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New-York tribune., 1909-02-04

committed To various projects inYoiYlng more
than its borrowing capacity.
And II was Mr.. Metz chiefly who caused the
building Of the Brooklyn subway to be made a
CITY policy. When the old Board Of Rapid transit
was about TO be legislated out of once MT, MT,
Metz had one Of his friends appointed TO MI
n vacancy In It. and by MI exhibition OF energy
got the Fourth Avenue route adopted py lne
board at one of its last sessions. Ana wheh Tue
newly appointed Public Service Coil'inissioi
VAS daIfharating over the necessity and wis
don, Of tbe route Mr.. Metz kept urging its au-
thor;zation repeatedly assuring the comhls-
sion that he had the money for its construction.
If candidate for Mayor promising SUBWAY
construction Is ''faker.' what was Mr. Metz
who kept saying that money was availapie tor
subway construction up 10 few days before
rs he afterward bOasted he saved the clfy
from exceeding its debt limit:
New-York tribune., 1909-02-04
Is DEFINED BY GRADI.

The primary law defines a Democrat as any
one who is in general sympathy" with the
political principles Of the Democratic party.
Senator Grady. with the assistance Of Senator
Raines and q number of other Republican Sen
ators who ought to be ashamed of their COM
panv. has defined a Democrat as any one who Is
in general sympathy with the political contrac-
tors Of the Democratic party. Any one with
whom Conners and Murphy can do business is,
according TO Senator Grady. n Democrat-a
definition broad enough. 10 be sure. TO cover the
national leader OF the Democracy. but not broad
enough 10 cover the decent element in the DEM
ocratic party in this state.
There IS no reason why Governor Hughes
should accept Senator Grady's definition. With
the grounds for the opposition to Mr.. Cook
known no honora BILE Democrat will care 70 rest
under the imputation involved in being ac-
cenrable 10 Senator Grady The honest public
opinion Of the state will be unwilling TO soc
as Highway Commissioner any one who can
pass the Grady test of Democracy. Governor
Hughes may well decline to fill the office on the
toTms dictated 10 him.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-04
PRETENTTNG ACCIDENTS.

Recently some streetcar lines have adopted
the plan of printing on the transfer slips such
simple directions I'm aightug from the ca T
land passing behind it. look out for the car com
ing from the opposite direction In a city like
New York, Of course, where the transfer system
seems likely TO he dispensed with before long,
general dissemination of such information by
this means would be obviously impossible but it
may not he out Of place to suggest the advan-
tage Of posting little advice for the benefit Of
passengers at the end Of the car near the door.
although the inability Of some persons to read
the signs relative to splitting might indicate that
they would be blind TO other important informa-
tion.
Jacksonville Fla, appears to have an up-to-
date transportation system. II is now running
in the daily papers OF that city a series Of Illus
trated articles on How It Might Happen. 9"
showing the possibility Of accidents and Civ
ing directions n TO the best means of avoiding
danger. In one Of them il endea voTs 10 i'm
press upon drivers the obvious truth that motor
men on streetcaTs cannot turn aside. IF you
are driving a vehicle. do not forget that our
cars s re running tracks. Look behind YOU
before YOU run your vehicle sharply across oII.
rails otherwise it will he your own fault
that YOU broken and torn It is unquos-
tionahy true that large proportion Of the ac-
cfdents for which motormen are indiscriminate-
" condemned are due 10 the recklessness Of
others and might he prevented by the exercise
of little care on the part Of the public.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-04
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
fFron The tribune sursau. ]

from The Tribune Bureau
Washington Feb. 3---The President Will veto 'ne
hill providlng for the taking OF the thirteehth
census on account of its failure 10 recognize the
merit system In tile appointment CT over t"s''e
thousand clerks end for other reasons
The President to-day transmitted to the GOV
ernors OF the respective states the recommends
tons OF the Conference on Dependent Chiioreh
giving his hearty Endorsement to its declarations
urged united action for the establishment OF per
rnaneut bureau and designated T. NJ Muiry anu
Homer Folks. OF New York. and James = west Oh
Washington as committee of promotion
Among the White House callers were secretary
Bacon. Attorney General Bonaparte. Justice Har-
Ian. Senators Borah. Darrell. Curtis. CIapp NlNol
NewIands. Milton, Ia Toilette. Scott and HouFHs
Representatives Ocott McC Ransdell, Marshal
O'ConneH, Stevens. Games, Russell. Drlscol anu
Cocks: Assistant Secretary O'Laughln. Assistant
Secretary Wheeler Governor Magoon, Civil Service
Commissioner McIlbenny, Public Printer Donneiy'
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane. Hann's
Taylor. Albert Halstead General Henderson, Amos
VI. Knapp, Chief Big Heart and four members q.
the Usage tribe Of Indians: Ex-Governor Little OF
New Hampshire and w. r. Page, Of New YORK
The President took horseback ride in the Iate
afternoon
New-York tribune., 1909-02-04
TIE CENSI-S BILL IETO.


The announcement that the President will
veto the census bill Will be greeted with hearty
satisfaction hy all believers in efficient and
economical public service. His objection 10 the
bin i understood to be that if cOntemplates
the appointment Of the army Of census takers
under the old spoils system. instead Of putting
them under Civil Service rules. That objection
Is valid, and It is to hc hoped that the President
viii be sustained in making 1t.
The device of subjecting the census employees
10 non-compctitivp examinations is trans
parent effort to ignore the Civil Service system,
while assuming guise of compliance with il.
Non-competitivc examinations are we'll enough
in some cases. but in eases in which competi-
tive examinations are not only possible and
practicable hut also eminently desirable they
are p mockerv and a deusion.
What the nation has at stake apart from the
important principle may be Judged from the
official statement concerning the last census.
tn the effect that the refusal failure 10 put
the employees under the Civil Service system en-
tailed an additional and wholly needless OK
pense Of fully S2000ON0. The coming census
will be 2 much larger and more costly under
taking than the last. and the loss caused hv
noncompliance with Civil Service rules will he
correspOndngly heavier. It is not merely a
question of method of appointment. II is a
dollars Of public money That is why every
thoughtful citizen should hope that the Presi-
dents veto will be delivered and viii prevail
New-York tribune., 1909-02-04

h-s .he.o has been some tendency toward
] elevatine Judges from one grade 10 ahouiel'
but the great majority Of all the federaI Judges
/ hold original commissions. OF the nine JUS
tices of the Supreme Court for instance Only
three were formerly federal judges of lower
rank Justice McKerna was District ludGe III
California, Justice Brewer was Circuit )noee
I'm the Sth Circuit and Justice Day was oir-
cuit Judge in the 9th Circuit. OF the present
Circuit Judges fewer than one-third served pre-
viousy as District judges
If has not been the policy OF the government
10 consider the judiciary a close corporation.
10 he entered only at the bottom ana rehe"ed
hy promotions from grade TO grade Inc pres
ent law has acted somewhat as check on pro
/ ,notions-certainly on promotions for the benefit
of higher retirement pay. 1t would lead 10
active competition among the District judges
everv time Circuit judgeshp became vacant
If the District Judge could carry with him ms
credit Of service toward retirement into the
higher grade Indeed before long the claim
might he set mp that the senior District Judge
in a given circuit was entitled by precedence
70 promotion 10 the Circuit bench, and as in
The army and navy promotions would he made
largely with the idea of facilitating further re-
+irements The House baked at the idea or
applying the military method TO judicial ap-
pointments and promotions. In 30 doing 1t
was logical; for that method is entirely foreign
10 the usages of A century in the judiciary de-
nsrtment It would he better 70 give the
Judges Of sll grades the higher pay provided
for them in the Senate's amendments to the
legislative. executive and judicial approprla-
ton bill and TO let the present retirement pro-
visions stand. They can affect adversely only
2 few individuals and they discourage pressure
for promotion for the sake of promotion at the
stage Of life at which judges usefulness has
usually begun TO decline.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-04
WEDDING GUESTS CROSS BORDER
rBy Telegraph to The 1rieune

PIattsburg. y Y. Feb. 3.-Nss Mabel a =
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs George IL -, "a
Montreal. and Charles w Mofhtt. son of NJ =
Mrs William II. MoAitt, of New YORK -
ried here to-day Al the rectory Of St. John Os'n
lie Church Mr. Slater t. a shoe manufaetute'' =
the father Of the bridegroom is real estate -
tor. whose home in Manhattan IS near -.
Charles NJ Schwab. one Il a Protestant ' a..
other Is a Catholic and falling 20 oo''" :. "a
pensation IN order that their children s,,l
married in Canada. the parents brought '.i' -
party and hundred guests over the ilne -
cial train and had the ceremony periori-e- -
Mr.. and Mrs Mofntt will leave Montreal Ne'i.
day evening for Palm Beach. going by way o, ~.
bee Boston and New York ON their Fel"'" -
spring they will occupy residence az is.'p' = 70
Island. a wedding present from the parents ,,.s
bridegroom. and adjoining the WHO"
estate, their country home.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-04
SAFETY At SEA.

Whatever may he thought Of the wisdom Of
making compulsory the use Of wireless tele-
graph apparatus on all ships carrying speci-
fed number of passengers. its voluntary adop-
tion by the owners of many vessels is Il strong
recommendation of such equipment. The
same may he said of submarine fog signalling
devices: for while they are less generally known
10 the public. their utility has been SO well
demonstrated that they have been introduced
on several large transatlantic steamships com
ing 70 New York. Indeed. if the INSTALL alton of
either fog hell or a wireless telegra ph outfit Is
10 he required by law. perhaps 4 better argu-
mcnt can he made for the former than for the
latter. Wireless telegraphy is primarily con
venience for the officers and passengers Of
steamship. but only incidentally resource IN
emergencies. The fog signalling system is ex-
clusively an aid 10 navigation and a safeguard
IN frequently recurring danger
Fog bells suspended under water and pro-
vided with suitable hammers, can be heard with
greater certainty than fog bells suspended in
air for water is a better conductor of sound
than air Fog whistles no matter how faith
fully manipulated, are also more or less un-
trustworthy for reasons which are not yet fully
understood. When a mariner knows from dead
reckoning that he Is in the vicinity of 4 light
house or lightship which IS concealed by fog he
cannot always be sure of finding IT, Often there
* much difficulty in asCertaning the direction in
which il lies and on lea rning that fact depends
his success in laying new course With the
telephone device which IS used TO pick up a
submarine bell signal he would be able TO de-
termine whether the sound came from the port
or starboard side of his ship. This is usually
ali he needs TO insure his safety. aud If he does
not eventually sight the lig!ltship from which
the signals are delivered diminutiun in their
distinctnesS shows that he has passed it,
Though the original object Of the invention
was TO enable the captain Of a ship find Ger
tain permanent stations along the coast, il has
long been obvious that additional service would
lie rendered if vessels engaged in traffic also
carried submarine bells. Had the Republic and
the Florida. for instance, been provided not only
New-York tribune., 1909-02-04
ST-RW4YS AND "F4KEPS ."

Controller Metz says that only a faker' viii
run for Mayor next fall the issue of more
subways for the people. What was Mr.. Metz
himself when, little over year ago lie was
assuring the people of Brooklyn that the
Fourth avenue subway was going 70 be built e?
Chairman Wilcox conyicts Mr.. Metz out Of
his own mouth of telling the people not only
that the road could be built, would be built and
should he built. but that the money for its con
structlon had been set aside. And the Controller
was backed up by other members Of the Board
Of Estimate ana AppOrtionmeht, who publicly
declared that money for the construction Of
that subway had been set aside and could not
be used for any other purpose. What Mr. Metz
meant no one knows. lie knew. of course.
that money is never appropriated for a purpose
not yet legally authorized. And he ought TO
have known if he z competent financial
official. at the very time he making this
assurance that there money Ia build a
subway for only few weeks later he issued
q hurry cali to prevent the city from becoming
New-York tribune., 1909-02-04
DIR. TAFT ON LINCOLN.
IN Inspiration for Hsrojsm and Cse-
fuIness TO Country.

President-elect Taft has written for ths Marca
Cosmopolitan an article on Abraham Lincoln n
which he says.
It seems 10 me as ] study the Tfe % Lincoln
that in his development and the position % F1.-l
he attained there IS more inspiration for h5Iois.,
and usefulness to the country Than in me ne =
any other one man in history He had MS AsaS
neSSes like others His education vas feui,t.
But by certain sort of intellectual diSNlplre y
selfeducation. he clarified his methods ot tnols.
problem presented by solution as str'pIs a. =
was effective. The responsibility vhtcn NJ -.
awful to contemplate. and the proyeroal >a1tt -
of his features il is easy 20 urfeTstaii1 ii1 -
criticism and abuse 70 which he vas sl3ler -
the crises or the civil War one IS ashame1 - -.
utmost value In the enroUra cement Or OF 80
they not be horne down By the NelE"' '-
Mr.. JinColU's hjoEraphsr and partner, -
HerndoU. raises question IS 20 Nl-'.L5a .L5ta--sz-s
made up q part Of LnColus nature re s--eS,ss-
Thar mis- OuSifeTatiOn and charity T-S..il-t-
from his sense Of Justice. don't know tnal So
a discussion is profitable certain IL : 80.
have never had In publ, life whose sssI-s
with whom he came in Contact- whether ms q
or political opponents. was -Ear4 r4cterizsl - b,f
greater sense 81 fairness. Ana W "a L,,.sf ur-
IN public life man who TOOK upon i.i -a3
cornplainngIy the of the nation am ~ 80
in his soul from the weight of them as NJ u.-1-A ~
in all our history man who had sl.H =. rs5r's.
Of common sense. OF high sense Or dNl.r -osF-
Of memorable logic and Of conH1A ll -...rF IS
ness ot God in working out Tlsa ~ .,@ -9,1rtry
had this great product ot f0S sou O. w L-r- >v-
one cannot read 81 Abraham Ll7Noin 49,. 49, ~ ris
ing him one cannot think % Ms SirlsSS-g' ora
life and its tragic end without NerPiLst. hsr,-
ism. his patriotism aD1 the burdens - 49, srt
tack and Calumny under which ne Slt.,l-. 'Eisferv
Of this country without moral
most stirring and intense character
New-York tribune., 1909-02-04
BExsIoKs EoR EEpER4L yrDeEs

Ire House of Representatives voted down the
other day 4 Senate hll reported fsvorably hy
the House Judiciary Committee. intended 10
alter The conditions under which federal judges
may retire pensions. The Law E"w in force
provides that a Judge who has served ten years
and has reached the age Of seventy years may
retire fun pay. I he defeated bill sought 10
amend tie Ian SO that ii retiring Judge would
5e allowed 10 count toward the ten years mini
mum Of service tie time he had SAT in other
courts under q federal commission. That is if
he were Circuit Judge he might count the
zine he had sat Il District Judge; or If he
were "a Suprrme Court justice. the time lie had
s8f on tie Circuit or District bench. AS the law
stands. a District judge prompted 10 the Cir
,uit bench must serve full zen years under
the second commission in order 20 he entitled
IL retire On the pay Of the higher grade. He
loses the pension benefit of all the years he
has been IN the lever court If he accepts pro-
notion
The supporters of the bin could undOubt-
ediI claim FOR il some basis ip equity But
tine analogy which they suggested Of their
plan 81 reIircnients 10 the plan OF retire
nient ia The military and naval services was
lsot i happy ole, far il apparently led 10
: the defeat of the measure. The judiciary stands
.n : different footing from the military estab-
Iishnleu7. In the army and navy promotions
are the rule. and officers pass through many
grades before ihey retire with ihree-fourths pay
sn he last and highest oHc. Promotions are not
sbe rss,e in the Judiciary. in recent years, per
New-York tribune., 1909-02-04

with tha instruments needed 70 pick up signals
brt also with bells for giving signals, ana had
a propar use of both been made 1t might nave
been POSSIBLE to avoid the collision off Nan.
tucket altogether The officer in command OF
each ship would have been able to discover tne l
proximity OF the other, and also TO ascertain us
bearing with reference to his own course. vi
course the advantages Of the system would ha.F
been obtained only in case some one on du'! u
each pilot house was listening FOR "a,Iils, i,,
and that an intelligible code of signals had been
adopted .
should the bills relating to this subject no"
before Congress fall Of enactment, the marine
insurance companies might think 1t worth Whi'e
TO consider the matter. Rates discriminating III
favor Of vessels equipped with wireless te'e
graph apparatus and with the means TOT re-
cniving and giving submarine fog signals ""uiu
probahIv not be without influence.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-04
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New-York tribune., 1909-02-04
GIDDINGs ON HUMANE IDEALS
First of the Special Columbia Lectures Given
at Havemeyer Hall

An audience composed largely of women attended
the opening lecture IN Columba's 100000 lecture
course founded on the Henry BerEh funG for tha
promotion Of humane education. which was de-
ltvered by Professor Franklin H GiddiuEs on The
Influence Of Humane Ideals and Practices IN L4u-
man Civilization, in Havemeyer Hall Yesterday
afternoon.
Humane ideals and practices according TO Pro-
lessor Glddings- are not present dsy product
'Sotoltude for dumb creatures he said ia one
Of the Oldest or the moral attainn.ents of the hu-
man race. The primitive was real Oar
Winan he felt that an intimate kinship existed be-
tween him snd the animal To him birds were men
with feathers. beasts were men with fur This
point of view caused him them With resnarr
He did not hunt and fish for the pleasure Of killing
something. tie killed for food only and did not
wantonly destroy animal life
New-York tribune., 1909-02-04
THE SNOW CRAFT.

Graft in snow removal is perennial 1t was
only year ago that the present tickets, now
pronounced very imperfect. were devised to put
an end 10 exactly the same practices which Com
missioner Edwards has Just discovered. The
tickets which preceded them were also very i'm
nerfect' And before that contractors were paid
by the number Of inches of snowfall. not by the
load removed. in order to prevent graft. When
that was done they did not remove the snow.
put waited for the sun TO do the work for them,
And now when they are paid by the load. graft
10 the extent Of $4,000 Is found although the
snowfall this season has Deen unusually light.
Moreover. there is no clear way Of preventing
graft If the city dspenses with contractors,
as is now proposed. and deals directly with
cartmen. there will always be an opportunity
for collusive allowances 10 drivers for more
loads than they carry, whether tickets are used
or not. And if the carts are engaged by the
dav. and not by the load, that will put pre-
MUM upon making as few loads as possible 4
days work
But If the difficulty seems insoluble II Is Ger
tainIv encoura ging to see signs Of vigor and ag-
pressivepess in the administration Of the Street
Cleaning Department. Commissioner Edwards
has been at the head Of it only a month, and he
has unearthed a big case Of graft has dismissed
several contracto whose work not salts
factory and has suggested that the same ad-
vantage would result from the use Of machinery
in snow removal that resulted from its employ
mPnt in street sweeping. lie has already ere
ated the impression of being a vigorous admin
istrator with ideas. 4 disciplinaTan such as he
gives indications Of being will he sure 10 reduce
both graft and idleness in the department to a
minimum Let us hope that at last another
Waring has been found.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-04
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

From The Tribune BuTeau.l
Washington. Feb. 3.-The Secretary OF war and
Mrs. Wright the guests Of honor at dinner
given by Mr.. ana Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page to
night.
The former Ambassador to Italy and Mrs VIII
lam F. Draper had to dine with them tonight the
Speaker, Miss Cannon. Senator and Mrs. Burrows.
Senator and Mrs. Foraker Senator Kean. Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Dazen. Representative ana
Mrs Weeks. Mr.. and Mrs. John w Foster. Nj and
and Mrs William r. Merriam, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Cleveland Perkins. Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Weight
Mr.. and Mrs. Montgomery Blair and Mrs.
Audenreid
Mr. and Mrs Laurence Townsend are entertain =
ing Mr. and Mrs. John p. Thayer, OF Philadelphia,
who will leave here tomorrow They gave in their
guests honor this afternoon musical which
several hundred guests were invited.
Justice and Mrs. David J. Brewer, Mr.. and Mrs.
JoFn r. Mclean. Major and Mrs. Downey and SIr.
and Mrs. William A Slater among those who
entertained dinner parties tonight.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-04
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
ITrom The Tribune Bursau-l

Washington Feb The German Ambassador
and Countess Won BernstorH have gone to New
York to remain several days They will accept
several private invitations while there. and the
ambassador viii attend a dinner 10 be given IN his
honor tomorrow night.
The Cuban Minister and sefora de Quesada, who
went to Havana 70 attend the inaugural cere-
monies. are expected here tomorrow. The Gillian
Minister and Sefora de Cruz. who also went to
Havana returned to-day
Mr.. Skybak. Norwegian first secretary. who went
TO Norway for visit a few weeks ego, is again AZ
his post Of duty at the legation here.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-04
DINNER FOR GEN. DAVID E AUSTEN

Rrgadier General David T. Austen, chief 81
coast artillery, viii be the guest honor at a din
ner 10 be given by the New York National C;uarI
at the 18th Regiment Armory, Sumner avepre
Brooklyn. on February 13. The occasion is the ar
tieth anniversary Of General Austens enlistment IN
the sta-e service. On Monday evening February.
To- the attn and 18th regiments win unite TO do
honor TO General Austen in exhibition drill and
a review in the same armorv