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New-York tribune., 1909-10-21
ENGLISH SUFFRAGE SOCIETIES.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: A writer IN your columns says
''The British sutfragettes are split into two
bodies. one led by Mrs. Pankhurst and the
other by Mrs. Despard.''
England is full of suffrage societies There
is the National Union OF Wornen's Suffrage
Societies. the older and more conservative
wing OF the suffragists. There Is the Con-
servative and Unionist Women's Suffrage
Association. Its ranks are crowded with
women OF title. There Is also the For
ward Union. suffrage association made
up wholly of women belonging to the Lib
eral party IN politics.
There are the two militant societies, the
womens Social and Political Union, led by
Mrs. Pankhurst, and the Women's Freedom
League. led by Mrs. Despard. There is the
Mems League for women's Suffrage. Then
there is an Adult Suffrage Society. which
works to get suffrage for all adults, ire
spective OF sex. but does not want the ballot
given 10 any woman till II can be given TO
all adult men at the same time. There are
an Artists League for Womens Suffrage. a
Writers League and Actresses League, and
do not know how many more. When they
are all out in force, with their various col
ors, the streets must look like flower bed
in full bloom.
The nOn-militants do not approve of the
tactics of the militants but all are deter
mined to give the government no peace till
they get the vote. AMY WILSON.
Boston, Oct is. 1909.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-21
A KNOCK THAT rs. 4 BOOsT


No public officer who tries to run his
office with the best interests of the pub
lie in view rather than the convenience
of his employees, and perhaps some poll
ticians, will have the cordial support
Of all the men under him. There are
still a great many persons who feel
that public Office ought not to be con-
Quoted on business principles, and if
they happen To be working under a pub
lie officer who insists on a full davis
work for full days pay, while other
officers are content to accept half that,
they may show their displeasure at cleo
tiOn. 1t will not be surprising. there
fore, if there is truth in the statement
that some of the men in the emnloy of
Register Prendergast have their knives
sharpened for him and will cast their
votes against him for the COntrollership
In the coming election.
So far as can be seen. there is no evi
dence to show that he has been in any
way unfair to bis men, from a business
point of view. According to the gen
orally false standards of public admin
istration here, he may have been severe
yet, even so, he has been more liberal
than a vast majority of business men.
The charge that he stopped the pay of
an emplOye at the end of sixty davs'
leave of absence on account of illness is
the worst indictment they have drawn.
but few business houses would have
continued to pay salary to an absent man
so long. 1t may hurt the pride of some
of the men, particularly those in the
habit of coming in between o 80 and 10
in the morning, to be compelled to check
in between 8 and 9:1O, but business
offices expect their men to be at their
desks by 9, and there is no reason why
the man who tranSactS public business
should not adhare TO the same rule.
Taken as whole, the grievances or
those in the Registers office wbo are
said TO oppose him should not only have
no weight in preiudicing the public
against Mr.. Prendergast. but, on the
contrary, should add to his strength
There could he no better camDaign ma
terial for him than the expression Of \
disgruntled emplOEe that the Register
enforces discipline on the plea that he
Is going to run his Office in A business
IKE way Nothing else is so much
needed in the office of Controller as blsi-
ness management and business efficiency.
and this testimony from an opponent
in his department 10 the ability of Mr..
Prendergast 10 bring about such happv
consummation ought 10 throw to him a
hundred times more votes than are lost
because of his tendency to make busi-
ness matter ont of an elective Office.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-21
THE COERCION OF FINLAND.
Annexation Expected-Blow TO Social
Circles in Sending Of Troops.

st. Petersburg. Oct. 20-The threatening
situation in Finland has spread dismay in
ST. Petersburg society owing 70 the pros
pect Of the officers OF the crack regiments
of the Guard being ordered 70 pass the
winter in the bleak barracks Of the can
tOnments of Finland instead of taking part
in the gayeties attending the return of the
court 10 this city There have been no
orders issued for the dispatch of troops to
Finland beyond those already on the way
TO the grand duchy. according to an officer
of the staff, but word has been passed to
the officers Of seven regiments TO hold
themselves IN readiness for winters cam
paign 1t is rumored that some Of the
regiments may leave here next week and
will be distributed by detachments in the
various towns.
prominent Finnish official said to-day
that open resistance TO Russia's demand for
an annual military contribution by Finland
was entirely out of the question He be-
lieved that there would simply be a pas
sive refusal to appropriate money for the
national defence. and that there would be
little headway made in the collection Of
the amount until that work was placed in
the hands OF Russians. The official cOnsId-
cred the annexation Of the eastern portion
OF yibOrg province settled. and he ex-
pressed the opinion that this would lead to
the general emigration Of Finnish resi-
dents to the new frontier.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-21
THE GEARS VISIT TO KING.
Eleven Thousand Troops Will Guard
Railway in Italy.

Turin. Oct. 2O.-It is officially announced
that the Russian Emperor will arrive at the
italian. frontier on the morning of October
%. He will be received by the Russian
Ambassador and the other members of the
embassy and an Italian military mission.
commanded by General TrOmbi, an aid Of
King Victor Emmanuel. who formerly was
military attache at St. Petersburg.
From the frontier TO RaccOnigi. a dis
tance Of seventy-five miles. eleven thousand
soldiers are guarding the railroad. The
Emperor's train will pass outside OF Turin
arriving at RaccOnigi In the afternoon. The
Emperor will be received at the station by
the King, his Cabinet and the members Of
his court. while the Queen Will await the
Emperor at the Castle.
RaccOnigi has been decorated, the avenue
from the station to the castle being hung
with flags and festoons of italian and Rus
sian colOrs, The government has taken
extraordinary measures to prevent any un-
toward incident. Emperor Nicholas will
remain at Racconigi until Monday after
noon
New-York tribune., 1909-10-21
fnusenents.

ACADEMY OF Nrslc-s:iS-The Man Who
sTy5sIRRk Rk-o-s -s-Vaudeyfne
AsnOR-s -s:l5-The Man from Home
FI.ASCC-S.15-Is Mauimcny a Faiure2
NAN-S:l5- 5-The Midnight sons.
CASlNO-s:ib-The Girl and the Wizard
CfDIxoNIA Is--2-s-Naude
CoMEDr-s:lS-The Melting Pot
C72fTERlON-s s:e0--The Noble Spaniard and me
DAI.Ys-s.15-TTae White Sister.
EDEN MTrSEE-The World in Wax
ENPfRE-S:ia-l lncOnstant George.
GA1ErN- -S.l5--The Fortune Hunter.
sssRR1C,K- S:lh-The Harvest Moon
HACKETT- s.15-Such Little queen
~ l1sNfkfERSTFTN'S N'S-2: :l5-S S.l5-Naudeytlle-
herald SQUARES. S.l5-The Rose OF Agefia-
HTPpODRONE- -2-s-A Trip TO Japan; inside
fhe Earth; the Bslet of Jewels.
HT-DSON-s -s:l6-On the Eve
IRVING PLACE-s:l5 Der ATIne Jonathan
KNICK KERBOCkER-k-The Dollar Princess
lJBFRTY-S S.aS-SpTingfine.
LINCOLN SQT' ARks-S-l5 Tho Little Terror.
l.YCEJ-Nf-2:l5- S.l5-Arsene Lupin.
ITRlC-s:15-The Chocolate Soldier.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN--lo q. m 10 u
D m.-Elecfric show.
MAJESTIC s:Is-TWo Women and That Man.
MANHATTAN OPERA HOUSE, 'aIrnen-
MAXINE BIIJOTTS THEATRE-s-SO-Th The
Passing OF the Th.ud Floor Rack.
E.W STERDAM-S:l5-The Love Cure
NEW YORK-s:i5-The Man Who Owns Broad
SAVOY s:l5-The Awakening of Helena Richie
STCTNESANT-2:l5 s-,5-The Easiest Way.
WAIiACR- SIS .lS-The Fourth Estate.
WEBER 'S-s:I5- The Climax.
WEST END-s:l5-The RingmasteT.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-21
THE POLAR CONTROVERSY

The National Geographic Society. Of
Washington, which recently invited the
two explorers who claim to have found
the pole to submit their proofs for ex-
animation. has now appointed com
mittee to pass judgment The experi-
eDce OF the men selected for this DUTY
most Of whom have been closely asso
ciated with the federal service. leaves
little room for doubt Of their fitness for
the task.
II is proper, however, TO consider
whether a verdict which will amply con-
vince the world has been assured. For
instance, is there a better chance that
twelve men will agree than that a
smaller number would, and If differ
ences should be disclosed would that
fact impair the value Of the decision?
As Peary has already submitted his data
he is evidently content. If Cook doubts
the impartiality of his judges he should
say SO now.
When the National Geographic Society
was considering its offer of arbitration,
the need OF such an adjustment was
recognized in New York by men OF high
scientific standing. Among them ere
Professor Henry r. Osborn, Mr. Jesups
successor in the presidency of the Amer
lean Museum OF Natural History, and
Air. Archer ~. Huntington, president Of
the American Geographical Society.
Both Of them were probably alive to the
possibility thar they might be suspected
OF undue sympathy with Commander
Peary, one because the explorer has
added largely 10 the collections Of the
institution over which Professor Osborn
presides, and the other because Com
mander Peary once filled the office now
held by Mr. Huntington. To meet that
difficulty, and also to secure the main
object in view, il was proposed 10 ask
DIR. Remsen, the head OF the National
Academy OF Sciences, TO appoint a com.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-21
THE TRIBUNE, At ONE CENT.

THE TRIBUNE At ONE CENT.
With this issue the price of The Trib-
une on week days s. reduced TO one
cent in the City of New York, Jersey
City and Hoboken, and to two cents
elsewhere The price of the Sunday
edition will remain five cents
1t has been so long represented TO us
that the public has come to regard one
cent as the normal local price for
New York newspaper, and that larger
sum is inconvenient to many persons
who would prefer TO read The Tribune,
that we have decided TO meet that view
of the case.
To old readers, who have not com
planned of the old price, we need merely
say that they will find their paper
changed only for the better. Its quality
is 10 he raised, not lowered.
To the new readers whom we expect
to welcome The Tribune will speak for
itself. They will quickly learn that 1t
contains all the news that any one
ought TO want, presented clearly. com
pactly and truthfully, with honest edi-
torial comment, liberal criticism and
abundant miscellany.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-21
SOCIAL NOTES FROM Ngweo.-
TBv Tefayranh n

lby IeieKrapn % The Tri7rf1s st-l
Newport. Oct. 29-Mrs. AddIsor =,
has gone TO EdgewoOd. y. j.. FOR ss..''' .eaAs
ter. "a-
Mr. and Mrs. Norman De r. vVbs,a.
have leased the Weaver cottage. in -
ley avenue. for next season.
Prof. Alexander Agassiz and u,x
siz will depart on Friday for csr,t-.sl'
Mass. where they will spend the o,,-s. -
Mrs James ?. Kernochan has closas
house here and gone 70 New York
Mr.. and Mrs. r. l. GammeU bav. -.
their season. Mr. GarnmeI has rss-,-s'.
TO Providence. and Mrs. Gamu1sII - =
party are on an automobile tour.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Stewart Barnav a..
pected back from the South to-morro7-
Mrs Charles NJ Oelricbs ana ~,
Blanche Oelrichs. with L.eonsrd rt.,---'
have gone 10 New York
Mrs. Hermann OeIrichs Is exn4es,4 ~.
week 10 look over her estate here
Samuel F. Barger Miss Edna E,
Mrs. Barger WalIsch and Miss -
Wallach will leave here AZ the eu4 ~ ii
month for the winter
New-York tribune., 1909-10-21
SO THIS Is GAYNoR!

SO this is Tammany said Justice
Gaynor, as he took the platform in
Tammany Hall. So this is Gaynor! must
have been the mental rejoinder of the
audience that sat before him. So this is
the man who last June heaped scorn on
officials who dined with the old Tam
many boss Croker So this is he who at
the same time predicted that Tammany
would control the next city officials, no
matter what were their pretensionsi So
this is he who e8coriated "the miserable
bosses and their harlot-like tools! So
this is the great reformer from Brook
lyn who has spent his life denouncing
political machines and their corruption!
There he stands, trying to get over the
embarrassment OF his first appearance
on the platform of an organization
fought against, by means Of his awk-
ward little joke, Where is the
Tiger If It is good for the soul of
man to see some pretentious foe and
noisy reviler the smirking recipient OF
a favor and trying TO cover his confusion
with a feeble little joke, 1t must have
done Tammany good TO see the boss
batter from Brooklyn on its platform,
beholden TO it for his nomination and
trying TO hide the awkwardness OF the
moment by saying, $50 this is Tam
many. And where is the Tiger?"
Never has Tammany's triumph been
more complete. When it chose the Chris
tian jurist's fellow townsman, Mr.. Ed
ward NJ. Shepard, in it's first attempt TO
convince New York that the way to
reform Tammany was from the ''in-
side" and the way TO. obtain an anti
Tammany government was 10 go to
1ammany for it, its pleasure was by no
means so exquisite. He did not prepare
for his visit by pretending unworldly
innocence of politics, nor try TO create
the impression that Tammnay was
such a little one" that political rela-
tons with it were venial, anyway. He
did not cover his embarrassment on the
platform with a weak joke, but re-
minded his hearers at once in a manly
way that he had been hostile TO Tam
many Hall' and that he was not there
Ito excuse or recede" from anything he
had said
The second time Tammany made Il
seemingly. anti-Tammany nomination
it was not even so successful as it was
the first time, for Mr.. Hearst refused
to speak from the Wigwam platform,
and openly said, II am not for Murphy -
The city was disgusted with both Shep-
ard and Hearst, but how honorable ap-
pears their position compared to that of
the man who makes a Jest of all his
previous anti-Tammany sentiments and
record by exclaiming, "And where is the
Tigerg'
The threat that if any swallowing was
done the candidate would be on the out
side was the last protest of disappear
ing self-respect, as 1t was being totally
gulped down Tammany, watching that
act Of deglutition with pleasure, well
knew that the feebly menacing "swal-
lower" on the platform had already
swallowed so much of his own words
and self-respect that he would have no
room left 10 swallow anything else.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-21

t,iion .of him as n dgnitary OF the
under world, breathing fire and sulphur.
He NAV not be a Beelzebub. but on the
other hand he is no subdued and oose-
ouious Servant of the House which
elected him. The history of the Payne
tariff law threw a good deal OF light on
that subject. Mr.. Cannon's part IN
shaping the tariff Legislation was not
that of a mere mirror and agent of the
Houses will. He seemed 10 be In many
situations more the principal than the
agent.
Something can be said for the system
which is now assailed as Cannonism.
MIR. Cannon did not invent it, but be
knows how 10 get out of it all there Is
In II. Those who think that fairer
and more representative system can be
devised are not TO be disposed of by
calling them "allies of William j.
Bryan" Cannonism and Republicanism
are not absolutely synonymous, and
there can be no great profit to Republi-
canism in trying TO tell the people of
the Middle West that they are now and
ever shall be. Even a failure to vote in
the House with MIR. Cannon's organiza-
tion for the Payne tariff bill need not
be regarded as absolute treason to Re
publican principles Mr. Cannon told
the people of Elgin that james r. Mann
was "the best legislator in Congress"
But Mr.. Mann voted against the Payne
bill.
The Speaker is a humorist as well as
eEa4 - L IyAr l--rN
bubbing. 1t entertains the public and
the public is in no danger of taking the
entertainment too seriously.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-21
IN THE BERksHIREs
IN TeIesraph b, - -.


Lenox, Oct. 2o.-D1r- and Mrs. Vini,,
Boardmsn and Miss Mabel BOardrnan -
had been spending October a. the ~.
wood. in Pittsheld. have gone TO VASES.
ton.
Mr. and Mrs George F. Crane. vbo =.
been at the MspIewocd. have returned !,
New York
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Oakley RhinsssDs..
arrived at the Curtis Hotel TO-DAY.
Mr. and Mrs. William A. A. Brown h,r.
closed their villaa Mrs Brown ia at ,..
Curtis Hotel with her guest. Miss u,~
kenzie.
Baroness Won HengeImuller and -.
daughter started to-day for Wasai,rto,
accompanied by Baron Hye. OF the Acst.
tTian Embassy.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W Paterson a..
preparing 20 close their country bou..
Blantyre. They will go to California q,
the winter
Mr.. and Mrs. Giraud Foster returned "a
Bellefontaine from New York today.
to-day for Lake Mohonk TO attend ~.
Indian conference.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Innes Kans zav,
dinner tonight at their villa.
Miss Mary Weynlan will soon clo.s =,
country place in Stockbridse and % 70
Rome, Italy. 10 visit Mr.. and Mrs E,sa
erick CrOWninshield.
Miss ROsamOnd Dixey Is IN New r'-s
and Richard c. Dixey has gone % Boston.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-21
AN OLD HARVARD "PREx."

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The Inauguration recently of Presi-
dent Lowell has recalled to the Harvard
students of fifty years ago the president OF
that day. James Walker, "a man whose like
We shall not look upon again" For sug-
gestiveness. simplicity. depth, sententious-
ness and originality. all adorned by Cicero
nian English Of we may use such an ex-
pression). President Walker was and is
unsurpassed. His Appleton Chapel ser
mons were themselves a liberal educa-
tion- His presence, too, was the acme OF
unpretentious. quiet impressiveness.
No college boy ever really, liked chapel
on weekday mornings. emphatically not
but none of us liked to miss President
Walkers Sunday sermons" though they
were as unlike the conventional sermon as
the de Senestute' Is unlike the deliver
ances of our modern pulpit Founders.
New York. Oct. Is. 1899. EN-.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-21
THE NEWS THIS WORNTyG.

FoREIGN-A typhoon caused great
damage and heavy loss of life in the
Philippines and in the neighborhood Of
Hong Kong. - Henry Farman, NY
ing in his aeroplane at Blackpool, COW
cred nearly forty-eight miles in l hour
81 minutes and Is A. seconds - The
University of Copenhage maintains its
right TO the first examination Of Dr.
Cooks polar records. refusing to grant
the request of the National Geo
graphic Society The Spanish
Minister Of the Interior has issued
a warning TO the people against
holding anfi-gOvernment demonstrations
planned for next Sunday. - Moors
attacked the Spanish positions near Me-
hlls. but were repulsed; the Riffs suf-
ftred heavy losses in an action on Tues
day. - The coroner's inquest in the
case Of William l. Buchanan. who died
suddenly in London. showed that death
vas due 10 heart disease.
DOMESTIC.-Pr Taft spent the
day in recreation on his brothers ranch,
at Gregory, Tex. - The National
Geographic Society AT Washington ap-
pointed three experts 70 examine Com
mander Peary's polar records. = DR..
Cook said, at Toledo. that he would he
ready TO submit his North Pole proofs
TO Copenhagen within two months and
possibly within a month Mrs.
Gardiner G. Hubbard was killed in an
automobile collision in Washington.
-= Benjamin F. Barnes, postmaster
al Washington and formerly assistant
secretary TO President Roosevelt, died
al the capital == The twenty-seventh
annual meeting of the Lake Mohonk
conference Of Friends Of the Indian and
olher Dependent Peoples opened at Mo
monk Lake, y. Y. -- Dr. Elmer Bur-
rift Bryan was installed as president of
Colgate University at Hamilton, n. Y.
CITY-StOcks We're weak. - Otto
T. Barnard made tour of BROOKLYN. and
spoke in Carnegie Hall - Mr.. Ran
nard addressed an enthusiastic noondav
audience OF workingmen at Eleventh
avenue and Both street. the heart of a
Democratic stronghold. - Represent
atlVe Bennet, campaign manager for
otto T Barnard, said the fusion candi
date would win by 20 900 and the rest OF
the fusion ticket by more than 100 OOC
plurality. - TammanyS Hall was
alarmed over reports of the probable
Hearst vote and leaders feared the de-
feat OF the county and borough tickets
= Judge Gaynor spoke in the Acad-
emy OF Music, in Brooklyn. - Judge
GaynOr. praised the Jewish race 10 z
number of rabbis who visited him at his
home 20 assure him of their support
- Mr.. Hearst spoke at a number OF
uptown meetings. = A schoolgirl was
run down and probably fatally injured
by q speeding auto. = a Jury found
that Aurel Batonyi had been guilty OF
one OF the charges of misconduct made
by his wife.
THE WEATHER.-Indica for to-
day: Rain. The temperature yesterday:
Highest. So degrees; lowest, SO.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-21

Francis Lathrop whose death has just
spread regret through a wide circle of
friends. was an artist notable for his re-
fined and graceful taste. Some of his
portraits. and especially one that he
made of his mother, long ago COM
manded high praise, but his career was
essentially that of a decorative painter.
The ascription to him of the decorative
scheme of Trinity Church in Boston has
been made in error 1t was. of course,
the work of Mr.. John La Fargo, who
summoned Mr.. Lathrop, as he sum-
moned several other artists. to aid in
the execution of his ideas. But Mr..
Lathrop produced a vast amount OF dec
oration through long career Of inde-
pendent activity, and this was always
admirably designed. He was restrained
in his use of color, suave in his handling
of form and very delicate in his weaving
of arabesques. His prediction was for
quiet, dignif1ed effects. and his contact
as a young man with the pre- Raphael
ite movement in England deepened his
romantic yet somehow conservative
sense of beauty. He was a man Of win
ming personality, and he will be sim
cerely mourned.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-21

Borough President Cromwell. who has
made an excellent head of the borough.
The one list is composed of business
men, lawyers and experts in municipal
affairs. The other list consists of a noisy
and insincere agitator and the tools Of
Murphy and McCarren. Tammany busi-
ness men. chronic officeholding clerks,
a saloonkeeper and a district leader.
Which ticket is fit 10 form the board of
directors Of a great corporation and
spend billion dollars for It?
New-York tribune., 1909-10-21

mission 10 perform the work assumed
by the Washington organization.
At last accounts this second project
was hanging i'm the air. It's originators
may hesitate TO press 1t now, because
concert of action among American scien'
fists is highly desirable. Yet IL DIR.
Cook and Commander Peary should pre-
fer TO trust their claims TO men desig-
mated by Dr. Remsen, and If the Ma
tIonaI Geographic Society would assent,
another arrangement might yet be eff
fecfed.