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New-York tribune., 1909-06-01
INTENSE PUBLIC FEELING"

Counsel for Darragb last week, in making
q final earnest but happily Intellectual effort to
save him from the consequences Of his crime
implored the jury not to be Influenced in reach
ing verdict by the intense public feeling ex-
isting against automobile speeders." Similar
admonitiOns are often given to juries, particu-
larly in cases, like that Of Darragh, of eXcep-
tiOnaIly fragrant and atrOcious crimes, such as
are calculated 10 arouse strong sentiments of
horror and reprobation. It is not uniting
that they should be given, for of course jury
should be Influenced solely by the evidence,
and not by public feeling or by popular out
cry The intimation which is sometimes coupled
with that caution, however, that "intense pub
lie feeling" is uncalled-for and improper
thing, which should be regarded with aversion,
is not TO be approved.
The fact is, on the contrary. that intense
public feeling on some such matters is in
evitabe and its non-existence would be lam
entable and omnOus. We should be sorry,
indeed. to a day in which there was not
intense public feeling against murderers, in
cendiaries and all perpetrators of abominabe
crimes In the present case there seems TO be
as good reason for such righteous anmosity
against automobile speeders as against any
other class of dangerous criminals. We should
not he surprised to learn that automobile
speeding in the streets of New York had been
three years than arson; and we are not sure
that the callOus and cynical contempt for hui
man life which some of these speeders show
does not evince much depra witty of mind
do the passions of avarice ahd revenge which
are the commonest incentives 10 arson
1t on Friday that Darragh right
eously convicted of manslaJghter II might
have been hoped that the example thus set
would prove deterrent to similar crimes at
least for time. But only two days later on
Sunday. two scorching scoundrels at Bath
Beach committed almost exactly the same act.
though 1t is hoped, not with fatal result and
in precisely che same cowardly and law-break-
ing manner hurried away 10 avoid recognition.
needless Of the fate of their victim On Satur-
day night. too. at New Rochelle what may
prove TO be manslaughter was committed 10y
couple of lawbreaking autOmobilistS. Almost
every day. indeed there are records of such
doings. while The number of minor accidents
and the cases of Inconvenience. discomfort and
alarm which similarly caused are beyond
computation.
Under such circumstances there is reason for
intense public feeling" There Is necessity for
II, IT we are not to be set down as a COM
munity OF Yahoos. 1t should not. of course HAS
New-York tribune., 1909-06-01

at work for the last four or five years IL Wouid
be possible now TO obtain ample data for use III
applying the protective principle sclentlhcdhs
and equitaby. Such, commission Wouiu nave
got together material TO show cost OF produc-
ton abroad and cost of production here, ana ihe
leyving of a rate would become simple matter
Those demanding what seemed to he undue pro
lection would be obliged to furnish Speclhc
proofs. whereas they now deal only in generali-
ties. There can be no doubt that the COST Oh
the labor element in production has risen here
in the last twelve years Yet the rise has been
= worldwide one. and it is not improbable that
labor cost has increased relatively more in Ger
MANY than in the United States for, among
other things the German government has added
large mart of the cost of accident insurance
ana retirement pensions to workmen TO the cost
Of production. The nation has now become thor
ougbIv nrotectionist in sentiment. and the tariit
issue, is no longer a party issue. 1t is time
therefore To drop the crude political methods OF
tbe mast in tariff legislation and 10 attack the
rroblem scientifically. The country wants a
tariff based on the most thorough knowledge or
conditions here and abroad, its rates represent
ing an exactly measured differential in cost of
TrOductiOn.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-01
THE COST DTFFERENTTAL.

The inherent defects OF the present method Of
making tariffs were strikingly illustrated in Il
discussion which arose in the Senate last SatUr-
day over the relevancy and value of a report
transmitted by the German government, and in
tended 10 show the cost of production in Ger
many Of certain articles against which this coun-
try lays protective duties. Some Senators spoke
of the informatio forwarded as if they ccnsid-
cred il an unwelcoIne contribution to the Sen
ate's stock Of knowledge That attitude, we
think. was unfortunate; for any authentic in
formation 4 subject 50 difficult and confused
es the differentiaI in cost Of production here
snd abroad ought 70 be thankfully received and
seriously considered, due allowance being made.
Of course. for the possible desire Of those who
offer it 10 prove case in their own interest.
Il has been demonstrated again and again in
the debate in the Senate that there are no data
available showing with any accuracy the differ
eatial IN cost of production here and abroad on
articles on which il is desired 10 give the do
mestic producer reasonable protection. The
trainers Of the present tariff bill have had to
take the inadequate information at hand and
guess more CT less at the proper rates. The Sen
ate has adopted the neral policy of sticking as
closely as possible 10 the margins accepted in
the Dingley iaw. ignoring IN great part the enor-
nous changes in industrial and commercial con
ditons, both here and abroad. which have oc-
CURED within the last twelve years. The iusti-
fcation Of that policy is that so long as accurate
Information is lacking il is hopeless TO try 10
carry cut the mandate Of the Republican ma
fional platform Of 1908 and levy duties which
shall accurately measure the real need of pro-
tection- The Senate leaders evidently hold that
i is better, the situation being 50 beclouded, 10
keep rates too high than 10 run the risk of
making them too low. Yet there is no good rea-
son for processing that the rates now being re
arranged are based On sufficient knowledge. or
for exhibiting inpstieace at the offer of cost
estimates from Germany or any other foreign
counfrF.
The need Of the hour is the creation of tariff
commission which would supply the criteria now
lacking. If We had had competent commission
New-York tribune., 1909-06-01
THE NEK ZEPPELIN AIRSHLP.

In Judging the latest aeronautic performance
of Count Zeppelin it is necessary TO CONSIDER
ONLY that part of the voyage which preceded MS
descent on Monday morning near Stuttgart 10
obtain new supplies Of gasolene and water oh
the assumption that he came down at . o clock'
or shortly before, he had been in the air con
tinuousy about thirty-five hours Bitterfeld'
near which he started his return last sun
day evening. is in a direct line only three hum
dred miles from his point of departure dried
richshafenl but as the course which he followed
was circuitous. the distance travelled on the
outward Journey may have been three hundred
and fifty or four hundred miles. Between Bit
terfeld and Stuttgart the interval is two hun
dred and twenty miles, and the count may
have made two hundred and fifty Of it y gen
erous estimate, therefore, indicates that ne
covered n distance of six hundred miles or more
though the report which credits him with seven
hundred miles is evidently unwarranted
If in point of endurance, the airship which
has lust received its first public test has made
new record the result IS nevertheless, in
several respects disappointing The speed de
veloped was a trlfe less than twenty miles an
hour \ little time was wasted in manpuvring.
no doubt but hardly enough 10 alter the result
materially. To what extent the wind hinderel
Count Zeppelin does not clearly appear. bur his
progress for the first twenty-one hours and a
back from the vicinity of BitterfelD was at
practically the same rate for the next thlr-
teen and a half hours. If the wind delayed
him in the one case, il should have helped him
in the other. As it did not. the wind may be
left ont of the calculation altogether. Last year
the count several times attained a speed closely
approaching thirty miles an hour. The new
airshlp then, is apparently much slower than
its immediate predecessor
This may be the explanation Of the failure to
proceed 10 Berlin. which is seventy or seventy
five miles from Bitterfeld, -Four or five hours
more would have been required TO reach the
capital and II would have been nearly quite
midnight before the Kaiser could have caught
a glimpse of the strange visitor H. might nave
regarded persistence in the attempt 10 reach
Berlin as a higher compliment than an uncere-
moniOus abandonment OF the programme. but
he probably realizes more than ever the
difficulty OF running an airship on schedule
time while the incident at Goeppergen cannot
fail to illustrate still further the uncertainty
that attends aerial voyages in a vehicle like
in
New-York tribune., 1909-06-01
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

IBy Telegraph TO The Tri5uneI
Newport May 31.-A number OF season =
rivals are expected during the present week Tns5
include Miss Martha c. Goldman Mr. and Mrs
Arnold Hague. OF Washington: Mr.. and Mrs g
NJ Hutton. OF Baltimore: Mr. and Mrs. PembruAa
Jones and Miss Sadie Jones. OF New Tork. sni
Mrs. Hermann OeIrichs and Mr. and Mrs Eiisai
Dyer
William C. Rocker Il registered az the Ne"70''
Casino.
The renovation OF Marble House has been CON
pIeted for Mrs. O. H P. Belmont, who Is expsct'i
from Europe soon
Miss Nable Norman has returned from aoroAa
Mr. and Mrs II. \. c. Taylor le1t to-dAs !"
Vow, YorI, on the yacht Wanderer-
The Newport Golf Club viii open for tne seA'"
Mrs Reginald c. Vanderbilt has gone TO S''
York ,. :, .-or
II is understood here that Miss Caroline y 't0. !,
,.sror daughter Of Mrs. William GrcsVenOi' !, =
providence. is engaged 10 Morris Cons''-
Providence -. o., Nsw
Mr. and Mrs Henry c. McVickar lei' i''
York to-day. - -,.,,nx Mr
-, ,1re Henry Redmond. has returned "
York. ,-.,-,+t ,r-fved iuf
the season to-day -. r,.it viii
Arthur T. Kemp has concluded Ms -.+rr1sd
colonel and Mrs. c l. F. Robinson a'-
to New York - mother SIr<
Miss Dorothea Kane has Joined nel
v-f,l,arn f. GIyn. for the season vorE
15spenard Stewart has returned rom
New-York tribune., 1909-06-01
THE CABINET.
From The Tribune B1reaul ]

From The Tribune BIreaul
Washington May 31.-The Secretary OF State
has returned from Pittsburg where he went on sat
urday.
The Secretary of War and Mrs. Dickinson acteu
as escorts for Miss Helen Taft her visit TO eIet
tysburG to-day. They left here early this morning
and were accompanied by the Assistant SecretdiS
of War and Mrs. Oliver. Major General Bell Brlsa-
dier General Crozier BrgGdier General HAN bFlsd
der General Marshall, Brigadier General EdWaruS'
Brgadier General Young, Brigadier General "olh-
erspoon Lieutenant General Young, Lieutenant 0eh-
eral John c. Bates. Brigader General WILCOX
Brgadier General Whipple. BrSadier General MIL
ler Brgadier General Abbott. BTigadier Geherai
Roberts, Brigadfer General Dunwoodie, Brlsauler
General Coates BrgadieT General Humphrey
Brigadier General Sanger. Brigadier General PaTNe
Brgadier General G. w. Davis. Brigadier Genera
Bowman, Brigadier General Craigte, 8rigadier Cen
eral Merriam, Brigadier General Smith, Brigadl-r
General Butler Colonel Robinson. C"ionel koerper'
Lieutenant Colonel Casey, Lieutenant colonel fu-
ger Lieutenant Colonel Abbott. Captain Lay Lieu
tenant Colonel ScantIing. Major Downey. MAJOR
Webster Major Foote Lieutenant Commander BUT
rage Captain Rowland Captain Weirick, Rear Ad-
uiraI Stevens Major Squires. Major Tyler. MAJOR
LOefffer Lieutenant Snow and Lieutenant Smith
Several of the officers accompanied by their
wives.
The Secretary OF the Navy entertained twenty
guests at luncheon to-day in honor Of Vice-Admral
Uriu of Japan
New-York tribune., 1909-06-01
THE MAJESTY OF LAW"
Henry Watterson. in tt

Henry Watterson in The Louisville Courier Journal
Tho action Of the Supreme Court in deciding IN
ior contempt of court because Of their participaI
ton IN or tolerance OF ynchng ought TO he saII,-
tarily impressive. The dissent OF three of Tho Is
tces of the supreme bench does not affect the
authorlty OF the decision Despite that dissent the
defendants are hnally and coucusiveIy guilty of
contempt OF court and whatever may be Thought
by some or the Justices or others to the contrary
must undergo punishment.
However old and infirm the defendant Shipp may
be- however mawklSh a wave of emotionalisU NAV
nave been started by the Supreme Courts decision
all the clrculns tances make the Supreme Court :
action a fine exhibition of the majesty OF law II
every other officer of law who If he does NOT
actually connive at lawlcssness, does not oDenII-
resist 1t to the best of his ability were punished
somehow ana every other mob found its members
ceught by the courts the atmosphere of the country
would ne more sdlutnry, law would be more widely
respected ana civilization would have a surer
growth.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-01

the adminstrat ton of justice, and it certain!
should not manifest itself in counter violence
against the objects of its wrath. But there
should be- and we trust sincerely that there
will be- aroused and maintained IN intense
public feeling" which will insist upon an ill-
partial and unfaltering administration OF Jus
tice upon all who are guilty of manslaushtel'
whether the implements of their crimes p0
nistoIs or automobiles: which will support the
courts in the rendering of such judgments as
thar of last week and which will hold the
..speedinr automobIist' who recklessiy end}h-
gers the lives and limbs Of others as the delest-
able criminal which he is. Such manifestations
of such feeling will show that we are sun
civilized and humane.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-01
TABLET FOR OLD POST ROAD.
New Rochelle Commentaries First Mail
Route 'Twixt New York and Boston

In connection with the 2O0th anniversary cele-
bration of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church.
New Rochelle. n bronze tablet unveiled yes
terday at Huguenot street and Boston Post Road to
mark the first mail route from New York to
Boston. II is the gift of HuguenOt Chapter.
Daughters of the Revolution and is fastened to a
block OF granite. the gift OF Mayor Raymond
The Rev. DIR, Charles F. Canedy. rector of Trinity
Church. made the presentation speech and the
Mayor replied The inscription says:
This tablet is erected to mark the old Post Road
extending from New York to Boston. originally
an Indian trail. opened by Royal Commission in
1872. and known in Colonial times : the Kings
Highway. That portion extending through our
city, called Huguenot street. was the site Of
the first church. school, tavern and dwellings of
the ancient village of New Rochelle over this
road Paul Revere carried the of the battle
of Lexington, anc over IL General Washington
FASTENED TO take command of the American army
at Cambridge in 1775.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-01
JoTrINes FROM TUXEDO e.sx
tBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune.1

GBy Telegraph 10 The TrbuneI
Tuxedo Park, n. Y. May 31-IdeaI wss,s.-
vOred the colOnists for their holiday entert.,,.-
at Tuxedo to-day. Large crowds OF we'll -
peop.s Journeyed to the park in autornobus. ~.
those who came out Saturday rennain.s -
A series Of entertainments were In prox-s.. :,
Guiding many large IuncheOns, and the Dtp,,.-.
cup attracted a large audience to the gof Hnk,
Mr. and Mrs. W. 2. Hamilton. who have ousnss
their villa at Steylington. over to luncheon an
the clubhouse and Mr.. and Mrs F. .. Undervooa
and marty arrived in their sutO.
Other late arrivals were Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Alexander Charles E Samson. Major 2 Bentlsy
Mott Mr. and Mrs. F. ". Sankey, Nss Water.
burv. Mr.. and Mrs E. Webb. Mrs A. Fl Sampson
Miss Sampson Joseph Pulitzer. IT.. J. H. Alexaa.
dre jr and others.
Mr. and Mrs GOodhue Livingston have arrived
~ the Winter Club and Mr.. and Mrs Adam q
>-ta at their villa other late cottagers M
- Mrs. NJ C. Barnweu, Mr.. and Mrs A D.
T,,Ut,ard Mr. and Mrs John S Rogers and NJ
-, Mrs Alfred Bishop Mason
rho annual horse show at TUXEDO viii take plaza
- re 1s and 10. Pierre LOTillard. r., ia see-s-
- a,d the committee expects larger number q
a-+-tes than In former years as the eolonists ars
-, Increased interest in the horse this ys3s
New-York tribune., 1909-06-01
COLONIAL FORECASTS RECALLED.

The proposals of Australia and other British
colonies to contribute bGttleships TO the Brit
ish navy are commonly regarded as novel. In
fact they were more or less directly forecast
many years back. Thus, half century more
ago Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, speaking IN
London to representatives of the two three
struggling colonies which were then settled on
the shores OF Australia limited at the possibility
of a similar performance an imposing scale.
The time might come he said when those
new colonies would become great states and
nations, and when instead of the single armed
steamer for which even then the colony OF
Victoria was paying there would he in Austral-
ian harbors forests of masts and the colony
would have in its waters navy of its own. 1t
might also happen that Great Britain would
then be in danger from the allied powers of
the Continent. IF that day should arrive" ne
continued. Il believe that her children will not
'be unmindful of the tie which binds them to
their dear mother and that 10 her rescue
across the wide vessels will come
'thick and fast, among which there will he
heard but one voce-'While Australia lasts
England shall not PERISH
Bulwer is remembered rs n novelist and
dramatist more than as Il statesman or seer.
He was, however. the official founder of two
important British colonies and his words OF
fifty years ago. now recalled With peculiar in
terest mark him far truer political prophet
than most men Of his day. even than that high
priest of imperial exploitation. Disraeli who
nt about that same time regarded those
wretched colonies ~ miIlstone round Eng
lands neck" of which ii was to he hoped the
United Kingdom would soon he rid The con
tribution of first class batteship for the
general use Of the British navy is n marked
advance over merely paying for a small gun
boat for coast police service but instead of
fiDr 4iot,
stronger attachment to the Mother Country than
that of fifty years ago.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-01
THE pBrSJDEyy AT GETTYSBURG.

THE PRESIDENT Al GEi J DD' I'''
In his speech Yesterday at Gettysburg Presi-
dent Taft paid just tribute to the services on
that and many other fields Of the soldiers OF ule
req,Iar army That army has an admraple
record for faithfuIness endurance, efficiency anu
devotion to duty in the face of discouragemenIs
and hardshiDs At the battle Of Gettysburg II
WAS represented in General Meade'S ccmmahd
Iy forty-two organizations. twenty-siX OF theul
being batteries of field artillery, which, under
the direction of General Henry J. Hunt. contrlO-
uted most powerfully to defend the Union posi-
tion on Julv . and 3. As the President wen
said the regular troops were without local as
sociations and did not enjoy the support or re-
ceive the credit lavishly given To the volunteer
troops who fought on that field by the states
which they represented. The federal govern
ment has waited forty-six years before BUILDING
them a memorial in the Gettysburg National
Park. although nearly all the Northern states
long ago erected monuments there TO mark the
achievements of the volunteers.
The erection of the main federal monument
and the fortv-twO separate monuments to the
senarat. commands will add greatly TO the
beautv and historical interest of the place. The
State of PENNSYLVANIA is soon to build spieh-
did general memorial in addition TO the many
statues and regimental and battery monuments
which it has put in place, and the Gettysburg
Park is destined to become the most visited spot
in the United States because historically the
most interesting Gettysburg has already among
hAttlefields unique position, corresponding with
its crucial Importance and the magnitude of the
issue which the struggle there decided, the de
cisIon momentOusIy affecting the history not or
the United States only. but of the whole world.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-01
I'M THE BERKSHIREs.
rBy Telegraph to The tribune

m TsIegraph to The Irfounei
1.,ov Mass, May a--Mr. and Mrs ChEls
II Allen. who have been touring IN tne 6elAsAa'%
derarted to-day for New YORK
- 11re George H Morgan haTs decioa
-, ventfort Hall this season Ar. Noe
- - IN snAnd a part OF the summer abroad
u "a Mrs. BENJAMIN Thaw will arrive az %
-. rIo+eI Tomorrow fer the early season
~ O A Lamont has Joined Mrs James 4
Jesup at the Curtis Hotel
NJ and Mrs James B. Clews' VINO have oesa
IN Ienox for the holidays departed 'o-aAy a
New York
Parknan shaw jr.. Herbert e Shaw 1a
- SECTION who have been guests Of Mr. sai
~ : % shaw at Redwood, have gone to Bosnz
r. Rav and Mrs Paul r Frothinghau- q
Boston. arrived to-day
Ms Lois kellogg. Of New York and Mrs william
- Wharton Of Boston. will open their wills 70
morrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph G. Stevens Nr- and Ais
Charles H Miller and Mr. and MIS-. l. .. s0cI
touring in the Berkshires' departed 'O-aas HH
New York
NJ, o,5 Mrs Bvam K Stevens viii 90 to
Europe for the early part OF the summer and VII
not omen their Main street cottage
Mr. and Mrs Harris C. Fahnestock are snisr
tanning Gibson Fahnestock at Bel Air NJ FANS
stock will this week award the contract 70,
s10oeo country residence. 10 be built on his usz
estate.
Mrs Robert Winthrop and Mr. GrenviIs I
Winthrop have sailed from Europe and VI
shortly open their country residences IN Leno1
Dr. Austin F. Riggs has returned 10 StockOrd1
from two weeks in the Adirondacks-
Charles s MelIen left StOck5ridge to-day y
znecial train for New York Mrs MeIlen viii A.
rive at Council Hill. the Mellsn country paes
Thursday to open the villa for the summer
Mr. and Mrs. Silas B BrowneN and the Misses
BrowneH have arrived at their country place IN
StOCkbridze.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-01
RECEPTION AT DORCHESTER HOUSE.

London May si,-The American Ambassador and
Mrs Reid gave large reception at Dorchester
House tonight in honor OF the American delegates
to the International Chemistry Congress Several
hundred persons including practically all the
American delegates. many foreign delegates. rep
resentatives of the diplomatic corps and resident
Americans. among the guests. Ambassador
and Mrs. Reid assisted in receiving by J.
Ridseley Carter. secretary of the embassy, and
Mrs. Carter, Commander and Mrs. John II. Glib
bons and the Third Secretary and Mrs. Arthur Orr.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-01
HUGHES ON soLIpseRouND.
From The Roston Herald

from Inc BOsIon FeraId.
Governor Hughes has just done his duty and
vetoed the bill establishing state system Of pen
sons for veterans of the Civil War. which had the
backing of the 'old soldier vote There was
ample constitutional for vetoing the BILL
but Governor Hughes chose discuss the merits
of the bill we'll he contends that the payment
of military pensions for service in the federal
army is national function: that state pensions
indefensible in principle and unjust in prac-
ticc. He declines to consider the bill in the light
of patriotic sentiment, and viewing IL a question
of the division of state and national functions,
vetoes it. Governor Hughes is not in hole. He
is standing solid ground.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-01
:grsp7.)loo1rIs Tls1iI.1 ga-iIo1r1GG
TUESDAY, JUNE l. 1909.

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