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New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
THE TRIBUNE IN WAR DAYS.
.ha editor OF Tha Tribune.

TO the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: 7 have been greatly interested IN
your new departure as to price or The
Tribune. marking IS it does q distinct
epoch in the history OF the first newspaper
OF which I have any remembrance. sup
pose you have received 50 many letters or
congratuIation that one more won't worry
you.
lay claim TO having been the first
carrier OF The Tribune in the upper Hud-
son. Away back in the early CO.'S news
came slowly. the daily newspaper was prac-
tically unknown in the country districts.
and the naomentous doings OF that time
altered along by word Of mouth OF the
meagre reports cuIed by the rural week
lies The old Morse telegraph, with rs
long reel Of paper. would get an occasional
item. and the keeper of the general store
who was operator. postmaster and all!
would chalk II W on the weatherbeaten
window shutter for perusal To my certain
knowledge. Just two dailies came 70 our
little village. My father took The Tribune,
and another nan--they called him Coy
perhead'-had The Herald" The excite
n1ent was intense Sumter had fallen. and
it was war, war. Nobody could wait until
evening 10 know the status Of affairs. 50 !.
q lad Of seven or SO. was oeputized 20 meet
the train. due at 3:15 or thereafter. get the
paper and run 70 the little factory that
gave employment 10 many OF the villagers.
Two papers camo hutraring out Of the
mail car, wh;rling round about in a cloud
of dust along the track or into the bushes
by the river bank With unerring instinct
poUnced on the right one. A hasty glance
ar the headlines, while climbing the short,
steep hill. end then away. How I did tear
down that dusty. crooked street. shouting
forth fragments OF news 10 the eagerly eX-
pectant Ioungers, Painting and breathlesS.
I thrust the paper into my fathers hand.
Tools were laid down and the hum OF saw
and planer was husbed as, mounted on .
work bench, he read the vital topics OF the
day. In the evening the programme was
repeated, only on & grandsT scale. in the
rnusty little courtroom. on fire nights the
people came in from miles away and gath
cred in the street outside. Then the reader
occupied an open window, two candles ar
ranged on little wooden shelves on either
side.
Murfreesboro. Antietapa. Gettysburg Cold
Harbor, Mobile all passed IN the appointed
order, until, frantic with joy, men capered
in the streets or stood silent with cIasped
hands. for Lee had surrendered and The
church bells rang out q delirious peal
That was a long time ago, to be sure:
halt the people have never heard of this,
or have forgotten it--and then one grows
garrulous as the world wags on.
ALBANY, Oct. q. 1868 MATT NTCARTv
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
TIE VANDERBILT CUP R4CE.


The latest contest FOR the Vanderbilt
Cup had many pleasing features. SO I'm
certain Was the result from beginning TO
END that the struggle was intensely eX-
citing throughout : series OF minor
accidents led 10 the elimination oS all
hui I'VE Of the participating machines,
Yer fortunately, no one was badly hurt
Fine weather made il possible Tor a great
number OF persons 10 witness The race
without discomfort. Finally. for The sec
end time, the trophy has been won by IN
American car. the Alco. . fact on which
both the makers and the country which
produced il are 10 be congra tulated.
Grants time Of about siXty-three miles
ali hour did nor quite equal that OF Roo-
ertson. who. win q Locomobile. main
tanned an average Of 64.33 miles last wear.
However. the winner has the satisfaction
os knowing that he made a better show
ilIc than those who carried off the cup
in The first three contests. The Speed in
1905 was scarcely more than fifty-rwo
miles. and in 1906 and 1907 about 61.5.
Grant has a good deal 10 be proud Of be
sides the retention Of the CUP IN America
fri another year.
Though the actual distance travelled
this year was greater than was covered
il 1908. a shorter course was adopted.
and larger number OF circuits was nee
essary. Yesterday. as on previous occa-
sions, il was thought desirable 10 utilize
the stare roads for part Of the course
aud 10 include only portion OF the I'M
completed parkway. Until the parkway
is finished, Of course. ii will be necessary
70 adhere TO this policy. Against the use
OF public highways for these races and
TO: preliminary practice there are less
vigorous protests than formerly. vet il
continues 10 be objectionable IT endan-
gers a class of traffic which should have
the right OF way. The driving OF motor
cars al a rate exceeding that Of an ordi-
y nary railway train should be permitted
Cnly on private tracks.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
"JoLLYING" BROOKLYN.

The eleventh hour approval OF the
Fourth avenue subway contracts was 4
clumsy piece OF hypocrisy. The Board OF
Estimate may have thought that II was
Enoodwinking the voters of Brooklyn. but
ir was only hoodwinkinG Itself The peo-
pie Of Brooklyn are TOO well aware Of
The reasons for the boards hostility 10
the Fourth avenue project 10 believe thar
the surrender OF Friday was dictated by
anything but the direst political neces-
sity. That heroic obsuuctor Of subway
construction. Controller Metz. allowed
himself 70 be drawn 10 the water trough
in order 10 swallow the obnoxious desc,
although he had protested that ali the
arguments ia the world would never
nake him drink. Tammany is scared.
however. Brooklyn is defiant, iemem-
bering Tammany's long embargo on the
subway. and Judge Gaynor seems 10
have forgotten that there is any such
thing rs a Fourth avenue subway. or
any subteuanean connection between
ihe powers blocking II in the CRY Hall
and a certain famous red brick building
IA East l4th street
With q candidate on It's bands asking
Brooklyn audiences Where is Tammany
Iiall:' something had 80 be done 10
show Brooklynites that Tammany HaE
was not holding down the lid Oh the
Fourth avenue excavation. The lid lad
fe be taken of, or least until after cleo
1ion. But Brooklyn viii not easily be-
iieve that ii wiil not be clamped back
again if TammaIy\ wins, especially if
somebody asks Judge Gaynor IN un-
pleasant question about his underground
nelat.ona with Tamnany which will
iead AlE 70 view al underground prof-
ecEs with loathing. The people across
ne bridge have been duped long enough
fly Lana-nany 70 put 10 faith IN tae ex-
e-o.ton cf csathbed repentance giyen
sy Controller Metz zn6 his fellow Oh
sf1eIlo-1srs. They eaanof Be caught By
50 aat,ng and lnartist.e parsormance.
E-ooElyo casAt % have rhe new sub
WY ana have Il without delay. Eur tha
c,y sure means OF validating the con-
ssefs 50 zar made and Of carrying the
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

hundred cents in value; that is why
'he gets what he wants" Such an Off
eial is borough asset OF enormous
value, and especially 10 Richmond Bor-
ough, which asks from the city treasury
so much more in the way of public in
provements than it contributes in the
way of taxes
\ Tammany candidate IS now in the
field asking the people Of Richmond TO
Tammanyize the borough government.
His partisaps charge that Mr.. Cromwell
has spent too much money Oh public i'm
provements like the building OF the .,t.
George retaining wall and the prepara-
tion of q Typographical map. intended
TO make the certifcation Of land titles
easier and advance real estate values.
These are queer charges, in view OF the
fact that what Staten Island most needs
is public Improvement work and the
opening up of the inland sections 10 set
tlemenr. No one can question the solid,
busiDessllke achievements Of the Crom-
well administration Or IT'S absolute cleau-
ness IN returning every dollar of income
in honest value TO the taxpayer. Ii would
be foolish Of Richmond 10 venture into
the field of Tammany municipal econ
omy, where . dollar paid in brings q
return of possibly 60 per cent. Tam
u,anyized administration is getting out
OF date in the other boroughs. why ia
troduce it at this juncture in Richmond
where It's fertile expedients for making
dollar look Ike 60 cents are now hap
ply unknown?
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
TIE ELETENTH ARlrY cnppa

H LDL L-' II ami CORPS.
We publish in another part of this
issue of The Tribune a letter from Colo
nel John I. Lockman, president Of the
Eleventh Army Corps Association. Army
OF the Potomac, deprecating what he
considers our unjust criticism Of The rec
ord OF the Eleventh Corps in the Chan
cellorsville and Gettysburg campaigns.
We said in reviewing the career oF
Major General o. o. Howard that his
command of the Eleventh Corps was q
record Of disaster" and that his real SOL
dierly quality was demonstrated bv the
lact thar he recovered from two serious
SetpackS like Charlottesville and Get
1ysbur9, re-established himself by SER
vice OF the highest merit in the West and
became the head OF one of the armies
led by Sherman in the march to the sea
Except Meade, he was the only corps
commander IN The Army OF the Potomac
at Charlottesville to rise 10 the com.
mand of an independent army. We
added that he was probably not blam-
able IN large measure either for the sur
Er!se at Charlottesville or the demorali-
'''N'''@ N@>fAb4hAN at bEti SDuLE. since
he received the thanks OF Congress for
his services in the Gettysburg camDaign.
the chief CT those services being that
succeeding General Reynolds at Gettys-
burg on July 1. he secured TO the Union
forces by his foresight possession Of
the position TO which they retreated
after the days engagement, which posi-
ton defended the main roads along
which the remainder OF Meede's army
had 10 advance.
We did not wish to reflect either
harshly Or unjastly on the thousands Of
gallant officers and men who served in
the Eleventh Corps at Chance!.oreville
and at Gettysburg. There was excellent
material in The corps. and many Of its
regiments--aInozag them thar az the head
or which Colonel Locknan WAS wounded
ar Gettysburg - greatly DISTINGUISHED
themselves. Only military experts can
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

divide accurately the responsibility Ior
the surprise at Charlottesville. Yet IL
can hardly be disputed that the corps
was taken unawares by Jackson's at
tack and, lighting at disadvantage. SUI
fered decentralization and heavy losses.
At Gettysburg ii had q difficult task to
perform. having been sent TO hold thor-
oughly exposed position. II again SUI
fered severely and was badly broken up.
Relatively its fighting record, as a Whoie'
there being many exceptions in the cases
OF individual organizations. did not COM
pare with that OF the First Corps. which
held A r. Hill's larger Confederate corps
NJ bay for SIX Or seven hours, While the
Eleventh was driven from the held py
EwelTs corps in something lkt TWO
hours Undoubtedly the trying Chah-
ceIlorsville experience weakened the
morale Of the Eleventh Corps at GetryS-
burg, although there were many good
units in the organization, which agaln
exhibited heroic endurance and suffered
Il emendouSly.
General John B. Gordon, one Of the
division commanders of EwellS corps
expressed the opinion that Lee losr ms
best chance at Gettysburg when he
failed to take advantage OF the nurrieu
withdrawal Of the Eleventh and tlIst
corps TO their second position on the
afternoon Of July l. But General How
ard had prepared that position Tor de-
fence, and the federal artillery was stu
practically intact. Besides. the Twelfth
Corps had arrived and the Third was III
sight. Lee hesitated 10 risk fresh as
sauIt with EweIIs troops. and HllIs
were used up. He therefore waited for
Longstreet. The Eleventh Corps d!d
useful service at Gettysburg al severe
cost to itself. But there is every reason
to think that its resistance would have
availed more and It's sacrifice would
have been much less had it been, as a
whole. more effectively organized ana
more imbued with confidence in its own
fighting quality.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
SELF-REVEALED.

It is as a Christian jurist" that Will
fam J. Gaynor has for years posed be-
fore this public and solicited its ap-
proval and its support. Citizens who
value the qualities Of a Christian--or Of
an earnest religionist OF any reputable
creed-may we'll consider whether it
comporss with their possession for
man 10 swear profane oaths in public
addresses, 10 hurl abusive epithets aud
vile expressions at those who criticise
klnl. 10 reply 10 pertinent questions by
calling the Questioner liar. TO refuse TO
retract q proved misstatement and 10
ally himself with and TO give his ve-
hement support 60 those whom he must
know, as the whole community knows,
10 be corrupt and shameless viOlatCrs
Of those principles Of chastity and in
tegrity which are inculcated by Chris
tianity and Judaism alike. Whar title
10 respect or confidence or support has
. man who in one breath quotes st.
Augustine and Thomas q Kenpis and
II the next demands the election Of
Christie Sullivan and George Roesch?
Who poses as an austere religi0nist and
who at the same time condones or ig-
nores the infamies Of the ''red light"
district and the white slave" trade?
Or if the emphasis be laid not upon
the Christian" but upon the ''jurist"
Tart Of his pretentious sobriquer, how
much or little better IS the case? It
would indeed be difficult TO imagine
nobody can recall--a candidate showing
less Of the judicial temperament than
William J. Gaynor has done this fall.
Not only in his extempcraneous speech
es, III which something is perhaps to
be pardoned 10 haste and excitement
but equally, If not actually more, in his
carefully pTemeditated writings, lie has
displayed an infrmity of temper, an
cblquity Of vision, Il lack of perspective
and proportion and an unfairness-ro
call il by 40 more harsh a word-the
revelation Of which must make every
thoughtful beholder profoundly grateful
10 know that such man is no longer on
the judicial bench.
Ii is an inexpressible relief to have him
off the bench. but it would be an unsat-
isfactory exchange to have him ii the
Mayor : ClEt1E liSlFGi HIS C4ly f,uA
fered enough humiliation few years
ago through having the testy and boor-
iSh Van Wyck for its Mayor, TO insult
his predecessor on taking office. and all
through his dishOnored term 10 make
every self-respecting citizen fearful 81
approaching or addressing him lest the
answer should be an affront. But the
quality which Air. Gaynor has thus far
shown in his campaign presages some
thing even verse than Van Wyck in
tiicted upon Us. There would be cause
for expecting any one who might enter
his office on an eTrand not altogether
pleasing 10 his vagarious mind TO be as
sailed with q vOlley OF abuse Of which
Liar" ard Cur, :" and "Jackass :" inter
ldrded with by God.' aG libitunl would
be the least offensive clements. i is q
melancholy experience 50 be compelled
thus 10 regard 4 man who for many
years has been a conspicuous occupant
Of the judicial bench, but it is one which
he himself has forced upon the com
munitV
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
THE TIGER IN RICHMOND.

We have many times called attention
10 the fact that Richmond has Bor-
ough President IN whom ii can take a
genuine pride. Mr.. George Cromwell has
filled the Office almost since ii was Gre
ated and has given the borough n ser
vice unique under the new charter. No
scandal has ever attached 10 his admin.
istration. He has accepted the presi-
dency not as q means of livelihood or Of
political preferment but for the single
purpose OF promoting the interests of
Staten Island, in whose prosperity ana
advancement he has, as a resident ard
q property owner, q considerable stake.
What lie has done has been for the pub
liz good, and there has never been any
occasion for Investigation Of his transac-
tons and methods. Richmond has
looked on patroniZingiy while other
borOughs have been wrestling with
their Bermels Cassidys, Haffcns aud
ALearns.
If Staten Islanders consulted their own
interests they would give Mr.. Cromwell
2 unanimous invitation 10 remain IL Of
fee He has the confidence Of the whole
CRY OF New York. and even under Dem
ocrattc administrations has obtained for
Staten Island n even larger measure
O. consideration than & Democratic, bo--
ough head would have been abs % get.
Controller Metz truthfulIy said OF him
NOT long ago: For every dollar given
Cromwell by the city the pAople get one
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
IN THE eERkSHiRES.
- rele..-anh Id - TrIhune Z

Ienox. Oct sG-MrS- George Westira.
house. tr. is entertaining her sister. Miss
sylvia Broc:;lebank. OF Lcndon. AZ ErslSizs
Park.
Richard C. Dixey and Miss Rosa-oops
pixsy are at Tuxedo Park.
Mss Nina Gather. who has been n russt
OF Mr.. and Mrs. George WinthroD F'olson.
returned to-day 10 Baltimore.
MIS-, Hipaard Howard OF New York. IS a
SceS' OF Ar anG Mrs. Joseph II. Choate
a N&CcH 5@. in SJockb-iige.
Ut ana Mrs. W Gilman Thompson wiz
close their country place in Stock5ridge on
Monday.
A. dinner given tonight at Beech
Grove. in Pittsdeld. Mr. and Mrs Theodore
fomeroy announced the engagement
their daughter. Hiss TheodOra Louise Pom
eroy. and Philip weston. OF Dalton.
Miss Helen Parish gave a party tonight
al the Curtis Hotel.
Mrs. Richard Auchmuty. NJ. and Mrs
Waiter 4. Cobb and Mrs. Ernest II. Cros~
by closed their country places to-day
Returning To New York to-day were M
and Mrs PAX Painter. MIS-. II. a. Have
meyer and MISS Havemeyer-
M- and Mrs. Robert N. FFGnkGa Asvs
gone to Newport.
Mr. and Mrs. William Douglas s-esas
win close Elm Court on Monday
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shaw M!1sarr. of
Boston. have arrived 81 TIE Curtis Horsi
AIRS. Gustav Ainsinck ard Miss r'orot.si
schienelln win so - New York to-z--orroS 4
Miss Elsaaor Crosby - AT rhs SS
Hotel
for sevsral weeks
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
NOTES FROM TUXEDO PARK.
lBy T.lesrarl ID = -. :,

tSF Telegraph 10 The Trtb--z
Tuxedo Park. n Y. Ger. 3a-Weez-en5
house parties. combined with delighrfui
weather ana the dance given sy Nrs
Charles z. Alexander Al her co-race kgY,
nearly all those who cana our Issr ntsa.
Tor The autumn ball AZ Iha Tuxedo Club
over to-day The annual mixed doubles
lawn tennis tournament or the Tuxedo
Tennis ana Racquet courts was also START
"a. number OF lUrchsons was also n
vogue al the clubhouse.
Theodors Roost Welt. jr.. who came oU:
yesterday. remained over to-day IS guest
OF Nj and Mrs. J. Nielsen BoriaRd-
Miss Toakurl. daughter Of Mr. snd Mrs
3 2 Yoakunn, IS spending ti-e week end
with Mr. and Mrs. ?. l. Barley a thar
villa. IN Fest Lake Road.
Ir. and Mrs Samuel Wzgs;aT arrived
from Newport ana are At the French villa
and AR and Mrs. E. " Cravath ars spend
Ing Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Louis W
Ogden Other arrivals to-day were Ernest
a. Wilses, NJ. and Mrs. John z. AlsX2n-
dre. G G. Haven, jr, E. NJ. House. Miss
House. Airs. ". H Young. Miss Hyde. Mss
Ffagg and Herman Ridder
House parties for Halloween ara heinz
given by Mr. and Mrs. GrsuvilIe Kane
Mr. and Mrs X. Winslow. Mr.. and Mrs
w NJ V Hoffman. Mrs. II y. Loonais.
Mr.. and Mrs Louis Pooler Mr. and Mrs
William G. Davis and NJ. and AIRS. NewsW
Walton.
\. =. Gallatin. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mon
roe and Mr. and Mrs. ". : Brown sntsr
tanned parties at the T, xedo Club.
W. MacNeiu RodewaId gave q dinner az
Hillside for his daughter. Miss EIeanor
RcdeVald and Charles {. Sampson had a
large party at the Kent villa
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
NEEDS OF PUBLIC GOLF LINKS.

To ne Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Now that The Tribune has reduced
its price TO one cent it will be a greater
favorlte than ever with golfers, VINO ad-
nire its sporting columns.
The five hundred golfers using the links
at Van Cortlandt Park ask your assistance
in making that delightful place possible to
play good game Of golf In its present
condition It Is q disgrace 10 the city. = he
golfers have appealed to the Commissioner
in vain. What is needed is the appoiar-
ment OF competent green's keeper, who
will have entire charge OF the course and
have the workmen under his supervision.
L you viii use your great influence tow
ard placing the links at Van Cortlandt E.arl,
IN somewhat the same condition as are
the public links at st. Andrews. Scotland.
you viii have the thanks OF the hundreds
who use the links. GOLFER
New York Oct % 1909
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

The venerable Hartford Couran." cele-
brated on Friday the I45th anniversary Of
It's nrsts issue. Proud o1 its ripe old
''youngness," The Courart' made : spe-
cial feature OF & sketch OF its history and
portraits o. It's early editors. The first is
sue OF The Courant" appeared October %,
1864. The papsr was founded by Thomas
Green. OF the famous Boston tirrn OF print
ers, and was run OF on the first press
ever set up n Hartford. Green left
Hartford about 1T69 for New Haven 70
develop the publishing business there and
before going he took into partnership
Ebene2er watson. whom he LETT n charge
Of The paper. Watson died in lit. and
for year after the Widow Watson" cor
Quoted The Courant" II is believed that
she was tie drst woman in this country
to edit and publish newspaper.
We ere sure that the Bishop OF Chiches-
ter vas very rieht in his remark that ~
Is the man who sings over his work and
the boy who whistles who work best"
the rest Of the staff; and the boy has been
violently dealt with al the second line of
II used TO sigh for the silvery oon."-
London Globe.
The Holy Synod has made it easy for
Jew 70 sever his matrimonial bonds. It
was decreed ny that body recently that If
a Jew become a member OF the Russian
Church he may marry again without di-
vorce from his Jewish wife, as the baptism
VIII render him dead TO his family
Should the life insurance companies ac-
cept this holy view" says The Hebrew
Standard" there would be a large in
crease in the number OF merry widows"
MIR. HAIL COZ. I.ONR,
Irish, Anglaice, Dootchman, Jew,
w at Sa matter wcctha you"
Why you no keep holiday,
Wave da nag an shout "Hooray'Y
Why you laugh an Weenk your eye
w en- da beeg parade go by?
Amt you glad for anytheeng?
Wen da leetle cheoldron seeug?
ilka me you oughta he
Glad Tor gr2nda liberty
All or You are eattin' froIn
Han CClomb.
Can eet be you are SO domh
You don't know dees Han Colonb' "7
He ees dago sailorman
Firsta ind dees greata lam
Poor he vas. but o. rejoice.
Ialt' your hat or, leeft your voice
Maka prayer OF thanks baycause
Dere's no eemiEl alton laws
Dere'a no Castle Garden wen
Weeth ais ragged SaiiorTnen
FIRST 10 dees9 shores ees com
Hail CoIOmb'.
IT A Daiy, in Catholic STANDARD and
Out in Los Angeles recently G police ius-
uce had before him the case OF a truck
driver who had run over u dog. A China
man was called as a witness. but 20 al
the questoas or the judge he replied, ME
10 sabe-' 30 an interpreter was an
pleyed- ASK the witness" ssid the judge.
what time il wss when he saw the 6rsvar
run oyer ths eeg." The interpreter turned
% the Witness and Inquired. ''IVe chung
10. no rae chae !urE |ood e-Ao me no
chow ehes, lee EGoW solo biag gong tong
yit benz" TO this question the witness ra-
piled without hssltarion. Wong In lea
ro hoo. v.-.s choag rung Sps lee. t;n
sing. choy yoke cosy yiag II ng ding wah.
sling susy way san yick ling toy sins coey