mrs -
mind that the death penalty ought to De a0oii
everywhere II is a disgrace to civilization an .ss
cruel mockery of Christianity. There IS ho' -
slightest excuse for its retention on our 80
books for II has been abundanty denloIs'- -,
both in America and Europe that capil4i -,
ishment is deterrent of murder 10 any -
precable extent. Some very Respectable 4U'- \,
ties assert their belief that IT has tenoel.s ,,
agsravate ratLsr than diminish rhe muIl. m-s.
passion. W. u DAN0
New York. March 81. 1903.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-03
THE FR4ycHIsE ASSESSMENTS.

The total assessed valuation of franchises in
this city shows slight falling of this year,
due, say the dispatches. 10 certain court de
lions Of the Consolidated Gas Company's fran
CHS and in those Of the Brooklyn Union Gas
Company These changes are the consequence
of the S0-cent gas law. more precisely. OF the
decision of the United States Supreme Court
upholding that statute But nothing appears
regarding the method lay which the new figures
in these two cases. or the old figures in the
others. IN this enormous total valuation of S474-
ooo,oUA are reached And if any general prin-
ciple underlay the Supreme Courts decision in
the gas case it is not applied TO the other valua-
tions. for they stand practically unchanged
though that is cut from more than S3oO00,Oo
10 SI.7Sloeo if the figure announced in the
tentative ssessIneIlt has been adhered to-
But the adoption of that figure. S7.TSI. COG.
throws no light upon the method by which
valuations reached Indeed. that assess
ment Itself seems perfectly arbitrary II is said
10 have been chosen in conformity with the Su-
prenle Court : decision. But the Supreme Court
did not SLY thar the franchises uf the gas com
pany were worth S7.7Sl.0t1. The court said
that WIS the value Of the franchises at the
time Of consolidation in 1884 but that the mo
nlent immunity from regulation ceased the
great value Of The franchise would be at once
s.a;d unfavorably affected but now much so il Is
mot possible for IL now 10 see" The lower
court had taken s7.1sl.OO0 rs a basis and mad
argued that franchises haG Increased in value
since 1884. me supreme Court said that '.the
value would most certainly not Increase" That
= as all the Supreme Court decided regarding
the salue of the franchises, namely, that it was
New-York tribune., 1909-04-03

Chose. editor of the "Amrita Bazar Patrlha ,
Mr. Banerjee, who once got hlmsef Go"lieu
king of BengaI"; Mr.. Mitter. formerly JUS
flee of the High Court Of Bengal. and Mr.
Mookeriee (no relation of Mr.. Kiplings Hurree
ChunderJ justice of that court These are al
men of light and leading. and they all insist
that no reforms will be satisfactory wIlch 90
not give the Hindus entire control OF INDIA
to the practical exclusion alike of the BRUSH
and of native Mahometans That LORD Nor
Ieys policy Will concilate these agitators is
probably TOO much to expect The best that
can be hoped is that it will not too greatly en-
courage or give opportunity 10 their sedltious
activities
New-York tribune., 1909-04-03
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
- reieeraph t6 nc Trthune. I

LBy Telegraph 20 The Tribune
Newport, April 2.-Mr. and Mrs. George Gordon
King who are in Bermuda, have sent orders to
Newport to have their summer home prepared for
occupancy by April %
Mr. and Mrs. Mex. Twombly and Miss Ruta
Twombly. who have been in Newport for the last
few days will depart tomorrow for New York
Decorators are still engaged at vinland and the
work is being pushed so that the Twornblys may
occupy the estate the latter part OF the season.
The early part of the they will spend abroad
Mr. and Mrs. George l. Rives are expected on
Tuesday TO inspect their estate.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-03
PRINCETON ALUMNI TO HONOR MAYOR.

An alumni dinner under the auspices of the
Princeton Club of New York I'm honor of Mayor
Mcclellan Sc, will be held Tuesday evening,
April 90 at the Waldorf. John L. Cadwalader will
preside and addresses will be made by Mayor Nc
Clellan, Judge George Gray Of Delaware Attorney
General Edmund Wilson of New Jersey and Wood
row Wilson president of Princeton University.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-03

had been supposed A recent estimate puts
the amount OF marketable fuel OF sood quallty
which is available in that region at 4o'ooo'VVV'-
600 tons, or from ninety to a hundred times the
total annual output of the mines in the United
States second report says that the sale OF
anthracite "culm' from this country IN cana
dian cities along the st. Lawrence is DISTURBING
the producers of soft coal in Nova Scotia from
a third report it appears that Swansea Whlcn
is in the very heart of the Welsh anthracite
field is making great efforts to dispose OF her
product in Canada. Cuba and even the Atianuc
ports of the United States The last two OF
these reports make ii evident that the dulness
in the home demand is inspiring the mine own
ers both in this country and Wales to find new
markets
New-York tribune., 1909-04-03
Iesp7lnrls DAILY gribn1te.
SATURDAY, APRIL 5. 1909.

This newspaper is oirned and pnohSRea oy
The Tribune Association, Ae1o YORK corD'Fd-
ton: Office and principal place oJ business
Tribune Building. No f54 Nassau street Nco
York: ogden MjIIs. president; James H. Bar
rett. secretary and treasurer. The address oJ
the officers is the office of this newspaper.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-03
THE oPPosIT1oN's ARGUMENT.
-, rho yV,tartown Times


The argument in opposition to the direct prima-
ries bill as before the Ilegisativel commit
tee all consisted iii the statement that II would
give greater power To political bosses This argu
nent is those who the political bosses.
and II surprising that the people wonder
what they are opposing il for. they assert that
II is in their interest Their position is paradoxcal
one and 1t needs explanation before the people gen.
orally will accept their arguments.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-03
THE CABINET.

[From The Tribune Bureau.I
Washington. April 2.-'The Secretary OF war naS
hts SON Jacob NJ. Dickinson, jr, a 1ale S'uue''''
staving with him in his Easter vacauoh'
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs meyer arc
ari,e, IN change their residence 10 the Morgan
house in Scott Circle. Miss McCook OF New hoiN,
who was their guest for several days has returreu
70 her home.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-03
IN SHORT.


From The Rochester Union ana +AuNeIlSei.
In short, this is a question in the settlement OF
which the people, the voters in whose hands an
fill the offices should reside, are opposed
To the manipuIators OF the nominating ulacnlilerE
The latter would find their occupation gone II tley
couId frame up all nominations before ttey
are made The power 20 do that, as it exists under
the present system, is the very breath oil thelr
New-York tribune., 1909-04-03
DID YOU EVER?
From The Utica Press. =

If is odd isn't it, that the practical politicians
and the political bosses should urge as the prin-
cipal objection against this bill that it will in
crease bosssm and give the leaders more power
than they have at present? Did you ever see a
mser that objected to getting mora gold? You will
see one lust as quickly YOU Will ever see po-
Iitical boss doing anything to prevent his getting
more nnlitical power.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-03

Several statements relative to tbs coal in
dustry are contained in the Daily Consular
and Trade Reports for March %. One indi-
Gates that the deposits the slopes of the
Canadian Rockies are greater in extent than
New-York tribune., 1909-04-03

Emperor William shrewdly insisted last year
that the ability of Count ZeppeIin's airship 10
reascend after landing should he demonstrated
before the Wurtemburger's machine was paid
for. What does he think Of an airship which
has Just shown that it cannot always come
down safely when It's pilot wishes. and must
hind time?
New-York tribune., 1909-04-03

The beginning of this month marks a new and
better era in Georgia. with the inhuman convict
lease system abolished. The result will be the
opening Of about fifteen hundred places for free
labor instead of felon slaves, the employment: OF
the convicts the roads and other public
works, and an immeasurable gain for human
.ity, dccency and justice.