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New-York tribune., 1909-04-14
SrNnAY CLOSING.

T-nnraiudiced observers will agree Win zen
era1 Rfnpharn's statement in his letter 10 me
Rev DR. John 2 Peters that the law regaFu-
Iro the closing of saloons on Sunday cannot De
enforced with the Police Department at It's
nrasen+ strength. Probably 90 per cent of the
saloons are now open on Sunday, and, as me
Police Commissioner says. many OF theh Couid
he kent closed only by stationing ofncers al
da1- NJ their side doors For the police to give
that degree of attention ~ sunday oloslhs
would he 70 neglect attending 10 the enforce
mani of all other laws in order 70 accomplish
the enforcement Of one.
Nor is the fault entirely the lack OF ponce
men They make considerable number OF
excise arrests every Sunday. and II ever!
sa1oonkeeper or bartender arrested were pun
isbed and licenses were accordingly cancelled
+he violation of the Sunday law would be less
omen and probably less usual than II now Is
But the arrests that are made commonly result
in 8 discharge in court Magistrates are very
strict in regard 10 the character of evidence OF
linuor selling that they require On one grouno
or another most cases are at once dlsmlSSeo'
while the results. when the men arrested are
held are not such a TO deter saloonkeepers
from selling LIQUOR on Sunday. Grand turies
commonly refuse 10 tndict and petty 1uraes 10
cnnvict men charged with violating the Sun
dav law Thus il would profit little if the
police devoted all their energies 10 its enforce
ment
This at least Is certain. that the law IS IN
enforceable under present conditions. II its re
ouirements are demanded by public opinion
then some new means must be found for en-
forcing Them such for example. as special ON
GERS Of the state Excise Department charged
with that sole duty. This is provided for IN
the asure urged by DR. Peters, and 1t has the
sunnort of General Bingham. Perhaps. too
there should be 2 special court to hear excise
cases. so that public opinion might be concen-
ira ted upon excise law enforcement But even
that apparatus would fail should iurieS con
tinue their practice Of letting this class Of
offenders off scot free. Perhaps the attempt TO
enforce the excise law through the criminal
courts should be abandoned. and the Excise De
partment should be charged with its enforce
ment by means Of such body of agents as
the Peters bill provides for, who would make
the revocation of licenses real and effective
penalty The present system has failed The
state must either adopt the position of the Com
mittee of Fourteen and abandon Sunday clos
ing or il must devise some new and better way
of enforcing Sunday closing
New-York tribune., 1909-04-14
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
From III. Tribune Bureau ]


Washington April 13-The President and Mrs
Taft will leave here tomorrow for New York where
they will the guests over night of Henry W Tart
brother of the President The President will go to
New Haven THURSDAY morning 10 attend spe-
ciaI meeting of the Yale Corporation returning 10
Washington Friday morning. In the party to-r1or-
row will be Miss Helen Taft Robert A. TAFT and
the White House guests.
Ohio appointments were discussed at some length
to-day by President Taft and Wade H Ellis, As
sistant TO the Attorney General. There are mum
ber Of Offices which causing the Ohio Senators
and politicians considerable trouble, among them
the surveyorship at Dayton the postrastershtp az
Sandusky and the internal revenue colectorshtp or
the Colunabus-Athens district
The Brazilian Ambassador introduced Hosea Car
los Rodriguez. Of Rio de Jareiro. editor Of the
Journal de Commerce.
President Taft viii deliver an address 70 a large
gathering Of the Grand Army of the Republic on the
Gettysburg battlefield on Memorial Day and later
will attend dinner to be given in honor Of Gov
crnor Stuart Of Pennsylvania
Representative Austin today promised the Prest-
dent that if would visit the summer school Of the
University of Tennessee at Knoxville he would
guarantee him a rousing welcome by two thousand
pupils and teachers The President said he would
consider the matter
On the request of the Secretary Of the Interior,
who called on the President this morning. Frederick
bennett will be continued permanently as Com
missioner Of the General Land once When Sec
retary Ballinger became Commissioner he asked
that Mr. bennett be appointed his assistant, when
was done. He later recommended Mr.. bennett as
his successor. and has now paid = high tribute 70
his services in indorsing him to President Taft.
Representative Elerbe fled aff1davtts to-day that
Howard Cassel. son of Representative Cassel. Of
Pennsylvania who wants to be postmaster az Flor
ence. s c. is not citizen of the state
The President this afternoon received IN the East
Room A. 9 Fredenburg and the senior class Of
Adephi College. of Brooklyn Representative Hob
son who introduced forty or ffty delegates 70 the
Nffr
dred visitors spending their Easter holiday IN
Washington
a small and early dance was given ar the White
House tonight by the President and Mrs. TAFT for
the friends Of their son. Robert A. Taft and his
sister. Miss Helen Taft Besides their house party,
the guests included some Of the younger members
Of diplomatic families and the nondebutante set 10
which Miss Taft belongs and the student friends Of
Robert A Taft Mrs. Taft received the visitors
with her daughter
Mrs Taft occupied the Presidents box this after
noon at the Danrosch concert. having with her
Mrs Thomas T CIaff. Mrs Frank Ellis Mrs. BRYAN
Lathrop Of Chicago. and Miss Adds
New-York tribune., 1909-04-14
FRESH AIR AND hot AIR"

With all the theoretical knowledge presumed
~ he in possession of the world to-day relative
- the merits Of fresh air, an astonishing num-
her of persons seem 70 be very much afraid Of
II IF this apparent ignorance were conhned 70
those whose knowledge of the laws Of health
MIGHT nerdonably be considered rudimentary
the surprise would not be SO great. but II IS
more than strange that so many well informed
citizens take special pains 70 keep the fresh air
ont 6f their living rooms, and particularly out
Of sleeping rooms.
II might be presumed that in the schools. at
least. proper attention would be paid TO so I'M
portant a subject, yet if we are 10 believe DIT
Ir+her Gulick-and he probably would have lit
tIe difficulty in proving his general contention
in +Uo-thirds of the schools Of the country the
children are sitting in rooms the windows OF
which are nailed shut In ClaSsrooms full OF
fouI air teachers are instructing pupils IN
phvsioogy and hygiene. explaining 70 them the
merits Of that wonderful natural remedy. oXy-
gen. and then perhaps wondering how IT Is that
they are so lifeless that they seem unable TO
grasp q simple truth
In the treatment Of tuberculosis the value OF
fresh air is generally recognized. II 1t IS so
beneficial 10 the ailing. curing unaided a disease
once considered inevitably fatal, and doing TINS
even in the more advanced stages, what may II
not be depended upon 70 do in the way Of pre-
venting the thousand and one other diseases
which seize upon the body when II is in 2
weakened condition as ] direct result Of breath
ing bad air? A little less theory and little
more practice in the teaching Of hygiene in the
schools might fix in the pupils habits which
would add materially 70 the wellbeing Of the
present and all future generations
New-York tribune., 1909-04-14

of special and local interests IN the senate IMAM
il is in the House Representation ID the house
is based on population. and the wishes OF ma
iority of the people can he more easily rejected
there A local interest in a big state can get
the votes Of one or two Representatives. Inc
others NAV he Indifferent or hostile But the
same interest can often attract the support OF
one or both Senators. since Sena tors pohtcal
responsibility spreads over the whole state,
The small states have a disproportionate power
in the 11pper branch Of the national legislature
and their representatives are in more favor
ahia rosirion to secure local advantages at the
ayranse of the general welfare In the House
II p-aS easy 10 vote through free hides. free iron
ora free oil, free coal and lower lumber duties
In the Senate local opposition 10 transferring
iror ore hides oil and coal 10 the free list and
o,++5nr duties on lumber viii prove much more
r,oy-arfuI It is this narrow local sentiment
which most threatens the gains made IN the
House bill II II has its way II Will greatly
limit the scope of the revision OF lee9. Inc
snccess achieved by the Finance Committee II
COMBATING local rarrowness will measure the
suc-ess Of the Senate's tariff substitute
New-York tribune., 1909-04-14
EMIGRATION FROM GREAT BRITAIN.

Some attention has been called 10 the arrival
in this country of numerous middle class" Eng
lishmen who had been unable 10 obtain employ
ment in their own country. and who are re-
ported as saving that there will probably be a
much larger exodus from the United Kingdom If
labor conditions there do not improve The in
dustrial condition of Great Britain has for some
time been notoriously unsatisfactory the num-
Der Of the unemployed being unusually large
Whether il has been worse than conditions here
during the recent business depression may be
open 10 question. The proportion of men IN
employed has been officially reported 70 be- or TO
have been. several times greater in New York
than in England. Doubtless however tempo
rary non employment here is far less distressfuI
than there. because the average reserve of
means for rainy day is far greater here
than there The latter consideration is prob
ably potent in persuading men TO migrate TO
this country from the United Kingdom
Many are leaving the United Kingdom for
other lands than this, also even for Germany
There is indeed pretty strong inducement for
them 10 90 TO the latter country where they
have a much better promise of steady employ
ment than at home Thus in 1905 the per.
centage of trade union members unemployed in
the United Kingdom was Al, while in Germany
it was only II. Bad times came on for both
countries, with the result that the percentage of
unemployed increased. But while in the United
Kingdom by September last it had risen TO "a
in Germany il had risen TO only %. Moreover.
conditions in Germany appear to be such as to
permit the accumulation of more savings than
is possible in Great Britain. Thus savings bank
deposits in 1900 were S907 $4,000 in Great
Britain and s.. 200 $4,000 in Germany: in 1905
they were, respectively, S1,241, 10000 and S.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-14
THE COHNON ENEMY.
The Republican Mall of this city, moved
by the spectacle at Albany, says:

The Republican Mail" of this city. moved
by the spectacle at Albany, says:
Have the so-caIed leaders of the Republican
party in this state lost their heads? on the
legislative record as thus far made up the Re
publican party is certain to be defeated. and TO
deserve defeat, at the polls in this state next
fall Unless a quick change is made a Demo
cratic Assembly is the sure successor Of the
present Republican majority there
But whittier shall the public turn? In rea-
tion To the alternative presented blythe Mali
the Democratic World" says that the Demo
cratic "organiza ton has become merely an an
mex to the Republican machine, and is en-
gagged in assisting that machine 10 strangle
all legislation in the public interest.
The minority at Albany scrupulously refrains
from taking advantage of the mistakes and
faults of the majority. A sort of truce seems
To have been declared. so that machine polit
clans of both sides may the better get together
and fight the common enemy. The legislative
record of which The Mail" complains has been
made by both parties. Minority and ma iority
stand together on the direct nominations bill
the charter legislation and the telephone and
telegraph bill There will. therefore be little
inducement to defeat Republican Assemblymen
and elect Democratic Assemhlymen in their
places.
But the common enemy is the man whom one
party found il indispensable TO nominate only
last fall. and of whom the other then found it
necessary 10 nominate professed admirer. The
consolation of the voters VINO now find the rec
ords of the two parties in the Legislature about
equally bad will he that they will find their
professions next fall about equally good. Both
viii put direct primaries into their platforms
and pledge themselves TO support the Hughes
policies all and sundry. The common enemy
will then he the common friend
New-York tribune., 1909-04-14

16S. 10000. showing an increase in Great Br1t-
ain of only S116.3O0O0O and in Germany OF
$3.50 135 600 Of course, the inducement 70
come to this country is stronger stlli. for "hlle
the percentage of unemployment NAV he
larger here than in Germany or in Great Brit
ain the amount of savings bank deposits Is
enormously larger. being actually much larger
in New York State than in the United Kingdom
although the population Of the former IS only
one-ffth that of the latter.
The loss 10 Great Britain through emlgfaloh
is certainly great and is steadily increasing IN
1000 tho pet amigra tion from that country. over
immigration. was 71.1Ss. and in 1906 II was
1857 On the other hand, the gross emlsra-
tion from Germany in those years was. respec-
lively. only 22.3O9 and 31,014. While the lmml-
grafton was considerably larger. so that there
was actually a net gain of population from rhe
latter source The.e comparisons have much
weight with thoughtful Englishmen in constd-
ering the question of tariff reform
New-York tribune., 1909-04-14
About People and Social incidents

rector OF the Bureau OF American Rspubnc. "a
other guests were the Colombian Minister and
Sonora de Cortes, Sonora de Ia Tore. the Bolivian
Minister and Sonora de Caldsron Senortta Cal
deron, the Peruvian Minister Nine Thierrv ana
Mr.. and Mrs Tanes Mr.. Barrett viii give din
ner on Thursday night with hundred guests in
Guiding the Nice-President. the Secretary OF stata
and the Latin American ambassadors and minis
ters. who constitute the governing Soard OF ths
Bureau Of American Republics
Mrs Edison Bradley entertained ar luncheon "a.
day for her house guest. Mrs. George Narshau
Allen. of New York
The Baroness Alix Noncheur and Miss NarzIe-it.
Barbour assisted Mrs James ? Barbour in se-vi-r
refreshments and delivering the presents al tss
annual Easter treat given by her this afternoon
New-York tribune., 1909-04-14
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
rFron The Tribune Bureau

TFT'HI IT' N IV1IT T9IT77iTlI
Washington. April l3-The Vice President and
Mrs sherman we're the guests OF honor ar a dinner
given tonight by Representative and Mrs Herbert
Parsons
The Secretary Of War and Mrs. Dickinson were
entertained dinner tonight by Justice and Mrs
Harlan.
The Secretary Of the Navy and Mrs Never met
large party at dinner given in their honor at the
Country Club tonight. with Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Story hosts.
Rrigadier General James a Buchanan enter
tained the Ex-Governor of Montana and Mrs. TooIe
at dinner tonight. His other guests Mr.. and
Mrs William B. RidgeIy, Mrs Harlow. Miss Helen
Hunt. Miss Davis, Miss Buchanan. Brigader Gen
eral Davis Captain Davis and Samuel Maddox.
E>x-Vice- President and Mrs Levi P. Morton are
spending few weeks their Washington house
They have leased the property to John HAYS Ham
nond for next season
The Mexican Ambassador was the guest OF honor
at dinner given tonight by John Barrett. Dt-
New-York tribune., 1909-04-14
THE CABINET.

r=rorn The Trfhure Bureau
Washington, prH 13.-Afrs- Franklin MacVeazh
wife of the Secretary of the Treasury. who with
her husband. is the guest of Mrs. Norman VIII
Jams. will spend the spring here. Secretary and
Mrs MacVeagh will take apartments in the ArlnE-
Thursday.
Jacob NJ Dickinson. tr.. son Of the Secretary of
War and Mrs Dickinson who IS spending his
Easter holidays with his parents In this city. will
return 10 school tomorrow The Secretary and
Mrs Dickinson viii go 10 Fortress Monroe on Sun
day to remain for A day before going 10 Charles
ton They viii visit their and daughter-in-law
in Charleston a short time before sailing for Pan
anna on April q the Mayfower.
The Attorney General and Mrs. Vickersham are
entertaining their daughters, Mrs Albert Akin OF
New York. and Miss Constance Wickersham. a
schoolgirl
The Secretary Of the Navy and Mrs Meyer took
possession of their house in Scott Circle to-day.
and It is fast being transformed into one Of the
most attractive Cabinet homes in town. Mrs.
Meyer lIds fine collection Of autographed photo
graphs of the soveregns and Of titled persons Of
Europe. we'll II many notable Americans.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-14
AMERICAN PICTURES IN SALON.

Paris. April 13-The salon Of the soCietA Ma
tionale des Beaux Arts was opened in Paris to-day
by President Fallieres. The exhibition is average
one. notable chiefly for excellent portrait work
American artists make q credtable showing. F.
X Freseke has a deicatey colored picture Of a
Woman at Her Toilet" Alexander Harrison
again shows moonlight effects at sea. and Waiter
Gay exhibits several interiors. Myron Barlow shows
some dreamy studies of Normandy women in gray
blues and mauves Canvases by Hanon and Flor
ence UPTON also have received favorable comment
One OF the successes OF the exhibition is found
in three remarkable panels representing stages In
life of Joan of Arc. by Boutet de Mondel. which
have been bought by ex-senator William A Clark.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-14
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New-York tribune., 1909-04-14
eeoReIA's NEW CONVICT SYSTEM.

From 1he w washington star
The abolition of the convict lease system by the
State Cfeorgiffa is cheerful note OF progress in
the South It is also tribute TO the power of the
press and the influence of enlightened public opin-
One plank IN the platform on which Joseph NJ
Brown was nominated for Governor last June called
for the extinction of the practice of leasing con-
vtcts private contractors This treatment of pris
orers and the stories of hardship coming with per
sisteut frequency from the convict camps have Of
Tended the moral of the people IN and out of
Georgia 1t brought obloquy the Empire State
of the South. The old system was baneful, vicious
fornatory spirit which should enter into the treat
ment of prisoners.
Under the new order the convicts will be
ploved in building and improving public roads. This
is comrendable in that It provides wholesome work
for convics renburses the state for their keeping
and brings people OF the state the benefit OF
better highways
New-York tribune., 1909-04-14
FRANCE TO GIVE MEDAL.
Token of Admiration for Restoration of San
Francisco.


Washington April IA medal OF gold. designed
by Bottee the gift of the French government. COM
men1ora1ive of the rising Of San Francisco from
the fire and earthquake ruin of three years ago.
Is to be presented in person 10 the authorities Of
that city by Ambassador Jusserand late in May.
The medal is TO be offered the American people
and the city of San Francisco as token Of
sympathy and admiration by the French republic
NJ Jusserand in a letter asking the Offices OF Sec
thorites of the instructions he has received gave
a brief history of the incidents and motives which
inspired his government In presenting the medal
Congress. in 1901 directed that a single gold medal
be struck to commemorate the 2o0th anniversary Of
birth of Benjamin Franklin and presented II TO
the French republic. NJ Jusserand received II from
Secretary Root Phladeph phia about three years
and the ambassador, in his response expressed the
earnest hope that OF the next medals 10 be
struck would commemorate the resurrection OF
San Francisco from the disaster which, he said.
and admiration for the manliness displayed by the
population during their awful trial Continuing. N
Jusserand. in his letter TO Mr. Knox. said:
In conformity with the wish which took the
liberty TO express. a medal is to be added 10 the
series of those which have marked, from time 10
time ever since the earliest days of American in
which arose at the very beginning between our
two countries. from the medals which commemo-
rated the epoch of the alliance and of freedom
down the one which a popular French subscrip-
Lincoln, and to the one, finally. which the An1ert-
can Republic offered to my country
New-York tribune., 1909-04-14
QUIT INDEPENDENT LABOR CONGRESS.
Hsrdie. Snowden, Mcdonald and Glasier Re
sent Vote of Confidence in Grayson.

Edinburgh April 1S-The recent factional Draws
IN the ranks Of the Independent Labor patty.
which have initiated seriously against the usefd--
ness Of the party in The House of Commons cams
TO climax az tc-day-s session - the annual
congress OF the org4 1ization. when James hei.
Hardie. Philip Snowdsn, Ramsay NarDonald az.
Bruce Clasier resigned their seats as members OF
the National Administrative Council The hnrneol
ate cause Of the trouble the adoption oy %
congress Of what amounted to vote Of conIlu7 :,
IN Victor CTrayson. between whom and Ny ri@-N
there IS z feud Of long standing
The designations made sensation N tn4 =
rress Efforts were made 20 bring aeout -lsN
withdrawal. but the four men who kicked oN
the traces" stuck their determination sE-ou.'
this split in the Labor party continue y VIII -
lieve the Liberal government of much press-1e -
the direction Of socialtstic legislation
New-York tribune., 1909-04-14
TRIBUNE READER FOR So YEARS.
, the Editor OF The TRIBUNE

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Sixty-eight years ago to-day The Newer
Tribune issued Us FIRST number. II has been His
pleasure we'll as honor, to have read eNs.S
number UP 70 date and I am free 10 say-and VILE
out fear OF contradictions think The Tribune o.
to-day stands ar the head OF the newspapers Poe-
lished in this country or any other Il seems y
ns II is constantly improving in editorials g.
eral news ana financial reports. and nearly a.. -.
policies II has advocated and advanced have 90 =
adopted It has always been on the side OF r1gnt i
started out TO abolish slavery; IL advocated p
lection 10 American industry: IT takes $50
ground on the temperance question. and Is cons1sA
ly advancing new ideas IN regard 70 pubic =
provenents The future OF The Tribune IS seou-3
and hope I may live many years yet 70 Oe ii
ested in it's daily productions
GEORGE 7. COOKE
New York April 10. 1903.