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New-York tribune., 1909-10-20
MR. BANNARp,g CAMPAIGN.

Mr.. Bannard's campaign is the only one that
is in the least complimentary TO the people. he
is the only candidate for Mayor who is dis
cussing serious matters, such would inter-
est an intelligent electorate. He is the only
one who is not pretending the issue is something
else than IL is. There are three candidates for
Mayor" he said Monday night Neither OF
them will steal" That is the truth. Yet, If fhe
public took seriously what the other candidates
are saying, the bare assertion that none or the
mayOralty candidates would steal would have
created a profound sensation. There would be
surprise that they would not all commit every
crime in the Penal Code
"An OF the candidates" said he further. "are
in favor of subways." Wild horses could not
have dragged such an admission from the ups
Of his rivals. They are busy trying to prove
that the real issues of the campaign are whether
or not one of them rode in Mr.. Ryan's autOmo-
bile and whether or not the other once had his
hair cut by Mr. Ryan's barber. They are warn
ing the public as TO how Ryan's cook and DoOt-
black intend TO vote so that it may be wise IN
time and vote In opposition TO these worthy
servitors Mr. Barnard dismlsses all this sham
aud humbug and does not pretend that he Is
dragging the mask from the hideOus monster
whom the opposition is trying to place in office
He does not act as if the public were mostly
fools. but as if it were mostly composed of In
tellgent voters who knew their own interests
He sticks TO the real issue-namely. that the
city is spending more than S200,0O0,000 under
political management and that business man
agement such as prevails in the corporations
with which he is familiar could make that
S2OOOO0OOO or more go much further than ii
does Each year." he says, "the city pays about
''SSOOOOOOO in wages and about S16O00,OOO
"for supplies. Trust a business man to save
something out of that for schools, and hospi-
'tals. and Fairgrounds for the children.
And again he says:
Your business in the next two weeks is to pick
out a for Mayor for four years to reorganlze
the departments of the city government; to
get on the job from top TO bottom and hnd out
which man is earning his pay and which man
to find out what they buy and what they pay
for il and why; TO introduce good methods, good
manners and good business morals, and this is
Just by way of organization. When your Mayor
gets a staff and working force that is honest ana
efficient he has just begun.
A business viii go through each depart
ment and inventory its property, dispose Of what
is useless, put IN service what is idle, stop waste
and collect incomes
The other candidates are saying nothing
about this topic. They are lodging the real is
sues Of the campaign because they are as i'll
feriOr 10 Mr. Barnard in business capacity as
they are superior TO him in bandying truculent
personalities.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-20
saw FRANCTsOo,g CELEBRATION.

Americans everywhere will join in spirit IN
the celebration now in progress at San Fran
cisco. The people of that indOmitable city are
concentrating the discovery of San Francisco
Bay by Gaspar de POrtOla on October 10. 1863,
and at the same time are expressing their salts
faction and pride I'm the marvellous recovery
of their community from one of the greatest OF
modern catastrophes The historical interest
of the celebration is obvious. PortOla made
known to the civilized world the existence Of
one OF the safest and most capacOus harborS
any seaboard To vOyagers along the rugged
and nhOspitable coast of the North Pacific it
offers an ideal refuge. The naves of all the
nations could ride I'm security on its sheltered
waters. Long vacant under the indOent Span
lsh rule, it became after the American occupa-
tiOn the goal of shipping from all quarters of
the globe, the port of entry for the ArgOnaut
and the empire builder. It's story has been one
of fascinating romance, as well as of sold mari
time and commercial expansion. The develop
ment of the city on its border has been pictu-
rescue incident in American life
The celebration appeals distinctly to the his
tOrcal imagination But even more, in so far
as il recalls the recovery of San Francisco from
the Tavages Of earthquake and fire. it will evoke
a general appreciation of the courage energy
and civic pride which made that recovery pos
sible. The disaster of 1906 razed 2S,OOO build
ihSS, Dotn feSIuenceS ana business structures;
swept clear an area of more than four miles
square and destroyed property valued at $780,
100000. In three years San Francisco has risen
from its ruins enlarged and improved. It's
commerce has been re-established and it's posi-
tiOn as the chief port and metropolis of the
Pacific Slope has been Tesecured. That splen-
did example Of fortitude and selfreliance ap-
peals TO every American since it shows the
American spirit working at its best inviting
trials and overcoming obstacles The same
spirit made the East, and then the West. re-
claiming them from the wilderness, and East
erners and Westerners can fifty Join in honor
ing It as their common heritage.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-20
MR. CULBERsONs sTRADDLE.

Senator Charles A. CulbersOn has shown not a
little finesse in dealing with the issue Of free
raw materials, now agitating Texas politics from
centre to circumference. 1t was perilous TO
break into a discussion which had divided the
party and arranged on opposite sides two such
fertile and bellicOse disputants as Mr.. Bryan
and Mr. Bailey But It was also difficult TO keep
out. for Mr.. Culberson was being claimed as
an ally by both the free raw materials and the
taxed raw materials forces The senior Senator
certainly contributed to the reputation by the
Democratic State Convention in 1896 of the free
raw materials policy adopted by the trainers OF
the Wilson tariff bill. He made his first cam
uaign for the SenatOrship on an anh-Wilson bill
platform, defeating Roger .. Mills, the most
conspicuous representative in Texas Of the
Cleveland Wilson school. On the other hand.
his votes in the Senate last summer in favor Of
free iron ore, free lumber. free paper and free
wood pulp have been construed as concessions
TO the opposite theory. the more so since they
Put him at odds with Senator Bailey, who voted
for the retention Of duties on those products
In explaining bis position Mr.. CubersOn plays
the middle against both ends. He is willing 70
run with the hare and 10 hunt with the hounds
He protests his loyalty TO the Texas platform
Of 1896 which he was instrumental in framing,
and says: ''fhe plank in the state platform of
1895 rests upon absolutely unassailable ground,
''anQ i nave tue utiuOsL cOuuttuct lhdt the
Democracy OF Texas will take no backward
''step with reference TO IT," So far he Is a
BaiIeyite. But he also finds a way to be a
Eryanite He defends his votes for free iron
Gre free lumber, etc, on the ground that these
law materials are used in industries controlled
by trusts and that duties on them only afford an
excuse 70 the trusts 20 charge the domestic con-
sumer higher prices. lie says that he does not
believe ia levylDg duties Of any Sort for prOtec-
tion or for revenue on commodities the prOduc.
ilon and sale Of which here are In the hands OF
m0n0polles. II is easy enough to charge that "A
certain industry Is under trust control and
that assumption 90 vote to strike the duty of
the competing foreign finished product and the
competing foreign raw material. Such action is
disciplinary and has a judicial rather than nm
economic motive. II is punishment pure and
simple the government surrendering a source ~
income. proper under normal conditions. In order
10 penalize persons supposed 10 he violating the
statutes against unlawful suppression of ennpa-
New-York tribune., 1909-10-20
4n1usements.


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Earth. Ballet OF Jewels.
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MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-lO a. m. 10 II p M
Electric Show.
MAJESTIC -2l5-S:l5-rWo Women and That Man
MANHATTAN OPERA HOUSE-S-Bohemin Girl
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ing ~ Third Floor Back.
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fANOf-s :l5-The Awakening OF Helena Richie.
SrUrNESANT-sl5 l5-The Easiest Way.
" AT.IsAC TX -2.Eb-S.lS-The Fourth Estate.
SYERFsR S-a:iB-s s.i5-Ihe Climax
WEST END-2:l5-s:l5-The Ringmaster.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-20

tition. Mr.. Culberson takes an indirect route,
but by following Il he can put himself In touch
with the last Democratic national platform and
with the Bryanites who want to remove duties
on all raw materials.
Mr.. Bailey pointed out in one of his speeches
last summer that the discrimination proposed
against commodities alleged to be made by a
trust and raw materials alleged to be used by
trust was utterly foreign TO n system of taxa
tion for revenue only If duties are imposed for
revenue only the governments sole concern is
to get the money, and the suspension of duties
IN order to punish offenders against domestic
antitrust statutes must not only destroy reve-
nue but throw trade and industry into perpetual
confusion. 1t Is like setting the house on fire
TO drive out the rats. It cannot greatly please
the Baileyites 10 find Mr.. Culberson ready 10
abandon the theory Of tariff for revenue on all
articles. whether finished commodities or raw
materials, on the mere suggestion that trust
controls a certain industry Nor can it greatly
please the Bryanites to discover that Mr.. Cul-
bersOn believes in the taxation Of raw materials
under normal conditions, no maevOlent trust
activities thrusting their heads above the sur
face Mr. Bryan says that Mr.. Bailey Is
"quasiprotectionst' Mr.. Bailey says that Mr..
Bryan is a "quasi-protectionist" Mr.. CulbersOn
has put himself in position TO be classed as
uasi-protectiOnist whichever side wins
New-York tribune., 1909-10-20
WHO OTVNe THE AIRR

The suggestion that the Aero Club OF America
invite some distinguished aviator TO become
party 10 a friendly suit which would determine
svhht legal penalties may attend aerial nayiga-
iiOn is an excellent one. In an address to the
organization Mr.. LyttIetOn Fox. a lawyer, said
that as under the old Roman law the owner "
land had ownership Of the air above it, and as the
English commoniaw IS based on the Roman code,
any man who flies over anOtheT's property is
Technically frespasser. If an aeronaut could
be identified and caught. therefore he would
be liable for any damage he might inhict by
accident or carelessness while in flight
Though penalties for such injury have not yet
been inflicted. there is no telling how soon the
occasion for their imposition will arise. Hence.
IL is desirable 10 have the principle Of liability
defined by competent authority. 4 decision by
one Of the higher courts. If suitably advertised,
would serve many good purposes. Perhaps the
most important advantage Of a fresh enuncia-
ZION OF the law would be 10 render aviators
more CAUTIOUS than they otherwise would be.
As set there are no signs that those who use
and intend 10 use airshiPs for military pur-
DOSES need 10 exercise increased care. but the
men who purpose 10 fly merely for sport are In
an entirely different category So great are
tho dangers Of aviation that any one who goes
into il simply for pleasurabie excitement may
properly be considered a reckless character
cations 20 the public and 10 the government the
better
IB advocating arrangements for test suit
however. Mr. Fox evidently had other possible
consequences In view. de seems 10 believe that
after the existing legal status of an aerial tres
passer has once been clearly outlined the law
may be so modified that the air viii be pro
nnunced a public highway Legislation Of that
kind. however. would, in our judgment, be I'M
fortunate II Il were not very accurately limited.
There Is a wide difference between navigation
~ the sen and navigation of the air. II a trans
atlantic steamship is badly handled those who
are on board her may suffer and she may IN
isne another craft which Is on the same level.
lbere Is practically no chance however that
She viii BARN anybody or anything directly
under her, at the bottom Of the ocean She can
discard ashes. ballast or any other material
without fear % doing mischief II such things
SO a-apyed Go@ a. airsbip, there viii always
New-York tribune., 1909-10-20
NEw-YoRn DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 90 1909

that it was not of the stuff to stand the rleors
of a Democratic convention, that 1t was Dorm
only TO bless doting parent and was destined
to perish with the first frost of the presidential
year. Why, then, should it not have beeh
permitted TO live out the short tenure OF its
life, thing of JOY TO its owner while IL iasteu
and as eyanescent as an old mans dreamF vi
course, none but a doting and unwise parent
would have rsked its frail life In Texas, Dut
why. for once should not even Texas Democrats
have risen superior to their normal instincts
and spared it? To Judson Harmon, the poet
candidate and bereayed father, we extend our
sincere sympathy.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-20
GREATER RICHMOND.

Richmond, Va. which John j. ingalls, once
referred to as "the extinct capital of the extinct
Confederacy" has proper ambition to regalA
the place II used to hold among Southern cities
Next to New Orleans ii was the leading city i'll
the seeding states. and down to 1900 II retained
that rank But the returns of the census OF
1900 showed that other Southern communities
were growing faster. Memphis rose to the sec
ond place its population increasing from 81 493
in 1890 to 1O2.32O in 1900. The population of
Atlanta increased from 65533 to s9,s72, and
Richmond consequently fell two points. its pOpu-
latiOn showing a gain of only 1862 for the dec
ade-S1 1888 to S5,050.
To help in recovering lost ground Richmond
las enlarged its limits on its own side of the
james River and is now preparing TO annex
Manchester. on the opposite bank. The latter
city had 9,715 inhabitants I'm 1900. On the 1900
basis the enlarged town would have a popua-
tion of 94,765-a little more than Atlanta's
'The Richmond Times Dispatch says that Rich
mend and Manchester together had population
in 1906 of $4,000, and predicts 100000 in 1910
for the consolidated capital. Atlanta will be
hard put 10 it to pass that total. and Memphis
may not greatly exceed it. Urban development
will help the South in giving 1t more balanced
life and wider material and intellectual inter
ests. Every centre of commerce and industry
developed is an impulse to energy, education and
progress. The South needs more such centres,
and RichmOnd's ambition TO increase its pOpula-
ton and resources and to regain its historical
status is thoroughly commendable.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-20
TIE TREASURY OUTLOOK

Dispatches from Washington note an in
crease in internal revenue collections which is
welcomed a sure sign of reviving activity
in business and larger revenues for the Treas
ury. Since July 1 the gain in receipts from in
ternal taxes has been S4.305, 600 1t is therefore
assumed that the increase for the full fiscal year
will be b&ween S12OO0OOO and S15OOOOOO
Present conditions seem to justify that expec-
tation.
Receipts from customs have been expanding
much faster than internal revenue receipts
Since July l the gain has been $21, ,757, 900. more
than % per cent. There has been loss of ST.
912,0 in miscellaneous collections, so that the
net increase in revenue since July l has been
S23,15000O But it is not likely that this ratio
OF improvement will continue throughout the
entire year. Business was duh year ago i'm
portations being greatly restricted. They began
TO increase in volume about the end of the win
ter and were stimulated in April May and
June by the prospect Of changes in tariff rates
Nevertheless, customs collections will probably
be from S35OO0O0O to $40OOOOOO larger in
19O9'1O than they were in 19OS-'O9. The gain
from customs and internal revenue will, in that
case, be more than $50OOO,OOO. Had Congress
not increased the appropriations for 19O9-'1O
the deficit of 190S-'09 would be almost over
come. There was an excess of ordinary expen-
dtures over ordinary receipts in 190S-O9 Of $685.
$4,000. But the disbursements this year will be
from $3OOOOOOO to S35OOOOOO greater than
those for last year. Since July l the increase
has been about $13OOOOOO. The Treasury Is
S1O,OOO,OOO better off than it was at this time in
1908. 1t can easily take care of the increase in
appropriations and have something to spare But
no such increase in receipts is in sight as would
meet the increased cost Of government ami
overcome besides last years deficit of $685.
$4,000. Treasury officials will probably be con-
tent if the deficit of 19O9'1O does not run above
S4O0O00O0
New-York tribune., 1909-10-20
IN THE 8ERKsHIREs.
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LBy telegraph TO The Tribunal
LenOx. Oct. 1s.-The Austrian Arnba--,s.-
Baroness Won HengeImaHer. who ar-tvsT -. ant
intending to remain at the Root villa FOR O.,.se'
nave changed their plans The anbaszador 49,,
to New York to-day. whence he viii frlrnAs.,..
proceed to the capital Baron Hyde OF r. -
oassy' and Baroness Won HeugelmGller win procss,
20 Washington Tomorrow
Mr.. and Mrs r. f. D. Wev. OF Rvs ~
Mr. and Mrs J. W. Mcbride. OF Afamaroneclr n -
who were guests OF Mrs. Coleman Bene5T.. - =,
MI and Mrs J. r. Beard have returnad -.
Mrs Benedict gave bridge party for her go.
during their VISIT s
Mrs George H. Morgan. who has b.e1 a. a..
Curtis Hotel. has gone 20 New York @
MI and Mrs. Samuel FrOthinghann rav. q l.-
dinher' entertertatnment tonight at OverIee NJ.
Joseph w. Burden also entertained at dlnns-
Mrs William Hull WIckham has arrived a. e..
Curtis Hotel -'
Dr. and Mrs. NJ. Frank Kirkbride Mrs
Matterson and James D. Kirkbrds. OF PhFae.f-
phia are motoring IN the BerkshIres
MI and Mrs. z. II. Lott and Mr.. and Nfrz q n
sayre' OF Brooklyn are on a motor run throuxs
the Berkshire Hills
Misses DuTyea. OF Newark: Mrs. H. z Aari.,c.
Howard Dodd. and Mrs. ". s Dodd. Of New Yo-s
have arrived
Dr. William Armstrong has taken a lease or ~.
Poplars from Samuel rockingham for next -
Mr.. and Mrs John Hopkins Smith. Mrs. Poss-,
Minturn and Mr.. and Mrs Robert NaIlor1 -.
arrived at the Curtis Hotel
MIS-. George Thomas and Miss Dorothy Thonz,
who have been abroad for the summer, have -.
turned to Stockbridge
Mrs Edward NJ Weld. who has been a sulexs .,
Mrs George P. King, IN StockbTidss, has zons !,
New York
At the second afternoon session OF ths rs,ox
Roller Skating Club this afternoon were Mr. sos
Mrs. Charles Astor Brisned Mrs George n ~
nure, Mr. and Mrs Harris Fahnestock Mrs Itns
say Fairfax. Mrs. Frederic Bull, ana thslr cbn.
dren.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Dana os New Yo-s a..
at the Maplewood. in PIttheId
New-York tribune., 1909-10-20
WHERE IS eAYNoR ATT
New York Evening NIalI.

From The New York Evening Mail
Ins Justice Gavncr this town has
81; An once seeker who said he would rather sof
Win tne dsvu than with croker and then tOOs
may9ralty nomination from Murphy.
a tShrlstan Iurst who swears "by Cod ane
man who talks about ''hypocrites- and vet
LlhOcentiy asks What is a campaign manager
wants 10 know What is the TenderiOine' and thus
describes the public enemy to a Brooklyn audi
ence: Iammany Hall you know. is the local Or
SanlzaCon over IL Manhattan"
public character who became such BY fght-
ing election thieves and now is made the uuprS
tSstlhS Denenc'aFy or primary election theft.
campaigner who raises Outcry against ~
famers' and ''mudslingers." and Vet who has been
an MS life persistent reviler OF other men, and
was the nrst To make scandaious charges IN ths
present contest
An advocate who declares that free speech ia
same address threatens. II made Mayor. 20 land
some OF the slandeTers of the city in "the poles
court"
citizen who in his informal letter Of accept
anee reeited as prevalent evils unlawful and an,
nUSSlnf InleIitsIence oppression sWleSS loCS bsz
SNtOrtionS, dishonesty and corruption. ana th lls
nrSt serious speech ON the stump demanded tnSs
these slanderers Of the city OF New York oe 9laus
US all over the world
woud-be Mayor who hattered the Republican
the Independence League so long as he thousnI
they msht indorse him, and then denounced tns. ~
formers and the ''hirelnSs" OF Hearst 80.
politician who COntendedly telloWShippet W. W.
Mr.. Hearst and eOurted him with assduisy sasIs ta
the latter became rival candidate, and wn9 sS 49,
discovered that the editor wore breezy straw hs +;
nad TOO m9ea money, and spent I "a an3 eerrups
our politics and system Of government
candidate advertised 20 reform 1at9lua.', =. a.,
own uses that he swallows the whole tSket-, N ~
Light Roesch, sullivan. Hagan anq e. 81 are not
elected. then don't want to be elected ,rl n
If anybody but GaynOr had put TINS sSSSoia
his credit In three short weeks ne Wo,lN -, "a 10
first rate model for a statue or t9inous- ~
beside Purity up there in Times Squal"
New-York tribune., 1909-10-20
DEMOCRATIC CRUELTY

With degree of inhumanity in no way war
ranted by the circumstances certain opponents
of JudsOn Harmon, Governor of Ohio. have
been seeking to make political capital out of the
fact that he once wrote a poem. and thus to
blast his budding hopes that the Presidential
lightning may strike in his immediate vicinity
in the national convention of 1872. Such cruelty
is inspired % course, by the fact that since the
death of Governor Johnson of Minnesota Judge
Harmon has heard, or thought he heard, Il
sweet little Presidential bee buzzing In the
neighborhOOd of the Ohio State House. Thus
instigated, Judge Harmon became alarmed at
the prominence secured by Senator Bailey
through his unaccepted challenge to William
Jennings Bryan to meet him in deadly debate
paid his fare all the way TO Texas and there
plunged into the political arena with a discus
sion of the tariff which should have COM
manded the approval of all good Democrats
including Baileyites and Bryanites, for in the
whole of his long and lucid discourse he ex-
pressed only one opinion-namely, that the ex-
listing tariff was an outrageous monstroslty
which would become thing Of beauty and
perfection only when revised by the Democrats
But Pointless and innOcuOus as was this
"enuneiation of party principles" IL did not fail
TO arouse sentiments Of hatred and envy in
the breasts of various Democrats, and now the
unfortunate Governor is charged with writing
poem by men who surmise that no true Texan
and no stanch Tammanyite could ever be In
duced to vote for the nomination of a man who
had been guilty Of such literary ndIscretion
1t may be argued that all is fair In love and
politics, and that any man who enters the camp
Of the Texas Democracy and escapes with no
grayer attack upon his character or person
should thank his lucky stars. And yet any at
tack upon so weak and tender n Seeding as the
Harmon Presidential bOomet is like Draining
pulling infant with an axe 4 moments re-
Election should have convinced Judge HaTmens
enemies that II would never reach maturity,