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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-04-17
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
tFrom The Tribune Bureau


! Washington April 16-The President arrived in
Washington at ~ a. and forty minutes later
was at his desk in the executive offices hard at work
President Taft held a long conference after the
Cabinet meeting to-day with the executive commit
tee of the American Federation of Labor consisting
of Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison, John Mitchell
Frank Duncan. James OConnell, Max Morris VIII
lam Huber John 3. Lennon. John r. Alpine and
Joseph Valentine. The President said he would do
all he could to promote the welfare of labor
Ex-senator Fulton declined the Chinese mission
to-day by telegraph. He will resume the practice
of law in Oregon.
ton TO attend the unwilling of the monument to
Pennsylvania troops at Fort Mahone near Peters
burg Va on May 10. The invitation was present
ed by Major Isaac Brown, of the Pennsylvania
Battlehelds Commission; State Senator Fox. OF
Pennsylvania, joint commissioner. who also gave
the President letter from Governor Stuart; Sena-
tor Martin, of Virginia, who had letter from Gov
ernor Swanson; Mayor Jones of Petersburg; Rep
rosentative OImsted of Pennsylvania, the members
of the Battlehelds Commission. and several others
Senator Burton had talk with the President to-
day before his departure for Cleveland, where ne
will make a speech tomorrow night on behalf OF
James B. Cassidy, Republican nominee for member
of Congress to fill the place vacated by Mr. Bur
ton when he was elected Senator. Senator Burton
takes with him wor1 Of good cheer from the
White House TO the voters The President has de
cided to drop the of Oscar l. Robbins from
further consideration candidate for surveyor
of the Port at Dayton
A duty on postal cards. in order IN promote tbs
industry in this country was the subject discussed
BY President Taft and William A Coakley, presi-
dent of the International Protective Association "f
New York. Mr.. Coakley called the Presidents at
tention TO the fact that majority of postal cards
were made In Germany. because. there being no
duty Germany could print and ship them 20 the
United States cheaper than they could be made
here.
Among those who called on the President were
Senators Smoot and Hepburn. who asked the ap-
pointment Of William II. Batting Of Utah reg
lister of land office at Coeur dAlene. Idaho, 20
succeed r n. Dunn recently named judge of
Alaskan district Senators Martin, Beveridge and
Curtis: Representative Dawson, who introduced
Charles a. Stewart, Iowa postof1ce Inspector;
Representatives Mcguire and Bartholdt, James J.
Hill and Carmi Thompson, Secretary OF State OF
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IN allegiance and To try TO raise revenue by spe-
cial internal taxation.
As was to be expected, the caucus, at the sug-
gestion of the Hon. Joseph ". Bailey. picked
out the income tax as the best possible INTERNAL
tax to impose in order to supplement- customs
revenues The facts that the income tax Is al
present under the ban Of the Supreme Court.
that no collections on incomes could safeF ne
made until the constitutionality of the new law
had been tested and that great difficulty must
no encountered in framing an income tax pro
,-ision which will produce much revenue without
involving great inequalities in Its application 10
various forms of property naturally assuIeu
Mr. Bsiley's ardent advocacy OF this DUBIOUS
legislative experiment. The Texas senator
showed In his support of the Hepburn-Alisoh
railroad rate bill that he was an expert dark
ener of counsel. The sincerity of his desire 10
SUNNY the Treasury with revenue from special
forms OF taxation is emphasized by MS
choosing the nHst uncertain. costly and comph-
Gated form. And the capacity and sincerity of
the Democratic minority in the Senate are de-
monstrated afresh by its willingness to drop al
other phases of the tariff question and 10 lhuoise
Mr. Bailey's income tax programme.
But POSSIBLY the Democratic party can thus
arant7,aIIv solve its troubles and work around 10
the rnasterful attitude assumed by Colonel Henry
Watterson Colonel Watterson said the other
day:
AS we'll seek to bale the Atlantic Ocean Win
= dinner as 70 revise the tariff and leave 4
single schedule TO mark the trail of its surPass-
ing imposition and tell the tale of its fathom-
less irony.
Abolish the schedules altogether and bring IN
an income tax heavy enough TO MAINTAIN the
government. 1t might not maintain the govern
nent after the Supreme Court had tnlshed win
If. But from a Democratic point of view the
oo1ta ar loast
of eliminating both tariff for protection ana
tariff for revenue and leave no troublesome rates
for Democrats in the House and the Senate 10
quarrel about
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The corner in wheat inevitably starts an agl-
+a+io, 10 make corners illegal. The bakers OF
Pittsburg appeal TO Secretary Knox. MelhpeIo
of Congress are being overwhelmed WIN let-
ters and kilograms and the dispatches repre-
sent Them as in a mood TO take some action, II
only the House were organized FOR any other
business than tariff making. Probably II IS
hotter so IT will be wiser to wait and see IL
this corner does not go the way OF It's prede-
cesSors.
Either Mr.. Patten. the Chicago Spectator IS
right or he is wrong in his estimate that the
supply of wheat is lower than 1t was supposeu
TO be If he is right then the price OF wheat
will stay up but 1t will not be Mr.. Patteh' DuI
actual scarcity, that has put 1t and kept II up
All that his movement will have done Will be
r. start the rise in price a little earlier than
if would otherwise have come, and so TO equaI-
ize supply and demand over the period for
which present wheat must last If he is wrong,
then the price must come down of itself again
N 2 lower point than il would otherwise have
reached because of the extent TO which he has
reduced consumption by forcing the price up
ward temporarily. Attempts TO forestaH the
supply of a foodStuf have always regulated
themselves because the task Is too great for
the resources of one man or one group OF specu-
lators.
lust now Mr.. Patten and his associates are
with wheat in his bin. every miller. every
factor or dealer controlling a supply of the
grain is in the corner with him. They are all
holding their wheat back because the price has
gone up and they think it is going higher. II
the supply of wheat is as great as government
reports indicate Mr.. Patten asks. why has 1t
mot come out? If the wheat is in the country,
where is it," Very likely it does not come
out because those who hold 1t believe Mr.. Pat
tens assertion that the government reports
have greatly Overestimated the supply. Every
one with wheat in his possession is saying TO
himself that Patten is right and the government
is wrong. There is always this stage TO a cor
ner. The real test comes when the farmers,
the miers and the dealers think the time has
arrived for them 10 realize On their part Of the
corner. Their part of the corner is 50 big that
It usually swamps the men with the little end
of the corner in the Chicago wheat pit. For lis
moral effect we hope that will happen this time.
If il does not, il will be because there is really
a greater scarcity than was supposed. because
the years supply has been improperly distrib
uted and consumers got their wheat too cheaply
during the first part Of the year, having. as a
consequence, to pay dearly for it until the
next crop Is harvested.
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BUNGLED.

The Legislature appears 10 have made sad
bungle of its resolution against registered lob
byists. Aimed at one institution. it hits sew
afford 10 place itself in the position Of hamper
ing Literally its effect is that decent lobby
lists, the agents of civic, charitable and other
like bodies, shall be excluded from the Capitol,
except so far as appearance before committees
is concerned provided they employ literature
as a persuasion. while corruptionists the mem
bers Of the third house" who. OF course, use
some other means of enlightenment than lit
erature," can have free range Of the Capitol.
The Legislature surely never intended to take
a course open TO that construction, but that,
nevertheless, is what it has done
Besides being so sweeping as to include every
one else, the resolution appears also TO be
bunge In missing The person and institution
it was aimed at. For it appears that the
Legislature has 10 authority over that part of
the Capitol which they occupy. Wherefore II is
probable that this bad tempered resolution will
never be carried out, as II certainly ought never
to have been passed in the form it bore
There are years indeed, which try the leg
islative soul, but why this one? Direct nomina-
tons were killed" with neatness and dispatch
and everything seems TO be coming the Leg
iSature's way" Amid such lavish favors of
fOrtuity. what misgivings cause peevishness!
ApropOs of direct nominations is there 1.-The
dread of something after death. the undls-
covered country from whose bourn'' Cassidy
Wilcox. Wempe and the rest had no return
tickets last fail:
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THE GOVERyOR's CAMPAIGN,

The appointment Of a commission by the Legis-
lature 10 investigate direct primaries is a pc
cuiarly ostrichlike defence. There is not the
remotest reason for believing that the Governor
had any intention Of calling A special session on
this subject. He is proceeding in a most leisure
ly manner TO educate the public in favor of his
BILL and he could hardly expect to reap the fruits
Of his campaign before next fall. AS he said to
the audience in Brooklyn on Thursday night:
/ am not in the least impatient. Discussion
viii merely clarity the issue and present it more
sharply. And eventually, despite all obstacles.
the people will have their way.
The experience Of New York State is likely TO
he that Of every state which has accepted the
direct system of making nominations. Nowhere
has the system been accepted at once by the poll
tcians in and out of a legislature. Direct pri-
mary bills have been beaten again and again
until the public demand for them became ire
sistible. The campaign in behalf of the reform
may he more quickly effective in this state than
ii has been elsewhere, because its champion pos
sesses the confidence of the voters TO an ex-
traordinary degree. Moreover, the record Of the
Legislature presents powerful argument for
change in the method of making nominations
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-04-17
ONE NAY orr.

The efforts of the Senate Democrats to get
together on tariff policy have been even more
fruitless than was the -solidiiication of Dem
ocratic sentiment accomplished in the House of
Representatives under the Hon. Champ Clark's
leadership Mr. Clark gave UP the task of pre-
pairing tariff bill to be offered as a substitute
for the Payne bill. He knew that he could not
bold his followers together on any programme
He WAS himself more or less uncertain about
what he wanted 10 accomplish. He made his
hgh1 against the Payne measure without heart
aud without hope. He might have framed his
motion to recommii that measure SO as to have
defeated the Republican managers on two or
three minor points at issue But instead Of
seeking 10 win on those details. he offered a
motion so loaded down with impracticalities as
10 insure lis decisive rejection.
There IS apparently. even less harmony in the
Democratic ranks in the Senate than was eXhib-
fled by the Democrats of the House. The mi
noTl;y caucus on Wednesday lasted four hours
The Washington correspondent of The Balti-
more Sun" thus described the situation in the
caucus:
Democratic Senators broke wildly. and their
control as q unit vas lost after a resolution
had been offered which provided for = general
examination OF the Republican bill with yiew
20 the reduction of the schedules TO q point at
which, with the addition OF the receipts esti-
mated TO accrue from the income tax they
would produce the revenue required for The
support OF the government. senators
who favored tariff for revenue only and were
not desiring industries 10 be excepted from the
proposed eur IN rates were the exception. not
the rule.
Most OF the Democrats ia the Senate are in
favor of applying the tariff for revenue only
principle 10 all imports except those which come
iuto competition with home products in which
they are interested. The only plan on which
they could agree was 10 hold all rates on imports
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-04-17
4 WATER SNAKE" BILL.

Adverse comment has already been made upon
q bill of what is known over in New Jersey as
the water snake kind which has appeared at
Albany and actually seems to be making prog
ress. Some changes in it since its original an
pearance render it still more Objectionable and
display still more clearly at least one yicious
purpose, so that it seems fitting to emphasize
our former judgment, that it Is a measure grave
y injurious to some of the most vital interests
of this city.
We refer to the bill which aims at recasting
the whole system of administration under which
the additional water supply from the Cstskills
is TO be obtained. One fact alone should in the
mind of every intelligent citizen. be sufficient to
condemn the measure. This is that il proposes
TO abolish the efficient and economical Board of
Water Supply and at the same time TO nernet-
uate-such is one Of the changes made in 1.-THE
inefficient and extravagant Aqueduct Commits
sion. 1t would abolish a board constituted ac-
cording TO the most enlightened principles of
civic selection and now in the midst of a great
undertaking which it is executing uncommonly
well. and would perpetuate commission which
has generally been constituted on a party spoils
basis. which has done most of its work badly
which has long outlived what little usefulness it
ever had. and the abolition of which has been
repeatedly demanded by the Mayor and Is con,
templated In the revised charter.
But that is by no means the only objection TO
the bill. Another is found in the constitution of
the body which it is proposed 70 substitute for
the Board of Water Supply. Instead of three
commissioners. invested with authority and re-
sponsibility. and receiving salaries of $4,000 a
year each, it would foist upon the taxpayers q
board of six members, OF whom one the Presi-
DENTAL Pooh-Bah. would have all the power
and would draw salary of $4,000 while the
remaining five would have no important power
or initiative and practically nothing to do but
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-04-17
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY,".

The Tribune Bureau
washington. April 16-Almost the entire social
world OF Washington represented at the con-
cert given this afternoon by Miss Flora Wilson,
daughter of the Secretary Of Agriculture, when
she made her first professional appearance. The
boxes were held by Mrs. Taft, Mrs. Sherman. the
Secretary Of State and Mrs. Knox, the Secretary
of Agriculture Mrs. Letter. Mrs. Elkins, Mrs. John
B. Henderson and Mrs Dryden, each entertaining
a number OF guests. The Vice-President and Mrs
Sherman had with them the French Ambassador
and Nine Jusserand. Mrs FairChild and Mrs. Sher-
mans mother and sister Mrs. Letter entertained
Mrs Nicholas Anderson, Mrs. Frederick Keep. Mrs
Charles Francis Adams Mrs. Randolph and Miss
Marjory Cotton. The Secretary OF the Treasury
and Mrs. MacVeagh had a number OF guests, and
the Secretary Of War and Mrs. Dickinson, the At
torney General and Mrs. Wickersham. Postmaster
General Hitchcock Chief Justice Fuller. Justice
and Mrs Harlan, Justice and Mrs. White. Justice
and Mrs. Brewer Justice and Mrs. Mckenna, Sen
ator and Mrs. Lodge, Senator and Mrs. Depew,
Senator and Mrs. Wetuore, Senator and Mrs. For
aker, Mrs. James Pinchot, Mrs Richard Townsend.
Mrs John X Mclean Miss Cannon and Mrs VIII
lam Sheffield Cowles entertained parties
The first large ball and supper at Fort Myer
since the return 18TH Cavalry from cuba, in
February was given there tonight and enjoyed by
fully three hundred persons. The scene was more
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-04-17
THE EUROPEAN CHEssBOABD.

The latest moves on the chesSboard of Euro
pean diplomacy are such as might have been
pretty confidently forecast by any attentive Oh
server of the game With a talent for analvzing
situations and combinations. The retirement of
Mr.. Iswolsky from the Russian Foreign Office is
again reported and also denied Such a change
has seemed TO US inevitable. after the manner In
which he permitted Russia to be duped coerced
or in some way overcome by Austria Hungary
backed by Germany Nor would the reported
selection of Mr.. Goremykin as his successor be
surprising. Mr.. Tcharykoff, the accomplished
and masterful Under Secretary, might in some
respects be more natural choice but in the
present state of affairs it might well be thought
that the less aggressive and more suave and
plant Mr.. GOremykin would serve better as 4
peacemsking stopgap That he should long re-
main in Office could scarcely be expected. but
during his tenure he would have valuable OBJ
portunity to employ his conciliatory talents in
rounding off sharp corners and smoothing rough
laces and applying anodynes 10 various sore
spots.
1t is not at all surprising. either. that the
Teuton-siagyar combination, flushed with an al
most unparalleled triumph over the other pow
ers, should formally suggest, in tones which have
almost the ring OF a command the abrogation
and annulment of Article XIV of the treaty of
Berlin without going TO the trouble of holding a
conference Why not? Austria Hungary has
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-04-17
SEVENTIES VETERANS TO CELEBRATE.

The veterans Of the 18th Regiment are 10 ha'9
dinner at the Hotel Astor on Monday evenl1@
This event is be a double cornrneuHo'
tion-marking the semi-centennial Of the orsaH =
ton and also its departure for the front. Ap'lI
1851 The veterans of the Civil War who SUI So s.
vive are to have the places OF honor luz
Regiment band will furnish music, and these sP
erS have promised to be present.
Representative ]. Van Vechtcn Olcott- spsaA-S
to the toast "Our Country; Patrick r Mc'Io '@
President OF the Board Of Aldermen, our ClS
former Controller Edward NJ Grout. The Nat.''
Ciuardsman of To-day. former Park CoulnilSS0,
Elijah r. Kennedy. of Brooklyn, "Heroisn .
ChtvaIry'' the Rev. John Wesley Hhl. a Noiu.
teer Soldier and Colonel Daniel Appleton o. -
9TH Regiment "Our Alma Mater Ihom
Dimond president of the veterans Of the 1tn Ns-'
1nent examination will preside.
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About People and Social incidents

than usually brilliant. decorations OF flags and
national cOIors showing everywhere. while spry,.
flowers were tastefully disposed The 18th CavaIrv
Band furnished the dance music Colonel and NJ,
Garrard received the guests. assisted by Man.
and Mrs Charles G. Treat Major and Mrs Frsds-
ick S. FOtz and Major and Mrs. Francis A Wints-
The Vice-President and Mrs. Sherman were a.
tertained at dinner tonight by Representative ana
Mrs Weeks.
The Secretary Of War and Mrs Dickinson M.
twenty guests at dinner given in their honor "a
night by Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Foster. Mrs Dsck
inson also met a number of people at tea gfvs,
in her honor this afternoon by Mrs Alexander
Anderson.
Senator and Mrs. EIlins had Mrs James Robe.
Mckee guest of honor at dinner tonight NJ,
Frederick r. Benedict. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas "
Chatard, Miss Grace Bell and General and NJ,
John A Johnston were among others entertaining.
dinner parties
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already made waste paper OF that ar'icle ~
OUT asking permission Of conference ana INC
powers have acquiesced in its action 10 assent
f. tho obIitaration of that article from the text
Of the treaty would now be nothing more tLIah
the recognition of an accomplished fact- Inc
article in question is of course, lnal witch plO
,ides for the occupation and administrator OF
Bosnia and Herzegovina by AustFla-f 1uhsa'S
and for the retention of Novi Bazaar by turkey
tbourb under partial military guardianship by
Austria Since Austria Hungary has now an
unved The two provinces first named ana mas
entirely reIinuuished the last named to turkey,
there is on the face Of IT, no more heeu ioi 'Ao
existence of such provisions
n, evnert mind reader is needed, however 10
discern a possible Interior purpose III IhiS ap-
parently innocent proposal Austrla-fiun
wants Novi Bazaar. 1t is an essehllal part Vi TIC
ro,,tn IN SaIonica She has withdrawn her gar
risons from it But she reminds the world that
Novi Razar was ancientIy part Of Bosnia; ana
ripca she has now incorporated Bosnia in her
on,r,ire what more logical than that she should
also seek annexation of this Bosnia hreden'G!
Al this moment she is seeking TO make q COM
nact with Turkey under which she may Dullu d
ra iIroad through Novi Bazaar down TO Salonlch
&c COURSE with such military guards and gar
risors as might he necessary. Permission 10
buiId that road was sought some time ago. Whlle
Kisn,il Pacha was Prime Minister at Stalhooui'
rrt was refused by that statesman. Nhen the
young Turks turned Kiami out Austria Hun
gary was pleased. thinking the prospect OF get,
ting the railroad camels nose into me now
Razar tent would thus be improved: as II was
though the thing was not quite consummated.
We said the other day that the coup d etdt Of
this week was largely against the foreign lnnu-
ences which were regarded as too prominent IN
the Young Turks organization. This rallroau
scheme was one Of the foreign schemes which
natriotic Turks wanted TO thwart what VIII
tol,,,,o of # now remains to be seen. Austria
Hungary is offering Turkey all sorts of economic
advantages if the latter will only open the rent
IN the camel's nose But Turks probably under
stand the application Of the Arab fable