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New-York tribune., 1910-03-31
IfR. 4HQUITH'S Plan.

Mr.. Asquith'S plan for dcalin. with
the House Of Lords, as disclosed and
elucidated i'm his speech, lacks nothin:;
of directneSs or detiniteness. 1t agrees
with the forecasts which have been
made OF il ia every detail, and iustities
the prediction that il would prove to b.
intensely controversial and revolution
AIRY. Indeed, il j. in some respects the
most controversial and revolutionary
measure which has been proposed in our
time, since il has provoked from the
leader Of the Opposition the warning
that if it should ever be enacted the
Opposition would promptly repeal il uu
regaining power We do not recall the
making of that threat concerning amy
other constitutional proposition Of re
cent years. Many bills have been
enacted to which the Opposition was VIC
lentiy hostile Yet they were retained
and respected when the Opposition IN
turn became the government. But this
constitutional amcndmen; would, We are
told, be promptly abroSated The moment
il was possible 10 do it,
The most pertinent and Illuminating
comment upon Mr.. Asquith's speech was
HAT which was made by Mr.. Redmond.
the leader of the chief faction of Irish
Nationalist, upon whose alliance Mr.. As
quith depends for ma aiority Nv A
quith had denounced the present House
of Lords "a a trayesty upon pariiu-
mentary body. though he declared that
there were both room and need for a
second chamber of some kind Instead
( of proposing to transform the House of
Lords into such q second chamber as was
needed, however. lie proposed TO leave il
mere trayes,y and caricature but 10
+ deprive il of much of its present power.
+ Then Mr.. Redmond added that ne and
his followers would cheerfulIy support
TINT plan. but would not have supported
II If il had included amy proposal for the
reform OF the House of Lords. The
4 lraycsty and caricaturc is 20 remain i
travesty ami caricaturc, but j. To be- rem
dered rs poW'rlcss as possible.
That seems pretty fully 10 Justify the
assumption which has been hitherto cN.
/ pressed. that the aim OF the I.iberal-Na-
iionalist coalition was hot 10 reform the
House of Lords but lo fetter it. and that
any plan for reforming Il into an efficient
body would hc opposed by them. their
real aim being the transformation of
Parliament into a single chambered body.
The comparative lorits OF single cham
Der and a -chambered body afford
ground for legitimate discussion. What
! Is desirable i precisely what Mr.. Asduith
and Mr.. Redmond have now done. They
have made the issue perfectly plain. 50
I that no English elector need be- al - loss 10
I understand H. The question really harks
back 10 Mr.. GladStones historic phrase.
Of mending or ending the House Of Lords.
only now 1t is not az IL was in hi, day.
with The Liberal party proposing, that
alternative. To-day one party proposes
, 10 mend and the other practically 10 end
that house. The campaign on that issue
will surely be- ono Of the most Interest.
ing and important. and probably one of
the most vigorously conducted. i'm the
last hundred years.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-31
SOUTH AMERICAN STEAMSHIPS

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: great deal has been published by
the government as well as by tho public
press, in reference to the trade between
tho United States and South America
which is 50 misleading and erroneous that
we venture 10 put before the public the
actual facts. with which we as merchants
engaged in tho trade between this country
and the South American countries are inti-
mately acquainted.
At present there are five lines going di-
rect 10 Brazil, the departures arc regular.
and sufficient number of tho vessels are
quite as speedy as the trade will warrant
To the Argentine seven lines are run
ming. with six To eight departures each
month, and furnish more than ample ac-
commodation for tho requirements of the
trade
To both Brazil and Argentine the freight
rates are below those available by our
European competitors, and no cargo is
shipped from this country BY way of Euro
peau ports to either Brazil or the Argen-
tine.
Northbound from both countries the
freight asked to tho United states Is lower
than to any other country.
These are a. few statements OF facts
which the public should understand
While as American citizens we would
heartily welcome any measure that would
develop the American mercantile marine. it
cannot be developed If false statements
are used 10 bring about this result.
HARD 4, RAND.
CROSSMAN * SIELCKEN,
-. ANISINCK & co.
GRAVENHORST 6, co.
THOMSEN & co.
ALLERTON n. HITCH & co.
New York. March 80. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-31
THE BREADTH OF THE VERDICT

THE BREADTH or THE VERDICT.
Tn" condemnation of Aids is con
demnation of the political management
that prOmotod him 10 be Republican
leader in The Senate Every one knew
what he was when he was made leader.
The selfish bosses who forced him
upon a protesting state al president pro
fCmporo knew what he was. They knew
that there WAS no other Republican Ia
the Senate 80 badly smirched by current
rumor as hc ana So generally identified
with the Black Horse Cavalry Even the
Con@er charges were probably known 10
those who were promoting the candidacy
before the actual election took place.
Those who put Aids forward put him
forward as one Of their own kind and
the embodiment of their style of poll
ties. The public accepts their Judgment
as substantially correct. II will inter
pose no objection when his retirement
from the scene involves as its eonse-
qucncc The retirement of his political
SPONSORS
New-York tribune., 1910-03-31
ART MUSEUM FOR MoNTCLAIR,
City Gets Collection of Paintings and
$4,000 for Building.

Montclair, y. J.. March 80 (SpeciaD.-
Fifty-three American paintings given to
the town of Montclair 10y William T..
Evans were hung I'm the assembly room OF
the new Hillside Grammar School to-day.
where they viii remain until a suitable art
gallery has been erected here. Mrs. Henry
Lang. another resident of Montcia.r. has
given the Municipal Art Commission $50.
000 with which to erect a gallery. which
VIII house the Evans collection OF paint
!ngs and a number OF valuable art objects
beGueathed 10 Mrs. Lang by her mother.
Mrs. Jasper Rand
There VIII be formal acceptance of the
paintings in a week or Two by the Munich
pal Art Commission, at which Governor
Fort and other prominent guests will be
present. Mr.. Evsns presided last night AZ
the town meeting held here, which recon-
mended the adoption by the New Jersey
Legislature of the town Improvement act -
which is designed to give the MontcIair
Municipal Art Commission legal authority
TO carry out its plans for the identification
of Montclair
New-York tribune., 1910-03-31
rFr MAYORS rrcTSE oPpEP.


Mayor Gaynors plan for the enforce
ment of The liquor law is briefly that
there shall be no more arrests of saloon
keepers without warrants that the uni
formed force confine itself in the en-
forcement Of this law 10 The collection
of such evidence Of its violation as may
hc obtained without entering saloons,
that detectives and plainclothes men
may enter saloons la obtain evidence
hur not to make arrests, both the patrol
men and plainclothes men To furnish such
evidence as they collect la the District
Attorney. This method, a. the Mayor
points out, together with activity on the
part Of the state Excise Department and
its agents. j. in strict accordance with
the provision of the Raincs law for its
own enforcement, while the method that
has prevailed i'm New York violates those
provisions.
There is much 10 be said i'm favor of
the plan proposed by the Mayor besides
the fact that il conforms 10 the law.
Arrest on warrant from the District At
torncy l. Ia be preferred 10 immediate
. f'AiN7A - Wv kfil'f ltI iilc CLASS OF
offence. The ordinary iatroiman'S reIa-
lions with the saloonkeeper would ap-
rarently be cut of by keeping the uni
formed man out of saloons The chance
Tor graft may be lcSSencd If the plain
clothes man only collects evidence and
! u forbidden To disclose his identity.
/ though this i doubtful II an officer
I has 10 make an affidavit al once regard
( ing the violation of the excise law The
familiar lapses Of memory which lie
4 policeman shows when he arraignS an
offender viii be- impossible.
The Mayor hopes 10 reduce. If not put
an end 10, grating by his change in the
method of enforcing lie LIQUOR law
lhis Il perhaps tco much 60 expect II
The Mayors plan proves efficient the
liquor dealers viii iind il 10 ;heir iu-
terest 10 pay captains, inspectors or
plalnclothes men not To report violations
OF The law 10 the District Attorney iusl
as much as they do now not 10 make
arrests. But the present system j. "A
had, ~ demoralizing and spreads H..
decentralization - widely through tbc
police force that The new system can
not make things worse. II the law can
not he enforced under the new systo,n
nOihlnS VIII he lost. II l. not enforced
now
New-York tribune., 1910-03-31
7RE NEWS inns MORNTNG.

CONGRESS. senate. The admins
trition railroad hin Was under consider
alton senator Root speaking on the
measure at great length. - House.
Tho Hobsun hin To contribut" FUNDS
eaualliug a certain per cent Of the cost
oi WarshipS built or purchased 10 the
cause al international peace Was DC
,isiNely defeated.
FOREIGN -AdNices from Liberia say
tnat mo- British subjects there ere IN
aanEer. and a manager ot English COM
1,anics advises against American inter-
hcntlou or loans. - Theodore hoose,
aoll and members of his family sailed
fror, Alexandria Tor Naples, they were
,.heored by crowds at the pier.
king Neuelel 0f Abyssinia died AZ his
capital, the Empress has been lmpilS-
nn-d. - The German baiueship heel
.siled from kiel 10 make It's liernanent
station al MilhclmshaNcn. - tlhahce
Minister Fielding. addressing the House
"a .ptt;-,-:i on tnc tariff negotiations WIN
the United States, said that Canada hao
lsadC concessions with a view 10 r"taln-
tu, tho gogd viii IF her southern nelSh-
Ian Admiral Fournicr urges q
great English army and large additions
L. t1c French fleet 10 combat the FORCES
of tho Triple Alliance IN case ot Mar'
pOMESTIC.-Pr -Proclamatiuns signed by
tho president granting the minimum
rates under tho Payne AldriCh tariff law
4
stieS. with other proclamatiuns 20 bC
signed To-day, extend the minimum
rates 10 tie Whul, world -= The De
partmcnt uf Justice, il WAS learned IN
Washington, viii institute suit IN equity
mder the sherman law against th'
'3urop"lu shipping pool - IL was
announced al Washington that about
S300N.0O0 had been paid In under the
corporation tax law, but shat many cor
poTatons had been rcmiss IN the matter
President Lewis of the United
Mine Workers said in Indianapolis that
there would be no general coal strike
-=- Following tho lead OF the Pcunsyl-
Vauia Railroad. tho Philadelphia 4
Reading Railroad announced a . per
cent increase in the - II is en-
ploycs. VT
CITY Stocks we've weak. -= The
Emitted states Steel Corporation was said
tu responsible quarters 10 be about L.
advance wages on account of the in-
creased cost of living. -- Superin-
iendeut Eotchluss sent notices 10 various
firc insurance companies 10 produce data,
books End papers showing any lcgisla-
live activity -= Edward Fay, the
Ncgsmaa reputed 10 be worth $780,
was one of the two men captured as the
robbers II the Richmond postoffice. -=
"a ptaiH Peck, L. =. A. under arrest Tor
insubordination, retaliaJed with charges
81 drunkenness against his superior,
Major Taggart. -- Corporation COUn-
sci Watson protested against The APP
pOintmeu. 81 Louis +. Haften as a land
Condemnation commissioner. == Lieu
tenant ShaDklet0n the explorer, praised
America as Jnc land Of opportunity.
THE ATHER.-Indications for to-
DAY. Showers. The temperature yes
terday, Highest. IS degrees; lowest 80.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-31

sertcd-perhap truthfully-that years
ago the chef 1T Young's Hotel, LII hos
ton. had a salary twice as large as tilat
of the president of Harvard. The eN-
pense Of some of the Investigations con
Quoted 10y the younger Agassiz was met
10y the national government or by prr
vate individuals, but the chief compen-
sation the naturalist received was the
knowledge be secured. Without indie
pendent means OF his own. possibly, he
might not have yielded TO his real pref
erences. However that may be. his fort
une relieved him of all financial care.
and enabled him 10 make munifcent
gifts To Harvard and TO contribute gen
erOUSly To many philantlrOpieS.
The elder AGaSsiz not only hesitated
10 accept some of the more startling
opinions of Darwin. but he vigorously
opposed them in public. The son doubt
iess sympathiZed with his father, though
possibly evincinS less distress over what
they both regarded as scientific heresies
Conservatives in science are quite as
much needed BY the world aS radicals
Real progress is made only after are
ful scrutiny and criticism of new ideas
New-York tribune., 1910-03-31
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
FOR THE MILK PRODUCERS.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: The milk investigation is Glowing
over. and what has the farmer won:
Nothing except the privilege Of producing
milk and selling it at loss; OF suajectins
himself. on the one hand, 20 rules aad re-
strictions Of increased severity. and, on the
other. 70 a market over which he has no
cOltr,l.
Forty thousand farmers supply milk 70
New York-two million quarts a day. Many
OF these dairies are being conducted at 2
loss. and many would be found 20 be pay
ing lit:le or no proat on capital invested IL
the time and labor of the farmer, his wife,
sons and daughters we're counted FL.
While thousands OF men are without en-
ployment IN The city. farmers in the coun-
try cannot secure sufficient labor At any
price Iaborers from the city are not con-
tent with country conditions.
When viii the city wake up 20 the fact
that there is 4 country problem and give
the farmers a square deal:
:. FRANCISCO,
President OF the National Certified MIX
Producers Association
Mentcllir ~ j. March % 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-03-31
4LENlAnI.R 1GASNLZ-

Two naturaliStS, father and son. who
were natives of Switzerland. were asso-
ciatod with Harvard University for the
greater part of ihoir lives. If the
Younger whose death WAS reported on
Tuesday. rendered less conspicuous ser
vice 10 science ty his researches than
did the elder, his career presents MANY
notable features. Alexander A-ass.E
possessed a great variety of gifts. lie
Nigh, haze won fame rs an artist had
lie concentrated his energy on art. He
certainly possessed 4 remarkable talent
tor business, as WIS evident IN his ad-
minisiration Of the mining connenv
which h" formed and from which he
derived 4 handsome income. lie also
hau strong scientific tastes Men II
such diversity of qualities are rare. Lord
Ayebury. better known as Sir John
Lubbock, is ono. Perhaps the distin-
guishd EngliShman. however, should
bc regarded as "A banker primarily and
only incidentally writer and devotee
oi entcmolog.. Alexander AGassiZ, Gn
the other hand was essentially II
scientist. and only incidentally a busi-
ness man.
Except for he rich return FOR his in
dustry in developing the copper deposits
of Upper Michigan. perhaps Mr.. Aeassiz
might not have felt at liberty Ia apply
himself ns he did Ia lhe study of marin
life. Tn" pursuits which engaged most
of his time ami thought are rather nm
remuncrative Ia pecuniary sense. Tho
average college professor Is seldom ur
never Worthii! paid. II has been a.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-31

night Ia approve i'm advance measures
brought forward 10y the majority. Their
example was followed by Kerr Ran
dall. Carlisle and Crisp, ON the Demo
cratic side. and 10y Keifer, Reed. Hen-
dersOn and Cannon. on the Republican
la the last fifty years certainly the
sPeakership has been one Of the fore
most places in the Republic. Under the
Old Presidential! succession law its in
cumbent was the inheritor third re-
moved from the Presidency. Frequently
only two lives stood between the
Speaker and the White House. The
succession law of 1886 took the Presi-
dent pro fempOre OF the Senate and the
Speaker of the House out of the Presi-
dental line. Br; inc Reed revision Of
The rules in lS9D 50 expanded the p0-
lisical responsibilities of the Speaker n
Ia compensate fully for the elimination
OF the Presidential reversiOn. The
House has recognized the SpeakeTship's
importance by allowing the incumbent
salary Of Sl2,oo0-Si.J0o more than
the salary Of any other member Of Con
gre>s. Ii is not likely that the power
and emolumeuts Of this honorable and
highly desirable Office viii be turned
over 10 a stranger. There are TOO Elany
elisihles within the household. Though
shorn of excessive authority. the Speak
crShip will still properly attract ambi-
tious Representatives. There is enough
responsibility to go around and there X
still room in the House for an active
Speaker and an active floor leader. Just
as there was room formerly for both
New-York tribune., 1910-03-31

the society for the erection of the memo-
rial. and it was stored in shed. Ihere
II was improperly braced and recently u
fell and was broken. There were no fund5
available to make repairs, so II was broken
up and sold for junk, tho society realizing
35o francs. Nine Zola now sues the society
for 10000 francs. 'AlI who know her. says
a Paris letter. realize that Mime lola Is not
interested in the money part OF the SUIT
but she hopes 10 win in order that punish
ment may fall upon the society"
Mrs. Giles 90 sufrrasette canvasser)-iou
see. mum, amt 'ad no vote since my US
band died.-Punch.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-31
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Miss Laura Emmet. daughter OF MIR. and
Mrs. Henry G. Emmett. was married yes
terday afternoon in st. James's Church.
Madison avenue and list street. 10 Harold
+. tiadden. jr.. sou OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Farquhar Hadden. The ceremony was per-
formed by Bishop Courtney. assisted by the
Rev. Or. Leighton Parks and tho Rev.
Endicott Peabody, OF Groton. Mass. aud
II was followed by a reception at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett. In East 12d street
The bride, who was given away By her
New-York tribune., 1910-03-31
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau. !

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. March 3e-Sener Doa X.
Carers Justiz recently appointed Min
ister frcm cuba to succeed General Carlos
Garcia Nelez, arrived here yesterday. lie
was Tor many years professor OF political
economy at the Univ ersity of Havana and
comes here from Madrid, where he was
minister
New-York tribune., 1910-03-31

iiuence i'm il and which binds them 10
respect and maintain its integrity, Il
treaty which will doubtless be faithfully
observed 80 long as present conditions
prevail With the spread of civilization
H. Africa. however, Abyssinia will come
more and more into contact with Euro
pean powers, and the future will have
10 decide whether that country will put
itself in harmony with European ciyili-
cation rs an independent Or as con
0uerei realm.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-31
nm SPE4hERgHIP.

The proposal 10 choose an outsider q
Speaker of The House of Representa-
tivcs couliuing his functions 10 the par
lihmcnidry guidance of that body's de-
iheratiouS Is nu; likely 10 attract Seri-
uus support a i~ too much iu conflict
with American -aditions snd practice.
Even ~ tlr Speaker is TO be shom Il
his political pD"crs aHd reconstructed
~ q mere interpreter ol the House rules
Il H. uo; likely lbgt the office viii hc he
>lonrd pa a. Lau-meMbcr. Since the
lit Ii.G>s ol Rcrrosouu ives MAS or
eanz~l tH' SFe8kcrship has been a
1i...1.. 'a,..r,y sought after. IN lie d."
,-.snlu- IA" dignity ai,&ohiuI 10 thc
JOS; 1,a, u> chief attraction. for The
po'.ii,aI authority exercised ly the pre-
-iuin- officer WAS sHall. Tho earlier
Sl,raacr- Mere really mode:ator,. much
ihr iHr Speaker oi 90" BRITISH House
80 commons. lirnrv Clay. between lNll
aIG $50. enlarged thc functions or the
'gir". D." showed how 9; could .H. used
a> ;u in~rum"U,aii'y - UaI1y l'lder-
,,ip. q, Np.. h'r d. shaped lcs sllt.ou
agd dca.srod parry pulley Bui after
ti.E itf, tar II luse uf RcTrc~euia'i3c -
i"ad"i'>a. u rational anairs passed
largely to ih" Executive and the senate.
from ,Ie daio 81 li, departure 10 The
l."riod o. schuyler toifaN and james a..
Ewinc tna Sprakrr,hip remained nosi
e. di,Inrirw. hul Ga WAS fllod Ia no
mun either disposed 10 magnify or capa-
'lc "f macHliyina d., political impor-
Ltnco
tolfaN and Ila uo rradoptel Clay's
ldcas anH methods. and a. Speakers
l'"calnc r"'Pnilcd prry ie;,icn. They
hadc themselves guardian, uf parla u
teresLs in lho nom.r and ae.crinl ihcLr
New-York tribune., 1910-03-31
TIE TiLK or THE DAY.

II is tho bad air in churches IN Chicago
tina; keeps SO many people from worship
and not indifference or pura ''cussedness "
At ally rate. that Is the view @; the secre-
tary of the Health Board. Edward s.
Pritchard. who in a recent address declared
that, considering the conditions. he did not
wonder at the slim attendance AZ Sunday
services. "Janitors throw open the win
doHs Of the churches Immediately after
the services are over said Mr.. Prtchard.
They keep them open for a while, and
then shut them until the next services.
But that's not the way to get rid OF the
germs. II keeps them right In the build
ing. Do you wonder at the death rate OF
such preventable diseases rs pneumonia
and consumption"
WEATHER TERMS ILLUSTRATED.
Maiden with "A powder puff
DabbIng here ana there
This reported weatheT-Wise
Means, Continued fair
Hubby coming home at I.
Zig-Za2 course a-wendiag--
Weather signal in this case
Would be. storm impending
Baby climbing on chair.
II she slips and falls,
II is not unlikely that
Therein be Sudden squalls.
Girl and lover have a spat.
She iiinss down his flowers.
Lover. angry, grabs his hat
And rusLes off-thaLs Showers"
Man sees tailor or the street
Seems = trife nettled.
Crosses 10 tine other side
That suggests, "Insettied.'
Boston Transcript.
II will DO siXty-ive years tomorrow
since ;he first telegraph line. built for com
mercial purposes. between Washington and
Baltimore was opened. After the formal
opening Professor Morse and his associates
offered TO sell the invention to the United
States government for 10000. but the price
was considered too high. The government
had appropriated $4,000 toward the con-
struction OF The Washing ton Baltimore line,
bct after a short period Of operation the
Postmaster General. 20 whom President
Polil had referred the matter. wrote: AL
though the invention is an agent vastly
superic- 10 any other devised by the genius
of man. yet the operation between Wash.
iEgton and Baltimore has not satisfied me
that under any rate of postage that can be
adopted its revenues can be made 10 cover
It's expenditures"
Mrs-You're a deceiving brute!
hr.-Why. darling! What do you mean?
Mrs-Didn't yea quit drinking on New
Years Day? And here you are tXing up a
fishing excursion the minute warm weather
arTiyes,-Cleyelaud Leader.
An interesting law suit has been started
by the widow of Emile Zola against thC
Cheap Homes Society of Paris. II appears
that soon after the death Of the author
Nine. Zola presented to the society a
bronze statue by Pietro NoTghl. represent,
ing u chained galley slave. The pedesta
bore AN inscription laudatoTy OF Zola',
work IN the interest OF Captain preytus
| No appropriate place could be found b.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-31
THE CA8ihE
iFron Tn. Tribune Bureau

From Th. Tribune BureSE
Washington. March 20.-AIrs. Wickerstam
was at home this afternoon to a large con-
tingent of the social world. and was assist
ed by her daughter, Mrs. Albert Aiken,
who. with hcr husband. il guest Ot the
Attorney General and Mrs. Wckersham.
Tie Secretary OF the Navy and Mrs.
Meyer entertained a large dinner party to-
night preceding the ball a the navy yard.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-31
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

[By Telegraph 20 The Tribune
Newport March 3o.-Nir. and Mrs. Julian
Little. who are the guests OF Mr.. Li;tles
parents, Captain and aIrs. William NJ
Carthy Little, are being extensively enter
taIned by the winter social colony ME-
and Mrs Little will depart Tomorrow.
Mrs. e. B. BeaIe. of Boston. is a Sres'
AZ the Muenchinger King cottage.
Mrs. Hamilton Fish Webster has gone
% New Work.