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New-York tribune., 1910-02-22
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
From The Tribune Bureau. !

fFron The Tribune Bureau
Washington. Feb. 21.-The Italian Ambas-
sador and Baroness Mayor des Planches
were to have gone to New York to-day
preparatory to sailing for Europe. but de-
ferred their departure until tomorrow
when they will be accompanied by several
members of the embassy staff They will
sail from New York Thursday Their last
days here have been spent IN mourning
for the death of the baronesss aged moth
er. but almost hourly attentions have been
shOwered on the baron and baroness II is
seldom that the departure of diplomats has
caused such widespread and genuine regret.
. The British Arnba assador and Mrs. Bryce,
who were expected here tomorrow, were
delayed IN sailing from Nassau by an aC
cident to the ship in which they were to go
to Palm Beach and Miami. and will not ar
rive here until Friday morning.
The French naval attache and Viscount-
ess BenOist dAzy will give April fool
ball at RauScher's the first day Of April
The viscountess is in Canada.
Commander RetZmann German naval at
t&che has started on a Western trip which
Will last several weeks
New-York tribune., 1910-02-22
THE NEWS THIS MORNING-

RESS-Senate- Mr.. Aldrich. IN
debate on the bill to create budget
commission. said il would be possible 10
save S3o0s1.0o a year in government
expenses. -- House: An approprld-
4ion Of Sl25p.0 for the Immigration
Commission was voted IN the urgent ue-
ficiency bill
Observation-Disclosures was formally
oE,ened by King Edward with speech
from The throne TO the Lords ana COM
mons delivered in the chamber OF the
former. the Irish refused 10 support
Mr. Asquith's programme. ana another
general election is feared within feW
months. = The engagement Of Miss
Mildred Carter. daughter OF the Ameri-
can Minister tc Rumania. and Lord
Acheson. eldest son of the Earl OF Cos
ford. WAS announced = The Duke
al TaIleyrand and Sagan died at he
home Of The Duke of Nalencay, his sec
ond son. in Paris: Prince Helie succeeds
TO the titles -A A severe storm which
RACED fer four days over Great Britain
caused loss Of life and destruction of
property at many points. --- Boutr9s
Pacha GhaH Egyptian Premier and
Minister II Foreign Affairs, died trom
HE effects Of = bullet wound inflicted Ly
= nationalist student -= The Moroc-
can envoy in Paris announced to the
French Minister of Foreign Affairs that
the Sultan had ratified the agreement
between The TWO governments.
DoMESTIC.-The United States Su
premc Court handed down more than
fifty decisions. several Of them being in
important railroad cases - The con-
dition Of Senator TillTnan improved. his
physicians saying the chances were now
IN his favor. The report OF the
special legislative committee TO inyesti-
gate primaries. made public at Albany,
was opposed 10 direct nominations ==
The annual report OF Attorney General
D'Malley was made public at Albany;
the collection of special franchise taxes
WAS discussed. - The will Of Matthias
II. Arnot. disposing OF an estate Of from
SaG0.0s1 to S1nEap0sEl. was probated
at F-lrnira. n y Serious rioting
marked the day in the Philadelphia troll
ley strike: soldiers were called to the
aid of the police: the leader of the car
mons union was arrested and locked up
CITY-Stocks We're inactive at un-
FNen price changes == The eXamlra-
lion Of j. mes Z Keene on his ulanag--
meIt Of the Hooking pools was resumed.
An abundance Of typhoid fever
cases IL Eonkers was ascribed by The
citE's heath officer 10 pollution Of the
source Of ~eter supply - An L
train RAM. - another in The fog in The
Bronx and eight persons received minor
injuries == Plans to found = perrna-
neut memorial 10 Richard Watson Gil
Ger in the form Of d civic research fund
were announced. Indictments
against cold storage men We're decided
upon by the Hudson County Grand Jury,
il WaS said Police Commissioner
Baker did not return from his vacation
he was scheduled 10 do. but is sx-
Decte6 to-day. - Corporation Gouu-
SCI Watson announced the appointment
Of five assistants
THE WEATHER.-Indic for to-
0aE- Cloudy and colder. The tempeIa-
lure yesterday, Highest - degrees:
lowest -
New-York tribune., 1910-02-22
SHE WANTS A SQUARE DEAL

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: What has provoked me 10 this out
burst is the statement the page op-
poste the editorial page in to-day's Trib-
une-'Mr. Taft to Women. No sympathy
with Suffrage Movement in Washington
Then along in the article it says: When
the President referred to the suffragists
litter went over the audience. He said in
reference to them" etc.
What meaning did you intend to convey
by this caption to your article? Do you
not think 1t misleading, bigoted? Do you
not think that the President was referring
to the fact that the laws for the District
OF Columbia, the Revised Statutes" are
passed by Congress, and that the laws are
enforced by United States officials. the
prosecuting officer being the. United States
Attorney, appointed by the President, and
not as with us. the District Attorney, a
county official elected by the male portion
of the population? How do you explain
that he said, if he referred to woman suf-
frag gists, as your article states. If they
want to vote, they ought 10 move over to
MARYLAND or Cincinnati Or to some other
good place?
/ can sympathize with the feelings of the
male citizens of the District of Columbia,
for | am denied the franchise / was born
in Brooklyn: my mother was born IN New
York. in Houston street (When it was
slightly different from what it is to-day:
my grandmother was born in New York;
my great-graHdmother was born in New
York-yet | have no voice i'll the govern
ment. l am governed by laws and must
obey laws which none of my making
SO far as ! am concerned, this is abso-
lutte monarchy. So much for the theOreti-
cal side of the matter. AS for the prac-
tical side. l have had to my living,
and | certainly have felt and do now feel
the need of the vote l know that the lack
of a vote has diminished my earning ca
pacty very materially in the past. / want
q square deal.
Therefore this suffrage question is a per-
sonal matter with me- and it rolls me when
1 see articles like the one to which l have
called your attention. AMY WREN.
Brooklyn, Feb. 90 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-02-22
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New-York tribune., 1910-02-22
DysECT PRIMARIES REPORT

The report of the joint legislative
committee on direct nominations Is
what was 10 have been expected from
a body of confirmed opponents of that
reform. 1t repeats the usual criticisms
of the direct system: The expenditure
of money under il is demorallZlnG; the
ma iority party tends 10 split INTO rae
tions and the minority party TO become
dfsorganized: members of the minority
party vote at the primaries of the ma
joritv party: under the system the OF
fee does not seek tt man.. Still the
committee is fair enough to admit that
the bad results of direct primaries IN
Boston proceeded in part from faulty
law. and that in Kansas and Iowa,
where the laws are models of the kind,
the results are satisfactory. The excel
lent working of the system III those
two states the committee attributes,
however. not 10 the character OF their
laws but TO the peculiar fitness of the
population of Kansas and Iowa for the
direct system.
The report is pessimistic about the
operation of the system in the other
states il visited-Illinois. Wisconsin,
Indiana and Michigan But in what re
spects does the population of those
states differ so radically from that OF
Kansas and Iowa that the system does
not work well in the former While IL
does in the latter If the character or
the people is the determining factor! III
Iowa is an ideal state for the opera
fion of any system of direct primaries
why is not Wisconsin almost equally so!
Are not the defects which the system de-
yeIoped in certain states due 10 faults
of the statutes of those states rather
than TO the character of their popuia-
ton? Suppose the primary law OF WIS
consin limited the expenditures OF can
didates and called for an enrolment OF
the parfies In that case, would not
the direct system have worked well
there too2 Isn't ii absurd to argue that
because all open primary, with no
party tests. developed certain faults III
Wisconsin a primary based on party en-
rolments in accordance with Governor
Hughes's plan would develop the same
faults in New York? Even if the com
n3ittee had been open-minded. its studies
of the results achieved under laws full
OF patent defects would necessarily have
thrown little light on the probable re-
suits 10 be expected from statute care
FULLY drawn 10 avoid those defects.
The suggestions of the committee for
primary reform stop far short even Of
the halfway measure urged by the
Democratic organization and introduced
ia the Senate by Mr.. Grady. II is suf-
ficient TO say of them that they might
all be adopted and delegates to conven-
tionS would still remain pawns moved
by bosses. The committee would i'm
prove details In the method of selecting
these pawns. But the public attention
is fixed on bigger game.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-22
DA YHD PgGHT YRlCh

The 8nnoBHceinenI that the Controller
vii IN q few days Issue = complete and
la1eliiriblo analysis of ihe city'S finan-
,ial situate: vifh -Ee intent of frankly
facing Tie ;"-1:!,s of past mismanage-
nlenf and taEing JhcGougE measures 20
p;:J The ciIy's business Oh a sound basis
j. another gratifying indication of the
radical reform spirit OF The new admin
iStrat.0n
As The Tribune has frequently pointed
cut, the reckless issue of revenue bonds
against uncollectble taxes and the use
of their proceeds for other than The re
quirenenfs Of the budget for the year
On whose account they were issued has
been going on almost since consolida-
licn, Until the city's credit has been
seriously injured because Of the huge
burden of interest and the uncertainty
AZ lie amount Of the unwieldy floating
debt. il IS essential 10 proper financial
housekeeping :hat this habit should be
stopped. hat adequate provision for
hearing on lbe accumulated floating
d4ir Should nc made aud that the
siiVersi0B of corporate stock and trust
funds through the working of the
:!cious general pot" system should be
brought 10 an eld. TO accomplish this
requires courage and the bringing 81
me taxpayers 10 face understandingEy
Z ne necessary sacrifices to pay for past
financial deiiaucbery Such sacrifices
must be made soIHe time, and the sooner
Ibey are made the cheaper for the people
and the safer for the administration, for
an increased tax levy nov which is
understood to be The result Of inherited
conditions and = aeIl0N-ed by improved
New-York tribune., 1910-02-22
"CUR PRINCIPAL MEN"

TO the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Father Taylor. Of Boston. was ia
nous in his day the sailor preacher: {:
the almost iliterate tar who, when shore
leave was given, strayed of q Sunday
morning into the Park Street ('Erimstone
Comer'D Church, was converted Here TO
become at length one of Bostons inGst -lo-
Quent diyines
At Il certain Fourth of July Get bra ton
which l chanced to attend there were seat
ed the platform many of the cts cler-
gymen, Father" Taylor among them TO
whom it fell to offer the prayer He made
the congregation ''sit up when while prav-
ing for our government officials, he in most
earnest tones offered the following ueti-
tion
I'VE pray. o Lord. that our men of prin
cipie may be our principal men 20
From what Is just going on in the
Washington and Albany Senate chambers
Father" Taylors prayer in the Old South
Church. of Boston, seems TO be quite a.
appropriate now as il was then
ADDISON BALLARD.
Pitsheid Mass, Feb. 10, 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-02-22
THE BRITISH PROGRAMME.

The speech from the throne. which Is
sinpIy brief statement Of the course
of action upon which Mr.. Asquith and
his colleagues have decided, is at once
temperate and generally explicit III
Dhrase and the order OF its items IL SO
logical that it will probably command
general approval. First of all, as SORT
of emergency measure the budget must
be passed so as to put the ha'iohai
finances on busineSslike basis. 1hefe
ought to he no question as to the pro
priety. indeed the urgent necessity, OF
doing that first and it would not be
surprising fin case, as has been lntl-
mated. the NationaliSts should refuse TO
support the government on the budget
q large number of the UnionlStS Shouid
aid Mr. Asquith in enacting a hnance
bill. 1t surely could be TO the real ad-
vantage of nobody to attempt constltu-
tional reforms amid fiscal chaos.
Next will come an effort to deal with
the question of the House of Lords, anu
apparentlv that will be all that the
government will attempt at this session.
In that, too Mr. AsQuith is logical and
collea CUES frequently and empha ucallF
expressed during the late campaign, IS
that il Is useless for Liberal govern
ment TO attempt to carry on Its work
while the existing relationship of the two
houses is maintained. Certainly IT seems
anomalous that in two-chambered
Parliament one chamber should always
be overwhelmingly of one fixed political
faith and that it should be coordinate
in legislative authority with the other,
which is representative Of popular senfi-
ment and IS susceptible to party
changes 1t would appear difficult 10
deny that such situation ought TO be
changed, either by materially changing
the constitution of the House of Lords,
so as 10 make il more representative or
the political sentiment of the nation, or
by restricting its power over legislation
Much will obviously depend upon the
way in which the brief prescription Of
the speech is elaborated III the bill
which will presently be forthcoming.
But whatever the provisions of the bill
may be. it will surely prove highly
contentious measure, and as 1t must
for enactment be approved by the very
house with whose constitution and
powers it deals its prospect Of becom-
ing Il law until after another appeal 20
the people-if then-cannOt be regarded
as particularly bright. Nor. indeed, is
il certain that it Will get so far as the
House of Lords. 1t has been intimated
that the NatiOnaliStS will have nothing
TO do with it unless it has precedence
over the budget itself If the budget
should be passed first. in spite of Ma
tionalist opposition, Mr.. Redmond's fol
lowers might Il their resentment re-
fuse TO support the bill for reforming
the House Of Lords or might even vote
against it, in which latter case the
measure would be beaten in the Com
mons and a dissolution would bly,
come at once. The speech from the
throne. therefore, while gratifying and
reassurng i'll its moderation and con
sistency, leaves the political outlook
scarcely less uncertain than ii was be-
fore
New-York tribune., 1910-02-22
"RElfEHBE'R THE f1fNEr'

The purpose of the great meeting at
of the wider movement Of which it was
part is so good that we regret the need
of criticiSing even a single detail of il.
That purpose expressed in hackneyed
hut historic phrase is 10 remember the
Maine in resentment or III wrath,
hut in decent and reyerent regard for
the too long neglected bodies of more
than threescUre American sailors who
met their death IN that ship. The Pres-
dent Of the United States has repeated
ly urged the raising and removal of the
wreck. Many other authoritative voices
have been heard 10 the same effect, and
III pelsistently advocating that course
We are confident that we have given ex-
preston TO The best sentiment Of press
and public
We must, however. protest against the
mistaken notion. which was put for
ward again at Carnegie Hall, that the
destruction of the Maine was the cause
Of the Spanish war That intima ton y
not necessary nor helpful 10 the project
III behalf Of which il is made il is his
10 the United States. 1t is not neces-
sary. because surely the appeal OF de
cency, OF humanity and of patriotism
should be sufficient to procure the proper
disposal Of the wreck and its contents
without regard 10 the cause or the re-
suits OF the catastrophe. 1t Is discred
liable, because it would imply that we
..ha,.
There never has been adduced the
slightest evidence that the Spanish gov
ernment or any Spaniard had ANYTHING
10 DO with the destruction of the Maine
The President of the United States in
his special message TO Congress two
months after the loss of the Maine sat
forth categorically the grounds on which
be asked for Congressional authority IN
intervene In Cuba, and the loss of the
Maine was not so much as mentioned
among them. Ii did not figure in The act
Of Congress or in The diplomatic nego-
tiiltinns Of the time So faY rs any Of
fetal and authoritative utlerances were
concerned, there was nothing TO indl-
cafe 10 an observer that any such
catastrophe had ever occurred. We Ger
tainiy are not inclined 10 admit that in
those supremeiy momentous transactions
our government was playing a game of
false pretences, and was really going TO
war with Spain for one reason while
ii proclaimed other and essentially diff
ferent reasons to the world for its JUS
tification.
Those who are so forgetfuI as TO imag
In fhaf lao 80 int In, (s,,h
did not arise until the Maine was de-
New-York tribune., 1910-02-22
JAPAN HONORS TEACHER.
Baron Kikuchi Lays Wreaths on DR.
Murray's Grave at Rutgers

New Brunswick. \. j.. Feb. IL Baron
Daikora kikuchi, of Japan. sent To pay
tribute TO the memory OF the late Dr. David
Murray who established the public school
system of Japan came here to-day 10 do
50. He was accompanied by Acting Consul
General I\aymaSki. of New York. and d.
j. Takanine, president OF the Nippon Club.
They were met at the station by Mrs
Murray, DR.. w. II. $. Demarest presi-
dent of Rutgers College; DIR. Austin Scott
and the Rev. W. l. Chamberlain of the
college faculty. The party was driven TO
Elmwood Cemetery, where DR.. Murray is
buried. The baron laid two wreaths upon
the grave. He then read the formal
resolutions Of the Imperial Academy
extoiling DIR. Murray. He repeated the
resolutions in English and gave the origi-
nal scroll to Mrs. Murray.
Later Mrs. Murray entertained the Wis
itors and their escorts at luncheon. At
o'clock the baron lectured at Rutgers
This evening there "a reception for the
baron. and he was entertained al dinner
by PresideS DemareSt.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-22
THREE NEW YALE PROFESSORS.
Corporation Makes Additions TO Grad
uate School Faculty

New Haven. Feb. 2l--Three new pro-
frssors in the Graduate School were elect
ed by the Yale Corporation to-day beF-
tram f Boltwood. az present connected win
the University of Manchester EnSlani'
was elected professor of radio chemistry
He was the first 10 show that rdolNm was
produced from uranium Charles Mclean
Andrews was elected Farnam professor OF
American history. He was formerly pro
fessor of history at Bryn NIawr. The VIII
lam Nj. Lafran professorship OF aSsyFl'io@H
and BabyIonIan literature, recently eS-&'-
Mshed by : PierponJ Morgan. WAS H-ie'
BY the election OF Albert T. G. DAY. at
present instructor of those subjects at 'N'
University OF Pennsylvania
The corporation decided that the oodI1
of permanent officers of Yale COLLEGE ana
the governing board of the Sheffield Scttn-
tifc School shall share in the reSpoiSiol.l,y
for the administration of the new 'd'VtH
tory of Zoology and comparative dnatomy
to be erected on the PierSon-SaSe SGuai =,
the land recently acquired throuSH tN1 7-'
of $3.50 On0 by Mrs. Russell Sage
New-York tribune., 1910-02-22
IN THE RERkSHlRES.

by Telegraph TO The Tribune
I.euox Feb 2I--Just before . oClocN to-
night holiday visitors in LenOX rushed out
to small fire in James Whitingha-n's house
on Court House HILL and tonight ali al
tended jolly dance in the Curtis Hotel
Noticed in the party were the Misses Rosa
mond Dixey. Helen and Civtlise Alexandre,
Mr. and Mrs. Harris FahnestOcl. Mr. ana
Mrs Maunseu : Crosby. Malcolm Douglas
Sloane. Philip Curtis. Edward H DeiaheId
and Raymond G. DuvaI-
Miss Caroline T. Lawrence has Mrs.
George B. De Gersdorf as her guest IN
Stockbridge where also are now AiE and
Mrs. Carl De Gersdorf and Edward Crown
inshield.
Frederick Bull registered at the Curtis
Hotel tonight.
In a house party being entertained by
Nh. and Mrs. George Baty Blake AT Pine
Needles are Miss Gertrude HunncweI. Dr.
and Mrs. David Cheever. John HoU7a0s and
Harry Dalton. all of Boston.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-22
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
From The Tribune Bureau. ]


washington Feb. 21.-Representative
sterling Of Illinois. to-day showed the
president telegram received from thirty
elk CORPORATIONS urging the repeal Of the
corporation tax law
A delegation of Kentucky negroes. IN
cIuding DR. G. H. Parrish. Dr. w T. Mer-
chant. s. j. Davidson. r. j. Dickey ana
q Jackson. asked President Taft 10
a,nolut Albert s. White of Louisville,
Minister To Hayti. The President tot"
them to take the question up with the Sec
retary OF State.
There will be only short meeting OF the
Cabinet tomorrow. as the President eA-
meets to take the noon train for New YORK.
where ne will deliver address before
the New Jersey Society OF the Cinc1nnati
at the Plaza Hotel in the evening Ihe
President will spend Tomorrow night ana
Wednesday morning at the home OF MS
brother, Henry W. Taft going to Newark
I'm the afternoon of the 23d TO deliver an
address before the Newark Board or
Trade.
Although practically every moment OF
the Presidents time will be occupied wneh
he is in Chicago on March II, he was asked
10 attend the opening Of the exposition OF
the Forest. Fish and Stream Association OF
Chicago on that day.
On the invitation Of / T Pryor. of San
Antonio. president OF the Trans MISSISSIPPI
Congress, President Taft will go to San
Antonio the latter part of next November
TO attend the twenty-frst annual conven-
ton of the congress.
President Taft Will deliver addresses at
the unveiling on May OF the monuments
being erected in Washington to Pulaski
and I<o.cS,IsLn He will also attend the first
session of the Polish American Congress
the following day
President Taft has received letter from
Heinrich Charles, OF New York City. urging
the creation of memorial park on Gov
ernor's Island and the erection of statue
therein to the memory of Matthias Ring
mann who according to Mr.. Charles. first
applied the name America" 10 the New
World.
Mrs. Taft entertained several hundred
guests at a musical I'm the East Room to-
night The music was furnished by the
Hess Schroeder Quartet. including Pro-
fessor Willy Hess, first violin: Julius Won
Theodorowicz, second violin; Emile Ferir,
viola: Alvin Schroeder, viooncelo. and Err
nest Hutcheson, pianist. In all the draw
ing rooms were vases filled with roses and
the table in the state dining room, wheTe a
light supper served, was gay with
flowers. shaded candelabra and cut glass
and silver
Mrs. Taft attended the Boston Symphony
concert this afternoon at the New National
and had guests in her box her sister.
Mrs. Thomas X. Laughlin. OF Pittsburg;
Mrs. +. 3. McCagg. OF Chicago; Mrs. c. w.
Rae and Mrs. John T.. Reyburn. of PhiIa-
delphia and Washington.